New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-04

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TIE ouesrior indeed Of tearis in England has ris,n
20 tie dignity Of "a movement There is positive
.,r tourt The masous have oiae1 she railway guards
IN the ADOPTION Of boards and the papers are discuss
inc .le extension of the new idea Thus We fad a
yls Dali, Ner-s communication signed C'''''"' 70
this effect II see you take up the cause OF our
moor scrsred and denuded Gins Now clergyman
have feelings as wei as other people but yet iear
- that whatever other people NAY DO VII! De long ne
- FIRE reverend be, rled forms like those OF our ownre
formers rise up in our English pulpit 3d. TOO Lac
Spectator speaks of the important movement 10 inc
Introduction of boards /: says:-' TIE Increment mas
an advantage quite peculiar to IT, lnsOmuch as 'ue
epts on both sides have all the elements OF the
ridiculous The present cu.tom is absurd. 10 ior-
eis ners who come from nations unmutha'eu III sno
90 face the aspect of nen stalking about 10 pssle'
derived Of the distinctive ornament OF the muzAe'
and thus reduced to stubbled and rough copies Oh
women is more amusing than imposing he NORM
American who shayes his head aud leaves TUT IN
the center for the convenience OF his enemy IN taxing
off his scalp is sctuated by higher sense of honor
ethan that which actuates Englishmen in compelling
.tbem 70 shave the muzzle and leave two scraps sc
the side for the domestic enemy, the tavorite ehud'
-. 10 tug at" physician asserts that the national
rssladv consumption, may be warded oil by wearing
heards 30 stands the question in England.
IS for America the beard question is rapidly becom-
inc more national What with the partial habit OF wear
pqthe beard encendered by the Mexican war aud Cali
forria euieraiop and the hundreds OF thousands OF
Germans who stick to it IL has ceased to be novelty
IL this country of spare ysages and throats 1t may oe
particusry con meuded the best preventive against
be tooth ache and bronchitis On this head wish to
he understood as perfectly serious. There is no cues
ton that TO the majority of men in this country the
heard is great promoter of health aniromot during
our incement winters and those who have once tried
It are not disposed to again submit to the razOror to
undergo the pains and discomforts of denudlng their
chns of the covering nature has provided
The opposition to boards in this country reminds us
keerly of the stupidity of the public in all countries IN
accepting and adhering fashions. Heaven Judgment
upon mouarchs-the kings evil (Which inds its rise IN
their imbecile breeding in-aud-in caused by their
family pride in marriage, assisted by the qualification
of the swinish multltude.) afflicted George ~ This
fourth of the fools aud OppTeSsOrs of that name had
a diseased neck which did not bear showing. and go
crayat OF many folds much resembling table cloth
or sheet was wound about IT, OF course the fashion
or nch chokers was set and the United States which
practice independence in their national lyric AMI
spurn it in daily life. Immediately copied 1t without
recsrd TO difference of climate or pursuits Every
man here accotdingy. TO be fully dressed was
strrid parody Of u royal debauchee. Had our gen
tl,uen been negroes on plantation they could not
have bcer more under the dictates of their master IN
wearing lie coarse. ittre than as Independent
Americans they were in assuming this dress so
when another monarch could not for certain reasons
wear cort dreses Ler deficiencies regulated the SKIRTS
Of the robes Of American women, which accordingly
swept the ground Our lot wearing boards, though an
older fashion than these two just cited found its origin
in kings and their funkeys. Louis Mi and Louis
XIV Of France at a time when boards were properly
yo1r. could not show any. owing TO their extreme
youth at the time of their coming respectively to the
tlrcre; so to pay compliment TO majesty the
ccurtors shaved and after them the public and finally
Froland coped it, OF course Provincial America did
tie sane and the Provincial United States have up to
within few years never offered an example Of man
who had the courage to leave his beard as Nature de-
signed it--unscIaped by the razOr-from boyhood up
But bartarty ard stupidity were added to barbarIty
and stupidity not only the beard shaved, but the
head also and on it set mass of hyperion curls
made of horse-hair, or what-n0t This ludicrous our
rage on reason was creased every morning with hog
lard and when its fabrication was of the proper nten
sy lie contents of quasi flour barrel were shed over
il Ard this was the dress Of the sages and demgods
of the Revolution This filthy custom, which was
adopted alike by women and men, fell into desuetude
when the common sense republicans of France began
their great work of reform under the inspirations of
Rousseau In England the hog hair and lard filth are
row coufnea to the judges lawyers, and bishops on
duty whose legal decisions and inspired religious
teachings are iuseparabe from their wigs In that en-
lieLtened country
Incredible as it may seem, one Of the aboye-men-
toned foles Of fashion yet remains in such force in
this country that business man, as 4 general rule,
dare not wear beard. Up to this moment there are
u1dreds Of thousands OF employers, merchants AMI
Oilers who will not have about them wearing the
natural ard healthfu covering of the facethe beard
We have known recently an applicant in every
sense competent, fail 10 get employment in the
cfice Of corporation, the Board Of Directors,
in their sspient deliberations rejecting him because
be wore beard which was essential to his health
Perhaps as We write the majority of foges retired
from business or old in its traces, OF the same
opinion The same men fifty years since shaved their
head. Ike Bedlemites, and horse-har wigs be-
cause il wa the fashion. But we Say to Young Amef
ca in counting houses and workshops, never touch
Your boards with L razor. Despse the dictates Of
iafIion end let tie hair OF the face grow slken and
sort only trimmed by the scissors. Your health will
he IL proved your teeth viii be sOunder; your La
tity 70 colds and bronchial and lung affections viii ba