Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1911 — What the Professor Wanted. [ARTICLE]

What the Professor Wanted.

The professor steps Into the barber's chair and assumes an attitude of deep meditation. ; “Hair cut, sir?" “Please!" The barter catß his hair. , t ' - “Like a. shampoo?” “Urn—please!” He gets the shampoo. I “Shave you, sir?" “ITm—yes!" One shave. > “Massage?" He nods assent, and consequently is massaged. The barber remove** the towel, the professor arises and mechanically takes the proffered check. “What's this?*’ “Your cttfeck, sir." “My check?” “Certainly, sir. Haircut, shampoo, shave and massage.” The professor runs his hand over face and head. “Did I get oil that?” “Surely, sir.” - % . “K's queer, very queer—most extraordinarily queer! A naosi wonderful example of philosophical phenomena!” “What's queer, sir?” asks the barber in dismay. “Why, the working of the human mind. What I came in for was to have my razor honed.”