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Show i 1VAR SUPPLIES BARBERS WiTH NEEDED SUPPLY OF CONVERSATION TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS ENTERTAINED 1 The war has provided excellent material for the barbers to use In I conversation when they get a vlc- il m in the chair. Barbers are M famed for their ability to converse dH on any subject, from the baseball games to the weather, but the war has obviated the necessity of them supplying their own topics. Nowa-S Nowa-S days when they feel disposed to engage en-gage in conversation they immediately imme-diately start by telling you the latest lat-est developments in the war and naturally they expiate as they get warmed up to the subjei t It is a well-known characteristic ot the barber; he must exaggerate in order or-der to impress his auditor with the M importance of the subject on which J f is conversing. For the benefit or those who are st a loss to understand where the 'm brr.or obtains ail his information. it must be borne in rnind that tho barber has plenty of time at his disposal dis-posal during the day. Every man knows there are certain periods of the day when the barber does not have enough work to keep his scissors scis-sors warm. In reality, this is a blessing in disguise, for it nfTords the barber plenty of time to sit down and peruse the newspapers. From the newspapers he obtains bin information. Iater on he will pour this information into the ears of helpless customers who come in to get 8 haircut or a shave and not an amplified story of European war events. The worst phase of the matter Is that tho barber ifl 60 full of information infor-mation thai he needs all the time the customer is In the chair to pour out his story Therefore, it Is obvious that the customer must b a patient listener. Under no circumstances cir-cumstances must the customer be presumptuous enough to think of breaking In on the narrative, for the barber presumes that all tho time Is his and the ..ustomer should listen patiently and say nothing. The barber is czar of his own shop, so discreet customers are wise enough to permit him to have his say. Of course the nationality of the barber Is responsible for his viewpoint. view-point. Customers who have been patronizing certain shops for years without being curious enough to find out the nationality of the bar-bi bar-bi r .ire not puzzled any longer, Tho question is answered to their satisfaction sat-isfaction without them even asking the Question. The war has caused Innumerable barbers to disclose their nationality unintentionally, for they cannot overcome the desire de-sire to tell you just what their sentiments sen-timents are. If your sentiments arc on the opposite, for safety"s sake don't disclose the fact to the barber, bar-ber, especially if he has the razor in his hand lie might vet excited. "It this war goes on there won't be enough uf us left in the city to supply the demand for artistic ton-sorlal ton-sorlal work," earnestly asserted a barber to the writer the other night. ' Did you notice that two of my old assistants have gone'.' Yes? Well, they were reservists and they an-swered an-swered the call to join the colors. "No use In talking, these Belgians Bel-gians were bravo fellows Have you ever been in the army? Then you don't realize what it means to hold back such well-drilled and experienced ex-perienced soldiers as the Germans. And just remember the Belgians were outnumbered five to one. Of course. I don't know If this is all reliable re-liable Information, but somebody told me it was, so 1 guess it must be so. "These alr-c-o-planes are cutting a big figure in thl3 war. Somebody told me that tho aviator takes up a lot of men with him and they have a supply of bombs in the machine. Th( aviator guides his alr-c-o-plane over a fort or an army, and while he keeps the machine right side up the other fellows drop tho bombs down and kill a lot of men. Their aim is so deadly that they never waste one of the bombs. "Still, I suppose those machines have their drawbacks. I read an article in which it was stated that the Belgians had especially designed vims that shoot up in the air and hit the machines nine limes out of I i ten. Ho you think tnai is possnue. From what I hear the Germans are advancing steadily. If they keep on going they will reach Tarts i first thing you know, and they will have some high old times In that city of delight. I can picture the Germans on the boulevards, sitting sit-ting In the wine gardens, making tho French waiters bring them all kinds of fancy drinks. If they reach there, of course, nothing is too Rood for them. "The only nation the German! are afraid of is Russia. Did you r d that the Russians are advancing advanc-ing . very day" It's a fact. You know, they are big. strong fellows w ho don't mind forced marches and some of th m don't mind stopping 1 bullet Of course some people who didn't understand the uituation say thuJ. tho Russians were licked by 4 something; the reason why Russia MmR was licked In that war was because Hfi tho couldn't get any troops across ifsHS to get at the Japanese. That's pos- IHS it information, and if you dldu t iH know it before I am glad I told HR you about it- fl I see that Japan has declared WB ear on Germany That, nutlon has WB a lot of good fighters. Oh, yes! I H , . member reading about the Russo- HtH Japanese War. They showed those Mb big fellows how to fight. Still l gE am afraid they will be getting after HKJ this country if they help to Hell t Germany. You know they have hb their eyes on the Philippines and HI thev would like, to get them If they could I never understood why the gH United States took them over. They HYJ are too far aa3 o be of any use on to as and they'll get us in trouble |
