Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-16
THE BARRIERS SUNDAY.

NaElcu are the views as 20 What c Institutes
a Dissertation OF the Sabbath. Mr. Beechsr
10 recent sermon, said that be knew men
vino would black their boots on sunday, but
drought It sinful to shave; and be knew o,ners
who would shave on SUNDAY, but would think
they were imperiling their souls if they were
to ''shine" their boots. No doubt there are
a great many excellent people who differ in
opinion on points ike these, and often there
are schlsms in the chuch on such trihas.
Perhaps one-fourth Of the bearded men OF
Memphis would not enter barber shop On
Sunday upon any consideration. l. child
hood they were trained 10 look upon every
thing that was not sauctimonoUs ia appear
ance as an objectionable sin, and tiHs feeling
they cherish in manhood. Some o. them are
wicked every day 10 the week, Lut 'OJ pl0us
70 shave on Sunday. 1t happens, however,
that vast majority of men with stuobled
faces have no such conscientious scrupes as
these. Some of them like to get shaved or
Sunday as a matter of convenience;
others through a sentiment Of pride.
There are those who cannot
possibly find time to spare a Laf hour IL
the barber-shop on Saturday, while others
take much delight in appearing at church
on Sunday with the BARRIERS bay rum anu
poma Urn fresh upon them, and they pre-
fer to be shaved on Sunday even if they
pass the whole Of Saturday in idleuess.
These gentlemen form a very considerable
element in society, and if the question OF
keeping open or closing the barber-shops on
=, ! ri
in a large majority. The legislatures of
some of the States have made an exception
in the Sunday law, and specified certain
hours of the Sabbath during which barber
shops may be kept open, not for the purpose
of giving the proprietors an opportunity OF
making money, while other people we're en-
j1ying the quiet Of rest, but to me an APP
parent necessity arising from the taste and
habits of large and respectable
portion of the community, prominent
among these may be named Che iaooung
classes, who have time to shave only on Sun
day ID, rning. Ladies often hold their bands
up in holy horror at the crime of desecratlng
the Sabbath by shaving, while they occupy
twice the time in primping, perfuming,
adjusting their curls, hounces and iurbelows.
The closing OF the barOer-shops on Sunday Is
no hardship on the BARRIERS themselves, as it
is said that ell the journeymen BARRIERS and
majority OF the owners OF shops are opposed
TO working on Sunday; and although six
hours labor on that day adds something to
their wages and profits, they would rather do
without the extra money and enjoy full
days rest. The BARRIERS want the shops
closed by law, for while they want rest on
Sunday, they are all compelled to work if all
are not closed, or else they will lose their
patronage. AS the law now stands the bar
bers of Memphis are placed on the same
footing, and all have the privilege Of enjoy
ing the whole of Sunday as day of rest.
Under the old system, the BARRIERS who
entertained conscientious scruples we're COM
PEELED to open their shops on Sunday or suf
fer great loss. When the Sunday customers
Of a conscientious barber finds that his doors
are shut, they will transfer their patronage
to some other shop-necessities rise superior
to conscience. There are some very selfish
men who will growl at their beng deprived
of their Sunday shave, but when they are
compelled to adjust their convenience to Sun
day or some other day, they will soon relent
and admit the justice of the law which gives
the barber the same Sunday leisure that they
enjoy themselves. 1t will be seen that we
have discussed this question from a purely
secular point of view, and have expressed no
opinion as to whether it is tOicked to keep a
barber-shOp open on Sunday or not.