The sun., 1899-05-21
ART IN THE SHAVING CUP.
THE FASHION STARTED BIZ GER
MAN on THE EdST SIDE

Fancies of Customers-A Fighting. Patri-
otic German and tho un-Americans.
Over on the east side. where all sorts OF cue
rious little shops flourish. one OF the most ou-
rious Is small store on the ground floor Of
tenement building. in the window OF which 10
displayed conspcuously sign bearing the in-
scrlpton. In English and German. =" High Art
Decorations on Shaving Cups" Examples OF
the high art arc ranged along under the sign.
aud it would be difficult to find anywhere
more varied collection On the curved surfaces
of the mugs arc portraits. fancy heads.
flags. coats ARMS busts OF celebrities.
notices. comic pictures. quotations. and
couplets Of what is probably original verse.
besides n number OF very ornate cups
inscribed with the initials OF the owners
done in text magnificent that 1t Is quite Inn
possible to make out the letters. These arc
only small portion Of the stock which the
artist Keeps on hand and of which he Is very
proud. He Is an intelligent little old fellow.
whose pct maxim is that no man should be
without his own shaving mug. and that there
is no use in his having one Of his own unless 10
is so decorated that there is no possibility OF
anybody else's getting hold OF II by mistake.
The tales he tells of the dire results OF such
mistakes are enough to keep a man from ever
entering a barber shop. II is easy however.
to get him switched of from this unpleasant
topic to the artistic side OF his work. and on
that subject he will talk as long as there Is any
one TO listen.
In the Old times" he says. 1t was all
initial work. II man came in and wanted a
Gun decorated. all had to do was to nnd out
his name or initials aud put them on in gold or
have brought about the new fashion. for many
room for art in this business; SO made upa
few very fine cups and gave them to friends OF
and brewers and lawyers and men like that
who start the iash9ns IN this part 9f the city:
t. g. "" $oa % g h into any amy q ' Tie
and you'll! lndthe American Nag on some oftho
cups my work. When the war broke out it
ism. right on a man s shaving cup. so that
when he went to get shaved IN the morning
him think Of his country. and turned out .
dozen of those. 1t took like fire. and after that
The Maine came in for a lot Of notice. and I
F no me SO M INT uEn WS out
President over bis head makes a very neat
piece of work. Ali the war heroes have come
tory S o the war rgt on the Shaving Of
this nart Of the the city you went sr3Hnd There s
son and Wheeler and Lee. and ali the rest Of
them had @ to get pictures Of all Of them & e
the charge San Juan fiji by the rouHS
riders rid ! put my my hear, h rght ,E into that and
in barber gs shopt T @ ought ' to be IN gallery to
day. The only trouble was that the curve OF
the cup fixed it SO that you couldn't see see All the
way Il was on the hill So it was all right and
true @ to ie thsrs anyway nertv ., NV c.tomers don.
but Just pictures OF themselves or their fami-
lies. One fellow had the nerve to come in here
himself and his lady friend and asked me how
him didn't, reproduce tintypes-not for any
body But get plenty Of photographs to % re.
Week with picture q his his" VIE i he Te Wanted L
and he rs said she wasn't dead at all:
ID Because wish she was desa' e. he says.
ian fand soWd every time look at that it'll mako me
vnl "a hit th9usnt it n GSks bYt
there there ii be trouble He'll wis wish il WI was % him that
was dead. Another customer had wanted Q
dsS Tss anG .hs P'SSs?sSn
n aSR f5s Es that Sd snd "a h u a lots him % sSoa
nsyef Ws Rsafd 81 any A. Schmidt for
yet, but maybe Nv Will II some % day. w ia like to.
-" You see. he'll get lot of harmless satisfac.
tIon out Of looking at that cup with the inserip-
heard Of ANYBODY else, nomipatins him yet:
Some queer ones come here. | tell you. Just
party that didn't like to he Bothered With his
get 'em to remembe Der that in the shop he went
to. so he wrote out list Of answers and put
above each one My own notion. that question
mark. His cup read like this when l got it
done:
Yes; it's ane day. Don't talk .boutn.
What if am getting bald, Don't talk about thaA
Never use any kind of hair tonic.
Water not very much of it.
1t parts the left side. Look for the place.
n. b. When want shampoo I'll ask for it.
The old man said he thought that would
settle his barber, but little while after he
70 an1hSr fGp %s had Pb9t st sn In the 0n bar
Idso bis ni,inIf ,dn5 this line Please remember my
~, Most OF my custom is from the Germans.
They're great supporters OF the barber shops.
and you'll see that most most 9f W the Initials are n
German Iettterf 1T though that proves nothing
s To be ns are Mht
couldn't tell / must, tell you about the 'cl old
cup hxed up lie was typical old Deutscher.. Ter.
coad as az all Xsn he ea e1a
heard Of the Germans making themselves so
numerous with Dewey out at Manila. and the
Emperor wasn't exactly popular with me, 80
said:
~ Yes. l can put old Bills picture on for you.
but I'd rather do Admiral Dewey's'
"As / said 1t thought very likely it would
lose me customer. hut didn't much care, for
Deutscher looked at me and grnned and he
said: Dots all rigid. mein freund You
make der Emperor on der ground lying upd
Dewey across his back-utf -der-neck gestrad.
| det nnd ofer II all an inscription put
III do it, | said. at half price. too. What
| kind OF an inscription will you haveP
Dis von.' says he. Der Emperor himself
der Over-Loord calls. Vep on dis picture. Der
Under-Lord.'
Well made him up a beauty and sup.
| pose he must have taken il to his barber shop
| which was probably largely German, and
| things, must haye happened for a couple OF
Gays aiter II was nnished he sent NJ me the pieces
| glued together. AS soon aS he was able to be
out he'd come around and see me. he wrote.
made inquiries and found ont that he'd got
| into q row with three mon in the barber shon