The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 181

iMQifflwCfflc(riEiiit(tenL- I i When Whiskers Were In Flower The Louisville area once knew beards that bristled, bounced, blew, billowed and bedazzled By THOMAS HARVEY PEAKE WHEN I was a boy the beard was at its best in this vicinity. It billowed, bristled, bounced and bedazzled. It was man's supreme sartorial glory. He might have had no hair upon his head, but he could raise plenty of it upon his face. He loved it as he loved his children, and fondled it with the same brand of affection.

And Louisville and vicinity were a great breeding ground for beards. They probably flourished elsewhere as well, but we had little opportunity to judge of this for we were too busy watching and appraising the local crop. As I recall it, the entire gamut of styles could be encountered upon the public streets. They ran from Irish Gallways to Prince Imperials and included Lord Dundrearys, Mutton Chops, Sideburns, Fish Tails, Spades and Shovels, Medicos and a lot of others including the primeval forests of the Russians. When a man left home in the morning entirely surrounded by whiskers and re turned in the evening with a smooth face, it was no wonder wives were shocked and children uncertain as to who the man was who came to dinner.

I can recall back when the annual housecleaning of beards took place. When combed and trimmed in trie spring, they would restore to circulation many articles which had been lost for a long time. These would consist of jewelry, small coins, household gadgets and tools. (ROY GUILD SUMMC? OXFORD CLOTH SHIRTS Cool, porous Oxford Cloth tuWno Iht toftly dreped butttn-dojwn Guild collar with vtry ItdMwttfht interlinint in the cdliar and cuff for coolness nil i i 11.95 Mail order filled QUALITY APPAREL FOR MEN 638 Sowrh Fourth Street Got Heartburn? Airbloated-up with gas? PHILLIPS' TABLETS BRING QUICK EFFECTIVE RELIEF! There's never any need to let "fullness," gas, heartburn, upset stomach or any other symptom of acid indigestion get the best of you. Simply keep a tin of Phillips' Tablets tucked in your pocket or purse at all times and you'll be prepared for fast, pleasant relief whenever and wherever acid indigestion comes your way.

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C. slightly in the lead, although S. chief contribution to literature was writing, or inspiring, sloppy sentiments for greeting cards. It hasn't been long since I asked a nice looking man, with a mind he knew how to use, how long it would be before whiskers came back into fashion. And after looking at me to see whether I was sane or not he replied: "They are likely to spring in at any time now, for the increase in receding chins will make it necessary." Yes, beards may be on their way into the news.

They have not actually been seen over the horizon as yet, but Russia will attend to that as soon as an American invents something of lasting worth. All kinds of publications will then carry pictures of heavily bearded Slavs who have long ago invented this very thing only better, of course. AN OLD-TIMER SPEAKS One will get you five that Thomas Harvey 'Peake knows beards very well. A former free-lance writer and artist, Peake is 87 years old and lives at Bedford, Va. He's old enough to have worn a billowing beard himself.

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