Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-18

Some Historical Information Of Timely
Interest About whiskers.

Some Historical Information OF Timely
Interest About whiskers.
Prom the Kansas City Star.
The walters, whose motto is ''Strike for your
whiskers and your rights" may quote history
in support of their position. though none of
them have probably the requisite knowledge to
do SO, despite the fact that they have an organi-
cation, one Of whose requisites s ability to call
for ham and eggs" "corned beef and cab
bage" and other standard dishes in three Ian
guages. In the first place, they may confound
the stomach caterers who have declared indy
ing war on what may be dearer to some OF their
whilom employees than all else, by showing
that in ancient times whiskers were considered
sacred by both the conscript fathers Of old
Rome and the Hebrews, and were cherished by
those nations as the unadulterated visible sign
OF the true man, the absence OF which or in
ability to raise which caused the unfortunates
TO be cerlded as woman-faced The boards or
Nhlskers OF those days were sworn by. Again,
the whiskers-strikers could point to the Per-
SLAMS, who adorned their boards to such an ex-
tent that they plated them and adorned them
with gold and jewels and perfumes They may
also advance as arguments in behalf of their
contention the fact that Mohammed whose fol-
lowers have numbered countless millions. never
touched steel to his face and that all true be-
levers" held for centuries that boards were
help to salvation, as, by using them as handles.
Allah was the easier enabled to lift their wear
ers into Paradise, where hours devoted large
portion of their spare moments to caressing the
manly hairs. Wars in both Europe and Asia
have had their origins in insults to whskers
Coming down to later days, the strikers may
reinforce their position by showing that a
Portuguese admiral borrowed 900 pistoles on
one of his side whIskers, and that three hairs
from the beard of French king were held to
give added security to royal letters and char
when rlarad nndar seals Of and bic
belief has been continued to the present day
in the placing Of crossed ribbons which have
taken the post of honor OF hairs on seals. They
can also show that the beard of the greatest of
old-time German emperors, Frederick Barba-
rosa, will always 1--we in history as part Of his
name-barbarossa meaning red beard. They
may still further reinforce their case by prov
ing that Napoleon Ill gave his name to a form
of goatee, and that the former crown prince of
Germany-the late Emperor Frederick-orlgi-
mated fetching style of trimming whiskers.
On the other side, the hotel proprietors may
claim that their WATERS are supposed TO serve
ladies and gentlemen and have no occasion to
swear by their boards Cor whiskers)-in fact.
swearing at all is contrary to ethics; that wait
ers are not true men or they would not be wait
ers. and the Hebraic visible sign OF the true
man is therefore out OF place on their faces;
that with the steady outflow of gold from New
York, am attempt of the minions of the napkin
to initiate the ancient Persians would send gold
to a premium and dsorganize trade, and the
use of oils and unguents might not be pleasant
to the guests: that no waiter, no matter how
lovely per Sc might be his whiskers could Dor
row even dime on them In any pawnshop in
or ont of the Bowery; that no notary or con-
veyancer would think of borrowing few hairs
of a walters whiskers to adorn give value to
q seal, and that no barber who would keep his
trade would have the nerve to name new form
of cutting the whiskers after a waiter
The hotel men may still further fortify their