The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-05-27
How Two Pretty Sisters Came to
be BARRIERS.
BIZ PRUDENCE PETTAwAr.

! BIZ PRUDENCE PETTAWAr.
Two women at least, have secured
their rights and have now all the
privileges that men enjoy. Two
pretty young girls, aged respectively
Is and 20, had papa who was rich,
and who lived in grand style on Fifth
Avenue. Papa got into the hands of
the Philistines last autumn, and bus
ted. The girls were genuine girls,
notwithstanding the fact that they
been fashionably educated and they
felt their poor fathers distress keen
ly. The old gentleman's trouble so
weighed upon his mind that he sick
ened and took to his bed, and got in
a bad way generally. The house in
which he lived was fortunately in his
wife's name, SO they could not be
turned out of doors, but as the old
gentleman had sunk every dollar he
had in the world, the question Of
bread and butter became an immi-
nent one.
One morning the old gentleman's
barber did not come around to shave
him, and Ella, the eldest girl. said
she could do it. She took her faith
er's implements and shaved him as
nicely and neatly as any tonsorial
artist could do it, and dressed his
hair and trimmed his whiskers, and
propped him up in bed as comforta-
BILE as you please. An idea struck
Mary, the youngest.
CELIA, if you can shave papa, you
can shave any other man."
| "True," said Ella.
eff you can shave a man, can
shave man,
"True, once more. But what has
that to do with us?''
CELIA, do you want to starveS"
"No, my child"
Papa can't get out-mamma is
selling off the plate to get what we
eat each day. Let us stop all this
by starting barber shop"
Ella saw the point. The two girls
riggedup an extempore chair. They
took their coachman, whom they had
+ not yet dismissed, because he
!, wouldn't go, and they shaved him
for practice, and dressed his hair,
f and trimmed his beard every day.
Y To accommodate them, he brought
: his friends in, and in a weeks time
u the girls were accomplished and ex-
=: pert workmen, or rather workwomen.
J. They then sold the horses and car
= riages, and taking the proceeds, TT
" ted up modest but very neat shop
o in Union Square and went at it.
If The first customers they had were
IL young swells who had known them
V Sin society," and great was their as:
"a constituent.
" ssN1iss Navy" said one of them
N 'by Jove! what led you to this2"
ID "Papa failed, you know, Charlie;
,e and we had to do this, or worse
N 'Worse! worse! Why, what coult
" you do that would be worse?'
J. 'Marry man like your replic.
IS Mary, dabbing her shaving brush il
TX his mouth"
or It is an encouraging fact that tx,
lie girls have all they can do, at got,
is prices, and are not only supportis:
their parents in comfort, but are Ia,
~ ing up a handsome sum besides.
= Why should not women be barber
at Imagine the deft, soft, warm. fingci
~ of pretty girl on your face! A ma
d: would submit willingly to have Il,
"a. nose sliced off by one Of them:
i'm cannot say that it is in any way ~ot
7 Of the way. If men are employed
,;s lady's shoe stores. where they u
,s- on and take off lady's boots, why
TO- is not just as proper for women to i
70 employed as BARRIERS, and shave me,
in. They do it better and more pleasa:;
nj ly than the men BARRIERS, and Gus,
90 mes would never be afraid that
ow drunken woman barber would T.
their threats.
~ Why WOMEN DREss.-eIt is an G
-. ~, ploded theory" says one who spe,
wv knowledge, ''that women dress
H.