Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1910 — HIRSUTE ITALIAN BARBEES. [ARTICLE]

HIRSUTE ITALIAN BARBEES.

Peculiarltiea Noted by an Observing Hair Tonic ’Salesman. “My best customers,” said the salesman for the hair-tonic house, according to the New York Times, “are the proprietors of barber shops, where all Italian barbers are employed. There’s a reason for this and a very simple one. Did you ever see a baldheaded barber in an shop? Think it over. Rack your memory. I’ve been in the hair-tonic business for a good many years and, take my word for it, there is no such thing as a bald-headed dago barber. No, I can’t explain it. It is simply an incontrovertible fact. That’s why I say my best customers are the proprietors of these shops. Would you buy a bottle of hair tonic from a barber with' a bald Would you place any confidence in the recommendation of a barber whose thatch had a mangy, moth-eaten appearance? Not if you are in your sober senses. American barbers and barbers of other nationalities, particularly the Germans, have a disgusting habit of losing their hair. I use the adjective advisedly from my point of view, for it interferes with my business. And it’s a curious thing that when a barber loses his hair he doesn’t lose his job. Nor is his salary reduced. Inasmuch as a considerable portion of the revenue of a shop consists of the selling of various toilet preparations, you would naturally think that, in the interest of expert salesmanship, when a barber lost his hair he, would also lose his job. But the boss barber is a person to be reckoned with, quite aside from the purely commercial phase of the situation. He is loyal to his men and loyal to an extent that would seem suicidal to the head of a big industrial corporation. But that’s his attitude, and in a way it is an admirable one. Still, that has nothing to do with the fact that there are no bald-headed Italian barbers. TCeep your eyes peeled for one, and when you find him show me.”