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May 20, l!t.r>l
1iiinwiliujnn II hues
Seven
ftinnnroui Slit
ALL ABOUT SHAVING
BY "OMEGA"
BLESSED are the [leople win) arc nut
tortured by the problem of shaving!
lleiV again woman may snap her lingers
in triumphant glee for she is free from
the slavery of• the razor. Mui's extre-
mity is woman's opportunity. I have
often felt that God showed an avowed
partiality In woman at tile lime of
creation, an I tins is a potential pie. e
of eviden-e which recurs arain and*again
to our annoyance and discomfiture.
Where was the point. I ask in
disfiguring the face of man with such
plentiful hirsute growth, not season after
season, nor week after week, but day
after day- 1 shall be told by some old-
fashioned bearded fellows that hair over
the chin and under the nose is a mark
of masculinity—the symbol of strength
and bravery. They indicate the superiori-
ty of man over woman and are, in a
way. veritable spots of beauty. With
such arguments I have no patience.
That is, 1 know, the fimiliar old trick
ol making virtue "I a necessity. Ask
the average man (ami he forms 9."> per
cent of the male population) what he
thinks of his daily morning exercise with
the razor and he will give you ihe secret
of his heart. I- it a lilcssmg or a curs-V
Over a vast an a in the world mousta-
ches too have gone . til of fashion. Bv«U
those who do not 'wipe off the shoe
brush stuck beneath Ihe nose1' employ
a pait ol scissors to keep the moustaches
well trimmed and in order. Nobody but
the ute-deluviam countenance their wild
and rank growth.
The keepers of beards are, happily,
in a microscopic minority and 1 have
reason to believe that I hey allow their
hair to grow moro in a spirit ot resig-
nation and despair than out of genuine
pride for the thing. If you could gua-
rantee them a clean shave without
expense or without an apprentice.hip to
the razor, they would certainlv accept
the offer.
What a nasty business is to ply
the razor up and down ihe check for
a few minutes every day! When you
get up in the morning you find short
stubbles all over the cheek, grown over-
night and they must !>e removed before
you can make your appearance in decent
society. And so every modern gentleman
has to keep a eomplele shaving set.
There is the razor with its retinue of
brush, soapstick, powder and cream. And
if yon wish to practise auto-shaving, you
must lie well adept in Ihe art or else
you might come to gruf. A novice wilh
the razor is likely to make a mess ol
the whole thing If the razor is shaip
y ou always tind one or two daik patches,
and crimson streaks. If the instrument
is not up to the maik, vou fid like
llodges who tried razors after razors and
found ''all were imposuT —not lit lo
scrape a hog ". Of the safety razor which
has now got a wide clientele it is well
lo remark that though it may he 'safety'
n is far fioni being a razor. It has all
tbo qualifications ol the adjective but
few of tile properties of the substantive
The blades must be constantly changed
I'leime Turn (hit
1iiinwiliujnn II hues
Seven
ftinnnroui Slit
ALL ABOUT SHAVING
BY "OMEGA"
BLESSED are the [leople win) arc nut
tortured by the problem of shaving!
lleiV again woman may snap her lingers
in triumphant glee for she is free from
the slavery of• the razor. Mui's extre-
mity is woman's opportunity. I have
often felt that God showed an avowed
partiality In woman at tile lime of
creation, an I tins is a potential pie. e
of eviden-e which recurs arain and*again
to our annoyance and discomfiture.
Where was the point. I ask in
disfiguring the face of man with such
plentiful hirsute growth, not season after
season, nor week after week, but day
after day- 1 shall be told by some old-
fashioned bearded fellows that hair over
the chin and under the nose is a mark
of masculinity—the symbol of strength
and bravery. They indicate the superiori-
ty of man over woman and are, in a
way. veritable spots of beauty. With
such arguments I have no patience.
That is, 1 know, the fimiliar old trick
ol making virtue "I a necessity. Ask
the average man (ami he forms 9."> per
cent of the male population) what he
thinks of his daily morning exercise with
the razor and he will give you ihe secret
of his heart. I- it a lilcssmg or a curs-V
Over a vast an a in the world mousta-
ches too have gone . til of fashion. Bv«U
those who do not 'wipe off the shoe
brush stuck beneath Ihe nose1' employ
a pait ol scissors to keep the moustaches
well trimmed and in order. Nobody but
the ute-deluviam countenance their wild
and rank growth.
The keepers of beards are, happily,
in a microscopic minority and 1 have
reason to believe that I hey allow their
hair to grow moro in a spirit ot resig-
nation and despair than out of genuine
pride for the thing. If you could gua-
rantee them a clean shave without
expense or without an apprentice.hip to
the razor, they would certainlv accept
the offer.
What a nasty business is to ply
the razor up and down ihe check for
a few minutes every day! When you
get up in the morning you find short
stubbles all over the cheek, grown over-
night and they must !>e removed before
you can make your appearance in decent
society. And so every modern gentleman
has to keep a eomplele shaving set.
There is the razor with its retinue of
brush, soapstick, powder and cream. And
if yon wish to practise auto-shaving, you
must lie well adept in Ihe art or else
you might come to gruf. A novice wilh
the razor is likely to make a mess ol
the whole thing If the razor is shaip
y ou always tind one or two daik patches,
and crimson streaks. If the instrument
is not up to the maik, vou fid like
llodges who tried razors after razors and
found ''all were imposuT —not lit lo
scrape a hog ". Of the safety razor which
has now got a wide clientele it is well
lo remark that though it may he 'safety'
n is far fioni being a razor. It has all
tbo qualifications ol the adjective but
few of tile properties of the substantive
The blades must be constantly changed
I'leime Turn (hit