Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-02

glance through portrait gallery of the great
men of literature and science shows few full
boards. Shakespeare wore mustache alone.
So did Sir Thomas Brown, a man of contem-
platon.
Women and children love a full beard They
delight to run their fingers through its curving
masses, and women know how easily man
is soothed by that sort of caress. When Wv
ian pursued Merlin, intent upon stealing from
him the charm of the woven PAGES in the depths
of the forest she wooed him to notice her by
casting herself down at his feet as he sat with
his eyes uplifted, under an oak, and combed
his beard with her fingers and made veil of
it, in which she hid her 1.-THE form. So she
lulled the old man until he forgot his wisdom
and told her the secret. And then the vixen
wove the charm of his destruction.
Women sometimes have boards, but they
are not proud of them. The appearance Of
one on an old woman's face marks a departure
from full womanhood. Witches were sup
posed to wear them. Man has always had a
horror of bearded woman, but the slight
mustache on the lip of the brunette beauty is
thought becoming.
The inhabitants of England never could be
brought to eschew the natural adornment Of
their faces, notwithstanding the regulations
of the Church of Rome for the government Of
the clergy and in the steady adherence Of
English priests to their boards and their wives
lay the seeds of the Reformation. On such
threads does history hang. On the other
hand, there are races who cannot grow the
beard, and consequently dislike or neglect it.
Negroes and MongOlians seldom have anything
approaching it. The Indian brave kept his
face clean of hair, which only grew Struggling
y, and the first step when a white man was
adopted into any tribe was the removal of the
hair on his face This the squaws effected by
scraping with IN oyster she'll Rough, tear
drawing shaving 1t brought out roots and
I'LL, and eXtirpated the hair.
BARRIERS are product of civilization. Their
Importance has declined. They are no longer
the surgeon and dentist of the village, but
still maintain their character rs news circula-
tors. BARRIERS cut Il larger figure in Oriental
literature and that of Southern Europe than
they do in theotales and poems of harder eli
mates. 1t seems strange that the barber
should be an important member of society
among people who do not Shave as a rule,
but the BARRIERS of MOhammedan countries are
given to the comb rather than the razor. 1t
is Moslem luxury to sit in IA cool stall while an
active barber layes, combs end perfumes the
beard, accompanying his work with recitals of
stories of genii and afrits and beautiful wo-
men, or selections from the poets.
Fashions have changed from time to time
in boards. Now it was the pointed, now the
T beard, and again it might be the mustache.
But fashions have ceased to say anything
about it, and every variety is worn. a count
made at a place frequented by men in this
city one day gave the following results Twen'
ty-five men wore the mustache alone, five the
full beard, and nine the beard clipped ; ten
wore full mustache and clipped boards, five the
mustache and imperial, and two the goatee :;
two wore side whiskers alone, an unusually
small number one the imperial, and two
smooth chins, while four wore no hair. Thus
it seems the mustache is the favorite in Gin
cinnati, the beard in some form ranking next.
In winter a large proportion of boards would
be found. These figures indicate the favorlte
styles here. They would not do as averages
for all American CiMcinnnti Enquirer.