The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-16
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one bp one, their privileges have been wresteo
r.als them they have been snppiantea. e'en s
su he matter OF gossip; the iaeiieaaVn, "
.,suay,i. has been tran xferred 10 the penny "a
t,ter he red aud white pole IL We soa's -. 90
.-,ai MADEIRA; aud the btT~r appeaS WIZ
-,..- i.,,ueaA head bat stlll lnxefiaat locks,
..,s.r Ia. ,,a,ous name OF hair-dresser. They
~ G. rm a Worshipiul Company, ana
tbr:. lave A Hall. They meet occasionally.
aHa 81 On eating ana arihk,ng uo,' ,,'oa -,
--.-..t !. bast known TO the policemen on thst
r.,.,. and they commit great sianeatef, mere
y, s.. ruth in those human sandwiches
". ,.f.t. -aN eTv where confront one, amongst the
2 an bears. Nevertheless, their glory Is
ny dgured in the good old times in the
MI ii historians. poets, oramausts, ana
-, ....,ss.. has now they are clean forgotten.
-t.3ate OF iaeir iutroduc tion from Sicily ih'o
Am. ny Meuas occupied the attention. VI
E.tra aad Piiny. There Is sca'eeis p,a!
-fP.aatu wherein is no meni Oh PAL oet
.r..r,.aea - very much indebted To tue oar
a.r', hop; and their name, their once, ana
Ehhly a8odes are immortailheu IN tue Netseso I
,J..tge Juvenal and Martial. Is not the
~, hate Of The seventh chapter OF the second
i..sk Of On Bids taken up with the HI>fous dh
ICON L4ybisr' Who does NC; feel personali -
- }rbt.d % he race OF bar bers. when he thinks
a.. Inc Barber of Savillel Had they not been
d.. existence what would have become of Sir
Walter Scoltl How could he have supplied
,.. place Of Caxton in the AHtfqadry, and OH
Sc. le Dam in Quentin Da,tcoYd| Louis hl.
>,,,uid have. been nothing without his barber.
Bat nowadays, you may read wnoie vol
uGass o; poetry without 50 mucn as an anu.
sion 10 them; you may attend every kind
Of theatre aud hear every sort OF play,
and vet fiud no vestige of a barber aud
-e,1 are the novels in which they do service.
II recover the meu OF the present generation,
NOS content with running the BARRIERS Trace y
~eidShty shaving themselves, nave TAKEN also
10 cutting their own nails, or biuug them,
which, If not so seenly, Is shorter process,
and "a nalIy robs the l-used barber OF his an
r y - hTgNa iii n DNp
an his wrongs aud recalling his past honors,
Naen has shop was the club where loungers
CaatJed, The mint where scandal was coined,
aud even The school where music was prac-
used. that, ia my opinion, gives TO the modern
barber or hair-cutter so melancholy an express
sion for he always wears melancholy ex-
preston, and his constant signing q supposel
induces aspiration OF the vo"els: at least
never met a barber yet who didn't, when he
got auything like a pace on III his taking, aspl-
rate most unnecessarily. Even when he has
ct has owa head up exactly after the fashion
Of The wax figure that slowly revolyes In his
window when his hair has been brushed, and
e moed, aud creased, and curied, until 1t as
sum-s The most unnatural appearance in the
world; when his Whiskers have been trimmed,
and erin ped and twis ted until they meet AT
the point of the chin, making his face Ike
s4.iui-eiIipse; when his imperial drops down
with costly unguentsi and when his NOUS
tacha has been waxeu, un. Ill IL looks as though
IL were too tight tor him-eyen under these
cIrcums tances, he doesn't look quite happy !;
he seems 10 have some sorrow too deep Tor
air-uil, some grief beyond the reach OF bears
grease.
From what have observed, and from what
J nave myself endured, have bee ome actuated
wards hardressers by feelings OF mIuged
hatred and terror. Know IL Is qul'e unJust-
Il able, unreas Jna bic, and even wicked, to hate
any one of my tello creatures, and as g.
tIristi L strive against it; but IL IS equally
lay duty 4 ChrlsIlal to speak the truth, and
therefore mustcontess that / don't succeed
Nelson il re ported to have preached To his sail
orS Jl lhIs wise: "Loveyuur enemies, my lads :;
Hhu lever you do, love your enemies; but mind
ya-uAte a Freuchman." So 1t is with me
tuta nay fellow creatures, but hate hairoress
"rs AID IN sure they return the compliment
,gjru lut-ress for l shave myself; use no
C.Tsts~lau cream dye, or HAIR wash L buy A
f-,tfI, Il real Eau Cologne about once
=: century; l have long ago renowned
ba.6eiine and all its works; my hair
.4t.~Pns tooth brushes, nail brushes seem
...... wear nj; my tooth powder is campho-
~ I'd calih, If " hIcn an ounce costs something
-llstaibusiy small, and lasts about Il year;
.,u@ o sum up, have my haircut not oflener
lhgH once month, and never pay more than
. s.euCp. The halrdressers therefore return
-nF nate, l say, with Interests and / forgive
turtu 0l.l ali my neart, tor m not profitable
.l-t.r.4-r | also fear them, which Is unman-
'- ba. cannot help that; its a coustItu ton
e.. ..i.u.fy. There are some insects which
....L .Ha - flight in 4 moment; tor I'm no
'amt '-Esst, and am Ia mortal dread oI the
& .... ri s'aytHS, from which run away with
,-.-il-,. | have heard on good au thOrlty that
-l- rtDCAle>t man IN a certain Highland regl-
r,-,.t would turn tail at the sight OF a black
.4L AMI therefore don't mind acknowledge
ias .5a weakness, aud admitting honestly that
t..a afraid OF The barber OF hairdresser and
that hover round the door OF his shop for
.e.... .u.uutes without daring TO venture in.
d. i. Lac hints, aud inuendos, and covert vio-
,r.g-s a. " men YOU subjected that set my
,at,..e j. Il hLtter. l wouldn't mind If they'd
...-.t.. -.G uumIs takabiy and openly; you'd
l...- :. sit course IL pursue under those cir
nut be-
.-... ..I nes about The head, ears, nose and
ewes .l.i your head burns, your ears redden,
.',u. r. smart, aud your nose very nearly
{---..- .t the pretence mat you are only getting
VIVA. ,Ju are fairly entitled 10 tor your six
re. g. whereas You know perfectly well
mat va are the victim Of long pent-uI
t,-,t,, and that you are feeling the ven-
.,4aor u he mau whose grease and scents you
u =. d. pisrd-p.aces you In dilemma winch
u..3Iuce. uneasiness, which Is allied 10 her-
..u=ues-, VII ch is akin to fear
Il .atiruTesSSr', arrangements appear 10
n. ID be male with a view To lntimidatIonj
q re- say l am wrong; still, that's my candid
,lilulon. Else why should mans nerves DE
play ed upon by hem as they are! You push
tel,or open and there is Immediately
startllng sound, as though you had broken
something expensive, though 1t Is IN reality
u3jhiug out the shrIlI click Of spring or some
a. her DE- tes tabie piece of mechanism IN tended
lurmyhasIse a customers entrance; then a
Young lady comes forward and bows, which Is
:lMkwald when You intend TO spend only SIX
renee tbtn- II your pIeseiiCe VI uliuU uOcSA't
utterly desert you, you bow, and muLter that
v0u're only going To have your hair CUT upon
which she smiles, rs II you mad SAID good
thing rings a bell, and requests you TO walk
ro stairs. Next you find yourself IN the pre-
.euce OF two or three uncommoniy fine heads
yt uaIr who shew all their teeth except one or
TWO at The back, and brahdish COMB IN one
Hand, and hing like piece of chintz cur
tain IN the other. One OF the trio hands you
char; sets you before looking glass, which
reflects all your deformIties; tucks the bit OF
chlutZ III to your collar as though you were
baby going TO take arrow-root; and by gen.
tie pressure of the thumb, forces your head
IL 10 the most eligible posi- ton for being gull
louued He thereupon asks you how you
would like ii cut; and If you are at all par
ocular about your personal appearance, you
had better take care how you answer this
question. Nine persons GU of ten, 1 have
marked, say that they would like it rather
snort behind and this, / should think. from
observation. is safe a reply any. Once,
under the impression that he ought TO know
his business better than myself, l made the
trcAiess response that L oidn't care-he had
br1lrr ,uit himself; and he certainly paid me
at When looked at myself IN Inc mirror
after tue operation was over, scarce repress-
81 L cry OF horror. With a laudabie Intention,
1 suppose, of giving me good siXpenny worth
he nad reduced me 10 ayeritabie scarecrow.-
Had l robbed his TIL, and been committed TO
PRISON, there might have been some excuse for
The treatment; as it was, l was a libel upon
honest men. My hat would no longer fit me !;
my features appeared TO have become super
naturally prominent; my ears presen ted
&tn elongated appearance my friends passed
in the street; and when stopped them,
with an injured air, req ues ted proof of my in
dIVIduaiisy. Moreover, the operator asked
rae, with look OF triumph, if my HAIR were
snort enough, and whether wanted anything
else. Herenpop, i was overwhelmed win
confusion, hurriedly answered in the Mega
axe, skunk through The door, and regre tied
tai. had no jail, by the insertion of which
between my legs might more completely ex-