CORONATION BEARDS.
One of -the quaintest suggestions for the celebration of the Coronation is put forward by Captain Mcllwiaine, R.N. The gallant officer considers the men of the British Empire treat their King rather shabbily in the persistency with which .they shave themselves! Beards, he appears to think, are a natural and suitable feature of tihe Britisher. King Edward grew one, and encouraged his person-ali staff" to do so. The Duke of Edinburgh did not <shave. King George, allso a naval officer, affects a beard for himself and his . staff. Arid yet (the beard is quite the exception at the present day. "It is incomprehensible," :says Captain Mcllwaine, "that the manhood of the Empire, otherwise always so ready to accept a Rloyal lead, .should, in this matter, show .such, indifference, or worse, to the views both expressed and implied of their kings."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10261, 13 June 1911, Page 4
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142CORONATION BEARDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10261, 13 June 1911, Page 4
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