Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-05

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.ishas.Ae a mans fass makes yos iuti-
mate aith hilas yoa eaa't aelp DC. thaE's a
fact = sail rhs z@atisnlaaiy c9loFe1 bar
nef. as be r1bbe1 an adiitlonal dass Ot
lather "a tha customers clin- Il dou's
mean c. sAy yea become nis b. som friead
wsth The nrsl shave, baE let aiin eoIns
E re-fg 'ariy f9r three monrns- aad yea know
al about hls business, ais family, as
friends. ais meals ani every thing else.
7 Al The education I've had / sor az LineOla
I University. bat most of the knowledge of
I fa- world and the people la it PFs learued
I t. che barber shop. Does the razor hurt,
SIR"
DO al Your customers ch after with
7 YOU Dou'J shave ue too close"
mo. sir. there are a few silent ones.
/ They fr0ysn all the tiiae. One ~ two of
thom come here six or seven times with
+ ous exchaag az word with one of us.
I 80 quickly 40 ~ learn the Pecunarlty Of
/ srch mea tnat es doE't even pat the usual
7 questions % b-sn, and Tor attempting
7 g. sell them an hair remedy " dandr al
remover, ws ~1lld as s0oa Try d block of
stone. Bay rums y-s, sir. Tue most in
tcr~stins customer Is the lover. he Is q
I daisy. rar liculqriy sshsn hs nrst arrives
7 aui couEdeasiaIy ASKS you q make bis
har cefi a little on the forehead aud
7 l. shave biIn very 8aooth. as he - going
I g. sss h.s gJl. By the time you have fin
I ish-d u.sh his face, It's ten 20 one you
I know As much ABOUT the lady as he does
T A t.Iao goes GA you can tell by his moods
| how love affair progresses, until the
I period arrive, when he either grows tickle
aud tells YOU of bis new flame, or gets
I intsd and crows beard which only
briugs him at odl times 70 the shop Tor
triinmin.s =, OF gets married AMI stays
awsv altogether. Powder, sir:'
The dude, Of course, Is always with
us," continued the barber, rubbing vigor-
| ously ~ the bald spot on the customers
/ head; she very seldom has much hair on
/ hs face, but he likes 20 feel the razor.
Wheu hs has anything above his mouth
| he Is always careful To request: Please
| don't take anything OFT the end of my
Inoustachc'-and YOU don't, because. as
| RE. you can't. Then the man who has
| forg tt.u his pocket-boOk is a constant
/ occur1 ence, aud 50 is the man who owes
/ YOU for two shaves aud never comes again.
/ he don't mean u stay away, but when-
ever be TANKS OF you he hasn't got
| enough change, aud 50 he goes somewhere
/ else for MS scraping.
Tho stingy man Is the ileast popular
customer. He never by any chance gives
YOU the change, even IL il is only five cents,
| and it's funny TO SEQ what a little interest
Is taken ia such a man. The boy always
/ forgets % brush him off and usually man
/ a-es 10 knock down his hat He never
/ gets a clean towel and IS usually shaved
with the razor you are hOning down His
pimples are never spared, and his cup IS
1 seldom washed. That's the way be catches
IL Bus the contrast with the generous
customer, the man who never takes change
out OF a quarter and very often leaves
dime with the boy besides. Why, we al
most eat him up with attention; We all,
from the boss downward. brush him of;
We treat his hat with the tender
ness OF baby; we bathe his face
with the particular lavender water Of the
dude customer; We laugh at all his jokes
ami admire ali his clothes; III fact. We are
his admirers from the moment he enters
until he leaves US. Speaking Of clothes
reminds me that the dressy customer Is
the young man who always comes TO Us
for a first opinion on his last new suit, and
be generally takes our advice in regard TO
at. Complete admiration of his taste
generally brings out quarter OF "a dollar.
.sThs most perplexing customer" con-
tinued the barber, as he wake the ends or
/ the customers moustache, ''is the doubt
/ ful ono. Sometimes be IS all talk, and at
/ others be mas not wor. 70 say. Occa-
si0nally hs knocks you silly by telling you
20 keep the change out Of half dollar,
and then for the next week or month he
I looks as sharply after his five cents change
/ as though his life depended on it."
"Some barbcrs make money, suppose"
I queried the customer, as he rose from the
/ chair with his hair plastered down on his
T forehead and his whiskers redolent with
/ Lriiliantine.
Not very many. sir, and no big money
az that. gales5 you get some capital some
( how and become boss barber. Very few
I flurneyman barbets earn more than sl5
I <. the majority less than $40. Christ
! mas time brings - to so in tips, and
i some lines an old suit Of clothes or other
! ha f-worn raimest is given US by Gus
/ toner. Still. there are worse trades than
7 shaving and cutting hair. aud now, | think
T os is, I don't think I mentioned the
I drunken customer - YOU, ~h0 Is the most
valuable Of toe lot. tie either wants 70 be
sobered up because he is drunk OF sobered
f down becausa he has been drunk. He has
I % 10 doctor a with the towels and Jumps
of ice bah nd the ears and strong doses Of
bay rum aud tanning. and cocktail
I broughs in by the boy and then more ice,
q = has Ia. n all
+ How muchs' a I'u leave that O. you, SIR
+ never brings les. than a half dollar and
very often means a whole oue-thank you,
sir. call again"