Evening star., 1932-07-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

feeling the solemnity Of his mid-years,
he wants the world to know about 1t,
too. Hence that moustache which re-
| liable reports say he is raising down
on his farm.
1t is only fair to admit, Of course,
that there Is third reason why men
It is for the fun of the thing.
A chap gets tired Of seeing that same
old face In his shaving mirror
What would 1t look like If neat
moustache sprouted on the upper lipe
Few today speculate as to whiskers
Whiskers make the modern young
man think of AsSyrianS, and Gen
Grant, and so on.
| He seldom aspires that far, but feels
that q moustache is safe plaything
II he doesn't like it he tells himself
he can shave 1t of, and there is nc
harm done.
In that belief. however, he fails to
take into consideration his relatives
his friends and his associates.
Each one of them will have something
to say about the venture.
No matter how successful he is, or
how well the result becomes him, at
least out of 10 will ask him, rather
pointedly, why he did it.
| EACH WILL ltlL4IIldt6 tIldt IL were d
thing done which had better be left
undone.
Temp Jones Is going to find that out
when he comes back to the great city
Being q man with a rare sense OF
humor, as well as analytical mind. COM
bined with a somewhat cynical out
| look upon life, he no doubt will get
what Is called great kick" from the
reaction of the multitude.
| His hirsute feat, however, will lack
contrast, and, lacking it. will fail.
Blond moustaches are out, If they can
ever be said to be in.
All that the light-haired man can ex-
pect to achieve Is a somewhat Viking
rather out of the picture for several
hundred years.
The brunette has a choice Of styles.
Shall it be a Hitler moustache. or
| Charlie Chaplin? Will he prefer what
used to be called "the walrus," or
harken back to the remote style face
tiously called soup strainer"?
| Even the dark haired gentleman will
net find 1t quite as easy sailing as it
sounds. however. for the cast Of the
countenance, especially of the upper lip,
has a great deal to do with it.
| Every man must take his moustache,
II he tries TO grow one, as Nature IN
tended 1t to be.
The conformation Of the face will
decide the general character Of this
adornment. Thus men divide them
selves into various groups, according to
the way the hair grows.
| Some men achieve merely a rabbit
like aspect. whereas they secretly pic
tured themselves in the role Of a war
, lord. or something of similar nature.
| Those who discover only rabbit in
their mirror after much travail. avail
themselves of the utility Of razor and
shaving soap shortly. and pretend that
| they never made such an attempt at all.
Every man who continues to sport a
moustache manages to see, If only as
| a pale reflection, a war lord or some
| thing.
| We would warn Templeton Jones,
| embark not on this venture lightly. Con-
slider the mechanics, as well as the
mental and spiritual aspects, OF the
thing Moustaches need regular trim
ming, no matter what style one adopts,
| and not every man can steer a true
/ course between the danger OF putting
ones eyes out and the achieving OF the
scraggly. The two sides, too, should be
balanced to the thirty-second Of an
inch. Have you ever thought Of that,
Templeton Jones? Maybe you can bal
ance budgets, but can you balance q
moustache?