El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-27

This the writer pream DleS Deca use
it would humiliate the poet 30 do so
But he does have q few remarks anent
the vicissitudes in the life OF a ton
serial artist.
In the halycon days Of alchemy
witchcraft and before Germany had
been found out. BARRIERS ranked with
surgeons" said the poet after some
reflection and more as If talking 10
himself than TO VISITOR In 1act
time was when BARRIERS outranked
surgeons, for, in some nations. accord
ing to some Of the histories / have
tn UNI b. printed, surgeons were slaves
to the rulers, only of little higher
order than the pages and the fools.
In truth 1 am inclined TO think that
many q recovery was due TO the laugh
producing gibes Of some court fool
than to all Of the hokus-pokus Of the
court physicians.
when There Were No Mirrors
IN these same days the barber was
a gentleman whose craft was revered-
The man who had in his charge the
care of the kings face was some guy
to use vulgar expression Of the
streets IN those days Of long lin
gerie and ruffles mans face was
about all that was visible and 1t was
about all the world had by means Of
which to judge the Individual on
whose shoulders it perched-
Consequently, the barber who had
the best knack at keeping hair and
moles down and dirt from the royal
ear had the best Whack at good for
tune Mirrors were unheard of and
one had to depend on his enemies for
the truth in regard to ones looks.
For friends invariably lied then as
now and enemies alone told the truth.
A Cure For the Pip
From keeping the kings face clean
BARRIERS came in time TO manicuring
the mugs OF the nobility and the
richer subjects. one day. so the story
pectedly and a flow Of blood result
ed. The shavee was a nobleman who
had suffered with some slight indis-
position such as govt or Indigestion
and the flow of blood so distracted
his attention from his ills that ne for
got them forthwith and after the
crimson stream was damned thought
no more Of them forever.
This vas noised about and those
who could afford flocked for miles TO
barber shops and asked that their
hickies and eruptions be gOuged out
that they might be relieved Of the
pip or whatever allied them Thus
BARRIERS became bloodletters- Origi-
naIly the barber poles were red and
white, emblematic Of blood running
oVver a white face. Inasmuch as
only the blue bloods could afford the
operations performed blue was added
later. 1t is remarkable how history
repeats itself and how appropriate
the barber pole has come to be again.
S1-5O Per Hour
Some BARRIERS now argue they are
merely coming into their ancient es-
tate. and at the rate they garner the
currency I believe them Working
from 1880 in the morning until s
o'clock at Highr with a half hour of
aH. Nsrra- HInHs
puts in u IL hours daily. Theoreti-
cally, II he SLAVES constantly, he can
make $3.50 an hour at Is cents per
scrape.
of course he does not work con-
stantly. He plays checkers some, or
pitches horseshoes according to where
he works, and talks considerable re-
nothing Of the time he spends reading
The Police Gazette. II is because he
doesn't work constantly and doesn't
want to as much as because he wants
he money that the barber has raised
ais price
His Tips Are Many.
However, what q barber loses
through idleness he makes up through T
laircuts, tones, shampOos and tips .
All haircut costs 4 barber is the
year and tear on the shears and his
ime- Throwing Saturday in, the
4NEEaEE CITY DaLUGE MAKES aD0uL 3
$3.50 a week under the new price Z
schedule. Some Of them make as
Ugh as SIS a week
In spite Of safety razors mankind Z
s stir the victim Of its pimple pinch [
ITS. The supply Of customers grows I
early. And in all the years only one !
nan out Of 286 who goes regularly Z
o barber shop has acquired bravery I
.nough 10 walk out OF a shop without /
tipping the man who has preened I
i'm. It used to be one in 2S9.
A Difference Of OdOr.
There is, however, one decided ad- !
to the increase in the bar 4
,er's standard Of living In the old I
lays when a man could get a shave 4
or dime and barber colleges held I
rec clinics. a BARRIERS breath reeked I
Il hash house victuals. And lying 4
rome and silent under a BARRIERS con- /
-ersation for a half hour required I
10Th Stamina and physique
To-day the barber eats at the best I
afes in town and perfumes his oral
roma with mint drops after a meal
( garnished porkchops or chicken a
= king
1T is the poet and the lower bour-
-eOise generally who must exhale
hese inferior effluvia now and 1t
aust be trying. to say the least, for I
gentle tonsorialist to bend over the
lpen muzzle Of the ordinary Gus
omemr.
Something should be done about