New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
BLONDE AND BRUNETTE.
Former Predomfnate 4mong Those
UhO Hare Done Worlds Work.


. bov who has been dersively callea Tow
,es5" in the schoolysrd by some other boy does
-, soon forget it. Of course. his tormentor has
s,-k hair and he must remain speechless or find
so-oa other way Of replying TO this unpleasant
orusion 10 his conspicuous tawny hair. II
- only knew as much about it as some of the
-.-,s.Dts Of the races OF mankind and had the
.o-see Of his convictions. ne could retort in
.-.,sbire fashion According 10 some ethnolo-
.is+s his hair is The badge Of the dominant type
:. the world history
,s,o,5es and the blonde type have been de-
.e.-stea hy some ethnologists to be possessed
:, -,ore h-ain and TO be the most aggressive of
.oti,s Evolved in the Northwestern part
= T,-one in the neighborhood of the Baltic Sea-
-, he strongest have survived Obliged to use
80 wits in order TO live, they developed brain
capacity
on. man. curious 10 find out whether blondes
hr,,nsttes predominated among the famous
o,Is NJ England studied their complexions
s-s4uilr and found that more than two-thirds
= .be political reforIners and agitators three
as,bs of the sailors. and more than half Of the
scientists the soldiers the artists the poets. the
members OF the royal family the lawyers ano
che created peers and their sons We're blondes.
Among the statesmen. men and women of letters,
,he hereditary aristocracy. the clergymen, the
men Of low birth. explorers and actors and
actresses. the brInettes outnumbered the
blondes.
From his observation he concluded that AN
excess % fairness prevails among the snen Of
restless and ambitious temperament-the san
gune energetic men, the men who easily domi-
nafe their fellows and who get on in life, the
men who recruit The aristocracy, and who doubt
less largely form the plutocracy." Artisans,
or mission in
life is TO practice and preach resignation 10
higher viii" actors and thinkers, these, he cb-
served. were more apt to be dark than light in
complexion The fair man tended TO he 'ooid,
energetic. restless and domineering." while the
dark man tended 10 be resigned ani religious
and initiative. yet highly intelligent"
Whether one agrees with this conclusion or
not Ii is true that some of the most aggressive,
restless and ambitious men have been blondes.
President Roosevelt is a blonde. Emperor Will
ian. Of Germany, belongs TO d family IF the
blond type The color Of the hair found on the
body of John Paul Jones indicates that he was
inclined 70 be blond. Kosciusko The famous
Polish leader. and Kossuth, the much beloved
Magyar leader, We're blondes
The great wanderers OF the world are those
who follow The sea. Constantly restless. sailors
are never satisfied when ashore, for ,hen they
would be afioat- When afoat they cast longing
eyes toward the shore. Some of the best sailors
are furnished by the blond nations. The Nor
wegian has been sailor since the days when
the restless Vikings came down out Of the North
on their rava ging expeditions. He is found in
The service If every nation which has a large
mercantile fleet
The restless Temp rament possibly accounts
foT the fact that most blondes are Protestants
IL religion. They brought about the Reforrna-
ZION. Most Of the European countries inha bftel
BY pronounced blond races are Protestant In
the European countries in which Roman Ca
ihoiicism has its strongest hold the brunette
predorninates. According 10 one student Of eth
no-ogy blondes prefer zoe country, while bru-
ueIt-s naturally seek tne city. Brunettes, ne
says predomInate ia urban districts.
Blondes have -la. eJ large part in history.
6oTne ethnologlsIs Ceciare that the race which
made Greece famous q blond one, which
came Gown from the north. They developed the
language. the arr ana the literature and con-
iribured the material and methods which
mad Greece -aInous as military power on
land and sea The blondes laid the foundation
Of the great Roman empire, according TO some
o1 these students, as they also contributed 10
its disin1egration-
\ strange reason is given by one student for
the European practice OF putting haXen hair
dolls. for lie tendency Of actresses and mere
triclous women 10 bleach their hair, and for the
choice Of the blond type for representations of
the Christ, the Madonna. angels. fairies, prin-
cesses and sEDbolical figures. The conquering
type il Europe, he says, o. course became the
arlsIOcTacE, the ruling type or soldier class.
History ana tradition show that even in pre-
historic times The nobility ana aristocracy were
blonde. even IN countries strongly brunette.
Admiration for the blond ruling classes, he
thinks, lay al the bottom Of these customs and
tendencies. The brunette comprised the lower
classes Including the serfs. These naturally
looked up 10 the ruling blondes with a desire TO
paease and appease- one would be inclined To
think that Jesus Christ and his mother, owing
70 their race. were brunettes. one writer says
that until the second century the former was
generally considered TO be a brunette. When
he came 10 be regarded OF the Trinity
blonde took possession of the painters. and be
and beard. blue eyes. clear complexion with
delicate 1inge OF red and oval face The
Virgin Mary was also at first considered 10 be
Of worship. she pictured as a blonde AS
an evidence OF the correctness OF this theory
Il IS pointed out that Mary Magdalene who /.
considered 10 be Of lowly origin. is usually
painted as a brunette. So the devil and
his iilps. for the same reason. The villain on
the stage is usually dark browed parsonage.
The thieves crucifed either side of the cross
IN pictures Of the scene generally depicted
with dark complexion.
In many of the modern symbolical paintings
especially mural pictures, there is a tendency
10 Use the blond type. AS an illustration this
theorist draws attention 10 the decorations of
the Boston Library in which few brunettes
occur.