Show T The e True History of the Kaisers Kaiser's Mustache Kaiser Wilhelms Wilhelm's mustache has been a popular subject of discussion ever since he adopted the extraordinary fashion of ot wearing it turned upward at the ends and running para parallel el with his nose until It almost reaches his eyelashes es The story of its origin has never been fully told before This strange style was the invention of ofa a a barber named Haby who was was for fora a time an object o of almost lOst as much curiosity as the Emperor himself In 1887 1587 Kaiser Wi Wilhelm helm had hada had a v very ry ordinary kind of mustache and he trimmed it in the the ordinary ordinary way One day Adjutant von Hullen Bullen a German army dandy appeared at th the the palace palace with the ends of his mustache turned up just In Inthe Inthe inthe the style that the Kaiser wears today Who did It inquired Emperor William Haby a bar barber er Si oh was the reply I wonder If he go uld fix mine that way I I I have no doubt your Majesty Send him to me said the Kaiser and on the following day all Berlin was excited over a startling change In the facial aspect of the sovereign Haby trained the Kaisers Kaiser's mustache combing brushing bending coaxing it In the way va it should go And In doing so he became r famous Every military man with a mustache wanted It trimmed a la Kaiser and wanted Haby to train It Then th the fashion f spread to the ranks of f civilians and soon everybody everybody everybody every every- body from Field Marshals Ma down to the laborers of the field were were wearing the Kaiser r mustache Ninety per Ninety per cent of the male population n of Germany endeavored endeavored ored to turn their mustaches so 50 that they would poi point t to the stars like the horns of a deer Haby Baby made the the- the most most of his opportunities He enlarged his ls shop which Is In Inthe Inthe inthe the center of ot the cafe district and hired a dozen additional barbers whose chief business was to train the mustaches of military men Haby himself spent most of his time with his Imperial patron accompanying him upon all his Journeys because t. t to properly train a must mustache che in the way it should go requires assiduous attention He accompanied the Kaisers Kaiser's party to the Holy Land and visited England Russia Austria and Constantinople in the imperial retinue He received so many decorations that he became dizzy and the Emperor had to dismiss him |