For Ap pearance s Sake.
"Morning, sir! Yes, sir ! Hair-cut sir? Shave, sir?" sang- out the obsequious barl>er. " Shave, please," "said the gentleman," seating himself in the chair. " And I'm in ..arather a .hurry." ;"'Quite so, sir," went on' ' the-,assistant,, lathering the customer's face. ' " I pride myself on my quick methods, sir." Then he brought the razor into operation-. .A few lightning- stroke^ and ;first blood was drawn. "Sorry, sir" .apologised the man. - scraping away, and -making gashes here, j and' there, till the operation was at last concluded. "Want anything on your face, sir?" "Well," said the customer, ruefully .surveying Himself in the glass, "Pd , be obliged if you'd leave my nose!" '
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Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 95
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113For Appearances Sake. Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 95
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