Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-04-12
SHAVING ON THE RAIL.
IT IS DONE ON THE LIMITED" AT
FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.

Men Who Submit to the Operation and
Are Not Afraid at the Modern Sword of
Observation-Disclosures of Nerve Will Shave
as Easily on a Train as in Shop.
Shaving at the rate of fifty miles an hour!
How would you like that, you man with the
beard? Yet it is what the BARRIERS on the
''limited" often do. It is, however, the bar
Der and yourself that are moving at that
speed, and not the razor. This 'rapid shave"
is within the reach Of any traveller between
Chicago and New York, and what is more,
the rules of the company prohibit the ton
serial artist from talking to his victim.
ga timid man or man with weak knees
should never apply for this position" said
Mr.. Chris Alderman, who is one of the old
est BARRIERS on the Pennsylvania limited
trains 1.-THE timid man will always be
afraid he will cut his customer on account of
the motion of the train, and then he is sure
to do it, and the weak kneed man will lose
his balance on curves. Either one Of these
men will slash a customers face in shaving,
or in hair cutting will make his head look
like a checker board. I made an arrange
ment once with barber on Cunarder to
exchange places with him for one trip, and
he took the run from New York to Philadel-
phia with me in order to get his hand in and
see how he liked it. The limited covers that
ground at the rate of about forty-six miles
an hour. My friend made one or two strokes
over the face of the customer who got into
the chair; then he grew pale and nervous,
and gasped out, For Heavens sake, take this
man off my hands, or I'll cut his throat
After that first experience he wanted no
more of it, and wouldn't make the exchange
agreed upon"
HOW STATESMEN STAND IT.
The ''limited" is the train that carries the
majority of the big politicians, doctors, law
yers, journalists, and other professional
people between New York and Chicago, and
many of these come under the BARRIERS hands
during the course of the journey. They are
mostly Travelled men, and DO not fear to have
a knight of the razor stand over them with a
cleaning blade as the train rushes through
the mountains and lurches around curves at
the speed of forty miles an hour. They have
been there before and know that it is safe
''On my last trip had among others Sena-
tor Cullom of this State He's a rather hard
man to shave Oh the train, too, for he only
has little piece cut out of his beard, and in
such place that it is impossible for the bar
Der to brace himself while using the razor
Senator Cullom is a jolly man, always joking,
and invariably wants to talk while he is be-
ing shaved. He always reminds me in looks
of Abraham Lincoln.
1.-THE Hon. D. NJ. Sabin, Of Minnesota, who
was nearly elected United States senator,
went east the other day and had his face
fixed up. He is lively sort of man, also,
and has pleasant word for everybody. SEN
L.. ,<lo,
and is particular that whatever he desires
shall be well done, but he is decidedly pleas
ant aboutit.
81 shaved John Wanamaker on his return
home from indianapolis. He got on our
train at Pittsburg. He's smooth faced, you |
know, but he wouldn't have much of beard |
If he should let it grow. Cut 'em close he |
said, and he talked all through the operation |
in the most genial manner. Col Bob Inger- |
soil is another man who always wants 3 Close
shave, and the barber who treats his cuticle |
effectively yet gently will find a dollar await
ing him at the end of the job.
A GOOD NATURED LOT.
''When Tom Platt returned to New York
from Indianapolis shaved him, and he was
looking as solemn as an owl Most Of the big
politicians, however, I find to be a good
natured lot. NJ. H. De Young, of San Fran
cisco, is a quiet man, but pleasant. Mr..
Estee appears to be bright, happy go lucky
individual who is well satisfied with the way
the world uses him.
"Just as we pulled in at the platform at
Altoona one day Congressman Mason came
in to get shaved, when his attention was
attracted by two men outside who were tell
ing each other in loud voice about their
own proves, apparently preliminary to
a fight This brought up Congressman
Billy's store Of anecdote, and he remarked
to a companion that their conversation re
minded him of the story of several Irishmen
who were disputing one day about the in
vincibility of their respective persons, when
one of them remarked: Faith, Pm brick
And, indade, Dim bricklayer,' said an
other, giving the first speaker a blow that
knocked him down. Mr.. Mason has lots of
surface to go over on his face, but he is SO
good natured that it is a pleasure to shave
him. Frank Lawler is also pleasant man
to handle. So is George R. Davis who was
on the train the other day. Senator Farwel
had his hair cut and took in the scenery at
the same time not long ago, and he appeared
to think more of the quality of the scenery
than the style in which his hair was trimmed
GAS said before, shaving a man on the
train is just as easy as shaving him in a shop,
provided the barber has confidence in him
self and is sure on his legs l never cut
man but once, and that was Mr.. George NJ
Pullman, and I have been on the road ever
since they have carried BARRIERS on trains
The men we have to be particularly careful
with are those who shave their upper lip, fol-
In shaving that portion Of the face we arr
obliged to raise the elbow, SO there is no rest
and the razor does not move with the motion
of the train unless the operator is exceedingly |
careful. On curves the balances maintained
by means Of the legs entirely, and they mus
keep the upper portion of the body in the |
same position as if the train were moving OF
a straight track. But that is easy enough |
when you get used to it''
Mr.. Alderman said he heard good deal OF |
interesting small talk by politicians and other.
who came to him to have their faces scraped |
while making a journey, but he could re |
member little Of it on the spur of the mo
ment. His business is a knowing" one, as hc |
runs back and forth between Chicago and |
New York continually at the rate of forty to
sixty miles an hour.-Chicago Tribune.
Properly Punished.
An old colored woman having heard that |