Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-23
FEMALE BARRIERS.

following somewhat amusing story of the
many fields to which female labor is being
directed:
Miss Caroline E. Putnam of the city OF
Salem, Mass, has announced to the public
that she has adopted the profession of bar
Der and will take the beard off gentlemen S
chins at the rate of six cents the mug
Miss Caroline E. Putnam of Salem, is
not the first female in. the world who has
taken up the trade of barber. Some ten
years ago Madame Josephine d Coursey, the
pretty, aye beautiful wife of French bar
Der, who had a shop at Chambers, en-
calico the Granite Buildings, and now known
as the Irwin House, found herself widow,
with three or four children to support
Her husband omitted to leave her any mo-
nev or any other means, when he died.
The children were to be taken care Of, and
Madame d'Coursey was not disposed to
neglect them. She at once determined to
keep up the shop, and enact the barber
Her determination was made known and APP
plauded. EAery man of gallantry said she
was right, and every man who was dispo-
sed to indulge in the luxury of shave cal
led at her establishment. In less than a
month she had four times as many custo-
mcrs as she could attend to- She therefore
called in the aid Of Josef duBoys, an an
cient knight of the razor. Josef was good
shaver, but nobody wanted him at their
chins, while there was the least possible
chance of calling the skill of Madame d.
Coursey into action. And now they would
wait for hours, for an opportunity to place
their faces under the pressure of her fair
hands.
One brightand beautiful DAWN the month
of June, an aged citizen Of the West End, a
man of some five or six hundred thousand
dollars, and widower at that, was seen
toddlng down Broadway. On reaching
the corner of Broadway and Chambers St,
a small placard arrested his attention.
Though the letters were large, they were
badly printed, and the old gentleman found
it difficult to read them.
"IIey dey ! what does all this mean -
sail he, as he vainly attempted to decipher
the placard, "what does all this amount
to-"
And then he took out his specs, careful
" wiped them, and was enablen to ascer-
tain that Madame Josephine d'Coursey
would shave gentlemen.
Upon my word" calculated the old fell
low, Il believe | did not shave to day. l
ought to be shaved. always shave dali
ly.'
And he passed his hand across his chin,
and was satisfied that he did require sha-
wing. Into the shop he popped, and found
it empty.
Young woman said he, as heentered,
do you shave gen1emen:'
'OW -Nonsiear," was the. modest reply,
and the old gentleman was welcomed TO a
chair.
He took it, threw his head back, and was
lathered in twinking shaved in no time.
A fter the operation was concluded, the
venerable citizen was chdmpO0ed and pow
cred, and he looked for all the world like a
regcncrated sinner.
NV dear child, sal! he to Madame Jo-
scphinc, it appears to me that this bust
ness is not one that you ought to follow
1t exposes you, my child, to danger and
temptation. Would YOU like to marry %
Madame Josephine blushed as none but
a French woman can, and nodded an affir-
marive.
The next day the shop was closed-two
weeks afterwards the papers announced the
marriage of the Hon. Ii. D., to Mad
anne Josephine d'Coursey. The happy
pair made tour 20 Niagara and Saratoga,
and the next winter went to Italy and the
south ofFrance, returned, happy and con
tented, and are now living with splendor
on one of the fashionable avenues, up town.
We hope Miss Caroline Z. Putnam may
be equally fortunate.