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Show A J'l'i'sian Iturlmr. A Persian barber works in a stylt rery different from that in vogue in this country. A typical shop was a square room, with ono side open to the street, In the center was a tiny bed of flowers sunk in the floor, from the middle ol which rose an octagonal atone column about three feet high. The capital of tho colurtin formed a receptacle for tho .water in which tiie barber dipped his hand ns he shaved his customer's scalp. In Persia they do not lather. The shop was very clean. Iu two recesses stood four vases filled with flower-i, and the implement' of tho barber's art scissors, razors, lancets, lan-cets, baud mirrors, largo pincers to extract ex-tract teeth, branding irons to cauterize tho arteries iu amputating limbs, strong combs, but neit a hai- brush, for that implement im-plement is never used by Persians. From tho barber's girdle hung a round copper water bottle, his strop, and a pouch to hold his instruments, iu his bosom was a small mirror, the presentation presenta-tion of which to his customers is a i-ign that the job is finished and that the bar- j ber waits for his pay. The barber shaves the heads of his customers, dyes thoii beards, pulls their teeth, blisters and bleeds them when aiiing, sets their broken bones and shampoos their bodies. Exchange. |