Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-27
As YOU LIKE II:
ORLANDO-"As 1 remember. it
was upon this fashion"
THE BARBER GROWS FOxY.

TIE, BARBER GROWS FONY
\ Washington avenue. barber Who
has suffered long patiently al the hands
ii th. match ticnu. buys fewer matches
and has more. fun since he fitted his
match box with 4 device Of his own
invention. which regulates the free dis
jiibution of matches t. his customers.
1t has been his custom 10 fill 70 It's
capacity every morning thu. square.
wooden box which is fastened 70 1ha
Nall III his sirop. Far 4 long Tim: tie
convenience vas duly appreciated BY
his customers VINO We're content 70 !lrll
themselves TO a couple Of matches 1t
q ti.nc.
Then they began to abuse the priv
i"s'- and 10 carry OF, great hand
fuS every time they visited the 81 -.
1t soon became necessary to replcnsf
The match receptacle several times 4
day and tn" barber discovered that his
match box was growing - be quite
lii item Of expense.
re thought y ab2lishng the nsti,n-
Sian altogether hul the sanLy, sl:tir.l
tnnsnrial artist. whose opininn h.. ra.u-
"a ;:brv- that Of any cthe: head worker
on his STAFF. said he thought it Xou,l
l. Ok cheap to cut OF the accumm IA
, zion 10 which the patrons Of the SHOP
had been 50 long accustomed, an! liz.
abandoned the idea.
one morning recently. while he WAS
DOING IN the bootback's chair IN tie
lear Of the shop ana dreaming that he
VAS trimming the whskers Of Il pro
nhc1 Of the vintage Of 76S r. g.. in Il
gold ard pearl Tilted shop on the i,rin-
! tiE;,l business corner of the City OF ii:..
! New Jerusalem. an inspiration came
70 him and the barber rose up and Srnt
| the brush boy next door to borrow a
tack hammer ana two dozen carpet
lacks. Thes@ latter he drove up through
The bottom Of the match b3x in paral-
| l.ll lItS " CT
| The board being very thin left mo~.
! Than threc-luarte!s OF the length Of IN y
ioint exposed. Between the shar;, lit
| tie iron teeth he distributed !, BOX oi
4 matches ana then retired to his chair
To await the result Of his experiment.:
The first man to come in for a shave
passed the box by unnoticed until after
The barber had finished With him. then
f, ne put \ cigar between his teeth and
I moved over towards the matches With
a feeling Of confidence born at long
familiarity with the free horse h. was
riding to death
He dropped his uigits into the rec@p-
ta,.le with the intentions of clawing up
, half a box at the swipe. He gava !,
| howl of agony. danced around the shop
IN one leg with blood bubblins 20 tie
surface Of two finger tips. swore 4 few
| long illegElar-shaped oaths ana went
away.
Tie barber made point Of telling
the story as 4 good joke to every Gus
TONER who visited the shop that day
and. as the result, each man was care
| full to avoid injury when he reached
| fer his matches.
| The scheme proved a success for the
arrangement G7~Ihe tacks made It al
most impossible to fish out more than
two or three matches at a time.
! Tne ingenious barber man has been
observed in the rast-feW days i:r-t1c
act or prluSiHC the advertisements If
patent attorneys printed in the Dilfl
week.-Mrs. he keeps on file. and the sandy
haired barber says he thinks the boss
| is Just vain enough to apply for 4
patent on that cOntrivance.
THE RACONTEUR