Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
Bishops Plea for Mustache
Starts Humorous Argument

of us who. years ago. made desperate
efforts to coax the mustache along.
but nothing seemed to do a particle
of good" The Manchester Leader also
recalls the many years it is since
muStacheS as creations and means
of personal adornment went out -
ia shion-that IS, regular mustache<
nice. bushy ones, admired tremendous
ly by youngsters and often passionate
~ adored by languishing maidens. o.
course" the Leader adds. "one doe.
not count the queer little daubS tN:--
have defiled upper lips in this age
masculine as well as feminine flappe>.
ism. No real mustaches would rec"s
nize one of these abbreviated bristes
as member of the family. They are
good attempts, but could hardly be re
garded in the light of q result or an
achievement.
The Providence Bulletin issues the
warning: Bishop Denny may have
the right idea In his suggestion OF the
only possible badge of maseulinity
that cannot be appropriated by the
so-called gentler sex. 1t has been
demonstrated that women may easily
achieve the Illusion of whiskers, but 1t
is an exceptional woman who can
raise a good mustaChe. and proha bly,
there are few who would care 10 as
sumo an artificial one. Still. the mon
with mustaches should not be over
confident of the badges of distinction.
There is no telling to what lengths
feminine fashions may 60
Support for this view is given by
the ST. Louis Post Dispatch, which
cites the bishops claim that there's
something the women could not ape"
and replies: How does he know they
couldn't? OF course. they never have.
But. then. they never bobbed their hair
until recently. or wore knickers
(which. by the way. bishop. they have
disca rded), or voted or smoked ciea-
rettes. Might il not be so with the
mustache? You may say that il is not
! in her biology. All right, bishop. But
| remember there is still the lady to
reckon with. Remember, too. she
! scales the old hurdles, scraps the old
| injunctions, SCOTS at the old inhibi
! tons. Without junking biology. she
has espoused trvology. There is NO
| stopping her, bishop"
IF he thinks mustache will halk
| them continues the Ann Arbor
Times News, "he has another guess
coming. If they decide to display
such decorations. they will purchase
| said decorations at beauty parlor-
when the right time comes, If ever II
does. 1t is well to remember that the
men back in 1775 wore powdered
| wigs. And today there are such
things as store teeth and store hair
and there can be store mustaches'
IL the women want them. At present
il is difficult to see how any of the
great problems Of humanity W. be
solved by the demand Of the men for
a distinctive badge Of masculinity.'
The Evansville Courier and Jour
nal feels that the bishop must have
! been moved by some ultra form Of
maidenly dress and found a way out
of it by warning his brethren of the
temptations of Eve. THE good
bishop. who wears a mustache himself
to distinguish him from the ladies"
adds the Evansville paper, might
have carried the matter a little
farther In his argument by warning
the ladies that the backs of their necks
one of these days will be right on
the dot to plague them when the
style changes. for the razor blade is
training that hair to he the sort of
bristIes one sees IN the upp~r ltrs
of men,.