The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-21

Hair and Character.

al and nervous characteristics. but
these are peculiar to the reds Of
all races. That they are BY mn
means necessarily DISADVANTAGE,
Is shown by the great number Of
successful red-headed men and thu
well known popularity Of red.
headed women.
But black hair or blonde hair I,
distinctly indicative of race. and II
is only BY such physical character.
istics that race may be detected
these days. Race now conforms to
national boundaries very little. Il
would be easy to find an Irishman
and a German who were of exactly
the same racial type. and two Irish
men who were as different racially
as an Italian and Swede.
Race and Htir.
There are three principal races
In Europe, according to the anthro.
pologists-the Nordic, the Alpine
and the Mediterranean The Nor
dies are the tall blonde men with
long heads native to the north. as
for example the typical Prussian
or Norwegian. The Alpines are Z
short. stocky race with brown hair
and fat heads inhabiting east cen
trail Europe, as for example typ
ical Swiss peasant. The Mediter-
raneans are a short. dark, long
headed race. inhabiting the south
of Europe, as for example a typical
! Italian, In addition to these there
are many other races in smaller
numbers, such as the old black
breed in Ireland and the ancient
lberian race in Spain, but these
have had relatively little influence
on the mass of European and Amer
;can population. The other three
races are badly mixed up all
through central and western Eu-
rope and in the United States.
Hair color is significant as show
ing whether Nordic or Mediterra-
mean blood predominates in the In
dividual. 1t does not reveal the
presence Of Alpine blood so read
lily for the Alpine stock usually
show brown hair of an intermediate
and indeterminate shade. The shape
/ of the head would be more valua-
BILE in detecting that particular
strain.
The Nordic and the Mediterranean
stocks have different qualities, ac-
cording to the anthropologists. The
Nordics are noted for their combat
iveness, their organizing ability and
their sense Of order. The Mediter-
ranean race. on the other hand. is
noted for it's artistic and musical
ability and its creative genius gen.
orally, while in war and govern
lment it is not so conspicuously
successful. 1t is the theory of some
scientists that nearly all OF the
great European governments we're
organized by Nordics. They claim
that the original Romans were Nor
dies from the north, and that when
this stock died out. due to an un-
favorable climate. the Roman gov
eminent collapsed. This pretty
theory has never been proved.
In fact, the whole matter of race
characteristics is little understood.
Typically, a tall blonde man should
be a good executive, a reliable, con-
scienticus fellow. not apt to get ex-
cited or act suddenly on impulse.
but rather lacking in imagination
and enthusiasm. These latter quail
tiles should be found rather in a
brunette
You can find much to contradict
this notion. and you can dismiss 1t
with a shrug if you want to. But
you can also find by common OBJ
servation some facts to support 1t.
For example, is it without signif-
canoe that the engineers Of ocean
going boats-men upon whom many
; lives depend-are almost always
blonde men-either Scotchmen or
Scandinavians? And how many
such tall blonde Scots and Swedea
will you find in such occupations
as designing. interior decorating
teaching and performing music
! which require a sense of form and
color. a delicate ear for sound.
1t is we'll to study hair color as
; one more key to the mystery Of
personality, but let US hope that
the tendency to draw hair-colol
lines will not spread. and that the
Order. of the Golden Fleece will! re-
/. main local.