Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-10


less wretch he was toweled and helpless.
He shut his eyes to avoid the soap; he
opened his mouth and got it full of lather
before he could utter a word, and while
he was occupied in desperate struggle
to keep from sneezing, the barber had off
one side of O'Shaw's moustache before
he could recover his presence of mind.
He never recovered from this disheart-
ening blow. He shaves to the present
day. -. s.s,.
q Before I commit myself to the hands
of the designing shaver, make him un-
derstand distinctly that 1 only want my
hair cut; explain how 1 want it cut, and
on which side part. !
l5 l am then wrapped up in an ample
piece of shilling calico, usually of the
pink stripe pattern, chosen suppose
from its faint resemblance to the design
and coloring of the barber's pole. =,
My head is then handled in the most
familiar manner, turned on this side
and then OH that, while a big pair
of shears and comb like horse rake
go through my hair. z IL ksl Jtii-1ll
AT last am shorn, but this instead of
After rasping my neck with a whisp
broom. and blowing around me with a
breast not as sweet as the perfumes of
Araby the blest, my tormentor begins.
He first wants to know if will be
shampooned.s .eaH9Es ro .~F-s-.ssa3s5
This is reflection on your personal
cleanliness, which would be insulting
under other circumstances. ButI quiet
ly decline to be shampooned. 4 y,I ,a -a.
Disappointed in this attempt to make
thirty cents more out of you, he seizes
your head savagely, lacerates your scalp
with brush that appears to be studded
with porcupine quills.. 2 ese.
If you have tender head, as have,
the agony of this operation is fearful,
He paused as the Inquisitors dill in
their tortures when they thought the un-
happy wretch was sufficiently broken in
spirit by bodily suffering to assent to
ANYTHING. rs .-so.ts. -.asff.
He wants to know if you will let him
apply his Hirsuticumfooze Hair Tonic,
which will make hair grow on cobble-
stone, and curl anything from pigs tail
to the locks of a canal
He will apply it on the spot for ten
cents, or sell you an entire bottle for
twelve shillings. -..-......-.--
was weak enough on one occasion to
compromise on ten cents worth, and
came out in transcendent state of per
fume. l scented the whole block up fol
a week afterwards. ------- s--
Now l resolutely refuse to be imposed
upon under any pretense-let my suffer
ings be what they may.
Finding he can't make any more
money out of you, and you decline poma
tum, the barber proceeds to give you
shower bath of bay rum squirted out o
a bottle like pepper sauce. Your hair il
saturated, you get it down your neck
and in your eyes, unless you keep then
shut. ...... .......',,..a '5..
The wretch then proceeds to run it in
and having previously brushed youl
scalp into state of inflammation, the pro
cess is anything but soothing.
| Then you are raked with sharp
toothed comb. your hair fixed up in som,
ridiculous fashion, pr-tense made o
wiping your bay rum bedewed face ant
neck with damp and not over clear
towel, the calico wrapper is withdraw
and you are released; the operator call
out .next" and. falls foul of another vic
tim, while you recover your hat and coat
pay your quarter, and escape. - IL.
/ have tried half the BARRIERS in Brook
lyn they are all alike. .i +-.
If l can find any one who will do jus
what he is asked to do,-who don't as
me to be shampooed, who don't thrus
hair tonic on me, who keeps soft brushes
: who is economical of his bay rum, VIII
keeps his towels clean, and handles m
like a Christian, who has some regar
for the feelings of tender humanity,
shall be happy to let You know for til
benefit of man sufferers. tsE .aaisw.
Until then L shall remain your ba
; beropsly afflicted CORY O'LANUs.
-BroohIyn Eagle. e.l1 .g alH g.5a,