Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-17
BARRIERS CUSTOMERS.
"scraping'F no Longer Practised-the
Importance OF ''TiPs."

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From the Neao York Tsi5uns.
A Broadway barbar fell into chat with
Tribune reporter the other day and re-
marked" 'Scraping customers who donot
tip the barber is about played out in New
York. Since the newspapers showed up
and denounced the practice about year
ago, men have been on the lookout, and
now whenever it is attempted they raise
such a row that many shops have
shut down on it entirely and some
bosses will dischargs a hand found do
ing it,
"Tips form an important part of
journeymen BARRIERS pay, do they mott he
was asked.
ayes, in frst-class places / used to
work in the BrevoOrt House barber shop
and nearly every man l shaved gave me
something each time, so that my extras
often amounted to as much as my regular
pay This is the case at nearly all the
big hotels. some rich men think nothing
of handing barber dollar for good
shave or hair cut, besides paying the re-
gular charges, and l have often seen Will
liam Aston give far more than that. He
is one of the kind that seldom waits for
change, no matter IL the bill which he
prOffers happens to be two. Five dol
lars is the largest fee that l have ever re-
ceiyed at once, and that was for shaving
corpse, but felt that / earned every
cent Of it, though many BARRIERS do this
right along for much less than that
sum-"
"Are BARRIERS in general paid a re-
gular salary or do they work on commits
stomp
Every i0urneyman received stated
INF is af ~ IN
week and a percentage on all business
that he does over certain amount which
is fixed by the proprietor. Some en-
plOyeTs divide all receipts a man turns
in over $25 equally with him; others give
the employee the thirty-hrst dollar which
he makes during the week and half of all
over that figure. This, OF course, stimu-
lates the hands to get business, such rs
persuading a man TO have his hair TRIM
med and shampoo, when he only came
in for shave. or selling hair-restOring
compounds 10 baldheaded customers and
dyes to dOwny-mOustacned dudes. There
was a time when a barber who was not
good salesman stood a poor chance or
getting on here, no matter how excellent
a hair cutter he might be. But people do
not buy our hair restoratves as mucn as
formerly, and hair dyeing 10 no longer
considered proper in good society.
EOOu MUEkNlaN Will earn UA tHt ANtihEE
81 a week aud in large establishments
that have wealthy class Of patrons the
tips and commissions will bring this up
to between $50 and 800. Some will make
even more than this, but they are eXcep-
uonal. Foremen received $50 a week in
nearly ali places"
"The chairs near the door are
considered the most valuable, are they
nOtp'
"Oh, yes; new hand always has to
take the one furthest from the street and
work his way 20 the front. IT he exhibits
superior ability promotion comes rapidly.
otherwise be has 20 wait until some Of
the older men leave or get discharged.
The foreman has the first chair; the
second man will usually get dollar
week more than the one at the
third chair: who in turn will receive
that much more than MS neighbor NJ the
fourth, aud 80 on. ATE BARRIERS az TAXA
tive as eyerf Now see here, you know
from your own experience that the eternal
loQuncitv which has been attributed 70
our profession never existed outside the
Imagination Of the paragrapher One OF
the drst lessons ne learn Is TO let the
customer take the initiative in CONVERSE
ton, and the average one does 50 with
vengeance. NextW