Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-16
WILL The FEMlMISTS
LOSE THEIR HAIR?
by Miriam RUSSELL

DIR. Hans Prudential Of Germany pre-
diets that higher education and the use OF
the intellectual powers Of women i gong
10 result in feminine badness.
Poor temlni~t~, Without any hair.
There have been a few of the new wom-
en-, it H. true, who nave cut short their
locks for the time saving IL afforded them,
and who have Scorned feminine iripperie~
and affected attire masculine IN line and
simplicity. But most Of the women ~ the
present day who are most yocIterous III
their demands for independence OF all
kinds are lust a. well dressed according
to womanly standards - they can afford
I'd be. and care Just a. much for their share
of woman's GROWING glory a ever did the
c~linging vine Of generations gone by.
One wonders whether the German
specialists dictum will strike terror 10
their souls. Writing in the Bcrliner Tage-
blatt DIR. Prudential says:
THAT the maximum OF baldne>~ l. To
due to the fact that civilization and cul-
tnre only arise and attain to their highest
development in the centers Of mixed races.
That hitherto the greater lowness Of WON
ems brows has been intimately connected
with 4 quicker growth aud a quicker ce>-
sation % growth Of the mental faculties
becomes constantly clearer in the light of
modern Investigations.
"lf women continue To devote themselves
more and more 10 mans work. then il i
clear TO those who believe in Lamarck's
theories that there will gradually take
place an alteration IN wuman'~ bodily form
IN the sense of adaptation To the new con
dition9 under which she works. A. the
male body j. adapted "a the work per
formed by men, - feminine adaptation will
signify the acquisition of male character
%i~ticS. Even today, it can be seen that
women undertaking heavy intellectual la
Dor tend 10 BE- short haired"
In other words, the learned gentleman
would have 4 woman choose between hair
on top of her head and brains inside it.
lie thinks she can not have both.
This j, sad. ii true. ID would be interest
lng to see the figures compiled by some
siatistician on the effect Of Il college cdu-
cation upon hair. Whether, for example.
M the end Of four years Of hard study
graduates have more Or less hirsute adorn-
ment than al entrance. and whether in
those States which haveahad suffrage for
several years switches are in greater de
mand than in those where 'woman's place
a. ~ the home"
Fortunately there i n CLEAN for the op-
tImi~t. IL happens that a. 4 rule edu-
Gated women are healthy women. They
learn. among other things. wholesome re-
the care of them. Nerves and the trains
Of ills that come with emu are seldom
found IN the woman who has brains. has
trained them and uses them. IL does not
matter whether she j. a college graduate
or whether she has had to get her training
n 2 harder school Of experience. The
woman who J. an economic factor. who
prizes her independence and wants To Sc
cure n for other women has had to learn
IN some way To keep herself well.
And the hair specialists all assure IL
that beautiful hair J. due q little to hercd-
ny and a great deal To good general health.
The woman who loves out doors and j. not
afraid 10 20 without q hat l. almost sure
70 have good hair. Plenty of bath. simple
food and long, quiet sleep are important
factors.
- perhaps ne need not take too serious
~ the fear Of DR.. Prudential that educa-
ton will soon result IN making women
bald. There were many who prophcsicd
that education would make girls strident.
%boori~h. ~unwomauiy. keep them from mar
rage and making homes. Yet who would
exchange the strong, beautiful. graceful.
homc-~wcct women Of fifty Of the present
day for the weary, broken woman. who be-
cause they had no intellectual stake in life.
found u over At the end If fifty years.
Nor does one gain the impression that
they have les hair. either.