The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-15

a chair and let him look on while
shave a man. The next man he la'h-
ers in and | give the first shaVe, ie'-
ting the student finish him. III ShaF-
ing you always go twice over l''h )
face, once with the grain ana 'h""
against 1t. The third man the S'u"cn'
takes alone, while | look on aho cor
rect him when he goes wrong. Nter
'hat he needs only occasional super
vision, unless he gets hold or an eS-
peclaily tough subject
After four days Of steady shaving
we let the student try his hand ut
mar cutting. That's harder than the
shaving, but all can do is to give
nm pair OF scissors and show him
nc" to hold them, and Let him go
ahead, while | stand by and tell him
where he is wrong. lie has to get the
inack OF it himself, and the wholc
secret of good barbering lies III that
knack. 1t is easy to get If Il man has
a light hand. loose wrist and steady
nerves to start with, but anybody can
get It with time and practice. 1t all
lies III practice. and the value Of II
p'ace like this is that the student is
piactislng every moment OF the work.
ms hours. We shave and cut the hair
or over thousand men every ,lav
and we average about so students to
90 the work. SO they haven't much
lime to stand around and talk about
how it ought to be done or to watch
somebody else.
'Bcforc any training schools fol bar
bers were eStab!shcd.-a they only
date from the Worlds fair--a man
could not learn the trade anywhere
Out III a small Shop. The big :;huu&
won bother with green hands. When
man wanted to be 4 barber he had
TO go to some little shop and star, in
as porter he might put in six or
clSht months sweeping and dusting
and running errands before he WIS al
lowed to touch a razor. Then hr WAS
put at honing and stropping tho ra-
"oiS, cleaning combs and brushes. and
llllailE at iatAcring in. combinE hair
alter It was clt. and putting on tie
nay rum. For real work he had to
wait his chance until some extra GOOD
haNured man came in who didn't mind
ocliiS shaved by law hand and such
men arc not SO plenty as they might
DC. falr cutting was out Of the uucs-
lon unless there was big rush on
Or boy came in. Boys don't mind
how their hair looks, but most men
arc fussier about a haircut than IA
thing else or course a br!aht vOun.
iel!oW with his wits about Kim rOud
get the knack in time. but it was slow
work because he couldn't get real p,ac-
tice enough to keep his hand in.
Here, after seven weeks Of steady
practice in shaving and hair cutting.
the student is ready to go into the
nnlShlnS room There he is taught
hair dressing, how to singc and sham
poo. how to use tonics and dyes. and
! finally how to trim the mustachc and
beard. That takes another week. and
then the man is .cady for his diploma
| and is fit for any shop in the city. Oh.
yes; there arc positions enough for
them. We have more applications for
trained workmen than we can ill.
THE older men hcrc' NO.
are learning the trad
! 1t themselves, but to
! employ men to do
! have to know how itt
| for it is bad policy
! shop TO discover a b.:
| through the complain
| crs. Yes. this is the ,,,,,
| in existence. We have branches i'm
! all the principal cities OF the United
! States, but they are all under one
, management So far the enterprise
! mas been very successful. New York
! Post.