Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-21
BY Frederic j. Haskin.

Washington, ID. c., April 1S.-What
does tho color, abundance and texture
Of your hair reveal concerning your
character and ability?
The question is sharply raised by the
| news of a banquet which was held this
year by a unique organization in the
| University of Nebraska. 1t is known
as the Order of the Golden Fleece. and
Its members is composed entirely of
young women whose hair belongs to
one OF the many shades vulgarly de-
scribed as red. According to authorita-
tive reports tho members are classi-
ned on the club rolls under the follow
Ing color heading: Squash. carrot.
pumpkin. orange, brick. scarlet. fam
inSo, maroon. copper. auburn. henna,
mahogany magenta. sorrel, straw
berry, roam, russell. cerise. carnation.
salmon, shrimp pink and pink. Lemon.
ginger. .insipid brown. and chemicals of
al Kinds arc barred. Prizes are award
ca at the annual events for the bright
est flame OF color, tho greatest uuanti-
" Of hair and that of the most bcaut-
full shape.
This organization is interesting and
perhaps alarming to the general pub
lie as an example OF one more kind
of class feeling. 1t is we'll known that
class feeling and the tendency to or
ganize on class basis are on the in
crease. We now have associations not
only on capital and labor. but also
consumers' leagues, writcrs' leagues
There are leagues based upon every
possible rolc which one may play. in
life. whether in business, politics, SOC
iety. marriage or sport; but heretofore
so far as we can learn by exhaustive
research, thrc has been no effort to or
ganiz on basis of physical character
istics. II few Jolly Fat Mems clubs
be excepted.
Another Rcd Neunen
This tendency to organize on a basis
OF hair color, therefore. is thing of
great and alarming possibilities, es-
Ipccially IL rcd-hcaded women take the
lead in tho matter. Imagine II YOU
can an insurrcction of the Intcrna tioal
Order of Rcd-hcadcd Women!
And this organizing OF rcd-hcaded
women into clubs will undoubtedly in
tensify what you might call the hair
class feeling. The Order of the Golden
Fleece will no doubt make 4 pretty
thorough study OF all the data bear
ing upon red-hcadcdncss. and each
member will come away from it's gath
crings with clearer notion OF tho
special destiny which her flaming top
has prescribed for her.
| There seems long to have been a
sort of general agreement that rcd
headed persons have peculiar chsrsc-
teristics. II is generally believed for
and strong emotions generally. In the
last century similc in common use
was easy as making love TO n red
headed girl." Since the rise of the
Sietzschc- shaw -Mcnskcn school of
Philosophy. which holds that woman Is
a dangerous predatory animal bent IN
hunting man down and making a slt"c
of him. this has been generally re-
viscd to read dangerous rs making
love to a rcd-hcadcd girl
What basis this saving may have N
tho experience of man, IL is ample evil
dcncc of general popular feeling
that rcd-hcadcdness is quality OF
the mind and temperament as we'll AZ
OF tho hair. For some reason. there Is
no similar popular idea about other
hair colors.hut scientific rca<crcn
shows that hair is a Erca: rovcaicr OF
character in an indirect way. That is.
1T shows what race prcdominatcs In
tho makeup OF tho individual. and
therefore what racial traits he may
be expected TO have.
This. IL appears Is less true of the
rcd headed than of either blondes or
bruncttcs. Rcd-hcaded races occurs in
both blonde and brunette race, a. a
sort Of sport-color. II docs seem 10 he
generally associated with certain emo
tional and nervous characteristics. but
these arc peculiar to the reds OF II
races. That they arc by no mems
necessarily disadvantaEcous is shown
by the grca: number OF succcss,nl
rcd-hcadcd mon and tho well known
popularity of d-hcadcd women.
But black hair or blonde hair IS
distinctly indicative OF race and Il "a
only by such physical characteristics
that race may be detected these days.
Race now conforms to national bou,-
darics very little. II would he easy to
find an Irishman and German who
wcrc Of exactly tho same racial type.
and two Irishmcn who were as dir
fcrrnt racisily as an Italian and 7
Swcdc.
RRee aad Hair
There arc three principal races in
Europe. according to tho anthopoio-
Sists-thc Sordic. tho Alpine and thc