, 1889-02-23
A W0MAN'S BARBER SHOP.
WHERE BANGS ARE TRIMMED AND
TONGUES ARE FLEET.


Ing Instead of the Barber-The Dimpled
Woman In Charge Explains
Just around an up town Broadway corner
is a womnn's barber shop, with tho wisest,
wfttest, m~erriest woman barber at the head
of 1t, with a naughty dimple In one check, q
pair of keen, bright, laughing eyes, and a lot
of soft brown hair twisted up In loops that
shine like gold In tho sunlight Probably
there isn't "a woman In the entire town that
knows 50 much of human nature, or has a
greater fund of personal anecdotes and
"reminiscences of the ladies whose names
ell the columns of the society papers than
this merry philosopher, whose keen eyes
500 every foible and weakness, but
whose lips keep their counsel well. When
the twenty-afth customer comes In and
rattles on about the lovely hnir she used to
have, so long that she could sit on It, and 80
heavy TINT she couldn't pull a comb through
1t, only n suspicion CULVER In tho dimple sug-
gests that possibly SIC has heard that story
something like n million times before from as
many different women, and when a fussy man
comes in to superintend his wife's couture, sug-
costing sundry changes In the arrangement In
the hope of improving her faded charms, she
puts the brakes on the dimple, and only nfter
tho door Is closed behind them she remarks,
crisply; IF that man expects mo to make q
beauty of his wife he's got to get a different
woman for mo to work on No use wasting
time on herr
DIRT THIRTY-DoLLAR
There is little similarity between this place
and a mans barber shop, where men sit in n
cloud of smoke as thick Us Il London mist
waiting for the welcome and familiar call of
Next" or TIT back in a chair, staring at n
lot of pigeonholes full Of cups while tho bar
Der grinds out t~hreadbare jokes Ladies
step out Of their carriages and trip up the
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silver door plato is Inscribed the hnirdresser's
name, and ring the bell A pink and white
low voiced little maiden, In a black jersey
and long white apron, opens tho door and
ushers them into a large, light parlor, whero
they lay aside their wraps and follow her
into another room, lined with mirrors, car
peted with velvet and exquisitely Glenn.
Other girls, in long white aprons and black
jerseys, nro brushing the ~lustrous hair Of the
women, who sit about lcisurely In tho Grim
son cushioned chairs
Why do women have 30 little halr nowa-
dnysf' signs q pretty woman of 80, with
about one hair where she ought to have 200.
because they don't take caro- of it." an
swors tho hairdresser, as the womhn's barber
Is called They never brush It at all, or
elso they don't half do 1t. They dig away at
1t with a fno tooth comb Just because their
grandmothers did, and never wash 1t at all,
or else twice q year, when thoy clean house,
scour It out with borax and ammonia Those
are the very worst things in the world to use
on the hair. Then they curl IL and friz il
with too hot irons, and break 1t all of and
never trim tho ends, wear round hats TINT
cover 1t all up, and mover give 1t n chance to
breathe, as you might say, or get a bit Of
fresh air or sunshine, and then wonder why
they don't have any hair. Nice ladies, too,
that are so fnicky they wouldn't think Of
eating their breakfast without taking a bath,
will carry around n years accumulation of
dirt under their $50 bonnets and feel
dressed up"
"How often ought a lady to have her hair
attended tor
"She ought to attend to It herself every
night and morning with a good stiff brush,
and then go to q hnirdroSser once a month
for a dry shampoo, and once n month the
hair should be thoroughly cleanscd with Cas-
tile soap and water. Why, my regular GUS
toners have their own brushes here, md
come us often rs onco a week Lookl' And,
opening a cupboard door, she exhibited rows
and rows OF heavy English brushes, each
bearing on the handle the name of the owner,
and each accompanied by two smaller
brushes for cleaning tho scalp. "Some of 'em
are such fussers thoy won't even look In my
hand glass, you SEQ, and bring their own"
she added, pointing to tho ceIluloid mirrors
tied up with some of the brushes.
. How much does 1t cost to keep tho hair In
nice order for a yearT
''Oh, not moro than $50 or $40, but a great
many ladies come In to have their hair
dressed two or three times a week, you
know, and then they spend sl00, or perhaps
more, In one year. / charge fifty cents for
clipping a bang and 81 for a shampoo"
A VERY LIVELY LAC
A bright faced girl came tripping In to
have hdr hair dressed preparatory to being
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apron was tied around her neck over tho
directoiro dress Of dull green, and a heavy
mass of hair of Tftians color fell below her
waist
You don't moan to say that you want
that hair dressed just as It isf'
Certainly; why notf'
at isn't fit to dress, all dirt llko that, and
so oily it sticks together. Most any woman
who had hair heavy and long like that would
know enough to appreciate it."
"oh, l hate tho color of 1t so, l never cared
to fuss with it Red hair and white horses"
she said with a little grimace.
Yes, but that hair is stylish, you know,
now. Why, it Is considered tho greatest
beauty in some countries, " and before tho
girl really Ind time to object one of tho soft
voiced, soft handed assistants was scrubbing
some kind of q lotion In a silver cup on to her
scalp with q sharp little brush, and tho next
she knew all tho mass Of hair was floating In
a marble bowl, with alternate streams of hot
and cold water playing upon IT, all so neatly
and skillfully accomplished thnt not a drop
Of moisture soIled the pretty gown. And
then leaning back in n rocking chair, while
the attendant tossed tho shining strands
above II heater, she chatted away to her ss-
ter in tho communicative strain q woman al
ways drifts into when her hairpins are out.
Now, II the expression In this picture viii
only DO good. | never have any expression
in q picture"
Tho busiest hours in tho woman's barber
shop or hairdressing establishment are from
II until . and from 4 to q Some of the ladies
rush in from a shopping expedition or on
their way TO an entertainment In q panic, to
have half an hours work done In ten minutes,
and Others loaf about half the morning, chit
ting md luxuriating In the lnnguid pleasures
of being fused over, just as they linger in the
Turkish baths. There arc old women and
young women and little children, women
with flowing tresses and women the hairs of
whose heads could be easily numbered by the
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