The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-02-26

MI w NlIllaHlS Hie'i 10 explain that /
there was some difference between
soaps, but she declared that hers made. !
lust as nice lathcr as one could wish. !
and the only difference, she said. va= |
that he had paid about 50 times aS
much, proportionate to quantity. as
she had.
Il had to get the best of the per
manent and unchangeable things Mr..
Williams said, evading the soap ques-
ton, though he knew he was right.
The strop, sponge and mug. you see.
cannot suffer much change by time
But | saved considerably on the razor.
for L reasoned that you can sharpen .:
razor every time you shave, and so Z E
useless to buy costly one. paid g.
cents for this one, and | am sure II viii
answer every purpose The bay rum
and other things
''Oh. are there still more things toueeg
| didn't know the process of shawn.
was such a complex one. l thought al
that was needed was something sharp
enough TO get the beard off,
Well" said Mr.. Williams. dubioueIv.
Il Will confess that / thought SO. too.
but the fellow reminded me or aII t.lu-t.
things. and. sure enough. remeu lsrt.i
that they were necessary But lust q
few weeks and they viii all be paid for.
and then every time shave after E hat d,
will be clear profit. Think Of saving
that much money for the benefit of Tn.
isaby." and Mr.. Williams gathered his
offspring up and rapturously kissed
him.
The next morning Mr.. Williams start
ed in on the work of economy. Tepro
cured a handgIass and hung II To tho
wall. only To find when ne began opera
tions that the glass was Invariably on
the wrong side of the light and lis llInE
always shaded his face His Lathe
seemed to hc reluctant and watery also
but those we're minor evils which could
be reU- c5 cd ii he only had time. which
he didn't. for his train was due TO leave
in half an hour. He lathered ou i'm 81
liquid Va, for several minutes. and
then cpCLytl hoStilities with his beard.
There Is TO cause for description 81
the horrible half-hour which followed.
Men who have never learned tu shave
and who try it know how the thing
works, and nobody else would credit
fraction OF the true story. Mr.. vii
liams discoveries new angles IN hI-
countenance-angles never before re
yealed to human eye. He found tina
his razor. although sharp enough To-
perform almost any miracle in moving.
positively baked at his two-day ay~-old
stubble. and when he did succeed H.
chopping off dozen spikes a = sawiE"
sweep IL was victory achieved through
floods of blood. He pulled the razor
and pushed and worked il cruS>U is'
and gave it every motion to which the
arm is a possible contributor. and every
moment new smarting sensation was
the register of 4 new ''pini-iHg- EHt
| it was not until he had worked his way
down from the cheek to the chin thar
the full measure of his contract oc-
| CURED to him. There the blade. dc
fed 10y the stmnpy beard. Iun@od and
| plunged and the uprooting sensation
was continuous and fearful
But he was game. and ten minutes
| after his train had left he rushed from
the house. pretending to be in too big
! hurry to catch the next train to stop
to kiss his wife.
The next day Mr. Williams tried II
again
He made another effort the following
day.
| on the 1OuFIn uiN MI NllaLslAitH
| sneaked into his former shop in Chica-
90. and, approaching his favOrite har-
Der. said: Ed, l have been shaving
here so long l thought I'd bring my
mug in. And while l was at. IL I con
cluded to buy an entire outfit for you
to use on me. Here's the razor and ths
strop.'
He hoped that Ed would not know
the truth. but the barber. looking n his
narrowed face. understood When Mr
Williams had gone the other barber
gathered around in an awed fashion L
| look NJ the razor.
Mrs Williams is wise woman :
wise that she has never mentioned tbs
Little Victor Educational Fund sine
the day of it's incipiency- - Chicag'
| Record.