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Show Mustaches Prohibited. This is tho rulo at the well known banking house of Messrs. Coutts & Co., 59 Strand. None of tho bank olorks wears mustaches, and it has long been oonsidorod a point of business etiquetto that all tho gontlemen employed at the bank should wear frock coats during business hours. A clerkship at Messrs. Coutts' is considered one of tho prizes in the banking profession. Some of the men are university graduates, many have boon educated at ono of the great public schools, while several have been called to the English bar. Some years ago an attempt was made to havo the unwritten law regarding mustaches rescinded, re-scinded, but it was found that a greater number proferred tho old custom to remain re-main in force than were in favor of its abolition. This curious custom is also said to prevail n some of tho large teahouses In the city, while it is well known that 6omo Church of England bishops profer the curates under their charge to bo clean shaven. A lady who tried about three years ago to enforce a shaved faco on tho groom in her employment, and dismissed him at once because he refused compliance with her order, found that the law gave her no such power and was mulcted in 5 for wrongful dismissal dis-missal and tho costs of tho action by the bulge of the Bedford county court. London Standard-Mrs. Standard-Mrs. 1'caiuMioan ai rront wlnaowj Officer! Policeman Yes, ma'am. What'B wrong, ma'am? Mrs. F. Nothing's wrong, but I wish you'd step into the kitchen and tell tho cook not to burn the moat, as sho did last night I'm afraid to. Pick Mo Up. |