LADY BARBERS MUST NOT FLIRT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17832, 28 April 1926, Page 10

LADY BARBERS MUST NOT FLIRT.

JAPANESE EYES SHALL NOT TWINKLE AT THE CUSTOMERS ANY MORE (Special to the “ .Star.") HONOLULU. March 26. Hawaiian eyes are not the only eyes that laugh and twinkle luringly in Honolulu. Eyes of the Orient have their charms as well, and employers of Japanese lady barbers are frowning on too much sociability during working hours. A committee was formed at a recent meeting of the Japanese Barbers’ Association to enforce the ruling prohibiting women barbers from flirting with the patrons to gain more trade. The little Oriental lady in her colourful kimono and loose fitting sandals, who obtains her livelihood as a barberette, must become part of the machine of busithe Association decrees. Her flashing almond eyes must no longer entice the unshaven to worship at the shrine of creamy lather, cosmetics and heated towels. As the Honolulu Star-Bulletin puts it. He who would while away an hour or so in the depths of the great leather chair with an intriguing sampatsu ministering his every want, flattering, jokaf)d teasing, must go elsewhere, lhe charm of relaxation in the atmosphere of Japanese conviviality has been ordered to go. fhe optimistic will point out that many things have been ordered to go without going.” Japanese barber shops are in some wa\s the most attractive of business \ n Honolulu’s Oriental district. ell-lighted, clean and furnished with genuine Oriental trappings and nnecy. the visitor finds a new experience, as he permits hisi whiskers to fall to the accompaniment of female Japanese joviality. In the majority of cases the operators of the shears and razors are women, daintily clad in colourful kimonos.