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      THE HAIR CUTTER.
  THIs business consists in cutting and
dressing ladies' and gentlemen's hair:
also in making wigs and braids; and
in most cases the business includes the
art of shaving. The man who performs
these operations is generally called a
hair-dresser. Hle requires different kinds
of scissors, combs, head-brushes, curling
tongs, prowder and pomatum, razors, and
a strap and hone. Eminent hair-dressers
generally keep shops and sell those ar-
ticles with perfumery. He ought to know
how to set razors, as he is frequently
applied to for this -purpose. Gentlemen
in general find their own powder and
pomatum, and even their shaving uten-
sils, not choosing to be lathered with
the shaving brush that has been applied
to the faces of so many two-penny
customers.
   Journeymen hair-dressers earn from
fifteen shillings to a guinea per week;
hut those who work on wig making and
the wearing of false hair may earn much
more. Previously to the year 1795 (when
the annual tax was laid upon wearing
Ihair-powder) this business was much better
than it is now,