RIDING WITH CHIEF DONNIE

I remember going to get my hair cut as a young boy and afterwards I'd get a sucker. I would then sit while my dad while he would get his hair cut and a shave. The barber would sharpen the razor on the strap connected to the chair, put the lather on his face. Then he would take a small wooden ball out of a drawer and put in my dad's mouth. 

One day my curiosity got the best of me so I asked him why he gave him the wooden ball. He said that it help for a closer shave when they placed it between their cheek and gums while he shaves them. I then ask what would happen if he should swallow the ball? The barber said" well he can bring it back tomorrow like everyone else does.