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The word "barber" comes
from the Latin word "barba," meaning beard. It may surprise you to
know that the earliest records of barbers show that they were the foremost men
of their tribe. They were the medicine men and the priests. But primitive man
was very superstitious and the early tribes believed that both good and bad spirits,
which entered the body through the hairs on the head, inhabited every individual.
The bad spirits could only be driven out of the individual by cutting the hair,
so various fashions of hair cutting were practiced by the different tribes and
this made the barber the most important man in the community.
This rule by barbers was a common thing in ancient Asia. In fact, wherever there
were legends and superstitions about the hair, the barbers flourished. To this
day in India, the veneration of the hair continues and those who cut and dress
the hair are important characters.
In Egypt, barbers
were prosperous and highly respected. The ancient monuments and papyrus show
that the Egyptians shaved their beards and their heads. The Egyptian priests
even went so far as to shave the entire body every third day. At this time the
barbers carried their tools in open-mouthed baskets and their razors were shaped
like small hatchets and had curved handles. The Bible tells us that when Joseph
was summoned to appear before Pharaoh, a barber was sent for to shave Joseph,
so that Pharaoh's sight would not be offended by a dirty face.
The modern
barber pole originated in the days when bloodletting was one of the principal
duties of the barber. The two spiral ribbons painted around the pole represent
the two long bandages, one twisted around the arm before bleeding and the other
used to bind is afterward. Originally, when not in use, the pole with a bandage
wound around it, so that both might be together when needed, was hung at the
door as a sign. But later, for convenience, instead of hanging out the original
pole, another one was painted in imitation of it and given a permanent place
on the outside of the shop. This was the beginning of the modern barber pole.
Late in the nineteenth
century there were several noteworthy events in the barber profession that gave
it an upward trend, and the effects are still carrying onward and upward. How
long it will be before the barber may be looked up to as a professional man,
taking his place by the side of the dentist, chiropodist, chiropractor and other
kindred professions, cannot be foretold, but it would seem both the public and
the profession are ready for better things. In 1893, A. B. Moler of Chicago,
established a school for barbers. This was the first institution of its kind
in the world, and its success was apparent from its very start. It stood for
higher education in the ranks, and the parent school was rapidly followed by
branches in nearly every principle city of the United States. In the beginning
of schools, simply the practical work of shaving, haircutting, facial treatments,
etc., was taught as neither the public nor the profession were ready to accept
scientific treatments of hair, skin and scalp. Not until about 1920 was much
effort made to professionalize the work.
