The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-10-06

ter for him to let one c1 thu other bar!
bers wait upon him. Thus he was con.
Estantly skimming the cream, leaving
the cUrd for his poor deluded follow
BARRIERS. He found It an easy matter
to more than double the recetpkS 81
any man in the shop. He said notA hing
and Sawed wood" II was long time
| before even the BARRIERS working next
him "tumbled'' to his smooth little
graft. # 9$ S
On q recent visit to Chicaso. while
making the rounds Of my old hauIts.
I called at this shop. and there wa,
this barber busy, IS usual, trimming .
gray beard. y - 49, aS
Although there was not Z customer
waiting, the moment began remov-
ing my hat and overcoat he said, In his
polite and ELUSIVE manner:
Johnston, l am very sorry. but I
have four men waiting for me, but any
of these men will give you fine
shave"
After awakening the barber at the
first empty chair. I sat down. He
glarsd at me savagely, and>said: Hail
cut?" ,s$y5
do you think it needs it." / asked
"Well, it needs little trimming
around the edges. and ought to- be
washed" %%gf S& &
1907" answered. "Strange-just
had it cut, and my head shahpooed in
Cleveland day before yesterday. Guess
I'll let it 60 for another day. biJust
give me a shave, now"
At this he grabbed towel, and plac-
ing it over my shirt front. began stuf-
fng it viciously down my neck. ~
"Why didn't you let your friend up
there shave you? saw you shake
hands with him."
"Dii you see ttat?" asked.
"Of course I did,
"How could you?" inquired, when
you were so sound asleep had to
awaken you?" m #sy
Having finished lathering me, be
brought out an old blade as wide as a
case knife and began to rake me up
one way and down the other.
Nov, sec here" said, you put
away that old hoe, and get out your
best razor, and give me as good a
shave as you ever gave 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 I mean business.~ ~ ~ {gisa%.S
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 I had just shaken hands,
and who, by this time, had another gray
beard in his chair and others waiting.
Jealousy and contempt do not Sufa-
GENTLY express this BARRIERS feeling
for the tall man, who had outdone
them all, mentally and financially.
Every man who has been 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 man raking in coin on o. graft
that had held good for 20 years vas
surely enough to make less fortunate
BARRIERS turn green with envy. FIX $sl
1t isn't only the system of graft but
the tipping, that is demoralizing the
barber business. The more intelligent
the barber, the better class Of trade he
will command, and there is no reaAop
why he should permit himself to sre-
main on level with the English
lackey or the French table waiter.
It every first-class barber shop
would charge Is cents for shave, and
forbid tips, the patrons would be bet
ter satisfied, while the BARRIERS would
be as we'll compensated. s@%
#&
Relating these barber gratis reminds
me of the following episode: =,
Fifteen years ago, while resident
Of Chicago, had q barber named Dick,
at one Of the leading shops, to whom
/ endeavored to give all my work.
One time I had occasion to 60 on 2
weeks trip to Kankakee, Ill. had
my hair cut there, and it was about
the worst l had ever seen. On RETURN
ing to the city I went to the barber
shop the next day and, finding Dick"
very busy, I took the chair of a barber
named Jones. 500
Great Caesar! Johnston" he said,
what a bum hair cut! Where on earth
did you get it?"
"Why?" inquired, whats the mat
ter with it?'
"Well, johnston" he went on, that
is absolutely the worst l ever saw.
Who Gid it,"
why" said I, ''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. Jus: