, 1879-02-06

wah brushing an undergraduates coat, pointed
ME 10 II chair, and climbed In. Wien the ncr-
formsnca was about concluded. the barber said
tu the:
" llavc your hair trimmed, strt'
believed not. ..-
"Nre,is Z, very badly. air" he said; ",ooks
very raggcd."
t.crrr argue with a barber. 1 said: "Atl
right, trim 1t little, but don't make 1t any
Immediately trimmed all The curl out Of II,
an,l my llnlr naturally, You know, hah verr
graceful curl to It. l ncver discovered this my
SELF nnti, fcw months ago, alld then was
very muci1 stlrpriscd. | discovered It by Iook-
ing ut NY Iithuuraph.
Well, anyhow, he trimmed II.
Oh the 9th ot December vas at Bath, Maine.
Again ! was shaye1, anI again the barber inl-
potsa 9 h@ to IT, tna n s s" y a whem
two days before, he spitcfnlly usked where It
was done. lold him. aud hu gnvu rxpression
10 hurst VI sarcastic laughter.
Well, we'll. we'll" he said at last, ESQ you
let them trim your hair in Boston. We'll, we'll
Now you look 1iko man who has bccn around
the world enough 10 know better than that "
Then he affected to examine lock or two
'es Raa!ssa{ ear s Ill., deat ssS Knew really,
MS could do anything with that hair ornot; It's
too bnd."
We'll, bis manner frightened me, md told
him to 20 ahead an'l triui It, but please not make
aNo," he said, sob no, 1t wasn't necessary to
cut It NY shorter; It was really too short now.
but It did need trimming
So he trimmed " It, and when I faccd the
Rocklan1 audience TINT night, looked lika
y In four days from that tt,ne was sitting In
tho chair Of barber down In New York State.
lis shaved me In grateful silence, and then
im III. f ha4 as ill., ILL., III
u Nstrarbtcil It no about the CdNcAtn
meekly told him Lad It trimmed Twice
during the preceding week, anl wns afraid It
was getting too short for wlnter wear.
Yes" he SAIL "he didn't know but wlnt 1t
was pretty short, but you didn't need to cut It
any shorter to trim 4. It WAS III very bad, ray
gci1 shape A. the ends."
remained silent u,ld obstinate, md la asked
no wllero Ind 1t trimmed last. told h,,, anti
lc burst into shout Of laughter that made tho
windows rattle.
@Wlat's tlls matter, JImi" inquired an as-
ststaut partner down the room, holIlug his
ratieut il, the chair by the nose.
Jin, stIl1cG hls laughter nntl replied:
"Tllis gentleman had bis hair tr1mued down
In Maine"
There was general burst OF nlcrrimcnt ait
over the Shop. mn. the apprentice laisl down the
brush he WINS washing al'1 eatne over tu luUk at
the Satnc cut, tNat te might bcvur inrget II. l
surrendered. aTrim It llttte, then, ~ Eroancd,
"but, ln the name Of humanity don't cut it any
"No.'' the barber sail, Tho wouldn't make It
hairs breadth slortcr."
When lrtt thut shop, II It tadn't been for
nv cars, my hat would haye fallen down clrar
on my shoulders, When reached the hotel,
and read i 3anutil ui the wall, descriptive OF =
eol,ylrt who had recently escaped from Slug
Sing, nt,l lookcd from the b!ll to myself very
iutently. That nlvft several Of sl,c audience
drew rGYolvers u ! catnc out on TIC platform.
Then went to Amsterdam, N. \. Tho bar
Der OF tl.ut sleepy yllage, who, in tho Interval
Of hts othsr duties ., act. ~ MayS, Of tl.e town
a,.l edits the local papers, undertook to shave
l,ta boDt-lcg. When | resisted, he went out
luto the kitchen uni canu back with 4 kItehen-
knife and = cau-opener, mud olfcrcd mo my
lie 'u Massacre, re,narking incidentally that he
uscd to keep good sharp sp0kc-Hhaye far Ills
particular customers, but he bud lost IL. Then
Dc salI my hair needed srlmmlpK, very badly. |
Irotcstcu TINT It WINS Impossible; # had becn
trimmed three times within ten days, utnl WAS
as stoft now as q business man OH tho 1st Ut
aOn,i ha said, at wasn't too short, ami be
atdes there waan't no stylo about H. ut nlI." lie
out making It aiy shorter.
DO aurrunlcred nlld told him to shape 1t up.
Ana II that ore4oouIesl. solh1onatl, Alnster-
Iam kon OF III oak uu,. picker didn't go out Into
tlis vpodshed snl eoue back with u rusty old
orsr-lnsp mud be9ln to ile sway wlut little hair
had left. lie allowed few sllreos all1 patct1cs
| 10 remain, however, cttpEtns here and there to
my scalp III ghostly Loneliness. rather feared
that mi appearance tllat eyenlng would create =
panic, but II dill not. observed that tic tna-
jorty oG the audience had their heats btlaped
| i,p" after thu B4nIu manner, Ald were ra1her
plcasod with my conformity to tic local custom
Wci1, / got alonR 10 Cory, Pa. and rusiea
| Ia for d shave aud got It, In QUO time unl two
wilnjr trimmed, art" the bsrter aad.
| supposed he was speaking sarrastlealay, and
30 laughed, but ysrs fecbly, Tor was getting
to be III Ito ae'A.t!va On tlu subject OF NY
huir, OF rather lnv iate lair. but liu Ecpcatrd
hia question, and said TINT ts necdcd trItn'nluE
YER, badly. ! told Tim tint WAS what sied Ii,
| II had been trimmed 10 death; why. sald, my
lair lad been trimmed hvs ttInss lurln, HE
past thirteen days, and Wa afFaid 1t wouldn't
"Wcil," hc laid. at was hardly tho thing Tor
4 man Of my impressive appearance, who would
naturally attract attention llle n,otnent eli.
tered \ room have to stund on my tfptocs amt
hnl1 on with both hu'nls to look over lltr errk
| 0t \ rAr-sext) to 70 around With such y heah oE
hatr, When he could straichtcn IL out fur int tn
| minute"
and wondered what would come lext.
| That frlluW took pair VI drMtfsl's forreps
"Tlicre," he aat1. pruu4ly, "now wien your
hair grows out It will grow out event.
III wa = little dls,aared II drst when look
ed u my Clustering poll. but after all I, was a
relief to know tl4at the end wus reached, aud
nubody could torment ne aRain 70 have my
| hale trimmed tor several weeks. put when
got shaved At Ashtabula, the barber i,lsis,c4 on
pultyinR up the holet a1.d ewing 4uy hrad Y
cuas Ut s!lellac. yielded, and my head looked
hkr yaln,.lIed xlosy with thu mupa lett of.
Two days after rat In \ b4rber'a ctsir Ut Nuns.
Held. 'ii.e barber shaved lAe slleutly. Illeu Au
paused, with bottle poiacd IL III. baud, uul
| 5nlt:
'Stan,puoi''
| lauswelcd him With LOOK, Then be oiled
| mr. hairless Rlohe anu bent uyrr 1t loF MUn4eul
| with i hu!rttus!,. Tltu he said:
"Ou which side do yuu part your hslrl"
IA WOMAN DID IT. OF COURSE.
| .SsH ftik HurL
It has been usually understood that Mr.
IL. II