Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
NYE AT TIE CAPITAL,
He olscouasES ON THE METHocS
or WARRINGTON CAREERS

His Narrowing Experience With . Safety
/ Eazor-An Interesting Conversation Hs
/ Overheard In the Tosssorisi Chair-Ths
| Heat and Hotcls of Washington
| When got OF the Pennsylvania train yes
I teriay | went 10 q barter shop before did
, anything else | have a thick. Venetian red
chlnchiIia teard. which grows very rapidly,
and which gives ire q funny appearances
every twensy-four hours. unless place nv
self frequently in the hands Of the barber
AT frst used 20 shave myself. bur cut my
self 10 pieces in such a ssckeninS rcaarcr,
t without seeming To impede tie growth Of Tia
I rich and foxy beard. thai until las suiurneS
gave up being my own barber, 81 thai
time ! was presented with q safety rEzo-,
/ which the manufacture said would no, cut
my face, because II was irapossiole FOR 10 10
cut anything except ths heard The
safety razor resembles IN appearance sew
/ eral other toilet articles, such as TIA
{ spoke shave. the road scra2e- tss can
( opener the lawn mower and the turbine
water wheel. but 1t does not look like razor.
Ii also looSs Ike a CARPET sweeper some, and
reminds me OF a monkey wrench Il is said
I that you can shave yourself GA a train II yea
viii use this instrument / tried il once lass
winter while gong west. In fact, took the
\ trip largely 70 see II oae could saaveca beard
the train safely with this razur ! asi no
F., special tronbie AT least / did not cut OF
Z any features that cared anything at.out. hus
was disappointed in the results and also in
the lengi h of time consumed IN cleaning the
razor after | got thruSgh, | Was shaving
myself only from For1y-seroad street 10 Al
bany, but j, TOOK rle from Albany 70 Omaha
to pull the razor apart and 70 dig out tho CO
aSlilated lather and so dear dead whiSkerS.
now employ a valet. whore naHie Is Parria
Mctiloria He irons ny trousers, shaves and
dresses me and mc~ys the avn.
did not fall into q very raudy barber
shop.
1t was plain structure. with beautiful
sarsaparilla pictures here and there on tbs
walls and faint odor of rancid pomatum
and overworked hair restorativcS
There were three chairs richly upholstered
In two ply carpeting of some infiammstory
! hue. with large vines and the kind Of flowers
which grow on carpets but nowhere else
have seen blossoms woven into ingram car
pets, varying in color from dead black To
the color OF hepatized lung but have
never seen one that reminded me Of anything
ever saw in nature The chair | sat in also
E
lions from the Washington monument
The barber who waited on me asked me II
wanted a shave great many BARRIERS
ask me this during the year. Sometimes they
do IL from habit and sometimes they do IL 70
brighten up my life and bring smile TO my
wan cheek As have no hair. the thinking
mind naturally and by a direct course of
reasoning arrives ut the conclusion that when
60 into barber shop ami climb into chair.
do so for the purpose OF getting shaved and
not with the idea OF having my fortune told
or my deposition taken Sull BARRIERS con-
tinue TO ask me this question and look ateach
other with i'll concealed mirth.
said yes would like shave unless hs
preferred to take my temperature or amuss
me by making death mask Of himself He
then began to strap a large razor with
double shuttle movement and to size me! up at
the same time be was a colored man, but
he had lived in Washington a long time and
knew q great deal more than he would IL bis
lot had fallen elsewhere. tie spoke with soms
feeling and fed ia. with about the most un-
palatable lather ! think l ever participated
In. He also did en- odd thing when he won't
for the second tiAle over my face. L never
have noticed the custom outside OF that shop.
Most BARRIERS, in making the second trip over
a customers face, mosten one side AZ a tifno
with n soonge or the damp hand as they 20
along, but in this case a large quantity u
lather WAS put In my ear, and as he needed
IL. he took out what he required from time 70
time. using his finger like paint brush aud
spreading on the lather as he vent along So
accurately has be learned 70 measure tho
quantity of lather which an ear viii hold
that when be got through with me and wons
away there was not over a Tablespoonful In
either ear and possibly not that much.
While / sat in the chair heard man, who
seemed to be In about the third chair from
me, saying that a certain bill numbered 40
and so had been referred 10 a certain corn
nittee and would undoubtedly be reported
favorsbiy IL 90. {. would In iis regular
order come up for discussion and reach vote
% and So was charmed with the mans
knowledge OF the condition OF affairs In both
houses and the exact status of ali threatened
legislation. becnuse ! always have % stop and
think a good while before can tell whether
a biii orr ginaces On the door OK the hoase 90
IN the rotunda
could no. sen this man, but judged that
be was a senator or serSeautat-arms he
talked for some time about the condition II
rational affairs, and finally sorns ons said
something about evolution I was perfectly
wrapped up in what be was saying, and r.
rlerrsbered distinctly how be referred 90
uert,ert Spencer's definition OF evolution az
a change from indefinite. sncoasreas homo
geneity TO definite. coherent beserogenssty
through continuous diferentiatlons and In
tegratiorA
When / aroae from my chair and looked
over that way 1 saw that the gentleman who
al.
sionaI legislation was colored hotel porter
Of Washington. who was getting shaved Ia
tho third chair. and the man who VIA dis
cusslny the merits of evolution vas Tia CO..
ored man who vss Shaving hin.
As spring warns Up tia air aboct Wash
iugton tho beating apparatus sbozs tie Capi-
toll building begins % relax Is ia,ers>t. ard
now yoa ean yix.s mig. any p-t n Tia
stately Pile vfthoa, icing srTamblcd tn yo<1
Own esobonposnt
| teiieve this unnatural beat 10 - the
cause Q; usnch FL bsal2h among cur law
makers, and I freely sdrnit thst tie tn
healthy surroundings O. Ws<eingson and tbs
great contrast bss~eea Tie ho. asr a tbs
eaps.oi and tho cosd cir o1.xsds hAys done
great deal towards ks~2tng r7s IL. Of the
ssna.e Ths night air * Wa<A4ngtos IL slso
fIl.d With malaria. aad Is much worns ;hsn
eay Right air hare ever used hefr-v-
arr staying a: tss - Sozsa. vsScs has
te-a rsosn.ly reaasd ssd rcszrn4<hst. las
eie-1ric beIaA, hath room. elevator sDd rsc1-
srsss rata I, u spian1sd hotsl les.s
shs rasns blank, and tbs proosrs@csr cao is-
ssr. tie nAnas Il a1y hc<ei Ia w.<haztoa
which he sasass TIA sboss glowing c4~cEsp-
too -ozld apply Dbl sys's W 1zeIzSsoe
Letter 70 ysw Yorx Word