The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-09-21
TELL TALE WHISPERS.
How They Indicate the Character Of
! ss the Wearers. NJ

How They Indicate the Character Of
3 the Wearers. 5
The subject Of boards furnishes an IN
teresting study as indicating the dispo-
sitions Of persons. There is nothing
particularly marked about the charac-
teristics Of the s beard less youth, as his
purposes in life and his character can
hardly be said to be fixed. However,
as he grows into manhood, and natures
his beard to his taste, the style he finally
adopts will usually Indicate his ideas OF
life. There is, of course, nothing par
ticularly remarkable apolt young mus
taches, and the little dudish side whisk-
ers, worn wedge shape Just below the
ears. They. may be termed simply
freaks Of youth. The absence altogether
|of whiskers and mustache in man
whose character and habits Of life have
become fixed and Interchangeable, 1ndi-
Gates frank. open hearted disposition.
with great regard for the truth and
the courage to tell it. with nothing to
conceal and a console tiOusness that is
as clear and apparent as his clean
shaven face. He is usually a plain, IN
pretentious man, who pays more atten-
tio1 to the storing Of his mind with
useful information and the domestic
side of life than the adornment Of his
person. s
HE OF THE IRON WILL.
4 The man of iron will and firmness Of
purpose is he who wears a full, thick,
stubby beard. n LIE he is a man of brain
and has had the benefit Of cultured ex
perience, although firm in his purposes
and Interchangeable in his IDEAS, he Will
grant you your argument il you are rea-
sonable. But on the other hand, if he
is uncultured and inexperienced in
business affairs, he will prove to be an
uncompromising tyrant, unconth and
'overbearing in the extreme. Having
only superficial knowledge Of letters,
he will not permit YOU to give an opin-
ion contrary to his own, The long.
flowing, pointed beard, worn by such
church reformers as Wlclif and John
Calvin did not indicate any particular
trait Of character in their day, as they
were only worn to serve as a contrast
to the clean shaven faces Of the Roman
Catholic priesthood These long boards
are worn as . rule by the clergy Of some
denominations to-day. There is a
pious stateliness about them very be
coming to doctors of divinity. The
elongation Of the count enance is materi-
ally aided by such boards, and the
changes Of facial expression are not SO
plainly observable. "a man with such a
beard has little trouble to look pious, no
matter how great a sinner he may be.
Ordinarily persons in this day and age
who emulate this style OF beard may be-
found active members Of some church,
or lowering about the vestlbule OF the
house Of the Lord, borrowing religion
sor some sinist p or % srcenary motive.
Il his motives are not pure. he IS what |
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