| Show SHAHPOOHfti THE LADIES A Peep Into the mysteries of Hair llressll1g Kstitblishiiients This where the ladies get shaved Well not exactly This is where they get their hair cut Take a seat and the young man with eyeglasses proceeded to hone his razor and lather the chin prepara tory to moving offthe peachy down from a cheek Yes sir this is the place the ladies come to have their hair banged filled frizzed heads shampooed and otherwise their capillary wants attended to Have you much custom Oh lots of it sometimes eight or ten ladies in here at a time All have to wait their turn just like men and generally have to give way to men customers Why so Oh it takes so long to barberize a ladys head Souse on a little water and soap on a mans head rub it in pretty well and hold him under the waterspout add a little oil wax his mustache and hes done but a lady oh no Why it takes an hour and a half to shampoo a ladys head You see you have to divide the hair into two parts and I tie it comb it look out it doesnt tangle thats the great danger some tangles easier I than others is finer is all tangle in fact i Why we charge em 75 cents to 125 for i this operation Regular customers Oh yes a number of ladies come here I once every two weeks and take a shampoo Ever shave any ladies mustaches Oh no theyWouldnt allow that Some consider the delicate fuzz on the upper lip a great beauty I never heard of a lady having hav-ing it shaved off nor did I ever see a blonde with mustache but Ill give you one pointer about it Whats that Why ladies with hair on the upper lip have a temper You cut hair Oh yes have lots of that sort of custom Young girls and misses generally have theirs shingled so do ladies who fear to lose their hair or who have been sick but most young ladies go the bang Oh anybody can bang hair Why cut it short off I binged my girls the other nightThere There you fool yourself It requires an artist to bang a ladys hairthat is if you do it according to the shape and contour of her face or if she wishes to wear her bangs curled You see many girls on tho street whoso bangs disfigure them Know the reason rea-son Well they cut them off straight across without any regard the shape of their face Then sometimes they are shingled which requires re-quires great care 1 Well how does a woman act anyhow in i a I barber shopsit up in a chair put her feet on that crosspiece and lay her head back I like a lamb going to slaughter Oh mercy no nothing that sort She generally comes with a lady friend and if its her first time perhaps walks by the shop once or twice so as to see that there j are no men in Then she modestly enters and says This is the place where you dress ladiesheads I believe They sit in their chairs in the back room and we put the apron aiound their necks Why they are the patientiest bodies in tho world and sit for an hour or an hour and a half perfectly quiet and contented And as for waiting why some of them wait half a day for their turn without a murmur They never get mad and though the work is much more troublesome than that put upon men yet I they are uncomplaining I And the business I Is profitable It is of only two years I existence in this city and about three years in New York though in Paris Vienna and t London there have been ladies barber shops as I you call them for jears Cincinnati Enquirer I |
