The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-06
I'll let 1t go Tor another day. Just
give me a shave, now"

| III let IL go IOF aHOtnef Jay JUST
| give me a shave, now"
At this he grabbed = towel, and plac-
ing 1t over ny shirt front, began slut
fng 1t ~viciousIy down my neck.
why didn't you let your friend up
there shave you? / saw you shake
hands with him."
Dill you see that?" l asked.
"Cf course l did"
"How could your" l inquired, when
you were SO sound asleep ! had to
awaken your"
Having finished lathering me, be
brought out an old blade al wide as g
case knife and began to rake me up
one way and down the other.
Nov, see here" l said, you put
away that old hoe, and get out your
best razor, and give me as good a
shave as you ever gave a man in this
| shop, or I'll bump your head up
against that mirror good and hard.
Now, don't fool away any more time,
for / mean business"
No man ever got down to business
more quickly than he did, and there
/! after he was courtesy itself. He even
grew confidential, and | had no trouble
in obtaining his opinion of the tall man
with whom / had just shaken hands,
and who, by this time, had another gray
beard in his chair and others waiting.
Jealousy and contempt do not suf1-
GENTLY express this BARRIERS feeling
for the tall man. who had outdone
them all, mentally and financially.
Every man who has been a constant
patron of BARRIERS knows that there are
no men In the world more jealous OF
one another. To stand by and see the
tall MAJ raking in coin on a graft
that had held good for 20 years was
surely enough to make less fortunate
baroers turn green with envy.
1t isn't only the system of graft, bat
the tipping, that is demoralizing the
barber business. The nor intelligent
the barber, the better class of trade he
will command, and there is no reason
why he should permit himself to re-
main on a level with the English
lackey or the French table waiter.
If every first-class barber shop
would charge rs cents for a shave, and
forbid tips, the patrons would be bet
ter satisfied, while the BARRIERS would
be as well compensated.
Relating these barber gratis reminds
me of the following episode:
Fifteen years ago, while a residen-
of Chicago, l had a barber named Dick,
at one of the leading shops, to whom
l ~endeavored to give all my work.
One time l had occasion to go on a
weeks trip to Kankakee, Ill. / had
my hair cut there, and it was about
the worst | had ever seen. On return
ing to the city l went to the barber
shop the next day and, finding Dick
very busy, l took the chair of a barber
named Jones. !.
Great Caesar! Johnston" he said,
what a bum hair cut! Where on earth
did you get it?"
"Why?" l inquired, what's the mat.
ter with it,"
"Well, Johnston" he went on, "thaj
is absolutely the worst I ever saw
Who cid it,"
why" said l, "Dick, of course, and
he told me it was the best job he had
done for six weeks, and you know
Dicks reputation as a barber. Just
call Dick here and see what he has tc
say for himself"
mo, mol" cried Jones. you know
how Dick is; he's q scrapper. Let i:
go; let it 60"
Bat" l insisted, "Ill not stand fol
such e bad hair cut am going afte.
Dick, good and hard"
"Oh," said Jones. cit isn't so awful
bad. To tell you the truth, l was jus.
Joking. The hair III is all right"
When ready to leave, l said:
Il am not quite satisfied with this
haircut, and
But" he interrupted, don't say
word to Dick; he'll half kill me If you
do"
Well" I insisted, Il shall speak te
him about it, anyhow"
AS l came to Dicks chair l stopped
and called his attention to my bad
haircut, and meanwhile l hurriedly
told him the story Of how Jones had
condemned it, and how he had taken II
all back when l told him that it was
Dick who had done the job.
Quickly taking in the situation, Dicl
started toward Jones chair, and Jones
Immediately grabbing his hat and
razor, escaped through the rear end Of
the shop. Nor would he return unit
some of the other BARRIERS explained