New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
4 LADY BARBER. "
She Describes PANTY of hen in the
Wi1dg City.

.Tf's the mems own fault If their BARRIERS talk
then, 20 death. II the men didn't gossip TO the
BARRIERS the BARRIERS would not chatter to their
customers. I forbid my girls TO do anything
more than simply answer questions"
Thus spoke Mrs. Alzora Mullen lady barber
Of Chicago The Windy City is kind to lady
BARRIERS" Mrs. MuIlen's shop is only one Of at
least half a dozen where the gentle art OF bar
bertng is followed by young women.
I'm not the pioneer lady barber of Chicago
no indeed" declared Mrs. Mullen. deftly going
through a case of poulades and ointments with
e cheesecloth buster the while. The first WON
an 10 take up the business to my knowledge was
2 Mrs. willard. who ran q barber shop some
where n Michigan more than twenty years ago
snd then came TO this city. where she practised
Til within year
There are two colleges OF barbering in Chi
cazo I entered one OF them 10 learn hairdress-
ing and nanicuring, but as all my teachers said
there was lots more to be made in barbering
took that up, too. and now I'm glad did.
There is no occupation where the average
woman VIII make such good money and be so
Independent while she is earning it.
Z pay ny girls SIS and SO a week. Their
tips bring their weekly earnings up TO So. but
they have 10 work from a N. 70 s p. m. and
haIf the day Sundays. It's hard work standing
too
Three months are usually enough to learn the
business according TO this authority. Hair cut
ting Is the hardest part 10 master Men who
have once been shaved by woman usually come
back. saying that women make the best bar
bers, their hands are so light.
Our very worst customer is the born crank
a cranky man-Oh. my" and the lady barber
heaved q gentle sigh.
"Of course. if you cash a mans cheek while
you shaving him he isn't exactly crank If
he obJects-well, little strenuousIy you know
But II he's the kind that keeps looking at him
self in the hand mirror and saying: Don't you
think you've left It little long on the right
tenpleT or Cant you outline the parting little
clearer or 7 don't see what in thunder made
you trim the southeast corner Of my rnustache
so short-why then. the lady barber wishes
she was dead-or dressmaker! There's nobody
for fussing like man. provided he's the fussy
kind
And vanityr"- Mrs. Mulltn removed the
glass stopple from bottle Of briliantine, wiped
round the mouth carefully, then returned the
stoppIe 10 fits place vigorously. We'll I won't
go so far TO say all men are vain AS a rule
the more they have in their heads the less they
worry over the way their hair is cut Business
men think little about their personal appearance.
z is the elevator boy, the low salarIed clerks
from department stores and such like who make
the poor BARRIERS life burden. Elevator boys
are terrors. They will follow every motion OF
the barber with the keenest interest, and want
all the powders perfumes and hair restorers IN
the store used
What makes men baIdT Why, in my
opinion It's hereditary in the sex Of man. They
cant help II. poor things" she added, in a tone
OF half contemptuous pity, as she stepped for
ward 70 pin q white calico pinafore around the
neck Of e fresh customer