Smyrna times., 1870-06-01
Boards and MustaChes,

DGdIuS duu LII nuSIdCQeSs
During the first centuries of tho Ror,or
Republic the Romans of all classes allowed
their boards to grow freely; shaving seems
TO have been quite unknown 1t was NOT mt;
the year 300 b. c. that anything like a rogo,
was seen IN Rome; but at that time a few Grcnk
BARRIERS had made their appearance in the
forum; and although, like all innovators. thew
were az ur't received with derision yet after a
time they succeeded in getting customers f,r,
at brSt: then more until at last the barbcrs'
SHOPS III home became what the clubs are in
!'"huo9 or the cafes in Paris: places of louno-
lnS ana resort, where every one with notbinr
~ 40 spends few hours of his time each dav
AS 'he h0manS grew richer from the Sroils of
tI"luer'd nations, and they began to discard
~: simple I!te ot their ancestors for a mode of
Ia more III keeplng with their wealth. many
hau slaves whose sole business was to shave
chem and cover their hair with grpaSes At
III III: TASK was entrusted to men but Lucnl-
IuS Is Sald to have had women trcined to the
WIN anu, as woman hand Is much lighter
ana usually more Skillful, than that of a man.
tne change was pronounced by connOisseurS to
pe Tor the better. BY julius Caesars time the
beard mad fallen into thorough diScredit among
all classes OF society, slaves being the only |
people who still wore it. Caesar himself was !
shaved with scrupuOuS neatpcSS every morn |
ing; POmpey Virgil, Horace, Cicero, Angus
tus, were all clean shaven too even Cato
OucenSeS, who had but slight respect for the
IaShIonS would nave thought it disreputable
ana unSeemiy to appear in public place with
a beard P'''0 VIII
1t Was Iraian who first had the courage to
snake on the barber's yoke. This king. an OK.
.Giept monarch IN many respects, discovered
tnat MS shaving occupied conSilerab o nor-
uoh oil each day; and, as he was the first en-
m peiIl W S.nce caesar who really felt that he was
II
, om t'jc 'Irohe lor something more than eating
ana drinking, he relinquiShcd habit tbot ,oS3
M MN more minutes than he could afford to LOSE
iilauriah' Antonlnus Pins, and Marcus Aure- 4
Hur' MS immediate successors followed in L;s
wake, and allowed their be Irls to GROW uncl;n-
ped After them, however came CommnJns.
as TINS exemplary monarch found the timn s.
HiHg 80 heavily upon his hands that he was n
GI"E'u 10 XIII n!eS OF an afternoon, it was not
lSeiy that he would discard the preciou> means |
oH'rded hlm by shaving of making haIfbonrS L
20 oy BARRIERS had new time of it and II
thehceIorth continued to have the Roman ON, m
Rerors Tor patrons until EdOard overturned u,
the last imperator, and
lnlaugnrated the kingdom of Italy. and with II bl
the reign OF muStacheS,
In the reign of O,wie, the last of the Rrot
wadaS who fourshed toward tbp onJ of ',i' ~
eieVenth century, fierce contest rose betwoan :
tne See OF Rome and the Catholic Chnrcb of \
Eng land, Scotland, and ireland. as to how tbo ~
I[eStS should shave their heads and faces or Do
whether they should shave them at al ! Tbn at
British prl,s.s held that shaving was supcrAn ieT IS
gus Inc rope, however, maintained thar tbn =
HS HSe ol razorS was indispensable to salvation
IiI ne S'Ille WaXed warm; but as things seemed
L,key to 90 too far, O>wie, who feared ;ntor
iIcI ana communication, convoked meet
ing 3l eccleSlastlcs at Whitby, and there a. :
'rren hr>t that priests should shave All brt = 1
iU i"n crown OF halr of their heads secondly u
ndC 'hey should wear neither beard nor wbi.t
! nor muStaches, upon pain of public non.
my. n.y.; ms was peremptOry, and the English
reSts gave in. 'e'''l
strangely enough the beard. which had
eelieG a heresy to the Church Of Rome in the
me OF OSWlc, had come into favor again with E
He Iath'hc PRIESTHOOD by the middle of the
.il" i century; bishops and priests allowed their
al aI ~ grow on their faces, and we're even
lax III shaving the crowns of their heads
his scnndaIlzed the Greek Church tbo m;r;s
erS OF which made diligent use Of rayorD AT
Il! '4e dispute upon the subject grew as fierce
II had been two centuries before brt,rnnn ,
''mc and England. On this occasion boy,
Yer. the Papal See argued that. as all tLo
apostles, and notably St. Peter had worn
cards 1t was the duty Of their succrSsors tn
h'ate them. This failed to convince tbn
ireeES; and In the famous edict of excommu-
lc?l'oh " ~hicH the Patriarch Photus launched HC
S"i"s: 'i'! ope Nicholas IN $50 it was alleged as
"IIyoF grievance that the Latin priests re-
l>ed 20 shave, and were consequently unror.
ny OF entering into communion with tb";r LA
rethren OF the Eastern Church. Pbilo<onbors
'he Democrltu5 school will smile when tbrv
'hehoer that opinions on this mighty noint /
ave See-Sawed again since that time nova. -
ayS the Greek priests wear boards anJ tbo NE
omlsh shave! -N '"0