El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-28

HHEN I've cuddled up TO Adam
CH at No. q. Paradise Row.
w Garden of Eden, the first
| thing she said to him was Why, Ad, you
| need a shave" said Ralph Converse.
Rotarian. discussing his business-that
| Of barbering. And it has been ever
| thus" he continued Adam rushed
| off to get a shave, a massage, his hair
] oiled and his nails manicured so that
he might appear to the best advantage
to his mate and avoid a rib roast. Thus
: women have always been responsible
fo- the fact that the cash register foots
! up a high total on Saturday night at
the sign Of the striped pole. When a
| boy first begins to feel the working
| o. the love germ. he begins to comb
| his hair and study the cracked mirror
over the kitchen sink to see if his
beard. which is the same thickness as
the fuZZ on peach, needs the BARRIERS
care Young SWANS are our best Gus
toners and they take everything we
have to offer, including our latest
Ford joke. Even the old sports get
fixed up like a circus horse when they
suffer a relapse and come to US to get
properly slicked up
Born With a Beard.
Man was born with a beard and has
been trying TO get rid Of 1t ever since
Old King solomon established his VIE
record largely because Of the splendid
beard he possessed II he tried It
again he would be sent to the county
hospital and shaved as clean as
boiled shirt In the olden days the
patriarchs wore theirs waist long and
Dragged about it One old fellow in
Kansas had such a beard he had to
wear il under his shirt and showed II
only on state occasions like the visit
Of a president or a death in the family
LCng boards are now confined TO crayon
portraits in the parlor, biblical pic
lures and Mormon bishops.
Is Universal Custom.
Every race has had some form OF
barbering. The Indians, as you know,
plucked out the few hairs which sue
ceeded in piercing their leather skin
The Chinese have shaved since the time
Of Confuscius and are still at it, al
though they are now limiting their
shaving operations TO the face since the
new Chinese style in haircuts came in
In the Olden days, it was customary
to shave the nose and the ears small
knives were made especially for this
delicate operation The Chinese use
small, thin razor The first method OF
getting rid Of the beard on the face
was to rub It with pumice stone Now
they use safety razOrs. When the cut
ting process came in BARRIERS first used
glass but later steel was used Razors
have many forms, from the old Wade
& Butcher with blade on IL like a
meat ak to the present thinly ground,
highly tempered razors used in
modern barber shop.
BARRIERS Were Surgeons.
an the olden days before the advent
OF the Police Gazette in the barber
business. BARRIERS were surgeons They
practiced blood letting. tooth carpentry
and other forms Of crude surgery. The Z
professor of barber surgeons was first /
incorporated by Edwin Fourth in 1861
and was later united with the sur
geonS in the time Of King Henry the /
Eighth. Blood letting in those days. |
and even in much more modern times,
was considered the panacea for all all Z
ments and the barber surgeons did a /
nOurishing business.
The barber pole as we know it at /
present, is a symbol Of those days It I
was customary for the barber surgeon I
to use bandageS during the blood let
ting operation and when the patient 3
had been sufficiently bled. these towels !
or bandages were hung on a stick and |
allowed to dry outside of the shop /
OriEin Of Barber Pole.
These blood stained bandages on a 4
pole soon became the sign that a bar
Der surgeon worked inside and the bar 4
Der pole was adopted as the insignia Z
OF the trade Red and white is the .
universal color of the barber pole and 3
only in the United States has the blue 4
been added for patriotic purposes The ]
earlier poles had the spiral bands or I
DanCaEes with a brass bowl appended 3
In this basin was a semicircular open /
ing, signifying its use for blood letting.
Since blood letting has gone out, the !
bowl has been turned over and forms /
the ball In Germany the barber pole j
is not used, but instead a brass plate
beside the door announces the class I
OF business done within In France the }
barber surgeons corporation existed /
from the time Of the great revolution,
though they did considerable blood
letting during that period that was not I
confined to the barber shops.
Is Local Civic Center.
"A barber shop has always been =
inf
There men meet exchange the news
% the day. read the papers at the ex-
pense Of the barber and get the base
ball scores. In the Olden days there
apprentices. whose duty il was TO
lather customers. and sweep UP the I
hair clippings The tonsor also had
musical Instruments in his shop ana
played soft strains while his fellow
craftsmen spilled a couple Of pints OF I
the patients claret to the tune OF Tip Z
perary or whatever the popular tune
was in those days. The customers had
TO wash their own faces after the
process Of shaving.
Modern shop Sanitary.
Contrast this crude picture OF a bar
Der shop Of the Olden days TO the pres
ent sanitary shop where everything is
white marble, enamel. nickel and pol
ished brass. No profession has grown
and developed from so little TO be
such an established institution as the
barber business. Everything is steril-
lied. the same towel is never used
twice without washing and sterilizing:
the best OF soaps and lotions are used
and the BARRIERS are artisans who are
almost artists in their skin in removing
d beard by the painless process
Never Shave Too Close.
Right here let me give a bit Of ad-
vice. Never shave or have the face Z
shaved too closely That is the parent I
Of all barber shop ills and it is in