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Whiskers: ' “From time-immemorial, beards have been in the public domain ” says Ibdefal Judge John M. Woolsey, of New;York..“Any man, therefore, if so ininded, may*• • • 'lt;*. . i •, without being subjected to challenge, legal or equit-v-'' able,’not only grovr such ’beard as he can, but-may - purposely imitate^ another’s facial shrubbery—even to. the extentrdf^Mk^ng^^chrnc^tai^• ‘ ■ 'thereof as'may have caught-his fancy.M y\v ' This opinion was voiced by Judge Woolsey in' an application for an injunction .by the House of David, which has a bearded ball team, and which -’complained,that another bearded ball“teter was ad-vertising itself as the Housp„of David outfit. The injunction was granted,, but the right of every man to 1 wear “such beard, as he can grow was upheld'without i reservation. *’i. 1A learned judge—particularly in the use of that Word “topiary/' which is riot ijrx-frequent use; and is a gardening term relating .to cutting dr trimnling. It ~must~be pointed out, however, that Judge Woolsey has merely' given an opinion which a higher court ■“'^najrreveiser^irtheTnat^^’ cpurt/ the bearded minority, Hughes an§ Sutherland, may find (the - smooth-faced nmjprity ready to ride against the New York jurist. ^
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Greenfield Daily Recorder Gazette
Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
Fri, Jun 08, 1934
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
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