St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-23
TOO MUCH STYLE.
The Old Man Enjoys Bair Cut and
Shave, but Draws the Line Very


Sharply at an Egg Shampoo.
Any one could see by the old mans
manner as he entered the elegantly APP
pointed city barber shop that he was a
little taken back by the splendor of the
place. He heSitated just inside. the. door
and glanced around in bewildered way
at the dazzling decorations, the mar
BILE floors, the rows of chairs and
mirrors and white-jacketed BARRIERS: and
when a porter took his valise and hat
and hustled them away to the other side
of the room his eyes followed them with
an anxious and startled gaze until he
saw that they were properly cared for.
Then he looked around and saw that
half a dozen BARRIERS had taken positions
by as many vacant chairs and stood
ready to tackle him. ~
"Where shall | set?'' he asked.
"Take any chair, SIR" said an attend
ant, land the old man gOtin the one nearest
him and settled back with solemn eX-
preston of cOuntenance, as though he
had begun to wonder what the thing
was going to cost.
"Shave or hair cut?" asked the barber
"Well, | did want BOTH" answered the
old man in voice which might indicate
that he was uncertain whether he still
wanted DOtn OF not.
"AlI right. sir. I'll cut your hair
first" and, adjusting his chair, the barber
tucked cloths around the old mans neck
and commenced operations.
How'll you have it cut, sir?'' he asked.
"Hey?"
How'll you have it cut this time??"
"HoW?''
eyes; want it short?'' -, =
"WuI, yes" answered the old man. as
though he thought it would have been Il
healthy idea to have it cut long. J.
"Neck shaved?' asked the barber,
after he had been clipping for while.
"Hey?' -4a..si... 81
xviii you have Your neck shaved2''
"Well, you'er gOin' ter shave my face.
amt yer? l amt particular either way
about my neck; shave it if yer wanter,
though"
"Straight down, l SUPPOSE"
''Oh, straight's yer can: / amt particp-
lar" 80 Il !.
Shampoo" asked the barber a mo-
ment later.
"Hey?"
evil you have head wash?"
"Wul, [ guess so; yes, wash tout"
"Standr' called the barber. and an
assistant went over and placed seat
and towels beside the marble basin and
then put couple of eggs on shelf in
front of the BARRIERS chair.
lizard billed eggs for lunch?' asked
the old man, who had begun to feel a
little more at home
NO." answered the barber; ''those
are raw eggs for the shampoo"
Does he eaten raw?"
"WhO?''
1.-The shampoo"
1.-THE geDtlemanly barber explained
that the eggs were for the headwash;
that they were very much better then
prepared stuff for that purpose made
the hair nice and soft, and had no bad
effect on the scalp. Then he took one
of the eggs. tapped it gently on the corner
of the shelf, picked little hole in the
end of it and began to pour out the con-
tents slowly OIL the old mans head,
Hold on therei Hold On!" eXclaim-
ed the old gentleman eXcitedly. sitting
up straight; Il guess this things gone
bout fur enough now. It's all RICHTER
be aSkin' me fool questions about
wether l want m heir cut shorter long
m Wether w22-..ss m neck shaved 'n' M
he:.TI washed. It's all right ter try an
| make fool of an old man on that way
eff yer waiter; but, by gosh! eff erthink
| yOu'er goin'ter send me ont O. her them
| hair all stuck up with aig-. How much
| do l owe yer?'' he asked. standing up
and trying to pull the cloths from
| around his ueck.
The proprietor of the shop labored
| long time to convince the old man that
they had not been making game OF him,
| but it was not until a goOd-natured
customer in one of the chairs ordered
an egg shampoo and allowed the egg TO
be poured into his hair that the old
| gentleman became satisfied. Then he
meekly climbed back into the chair and
| told the barber to go ahead.
The barber rubbed and rubbed and
worked up lather, led the old man
like lamb. over to basin, squirted
hot and cold water over his head and
into his ears, led him back to the chair,
shaved him, spatted him with wet
towels, moulded and kneaded his face,
dug out his ears, oiled his hair and
combed it barber style; and through it
all the old man never opened his mouth
or uttered sound; but when the boy
| had slapped him all over with whisk
broom, and he had paid his bill of
ninety cents and walked solemnly out,
it was apparent that he was doing a
heap OF thinking.