The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
SHAVE OR TRAGEDYr
Some Cnccrta inties About the Sole Barber
DoinR Bnsineas at Apia.

Considering its remoteness and insig-
nincance. Apia has n respectable population
OF men who have been in New York. Their
recolcctions range even rs the men vary.
The manager ofthe German firm has brother
In this city. The doctor OF the same CONNER
cial enterprise used to come to Hohoken a
score OF years ago as surgeon on a North Ger
man Lloyd liner. and from Hoboken he some
times came to tho town over the river In
the remote parts Of Snvai is n former tenor
OF German opera who is no more now than
n copra buyer; but he recalls the pleasures
Of New York There is a political grocer and
imprcsario of freaks. who brags OF his ability
to 90 into any newspaper Office In New York
and sit down and write two or three columns
for the boys. and they tumble all over them
selves to print it." So on down the scale range
the recollections on the Aria beach OF those
who know New York A. interesting as any
are the "reminiscences OF tho local barber. who
never tires Of telling how he always boarded in
New York at very nico place on Cherry
street. near Catharine Market. Perhaps you
know where 1t is. ma'am. for | never could
abide that Sailors Home. where you can't have
so much as a glass OF beer after long voy-
age" His New York horizon seemed bounded
by memories Of the Five Points and the City
Hall and sitting on the perhead lshing
with always some reference to that glass OF
aera long # must have BEEN very
long voyage which brought hm to Samoa. for
he IL chemically In search Of anything from
beer to square face. thereby impairing his use
fulncss ab q barber.
II ones friends were discovered with boards
Of two or three days start there was no need to
apologize. The mere statement That bar
OF Apa was the signal to keep a watchiui eye
open for the barber who might be maudlin or
might be noisy, but was always n person TO
avoid In these eNDlOts he nlWnVS AidnI
lived across the street; il one got, drunk
@s He and that ur meant t%o men maF s
ing night hIdeous., Possibly they might
sort Of breach Of the peace. but they we're too
TisE to Ge caught in t9e ACT, act They knew that
wf ps S %q Xa oT S
tho lamplighter, who had no power to make
arrests and, whose highest function was to
keep list OF all persons seen on the street by
night. which was socmnly read aloud In the
police court every mprninEt
on Women than on men. @hile It would have
walt Tor the coming OF the, mail steam er and
have really good service while the boat stoppsd
solution Of the samoan question, But with
the men il was different They might Just as
entirely on tho local barber. and there seems
to have been any number Of marrow escapes,
in combination. This complicated the busl-
The particular clements OF danger were tho
BARRIERS white bpll PUP the chance that the
her to s The al q three was
equivalent to n cessation Of business. The
sight OF the drunken barber having a Ut in his
s IL: D%% " S S sRcu qo P fs
grow for a few, days until tho barber was
| himself again. Even the, barber recognized
MGR" mere 1t, he said. was nothing Just sit down
| aud read paper until he got over it and then
you wouldn't lose {our turn TO be shaved The
see the leading citizens and thS r rt or
naval officials halt at the gate 10 the barber
IN dashlnk out win fierce barking and .
sight i the barbeTE, were in condition
his brute into peace with any convenient razor
strop, The terrors Of tho bull pup and the OUT
Ss rna 6 to n2 sy any a R"4:
| encountered only by men, for no woman had
eyer had tho harlihood to. venture on the en-
G Win thrill as Of the sncces as '% ae s%n9
pllshmcnt OF some dangerous amusement
hS s8cng The2e Mas the
that tho barber was all right, or he might be
az m rnsoh be out wh ter t
sa f IF Eo PS Sa" sSp %'R 1fPs
thumb was to be relied on to turn the razor
away from the throat The SCIENCE OF it was
r.gd more c,onyiction if the doctor, had not worn
heard and left tho cutting OF his hait, to his
Of the male population there was only ON one &c
cl!ent known, and that was not worry grave. In
OF rom Shask Old S" Tom 'fS %o
mind that and alter the place healed over was