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sach mile travelled a or through the State
~ Massachusetta. Furtherfnore, the Board
/. 20 have access, ofiiclaiiy, to the State
Capitol, with full, free, and unrestricted
permisslon to meet in the corridor thereof,
and tho right Ito furnish to each person to
whom certificate Of registration is issued
n card bearing the scal of tho board and
the signatures OF the President and Secre-
tary. certifying that tho holder Is entitled
to practice as barber" anywhere in the
State of Massachusetts,, and the holder Of
such card Is to be obliged by law to post
the same in q conspicuous place, where 1t
may readily be seen by his patrons" Any
failure to comply with the provisions Of the
law, any wilful or radical departure from
the provisions OF the Massachusetts, statute,
any false or fraudulent pretence to the
rights and immunities of certified barber,
Is upon conviction to be punished with a
fine of not less than $40 and not more than
800, or not less than thirty days imprison-
ment or more than ninety days lmprison-
ment, In the Suffolk County Jail, or in somo
other JAIL as the case may be.
The qualifications Of the Boston BARRIERS,
to be established on the recommendation
of those members Of the profession who are
to meet in session on Sunday next, follow
very closely some Of the provisions already
in force in Paris, where new regulations
for BARRIERS have been promulgated recent
ly. Every male applicant. and presumably
every female applicant, too, for the right to
official recognition as q qualified, author.
lied, and regularly graduated barber, must
pass a non-partisan competitive examina.
tion showing that he is eighteen years of
age, has studied the trade for three years
under a qualified and practicing barber,
and possesses the requisite skill promptly
to perform all the duties of his profession,
including the ability to prepare tools for
shaving, hair cutting, and all the incidental
services. He must provo also that he pos
sesses sufficient knowledge concerning the
common diseases of the face and skin to
avoid the aggravation and spreading there
of In his regular practice.
There has been proposed, somewhat fur
lively, and without tho full sanction and
formal approval Of the leading and most
enterprising BARRIERS of Boston, another in
novation in the line of tonsorial reform /;
namely, a substitution of white and red
colors on the BARRIERS poles in accordance
with the New York custom, instead of
white and black, the usual colors in the
city Of Boston. In favor of this change is
urged the claim of uniformity, but against
it is urged, and perhaps with greater force,
the local prejudice SO strong in the city of
Boston against all usages which prevail in
New York. Some of the Boston practition.
ers have proposed compromise which,
while satisfying local preferences, will yet
be in the line Of the uniformity so much
desired by progressive BARRIERS generally.
This proposition is to substitute blue for
black on the Boston BARRIERS signs, mas
much as the objection to the acceptance of
red Is almost insurmountable.
1t cannot yet be predicted whether the
expectation of harmonious convention
on Dec. IL will be realized, but there is
an ominous note of warning in the printed
allusion to the fact that the hateful color
line which has already given so much
trouble in Boston may make further mis-
chief. 1t is feared that the colored BARRIERS
Of Boston will refuse to participate in the
convention of their white colleagues.