The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
LADY ON MO UsTA on ES.
A Moustnche 20 n Mans Face what a Veil II
to n Pretty Woman's.

To THE EOIroR OF The SUN-Str: Last
Sundays BUN contained an item headed "a
st. Louis clergyman's objection to IN oustac hes
among clerRymen."
Friend Dominic, visit your dentist, and you
Will and that whore there is not a hereditary
tendency to early decay OF the teeth, or there
has not been wholesale destruction by tincture
OF IRON, the men who wear mOustaches are tho
Ieast prohtablc customers. ClerRymen, public
speakers, and teachers are more subject to
throat diseases than other people, and also to
the Injurious action of tartar on the teeth, even
II their habits are ceanly. The wearing OF tho
moustaches alone prevents, in a great degree,
those exceedingly disagIeeaDle difficulties. A
womhns LID Ia more full, and the action Of the
mot; "a more mobile, consequently she does not
suffer quite much from deposits on the
teeth, although all women are supposed to
do some talking. That the wearing OF the benrd
has some tendency to prOlong life IL a fact
Longevity decreased rapidly In all nations where
use. Statistics show that amonV people who
have never worn whskers, no matter how simple
may have been their other habits Of life, old
age Is a rare thing, and that since II again be-
came fashionable to wear mOustdches and
wbiskers longevity Is on the increase. .
As the seryitOrs and sweethearts of the lordly
sex, we have right To some consideration. No
woman whose cheeks have been brushed by the
soft whskers Of n lover, on whose lips have
been laid the muustache Of one she loves, VIII
ever permit "a fellow withouten baird" to
come foOling about her. To watch the white
teeth and red lips through the moustachc, to
see the shapely hand curling 1t away to its most
becoming position after an accidental disturb
ancc, to lay soft hand on the mouth so
adorned, neutrality-suspicious.. A
mOuhtache IL to "A mans face what "A delicate
veil IS to pretty wOnian's-thNt IL, " he ~ not
dishgured 10y TOBACCO or pipe. And here Is an
o her important point. " nat wOmau-Of expe-
Renee. a. least-would dare undertake to govern
man who mad neither moustache nor whiskers2
The little tweak necessary to bring him into
proper Subsection would have no influence what
ever on his Uranium. especially IA the average
man congresses his scalp into badness early IN
life. Imagine what a saving II Is In the way Of
pOkefs, brOOmstCl<s. AMI delicate hands, having
also the advantage Of being instantaneous in its
effect, and IT. need not b0 known To the public.
MAR not the corner. OF thy beard" had
much to do with the old Jewish longevity. Tho
dONny liz Of youth, the bearded cheek Of man
hood, the silver as snOwwhite auOrnment OF
old age are all beautiful, but the womanish face
under a hat, and above cravat. Is generally
accompanied by tho small shrswd eye OF "a pro-
feSsiJnal beat, or the sensual cneeks OF a vUiup-
tuary or the cadaver OF a miser. The party who
deyOtes bis entire time to the cultivation
OF an exquisite whisker and wonderful
moustache has generally delicately cut nos T.,
thin voice, and gitlish hands. lie Is excusable
for he Is good for nothing else. Some
moustaches are uncOuth, because as soon as the
FIRST down appears AN everyday shaving begins,
and the result Is a bristline array that might
otherwise have been trained to delicate softness.
A LADY PHYSICIAN.