The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17
once more walled up. And so it stands
to this day. c. SCHICk.
WHEN HE BECOMES A MAN.
Experiences of the Youth Learning
To Shave

Many persons have taken to the habit
of shaving; not only that. but shaving
themselves. This is done for various
reasons Primarily, perhaps, the pur-
pose is to remove the beard from the
face. That explanation is thrown in
for fear some reader may think point
has been overlooked. But there are
other reasons why men shave them
selves rather than have their wives or
{ the barber do the work for them. One
/ of the most common reasons is
| economy.
Persons of am economical turn Of
mind figure out how they save so much
money a year by becoming their own
/ barber. In some families The head of
! the house is the barber for the whole
family. There are other persons who
say they shave themselves for the sake
of time-the capital of the unemployed.
! Then convenience enters into the mat
! ter. Many persons argue il is more
convenient to be ones own barber, be-
cause, in this case, one can barber him
self whenever ne feels like it.
Now, there are a number of hints
and suggestions that can be offered TO
a young man Who expects to beat the
barber" by doing the work himself; or
even the man who has been at ii for
some months. 1t is not the purpose of
this article to divulge these hints, for
that would be taking an unfair advant-
age of the barber who keeps shop"
fer the purpose of making a living.
Another reason is that the writer does
not know much about the hints that
would be helpful TO the uninitiated in
learning how to shave
OF course every shaver has his own
peculiar experiences, just in the same
degree as it is claimed every dog has
his day." IL is quite certain a razor has
its "off days. The first attempts of
the novice 10 shave himself are par
ticuiarly interesting. The razor seems
to enjoy the JOKE fer ever and anon it
expresses its satisfaction by pricking
the s'tCdent in different spotS along the
surface of the face where the blade is
made to skim. Again, there comes the
sticking point" This may be explain
ed by saying the razor frequently prac-
tically demonstrates its ability to stick
in the skin. This is all very painful,
but it is instructive, nevertheless.
Now. TO the amateur shaver there is
one aGmCnition- which should be print
ed and hung up in front of the glass
where the shaving is done. This is:
Never shave when angry No matter
how angry the shaver may be, the
razor never seems to appreciate that
fact The razor rather seems to like
TO increase the ''humor" OF the situa-
ton by taking d slice" Of ones face
just TO strengthen the argument
Never shave when angry" When the
shaver is out of humor the razor does
seem unusually balky. 1t pulls" and
founders around over the face as if it
had no particular object on earth other /,
than to exasperate, slash and slice. In |
shaving the chin the novice Should be |
particularly careful for To lose ones |
chin by a too hasty stroke of the razor |
would be deeply embarrassing. Then, |
again. It opens the way for repeated /
as TO whether the chin |
less one" has been in fight When a |
downward stroke Of the razor catches
in the fie.iy portion of the chin, for a
good deep cut, the effect is to bring
forth a howl OF pain. If one is careful
and takes his time. accidents should
be minimized. That haste makes