The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-05-27
Red Heads
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mat Is, 1t shows what race FREEDOM
mates In the makeup of the indiyid-
uai, and therefore what racial traits he
may be expected to have.
| mis-, 1t appears, Is less true Of the
red-headed than Of either blondes, or
prunettes. Red-headedness occurs n,
poth blonde and brunette races. as =
sort OF sport-coior. II does seem TO
De associated generally with certain
emononal and nervous CHARACTERISTICS.
Dut these are peculiar to the reds of
all races. That they are by no means
necessarily disadvantageous is shown
by the great number of successful red
headed men and the WELL known popu-
larity OF red-headed women.
But black hair or blonde hair Is dis
tinctiy indicative of race. and it Is only
py such physical characteristics that
race may be detected these days. Race
now conforms to national boundaries
very little. 1t would be easy to find
an freshman and German who were
OF exactly the same racial type, and
Two lrishmen who were as different
racially as an Italian and a Syede.
Characteristics of Race.
There are three principal races In
Europe, according to the anthronolo-
gtsts-the Nordic, the Alpine and the
mediterranean. The Nordics are the
tall blonde men with long heads ma
i've to the north, as for example the
typical Prussian or Norwegian. The
Alpines are short, stocky race with
brown hair and fiat heads inhabitinp
east central Europe, as for example |
typical Swiss peasant The Mediter.
raneans are short, dark, long-headed
race, mhabiting the south of Europe,
as for example, q typical Italian. In
ADDITION to these there are many other
races in smaller numbers, such as the
Old Black Breed In Ireland and the an
cient lberian race In Spain. but these
have had relatively little influence on
the mass of European and American
population. The other three races are
mixed badly all through central and
western Europe and in the United
States.
Hair color is significant as showing
Nordic or Mediterranean
oiood predominates in the individual.
II does not reveal the presence Of
Alpine blood so readily for the Alpine
stock usually show brown hair OF an
intermediate and indetermlnate shade.
Inc shape of the head should be most
valuable In detecting that particular
strain.
The Nordic and the Mediterranean
stocks have different qualities, accord
ng to the anthropologists. The Nord-
cs are noted for their c0mbativeness.
heir organizing ability and their sense
II order. The Mediterranean race on
me other hand is noted for its artistic
IND musical ability. and its creative
senius generally, while in war and gov
'rnment 1t is not so conspicuously sue
'essful. II is the theory Of some
scientists that nearly all the great
european governments were organized
" Nordics. They say that the orig
nal Romans were Nordics from the
'orth, and that when this stock died
tut, due to an unfavorable climate. the
toman government collapsed. This
'retty theory has never been proved.
Subject Little Understood.
In fact. the whole matter OF race
Is little understood
Iypically, a tall blonde man should
e q good executive, reliable. con-
clentious fellow. not apt to get ex-
lted or act suddenly on impulse, but
amer lacking In Imagination and en-
husiasm. These latter qualities should
g found rather in brunette.
You can find much to contradict this
otion, and you can dismiss it with a
hrug II you wish to. But you can
nd also by common observation some
acts to support 1t. For example. Is n
'ithout significance that the engineers
ocean-gong boats--men on whom
lany lives depe1d-are almost al-
avs blond men--elther Scotchmeu or
cahdina"'Ins. And how many such
III oioiid Scots and Swedes Will Won
ha IN such occupations as DESIGNING
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