Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — An Illustrious Precedent. [ARTICLE]

An Illustrious Precedent.

At the beginning of the war the French soldiers invariably wore mustaches. It evidently pleased the old commandant, for he remarked on several occasions about the appearance of his men. One -day a soldier appeared before the astonished commandant with no mustache. He had shaved It. The .officer was exasperated. ”He called the man before him and demanded to know where his mustache was. He was met with-the reply that The soUdler had become tired of the mustache and had shaved it. “It’s an outrage,” stormed the commandant. “Did you ever hear of a good French soldier without a mustache?” “Yes, sir,” replied the man in the ranks. - “Who?” demanded the commandant. “Napoleon," came the reply. And the commandant wilted.