Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-09-12
BY BILLY ARTHUR

cause l revolt at the thought oi
paying SIPS for them.
The art of barbering is anci-
ent and essentially human. 9th
CT animals may vie with or sur
pass us in some of the pursuits
Ot life The rabbit ana the mol,
are our masters III all that re-
latCrS to shafts and tunnels. Gun
nets are no, match for the spId-
cr'S web. ana our engineering
skill Is poor beside that - trg
honey bee and TIE beaver. Hu.
10 man alone belongs the art
OF barbvvius.
We find the first glimpse of
the barber IN old Egypt. The
paintings and sculptures on
IobelIShs and III temples and
'tombS show a cunning band that
built up. local by Io,k. mo Z
Itowcriug diademS OF hIir. tine
pride Of Egyptian men ana wo-
men. The barber wa> slave
land usually a Greek, because
tine wit of the Greek was pre-
| terrCd To the more solemn char
IaCiCriStlcS of other natIonalIticS.
And | have read that il WAS IN
Greece itself that the barbering
profession first acquired a repu-
tation for livclineSS. talkitivc-
mess, and inquiSItivencSS that
has stuck 10 its members in all
climates and in all ages.
Men of the same calling are
often strangely alike: thus the
BARRIERS of today and those OF
Arabian Nights" are identical.
What if one barber wears a.
white cape and another a tur-.
ban? For all those trifllng diff
tcrCnceS, they are twin broth
ers, smart. pert. human. rabbit
hopping through life, prying in
TO dark corners where secrets
lie hidden, then Chattering a
bout them. That is SubStantiated
in the old story of the Athena
fleet returning defeated II
home, and of the decision of the
government 10 keep the defeat
secret. But a sailor entered a
barber shop for a shave. ana
talked. The barber then ran
swiftly into the city and spread
the news, bad as II was.
BARRIERS have to know some
thing besides how to cut hair"
l was told recently by one. We.
have to keep up with everything
because every customer starts
talking the minute he hits in the.
chair. II the customer finds that.
the barber Is not welI-postcd on.
everything. he'll take ms shay
y hair elsewhere.
A"d IN Chapel Hill. where |.
ros.a" they are wcll-poSted. In
fact. there are specialists. We
have BARRIERS who evidently
i..s made 4 study Of sports.
VINO can tel. you what's wrong
.... lie Dodgers, now q basket
.... game should have been
played. and what the football
prospects are. There are others
".0 are jus, as .stu.v on .o!y.gn
policy and domestic pollt. 81.
gardening and income taxes. .
They are specialists. Several O.
..u regular customers wait tor
particular BARRIERS. no matter
how many people are ahead OF.
them, Just because they like 10
hear the particular BARRIERS.
,.cwS.
Its retreat into history again.
With the early Greeks and Ro-
mans the barber was the prime,
minister of the bath. We do.
m,StIcated modcgns. on whom
radio and tcleviSion would have.
YOU believe the merits of soap
and water arc ms, boairr,,a -
d.vr can barir,. 80 ,s'nr y.
III bath yeas 70 nCo,,r, - ,na aIt
coyr,ry To ,bo,, ,I,, .,..,aI,, ~.
daily soanings sr,r,,na;n,.
oIlinks rI,bSing. snan,imS>
sbavinps currirgs ,,d ,o;n,
erackinrs w.rn nocossi.,o. 80.
ond onjv to nraad and so,,n,
pcoplc heinz ,hroy., :, Tho IiarE
Never pc,r,ns ,,.or, - -
plentiful and tho d,,r,pJ s,,.
their services ca groot A,d ,ho,.
were mn Iorg.r sI,,.as ri.
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