Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-09-21
Wearing the Beard.

Our interest is counted by dollars
and cents. Time also, is money. But
we pay little regard for either IN FORM
ing a habit or correcting one when
formed, or in following a fashion,
Our tastes must be indulged and graf
fled, be they animal, intellectual OF
moral; be they gross or refined. Hence
the many little rolls of tobacco which
every day meet our view, called cigars,
defined by "a coal Of FIRE Mt one and
and fool at the other" Hence the
quids. and the smoking pipes. Hence
the cups Of tea and coffee. OF small
and strong beer, of cider, of alcohol in
wines, rum. brandy, gin and whisky,
daily drank by the young and old. the
rich and the poor, Of all classes of our
people. Hence the frizzles and the
lrills. the puffs and the gewgaws. etc.
We stop not 10 count the cost, nor to
hear answered the questions. "Is il
for our health? Is it for our happi-
ness?" And yet every man, woman
and child will admit at once that
this counting Of cost is right, and that
these questions should always be ask
ed by us. and answered affirmatively
or we ought not TO "touch, taste, or to
handle"
The beard costs nothing. II is one
of the free gifts of our kind Heavenly
Father, as free as the light of day, OF
the air we breathe. free TO every man
created in his own image; Who will
accept itas a gift? And whether he
will or not il is bestowed. Ii grows
and will grow spontaneously to beau
tify and adorn him, and to distinguish
him at sight, as a man, the stronger
from woman, the weaker vessel.
And il costs nothing 10 wear it. How
much does il cost to shave?
AS we reckon money, a ftp, a four
pence, hapenny, a sixpence. This II
everywhere the BARRIERS price. And
if we shave ourselves, it is all th,
same; for If aGp only pays the barber
for his labor and time-and is not tha
of any man, be he a minister, doctor
or lawyer. mechanic or farmer. worth
about as much? Yes, il is worth I
ftp. But this pays only for the tim,
and labor of one-of the shaver, fol
shaving; the time and labor, enduranc,
and suffering. Of the person shaved, j,
still to be reckoned and added. How
much is this? Shall we call it anoth
er ftp? Is my time and your time y,
busting business men, ye men whc
stand on Change. the majority Of men
worth no more than that Sambo's. tn,
yellow boy who performs the worl
for us? Call il the same. Here then
are two fps. or n levy. or nine-penc,
or = shilling for every shave.
How often do we pay Mis?
The gentleman, the minister of th'
gospel, and most other professiona
men must shave or be shaved. to b.
"decent " every day. The mechani
the farmer, and other )aboring mel
must shave twice and thrice week
and then how they look !
Suppose now we "cast up"--ever,
one figure for himself.
The gentleman. many professions
men. and business men, men of for
tune can afford it, as they can afior,
to pay for other follies; but the grea
majority, the working men. the bon
and sinew of our race cannot. An,
yet they shave, are shaved. and pa,
the price.
According to the estimate publishes
in the Water Cure Journal Of Ma
last, to which. reference was made i
our former article, il costs the men Q
Great Britain annually. for their shaw
ing. Fifteen Millions Of Dollars.
may be more, or perhaps little les
than this; probably not less. Ho'
much does il then cost the people {
the United States? How much a
who shave in Europe, Asia. AfricI
/ America, North and South? Th
World? How much might be don
with the time and money, thus wor'
than thrown away, TO feed and clotl
, and educate the poor; to elevate inte
lectually and morally, the masses
Z: mankind.
Friendly reader, suppose you and
lay aside our razors henccforth. kes
: them only to pare corns. (they ms
; be advantageously used by the prese
generation. for this purpose, and tul
this time and expense OF shaving u
beard into another channel. VIII
say you? Will you do it il / will?-
Whether you will or not. WILL.
Let the leaders Of fashion lead of
this fashion also. Let the preache
preach il. both by precept and exar
pie. Let the editors write it, and Il
printers priniEt, as whole towns. NJ
: classes in England have done, and a
doing.
} The beard movement in Englan
= is one Of the most rapid on record. e
en- in these fast times. Whole tow
and classes ~ into it at once. ~
Daily News strongly recommends q
clergy to abandon smooth shaving. al
return TO the manly and majes,
beard as worn by the glorious retorI
,. ers Of the sixteenth century. 1t sa
: nothing would be surer prevent
Of clergymen's sore throats, than n
Y ture's covering to supersede cravats.'
J. The Rev. Peter Barlow, incumbent
IL Cockfeld. has acted on the advice
Some Of his people were SO highly I
Tended at his resemblance 10 era
mer and Latimer, that they left {
Il church. The great body of the co
u gregation, however, were sensit
enough to remain"
/ So reads paragraph in late nul
Der of the Church Journal. And
much to prove that it is for our int.
$ est not TO shave. That it is for o
e health. DR.. Trail, or Shew, or sol
n other physiological writer, can she
better lhanI l give place for him.
q And then. perhaps somebody else m
:, make it more clearly appear, that n
a To shave is also for our happiness.
:, chronological Journal.
t, A Pretty THISs.-Some one te
y a story ola child three years old, W