Evening journal., 1916-01-06
Improvements Make Local Establishment
One Of the Best Appointed Of Its Kind
In the United StateS---IS Last
Word in Barbering.

less elaborate than those they re-
placed, are more suitable for the
purpose intended. namely to give
a smooth, regular light to the bar
ber, so that in whatever position
the customer may be, or the chair
may be, there will be sufficient
light free from shadow for quick
and effective work. In a shop
of this size IL is not an easy task
TO so place the lights that the de-
sired effect will be realized, but
Garrett, Miller and Co. solved the
problem and the present lighting
system is the result.
Sanitary Plumbing.
The Delaware Electric and Sup
ply Co. whose main office is at No.
2l3 Shipley street and who until re-
Gently had a branch Office at the
Market street entrance of the du.
Pont Building. but are temporarily
on the second floor of that building,
furnished and installed all plumb
ing in the shop. The washstands.
lavatories. sinks. furnished i'm white
enamel with heavily nickel plated
fixtures. add to the beauty of the
shop. as well as the general tone
of cleanliness that pervades it. IL
Is hard to find any single effect
that is more quickly noticeable
than marble columns and decora-
tive effects that add a tone of rich
ness, and white enamel that speaks
sanitation and cleanliness.
In the Leshem Barber Shop one
notices the effect when entering
and the general impression never
leaves. The Delaware Electric and
Supply Co. not only furnished and
installed the plumbing fixtures I'm
the barber shop, but throughout
the entire Office building as well.
After the addition to the building
is completed they will move their
uptown Office from the second floor,
back to their old quarters or to
the street level on the Tenth street
side of the new building.
Any description of this shop
would be woefully lacking without
a detailed account OF the care ex-
erclsed TO the smallest detail in
sterilizing practically everything
that comes in actual contact with
the customer.
In the first place the headrests
on the reclining chairs are covered
with paper on rolls attached to each
rest, and when a customer leaves
the chair before another gets into
II. the paper upon which the head
of the first has rested is torn Off
and q new piece automatically takes
its place. A large double drum
costing more than five hundred
dollars is installed in the shop. one
section for sterilizing brushes, soaI
dishes. etc, the other section foI
heating towels. which is done by
turning on live steam. thus heating
and sterilizing the latter at the
same time.
Not less than three towels are
used upon each customer who gets
shaved. two hot Turkish towels and
a third for drying. and after using
they are discarded, and called foi
each day by the Snow White Fam
lily Laundry. Nos. 34-44 VandeveI
avenue, which takes them to It's
modern. up-to-date plant where
they are laundried and returned the
sameday to the shop.
Importance Of Sterilization.
There Is no lack of interest in
the part the Snow White Family
Laundry plays in making this shoT
the ultimate in sanitation. In the
plant which is fitted with the mosi
modern machinery and laundry ap
pliances, the wash from the Leshem
Brothers Shop is thoroughly cleans
ed in separate tubs or compart
ments. is then taken, rinsed will
filtered water, and live steam turn
ed on IL until once again It is thor
oughly sterilized. Following thi:
IL goes to the hot room where II is
dried at a temperature that woulC
in itself render it sterile, had moth