The Dickinson press., 1889-03-30
A WUNAN'S BARBER SHOP.
WHERE BANGS ARE TRIMMED AND
TONGUES ARE FLEET.

1t Isn't So Awfully Different from IL Mans
Shop. Only tho Customers DO tho Talk
In: Instead of the tsarbcr-rhc Dimpled
Woman in Charge Explains.
Just around an up town Broadway corner
is n wo,nan's barber shop. with the wi>cst,
witticSt. mcrricst woman barber at the head
of it. with Il naughty di:nplc in one cheek. n
pair of keen, bright, laughing eyes, md a lot
OF soft brown hair twisted up in loops that
shine like gold in the sunlight Probably
there isn't n woman in the entire town that
knows so much of human nature, or has q
greater fund Of personal anecdotes and
"reminiscences of tue ladies whose names
Gil the columns of the society papers than
this merry philosopher, whose keen eyes
see every foibic and weakness, but
Whose lips keep their counsel well. When
the twenty-lifth customer come i'll and
rattles OH about the lovely hair she used to
have, 50 long that she could sit on it, and so
heavy that She couldn't pull u ce;nb through
it, only Il suspicion CULVER i'll the dirnple sus-
gets that possibly she has heard that story |
something lik. a million times before from rs
manv different women, and when a iusSy man
colllcSl III to superimtend his wilc's couture, su.,-
sc ting sundry changes in the arrangement i'll
VIZ tiNtN vi ~ H'AN' 'hoA AAt', SIAS
pu-s the brakes on the dimplc. and only after
tn door is closed behind them she remarks.
cii>ply. "lt that man expects ,nc To make Il
beauty of his vito he's got TO get q different
woman for mo to work Oh. No nse wasting
time OH her"
DIRT UNDER Tu~1RTY-DoLL.AR EoNSETS.
There is little similarity between this place
and Il mans barber shop, where men sit in n
cloud Of smoke as thick as n London mist
waiting for the welcome and familiar call of
Next or tilt back in n chair, staring at q
lot OF piseonholes full of cups while tho bar
Der grinds out threadharc jokes. Ladies
step out OF their carrlases and trip up tho
steps of Il brown stone house, where on u
silver door plate is inscribed the l!airdrcsaa's
name. and ring the bell. 4. pink and white
low voiced little maiden, in Il black Jersey
and lon, white apron, ol,ens the door and
us!iers them into a large, light parlor, wlicro
lii.: lay aside their wraps and follow her
into another room, lined with mirrors, car
peied with velvet and %cxquisitcly clean.
Other girls, in long white aprons and black
jerseys. are brushing the l~i,trous hair Of tho
women. who sit about ~lcisircly in tho Grim
son cushioned chairs.
why do women have So little hair nova.
days siS.is Il pretty woman OF 10, with
Q'lUtit one tIllF NllcIe Sue ouoilt 10 ulNS .UU.
.~'i5ecauSu they don't take care of it, an
swei's the ilairdlcsser, US the wo.:i.ns barber
is called. They never brush it at all, or
else they don't half do it. They dig away Mt
it with u linc tooth comb just because their
glanltnotilels did. and never wash it at all,
OF else twice Il year, wien lhcy clean house,
SCOTT it out with loraX and ammonia. Those
are the very worst Things i'll the world To Use
Oh t.e h;lr Then they curl it and friz it
with too hot irons, and brca.i il all oil and
never tri:u the ends, Wear round hats that
covcr it ail ti,. AMI never give it Il chance To
breathe, us you ialSht say. OF yet Il hit OF
tre,.I air OF sunshine, aud then wonder why
they 1un't have any lIair Nice ladies, too,
that are SO Iinlr;y they wouldn't think of
eating their breakfast without taking Il bath,
will carry arou!il Il years accumulation OF
dirt under their so boullc,s and feel
dressed up"
"ii"w olicn ought a lady 30 have her hair
a~ltetl1c,l to-
"Snc od.,it TO atseal to it herself every
nj. ait aal i%:solAla., "!iL u Gool sill brush,
unl t.:Hl 20 tn Il uaigLIcs,el' once q Elu.!th
Tor i; a.. Shampoo, Gld oncea ilo..ta l4c
h..r s.!u!li h.. Thoroughly rlri.lSed VITA Cas-
III soap AND mttlr Why. Ely regular Gus
tu..!ers have t.ieir OWE brushes hero. and
co.ns as often IL, on"ea vice.. Loo.;!' And.
ope.!in., IL cup!uai,l door, she exhibited rows
AID COWS vi heavy LIZ lis, b~rial2s, each
huri:i,, III the l.a.:ulr tlc l!aiile ul tao owner,
and eaNa accompanied by two smaller
brusleS iOr cleaning the scalp. "ao!.lc OF ell
are such iussers they won't even look i'll my
hand gia.s. goa see, and bring their own"
sL" Gidcl, pointing to the celiuloid mirrors
tied up with some ot the brushes.
ufI.,n -..t. ,m- "a ,.+ =. I,,, L., l.;, =.
nice order for Il years"
"Oh. not more than $50 or SO, but q great
many ladies cone in to have ;.lcir hair
know, and then they spend 800. or perhaps
more, in one year | charge fifty cents for
Clipping a bun, and 81 tor u shampoo"
~ VERY IvEL.Y PLACE.
a bright faced girl ca.no tripping in to
have her hair dressed preparatory to being
photographed. In Il twin!iliag u BIG white
aip.un +Tus tied around ter neck over tlo
direcloire dress, Of dull green, and Il heavy
mass of hair of Titian's color fell below, her
waist.
You don't mean to say that you want
that hair dressed just Us it isl
"Ccrtainly why note
ut isn't lit to dress, all dirt like that, ind
50 oily it sticks tosee Most any woman
vino had hair heavy and long like that would
know enough to appreciate it,"
"Oh, | Eate tho color of it SO, | never cared
to fuss with it. Red hair and white horses .
she said with a little grinace.
Eyes, but that hair is stylish, you know,
now. Why, it is considered the greatest
beauty in some countries" Gaa before tho
girl really had tlluc to object one of tho soft
voiced. soft handed assistants was %scrubbing
some kind OF Il lotion i'll u silver cup on to her
scalp with IL sharp little brush, and the next
she knew all tho mass OF hair was floating in
q marble bowl. with alternate streams Of hot
ard cold water playing upon it, all SO neatly
and ~saiiliuliy accomplished that not a drop
OF moisture soilcd tao pretty gown. And
taen leal::ag hack in Il rocking chair, while
the attendant tossed tho shining strolds
above Il heater, she chatted away TO her sis
ter in tao communicative strain y woman I'll
ways drifts into when her ha!rpils arc out.
Now. if tho expression i'll this picture viii
only be good. | never Lave any c:prcssio.
in a picture"
Tho busiest hours i'll t.o woiaaIis barber
shop or ~hairdressin:g csta.-slslc::c ar froG.
II until = C!d from a to L. Some of the ladic
rush in FROM a shopping expedition or OF
their way to AZ entertainment i'll q panic, L
have h:lf an hours wori donc il ten minutes
and others loaf about half the morning, Chat
ting anil luzuriatins III tho lansuid pleasure
of being fused over, just as they liaser NTH
Turkish baths. There arc old women an
young women and little children, womcl
with lowing trcsscs and ON the hairs g
whose heads could he easily numbered by til
poorest Kind Of u mathematician, oincn VII
went their hair bleaclcd to hide tho era
hair, Eal women who want it dyed, Some I
please their husbands and others who wouldn
have their husbands know it for the worl,
and TIE wcy they ell usel to have lovely hal
ard Tho interest they each manifest III the c,
anu curl Of their V particular bang, an
tho bright, STARTLING chatter Gnd rcparteo
the E.cna.cr lic!:e The wolEcu's barber she
u very lively kind OF a placc.-Ncw Yor
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ment has paid nore money in the invcstis
ton OF the diseases of hogs ta:n it has for {
the diseases affecting tho human roca