The sun., 1916-11-05

Ne trades are altogether like q necklace,
ana TIL. barber 10 the chief pearl Of
:kill: and under his hands are the
heads Of kings.
JACOB HYsLER. after sixty
years Of service at the Sign
u Of the Striped Pole, retired last
Wednesday in his eighty-third year
that he might the better enjoy his
5000, 900 fortune.
Five Presidents OF the United States,
four Governors Of this Commonwealth,
other statesmen. politicians. scientists,
jurlsts. financiers. hundreds and thou
sands Of those whom the world counts
great, were groomed for their part in
The ace OF life by this dean Of his
brethren OF the blade.
Twenty-three years owner Of the
barber shop at the old Windsor Hotel.
now a charred memory: twenty years
just closed at the Hotel Manhattan:
other years in the lower city. Jacob
Hysler has been in touch with men
who have made history.
One who cares for the face Of fame
y bound sooner or later to be q celeb
rty on his own account. So many
we'll known men know j. Hysler that
when he speaks Of his customers one
feels that a living who's Who" Is i'm
parting It's knowledge OF men and af-
fairs for tho best part OF a century.
Come, then, and take a look into the
mirror OF the master barber and learn
what manner Of beings there were on
this island and how some still with us
were when they were years younger.
Cer he has had his discerning eyes
upon them for many . decade.
Beginning - . little shaver. he
arved his apprenticeship to his trade
nsas Washington Square. He was
then about 10 years old and had
only come q few weeks before
from steinbach. Hesse- Darmstadt.
Germany. where on April 22. 1884.
hs was born. The shop in which
hs was employed belonged to q
relative. 1t was at . Fourth e
nue.. not far from where Cooper Union
now stands. For four years Jacob
worked for his board and clothes and
70 cents . week. On being duly called
Journeyman In 1855 ne took employ
msnt in the establishment OF one
George Kemp. an Englisnman. at
Broadway and Ninth street. Kemp
believed that he was further uptown
than the city was ever likely to grow
With any great success and wanted to
sell out TO some venturesome soul.
One day Jacob Hysler. who had the
AAnnnA - xLo -,o ahotrs uyhtrh this
place boosted. told a customer whom
hs was Just finishing shaving that the
shop was for sale.
We'll, why don't you buy It. Jacoof"
asked the man in the chair.
"How can II" was the response. II
Am a young married man and earn
only 81 a week"
I'm lend you the money" observed
the customer in an offhand way as he
adjusted his stock.
III" young journcyman kept his bal
an" all right and within n day or SO
he was in possession OF h furniture
and good will for which he had given
$500. His benefactor was Benjamin
Robert Winthrop. member OF one OF
the oldest families on Manhattan ISL
and, whose ancestral home was In
what was once a broad boulevard oil
fashion, Second avenue This transac-
tion was in the spring of 1857. and the
following February Mr.. Hysler paid
back the loan in full and looked about
for a chance to expand his business
II was a fine neighborhood on which
his lines had fallen. for society was all
about him. Washington Square was
becoming a fashionable centre. and
private residences in which dwelt the
leaders of the commercial and financial
circles OF New York and OF the social
realm were stretching in we'll ordered
rows to both east and west.
Tho centre Of gravity of this little
world was the staid old Brevoori
House, The population increased ant
the shop soon had eight chairs. More
and more like his prototype Of Seville
Jacob Hysler became known as the
barber Of quality. The barber Of New
York. thence We shall call him. and &c
many were the innovations that HI
made. including unconverssttonaI
BARRIERS. that his name and tame wen,
travelling all about the city. NAM