Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-08-11
CUTTING A Boys HAIR.
The Plan Adopted by I'M Quad" with Dis
tinguisled Success.
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The Plan Adopted by I'M Quad" with Dis
tinguished Success.
From the Detroit Free Press
There is no use in fooling around about
it. When boys hair has become long
and bleached, and scraggy, and full Of
burs and feathers, it is time to cut it, and
the inevitable must be faced. The boy
doesn't want it cut, of course. No one
ever had speaking acquaintance with a
boy who thought the time had arrived when
he could part with enough hair to stuff sofa
pillow. They must be coerced, and kind
words AMI broad promises are thrown away.
Coercion is the only method.
let my boys run about SO long, and
then, when I get spare half day, play
barber. There is no appeal from my de-
cision. When I come out fat-footed 1
carry my point or die trying. Young
man. you can get ready to have your hair
cut. Next week." ''No, sir-now!"
With buzz SAW" eyes, if the shears
wont do i'll" won't you draw blood?"
II may have to-" eff you won't cut my
hair, I'll bring in huff wood and coal to
last all winter, and won't ask for a light
when I go to bed!' "Come out here and
make readyw
never take any chances on boy. I
then bolt the boy to the chair. fix him
SO he can move neither hand nor foot, put
soft gag in his mouth to prevent q neigh
borhoou alarm. and begin work. The first
step toward cutting bows hair is to put in
ten minutes hard work with curry comb.
If he hasn't been running loose over two
| or three years this tool will be found sufi-
Gent to rake out the snarls, buttons AMI
articles previously mentioned. A basket
is placed behind the chair for them to drop
into, and they can be decorated with fancy
pictures and made to serve as parlor orna-
meuts. When boys hair is ready for the
shears brace your feet and shear away.
Shear front, back, top and side without
reference to lines or angles. The object is
to remove hair. There is no use of any
| conversation, not even when the shears
| find piece of iron and refuse to cut it.
The boy wouldn't know how it got there if
you ask him. He has had his head in
| closets, cellars, garrets, barns, fence cor
ners, barrels, boxes, and all sorts of hooks,
| and such extra attachments are no surprise
to him.
No one should be less than half an hour
robbing an average boy of his capillary
substance. Any attempt to hurry the job
| will result in overlooking lot of single
nails, the missing screw driver, or some
thing which may damage his Sunday hat.
| My average is thirty-fve minutes, and I
have only two minutes left after being able
to see that he has scalp. It then takes
an additional ten minutes to look him over
and identify HIM as the same boy began
on. His neck has grown longer, the size
of his ears increased, and the whole shape
of his head is altered. When feel sure
that it is my boy, and not the son of some
neighber who has skulked in on me,
brush him off with an old broom, crack his
head three or four times, draw his bolts
and remove the gag. and then hold the
door open fer him to shoot into the bach
yard. 7 am loving father on all else. but
when I cut boys hair I'm a stern old
Roman Of the first water.