Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-04-13
KNIGHTS OF THE RAZOR.
The Sectional Peculiarities OF the
"Tonsorial Parlor."
They Differ as tho Bcards-Iu Gotham
Supcrluous Hair Is Gently WOood
Away and Montana Bay Rum
IL NIurderous.

But it is no joke There is n marked
difference in the manner of shaving.
This leads to Il preference in BARRIERS.
The man who possesses palm like
nutmeg crater will never have n second
chance ut tcndcr-faced victims.
In Washington, according to the New
York Recorder, there is IN cStcmpo-
raneous colored barber. That is, he
uses labor-saving devices as they occur
to him.
One of his fads is to job his patients
car full Of lathcr. While this is not
agreeable to his victim, it saves him
money in stepping to and from the shay
ing mug. When he requires n little
moro lathcr for sandy place on the
chin he takes it out of the car and rubS
it in, otherwise he would have to walk
around to the cup. This little peculiar
ity is offset by his slkcn fingers which
keep his custom.
In Richmond and other southern
cities the BARRIERS still stick to the long
whisl1- broom, the brush being about
three feet long and six inches wide. At
the conclusion of Il shave, the barber
will throw this as n knife throwcr fires
his blade into n board. 1t generally
hits the customer between the shoulder
blades, and, if the sensation is 4 new
one, he thinks he is assaulted. Then
follows rhythmic rub-n-dub played on
the back, while the barber huns q tune
in accompaniment.
Before the advent of natural gas in
Pittsburgh, all the BARRIERS wcrc won't
to wash their customers faces first to
see where the beard lay, and also the
texture of the growth. The soot-laclen
cir rendered this necessary, but as the
neck was only washed down to the
towels inserted over the collar. the line
of demarllaton was visible when tho
customer rcgained tho street.
In Chicago this washing preface is
still indulgcd 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
n napkin by one corner and whirIs it
around i'll front of his subjects face rs
if he was tagging 4 train.
1t is alleged that in the st. Louis
barber shops, patronizcd by the river
men, sand soap is used to produce tho
lathcr. Several of the river BARRIERS,
though, use IN astringent instead of
bay rum. They say that its connection
is n secret, but it dents the face and so
intimiGatcs the growth of hair that
each individual hair curls back in
alarm, on the inside of the skin. When
it grows again it comes ont like d fish
hook.
There is n current rumor that tho
prevalence of goatee3 and impcriafs
nd
due to the fact that the BARRIERS arc
unable to shave the capillary growth in
the Gimplc3 Of their chins.
In Montana, however. the nrt of shaw
| ing has reached tho height of culture.
The road agents beard is a popular one.
/ This style is the one with which the Gel
cbratcd dcspcrado, Henry Plummcr,
framed his mouth. It consists of mus.
| tachc and chin whisl1cr. AS 1.-TWO bits, :,
| or twenty-five cents, is tho price of Il
s;2avc, the mere shaving of the checks
docs not appear to furnish tho moneys
worth. 1t is on the chin and throat
anyhow, that the barber earns his
money.
In order to give the worth of tho
money the Montana barber indulgcs in
bay run. 1t is bay rum which woult
Cnb tho varnish from table or draw
Snots ont OF u board.
1t bites.
That is what native MontaE. Il
wants. lie desires tn realize TINT he i.
shaved, and he wants his bay rum tc
take hold,
lie is satisfied, but it is almost death
70 the tenderfoot, whose messy check.
arc blistcred 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 o
art. Each hair is moved from off the fac,
with razors whose edges rival the Da
mascus blade The soap which train
down into lather is the finest, with tn
odors Of spices putting to shame thos
of hraby the blCst.
A Gotham shave admits man into sc