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Show FOR CURTAINED BARBER 8HOP. Woman Decries the Common Practice of Publicity. "Queer, Isn't It," said tho observant observ-ant woman, "that though American men are modest Individuals, they have been content alt these years to be shaven and shorn and massaged In full view of any ono who happens to be passing. I mean that all the barber shops are on the street level or below it, and with a wealth of uncurtained glass front that allows a man's toilet to be regarded as a matter of public Interest) You might think this exposure expos-ure was tolerated by the customer only because It Insures a good, strong light for the delicate operation of shaving; but not so, for even at night, when the electric lights are glaring down the shades remain up, and pedestrians pedes-trians may gaze upon unlovely lathered lath-ered faces In any barber hop' they pass. Going over a comparatively small area last week I counted 200 tonsorlal parlors and not one of them attempted even the gauzlest screen-ilng screen-ilng between Its customers and the public gaze. Personally I don't consider con-sider that a man Is at his handsomest under the barber's hands, do you?" New York Press. |