The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24

color and a red-halred woman has clear
road TO heaven. All the New Zealand
gods and idols are painted red. When
a person dies his house is so painted,
and the scraped bones of dead chiefs
are also painted bright red and then
wrapped in a red-stained mat and placed
in a red box in a red grave, over which
Is erected red post Among most saw
age tribes, as among our own Indians.
red signifies war and butehery, although
among some, notably the Sioux women,
red paint is used only in love and court
ship.
The Irish, in spite Of Mrs. o'Rourke's
example. are very fond of red-haired
women. Among them locks of the most
fiery hue have always been considered
a lovely attribute Of beauty. And there
is an old Irish ditty which runs;
Helgh for the apple and no for the pear;
But give me the pretty girl with the red
hair
At one time. it is said. the Irish peas
antry managed to have hair of their own
choosing by wearing a small scratch
wig usually made ont of red hair. on
top of their natural hair. II was a com
mon thing for peasant to whip off his
wig when a distinguished visitor came
into his house, dust a chair with 1t for
his guest ana then put it on his head
again.
Red hair Is generally regarded as indl-
fdA4lB a DuEnaEAoQH OF peculiar QSDOSl-
ton. Anthropologists are inclined to at
tribute certain distinct natures to the
color of hair. They have compiled Stats
ties and observations of the mental char
acteristics and moral peculiarities of peo-
pie with the same features and same col
ored hair ana claim to be able to reach
valuable gneralizations from them, They
| assert that certain well defined moral and
social characteristics are peculiar to red
haired women; for example, they are found
/ to be capable of greater cruelty than other
! women, are more deceptive, more design
| ing and more ambitious they scheme and
plot and win more readily sell body and
soul to carry out some idea that has for
/ the time being taken possession of them.
/ They are brighter and livelier than most
/ women but at the same time are usually
! indolent and domineering, and are often
/ lazy to the point Of personal uncleanli-
ness. They are more passionate and excit-
able.
And ''red hair in these days has become
a wonderful comprehensive term. For
merly finer distinctions were drawn than
| are now, and certain shades of red were
much admired and were carefully distin-
! guished from red proper; but now wo-
1 man is a red head and attracts white
| horses whether her locks be fiery Mil
| esian." pole amber" FURNISHED gold,
( or blown in the shadow and gold in the
sun" A red headed son, in these days,
is probably an unwelcome addition. on his
first arrival, to any family; and most
readers win recall the story of the noble
man who refused TO let his seventh son
associate with his other six or with any
of the guests of the family, but kept him
/ locked up in his park Ike a wild animal,
because his hair happened TO be red.
Red hair. like everything else, has its
constant admirers, and at times it has
even been the raging fashion. This has
been so from earliest times. In Venice,
during the days of the painter Titan. red
hair was in such favor that the most IA
vorite shade of it took his name. And
hair of Titan red is even now thought to
beauty any head. Curious and tedious
devices are resorted to in order to get this
peculiar shade and luster. The hair is ex-
posed TO the hottest rays of the sun for
hours at a time until it is bleached into
the proper shade. In Titian's time, on the
morning before a carnival bail, the beau
| ties of Venice could be seen sitting on
housetops, awiting patiently for old Sol
TO do his work. The hair was first soaked
! thorouehly in wash made OF block sui
lphur. alum and honey and then hung over
the brim of crownless straw hat to dry
and bleach,