New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-09
THE BARRIERS COLLEGE.
THE OLD-FASHIONED '"TONSORlAL AM
list" CONDEMNS ITS GRADUATES
From The PHILADELPHIA Times.

TISI CONDEMNo II -,
From The Philadelphia Times.
1t has been said that barber has no opinions
of his own but simply reflects those OF the custom
er with whom for the time being ne talks itpou'
Say that politics is rotten to the core. and the
barber will give examples without numner nat 10
The worst things about politicians know the cas,'
and that things are not so hhd as tney a,e 81 x
ampes. The same way about the weather. IL VIII
it hooks like rain: it won't rain for wcok-all are
agreed 10. Some people have gone so far as TO
mind is a blank once away from the chair.
Let any one who holds to this doctrine ask the
ness ana care and ut the same time keeping up an
uncquallcd flow of pleasant conversation whetner
lie has heard OF the college barber In mo,
Mcnt the ready made conversation VIII cease: ana
you Will get choice series Of lmrd adectives direct
running the trade: the college barber should be
boycotted" and other sentences VII follow each DiI
other with lightning rapidly and the barber VIII
stand forth for the first time as a man win opih-
The college barber" who has brought upon him
self the odium Of tho great mass Of journeymen
BARRIERS. T. not Il graduate Of university who
has taken to the gentle use of athcr and razor as
means OF support. nor Is he barber VINO makes
student who makes his way through college by
shaving his more fortunate classmates He Is sim
known institution which to be seen about six
months ago in this city. NJ No. S2' Arch-st. ana
lcgc, but which has since failed and disappeared
NewYo has secured the one which used to hour
graduates in shaving and har-cutting upon an I'M
kempt world.
turn an inexperienced lad wholly lacking In con-
versa;iona powers. into nrst-rate barber. skilled
with a frst-class flow Of talk" on subjects Of the
day-that is. the prospectus of such a college al
leses that the above will be true. The barber
himself however. will tell you that these nsiitu-
tb III ssmans nmsom in par
tcular. and have increased the Of safety razors
by percentage, on conservative estimate. OF 2Oo
,"What can. any one learn about the trade in
can scTapc. and Hats all rs driving people to
safetes ard BARRIERS to drink. It has hurt us
ling salesman used to he the best customer We
had lie always kept natty. He used to get
what has happened? The drummer has met with
these graduates from barhcrs' college, has got
'scraped instead Of being shaved. and now is so
f1d Of the sh9ps qt he 6 SoFS his rnIoT s
Make a barber in eight weeks! Why. I've been at
It seven years and don't know the business yet"
Although the BARRIERS college is eone as lar rs
Philadelphia Is concerned. this IS how the course
was run, according to barber who was graduated
First two weeks. stroppng razors: honing razors:
method of holding the same; practice in moving
heads TO proper positions for shaving and hair
in clipping the back hair use Of hot and cold
water towels on shaved faces use Of bay rum, hair
Fifth and sixth weeks. shaving begun on hard
the college; down motions first week. then up and
down: complete hair-cuttng.
Seventh and eighth weeks. shaving on all kinds
with practice in fhr art of suitng the razor
to the face haircuttng. with thinning Of the hair
mustache and beard trimming
Now. while the course does not include the nice,
ties OF the trade. such instruction in refined
topics Of conversation. Lectures on the use and the
abuse Of the weather" BY slight stretch OF the
imagination Il iduate course with these details
OF the profession introduced can be picurcd No
doubt the itmcnt Of the pOmpadOur and the use
Of taperS hair-cuttng We're subjects for research
work IL would really seem that If aI,y one was
graduated from such course he cOuIi be safely
intrusfed with the shears or the razor. But such.
according to most BARRIERS. has not been the case.
and to these men il due the reaction from the
golden harvesti Of the good old days. when sun
day opening and travelling salesman custom united
to make the barber rich.
The contention Of tho most level-headcl Of the
profession to be that the old method OF APP
premiership with its practice on the face OF the
boss" or upon occasional hard face. should be
continued. with perhaps, the importation from
Europe OF the custom Of letting the apprentice
shave the poor without pay. But the method q
making BARRIERS In eight weeks indscrimnately Is
n thorn in the flesh. and Is denounced BY every
BARRIERS union in the country. which hoid mat IN"
man who has shay cd others for at least thr"c
Consecutive years has not learned TO even hold the
razor with Il masters hand