Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-03
PECULIARITIES OF BARBER'S Gus.
TOMERS.
Men wait nm Hour for Their FavOrite
Artists-Ladies . BARRIERS Best Cus-
toners.

From the New York Commercial
There is q popularity about the business OF
q barber, inasmuch almost every man Is
actuated by desire to have the same barber
who has succeeded once in pleasing him con-
tinue to shave him and to cut his hair. In
most Of the prominent barber shops the pro-
prietors have regular customers who come
long distances and who oftentimes wait an
hour to be shaved by their fsvorite barber. A
well-known Broadway barber accounted
for these peculiarfties OF his customers by
saying that they got accustomed TO the
attendance of one man. "One has a tender
skim" he added, sand needs to be shaved i'm q
delicate manner. Another has q heavy beard
and wants plenty OF soap and q sharp razor.
another is subjected to colds and only wishes a
little cut Off, Then again We retain our Gus
and razors. which we keep here and usually
furnish. Several OF my customers live and do
business in Brooklyn, and come over here
1 have gentlemen who come punctualiy
every day, whom have attended for fifteen
round. Occasionally customer takes mo-
ton to raise a beard and copy the English, but
after letting it grow awhile he comes around
again as a regular customer. Boards would
undoubtedly be popular, especially In winter,
III most gentlemen could grow them, and
they could probably, but the process Is a tedious
and tiresome one and Americans are too proud
as a rule to go around with unshaven faces for
three weeks, as IL usually requires that time TO
"
Americans are great people for wearing their
hair short, and they have it cut very often"
DO many people catch what is known as the
BARRIERS itch, nowadays"
"No, sir, not in this any other first-class
place. The disease is not known among IN.
OF course skin diseases may be contracted by
combs, brushes and soap that have been used
upon various persons, but we always regard
the admonition, cleanliness rs next to godli-
ness, and our toilet articles kept clean
and In first-class condition. Then as most of
our patrons have their own cups and razors,
fhRV RIM no ri hat he ON a a
are bothered with are warts that grow In the
hair. They are very common. We frequently
operate upon them by burning them with nitric
acid which eats the roots, and they drop out
without materially affecting the growth OF the
hair have customer that nad nest on
TO remove them. i do not know how 10 ac-
count for them, but have hardly customer
who is not more or less troubled with them.
Most OF the gentlemen who come into the shop
wait until their barber is disengaged, although
ss well and save from forty TO nifty minutes.
their chair and barber is ready and announces
aT'he baths which were popular some years
ago. and out of which we used TO make much
at home, where they are not Obliged 70 expose
themselves TO the open air when they finish.
Those who do not do 20 use the yapor baths.
which as you know, have extraordinary fscili-
ties
Ladies are beginning TO largely patroniss
town, where BARRIERS in the day time are
usually idle. They frequently have their hair
cleaned and trimmed, and seem 70 prefer men
10 women BARRIERS. Our gentlemen customers
recommend us, and after one trial they al
ways come again, or we attend them at their
houses. / have several lady customers who
reside I'm Brooklyn and New Jersey. Their
business is profitable, as we usually change
not last more - tSan thirsv minuses When we
attend them at home we get from IS 10 20.
You will md that the uptown barber shops
are every day occupied with fashionaoae
ladies'"