The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-11
POPULARITY OF RED HAIR.

THE favorite hue for hair in the mat
-,,,onial market is red-not auburn,
,.,+ red of an uncompromising shade
t1o+ elints in the sunlight and warns
.na heart with it's radiance, says the
chicago Chronicle.
At least, such would seem to be the
.ose for a red-headed old maid is al
most unknown
As a wife a girl with bright locks
DC a success, if you catch mild one,
occording to many a man who has
married. a red-headed woman. She
makes her home a bright, happy place.
She is warm hearted, affectionate and
demonstrative. She is buoyant in spir-
;te her nature being as bright as her
hair She is ambitious, and, as a rule,
she is cleverer than her dark-haired
sister. The brighter her hair the clev-
erer she is. OF course, there are ex-
ceptions to this rule, but they only
prove the rule.
Another reason why she of the cop
rer-colored tresses has such fascina-
tion for man that she is never left to
nine in solemn singleness is that she
IS apt to be good cook and a good
dressmaker
Her taste in clothes, however, is not
always the best She has a leaning to
bright colors, although she looks best
in black or white, which she seldom
chooses.
Not only does she like bright shades
but odd conceits in gowns and snowy
jewelry.
she is not the woman who enjoys
dark grand rooms. She prefers sun
light, freight and bright-colored rugs,
hangings and upholstery. She is sell
dom prim-in fact, while cleanly, she
is not often orderly.
While she often has the gifts of
rhyming and versiflcation, she is apt
to be a good mathematician and to
keep the family accounts square.
Men who know all this from expert
ence declare that it is pity the sup
ply of red-haired women is not great
er. AS a matter of fact, it is very linn
tied. Only one woman in forty with
hair of shades of Titan red exists in
civilized countries.
In Spain, for example, a woman with
red hair is so seldom seen as to be con-
sidered a great beauty, no matter what
her complexion, the shape of her nose
or the tone of her voice. In China
they have no bright-haired women, or
so few that one with brightly gleam-
ing locks is regarded with wonder akin
to awe. In New Zealand red-haired
woman is considered as on the right
road to paradise.
On the other hand, in Egypt the red
head is regarded with aversion. The
ancient Egyptians were so violently
opposed to hair of this tone that once
a year they burned maiden who pos
sessed bright locks in the hope of ex-
terminating or lessening what they
considered a curse.
Sentiment aside, people of the car
rot-head type have a vast advantage.
They are less liable to badness than
those who own brown or black hair.
The reason thereof is that one. red
hair is as thick as three dark hairs.
With 10000 red hairs the scalp is we'll
matched. With the same number of
dark hairs a person is almost bald.
The average number of filaments that
the brunette belle has to comb and
brush is 100000.
For the benefit of any young woman
who wishes to turn her black hair into
the more fashionable and desirable red
hue it may be said that each hair must
be treated separately, first with one
thing and then with another, and that
the process is so slow and elaborate
If it is done in scientific manner that
one would think a Meissonier instead
Of a hair dyer were at work on one
of his delicate little studies. If done
IN less careful manner milady may ap-
pear with hair having various shades
of red in it from the gold to copper.
AS to red hair in the masculine mat
rimonial market, in Munich a club of
girls has been formed, the members of
which pledge themselves to die old
maids rather than marry any but young
men with red hair. They are under
the delusion that the most devoted of
husbands have fiery topknots. They
are certainly more energetic and push
ing and their tint of hair often has
a direct bearing on their calling and
careers, presumably affecting their
success in life.
In support of this statement a be-
wlldering mass of statistics has been
set forth showing how fair men in
humble life incline toward occupation
connected with horses and cattle, while
lair men Of a higher status become
political agitators.
The men who recruit the aristoc-
racy are mostly those on whom nature
has bestowed rudy or at least straw
colored hair.