Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — George Ade to Grow Whiskers Ends Hirsute Research in London. [ARTICLE]

George Ade to Grow Whiskers Ends Hirsute Research in London.

George Ade stood upon the nearburning deck of the Olympic as it Bteamed to its wharf beneath the midday sun Thursday at New York, and predicted an imminent invasion of America by British whiskers. After weeks of hirsute research abroad, he is convinced it is only a matter of a month or" two before our best young men will he ashamed to appear in public smooth shaven. “Side whiskers are coming to America, just as fast as the fastest ship can bring them,” he said. “I dm going to raise rpine at once, and I shall therefore be ahead of ihe hoi polloi. I have been informed that if I remain for a month in seclusion and am, attended by a specialist, I shall be ready to come forth into the world resplendent in whiskers. “Almost anyone can raise a crop of the old trailing arbutus style of whiskers, but there is more art in the raising and care of' the new tangled fire escapes. These new ones are not so new, after all. They are of the crop of 1830, and the London dandies have already resuscitated them beyond danger of a relapse. “Another delightful thing is the frilled shirt. This is also a fad of the Ixmdon dandy. Then spats, too, are coming into their own. “Next to whiskers the thing in England that made the most powerful impression upon me was the weather. It rained all the time, in city and country. The farmers were trolling for hay and seining for oats. I had intended to go to Venice, but I was saved that expense. Every town in England was Venice.”