The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

Shaving is a habit which is chiefly useful as showing that man does
not belong TO the vegetable kingdom. III II were not for the razor. the ilen.
hY o.! many a prominent citizen would be shrouded In gloom and a growth
|ol splhaeh that wonh MAKE n feather buster curl with envy, Shaving has
saved many a happy home from disruption, for there ia nothing INF VIII
take III romance. out o loves young dream quicker than a weeks growth
OF beard. Some men shave from force of habit, willie others U.S. a hoe.
a man VIII go into a barber shop and kick about the shave untiPt the head
rest raHies then go home and pull out each separate whisker with n dull
razor and swear! he likes 1t. There is n great deal of unnecessary shaving
done during the stage OF courtship' but after marriage n mans arlor cooIs
and he soon becomes able 10 look a nounshing growth OF stubMe In the
eye without backing away from the mirror. The safety razor was discov.
cred by he man who invented the dies harrow. 1t is oneo OF the neates,
devices on the market and ves with the corn razor In public confidence
aud esteem. Nobody ever cut himself with a safety razor which has
made ne blthe excursion through n stout beard, for 1t loses its teeth fas.
err than a lawn mower, The habit of shaving becomes very oppressive In
the dog days, when a imposing stand Of whlskers can be collected over
night without any effort whatever on the part of the shavee. Some men
are shaved twice over, while others %h a delicate cuticle are shaved
twice under and emerge from the chair looking like a has relief of the
battle of Bull Imn.
THE HIRED GIRL JjREF,
The hired girl is a household necessity which is no longer viewed in
a hSt trmng manner. In the old days there were SO many hired girls
IN te market that housewives had to shoe them Off the front porch, but
10 hey re getting harder TO find than eggs which can pass the candle
est. Nobody who is not heavily insured speaks of n domestic servant MS
more soothing and distangue. The difference between a hired girl and n
maid Is Dout 81 a week. The hired girl eats at the second table and en-.
'ertams her gentleman friend on the back porch, while the maid has the
hrSt helping to soup and fills the parlor with ragime melody. This Is the
,'aSon WY mere are sc rev hired girls. The modern maid has such n
IN varied repertoire of tailored gowns and chocolate hair that in
some homes 1t is Difficult to tell the mistress from the maid and this has re-.
suited III considerable confusion OF the part of nearsighted husbands and
u NUMBER OF strenuous appeals for aimony. II is hard to wound the sensi
phles OIL a nlred girl by suggesting that the family wash is due. but II on
ash a nid to turn the wringer she will burn a path down to the station and
our leading maids are imported from France and during n household crhts
speaK tat language with a good. deal of unnecessary enthusiasm. Some OF
mem never get TO understand English well enough to grasp n delicate
reference etc III state 1.-THE kitchen floor or a suggested change, of inflow
Mans. The odiashioned hired grLwho used to 60 ahead and do all the
work for a family of nine on 50 a week, and one night a week off. has be
come a haunting memory. 'e