In Connection With
Whiskers I Have Heard The Russians Highly Commended.
They tell
me that, from a distance, it is very hard to distinguish a muzhik
from a bosky dell,
Whereas a grand duke nearly always reminds one
of something tasty and luxuriant in the line of ornamental arborwork.
The German military man specializes in mustaches, preference being
given to the Texas longhorn mustache, and the walrus and kitty-cat
styles. A dehorned German officer is rarely found and a muley one
is practically unknown. But the French lead all the world in
whiskers - both the wildwood variety and the domesticated kind
trained on a trellis. I mention this here at the outset because
no Frenchman is properly dressed unless he is whiskered also;
such details properly appertain to a chapter on European dress.
Probably every freeborn American citizen has at some time in his
life cherished the dream of going to England and buying himself
an outfit of English clothes - just as every woman has had hopes
of visiting Paris and stocking up with Parisian gowns on the spot
where they were created, and where - so she assumes - they will
naturally be cheaper than elsewhere. Those among us who no longer
harbor these fancies are the men and women who have tried these
experiments.
After she has paid the tariff on them a woman is pained to note
that her Paris gowns have cost her as much as they would cost her
in the United States - so I have been told by women who have invested
extensively in that direction.
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