Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
NCW IDEAS IN SHAVING.
Tbs d. -',hts cf Being shaved by n Lrn
Handed Barber ar "A Team"

sigl.s for more excitement should not
give up entirely until hc has been
shaved by lcft handed barber. This
experience may not be entirely now, for
most men have been shaved in some
way, but while the tonSorial art is
ancient the left handed application Of
il is a novelty.
There may I've left handed BARRIERS in
New York. for rhi. big towa has every
thing that is worth having; but | have
never cnruUntr,el one here. and | have
met but two clS9wlsre-onc in Salida,
Colo. and the other in ST. Augustine,
Tia. Both were excellent BARRIERS. 4
man who has never been shaved by "A
left handed barber and has never heard
! Of one i Interested on the first occasion
when he sees him strup bis razor. lie
thinks thar this is only Il momentary
variation iur novclfy's sake of the fa-
miliar rhythmic stropping, and when
he secs il continued lie expects every
moment 10 SEQ the razor nick the strop;
but it doesn't 10 il.
When IhcarriSt turns and approaches
with the razor still in his left hand the
man in the chair doesn't know what
not 10 expect. but when tltr first touch
gives assurance of a practiced hand he
realizes what it means and asks in mod
flied surprise, Are you left handedf"
The artist say. Yes, sir, AMI proceeds
to shave him neatly and comfortably.
but in the rcvere" order, beginning
where the right handed man would
| leave of and finishing where he would
begin. The left handed shave is
throughout ]sras1nal with the sense Of
something new. AMI it is an experience
that makes the Ilan in the chair feel
somehow when lo eats through that he
has taken part ia II joint achievement.
OF course The ma ia ararch of nov
city has been shaved on steamships
and steamboats,. and un the cars. per
haps. but If he hasn't been let him take
either of the great limited trains be-
tween New York and Chicago and try
that. On il me travels extensively he
may in some small town be shaved by
a woman, not in a ladies barber shop
like those that occasionally flourish for
a time in the larger cities. but in a quiet
and comfortable little shop and by the
BARRIERS wife, who. her husband being
away, shaves the customer in a neat
and business like manner II he has
never had a team shave then indeed
has the man of leisure something worth
living for.
IL seemed like a piece of luck to find
a vacant chair in a barber shop In a
booming California town. The outfit
of the shop was not costly, but it was
sufficient, and the two BARRIERS were
cheerful ana active. The barber lath-
cred my face and rubbed it gently. He
put on more lather, until ] wondered
why lie didn't 20 ahead and shave Inc.
The customer in the next chair had a
wiry beard, and it took a long time ia
shave him. Meanwhile my barber
painted my face up and down and
crosswise and in diamonds and circles.
and rubbed il in again
While this was going on three more
customers came in. When the other
barber had finished shavingthe man in
his chair he moved without a word TO
my chair, without dampening and dry
ing the first customers face or combing
his hair, and at once began shaving
me. Then it was clear why the lather-
ing had been prolonged. II was team
work. 1t wouldn't look businesslike to
lather "A man AMI then make him wait
to be shaved, and so the latheriug was
kept up until the other barber was
ready. While the shaving partner was
stepping to my chair the painting mem
Der Of the firm was crossing TO the other,
and dropping the brush and taking a
bowl and the bay rum bottle, he pro-
ceeded TO complete the work on the
first customer. will you please sit
up. sir" and he dressed his hair, max
ing good tine. for he knew NY beard
was light AMI that the Shawn. barber
would get through with me quickly.
Before til. barber had finished shay
ing me the painter had finished dress
ing the first mans hair and had got an
other man in his chair and had his face
nicely lathcrcd ready for tie shaving
barber Ia BEGIN work un. Then they
changed places with no porreptible loss
Of time. and when heard the bay rum
gurgling over my head ! knew that the
bottle was in the heads Of the painter.
why do you SOrN ia this wayf' /
asked.
When We came to tits town. was
the reply, 1--WE thought there was room
for another barber shop. | couldn't
shave, but ! could do anything else,
md so my partner does the shaving
and ! do the rest"
Thus they worked all day long, sur
prising many, pleasing all and making
money.-New York Sun.