Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-15
GIRL BARRIERS.
How il Feels to Have a Woman's
Arms Thrown Around
A MANS NECK, WHILE THE PRETTY
Mistress Of the Razor Stops Soap-Suds
ln;O His sOuth-A Young Swell in
Annie's Chair-How She
Waxed His hustache.
Hair cut or shave, sir ~


all things dou't clip the bangs"
"All right, sir. Those bangs do 10 ok
too sweet for anything" and the young
lady barber threw q check calico bib
around her customer, tucked it in be-
tween his neck and collar with the
same skill that q mother employs in
tueklng her children away in u trunnel
bed, and energetieally passed her white
tapering fingers through her customers
thick hair. The operation was going
on in barber shop where the BARRIERS
are alleged to be exclusively women.
The idea of female BARRIERS is some
thing new and novel in Chicago, and
there il
Only One Shop I'm the ~Iiy
where the communicative masculine
has been superseded by the equally
talkatiue feminine. The place is on
the West Side, and since its establish
ment, about three weeks ago, il has
DOPE an enormous business, and at
tracted so many customers from ada
cent shops that the proprietors OF the
latter are growing wild with envy.
The attraction, of course, is the female
haTbeIs. They are selected with a view
10 be strictly moral. TIE shop is on
the second floor of two story frame
building, and a sign Is cOnspicuOuSly
posted down below, which reads:
Shaving by Lady BARRIERS, ) Cents"
Six Lady Barbers Employed.
People can read il from the street
car, and it has attracted u great deal of
attention. 1t caught the eye of re-
porter ainlessly wandering about yes
trrday afternoon, and III order to see
what sort of Shayers women make and
how they act as BARRIERS, he climbed up
the flight of stairs leading to the shop
aud found himself in medium-sized
room, with every sign of large and
srtivC tOnSorial trade. There were
seven chairs in the apartment and all
were occupied by customers having
their hair cut or getting shaved.
ut the seven, four were man.
INFLATED 10y females and the rest by
men, which was not altogether accord
ing To the sign. Besides the men who
we're in the chairs, there were a dozen
IT more in the room waiting theirturn.
TIE ladies were not at all bad look
Iug, and there was one, indeed, who
Vas
Particularly Pretty.
She had an intellectual face a pleas
ant voice, and she was dressed in a
tight. fitting brown costume which eX-
yo>cd the outline of a very pretty
tUim. Her sleeves We're rolled up above
he elbow so that they would not inter-
tere with her work, exposing pair of
dlmpled elbows. Her hands were white
and clean, and she seemed To be skilful
IN the use OF the razor as she drew it
rap.dly up and down her customers
face, and deXterOuSiy whetted 1t on the
strap. Her feminine cO-labOrers were
equally quick in their movements, and
hey also seemed TO be familiar with
lie business; but the girl i'm brown was
.He one which the casual visitor al
WAYS promised himself the novelty Of
ENG shaved by. 1t was noticed that
"a"
Men fingered Longer
IA their chairs after they had been
shaved than men usually !inger, and
HAT they found in nearly every case a
place where the razor had not altOSeth-
,rr,rEormed it, functions. Each man
invariably called the lady BARRIERS at
',utiou To- it, and that neceSsltateu the
ALTERS running her hands over the
and under tue chin of the customer,
an oppratiOn which seemed very aSreea-
he. After waiting for some time, dur,
,rg which the lady in brown shaved
i've men, 3 lOquacious young Fellow
with auburn curls threw of his coat anu
took "A place in the chair with decld-
,d appTeciatiOn of the novelty OF being
shaved by a woman. The grl IN brown
asked him: "Hair cut or shave" ana,
having satisfied herself by crltlcal
g'ace that he needed q shave and halr
cut, and wasn't merely attracted there
like a good many, by curiosity, she
vanked out the checked bib anu pro-
Ceeded at once TO business.
Just as il is in front, you say, and
short behind"
"Yrs. al don't care how short you
cut il behind, and please be caretul not
10 clip Oft piece OF my ear:
ION. | won't do that so long as you
are not too fidgety. Some men VINO
come in here are so awful nervous, anu
they shake about so, that | am in NOR
tai fear all the time will take oil their
nose or piece of their chin"
"Why is that, do you suPpose-ne-
cause they aren't accustomed 10 OeihS
shaved by ladies"
81 gueSs that's it, though we try to
what the boss told us when we hrSt
came here. He said that
Gentlemen Always GET Nervous.
When ladies put their hands on theu.
dom know why they should"
The lady barber clipped away, while
She chattCTed, aud pretty soon had COM
plcted The task of hair-cutting. She
appeared to il very we'll, although IL
must have required some courage to
submit TO the operation, knowing moth
ing whatever OF her ability. After she
had put a few finishing touches on she
drew the checked bibaway, Mapped the
clipped hair off, returned the bib to- It's
former place, aud lett the chair down
with her left hand, while she placed
her right under her subjects chm ana
pulled him gently over in position 70
get shaved. Then she took out razor
houcd il few times on long piece OF
suSpender, and drew it across the palm
OF her hand. The lather was supplied
first with brush, and then she rubbed
il in with her hand to make the stuoOy
beard moisture and more acceptlole 10
the raZOrs influence. When she nau
got il tito sufficiently plant condition
Size opened Der razor, threw her lett
arm around the victims chin, and COM
mencod the shaving process. Every
now and then her position would De
such that her lips came in provoking
contact with her customers cheeK'
The relation of the shaver to the shaw
ed was altogether closer than that OF q
walter to his partner. While the lady
barber shaved she chartered. Yes.
She said, al like the business IL Is
much better than sewing for living,
because, while it is hard to have 10
stand Up so long, it
Is Great Company. ~
ana You see so many new faces. we
work from seven O'Clock in the morn
ing until nine at night, but We can step
Out when business is slack, and then
We have a great deal of time IN the
forenoon TO sit down. Will you have
your mustache shaved? No? Well,
would if were in your place. No one