| Show BARBERS IX AUSTRIA They Must Serve in All Cases a Three Years Apprenticeship The Austrians take no han with their barbers says the New York World They must be good and the Barbers and Wigmakers union of Vienna sees to it that they are Provision is also made in their code for women barbers who desire to carry on the business of their husbands In the case of the lat ters death or illness But in order to do this the wife must have been enrolled in the union a an apprentice for three years Apprentices Apprentic-es by the rules of the union must appear ap-pear in Vienna in the presence of judges judg-es of the union and show their skill before be-fore they are allowed to open shops of their own A properly certified barber must have a knowledge of and pass an examination examin-ation in shaving hair cutting hair curling and wig making and during the period before the issuance of a certificate cer-tificate the poor and others who are frugal serve as subjects for experiment experi-ment At the examination the young men have their razors dulled by four strokes in a pine plank and they must then sharpen them A subject is assigned to each who must be bonsorially perfect in the opinion of the judges when the apprentice has released him After this a certificate is issued and the apprentice serves two years as a journeyman before he may open a shop as an employer The average age of apprentices when they begin to learn their trade is 13 years |
