The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-02

siiutions, they would stil be set dow
As takers of first rank
As q matter Of fact the modern barbe
e q silent man. He hasn't time TO talk
AID his victim HASN'T time 10 listen. II
ghe good old days when tradition was
E1ade. nobody was Ia a hurry. A man tool
all day for a bath and a haircut and ex-
pected entertainment thrown 10 with the
toHeis and the lather The barber poised
has razor OF scissors Ia nidair, and
launched into airy persinage OF golden
philosophy or orations on sociology,
economics and literature or rhYmed
eianzas. At least that IS what he does
~ historical novels. Occasionally. he stlll
does i in ne funny papers. bu. one
shuaders 70 think of the customers con-
trbution 10 the airy perslhage. should
the system be applied to real life
When q business man allows himself
twelve minutes FOR luncheon and a shave.
he hasn't lime for intellectual refresh
ments. and his barber knows IT, The
modern BARRIERS brain and soul may be
seething With eioquence. but he Is a
mute lnglOriOus Milton. 1t Is only IN his
hours of ease thar the np-to-date BARRIERS
soul expands and he goes IN for the gentle
art of conversation, says an observant
chronicler connected with the New York
sun. but 20 know him In bis moments Of
relaxation Is TO realize how much simple
enjoyment we miss tn this busy world
There was man who was shaved by
the same barber every day for two years.
ana never got further along IN the ac
qualniance that sentences OF six words
Then one night. he looked across con
cert garden table, md. through a cloud Of
smoke, saw a face that seemed strangely
familiar. lie instincllyely leaned his head
backward and composed his features.
inen he sat up and said:
How are YOU Smith? Whatn you
After that preliminary lather. conversa
ttn giidcd as smoothly as Smiths razor
n was thinking. sir" said the bar.
Der that us a funny world"
The man agreed 70 the proposition.
Now why would man deliberately 60 /
q work ana show every rascaily traif he
hss, when nc could cover Il up? A man
cant Keep his secrets behind a smooth
lace ana don't see why; nowadays.
~here everybody is laying himself out 70
% everybody else men are going In for
IT'S In order that the barber and his
progeny may be preserved to u.s. sue-
gested the man
Not On your life II the Lord were
looking out for NE barber, he'd siop This
fad for shaving at home. No. SIR; its a
funny thing. Di1 you ever shave a-mang''
I've occasionally fayed myself"
Wen. that's no fun. You know how
bad yon are before you starr in; but.
tell you, shaving a strange man with
beard and mustache Is like cutting into
his soul and having a hook al 1t. I've
stumbled on the queerest things N my
business. Someway or other. after a man
has been clean shaven Tor while. he
gets his mask into working order and
puts up facial blum; hut when he has
always worn beard and isn't used 10
watching HE mouth and chin they give
him away IN great shape The barber
gets the first revelation and IFS interest.
ing It's very interesting. I've shaved
men when ! felt as n I'd opened private
letters or read a diary
4 often wonder how some men have
the nerve TO 20 home TO their wives or
70 meet their friends after their first clean
shaves. DO you know what I'd like to
haveg ia like 20 have two pictures Of
every bearded man I've ever shaved, one
picture OF him as a boy. at the time OF
his first shave. and another OF him taken
when he'd had his first clean shave after
wearing a beard or mustache for years.
fhatd be interesting reading or course
some men g'ways have worn smooth faces
and they've kept an eye on their mouths
and chns and taught them not to tell
tales"
The man drank his beer reiectively
and stroked his mustache Incidentally
he made up his mind that II he ever
yielded TO her persuasion and sacrificed
that mustache he'd go TO a less observ-
ant barber.
Why are the men an going IN for
smooth faces2T he asked
Heaven knows, I don't IT'S The etvle.
but I don't know how It started. The ,
actors and the walters used to have It
ell their own way. Now when a man
comes In / don't know whether he PLAYS
Hamlet or shovels salads or wrecks .
Even the spectators and
other gamblers shave smoothly now
and its q mistake. OF course they CUT.
tivate sort Of stone jaw expressions:
but what's the use when a beard would
% all the work? The only fellow who
has a right 10 Weir smooth face Is
man with a fine. strong chin and clean
cut lips and good teeth and honest eyes
and he doesn't ny around Ia f0cks: but
the men with receding cnins and weak
upper lips and projecting teeth and ugly
lines at their mouth corners ought 10 be
required By law TO grow boards. It's
like this vice business. You can't STAMP
Il cut but you az least might cover II
up and prevent its exposure"
Don't you think it's a squarer deal
and safer for the general public n
concealed weapons are prohiblted9" the
man inquired. looking around al the 2
crowd. and then coming back TO the
keen-eyef little man across the table
from hi'n.
WeI. perhaps 80 Everybody has the "
same start then. odds are even 50 to =
-peaR. But its inarfistlc MS damua.
1r iaarustic." Professional taste looked
,ui through nnlmpassioned observa ton.
-ot. If sou are going 10 for esthctcs," Q
"Exactiy So" The man had wondered 6