Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-29
WOMEN AND mvrAcnEs.
A Com binatiou which Seems 60 he Grow
tpr-what Pbysioioeis's Say.

tpg--What PhysioIogists Say.
philadelphia Times.
II the average Chestnut Street pedestri-
an were told TO keep his eyes open during
his perambulations ana he would find
that "out OF a hundred fair damsels
whom no meets the upper lips OF fully
10 per cent are adorned with that bane
OF womankind, a mustaehe." his surprise
would be matcied only by his Incredibly.
This astonishing assertion comes from
scientist, who from the safe distance OF
Germany declares that among women IN
general, and-quoting an American med
zeal man as his authority-American
women In particular, the growth OF the
mustache is on the increase.
Ills theory has set some commentators
10 predicting that the bearded lady Will
eventually become the feminine type,
Others to quareling over whether the fact
proyes that the race Is degenerating or
imoroving. since II Is a moote question
whether abnormal growth OF hair IS
sign of physical superiority or the re-
verse
as Il really true that mustached women
are growing In numbers, and II SO, why
4 physician who is something or an
authority on anthology ana hthfopOioBy
had been hunted up and these questions
something ofapuzzler. "Thesethlngs are
all a matter OF historical comparison, ana
since know OF no particular data IN re-
cord 10 the growth OF half on womens
faces how can /, or that German scleh-
list. or any one else. confidently say Ihat
such growth Is or Is not becoming hioie
common than in the pasH AS lar as MY
observation goes / have not nouced any
increa se In late yers Of women VINO poast
that masculine characteristic -,
"As TO why mustaches shoud DC hiui'i
plying among the fair sex, IL lheF aie'
don't know any reason.
The growth is caused SIMPLY Dy an auioi
NAL activity Of the hair follicies around
the lower part of the face. and while l
do not believe that physically woman Is
I dn.t feel that the fact Is indicated Dy
her her unsurping that peculir perogatlNe'
the beard.
ono Of the numberless electrical opera
TORS who advertise to remove superlluouS
hair from ladies' faces was next CON
shifted and she declared that great many
women who had no natural tendency 10
ward what she called "a shadlnB IOus.t
on the undesirable crop by not hd'ii'e
serse enough TO leave their faces alone
II don't think mustaches are really on
the Increase" she said. but women seem
20 be vainer than they used to be, ana by
using lotions and depilatofies anu
pumicestone preparations TO ieIIl'Nc W
light down which every one mas On ne
MINER lin. they stimulate the grown u'-
iii the light shading actually develops III
TO a mustache and In some cases p,','
7 have customers who have scissor WeH-uo
vcloDed whiskers which would utHs"'
youth of 20. There are far more WoiHen
bair on their faces than you Would ever
BLONDS ARE NOT EXEMPT
oJ+ &c chiefly dark women who are thuS
offacted isn't t?" she was asked.
che ehook her head. That's common
roIacy. stand blonde in a strong HSht
and YOU will see that in many cases SIC
has a heavier growth Of hair than ll' VI W.
note. only as they are not DARK lhey uo
not show so plainly ..,
Another electrician, man. supPoi -
her theory that vanity as shown IN lle use
Of deDiatories. etc. was Responsible loI
,i,o increaeed number Of down covered
Nns That there was an increase ne aEiV1N
with the German scientist
81 have Travelled in Spain ana III VII
ent,l countries" he said, "and In Aus
tralio and / think we do see more anu
more women with shading each year
Wbv right here i'm Philadelphia l Wouid
cav that o. per cent Of the women nave
them. In Australia il IL very hoIIceapic
characteristics and in Madrid ana otheI
Spanish cities the women nave aC,u"s
uihiskors. and they are not ashamed OF
them either Many a time nave sen
a Marty of women while cngrossed III
conversation stroking and twirling their
,,ustaches exactly as men do. why, they
oven curl them sometimes. | thlnk
on q, Suulamos sBq 7lBuUo 20 ulluiBM
,,iitbthc growth the hair ion women
faces" III.
The interesting fact revealed by this
operator. that while he had not observer
that the mustache was dying out among
the sex whose lawful appurtenahce II -
he had a number Of male clients VINO
came to him for the removal or superIiu-
GUS hair which had been started Win ao-
"a Gun pIp5q 9ul 9AoQG qlMoI5 leuu i.o,i
TOO assidious shaving and other enuedNolS
Ga brinr ont an earlier and heavier crop
of hairs-opens up a Wlde 'ileid
for conjecture and contains covert lrl-
umph for the advocates OF womanS pro-
crces II is the story of Sampson ana
Delliah over again, only Delliah Is wise
I'm her generation this time ana appro-
pirates TO herself SIMPSONS SioiS anu
covering his symbol of superiority
In the scramble for the possession OF
the beard she SENS by all accounts 10 De
he in turn Is getting some OF her vanity.
Perhaps when the evolution OF women
has been drawn out to its finish com :
mite reversal Of social conditions VIII en-
sue Woman has already appropriated
her partners coat vest, suspen-
ders and necktie the Derby hat ana the
cane can perceived TO gain on her SLOW
~ but surely, the trousers Will won =
must-musn't-cOme, too let the dreeS-re-
formers and the fashion followers tight
Il ont among themselves; man was not
consulted and he has othing to S ay;
What wonder If his beard also De pluChcE
from him in the remorseless march OF
nrogress? For him the vision of the com
ING man shows us a genele shrinking
physically inferior being. who has forgot
ten that he ever wore pearu' anu III MS
whose one ambition is TO so enwrap MIN
self in his long clinging robes ana so
adorn himself with ribbons, laces and
frius. and avoid encroachment on the nat
and trousers garb, as TO escape forever
,ba accusa tton of effcmindcy.