The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
By the Beard Of the Prophet!

By the Beard Of the Prophet!
This Is an age of disrespect, Of
scorn. Of contumely for gentlemen
who pride themselves upon looking
their best with n growth of hair. lux
uriant or peculiar, upon their faces
The hostile feeling Is constantly crop.
ping out. \ flagrant manifestation
was the resolution introduced ut the
annual convention Of the Amalga-
mated Association Of Street and Flee.
tric Railway Employees ut Rochester
calling upon the sanitary authorities
TO remove from the face Of Delegate
O'BRIFN the accumulation of hairy
matter that naturally belongs TO the
goat family"
No doubt the resolution was greet
ell with uproIrious glee by the razor
using delegates. and Delegate OBRIEN,
peering through his jungle Of whisk-
ers. gave BACK defiance for ridlcule.
We wonder II they are red. Spread.
ing red whlskers, parted or negligs.
seem to he mor unpopular than any
other kind. A man can't go round
looking like an animated beacon with.
out attra citing notice and drawing the
shafts Of malice. But we have never
seen a a addicted to whiskers who
did not enjoy his martyrdom. There
Is Senator JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS
Of Chicago, for instance; he glories In
his carmlne tinted beard, and very
well groomed 1t Is.
Whlskers have been under the ban
in Amerlca-they are still honored in
Continental Europe-but n compare
lively short time. Colonel ROOSEVELT
in his youth wore little side whlskers
cut lamb chop fashion. His admirers
may gasp. but such was the fact.
WhiSkers therefore are not necessa.
rlly unmanly. We must always re.
member that the martial Turk Is
bearded like the pGrd and despises
the clean shayen inlilel. II will hard.
~ he believed that MARX TWAIN when
Il citizen Of Virginia Gulch. that is
Ia say Aurora. wore Il mat of IN
combed red whiSl.crs that were not
condemned hut celebrated. And he
never had to fight for them. The
truth is that they excited envy. Pack
ing his blanket. MARK. busted AMI
unafraid. left Aurora one morning 10
hike 100 miles through the sage brush
To Virginia City. his whiskers, MS
vivid as autumn foliage. streaming
copiously in the wind.
So whiskers were popular and ad-
nlired after the civil war. Get 4
print of a pigeon shoot of the late
Cos and you will see the mos, promi.
nent men In the community wearing
not only flowing whlskers but chin.
ney pot hats. They look very com
placent and happy. In those days a
youth with gossnmer on his chin re.
garded a bearded man with awe. Mr..
lLNCoLN's Cabinet ran prOfusely Ia
whiskers-and such rambling whiSk-
ers, %uncontined. untrimmei. unaba she'd.
The nation was full of ~whiskerpd
men. soldiers, sailors and civilians.
No n thought II msanitary. Every.
body thought 1t glorious. AS a mat.
ter Of fact even in II day America
Is the sole country in the van OF
civilization that makes n jest of heavy
growths Of hair on the face.
Nobody in Germany makes fun Of
Grand Admiral Won TIRPITz for wear.
ing a divided beard depending almost
Ia his waist, one of the sights of Rer.
lin and Kiel, The beard In France ia
tenderly cultivated. In Russia the
boards are amazing-that Is. they
would he to us. Whiskers are as
much a religion as n fashion in some
parts of Europe, They are deemed
virlle. But in the United States
well. w should at least respect the
valor of the man who wears them.