The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-27
IRVING'S BARBER
TELLS WHAT He PROCESSES 10
KNOW ABOUT THE NOTED ACTOR.
The Curse Scene i'm "Hicheiien' in imita-
ton of Booth--A Very Funny EH-
presslon-Painting the Town
Red -Handwriting.


Tired y. MusSey in Commercial Gazette
As sat a day or two since in a chair in
the barber shop of the Grand Pacific hotel in
Chicag,, the particular barber who was pay
ing attention 10 Rly casa gave me an enter
tainment that was exceedingly enjoyable.
He is the man that does Henry IrVing's
shaving, AMI is duly proud of the fact. lie
has but one eye and Iimber tongue, but he
can turn the torture Of a shave into pleas
dre, so sharp are his razors 50 gentle htS
touch Said he: I've just come down fro II
shaving Irving, and | worked him for two
raZors One of 'em has a mate 10 1t, and !
NUT work him for that. lie has more
fifty OF 'em. tell you, lie is a daisy said
the cvclopean tonSorial artist, as he rounded
I'D the port side OF my chin, and began
dredging under the lee of my mUstache,
while be gently elevated tie point of my
nasal protuberance with the thumb aul fore
finger of his left hand
Yes, tsll you he is daisy, ani am just
as familiar with him as though I'd known
him forty years lie just talks with me ana
somehow he seems to try to keep me talk
ing
initiated Irving and tried to do the same
thing, AMI under my questioning, my single
ogled capillary reaper informed NE that Mr.
irving will drink no American liquors and
he is great gormandizer of fruit. He keeps
a big basket on his table of pears and apples,
ORANGES bananas prunas atc and i bolf
the time eating some of them. "He drinks
brandy says the barber, "tnd while | was
shaving him one day, a case of brandy and
a doZen boxes of cigars were brought in
which had inst coma from FprIanl 'rbara
amt = lit of staycb In hin, and
we Talk toretber inst like OH c,,onics VII,
I'll tell Won what he did He gave ma an
imitation of Booth ope aav rirbt in the mid
die of \ sbaya Nynat i,va tbiDL of tbota
Tbere wasn't nobodv thara lint ,,a and thn
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it,
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gave vou.n 7 askAI
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cro ,,,,,cb n tha theatre
.sIvas II so,natbino Iito +bis said 7.
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said. oh yes Barrett is n fin, a,5or--n,,t
| Booth. of course He is not an actor Of the
! first rank. nor even of the second. but he is A
| fine gentleman and NV warm friend
Me and Irving had talk the other dav.m
tae barber continued. There was lns of
English cattle cauupi in the house, ami
told Irving about EN- that they was Eng
lish cattle men. and were coming to sss him
! at night
! .Cattle m N said no. what is q cattle
MANI That is 4 f,,ay expres,j,,, a YER,
| funny exnressiop
Al fold him they vera Epolishm,n hardin,
| cattle in Texas. and be said. oh. that i
what Won mean by A cattle man. I didn't
know but it was something half man and
half COW. Won know. ard NJ. Irving laughed
50 he nearly fell out Of the chair. Then he
said the Earlishmen of that cla.s ar, an. "a
| drink and get very raIe
| ".Yes' say, if,sey are red-hot roo,ters
and after the play Is over they'll lust nIore'a
! paintthe town red
| @sHVbat will they dr. saws ETr I-vipr
rolling up his big eyes. Paint the town red!
Why should they do that Rel is baastly
color, | don't understand about painting the