Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07
TOLD BY THE MUSTACHE,
THEY unTRAr THE CHARACTER
OF MEN WHO WEAR THEN
Originally Used ms Reins by "hi'"
slaves We're Driven. They Are Vow
Crown for ornamntaiion-some oil
the Many Varieties.

history of mustachcs They wefo ori2i-
ually crown aud used as ruins by which
slaves wpre,driven from market to market
by their masters. Boards wer1 generally
pouulnr before mustachcs were common.
Only 90 years ago in many parts OF TINS
country the latter were considered real
curlosities, and the men who first wore
them did not by 50 doing raise Themselves
in the good opinions Of the people
Try to imagine you can, George Wash
ington or John Adams or Thomas Jeher-
son wearing q mustache A picture oil
George Washington showing him IN me
oct Of curling his waxel mustache would
instantly tumble him from the lofty ped
ostal whereon loving people has en-
shrined him.
Mustachcs have moral characters, or the
contrary, just ns IL may happen, and when
intpliigeutly studied aud classified serve
as pretty correct indices to the tempera-
mont5 OF the persona they are Intended to
adoru. The nice, trim and well behaved
iuustucho signifies thar it5 owner has no
striking traits Of character He Is neither
any better nor any worse than any one
else. The smUoyl manner In which tho
hairs Of even longth lio alongside each
other signifies an even temperature and
an average disposition. such man WIN
not love or haze desperately. lie is in lilo
what The middle g" Is in music He will
BIO fairly successful Ia all he undertakes,
but he will never undertake any thing ox-
trsordinhry he will never write grand
epic poem nor organize an expedition to
discover the north pole. He is what may
be termed saio inun" Young ladies
need not hcitatc TO we'd such % man, but
they mus, mot expect him to develop into
a real genius.
Tho sgEnt retiring mustuche that TIM
idly llusorz h.lf way hllwgon down
and real hair hus something in its favor.
It's owner Is net muIG..uus or eyilly dis
posed, although Le may smoke cigarettes.
This style Of nu4taehc was originally do
signed for clerks in dry goods stores, but
Il hEs since b0an affected by dudes and
others unsu now it hus no field exclusive
~ It's own. Many good "clsyah fellAAs'
lave this Kind Of mustacle, and viewed
in all It's lights it is one of the most harm
loss rs VOL as the most hairless varieties.
Persons who arc uncertain whether they
want nuGtacAo or not usually try this
style first.
Tho whlsk brogm must0Che that 1crccly
stands out from the lip and onch hair OF
which asserts It's Individuality impr9sses
ono very much u d0ps blind board
on vicious cow IL means that strangers
should beware Of getting too close to the
wcarer OF 1t. Persons who enjoy near no.
latlons with such mustache often Learn
to love it; but, asa rule, liJ,le children and
tiniid women shuddur at the sight OF 10.
Do not enter into a heated argument with
man owning that sort of mustache-
not II he Is larger than you.
Such u man means what lie says, or at
least he thinks he does, and for the time
1t amounts practically TO the same thing
Men with this kind Of mustache usually
make love but once and marry the girl
that they set their hearts upon, or II she
refuses them they murder her in cold blood
and sometimes commit suicide. when
man Of that kind tells lie, he STICKS to
it lots better than many others. do the
truth. 1t may be remarked, however,
that all the rules governing this type Of
mustHcRo have numerous exceptions.
The long, dropping niustachc that looks
rs II 1t had lost It's sustaining force sug-
gest - withcrcd flower that is bowed down
because OF drought Such mustache
appears always TO be thirsty, and the
chances arc that It IS A mustache Of TINT
kind, as rule, never thriyes except 1t is
well Irrigated II it dr0sps and is u bright
sandy OF blchloEids VI gold color, It Will
absorb more moisture than section Of the
Sahara. II you don't believe it, ask IL up
10 tho bar semo timo. Such "a niustache
Is an expensive one for It's owner 10 keen
ina Gouiahing condition. Many men have
soon tAoir fortunes swallowed up-or
rathor, down-m an effort to keep the
roots OF suoh inustaehe well watoFed
NIas.a Htas.f
to overcome y mgstrsli5 Of that variety,
and rasHy men have deserves to be olsct-
cd president OF q temperance society But
he will always have to live down tho sus-
plcion his mustSchc awakcns IN the minds
Of strangers who judge him simply by
his appearance He may be good neigh.
Dor, loving husband and kind father
but he is more likely to be selected from
among u party Of men out on pleasure
iunket Us the ono who has corksorew
hidden in his inside pocket. Some Of tho
worlds gTeStsst men have worn this stylo
Of mustaohc, but only young lodios with
a strong governing power should choose
such men for husbands
The frouzy mustsehe that looks quito Ike
a small portion OF hair mattress is the
hardest to got acquainted with. Its owner
may or may not DO all you could wish. He
may become postical or musical or liter
any II he takes notion, or he may butch
or or dig wells If he takes a notion. He
Is not SO practical as he Is romantic and
lazy. His thoughts and purposes, like the
hairs OF his mustHehe, are tangled and
uncertain. Ho Is not quite SURE whether
nc wants 70 pgsaeh or study law or farm
or Keep a temperance billiard hall ina
prohlbitien state or hscome n clown In n
cifeuS, he Is In No Particular hurry about
doing anything no marries young and
Is quite nuro to love his wife, because he
Is so constituted that he can love any one
without any great amount OF strain upon
his affections.
heis pleasant man to 90 on alonrya.
cation trip with. He Is happy as long as
MS money helas out, and when his money
Is gone he would just as soon spend a
friends Many great mon whose names
aueFn the pages Of history had mustaohes
OF this sort, and so had others who came
to the end OF their ropo by a prearranged
plan between jury, judge and sheriff.
mustanho that ourls beautifully and
naturally at the ends, forming nice li.tle
rings whose waves are ever beautiful in
all sorts OF weather, may be called the 40
olety or Ward MoAllister variety.
There arc men who always keep their