Show A religious law it would be easier I 1 fancy writes looker on in the london dally chronicle to recall instances of 0 beards beardi being forbidden by law than of tleta being made compulsory as Is I 1 s ilie the case cae la afghanistan ae according to a froni from kandahari Kan dahar beards ofton have bare a religious significance the really strict adherent ol 01 the J jewish faith la Is always bearded while priests Firl ests of af the russian orthodox church must wear art y beards and ilow allow their hair to grow as well uell more afore strictly sp speaking enking the canon law says that the hair must never be cut from the day on which ordination takes place and so the orthodox ox cleric Is free unofficially to restrain an inconvenient growth of hla his tresses by judicious singeing from time to time I 1 |