The herald., 1893-05-09
FEWWOMEN BARRIERS
a LEARNED CRAFTSMAN SAYS THAT
WOMEN CAN'T CUT HAIR.

'sOne of my customers has just come
back from Europe" said the learned
French barber, "and ho has been telling
me about woman barber he met in
Italy. Monsieur he said to me, i shall
never forget her. l believe you are
good barber and have the right idea Of
your mission, but really you cannot
hold candle to her. tell you, she is
divine. When she put the lather on my
facet had my beard off then, You
know--it was US though my face had
been bathed in nectar.
"'When she drew the razor across my
check, l was thrilled with delight. And
when she put on the bay rum and ran
her fingers through my hair, ah, then,
monsieur. realized what it is to be
caressed by an angel Unfortunately
she had big brother who watched her
carefully, and SO had little chance to
talk to her. She was light and graceful
as q gazeile and absolutely beautiful.
Her clear, olive complexion, dark hair
and perfect features won mo at n glance.
haven't got over her fascination yet. IL
could have her for barber always, I'd
have my hair dressed overy other hour.
81 looked at him in pity. Monsieur
said to him, i can easily understand
your devotion to this beauty, but do not
mistake your love for tho woman for
your devotion to the artistic. If were
not rival for your affections, I would
strongly urge.you to continue to patron
ize her barber chair. There would be no
surer way of fdisenchanting you and max
ing you learn to hate her.
"iWhat do you meanT he asked me.
"I mean, monsieur replied, that,
with all due respect for your divinity,
there never was good woman barber,
and it is my firm conviction there never
will be. Whyf Monsieur, there are some
things which we cannot explain. They
are the mysteries Of life, far beyond all
our PHILOSOPHERS. Why is ono man
bright and another dull2 Why are there
optimists' and pessimists2 Why do some
love to linger over their Burgundy while
others rush through their dinners in 10
minutes2 Why are some women pretty
and others uglyp Are not these some Of
VIC ulkbOibtDlb IlAlulCb vi OuI bbIttilEb VA
istence9 All, monsieur, l would like to
tell you why woman, gentle, lovely,
sweet woman, cannot make good bar
ber, but 1t is beyond me- although have
studied the question much
"What I told him is true. There are
women who can shave fairly well, but
there is none that can trim beard or
cut hair properly. You may say there
are few men who can do so. 1t is
true. | will not deny what is self evi-
dent. But, monsieur, there are some
men who rise to the occasion, while there
are no women. They have noD the l1nack
which is genius in the barber the paint
er, the sculptor. They cannot do that
undefnable something which gives style,
force and character to the hair and beard.
Even the women themselves, slow to ac-
knowledge their inability to do anything
that man can do, recognize this. Else
why do the best hdies'D HAIR dressing
shops have men to cut the bangs and
dress the hair of the customers? And
what difference there is between the
appearance Of the women whose hair is
dressed by the men BARRIERS and that Of
the women who give themselves over to
women barbersl Let us not dwell upon
this unpleasant subject
81 have seen many women BARRIERS in
the villages Of France. They were the
wives and daughters of deceased men
BARRIERS. You see when the country bar
Der dies he leaves nothing to his family,
and his old customers transfer their pat
ronage to the wife or daughter, so that
the family may not starve. Really 1t
makes little difference with them, for
their skins are so tough and leathery
that the razor glanoes off Of them, and
never having known what proper hair
cutting or beard trimming is they never
notice the lack Of it,
''I remember well 90 years ago, shortly
after came to New York from Paris
how two women BARRIERS opened shor
in this city. Their sign read, Women
do the business here. One was q Ger.
man girl who had been ballet dancer
and knew no more about the barbers art
than-you will pardon me, monsieur
you do. The other was French girl.
knew her and her family in Paris Hel
father kept n shop in one of the busy av
enues, and on Saturday night his place
was crowded. His assistants were hi.
wife and two daughters. His wife fixec
the customers hair, one daughter KEEP
the curling irons hot, the other daughter
lathered the customers faces, and he die
the shaving, going from one chair to an
other. You see it was o common lin(
of shop, patronized by the bourgeoiai,
only. Well, this girl who had set up il
business in New York was The girl whl
had done the lathging in Paris.
''She had come here to earn her living
had met the ex-ballet dancer, and tn,
two had concluded that they might make
q hit as BARRIERS. New York wasn't al
big then as it is now, and the citizen,
were greatly astonished at the idea O.
women BARRIERS A good many men wen
to them for fun, and the newspaper
made sport of them. OF course they
knew nothing of barbering. The Frencl
girl came to me and asked me to teacl
her how to cut hair and trim boards, bu
when l told her it would cost 5 francs
for a lesson she changed her mind"
The learned barber paused, lost il
thought, for moment Then he sighe(
deeply.-New York Sun.
Out Of Sight.
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