The Washington times., 1920-04-23

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hESE IS SAVAGE OF NEW GUINEA SHAVING" FRIEND.
The picture is from W. N Beavers "Unexplored New
Guinea"
This way of shaving perhaps you and that
you wouldn't like.
is ancient method of savages used for centuries
before they piece of iron, Steel anything
sharp enough for shaving. j
The savage sitting his friend holds in his hand
small fiber loop He twists the loop around each separate
hair in the savages beard gives quick jerk and pulls the
hair by the It painful process but has
advantage ONCE is enough you don't have to do every
morning.
history. For and nature have combined gradually
clear the human face and body of hair Our ancestors that
fought the mammoth in The cold north thnly covered
with reddish hair from head foot Little by little hair
disappeared from the face first from the forehead and the
cheeks below the eyes Among certain Asiac and African
peoples the hair has disappeared almost entirely from the
face It stays everywhere top Of the head Nature needs
it there to shut of actinic rays in sunlight
In the inhabitng colder climates and those that
have migrated from the north the south the beard remains
thick Nature kept the northern face and neck covered with
hair to protect man from the cold.
But from the earliest days to have realized
ntuvey that hair belonged to the animals and they have
striven to keep their faces clear of it.
In ancient days. before iron or steel was known there
Is said have existed of hardening bronze that
it could be made sharp enough to cut to shave That
is lost
Alexander the Great born 2276 years ago. 356 years
before the Birth of Christ set the fashion of shaving the
FACE absolutely smooth Caesar and Napoleon followed suit
They the big three in battle Each had face worth
seeing.
Others the Aryans of Asia whom Alexander conquered
wore full boards.
Pirates from the north wore long mustaches Alexan-
der hair his face at ALL in that he wise
Even semi civilized should realize that hair the
face nest for microbes and should shave it all off, Doc
5ors should realize it, anyhow.
Just why Alexander shaved we don know.
It possible that Alexander naturally had little beard
and shaved his face completely in order to keep
people from knowing that he couldn't raise beard if he
tried. Some and foolish enough to call
whiskers manly
His mother full of energy and power the famous Olym
pas better than she ought to be- She deceived her
husband about certain Asatic magician The poor hus
oand Philip of Macedonia fooled by the magician in
way that would almost break your heart Not Philip him
self but the wicked inerlopng Asiatc magician may have
the real father of Alexander the Great If that be sol
tit highly improbable) might explain the lack of beard
It would be very interesting if the of straying|
magician and wild queer woman daughter of the Neoptol
King of Epirus should have produced the sup
posedly Macedonian who went from Greece to conquer
Asia and practically all of the world The Angel GABRIEL
probably has many such queer stories in his book
Let return to savage, lying patient while hisI
friend pulls out his beard hair at time Gaze the
picture for moment and realize how gradually solves
his problems.
Think of this painful process dull wisdom telling man
that his face should be smooth then think of the modern
safety of today and out Immediately and buy
self safety razor If you haven't Cut off any hair that
you may your face realizing that Nature must have
known her business when she started out hundred thou
sand to make look less and less like the ami
NAL by clearing of our faces