New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-17
ILLTSTRIOL BEARD WEiRERS.
ARE THEY MULTIPLYING?
From The St. James's Gazette.

From The ST. James's Gazette.
1t is singular fact that while only as rare e1-
ception do with ordinary man wearing
a beard. the number among the men OF the time
who abjure the is considerable. IL would be
an interesting question TO solve. Why do some men
boards and others laborously remove every
as represented in the National Portrait Gallery,
choose to be- hairy anthropo.d ape, ana
a newborn babe? or what inspired Matthew Ar.
mold wear that queer section or a Whlsker ana
nothing more; actuated Browning 10 cultivate an
ali but American eoatee. or moved Burns
move everything except d small and ugly scrap OF
grow that most unbecomng OF all hirsute adorn-
nents-the horsy side-whiskers?
read IT, Caryles ruggedly hairy face certainly tai
lies with mis- temperament; and the perfectly clean
would expect nor IS ii surprising to find Lord
Byron Represented wearing the ghost OF a mus
Bur it is puzzlirg to find that nearly all judges
are clean-Shaven, that amcng admirals there are
some and among poets and novelsts many eXcep-
tions to this rule Among the thirteen judges whom
the writer examined there was not what could be
called a hair on any race, aithough some OF mem
had blush tinge here and there and one among
rs his mastacRe Nelson Cook LORD Howe
Lord Give and nine out Of ten OF the great group
rival the Judges: which shows how strong must be-
the human antipathy 70 har on the lace, Tor shaN-
Paners o, The pas, We're very careful shayers~sir
Joshua Reynolds. Flaxman and all the others. with
Burke Sher!lan ard the OF the orators were
jus, the sane; and 80 were such men as Faraday
clean-shaven. Sir Walter Scott and SOuthey Wore
neither beard .or whiskers nor mustache Words
and part OF the cheek but left remaining small
quantity OF whisker Rossetti leg everything grow,
uxuriAnc-. Among kings. George III and George
" were perfectly smo0th-faccd "hlle the Prince
most remarkable light thrown on the beard ques-
medium OF a large picture representing the conven-
tor Of the Anti Slavery Society in 1910 Among the
In la
are. Of course well shaver; although II they
man to whom razors ana strops. lathers and bay
rum are matters OF absolute Indifference no doubt
they would soon become small minority Taking
examples a. random. Mr.. Ruskn wearing a..
the beard and mustacEe he possibly can. Rudyard
Kipling cultvating d mustache only; Stacey Marks
adorned with musiache and picturesque goatee:
Sir Richard Webster ana Sir r Lockwood as
smooth any lawyer could wish 10 be Sir George
Lewis wears very pretty mustache. and SIR Henry
Thompson an alarmnsly herrr one ~ MI ,o SiI
spencer Wells shave ju.t az much as did Jonn
Bright. and no NOR Mr. WhstleTs - oeaFt and
singular fringe under the chin and up along the
cheek to the ear. And George Bernard Shaw
shspeliness leaves nothing to be desired. Mr.. lie
Gaenne shaves with such skill that his cheeks and
Pinero's -kin be- compared only 10 marble. The
photographs Of bishop., naturally. represent hair.
Lincoln and the Bishop OF Durham, both being
adorned with small vhiskers That Of Prot Professor
Huxley face With whiskers only OF Or. George
o hard Of 7 Waer & Of whsG Srf
close TO the ears and Of Mr. K!er Hardle hair
rugged Carlyles
The politicians remarkable group. Tor among
the greater OF them much hariness prevails. SIN
many shave off everything No needs TO be told
Lord Keaconsield's or Mr. GlsdstOne's habit. and
every one knows tina, Lord Salisbury is their an
tithess Sir John Lubbock IS another wearer or all
that nature gives him Mr.. Mundella rivals General
Rcoih in the amplitude Of his beard; the Marquis
Of R!pon rivals Mr.. Mundella. and Earl Spencer
runs both neck-and-neck. To Sir Charles Dixie the
uses OF A razor have been long unknown. and ne Is
in the very good company OF the Earl Of Aberdeen.
Mr. shaw efevre the Earl OF Onslow, Lord KIM
harley lord Cross Lord Tweedmouth Lori Want
age the Duke OF Devonshire Joseph Arch and John
Rurrs Jesse Ceilings wears much hair. hut shaves
the chin In a peculiar manner. Lord George Ham
HON wears decidedly becoming suite or beard,
v-hskers and mustache. and Sir Michael Hicks
Reach has a very full beard which looks well. Lord
Derby and Sir John Ciorst are also members OF the
remarkably numerous and distinguished class OF po
litcal beard-weaTers.
clean shaving has its llustrious supporters In
the persons OF John Morley Lord LANDAU and Mr..
Asolilth who are very expert with the razor. Lord
Herscheu also makes his face Ike boy's Arnold
Morley shaves off his mustache but leaves a bit OF
whisker under each ear Just 10 show that he could
an ~ no would Mr. Goschen leaves a touch o. beard
also and shaves of everything else The mustache-
fours is Enthusiastically unpretendng Mr. Akers-
Douglas takes pride in his, and apparently les
II S,ay lust because IL ~ there. Mr. Rio HE has
which Is sufficient to content man while the Mar
auis OF Lansdowne's appendagc brstles. but not
too much
on the whole tn. mustache- Wearers carry the day
in point OF numbers. the clean-shsvers are most re-
weight OF character the beard-wearers not to be