Evening star., 1937-12-12
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

p.-h barber upon the ex-
oai ooi oh actions of his FASH
Dude Haircuts. ionable clients in the
matter of haircuts:
""These here dudes said the barber, as
he slapped dab of lather in The Star
mans mouth, and cut slash in his chin
in his haste to apologize. These here
dudes, as I was agoin' to say, you can't
make nothing of 'em. I can't keep up
with them. It seems to me they are
getting more numerous like, and their
mind all seems to run to their bangs.
I'd rather cut the hair Of right down
cowboy who wants to look civilized, with
two six-shooters in his hip pockets, than
to trim the bangs Of dude. He never
lets his bangs grow out Of certain range.
They must be cut every two weeks or
oftener, If necessary. to keep them at
about the same length, and he always has
some artistic esthetic touch he wants put
to 1t. He will come in with big cane,
and stands with his legs spraddled about
in front OF glass for a few moments.
Then he will slowly let himself down In
the chair as II he was sort of Indifferent
to everything. Just as you are about to
slash into his hair he will raise up sort Of
sudden like, as il he had forgot where he
was and was just coming to his senses,
and he will unwind his tongue out of his
cheek and begin to give instructions. He
always winds up with the languid assur-
ance that II 1t amt done just as he has
directed there1l be dead barber. He
is always sorter vague as to who that
barber will be, but he's mighty inferen-
ttal. Dudes have all sorts of notions
about their hair the barber continued,
after inadvertently squeezing the sponge
down The Star mans back. Bangs are
still fashionable, but the latest thing is
the side.touch. You know they used to
wear their hair brushed down over both
ears in punches at the temples. The lat
est thing Is to brush it back properly
behind one ear, and have the temple tuft
on one side only. It looks as If draft of
wind had struck one side Of the head and
blown all the hair back around to the
other. Some Of them combine this with
q bang. It Is hard to get any of them to
brush their foreheads bare. There was
an attempt to make 1t fashionable to
look Intellectual by brushing the hair
straight back, but this did not take with
the dudes, as the contrast with their
features weakened the effect"
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"A movement was set on foot some
months ago." says The Star of Decem-
Progress on sst.h,,.hmsnt hy loo, iot ot me the
Public Library. National Capital OF q
free public library,
an institution which would confer q
greater public benefit than any other
requiring like investment of money.
The list of subscriptions makes q good
showing when the fact is taken into con-
sideration that long summer vacation
has intervened since the work began.
Now that our citizens are at home, and
many liberal minded visitors are here
who might deem it q privilege to con-
tribute to the object named, it seems q
suitable time to call attention to the
work. Following is the appeal Of the
citizens committee in this behalf:
"The undersigned, being fully i'm
pressed with the urgent need for q public
library IN washington and the great good
to all classes Of the community to be
accomplished by its establishment, very
cheerfully undertake to cooperate with
the labor organizations in their efforts,
and join most earnestly In their appeal to
the public for aid In carrying out this
worthy project It is not creditable to
the Capital City Of the Nation that.
while it has made some wonderful
strides In growth, culture and material
prosperity, it has nothing whatever to
show In the way of q free library, such as
other cities Of much less size and pre-
tensions have freely provided for. the
public well-being, and 1t Is not doubted
tH0k tbn ~ 1YA 81
lily take part In the proposed organized
enort to supply this great deficiency.
"B. II. Warner, chairman; E. Francis
Riggs, treasurer; w. w. Burdette, s. w.
woodward, James l.. Barbour, Bushrod
Robinson, Crosby 8. Noyes, George G.
Gorham, Z. W. Fox, M. 6. Emery SAM
uel E. Wheatley. George Ryneal, IT,;
Isaac Childs. Lawrence Sands, William
M. Gait, Thomas j. Fisher, James e.
Fitch, Thomas Wilson, B. H. Warder.'"