Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-27 | Page 15 | John D. Wails at High Cost of Barbering

John D. Wails at High Cost of Barberind (Ch'u:au Tribune. Spcu iat Service.) SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 26. Wlien Ciiarles Messenger a Pcmi Yar. barber, charged John D. Rockefeller Rocke-feller 20 cents for a shave, the oil king asked him if people ever complained com-plained of the increased cost of bar-bcr.mg. bar-bcr.mg. When answered in the negative, nega-tive, he declared that Messenger was to be envied. During the Civil -war, Mr. Rockefeller Rocke-feller said ho always shaved himself, him-self, but then the price of a shave was only 6 cents, and he gave up the practice. In some places the oil king said ho had been charged as much as 50 cents for a shave. After Iris shave, Mr. Rockefeller tipped Messenger, who says the amount was "enough for a shampoo and hair cut in addition to the shave. " Before leaving Mr. Rockefeller exacted a promise from the barber that if ho ever bought an automobile automo-bile that he would use nothing but Rockefeller gasoline. The oil king is touring the Lake Keuka region.