New Britain herald., 1926-04-26
HAIRDRISSING: FOR MEN AND WOMEN

come to pass and since nowadays nearly every woman is engaged in eXcrtinG much energy. thought and effort in following a policy of mak- Ing the hair conform with one of the l2b different styles and schools c( feminine hirsute embellishmcnt, tho business of taking care of their top story beauty has grown to such enormous proportions that the last session of the Legislature saw fit 10 regulate 1t, much like q public utility.
 Section 1G of the public acts of 1925 specified that after November of that year no person could en- gage in the business of being Il hair dresser or cosmctcian without hay ! ing obtained q license; and section 1 of the same acts declared all shops or establishments engaged in this business must have q shop rcEistra. ton ana be managed by registered hairdrcssor. There apparently being q need for more registered, licensed and expert hairdresscrs in the state to take care of the enormous de- mand, examinations of applicants will take place In Hartford this week. And when this rite is over there is hope that there will bo enough additional experts created to take care of the waiting lines of customers.
 Mere males affect to look with some amusement upon the multipli- cation of beauty parlors, hairdress. ing establishments and similar insti- tutions for the Identification of the feminine lily. But the sterncr sex need not slumber in the belief that it is free from such modern ideals 1 of tonsorial and facial finery. In | truth, the male part of the human | species started it., and for a long | time women looked upon the smart geegaws and luxurious rcfinements of barber shops with smiles and sniaiers. To what lengths men went 1 to appear smart and dressy in ViS- age, The dozen or so ways of cut ting hair--all emincntly stylisll-rc- quired barbers of skill, not merely garrulous individuals poised beneath i shears, as in the old days when | barbers occupied their spare time in pulling teeth to eke out a living ! And there were the various sorts of facial massage, some requiring the use of electrical machinery; and the shampoos-what an elaborate rite of purification that became! It was possible for gentlemen of leisure eXpcnd tenth of a weeks salary in being made fit to be seen at a social function; and they practiccd this exalted business of bcautifica- ton long before the women tool: seriously to an art or science having a similar object.
 Now both sexes are bound for the same haven of perfect appearance of exquisite tonsorial tinery. Naturally, both the barbering husi- ness and the hairdressing art haze 1 become among the most impOrtan, of our urban establishments. Citi- zcns-male and female-WOuld never look the same without them. And there is a little rivalry between the two, too, as it has been patent to all that feminine customers have invaded the precincts of the barber shops for their bohs and similar adornments, greatly to the irritation of the regulation hairdrcssing estab- lishmcnts. On this subject. however, 1t is perhaps better not to digrcss as anyone having friends in both professions would be sure to make enemies of them. Suffice is 10 say | that some of our modern maids are as much at home in q barhcr'5 chair as their brothcrs and warm them oftcner.
 Like public utility, the hair dressing business is being djgnifitd with statewide regulation; the per formers with the shears and other i instruments of Identification are being examined, licensed, registered, The state is bound to guarantee good service, it seems, and any Maude, Mary or Jane out of a job r3rnot engage in it unless being d matriculant in inc art.
 | All is well. The goth century mar with little outlay can look as sweet 10 the oye-includ!ng the feminine cve-as any matinee idol ever ap- pcarcd; the goth century maid at rrifling cost can look as charming IS a star in the movies, Both are : doing it every day. We certainly are a goodlool,ing race. aren't We?
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