The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1890, 1888-07-28
BEARD AND MUSTACIIE.
TODAY's FACIAL ORNAMENTS ONCE
MUCH RlDiCuLED.

whiskers in History-The Fathers Of tho
Republic We're Entirely Beardless or
Smooth shaven-Facts CONCERNING Presi-
dent. ant. Presidential Candidates.
The beard and mustache as an appendage
to the face Is OF comparative recent date
in tho United States Thirty years ago
beard was an exception. and thirty-ive
years have scarcely elapsed since the
wearer of beard was either al object OF
ridicule or suspicion When boy the
writer listened to a sermon in which the
smooth faced preacher descanted OH the
sin of the beard. and conclusively proved
that Adam was not endowed with this
facial appendage until after his fall. and
that it constituted the actual thicket be
hind which be sought to hide himself
from the sight of his maker.
1t is quite evident it was at least as
s!.tficult for the ancients to keep down the
growth Of the beard as it is for the modern
youth to raise one. Before the invention
of the razor. which dates back less than
two centuries, the hair was kept from &C
cumulating on the face by rubbing tho
skin quickly with pumice stone. which
gave it that peculiar polish and hardness
Of outline noticeable in old paintings
BARRIERS are first mentioned in English
history about the year 1929. during the
reign Of Charles l. when number OF
Puritans were ordered to be punished by
having their boards shaven from their
faces with sharp knives. and the hair to
he cropped close to their heads Herewith,
in addition to having their ears cut off
and tongues bored with u red hot iron.
and to be thereafter stood in the pillory.'
A SUBJECT OF RIDIcULE.
About 1885 boards and mustaches began
to make their appearance in this country
on the streets Of the cities, and were
everywhere the subject Of ridicule, 50
much so that few were vain enough to
cultivate them In 1888 the fad for wear
ing hair on the face was given great
thrust forward by q picture of Count
Dorsay, published in Frazers Magazine.
illustrating how copiously a chin could be
cushioned. and which, it was conceded,
reached the climax of hair arrangement III
that quarter.
Still for number Of years later long
boards were considered disgraceful; as
masks behind which criminals and out
laws sought to hide their identity. As
late as 1849 the writer remembers to have
seen Jew with long hair and beard
''bated" on Beaver street, in this city. by
a crowd of boys. who chased him with
sticks and stones through the streets and
alleys OF what was then one of the most
attractive portions Of New York. and for
no other reason than the great mass Of
hair which concealed his features. And
on this occasion the sedate business men
of that part. Of the city gathered at their
doors and cheered the boys with their ex
Pressions Of approval
One or two judges about that time be
-f1 1o1r %1oin m
bench with whiskers. This the public
took as an otfense. and the papers seri
ously discussed it as matter of prime
Importance. ''Whiskers." says The
Democratic Review, ARE bad enough at
the bar. and even then they are pestilent
accompaniment for counsel There is NO
gentlemanly managing jury with them
Men are not open to reason or pathos that
might issue from any part of a face thus
cultivated. They continually and for
good reason. suspect those who talk to
them in . mask. But to carry whiskers
up to the tribunal is unbecoming the
judge as 1t Is unfortunate for the wool
sack. What would men have us think1
Do they mean to enforce decisions by the
ferocity of their countenances? To make
us fear instead of honor them? Or would
they. wherever they may be, have us
UuU0ISCdAA 111dL VACAI otAcuS tAAs ANO AA4o
Of DID, lies in their hair?''
None of the fathers of the republic ever
wore q beard The appendage of hair is
not to be found ON she face Of any of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence,
and it was unknown to all the officers of
the revolutionary army. Those men Of
great minds, iron will and strong purpose
stood forth in the broad light of day with
faces so clean that their every thought
might be read
THE CROPPED SIDE wulsKER.
The war Of 1912 brought no generals to
the front with boards. but all the com
manders of the navy appear to have cult
vated the mutton leg." as it was once
ealled-the side whisker reaching an inch
or 80 below the ear, but always kept
cropped This is the whiskers we find on
the pictures Of Perry. Bainbridge. Deca.
tur. Lawrence and others. and is the
plant which was afterwards built out and.
in connection with the mustache became
the Burnside AL the principal officers
Of the Mexican war were also beardless.
although the mustache and beard began
about that time creep into the army.
OF the presidents Of the United States
John Q Adams and Zachary Taylor had
q mere bunch Of hair. extending the
length OF the ear. Martin Van buren
had more of the mutton leg." which
curled forward. and being Of sandy
color, gave that peculiar. expression to
his face which caused him to be nick.
named 1.-THE Red Fox of Undertook" o,
"FoSY" Van Buren, All the other p1esi
dents had faces shaven OF every particle
of hair. and up to 1861 no man had oc
,cupied q position Of prominence in the
national government who wore beard on
his chin or a mustache John C. Ere
mont, the first candidate of the Republi
can party for the presidency. also cult
yated his entire cheek and chin space fol
hair. and Abraham Lincoln. his successor
on the ticket four years later, and the tirs1
Republican president. also wore full
beard:
: The cabinet which Lincoln assembled
was composed largely Of bearded men
The despised abolition sentiment had OBJ
tanned the ascendency. and men by tn
thousands who ten years before woult
rather have been caught burning q hous'
than raising beard. threw away thei
razors aud turned their faces out to natur,
for coverings. The officers in the field O
both armies let the beard grow or cut i
in shapes to suit their particular fancy O
appearance, until a smooth faced man be
came almost as rare as hairy one ha'