Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1916 — BARBERS NOW WANT HAIR TAX [ARTICLE]

BARBERS NOW WANT HAIR TAX

Next They'll Want Your Watch, Boots and Cravat. SL Louis, Mo.—Men who have more than the normal amount of hair td cause the barber trouble, and men who have less than the allotted amount, both should be subjected to e tax, In the opinion of the journeymen barbers. At a meeting of the St. Louis Journeymen Barbers’ Union a charge of 5 cents was indorsed for trimming a mustache heretofore trimmed free with a haircut or shave —and a charge of at least 15 cents was urged for hair restorer or tonic placed on the cranium of a baldheaded gentleman. Sj The present charge is 10 cents.