The Guardian

Hair, Eyes, Skin Reveal Character And Personality

By their hair ye shall know them is a male motto which has been followed faithfully ever since Homer immortalized the golden tresses of Helen of Troy.

Is there anything in this remarkable belief that hair color indicates personality types? Definitely yes, says William Moulton Marston, famous psychologist, in the September issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Dr. Marston reached this conclusion only after extensive research at Columbia University, interviewing hundreds of men and women of different color types, who came to him about their emotional problems.

For differences in personality, Dr. Marston explains that the secretions of the endocrine glands are responsible. These subtle chemicals which influence your personality so profoundly reveal their presence by the colors they produce in your hair, eyes, and skin. As a general rule Dr. Marston found that blondes are naturally shy, but at the same time powerful and unafraid. A brunet is bothered by his or her material position in the world and reveals this underlying worry constantly. A redhead can't admit defeat, yet has a fear of this quality.

In Dr. Marston's research he found that in dealing with girls it was not a question of which type of girl had the greater charm, but of which girl most ardently desires to be charming.

If a girl wants to capture a man she must be acquainted with the characteristics of her color type, and be able to employ her strong points and curb her bad ones. And this problem resolves itself into the question of submitting to, or dominating a man. It's easy to submit, writes Dr. Marston, but a girl should not forget that while man likes to pretend that he is the lord of creation, he secretly wants the girl to excite him, to deny him his demands and make him her "love slave". And, warns Dr. Marston, if a girl fails to call this masculine bluff, she loses just as in poker.

Dr. Marston recalls the Greek slogan for living which he says is just as useful now as then: "Know thyself". But he adds to that "Know other people". if you want a formula for solving life's queerest riddles. Nature set us a tough task in understanding our complicated human mechanics. But she furnished a key to her own mysteries by creating a color code of personality which he who runs may read.