Ironically, it was in my earliest days of newswriting -- when I was barely formed as a human being -- that I penned a column in which nostalgia played a salient role. One of those columns had to do with my love for "men in uniform," that is, the ones who periodically visited my neighborhood while I was growing up. Impeccable in manner and dress, they offered suburban housewives the opportunity to purchase an array of goods from their respective doorsteps. You filled out a card, left it in the chute, and magically, there soon appeared your requested dairy products. On Saturday mornings, we crowded around my mother at the front door, as she selected crullers and jelly-filled donuts from the baker's tray. Afternoons were regularly punctuated by the cheerful call of "Polly Prim!" That signified an exchange of freshly drycleaned garments for ones to be sent off.
This discussion would not be complete without a mention of the Fuller Brush man, who kept our family supplied with well-made combs and boar bristle brushes. No dime store stuff in our house. Of course, cleaning those investments was as regular an occurrence as any other kind of housekeeping.
If you have never had an excellent boar bristle brush, you are missing out on one of life's pleasurable necessities. Recession or no recession, it's time to quit exposing your wallet and hair to cheap, plastic excuses for a hairbrush. A natural boar bristle brush is a joy to use, distributing the natural oils of your hair, facilitating its health and beauty.
The Fuller Brush man may no longer knock on our doors, but the products are still accessible. And here's what you should know about the company. In 1906, Alfred C. Fuller, a 21-year-old entrepreneur from Nova Scotia, decided to begin the first day of that year by starting what eventually became known as the Fuller Brush Company. "From a bench between the furnace and the coal bin in his sister's New England home, young Fuller set out to make, in his own words, ' ... the best products of their kind in the world.'" These products -- which have expanded to encompass numerous household and personal care items -- continue to be crafted in the United States by a company that strives to offer non-toxic, environmentally friendly, and durable goods.
The brush featured above, made of beechwood and natural boar bristles, fits all of my initially stated criteria. It is beautiful, durable, eminently usable, and affordable, offered at the extremely competitive price of $39.99, thereby also keeping it under my preferred ceiling of $100.00.
For more information, go to http://www.fuller-brush-products.com/.
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