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Show WHY MEN ARE LIKE RAZORS. Darber Shows That He Knows Same-thing Same-thing of Human Nature. "People," said tho barber as ho lathered, lath-ered, "aro a good deal llko razors. It Isn't tho Ivory-handled ones that do tho best work nlwayr. Yet that kind of razor sells moro readily than any other. I've seen sumo oxpenslvo nil-vor-stcol fellows, too, that cut llko Ia-mascus Ia-mascus two or three times, hut wilted when I tested them on a good horso hide strop nil right on tho outside, but no body to the stcclj pott Insldo. "When you select a razor, don't look at tho handle at all. It's tho blade, not tho handle thnt talks. Tho best razor )n my shop has an old guttn-porcha handle, nnd I keep It In n enso that Is red In spots and Is getting frayed, but I'd let you havo nil tho rest of tho cutters If 1 could keep this one. Tho man that made It know Ids business. It's finely tempered, works well all tho time, and It sings when I lay It on the lenthor pretty hard. "Snuio with people. Somo of them do threo days' wotk In ono day, and three hours' work tho rest of tho week. When they're tested, they go soft, nnd tho Ellvcr-steel can't savo them, be-causo be-causo there's too much silver and not enough steel. A half hour on tho stono makes a good razor better, but It kills a poor oue. I'm always suspicious sus-picious of a now razor that makes too much nolso when 1 try it. I find peo-plo peo-plo Just about tho samo as razors, and I'vo got so now I'm a protty good Judgo ot both. "Not too closo? All right, sir!" New York Press. |
