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HISTORY OF SHAVING
ONCE UPON A TIME ALL MEN
EVERYWHERE WORE eeARos.

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heen the 'ii't ha'''r--hcards Nave .
leon Common During tho History Ut I
Tariics, Rares-somc Remarks.
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lpe came into fashion, ai.o s1m,.b.,s.f nv. ]
history Of bgafdH BnovN AND joNr,. /
This question Is apropos AZ this .
period. when tie Ninetoonih century IA /
coming 20 the end IT the division The /
fire has been put out In ihu box aud old I
father time has reversed the wheels aud
put on the brakes 10 Is particularly &C.. /
ting that somebody, either Brown or
Jones or both. should arise aud puf this
iucfiou. II q fin dc steele question.
The first instance OF shaving originatod
from tho noccssitios Of war. In Tho la,o
autumn of tho wear 500 Is. c., the Maca.
domains got their crops In carly. md
after the celebration Of the harvest homo
things rot pretty uniutercsfinp in Nnco.
donna. II was too cold TO fish and too
warm To skate, and the prospect for tho
Macedonian on pleasure bent when he
fired IN the basoburner and reflected
that skates hadn't been invented vet was
not happy one.
Thanksgiving time. 500 u. g.. when tae
Maccdoninus got together, sailed down
ON the Greeks and did thom battle. The
Greeks got the worst OF II. and for mo-
other reason than that thoy sportod long.
flowing boards. The maraudinp Mure.
domains grabbed these Grecian orna.
meats and ynnl,ed the poor greel, forty
WAYS for Sunday. leaving him howl.
ing mass on the ground. II was this
incident that probably gave rise to the
coupiet.
when Greek meets Macedonian
Then comcs the tug Of beard.
An old veteran by the name Of Alex
ander saw at once the weak point of the
Grcciau forces aud he called In loud
voice, "OG with every boardr Tint
settled it. The noSt day committee
called ON tho army with n ripslw and u
bucket of salyo and amputated every
beard In sight. This IA an account Of tho
first shave known to history. The rec-
ord Of the first harboring Is a frontlot Of
curls made for % princess In the east
5000 years ago. now In the British mu.
SCUM. Homer has the first reference To-
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He says, with some feeling;
Death or life stands on e ragors edge.
After the rape Of the boards Of the
Grccian army shaving became popular
with somc, but not until u much ntOr
day. ana when Greece had started down
tho tohosgnn slide of University, did II
become general. In fact II is we'll
known faces nmorg historians that the
fashion Of smooth faces among the men
has marked th1 Cdymiuncy, weakness
and iinui dowull,l uf all nations. The
Romans were ulVnys partial 10 boards
until the Roman empire became too big
for It's clothes and acquired swaggcr,
WHOM lladriln ret the example Of
smooth chin in lOi A. ID. and gave tho
Roman BARRIERS % boom. The first mon
ton OF BARRIERS b. Ly plmy. Somewhere
along about 800 D. g. Scipil Africans
took jGuut TO sicily and there saw
some BARRIERS. They pleased him, and
he brought goo back 10 Rome and had
his beard taken or.
Scipio WINS good deal OF u Ward Nc
Allistcr ia his 'day and tho Roman
swelis rapidly followed suit After that
It got TO uo q common sight IN Rome for
n row Of men TO .it until l2 o'clock sat
urdny night and listen Tor 'Ncxt' But
TINS was only among tho Four Hundred.
Inc bone ana tinow OF the Roman re-
public swote 10y thoir boards. AL
through iho orient short hair und beard
less chn' have always meant condi-
ton oil mourning ana seryitude. a long
beard WINS priceless aud tho M0hnm-
medans sun swear 10y thelr boards. Tho
| prophet E4ekiel' as early MS 1s1 u. G.,
| was directed % taEe "a BARRIERS razor
upon h's head ana upon his beard IN
! sign OF ths rum To come upon Israel
Tho men were go free, but were
ashamed 70 go TO David with any of
their beard gone. lie found them, how
ever, ana sent them ON vacation to lot
| their boards grow out, Au old 6reh,
known among ms friends az collins.
who lived IA 500 Il. C., aud was dropped
of precip.ce Tor cutciNnB Homer,
had very long beard and 80 sollcitous
was he that long hair ON his head might
dctract from tho strength Of the beard
that lac kent his NOODLE clean shaver.
After Thonns Moro had taken loave az
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The finest beard on record belonged to
Gillaume the priest, bishop OF Cicruout,
| who founded the college for Ieluits at
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