I3O EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



was quite as good an operator on the left side 

 of my face as was my right hand on the right 

 side. Through all the generations of humanity 

 the right hand has always been regarded as 

 superior to the left : whereas, as a matter of 

 fact, the sinister palm is equal in every respect 

 to the dexter. You see it at once when you 

 set the dexter to do the sinister's work, e.g. 

 to shave your left cheek. This, however, is 

 all by the way. 



The question of shaving or not shaving has 

 more in it than is at first apparent: (i) If I 

 continue to shave as hitherto the excuse for 

 infringing on rule one is exploded; (2) If I 

 don't shave what good do I do ? I save myself 

 from a daily irksome task. I gain a quarter of 

 an hour (whether for bed or work), and best 

 of all I gain a long, flowing, venerable white 

 beard ! These considerations, prima facie, 

 should decide the question : but let us go 

 a little deeper. 



I am blessed with a large family of grand- 

 children, several of them approaching woman- 

 hood, and nice girls they are, though I say it. 

 It has been their invariable practice from their 

 very earliest childhood to give me sweet kisses 



