Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-22
MORAL EFFECT or wHlsKree
A. han's Character Influenced h, !,
Style of His Beard. 'As

a''NN thHueuCgh bv
style of His Beard. 'A'
among the men d meet at i,,..
walls on the road is a very ipter,,'.I,-
fellow from Boston. said Gent
drummer in relating his exDar;.-e
with whlskers TO the Detroit Pr D'
man. He IS about 50 and win @
pacity for raising hair on his facS va
yond that of any person / ever M.
lie has fun with it, too. and he hs.lt
whiskers in different shape ever ,;. -''
! meet him, but he ALWAYS cor,, ,''Ie
smiling and catch on to the new n.5P
without much difficulty
Its queer about whiskprS.- s,fdt
the last time ! saw him. .Dont r
know they change the character 5f,51
MANI 4s
Il didn't know it and said So
They do, however. he Continual
whether you know it on nos NJ
I've been hairy for twenty Years ar5
in that time I've been all sorts NJ rna.
For instance, when | wear larua so,r
Ing side whiskers with musfs,na7
grow gradually rs they do and bnooyoa
quite dignified and self-importa,t
can't help it," don't you know. IN,
whiskers oblige, rs we say In French
and when | catch look at mvseIf iu,
glass as | walk along | unconscions,r
swell out and strut. I'm bound Ia ~
it to match those whiskers. Tho.
when | cut off the mustache and rng
the side whiskers alone / never 400
that mouth and chin back there bpt
that it makes me feel pious and he.
gin to assume the demeanor of a min.
lister of the gospel Can't HELM #
either, to save my life. Sometimes
90 smooth-faced and my character az
cillates between priest and doctor. ac.
cording TO the tone of the crowd I'm
in. | even get boyish sometimes and
frisky when | see my smooth. rouDd
face.
"'Once. for the fun of it, cut NV
mustache la prize-iighter, short and
stubby, and, do you know, before
week | was 4 veritable tough. with NV
hat cooked over my eye and my zen.
eral manner provoking a sluggino
match at every turn. | was anxious
for fight all the time and only saved
myself 10y shaving. When / wear
full, neatly trimmed beard / feel ex.
actly like a banker or successful pro.
fessional man and my manners aftera
little while fall into that rut. / look
it, they tell me, and | can't help bat
be It, If / wear a inustache alone
long and silky, feel like a Gay 10th.
ario and want to smile at and ogie
women | see. ] want to be one Of The
boys, too. aud whoop it mp along She
line. When | add an imperial to the
mustache ! throw my shoulders back
brace my muscles and assume q mill
tary air.
In one or two Of my towns am
known rs colonel, for | have always
worn my imperial while there Ill
run my beard down to point Ia the
French style ] feel quite diplomatic
aud eau be as slick as the poltp>r Of
them. feel my shoulders ,hru4 on
the slightest proyocation and TO all in
tents and purposes | am a foreigner
If part my whiskers i'm the middle
and brush them uuS TO either side am
a German uoblemm on British iaud.
owner, according To my surroundings
1t gives me a hale and hearty, middle
aged feeling that shows at once in my
manner. Ii the whskers are let grow
very long | feel like a patriarcha
farmer and become quite elderly and
innocent in my department. And 50
il goes through all the phases.
81 fancy that the style of a mans
whiskers is in cousonance with The
mans character and that as a mauis
so will his whiskers be. In my case
have reversed the operation but feel
as ] grow older and become more sell
tied that | shall adopt one style Of
whiskers and keep to that. Even now
] ann getting around to it and have
been wearing this close-cut full beard
for almost six months and don't feel
like changing it,"