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Show The True History of the Kaiser's Mustache. Kolser vVllhelins mustache has been a popular subject of discussion' since ho adopted the extraordinary fashion of wearing It turned upward st ends and runrlng rarallel with his tio.so until It utmost reaches his cyeW Tho story of Its origin his never been fully luld before. This strunge slslo was the Invention of a barber named Haby, who wu a time an object o( almost as much curiosity as the Dmperor himself. In 18S7 Kaiser Wilhelm bad a very ordinary kind of mustache nH trimmed It In tho ordinary way. One day Adjutant von Hullen, n derm " J jji dandy, appealed at the palace with the ends of his mustatho turncl i J"W tlm stylo that tho Kulscr wears today Jjl 'Who did It?' Inquired rimpcror William. 'Haby, n barbi r on liehrenstrussc," vvus the reply. m ' I wonder If he could fix mlno that, wuy." M 'I have no doubt, your Majesty," B ' .Send him to me," said the Kulser; and on the follow Ing day all nerlln excited over a startling chungo In the facial us ect nf the sovereign. B Hubs 'trained' tho Kaisers mustache, combing, brushing, bendlm co ix. rig It In the way It uhuuld go And In doing so he become famous, w military man with a mustache vvnntid It trimmed a la Knlscr and wanted ! to triln It, Then Ihe fnshiou spread to Ihe ranks of civilians, and soon t'S body (mm rield Marshals down to tho laborers of the (kid weie wearinlW Lalser mustache Ninety per cent of tho mule poi ulatlon of (lermany endSB ot ed to turn their mustaches so that they would point to the sturs like the MB of a deer. Pj Hubs made tho most of his opportunities. He enlnrgcd his shop, whtcTil the center of tho tufe district, and hltcd a dozen additional barbers, whose' business was to train tho mustaches of mllltnty men Haby himself spent' of his time with his Imperial pntrun, uccumpanylnr. lilm upon nil his Jou" bemuse to properly train a mustache In the way It should go requires assM; mention. Ho nccomianlcd the Knlser's party to the Holy Land, and visited EnJ ISussln Austria and Constantinople In the Imperial retinue Ho recelv ninny decorations that he becamo dizzy and the 1'mperor had to dlsml" |