Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-02-08
Which CHARMS MOST,
BLOND OR BRUNETTE?
Miss TalidfGFFO Says II Is the
Brunette


"All the famous beauties were bru-
'nettes.
"All the women who at middle age
still enslaved men had dark hair
'tAll the great women Of literature
and art were brunettes
of course l would not think 4
contradicting such a learned person
as a professor Of sociology" smiled
Miss Taliferro, but / would like .c
hear him prove that men have always
preferred blond women. You would
think that if men really did have a
prediction for blondes they would
marry them and fight for them anc
even occasionally die for them, just as
history shows us men have so often
done for dark-haired women"
do not men marry blondas?" VS.
asked.
well" said Miss Taliferro, mis-
chievously, maybe. But there is this
Ito be said
q understand one of the reasons
men admire blond women is because
their type is so rare. Now, if all the
blondes were to be married it would
appear reasonable to expect that, in
time, head of golden hair might not
be such an unusual sight"
Were all the women famed for
their beauty really dark haired?" was
asked
Most Of them were," replied Miss
Taliferro, Truth compels me to admit
that a few of them-a very few-had
red hair.
But, really. now, if you stop and
think believe you will remember that
practically all of the famous beauties
were brunettes. Why, dear me, you
can remember the good old standard
beauties without half taxing your
mind. There was Nine. Recamier, and
Du Barry, and Pompadour, and. be-
iyond all reasonable doubt, Cleopatra,
and even Helen of Troy"
quite an array of pulchritude, bat
scarcely what one might call a moral
.assemblage." I suggested.
ooh, WE'LL" pouted Miss Tailferro,
naturally one cannot cite cases Of
the awfully good beautiful women who
lived quiet lives, because they are not
the sort of women whose lives are
passed down in history. But if you
object to my beauties we don't have
to name them to prove the superiority
of brunette women. l do not think l
need hesitate to say that all the clever
women have had dark hair"
"All?" l persisted again.
IF you insist I will modify it &c
most of them" conceded Miss Taila-
ferro. 81 am SO hurried now it is
rather difficult for me to think, but in
just an instant l gan recall names OF
women who were great artists and
who were marked brunettes. There is
George Eliot in literature, and Rosa
Bonheur and Nine. La Brun, who
painted, and among the women mu-
sicians our modern Chaminade.
1T is such an old comment that
hate to make it, continued Miss Tai
iaferro, but really it is true that the
brunette woman holds her youth and
beauty longer than does her blond
sister
Again, if you resort to history for
your proof you will find that all the
women who at middle age were still
supremely attractive to men were
dark-haired women
"a blond woman fades at a COM
paratively early age, and | think
know the reason for it. You see, the
chief charm of blond woman is he1
golden hair. That is the thing you
notice most and remember longest
Now, the chief charm of brunette is
her eyes. 1t is the soft, dark eyes Of
the brunette that haunt you. And d
Woman's eyes-if she has soul and
charm-are in a measure imperisha-
BILE The years pass them by.
But the hair of d blond woman
loses its gold while she is still young
1t fades and turns gray, But all that,
concluded Miss Taliferro, lis such q
purely physical point of view.
would rather defend the brunette OF
the more ethical historical grounds.
But then Miss Taliaferro is herself
one of the best arguments l know IL
favor of the brunette woman.