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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-01-10, Page 6•Y .11 1�1 n`t Cri. M n 1,sl tt� AIN EBBE SOLPOL you know what a chirotonsor Well, it narrowly escaped being rFitonsor, a beautician or a der- tiGxati, It is, in short, a barber. are not aware that any Toronto bers have 'designated themselves chirotonsgrs, except, perhaps, in e bosom of their own family. We eve seen no, such signs above the hjrrber shops. `tjut we are informer, through the medium of the American Mercury, that a great uplift move- ment has overtaken the barbers in the United States who have abandon- ed the ancient word which describes them in favor of the coined word which was laboriously invented' by them by the Master Barber and Beau- Culturist, one of the leading Am- erican trade journals. Following the adoption of the word chirotonsor, the word chirotonsory is gaining currency to take 'the place of barber shop which was felt to be inelegant and lacking in the dignity that the new status of the profession warranted Before this name came into general acceptance such words as dermashop, dermistry, dermitoriurn and derma - tory had their admirers. 'It was Jos. De Silvas of 'Philadelphia, the inven- tor of the "Windblown Bob," who pro- posed that the word barber should be discarded, and the suggestion met with immediate and widespread ap- proval. This was but the beginning of the movement. The end will be reached when there is a law making it a crim- inal offence for anyone to .become a chirotonsor who has net had a col- lege education, and perhaps a special university course. Bucknell univers- ity has established a course in sanita- tion and hygiene for barbers, and the president of the master barbers of Racine, Wis., has said over the radio' "Possibly some of my listeners will retain the old conception of the bar- ber. They see him in the old environ- ment with the spittoon in the corner, obscene literature on the tables, dirty mirrors, unkempt barbers' uniforms, the rows of individual mugs with own- ers' names prominently displayed. All these things belong to the past cen- tury. The master 'barbers of to -day are educated. There is an existing law which requires at least an eighth grade education before any man can study the barbering profession. Very soon this will be amended to require a high school education, and ultimate- ly no man will be permitted to study barbering unless he has had a col- lege training." From the Master. Barber we learn that "The chirotonsor is still tum- bling along asking customers what they want and for the most part try- ing to give what the customer asks for. Can you beat it? • . . With this stock of information peculiar to the service the chirotonsor could step into a professional office and dictate to clients coming in. He could explain to them what' they could have or ought to have and collect a profession- al fee that no one would complain of. The chirotonsor really deserved to stand above either o ofes- 'sions (dentistry and optometry) men- tioned in comparison in this article." Mr. J. C. Shanessy, president of the Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America, has something ev- en more startling to communicate. He says: "It is within the power of the barbers of America not only to direct the Emend of public affairs but also to elect the mayors, governors and senators who govern the land. The man at the barber's chair shaves the leaders of his community. No better opportunity is offered any pro- fessional for influencing men of af- fairs than is afforded the barber pro- fession. It is my, sincere belief that if the barbers of America will stand together it is within their power to elect even the president of the Unit- ed States. . • . A new day is about to dawn fur the barber profession." But on its upward climb the pro- fession has run afoul of a question of ethics. Should barbers receive tips? Well, yes. perhaps barbers; but how about chirotonsors? Three years ago the Associated Master Barber of America went on record against the practise, but dissension arose in the ranks and the discussion continues to rage. • The chirotonsor responsible for the anti -tipping motion, answer- ing his critics, says: "You say doc- tors, lawyers, dentists all accept tips. I do not agree with you. In the first place, they charge enough for their services so that they do not have to put -themselves in the same position as a porter Or waiter who throws all self-respect aside and is always look- ing with his hand out for a measly ten or twenty-five cent tip. I cannot feature anyone employing a lawyer or doctor, paying them a fee of from ten to one hundred dollars and then tipping them ten cents . . . Barber- ing is a profession. The Supreme Court of Kansas has so ruled. and any profession must maintain a certain dignity." The question as to conversation in the barber shop is being discussed. The tinier lads of the new profession seem to be gf nerally in ,favor of re- maining silent, however well qualified they may be to enchant and instruct the customer. The Chicago •, Tribune sent out an inquiring reporter to 1r gather data en this subject, and he came back with the news the four Shut of five citizens favor a noiseless. ,barber. It is agreed that the practice of filling the ear of a customer with lather and then fishing it out as re-. quired for the purposes of a shave i'a to be abandoned as unbecoming to the dignity of a chirotonsor. The practitioners of the new profession aim to do more for a man than cut his hair. They are expected to beau- tify him. One way to do this, we gather, is to sell him perfume. His sense of smell is to be gradually edu- cated until he finds some sweetish stench that seems to reveal his per- sonality. This he will buy from, the barber, arid the refining process will have got under way. Various mas • sage movements go with the improv- ed status of the barber, and one of them announces that he has found petting behind the ears pleasing to nearly all of his' customers. The cheapest and sur- est way to get high- priced winter eggs is to give your hens a daily dose of ltiic�Ill jlti Lay Mote I 9'• UNBEARABLE CONDITIONS MAKE CONVICTS RIOT It is by rioting that convicts have an opportunity of calling public at- tention to their grievances, and that is at the bottom of the recent `violent outbreaks in Auburn andng Sing. Contrary to what may be a general opinion of American conditions the criminal population, or at least that part of the criminal population that is .in custody, has no great voting strength. It has nothing important to offer office seekers. Consequently evils go unredressed. The man in the street, if 'he thinks of the convict population at all, takes it for granted that 'it is being treated, with only a proper severity, and he is prone to be- come indignant with those who de- mand reforms. They are dismissed as sob sisters or sentimentalists whose pampering of criminals has been in part responsible for the crime waves of which he hears rather more than enough. 'But after a riot, especially when lives have been lost, and after the prime movers, if discovered, have been sgitably dealt with, public opin- ion for awhile at least tends to con- cern itself with prison conditions. That explains the riots. That, per- haps, justifies them. At the present time there are about 10,000 convicts in New York state. Eventually between 94 and 95 per cent. of them will be given their lib- erty and it is a matter of admitted importance that when they are re- stored to society they may have some encouragement to resume honest courses and earn enough money to support themselves while pursuing them. This means that while the of- fenders have been in prison some mor- al regeneration ought to have taken place or at least to have been at- tempted. It means also that those who entered the prison without a trade or other means of earning an honest living should be so trained that when they return to society they will not be forced by the instinct of self-preservation to turn to crime for a living. These are truisms ac- knowledged by all who have made any study of penal affairs,' but they are so completely neglected''in many prison systems including that of New York, that they might as well never have been worked out. Half the convicts are idle. There are not Pnough instructors. The prison work shops are antiquated and insufficient- ly lighted and ventilated. At Sing Sing, for instance, some of the cells were built 100 years ago and have been regularly condemned by the in- vestigating committees for half a century. At Auburn there is a cell capacity far 1.200 men, Until after the recent riot there were 1,600 prisoners there. They are herded together in a man- ner that has been described as inhu- man. There is no proper segregation. The instructors and criminologists are unable to separate the inmates into grades which would make their sci- entific treatment feasible. The com- paratively decent are herded with the veteran offenders who may be trust- ed to degrade all who citrase into con- tact with them. There are not en- ough guards. There is not enough food. There is defective sanitation. The cells are unbearably hot in sum- mer and may be intolerably cold in winter. The state spends 21 cents a day for the food of convicts, and it is now proposed that this allowance shall be increased by five cents. Re- alizing its failure to give the convicts what human decency should demand the inmates are permitted to spend as much as $3 • a week from their private resources 'for extra food and other comfort. Those whose crimes were not profitable enough to.enable them to accumulate a fund for prison emergencies are out of luck. But these conditions have generally prevailed for many years past. How is it that the riotous outbursts have been so frequent recently? It is prob• ably the result of the Baumes laws. These laws make it mandatory for a judge to sentence to life imprisonment any person who has been convicted of four felonies. The theory behind these laws is that if a man is four tithes convicted he is an habitual of- fender, a menace to society and is better to be pernianen•tly immured. As a theory it is not without a cer- tain gaudy appeal. In practise it works out otherwise. When a man enters a prison under the Baumes laws he is a man without hope. All that is left to him is his life. There is no chance that ever again he can come forth to mingle .with his fellow men. No matter how exemplary his conduct may be, no matter how sin -1 cerely he repents and industriously he toils, no ray of hope may enter his soul. He is done for. In such cir- cumstances what can be more natural'', than that men should become desper- ate? After a man has been in for two, or three years, life itself does not seem very important, either his own', life or the live/ of his warders. That is one reason why there are prison, riots. Nor can it be said on the other' hand that some of the ameliorating features introduced by Imitate War., delis such as Phonate Mott Osborne have 'born' the fruit expected. At Auburn 4ndiai Mr. Mott the Mutual Welfare League was fhiYnded. It gave the pr,lsoaers a ,coesiderab o share in t #r obi hist oye7r ►eii , It ern• y �l • A SAFE AND SURE REMEDY FOR AILING CHILDREN MILLER' W®Rl POWDERS CONTAIN NO NARCOTIC!. 'EASILY TAKEN- QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY CLEANSE EVEN Tyra torr DELICATE SYereee. Aa $W E6T AS SUGAR trusted them with powers of punish- ing or rewarding the convict popula- tion. ' Now it appears that this Wel- fare league has fallen into the con- trol of some of the most desperate of the convicts who use it to further their own illegal ends. It was a screen behind which dope and liquor and even weapons were smuggled in- to the penitentiary. So the league is to be abolished. This seems a pity for under Osborne it worked well and did something to restore or create in the prisoners a civic spirit which was most valuable to them when they were released. Governor Roosevelt is planning a great new building cam- paign which will at least provide the state prisoners with proper buildings to shelter them, and perhaps snore work to keep them busy. So far as we know there is no proposal to let a little hope into their hearts. TORONTO YOUTH FIGURES IN SENSATIONAL HOLD-UP Clinton Duke, a young Canadian who is said to have been tried and ac- quitted on a charge of bank robbery in Toronto last year—though we do not at the moment recall the name or the incident—is about to be tried for a sensational hold-up in Buffalo. I't appears that this native son has more than a local or even a national reputa- tion. He has been a distinguished figure in the Buffalo underworld where he is known as the Red Duke. This title may have been conferred on him because of his distinguish man- ners and aristocratic appeaardnce. Or it may have some refere a to a kind of ferocity somewhat legs admirable which has revealed itself) in some of his adventures. The crime for which Duke and three of his accomplices are to be tried was one of the most sen- sational in Buffalo history. It was the holding up of a dinner party and the collection of about a quarter of a million dollars' worth of jewelry and cash from the guests, including a pearl necklace valued at $200,000. This necklace is still missing and the men under arrest will girve no inform- ation concerning it. The theory is that Duke took it to New York after the robbery and either sold it to a "fence" or has it planted where it can be recovered later on, maybe when the defence lawyers need more money. The dinner party was given by Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carson at their home in Snyder, a Buffalo suburb, to cele- brate the approaching marriage o a couple of friends. The diners nunir- ed nine men and nine women.e They were seated at the table when sud- denly at front and rear doorways ap- peared five men with handkerchiefs tied over their faces, and revolvers in their hands. 'Phe command "Stick 'em up"! was given by the leader. • But the astonished,,guests did not immedi- ately understand that they were about to he robbed. They thought it was a jol-e. One of the women sought to sn-tch the handkerchief from the face of -ie of the robbers, and was knock- ed down. A male guest sprang to his 'eet but a bandit him on the head with 9 revolver and he fell unconscious. 3•1rs. Carsop, disregarding the threats of the desperadoes, rushed from the reore upstairs to where her infant son w:7s sleeping. A robber rushed after her. but found her on the floor in a frir' and did her no harm. The busi- •• of robbing the guests proceeded swiftly. The men were forced to empty their pockets. The rings were strip- ped from the fingers of the women and other ornaments from their necks and, arms. The fur coats in the hall were gathered up and then as the bandits prepared to depart, the guests were forced to lie down on the floor. Next door a maid glanced out of the win- dow and saw that something was wrong. She telephoned to the police, who arrived only a few minutes after the desperadoes had got away. It was theft that they learned to their astonishment that the necklace worn by •Mrs. Raymond Allan Van Clief• was worth $200,000. The police puz- zled over this for some time. The number of people who knew Mrs. Van Clief had such a 'valuable necklace must be few, and fewer still would know that she would wear it Et the small Carson dinner. Later on it was revealed that the robbers were as much surprised at the value of their loot as the police. The only informa- tion they had about their victims was contained in a short newspaper notice announcing that the dinner would be held. They took .a chance that there would be some jewelry and cash avail- able and had their 'reward. It is presumed that the arrest of the robbers was the result of informa- tion that welled up out of the under- world from some stool -pigeon. The prisoners, with the exception of Duke were youth Who had grown Up in Buf- falo, but their names—Eddie Przybyl, Theodore Rogacki and William Seiner —indicate a European derivation. A fifth man, . also named Frzybyl, has made his . escape. From his free spending habits he was known as the "millionaire kid." All have criminal records and have been, Making their living by thefts, burglaries and hold- ups. The hold-up of the Carson' dinner party was undertaken to sup- ply them with' money for gambling, funds having run low at the moment. They are baleen to be desperate mien who s'ou1d,,not hesitate to shoot either while eom.t►tiitting a crime orresisting arrest 'd iii One of the features of the ease upoln y 'bvhieh the Buffalo police are eo gratitlatdng rite seliiis ie that they?keit take') withott bloodshed. Tina writ; brought about by as !teat a trick aa 'ere an ark �3ulze aIs asIs gir 'OA NM,* Aoxnpandon4 tgilk,. a. room in a bigh,grade apartment betel a, few days after the crime and before the poliiee had received the informa- tion Ithey required. One morning a few days later their 'telephone began to behave in a most exasperating and incomprehensible manner. The bell would ring and when the receiver would be taken down the call • would be broken. This happened several times, much to the annoyance of the refined looking tenants of the room. Finally a bell boy came to -the door and said that the telephone must be out of order, blit a very insistent call had just come in—would the gentle - linen step' down the hall to another room and answer it? Unsuspecting, Duke left his room, but as he turned the corner in the corridor he was met by the chief of police with a revolver in his 'hand and the grim command, "Stick 'em up!" The telephone trick had been resorted to so that Duke might leave the room without a re- volver in his hand or on his person. He was given no chance to "shoot it out" as he assuredly would have done if his suspicions had been aroused. HOW TO RELIEVE CHILDREN'S COLDS • Avoid Serious Results by Using Baby's Own Tablets. When a child shows the first symp- toms of a cold, such as sneezing, redness of the eyes, clogged or run- ning nose, prompt measures for re- lief may avert serious results. Moth- ers should always have on hand some simple, safe and effective rem- edy for immediate use. Baby's Own Tablets act quickly, contain no opiates or narcotics, are tasteless and harmless. Concern- ing them Mrs. Jos. Cadieux, Holyoke, Masa., says:—f`I have used Baby's Own Tablets for my children and find them a very satisfactory medi- cine. When my little boy had a cold I ,gave him the Tablets at night and he was well the next day, I gave them to the children for constipation and they are always benefitted. I think Baby's Own Tablets are much easier to give a child than liquid medicine. I strongly recommend ' all mothers who have young children to keep a box of the Tablets in the house." Baby's Own Tablets are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Meicine Co., Broclwille, Ont. PLIGHT OF BABY CALLS FOR SOLOMON'S JUDGMENT Curious indeed are some of the case's which come to light in the en- forcement of the Ontario law relat- For Bruises add O ps! Do not wait for sti0nesa'or lameness to pet iu--rub in Absotbinek, Jr., im- mediately! This famous liniment will relieve the ache and •pain caused by sprains or bumps reduce the infiam or - ation and discolouring of skin, and assist nature to heal quickly. 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The story of this wo- man reminds us somewhat of Dreis- er's "Jenny Gerhardt" and in the re- cord is set down hardly more boldly than Dreiser himself might write it. She is now 42 years old and was mar- ried in 1910 at Vankleek H411. She has a son who is about 17 years old. Shortly after his 'birth her husband deserted her and all these yearsshe has been struggling to keep her boy and get him well launched in the world. That she has been successful in what was the greatest ambition in her life will appear Iater. Four years ago she learned that her husband 'was living in a village a short distance from ,Sarnia, and thence she hastened taking her son with her., But the man had been warned of her impending visit and he again took flight. When the des- erted wife appeared she had spent all her money on the journey and had no money to return to her home in Alex- andria. So she went to Sarnia and there resumed her toil as charwoman, working in several hotels. At the end of 1927 she had worked her way up to°be housekeeper. Every cent she could spare went to the rearing of her son who was always neatly dressed and deprived of little that the normal lad of his years might ex - 'peat. He was well educated and the mother 'was particularly mous that his religious, welfare sbotlld be ..at- tended to. Being a Wen* Oanaxliela he was frequently used ,y the! Sarnia police as an interpreter and their re- ports on him are highly favorable. ISO far as as known the mother's own conduct' was generallyi good but she made a slip and last June was delivered of a baby. The father treated the matter callously and re- fused to give her any help whatever. This made it necessary for herr to eo i- tiriue wet -king until the day before the child was bore. After leaving the hospital she decided to go to London and place it in a home, ,The one bright spot in the whole unhappy business was that her son Harry was now away and would not know of her disgrace. Nevertheless the distress and worry of the woman were such that after she had gone to London she seemed to forget the business that had taken .her there. So without making any attempt to have the baby received in a foster home she return- ed to !Sarnia and went to work again. The next day she received a note from her son .informing her that he was coming to Sarnia to visit her. This seemed to be the last straw, and the woman became desperate. She was wondering how she would earn enough money to support herself and the lit- tle newcomer and also help her son, and to this was added the fear that the son, if he found out her trouble, might renounce her. In any event she knew it would be a terrible blow to his affections for her. It was in this frame of mind, ap- parently, that she resolved to do a- way with her baby. Taking it in her arms she walked into a sparse patch of bush on the Sarnia Indian reserve, lying in the fork between two roads, and more or less under the eye of anyone who might happen to pass. A little further was a dense patch of woods which would have been more suitable for her purpose, and her lawyers later argued that if she had been in her right mind she would have walked a few more steps to a spot where she could not have been seen and where her purpose could more certainly have been accom- plished. The woman's own story is that she dipped a rubber nipple in some carbolic acid and put it in the baby's mouth. The baby screamed and the mother fainted. When she recovered her senses in a moment or two the baby lay still beside her, and she came to the conclusion that it was dead. Frantically digging with her bare hands, she scooped out a shallow grave, put the baby in, scraped back the earth and fled toward Sarnia. But her heart was torn between terror and remorse. Officers who traced her later found that every hundred feet or so she had stopped and turned back as though undecided whether to go • pi lir •,,,. Fortrnubleeo'lne sior • •fobs, grippe croft* r r« �' takeAtva:Ex a. Automat to Torte,- 4,2 oba- 4 e aat�. fur tic„ home Or return to the grave. Whens she was arrested in the hotel she was just putting on her hat and coat in order to go back to the reserve. That at least is the story she told the court. Luckily for the woman her movements had been observed and she had hardly left the scene before res- cuers came upon the grave and re- moved the' baby which was still breathing and apparently not much injured. She was put on trial before ' Mr. Justice Raney and sentenced to a year's imprisonment, consideration being given the facts that the baby was none the worse for its experi- ence and the obviously distracted state of mind of a cruelly driven woman. 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