The record-union., 1895-12-17

Length, Strength and Weight-Beau-
tiful and Unique shades-Efect.Ess
On Beholder.

| Again has Paderewski, the great pi-
anist, come to enthrall us with his Won
derful playing and his no less wonder
full hair
But the very hairs of your head are
all numbered" says the Bible.
| A representative of the New York
| World who has devoted much profound
! thought and study to phrenology, phys
iognomy and allied subjects visited
Mr.. Paderewski for the purpose of
studying mis- head and his hair. The
great pianist is not less amiable than
he is gifted. He told his visitor that
American audiences are the warmest
and most sympathetic he has ever
known, and that their enthusiasm en-
couraged him to better work. Most art
lists say the same thing, but he was evil
IDENTIFY sincere. While he spoke the lis
| tener observed Mr.. Paderewsli's
GROWING glory, calculated it's weight,
| length, quantity and quality. That pa
per says: NJ. Paderewski will no doubt
pardon this intention to personal de-
! tail. Many learned critics will write
about his playing, but they will not
! give serious attention to his hair. 1t
! has frequently been the subject of With
cisms, but the Sunday World for the first
| time treats it in the sober and earnest
| spirit of seeker after scientific truth.
The women of America who have given
such enthusiastic appreciation and
! support to him will eagerly welcome
this information. That glorious aureole
| OF hair is already enShrined in their
hearts. Now they will keep it's memory
! fresh by cutting out this article and
pasting it in their scrapbooks.
To begin with, his hair is unique in
color. Nothing at all like it was ever
seen by the writer. The prevailing tint
is light orange yellow, but there are
many shades gently passing into one
another. You catch glimpses of old
gold and of shade like the color of q
tremendously hot fire.
1t grows down low over the forehead,
and the line where the hair ends is
curiously curved here. The bare skin
takes two deep and sudden turns in
ward over the temple. These bare
spaces mark the beginning of badness
in most men. 1t is therefore possible
that Paderewski will some day lose his
! hair. The thought is desolating, but it
will be a long time yet,
The quantity and arrangement of the
hair come next in Importance to its
color. 1t sticks straight up from the
! forehead and bends backward at the
| top Every hair has half a dozen
curves in it. The effect can only be
compared to that of fire, with short,
/ fierce, light-colored flames chasing one
another swiftly upward.
! The greater part of it appears to
grow to length Of eight inches, and it
reaches down the back of his neck to
his collar, where it is as long as any
where else AS a considerable portion
DIV in a a nT
growth, a reasonable calculation OF its
average length would be five inches.
Paderewski has a very large square
head The average human head has a
hair bearing surface of 10 square
inches. His scalp mas an area of 16O
inches.
There are 600 hair follicles in a
square inch of a dark persons scalp.
The blonde of course, has finer hair
than the other. This would give a total
OF $4,000 follicles to blonde with 10
inches of scalp, but as many follicles
emit two or three hairs, the total must
be greatly increased, and 120O00 is a
! conservative estimate.
Accepting these calculations, Pader-
ewski, who is a blonde with very fine
hair and an unusually large head,
would have about 100000 hairs. That
is at the rate of LOU to the square
inch.
The average length of them is placed
at five inches, and their total length,
if placed end to end, would be 1,O00000
inches, or, approximately, 15A miles. 1t
would, therefore, make a line long
enough to reach from here to Yonkers.
That sounds disappointing, because
statisticians usually produce line that
would reach to the moon, but only cold
facts are dealt in here.
The weight of Paderewski's hair may
also be disappointing. A womans head
Of hair seldom weighs more than five
| or six ounces, and three ounces is a
liberal allowance.
The strength of the hair is a most as
tonishing fact. An eminent doctor in
forms us that a single hair will bear a
strain equivalent to four ounces. Pad
erewsli's 100000 hairs should therefore
! be able to withstand a strain of 10000
pounds.
Paderewski's hair grows at the rate
of seven inches a year. It would re-
uuire ten years accumulation to stuff a
cushion of respectable size, and such a
souvenir is hardly to be hoped for.
The quotable market value is not
great. Eight-inch hair only sells for p
cents an ounce, while thirty-six-inch
hair sells for 81 or more. The market
value of Paderewski's hair is probably
increased by its rare color, but apart
from that it would undoubtedly be of
| inestimable value as a souvenir If
the pianist should ever be hard up, Of
which fortunately there is no present
prospect, he has only to offer his hair
for sale Many an American woman
would give a fortune for it.