The Portland daily press., 1878-03-27

The Boston Globe says that Miss Nellie Dag
gett, modest, blushing and trim little damsel,
hailing from Portland, is just now the local
heroine of Boston, or more particularly that
section of it in the neighborhood of Bowdoin
square and Green street. She is the pioneer of
her sex in this vicinity who has dared to in.
fringe upon the sacred and time-honored rights
of that large and useful class in the community
who earn livelihood for themselves and add
to the beauty and comfort of their fellow-men
by skilful welding Of the razor, shears and
hair-brush. A reporter of the Globe who call
ed at the establishment of DR.. Gale, where Miss
Daggett is employed, gives the following ac-
count of his experience:
When the reporter called the proprietor was
exercising his genius in trimming the hair of
an old customer, and the blithe little Nellie
was just ready for the reporter or any other
man desiring her professional services. She is
plump, comedy little miss of about nineteen,
with dark blue eyes, hair of dark brown, and
curled, frizzled or pompadoured in the highest
style of the art. A neat fitting dress of black,
over which was another neat fitting garment of
(the technical name of which the reporter is not
certain), and snow-white apron were among
the articles of apparel which the Globe man
took in at hurried glance. The expression is
an old one, but. meat, but not CANDY" just
fills the bill in giving ss esaI q Miss shs
observed. with just sufficient embarrassment to
be trihe bewitching, and give the reporter the
requisite encouragement to brace up for the
pleasing ordeal which awaited him. "Ahem!
fine day." he observed, in husky tone. "Yes,
sir, but quite windy" she answered, as she
stirred up the lather with an ease and grace
worthy of one who had given a score of years to
the business A moment later, and the Globe
mans face was besmeared with the sloppy pre-
hsoh tho hhu oil rut,b bod in,
most vigorously. Perhaps two minutes were
thus employed in the preliminary preparations
of softening the stubby growth OF two or three
days, and then came sponge bath OF tepid
water. After this second lathering as
thorough and protracted, and yet as delight
fully refreshing as the first, and then the re-
porter was ready for the razor. The pleasing
anticipations of this operation which had been
stirred up were doomed to disappointment, for
DR.. Gale himself now came to the front to per-
form that part of the operation. 1t was subse-
quently explained that Miss Daggett has not
yet sufficient confidence in herself to WELD the
razor during the entire day, and it was the re-
porter's misfortune to have patronized the
establishment while she was seeking an hour
or so of recreation. In this connection it |
should be stated that when business is contnu-
GUS and driving the occupation OF barber is
laborious, and hence some allowance should be
made for lady just initiated into the art. The
shaving having been skilfully performed by the
Doctor, he was relieved by Nellie, who did the |
hairdressing and finishing up. And it is right
here where the reporter wants to pay tribute.
She never intimated that his hair was too long,
that he needed shampooing, and neither did
she urge bay rum Give cents extra), or call his |
attention to superior article of hair dye. She
piled the comb and brush skilfully and rapidly,
and when the reporter was dismissed it was
with mingled feeling OF satisfaction and
qualification which he will not undertake to
describe to an Indifferent and, perhaps, unap-
DreciStiye public.