The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28
lieve you're honest, if you don't know

lieve you're honest, if you don't kncw
much
'Oh, you've been asleep, have youf
Sorry to hear it. But that's always the
way. That's the way our efforts are
appreciated. When we try to keep a
man lively by talking to him he closes
his eyes and dozes off with revengefui
expression upon his face that is quite
aggravating, l assure you. Do people
often slumber in the chair? Yes. in.
deed. Some customers never get into
the chair but they go to sleep. Some OF
'em get in the habit of DOING here. and
the habit grows so strong that on these
warm. sultry days they drop off just
about as soon as they touch the chair.
I've had dozens of customers drop of
before they could tell me what they
wanted done. What would we do in
that case? Why, what would you ex-
pect an honest conscientious barber to
do?Wake thepOor man up? No, Stree. ]
Just give him a shave, a haircut, a rub
ups shampoo, a hair restorative. and
have the boy black his boots. We do
our duty by man. sleep or no sleep, sir.
''OIe day man fell asleep while ]
was shaving him, and his chin kept
dropping dOwe SO low that it was with
difficulty l couiI get at his face. My
dear sir. says l, giving him shake. j
guess I'll have to ge: Che chin-rest for
YOU He had been souh5 asleep, but
he opened his eyes. gathered himself
together in about four jerks ii lambs
tail, and replied: Don't bother: it'll be
doing the most good if you viii use il
yourself That's what l cali pretty
quick man.
another time q man was asleep
while l was shaving him, and he
twitched about little as if ne were
dreaming. I asked him what the mat.
ter was, and he said: I've had dream.
1t was awful Tell it, says l. j
WILL saws he. 4 dreamed was dead
and had gone to heaven. st. Peter ad-
mitted me reluctantly and on PROBATION,
while they could look into my record.
Finally Peter came around and tJld me
they had good deal of trouble in de-
Gliding my case, but had ut last deter.
mined that l must move on to sheOl.
However, l could have my cho'ce be-
tween taking the first train for sheol
and remaining in heaven, only f l re-
manned there l should be compe lied to
stay in the barber shop all the tiiue and
listen 70 the barber talk
land you - 1 interrupted, and
"TOok the first train for shecl,' he
replied.
''Do people often dream? o., yes.
You see, they have their clothes OF. and
are in an unnatural position for Sleep
ing, the result being Nightmares. One
customer was sleeping away sorndly,
and l was working away for deas life,
trying to beat another barber out so as
10 get the fat, baldheaded customer
who was next, and who can always be
flattereG into hair cut-the softest /.
snap in the shOp-when the sleeper be-
gan to tremble all over like ship in a
storm and then he broke forth in a
scream that startled the neighborhO,,d. !
whats the matter?' saysI.
'Nothin',' says he, except !
dreamed that somebody had thrown a
wildcat onto my face
'.Not another word was said, Only l /
honed up my razor a little and he had
no more dreams. But, as l said, we |
always treat a man well, and he can
sleep if he wants to. One man gave |
strict instructions that if he went to
sleep he should not be woke up until he /
reused of his own accord. He had been
off on a periodical and was trying to
brace up. After he had been asleep |
three hours we wheeled him into a cor
ner of the room and hung a curtain
around him. He slept for three days
and nights, and the man that worked /,
that chair took vacation. Here's the
check the man had to pay at the end of
his nap:
Occupancy of chair "A hours, equal TO $40
shaveS at l5c 5,1
Extra for ha r-cuts. shampoOs, and tips l1.2i
Extra Tor curtain. 81
Total ....... -. So, 30 |
1--WE might have charged dollar for
the curtain just as well as not, but we
didn't. We believe in treating every
man honestly and fairly. Did he paw