Hair

A yrians and Greeks had a natural fondne for long hair and gave it great care and ornamentation. The Egyptians removed it as an uncleanly incumbrance and shaved even their children's heads, but they wore wigs. The Hebrews kept a middle course and cropped their hair short with sci ors, as did the Romans, who also removed the beard till Commodus, to conceal a wry neck, brought it into fashion. The satirists, however, frequently attacked the effeminate foppery of long hair, as did St. Paul. The barbarians neither shaved nor cropped, tonsure being a mark of servitude, and long hair became universal, except when the Church forbade it as savoring Spanish styles followed in Elizabeth an days, the hair increasing in luxuriance under the Stuarts with the exception of the Puritans, who cropped in protest. Cavalier locks reached their height in the enormous wigs of the Restoration, and though from ab. 1690 to ab. 1840 the face was clean shaven yet the wig, infinitely varied, kept its place almost as long. See HEADDRESS.