So pitiful and unmanly an employment

At a meeting held a few days ago by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London, and the other trustees appointed by the will of the late Samuel Wilson, of Hatton-Garden, Esq; for lending out his 20,000l. legacy to young men, who have been set up one year, or not more than two years, in some trade or manufacture, &c. application was made by two young men, hair-dressers, to be partakers of the said loan, whose petitions were rejected, his Lordship and the rest of the trustees being of opinion, that the said occupation was not fit for young men to follow, and were persuaded the testator never designed his money should be lent to promote so pitiful and unmanly an employment, which did not seem to require a capital of above five pounds.