The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-11-16

10 Inc EUttOT VI HScs0NsS8 SA' A@oe
Sundays Sun contained an item head |
ed "a St. Louis clergyman's objection
to moustaches among clergymen."
Friend Dominic, visit your dentist,
and YOU will find that where there is
not a hereditary tendency to early de-
cay of the teeth, or there has not been
a wholesale destruction by tincture OF
iron, the men who wear moustaches are
the least profitable customers. Cler-
gymen, 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 clearly. The wearing
of the moustaches alone prevents, in
great degree, those exceedingly disa-
greeable difficulties. A woman's lip is
more full, and the action of the mouth
more mobile, consequently she does
not suffer quite o.,much from deposits
on the teeth, although all women are
supposed to do some talking. That
the wearing of the beard has some ten
dency to prolong life is fact. Lon
gevity decreased rapidly in all nations
where, for fashions sake, the razor was
brought into use. Statistics show that
among people who have never worn
| whiskers, no matter how simple may
| have been their other habits of life, old
| age is a rare thing, and that since it
again became fashionable to wear
moustaches and whiskers longevity is
on the increase. Eea
| As the servitors and sweethearts of
the lordly sex, we have right to some
consideration. No woman whose cheeks
have been brushed by the soft whiskers
of lover, on whose lips have been laid
| the mous:ache of one she loves, will
ever permit ga fellow withouten a
baird !" to come fooling about her. To
watch the white teeth an6 rel lips
through the moustache, to see the
shapely hand curling it away to its most
becoming position after an accidental
disturbance, to lay a soft hand on the
mouth so adorned, is-wei-interest.
ing-sometimes. A moustache is to q
mans face what delicate veil is to 8
pretty woman's-that is, if he is moi
disfgured by tobacco or pipe. And here
is another important point. Wha
woman-of experience, at least-woule
ldare undertake to govern a man wht
had neither moustache nor whiskers
The little tweak necessary to bring hin
into proper subsection would have nc
influence whatever on his Uranium, es
lpecially as the average man compresse
| his scalp into badness early in life
Imagine what saving it is in the wa,
of pokers, broomsticks, and delicate
hands, having also the advantage o
being instantaneous in its effect, and
need not be known to the public.
ssMar not the corners of thy beard,
. had much to do with the old Jewisl
longevity. The downy lip of youth
, the bearded cheek of manhood, the si]
yer as snowwhite adorment of old ag
are all beautiful, but the womanis
face under a hat, and above cravat
is generally accompanied by q sma
shrewdeye of professional beat,or tn
| sensual cheeks of voluptuary or tn
cadaver of miser. The party who dc
! votes his entire time to the cultivation
of an ''exquisite" whisker and wonder
full moustache has generally a delicate
> " cut nose, thin voice, and girls
hands. He is excusable, for he is goo
for nothing else. Some moustaches ar
, uncouth, because as soon as the frs
: down appears an everyday shaving be
gins, and tie result is a bristling ARA
, that might otherwise have been traine
to delicate softness.
A LADY PHYSICIAN.