The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-06
BEST OF ALL BARRIERS
TO BE SHAVED BY AMERICAN NJ
GRO WAS 4 DELIGHT.
Entertaining, sklifgl ard Humorous
-s Has Been suppisntsd BY the
More 5gslnsss-LIks Modern
Tentorial Artist.

The tear OF regret may giistsn for
moment In the corner OF the eye OF
some elderly man when be revisits In
imagination the barber shop Of long
ago. That was in the day when in
the middle west popular pre1udics
held fast TO the opinion that the negro
was a natural barber. the American
negro the best barber in the world.
He knows more about family trees
than any college OF heraldry--if there
is such an institution-couid possibly
know and how long and interesting
be would talk Of your folks folks In
Lexington. KY
Let me rest 20 hat. and 10 coat.
sab. Yes, SIR. Judge g. was heah this
mornin and Col b. got out OF the
cheer only few minutes ago"
With sigh Of anticipated comfort
you sank into the chair and stretched
out your legs Yes, san. 20 really do
need shave. sab It's pleasure 70
me to shave you Yo' beard is just
as IT should be. Now and then get
rough neck with squirrel whiskers
that upsets me TO- whole day"
Perhaps you may recall story in
an old text book about very differ
ent kind Of barber. that began after
this fashion.
"A pratlng barber who waited upon
certain king. came one day to trim
his hair and asked him: Sire. how
will you have It done? silently said
the king
II is not necessary to continue that
story, the indianapolis News remarks.
One may know at once that the bar
Der Of this churlish king was not a
negro. He was probably a mere ton
serial artist, wholly devoid OF the de-
lightful charm OF entertaining that is
possessed In so high a degree by the
black knight OF the razor-one might
now. alas, call him the disinherited
knight. as so many have come in tC
crowd him from his place.
Only one superfuous question would
be ask, and that was from long estAb-
lished habit: Does she pull, sah?"
Yet be we'll knew that In his skiliful
hand the keen blade was as light as
gossemer, for as he afterward ad-
mttted he had "honed and stropped her
down iner'n gnats heel" How
deftly he would spread the cool lather
over the rough and razorable cheek
and chin! With what tender care he
avoided the wsrt that nestled on your
upper lip, close to your nose, and
never say word about this blemish
on very handsome face!
But you did not get out of the chair
In any such brief time as this tale
has required in its telling. BY no
means. How he would daily about
you. comb and shears In hand. clip
ping here and there an infinitesimaJ
bit OF hair which. in his critical judR.
ment, spoilt the symmetry OF his
work. And. at last, as though loath /
to let you go until his sense OF the
perfection of his work had been salts
hed In every artistic detail. he would /
still detain you for a last lingering re.
setful inspection. following you to
the door and watching your shadow as
II heightened In the afternoon sun
What a genial humor he had what
a knowledge OF human nature. white |
and black? The newspaper, even then
vas we'll enough in its way. but rot
- be compared as news teller TO |
MIN who gave the gossip OF the dear
old town with racy flavor and pic
iuresque beauty that proclaimed the
master The new barber has liner
hop and sometimes a foreign accent
Is more matter OF fact and business
Ike candidly. you know he !,
he's not the old ba, her