The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
HAIR AND INTELLECT.
Tcntal pcculiarities of Blondes and Bru
ncttCs Compared.

Some curious statistics relating to
rair nave been collected by the school
| authorities nj Lille. Thus the auburn
:@i.vl boy.; are generally ri the head
y IL" RECITATION cl;:%>c% and tic blonde
-irls learn tnri,' lessons hcSt. Auburn
boys and iri"n.ic iaS>.:: cC!G" CUt hi.:tl-
~; :is ar:hn:v!i"i&,!S. hut ia c":.!p@si.
liuu they ave noWi.,r" III" dark
illircd children Of ho;n >rNcs have The
quality uI' imagination. ;.Hl in !r"ir
composition know how not 80 lHti%i:r
the attention. They have movement
md originality. In short. they seem. as
compared 10 the auburns and blondes.
| bern S,yliStS. Now that think OF it,
| Sarah Errnhar,it is. o. was ;uburn-
! haired. and Nine. Hnrtci had light
ro>Nn hair twenty-five years aGn~-.."
li:,ht as tu be almost fair. | should
rui call thr latc Mine. .arQuc. stern
fru!Z'N"l in til" hryhhE OF her charms
Il il"uLv. j:ut size had Il d,rEiSi! shade
~ rHir iHrj" tllat looked lik" hrA"N.
! >"oMr. floss silk. and ihr ruddiHr>S,
tina, "na ;'.ynriH;rS wish auburn. MH".
%HmlAiy WAS also fair. Witnuut being
/ rN"r.y y hl"ut~.
jIrr::lN III" aUhUru boys and blonde
/ l">Sr> in tine Lille elementary schools
ate - Flemish. ihHi is 10 say phlCg-
m1tir ra'". Tu";i nrail,# ho not :ciow
Il, '""' ".'m",'~t,'d Nh"n they stand
! uN to r"cii". and FOR That reason ,u"y
, krrn IN" mln>irry uf the vocal organs.
| IN short. tii"y roHt,nlr TO know what
they N" ahuu1. The dark children are
probably "t celtic. that is /" say Gallir.
| III t"in. tn" blood come; with Il rush TO
| their brains. and they grow confused.
Sr!utirr and break down. II they
could only hr taught 10 remain silent
for few moments. they would he All
the better for this rush. rs the con-
fusion would have passed away, lcav-
Ing only stimulated mental organs.
Goldsmith. who WAS dark. always be-
gan hy being confused in conversation.
O't"nnrll wore black wig, but his
real hair in his youth WAS auburn. I
rrc"llrct very old people who heard
him plead in his prime speak Of t as
such. But perhaps he might not have
r"rityd 50 we'll wha, somebody else had
written.
| hav" rarely heard 4 "rcA, French
orator rcr,r. Grcvy, the PRESIDENT
OF the Republic, was one OF the fcw.
and he reached perfection in rcctmg
Nnltairr'S verses 10 Emile. GHmE~ttn.
in Il low. sweet voice. rccitcd sometime
passages from his favoritc poets.
ThicrS would commit nothing 10 mcm.
DRY in the way Of Il poem or Il speech
by another author. He had himself
too much to say 10 .ncumhcr his mind
with the writings of others. Louis
Blanc Shonr, however. in rcciting doc.
lamatory passages from Cornrillc and
Racine but his brother tharlrS-a fair.
.IrwiSh-looliing man. not unlike the
first Baron James dc RothSchild-hcat
him in defamation at the ecclesiastical
school where they passed their youth.
Charles Blame triumphrd in both mas.
culinr and feminine parts, and drew
tears from his reverend prrccptor's
eyes as An'iromaQuc. Louis WAS hest
as rolyructr or the Cid. Imagine wee
Louis Blanc giving the illusion Of that
historic warrior. Victor Hugo never
seemed %rant!rr than in reading some
noble work of his own. An old pass.
port given to him in his twcnty-Scvrnth
year speaks OF him rs having auburn
hair long and remarkably thick. l
heard him rrcitr the ITO he or not TO
be- Snlil0uuy as translated by his
son Francois Did he not throw cX-
preston into 1t!
10 come back to stage people. the
two CouuclinS are fair. Mile. Schnc-
der, who rather rccitcd than sang in
the OpcrrttaS of Ofcnhach, was re.
markahly fair. II may be that the late
Queen Victoria would have read her
speeches less we'll had she been Il
brunette. Rachel is an illuSrio,lS in
stance on the other side. | do not
, kL"N whether her rival and sup
planter, RiStor. should be clnSscd
among The dark o. fair actresses When
I made her acquaintance the early
n color of her hair and complexion had
departed. She had Il fair.hAircd brother
who suddenly became white haired.
lie used to teach Italian, however, in
Il singing school.
, Finally. on the b.icct of hair. T am
, sorry to say that the d-hcadcd boys
and girls in thc Lille SchOOlS-lcs rouX
ct les rouSSrS--arc at the bottom in
everything save in gO0d-conduct marks
Nor are they remarkable for good
health. The dark boys behave better
than the auburn or the fair but are
NOR" sensitive TO praise or blamc.-
London Truth.