Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-25
AwHorEsoME WARNING.
The DisSgreeable Consequence of
BsrbarOus Greed for Hair.
From tie Nel0 York Star.

shat horrld barber was allowed" to dc
this. that or the other. Such remarks are
of course, not deserving of notice, pain
fully disclosing as they do utter ignorance
Of the weird fascination and arbitrary
power exercised by the barber over those
who have become enslaved TO his insln-
uating and willy administrations. what
man is there, indeed. hugiOus OF spirit
and tough OF muscle as he may be, WHO
from the l0wly depths OF the BARBER
chair ventures TO display any signs OF
characterization or 10 eyince any dlsposl-
ton 10 beard, so to speak, the barber
whose icy fingers are at that very mo-
ment resting sugCestiyely upon the broad
carotidf Even were he rash enough 70
do so. but little would it avail him. He
would simply expose himself to having
his tongue lathered into silence, to being
beaten into subsection beneath the brlst-
ling brush, or TO having his barred throat
threatened by the cleaning razor bying
so cOnveniently-it might almost be said
temptin gly-at hand.
That the barber shamefully abuses the
power he holds over his customers will
not bear denial. He gloats over thor
wretched attempts TO make respectful
replies 70 his maddening flow Of small
talk. He maliciOusly blinds them with
bay rum. and daubs their cOuntenances
with mysterious alcoholic preparations
that cause horrible suspicious to flash
throug their minds that he has mis-
taken vial Of vitrol for the cologne bot
tie, and be INDUCES in personal refec-
tions that are nothing short Of insulting.
The very way. for instance, in which,
Needless OF grammar, be will remark.
'fYou need a shampoo very bad, SIR
lie calculated 70 Ill the person addressed
with a guilty sense of having been
reprehensibly negligent as to his ablu-
tons.
But not the least salient feature of the
barber's character is his cupidity. It's
this Characteristic which leads him
whenever he gets an opportunity OF in
dulging in the operation OF hair-cutting 10
cut and clip, ia spite OF all petitions to
the contrary. until nothing is lett 10 the
unfortunate customer but an unsightly
crop oil bfistnng stubble. Hair is
worth a good round sum per ounce, and
the ayariclOus barber falls upon the
source OF revenue before him with the
gluftonaus avidity Of political
heeiert precipitating himself upon 1.-THE
spoilsg
Long suffering victims Of the barber
viii profoundly, although perhaps
secretly. rejoice to learn that this cupidity
has been the means Of getting at least one
barber into serious trouble. The circum-
stances In the case in question are, il APP
pears, as follows: Mr.. Julius Pappenheim
Of Germantown Pa, received some days
ago an invitation TO attend a meeting OF
the Trnkundsauf Verein, a local or
ganiZatiOn, and participate in certain
ceremony described in the cards of invita-
ton as a "Salamander." Not feeling
fully competent to accurately and salts
factOrily explain to Mrs. Pappenheim
precisely what this "Salamander." or
German ceremony, might be, he simply
Informed her that be was going to attend
tan important meeting of the lodge" and
that be might possibly be little later
deari" He then started out, but on his
was stopped at the barber shop Of Mr..
NaseniRnger TO have his hair trimmed"
IS he euilelessly expressed it. Now, it
SO happens that Mr.. Pappenheim is--or
at the present time to be more accurate,
was-pOssessed OF hair remarkable for its
lusty and luxurious growth. Upon this
hair the barber's eve at once riveted itself
with glOating and greedy gaze. Sur
TeptitiOusly bracing himself with a deep
draught Of bay rum, he sat to work with
sheers and tongue, and few minutes
later the unsuspecting Mr.. Pappenheim
dropped asleep, his last family murmured
words. as he lapsed into unconsciousness,
" hen he awOke half an hour later he
started TO his feet pale and aghast. Only
q few bleak bristles marked the spot over
which flowing locks had but few brief
minutes before gracefully dropped. AS
for the treacherous barber, he simply
fixed his magnetic eve upon Mr.. Pappen-
helm. whetting his razor the while as If
it were broadax. Mr.. Pappenheim
just glanced once at the cleaning blade
and without a word departed trembling.
II was Just $3.50 o'clock that morning
when two members Of the Trinkundsauf
Vereln appeared in the street in which
Mr.. Pappenheim lived, supporting be-
Tween hem a limp and swaying figure.
Arr we'd before Mr.. Pappenheim's house
they rang the bell, and when the door was
opened by Mrs. Pappenheim, who had
s1H1ed herself with a rollingpin as a pro-
lection against possible burglars, as she
subsequently declared, they dropped the
saeklike figure into the hallway and
quickly and silently withdrew. The
figure wriggled itself into a half-sitting
posture against the well, and thickly
calculated the mystic words: "Noch
zschtoei Book"
With an exclamation OF horror Mrs.
Pappenheim reached out her hand to-
ward her drunken spouse's head. In
stead Of clutching the well-known locks,
however. her fingers only grasped the
empty air, and the back Of her hand was
Viciously scratched by sharp and pin-like
stubbles. With shrek OF bafiied rage
she forthwith raised the rolling pin and
applied it with a yigor and a vim that
fred the soul OF an Obseryant policeman
across the street with professional ad-
miratiOn and cumulative envy. Two
minutes later Mr.. Pappenheim, restored
with almost miraculous suddenness TO
s0briety, was fleeing up the street at a
slx-days' Ro-as-you-please pace.
Next day Mr.. Pappenheim consulted a
lawyer as to divorce on the ground OF
cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs.
Bappenhelm. however, solemnlv prO-
tested that she had mistaken Mr.. Pappen-
helm for burglar, or some other vicious
intruder, and that never had she FOR 4
moment surmised that that stubblv head
was that 0fJulius Pappenheim. The law.
yer Opined that somebody ought 70 be
sued under the circumstances. and suV-
gested the Trinkundsauf Verein. This
latter idea Y as, however, promptly
abandoned upon the discovery that the
Of pretzels and thirteen book beer barrels
all empty.
Suddenly a true view Of the case came
20 the man Of law like a fash. The bar
Der, Nasenfaenger, was, OF course, re-
sponsible for the mishaps which had Oc-
CURED. II was his mutllation OF Mr..
Pappenheim which had unQuestionAbl ,
led up 70 the injuries received by the lat
Ter, and he was consequently legally
liable. A suit for heavy damages has