The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-22
Lip1o LoGdl. Barbe1 NOf
AzlUays Attractive Bed OF
Rose Despite High Prices
Rodney Good Tells Cub Re
porter of Eccentricties of
Many Customers.

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Next to fitting a lady for a pair
OF shoes there isn't anything as
tedious as trying to. satisfy mau
with hair cut. That statement
may seem, a bit overdrawn to the
Ordinary citizen, but there's one
man in our town who knows al
about it. That man is Rodney
Good. Everyone in town knows
Rodney He's that great big. long,
drawn.out boy who works at the
last chair in the Sherwood barber
shop on Adams street.
Rodney told cub reporter OF
some OF the difficult tasks that
the barber is expected to do every
day of his life and il there are as
many insane people in the world
as he claims one shouldn't wonder
at the high price of hair cut.
One day Rodney was sitting IN
his comfortable barber chair when
a lady entered with twelve year
old boy. The only reason he knew
that the youngster was IL was pc
cause the lady told him. She told
him all about the youngster BEFORE
the haircut was finished. and pc
sides that she gave him the folloW-
ing Instruction:
81 want you to take good pit
off the top and clip it up, pretty
we'll in back. Shave his neck. out
be real careful that you don't Gu.
him because he's terribly nervous.
want it cut short but don't cut
lit too short.
Rodney scratched his head and
tried 10 follow out the lacy's in
structions. He concluded that the
mother didn't know how she
wanted her sons hair trimmed, so
he went about the work just as II
she hadn't told him a thing When
the job was completed the LADY
pa!d him the so cents and compl'
mented him on the good job. 1T IS
exactly the way I wanted it done.
she said as she led the boy out
by the hand
"That's only one OF the impos-
sihle things we are supposed 70
do". said Rodney. why, men
come in here every day who don't
have the slightest idea how they
want their hair cute Every day or
so a man will come into the shop
and see a good job On his neigh
boris hair, who is seated In the
next chair. He will invariably say
that he wants his hair cut Hke
that when he doesn't have enough
hair to do a decent job. OF course,
we have to let on that the job when
completed will be exactly ike MS
neighbors. but we know all tne
time that it won't. It's amusing
sometime Why. they even expect
US to grow hair on them SO We
can trim it off.
s.The other day fellow come
IN and asked to have his hair cut
two-thirds of the way up the
back. with a long taper on it.
told him that if it were clipped
that high there wouldn't be any
room to taper it, but he knew
different, so I started to do the
! impossible. When the work was
completed the man looked in the
glass and seemed satisfied with
his convict cut. OF course, when
/ the customer is satisfied, we have
to be, but they often think they're
satisfied when they aren't.
! Atthis moment the barber was
combng the cubs hair, and the
poor reporter knew that his inter
view would be cut short. AS ne
climber down from the chair he
asked the tall barber pole final
question
..Do you have much trouble
cutting the girls hair?'
Rodney laughed and shook his
head. NO" he said, 1.-The only
reason that we don't is because
there are very few come in here"
AS. the cub was leaving he heard
the lanky scissor artist shout,
"Next." and he knew that the vic
tim would hear the tale of the 1 2
year-old. with new color added.
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