The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-24

coming to the end Of the division. the
fire has been put out in the box and old
father time has reversed the wheels and
put on the brakes, il is particularly it
ting that somebody, either Brown or
Jones or both, should arise and put this
question. II is n fin de steele question.
The first instance Of shaving originated
from the necessities Of war. I'm the late
autumn Of the year 500 b. c., the Mace
domains got their crops in early, and
after the celebration Of the harvest home
things got pretty uninteresting in Mace.
lonia. 1t was too cold to fish and too
warm to skate, and the prospect for the
Macedonian on pleasure bent when he
fired up the bascburner and reflected
that skates hadn't been invented vet was
not happy one
Things continued to drag ON until
Thanksgiving time, 800 B. c., when the
Macedonians got together, sailed down
on the Greeks and did them battle. The
Greeks got the worst Of it, and for no
other reason than that they sported long,
flowing boards. The marauding Mace
domains grabbed these Grecian orna-
ments and yanliod the poor Greel, forty
ways for Sunday, leaving him a howl
ing mass on the ground. 1t was this
incident that probably gave rise to the
couplet:
When Greek meets Macedonian
Then comes the tug Of beard.
An old veteran by the name of Alex
ander saw at once the weak point of the
Grecian forces and he called in "A loud
voice, "Of with every beardr That
settled it, The next day committee
called on the army with ripsaw and a
bucket of salve and amputated every
beard in sight. This is an account Of the
first shave known to history. The rec
ord of the first barbering is frontlet of
ourls made for a princess in the east
5000 years ago, now in the British nu-
scum. Homer has the first reference TO
the razor in the Eighth century, B. c.
He says, with some feeling:
Death or life stands on a razor's edge.
After the rape of the boards of the
Grecian army shaving became popular
with some, but not until much later
day, and when Greece had started down
the toboggan slide of adversity, did it
become general. In fact it is a well
known fact among historians that the
fashion of smooth faces among the men
has marked the effeminacy, weakness
and final downfall of all nations. The
Romans were always partial to boards
until the Roman empire became too big
for its clothes and acquired swagger,
when Hadrian set the example of a
smooth chin in l01 A. d. and gave the
Roman BARRIERS boom. The first men,
ton of BARRIERS is by Pliny. Somewhere
along about 20G B. c. Scipio Africanus
took a jaunt to Sicily and there saw
some BARRIERS. They pleased him, and
he brought 200 back to Rome and had
his beard taken of.
Scipio was a good deal of Ward Nc
Allister in his day, and the Roman
swells rapidly followed suit. After that
it got to be q common sight in Rome for
a row of men to sit until 12 o'clock Sat
urday night and listen for ''Nextr' But
this was only among the Four Hundred.
The bone and sinew of the Roman re-
public swore by their boards. All
through the orient short hair and beard
less chins have always meant a condi-
tion Of mourning and servitude. A long
beard was priceless, and the Moham.
medans still swear by their boards. The
prophet Ezekiel, as early as 5S5 3. c.,
was directed 70 take a BARRIERS razor
upon his head and upon his beard in
sign Of the ruin to come upon Israel.
The men were set free, but were
ashamed to 80 to David with any Of
their beard gone. He found them, how
ever, and sent them on a vacation to let
their boards grow out. An old Greek,
known among his friends as Zoilius,
who lived in 800 b. c., and was dropped
off a precipice for criticising Homer,
had q very long beard, and so solicitous
was he that long hair on his head might
detract from The strength Of the beard
that he kept his noddle clean shaven.
After Thomas More had taken leave of
his daughter at the foot of the scaffold,
in 1885, his chief anxiety was that the
headsman might injure his beard.
The finest beard on record belonged to
Gillaume the priest, bishop of Clermont,
who founded the college for Jesuits at
Paris late in the Eighteenth century.
This beard was long, wavy and soft as
silk. But his beard was his downfall
His brother bishops became Jealous Of
it, and decided that it must come OFF.
This was docreed at a secret council,
and the next morning when the priest
entered the chapel three men met him
with soap hot water, razor and shears
and laid hold Of him. He broke away,
skedaddled and took refuge in n castle
where he died of vexation.
The only exceptions where boards
have not been considered as advanta-
geOus appurtenances were among the
Germans, the Egyptians and in the early
colonial days among the Puritans. The
ancient German youth was not allowed
to shave until he had slain an enemy IN
battle, and among the New England
Puritans long boards were sometimes
forcibly rcaped because the idea pre-
vailed that pride lurked behind a vener-
able beard. 1t was not until the begin
ming Of the present century that the
long beard went ertirely ont of fashion.
Since then smooth flgcs have been on
the increase, and any person who will
take the trouble 20 notice the men who
pass given point for uu hour ON any Of
the busy streets of Chicago will see but
a very few long boards. 10 is not inn
probable that in another century, il the
beard IS continually cropped, the long
beard will no longer grow and viii be-
come thing of history and story books.
Chicago Inter Ocean,
The Author of uu Old Campaign Song.
There is satisfactory evidence that the
words Of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too"
were written by A. C. Ross, Of Zanes.
vile, o. This was the original song
The words then comprised only COM
paratively few verses. Tho song was
such a success That additions were made
to them in all direction. Here is an
instance In point. Tho Wings unexpect-
edly carried the state Of Maine, electing
Edward Kent by a very small margin
for governor This verse Immediately
appeared;
Have you heard from Maine, Maine, Maine,
good news aud true2
Il went, hell bent, for Governor Rent, ana
Tippecanoo and Tyler too.
And with them wo'il beat little Van, Van.
Van.
Oh, Van is a used up man. etc.
As regards the music, it was adapted
from a familiar air of the times, which
had the not very attractive name Of
Little Pigs TAIL Henry Russell was
an Englishman, and nt that period was
the most popular concert singer Ia this
country. He was a composer, but he
did not compose this tune, aud probably
would not have been very proud if he
had been credited with its authorship
1t is altogether likely that the Wings
engaged him to sing it in Boston, as he
told our correspondent that he did sing