Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-29

shops We have . total Of $ls2yDO!OU
under the actual figures. taking Into
consideration all classes Of people. In
the less exclusive barber shops q
finds a continual stream Of men. Of the
moderate salary class. who indulge In
the items ! have enumerated. We
might guess the total ought &c be st
least half a billion dollars.
To have our shoes shined We spend
ut least $1OO!OOO.0OO q year and . mil
lion more than the market pstce for
shoe laces because We wish to AVOID
the trouble Of putting them In our
selves. Some OF this expense undoubt-
eddy Is necessary. but while the WI
lasts we need not be ashamed Of any
form Of Spartan economy. We can be
tight handed and rigorous with our
nickels and dimes without being open
to the charge Of stinginess-prOvided
We use the money for government
needs. We can shine our " shoes
for a tenth of this hundred million dol
lars. There are In New York q number
VI NV wiz Jaw etO"h -
from the shoe-shining business. Among
them are some large tenement owners
one reputed 10 be worth millions.
There are more than fifty thousand
bootblack places In the United States,
some OF them employing a dozen or
more men. The majority Of these
bootblacks are within the fighting age,
| at least they ought to be doing some
sort Of war service. instead OF shining
shoes--while American blood runs 50
freely on the other side.
Women Big MASTERS.
But when It to this kind of
self-pampering women spend far more
money than men. Figures secured from
one large department store give some
interesting sidelights on possible eco
Monies. It's sales Of toilet goods last
year ran about 1,3 per cent Of its total
sales. Thus for every million dollars
In sales its customers buy $4,000
worth Of toilet articles. Apply this
rate TO all the stores in the United
States and you have a total Of unnum-
bered millions. The term toilet goods
is very elastic. including both neces-
sary and unnecessary articles, but the
conscientious war V no doubt
would class one-third Of these items as
partly dispensable, such as perfumery,
certain soaps, powders, rouge, toilet
waters. So-called beauty compounds,
and the Ike.
Americans women are highly scent
ed. We live In an atmosphere redol-
ent with ambrosia. From almost every
woman one passes on the parade
streets OF the cities there comes an
aura of roses, or perhaps vlolets. our
girls demand scents, in infinite variety.
not only in perfumery itself. but In
hundreds Of products. Merely to graft
fy our sense Of olfactory luxury we
!, spend tens of millions of dollars an
nually. Yet in France the husbands
. brothers and sweethearts Of Il WON
on and girls are sweating and fghtln!
: in noisome places amid the stencil o
9 disease and death. The odors they &c
h are of gunpowder and blood. Surel,
/, we can spare some Of Il perfumer,
money In the cause for which we sen
q them abroad.
II 1t were possible to estimate tn
r money spent by in New Yorl
alone for hairdressing and beauty cul
h ture 1t would undoubtedly run into tn
I tens of millions. One hairdresser Il
the metropolitan district states tina
within eighteen months, or since Amer
r, ica entered the war, he has built up
4 business that nets him seven hundre
dollars'a month.
# A woman proprietor Of a so-calle
s beauty establishment says that fit
customers bring her a revenue OF $50
=. 900 a year, that she realized a cleR
% profit Of $4,000 on powders. cream
C. and perfumes. that she sold sets {
., cosmetics at seven hundred dollai
each. Thousands Of women pay fant
:. fees for hair waving, tinting ar
bleaching. One concern announce
20 twelve colors. ranging from black
10 golden blonde. Much money also go'
for removal of freckles, wrinkles trea
ment, face bleaching and so IN. I'll
manicure bill in New York Is emo
-. nous, and the chiropody outgo lare
:. These places are furnished in the u
most luxury. II only we could II
press on women Of this class the drea
full hardships our American youths a
:. undergoing in the great cause!
~ The lesson ought to sink home to
". women in America. who in greater
-. lesser degree. let their good money
for such futile vanities.
he It Is estimated that a million NJ
II and women throughout the country a
N. giving TO the Turkish baths nm av'
mt age Of a dollar II day. Thus we IN
10 n total of $685.. 100000 a year. To Il
In we can add perhaps half as much
he massagc. attendant fees, special tire
lry ment aud incidentals.
'or Bathing Is commended, but most
US, at least those who have the tn
,es lsh bath habit. can take our abiutic
nj home. The soldiers In Europe do
,es have Turkish baths. We Imagine
.ba need them here, We eat big dim,