Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1854-02-22

adopted as society became artificial, and primitive
simplicity was banished."
A medical Review comes out very strongly
against the cutting Of the beard. Says the Hy-
dropathic .Journal:-
"Half the bronchial difficulties now existing
might be obviated by allowing the beard to grow,
instead Of moving it of. This was the purpose
of nature in placing it upon the human face di-
vine, and her penalties are rigidly enforced where
man violates her laws TO make himself beauti-
full. But is man more beautiful without a
beard! The idea of beauty centuries ago was
different from now. Then the hirsute prevailed,
and the hairy faced worthless come down to us
rather shaming our modern barefacedness. The
apostles, and patriarchs, and poets of old times
all wore the beard, nor ever dreampt OF razors;
and the antiquated history of Samsons strength
laying in his hair is worthy of note''
AS to any pleasure there may be, in being
shaved, we have never seen it recordcd-except
indeed, by writer who thus discourses of its
performance by barber-csSes -
"We have also been shaved by lovely young
damsels in Italy; and there we think, is the on
ly place to experience truly luxurious shave.
The young lady's operation is so pleasant as she
manipulates your chin with her soft hand i'm
mersed with creamy lather, and her action is so
fairy.ike and graceful, that one regrets the per-
formance is so soon over, and feels almost in
cined TO wish that, like Gargantua in Rebe lais,
one had ten chins. The charming maiden, too,
beguiles your attention during the whole time
by her delicious conversations; and only think OF
having your nose pulled by handsome, dark
eyed girl-every glance teeming with spiritual
fire, and darting forth heart slaughter"
Bryant, the poet, we are happy to inform our
readers, came home from Europe with magnif.
icent beard-a visible apothesis, as TO its digni-
flying effect-and he continued to wear it, to the
delight Of his friends and the artists. And, OF
his present opinion, on the subject of beard, We
may gather an idea by the following editorial
paragraph in the Evening Post of Dec 29:-
"a commercial traveller has given an account
Of three months experience OF beard in the
Norh British DAILY Mail. His most severe tri.
al seems to have been from one old lady, who
hoped he did not wear his beard to show that
he had contempt for the ministers of religion
She had heard that the wearing of boards was
Indicative of this contempt. He convinced the
worthy woman that he was regular attendel
Of an orthodox church, and loved and respected
his warm-hearted pastor"
And now let us conclude for the present
with "our own feelings better expressed" by an
other writer in a recent paper:
"We are enabled to prophesy that the boards
are coming back agvin. Civilized chins shall
again repose in the shadow of perennial pilosi
ty; and the barber, no longer condemned to real
the barren crop of stubble field, shall be restor
ed to his pristine dignity as the artistic cultva
tor of mans Distinguishing oppendage. Alread
the martial moustache, the naughty imperial an,
the daily expanding whskers, like nccredite
hcralds, proclaim the approachin G advent of tn
monarch Beard, and the centuries of his Danish
ment are drawing to their destined close, an
the hour and the man are at hand to re-establis
his ancient reign"