The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-10
A COLLEGE FOR BARRIERS

nue. who claims that he is the oricinato
and manager of the only business Of the
kind in the world. His illustrated cata
logue bears tits. which explains hi
business:
"Moler system of Barber and Hal
Dressers' college. Founded 1893. Branch
colleges in st. Louis, Cln,innati and
Minneapolis.
Tbs old way of becoming q barber was
to enter shop on tho 'prentics pan and
work year at busting customers coats,
hanging UP their hats, shining their shoes
and finally lathsring their faces. The
second year the prentice was allowed t.
try his hand at shaving. Now there are
| colleges. The young man who makes the
claim above mentioned is assisted in his
| college by his wife and faculty of five
| teachers. The curriculum consists of
learning how 70 take care of and hand
ling tools. to lather, shave, hal. cut, hair
dress and shampoo. The course 10 open
Tor men aud women.
At the present time Prof" Moler
has class of about fifty students. Forty
are men. eight are women learning the
rber business alone. and two are NO.
men learning the hair dressing alone.
The women students are instructed by
women teachers under the direction Of
Mrs. Moler. The men are instructed by
men and the principal of the college.
There are several things about this bar
Der and hairdresser college that are inter-
estlng and commendabe. In the first
place. a man to get shaved there must
have ticket, and the woman who wants
her hair dressed thers must also have
ticket. These tickets are issueu by the
prnfaaGor and N anph III a bla
in tituti about the city as have the
care Of young men who are in inuigent
Circum stances. The object of this is two
foli. 1t enaoles young men who desire
for cleanliness is greater than their cash
on hand TO get a shave and haircut for
nothing. 1t enables young women who
have more pride than money to have
their hair banged. puffed, frizzled or
whatever is the prevailing mode without
encIoaching upon their gum and soda
water money. The object in issuing the
tickets, so far as the college is concerned,
is that it brings none but good class OF
people into the school. Tue number of
tickets is gagged by the number of stu
dents in attendance The hours of tut
ton are from a. IN. to p. m. and
from to 8 p. IN. Between the morning
and evening hours the average nunb Der
of patrons daily to this college is GOO.
The man who goes to the college to get
shaved understands from the start tnat
he is going to be iathered and scraped
by an amateur. Ii he gets a hack or a
scratch he has no occasion to get up any
demonstration. Besides, the operation
has cost him nothing.
Most of the students in the school are
men ana boys and women from out of
town. where there Is no opportunity to
learn the business. They come here rs
they come to commercial and other
schools. The hair cutting, shampooing
and shaving course cost the student 50.
The term is two tbs. although some
finish in a month. The tuition for hair
d essing is SIS for a term of two months.
1t costs a woman as much to learn the
baroers' business at this school as it
costs man.
When the student enters the college he
or she is required to sign contract in
which the school undertakes to teach the
student the BARRIERS trade, giving full
and practical knowledge in the shortest
possible time, with constant practice,
instructions, tools, supplies and every
necessary requirement to make first.
class barber. which will be about eight
weeks. 1t is also agreed That at the ex-
pration of the term the "graduate"
will be given full and complete sci of
tools. consisting of two razors, two strops.
shears, comb, hone and case" The
payment is weekly. although student
VINO pays in .dvance for the whole term
gets discount. 20 tools are given to
the womal who learns the hair dressing
business alone. The student IS also per-
mitted to hire out as an extra to any shop
that may want him or her ON Saturday
afternoons.
There are no mirrors in the room
where the tonsorial clinics arc given.
When a student has his or her first "vic-
TIM" one of the teachers is there to give
assistance. In fact, the teacher does the
most Of the WORK n 'HFat Sl1binrf ~
I'm proportion to tine mum Der of male
students the women have better chances
fur positions than men. said Professor
Moler. II think the novelty of beng
shaved by a woman is the cause of this.
There are two shops in Chicago now run
exclusively by women who are graduates
of this school. One of the women told
me the other day that she was making
SD week. The business is one that does
not require much capital, and if a woman
is not too high up in her notions l think
there is no business in which she can en-
gage in which her work is lighter and In
which she is more independent. The
men who come here to learn the business
are from country towns as a rule and as
soon as they finish here they almost in
variably return to their homes and open
up shops Of their own or get jobs. A col
leee barber stands better show than the
apprentice. There are men in country
towns who send their sons here to learn
the business of shaving. We do not issue
any certificate or diplomas to a student
when he finishes his term, but we give
him recommendation il he wishes it,
The college is orderly and cleanly.-
Chicago Chronicle.