Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1919 — It Still Held Good. [ARTICLE]

It Still Held Good.

George Ade was talking about the high cost of living at Palm Beach. He said: “While a Palm Beach barber was shaving me one day, I asked him if he knew the significance of the red and white striped pole outside his shop. “*I do, sir,’ the barber answered. •That pole dates from the days when barbers were also surgeons. It means that the barber bleeds his customers.’ “Bo saying, the man handed me a check for 65 cents. _—_. ; “‘Well, welir said I. ‘Sixty-five cents for a shave, eh? Whatever you do, my friend, don’t take down your pole.’”