Judge — April 28, 1923 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Barbers are not what they used to be. The Hairs of Our Ancestors 1g @ Treatise on Whiskers in General by Eugene Zimmerman Jernars you have noticed that life is a scrics of periods and epochs and everything must change with the advance of time. Quite conspicuous are the changes that transpire with every new generation in the matter of visage decora- tion. During the Rebellion, there was such a profusion of hair extant and such a scarcity of safely razors and pocket mirrors that whiskers ran wild and were allowed to follow their own natural trend which resulted in the adoption of many unique designs as permanent draperies. Let us discuss for a moment the long, which for ly guarded the system of its wearer, new fangled microbes that were ever inven It a product of the closing years of the last century and is still under cultivation in remote places of our fair land. Be it known that two generations ago men were judged principally by their hairy disguises. ay only the naked truth counts in our judgment of mankind, for many a culprit has hidden himself behind a handsome mustache and gotten away with it. The such an exquisite mat of shair had sufficient cause to feel chesty 1 the unfortunate stim who was obliged to live with him was entitled to an absolute divorce. The lamented Horace Greeley ed in high socict sry stunning i cled the face and gave it the appearance of a huge sunflower on an August afternoon, The original design was bought from Ireland by the e: Celtic settlers and it is thought that “Hod” affected it to catch the Irish vote when he ran (amuck) for the Presidency. ow step right over to this side and hchold | this beautiful lambrequin of maidenhair ferns, an exceedin, rare or almost extinct variety at this period. This result was obtained by means of the once celebrated Wade & Butcher razor, an English article patterned after the meat cleaver. The makers’ firm n was rather suggestive as it seemed to st for wade-in-and-butcher! The old-fashioned sheep shears in the hands of an artful help- mate were necessary to produce satisfac- tory results by pruning the outskirt The fact is, when the whisker fad got fairly rooted, a barber had to be on his Job as the vanity of his patrons demanded unusual, artistic and unique effects. I knew an old chap who braided his beard wiry, over! fifty years ma entrance to the defying all the intro- man who was able ~ when he retired nights. The result was | a Marcel wave which went strong with the ladies, thus starting a new move- ment in whisker dressing. ‘The wife's curling irons were put into servi many a set of Galloways bore tl marks and the smell of burnt f left us a legacy in the memory of a speci: brand of sideburns, suitable for million- aires, but they eventually fell into the hands of the lower classes and _ went down in disgrace about A.p. 1880. Many, | to rescue their reputajions, remov them forthwith, and others allowed theirs to die a natural death. | Before napkins became a part of table etiquette, the flowing beard filled all the purposes of that article and proved a great saving in haberdashery and laundry work. Sentiment is largely responsible for many existing beards of to-day, such as | family heirlooms that cannot very well be discarded without creating neighbor- hood comment and sriticien hence the burden is borne by these g martyrs without =a) murmur. 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