Yes ladies, by all means, draw your shawl near to yourself and beware The Man With the Green Moustache! There is no telling where it, or he, has been! This image was taken from an extensive and beautiful collection of magazine covers stretching, mainly, from the 1890’s through the 1940’s. (Via / If you scroll down you’ll see the full menu.) It is presented by a site dedicated to Ellis Parker Butler, with each of the magazine covers representing an issue which contained his work. Unfortunately the story of the dreaded “green moustache” was penned by someone else, so we’ll most likely never know its wonders. The site offers a few Ellis-penned surrogates though in the form of some similarly mysterious sounding men like- The Man Who Did Not Go to Heaven on Tuesday, The Man Who Murdered a Fairy, The Man Who Was Someone Else, and The Man With the Glass Front in their reading room.
I often ask myself that very same question Jane. Why indeed?
It’s just that it doesn’t seem very practical, you see, particularly if said man with said green mustache is up to some sort of mischief or skulduggery as seems to be implied.
Absinthe.
Where did you find the original image? I am interested in purchasing prints by W. T. Benda. Thanks!
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That image is absolutely gorgeous, and the Reading Room titles are interesting (such as Mutual Spurs, Limited).
Why would a man have a green mustache?