Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-27
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FhF Freauou u the B.a-i z. sharing With th. CIR
III. Pnb''. a-f-nnon % gnsinL ,I.Ln Bal. 81 Ing
Ira, By WV % staga-hirF hiJ-1-eif frrcs tn Lfr
f'it- people u th. c,oti-nr has yl.a=i Ln eli on
ll'Ing slaa shave! tIse- L. caa4iry here con
'snsooaE-nl hti 4h zvag II "a s5clI ruin fsr an,
nan D attempt % g..llt- ts Pr-cept. Hence While
there IntE, n ahieh The climate more frnper
5uziy rsfUTeS tn wearing 1t that ornament and eyi-
l-nee % manhood every m5lh-r's son in the United
Eirgiom nnkes his IaIy appearance With vsage sIa
yei a. smoothly LomaN Rufiin could DO it. With
IN the last twelve months howeyer-since the French
alliance John Bull has become new man, and ,iycs
evidence Of capacity to think twice on the sane sub
ject Some bold innDvatnrs have openly declared that
boards arc WtR's,owS that boards are Jecoa iyg-and
they have llduccI The testimony Of doctors and Of
women in confirmation Of both their positions s.
Enough Of the rising generation have Joined in the
new hercsy to produce divided opinion in the British
Isles-ani Englshnen, genuine, unalulterated John
Bulls who have never trod foreign SOL may he seen
every day nov sporting that manly excrescencc. As
these nuovntors have enlisted on their side HE E,jy-
thc!ctnlc arbiiers Of every question Of taste and
beauty, there is no longer any donbt but that Eng
land will become very speedily land Of whisl.ercd
and moustlchcd D"ns. The man who invented the
razor inflicted great curse onrnankind- and he who
shall succeed in aboshing it forever will Justly merit
the bcncdictions Of all succeeding ages.
The same narrow prejudice, which curtaed Eng
sl'nen Of their fair proportions, tranSpianted 20
these shores and found here n congcnia soil 10 he
seen with that unpruned ornament which Abraham
took pride in and which Plato did not ds,ain
would be enough in many sections of our country TO
put man under Tie ban as an outlandish fellow We
hope-prog cssiycs our people are-that they will
| show they capable Of outgrowing an alb
surl and injurious prejudice as their British ances
tors We wish no harm TO the BARRIERS who are tl,e
poest men in every community-but our advice TO
every youthful asprnnt for beard is ncger 10 pcr
init the toIch Of a to polluc his chin II NAV
hasten the growth small matter perhaps to those
who weary Of tarrying at Jericho but il forever
destroys the plability, the silky softncss which ma
ture bcstows. and which no oil Of Macassar can ever
| restore.
4 full flowing beard has been in every age
The boast Of the refined and the learned. II was
| equally the delight Of tie most eminent philosophers
of Greece, and the s!ernest warriors Of Rome Each
aud every one Of IIomcr's Gods and heroes was en-.
dowcd with a magnificent cxubcrancc of the manly
badge. In modern Italy the land Of sunshine and
art-t is quite nigh UNIVERSAL aud IL r. not uncom-
mon to see one philO'ophc Lazzaroni, beneath the
mild radiance Of winters SUM- reclining his head
upon the friendly lap Of another and subiccting his
unshorn barb to the pleasing scrutiny Of nilnble lin
gers IL seems 10 impart air Of ygDr TO the young
and invests the old with mantle Of dignity.
| But its uses are not less moral than ornamental
II seems TO have some powerful aud mysterious con-
nexion with the region Of the passions it has
been philosophicaily conjccturc1 to he the ncarcs
and most certain road to the masculine heart II il
sort OF external handle, by which the secret emo
tons Of the pcrcardium are welded At pleasure
twcak Of thc beard is a mortal indigniIy and stir
in moment all the wrathful passions Of the soul
man invariably strokes his beard when mad, ant
ieels his wrath inHamed But he would he iustl,
esteemed MONSTER who could resist any request
seconded 10y the soft pressure Of woman's fingers IN
on his shaggy chin. 1heti when interceding will
Jove Tor Achilles, understood the secret power o
'h's magical touch, and profited by it.
,snpPli,nt the pldsu ttaod--one hand she pl,cd
| bHe'A"Jei u, ani one bis taees snbfsei"
IL is not improbable tia, the IN versa introduction O
the long loving beard might DO sovereign cure for al