Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-25
THE BARRIERS POLE.
A CRAFT WHICH REQUIRES SKILL,
COURTESY AND INTELLIGENCE.

Tho Barber a. Practical PhiIanthro-
pist and Apostle Of CIeanIiness-Sous
But the shaved Can Woo tho Fair.
Curling and Dycing.
1t uSel to h" tn" fashion 10 laugh at bar
hers, h,paus,. the harhcr'S shop was the center
of the village gossip. The BARRIER heard every
hriy's business and impaired it tn everybody
else, or got the reputation of doing 50. For
my part regard the barber Us "A practical
philanthropi~t and view his calling with re
Spst. When the head is frvcriSh and aching
after a sl"rh~- night, he can relieve the dull
u'~S Of tn" brain and spirits hv ShampoOing
h!rh has HlwnvS hrn a part Of his prufts
sion, and charm away the headnrhc by skill
ful and g'ntl" manipulation with tonir or
hay rum Tn" man who sat down in the bar
lnrs chair N-dy and frvrrish gets out II it
refreshed ami ready, like an ambrnSial re
cyuit, with an eye like Mars and the front Of
lnve himself for the business or pleasure Of
the hour.
INSHNVED AND SLOVENLY.
Mono hut the shaved can WOO the fair az
roptahlv. Uukrupt and ragged hair and
short, hriStly b.arI are distasteful to the
sight of woman. and avert her SymIathies
They lower the sentiment Of respect and
esteem. moreover, in our fellow-m"n. There
is Perhaps no more humiiatng remark
which one man can make 10 another than
Hadn't you better get ,havcdr 1t sequiva-
lent to limiting that one has not washed. The
greatest rrpruaCh that can adhere to genius il
that it Cu.~ unShaved and Slovenly. When
poor Hartley Culcriige obtained an Oxford
fellowship he was welcomed and admired for
his brilliant talents by all his associates until
he disguised them by appearing often at tho
communion table with uncumbed hair and a
weeks StuhhIc on his chin 81 is it, as Homer
said in the HAD, that death or life stands ON
a raznr~ ",iEe
|; l. tn" bari"r'' rather than natures touch
that makes the whole world kin. Shaving
was sometimes the emblem Of mourning
among the aucIrutS; ut other times the meg
Ist uf it was a sign Of grief. PlutarCh tells
IL, in his lives that when the MnCrdonianS in
vaded Greece it was found that the soldiers
long haris gave Il fine purchase to the enemy,
and hence, perhaps. the clean shave" which
aftvrwarl lsranl" the fashion at Athens
-. Paul shaved hi, head ut Ccnchrea, for he
hal n vow"
In oriental countries. as in China. the shay
ing of tn" whole or part OF the head is the
function Of the harler: but in C1riStendom
the, first har.lp.rs wcrr. the. monks In recent
wears the bcrIrr,-v-tbn-e Of the EpiSopal de-
nomination rurti,.uIlrly-S.en TO have aior,t-
Ell eastern rather than western IDEAS aS to the
dcrorum Of heard in clrrEymcn Quite
number Of the ENGLISH. American and Cana
dian Epis,uI3l CLERGY wear bear,ls In Eng
land. uu to thirty wears ago, a clergyman
with biz beard, unless he were a missionary
in foreign countries. would have been stared
at in the streets, and till more in the pulpit
Rrt. about that time n late hishop of ROchcs-
ter, DR.. Wigram. very fooliShly delivered a
charge TO his clergy against the wearing Of
boards The result. of course, was the con
trary Of what the bishop intended. Every
curate bcgam cutivuting his heard, if only to
show his Independence of episcopal imper-
tinencr
HUMANITY AND CLEANLINESS.
The BARRIERS pole is a sign Of humanity and
cleanliness, quite rs hopeful as the Spire of
orthodoxy. To succeed rs a barber requires
Intirnr' courtesy AMI g""l t"Inpcr as well as
skill Sometimes, lik" a fisherman, the barber
wl.l wait for hours without business Then,
when he wants u get his dinner or is short nf
hands, there will he n rush Of t0uSnrial Candi-
dates, all Of them in hurry. II takes from
seven 10 ten Shaves to make a dollar, accord
ing a. the charge is ten or fifteen cents. 1t is
no wonder, therefore, that the barber has to
b" an ",'"unni-t, ch"nse growing or eStab-