The Delawarean., 1901-01-30
LHIHER AND
SHAVE EN-.
An ilstisution Where the Stu
delts Find Plenty Of Students.
8lA EMBRYO T0aS0RIaL ARTISTS
Got Their Touch and SkAlI by P1ac-
A--aksicing on the Brass Covered
Cnticle of the Genus hobo.

enjoy, too and that without the ex-
pen6isura of any money. There are
Charity beds and charity restaurants
tor the panlhandler all over town. If
he is sick he has both the hospital and
the d'ispenSary at his disposal. If his
dealh bother him he is most welcome
Vis5lbor at any of the dental colleges,
where the young students need prac-
tee. and now down on West Broadway
G great barber shop has been opened,
wh-re all who come may be shaved,
ehampooed or have haircut absolute
ly free of all cost.
This barber shop is curious insti-
Sutton. II is not elaboraltely furnished,
but all the necessary articles are there,
and sometimes there are more BARRIERS
hanging around to lsittend ito people
dAan there are customers to be attend
ed to, although not often The place
rs run in connection with a barber
echacl, several of which have been
santad i'm this palT of the country in
Nha past few years The students at
the S5hool are trained to shave and cut
the hair of dummies, and as they have
campltent instructors lit is not long be-
tore they master ahe rudiments of the
business. Then they get a dummy
razor and practice with it on the face
Of AN Instructor. This gives them con-
fdIsnae, and after few days of prac-
tee they are earned loose i'm the shop
At the present time there are fifty
eight BARRIERS putting she finishing
aouches ON their education in the West
Broadway shop. and since the place
h'ats become known to the lodging
douses and tenements they have all
ohsy can ATTEND to-
kAoboas flock uners and the fifty
eight barbers attend to their wants
with ,esy, invariably inviting
dnIm ito come again when ihe shave or
Che haircult is accomplished. When all
the chairs in the place are occupied
ordinary Kitchen chairs are used, THE
backs being s0fbsned by pillows or
wads of towels The manager of the
pace says tina, it is phe largest shop of
rs kind in the world and on his books
ne has a record of one days business
which ihs dsfes anybody ito duplicate
On 1ha day l3st month, he says, 1886
pe1p,a wsna shaved in the place. On
#lstt day the establishment was open
from o'clock in 1ha morning until
af.ar 10 ait nigh. Il is noahing unusual
he says, for his men to attend to the
wants of 1000 peopD in day.
The quality Of the shave or haircu.
hS- the p3trons of this establishment
st is not at all bad The customers
kDow INA t.ley are being practlsed on
Of cours's but most Of them don't mind
THAT. although some show signs of
NERVOUSNESS when the student begins
10 $ nap his razer. Vt isn's unusual for
a nIsI 10 get cut once or twice in the
e0Tnas ,of a 9hays, but as a rule this
fs only passing annoyance, and each
barber has a stick of caustic handy.
Once CIR twice indignant hoboes have
1aarpted to make a mistake of this
Kind a personal issue with the student
that cigt them But such disturbances
sSd speedily, all fifty-eight of the bar
bers b'l1ing hand in the affair if it
fs.nsasssary The other patrons in the
chairs do net like this sort of thing,
f5r Il frequently excites the BARRIERS
atd p kes them a trife unsteady when
frey .return to their work.
ss1ins greatest trouble comes from the
ssssot Jaal5 the barbars wan ITO decide
EAaS Shall be done 10 the patron after
kh glIas into chair and will not allow
Him a voice in the matter. Some ho
Woes object to having their boards trim
Med, NiaIile a STUDENT who happens to
be saor5 ON beard trimming practice
WI IIpitiSt ON doing il. Some want a
shave and object TO haircut, while
the barber wants to administer both.
AS & rule the patron comes around ITO
the hapber's way of thinking in the
end, in all but one thing. The tramps
will usc stand for facial massage.
Nswa.dlys "a frst-class barber must
k1ov Jmething about facial massage.
fhsre is a great demand for lit in first
est. aaops, where all the students
hope TO find employment some day,
hut the tramps object to it, They say
tilst t hurts, in the frs. place, and in
Gle second place lit doss them no good.
AN of the men who go to this shop
do be shaved are not hoboes, by amy
means. "a great many are poor work
ing men, who are not unwilling to save
qbeir dimes by accepting IA free shave
or haircut, even if it isn't as finished
as one they would get from a profess
sional.
Of course there has been a wall
afaout tine place from the BARRIERS i'm the
vicinity, but Clhere was a similar COM
Etaint ON the Bowery from restaurant