Judge — March 21, 1931 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Only a handkerchief Bt it was no joking matter to the bride. Someone had stepped on her “going away"’ handkerchief. The rare little bic of handed-down lace was crum- pled and soiled. And it had to be washed with infinite care. Could we? We could and did. We rather pride ourselves on our ability to take care of our guests. You'll find it reflected in rooms that have closets big enough to hold all your clothes—in every ap- pointment which a hotel worthy of the name provides. Bue what you'll be sure to notice is a spirit of extra service, in all the little things which United Hotel em- ployees are taught to take the time to do well! Extra service at these 25 UNITED HOTELS NEW YORK CITY'S on/y United PHILADELPHIA, PA The Roosevele The Benjamin Franklin The Olympic The Bancroft The Robert Treat «+The Alexander Hamilton The Stacy-Trent The Penn-Harris The Ten E: The Onond. +The Seneca +. The Niagara : The Lawre AKRON, O10 The Portas MUNT, MAC +. The Durant KANSAS CITY, MO. d TUCSON, ARIZ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SHREVEPORT, LA. NEW ORLEANS, LA. NEW ORLEANS, LA. TORONTO, ONT. PATERSON, N. J. + ‘TRENTO! HARRISB! SYRACUSE, N.Y. « ROCHESTER, N. ¥ NIAGARA FALLS, N. ¥. ERIE, PA. The Washington-Yource + The Roosevele The Bienville The King Edward NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. + The Clifton ‘WINDSOR, ONT. The Prince Edward KINGSTON, JAMAICA, B.W. 1.. The Constant Spring / unig about to drown himself in the WHY BARBERS WEAR WHITE COATS Clipped by Gurney Williams Trimmed by George Lichtenstein TT! first’ successful barber—so- called because he stuck and bled people with a sharp-pointed instru- ment or barb (as do our present: day barbers. in fact)—was a man by the name ef Daniel Dratl who made such a name for himself that still made for Dan year-old shoeshine Dan started life blacksmith shop but he was a strepping young hair tonics are Drutl and his boy. “EBe™ Zema. san apprentice in a fellow and wanted his hone shop. | so he decided to go into the barber business: He opened a shop in Shampoo. No, thinking it would be a. singe to make some money. “Let's soap: for he said to Zetma, worked themselves business,” they into a lather trying to brush up some cus tomers. but things were terribly dull. The townspeople Dan didn’t know problem. He being one of and were sealptical and how to salve’ the advertised the she many cures and hoped that people would t into the habit of dropping in for a “many cure.” but rs the first rand if you doubt that you can go any manicurist today and Took at her files. Well, one he had only three cust Dan was old lo- tion, in staggered a man who was so ill that Dan had a hard bleeding him back to life. “You've had a close Dan told him as he collected 20 cents for his services. The patient was so grateful that he went telling everybody about the shave he had gotten f day just’ as time shave.” around close 20 cents down Shear nonsense—or Dan Druff in prep school. 28 “Don't you dare torch me!” cried the customer at the Dan Drufl shop and it: wasn't long before that he | it with Dan had se much business dito get a partner te shes him. Tt got se that) peop! would comb for miles for a close shave ind Dan would humor them by: mk ing a few swipes at their throats with a sharp stone and then say. “You've all right!” had a close shave, Tires one day quite by accident cut some hair off aoman’s: chin fooling around and he der if he moneys on the shaving off whiskers 1 could kill two beards with he pointed out to Zema, “and we could put the customers on their backs so they couldn't see anything and you could slip in a shoeshine for half a buck or so.” Needless to say the idea sold. Tike cot hakes—hat cokes-—cat hokes-—ol, well, you try it a while. Anyway, shaving can into popular favor, began to won couldn't: make side some ne stone. In less than two years Dan had a dozen working for him and his barber shop was filled with the greatest collec tion of mugs you ever From the ish” custom of wrapping a band. saw. “barber around a pol to dry, to the modern har barish custom of wrap ping a sealding towel around a customer's face ; such a far hear is a far ery ery that some you can of the customers yelling for miles. But that’s why barbers wear white coats. I mean, to keep the hair off their chests.