The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-10-11
MEN ALONE ARE
RESPONSIBLEFOR
BEAUTY SHOPS
Cause Convention of Barber
Emporium to Effeminate
Cosmetic Dispensary.
MEETING PROVES THEORY
TonsoriaI Artists Display New
Materials Used to Care for
Vanity of Males.
BY RODNEY butcher
United News Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Oct. 11.-When histor-
ians of the future record the elm
ination of all distinction between the
barber shop and the beauty parlor,
they may absolve from blame society
girls and women who are ~patroniziRg
the shops.
The girls are so absolved in the big
exhibit of the barber supply manufac-
turers' convention here, and it is adj
mitted that mere man. tempted to
new excuses by beautiful. patent
leather-haired matinee heroes and
egged on by half a million BARRIERS
anxious to sell the latest varieties Of
male cosmetics and identifying proc
esses, Will be alone responsible.
Perfume, ~brilliantine, scented soap,
eyebrow tweezers, manicure sets and
pocket sprays-these take up nearly
all the floor space, and each of them
is advertised as something the well
oroomed man simply cannot get along
hout.
Smell Overcoming
The smell of cosmetics is sc strong
that one can almost see It.
A big prize might be safely offered
for any one who can find a good old
fashioned bottle Of tar soap or a razor
not engraved with pretty flowers.
raspberries or the like. True, over in
n corner a man has had the our
age to bring IN an exhibit of safety
razors, but he is getting IN a lot OF
sleep. for this show is for BARRIERS, Il
not their patrons.
r-r- &hn nd
fashioned gent who would clout any
barber who tried to spray him with
sweet essence of violets from an
atomizer?' One salesman for a large
supply house was asked.
"Oh, that fellow" replied the
salesman in kind, Hes on a fast
train to New York to see his favorite
perfumer, who has just wired that
he has some of hat adorable
Oriental scent, and hurry up or 1t
will be all gone-the boys love it So"
John F. Carney of Colgate and
Company, admitted that IT'S terrible
from one standpoint"
But we don't mind" Carney
said. THE men insist on scented
soap and the best perfumes and
toilet waters. And the man in the
next booth says the way tweezer
sales have gone up is wonderful.
The boys all have their eyebrows
plucked regularly and hen they buy
cream, too. you see. so It won't hurt"
Preparations that not only make
the hair shine but stay put-are sell
ing like catfish, It was learned. At
first this stuff only went big in the
rural districts where cowboys and
farmer boys welcomed them in place
of mutton tallow. but all the city
boys insist on 1t now, at % cents per
dose.
Barber chairs with magazine
stands and tiny powder bowls with
oh, just the cutest little pink powder
tufts. are also offered for sale to the
visiting . barber shop proprietor.
There's also a new shampoo ma
chine with four artificial fingers
which feel like the real thing, and
an air brush to apply the lather for
shaves.
A girl reporter, after a trip
through the hall. turned up her
nose on the way out as she saw one
exhibitor draw a cautious finger over
the glittering blade Of a pearl-hande6
razor.
you can do it better with gas"
she yelled.