The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-03
WAYS OF THE BARRIERS.
Some Things About Them That People
Know and Don't Know.

Know and Don't Know.
| Shampoo to-daym
"How you have your hair cutf
use oilg'
'Wish a close shaver
Wax on your mustache|
These and similar expressions have become
| as familiar to most men as the commonest
| household words
The festive knight of the razor is an in
dispensable individual, and hundreds Of big
men would be as helpless as babes as far as
shaving went If there were suddenly no
BARRIERS. They are as much accustomed to
their chair in the barber shop as they are to
their own particular chair at the dinner
table, and depriving them Of the one works
as much inconvenience and worry to them
as taking from them the other.
The barber is an important being, and
the qualifications he must possess in order
to make him worthy Of his calling are
many. An old timer said yesterday that
barber must have good nerves, and one
who drinks or smokes can never hope to be
a first-class man. He must be well dis
posed, not easy to anger, and, above all,
not excitable. Said he: BARRIERS get more
laying out than any other class of men.
They must expect 1t when they go into the
business, and they must not squeal. Peo-
pie regard them as machines and expect
them to keep their tongues in their mouths.
Some BARRIERS get 'ruffied up when their
customers abuse them, and break down
their business at once. After all, though,
if man Is good hand on razor, he may
count safely on being tided over all the
little breaks. An ill-kept pulling blade
brings war on the BARRIERS head
The BARRIERS of Savannah are unlike those
Of most other cities in the state. They are
not drummers. They do not stand on the
street and invite people into their shops A
Broughton street barber explained as a
reason for this that all the shops here pay
their BARRIERS salaries. Formerly they we're
allowed a commission, and sometimes they
got one-haf of what work they did. Then
they tormented everybody that passed, by
reminding them that their hair was long'or
that their beard needed cropping.
1t is not so now. They are paid % and 50
per week, and drumming" is not included
in the bargain.
The change was brought about by an in
crease in subscribers. Tickets came into
use and the shaving public invested in a
weeks supply every Monday morning. The
BARRIERS could not keep up with the tickets,
and the plan of every man keeping books
was discontinued and salaried men stepped
in.
sit is a good plan" said a wel-informed
barber yesterday. There is no longer the
annoyance around the shop that there once
was A customer may enter and take any
chair he wishes and get a shave in some
peace of mind. There is no longer that
grabbing" and slick talk TO draw a Gus
toner to a certain chair He said that
there are but few Savannahians 40 shave
regularly that do not purchase tickets.
They have about all adopted the plan, and
there are more regular monthly customers
here than in any other city, with the same
shaving population, in the south.
Savannah has good BARRIERS. They are as
rule sober, industrious and intelligent
men. They come from all parts of the
country, but the majority of them are
Savannah men. Winter brings a good
many northern BARRIERS to the south,
especially to Florida, but they return when
the trees begin to bud. There are also what
are called tramp BARRIERS. They travel
from place to place getting odd jobs, making
prospective tours through the country.
They reach Savannah usually in the winter
Thew are generallyfwell informed men and
the Savannah BARRIERS learn a good deal from
them. Last season tony" shop held two
tramps They worked opposite chairs, and
the way they managed to excel each other
was interesting, and the proprietor realized
more during their stay of two weeks than
he had for the whole month previous. One
of the tramps was creole, and the other
was an ebony-hued son of Africa. Ones
home was in Maine, and the others in the
like wildcats. Tramps always take the
wages offered, and never ask for more.
They rarely ever pay board bills.
There are about $50 BARRIERS in Savan-
nah, and a good many of them are we'll
TODD.