text:  There is an affectation among the vulgar clever of wearing the _moustache_ which they clip and cut _a la Vandyk_: this is useful as affording a ready means of distinguishing between a man of talent and an ass--the former trusting to his head goes clean shaved and looks like an Englishman: the latter whose strength lies altogether in his hair exhausts the power of Macassar in endeavouring to make himself as like an ourang-outang as possible