The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-16
Time Spent In Shaving.

People as rule admire man who
possesses face that shows the bright
look of cleanliness and youthfulness
that is the result Of a good, clean
shave. No matter of how good a
quality mans clothing may be or
how late the style in which they are
made, he does not possess that look Of
refinement that naturally belongs to a
man, if his face is marred with a
stubby beard. There is nothing that
will bring about this refined effect so
we'll as shave. Yet how many peo-
pie who admire this bringing out Of
the features in such a clear-cut and
pleasant manner really know how much
time and trouble is taken up in ac-
quiring the youthfulness Of counte-
nance that they so much admire.
Few people have anything near the
correct idea of the time lost by the
ordinary man in barber shops. The
business man who looks SO natty in
correct and well-ftting clothes, with
his smooth, clean face, gets shaved on
an average of about four times week.
When he goes to the BARRIERS the first
time he may be lucky enough to strike
e time when there is no customer
ahead Of him, and as a result he is
shaved and back to business again in
almost half an hour. The next time
he goes he is not so fortunate, and
about thirty-fve minutes are consumed.
The third time may take even longer,
and the fourth time in the week,
which is usually on Saturday, he may
find quite number ahead of him, and
very often he is compelled to wait
fully an hour before he is shaved. In
this way the business man spends on
an average of two and a half hours
each week in a barber shop.
It does not seem long for week,
but when you calculate the time spent
in this way in lifetime it is enormous.
At the above rate, which is very low,
the business man, computing that he
starts shaving when he is 20 years Of
age and lives to be go, continuing
shaving during the interim, will have
spent nearly 217 days in q barber shop.
If he gets shaved but three times a
week, as many of them do, he will
during the same length of time as in
the above mentioned instance have
spent nearly $50 days in barber shop.
The above is only for the time lost
and does not include the expense at
tached to the operation. In the bar
Der shops patronized by business men
of any standing whatever, the price Of
shave is never less than Is cents.
Usually, too, there is tip Of at least
dime for the barber and nickel for
the boy who brushes your hat and
clothes. This runs the cost of your
shaving up pretty high, especially
when you take into consideration the
fact that during an ordinary lifetime
a man who gets shaved four times
week makes 5000 visits to the barber
shop. AS the cost Of these visits is
usually 25 or 30 cents each, it can
readily be seen that the expence at
tached to the operation during mans
lifetime is no inconsiderate or trifing.
amount.
In the shops patronized by the
working classes the prices are not SO
high, the expense Of the laboring
classes in this line amounting on an
average to about 81 per month. Even
at this rate it costs the ordinary
laboring man few hundred dollars
during his lifetime for his indulgence
in the luxury of clean shaven face.
-Pittsbmg Chronicle.