The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
THEY ALL SQTEEZE HER HAND.
The Minister No Better Than Other Men,
Says the Manicure Girl.
From the Washin0tOn Post


"If YOU want to become convinced that
men are deceivers ever take up my bust
ness" said bright-eyed little manicure
girl in the barber shop of one of the down.
town hotels the other day. Il used 10 have
great faith in men-inherited it, suppose
but now I'm firmly convinced that few are
TO be trusted by woman, unless the woman
wants to be fooled.
IN tell you how have reached this con-
cuson. | have been maniCuring four years
and ! can not recall six men of all whose
hands I've manicnYcd who haven't tried to
make more or less desperate love to me.
You mny not believe it, but | can't remcm-
Der when I've bad male customer who
! was working on his. They wait until their
hand is In such a position that it will seem
almost unintentonhl. then they press my
fingers lightly at first. and, cast sly, siSpiti-
cant glances at me to see il notice IL. hen
they get little holder and squeeze a little
harder
like the idea of strange man squeezing
my, hand, and | suppose J used, to blush a
little. ! thought, like q silly girl ths, they
were IL not L 0ye 4 Least Tm%enbtSy
ever. that all did the same thing, md when
other manicure girls told me that all their
male customers squeezed their hands, ! got
to taking it as II matter OF course, Now |
expect them to do it, aud | think no NOR"
of their nails. 4"
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girl. daubIng her customers nails with rouge
preparatory TO the final polishing that
the hand squeezing I've, been telling You OF
is so general. Now. could understand
why young bachelor, sentiMcntNlly inclined,
would want 20 squeeze my hand. Without
Dragging Mt all. but Just speaking plain facts
I've nice hand. It is soft ana smooth and
well shaped. Tn" shape, of course ! can't
help, and the softness il due TO my profession,
for | think it good advertisement TO hay"
mr., own hands pretty, o,o,,.o ,,,nr ,n
married fellow for squeezing my hand, but
can YOU tell me why the married men DO it?
I've one customer Il fine gentleman OF Wash
ington. who is pretty wealthy who comes
once week to have his nails maniCured
They are naturally very easily cared for,
and once week ia much too often Tor him
says, with a leernS grin, which h, thinks
ought TO impress me, oh. ! know that, but
! like to have you do it He has beautiful
wife, who sends for me every week to mani
cure her hands THEY'RE much more beau
tiful than mine. and Just as well cared for,
Now, why. doesn't that fellow squeeze his
Then there are the m nisters. Really. of
all tho hand sQueezers ! believe the minis
ters are-wel, psThaps not the W Vnn,,,,,s
had az any "a thc EiHrI Two S or three n
listers who come to mo every week aud they
invariably squeeze my hand and make what
snfy tn IN TTT T' them 9F ike d Ps e "2
get their half dollars, and sometimes more
And speaking Of tins remiuds me Of a
drunken man had hero the other day Oh,
yes. have them nearly every day, aud
don't mind them nearly 80 much as some
OF the sober men, You sec drunken man
is usually pretty good naturod AZ leNst he
is when he has arrived at that point whore
he wants his hands manicured, Well the
his nails Fixed up lie paid me- half dollar
for the job. and then turned, put quarter
In my hand, folded my fingers over it so
sn's sake, don't spend that foolishly.'"