Show JA WN 17 TONSORIAL J NUT RELATES SAD TALE In This Case Self Shaving Leads Up to Tragic End lIo How often orten should a a. a man shave havo Inquired d a customer of ot the barb barber r That's a 0 pretty hard question to answer r. r replied Jawn That de depends depends do- do upon who you are are where you aro what you aro o and how bow you r are arc a 8 youth will shave before going soIng to see see- ee his girl to get rid of ot the tho fuzz fun and nd to cultivate tho the com coming InK crop If It you are ar a railroad employ you needn't take tak the trouble to shave at ot atall nil all because the company Is th shaving you all aU tho time Then again It If you rou happen to be confined confiDed at home with an attack of ot mumps mump shaving would be out of ot the tho question In days daye of ot old when knights were bold bold as os the poet used to say cay men wore beards but that was before shaving was Invented I guess ess that's tho the reason why the Bible p patriarchs pa pa- alt all look so eo patriarchal in the pictures Nowadays a ft beard Is Ic out of ot fashion but occasionally an old fossil drops In Inthe Inthe inthe the shop and I always ask him how his friend Noah Nonh Is getting alongI along I I 1 know of ot some who shave once every two or three weeks week whether they need It or not but I 1 always make it a a. point to charge them the tho price ofa of or ofa a a. hair cut In h harmony rmon with union rules This generally puts a quietus on this kind of or skin game bUme which semimonthly semimonthly semi semi- monthly rubes tf try put over on me When hen a man becomes becom s civilized he hc finds out that disease ls e germs flu lIu es especially especially es- es find comfortable lod lodgings s ln In Ina Int Ina a t stubby beard Then he comes to tho the shop every day ONCE A LUXURY Years Year ago a shave was considered d da a luxury now It Is regarded cd In the light or of an absolute necessity All students of or the profession aro arc taught this before graduating in the barbers barbers' colleges as a V. part of ot their curriculum and ond the same idea receives es a o. stron j backing from the barber supply houses ns eU elt Then again viewed from the standpoint of sanitation a nice clean shave aha a adds ds much to a mans man's appearance appear appear- ance and health any sanitary InSpector Inspector in inspector In- In will tell you ou that But co coming back to the question how often orten should a a. man shave 11 I once heard of or an au old gentleman who would lather and shave sha himself about a Do dozen times a n day What are you ou giving us blurted out tho the customer Its the truth said wd Jawn and Ill I'll tell you how It happened The old bloke wasn't feeling very verg well ell 20 o he wont went and consulted a a. doc doe tor The doctor after giving him the once over said Mid ho was WM run down and needed a R. stimulant j I have havo to get you a a. bottle of ot whisky he ho said eald and take a 8 good stiff tOdd toddy once or twice o a no da day when you rou feel feol that sensation coming over you ou that you wore were telling me about The old fellow balked bl at this and said cald he wouldn't have tho the stuff in tho the house that ho he had gone gono ono thus far through life lito without and didn't propose to begin using it ft now besides ho had grown up eons sons and disliked settIng netting them a L bad example CAMOUFLAGE Oh Oh fiddlesticks fIddlestick said the the- doctor Tm Tin proscribing prescribing for you aint I This is a medicine a medicine understand 1 A A. medicine I I You Tou shave shaye ou yourself dont don't you continued the physician Why h of course I do but hats what's that got to do with it Z exclaimed the tho gentleman Why this you can cnn k keep ep tho the bottlo bottle of whisky right alongside your shaving shay shay- ing Int utensils and no ono one will suspect or bo ho any tho the wiser said saul the the- doctor T e doctor didn't see seo his patient again in in- weeks week and one ono da day chancing to meet one of the sons Bona on the street t tasked asked him how bow his father was getting along alon- Why the son eon son physically he's hes doln doing fine even putting on flesh but the folks folkA are aro afraid hes he's losing his mind How so sor Inquired the doctor You Tou Be see doctor he used to shave only once a week but now ho he shaves himself two or three times Umes an nn hour day In and day out and gets up during the night several times Poor old fellow said sald the customer In a 0 sympathetic tono of or voice I r Iwonder Iwonder wonder what hat ho does for his toddles toddies 7 nowadays He lie doesn't touch em ent an any more re replied re- re I plied Jawn i Is that so said th the customer h hashe has hashe he taken the J le cure No ho he passed peacefully away avay when prohibition became effective said Jawn As AI the latter was putting tho the fInIshinG finishing finishing fin fIn- fin fin- touches on hI his patron ho remark re remarked re- re remarked mark marked d The rhe oth other r da day a friend of mine In tho county count clerks clerk's office made a valuable valuable valuable val val- val val- discovery for the heir The Customer customer customer cus cus- tomer bit and asked what it consisted consisted con con- of or reply was lb He came across a will that had been reported lost Jawn called for next gentleman and was soon at work on another victim victim victim vic vic- vic vic- tim of ot his wit and razor razor- Its It's worthy of or re record ord that they were both happy happ J Jawn wn talked on without Int Interruption The customer was wa deaf deat JAY JAY JAT |