The Washington bee., 1907-06-01
RICH Have WIRY HAIR
WALL STREET BARBER SAYS HE
CAN TELL WEALTH BY BEARD.
Average Workingman Has Soft Whis-
kers According to Man Who
Scrapes MilIionairss-Latter
Are Early Risers.

Are Early Risers.
New York-Joseph Bischoff, barber
and hair cutter, in Wall street. who at
tends to the tOnscrial wants Of many
of its most famous men. says that he
can tell a muItimilIionaire by the hair
on his face-that men of vast wealth
have wiry and stiff whiskeTs and are
hard to shave The average work
ingman has a soft, fuzzy growth of
hair on the face and can be scraped
without special effort.
Thomas F. Ryan is Bischofs most
famous patron, and the barber goes
TO the fnancier's house every morn
ing at $50 o'clock sharp. He also
shaves members of the StiIman,
Woodward Rockefeller and Wander
bilt families, and says that in all his
experience he has yet to meet the
millionaire who wakes up in the morn
ing with a crouch Bischoff does
most of his work at the homes of his
rich patrons, and at his basement
shop in Wall street during the day
lesser lights of the financial district
drop in for a shave, hair cut, or sham
poo.
BischOff can write a check for $780,
600, and his signature will be honored
in the great banking institutions with
a celerity that viii surprise his ac-
quaintances-
The other day at the shop, while
lathering the face of a ten dollar
week clerk, Bischoff gave his daily
itinerary as follows:
I get up every morning, including
Sunday, at six o'clock. After shaving
myself dressing, and partaking of a
mild breakfast, l hustle over to the F.
residence of James T. Woodward. in
East Fifty-siXth street, and reach
there at 6:15. I find Mr.. Woodward,
who is the president of the Hanover |
National bank, fully dressed, waiting !
for his morning shave. He greets me |
kindly and is vigorous and bright |
eyed every morning.
James Sdlman, president of the |
National City bank. comes next, and !
am booked to be in his dressing-room |
not later than 7:l5. He lives in East |
Seventy second street. also take |
care of his son. James Stiuman. While |
l am shaving the senior Mr. StlIman |
I often think of his cares, the enor- /
nous figures ON his mind, and of his
great responsibility Then I look for /
lines on his f..--i1es Of w0rry-and |
l am happy To say that / can't find
them.
Then cones Air. Ryan 1 reach his
home on Fi,h avenue at $50 o'clock,
and let me say right now that I get
there on the tick of the hour.
Generally / find him out of bed wait
ing for me. Sometimes he is in his
pajamas. lie slips on a dressing robe
and says:
All right Joseph; do the job as
quickly as possible.
Everyone knows that Mr.. Ryan is
one of the greatest business men in
the world, but / can say, after shay
ing him for almost 20 years, that he
comes out Of his sleep with a smile
and laugh, and is kindly, generous,
and light hearted from the moment of |
his awakening.
Il rub the lather for five minutes,
because Mr.. Ryan has the strongest
and stifest hair of all the men l
have ever shaved. The hairs are like
as many wire nails. His eyes twinkle
from the start of the shave to the in
ish, and l often wonder if he forms big
corporations in his brain while 1 am
shaving him.
Just think. during the time l Iather
Mr. Ryan's face his investments will |
have made him $10O The scraping
process takes up time enough for an
other hundred, and the bay rum and |
hair combing completing the shave in
creases Mr.. Ryan's fortune about $500. |
He is liberal. | never have named a /
charity or a needy person to him
that he has not asked how much it /
will take TO mend the situation. If I |
say 81 or 500 it is all the same. Mr.. |
Ryan has his hand in his pocket and |
gives me the sum l name.
4 next call on Mr. Ryan's SONS |
in Liberty street. They are Allan,
Cledennin and John-all chips of the |
old block Then | go to Wall street |
and start the days work in the shop. |
Among my callers are Vice President |
Vanderlip of the National City bank |
and Alexander Orr. | cut the hair Of |
a lot of millionaire babies William G. |
RnoEafalIar'S bovc ara aD,opU thar, /