The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-03-26
The WHISkER-
LESS ERA.
Men Who Once Wore Whisk-
ers Now Look Boyish.
Ban on The Hirsule Adornment
Makes Everybody
Look Young.

body said that before, maybe. hut II
is still true, and growing truer every
day. There Is such general she'd
ding OF hair from faces that the wind
is actually lonesome. Formerly II
couldn't go half a mile without finding
a lovely harp TO play on,but now the
ends Of Boreas's fingers are losing
their callouses from lack OF contact
with. hirsute either strings.
There have been enough facial lilac
reaped In the past "a months to start
a mattress factory and run 1t fol
years. One has to grow acquainted
over again when one goes into a CON
munfty where formerly one knew
everybody.
That man standing there by the
baggage truck-total stranger Boyisi
looking fellow with pink skin
through which faint stubble shows
Who rs he. any way? Herb Massey ?
Yes, but not old Herb, and he didn't
have any boys as big as.
Old Herb? Go long!
But 1t is old Herb.and you may just
as well become reconciled to the fact.
Why, old Herb used to have beart
like a tumble-weed. 1t stuck out and
hid his mouth and his chin and part
Of his nose, to say nothing Of his
cheeks and nearly all his ears. You
never knew whether he had an Adam
apple or a dimple or anything like
that. You never thought of such
things Whenever you thought of old
Herb Massey you thought OF hedge
of coarse hair that masked him and
gave him an air of uncanny wisdom
an ancientness which partially excus-
ed and justified his untidiness.
But now! He's a young-lookine
chap with real features. He has q
cleft In his chin, and good mouth
You are told that when Herbs whisk-
ers were amputated by the local bar
Der with the aid of an anaesthetic
various articles of household furniture
that had been missing for years were
found enmeshed in his furze. And
you don't doubt 1t.
The removal of whiskers has more
than a merely physical effect. Not
only does the man look younger-he
is younger. Whiskers gave him an
appearance that can belong rightfully
to nothing but patriarchism. When
he looked into the mirror to CONT
that chin thicket he didn't pay greaI
deal of attention to his hair maybe
as 1t was pretty much in keeping witt
the rest OF the landscape. The dand.
ruff ON the coat collar he didn't see
and spots on the collar of his shirt
were not no ticeable. In big hurry
he could neglect to change the collar
and nobody ever knew whether hel
he had on a tie.
"a little leak will sink a great ship,
and little chances to be untidy with
out disgrace lead to ones taking lar.
ger chances remotor from the shelter
Of the aeolian attachment.
Now eht man has to keep his Goa
collar brushed. He has to wear a spot
less shirt collar or people will motto,
that he doesn't and he must really
give attention to his ties. He is com,
PEELED to primp a little instead Of
hiding his whiskers and living as con.
venience and carelessness direct.
The man who once wore whiskers
now looks at a young face in hte glas
The man who wears that young face
is himself. He cannot take that boyisl
countenance so seriously nor the mar
behind 1t as he did the whiskeret
thirty -eight-years-old patriarch whit
used to look at him from that same
frame.
He. begins, unconsciously to act In
accordance with. his changed appear
ance. He hunts up younger men will
whom to associate. He thinks tn,
thoughts that belong with the face hs
sees for the first time In years. Thii
young companion whom he greets whe
he shayes is himself. and he must b,
in tune with that new mirror-mate. III,
quits merely waiting for decrepitud,
and death and Is as nearly at tn,
beginning of life, in his feelings, "a
he was that other times. years ago
when he used to face a beardles'
dial and watch anxiously for the stiff
fleming of the quilts on the upper lip
He talks younger he is younger
He transacts more business and is les
weary over It. He goes out more o.
evenings, and moves faster. He rea
Lies that his father was an old mar
at his age. Now. look at mel" h
oaxn, and Iauoha huovantlv