Show HOW FAR A BARBER SHAVES D I 1 it ever occur to you how tar far tle the iti rago barber shaves ever year As a general rulo rule the writer shaves him self elf but tho the othor day be he had acca lion mon to visit the barber and being statistically inclined counted the be number of razor strokes made matle in the course of the artists operatis lor a clean have shave chin cheeks ond upper lip ahe number was as und the time occupied including ilia the prelim lathering and the final powder in ing WT exactly ten minutes taking the average razor stroke as being say riny one inch in length the distance traveled b the blade in removing BU an hair from the writer e face vas mas six ards one foot and eight inches the barber barbers shop hours are froni train eight a in to seven p m 11 hours deduct one and a half hall hours for meals and it leavas nine and a half halt hors bora bo ra assume halt half of this time to be taken up with haircutting hair cult ang eliam poo pooling tag waiting for customers etc and it leaves four and three quarter hours for shaving As not every cus tomer Is clean we must also make an allowance on the number of strokes and on the time occupied suppose wo me take the average number of strokes nt at and the average time for each shave as eight minutes this would elve give time for the rc of about thirty six customer customers and the distance traveled by the razor would be 5 inches oi 01 ards the chop shop closes at one a clock on saturday Satur dari therefore on the foregoing basis the number of customers ahmed per week eek will bo be about allow alto a fortnight for the summer hoi hot iday kind you have a total of 9 customers per year with a razor distance of inches aich Is equal to 23 titles wards 1 one ono foot furher investigation revealed reye aled the tact fact thit when bon the writer hates bases him self something co like strokes are I 1 require I 1 to produce a result equal to that obtained by the barber with bis his 26 the greater skill of the barber Is thus represented by a saving saying in razor distance of no less than 12 yards two feet four inches tho the time advantage to his credit was six minute minutes so much for the results of specializing in industry |