University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-05-23
IN THE BARBER'S CHAIR
With Some Side Observations on Styles in Hair
cuts-What Man Undergoes to Con-
form to Custom
form to Custom.

: les, Sa1Q the man VINO had bee
waiting an hour for the magic word
Next" They say old Job had har,
luck story. But when brought down t,
the present-day and compared with tn
trials which We men must endure, tn,
Biblical sufferer had an easy time o
it. Look at that fellow Adam and his
rib. Eve. Styles didn't worry them
no matter which way the wind blew
And then you never heard of Jonah
leaving his supper SO that he might
beat some one to the chair to get his
hair trimmed before attending q
dance. He felt sure that 1t made
very little difference to the whale
whether he wore a feather-edge' or
a 'german-round haircut on the
yatching party. Now, when old man
Skinclothes decided to make an after
noon call on Miss String O'Beads in
the good old days at Cliffville, he
didn't have to interview q tonsorial
artist in regard to his appearance.
Yes, it's awful, the grasp the bar
bers have on u.s."
That's about right" said the man
next to him as he laid down the
barber shop copy of the Police Ca
zette. "The BARRIERS certainly do die
tate to us. Did you ever stop to think
about the many different styles in
hair-cuts? In fact, they are charac-
of types. Now for instance,
just imagine attending a musical con-
cert where the main character was
You would demand your
money back, crying to the heavens
hat you were defrauded. Or think |
Tor a moment of a moving picture
hero rushing forward at the critical
and rescuing the beautiful
Belinda from the clutches of the vii
ian. What If the hero did not have
ong, wavy, curly, chestnut hair for
he heroine to pat as the film ends.
Then again, imagine the weak BROTH
r of the play, usually an escaped con-
'ict, wearing anything but the style
which is so universally popular at
ails and other hotels of that nature.
'ou can't do it."
The Pirate Style.
Right you are," returned the first
'aiter. Il had never thought of that,
ut it's So Just because they say
Id Cap Kid wore his hair hanging
own on his shoulders, a pirate who ,
i'd not wear his the same way would
e no more feared than the little
war which was held
gently in Mexico. And along this
ne, of course, one wonders who was
lie first doctor to allow his hair to
fervesce down over his face until it
,ached a point two inches below his
lin. Up to a short time ago a man
,uldn't be a doctor unless he fol-
wed this fashion,"
The conversation ended as the first
'eaker went to his vivisection in the
ird chair. The other reclined his
'ad and reflected over what had been
i'd. He had never thought much :, -
'out haircut styles of wearing the :,
ir, either with the male or the fe- =
ale of the species. In fact, he had :
erely taken his regular afternoon - :,
ch month as it came, and borne 1t .,
lch the same as he would the one O.
ent in the chair of the family den- =
t. 1t was something which had to =
done for the betterment of all, SO |
, sooner done the better.
He usually went down after dinner
d got good comfortable seat near
window where he could look out and
, all that went by. Then he would
gin a systematic reading of all the
,rting publications in which the
,p abounded. He closely examined
} vaudeville magazines and their
lures until the laziness of the after
IN caused him to become drowsy.
half hours sleep and he would
AIKEN for his treatment at the hands