The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-16

New York, March 16-To see our
selves as others see us Is only given to
a few. James j. Jeffries was one of
those few AS a rule, when one gets
such view of himself 1t is only by
accident. and the exhibitor Is always
more or less perplexed as to how to
smooth things over.
Funny thing about it is that the
sight of one possessed by others is
never especially complimentary. And
"Big Jim" was overwhelmed when he
got disinterested view of himself.
jeff got up In the morning feeling
good, tramped from the Hotel Albany
up Broadway to Forty-slXth street and
turned into the barber shop presided
over by that well-known tonsorlal art
ist, John the Barber" who, since he
retired from the business OF being an
gel for musical comedy, has gone
back to giving close shaves In the rear
of the Gaiety theater
jeff entered the shop unannounced
and no person recognized the big fell
low. "Looie" was the artist whose
finger wig wag caught the fighters at
tention. and he dropped into his chair.
"Loole" Is full of everything that goes
TO make up the news of the day and is
not noted for his taciturnity He has
disturbed more maps in a barber chair
than any other barber In New York
He holds the Marathon barber talk
record
%Looie's" deft fingers fitted the towel
under Jeff's neck He passed his hand
once or twice over the jaw that has
felt the caresses of some OF the worlds
greatest gladiators; he ran his fingers
through the champions flowing locks
and suggested little tonic for the
cure of dandruff.
The big fellow grunted and 'Looie"
got busy. He ratified the brush
around in the cup. smeared the lather
over the massive phiz of the Golden
State pride, washed it of with a
sponge dipped in hot water, after he
had carefully rubbed 1t in; lathered 1t
up again and commenced.
Weather seems to have settled
after the big storm"
"Umph-umph
Must have had a tough time of 1t
down in Washington
"Umph" +"
New York suits me all right inau-
guration time"
No reply to this. 'Iooie" realized
he had struck the wrong lead.
Think business will improve, now
Taft's in?"
Dunno"
Another wrong lead.
pretty hot play, that Girl From
Rector's'"
No reply. In bad again. "Looie"
took another tack,
"Vaudevilles going to be the great
drawer next week"
"Yes?"
Eyes Every house got big attrac-
ton. Jeffries is the best"
Think so?"
Sure He'll draw like molasses does
flies Do you think he's goln' to hight
Johnson"
well, he seems to be in doubt
''No wonder, | think he's hasbeen,
myself. Fact is l never did see him
the way other people did. He was all
right for a little while. but he soon
played out At that / always thought
his fights with the big ones were
fixed"
What male you think that"
By this time 'Looie" saw he had
his victims interest and he waded
right in.
"Oh, nothing hardly that YOU could
Just name. II was just a sort OF teel-
ing of mine. | knew JEFF well when
was in San Francisco. I've always
been a pretty good picker when II
came to placing money on fight and
wouldn't BET the price of a hair cut on
JeG If he goes against the Niger. is
the razor hard. sir?"
mo. it's all right"
Ever see Jefries fght2"
NO"
"Wen. II you'd seen as much OF him
as ] have. you'd say the same as do
He NAV have been there once, but he's
all gone now. His wind IS bad; ne s
too fat: he never can come back.
"He doesn't seem TO think so him.
self"
That's his bluff. He was always
good buffer Made a couple OF lucky
punches, knocked out a big fellow or
two, and his size helped out. The rest
of the world got afraid of him. My
opinion is that If Johnson ever goes at