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Show M'KINLEY'S NEW DAItDEn. President McKlnley shaves every morning with punctual regularity. That he wields the razor himself Is not generally known. It Is raro that a barber performs the duty for the president, pres-ident, lie cannot cut his hair, howiv-er, howiv-er, nor can he keep his razors In that rondltlon which his heavy beard requires. re-quires. Thus he Is not Independent of the barber Up to two weeks ago Charles I.emas. a colored man, who haa lonsored every president Including and since Ircsldcnt Johnson's day. trimmed President McKlnley's hair, and occasionally shaved him. Dut I-mas I-mas died, Then tho president looked about for a new barber He remembered remember-ed the colored man whose chair he al-waa al-waa sought In the Kbbltt Homo shop when he was a member of congriu. This barber was In his mind when Mr. McKlnley drat rame to Washington, but not desiring to disturb any ot the established Institutions at the while house, be continued l.omas as bis pre decessora had done. The new man Is Henry Wilson, a colored man, 48 years ot age, who was erdplnyed nt tho Kbbttt House barber shop for twenty )rars, and who for the last six jcars has been tho proprietor of his own shop Ho has already cut the president's hair and removed the presidential whiskers, and Is elated at the honor of sen lug tho president ol Ihe I'nlted Slates lie has performed similar services for n great many pub He men Ho was a favorite with Vice President Wheeler He made tbo ac- HKNHY WILSON. qualntance of Mr McKluley while the latter was a suest at the I!bbltt during his years as a member ot the home The president has fifteen or more razors, ra-zors, which are cored for by his barber. bar-ber. The) compose the finest set In Washington, all being of the beat make The steward ot the white house notifies the barber when he Is wanted The president alts In a common chair and rhats with the barber while the latter works over him The president Is not fuss), and Is the delight of bir-bers bir-bers because he Is so oaslly satisfied He never complains that the razors hurt bis face nor criticises. |