The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30

one had been suspended until better time.
and finally, taking his seat. instrncto3
me TO shave him and do it quick. oh[v
ed his orders, you may be sure for .as
not run down from overwork in those dave
and on that particular day he was our frs+
and only customer. After the shave he *
amined himself in the mirror, then he
walked about the shop and inspectad
things pretty much as 1 imagine he womb
inspect his own shop Then he turned ~
me and after a good, long stare, he de-
manded:
What made you hang that sign over
your door,"
Il explained my reasons as best I could
You see, customers were so scarce in tbosa
days that I was glad to overlook even ,
little rudeuess for the pleasure of hayjns
them in at all. Well the old fellow Isl,
ened to me. Then ne fell to whistling ami
staring with his hands stuck deep down
into his pockets Finally he said
I'd never take you for a bloomin' fool
from the looks of you. Don't you know
that man doesn't like a woman who
calls herself a woman?- Why don't WI,
call yourself q lady? You'd never caught
me comm in here for a shave if the lady
who runs the boardin' house where 7 sion
handn't told you was a lady and ken,
a decent place. You can take my WORD
for it, and change that sign and youn
draw. Cal. yourself lady and do hon
est, clean work.
Then he marched out and after a good
cry he held another consultation and de.
cided to change the sign to read as Won
now see it, II acted almost like a mira.
Gle and before the end of the month
was really at my wits end about how 10
attend 10 our customers. You see didn't
want to get in extra help if our prosperity
was only to be temporary, but I soon de-
cided to try the experiment and since then
l have been forced to enlarge the estab-
,lishment to its present proportions and We
are always busy.
Il learned the business from nv uncle
with whom I went to live at the death
of my parents when l was about u years
old. He was barber, and l fell into the
habit of helping him about his shop be
tween hours Then I undertook regular
work as a cashier and bookkeeper and
one day during the busy season, I shaved
a man who was in a hurry when there
was no one else at leisure. That was nv
first attempt to use a razor and think
now it was the luckiest thing which ever
happened to me, for when I finished that
man there was another waiting and then
another. until 1 had shaved five, and all
of them insisted on having me- as while
I still attended to the books, 1t became
known that 1 could shave when called
on, and 1 had a number of regular GUS
toners, which enabled my uncle to give
me some little salary beside my board and
clothes.
Il had a good opportunity of learning
the business. and am glad to say took
advantage of it, and when my uncle died
was enabled TO manage his shop for
nearly two years. Then his wife decided
that she was able to take it in hand, so
! gave up and came here and opened this
shop for myself
Il don't know that I have any customs
or methods different from other BARRIERS
beyond employing only women My rea-
son for that is that I consider them as
good and often better than men at the
business They are cleaner, quicker and
less laxative I have never had a woman
assistant who annoyed a customer by talk
ing, but l know many of the men en-
ployed by my uncle did. I am never trou-
bled by drunkenness smoking, chewing or
the use of profane language among my
employees. l never knew one of them to
come to work with their breath reeking
with garlic whisky, or tobacco. Any
self-respectIng woman has a natural dis
like to making herself repugnant
Which do l prefer as customers, men
or women? All, WELL it is about six of one
and half a dozen of the other. There are
pleasant and unpleasant women, and the
same can be said of men. In my hair
dressing parors. of course, only women
customers are allowed, and I must say
have very few complaints from either GUS
toners or employees. There is young lady
with fad for trying new shades for her
hair, and she occasionally rows with one
of my girls about the way they handle
her hair, which Is becoming quite thin,
after she has had the co.or changed II
is not generally known, yet 1t is fact,
that dark and light hair cannot be ar
ranged in the same style with equal be-
comingness to the same face. And al
though this young woman Is ready to
change the color of her hair to suit the
latest fashion, she always wishes ii dress
ed after the same style, and fuses when
it is not as becoming as she thinks IL
should be.
Yes, we have several gentlemen who
have their hair cured. The majority
of them are young fellows handles with
their first moustaches, but some are older.
There Is a newspaper man. about 40, I
should judge who always has his hair
touched up with the irons. Then there is
a lawyer who takes great pride in his
beard and has it bathed regularly in bay
rum, firmly believing that its curliness IS
increased. Then there is retired army
officer who has both hair and moustache
curled, and an old white-haired minister
who is as careful of the waving of his
long, snowy locks as any girl of IS. The
barber shop IS the place to study human
nature, and ! enjoy my work. everything
ABOUT 1t except the sign and that aver
sion l am trying to overcome"
Lafayette McLaws
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