The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-22
KNIGHTS OF THE RAZOR.
The Sectional Peculiarities Of the
Tonsorial Parlor."
They Difcr as the Bcards-In Gotham
superhuous Hair Is Gently Wooed
Away and Montana Bay Itum
Is Murderous.
"'vhcrc do you get shavcd?"

hHcrc GO you get Shavcu?'
ION the face replies the perennial
humorist
But it is no joke. There is marked
difference in the manner of shaving.
This leads TO Il preference in BARRIERS.
The man who possesses palm like Il
nutmeg crater will never have n second
chance ut tcndcrfaccd victims.
In Washington. according to the New
York Recorder, there is an cxtcmpo-
raneous colored barber That is, he
uses labor-saving devices as they occur
to him.
One of his fads is to jab his patients
ear full of lather. While this is not
agreeable to his victim. it saves him
money in stepping to and from the shay
ing mug. When he requires little
more lather for sandy place on the
chin he takes it out of the ear and rubs
it in, otherwise he would have to walk
around to the cup. This little peculiar
lily IS Offset by his sillScn fingers which
keep his custom.
in Richmond and other southern
citics. the barbcrs still stick to the long
whisE-oroon, the brush being about
thrca feet long and six inches wide At
the conclusion of q shave, the barber
Will throw this as knife throwcr fires
his blade into u board. 1t generally
hits the customer between the shoulder
blades and. if the sensation is n new
one. he thinks he is assaulted. Then
follows Rhythmic rub-a-dub played on
the back, while the barber huns tune
in accompaniment.
Before the advent of natural gas in
tS oil l,
to wash their customers faces first TO
see where the beard lay, and also the
texture of the growth The soot-laden
air rendered this necessary, but as the
neck was only washed down to the
towels inserted over the collar, the line
of demarkation was visible when the
customer rcgaincd the street
In Chicago this washing preface is
still INDUCED in more or less.
Windy city tonsorial artists boast of
another little popularity. Instead of
tanning or rubbing the face dry after
the bay rum. the Chicago barber takes
napkin by one corner and whirls it
around in front of his subjects face as
ii he was tagging n train.
1t is alleged that in the St Louis
barber shops, patronized by the river
men, sand soap is used to produce the
lather. Several of the river BARRIERS.
though, use an astringcnt instead of
bay rum. They say that its concoction
is secret, but it dents the face and So
intimidates the growth of hair that
each individual hair curls back in
alarm, on the inside of the skin When
it grows again it comes out like n fish
hook.
There is current rumor that the
prevalence of COATES and imperials
among Mlssourians and steamboat men
is due to the fact that the BARRIERS are
unable to shave the capillary growth in
the dimples of their chins
In Montana, however, the art of shay
ing has reached the height of culture.
The road agents beard is popular one.
This style is the one with which the eel
ebrated desperate. Henry Plummer,
framed his mouth. 1t consists of mus
tachc and chin whisller. AS "two bits"
or twenty-five cents, is the price of q
shave, the mere shaving of the checks
does not appear to furnish the moneys
worth. 1t is on the chin and throat,
anyhow, that the barber earns his
money.
In order to give the worth of the
money the Montana barber INDUCES in
bay rum. 1t is bay rum which would
eat the varnish from table or draw
knots out of Il board
1t bites.
That is what u native Montanian
wants. He desires to realize that he is
shaved, and he wants his bay rum to
take hold
He is satisfied, but it is almost death
to the tenderfoot, whose messy checks
are blistercd an eighth of an inch deep.
The Mecca of good BARRIERS, however,
is New York, and the shaving process
in this city has reached the pinnacle Of
art. Each hair is moved from off the face
with razors whose edges rival the Da-
mascus blade The soap which trains
down into lather is the finest, with the
odors of spices putting to shame those
of Araby the blest.
a Gotham shave admits man into So
ciety if the artistic work of genius, or
causes divorce if unanswered by his
own hands.
Canine Courage.
Animals, as n rule, understand who
their friends are. The Washington