Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-01-10
SANITARY RULES FOR BARRIERS.
Strict Requirements Out In Michigan
Mnyernr emit fur LaMa In ali the SIaies.

Strict Requirements Out In Michigan
Movement for Laws In all the States.
Seventeen Philadelphia BARRIERS who
were fined last summer for shaving on
Sunday took appeals, but the judges
have decided that the old "blue law"
prohibiting Sunday shaving is still
valid
Batbers throughout the country are
turning their attention to matters of
legislation In connection With their
trade The application of sanitary rules
to the barber shop has been very sue
cesafulin Boston. The Executive Board
Of tho National Association is back OF
a movement to secure the passage Of
similar laws In all the States.
bill will be introduced into the
Pennsylvania Legislature this winter
and another in New York which will
provide Tor the rigid regulation of
barbershops.
When speaking of tho work In his
State, Secretary #. M. Van Horn of
the Michigan BARRIERS Commission.
said: Some OF the questions asked APP
plicants for license before the Board
OF Examiners may sound very simple.
hut they are important nevertheless.
and muet be answered inteligently
before the coveted license is granted.
For instance. the barber is apt to
smile at the apparent simplicity Of the
question: What kind of lather brush
do you user How are the bristes
fastened on the handler
That's easy,' he says to himself I;
but the answers are not always salts
factory. There are certain kinds of
handles that gather verdigris and other
unhealthful accommodations, and the up
to-date barber will use only those that
have prov ed the best and tine most
cleanly.
"Another simple question is: What
do you use for washing lather from a
customers faoe?' The barber land we
occasionally find one) that writes, "a
SPONGE in the answer blank is advised
to out II out right away, as most
reprehensitle practice, and to provide
a clean towel for each customer.
1.-The question What do you use for
applying powder to customers faoe?'
sometimes elioits the answer. powder
puffs. This practice is also condemned
by the commission. There is no
surer method Of communicating skin
diseases than by the application of the
same powder puff to each customers
race. Inc last examination form con-
sisted of 10 questions, upon which the
applicant must secure percentage
OF 20.
"He must be citizen OF the United
States tell how long be has worked at
the business !; whether he served as an
apprentice under regular barber or
just picked up his trade; whether he
ever worked in BARRIERS college,
which institutions are not recognized
by the profession; on what kind OF a
hone he prepares his razors for use,
what kind of solution he uses for
disinfecting his razors. clippers and
shea,s; what he uses for cleaning hair
brushes, combs and shaving brushes
how to stop the flow of blood in case
customer is cut, and give bic ideas on
the best remedies for treatment of skin
and scalp diseases, for faces with erup-
tions caused principally by close shay
ing, for dandruf aud for loss OF hair.
The law. continued Van Horn,
does not expect barber to be q
physiclan, but it does expect HIM to be
familiar with the hest methods of pre-
venting skin diseases by sterilizing bis
tools. the use Of proper antispetics,
&c. ~