. Proper care of the hair and scalp. Fig. 5. Italian Comb of Sixteenth Century. PROPER CARE OF THE HAIR AND SCALP omit a reference to moustache combs, a fad to whichyounger men are addicted as a desire to present awell groomed appearance. This is a fashion whichis certainly doomed to be short-lived although it maypersist among the old beaux, whose ambitions anddesires are stronger than their capacities. This varietyof comb is marketed under two forms, the tortoise shelland the ivory. The former has more class to it andis considered eminently proper by the devotees of thiscustom of combing, who
. Proper care of the hair and scalp. Fig. 5. Italian Comb of Sixteenth Century. PROPER CARE OF THE HAIR AND SCALP omit a reference to moustache combs, a fad to whichyounger men are addicted as a desire to present awell groomed appearance. This is a fashion whichis certainly doomed to be short-lived although it maypersist among the old beaux, whose ambitions anddesires are stronger than their capacities. This varietyof comb is marketed under two forms, the tortoise shelland the ivory. The former has more class to it andis considered eminently proper by the devotees of thiscustom of combing, who, when young, excite our pity,and when old, give rise to amusement. The true mangives his moustache a stroke of the brush and is notcontinually devoted to the comb which he carries inan elaborate case in his vest pocket. The habit ofmoustache combing is looked down upon as a uselessand unimportant part of the toilet. When done inpublic it is simply vulgar. But this is a tonsorialfashion which is rapidly disappearing and it will notb
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