The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24
GREAT RED-HAIRED GIRLS.
both Helen OF Troy and the wife OF
The O'ROurke ReiOiccd in Auburn
Locks.

both Helen OF Troy and the wife OF
The O'ROurIxe RejOiccd in Auburn
Locks.
From the Philadelphia Times
Isn't it rather curious that nearly all
the women who have been great enough
to have their heads cut off have had
red hair? II it be true that a woman is
at the root OF every evil. isn't it equally
true that she viii usually he found to
be red headed? Take half score of
the women who have been at the bot
tom Of most trouble-say. Catherine Of
Russia, Joan of Arc. Elizabeth. Mary
Queen of Scots Anne of Austria. EN-
press Eugene, Ninonde L'Enclos. Lucre-
tia Borgia, Beatrice Cenci-all of them
had red hair and very few Of them died
in their beds. Even in prehistoric times
It appears that red-headed women made
all the trouble.
A red-headed woman caused the fan
of Troy, and a red-headed woman brought
to Ireland seven centuries of Woe The
two historic abductions of the world
were of red-headed women. The destruc-
ton of Troy and the trials and tribula-
tions of the men of Argos were caused
by the rape of the red-haired Helen, the
highest type of Homeric beauty. The
faithlessness Of Helen, however was
but trhing In its consequences compared
with that of Mrs. O'Rourke. another
red haired spouse, whose inhdeMty
plunged whole nation into war and
brought suffering and grief to untold
generations. In ITO two Irish chiefs
o'Rourke and o'Dermott, lived near
each other in peace and friendship.
O'Rourke had a beautiful wife, whose
hair was a fiery Milesian red. ODER
mott took a fancy to her and finally
carried her Off. War followed between
the O'Rourkes ana ODermotts, in which
the latter got the worst of it. Henry H.
of England then offered to assist
O'Dermott if he and his followers would
acknowledge the English king as their
liege lord. They did so. This gave the
English an excuse to invade Ireland,
which they did. to help fight out the
ORourke matter. And from the day Of
Henry H. 5 interference TO help ODER
mott to retain possession of another
mans red-headed wife, Ireland has been
the victim of English injustice.
Among primitive and barbarous peoples
red hair was generally regarded with
| favor although associated with the cruel
| and terrible. The gods of savage and
| seml-civihzed nations have always been
| cruel and awe-inspiring deities. and their
! color was always red. Red in the old
| sagas ana FOLKLORE symboized blood
! war, hatred, and among the early ma
/ tons il was associated with divinity and
/ power, both priestly and royal The tab
! ernacle of the Israelites was covered
| with skins dyed red; the gods and images
! of Egypt and Chaldea were painted red
| and to this day red is one of the dis
/ tinguishing colors of the Roman Pontin
| and his Cardinals.
| But even among these people red hair
/ was not in favor The ancient Egyptians.
/ for instance, were violently averse to
! red hair, and their hatred was literally
/ a burning one, for according to Diodorous
they annually went thrOug the grue-
/ some ceremony of burning alive one red
headed maiden, in the hope that they
might in that way prevent the color
from becoming a common one among
| them.
In Spain there is an equally strong
| prejudice against red hair. Their pro
| verbs say, as do ether authorities, that
/ the hair of the traitor JUDAS Iscariot
| was red. In all Spanish paintings Judas
/ is distinguished from the other disciples
/ by the fiery color of his hair, and among
| Spanish people the world over red hair
| is commonly known as Judas hair"
J Among savages tribes, however, red
/ hair is usually held in great esteem.
I Some of the Alaskan women, for ex-
ample. smear their hair and faces all
over daily with the red juice OF the
/ chokecherry, which gives them bloody
| corsair aspect. Among the native New
| zealanders kura, or red. is the sacred