Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-19

thorities on this subject. scientists.
poets artists, etc. which we gather
for the benefit Of our fair as well as
our dark complexioned readers.
At al times scientists have attrib-
uted great significance TO the human
/ hair. especially those who thought 10
infer from the external appearance.
/ the complexion, the color of the eyes.
| etc, Upon mans moral qualities. Thus.
for instance GalenBs found in the tsir
| hair the indication Of good physical
constitution. According to- the fam
/ Gus physiognomist, Lavater the light
| haired (as Well as the red Iaired) are
of q phlcgmatic temperament, while G..
I 3. della Porta designates the blonde
as irritable and strong, created for all
arts and sciences, and when too light,
as coarse and malicious. The same
Italian declares the redhaired as iras
cibie and avaricious. the darkhaired
as good and just, highly gifted, inelin
ed to melancholy and luxury. The
/ German, G. G. Carus, established with
the brownhaired and black haired an
energetic active character, with the
| light haired and red haired an apa
thetic character. According to Con-
dele, the dark-colored races are the
more vigorous; the light colortd the
weaker, but intellectually more high
| " endowed. In recent times some
/ scholars represented the blond race as
the founder Of our civilization. The
| latter, however is for the greatest
part due TO the Romans. and the Ro-
mans were brown.
Blond is preferred by artists in the
representation of little boys and WOO
men. The fair hair of women has
been much celebrated in song by the
poets Philostratus Describes he fair
hair of Atlanta, Aspasia and Minerva,
but also the black hair is popular. In
one of Anakreon's odcs the woman
I, who orders her portrait from the art
list asks to be painted with soft and
black hair, and Sappho is sung as vio-
lethaircd, probably because OF the vi
olct reflection of her black hair. The
blond type is the ideal OF the Middle
Ages; poets sing their fair h iired
ideals. and also painters prefer the
Iblonds Blond are the women celebrat-
! ed in song by troubadours and Minis
| trels; also painters of modern times
have prediction for light hair.
Blond reddish are the heads OF the
Venetian womep painted by Titan.
and this prediction of the artist
| caused also the people to fav0s. red
dish blends.
The Magdalena of Titan, the Sta.
| Barbara and The sta Caterina of
Gfrate del Piombo, the sta. Barbara of
Palma the women Of the Amor sac
70 e Amor profano,' and some of the
Aurora of Guido REM are blond. .u-
hens, Van Dyek preferred tho lisht
color Of the hair. But If the hlonds
ffound 9 Byron and .Ariosto T. cele-
brate them in song. the Flosentine
brunets had Boceaecio to side With
them, and Tasso though enamored
with TIVE blends. praised the brunets.
The ideal Of feminine beauty of the
Arabian poets is always adorned With
black hair Such are the beauties de-
picted in ARABIAN Nights and ibn-
Haendis. one of the greatest pslets Of
the Arabians, celebrates in his hymns
the lustrous, ebony black hair fof his
Hove thus we see that artists and
poets are equally impressed ~ The
blends as well as BY the brnnetsi.