The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-08
TAXES PLEASURE
IN SHAVING
men
LADY, Tonsorial Artist Says
Business is Worth Nom
ans Consid eration.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. "a weap-
on inIthe. hands of the fair sex Is,
even in this day OF feminists and mil
itarsts an anomaly too unspeakaDie
Ito be Contemplated. but3a weapon
welded in good cause, razor, let
us say, In the fair, deft hands OF y
lady barber. Does 1T not make q
striking picture?
Go into the tonsorial parlOr at 1908
Ridge avenue any week day and seeSa
lsight that wiz make your masculine
near Ut would be q. masculine heart
lordinarily If you are fonsortally In
lclined) shiver with dread fear or pal
plate with delight depending on the
brand OF heart
Philadelphia has q lady barber:
moreover, she is SO enamored OF her
profession and the customers at the
shop show such q decided preference
for having their visagee clean UP"
Il by her that DIS not at all improba
many others will follow in her wake.
Has Been In. Business Year.
For a little more than a year MIS-.
Emily Pecalla has been engaged In
the profession followed by one Figaro.
Her husband is the proprietor in the
shop II which she works. There are
two other assistahts-na1es. But MIS-.
lPecalla queens" 1t.
practically every. man who ts e
regular patron prefers to submit h1m-
| self to her tender mercies. Sometimes
rather than go under the knife welded
patiently their turn. And, Judged by
the number on the waiting bench most
of heEtlme, women are particularly
adapted to barbering, in mans optn-
ion at any rate. .
sI.m tired out most Of the time.,"
Mrs. Pecalla said. sitting down be-
tween shaves !. I scarcely have a
minute to rest. Somebody's always
wanting to be shaved. It seems. and
for me am developing great speed.
I'm fact my husband says. IA the
quickest shaver he has ever had In
his shop"
Practicing on ones husband is, ac-
cording to Mrs. Pecalla the very best
way for a woman TO become proficient
| In. the noble art OF barbering.
'.Afy husband always liked me TO
shave MIN, she said, by way OF ex-
plantation "4nd long before / ever
thought OF making business of 1t. i
used TO Shave him, because he said i
had a light touch which however. was
steady. He said he was never afraid
that would cut him. And j neve.
did-her eyes twinkled maybe be-
cause Isnever had any good reason TO-
Woman. ?, she continued phflcUo-
phiztng'' has always been mans best
friends IN his helplessness and when
could be be more helpless than when
he's alilathered UP ready for q shave?
III believe that III slime there will be
as many Women BARRIERS In the world
as there are men. It's q good bust
ness
Must Have Imp Air.
The successful woman barber, ac-
lcordinggt 70 Mrs. Peca1las must always
maintain q business like, inpersonal
air with her patrons II shesis to keep
up thesstandard OF her work. Love
taps and tender glances have no place
In thesdailyx business if She Is to es-
tablfsh q reputation as asbarber Of
serious protansi lions.
.tNo nonsense she said warntngIy,
"no dirtations, no silly business. 9TH
erwise the work. would fall dnto dis
repute. lam inclined to believe that
q married woman will make better
barber than q single one who Is dig
nffled without being repellant. could
not make q success OF it. Personally
I believe that q mint OF money could
be made if q woman would train four
or Ave pretty and capable girls TO be
expert BARRIERS and then open shop.
They'd have to be chaperoned,
though"
Mrs. Pecalla admitted that she
would like to open such q beauty shop
but her husband couldn' Y "see It that
way. = /,
Al new Invented electrical de-
vice measures on the ten-nitll ionth
part ola second accuracy.
There efpaI a &c thu tfth