Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-31

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From the Leisure Hours

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kings, we shall find that each Of them
adopted \ special fashion of his own.
Henry I wore a beard trimmed round,
and Richard Cdur de Hon q short
beard. Henry III shaved, but his son,
Edward I, wore a curled beard. There
is a touching story of Edward II, in his
misery, which illustrates III subject.
When be was at Carnarvon Maltrayers
ordered the King TO be shaved with
dirty cold water, at which he burst into
tears and exclaimed: Here at last is
warm water on my cheek whether you
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Edward III wore q noble beard, but
Richard the Seconds was short. During
the fourteenth century close shaving be-
came prevalent with young men, and
the old men Wore fOrked boards, as
CHANGER describes the merchant: "a
merchant was there with a forked
beard.n Henry " wore a beard, but
HenTyN Henry VI and Edward IN all
shaved. Henry VIII shaved until he
heaRd that Francis 1, of France, wore a
beard, and then he allowed his to grow.
Francis did not approve of all his sub
jects wearing natures covering for the
face, and he therefore obtained from the
Pope a brief by which all the ecclesias-
ties throughout France were compelled
to shave or pay a large sun Bishops
and richly benefited clergy paid the
fine, but the poor priests were forced to
comply with the requirements of the
law. Some men have been so proud of
their boards that they have taken their
loss greatly to heart. Duprat, son of the
celebrated Chancellor Legate, possessed
a very fine beard. He distinguished
himself at the Council of Trent, and was
soon after appointed to the BishOprie Of
Clermont. On Easter Sunday he APP
peared at his cathedral, but TO his dis
may he found three dignitaries of his
chapter waiting to receive him, with
razors, scissors, and the statutes of the
church in their hands. He argued with
out avail, and to save his beard he fed
and abandoned his bishOpric. A few
days afterward he died Of grief. When
Philip V, of Spain, gave orders for the
abolition of boards throughout his king
dom, many a brave Spaniard felt the
priyation keenly and said: "Sinee we
have lost our boards we seem to have
lost our souls" Sir Thomas Moore
thought of his beard at the time of his
execution, and moved it out of the way
Of the headman's ak.
The plays, poems and treaties of the
reigns of Elizabeth, James / and Charles
1, are full of amusing illusions to the
varieties of fashions in boards. We
learn from them what were the various
styles adopted by different wearers, as
the French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian
cuts, the new, old, gentlemenls, COM
mon, court and country cuts. Stubs,
in his AndtOmie of Abuses, SAYS that the
barber viii ask whether you will be
cut to look terrible to your enemy or
amiable TO your friend: grim and stern
in eountenanee,o OF pleasant anddemure.u
The worthy old clergyman, William
Harrison, TO whom we owe o chief
knowledge of the state of this country
in the sixteenth century, gives the toll
account Of the variety of boards
in his description of England: "Some
are shaver from the chin like those of
not a few cut short like the beard
the Marquis Otto, some made round
ike a rubbing brush, Others with a
pique devant (Oh, fine fashionD or now
and then suffered to grow long, the bar
being grower to be cumming in this
oehalfe as the tailOrs. And, therefore,
II a man have a leane and stFeight face
Marquesse 0ttOn's cut will make it
broad and large; if it be platter-like, al
-Ong, slender beard will make it seem
narrower; If he be Wesell-beeked,
hen much heare left on the cheekes
viii make the owner locke big like a
JOwelled hen, and so grim as a goose; if
Jronelis Chelmeresford sails true, mamie
I'D men weare nc boards at au.u
All Of this care of and attending to
he personal appearance took up much
and many of the religious writers
complain of the time wasted in the
trimming of boards. The once cele-
1rated Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, in de-
icribing the habits of her grandfather,
Who was a Turkey merchant, says that
us valet was some hours every morning
n starching his beard and curling his
yhiskers. She adds that a companion
cad to him during the time upon some
lseful subject. If what Hutton tells US
a his EbHte'S ARGtORie 1879 was true,
he mornings dressing could not have
zen sufficient to keep the beard in
trim:
With what grace, bold, aetor-like he speaks,
his beard precisely cuti tn peake;
meats moustachios do at a distance
they disturb his lips or saffron band:
low expert he :; with what attentive care
hair"
Andrew Borde wrote a treatise on
cards, which is lost, and only known
D US by an answer written by one ,
The latter takes up the cause
I boards in a very trenchant style !
asks: "Pray, Andrew, did not
dam possess a beard? and, if he did, :
shaved him?D And F'didn't the {
have beards?" Therefore, we {
1ould initiate Samson, and thousands /
I old philosophers who would not {
have. Matthew Greed wrote the fol- ,,
wing impromptu in answer to a lady
no. inquired why boards were not worn e
3 in former times:
ITO brush the. cheeks Of aides fair /.
With genuine charms ~O'erspread, =
Their Sapient boards with mfekle care
Our wise. fo~refathers led. L
4" But since our modern ladies take a
such pains TO paint their faces,
What havoc would such brushes make
Among the loves and graces." Z
Fortunately, the same reason cannot |
: given now, because our ladies do not
their faces, but the general in
Oduction of boards and mOustaehes a
W years ago, met with great opposition
first; and il is said that, in 1854, the :
GIishOners of a country parish discon- )
lued their attendance at church on
count of the cle-gymen taking to a
ard. Now, whether we 20 among rich \
poor, laymen or clergy, we find boards l
and, doubtless, the change q
fashion has improved the appearance is
ID benefited the health of many, for =
e can say, with the old ballad: s.
"a well matched face is a eomely grace. al
And a shelter from the cold" p
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