Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1913 — STORIDS from the BIG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIDS from the BIG CITIES

Violet Massage, New and Luxurious Barber Treat

ST. LOUIS, MO.—ls you should wander into your barber shop and spy jour favorite tonsorialist shoving 'large electric sparks about another customer’s hair, using only his fingers to accomplish this result, don’t turn and run. And don’t try to guess bow ho does It, for you would ruffle your brain and give up, believing that the man who had shaved your face for the last three or four years has been studying magic and neglected to let you in on his secret. Just pretend you know all about it. Stroll leisurely to a chair and stay , there until the familiar call of “next” Is yours. In the meanwhile watch closely -and you will see your predecessor re■ceive the latest electrode treatment. Yep, that’s it —electrode. Should the customer call for the •entire list, here are a few of the things the barber will do for him: Darken his gray hairs, produce a

rosy color to his cheeks that will last, from five to ten hours, cure that terrible headache of the “morning after,” relieve backache, chase away warts, mdles, corns or bunions, and end with the newest massage and shampoo. If you notice the operation, you will see the barber holds a small glass tnbe that shoots violet streams of electricity. These sparks go up the victim’s fingers, up the arm, around the Shoulder, and Jump out of the ends of the hair when the barber disturbs the locks with his fingers. The razor manipulators call the apparatus the barber's X-ray, and say it will perform a hundred feats never heard of. To bringW rosy tinge to the cheeks, the violet stream is directed to the desired spots and the reddish color soon looms up. The stream of sparks is the entire secret, and whatever your ailment is, the barber can effect a cure by turning the violet ray on the location of the- pain. The only dinger that may result Is the setting fire to your hair, but this woh’t happen unlesß your locks have been washed with in alcoholic liquid. Whether an inner conflagration will follow if several alcoholic drinks have been consumed is an experiment the barbers say has not been tried.