The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
As TO HAIR AND BEARDl
Some Facts About the Hirsute Adsrnusus
of the Masculine Head.

wow I've FhNddsiphts Rscsrd.
Who frst introduced among civilized man ths
tonsure Of the chin The shaver polls and faces
OF occlesiasucs date from the time OF Pope Ana
cletus who introduced the custom upon the sams
literal authority OF Scripture tina, still causes
women 10 wear bonnes in churches that they
may not pray uncovered Is II not lituo suE-
gestiyc that women obey this order OF ST PAul's
with so much readiness and yet invade the minis
try Of the church. from which thsy are explicitly
declared by the sine qua non, that such an oficor
must be the husband Of one wife, Until the
now woman has accom- pishsd this extraordinary
feat II seems verv naughty OF her 70 be . Rev
But 10 proceed: ST Paul In the same chapter asks
tho Corinthians: Doth not nature itself teach
you that II man have long hair II IL q shame
unto him1" Pore Anaeletus proposed. therefore
10 remove all shame from churchmcn by order
ing them " 60 shaver and shoru altogether
Tho shaving OF the beard by lhymen waa how
ever. practice much moro ancient The Greeks
laugh, shaving TO the Romano and Pliny records
that the hrsi Greek BARRIERS were taken from
Sicily 10 Rome by publius TdniuA In the 45sth
year Of the building OF the city. Tho GreekA
: howcver-certainly IL so with them In the
time OF AleIAndcr-seem W have bean disposed
TO use their barber moro for pruning and trim
ming than for the complete removal Of the beard
and OF that ornament, upon the upper lip which
they called tho mystAI, and which We call using
the same name they gave 10 H. slightly corrupted.
m@usnche. In the best days OF Greece few but
philosophers wOrs unprunod beardA
=, A large flowing beard and large flowing man
lie were IN those lines as natural and essentially
part OF the business u philosopher as Striped
pole Is in these days the sign OF barber. The
mans vSor OF mind and body and tho yigor Of
growth In his beard was confirmed by the fact
Bearded beard 'a'"'' p'''e'H'h'hu' me uu' Oh mo
Among RACES Of men capable Of growing rich
orops on the chin the beard has always been ro-
ga1dcd more or less as type Of power. In tho
worlds history the bearded races have al all umes
part OF the body which. as whole. they have
shown more ,e1dinsss 70 honor In stne. &C,
~S sas in T ns or
naturally honorcd inasmuch az II Is q charao.
hri.tc feature Of Tho chief Of the two se,es q
In tho best years Of his life, when he Is capable
Of putting forth his independent, energies As
years multiply and Iudgmcn. rpens tho beard
man liiie 70 respect Gray boards became
thus 50 closely connected with the idea Of mature
OF cause. and thus II WAS tabled Of the wise King
Numa that he was gray. haired even In his youth
thai S- 1 ZINES Scfs az sS bssas
IN our ume5, among that people, the growth OF
Ra nj s. b s 81 81 @ass
as marx Of nristocrHcy. that after the revolution
Of that year, the Germans took to the obliteration
on their own chins and upper lips Hairs have
thus been made signiAcant in a new way. There
To some regulations that affect the beard and
mousthchc, The jews in the East. especially In
sti.on. keep them at a uniform level Of about
hail an / h, and cut them Into cabalistic figures,
cuTouHly scattered about all over the face.
The honor OF tho unoustache Is cherished par
ticmiarly N Hungary. and length Of nearly
hall yard is not Uncommon. Sismondi sprsks
OF Nrnrupn mhRnhte whose brard was No long
the wcarcr Ind 10 In II up when he walked. to-
head is generally finer than that on the head Of
women, and u left uncut would not grow nearly
20 the same length. A wOmAn's back hair IL an
sppurtenancc entirely, and naturally feminine
shaving c9mpels the hair 10 grow al an undue
about, o, Inches q beard: 50 ihai = man q 80
beard; 20 feet more perhaps than had he left
his beard alone;
observes that no one who has been al AN assembly
OF bearded men can have failed to have remark
, ne ETS"ter variety and i1fe Of the expression
tcntouS for example. than 10 500 the brow cloud
md the eye flash and the nostrs diatc over a
beard curling visihly with anger? How III does
smooth chin support at any time tho CHI aractcr
assumed by the remainder Of the face, except II
not belong honestly 10 man or such al pretty chin
as makes the charm thai should belong IN women
only or to a child Therefore, IL is pertinent TO
asa why do we shave our boards Why are wo
bsrechInned people?
That the hair upon tho face Of man WAS given
~ n'H I'l NNi"'I'Ht reason " " ilh tahc Uut very
little time TO show II has various uses physi-
opgiral and mechanical To take a physiolog-
cal use FIRST, The iackmay be pointed out that tho
. formation Ol hair III method OF eXtrudng
( carbon from the system. and that the external
hairs nid IN their own way in the work that has
hccn done by the internal lungs Their use In
this respect is not lessened by shaving On tho
contrary the elimination OF carbon through tho
hairs o! the face In made to 20 ON with unnatural
activity because tlIn natural effort 20 cover ia.
chin with hair is Increased In the vain struggle
70 remove the state OF an artificial badness and
I'm N
rupIc by the use Of The razor The natural
balance Is destroyed in this way, We have MI
had too much opportunity for noticing how, in
IrpWr whus' lungs Consiuuonally weak
MS IN people with COnsumptiyc tendencies, tho
growth of hair Is excessive, even 20 the cyelashes
\ skin covered with downy hair Is one OF tho
marks Of ,cE1fulous child, and who has not been
| saddyncd by the long eyelashes over tue lpsuous
| eye Of the cDnsumptive girl