Show SHAPED BY MACHINE An Eminently Silent Process Conducted Con-ducted by the Young lady Operators There is a quiet little shop in aside a-side street down town which displays dis-plays a modest sign bearing the words Machine shaving done by lady operators Lace curtains veil the interior from pryiug eyes A reporter opened the door yesterday and walked in with a look of confidence and a three days beard on his face As he entered two young women and a patient looking man i rose from a settee and stood I by three barbers chans The patient man looked at the reporter re-porter with passing interest Tbe young women looked into the mirrors mir-rors in front of the chairs While the reporter was hanging up his ba and coat he chose the smaller of the two women because she has ceased to stare at herself in the glass aLd was much plainer than the other There was a chance that she would pay more attention to the victim than rer prettier companion The reporter sanK into a chair leaned his 1 ead back and elevated his chin The operator passed a small aDd smooth hand over his chin and asked with a liberal smile as she tucked a towel into his neck Did you want a shave sir Yesvery light please go over It once She passed her hand over the reporters re-porters face again She got the lather cup and gently smeared him while she looked into the glass When her attention was called to the matter she smiled tranquilly and removed the lather from his mouth and nose and ears We make it a point sir never to talk co our customers she said as she brushed a stray lock back from the reporters forehead with one hand and rubbing the lather into his chin with the other hIt not only interrupts while working but also J as Im sure youve had experience enough to know becomes at times somewhat tiresome I mean to the customers because there are always times when one enjoys a little repose re-pose dont you know and many gents seek a barber on that account which was what made me resolve to remain perfectly silent at all times for says I to myself If agent a-gent fl Pardon my interrupting you but there is iio hair upon my ears where you are now rubbing me < No I know it I just do that from force of habit Letmesee What was I saying Ob yes I says to myself Any gent can be talked to until he is that put about that he feels as if he I What sort of a machine do you use when you shave a man As if he didnt want to come any more and so it is Does it run by steam Its best according to my mind to preserve strict silence Besides what did you say about the machine ma-chine Oh here it istisnt new you know that is fcisnt very new becauseerbecause its kind of old Its simply a razor with a steel comb screwed on It is impossible to cut any one with it You lay it on the face you know and then just pull it along the cheek like thisYerp Let 60 Its against the grain hOh is it Why you dont say I thought it was with the grain bat thats just like me Im always I making mistakes Last Chews I dayU Ten minutes later a pallid man emerged from the quiet shop and hurried toward the corner The patient man looked after him with an expression of sympathy on his worn features New York Sun y |