The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-26
RED HAIR SIGNAL
OF UNPOPULAR|TY,
SAYSMRS. CARTER
Titan Crowned Actress Has an
I Idea Such Women Are
Misunderstood.
PREJUDICE is GENERAL,
.Red Headed Girls" Usually
! Hot Headed, Admits Their
Spokeswoman,
PREJUDICE is GENERAL.
BY Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

That ''red-haired women are usually
misunderstood, II not actually disliked,"
IA the opinion OF Mrs. Leslie Carter
I Payne. the Titian.crownsd tempera,
mental actress.
Mrs Carter had been sitting all day
In the crowded, stufy courtroom OF the
City Court, listening to the tedious
questioning and cross-questoning that
marked the progress OF her defense OF
the suit that Mrs. Herman has brought
against her. Nevertheless, she turned
with apparently undimnished vitality
and good humor TO Il discussion OF red
haired women, as Nine. de Perrot sees
them.
Nine. de Perrot Is a Partisan lecturer
who has made a study OF red.haIred
women and has just founded the Titan
Society" q club the membership of
which is limited exclusively to women
who are blessed with locks OF sunset
glow. But Nine. de Perrot is rather
inclined to class the halo Of fame with
the proverbial crown that causes the
head Of its owner to uneasy lie
The Prejudice Exists.
For" says Nine. de Perrot, al.
though l cannot understand why there
should be such prejudice against Titan
locks. yet l find It exists everywhere
that have ever been"
"Not a prejudice exactly" protested
Mrs. Carter, when Nine. De Perrot's
sentiments were quoted 10 her, but red
haired women are SO often misunder-
stood
Certainly no one could question Mrs.
Carriers authority to speak. The cloud
Ing white folds of her veil successfully
obllterated the details OF her features,
but failed utterly to shroud the glory OF
her hair. Through the soft shadows OF
the silk her glIsteniny braids hared more
scarlet than her lips
Hot-headed. is almost literally what
you can say OF the red-headed woman"
continued Mrs. Carter, and when you
say that OF her you can say warm
hearted as well. That is bad COM
bination. you know. 1t means impuslve
and sympathetic, and neither quality
makes for absolute tranquility
III YOU are impusive. you know, you
30 often do things that you might not
have done had YOU stopped to consider,
And II you are sympathetic-well, you
can't feel the misery OF others without
being miserable. too.
Ngr, All
there have been so many really great
women who have had red hair There
was Queen Elizabeth YOU remember.
and Cleopatra and the marvellous Bern
hardt. 1t would be manifestly absurd to
say that they were great simply because
they had red hair, but possibly their red
hair was the symbol of something far
more vital The average red-haired
woman Is intensely temperamental To
be truly great 1t Is necessary to be
capable Of the gamut OF emotions.
Her Emotiors Too Quick,
I'm believing that the middle class
mind disllkes that which It cannot I'M
derstand, agree with Nine. De Perrot
when she says that there IS a prejudice
against Titan locked womanhood The
average red-haired woman is TOO quick
for the average emotions, She feels too
suddenly and entirely.
THAT Is why believe they are mis-
understood rather than primarily dis.
liked.
rs there any sex in the prejudice"
d.. repeated Mrs. Carter mo, | think not
! think that men are quite as inclined
no, dislike red-haired women as are
Sethsr women"
But" Mrs. Carter was reminded,
'you have so many friends and have
had so many triumphs, how can you
have felt this antIsonism that YOU say
exists"
Il feel II all about me-" was the reply
"How many people calculate red hair
as though It was something to be
ashamed Of feel 1t when people first
meet me, and | feel 1t before they know
me- Every red-haired woman will un.
derstand what I mean. 1t Is a sort of
subtle. unrecognized battle that is
always wagng.
"Truly. l would think that red.halred
women, because OF their temperament,
are unusually we'll fitted to become act
rssses." agreed Mrs. Carter, and yet ]
DO not know how to account for the
comparatively few Titan crowned stars.
But really the opinion on this sub
ject Of woman VINO Is not red .haired
would be far more valuable and un-
biased than my own. In any case, |
would so much rather be talked about
. than to talk"
Wherein Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne
differs from most OF the rest OF us.