Told by the Barber.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 June 1910, Page 4

Told by the Barber.

JiK TALKS TO LIVE

YYIII LIC lIIC PLIES HIS BLADE.

No customer of a hali'dressing .-•a loon c:iu have failed to (Ash'vc the fluency with wliicli tile average chair Avill di.seour.se on any .subject ii!itier the sun, the subtlety with which he will insinuate that one's hiiir requires immediate atten'■on• :in(l that the hail" winsh manufactured liv the establishment is specially designed to meet the incipient hairiness now manifesting itSell : in" (he persistency with ui'hiicli he will direct attention to the articles vended in the front shop. A in tlio hairdressers' appeal in Melbourne the other day frankly .admitted that it was all' part of the business, and not necessarily to be truth in its closest Retails. "To lie a .successful chaii I'-"'nrl,'■ s.aid the witness, "you want t'O be a good kidder." "T see," s.a,id counsel. "does tint mean that the best chair hand is the biera;est, liar?" "Not necessarily the" hi freest liar." put in Mr Justice. Hodges, ''but the most successful." "It is this way," the witness continued, explaining bis meaning by a persona! _illustration, with counsel (is the .subject, "if you come to my shop as T knew your profession. T would endeavour to sell you a wig. ft avoiiH he no use in my tolling yen it Ava.s .something you Avoulcl noi under.st.anrl. Tt would not matter. ?■(>_ long as T sold it to yon." The. avi'(ness_ explained further, that his persuasiveness was not .all in the interests of the employer. for the received a commission on all nrfi'drs sold,