The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-04-03
NO. AZ.
a J aey on Bsaf6s.

A FAIR correspondent of the Home Jour
nal has the. following sensible remarks on
the wholesome habit of wearing the beard,
which has lately come into fashion,:
at is astonishing what change a few
years has wrought in regard to shaving
Once, everybody shaved, but now, much
mistake, fcyery gentleman has not found to
shave or not to shave, a question suggested
by his morning toilet. Alas for the razor.
strop mani His occupation is nearly gone.
hope he will succeed in finding another,
for the present generation will be bearded
race.
II was quite interested last winter in read.
ing Natural History of the Human Spe.
cies, by Lieutenant Colonel ECharles IIamil-
ton Smith, In which he states that bearded
race are the conquering races. For this rea-
son the beardless races are averse to union
with them. This aversion he states to be
the result Of experience, proving the superb
or activity Of those who have sprung from
such races. Jenghis, Timur and and Nadid
Shah, were directly, or in their ancestry, de-
scended from Caucasian mothers, and hence
| also, the jealous exclusion of the European
women from China. The progressive ma
tions, he tells It's, are a bearded and hairy
race. SIMPSONS strength lay in his hair
Bereft of that, bis mighty power was gone.
The lion is the king of the forest. How
much of his beauty he owes TO his magnifi-
cent name. Shave him, and he is king no
longer.
cannot imagine why beard is given to
man, unless it is to try his patience, If he is
to spend his time in daily cutting it, as it
daily asserts its right to a manifested exis-
tence. The beard is an emblem of manly
! power and dignity, and is certainly an ele-
ment of manly beauty. The Father Of the
Faithful, and all the old Patriarchs and
Prophets wore boards /; so did our Savior,
when he dwelt rs man among the hills of
Judea. So, too, most of the venerable di-
vines who have Transmitted to us their
schemes of theology. 1t is modern inno-
valion to shave off the whole beard. 1t was
not common before the CONNIE ncemen of
ths last century. Moses forbade THE
Jews to mar the corners of their beard and
| David, when his ambassadors were insulted
by llamans shaving off one-half of their
boards, permitted them to tarry at Jericho
! till their boards had grown. .-|s
while the beard, properly worn, is an
ornament, 1t is sometimes rendered hideous
| by the manner i'm which it is trimmed. A
round mass of bristles on the chin is never
becoming, yet sometimes thin-cheeked, long
faced gentlemen elongate their countenances,
in this way often these tufts impart low,
animal expression they never confer dignity
nor beauty. Some few are greatly improy-
ed by full whiskers, Others by a moustache.
Some look best with the beard rather close.
1t requires an artists eye to decide on what
is most becoming. Nature leaves varying
outline to the beard which is more perfect
than any semi-circle cut by the razor.
Perhaps you may think have wandered
from my proper sphere in writing about
boards. had no idea ofdoing so when /
commenced this letter you must charge it
all TO snow storms. / must leave the sub
ject of ladies' dress for another day.
"Yours, &c.
ANNA HOPE"