Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-07-03
MEN WITH LONG HAIR.
An Era of Them Is Predicted as Already
on Its Way Hither.

The newest fad among the Young
men in New York is to let their hair
grow long, says the Brooklyn Eaqle.
1t seems that in a certain set in Lon
don there has arises sudden rage
great while back were looked upon
as effeminate and ridiculous.
A club man standing in the window
of his favorite club house the other
day, tartly commenting on the passers-
by, noticed one of them smooth-faced,
abundant locked young fellows, and
began to examine the question in the
lelsurely, minute manner that only
club loungers have time to bestow
upon trifles. Said he: ''See that thing
out there, with bang all over his
head! It's the first one of the sort I've
seen here. Over in England last spring
| saw lot of them. They are the sig
nal of new ideal among the young
men-those long-locked fellows are.
When | was young the military type
was what we all patterned after. Hair
cropped close, big mustache, square
shoulders, and all that sort of thing.
Later the Prince of Wales set a new
model, which had less of the military
air and more the type of the society
man about it. The hair was still short,
but the martial mustaches dropped
their points, and a Vandyke beard
was added. 1t was very unpictur-
esque type, and was better suited to the
middle-aged men like the Prince than
the young fellows who, nevertheless,
endeavored to conform to it. They
weren't satisfied, though, and when l
was on the other side, few months
back, l saw the enormous influence of
the stage, which seems to be para
mount just now, was appearing even
in this. Both the beard and mustache
has disappeared, and most of the young
swells had faces as free of hair as a
girls. They claimed that a man look
ed more distinguished with clean
face, and | don't know but there is
some truth in the claim. / never had
anything but annoyance from the big
mustache | wear, and | think nature
trlpped up when she gave man hair on
his face anyhow; it isn't of the slight
est use, and It's an awful lot of trou-
BILE.
Well, but, as was saying. the real
reason of the young fellows clean
shave was the influence of such men
as Irving, Wilson Barrett, and the
young beauty mem on the stage, who,
by the nature of their profession, and
often much against their will, are
obliged to keep their face clean-shaved
1t is curious fact that when q man
takes all the hair off his face it imme-
diately becomes necessary he should
let it grow on his head. If he still
keeps his head cropped he gets a
prison convict, picked-chicken kind
of air that is eminently unbecoming.
Ii you will notice our ancestors of the
past generation, who used to consider
hair on the face an unforgivable vul-
garity, wore their hair not less than
two inches long. You'll see it in all
the portraits of the judges and Sena-
tors of that day. And, indeed, if you
will look over any book of costumes
you will find that in every period a
smooth face and long hair, mustaches
and close crop, have always gone
together. So as result of this shay
ing of countenances the locks began
to sprout again, and now here's a
specimen of the fashion among our
own gilded youths. Kyrle Bellew has
helped on the style; Henry Irving be-
gan it. OF course there will always be
a lot of red-faced or turnip- nosed or
stocky young fellows who will fight
shy of a fashion sure to be unbecoming
to them, and of course old fogies like
myself will stick to our old ways, but
l predict an era, and long one, of
smooth faces and plentiful hair.