The Western news., 1903-01-14
TIRED A NEW BARBER,
Lawyers Experience with an ANA
teur knight of the Razor.

| lCuI IA VI the NuAOTs
''I've just had humorous but rather
unpleasant experience" said we'll
known lawyer yesterday. 1T wasn't
very funny for me while it lasted, but
it taught me thing or two that l shall
not forget in hurry. This is the way it
happened:
II was over on the extreme East side
this morning on business, but found my
client out His wife said that he would
be home in an hour or so needed a
shave, so l hunted up little barber
shop on the next block. l had been
there before and remembered the shop
as clean one, where one could get a
really excellent shave. But l didn't
know that the shop had changed hands
since my last visit. l found that out
later.
BOSS OUT? asked, as greasy
young Italian reached for still more
greasy appearing towel
No. said he. 4 bought the shop
four days ago. Shaver
No. said |, settling back in the
chair. I thought that would drop in
and have few teeth pulled
'Now, l shouldn't have said that
see my mistake now. But the remark
did not appear to disturb him. He Just
mixed up Il sickly-looking lather and
daubed some of it on my face-that is,
what did not go in my mouth went on
my face.
"Have you any vanilla or orange
favored soap?' l asked. am partic-
ularly fond of those tiavors. l don't
like the taste of the kind that you are
using
of course, that is where l made my
second mistake: I shouldn't have said
that. but it didn't appear to affect him
at all. He got out a razor and stropped
it up. | thought that that was what he
was doing, but it seems that he was
only putting Oh saw edge A saw edge
cuts better, you know. At least the one
that he fixed up did.
81 ain afraid that your saw is a lit
tie dull to-day l remarked. Perhaps.
If it is not too much trouble, you will
also clip a little off of the other ear. |
am afraid that l will look somewhat
one-sded.'
- have not reached the other side
yet he replied. Will you open your
mouth. please?
What for! l asked. but had said
enough. When my mouth opened he
jabbed his thumb inside so that he
could hold out my cheek. Reminded
me of the old-time dentists when they
wanted to get at a back tooth. Excuse
me minute, they would say, while |
dislocate your jaw and then would hit
you a thump and leave your jaw wide
open.
'.Ry this time l was getting really in
terested in the operation. and when my
friend the barber murmured Eleven
l asked him. Eleven what?'
Eleven times that have cut a man
to-day he explained. You see. l have
only been barber for four days 1 was
a truck driver before that, and saved
enough money to buy this shop. l made
twenty-three slips the first day that |
tried shaving; that was twice for every
man that l shaved but one-I cut him
three times. don't understand it. Il
used to shave myself very well. had
begun to think that was improving. as
cut only nine men yesterday. l have
had only four customers to-day and
have made eleven cuts. seem to be
going back
II thought that saw tear stealing
down his face. l felt sorry for him.
Brace up l said; perhaps in day or
two you will get your average down to
one cut per man.
"Maybe l didn't get out of that chair
in hurry. Dispensed with bay rum
and brushed my hair myself: | gave
him quarter of a dollar and got four
nickels in change. Then it dawned on
me that had had my first, and |. hope
my last, experience in one of those five
cents a clean-towel-with-eve shave
places.
"Webb is going over there to see that