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Show REASON FOR THE MUSTACHE' In Evidence as Having Been Worn by British Soldiers as Measure of Military Necessity.' Tho correspondent who writes to a cotomporary suggesting that thu British war olllco authorities should Insist on soldiers being clean shaven Instead of ordering them to wear mustaches, mus-taches, might hnvo nllegcd Teutonic influence In tho adoption of the mustache mus-tache of tho British nrmy. Tho Idea was first borrowed from a batch of Austrian olllccrs quartered with some of our troops on tho South coast during dur-ing tho Waterloo campaign. It was then taken up by the guards, who very much resented any attempt on tho part of mere line regiments to follow tho now fashion. Tho winter campaign cam-paign hi tho Crimea led our men to grow full benrds for warmth, and these, modified Into flowing whiskers ("Piccadilly weepers," us they camo to be called) on their return to London, Lon-don, wero long rcgnrded us tho mark of tho man of fashion. London Chronicle. |