Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-20
.Daysey Mayme
and Her Folks
By FRANCES [. GARs1DE.

TT HERE are many symptoms of
love No disease with a name so
long 1t has to be worn in loops
to keep 1t from dragging on the ground
has as many varied symptoms as the
sickness of love.
very marked symptom is the desire
to visit a photographer. The girl who is
in love always wants to have her pic
ture taken.
! Best Beloved may not nave expressed
any yearning for a picture, but the girl
is sure that this is due to his shyness;
that he longs to have one on his dress
ing case to be his last vision at night
/ and his first in morning, she never
doubts.
There are two photograph albums at
the home of Lvsander John Appleton;
the one in his den containing pictures
of their poor kin. and the one In the
parlor holding the photogra phs of rela-
tives who are distinguished.
OF the members of the family, Davsey
Mayme visits the photographers often
est. going regularly with every new at
| tack of love
Il will have my picture taken" she
said one day last week. for I am in
love up to my eyebrows and I know HE
wants one"
So she had her picture taken and
showed it to HIM next time he called.
Now Best Beloved has convinced
Daysey Mayme that he loves every hair
on her head Though it would denote
infinitely greater affection if he loved
every hair In her top bureau drawer),
and naturally he was compelled to ask
for picture, though his dressing case
is covered whit girls pictures now,
ooh. I couldn't think Of such thing"
said Daysey Mayme; 1T wouldn't be
proper"
But He coaxed Again.
A man who has as manv admirers as
a good looking clerk a a soda fountain
must have in order to keep his Job isn't
accustomed to refusals The next time
he called he coaxed again.
Il haven't one to spare" said Daysey
Mayme. They were taken for my dear
relatives. and have just enough TO go
| round
Best Beloved didn't want one partic-
ularly. His landlady had frequently
threatened if he brought another girls
/
she would raise his board.
But he was determined to have one,
now it had been refused him, and coax
ed so steadily the next time he called
that DayseY Mayme, with great reluc-
lance gave him one And the next day
a picture appeared on his dresser of a
girl wearing just four pounds of hair,
and her dress cut so low in front that
If her Dear. Relatives had seen 1t they
would have screamed
/ For four days it occupied the center
of the dresser, then it was hidden be-
hind the picture of a girl who calls at
the soda fountain three times every
morning and always gets a 25-cent
Idrink.
For Daysey Mayme has rival Every
girl who loves q od-looking clerk al a
soda fountain has many rivals, or the
man couldn't hold his job
Many Corners in His Heart.
Best Beloved has told so many girls
he has a corner of his heart set apart
for them that that organ must resemble
/ a hornets nest.
Woe and alas, and ali me. but there is
sorrow ahead for Daysey Mayme!
When girl discovers her sweetheart
! is False, the world is Dark. Indeed
"On one occasion" said Daysey May
me to her Aunt Maria. to whom she
| pours out her heart as regularly as Ii
| fills up, II felt that I could not go on
living. While I sat wrapped in gloom.
wondering what there was in life worth
going on for, got whiff of the choco-
late pie mother was making.
1T gave me an inspiration. There
was the pie ahead to cheer me till din
ner time. And after dinner ! put off
the determination TO die Of grief till
after breakfast next morning because
of the strawberries and cream. Then
there was a new dress. I would live,
decided, till that was made.
Then I wanted to attend the election
of officers in the Art of Making Home
Habitabe club and decided not to pine
away till after that event.
so I put off Pining for the Cold,
Cold Tomb week after week, and finally
lost the desire
But I am sure ii will be different
with this Best Beloved" said Daysey
Mayme, with a sigh