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Show Gocd Advice to Barbers. A tonsorial artistgives the Jollowiug sound advice to barbers, and it is respectfully laid before the profession in Salt Lake for their benefit and advantage: Abundance of clean napkins, whether you work a 10 or 15 cent shop. Keep your razors well honed. Waali your hands previous to every shave. Don't finger the lips of your customer custo-mer too freely. Never pufl your hot breath iu his f;ice while shaving. Don't waste time in poking lather up his nostrils or in his mouth. Keep your combs and brushes piously clean. Do not compel your customer to talk whether he wants to or not. Always bo pleasant and polite; it costs nothing, yet pays. Regular and thorough rinsing out of the soap cup and brueh. When jerking a gentleman's head around, or twisting his nose, just imagine the predicament if either one should happen to conic- oil". Moral: Handle gently. When you come to dressing the head, do it tenderly, and not like a Sioux Indian taking a scalp. The foregoing is tbe quintessence of forty years' experience in the barber shop. Neglect these maxims and you will be a botch all your life; adhero to them, and you will soon bo pronounced A 1 in tho pro.'cssion. |