Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-11-02
TONSORIAL TASTES
OF WELL DRESSED MAN
BY A. T. CALICO
DAILY News, New York;


Under the observation of Mr.. Mat
turro, manager of the Grand Central
Terminal barber shops, there pass at
least 500 customers each day, some OF
them transients; representative
cross section Of we'll grooomed men,
many of them regular customers. Mr..
Matturro should, you will admit, be In
position, to form an opinion of how
the we'll dressed New Yorker attends
| to the finishing touches of his toll
cite; how often he has his hair cut,
what kind of manicure he has, If any,
and how much personal vanity may
be laid at his door.
To begin with, men are vain, says
Mr.. Matturro, although they don't like
any one to know about it. Probably
only the barber sees this human
weakness in the average man. Be-
cause the we'll groomed man likes
to go to his barber frequently, he
likes to have a shampoo and hair cut
once a week, manicure, facial, and
an eye brow trim but when he walks
out of the barber shop he doesn't
want any one to be able to detect
the fact that he has just had all this
attention to his person.
That is the sign of the perfectly
groomed man. To look always neat,
but never as though he had just
stepped out of the BARRIERS chair. And
that is all in line with the rules for
the we'll dressed man, who wants to
be sartorially equipped in so quiet
and subtle a manner that one sees
him without realizing he is we'll
should not stand out in an obvious
manner. But it should be there, I'M
obtrusive and sure.
To achieve this steady we'll groomed
appearance, so that he doesn't look
as though he needed hair cut one
minute, and as though he had been
half scalped the next, the we'll
groomed man has his hair cut lightly
once a week, every ten days at the
longest interval, depending upon how
readily the hair grows. If you try to
make one hair cut do for a longer
period you will have to have too much
cut off and your appearance will not
be uniform.
Mr.. Matturro tells me that the
average man has his own ideas on
how he wants his hair cut and
combed, but that the wise customer,
if he is not sure, lets the barber give
him a hair cut according to the shape
of his head. A good barber is a bet
ter judge of how high up on the hair
line to use the clippers and how long
the hair should be for your particular
head, because he sees the head as a
whole. If your neck is especially
long he will not use the clippers high
up. If it is a short neck he will
cut the back hair accordingly.
A shampoo and treatment after
hair cut is always included by the
man who is particular about his ap-
pearance. A facial at least once
week insures perfect cleansing.
Eye brows are trimmed with scis-
sors, but never pulled. Men never
have their hair touched up. They
don't seem to have the horror of
gray hairs which women have. Gray
haired men are often extremely proud
and vain of their hair, and have more
frequent shampoos to keep is looking
at it's best.
Mustaches are becoming more and
more rare hirsute adornments, and
what there are are the very small
brown brow type.
Neatness and cleanliness come first.
Then, If you still want to add to the
effect you can drop into a florists
and get yourself boutonniere. At
this time Of the year the most pop
ular flower is a white carnation or
colored rose for day time, dark red
or white carnation, or gardenia for
evening. It's nice custom this wear
ing of flower, but the flower should
fit into the color scheme.