The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25

almost impossible 60 buy de Ike Oh at any
price. Den. very likely, he wants ter buy
it of me, an l sell it to him for tree or TO-
times what it's wuff. OATS business, dat
is. You see, barber knows how to nut al
edge on a razzer better'n any ordinary
pusson. But was goin' 70 say dat when
You go to buy a razzer III a shop It's
all gamble. When razzer is made de
tempering OBJ it is done on guess No mat
ter how much you pay you can t be sure of
what you're gettin'. A 90-cent blade is
often better dan a 50 so. II you get hold
OBJ a prize never lose it, cause dare may not
he such another one in 10000 razzers. An
you must remember dat de razzer dat suits
one mans beard may not suit anotber's A
barber kin tell good blade when he tries it
on de hone, but not afore. Every gemman
who shaves hisself oughter have seven raz-
zers-oae for each day III the week-so dat
none OBJ 'em should get tired"
Where do BARRIERS buv their toolsln
1--WE don't get 'em at de cutlery shops, as
you would. Dere are regular supply stores
for de trade, whar razzers, brushes, strops
soap and everything are sold to us for
little more'n half de retail prices. Sham
poo, sah"
The newspaper man declined, and gave
up his seat to a languid youth, who wanted
his head wrapped up and soaked with tow
els sopped in hot water for the purpose of
reducing its size after a nights revelry.
Having paid for mis- shave, he wandered
forth in search of BARRIERS supply shop,
and soon came across one up two fights of
stairs
Among other things in the stock were
many hundreds of cups ranged in rows
upon the shelves, some of them with num-
bers, and others left blank for names. It
costs barber almost nothing to have a
name put on a customers cup, though he
Al ekf fov. ha
glass counters were great quanti-
ties Of razorS, strops aud homes, among other
things. There were also dozens of straps of
canvas and leather, BARRIERS prefer these
| straps for sharpening their own razors,
| though an amateur is likely 20
quickly round OF the keen edge
of his steel blade upon them. For
his purpose the best thing is a good strop of
| calfskin. The proprietor was asked what
the homes were made of. and the reply. given
with every intention of truth telling, was
| that they were petrified wood. This is a
very curious and widely diffused popular
impression, even among de lers. AS mat
| ter of fact, homes for razors are slabs of a
very fine sandstone, mostly obtained from
Germany, which crops out along the mar
| gius OF water courses. The light yellow
part has been bieached by exposure, and
usually a strip of the border black stratum
| beneath is left to back 1T up.
Shaving brushes, the writer was in
| formed, are of domestic manufacture, but
the bristles employed in their construction
are brought from Russia, where enormous
numbers Of a special breed of hogs are
raised and kept for their plucking. Such
bristles are very long and of unusual excel
lence. Shaving soaps differ from ordinary
soaps merely Ia the quality of the stock
| used, which must be the very best obtained.
| AS little alkali must be employed as possible,
because it hurts the skin. Clipping ma
chimes are yankee invention and all of
them are made in Providence. Combs,
| scissors and lamb's-down powder
puts are likewise domestic products. Bar
bars chairs are made in Philadelphia, Cin-
cinnati and Chicago, and cost from 1856 to
sS4 apiece. OF pomades. hair tonics, dyes,
cosmetiques and brilliantine to make the
whiskers shiny, the dealer had an immense
stock. All hair tonics, he said, were COM
posed of castor oil, alcohol, water and va
rious havorinRs