Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04
THE BARBER VERBATIM.

The barber jabbcd as much lather as
the end of the shaving brush would hold
int" the eye of the victim and smiled
c"nirlncently while the victim writhc'l
and WiSS!cd on the chair cushions.
"Clean shave, sir? All right. sir
Some Ecn'lmcn won't be clean shaved
! AMI it worries the barber considerable
| tryn' to not shave too close ana still
do ii sos the sides OF the face won't
| Took like a Wurn-out shoe bresl whoi
it's done Glad you amt that kind, sir
psf. psf. Hey, boy. Bring gen'lu,al
nornin' paper No; Take t way boy.
Hairs mighty thin. sir. Use any
thing for it? No? We've got splendid
| viSorator. fifty cents 4 bottle. Senator
! Nit and Colonel Knott, sir.-both reg
lar customers Of mine-uscs it right
! along"
Here the BARRIERS boy, With his box
| fell upon the victims shoes and the
victim protested: II don't want th"s,
| shoes BACKED. Don't you see they are
patent leather? ana moreover, they've
just been polshed"'
Get away. boy" commanded the bar
| Der Indignantly. He! he! he. Beg
pan don, Sir Reminds me of gen'rmur
what was here t'other day-bald headed
senllcman-bad as n billiard bail. Jack
s"lir-man at next chair, sr-was shay,
| in him. and said. Shampoo, sir?
| shampoo the devil. says the scn'l'man
mad like. and he amt been back since
Same frllow--that Understandable
M, lose one If my best customers once
sir. Twas young grn'lman what used
tn come in thr." times wecll-get
shaved. Regular sporty young GENT
man he was. but three times year
would have done jus, as we'll for all
| the shave he needed. sold him sew
cnlacn bottles of my Bluebcard's Elixe,
and three of my Whiskerine-both
splendid hair growers. sis--and fuz@
| came ON his upper lip
The barber rubbed the victims upper,
| lip hrisliy by way of illustration. fill
ing his nostrils with soap and poking a
latl cr-covercd finger into the corner If
his mouth simultaneously Then he re-
sunled:
'rhr young man. sir. he came in one
night-h!G hurry. l was busy. He took
.Iackson's chair. I'm in a rush, barber
he say: fix ME up uuick--clean shave
moustache ana all off-hurry up-dance
1T half-past cight-hurry.
THAT fellow Jackson he-Hair oil.
sir: No: All right sir-tixed him up.
hut forgot to take off the moustache,
Twlsn't much and it slipped his mem
ny. Young man got up and was tyin'
necktie before glass. Suddenly he turn
round. He say. Look here. barber.
you haven't touched my moustache.
jackson. ne say. 'beS PARDON. SIT.
p'on my word, Sir-never noticed it.
Take chair again, sir-won't keep you
minute.
But young man he didn't take chair.
He turned red in face and slam the door
when he went out. Lord he aint never
comm back no more. Thank you. sir.
Next"
CHATTER
Tho introduction Of the rcd-Shirt pa
radn feature into the white and black
race war in North Carolina ACIDS color
Ia the press reports now being sent out
from the scene of action.
Mr. Peter Jackson, who died in Rich
mond yesterday. was the oldest theatre
tloorkecper in point of service, in
America. having done actual service
for A years. His successor to the title
ana fame of being the Nestor of door
Keepers is Veteran Mack. of Macauley' s
theatre of Louisville who has a record