Hairy Tales About Beards
i ne oeara nas oeen
called man’s last bastion in
the battle of the sexes. J
Thrqyehout history these i
male "facial hair fashions’’ I
have reflected the times. ?
During some periods 5
beards have been regarded /
as a mark of full manhood '
and virility while at other
times the clean shaven look
has been “in.”
Bare And Beard Tales
It is said that Alexander I
the Great introduced shav
ing into Greece during his
reign. The king ordered his '
soldiers to shave because v
he feared their enemies
might seize the men by
their beards in battle.
Julius Caesar and the men
of his day were entirely
beardless.
In lact ana tiction beards
have been cursed or credit
ed for everything from
strength, war and wisdom
to weakness, taxes and
ignorance.
Man has been so fas
cinated with beards that
almost every conceivable
style has been created.
The Flemish painter Sr.
Anthony Vandyke painted
so many aristocrats with a
pointed beard that it be
came known as the “Van
dyke” beard.
Ambrose Burnside, a
Union general in the Civil
Warm popularized “burn
sides”. The habit of
shaving his chin and allow
ing whiskers to grow on the
side of his face gave rise to
the term. It later became
"sideburns."
Barbering And
Women’s Lib
The trade of barbering
goes back a long time. too.
Razors have been found
among the relics of the ,
Bronze Age. In early days
barbers were also sur
geons.
i Perhaps as a sign of the
progress of women's lib, a
leading - long established -
barber college reports that
for the first time in the
school's history, women
country. Approximately 35
to 40 percent of the men
who shave use electric
razors. In Europe, where
hot water isn't as readily
available, electric razors
are much more common.
One reason for the limit
ed success of electric
razors was that, while they
shaved more comfortably
than using a blade, they
didn’t give as close a
shave. Now that has been
changed
Electrics like the new
Sunbeam SRX razor shave
’’as close as you can get’’
through the use of micro
thing screens - only .0019
inches thin - and self-sharp
ening stainless steel
blades.
They retain comfort by
using roller bars and elec
tropolishing the screens for
smooth action. The
screens, also called combs,
have holes to shave tough,
stubby whiskers and slots
for soft, flexible hairs.
There's also a trimmer
for neat edges of sideburns,
mustaches or even beards.
The trimmer retracts when
not in use for safety.
Electrics have long of
fered either cord or .
cordless shaving. The bat
tery models have recharge
able batteries that give up
to a week of comfortable,
close shaving but the razor
can run on a cord if the
user forgets to charge it.
"now comprise as many as
10-35 percent of its grad
lates.>
Just as shaving habits
.’hanged, so have shaving
tools. Early men used po
lished flint and sharpened
dams' shell edges attempt
ing to achieve a close
shave. Even today Polyne
sian men finely grind
harks' teeth seeking the
same objective.
Shav ing Conies of Age
Modern science has la
bored a long time in finding
ways to improve the art of
shaving. Electric shavers
were introduced in the mid
1930s but have enjoyed only
moderate success in this
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These beard styles have all been popular at various
times in history: (1) Vandyke, <2V Austrian "Franz
Josef", (3) French or Dutch "la mouche”, (4)
"neck warmer” or “chin curtain", (5) burnsides,
(6) goatee, (7) Moorish, (8) Indian Sikh rolled
beard.
Help Save Lives Through CPR
i iic ceuiranna council ot
Governments is co-spon
soring a CPR (cardiopul
monary resuscitation)
- school in conjunction with
the Greater Carolinas
Chapter of the American
Red Cross. The classes in
the emergency rescue
method will be held at One
Charlottetown Center on
Baxter Street, 4th floor,
each month on Monday
nights at 7 p.m. The course
can be completed in four
sessions.
Myers Park
. Baptist Church
Sets “Messiah”
A “Do-It- Yourself per
formance of Handel's.
“Messiah” will be held
Sunday, December 21, be
ginning at 4 p.m. in the
Sanctuary of the Myers
Park Baptist Church, 1900
Queens Road; Charlotte. As
part of the church’s annual 1
Hyacinth Series concert
schedule, the performance
is open to the public with
out admission charge.
Singers who have had ;
ptevidus experience with
the “Messiah” are invited
to participate and must be
present at3:15 and provide
their own music scores. An
orchestra, similar to the
one for which Handel
scored the oratorio will
accompany the chorus, i
Those wishing to sing solo
parts in the' performance
must attend a short re
hearsal on Friday, Decern- i
ber 19, at the church. Solo
ists must make prior air- i
rangements to attend the
rehearsal* by contacting
James Berry, Minuter of
Music at the My ere Park
Baptist Church (33+7232)
by December 17.
The Sqn0ay performance
will' begin with' Handel's
“Organ Concerto if) F Ma
jor, Opus 4, Number 4"
performed by Lauretta B.
Short, church organist, fol
lowed by the audience per
formance of the Christmas
portion.of the "Messiah '*
For additftjku)! specific
details, contact Mr. Berry
at the church. 33+7232
M_kcH To
Avoid In Medical
Record Charting
RALEIGH • What to
chart on a patient's me- i
dical record, what not to
chart, and mistakes to
avoid in medical record *
charting were the subject
of workshops offered in
early December by the
North Carolina Nurses As
sociation
Patrice Solberg. Chapel c
Hill attorney who special- ^
izes in health law.
taught the workshops,
scheduled for December 3
at Catawba Memorial Hos
pital AHEC classroom,
Hickory; December 5 at
Willis Building Auditorium
in Greenville, and Decem
ber 6 at Carrington Hall
Auditorium. UNC-CH
School of Nursing.
provides aruticial
circulation and breathing
to a person whose heart
and lungs have stopped
functioning because of a
heart attack, drowning or
other cause. External car
diac compressions are ad
ministered manually and
alternated with mouth-to
mouth resuscitation in
order to stimulate the
natural functions of the
heart and lungs.
The CPR. course will be
taught on a self-paced
basis. Cost for the course is
$3.50 (includes workbooks
and films). The fee is for
materials, the instructors
are all trained volunteers.
• Anyone interested in
taking CPR should call the
Red Cross at 376-1661, ext.
214, for more information
or to register. Regularly
scheduled CPR courses
>vill also continue at the
Greater Carolinas Chapter
st 2425 Park Road in
^harlottp
Sedan Center Has
Vew Program
For Seniors
The Voluntary Action
Center has a new program
or people age 60 and older.
Hie Retired Senior Volun
eer Program (RSVP) of
ers people in their re
irement years an oppor
unity to be active and
aroductive in their com
munities by contributing
heir time and experience
hrough volunteer work.
RSVP is available
hrough a grant from
Iction, a federal agency
or volunteer service,
rhough it is a national
arogram, RSVP is oper
ated locally through the
Voluntary Action Center, a
service of United Way.
Directed by Lisa Mar
linez, RSVP finds volun
teer assignments in the
Charlotte area to match the
skills of persons wanting to
taecome senior volunteers.
\nd the jobs available are
as numerous and diverse
as the volunteers them
selves
RSVP provides accident
and liability insurance to
its volunteers, will try to
arrange transportation for
volunteers if needed, and
may provide a meal.
For additional inform
ation. call Lisa Martinez.
176 4706 or Better Vander
roest 377-3787.
'.hrifttmaH Spirit
The Christmas spirit is
float and Barber-Scotia
ill present a form of it in
ang Sunday. December 14.
I 6 p m Their Christmas
oncert will be held in the
allege chapel The college
t located in Concord
ome one, come all, and
far a portion of Christmas
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