The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-04
TONSORlAL TASTES.
A Bazoo Man Talks With q
Barber on Matters of
Interest.
Shaving Dead Men-Shampooing
La6ies-Five Gent Shaves-
Female Shavers.

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Der. They came in from the east on one
Of the nigh, fright trains, and the typo
graphical artist was fortunate enough To
Ileman claimed that he was under the
weather and would not apply for employ
ment until Inc reached Kansas City.
"Aie an JIM" sal the barber, have
been Oh the road together nearly four
months, but mnst now part COMPANY"
SEEING HAT ih- knight "t the razor had
travelled extensively, and mat ne WAS not
lacking AS regards the gif; ii CAB, the BAzOO
man engaged him in conversation for half
An hour, and some of the infor mation -lic-
tied will no doubt prove Of interes, to III
readers oi "the paper published Tor the
people now Oh earth.
"Talk about shaving dead people," said
the tourist, 81 never shaved but five, but
know fellows who have scrsped dozens of
'vm When say scraped, / mean 1t, for
no particular attention is paid to shaving
stiff"
"What i the price paid for shaving a
corpse?'
1T differs. In the larger cities s. note
is consid. red reasonable, but in town like
Sedalia | suppose kick would be made if
more than 81 was charged"
"What per cent. does the barber get?'
"He is paid one hall by some buses, and
sixty cents on the dollar by Others
The reporter ventured to remark that De-
doubt the tonsorial gentleman could GIT
work in SedsIia if he applied.
This is a ten cent ;Own," replied the
roadster, IAN ain't got any Use Tor i ten
cent barber" al the same time asking the
In I'D .ny fnhaccn handy
Then. continuing, he said:
al tell you they amt no good mean.
of course, ten cent man is n. g. In town
wher. there are fifteen Cent shops"
"Why are they no good, as you term NJ"
"Why, il stands TO reason that ten
center can't be AS good as fifteen center
I'm dead against 'em, and don't you forget
it,"
"But as 10 dead men," said the reporter !;
"dOn't you feel IA her queer while shaving
themw
Pr ,babiy some fellows that Amt got 10
gri, do. but | never dad. You can go
slashing away, and, of course, the fellow
don't say nOIhing-he can't kick, you
know
why; in New York city, where worked
thu ee YEAR. there are few barb II ~ho 60
their hom.s. They put up sign, y-U
know, AMI are knows rs stiff shavers.'"
"Do they make good wag-s?"
II don't know, but suppose they do. /
know one barber In Cincinnati who makes
big none; by shaving ali his customers at
thrir residences. He would shave the old
shave would receive from % cents tn 81.
~, =. II IL
Jim Anderson, and when he heard OF Il
mxu diving he'd send his congratulations
around on card with black border a;.d
would mel.ticn at III. bottom that he would
consider himself highly honortd If he WIS
permitted To shave the corpse"
White BARRIERS, as rulF, refuse to work
Wi b colored BARRIERS do they pO;?"
"Ies they do. | have heard a goOd
rather lie shaved by coon than a whit.
guess. In the south, though, white b,rb- rs
are scarce, and it is safe To say that nine
renths Of the work III our line IS done 6y
niggers .bdt in the north il is just the other
way
How much per week does barber av-
erage ?"
hEDut Gil III SulChSO, ~ hfuiS tuV
Cincinnati but when You go further east
you are in big luck ii you get more than
Si2 Some BARRIERS work on per cent. aud
will go above the sums mentioned, while
Others will fall below"
What per cent. on the dollar do they re-
Give in ST. Louis'"
Some get 80 FER cent, others So and
still others only 30. Tler. may De some
extra good men who get 65 per cent. on
their receipts, bu: of this am not certain"
How about five cent BARRIERS"
''Thev ar worse than The niggers. They
, are NJ god for anything"
Are there many female BARRIERS in the
country"
mo, not a great many"
"Are they any accountT'
"Not worth ai-n. j never saw one In
nv life that could shave man decenlly."
"But they are literally patronized, are
thy not?"
"Only by certain class. The dudes, or
Washers, for instance. They see apretty
woman in shop and they patronize her
merely to make her acquaintance or carry
on little Irritation"
| "Are city BARRIERS often Gale. upon to
dress ladies' hair 2"
"Oh, yes, daily"
do they come to the shops"
"Very few of them do. They send for
us and we call at their residences"
"What do you charge in cases OF this
kind ?"
@That depends on what they want done.
For q shampoo dollar is a reasonable
price. while from 81 to 50 is charged for
dressing q lady's hair. There are hair
dressers in all of the larger cities, however.
and they have knocked the business in this
line into smithereeps."
"You are aware, suppose, that nearly
| all the shops in Missouri are nov closed
on Sunday"
ayes, and / am glad oft ! am not go
ing to stop long in Missouri, so Sunday
closing makes no difference to me. But l
must be getting up in the yard to catch
| FREIGHT 60 long Jimn and he extended