Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-21
SHAVING ACCIDENTS
the BARBER DISCUSSES THEM Wits
THE MAN IN HIS CHAIR.

Chances 70 Cut Threats That Are Not
often Taken Advantage Of-Nsrrew
Escapes From Serious Mishaps-A
Fathers Dream.
"Did II ever strike yon." asked the
little barber, "how easy 1t would De
for the man that shaves you to kin
you"
The man ID the chair sat up quick!
and looked carefully at the barber
who was feeling the edge Of the razor
with one finger. The barber smilee
to reassure his customer and said:
Wit seems queer question, l know
! but it Is wonder 10 me that there
are not number OF people Killed 10
that way every year. 1t would Dc
the easiest thing in the world for the
barber as he welded his razor to make
one sweep with 1T and sever the jugu-
lar vein. and YOU would ne dead almosI
on the instant. Suppose, for instance
that the barber Should 60 INSANE
There would be nothing to preVen
his doing such thing. and you Woule
have no warning nor any opportunit!
to save yourself.
"There is always a chance OF serl
GUS accident happening 10 the man IN
the chair. | have seen numDer VI
such accidents and have horror OF
even nicklg the man | am shaving
In fact, such an occurrence makes nle
feel out of sorts for the rest OF the
day, 1t was only'a few days ago tna
almost had an accident that gave
me a great fright and compietel! uh-
neryed me. was shaving young
man, and in passing from one side o.
the chair to the other a button OF my
waistcoat caught in his hair. 1t pullec
. a trifie. and he moved his head SUD
denly just as went to put the olaoe
IN his face. | came within an ace OF
= slashing him, and only quick Jumk
, back saved him. The perspirat'on
| stood out on me. and had to can one
of the other men to finish shaving n1S
customer.
"But the worst accident ever SD"
+, in a barber shop occurred while "aS
working In n small town In the west
Ore of the patrons of the place way
T business man whose S-ycar-olo
I daughter was lying at the point %
death. Her father put in most OF his
31ime at her bedside. One afternoon
while she was asleep he came ID mere
pfto get shaved He was SO exhausted
n,through lack of sleep that he Iel'
asleep Immediately after he hao taken
}, his seat in the chair next to the QUE
behind which | was ut work.
>. HE dreamed that some one hao
II ! come into the place to tell him thai
! his child had died. With cry OF
Ia alarm he started up just as the barber
. laid the razor against his neck. Int
the flesh 1t sank. He was not yel
thoroughly awake. and as he imagined
( that some one was holding him bacf
from his child he threw out his hani
, to free himself and his fingers c!oa"s
over the blade Of the razor SO daZ' !
was he that he could not realize wiz
r, had happened, but sat there in IT,
chair with the blood streaming t:o;l
his throat and flgers.
1.-THE man who had done the cutting
was the first to act. although hal
crazed. He hurried for q doctor, whil'
we stanched the flow Of blood the, bes
we knew how. Even as the dacto
j was at work sewing up the W0und
a messenger came to say that4the iittl'
girl had died suddenly in the creates
\ agony, calling for her father just be
] fore she died He Was under the IN
i f1uence of ether at the time and dit
not know. but afEfward. when h
heard of the circumstances attendin!
her death. he insisted that he hai
heard her call as b. lay there aslee]
In the chair and that IT was her or,
that had caused him to make ,lis sud
den movement
For years after the accident he to- 4
tinued to shave in the same shon
"here II mad occurred, and il was
4 never mentioned. lie carried a re-
. nlnder OF it for the remainder of his
IKE. In addition to the scar on his
throat. the fingers of his right hand
were all drawn up u4d useless.
sudden movements while in the bar
DER chair are always apt to be attend
Ell win serious results, and could re.
call dozens OF instances where If has
been only the merest chance that has
prevented serious if not fatal mislaps
Il ! IL
\ getting shaved receives a nick and laws
the Dlame on the barber he should
thank the wielder Of the razor that il
was no worse. The probabilities are
that it was quick action by the barber
that prevented bad cut A slight
nick often would have been case for
the doctor or coroner We're it not for
the watchfulness of the barber. Here
! yesterday i happened to draw blood
from a young fellows face near biz
ear, and he made great fuss about it
until l showed him that it was only
the sudden withdrawal of the razor
which resulted in the slight nick that
prevented him losing a good part of his
ear. Then he was grateful and thank
ed me. besides promising to be more
careful in the future.