Show BEARDS ORIGINAL FUNCTION hirsute adornment of man wat was intended to shield the pace face throat and chest cheat why has nature provided man with a beard and chy hy has woman not been blessed or bothered with the same facial adornment dr james J walsh a well gnoun writer and lecturer on medical subjects declares there IB no doubt that the beard was originally a provision of nature for the krotec tion of the face of man an outdoor out door creature against the elements it vms vaa a shield tor for the face the throat and the chest man in earlier days wore very little in the way of clothes the upper part of hla his body the shoulders chest and neck v ere entirely bare as far as vie ve ko and in need of S some 0 O kind of protection so nature gave him a thick beard another theory Is that propounded by doctor hunt of doston boston a ho bo in the course of a paper on the subject recently observed woman finds a natural protection for tier her throat and chest in the fine layers of fat that lie just under the skin revering her neck shoulders and chest consequently she needs no mat of hair to shield her chin and throat th the larynx and trachea are removed further from the surface of the skin eken in a woman than in a man hence nature has provided a beard for or a man for the purpose of protect ing him just as the lasers aaers of fat protect a woman you rarely find a very heavy growth ot of bard ft ba a fat maz |