It
is believed that a campaign has begun in Germany,
Promoted
widely, by the daily spread of newspapers,
In
outlawing the wearing of English style moustaches,
(Presumably
this is aimed as the male gendered people?)
Of
that country – A deep mourning is made that Germans
No
longer wear the beards with the heavy schnurrbarts.
Hairdressers
are given the widespread request not to cut
Any
German beards according to the English fashion.
It
should be noted that prior to the outbreak of August war,
The
Prussian Guards Commander gave the absolute order,
That
any of his officers could no longer wear the ‘toothbrush,’
Moustache
- declaring this style as being very ‘un-German.’
(Perhaps
Adolph Hitler should have been in these ranks)
by
Jamie Mann.
Anon.,
1914. German Moustaches – English Fashion Condemned. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 11 Sept. p.10. Col.1. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11077830/Daily-Telegraph-September-11-1914.html
[Accessed: 11th September 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 11
September 2014).
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