Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-24
n,RBER.sHoP TALK.

~ please. Next!n Thus
..,onsorjal artist in down
'arber shop, and as he removed
.ra anron from the person OF the
r. hooking gentleman whose
a ;ust been shayen, and with q
aded him a check for fifteen
Trjbunc reporter, who CHANGED
fsxt seated himself and dropped
"a back upon the rest at the top
chair. -,
Ing shaved remarked the ar
Se encircled the reporters neck
towel, Juggling ii in snugly all
"Now that man who just got
ront as cranky u chap us I've
the chair Tor "a long time. l
;. was from Detroit ~ soon as |
Work on him.
~ did YOU know ~
~ enough replied the barber
ihe creamy lather on with the
~ brushes. EASY enough. l
NV the cut of his clothes and the
q acted while | was shaving
Datroit men are, as u rule,
In the chair. So are men from
natl st. Louis and Milwaukee.
Workers, Bostonians and bust
non here are good subiects--nice,
GOOD natured, and all that. But
- the men from the places 1 have
"a are awtully hard on us.
ate 10 have 'em sit down, and
Stry TO avoid 'em if possible"
bat do they kick about?"
everything. The brush Is too
he blades are dull, we bear on
brd or too light, the oil isn't
the rum is off, the cosmetic
kuit. and all such stuff, that's all
r minds. Now, / had u fellow
chair once who was about the
crank | ever saw. You'll re-
er him | guess. He was the fell
ho got thumped by one of the
of the hotel for sending a note
wife. Well, he was one OF
regulars, and no one but Chris
baved him. One day he came
n there were two ahead of him
for Chris, and he
him over to me. When
ht down he eyed me
ied me how long it would take
cut his hair. About twenty
Is says I. "Will it?' says he,
lake you just forty, and don't
brget it, Then he said he
he wouldn't have ii cut and
a shave. AS soon as 1 began
er him he yelled, Say! what are
hering me with, n paint-brush?'
| wouldn't be liable to use a
Brush, and he kept still for a lit
lille. When / put the razor on
lie jumped away and said | was
h. him. / happened to know
be razor was in good shape for |
He'd it up myself and he was the
come to me. j put it down,
/, and took up another. That, he
I'll, was worse than the first, so |
another. l was getting a little
In, and when he swore that that
brse than either of the others |
up the first one and got around
Of him. Look here says /,
want shave?' Yes, | do,
Well, then. says l, If you
you want me to do it, you shut
) right straight or III cut YOU
After that he didn't open hi:
and when / gave his check
8him: Now, II you ever want
again don't you come to me OF
liable to hurt YOU Chris
him after that; he never cam,
fI}e.'"
WsAs A DRUMMER, WASN'T HE"
eE and drummers, as rule, ART
~ shave. They are all over thu
v, being shaved by Tom, Dicl
@rry, and when they come her,
4aces are so covered with PIN
bat ii is next to impossible t
'em without bleeding 'em.
bare how stiff a mans beard j
kin is only smooth. ;"
1 is it about strangers in the city
ht many of them must stop u
el and you must get their Gus
yes, we get lots of queer people
those who come from out o
| had a big fellow the othe
cat his hair for him; he sait
lhe first one who had cut hi
p twenty years, and | gave hin
for 50 cents. | like customer,
he country. They take tn
business right through--hai
ampoo, shave, and have thei
rs trimmed if they have any
Il want plenty of oil on thei
pd the young men from tn
always insist on having thei
lnbed well down on the fore
md then stuck up on boil
our business n paying one?"
we don't starve. A goo,
Fan always find employment
p make III downtown shop
= to So per week. according I
punt of work he does. He get
ih amount anyway, and the
percentage ON all the work b
some shops they get fixe
and nothing additional, Will
. they work entirely on til
sse arrangement. Then, b,
iiat ne is paid by the proprieto
lop, he gets tips from goo
ms regular customers. w
lilnk ourselves in hard luck
! get our meals out of tips o
W three days of the week, so 70
ion I have an awful hard tim,
usually on from or 0 o'cloc
morning till 6 in the evening
hour of for lunch. Saturda
on from in the morning ii
I 10 at night
majority of the BARRIERS seem [
lsners. How does that haJ
MT know. Most of them al