AFTER SERVICE—REST

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 205, 6 October 1916, Page 3

AFTER SERVICE—REST

A burly specimen of a returned soldier entered a local tonsorial parlour this week |says the Auckland Herald) and seated himself with a sigh of luxurious satisfaction in one of the chairs. He smiled genially at the hairdresser as that person made preparations to shave him. Then he closed his eyes as the shaving brush traced its soapy course over his face. The razor had hardly been applied when the resonant snore almost shook the establishment. By thetime the barber had ceased operations the returned man’s snores were frequent—and louder. The barber said "Next please,” but a loud snore was the only response. He shook the man, but it only evoked more snores. Then he shook the sleepy man vigorously, brushed his hair energetically, made the spray form little rivulets down the sleeping man’s face, but still the soldier slept on. Customers were waiting so the barber adopted extreme measures —and with the help of an assistant lifted the man to a bench in the saloon_ Therc he merely subsided to his full length and slept on. It was not until closing time that the sleeper eventually awakened, following on the combined efforts of those present.