Show About the Barber The barber's pole is simply the memorial of the primitive of when the town I barber was also the town those days barbers practiced and their patients wont to grasp the barber I pole to accelerate the discharge of bleeding at that time was to be a sure cure for all ills and incidentally to assist in enduring the torture of the y 9 There being cases in the i pole was certain to be stained by blood of the it was painted so to make the dis- charge When the 1 had completed his he was wont to wash the i then swath it with strips of white j linen and hang it outside of his j pending the arrival of j From this ancient j came the barber's t I h |