The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-06-03
Shaving
ANCIENT ART.
Talkative Barber Reels Off
Some History.
Epileptie The Bold and His Stra-
tegy Brought About The
First Shave.


his helpless victim and sioshed the
Iashsr over his face Yet verrure
90 sey tast you know nothing Of hhe
reason ypa and your feilo~Tnsn have
Their beards removed as fast as they
grvN."
The vb<im grun:sd ana made q
treble ard ineffecfual s1cempt 70
wipe me barfer from his eyes.
Shaving, however. Is ne mos.
sne1snt OF srrs," oae TAXA i've TO-
aoriz!.z- ccuttIsed po.s.rg he razor
ztoye The Victims face. The sne-
lent Greelcs and ROma1s al removed
their bsarcs, and a. far back as the
reoords Of antiquity 20 r Is SHOWN
tia. ne tOnsor1zlss'5s art was o-s
~ ne n1oas bonorssd and widely prac-
tired !, tnsreSone. am a d-scsndsnt
of .onsor4Ess whose IiEs began
hack in the misty and sbro1dsd be-
g1nniozs Of ths human family.
The ogIzin u shaving. as you
msy not know, bezan in the army.
That Is why modern armies keep
wen shaved. am a graduate II the
Hooking VsiIey COrrespo-tercs Uni
ve-sl,y II Shaving and Hair Cuslng.
and The classics q our Ar are Z
part II the c1urss. We mus kcJw
u.s gny and whsrsfors. a. well a.
the pracAice Of che profession.
Some time has capped since
received my degnee from the Hook
ing VALLEY University. and although
! took a postgraduate course and in
later life rece. yed the & gre N bach
eloT II giIsmpDOing, / canro. Temem-
Der the names Of the earliest orig
MAJORS 81 the shaving art. Oh. par
don me. did nick you. YOU'LL only
Lose gin u blood, assure you.
and II you ddnk plenty Of milk
you will speedily regain Il
wen. a. was saying, shaving
originated III the Olds1 days before
you a1d were born Yes, quite
naturally, before we were born.
However, there was much fighting in
IN ;hose day8. and every man VINO
did rot carry sword aid shield
Was very little respected by the 9th
81 i.rOng arms who were his neigh
bors.
EPILEPTIC THE BOLD.
now, EpiIpic the Bold. ! think
thsr was his name. Enough / canno,
remember enough Of my carly class
ical course - cay with assurance
was great L-ader In the slime Of
antiquity and he had as his army a
gar z a bnZ whiskered fighters who
were easily the champions over any
ching -hey had gone up against.
That must have been somewhere
around the Biblical times, when all
men le. iheir boards grow. II a mans
WHISPERS got - his waisJline he was
much prOuder han tine man who
only could get his below his collar
button. bli~ye that this is che
basat N pride even now among some
Mohammedan countries Tie length
al the beard, / am Lold determines
Tespeciabihty.
However that may be, General
Bpdltptc got mix"d up in dipIo-
ma'ic argument with another ancient
hero whose name / cannot at pres
ent recall. Perhaps when you come
IN tomorrow | will be able 10 tell
you the real name OF these famous
men, but ! ann now familiar with
the fac IS II the legends exclusive Of
naInes and da'o5.
But the result Of tine diplomatic
squabble wac the severance Of re-
lariors and war was eagerly locked
forward 10 by both tribes. The
forces II the hero opposed 10 Epi'
tic as | urde-sLand, were s1mwehat
superior TO those OF Che ;atter lead
or, but that did not in any way faze
his brave followers. and they clam
Ored eagerly FOR the strife. They
Offered TO make any sacrifice and
even the women declared they
would give up their chewing gum
II only the general would give rlRm
war.
EPILEPTIC A STRATEGIST.
But Eplleptic was a strategiat
and he had grave doubts about the
prospects Of success He considered
a long cine baere he finally decided
to send his ulldmatum, and this he
did not do una he called all his
warriors together ard told shem 1t
was time 10, IsuNe good ON their sac
rifice talk.
I'm those days all the fighting,
With the exception OF bit OF stone
Iingfng and arrow shooting, was
|one hand 10 hand. The aachers nd
tone dingers were In bad,as u were,