Wichita eagle., 1889-05-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
An Interesting Chat with . Capital City
Barbor-Some Funny Incidents - Great
Men In the Chair-How They Behave.

An Interesting Chat with Capital City
Barber Some Funny Incidents - Great
Men In the Chair-How They Behave.
Especial Correspondence
Minister Perry Belmont has hard face
to shave" says one OF the best BARRIERS IN
this city. 81 ought to know, for shaved
him three times week for eleven dollars
month, for two years. He's very queer
man with lots of rough edges"
"Come, my good man, you are intelligent
and good talker; I'd like to hear about Mr..
Belmont"
He shattered big dash Of lather across
my mouth and commenced to rub it into
the skin, in fact clear through my inner
consciousness, as he said: PERRY Bel
mont haA turns. Sometimes he is as pleas
ant a gentleman as any man ever saw, and
again he is as notional as woman. He's
good pay, though, deed he is"
"But you haven't told me about shaving
him"
"Wen, always had to be there between
half-past seven and eight every morning.
You know he lived in that big house out on
Seventeenth and Rhode Island avenues. 1t
was long walk for me, but l was always
on time. Sometimes he wasn't there. but
l was paid by the month, because it took an
hour to GO there whether he was in or not.
The first time / ever called had hard
time shaving him, for sure. You see, he
had every floor in his house waxed and
polished SO that only them that was used
to it could stand on the slickery boards.
Well, he got on the chair and commenced
to shave him, when my feet commenced to
slip from under me. l told Mr.. Belmont
couldn't stand On his floor cause l wasn't
used to it. He said oughtnt to be such
ID fool, for any 'nigger' ought to have
sense enough to take rug and stand on 1t.
took rug, and that slipped from under
me, too; so took of my shoes and stood in
my socks while shaved him. When done
got through with him he was mad cause
had taken off my shoes in his house and
been Shawn him standin' that way But
just grinned and showed my teeth and told
him that was the only thing that saved him
from havin' his throat cut"
''Did Mr.. Belmont ever show any especial
temper to your
'We had q time of it one morning. He
had been to New York, and hadn't been
shaved for two days. You know he wears
laundried shirts and high collars. Well,
them collars had been rubbin' his neck, and
made it tender, but he didn't seem to rea
lie 1t. lathered him and rubbed the lather
in SO as to make his face soft. Then, when
put the razor on his face and made it go
slow and easy, he jumped and looked into
the glass and said that had broken his
skin. When / tried to explain that was
doing good work and had not broken the
skin, be told me to shut up my black mouth.
got mad and told HIM I wouldn't shut my
mouth for no man, and slapped his head
bo ,ha; -
that whisker off in the most artistic style,
for meant to do good job. think the
young man was scared, from the way he
acted. But, bless you, never thought of
harming him. At any rate, he said he
guessed I was all right, and smiled at me
as l fixed him up He's a very good
man, but, oh my, what temper he's got.
He amt the pleasantest man IN the world to
work for.''
WHO is the incest man you ever
shavedp
Sunset Cox. by big odds. I used to shave
him every morning for seventeen dollars per
month. He is the most Interchangeable, pleas
ant, always happy white man l ever saw
In my life. He never complained about any
thing and was always as nice as gentle
man could be. Even when he was sick and
ne. If he'd ever get poor I'd shave him the
rest of his life for nothing, because he's a
gentleman like, and I know he's a good
man. Whenever went into his room he
said good morning as if was white folks.
He used to tell me funny story while
was shaving him, and it seemed to make
the razor do its work better-it did, indeed.
Besides, whenever he talked to me learned
something. That little man knows all
about every thing. I've seen lots of smart
men and big men, but none of them ever
made me like them as much as Mr.. Sunset
Cox did"
"Are you shaving any public men now?"
''Not when Congress amt here, exceptin'
as they come in my shop here, when they
are in town. A good many of them know
me and like my style, SO they hunt me up.
used to shave Mr. Dick Townshend, and
he was nice gentleman. He's gone, now.
How those great men do die off, don't they4
There's Colonel Burnes, Of Missouri He's
gone, too. What great big-hearted man
he was. Nobody ever heard cross word
out Of him. He was gentleman, sure
enough. Then there is Mr.. Conkhng. He