Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1875 — Female Barbers in Cincinnati. [ARTICLE]

Female Barbers in Cincinnati.

Thb report came into our office last night that there will soon be opened in the old church, south side of Sixth street, between Walnut and Vine, a new barber shop. Now, the simple establishment of a new barber shop among us is no astounding item of news, but this particular barber shop (to be) on Sixth street will not be an ordinary one, from the fact that lovely girls trill wield the razor and “ run the machine.” Humor says these girls have been especially trained for their responsible positions, and that they manipulate the razor with all the abandon of veterans. The price for a “square shave” at that establishment will be “ a quarter of a dollah, if you pleathe, thir.” Of course that’s a big price, you know, now, hut when a man wants a rare article he must expect to pay for it. Just remember that these barberous damsels are fair in looks, if they are unfair in price. They won’t chew tobacco nor eat onions; neither will they have two-inch fingernails stuffed with the soils of seven counties. Moreover, they will chuck you udder the chin with their soft, chubby hands if you are a real nice boy. We feel sorry for the men barbers of the city. They will lose custom assure as that female shaving-shop opens. Of course married men will slip around to that shop sometimes, and then there will be trouble in Gotham. We have detailed a special reporter to work up all the domestic broils and secret assassinations and sad suicides which will surely emanate from that new institution — that sharp-shooting, shoulder-shifting, shampooing, shingling, shearing mid shaving shop.— Cincinnati Enquirer.