Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-03
Daniel a BALD Head"

| He said he believed Daniel was bald
| eaded, but he was not sure. He based
| his belief on the fact that Daniel was a
| superior sort of person. superior to the
bearded lions and al that sort Of thing,
and told perfectly new story about Dan
iel in the lions den which had a cuss
word in it and which made a great and
glorious hit with the news writer's pres
ent.
He wound up by saying:
Il have always admired ba id heads be-
cause they are the symbols OF purity. and
could / have the of the ladies !
would say, Suffer the bald headed men
TO come unto you and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom OF heaven.
Goes to the Records.
debate He pretended to have given the
subject great thought. He had written
down jottings from Shakespeare-or Ba-
con-and from the prophets and from the
reference books and from the Congress
sonal Record of such old dates that they
had whiskers in spots and were bald
from constant handling.
In conclusion he addressed his remarks
to Senator Taylor, saying:
Il have great respect for YOU You
have more kinds of ability than any man
/ have ever met. 1t is in your head; il Is
in Your heels: il is in your hands ! have
also great respect for Brother Nicholas
but when he attacks whskers, that mus
tache of his gives him away. 1t largely
deals in expectations, but in time I have
no doubt it will make a showing. For
some bald headed men the bald top of
Chomborazo which rests above the
clouds and about the top of which the
eagles circle, may ne a type. and while
old Chmborazo's bald head bathes in
eternal sunshine, know baldheaded pco
pie whom ! wish would battle there to
the end Of their lives
This was the end of the discussion.
Every one thought Scott Bone was wise
enough TO make decision. But he re-
Trained. He said lie would have to put it
up to Champ Clark.
Declines to NEEDLE.
The Speaker had a vast knowledge Of
wfiskers. and told about two men from
his neigilhorhood who's. combined whisk
ers were twenty-one feet long. He said
he had given photographs of these men
to barber in this city! Tie photograph
has become famous, and a French hair
restorer manufacturer is using a copy
as an advertisement
Getting down to the meat Of the argu-
ment. ne said:
There is a good deal in The beard bust
ness. AS there is In studying the human
face divine. When [ first came to Wash
ington four men wore boards where one
man wears a beard now. and | will tell
YOU why it is. 1t is because William
j. 81 van has smooth face. That caused
every dark skinned Young man in the
nited States to shave off his whiskcrs
and mustache, 50 that he would like
Bryan: that is the absolute truth; and
then the bonds. too followed suit, ]
among the rest.
There have been but four Presidents
IF the United States who wore full
boards. Lincoln was the first man who
was President who wore a beard and he
was Wit bout a mustarhe. The way he
ca1no to wear It. some little girl wrote
him A letter when he was running for
President and told him lie would look bet
ter with whiskcrs than without them, and
he let them grow
headed men who were Presidents of the
nited States, and they were the two
Adamses. There have been some others
whose hair was pretty thin. Cleveland
did not have much. but he had little
List of the "Whiskered."
John Quincy Adams and Martin Van
Ruren wore little curIycue sidewhiskers
something like those that Vice President
sherman wears. Gen. Arthur wore reg
ular English mutton chops. with the adj
dition of "A mustache, and four or five
Presidents have had muStaches.
when | was "A boy there were three
thing nat / tnoug / Gould never hap
nen. that | never would get old enough
70 marry to wear beard. or To vote
Well. [ have worn beard and Nhiskers
I'm every conceivable shape, form and
ia shion have been married nearly thirty
wears: | have voted as often as | could
and | don't know that I am amy happier
now than / was When l was In the COS