The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-08
BARRIERS IN EUROPE.

BARRIERS ~ EUROPE.
n cir ree.iuari,.ss SET Forth s.s he EAi
aestiss % The Rssjes.
French BARRIERS wrap the end OF
towel over the fingers ostheir leit hand,
and when il Is necessary Ia touch ths
face At all IL 10 the towel which comes
into coniac, With i, and not the bar
ber's hand. The main point about theii
work is the extraordinary s~wi!tn.sa
and dexierity with which they shave
In America . man usually recOuciles
himself TO be fifteen or twenty minutes
in the chair. and ave minutes Of IL Il
spent in lodging hair touics. bay rum
brilliantine. face lotions and powder.
The rrsach uss none Of these things.
They lashcr . mAn's face very slightly.
run IL over With . razor. sponge IL OF,
and then the man dries il himself with
. towel and leaves the shop i've or sil
minutes after he has entered H. Very
many Frenchmen shave twice q day II
they are going out in the evening. and
IL is the regular custom % step into q
BARRIERS on their way % dinner, and
get shaved after they have assumed
evening dress. There Is no pomaium
or cosmetic Of Any sort used. 81 that
the BARRIERS smell" i. a~grccab!y lack.
ing.
am quite aware that | am running
In - the face OF tradition Ia commend.
ing French barber. The tradition is
false. That briliian: sa,irisi aud
master OF groiesquc lampooning. Marx
Twain. has built up a reputation !or
the French barber which he will never
be- able 10 shake on. ~ far A. the b.
liefs Of Americans are concerned.
But the man Is maligned. nevertheless.
rs any old resident q! Pari, can testify.
Blu, Mark Twain's sarcasm on the
barber OF England is well bes,ow ed.
He has even undcrstated the case. A
distinguished American noyclis, whom
] met in London told me that he was
glad that he had cone To England for
two reasons. In the first place he had
learned To battle every morning. and
in the sccond he had acquired the art
Of shaving himself.
THE first Of these" he said. keeps
mo free from colds in the head. and by
the second escape the horrors Of the
barber shop. and particularly oi the
British barber"
II Is considered In England rather Q
common thing 10 90 10 a barber shop.
as all the tOfs are shaved By their
Wallets. and the men who initiate them
shave themselves. SO m not IA reveal
the fact that they have no personal
servants. The few BARRIERS thai exist.
however. make up in crime for this
paucity OF number. They are brutal
10 a point never attained even by the
most gnllus and SNOWY Southern negro
ton.orial artist. The familiarity Of u
London barber 10 almost AS bad ns his
brutality. He pulls his customers
around. jerks. scrapes. saws and tor
lures them. with endless enthusiasm.
have never been able to understand
Why any man adopts the calling Of a
barber in Germany. for the pay is alb
surdly small. l don't remember tho
exact figures. bu, know that |, never
failed To startlc me when reckoning
day anne. All owe Germany they give
credit with n degree Of iruthfulne-s
which the foreigner considers "a bcau,i-
f,l fribyto sn shn ,r,,.r.i k,..s. -
human nature. until he learns ~ tho
great striciness. power and almost ia
dc~fatigabl. work of the German police.
1t Is impossible for u debtor IA get
across the border. and hence the truth.
fitness.
The first barber ] ever had in the
German empire was the picture Of
Fritz Listz. the pianist. except tina ho
was o gray. He charged about
twenty cents n week for coming Ia nv
hotel and shaving me every morning.
and 10 was two weeks before I got over
being abashcd in his presence. He had
n huge shock Of blonde hair. which
was combcd back from a noble for~-
head and cut OF square acro-. the neck
after the fashion Of Able Lis;z. and no
invariably wore a irock coat. bu;,oned
we'll around his small waist. A flower
blOOmed in his buttonbolc. and no
came with his la,hcr all prepared in .
little water-iigh; box. He usually
hummed an operate aria As he shaved
me. and IL was q long time tefor. I
could summon up sufficient courage to
interrupt him for the purpose Of prar-
,icing queer German upon him before
-Blakely Hall.