Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-28
sow A KErexuEr cor SHAVED


go and get shaved"
Ihus said the city editor to the re-
porter, who made his appearance y-ster-
DAY morning With a beard of several
days unrestrained growth.
Get shayed?"
Yes, and as II is a good while since
you were shaved last. the experiences
VIII be sutii cieutiy novel to inspire YOU
With ideas for an article on BARRIERS"
Ibis was intended as sarcasm, but tha
reporter boSe 1t |. eekly and vent his
way TO "tonsoriel parior.n Az be en-
tered Ach barber, turned II N his pa.
tent and gazed at him with an AR OF
hn0uid curiosity. II was trying. but the
reporter bore it With a courage born OF
necessity. As he took seat and began
TO read last years papsr, each barber
wiped bis soapy fingers on his custom
er's coat collar. and all met in the con
suit about his fate. They sized him
up" and compared notes IN an audible
tone. There were some little difference
OF opinion on minor points, but al
agreed that he was ''chump.' By thss
ume two OF the customers had each
annexed a whole cigar, another had read
q newspaper all through and had been
looking at some old mail IN his pocket
book, and the last had turned over CON-
fortahly and gone TO sleep. He was
awakened by having brushful of ,ther
thrust iniO his mouth, and SOON all four
OF the artists We're again at work. The
man and brother had by this time
BACKED the reporters shoes without his
knowledge and assessed him ten cents.
The searcher after the truth took in the
progress of the work to determine in
whose hands his fate would be. Nome
OF the artists seemed to be in n
hurry to get through and she
customers were nOt particular. The
waiting man did not want 10 Ill into
the hands Of the fisud on the end Ut the
row. de WAS An emascul .tod STRIPPING
of twenty -fiye years Of age, Was slow in
his movements. and of an ungainly fig
ure. He kept his mouth ,sxtei nally open,
and his face wore about as much ex-
preston rs the partrait of Min in the
opposition gallery. His shirt-band and
DOLLAR were SO low that every time he
took long breath his liver pad could
be seen. 1t was evident that he had
bre tkf listed on garlic. As fate would
have 1t hs finished before his brother
artists, and the reporter was Obliged
to take the chair. But before he went
In ne handed the RlUating wretch sheet
Of copy paper, on which Was written:
II want n close shave. | am in hur.
~. DO not put any oil or grease upon
my hair. ! never use bay rum or cos.
Inetics. Please comb my hair up and
back. do not wish my hair trimmed
or cut. do not want any hair tonic Vi
skin medicine. l do not want a sham
poo or bath. / have not heard the
latest news from Egypt, nor do wan,
to. care nothing for politics or crime
or society. do not care for market VI
stock reports. aul not a stranger ia
the city, and am not going to the bail
this evening. l am Professor in deaf
and dunb institute, and am glad of it.
Go ahead and shave me-"
When the tonsorial artist had man
aged to decipher this epistle, he gave a
deshairing proan and began his work in
u mechanical way, stopping once in n
while for directions on the sheet OF
paper. Several times he got ready to
ask question, but r. membered the ad.
m0nitIOn with grimace. However, he
unbuvdeneG his mind to his fellow work.
ers, and the remarks make about the 70
porter savored strongly of personal
criticism. When tho torture was finished
and tho artist had placed acourt plaster
asterisk On his victims oheek, TIC threw
him ont of the chair with jerk, placed
15-cent check in his hand and gave
him n push toward the cash desk. The
reporter paid the check, evaded the boy
with whisk- broom, and vanished uE
the stairs.