Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1891 — Is Your Mustache Uneven? [ARTICLE]

Is Your Mustache Uneven?

A writer in the Albany Express says: “A friend of mine has for several years been annoyed by a curious circumstance. One side of his mustache grows about twice as fast as the other, and if it is neglected for a few weeks he will suddenly notice that it is from half au inch to an inch longer on the left than on the right. He is obliged to keep cutting it off from time to time to make things even. He had not the faintest idea what caused the greater luxuriance on the left, until some days ago he asked a barber about it, and the man questioned -him as to how his desk stood in relation to the light. “He replied that for years he has occupied a desk with a window on his left, which at once explained the difficulty. Hair, like vegetables, grows best in the light, and ascertaining the fact my friend at once had the desk changed to the other side of the window in order to give the right side of his mustache a chance to develop. He is awaiting the result with some interest, and if the change in growth shifts with the light he is going to face the window.”