The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-07-04
NUMBER q.
Boards or no Beards.


A correspondent Of the Lcndon Daily News
writing under the signature of "a Working
Man" has the following admirable obserys-
ions on this subject
"As the above movement appears to be en-.
crossing some of the public attention, trust
gou will not consider the following observa-
ions in relation to the growth of the hair on
the face unworthy Of your notice.
Each hair is furnished with a distinct
gland, elaborately and distinctly complete
Under the facial hair are innumerabe nerves,
Immediately connected with the various or.
Eans of the senses; ramifying in every direc-
ion, and performing the most important f,nc.
lons This hair, when in full growth, forms q
natural protector to the nerves, and also holds,
hs it were, in suspension, quantity of warm
air through whit h the cold air in breathing
passes, and so becoming rarifed or attemper-
ed, enters the lungs without giving to their del.
cate texture that severe. shock which arises
rom the sudden admission of cold, 80 often
the forerunner of fatal disorders, (any one put.
ting his fingers under the hair of, his head will
eel the warm airy The hair also wards off
he east winds, prolific source of toothache
md other pains. and so tends to preserve those
Useful and ornamental appendages, the teeth.
"lt is said that intimate connexion exists be.
tween the moustache and the nerves of the
bye, and that many diseases Of the eye,;are
Fraceabe to shaving. Who has notefelt bis
yes smart under the eapplication of dull razori
"Aay not shaving, by depriving the lungs
pf the male of their natural protection, and ex.
posing them to the uninterrupted action Of
Fold air tend to weaken the chest, and that
weakness being transmitted in an increasing
proportion from generation to generation, at
ength induce consumption or consumptiye ter.
lencyg
"Persons who wear their hair under their
o:hins, do not, except in rare cases, suffer from
lore throats. rT
There is in thecrypt of H ythe Church vast
pile Of bones, which were gathered many years
after battle fought on the sea. shore, between
he Danes and Saxons about one thousand
years since, and amongst them are skulls of
Pged warriors, finely developed, the teeth in
many Of which are so perfect, 80 beautifully
Sound, and so firmly imbedded in their SOCK
Its, that you cannot move them. The owners
Pf these teeth wore boards, and the'writer re.
|nembered witnessing, several years ago, some
excavations on the site Of the old priory at
Spaldng, when many stone cofins were dug
put whose inmates had, almost without excep-
zion, sound, entire, and elegant sets :of teeth.
Did not beard grow on their .chins2
Shaving occupies, on an average, fifteen
minutes. A man who shaves every morning
,r fifty years, thus employs in that time up
yards Of $50 days, of l2 hours each. Is this
profitable application Of our feeting mo-
.onts 77''---7-i
The face, exposed to microscope immedi-
tely after shaving, presents most unsightly
ppearance, the stumps assuming the forms Of
harrow bones sawn transversely
Do not the teachers Of the faculty approve
moustaches s-and are they not Of opinion
hat they play most important part in the an.
pal economyi
lis it not probable that, by unduly stimula-
|ing the growth of hair by shaving, we draw
loo largely on, and so cause. an unnatural &C.
ton of the nerves, producing an injurious effect
no matter how slght) on the braina
Did not the patriarchs and sages Of old wear
boards, and were they not remarkable for Ion.
gevl Y, as well as for being exceedingly fine,
looking felIowss
is rot shaving a bore s-and does not .
man whilst undergoing the operation, look ex.
tremely ridicuousa And ifit is right to rasP
tine chin. why not the eyebrows and the head
aSo2
Does it,not appear foolish to shave, on
cold morning. thae which nature he's provided
to protect us against the colds
"Do We not at once despise and hold too
cheaply benefcient arrangement, and infringe !.
natural law, when we cut off what Proyi.
dence says SO: plainly shall grow, for more q
man shaves the more the hair grows even to
thefhour Of death2 The head shall become
bald, but the face never. -,
Sin conclusion, when man was created he
had given to him a beard. and who will dare
to say that it was not good giftas Turn to.
the first chapter Of Genesis, and you will 6nds
that God saw everything that he had made,
and behold it was very good. y
Il could not 60 on almost indefinitely; but
for fear Of being considered too prosy. will
only ask; Are we justified in shavingi"
us man and wife both one Z" asked the
wife Of a certain gentleman in state of stupe.
faction as she was holding his aching head in
both hands. ~