The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-26
Copyright 1896, by Ryman Interview Syndicate

''Show me his forelock and you can keep
his head" snapped out human reader to
whom the bust Of Cleveland was taken by
an inqu.ring politician during the Harri-
son-Cleveland campaign fight.
The politician was an independent be
longing TO some small party then in the
minority. Knowing that his party could
not win, he wanted to enjoy the satlsfac-
tion Of casting his vote for a candidate
with SHOW" and so applied to this hui
man microscope for advice about the less
OF the two evils. the democratic or repub-
lican candidate.
IF you take that man." said the read
er, looking at Growers hair brushed sleek
~ for his picture, you run your chances.
He has got a grain that is too much for
the forelocks. The Views hidden away in
that Uranium are going to crop out, any
way, Irrespective OF what you or anybody
else wants. Aggressiveness. honesty and
magnetism lie back OF a high smooth brow
with long sleek forelocks. II you have no
favors TO ask he viii DO very we'll But il
you are looking for little bit Of favor,
pass along to that other head you are
showing me-"
The ''other head" was that of Benjamin
Harrison.
NOV" said the Reader, that is man
! like better. He has what we call a
home head That means that he is in
huenced by people he likes, by those ne
loves, by his surroundings. If you smile
at him and coax him little you can do
great deal with him. About office faVors?
Well, he may worm away from you, if he
doesn't think you are worthy, but he viii
not kick you out with his boot and set the
q
you Will like him better. That forelock
IS very loveable one. And, by the way
1t is a fOrelock that absolutely cries out
10 be ahectonately twirled at home"
To this same Human Reader a person
went few days ago with a paper upon
which We're many curious marks and
signs. More forelOcks?" Queried the
Reader. We'll, you couldn't have brought
better indications of character"
Standing up the first fOrelock, which
happened to be that of Lincoln, the Read
er said: THAT brow makes me sad.
don't recognize 1t because l never do rec
ognize my subjects when I am reading
them. / make 1t a point not to do 50. But
this forelock, bursting upon me as 1t does,
almost brings tears TO my eyes. II is the
lock Of a man who does great things He
does them herOically. He is an epoch
maker. Look at that strong backward up
curl that nothing can keep down. Look
at that severe style. That is not cultivat-
ed. 1t grew so-and the man grew so,
100. Was he an Anarchist? He went as
There is forelock 1 don't like" said
the Reader, as Grants lock came up. 1T
is such a One-sided one. That man could
only do one thing well. I can't tell wheth-
er he fought well or wrote WELL whether
he was a good business man or an admir-
able diplomat But that he was only one
OF all those things of that you may be GER
tain. OF course he was a World-famouS
figure, and I am sure there are saddened
spots in his history, saddened not by HIM
self, but by that all-one-way forelock.
Goodness said the Reader as the
scenes shifted backward, bringing up two
brows of thought, the two Adamses who
We're Presidents soon after Washington.
There never was forelock in that fam
lily. They were thinkers from way back.
Men who think and mop the brow can t
have forelocks. They must be read by
what Is not there. If you would show me
the pages of their lives ! could point out
hard, knotty places they were in, and po-
s,tions where they worried themselves
most TO death. What. you tell eatha I
the one succeeded Washingtoa as Pres
1dent against the popular wish Of the peO-
pie, who wanted their old chief forever,
and that the other worried through a po-
ltieal campaign and then dropped dead in
the House of Representative tYes2 1t
is as told you. They were men who worA
ried and worked, and yet never made that
strong, aggressive mark of, well say Or
Seifersons Curls.
turn of that brow. 1t is shaded by long
curls that come down over it by long pull
ing at them. The owner of that head was
a schemer. He tried to hide his thoughts
with curl. What? You tell me he wrote
the Declaration of Independence? We'll.
he shows it. Curly forelocks are the fore
locks Of men who scheme and twist and
work to get what they want. No doubt
that man wanted a certain right he saw
!. enjoyed by other men, so he wrote that
famous declaration that all men are born
free and equal Look out for men with
long, curling forelocks. They have plots