Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
BARBER SHOP TALK.
A Tonsorial Artist Chats About
His Trade,
Telling the Peculiarities Of His Business
and the Characteristics Of Some Of
the People He ShaVes,

Brush. There you are, sir; pay III"
boss please. Cheap? Oh, yes, that's all
we charge in Wheeling. Ten cents. Thank
you, sir. Next.
It was Twelfth street barber who spoke
and 1.-The next" was a REGISTER artist with
a beard like q patriarch, under whose chm
towel was soon neatly tucked. 'IaN
gentleman New York man, where they
have to pay 81 and - cents Tor shave,
continued the barber and they always
smile sweetly when they get good.
clean shave here for ten cents. Never saw
an Eastern man but what was pleased with
a " heeling shave. BARRIERS OF the r St are
generally inclined 10 be second-clssS work
men and only half shave man, charging
him 90 cents for the job. Cologne, FlOrl-
ia water. lavender water and fine cOSmet-
'ics come i'll at five cents apiece, anu Win
ali OF them the work is not as good As ours
and they don't pretend it is. | can tell an
Eastern man as soon as he warns my
chair"
How is that
'.Cienerally by his face and often by his
manner. His neck LOOKS raw and HACKED
up and his directions about the shave show
he has been badly treated and wants care
bestowed on his CountenanCe. Western
men generally kick good deal. used to
shave in Chicago and Wilbur +. Storey oil
the Times wa. one OF my regular customers
Those fellows are used 10 good shayes aud
always kick.
What do they kick about
"Oh, everything. The brush IS too STILL
the blades are dull, We bear on too light
the oil isn't good, the rum is oil, the cos
metic dOesn't suit. aud all such stun that's
all in their minds. Now, | hdd fellow III
ms chair once who was about the worst
crank ever saw. We'll, he was one ol
Eds regulars, and no Uns but III ever
shaved him. one day lie came in whca
there were two ahead OF brm waiting r1r
Ed, and he sent him over - me. When he
sat down he eyed me and asked me
how long it would take Tue 10 cut his hair
About twenty minutes, says |. NIL 1t
saws he; it'll take YOU Just forty, and
don't YOU. forget it. Then he sad he
guessed he wouldn't have II CIT, AMI he
wanted shave. As soon As | began 10
lather him he yelled, Say, what are you
Gathering me with, paint brush sail
wouldn't be liable to use paint brush.
and he kept still for little while. When
L.put the razor on him he jumped away,
and said | was skinning him. hap
pened to know that the razor was IN
good shape, tor had fixed il up myself
and he vas the first 10 come TO me. put
il down, though, and took up another. l
was getting little hot then, aud when he
sxoTe that that was worse than either ct
the others picked up the first one sni got
srOund in front Of him. 'Lpnk here, says
|, do you want shave Yes, | do.
says he. Well, then, says !, II you d0,aad
YOU want me 10 DO ir.shut ~ rignt straight
IL. .Naf hs
!ever opened his mouth, All! whea gave
him a brush | says IL han. Now, ii YOU
ever waat TO shave again don't yJn coMr
70 ne, or I'll b. liable TO hISt yon. + l.
shaved him after that; he never CinIe
rear ne He used 10 live IN Chicago, out
is on Market street nov.
''Yuu learn great maay peculiar char
:, teristics of men you shave
Yes. indeed. and their private business
too You'd be surprised to hear how COM
uuniCative some OF them become. RUor
pull? All right. man WAS in this chair
this morning and got to telling me about
fuss his wite raised with him because he
ChUCked his hired girl under the chin, and
another told me how much he lost in the
sugar refinery bust up. Tue REGISTER
ought to have barber reporter juStto pick
up barber shop stories and scandal.
I've heard BARRIERS are great gOssjps
Yes, and it's natural enough, To-
Some times when no customers are in. the
men have nothing to do but SIT around aud
talk and OF course their talks all gossip.
Their customers tell them their family
affairs, and they talk it over amongst
themselves afterward. And then custom
ers talk over various interesting matters
among themselves, and then BARRIERS hear
it and comment on il atterward. No OIL
Correct"
How is il about strangers in the city"
great many Of them must stop At the
hotel. and you must get their custom
"Oh yes, We get lets Of queer people
among those who come from out OF tOwA.
| had big fellow the other day aud cut
his hair for him. He said | was the first
one who had cut his hair for twenty years
and stuck him for 81 cents. | like cuSto
mers from the country. They take the
whole business right through-hair cut
shampoo, shave and have their whisSers
trimmed If they have any. They all want
plenty of oil on their hair, and the young
men from the country always insist on
having their hair conibed we'll down on
the forehead and then stuck up on both
sides. Lookout, sir, II | had been shaving
YOU then Id have cut your throat sure.
Several ladies had passed up Twelfth
street and the reporter had screwed his
head around TO look 81 them. They had
glanced guiltily into the shop and then
hurriedly turned away.
Il never liked this chair by the window
continued the tons artist, as he cover
ed the reporters face Sith powder. la
dies are always going siong and customers
invariably twist round to have peep at
them. Must be some great attraction
for the ladies' as they never 90 by without
looking in. There you are, sir. Brush,
'Lias, Check and change"