Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-29
THE BARRIERS NEW BOY.
q Few Words of Advice to Him
and to Older People.

"OAoS VI AOVlC0 TO Hin
and to Older People.
'Got new boy in the shop thi
week. He's going to learn the trade
Teaching boys tho trade is specialt,
OF mine, Ike it, and. though th,
boys arc no. SO well pleased, | hay,
noticed that they become good work
men and good citizens. When a nev
ooy comes into the shop he is usual,
duil-witted, slow of thought and action
Ia most shops he grows duller or il
spoiled. The treatment that he re
ceives either makes him a tough OF
draws all the temper out of him, ant
makes good edge impossible. Ifyor
have dull razor YOU take the beat chr,
OF 1t. You nourish its edge and are
tender with its temper at the same time
mat you are spelling the boy, who
ought to nc worth dozen razors. The
man who Is responsible for the work.
mar ship or character of growing bow
p.s ;ghty big responsibility on his
hands, let me tell you. And not one
man in dozen is fit for any such
charge, either. l always begin with
my boys by giving them good advice in
small doses and good example all the
While. This reverses the medicine rs
usually given, and l have seen men
who ladled out advice by the quart
bottle, with never a spoonful of the
other.
Jimmy says to my new boy the
flrst day he came into the shop, Jim
my says L. you are going to be bar
Der. 1t is noble trade, since it makes
zen fairer and cleaner, increases their
self-esteem, and assists them in being
gentle and refined. Don't be ashamed
Of YOU trade, Jimmy, because you have
to serve other men. Every man is
somebody clse's servant. Please your
master and yourself by pleasing Others.
Don think that men will not discover
your fault if you slight your work.
Nine men out of ten carry a pocket
mirror. and they use it frequently, es-
peclally after visiting the barber And
wnlle you are increasing the self es-
TEEN of Others, don't forget yourself.
Great men are always pleased with
themselves. Be proud enough to take
Your own judgment on yourself, and
not the worlds. To yourself you are
the world, while to the world you are
little speck. Be modest, especially
as to trivialities and with trivial
people. But don't be modest all the
time-chronic modesty is worse than
the liver complaint for shriveling
a man up so that nobody can see him
BE sure you know your rights in this
world. and, knowing them, don't be
afraid sometimes to give them up. If
tough wants the whole of the side
walk pass him on the inside. with your
shoulder thrown well forward and your
legs well under you; but gentlemen do
not sit in horse cars where ladies, lame
or elderly people are standing. even if
they have paid five cents for the right
If man accidentally iostles you on the
street do not frown. If you smile he
may apologize or follow you into the
shop for a shave. Always give a lady
room to pass, especially if she carries
Ah oAhOiShst~ ~ uoI LII Vic uOSc OI
the horse which trots upon the eros sing
and nearly knocks you down. The
drivers nose is the thing to hit Don't
waste your pity on a homely woman,
as the chances are she needs no SYM
patty. If well dressed she is happy,
and if not well dressed she is strong
minded. If you make remarks about
passing people be sure you do not call
q woman a hustler. A man will feel
tiattered by the term. You may call
him a sly dog. and he will buy YOU
cigar, but if you tell him he is little
puppy he will want,to kill you.
"'And jimmy Invent on, you must
be observing at your work. A perfect
barber is diplomat a companion, a
workman, an actor and a gentleman.
Keep your razors sharp rather than
your tongue. Remember that speech
is a silver dollar, while silence is old
greenbacks. Make friends with all
men, but watch your razors as they
pass out Give advice only to custom
ers whom you do not want to see again.
In talking as well as in shaving be
careful not to rip up old sores. Don't
cuohC Sot Iuc WlOuS way uulcSS you
do it with your foot Don't let the man
who has many friends get in your debt
for more than three shaves. Never
convince a good customer that he is
mistaken about anything. Learn the
value of kindliness and self-deniaL
One day good young gentleman who
was next kindly kept his seat and per-
mitted an old man to take his turn.
The BARRIERS foot slipped and cut the
old gentleman's lip into. Cape Cod.
BE cautious, too. Ask man ten times
how he wants his hal: trimmed-yon
can cat it but once. If you would be
brilliant conversationalist and &C
quire reputation as wit learn
to listen constantly and laugh
in the right place. Never unde-
ceive a customer when he thinks
he had said good thing. You can
afford to laugh heartily at an old joke.
Laughter is cheap medicine, and in
some kinds of business it draws like
mustard plaster or an advertisement
10 him who is aching to tell all he