, 1881-12-25

among tho ancient Britons. On the intrndncgSoorr
Of Christianity the clergy . among q TIE Anslo-sax-
preston Of the English mustache. sbayiur. M su bv
against Judaism and Islam, though the g,TIt eagiv
Christian futhers had followed the. Jewish cus,oin
ana d fe beard
| ostom were among the controversialists On
this great question over which the Greek and ID
ereised the DeIgian reformers that they would
fan have elected all save the shaven from their
ranks. The Pones frequently promulgated de-
sort The gallant Julius H., victor over fi7a
Venctians and French, allowed bis beard I'd f6
shoe e ~as IN
Christian world, Francis l.. OF France, copying
him; us he had received an ugly wound III the face
! frolic. Up to that time the beard had Iei
checkered existence in France. After the bat
tle Of Tooiac. where Clovis thrashed the later
! the vnuqutshed to come and touch bis beard
! make an alliance-bur Alario. instead, caught
| back, swearing furfously by the violated append
ages to have their revonge& which was pcumpt
aud bloody Thereafter France saw boards Of Ill
woven with gold thread. spangfed with pearls-
Mntii the era OF shnsen chtus was closed by
Louis Wis shaving, It may be remembered.
Wy was a serious act for himself and his country.
Grated by bis wife, Eleanor OF Cayenne ano a
when be shaved It on broll began WHICH euded %
IN their divorce, her marriage to Henry H. Of !
Guycnne as a dowry ano a war which rayaged |
Franee for three centuries and cost the lives Of
3,ooo,0o Of men. Under Henry Ill Of France !
shaven chins were ia vogue. with the mpstache /
aud long mouohe On the lower lip, which under |
Napoleon III: was agnfn to 1e fashionable under
benrds ruled, and Louis XII favored snail ims
pcrial, with cnrled nustaehcs The moucho was
IN fashion under Louis XIV, but littls or no
under tho next two KINGS, the Kepublic, tho d.
rectory, and the Restoration. Charles v. fol- !
lowed Pops 2nas iptg hs1 the ranks Of
beard hfmscif, discouraged the wearing OF |
boards by bis courtiers, who: latneated that wiz
ii. tho world,'' said tho brave Portuguese Sd-
mrsl, Jean de Castro, to the Mayor Of Con,
cannot ,,t s1nal m this natural ornament M Of
whiskers. and the Mayor was SO deeply i'm
PRESSED that he lent qni1n u thousand pistoes On
Tue fasafon set BY Fraace. though Sne opTse Of the
poets has celebrated the beard Of Henry VII. !
and declared that |
wsll-thatched face Is eomely grace. :. =:
and shelter from the cold
that monarch published an cdlct against boards,
and Elizabeth ordained that every beard Of
above fortnight's growth should pay an annual .
tax: Of three -and~four-fence Il feature bor- :
ewea efs by Peter the Great who taxed the boards
he Continent. magistrates. grave burghers, and
sther worthy folk had long made a practice Of t
fashion, ebRe bappenea pc
9 o. and when the civil war broke out under 2
;haries r the hair became tue distinguishing {
mark Of the factions. Tho beard Of the period =
9as worn sharply peaked in n Triangular form. q
nd pasteboard cases were employed to cover n
time e ss beard shan o. one os gve
days to his hair, and even had bis reader to | m
Sssa,le the teaInm Of arranging il
=" Of boards in that tune, when barber ex- s 2,
ttantt cssd as be m finished otr The court
aste listens to word of the sermon fotlayi" 1n 1
he beard awindled away to whiskers under the ~
hasleses, possibly because the wig monopo- IN
nental fashions, and Went out with james IL, o.,
hen an era OF elose-shavtng set in-in which IN
s Popnaf epfhes Of contempt by the
e, IN tie army and navy, everybody shaved | On
NY and the rule Of the razor lasted till half -
:. Napoleon shaved himself" said Talleyrand secII
One born to be q King has some one to shave "" :
n; a but nnt they !, Who acquire Kingdoms shave nj
re the Romanttcists about 1850 the wt
,, a9a Ill.,, ths .,s. nsaatsssaee s NeHhs2s sas:s
sife Of innovation as 10 the matter Of hsir So
=. " Hernant" was i very nightmare Of hirsute. ]
s.: artists, conspirators+ Saint -SiuonIans IT, IT,
op whiskers The beard came more slowly +
10 fashion IN England. Before james Ward, at
Noynl Acade1niclan, had thes courage to let bal
Deard grow he felt compelled 10 publish n ..-n
emn justification giving eighteen different Z
1sons why 9; nun was bound TO do so unless pre-
was " indifferent as to offending the Creator IN
q good taste When the fashion Of boards sen :,
NE Ia it took just $500 year out Of the | ~ !
cket OF the late Dr. j. J. Mcch1 Of the famous co5
ops, razors, and "mng1e pQste." Thirty y
ars ago there was hardly mnstache in En- mo
aud, unless the wcarer were an officer Or | cor
'egner, the military being permitted TO wear r.
It ornament, on the ground that it s'aided | MOI
III martial appearance" though the privilege ner
S refused to sailors for some mysterious rea- T.
~ On the elst Of July, 1851 tue Horse Guards MOI
EMMY issued q general permission to the nsl MI,
~ to keep the upper Lip unshaver, but the ~ ~
lskers, 1t was prescribed must be two inches IL. s
u the corner OF the mouth, and the s'ctltu, ~,
1erltp. and at least two inches of the upper Inc
uon OF the throat must ba cloan- -shaycn." n.
!, however. until about the date of our own In i
Il war otd oearus come fairly into fashion | Poll
3 our English cousins, since it was in 1861 or II
that "Ihcoiugos" published nn elaborate | pres
= 70 prove thAt shaving WIS va breach Of | twc
Sahbath and hndrance to the spread Of ! usus
Gospel. and to recte the physiological req IT
IN fna throot o7G .ir. nn.c"n sA ~ - PAe@~e- Lax
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