The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21
LORE OF HAIR,
GRAY AND OTHERWISE.

Premature gray hair" says the New
York Press, often causes the good to
dye young" remarks the joker. But
in all seriousness gray hair is as much
an adjunct of beauty as an index of
old age. Pure living and attention to
the rules of health will keep a face
youthful, and If gray hairs make an
early appearance they only add to its
comeliness. Hosts of young people con-
suit specialists to be treated for pre-
mature grayness, but others seek from
them means to bring about grayness
of just a few hairs at the temples, be-
cause, ITS so intellectual. don't you
know"
Ada Rehan has the credit of being
the first woman in public life who al
lowed her hair to turn gray without
making the slightest attempt to con-
ceal it-that is, in private life. On the
stage, of course, she wore wigs. Two
other well-known actresses who go fur
ther than Ada Rehan are Ellen Terry
and Eleonora Duse, both appearing on
the stage without concealing their gray
hair.
Max Nordau in his Degeneration"
observes that 'precocious badness Is to
be especially observed, and the hair be-
gins to turn gray much sooner than
in former years" Lord Macaulay, in
one of his essays, says of Byron: From
his Venetian harem he sent forth vol
ume after volume full of eloquence, of
| wit, of pathos, of rbaldry and of bitter
disdain. His health sank under the
effects of his intemperance. His hair
! turned gray"
A French collector owns tiny
| square made from the gray hair of
Margaret, Countess of Lennox, valued
at $4,000 1t is said there is a kind of
lace, known as Point Tresse, which is
made from flax threads mixed with
gray hair, and is very costly
Hair suddenly turning gray through
| terror or illness Is well-known phe-
nomenon. Col. d C. Casey, superin-
tendent of the Medler Mines, New Mex
| leo, had a thrilling experience with
| Indians in 1884. The scare turned his
hair gray within week. and it became
| snow white within the year.
! Attorney General Bates had dark hair
and beard almost white. Once in the
| presence of President Lincoln Mr..
| Bates was asked the reason his beard
| turned white while his hair remained a
normal color. He could not account for
1t, but Lincoln laughingly said. why.
don't you know? It's because he uses
| his chin more than he does his head. -
| On Feb. 20, 1772, some laborers found
a leaden coffin which contained the
body of Thomas Beaufort, half brother
| to King Henry ", and on closer exam
| ination his hair. brown intermixed with
few streaks of gray. was seen to be
in perfect condition after being buried
for 345 years He died at East Green
| witch in 1427.
Capt. Maitland thus describes Ma
poleon as he appeared while in con-
| finement on ST. Helena in the summer
| of 1876 When he smiled the express
sion of his countenance was highly
| pleasing. When under the influence OF
disappointment. however, 1t assumed
a dark, gloomy cast. His hair was of
a very dark brown, nearly approach
ing to black. and, though little thin
on the top and front, had not a gray
hair among it,
Publius Lentulus in an epistle sent to
| the Roman Senate thus described the
personal appearance. of Jesus Christ !:
His hair is of the color of chestnut
full ripe, plain to the ears, whence
downward it is most orient curling
| and waving about His shoulders; in
the midst of His forehead q stream of
partition of His hair, after the manner
of the Nazarites forehead plain and
| delicate; His face without spot or wrin-
kle, beautiful with a lovely red: Ills
beard thick, in color like His hair, not
over long; His look innocent and ma
ture; His eyes gray, quick and clear"
| 1 he mar Vi t1lSHldIlu MARY llTH1OT-
| talized by Burns, was of light brown
color. A lock of It given to the poet
on that last day of parting love" be-
meath the hawthorn of Coisfield is
preserved, with two volumes Burns pre-
sented to her, in the monument near
| Ayr
Fine black hair denotes a high-strung,
| tempestuous nature, full of strong
feeling and one usually very clever
Coarse, lustreless black hair is found
in persons of fitfu, jealous and
treacherous disposition.
About a year ago the newspapers
chronicled the fact that a Mrs Mary
Eta Davis was 1875 years old on the
4th of July. When 112 years old she
lost her sight and hearing. Later her
| hair, heretofore a snowy white, turned
| jet black and remained so. Her hear
ing and sight also came back to her at
| the same time.
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