Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-11
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etan6 like The forfeits In : ~
As much in mosk a. nari. !" mop
''Ferfeits? What forfsits,"

"Ferfeit? What forfeits,''
"Ah, that's the point, sir. H.., No..
W Wareurten upon that: Formerly vish us ~
better sort Of people went to the barber's
shop 70 be trimmed, who then praetised Che
under pars OF surgery; 30 that he hed osos-
sion TOT numerous instruments, whicl lsr there
ready or use, and the idle people with whom
MS shoP was generally crowdsd, would be per-
Pe,ualIy handling and misusing them. To
remedy which, Isuppose, there WAS pIaoed
up against the wall q table OF forfe.tures
adapted TO every offence Of this kind: vhirh
no. nkey would long preserve its autheri-
S'ens says: have convsrssd with
list of fOrfeits alluded 10 by Shsksnesrs hut
have failed In my eudeavors 10 procure 4 CON-
o' n. Ihess forfeits, sir, were as much in
mock rs mark, because the barber had no an
thority OF himself to enforce them and he
pus them up more in jest than in earnest
nearly always in doggeTel. DIR. Heulsv per
iecfly remembered to have seen set Of them
ChaIless bantering rules /"
What do / owe ysu?"
Save me, sir, you are not going with only
one sido Of your hair cut! Erc1ss me. yon
really must sIt down, and If you could keeo
your head still-lst me see, what was say.
ing Three hundred and sixty halfpeuny
boards shaved by one hand In Q single dayt
Impossible Now that reminds ms-hs, ha =
OF tie Flying Barber. But he is no Longer In
existense. H.. used to run through The vii.
Lagos, sir, with can Of hot water, his rasors.
soap, and napkin, and bis BARRIERS basin
You consider that singular, sir, do you not,
One never meets now with the Flying Barber.
Ihat, by the bye, reminds me- beg vour
pardon, Sir, l did not catch your obssryation.
Yes, certainly, sir. / do meet with q good
many lying customers. Il 10 rare thing 10
g. 4
the profession. In the yssr one thou,spd-
SIR, If you jerk your head % suddenly, an Ar
hstic cut 10 quite out Of the question-ip the
year one thousand seven hundred and thirtv-
sax, the race of BARRIERS was msnaeed with
complete extinction by q public announce
ment, which, IL you please, will repeat 10
you a chemist from Germany is come over
water ne epares, that by only wstting the
corner OF y linen cloth with IT, and rubbing
Il over th beard little-be it longer or stor.
tsr-insf .ntly moulders away the hair of it
like dus or powder, cleaner and closer than
any shaw lg, and in tenth part Of the time
taking ii in shaving, and for less than 3 pen
ny chargt 'ach time, and yet does not In the
least soil 0 hurt the skin, or cause any smart.
or prevent he boards growing again; nor
does II smell any more than fair water, nor
can hurt the Mouth, nostrils, or eyes, should
any by chance get into them. II does the
same on the head as well Is the beard
"Curious, sir, think. An we have had
many fright in our history, and many a bit.
ter persecution. We have been sent 10 Bride
well, sir, for exercising our trade on Sunday.
when hair powder was in fashion we have
been lined twenty pounds apiece, by the hun
dred of us, for using -four In our trade, on the
plea that We took food out Of the peoples
mouths. That was before the constitution of
the Guild of Barber Surgeons. Very inter
esting circumstances, sir, are attached TO our
connection with the medical profession Lord
Thurlowe, in his speech for postponiug the
further reading Of the Surgeons 1ncorpora-
ton Bill, July seventeenth, seventeen hun
dred and ninety-seven, In the House of Peers,
stated, that by statute still in force, the
BARRIERS and surgeons were each TO use q pole
The BARRIERS were TO have theirs blue AID
white striped, with no other appendase; bat
the surgeons, which was the same in other
respects, was likewise 10 have q galley-pot
and 9 red rag, TO denote the particular nature
Of their vocation This description IL well
veried by Gay, in his fable Of A Goa, with
out Beard , .-r
His pole with pewter basins hung.
Black rJtten teeth in order strung;
Ranged cups that IN the wind NV stood
Lined with red rags, 20 look like blood
Uhd well his threefold trade explain,
WLo sa@Yed, drew teeth, and breathed q VAIN
We used TO do all the bleeding and bone
setting that was wanted in those days Peo-
pie were a deal better attend to then than
they are now, I'm thinking; snd since both
cslIngs were separated, they have both gone
TO the dogs. People don't shave now, sir,
they wear boards and mou.tachss. Then
railroads don't break half 80 many bonss rs
bad roads and rlckety carriages used to do.
Pay me, sirl Whenever ycu please. A bar
ber who il an artist is paid only by fee Look
at your head in the glass, sir. Simplicity it.
self! thank you"