The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
possessions. The husband. unless he is
travelling. may not live out of his tent.
HAIR AND fNTELLECT.
differences About the subsoiI From
the Top Crop--Artists and Children
Prove the Rule.


From London Truth.
Some curious statistics relating to
hair have been collected by the school
authorities at Lille. Thus, the auburn
haired boys are generally at the head
OF the recitation classes and the blonde
girls learn their lessons best. Auburn,
boys and blonde lasses come out high
est as arithmeticians. But in compo-
sition they are nowhere. The dark
haired children of both sexes have the
quality of imagination, and in their
composition know how to fatigue the
attention. They have movement and
originality In short, they seem as
compared to the auburns and blondes,
born stylists. Now that 1 think Of 1t,
Sarah Bernhard u.s. or was, auburn
haired, and Nine. Bartet had light
brown hair twenty-five years ago-so
light as to be almost fair. / should
not call the late Nine. Jaques Stern
(Croizette) in the heydey of her charms
blonde. But she had darkish shade
of fair hair that looked like heavy
sheeny hoss silk, and the ruddinesS
that one associates with auburn. Nine.
Samary was also fair without being
exactly a blonde.
i daresay the auburn boys and blonde
lasses in the Lille elementary schools
are of Flemish that is to say phleg~
matte, race. Their brains do not grow
to recite, and for that reason they keep
the mastery Of the vocal organs. In
short, they continue to know what they
are about. The dark children are
probably of Celtic. that is to say Gal
lis, origin. The blood comes with a
rush to their brains, and they grow
confused, splitter and break down. If
they could only be taught to remain
silent for few moments, they would
be all the better for this rush, as the
confusion would have passed away,
leaving only stimulated mental organs.
Goldsmith, who was dark, always be-
gan by being confused in CONVERSE
ton. O'Connell wore a black wig but
his real hair in his youth was auburn
l recollect very old people who heard
him plead in his prime speak of 1t as
such. His readiness was wonderful,
But perhaps he might not have recited
so we'll what somebody else had writ
ten.
have rarely heard a great French
orator recite. Grevy, the President of
the Republic, was one of the few, and
he reached perfection in reciting Vol
taire's verses to Erailie. Gambetta, in
low, sweet, voice, recited sometimes
passages from his favorite poets.
Theirs would commit nothing to MEM
DRY in the way Of a poem or a speech
by another orator. He had himself
with the writings of others. Louis
Blanch shone, however, in reciting de-
clamatory passages from Corneille and
Racine, but his brother Charles fair.
Jewish looking man, not unlike the first
Baron de Rothschild--beat him in de-
clamation at the ecclesiastical school
where they passed their youth.
Charles Blanch triumphed in both mas
culine and feminine parts, and drew
tears from his reverend preceptor's
eyes as Andromaque. Louis was best
as Polyeucte or the Cid. Imagine wee
Louis Blanc giving the illusion of that
heroic warriorl Victor Hugo never
seemed grander than in reading some
noble work of his own. An old passport
given to him in his twenty-seventh
year speaks of him as having auburn
hair, long and remarkably thick.
heard him recite the ITO be or not to
be" soliloquy as translated by his son
Francois. Did he not throw express
sion into It'll
To come back to stage people, the two
Coquelins are fair. Mademoisella
Schneider, who rather recited than
sang in the operattas of Offenbach. Wa
remarkably fair. 1t may be that tine
late Queen Victoria would have read
her speeches less well had she been a
brunette. Rachel is an illustrious in
stance on the other side. I do not know
whether her rival and supplanter, Ris-
tori should be classed among the dark
or fair actresses. When / made her
acquaintance the early color of her
hair and complexion had departed. She
had a fair-haired brother who suddenly
became white haired. He used to
teach Italian, however, in a singing
school.
Finally, on the subject of hair am
sorry to say that the red-headed boys
and girls in the Lille schools-les rouA
ct les rousses--are at the bottom of
everything save In good conduct
marks. Nor are they remarkable for
good health. The dark boys behave
better than the auburn or the fair, but
are more sensitive to praise or blame.