While we are on Mark Twain's self-characterization concerning hair color, I will repeat this bit from Billie Burke's autobiography, recently posted to the Forum, for those who may have missed it. Miss Burke in 1906 was a 22-year-old comedienne, starring in a Broadway hit with the eminent actor John Drew. [Mark Twain] loved the theater, often occupying a box with friends to see our play, and he enjoyed coming backstage to visit Mr. Drew and me. It was always exciting and enjoyable to see him. He would shake that beautiful shock of snowy white hair and lean his wonderful head against mine to say, "Billie, we redheads have to stick together." Billie Burke, as is evident even at a later age in The Wizard of Oz, was a flaming redhead with long locks. To enhance the effect she pinned an extra "curl" on top, which bounced fetchingly. These pin-on curls were marketed in department stores in 1906 as the Billie Burke Curl -- a decidedly pre-Disney showbiz merchandising spinoff.