St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-29
THE NEW BARBER.
lawyer Gets Into the Hands OF N
Ex-Truckman and Has a Bad
Time of It,

Il nave just had humorous but
rather unpleasant experience" said
Well-known lawyer recently, re-
lates The New York Sun. 1T wasn't
very funny for me while it lasted,
but It taught me a thing or two
that | shall no forget in hurry.
Ibis is the way it happened:
II was over on the extreme East
side this morning on business, but
found my client out. His wire said
| that he would be home in an hour or
SO. l needed shave, SO l hunted up
q little barber shop on the next
| block. had been there before and
remembered the shop as clean one
where enc could bet a really excel
lent shave. But l didn't know that
the shop had changed hands since my
last visit. l found that out later.
BOSS out?' l asked, as greasy
young Italian reached for still more
greasy appearing towel.
"'No,' said he, L bought the shop
four days ago. Shaver
NO 1 said, settling back in the
chair. I thought I would drop in
and have a few teeth pulled
Now, l shouldn't have said that.
1 see my mistake now. But the re-
mark did not appear to disturb him.
He just mixed up a sickly looking
lather and daubed some of it on my
face-ahat is, what did not go in my
mouth went on my face.
"'Have you any vanilla or orange
favored soap?' l asked. I am par
ticularly fond of those flavors. ]
don't like the taste of the kind you
are using
"Of course that is where made my
second mis- take. I shouldn't have
said that, but it didn't appear to af-
feet him at all. He got out a razor
and stropped it up. 1 thought that
was what he was doing, but it seems
that he was only putting on saw
edge. A saw edge cuts better, you
know. At least the one that he fixed
up did.
81 am afraid that your saw is a
little dull to-day l remarked. Per
haps, if it is not too much trouble,
you will also clip a little off the
other car. 1 am afraid l will look
somewhat one-sided.'
"'I have not reached the other side
yet he replied. will you open your
mouth. please?'
"'What for?' l asked, but l had
said enough. When my mouth was
opened he jabbed his thumb inside so
that he could hold out my cheek. Re-
when they wanted to get at back
tooth. Excuse me minute they
would say, while l dislocate your
jaw and then would hit you thump
and leave your jaw as wide open as
pool rooms under Tammany.
''By .bis time 1 was getting really
interested in the operation, and when
my friend the barber murmured.
Eleven l asked him, Eleven what?
Eleven times that 1 have cut
man to-day he explained. You see
l have only been a barber for four
DAYS. / was a truck driver before
that and saved enough money to buy
this shop. I made 90 slips the first
day that I tried shaving, that was
twice for every man I shaved but one
I cut him three times. l don't I'm
derstand it. I used to shave myself
very well. 1 had begun to think /
was improving, as I cut only nine
men yesterday. I have had only four
customers to-day and have made II
cuts. I seem to be going back
81 thought that I saw tear steal
ing down his face. l felt sorry for
him. Brace up / said, perhaps in
day or two you will get your aver
age down to one cut per man.
maybe I didn't get out of that
chair in hurry. Dispensed with bay
rum and brushed my hair myself. /
gave him quarter of dollar, and
got four nickels in change. Then it
dawned on me that l had had my
first, md 1 hope my last, experience
in one of those Standardization
with-every-shave places.
webb is going over there to see
that client of mine on Monday. / am
going to send him to that shop to be
shaved.
II hate Webb"