Show CURIOUS CUSTOMS 71 aly WHY BARBERS USE STRIPED POLES A though gradually passing out ot of uso use in tile the larger cities it Is still the general custom tor for a barber to advertise ills shot shop liy a gaily aidy spiralled spiral led pole ot of red and white tills this is a relic ot of the olden days when practically all diseases were treated teil ly by bleeding on the tion that it let the poison out ot of the system the attending physician who considered it beneath ben catli f his dignity to operate took ailing pe the hwn bar ler ber to perform the te actual work for foi liim him the barber tie therefore doing most ot of the active medical work to adier advertise tise their profession they the customarily huns hung out before their shops a bloody bandage later a red and white cloth which ultima ultimately ga save ve place to a white pole painted with red stripes when we v visit isit such establishments tobay we have little concern about abeln leins bled either physically or r financially |