FEWER BLONDES NOW

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 846, 14 December 1929, Page 12

FEWER BLONDES NOW

TYPE IS DYING OUT BRUNETTE DAY DAWNS “Which is now the stronger, blonde or brunette?” is the interesting point raised by Mr. E. N. Fallalze, honorary secretary of the Royal Anthropological Institute, in the September issue of “Discovery.” “From the earliest times,” he says, “the fair Nordic types have been the rulers and leaders of the communities largely composed of conquered peoples. But owing to the war and economic and political causes, this predominance has diminished.” Is the day of the brunette dawning? And is the tall, fair blonde, typified by the Saxon conquerors of England, doomed to ultimate extinction? Is the brunette at last turning the tables on the blonde? The need of a careful race survey of Britain is urged by Mr. Fallaize, not only to clear up this changing status of blonde and brunette, but as a valuable guide to the physique and man power of the nation. To help to clear up baffling points with regard to the incidence of certain diseases and the strange variations in character, culture, and customs displayed in different parts of the country. Another question on which Mr. Fallaize maintains such a survey would throw light is the effect on people of migration from country to town. Ignoring finer distinctions, according to Mr. Fallaize, there are three main physical types to be found in Britain today: the short, dark Iberian man, the broad-headed Alpine of medium height and complexion, and the tali, fair, long-headed Nordic.