Eureka Reporter | 1904-04-01 | Page 4 | Shaving Soap and Mucilage

shaving soap and mucilage shaving soap may become an unnecessary and mucilage a necessary adjunct of the modern barber the new york medical journal and phil adelphia medical journal says in its last issue that some scientist has recently discovered that rubbing soap into the beard before shaving does not soften the beard as the average per son thinks but apparently results in the conversion of the hair into a firm elastic tube containing a quantity of drying soap the whole affording the necessary resistance to a cutting edge it Is now whispered that some economical and tired barbers may use mucilage in trying to convert the hair into a firm elastic tube etc or may search for a good stiffening paste an announcement was recent ly made that a paste had been dincov ered which by simply applying to the face would quickly remove a heavy beard