Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-23

mote way but l had not hridged the
chasm. He was still cold and distant
when he handed me the check. II was
like the outraged employer In the
movies, handing Il pistol TO his dis
honest clerk and saying. Here. TAKE
this and go out and shoot yourself"
He was yet more cold and distant
when l handed him a quarter. He
looked II over as tho it were Nilla
money and expected he would hand
back the lowbrowed and insignificant
coin. quarter really doesn't make
much. noise In the barber shop at the
Gigantic. Money talks, they say and
that IS probably true, but "a quarter
doesn't speak with much emphasis.
person must have a good ear TO
hear IL, and BARRIERS are notoriously.
deaf, especially New York BARRIERS.
A quarter is an honest. well-inten-
toned coin. but IL doesn't get up on
its hind legs and yell as does dollar.
or even n half dollar. 1t is modest
and unassuming as / said before, I
expected he would hand il back But
he was Just enough of a foreign noble
man TO keep il.
He probably figured that he could
tip his own chauffeur with ii. or pass
II along to his footman or butler
~ W me ne maintained MS mas
querade TO the end, and right now
don't know whether he is a count or
not, and ! am never going back to
renew the investigation.
A trip to the Hote, Gigantic baroer
shop offers an almost unbelievable
number OF opportunities for invest
ment II seems that life in such bar
ber shop somehow affects the mus
cles of the wrist. Every wrist ] saw
was so twisted that the palm OF the
hand appeared uppermost.
The coat boy dressed me with one
hand while the other hand was held
in plain sight every moment. While
the porter was making a few deft
passes at me with the whisk broom
in his right hand, his left hand was
held. palm upward, so close to my,
eyes that / could have read his past,
present and future.
Pretty Cashier Also Clever.
When ] handed my check for s1.O0.
accompanied by a 81 bill TO the swan
neck who presided at the cashiers
window she poked at her black hair
carelessly and laid the 10 cents
change on the desk 80 close TO her
own charming person that / would
have been Obliged to reach four feet
to get IT,
was not 10 be outdone in careless
ness and waving my hand noncha-
lantly as tho small change were dis
taseful to me which / assure you 10
not the case. | nrHrmured, "Thash aw
righ', sister" and then / made ready.
for the dash past the manicure d. =,
vision
Thisfis the most dangerous portion
OF the entertainment. The Count de
Tonsoria had in his train a most won
dTful chorus. No show on any roof
has 1t eclipsed. There were blondes,
brunettes sorrels, browns, BAYS and
chestnuts in this stable. |
Columns might be written concern
ing this section OF the tonsorial tout
and-scramble. but not by me ] am a
man, and i am trying 10
stay married.
But. from cursory glance CLEANED !
that the manicure battalion at the |
Gigantic has got any chorus backed off !
the boards and painting for breath. /.
| saw them walk up and shake hands .
with customers, and the customers
1idnt get their hands back until the !
Ilie ana plckax bill amounted to one
PUNK. With all the caution of the
small town man kept my hands bur /
led in my pockets and thereby at /
tracted considerable attention. !
1t is quite unusual to see man in
New York with his hands in his own
pockets
What $3.50 Would Do at Home.
When ] reached the open air and
assumed my proper station in life
amid the unregenerate throng I be-
gan figuring on how much work |
,ould have had done for $3.50 in Bill
Hicks shop back home. Bill would
nave given me the shop and all the
ools, and would have thrown in the
guitar and mandolin for that amount
md would have felt guilty about IL
o his dying day.
For 5 cents, back in the tall grass,
We can get shaved, hear all the base
,all and election returns, the prize
light dope and all the village gossip.
read the Police Gazette and three
comic" weeklies and listen TO several l.