Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1879 — Red Hair Defended. [ARTICLE]

Red Hair Defended.

An admirer of red hair, who has it himself, glorifies that style thus: “ Throughout creation nature appears to delight in red. It predominates in the pleasure of the imagination, for whatever is beautiful, agreeable or sublime partakes of red. The rainbow, the rose, and the charming lip and cheek of beauty’s self, the sun, the source of heat and light, all are red; as is also the fire, the mighty autocrat of the universe. The most brilliant flowers, the most delicious fruits, the orange the apple and the peach are red. Through the animal kingdom red predominates, as in the king of beasts, the lion. But go further; Adam, the first of mankind, was red. The greatest of Grecians, Jupiter, Apcllo and Yulcan, were crimson. Sam on, whose strength was gigantic, derived his power from his red hair, and the destiny of the empire of Athens depended on the red hair of Nisus. Queen Elizabeth had red hair; so had Spenser and Shakspeare. Milton is another instance of the proof of my proposition. Also Defoe, the author of that world-renowned story, “ Robinson Crusoe.” Lafayette had red hair; Bonaparte’s hair was of this color. Artegius Ward had red hair; so have red Indians, or else why so named ? ” etc.