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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

time YOU have a shave, but II the
barber suspects that you are watch
ing him you will get Il fresh towel
under your chin and a fresh towel
for your face-at least they will both
be taken from the pile OF neatly
folded towels. but they may both
have been used on previous Gus
toners. Watch. 100. what ne does
with the towel that has been under
your chin.
II, then. this little revelation OF
the filthy practices common TO bar
Der shops indicates that the barber
is really not concerned with cleanli-
ness, sanitary methods and the safe
guarding Of his customers. it, is
hardly TO be expected that much, il
anything, will ever be accomplished
in reforming the methods Of barber
shops until proper laws have been
passed and enforced.
Here is a feeble attempt by the
New York Board OF Health TO do
something about BARRIERS. The fol
lowing II rules are printed on
card a foot square.
No person with any disease Of
the skin OF the face shall be shaved
in a public barber shop.
thoroughly with soap and hot water
before attending any person.
3-No alum, or other astringent.
shall be used in stick form. II used
at all to stop flow OF blood. 1t must
be applied In the form OF powder.
1.-The use Of powder puffs Is pro.
hibited.
5-No towel shall be used for more
than one person without being
Numbered.
6-The use OF sponges is pro-
hibited.
Mugs and shaving brushes must
be thoroughly washed after use Oh
each person.
S-Combs. razors, clippers and
scissors shall be thoroughly cleans
ed after every separate use thereof.
9-Floors must be swept or mopp-
ed every day and all furniture and
woodwork kept free from dust.
10-Hot and cold running water
must be provided.
IA copy Of these regulations
it to be hung in conspicuous place
in each shop.
Has anybody In New York ever
seen this card "conspicuously" visit
BILE in barber shop? Is there any
barber who pays any attention to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
Eight of the Twelve Disease
Germs Commonly Found in
Hairdressing Shops.
ERYSiPElAS ANTHRAX

pinched and stretched by the barber
the hairs are forced ont beyond their
natural position. The razor is then
able Ia shear them off very short.
A. soon as the skin is released they
sink INFO their natural position. This
would be Well enough if il We're not
tor the unfortunate fact mat the
hairs are usually left with sharp
points These points often catch in
the skin and cause the hair to double
back and grow in. causing what is
commonly called "iugrowing hairs
An ingrowing hair" hetrayS itself
as Il little intiamcd spot with bit
Of pus in the certre. This may or
may not become boil. according
10 whether or not the right microbe
gets into IT, The barber pounccs
upon these "ingrowins hairs" with
little pair of tWee2ers and is quite
adept in removing the hair which is
causing the trouble
liufortunatcly he uses the same
pair oi twee1ers OH every improving
hair, and the points of his little in
Strumcnt soon hold q very choice
assortment of active and virUlrnt
microbes. which find ready access 10
he blood stream OF every patient
who appears with "iugrowing hairs"
OF course these nippers or tWecZers
should be cleaned and steriliHcd after
each use No barber does this and
no never will do this until his Gus
toners or the lax make him
Between the customers the barber
and the hair dresser should wash
his hands and scrub his finger nails.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

any OF these regulations that are i'm,
portant, or has the Board OF Health
ever made any effort TO enforce
them?
What ought 10 be done to make
hairdressers and barber shops clean.
safe and sanitary? Well, Professor
Fouquet, OF the Paris Society of
Sanitary ProphylaXis, with the co
operation OF Professor Langlais and
DR.. Remlinger. has laid down sani-
tary code which BARRIERS should be
compelled to obey. Here are twelve
important requirements:
TWELVE SANITARY RULES FOR
HAiRDRESSERS.
livery hairdresser should-hlm-
self or herself-be free from
dandruff and all other contagious
diseases.
2.-The hairdresser's hands should be
washed and the nails scrubbed
before each customer.
3-Customers should have their own
comb and brush, which should
be steriIized before using.
4--Hot towels, aIum-stick and shaw
ina brush should be abolished.
A bit of absorbent cotton should
be used in place of brush.
5-Hair clippers, razors and hair for
ceps should be sterilized every
time they are used, just as a
reputable dentist does his in
struments. Razor strops should
be steriized by dry heat.
6-Barbers should never make
change while attending to Gus
toners.
7-Head.rests should be covered
with a clean piece of paper for
each patron.
S-Vaseine, cocoa butter and all
pastes should be kept in COL
lapsibIe tubes instead OF jars.
9-Rugs, carpets, hot-air cones and
Scotch showers" should be
abolished in women'e hairdrcss-
ing Establishments.
1e-BootbIacks should not handle
clean towels nor be permitted to
raise dust by dry sweeping.
11-5arbers' towels should not be
used repeatedly on different Gus
toners without washing
12-Barbers are commonly called in
to shave and hardress deceased
persons before the funeral
razor ant brushes useG for
corpses should never be used for
any other purpose.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

i,oa NM, of ,ll scaln and
9N'u H'Sc"s'S "'e o""S"' at
IN" Nloci> ana hAlrdreS>er> was
told by men OF science in last sun
davis n3per To-dav's article points
. 40 ,,,vod;oe Ia, v.Licb mo ror.
"e' ""u non 'S'S' 'i'' ''"'c ~
he a perpetual source oil INJECTION 10
their patrons
The clean barber Shop Is certain
TO come sooner or later Not merely
clean in that no dirt Is visible, Tor
many barber shops are Kept clean
enough TO the eye. Dui Snrgicaliy
clean, which means Keeping hostile
microbes away from he customers.
II Is more important 10 the barber
mat he really learn MS business aud
make III safe than 1T Is for his
patrons. The barber cant get along
without customers. but the custom
crs can and will get along without
the barber unless he reforms.
The first BARRIERS who really make
n study OF their business and reform
are certain TO prosper vastly al the
expense OF those vii" are SLOW io
follow
The fear OF germs is the begin
ming OF wisdom Tor the barber First
The barber must study his business,
learn what germ really is, now 1t
is transferred rom one person 10
another and how TO Keep his hands,
chairs. brushes StrupS AMI everything
else free from these Invisible enc
mles ne must KNOW ,or 'hS''"cc'
thar II is :, Joke 10 StoriliZp a razor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

torcrs These nov table ornaments
are intended 10 be eaten
The accompanying photograph
shows a spray OF acacia blossoms
Dcautiiuily chrystallized. with leaves
formed Of thin strips OF candied peel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

by little grain alcohol or bay
rum. The barber should be forbid
den to apply the worthless witch
hazel or other washes with his
hands.
The barber should refrain from
pfnching and pulling the skin in his
efforts 10 present the beard at ia
Ncrable angle 10 the razor. This
habit causes the hair end to project
and allows OF a very close shave. It
also causes "ingrowing hairs" and
'ingroWing hairs" cause little sore
spots and ihcS" often become centre,
of infection
When the skin OF the face is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28

Hair Brushes and Combs
Are Among the Most Ere
quent Means Of Spreading
Infection and Contagion-
and Both Are Difficult 10
Sterilize. Microscopic Ex-
animation of Combs and
Brushes Reveal Pathogenic
Disease Germs in Great
Abundance. Professor Fou-
quet Recommends That
Hairdresscrs Wash Them
Every Day IN Ammoniated
Soap Water. All Bruehes
and Combs Should Then Be
Kept in q Hermetically Seal
ed Retainer Containing a
Saucer Of 40 Per Cent Solu-
ton Of Formol.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23

consequence often is that the moisture
in the cooled air around the berg
condenses into concealing fogs and
mists.
But the effects of the berg upon the
underlying and surrounding water are
still more remarkable and important,
1t has been found (as Illustrated in
the picture of a melting iCeberg) that
there are three characteristic cur
rents produced in the ocean water by
4 great berg when it arrives i'm the
comparatively warm water lying
along the steamship tracks Of the
North Atlantic.
vast ice mass there is a great cur
rent of cooled salt water, which sinks
by its own gravity. because the cold
increases its relative density.
In the next place the suction pro-
duCed by the sinking cold water
dr1Ws-in from all sides warmer sur
face currents which eat into the
sides of the berg by their melting ac-
ton, and finally so much reduce the
size of the berg beneath the surface
or so change its shape, and its center
of gravity, that, at last the equilib-
rum of the mass is upset and it
turns over thrashing the surround
ing sea with its immense TANKS. huge
fragments of which, heavy enough to
sink a ship, are detached, and go
floating away to form an attendant
fleet of small bergs and foes
Then there is a third current COM
posed of relatively fresh water. form
ed by the melting of the berg, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23

TTFHEN Jennie her girl friend at the Of
NkE fee next day she asked her how she man
w aged to have such nice dresses and such
a nice furnished room the salary she got. The
girl winked and laughingly explained, 1T was very
easy, providing you were pretty and you found the
right MAN" But even then little Jennie did not
understand what she meant and asked the girl to
explain the meaning of the right MAN" part of it.
This the girl was very reluctant to do, but finally
admitted that one of the young men they were out
with the night before gave her money-and that
she just worked for the sake of having something
to do But she did NOT tell Jennie that the work
also helped her to forget her way of living and to
keep her mind off the day when she would NOT be
as good looking and when the young would
have transferred his attentions to a younger and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
:. -. At the Table
BY MRS. FRANK LEARNED

THAT common meeting ground of
the family, the dinner table,
should be made a place where har-
mony reigns and where each one brings
his or her best TO contribute to the
pleasure of the moment. Cheerful talk
is as necessary to health and appetite
as it is to peace and pleasure of mind.
Unpleasant subjects should he avoided
resolutely Such topics as bad news, ill
nesses. grewsome incidents shocking aC-
cidents troublesome business affairs
should not be brought to the table; nor
should disagreeable family matters be
discussed there. These family affairs
may require settlement, but may be
talked of elsewhere.
If it is family principle to be agree
-ble and laxative at table, there will
10 greater ease when guests are present.
a woman's duty is to be composed and
heerful at her table whether at family
meals or when there are guests. Her
serenity, or the lack of it, influences
Tiers. When acting in the capacity Of
rostess she needs an absolutely placid
temper. Self control must he her watch
word. If she appears to he disturbed,
worried, absent minded, if her eyes
wander, or she seems distracted in con-
yersation, every one will be uneasy. and
the dinner will be dull and dragging
Her duty Is not to let her guests know
Of her moods. disappointments or even
If a headache.
If selsyice is slow, or mistakes hap
pen, it is best for a hostess not to offer
explanations. No matter what may go
wrong. she must appear not to notice
t. BY passing over a mistake or an i'm
perfection herself it will escape the at
tention of others, or. at least viii not
be regarded as important by them. If
serious accident occurs to precious
china or rare glass she must maintain
calm manner. If a careless servant
cts something drip on a guests dress, a
hostess must express regret and try to
-amedy the blunder and then pass on,
without too much delay, to other mat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
Didn t Want Him.

Mike Hennesey, a hefty young
lrishman. secured his first foreman
ship after serving for some years as
one of the gang" Promptly at I
o'clock in the morning he began his
duties by calling the gang to order.
Ye all have to worruk for met" he
shouted. "Worruk, I say! And l
want eveN wan of yez to understand
at vance that I kin lick amy man
in the gang!"
All swallowed the insult except one
giant-b built warrior, who stepped for
ward and said:
But you can't lick me, Mike Hen
uesey!"
'Oh, l can't. can't 1? yelled Mike.
mo. you can't" came back the de-
termined answer.
We'll, thin, go to the Office and
draw your money. I'll have no man in
the gang l can't lick!'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23

ters. A guest should try to appear IN
disturbed by any accident of the sort.
If a guest should be so unlucky as to
overturn a glass or have any other ac-
cident, it is best not to make profuse
apologies. Regret may be shown by
ones manner. Thus there is less inter
ruption to conversation and to the
smooth running of the dinner BY prac-
tice young hostess may acquire facil-
ity in being able to talk naturally
while at the same time seeing that peo-
pie are served properly. If an order has
to be given it should be done quietly
and simply, without any mysterious
signals or loud whisperings A hostess
should try not to make her servant
nervous by watching her too much as
she moves round the table.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23

prettier girl-and the money wouldn't be so easy
to get
Jennie was quite shocked when she realized her
girl friend taking money from the young man,
and much she wanted pretty clothes and good
times she she could never, never do
THAT to obtain them.
Then the girl told her she knew of a place where
Jennie could get clothes credit. By just paying
a dollar so a week she could get all the
clothes she wanted if they knew she had fairly
good job for a girl Jennie quite excited when
she learned there such places these. Just
think-and you would only have to pay dollar or
two a week. She getting eight dollars
week POOH she wouldn't miss dollar of it.
So at noon time she and the girl went to store
to pick out clothes for Jennie.
HAL COFFHAH.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS.

CINCE the sinking Of the Titanic, a
year ago, icebergs have been
studied as never before. and a
great amount of curious knowledge
about these frozen monsters of the
deep has been accumulated. with the
result of increasing the safety Of
ocean navigation.
Just as a living being proclaims its
presence, even when it. can not be
seen. by telltale sounds and vibra-
tons and by emanations which are
perceptible at surprising distances to
olfactory senses as delicate as those
possessed by some of the lower ami
mails, so tcebergs betray themselves.
in the darkness Of the night, or the
far more dangerous Obscurity of a
fog, by their effect upon the temporal
ture Of the air and the water.
A remarkable mechanical sense
organ, called the micro thermometer,
which is simply a thermometer of
great delicacy and special construc-
ton dra gged through the water by a
ship, is now employed to measure the
changing temperatures of the water
!n the vicinity Of icebergs, and some
unexpected facts have been devCl
oped by its use.
A great steamship provided with
micro thermometer lowered into the
water is like a hunted deer shifting
the air with its sensitive nostrils and
detecting its enemies afar off.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
Eliza Jane Knew.

The Minister'S Wife Ito Industrial
scholar) Eliza Jane, I'm sorry to hear
from your school mistress you are not
diligent at your needIework. You know
who it is finds work for idle hands
to do2
Eliza Jane Intensely anxious to pro-
pitiate) Yes m; please'm, you do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
The Real Effect.

In regard to this a recent report of
the Canadian Government on iceberg
phenomena says: There is little
room to doubt that the real iceberg
effect is the rise of temperature, and
that the fall observed when a ship
passes abeam of the bergl is due to
the colder current in which the berg
is being carried
In some experimental trips when
icebergs were passed al a distance of
from a half to a quarter of mile
there was observed first a rise of
temperature in the water followed
by fall as the berg was passed
abeam
Similar experiments with the mi
thermometer have shown that the
near neighbOrhood of land is be-
trayed by a fall of water tempera-
ture and this is believed to be due to
the action of the tides and the OBJ
struction offered by the coast line,
resulting i'm a turning up of the under
water, which is always much colder
than the sea surface.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
By MARVIN DANA from the
Play by BAYARD WELLER.
TO-DAY'S INSTALIMENT.

My husband shot a burglar" she
said, languidly. And then her inso-
lence reached its elimination in a
query of her own: Was his name
Grtggs?" 1t was done with splendid
art, with a splendid mastery of her
own emotions, for, even as she spoke
the words, she was remembering those
shuddering seconds when she had
stood, only a few hours ago, gazing
down at the inert bulk that had been
a man.
Burke betook himself to another
form of attack.
"Oh, you know better than that,
he declared, truculently. You see,
we've traced the Maxim silencer.
Carson himself bought it up in Hart
ford"
For the first time, Mary-was caught
off her guard.
But he told me-" she began,
then became aware of her indiscre-
ton. and checked herself
Burke seized on her lapse with
avidity
What did he tell you?" he ques-
toned, eagerly.
Now. Mary had regained her self
command, and she spoke calmly.
he told me, she said, without a
particle of hesitation, that he had
never seen one. Surely, if he had
had anything of the sort, he would
have shown it to me then"
Probably he did, too" Burke re-
Joined, without the least suspicion
that his surly utterance touched the
truth exactly. Now, see here" he
went on, trying to make his voice af-
fable, though with small success, for
he was excessively irritated, Il can
make it lot easier for you if youll
talk. Come on, now! Who killed
CrfpUs 7n
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
How It Works.

These instruments reveal facts pre-
viouslv unknown about icebergs. They
show that there is a surprising sys-
TEN of currents around and under Il
great berg. or a fleet of beTgs, which
produce chara Cteristic temperature
changes that may be felt miles away.
In truth. the iceberg is a great Their
nal engine surrounded by medium
of air and water peculiar to itself,
and due to its action upon Its envi-
ronment. Upon the air Immediately
around it the berg produces a cooling
effect in consequence of the absOrp-
ton of heat required to melt it. When
water freezes, it gives out heat; when
it melts. it absorbs heat. One perilous
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
WITHIN THE LAW
A Powerful Story of Adventure, Intrigue and Looe

1918, by the H. K. Fly Com
pany. The play within the Law" Is
copyrighted by Mr.. WELLER and this
novelization OF 1t is published by his
permission. The American Play Com
pany is the sole proprietor Of the. ex-
elusive rights of the representation
and performance of within the Law
in all languages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
All Poise Had Fled.

There was coarseness a-plenty in
the Inspectors pretense, but it pos
sessed a solitary fundamental virtue;
it played on the heart OF the woman
whom he questioned, aroused it TO
wrath in defense of her mate. In
second, all poise fed from this girl
whose soul was poisoning in the
bIest realization that a man loved her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23

which. because of its lesser specific
gravity, moves upward from around
the berg and flows as a comparatively
warm current over the surface of the
sea- This current is of the greatest
importance in betraying the presence
of a berg, for it spreads to a consid-
erable distance and can easily be de-
teCted by the micro thermometer.
The warm current has been detected
a milo from a bpru
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
The Manicure Lady
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

XII WAS reading a book last night
that certainly gave me the
Winies," said the Manicure
Lady. "Wilfred brought it home from
the library. 1t was all about the way
them Romans used to go after the
church members, and I never seen
such terrible accounts Of anything in
my life Why, George, them Romans
used to burn the Christians in boiling
pitch. Gee, I'm glad ] wasn't around
then. amt your"
IF ! had been around | would prob
ably have been one of the Romans"
said the Head Barber Il amt no
church member, even though | know
that | ought to be one. ! am always
so tired after Saturday is over that I
like to sleep till noon. and in the aft
ernoon and evening me and the
Missus usually goes somewhere like
to the seashore or out in the country.
If ! had more time ! would go to
church. because it don't hurt anybody
to go, and think of all the good re-
ligion has done"
That's why 1 GO said the Mani
cure Lady. Sometimes ] feel as if
the preacher and me don't quite agree
on everything he says, but always
make allowance for the preacher. /
was just saying to mother last night
that the people that goes to church
now ought to be very thankful that
they didn't live among them Romans
and that the brave people who did
live in them days was ever on earth
to start the churches and bring all
that good into the world
Not So Hard.
There is a lot Of church members
now that wouldn't have stood the
gaff then" said the Head Barber.
There is a lot more church members
now, but the going amt so hard
That is just what I was thinking
when / was reading that book, said
the Manicure Lady There was a
smooth. chop whiskered old geezer in
here yesterday to have his nails did,
and the way he purred around me
and kind of insinuated would make
you sick. He said that he lived over
in a little Alabama town, and l asked
him if he was the same kind Of a gay
old dog among the Birmingham
manicure girls. Mercy, no, he told
me. He said that he had TO be A diff
ferent person altogether when he was
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
Helen Morris Letter.

This was the letter:
/ can't go without telling you
how sorry | am. There won't
never be a time that ] won't re-
member ii was me got you sent
up, that you did time i'm my place
| amt going to forgive myself
ever, and 7 swear I'm going
straight always. Your true friend,
HELEN MORRIS.
For once. Burke showed a certain
delicacy. When he had finished the
reading, he said nothing for a long
minute-only sat with his cunning
eyes on the face Of the woman who
was immobile there before him. And.
as he looked on her in her slender ele-
gance of form and gentlewomani"
lOveliness of face, a loveliness intclli-
gent and refined beyond that of most
women. he felt borne In on his CON
seriousness the fact that here was one
to be respected. He fought against
the impression Il was to him pre-
posterOus. for she was out of that
underworld against which he was
ruthlessly at war. Yet, he could not
altogether overcome his instinct to-
ward a half-reverent admiration.
And, as the letter proved,
she had been innocent at the outset.
She had been the victim Of a mis-
taken justice, made outcast by the
law she had never WTongcd.
His mood of respect was inevitable
since he had some sensibilities though
they We're Coarsened, and they senseG
vaguely the maelstrOm of emotions
that now swirled in the girls breast.
To Be Continued Tomorrow.