BIG-HEADED MEN.

Franklin Times, 3 January 1923, Page 5

BIG-HEADED MEN.

Great men have large heads. This was the axiom laid down by Professor Arthur Keith, the distinguished anthropologist, to a Daily Chronicle representative, who sought to solve the problem over which British hatters are now becoming excited. The argument,, which started in their trade journal, “Men’s Wear,” has produced some curious facts from the observant hatters. Some of them had noticed that their customers with special sized hats had unusual capabilities.*. One man in ak residential district says his best selling sizes are 6 7-8, 7, and 7 1-8, in a proportion of 4,3, and 1. “I have found that often the 6y 2 .and 6 5-8 man has a wonderful memory,” sain one trader. Professor! Keith, who has measured more heads, modern and ancient, probably than any other nan, and studied their relative intelligence, first made the shrewd observation that the hatters should note if the sizes of their customers are demanded by neglect of the barber. “I think you will find thaJit big headed men, as a rule, are more able than small headed men,” said,' the professor. “This is a general statement and sometimes does not hold good individually. There have been a number of clever men with small heads, but these are the exceptions that prove the rule. Nov do I mean to say that the man who takes a small size ii* hats lacks intelligence. But records show that 'the great figures of the world are men with largeiheads.” •Professor Keith did not deny that genius may be contained . within a dsmalp cranium, but expressed the opinion that a survey of'-.the most fajmous me A would show them to have worn large hats. “Another point,” he said, “is that the forehead is no. sure indication of a man’s greatness of brain power.” To some extent this would seemi to dispose of, the popular idea of “high brows" being men of immense wisdom' as distinct from the “lowbrow” who cannot pbse as an intellectual.