The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
The whisker season is on.

The whiSker season is on.
So bear it in mind and when you
meet friend on the street whom you
barely recognize through bunch of
fuzz or bristles, don't get solicitous
about his health or ask him where is
the masquerade. sf
Just soberly and quite casually scru-
tinize the facial layout and then re-
mark
They're coming great, old man. The
third one down in-the second row from
your nose is dropping a little, though,
and the last one on the other side
ought to be dyed a little darker. Which
way are you going to comb them?"
you might solicitously ask as matter
of form.
If you have a set of 'Donegals' ar
an embryonic Van Dyke in process of
formation you must of course ask your
friend the age of his set, and then date
the birth of your own petted crop at
least a week ahead.
This of course is natural on your
part, if you are a normal human be-
ing, because the Unborn belies is inner
ent in every man that the ability to
turn out whiskers is indicative of viril-
ity.
One thing that every man must make
UP his mind to put up with when he
begins to raise beard is the Jolly
ing" and quips of his friends, who, even
after his thrice daily consulted mir
ror tells him that it is actually as
Stunning shape and has made a marked
change in his profile. continue to in
form him gravely that He needs a
scrape- and looks as if he hadn't been
shaved for three days.
All of which is neither encouraging
nor consoling, especially after his best
girl or wife has assured him that his
WhiSkerS are Just perfectly lovely and
too sweet for anything"
Barber Promotes 1t.
The barber, who has been lately, get
ting extra money for nursing and fos-
tering them, has also remarked that
they were coming unusually strong"
so the man with the prospective new
face consoles himself with the thought
that the authors of the quips and jibeS
anent his hirsute collection is only
jealous of his abilities as a hair
grower and couldn't raise beard any
way, even if he wanted to.
However, the man who is raising his
second or third winters facial covering
is generally immune from sarcastic
attempts at levity on the part of his
acquaintance for the reason that he
knows how. 1t is only the tyro at the
whisker raising business who lays
himself open to ridicule, for however
tempered, he feels that remarks upon
his new whiskers are intended in a
ridiculous sense.
The Amateurs Mistake.
The amateur makes, the mistake Of
allowing the whole bunch to come at
once, mustache and all. The result is
such a case can never be beautiful.
He can't help making an inelegant
sight of himself for several weeks, or
until the crop gets long enough to
brush and comb and trim into shape.
The old timer, however, goes at it
differently. First ne. gives his mus
tache a good healthy start-in fact he
grows one of good length before he
ceases to shave any other portion of
his countenance. The next step is to
allow small tuft,to grow directly be-
meath his lower lip and in the center.
This little bunch is generally cultivated
in lonely isolation until it reaches the
length of an inch.
Then the experienced whisker grower
goes without shaving for a week or ten
days, but the presence of the tuft under
his lower lip and the saving mustache
prevent any great alteration in his
appearance during that time. The
next move in the process is for the
subject to place himself in the hands
of an expert barber, who either shaves
his jowls clean and allows the hair to
remain its full length on the chin, or
else runs the close clippers over the
cheeks and graduates the length of
the Whiskers toward the point Of the
chin.
Two Weeks Incubation.
Thus, within two weeks, the beard
begins to assume the appearance of a
Van Dyke, and, according to the con-
stitution of the man, is real beard in
from five weeks to two months. In
three months time it ought to be ma
tured and give the wearer the ap-
pearance of having worn beard all
his life When the point appears,
you have a beard, however, and cease
to be merely shaver. You suffer it
merely up to the 'Point-point''- and
your friends suffer to look at you. At
terward, if you find that you have
brought out a collection that improves
your appearance the run to the matu-
rity stage is easy.
Otherwise there is one remedy.
Shave 1T off as quickly as possible
At the present writing the season