Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-14
DANGERS Or THE eAReeR-sHop.
Psrils 81 Having the Hair Cut-Nes
rulgia, sore Threat and PneumoniH.

Psrils sf Having the Hair Cut-Nes-
ralgia, Sore Thrcat and Pneumoni..
| "How many prescriptions for sore
throats do you suppose I've written in the
last week. asked q Detroit doctor the
other day.
sOh. perhaps dozen"
"Nearly thirty, sir And what do you
think the cause in every case wasy"
Change Of weather, Of course"
Change Of nothing! There were two
cases where the patients slept with open
windows and got cold, but in all the rest
the ailment could be traced directly to the
barber
what did the barber dor
@Cut their hair I tell you the average
barber is more dangerous foe to hu-
manity than cholera and small pox.
While they can be guarded against or
stamped out, he lives on. year after year"
~Is it dangerous to get the hair cut,"
-Outside Of the three summer months 1t
fs. Take raw day like this and forty
nine out Of every fifty men who get into a
BARRIERS chair to have their hair trimmed
will have a cold or sore throat before to-
morrow night. I would rsther take a
walk for two hours without my overcoat
than to have two ounces of hair shipped
Of my head"
But II people want their hair cut how
is the barber TO blame.'
HE Is all to blame No one should have
his hair cut more than twice year-May
and September-and IL should he done
only on a warm day.
Take IL in the case Of young men and
boys continued the doctor. "A word
from the barber Is sufficient to make
them submit to . haircut or shampoo.
Those who don't hear from the hair cut
ting may certainly expect to from the
shampoo You walk out Of the shop into
the cold air, and within twenty four hurs
you can look for neuralgia, toothache,
earache, or sore throat
Would you advise law on the sub
ject'"
I'VE couldn't make law to cover the
case. What I'D advise is for the people to
investigate the matter and exercise judg-
ment and common sense II is just as
Dad to rob your head as your feet. You
wouldn't dare to take your socks of ON
day like this, and yet the BARRIERS of De-
troit will cut the hair from 800 men and
boys. The risk is even greater than in
pulling of an undershirt People should
understand this I have seen a dozen
cases pneumonia brought on by haircut
ting on cold day. 1t is responsible for
much of the asthma, and perhaps for
some of the consumption
"How about shaving. doctOr,r
ut is dangerous habit You can trace
nearly every case of tOothache and facial
in man to the habit of shay
ing. II all men protected their throats by
chin whiskers, and the nerves Of the face
by liberal growth, you wouldn't hear Of
half the present ailments When was
boy l never heard Of case Of neuralgia in
the facial nerves. In these days it is as
as cases Of the ague. Men used
to wear boards. The fashion of to-day is
meant 10 encourage ailments. Shaving
opens the pores of the face and invites
to step in and twitch the
nerves. Detroit Free Press
Famous Picture LA Kixe."
The engraver Bracquemond has fin
ished . magnificent etching after Meis~
sonier's famous picture La Rixe." which !
figures In the gallery of her Brit |
tanic majesty at Windsor. The etch- |
ing is rs fine q work as BracQuemond |
has ever produced, which is saying not . |
little to those who are familiar with his |
eaux fOrtes. As a commercial specula- |
ton the plate promises to be very profita-
BILE to the three parties engaged. namely, |
Georges Petit, the publisher, Meissonier,
the artist, and Bracquemond, the en-
graver.
Meissonier has with his own hand |
etched what is called ~remarque" on
the margin Of the plate. This remark is |
his own portrait on horseback about
three inches high. very delicately worked
with the dry point. One hundred copies Of
The plate with this precious remark will be |
taken and each proof sold at Sa00 These
hundred choice proofs are already all sub
'cribed for, and many of them are going
10 America. Thus the enterprise starts
with ~ 900 returus at once The next lot
of proofs will be without the remark,
which will be defaced after the first 100
have been pulled. There win be artists
proofs ar1 proofs before the letter, and
70 on, until we arrive at the ordinary
proofs, which will be sold for at least SIS
ZACH. The etching of la Rixe" will prob
IDLY be one Of the best Investments ever
made in engraving copyright.-Paris Cor.
New York Sun.