Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-12-21
THEY ALL TALK SHOP.
True Stories by the Truthful and Communica
tive Tonsorialist.

Well, have. It's common failing,
and sometimes ii isn't pleasant, either.
IL all comes from sellishness, YOU
know, and seliishness is miserable
sol OF thing--in other people. Idon't
| like to hear men talk shop. | never
do, and | always discourage them
from il rs much as possible. But
they will do it. The other day there
was man in here, and he hadn't
more than got into the chair before
we discovered that he was Il life in
surance agent. OF course, to hear
him tell it, he was the Boss life-insur-
ance man of the wild West.
Z" I'll tell YOU what l did this sum
mer, he says, in loud voice, con-
fidentially to every body in the shop.
Il went up to Waukesha for my vaca-
tion and while there made my ex-
penses and $500 besides. HowP Just
as easy as rolling off II log. got in
solid with the girls and found out who
was engaged to who, and promised
the engaged ladies silk dresses if they
would talk their young men into TAX
ing out policy in my company. No
descent young man hesitates to take
out a liberal policy to protect his bride
ally when the birdie puts one hand on
his shoulder and bends her sylph-like
form around and looks up into his
face and coaxes for it, you know. No,
Stree. For two weeks they kept me
busy writing up policies. 1t was
| great snap
But did YOU buy any silk dresses for
the grls?" | asked.
Nary dress, replied the wretch.
81 told them all to be good girls and
survive their husbands and they would
get enough money TO buy trunk full
Of dresses. Sleek scheme, wasn't itH
That's the way one man talked
shop. Maybe he was II liar, but |
don't know. Insurance men have
enough gall for anything. know of
one who worked better scheme than
that. He and young doctor chum of
his went in cahOots. AS the doctor
was on his rounds he would 90 up to
men and say: Let me listen ut your
chest Then he would put his ear
down to the mans ribs and listen
until the subject got nervous like,
when he would straighten up and en-
quire:
"'Got your life insured?'
IF the frightened victim said mo,
the doctor solemnly, and apparently
with reluctance, advised him to at
tend to 1t at once, and recommended
his accomplice, saying that though
the mans lungs were affected he would
see his friend-the insurance man
and fix it SO he would get through the
examination al right. In this way
lots of men with perfectly sound lungs
were thus frightened INTO life insur-
ance. you see, and that's what | call
a case of bad methods in a good cause.
'There was an actor in here the
other day. Of course he had to talk
shop, too. And he talked it so much
that an old CHAP sitting in the next
chair got tired and made such bad
break as this.
Barber, he says to the man who
was cutting his hair, barber, saws he,
'can you tell me why all actors are
burned fools outside theatre? The
way they talk shop makes me sick"
'What did the actor sayp | can't
tell you. OF course he heard the old
chap, and he jumped out OF his chair
and swung his arms around and spit
all the lather of his lip. You want to
know what he said? | can't tell YOU
You couldn't print it if did tell you.
Did he make any reply at alp Yes, he
did, but. as | never say cuss words,
you will have to read the answer in
the
Musicians are great chaps to talk
shop. too.- They are always at IT.
They think everybody else is stuck on
music just the same as they are. There
was ono in here the other day, and he
started off talking about great compo-
sers. He talked of glories, and arias.