The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-02-10


herself IN the most acceptable posture,
took hold Of his knees with her left hand
and his beard with hor right: Tho prac-
'icsr ofshaving appears alwuJ 10 have va
ricd with the cap,icss ofyfashion inoall'
rcountries and in oil agcs;bul il was more
generally adopted as society became ar.
'ihciab and primitive simplicity was ban>
i,hed.tr' bs,ferI ia s,ms tsoi,b;r,
oA medical Review comea out very
strongly agains. the cutting Of ;he beard.
says the Hydropathic yoarndl:. a'a7 . .
oai,Half gf@e bronchial diEeasiiess5 ID rO,0I pcs'I
eristing might be obpiated BY allO'Oing
the beard TO igro,o !, instead Of mo,cirg d
of.Ia'rliis was the fpufpossI Of nature in
placing il upon the human face divine,
and her penalties are rigidly enforced
where a man violates, her laws 10, make
himself beautiful. But is a. nun more
bsauiDulluithout a 6eardf The ideal of
beauty centuries ago wOs different from
now. Then tile hirsute prevailed, and
The hairytaced worthless come down 10
us rather ahaming our modern bareiaced-
ness. The apostles, and pdtriarchs, and
poets, o. old times, allwors the beard and
aeper dreamt Of rdzors; and thutoniiqua-
iod history Of Simpsons strength lSing
ia his hair 10 worthy Of no;e." atr, 9.r.
As 10 any pleasure there may be, in
bsing shaved, we have never seen il re-
corded except indeed by q writer who
thus discourses ofils performance by bar
ber.esSes:-- &
awe have alse, been shaved by lovely
dsmse 10 in Italy; and there, we think, is
the only place TO experience a,ruly lux>
urious shave. The young lddy's operas
lion is 50 pleasant IS she ManiPulpies your
shin with her sof, hand, immersed in
cseamy lalher, aad her action is so fairy,
like aud graceful, 7lhas one regrets the
performance is SO socn over, and feels
almost inclined 20 vish that, like Gargan-
tua in Rabelais, one had len cbins. The
charming maiden, too, beguiles your at>
tsnlion during the whole lime byher de
liciuus couverss; and oRlyahink Of hav>
ing your noso pulled by a handsome dark
eyed girl-eyery glance teeming xith
spiritual Ere, und DARING forth heart
slaughor."' EssJ jignyd a,aa g7a
Bryant, the poet; we are happy,o in
form our readers, came from Europa with
' magnificent beard-a visible opothe-
osis, as 10 lis digniiying npd teau'iIyioe
effrct---and he continued to wear il, to
the deligh, II his friends and the artists.
And, Of his present opinion on the sub
jsc, Of beard, wa may gather an idea by
tile following editorial paragraph in The
Evening Pqst Of DC. 29:-- asl .asa'
IA commercisl traveller has givon al
accoun. Of 'lhree months experience q
a beard in the NORTH British Daily Nail
His rnost severe irial seems 10 have beel
from an old lady, who hoped ,aai lio die
not wear his beard 10 show tina, lie had
q cohlemp. for tine ministers of religion
She had heard tina, the wearing Of boards
was indicative Of This contempt. III
convinced the worthy woman that he WA
a,Eegular altender Of an orthodox church
and loved andsrssrscted bis warmSheartee
pastor"
And now lei us conclude, for tho pre-,
sent, with "our own feelings better OK
pressed" by another wriler in iecen
paper: Y a,a ufpoFL rAsa@ .sei 'e2
$ 1--WE are enabled 10 prophecy that :he
boards are coming back again. Civilizet
chins shall again reposc in The shadow O
perennial pilosi'y; and the barber, con-
demned to reap the barren crop Of ,
s,ubble-feld, shall be restored 70 biz
pristine dignity as the artistic cultivation
Of mans distinguishing nppondage. AL
ready the martial laousache, the haughi,
Imperial, and the daily expanding whis'
Aers, like accredited heralds, proclaim
tho approaching advent cf the monarch
Beard; tho centuries Of his baniahmen,
are drawing to their destined close, and
the hour and tbs man arc at hand IL
'te. establish his ancient reign" ~
BIDINI IN BALTlMoRE.--Tho Pope's
Nuncio has hard time Of il. A dispatch
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