Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-15
HIS WHlSkERs
The Festive Drummer Relates ,h.r
ience OF Bis Friend "a

fence of dis Friend we
ITS a little queer about v,,A
said the drummer, as be a,o o.,,''s
well-proportioned aud graceie'
tasche.
Il want to know" put ina b,,,,..
youth. '
"You shall, Birdie" cop,sr.,
drummer, chucking him ma.
chin. Among the men I ms,,
teryals on the road is very ',,.l.
gent fellow from Boston. HesI
80, and with capacity Tor ralyr, !.
on his face beyond that OF ,ryme
person / ever met. lie has iun Vi, +
too, and he has his WHISPERS IN 40,
ent shape every time meelhim ".
and then / don't know him, but h.
ways comes up smiling and c,lfb u
to the new man witboutmuch dn,rl,,
"'It's queer about whiskers.i u8 n
the last time | saw him. 'Do1t ",
know they change the character e,,
man?
~ did not know II, and said 50
"'They do, however, be couu,D,s
whether You know 10 or not I'D.
I've been hairy for twenty years Gear
and in that time l nave been d ,o,
of men. For instance, when | Vs,
large, flowing side whiskers vita nu,
tache, / grow gradually as they do. in
become quite digniied and seiflnmrs
ant. | can't help II, don't you kse4
It's whiskers oblige, as we ~
French, and when | catch a look a. an
self in a glass as | walk along g,a,
sciously swell out and strut ii
bound 10 do 10 10 match those gAa'
crs. Then when | cut % ,he ua.
tache and run the side WHISPERS ioa
| never see that mouth aud chin I'll
there but that IT makes me leel Id
and / begin TO assume the demeiIR
minister of the gospel. Can't hepsi
either, TO save my life. SomeiIHa'
go smooth-faced, and my characters
cillates between priest aud lci0tp
cordng to the tone Of the crowd
In. even get boyish sometimes
risky when / see my smooth.
face. Once, for the fun otit, etH!
mustache a la prize III
err. short anu ssrrt0'f " - 4 2
Won know before a week was
-Sio tough. with my nat cooked o1l
eye aud my general ma0her proYoll
smuggling match at every turn. lH
anxious for a fight all The tine
only saved myself by shaving we
| wear full, neatly trimmed csiH
feel exactly like banker or asgi'ss|
full professional man, and my maiie,|
ia a little while fell into that iaL
look It, they tell me, aud / canlhsl
but be 1t. If | wear nl'a'h
alone, long and silky, | feel Ike 1nl
Lothario, and want TO smile 400 ~
every woman / see. want 70 v ~
OF the boys, too, and whoop Hu' >
along the line. When ! ado 90 y
perial to the mustache / Ihi0s !,
shoulders back, brace my muscles y, ;,
assume a military air. 10 oneoI W. ,,
my towns / am known as colonel y
have always worn my lmperIas - ~.
there. II l run my 0eail -
TO point In the French style ! " ~
quite diplomatic and can be IS s,'.l I
the politest OF them. / feel ny 80. 49,.
ers shrug on the slightest pFo'O,,''-,,
and to all intents and purposes :. IA
foreigner. III part my whlsAeh y ~. !.
middle and brush them out 90 "a ~,
side, / am German nOblsman OF : - p.
ish land owner, according 70 ny !.
roundings. II gives me q "a -. :.
hearty, middle-age feeling tna' 49, ~.
once In my manner II tne r.,
are let grow very long l iee' ~.
patriarcha farmer, ana
quite elderly and innoceh. u, J,
department. And 50 u -,
through all the phases J ."
that the style OF mans whis ILL.,,
in consonance with the mans C S.l' 80
and that as man Is, so VIII OF 49,. 'i 4
ers be. In my case have TeVe ii.,, :,
operation. but I feel as grow ~, I,
become more settled 'has ,.',l
adopt one style Of whiskers and 80 y,
that. Even now am geIIlnlgs - 49,
II, and have been wearing thi' 80 "a
full beard for almost SIX months
don't feel like changing IT, 4
The drummer stopped mOD 49, 4
man with side whlsker' az y
flowing stepped pompoO'Iy w IN
register and signed his name >. 80 I,
were Infnity placing US slsna' -,
the heavens. and the drummer ''-'