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other boy oes not soon forget Il. q
course, his tormentor has dark hair
and he must remain SPECIFICS 90 fna
some other way Of replying to his IN
pleasant aliusion TO his conspieuous
tawny hair. II he only knew AZ muca
about "a as some OF thu students q
the races OF mankind and had the courl
age of his convictions he could rotor.
In n crushing fashion. According ID
some ethnologists. his hair In the badsa
Of the dominant type In h worlds
history.
Blondes and. the blonde type havs
been demonstrated by some ethnoio-
Eists to be possessed OF more brain ana
10 be the most aggressive Of mankind
Evolved In the northwestern part os
Europe, In the neighborhood OF the Bal
tin sea. only the strongest have sur
vived. Obliged TO use their wits In or
der TO i've they developed brain capa-
city.
one man. curious TO ind out whethss
blondes Dc brunettes predominateS
among the famous people OF England
studied their compilations carefully and
found that more h two-thirds OF the
political reformers and ~agitators, three
fifths OF the sailors. soldiers. the artists
h poets. tho members OF the royal
family the lawyers and the created
peers and their sons were blondes
Among the statesmen. men N womef|
OF letters. the hereditary aristocracy
h clergymen. the men or low birth
explorers md actors and actresses. the
brunettes outnumbcred tho blondes.
From this observation he concludes
hat 'an excess OF fairness prevallI
among the men OF restless and ambiI
tious temperament-the sanguine. en-.
ergetic men. the men who easily don't
nate their fellows and who get on ta
life. the men who recruit the nristocI
racy. and who doubtless largely form
the plutocracy." Artisans. peasants
h men OF religion. whose mission iI
life II TO practice and preach resignaI
ers. these. he observed. were more APT
TO be dark than light In complexloh
The fair man tended to be bold. en-
ergetlc. restless and domineering.
while the dark mar tended TO be ere
signed and religious and Initiative. ye,
highly intelligent"
Whether n agrees with this conclu-
sion or not. IL Is true that some OF th.
aggressive. restless and ambition,
men have been blondes. Presidenl
Roosevelt In a blonde. Emperor VII
liam OF Germany belongs TO n family Of
the blonde type. The color OF the hair
found OH the body OF John Paul Jones
indicates that he was inclined To Be
blonde. Kosciusko. the famous PolisA
leader. and kossuth. the much-belovei.
Magyar lender, were blondes.
The great wanderers OF the world are
those who follow the sea. Constantly
restless. sailors are never satisfied
when ashore. for then they would b.
afioat. When afioat they cast longing
eyes toward h shore. Some OF the
best sailors are furnished by the bionds
nations. The Norwegian has been Al
sailor since the days when n restless
Vikings came down out OF the north|
ON their rnvaging expeditions. He "a
found I'm the service OF every nation
which has a large mercantile feet.
The restless temperament possibly
accounts for the fact that most blonde
e Professionals In religion. They
brought about tho reformation. Mos,
Of the European countries inhabited
by pronounced blonde races are Protcs
tants. In the European countries IN
which Roman Catholicism has is
strongest hold. the brunette predomi-
mates. According To one student Of
e~thnology. blondes prefer the country
while brunettes naturally seek the city
Brunettes. he a predominant In ur-
ban districts.
Blondes have played a large part Ia
history. Some ethnologists declare thai
the race which made Greece famous
was n blonde one. which came down.
from the north. They developed the
language. the art and the literature
and contributed the material and meth.
DDS which made Greece famous as a
military power OH Lane and sea- The
blondes laid the foundation OF the
great Roman empire. according To some
OF these students. as they also contrib
uied TO It's disintegration.
A strange reason IL given by one stu.
dent for the European practice OF pui.
ting fiaxen hair on dolls. for the tend
ency Of actresses and meretrtcious
women to bleach the hair, and foe the
choice OF the blonde type for repre-
sensations OF the Christ. the Madonna
angels. fairies. p-rincesses and symbol
heal figures The c~onquerinE type 90
Europe, he says, OF course. became the
aristocracy. the ruling type or soldier
class. History m tradition show that
even I'm prehistoric times the nobility.
and aristocracy were blonde, even al
countries strongly brunette. Admir-.
tion for the blonde ruling classes, he
thinks, lay at the bottom OF these Gus.
toms and tendencies. The brunette
comprised the lower classes. including
the serfs. TneSe naturally looked up
TO the ruling blondes with n desire 20
please and appease. One would be g..
clined 1 o think hat Jesus Christ aUl
his mother. owing to their race. werr
~brunettes. One writer says that uHA'
the second century the former %
generally considered to DO n brunette
When He came to be regarded as ore
OF the Trinity the instinct TO think q.
a ruling person as a blonde took pas
session OF the painters. and He was de
pictcd as n tall blonde with amber hair
and beard. blue yes. clear complexion
with delicate tingc of red and oval face
The Virgin Mary was also at first con
sidered To De n brunette. Then, wheh
she became an object or worship. sh.
was pictured as n blonde. Al an evil
dence OF the correctness OF this theory
Il IN pointed out h n Mary MaRdalens.
who In considered TO be OF lowly origin
IN usually painted as n brunette. %
are the devil and his imps for the SANE
renson. The villain on the stage "
usually "A dark-browed parsonage. Tbs
thieves crucifed on either side OF the
cross In pictures OF the scene generally