| Show mans proud supremacy in the bearded field in all the accounts of the visit of the italian flying fleet the commander has hag been described invariably as the young bearded general balbo as if wearing a beard was like appearing at breakfast in a swallowtail coat yet it 1 rumor Is to be believed lieveld observes the boston transcript the fashion of growing beards Is caig coming back a as that fashion has lind had a way ot of doing every little while since the assyrian monarchy pictured on its bas the curled and permanently waved beard of Ashur nasirpal it Is only little more than fifty years sears since the last tull full bearded president sat in the white ablie house and beards in some form or other had then been generally worn by our presidents back to john quin cy adams the piccadilly weepers oft of van huron Buren hasing enjoyed the great est re clame for or they were snow g white ambrosial ambros talby by no means droop X ing to indicate dejection but standing inglut out like gonfalons in assiff wind all in all there should be no sadness in this contemplation of the beards return for though women have invaded mans field in so go many quarters cutting oil off their hair wearing slacks competing with him in the business world going to congress he can here make a last heroic stand with ills his whiskers |
