WOMAN BARBER

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 389, 25 November 1932, Page 6

WOMAN BARBER

CLAIM OF ONLY TRAVELLING HAIRDRESSER IN ENGLAND.

A woman who claims to be the onljr woman travelling hairdresser in the country recently spent two days at Dorking, England, dressing the hair of the women, shaving men, and even trimming their b'eards. 1 She was Miss Muriel Warburton, of Bristol, England. She was dressed simply, and carried a large bag in which were two coloured overalls, when interviewed by a London representative. One she used for attending to her women customers, and the other for the men. Also in the bag were all the paraphernalia necessary to the beautifying of the hair of women and the simple oufit for the shaving of men and the cutting of their beards. "I was taught my trad[e at Bristol," she said, "and when the economie slump came a few years ago a eolleague and myself were without jobs, so we bought bicycles and started looking for orders. "After six months my girl companion dropped out to gct married, and I carried on. In two years I had secured enough customers and saved >enough money *to buy an old second-hand motor car, which I had converted into a barbers' shop. "Last year I got another car and converted it to my wishes, but I do not use the car now as much as I have regular customers. Best Hair in South. "I call on them at their houses, But sometimes, when I am a little tired of condueting my business so regularly at the houses, I throw open my car in the market towns and announce to all and sundrv that I will-

'Wave a woman's hear for 2s 6d.; Shave a man for 4d; and Trim a beard for 2d." The inside of Miss (Warburton'te car looks like a miniature first-class barber's shop. There is enough room m it for two people— Miss Warburton and her customer. Speaking about her customers, Miss Warburton said: "The women of the South have the best heads of hair in the country. Next come the women of the North. and then those living in the Midlands. "But the women in the Midlands are the most particular." •Miss Warburton left Dorking for a