The barber’s polo is a survival of the past. In olden times barbers were also surgeons, and conducted the obsolete operation of bleeding. Their victims had to grasp a polo to assist in the operation, and when not in us© the pole was hung at the door as a sign. Tlio three brass balls of tho pawnbroker como from one of the earliest.practitioners of tho art, whoso arms were three'gjiilsd pills.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19190603.2.60.1
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 12647, 3 June 1919, Page 5
Word Count
71Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 12647, 3 June 1919, Page 5
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in