Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-28
MUST CURL HIS BANGS.
A Man Who Rolls Twenty luchts Of
Braid Under Ills Hat.

san fhutlHCW hhf y iaNN "
do his bangs up At night He T. suo"i
as "Proieasor' Amery. lie has lon
and fijwing hair that would maH'
anne women turn !. reen with envy D
theysav him, says the ChrOH co. ~
II lie he keeps tho matter a. dafE a. Pc
sible, and worries about HE ofimps a.
much asany belle. He 10 SUI 10 u
because he lovei 70, but bee tu-e OF Tue
problrn that his long hhit has bou)mc
10 him. rhe fail Of II % present J.
some twenty inches, and II weighs q
Mound anu hal, but the reaily
nufipus thing about II IL the fact thal
A ublreds" when II u cut. IL ma.
grown ~ long as elk feet Had touchts
The floor,
1Pfoie,sotU Amory IL n tailor on
Gesry street. In Appuara ce he issmai.
aud alert, with piercing black eyes anu
finely cut profile. As no walks alOhg
the street no looks like any Dri'naiy
man. for one does not see that he wears
on the very top OF HE head a large ron
Of hne black VI very dsfk brown hslt.
Hls hat he wears drawn down sim ~
over bis ears Tor fear curious eyes VIII
mud out whAta strange anu luxurious
growth he has.
The t'blesdlng" Of hi, locks u what
he likes 10 talK about Toe way he
found out about II was curious as'.
"My haif7O he said, when thb subject
was bfoached 10 him. "HoF did you
hear about thaR"
"He did not seem 10 think that What
there was Of II, shoging under the back
" his hat, could attract attention.
When he had leu home he hal IN
doubtedly said, "ls my hat on siraighU'
Iu6t like any woman with chiguon
that was n source Of oafking care. Thon
he thought II was all right, but a re-.
portef's eye spied him out, nnJ hb
slraightway Dscame n irosN with an
item under his hat and bic peace OF
mind failing below par. The way he
found out tho peculiarly Of his hair |
IN "bletdingO was THU: several yean |
ago he had his hair cut for con-
venience AMI to keep people from |
locking at him asif he were a mufeum |
freak. NO sooner wins tho half oil tuan |
he took to his bed, almost completely |
shattered IA health, aod was c0mpellsI
10 stay there until he had gained
enough strength 10 take care Of bin.
self. After that he let his hair alone
for wbiie. Seven months ago he was
seized with q sudden dcsife to cut u
OIL again, and as the result he was Ia
bed, Frustrated and unable " care fof
himself.
"But have found out how 10 man.
age II now" said the long-haifed man.
"rhere IL a time OF the moon when the |
hair can be cut without harm. The
reason suffer 90 l have ist found out;
Il Ia because the hair 'bleeds.b"
"Mhat 10 the meaning Of thal9"
"By bleeding | mean that the ssp |
runs out at the ends Of the hars, Just |
~ II does In young trees. That cap,
thst my hair grows 10 fast |
aud long and IL 90 altogether unusual, |
takes my strength out with IL. IL Te. |
minds yoi Of the biblical story, doesn't
IT'D Well, ips true, and much ON tho |
same linea."
The "protessorA's" physique, said he,
was attn weak from ths effects Of tue
last cutting. His hands shook from
nervousness, although he was sitting
In hih char quite composed. The
"prolessot" appears to be iu a nx. lie
cannot have his hair cut because 10
weAk-ns him, aud he cannot lot II
grow because II takes all OF bis strength
10 support IL.
AmeIy was born In Maize some
forty years ago. Hu had sister with
the same physical trait, aud two hall
brothers. When he was three yeas
old he was tsken from bis home by
hls parents and carried out West,
where he lost track OF his mother gu.
tirely. He does not evon know her
name. His father married again anu
the family moved from place to place
~ tho notion took them. Finally they
came TO Sin Frauoisco and Amery
married. Four children were the 10.
suit OF the union, aud a. the father
never knew his own name aud was
consequently called by the Initials "a.
r., " the four children were called "E.
g., n"I. c." 20. c." ~. C,"-pfo.
nouneed Eoy, Icy, COY, 10y.
The effect Of y family muster Il ludi.
crous. The little Nowels, AZ their names
are called, come hooklng around the
visitor with wondering faces. They
are strange people, the fathet's all e.
ton hAving tendency 10 keep the
family retired. They are very fond Of
each other and happy by themselves.
This eldest-A girl, Ecy-nA, n head Of
hair almost ~ wonderful ~ her
fathers. IL 10 Of a pale yellow aud
reaches TO her shoe tops, although she
IL = tall girl Of nearly s. Ths hair IL
not only long, but II 10 fine and thiok
aud covers her completely. Whsn II IL
"done up" for tho day Il " maHusd on
top OF her little bead In the most Rmsz.
Ing roll, a great crown OF bfRidB that
looks top heavy for such small
maiden.