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Show Whlikm Too may ahavo them off ail, ail, said a stont man with a wealth of brown binl, as he settled down into the n!l phwh deptlu of a barber chair hi tho liurtiet llouso and sighed feelingly feel-ingly us the barlHjr picked up the glittering glit-tering shears. "1 havo been worried to death by my heard," the stout man explained, "and I'm tired of it. You nuv ,lv it, f ii eleuji Hhave." lie had been referred to ho often as "Whiskers" that it hail inndo him tirod. Tliat was why he bought a clean shave and sacrificed sac-rificed IUm beautiful hirsuite chest pro- lector. It soeiiiH to be true that a more exasperating epilhot than "Whiskers!" I cannot be applied to a man. JIo re-.niU re-.niU the uso of a word which describes his ersonal adormnents a thousand timoa inure indignantly than he would , a word of bruUd and Insulting sigiiill- j caneo. The word whiskers has becomo so thoroughly identified witli slang that Its use iu any way at all by a comedian nowadays Is auro to call out a howl of laughter from an audience. Men who wear whiskers are often guyed by tho small boys in the street, particularly if tho wind Is strong. The ridiaulo of tho mob, however, seems to be based on sensible ground. There is a certain amount of attractiveness about a well trimmed and symmetrical mustache, anil a look of martial dignity dig-nity Is often Imparted by a mustache and imperial. Men wear close trimmed and gracefully fashioned boards with good effect, and the beards ore often a great protection to delicate tlu-onts. Hut there Is no reason except misguided mis-guided vanity for the cultivation and iiurturo of long side whiskers, which are always in Hie way, and invariably inako a man look liko an amiable caricature cari-cature of the late lamented Lord Dundreary. Dun-dreary. Cincinnati Commercial Ga-zelt. |