The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-14

l I1aD6 do hCdI W GuCu q G6CIGO GQ1ACo
aud in the midst of as holy city. But
Jews were practicing great wick
edness. and their captivity IN
der Babylonish rule as predicted
by Isaiah in the fguratiye language
| quoted above, was near at hand. Let
us hope the figure ceases here, and that
the power of modern Babylon will not
be able to perfect the illustration by
an absolute repetition OF history.
In more modern times, several cen
| turtles only before our day, the art of
barbering mad reached the dignity of
surgery as we'll as shaving, and TO be
perfect in his profession, barber mad
| to become a phlebotomlst. In fact, in
the days when bleeding was considered
| essential 20 the recovery of patient,
bar oers were the surgeons who per-
formed the operation. They were
| called barber surgeons, and were incor-
| porated with surgeons in their project
| i've guilds.
The BARRIERS pole, which is still used
as the sign of the art, was originally
designed as representation of q band
aged imb-the red stripe indicating
ribbonI or strip o. linen wound in spi-
raj form around the arm, and saturated
with blood of the patient. The addi-
| ton of blue stripe in some instances
is more recent idea, and either indi-
Gates a patriotic love for the tricolor
combination on the part of the propri-
etor, or taste of variegated painting
in the breast of the artist. In the
seventeenth century BARRIERS were az
pointed like physicians and surgeons
for service in hospitals. In providing
for such an official for certain insti :
tuition at that time, the rule was made
to read: There shall be barber, who
shall cut and pole the hair of all
scholars, and look to the cure of all
who may have any Feed Of his art. " The
last provision seems to imply great
confidence in the ability of the barber.
1t almost infers an imperative cure for
the patients of the institution. A ply
stefan is generally required to pre-
scribe with care. a surgeon to operate
with skill, but here is command to
see to the cure OF those who have need
of the BARRIERS art. Such a provision
in the medical practice OF the present
age would be quite benefit to
society. 1t would effectually settle |
the diploma question, with which our
Solons have Struggled for several ses-
sions of the leg stature, and which has |
always gone over because our non
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will persist in cur
ing people and letting the public know |
it. IF doctor cures a patient what
more can he do?" they say, and it is |
not bad logic. The benefit is in no Way |
i Increased by en- official parchment, and |
of what use would the learned docu-
ment be to the doctor or the family if |
the patient unfortunately lay dead be
fore themY To compel the physician |
10 look to the cure" of his patients is
certainly OF more service to a sickly
community, than to assure the be-
reaved by an official writing that their
attendant was able to produce
a cure after failing to do so. However,
this was the requirement in regard to
BARRIERS in these days, and it was not
until some time afterwards that the du-
ties OF surgeons were separated from
those of BARRIERS as now performed by
the latter. Many will testify, however,
that BARRIERS cling to their old profess
sion as tenaciously as they do to their
insignia of the surgical art. In fact,
seems to come more handy to
some of them than barbering. When
people are habituated to certain prac-
tees it is hard to forseke them, so when
a barber hicks your cuticle with his
razor, don't swear at him, but remem-
Der how recently his profession de-
this of him Officially; and be
his shop carrying a fac-simile of his
left arm. And it is evident
that if some BARRIERS held such priyi-
Il ges now, you would be lucky to have
anything lett with which their razors'
could come in contact.
1t may be interesting to our readers
to mention how the business of barber
thing of It's present condition. In 1851,
four years after the arrival and settle
ment of the pioneers, William Henne-
fer, now a barber on Second South
Street. opened shop in the basement
Of a building on site now occupied by
the Thirteenth Ward Co op. At that
time City Creek went ru hing past the
front of the premises in its natural
ten feet wide, aud narrow
loot bridge furnished a means for
customers to cross it when they wanted ;
Mr. Hennefer's services. He moved
twice in the vicinity and finally into the
Stuart building; but his place of bust
ness was the only barber shop in the
city for two years, during which Jew
and Gentle, Mormon and Monaghan, if [
any there were. who needed a shave or i
1 shampoo, congregated IN his primi-
tive retreat, and discussed their re- {
,pective tenets while they enjoyed the
-onsorial treatment accorded them.
Prices were the same as now for shay
ng, and hair-cutting was 10 cents
cheaper. Most people paid cash, except !
Inc Tithing hands who paid Church
orders as now. Some steady customers
paid monthly or at longer periods in
produce.
1t is presumed that Mr.. Hennefer's |
in this particular was some '
hing similar to that of ARENAS Ward s
offers of curious kinds were made by
customers in regard to the variety of
Day. And doubtless he was as liberal
IS the genial-hearted Snowman, who
ook anything from squash to q
sucking pig, providing he could only
,at it. 1t is said that in those trying t
lines, when young fellow went 10 /
party, he took his girl ON one arm, and 6
pumpkin under the other, and if the /
produce came to more than the ticket, 6
le got his change IN little squashes, or t
perhaps in cuoumbers, which his part
Ter could take home to her mother. In