Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-13
BARBER SHOPS WORLD OVER.
America Has Most Deliberately Equip
ped TOnsOrial Parlors.
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(New York Herald.)
One of the things which the Amer
lean man, travelling around the world
is very apt to miss is the luxurious
American barber shop, for in no
other part of the world are to be
found the elaborately equipped bar
Der shops, stocked with all sorts of
creams, soaps and perfumes and
tonics for the skin and hair which in
America are so literally distributed
The only cities which supply the
same sort Of service as that to which
the American man Is accustomed
from his barber are few Of the Ca
madam cities.
The barber shops of London, Paris
and Rome are much simpler. In
many parts of Ireland, Scotland
and Wales, the shops are run in back
rooms connected with stores for the
sale Of tobacco, newspapers or fancy
goods.
Austrian barber shops are care
fully conducted, it being required
that an apprentice shall serve four
years before he is permitted to open
shop of his own. The apprentices
get very poor pay. For the first
year the wages are Al cents q week.
for the second year 81 cents a week
for the third year 81 cents week
and for the fourth year 81 .02 week
They also receive tips from their Gus
toners
IN SaloniKa BARRIERS charges are
not fixed, the barber acce pting what
ever his customer chooses to---pay.
Many patrons pay by the month, a
monthly payment Of from sc cents
fn Q nNyt. fr, fsx~.
seven shaves e week. Tho iaboring
ing street BARRIERS.
The Harput barber places around
his customers neck a peculiar pan
with a semi-circular piece cut out of
one side so that it fits partially
around the neck under the chin. Wa
ter is poured into the pan and the
barber makes lather with his
hands and rubs it on the customers
face, usually using his hands for this
purpose also.
In Bagdad the well-tO-do members
of the community have the BARRIERS
come to their homes, the charges be-
ing IL cents for q shave and 20 cents
for haircut. In Syria there are bar
ber shops Of the European tyne
which cater to the better class Of
trade, while the cheaper BARRIERS ply
their vocation in the streets. In the
cheaper shops OF Jerusalem the
peasants can have their heads shaved
and their boards trimmed for from
two and a half to seven cents. The
shops have only crude wooden
bench and chair, with hand glass
for the customer to hold. In the bet
ter shops of Jerusalem arm-chairs
are used.
Nearly all the BARRIERS in Tripou
are Italians, and the shops are as
well equipped as those Of the Ital-
ian cities. The native Arab BARRIERS
require only pair of scissors, a pair
equipment. Thoy erect their tempo
rary shops In the market places by
spreading some mating over q few
poles. Arabs have their heads
shaved, keeping the hair short so that
the white skullcap over which the
feZ is worn will fit closely.
There are many BARRIERS in Muscat,
Oman, but no barber shops. Wealthy
persons are attended in their own
homes, while the poorer classes are
shaved in the baZaars. Both Gus
toners and barber sit on a mat fac
ing each other. 1t is customary to
shave the entire head. The charge
in the bazaars Is equal to two cents
In American money.
In Alden the BARRIERS are Hindoos,
who generally call at the homes Of
their customers. The European res
idents have these BARRIERS call every
morning at about 8 o'clock, and pay
$f.28 a month for the service, which
includes one haircut.
In johannesburg all barber shops
are under the control OF the local
health officer, by whom they lre peri
odically inspected. Barbcrs are re-
quired to wear long linen coats with
out pockets, and the use OF sponges
or powder muffs is prohibited
In Bombay, India, the workmen,
coolies and lower classes Of servants
have their barbering done on the
street. Native BARRIERS call at the
houses to attend the wealthier
classes. In Karachi all the barber
work Of the city is done by peripa-
tetic workmen.
Chinese BARRIERS formerly travelled
about, serving their customers at
their homes or places OF business.
Each barber carried his equipment,
which consisted Of stool on which
his customer was seated a small
wooden tub used as a basin, the old