The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20
A woman.s view Of whisk,rs.

y language OF WnlSkefS, declared u
philosophical miss to q reporter.
Suppose you begin with the mus
tache. What is your estimation Of the
man whose upper lip alone is covered 7"
CAS- a rule, / have a high opinion OF
the man who wears a mustache. Of
course, there are noodleheads who are
prouder of their mustaches than a pea
cock of it's new feathers, but they are
not the ones / indorse, and they really
do bring the mustache into disrepute.
There are a few faces which are not
improved by q carefully cultivated
mustache, and I think when a mustache
signifies anything at all it is something
creditable. OF course there are mus
taches which are void of expression as
the moss on a dead log, and / don't
mean that every mustache is an advocate
FORTS wearer, but most are. Some mems
faces remind me of o royal Bengal tiger,
and such are very wise to wear q mus
tache, which they usually can do. The
stiff, brusque, military mustache al
ways adds dignity to its possessor, n
the man who can wear on iron gray
mastache should be, I think, sn OBJ
ject of envy to his sex. The mustache
brushed back and up / don't like. 1t
makes a man look too fippant. The
mustache clipped even with the lips
gives a man a sinister aif. The extrav-
agantly long mustache is a sure indica-
ton of inordinate vanity, and the point
ed mustache is an exhibition Of pitifuI
weakness or painful snobbery. The
most interesting mustache is the young
mans first, and the most delightful is
the silky mustache Of the young man Of
twenty five"
Well, that's a pretty good starter,
Tell us what You think Of the imperial,
or goatee, in all it's forms"
"There are some faces which are Dig
niied by a shapely imperial, and some
men who have worn them look exceed
ingly sheepish when they cut them off.
They look as if they had lost some mer-
tied attribute. The little tuft of hair
on the lower lip III don't know what you
call IT'D gives some men q quizzical look
and is not a bad thing IN itself, but 1
think it generally s%upcrfuous. The
mustache and chin whiskers are indica-
tive of nothing in particular, as 1 have
noticed them worn by farmers, mechan-
les and business men alike. / should
say, however, that they are q sign the
the wearer did not spend his youth in
fashionable society," 3
How aboutthe side whiskers 2"
III abominate side whiskers. Show
me a man with some Objectionable char
acteristics. i won't begin to lay that
down as an infaIlible rule, but In seven
cases out of ten it will hold good. The
man with only q small part Of his chin
shaved is generally blatant, cOnceited
and unbearable. don't pretend to give
psychological reasons for my opinion; /
si,aply state that as the result Of my
observations.
do you condemn all side Nwhiskers ~
NO; the mutten chop style IS worn Dy
some very earnest and sincere men, and
the closely-cropped, small side whiskers
are an ornament to many. Some young
men and agreat many elderly gentlemen
are very much improved by the short
side whiskers which extend but a short
distance down the cheeks
What do you see in the style Of wear
ing chin whiskers, mustache and also
small side whiskers, leaving only q
small portion of the cheek exposed2n
THAT style 1 detest most of all, /
cant have any respect for o man who
will get his face in that fantastic garb.
1t shows a lack Of dignity and mental
refinement every time,s 7 haven't yet
found any exception to this rule
What does the Horace Greeley style
indicator
Nothing very decidedly. It makes
some men look like millers, some like
balloons and all are like drunkards.
Still / have seen some very excellent
people who wore their whiskers In that
style"
What is the indication when only the
upper lip is shaved?r
1T does very well for q minister, but
in any other man that style lays The
wearer open to suspicion, / think =
How do you like whiskers all over
the face 2"
Nothing can be said against that
style. That is perfectly natural, and
in elderly men it adds great dignity to
the face. If not allowed to grow ride
~ulously leng, q full beard, when it Is
anything like a good, healthy material,
and not sum burnt and nnfidy, is a great
ornament to the face. Some of the
most manly faces T ever saw were those
covered with a good growth Of whiskers.
and the looks OF some Of the parfriarchs
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