The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-15


Some curious statistics relating to
|h4ir have been collected by the
|nchool authorities at Lille. Thus, the
anburn-haired boys are generally at
the head Of the recitation classes,
|ond the blonde girls learn their les
tons Best, says London Truth. Au-
burn boys and blonde lasses come
0t highest as arithrnaticians. But in
|6omposition they are nowhere. The
Qfk-haired children Of both sexes
<1Sc the quality Of imagination and
y their compositions know how not
v fatigue the attention. They have
movement and originality. In short,
thty seem, as compared to the aus
k11rns and blondes, born stylists.
Now that think Of It, Sarah Bern
k8rdt Is, or was, auburn-haired, and
Nine. Hartet had light brown hair 25
years agoso light as TO be almost
falr. should not call the late Nine.
jacques Stern (Croizette) in the hey
dey Of her charms blonde. But she
hod darkish shade Of fair hair that
looked Ike heavy sheeny floss silk,
md the rnddiness that one associates
With auburn. Nine. Samary was also
{air without being exactly a blond.
" " daresay the auburn boys and
Blonde lasses in the Lille elementary
tchools are Of Flemish, that is to
cY phlegmatic, race. Their brains
9not grow at once congested when
~ stand up to recite and for that
Son they keep the mastery of the
Zeal organs. In short, they con-
Alle to know what they are about.
.ie dark children are probably of
celtic, that is to say Gallic, origin.
The blood comes with rush to their
brains, and they grow confused,
eplutter, and break down. II they
could only be taught to remain 81
lent for few moments, they would
~ all the better for this rush, as the
6onfusion would have passed away,
leaving only stimulated mental or
kans. Goldsmith, who was dark, al
ways began by being confused in
conyexsation. O'Connell wore a black
M, but his real hair in youth was
&uburn. recollect very old people
Who heard him plead in his prime
apeak Of IL Is such. His readiness
x4ns wonderful. But perhaps he
uIight not have recited SO well what
somebody else had written.
have rarely heard great French
orator recite. Grevy, the president Of
1he republic, was one Of the few, and
- reached perfection in reciting Vol
tSire's verses to Emile Gambetta, in
= low, sweet voice, recited sometimes
passages from his favorite poets.
Thiers 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
shonx, however, in reciting declama-
tory passages from CorneilIe and Ra-
cine, but his brother Charles--a fair,
man, not unlike the
hrst Baron James de Rothschild-b
him in declama ton 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 Andromaque. Louis
was best as Polyeucte or the Cid.
Imagine wee Louis Blanc giving the il
luzion If that heroic warrior! Victor
Hugo never seemed grander than in
some noble work Of his own.
An old passport given to him in his
tWenty-seventh year speaks of him a.
having auburn hair, long and remark
ably thick. ] heard him recite the ITO
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. Mile. Schnei-
Ter, who rather recited than sang in
me operattas of Offenbach, was re-
narkably fair. 1t may be that the late
Queen Victoria would have read her
peeches iess well had she been bru-
1ette. Rachel is an iIlustrious instance
n lHt OlHtf Sluc- uD Hct hhoW
her rival and supplanter Ris
ori should be classed among the dark
II fair actresses. When made her
the early color of her
lajv and complexion had departed.
She had fair-haired brother who sud-
lenly became white-haired. He used
10 teach Italian, however, in singing
cbool.
Finally, on the subject of hair, am
'orry to say chat the red-headed' boys
ind girls in the Lille schools-ies roux
Il les rousses-are at the bottom in
save in good conduct
marks. Nor are they remarkable for
rood health. The dark boys behave
,etter than the auburn or the fair,
ind are more sensitive to praise or
,lame. q
Cxarina IL vanda1.
A peculiar alteration made by the