Common use of Spectacles Clause in Contracts

Spectacles. Unlike we people of the late 20th century, our ancestors of the mid-19th century considered good vision a privilege and not a right. Most people accepted not being able to see distances and used spectacles for reading only. This creates a small dilemma. The period frames illustrated here tend to have very small lenses and a loose fitting nose bridge. These features lend themselves to looking down at a book, but will take some getting used to for the modern myopic. Hair and ▇▇▇▇▇: After looking at the photographic record one might assume that men styled their faces in as many varied fashions as anything else. Certain styles (such as shorter hair and a clean face or longer hair and a full ▇▇▇▇▇) are routinely seen but no single look predominates. In general, the hair was worn from short (collar length) to long (shoulder length), the middles range being typical. Universally parted on the side and sometimes combed down over the ears and puffs known as “Dog’s Ears”. ▇▇▇▇▇ styles included the Trencher or Dish (a narrow ▇▇▇▇▇ running from side burn, under the jaw line and chin). Goatee, Goatee and mustache connected, side whiskers (sideburns) long to the jaw line and under) and side whiskers with small moustache. One particular ▇▇▇▇▇ ran under or at the jaw line, never connecting the side ▇▇▇▇▇ and about 1/2 way over the chin. Moustaches are only occasionally seen by themselves and the “long” full ▇▇▇▇▇ seems to appear later on the old worn down miners.