Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
ABOUT WHISPERS.
How Young Lady Reaches Conclusions
by the Beard of Her B.aus-Indices OF


Character.
Kansas city Times
q think somebody ought to formulate
a language of whiskers," declared phil
osophlcal miss to Times representa- tive
recently.
"Please elucidate."
"Nell, have often imagined a mans
whiskers, and the way he wears them.
form pretty good index to his traits Of
character"
why don't you formulate the language.
them?
"Oh, my experience isn't varied
enough to justify me in promulgating
anything l would call absolute truths. j
might give a law which l would be COM
PEELED to take back after a little further
observation"
well, you know there are exceptions
to almost every rule. Suppose you give
your notions the benefit of an airing.v
''Well, let me see. The subject is toe
complex for me to undertake to cover the
entire grOuhd.'
suppose you begin with the mus
tache. What is your estimation Of the
man whose upper lip alone is covered ~
las a rule, have high opinion of the
man who wears mustache. OF course.
there are noodle heads who are prouder
OF their mustaches than a peacock is of
its new feathers, but they are not the
ones indOrse, and thew really do bring
the mustache into disrepute. There are
few faces which are not improved by a
carefully cultivated mustache, and 1
think when a mustache signifies any,
thing at all 1t Is something creditable. Of
course, there are mustaches which are as
void OF expression as the moss on a dead
log, and L don't mean that every mus
tache is an advocate for its wearer, but
most are. Some mems faces remind me
pf "A RnUol Rar oil nd oil oh,
very wise to wear a mustache, which
they usually can do. The stiff. brusque
military mustache always adds dignity
to its possessOr, and the man who can
wear an irOn-gray mustache should be-
think, an object of envy to his sex. The
mustache brushed back and up dOl't
like. 1t makes man look toe.
flippant. The lhustache clipped even
with the lips gives man a sinister air. The
eXtraYagantly long mustache is a sure in
dicatiOn Of inOrdinate vanity, and the
pointed mustaches is an exhibition of
pitiful weakness or painful snobbery-
The most interesting mustache is the
young mans first, and the most delIgL5-
full is the silky mustache of the youns
man of 25."
swell, that's pretty good starter. Tell
us what you think of the imperial, or
gOatee, in all its fOrms.''
''There are some faces which are digni-
fled by shapely imperial, and some men
who have worn them look exceedingly
sheepish when they cut them off. They
look as if they had lost some merited at
tribute. The little tuft of hair on the
lower lip / don't know what YOU call it,
gives some men a quizzical look, and is
not bad thing in itself, but / think it
generally susperfluOus. The mustache
and chin whiskers are indicative of moth
ing i'll particular, as / have noticed them
worn by farmers and mechanics ard
business men alike. 1 should say, how
ever, that they are sign the wearer did
not spend his youth in fashionable socie-
ty."
"HOw about side whiskersg'
Il abOminate side Whiskers. Show me
a man with long, flowing -ide whskers,
and I'll show you man with some OBJ
jectiOnable characteristics. / wOn't be-
gin to lay that down as an infallible rule,
but in seven cases out of ten it will hold
good. The man with only small part of
his chin shaved is generally blatant, con-
ceted and unbearable. | don't pretend
to give psychological reasons for my Opin-
ion; | simply state that as the result OF
my observations"
do you condemn all side whiskers?1
No. The muttOn-chOp style is worn by
some very earnest and sincere men, and
the closely-cropped, small side whiskers
men and great many elderly gentlemen
are very much improved by the short side
! WHISPERS which extend but a short dis
tance down the cheeks
What do you see in the style of wear
Ing chin Whiskers, mustache and also
small side whiskers, leaving only small
portion of the cheek eXpOsed?'
THAT style detest the most of all.
can't have any respect for a man whowiu
get his face up in that fantastic garb. It
shows lack of dignity and mental re-
hnement every time. / haven't vet 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 like drunkards. Still, ]
have seen some very excellent people who
wore their whiskers in that style.V
"What is the indication where only the
upper lip is shayed?"
1T does very we'll for minister but in
any other man that style lays the wearer
open to suspicion, think"
"How do you like whiskers all over the
face?"
Nothing can be said against that style.
mat IS perfectly natural, and in elderly
men IL ADDS great dignity TO the face. If
not allowed TO grow ridiculOusly long a
full beard, when it is any thing like a
good, heaYy material, and not sun-burned
or untidy, is great ornament to a face.
some OF the most manly faces | ever saw
were those covered With a good growth of
whiskers, and the looks OF some of the
patriarchs and ideal heads of the master
painters fill my idea Of the highest type of
manly beauty"
What do you think of the smooth
shaver face?''
We'll, it is personal question which
eacn man should determine FOR himself.
Some men have features too finely formed
to allow them to justly cover them with
whiskers, and such men should ALWAYS be
clean shayen. To some men it is a mercy
for Whlskers to come and hide their hide
BUSINESS, while to others whiskers would
be an ugly mask"