Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for August 18, 2013

How the West was shorn.

Even cowboys like to look well groomed at times.

Must have been terrible back in those days, without spell-check.

Very good ‘toon this morning Dave. Who’da thought they would know the difference back then?

But a lot more posing.

I heard that it was the other way around, the sign was supposed to read salon but the painter added an o.

If you can’t FIND a business model, CREATE one. Salon is a boring name, how about “Manes on Main”? Their slogan, “Shave and a haircut, $22.50.”

At the time, a salon was a place where people met to discuss literature and current events. It had nothing to do with fixing up your hair.

Saloon is a variant of Salon!

saloon 1728, Anglicized form of salon (q.v.), and originally used interchangeable with it. Meaning large hall in a public place (esp. a passenger boat) is from c.1835, also used of railway cars furnished like drawing rooms. Sense of “public bar” developed by 1841, Amer.Eng.