The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-28
HAIR AND INTELLECT.
rnferenee~ About the subsoii frsn
the TOP Crop--Arfists and chill
dren Prove che Ruie.

Some curious statistics relating to
hair have been collected by the
school authorities at Lille. Thus, the
auburn-haired boys are generally at
i the head of the recitation classes,
and the blonde girls learn their les
sons best, says London Truth. Au-
burn boys and blonde lasses come
out highest as arithmaticiAns. But in
composition they are nowhere. The
dark-haired children Of both sexes
have the quality Of imagination, and
in their compositions know how not
to fatigue the attention. They have
movement and originality. In short,
they seem. as compared to the aus
burns and blondes, born stylists.
Now, that think of it, Sarah Bern
hardt is, or was, burn-haired, and
Nine. Bartet had light brown hair rs
years ago-so light as to be almost
fair. / should not call the late Nine.
Jacques Stern (Croizette) in the hey
dey of her charms blonde. But she
| had darkish shade of fair hair that
looked like heavy sheeny floss silk,
and the ruddiness that one associates
4 with auburn. Nine. Samary was also
fair without being exactly a blond.
| / daresay the auburn boys and
blonde lasses in the Lille elementary
schools arc of Flemish, that is to
say phlegmatic, race. Their brains
do not grow at once congested when
they stand up to recite and for that
reason they keep the mastery OF the
vocal organs. In short, they con-
tinue to know what they are about.
The dark children are probably OF
Celtic, that is to say Gallo, origin.
The blood comes with rush to their
| brains, and they grow confused,
| splutter, and break down. II they
could only be taught to remain ST.
lent for few moments, they would
be all the better for this rush, as the
confusion would have passed away,
! leaving only stimulated mental or
gans. Goldsmith, who was dark, al-
ways began by being confused in
conversation. O'Connell wore black
wig, but his real hair in youth was
auburn. I recollect very old people
who heard him plead in his prime
speak Of it as such. His readiness
was wonderful. But perhaps he
might not have recited SO well what
somebody else had written.
| have rarely heard 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 Emile Gambetta, in
| a. low, sweet voice, recited sometimes
passages from his favorite poets.
| Theirs could commit nothing to mem
ory in the way OF poem or speech
by another orator. He had himself too
much to say to incumber his mind with
| the writings Of others. Louis Blanc
shone, however, in reciting declanla-
tory passages from Corneille and Ra-
cine, but his brother Charles-a fair,
| Jewish-looking man, not unlike the
| first Baron James de Rothschild-beat
him in defamation at the ecclesiastic-
al school where they passed their
youth. Charles Blanc triumphed in
both masculine and feminine parts,
and drew tears from his reverend pre-
ceptor's eyes as Andrcmaque. Louis
was best as Polyegcte or the Cid.
Imagine wee Louis Blanc giving the IL
lusion of that heroic warrior. 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 remark
ably thick. heard Kim recite the TO
be or not to be-" soliloquy as trans
lated by his son Francois. Did he not
throw expression into it.
To come back to stage people, the
two Coquelins are fair. Nile. Schnei-
der, who rather recited than sang IN:
the operattas Of Offenbaeh, was re-
markably fair. 1t may be that the late
Queen Victoria would have read her
speeches less we'll had she been bru-
nette. Rachelis an illustrions instance
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 fair-haired brother who sud
denly 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 roux
et les fouss<s-are at the bottom in
everything save in good conduct
marks Nor are they remarkable for
good health The dark boys behave
better than the auburn or the fair,
and are more sensitive TO praise OF
blame.
Czarina Is a 4andal.
A peculiar alteration made by the
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