264 



FISHBERG 



The color of the skin was observed in 2,272 individuals, in- 

 cluding 1,188 men and 1,084 women. It was found to be as 

 follows : ^ 



Jews. 



Dark skin 269 



Fair skin 919 



Total i,i< 



22.64 

 77-36 



100.00 



Jewesses. 

 276 25.46 



808 74.54 



1,084 



100.00 



This indicates that Jewesses have a slightly darker skin than 

 Jews. According to Ploss and Bartels^ the skin of women is 

 usually fairer than that of men. 



The distribution of the color of the hair is shown in the fol- 

 lowing table : 



Color of the Hair of 4,235 Jews in New York City. 



Color of the Hair. 



Jews. 



Jewesses 





Number. 



Percent. 



Number. 



Percent. 



Black 



Brown 



Chestnut < j ■ , * 



I Light 



Blond 



Red 



1,219 

 760 



293 

 191 



165 



88 



44.89 

 27.98 

 10.79 



7-03 

 6.08 



3-23 



650 



430 



148 



137 

 94 

 60 



42.79 

 28.31 



9-74 

 9.02 

 6.19 



3-95 





Total 



2,716 



100.00 



1,519 



100.00 







Dividing the hair in three classes as dark, fair and red, we 

 find the proportion to be as follows : 



Color. Jews. 



Dark hair 83.66 



Fair hair 13. ii 



Red hair 3.23 



Jewesses. 

 80.84 

 15.21 



3-95 



These figures show that over 80 percent of the hair in Jews 

 is dark ; they also indicate that the hair of Jewesses is fairer 

 than that of Jews, which does not agree with the results ob- 

 tained by other investigators of Jewish anthropology. Talko- 

 Hryncewicz found that among the Jews in Lithuania and Little- 



1 The figures for the Jewesses were, owing to a misprint, given as 25 percent fair 

 skin and 74 percent dark skin [Af/ien'can Anthropologist, N. S., Vol. V, p. 92). 

 This error is here corrected. 



*" Das Weib," 7. auflage, 1902, p. 26 ; seen also Havelock Ellis, *' Man and 

 Woman," London, 1895, PP- 223-230. 



