The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
PRIZE NOT WON By 4 HAIR
AT THE BARRIERS PICNIC 1T WAS
EARNED BY CUTTING
HAIR
GREAT DAY AT SMELLING
All the Barber Shops Closed Early,
and the Razor ManiDulatora
Went to the
Picnic.
GREAT DAY AT SMELLING

Put that gun away. I don't want to
shave man while he's holding a thing
like that" protested F. w. Martin, at
the BARRIERS picnic at Harris park yes
terday. as he lowered the two-pound
razor with which he was to give an ex-
hibitien Of shaving under difficulties.
The difficulties which he was prepared
to encounter, however, were only those
for which his own nerves and the weight
or his blade were responsible, and he
mad met with an unexpected check. Rob
ert n. Grady had volunteered as the victim
OF the exhibition. and as he settled him
self in the chair, some one called that
1t would be his last shave. GRADY
promptly reached back. and a six-sheoter
nearly foot long flashed upon the
view OF the astonished tonsor.
II you cut me" was Grady's terse
warning. Martins nervousness vigibly
increased, but he finished his work with
out tnflicting the slightest scratch upon
the countenance of his subject.
Inc BARRIERS, Journeymen and bosses
alike, were out for enjoyment yesterday
and st. Paul went unshaven while its
Wielders of brush and razor removed
boards and cut hair against time, ran
races and danced away the afternoon at
the park. Several hundred persons at
tended the picnic
The great attraction OF tae afternoon
was the test Of skill be+%Aek the BARRIERS.
Five BARRIERS entered the competition for
the prizes offered for speed In shaving.
At first 1t appeared that subjects for the
trial would be slow to offer themselves
for men seemed unwilling to submit to
being shaved when fast work by the bar
Der was requisite. After the first sub
5eet had passed through the ordeal. how
ever, and 1T was seen that he had been
only shaver, and not skinned, this relllc-
tance disappeared. The winning time in
the contest, made on light beard, was
one minute and thIrty-five seconds, while
a record of one minute and forty seconds
proved good enough for the second prize.
For the hair cutting eontef there were
only two contestants, the winner fin
tshtng his work in Is minutes
Besides the trials of proficiency in
their trade the barbers-and their wives
met In trials Of speed and; strength, In
Guiding foetraces, three-legged races and
throwing the baseball. A tug-of-war
between the journeyrnen and the boss
BARRIERS. which had been the occasion for
much Boosting by each party was de-
clared a draw when the parting Of the
| rope sent the opposing teams to the
ground in two kicking heaps.
The results of the events follow:
Throwing DdSeDtttI (taQle6)--MrS. w. H.
Hutchins first, Miss A Rohrer second,
Mrs. T. c. Wilson third.
One hundred yard dash Gree for alb
l. a Jahnke first, Frank Merrill second.
| G.. ]. Koch third.
Race for girls under twelve years-Ora
st: Arnold first, Minnie Harpte second.
Race for boys under twelve years
victor johnson first, Hans Hildebrandt
second.
One hundred yard dash for barbers-G.
". Penny first. E.. G1ieslke second, VIII
| liam Buckley third.
| Race for BARRIERS wives-Mrs. c. Rones
first. Mrs. G. 7. Pabst second. Mrs. J.
Rones third.
Three-legged race-Wm. Buckley ana
Fred Gafnev first, w. H. McCutcheod
and Frank Merrill second. ]. ]. MeNa-
mara and J. McCabe third.
Starter, William NJ. Conway; judges,
| e. Kenberg and II. c. Dege.
Shaving contest-Andy Young first, L.
J.. Barnes second, Philip Schneli third.
HaiT-cutttng contest-H. J. Block first
John Erohn second
Judges, Chris Miller. of St Paul and
b. McSweeney and George Rogenstein,
of Saltwater.