Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

so many instructions Of this sort in cutting
head of hair that I don't believe l. for
one, would know how to cut the hirsute on
deaf mutes head on account of his in
ability to tell me how to do IL.
When you come to think of II, though,
a man has the right to get his hair fixed the
way he wants IL. and, although a good
many of my customers want to have 1T
fixed in way that becomes them least.
make 1t a point never to oppose their judg-
ment on a matter that is peculiarly their
own personal business.
A Washington Hair Cut.
Perhaps it is owing to the comparatively
new fashion, which prevails largely In
Washington. of wearing the hair quite long
that makes the men so particular about
their hair cuts. / thoroughly believe that
nine men out of ten look twice as well with
their hair long as they do with their hair
short; but, odd 1t may appear, it is a
whole lot harder to cut a long-haired mans
hair than Ii Is to trim up the head of a man
who wears his hair short You see, before
the foot ball and the 'ham-actor head came
in we used to chase the clippers over the
sides and back OF a mans head and then
run over the top of IL with the shears.
Nowadays, however. not one man in
twenty will stand even the sight of a pair
OF clippers in BARRIERS hand. Don't You
put those things on my head only want
my hair trimmed is what they all say if
you attempt to flash the clippers on them.
The result. in my oplnion-although it
causes us more work-has been a good one
for the bullet-headed reputable citizen,
whose short haircut revealed every welt
that was ever given MIN by a shiny stick
when he was a kid is no longer seen; the
only bullet-headed chaps you happen upon
these days wear double-breasted sack coats
tight pants yaller-and-pink neckties. and
a hnar oil s,,rara -
horses
1T is probably because Washington is
such good show town that about nine
tenths or the younger men of this city have
aHected during recent years what Is known
as the 'ham-actor hair-cut-the STYLE of
haircut that is followed by theatrical men
VINO do 'heaEieS'-bunchy at the sides and
very bdnchy at the back, where it is sud-
denly sawed OF, leaving visible an inch or
two of shaver neck. But all of us haven't
got the kind of wavy hair that those theat-
rlcal chaps appear to have such call OH,
and consequently some of US look pretty
Reupenish when We try to initiate the hair
cut OF the stage male.
Passing of the Beard,
ITO switch back to the subject of shaw
ing, 1 think the time is rapidly approach
ing when men will no longer wear any
hair whatever on their faces 1t is likely,
in my opinion, that twenty, or even ten.
years hence the spectacle of a weII-gotten-
up man with beard or even mustache
VIII be so unusual as to attract attention
why do / think SO? Well, Washington is
pretty fair town in which to Judge the
trend OF things, and Washington is very
rapidly becoming city of smooth-shaven
men. 1t is really astonishing the number
OF men who are beginning to protest
against the nuisance of wearing hair on
their faces. and who are even exhibiting
their perfect willingness to undergo the in
convenience of frequent shaving in order
to have what they call that clean feeling
around their countenances. Scarcely a day
passes that one of my patrons who has
worn a mustache or beard or both ever
since / began to barber him does not give
the order, Take it off this time: I'm sick of
1t, and am going to wear smooth phiZ
hereafter
After having the hair removed from
their faces men generally grin rather sheep
ishly at themselves in the glass when they
leave the chair, and speculate upon what's
going to happen when they reach their
home and firesde. 1t used to be the case
that a mans wife would kick hard if her
husband turned IN with his nustache off,
but that must be all changed now. for nine
men out of ten who get their mustaches
or boards taken off say that, besides being
sick of their hirsGte adornments them
selves, they are having them removed for
the preservation of peace in their homes.
A man who has worn a mustache since his
early manhood does look a bit odd when
he has it removed-that is, at first. All the
same. I've got theory that any man, no
matter how plain his features may be,
locks better smooth shayen than he does
with any hair whatsoever on his face. If
he's homely he has probably got lot of
character In his face, which Is covered up
If he wears hirsute ornaments. and if he's
good looking he, in a measure, hides his
good looks under a bushel by wearing
beard or q mustache.
Hair Oil Vuiearity.
There is another matter that indicates
the progress and the good sense of the men
of today-that is the fact that they can't
stand the sight or smell of hair oil. / can
easily remember when we used to splatter
about half a pint of bears grease a
ratrcns head after giving him hair cut,
and he would take ii quite as a matter of
course and seem to enjoy it. But now l
wouldn't dare to put even a little perfumed
vaseline on a customers hair without first
asking him whether he wanted ii or not,
and we very rarely ask the question, at
that; when We do we generally get a look
from the customer that would shrivel US up
if we weren't hardened to shriveiing looks.
In fact, the best barber shops don't keep
hair oil among the bottles al all any more
and on the very rare occasions when a
man asks for 1.-THE is generally low-browed
and onery-looking-we have to dig around
for it. The men of today are so sore on
what they call 'sloppiness' in barbering
and on exhaling when they go among their
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