Show AVERAGE BARBER I HS HIS OBSTINACY Impossible for or Him to Cut Hair i According to I I GROUCH GIVES A LESSON 1 Told fold tin thic Ainu UI sor Sel-sor d UI h lut Ix 1 What lat humL I II I. I II Wanted Then Didn't Get It H. After Hel climbing Into nu the Hie harbel barbers barber's clinic and settling lug himself for rut H ti I hair haircut hall cut time the square Jawed smooth shaven ha cn with the time side locks locIs In front o of man naim an his head about and amid al 1 twisted h hIm hI cars t l impaled time the bam ll her with his l cl CC eve says Us the New cw York tiun Suu SUI I Now just wall wait a minute he lie said ul I zo In iii a n somewhat peremptory tone Just I drop everything e hug while I am nimi mal making lug this little speech to lu you yuu Don Dont Don't t merely merel I pretend lite to J listen but listen I want all of your attention Have In c I got goi Jot It I I ni Yes i sir sh meekly lr replied the tIme bar bar- I ba ber All Ahi Al right Ial said tIme the man mal In tho chal chair chahi Ive ve got 01 your our attention an and amid listening Xo Now look 1001 here lucre Do youre you're 1 laud amid lu hum rested you see sec ce these things l ht his Imis two s lightly on un the square cut side I c locks loces In front u of his hit cn ears Yes aes sir I see cc com em said aid al the lie bubel barber bar bu ber bel smiling as If IC ho lie well knew what was coming cominS I Very cr well said ald al the hue man la lii the chair Now listen to lo me I J I want stick Gol Got these l two wo lo things lo thol 7 Understand I 1 want auit em as ng Jhc are arc Now ow youre you're ouro dent dead ea sure youve you've got ot that thai fl are you ou Ye sir I hear you replied time the balb barber apparently a bit miffed Now No Xo 1 dont don't want you yuu to lo take talc timEs this little speech of ot mine on un this subject to lo heart went on omi time the man In time HIM rhal chair heart i hl haven't nt ma made e It I for fOI forthe forthe the purpose of hurtIng hurling your our feelings I J simply want these things lo to stick that's all all Jn order to Ieee keep keel bai s bera from rom chopping choppin cm em rl right ht off or I that thai Im I'm Im absolutely compelled lo to make malc a speech In set sel terms before the thu Job bo- bo bl- bl gums gins Even after I 1 mn made e the tho same kind of talk lal as Im I'm handing you OU to tu the time barber who cut cut m my hair hall last lust lust-It I It was in 11 he he calmly slashed these locks Ih right ht oft off of before m my eyes ces with the time first move o of the time scissors ort thinking thinking at al atthe the thc time lime I suppose of the batting baiting av averages a- a 0 of hl ills favorites on omi the time Pitta- Pitta burg clu club or of oC some sonic 30 0 to lo 1 I horse thai ho In hf didn't manage manae to land lan 01 on You Youcan can cam go So ahead But Bul lut I 1 want em eni to stIck kept time the tlC Side J Lok ock- ock When hen time the square jawed customer left k-ft the shop half mait hal an all hour or so later he lie le carle carried his Imis side l e locks with wih him all allright al right light and iho thu bo boss s barber grInned Wu We c set get a lot of those speech making mal mak In lug ing side sido silo lockers r nowadays s 's he ob- ob served sei Of course couise theres there's some reason reason rea rea- son behind the care they timey tier take tal to make male this point sOc stick For Foi Foia a 1 lon long time after those sl side o locks canio cam Into vogue usua more than n a year Yea uco ao a H greal many burgers bargers cut them rr They'd cut em cumi oil off even If when gelling set set- get gel Un ling Into Inlo the Iho chair the Iho customer with wih the lie sl side o locks casually mentioned that ho lie wanted tho the things to remain as tile they were The Thc truth of time the tiling is Unit that the time tw great majority of the barbers cut cul hair the lie wa way the they want to tu do o II it H. H not according according ac ac- cording cording to the lie Jn InstructIons given them about aboul the time job joh by hy the thc owners of ur the hair hall The pig headed c barber bam used to get set by br all al right In the days when the thc only Instructions men gave about their haircuts were as to whether the they wanted a lon long or om Q short cut but in these days when er c every man ha has got got his own l ideas cas about abou tho the way he wants his lila locks removed the barber barbe who Insists in insists In- In upon doing the lie Job after aCel his own l ideas cas wont won't do o at allIve alIve nil all al Ive Ive got ot one barber in time the hop hup who was ml mighty ht stubborn In hl his way o of han handling customers until one omme of them showed him up a n few fow ow months a ago O Customer Was lC a 8 i Grouch Tills This customer a was a grouch gi grouch all allright allright al right but bul he hc was privileged to tu have ha hl his hla te tresses el di dressed according to tu imI his own plans and specifications so long Ions as ashe ashe asime he ime paid poid tho time price But m my may pig head c ed barber woul wouldn't nt give 11 It I to tu him This customer lol told the barber a at l considerable IC length 1 lh before the Job began began began be be- gan that thal he lie didn't l nt want his hair hah cut round in the time back bac Dont give 0 mo mime 10 thai lint ham actor effect he ime said ml to tu the barber barbel when the lie apron was 1 f fastened on un him Julia I 1 dont don't want it bushed up In the thc back and n chopped even en e around the time neck al and 1 my neck shaved ha Im I'm Im not In the pretty bo boy class clas and ant am not tr trying to lo give I c folks the that thai play Illar Im I'm 11 a leading juvenile ju in a bum society That Thiat was wa all al right an and amid I was sore SOlO when I overheard o the the barber saying to lo the thc cu customer But Dut I 1 should think you'd out like It cut cut- roun round In the back It I d sure look Jook better that thata a way think think so not would woul you ou gre ivl l ej-l l the grouch cry very properly Well cl Im I'm Im doing the thinking part IH here rc understand You Yuu cut It I the thc way I tell you ou and amid you OU ca can caT do o nil all al the on the time slUt that to 01 you ou want So what whal did id he lie do u but lut go so right ahead In spite spie of ur the time plain lon Ions he lie ha had gut got and amid stake slake that man to Just tIn th l kind of or haircut he didn't want When Iho thu grouch found Cound out what was Corning coming coming of off he lie was wa about the tho hottest hot hot- 11 test man I 1 ever saw hi in a barber shop hol Ho jumped out o of othe the the chair swearing a blue lLuc steal streak combed cumbe his own hair hah with wih about aboul four swipes of r tho Iho bl brush ush to tossed sed his money on omi time the payoff C coun ln- ln ter and amid stormed out of the time shop with wih storm signals flying from from flom all al over O CI him an and leaving lea a trail o of sulphurous language him thin I can almost sniff yet cl lie Ilu le Came Back Hack About lout a month later the lie grouch came bac back The barber barbe with willi whom he lie hind had ha had Iho tiu hat run rui In wasn't bus busy an and the thc grouch deliberately picked lucked him hini out He lie got gol Sut Into the time barbers barber's chair chah and amid when the apron was being wa fastened aroun around his neck he said taid al in Iii as the mild barber a tone as you OU ever heal d. d to 4 S I r want Just th time the I light t side of my may hair cut mo moderately modem clate t 1 The Time barber barbei o of course COUIse was dum- dum lum- lum founded I. I The Tho right Il feldo idu u only sir he lie In II lii sorl sort of honk sd hoarsely d Yep that's what I 1 sal said said placidly r replied time the pled grouch Just the time right side Dont Don't t touch time the left SIde with your our scissors eels at all cli KI U Get i busy wih I haven't got much time The Th barber albel did the tue job jub exactly as the time customer told Ul him he wanted It I dune done gave e a the tue u Itan an a u waned ru rate ral cut cui cutI I 1 5 t. t S p S Sp on oil 01 time the rIght light side of his lila head and loft left J lime oilier Cluck completely mm lone alone When 11 got gut through the grouch looked like hike one une of ur tho those c Papuans I Ive I've s c seen pictures of if If and ant hl hed he'd tl ims have ma t a lilt hit hi In any dimo museum CUILI S hn lImit Hut upon upun completion he lie climbed out of ur the lime Ihl chair Just as chipper Ul tumid and pleasant as aH you OU plea please e looked himself over O CI in lam the thc glass put put on out 01 his colar collar tie lie le al and amid coat coal and ant then selle settled up with time the barber barbei Heres thirty live cents for time the haircut says ays h he lie still sll pleasant as aN u it I brisket basket of grapes an and heres here's two tuo bits for rOI yourself 1 J stake you ou to 10 the thin tobis two t o bits bis because e youve you've c done domic tho lie job juh tin time wa vay I wanted to have It I done tone and amid riot not time the dad ud blamed WHY way you OU wanted it I It like Iw you did l lime Iho last time lIme 1 I was In iii your OUI hands Now uw blast J my may e eyes 8 Ill I'll 11 go go down time the lo to lh thai tima t I other shop shull and have ha c time iho left heft ll side c of it i cut an and amid aWl away lie hue went turning a grin grimm gril upon nil ni of or us as m he hue Hurried out out My y pigheaded barber barler got ol the lau laugh h from everybody y In him II time the shop customers and al all an and he hue ha hasn't nt operated on tJI amans aman's u tt uman's sluice since since mans man's head heat to I his own l ideas eus |