The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-05
BLONDE HAIR HAS
CHANGED HISTORY
q ~
Light-Haired People Have the
Characteristics Which Be-
long to Celebrities.

: =
, Blonde-h haired persons are, as rule.
sensitive. impulsive, changeable and as
sertive, and are supposed to be more
refined, esthetic and spiritual than
haired people. fAtsleast this is in
ferred from the fact that ALL or nearly
all, famous paintings represent angels
! with blonde, golden or, f1axen hair.
In 1875 a scientist declared that
blondes were fast becoming extinct,
owing to the want Of certain necessary
elements in the modern makeup. AT
|2anB rate, blonde HARRIS less seen than
Fifeffnerfy.&S
According to a, good authority only
Is per cent of the Inmates of Auburn,
N. Y, state prison are blondes.
Correze, Allier, Haute. Grouse and
other districts of France are frequented
by merchants for the purpose of buy
ing from INDECENT women their long
hair, says the Washington Times. The
usual price is from 81 to SO for the
back hair-the only part cut off-ac-
cording to .quaptity and color. Blonde
hair brings the highest price, but is
chiefly obtained in Germany. Switzer-
land, Sweden and Norway In Victor
Hugo's Les 1baaserables" this custom
of selling the, hair is noted in this
passage: @a05I }
zone day they wrote her that little
Cosette was-quite naked; that she
wanted flannel skirt and that the
mother must send at least ten francs
for the, puypdse. She crumbled the
letter in herEhands all. day. and at
nightfall went to a BARRIERS, at the cor
ner Of the street. and removed her
comb. Her Splendid light hair fell
down to her hips.
"'What fine hair!' the barber ex-
claimed.
What will you give me for it?' she
asked.
"'Ten francs
"'Cut it off,"
Sylia, the. Roman tyrant, thought
himself to be an extraordinary" look
ing man because his hair was golden.
Ole Bull, the Norwegian violinist, was
sometimes / called the ''flaxen- haired
Paginini.,, Thomas Gainsborough. the
famous English painter, was a blonde.
ThorwaIdsen. the Danish artist and
sculptor, had yellow hair, described by
Fra AIbertus as 'the color of sun
burned tow Queen Victoria, in her
girIhood. is described by Miss Porter
as "a beautiful child, with cherubic
form Of features, clustered round by
glossy, fair ringlets." When Sarah
Bernhardt played 1.-The King of Rome"
in striving to obtain a close resem-
blance to Napoleon's son. she found
difficulty with her hair. "The hair was
wrong" she said;x"i was too red, and,
fofF +ria of act
twenty wigs. None of them gave me
the look of the Eagles son. He had
the blonde hair Of his mothers race.
It was soft, abundant and golden. No
wigs could copy it. And so, at last, I
brought myself to lit is never easy
for a. woman, to sacrifice her hair-and
had my hair cut to the right fashion.
Then came the squestion Of toning it to
the right shade of the Eaglet's hair, of
which havesia lock, faded now, but
golden still This was merely ques-
ton of the eoiffeur's art. The thing
was done" sf5y
All persons who have rich, auburn
colored hairare found to be gifted with
charming disposition. The most de-
voted Of husbands are said to be red
haired: hence the reason club of girls
in Munish, members Of which pledged
themselves, FATHER than marry any but
young mem with red hair, to die old
maids. auitI
The earliest mention in history of
red hair is that Of Esau. King David
had hair Of rich auburn or rudy hue.
The Turks are great admirers Of red
hair, but the Persians abhor it. Out of
every 1876 English-speaking people
three are said to have red hair. Prince
Albert, the consort Of Queen Victoria,
had hazel eyes and hair of dark au-
burn.
1t Is not often a red-haired hero Is
selected for novel, but David Harum
had hair Of this color. The humorist