Men More Vain About Their Personal
Appearance Than Women, Say Barbers
And Tact Is Barber s Biggest Asset Now
Male Customers Temperamental, Ton
sorial Artists Assert—Barbers No
Alowed to Start Conversations. Bu
Must Be Able to Talk on Variet;
of Subjects—Like a Reporter.
BELLINGHAM, \Yn„ Mar. 27
Women are vain about their person
al appearance, but men are more so
local barbers think.
Although women may have a great
or variety of haircuts available, evei
with such a handicap they aren’
in it with men for being stickler
when tonsure is the consideration.
With the advent of the bob fo
women’s hair the barber’s busines:
is becoming easier along with tin
Increase in remuneration. More ver
satility is required in plying the bar
ber’s trade, but this is just abou
d'fset with the improvement in me
vhanical equipment, which operate!
electrically in most possible cases.
Stands for a Lot.
One wag has put it that a stripet
pole may stand for a barber, bu
a barber has to stand for a lot. Ib
meant that the barber’s versatilit;
must go farther than simply sniy
ping hair with scissors and razor
He must know how to pacify tin
customer who insists to bein;
shaved only with a white-handlei
razor; another man insists on cor
versation; still another who doesn'
care to talk. Ability to properl
accommodate a temperamental cut
tomer brings the patron, with pet
haps a friend, back to the shop.
According to tire proprietor oi on
of Bellingham’s largest shops, ha
better barbers than most of the coas
cities. With few exceptions, loca
barbers are married and own home
in tin* city. Barbers’ salaries in th
city range from $22 to $50 a weel
Study Human Nature.
Local barbers say they have nun
«*rous chances to s udy nature. Me
and women invariably act queer!
when they’re in the shop. Eae
st-ems to have his or her opinio
concerning the way this or tlu
should be done. Some customer
will wait for service at chairs 1<
cated hi the front of the shop thinl
ing, perhaps, that the better barber
are assigned to those chairs. Thi
is, in the opinion of barbers, th
public’s eommonist misconceptior
Barbers, because of the public’
weakness for front chairs, are a:
signed to chairs by a “seniority
process, and not necessarily becaus
nf nhilifv A veteran barber, shoul
lie come to the city and secure j
employment, would be assigned to ;
the last chair. I
On the other hand, there are j
some patrons who believe the best
barbers are assigned to the chairs
in - the rear of the shop. Other
patrons think that the best hair
cutters are back of the rear chairs,
while the beter razor wielders pre
side over the thrones in front of j
the shop.
Salemanship, while not generally j
recognized as a barber’s asset, is J
his i'ort. He must be able, when j
he knows a patron is insisting on
the “wrong” kind of a haircut (be j
the patron man or woman), to talk
the customer into having a hair
cut that will properly “set off” the
face. Customers with queer-shaped
heads and faces insist on certain
kinds of haircuts f “because so-and
so has one and its looks dandy. ‘ I j
want one like it.” It is then that
the barber must tactfully try to
“sell” the customer the “right” kind
of a cut.
Must Not Talk First.
Up-to-date barbers have to know
their business. They must not only
ply a dexterous look, but must “know
their stuff” when it comes to sani
tative measures. The trade is
hampered little by laws. Most of
them applying to sanitation. To
day’s barber is instructed by his
boss never to sta.rt a coirv et sation.
And like the hotel keeper’s slogan,
“The customer is always right.” A
barber may never express his real
opinion unless asked for it by the
customer. He must also watch his
diet. An offensive breath means a
lost patron or patrons. He must
read a lot to be able to converse
intelligently with customers. He is
a veritable information bureau for
the transient customer. Commercial
travelers use the barbers to secure
information pertinent to their busi
ness. The barber talks to people
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• from all over the world. He must
t be able to discuss a variety of sub
t jects intelligently. Above all, he
r must have tact to agree with his
customer.
The safety razor is the barber’s
- best friend, a local proprietor de
• dares. With its invention men be
. gan shaving themselves, thus sav
ing the barber his most expensi\e
■ | operation, both from the standpoint
1 I of time and of materials.
i ; A local barber said that recently
Hwhile shaving a male customer the;
!
I man asked :
“How much do you charge for
5 sharpening a razor?”
5 “Fifty cents,” the barber replied.
“Well, here’s four bits, go sharpen
■ that one you’re using on me.”
Variety of Bobs.
Local women have their choice
5 i of more than twenty-four different
j styles of haircuts, while the styles
; for men’s haircuts are at present
l j limited to seven.
! Women may select from the !ol
1 lowing: Bobs—Women’s, boyish,
' | French, Sheik, pineapple, Lee and
■ Dutch; Shingles—Straight, wavy
• and natural curly; Other Styles—
3 King Tut, sweetheart, baby sweet
? heart, Castle, Valie, Valentino, lady,
1 Broadway, Cha Ming, senorita, Diel
- la, Daddy Dolly and baby.
t Styles for men—Short pomp, Val
r entino, Buster Brown, sport, pro
fessional, trim, Business trim, and
'* boyish pomp.
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