What short story by Ring Lardner does Holden Caulfield mean?

In the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield refers to the short story "Haircut" by Ring Lardner. In "Haircut," the protagonist, a barber, is trapped in a small-town barbershop and subjected to the inane chatter of his customers. The story explores themes of conformity and the inability to escape one's circumstances, which resonate with Holden's own feelings of alienation and frustration.