Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-14
A Bachelor S
Diary
By MAX.


=, -PT IS.-What a disappointment
nurse is when she gets of her
~ Uniform.
HI. hold on a moment, That is not
n ..s. what l mean. mean to say what
& O. appointment she is when she gets
~ .g7man's ordinary clothes.
81, pretty nurse has worn stiff white
r~s- dresses with matronly white linen
mons. and a little white cap.
-r her walks with Manette she al
rs.. wore this same costume and as
s-s nas never gone TO town, I had never
sa-r her in her street clothes until to-
cay
The coca sion was a visit to the hotel
Il roar by. The suffragette said they had
ne orchestra and had invited the
r.r5e over TO dinner to hear it, and
ra the stiffy starched person, not
ent with hearing our wonderful tree
H ore. estra. had accepted.
was drinking a cup Of beef tea,
III. wishing / knew who invented the
..V so | could throw a few rocks az
S grave. when she appeared, and the
shock made me spill the beef tea all
over the pup. which was taking a nap
he floor beside me. I hope II will
.a him good I was willing to make
aa sacrifice
Plain Talk.
.r don't like you when you are not
nurse" I Growled, with the privilege
.a enforced sick room familiarity had
given me, You look like Salvation
<.H Where's your tambourine?"
She had on dark green skirt, red
ad waist and her hat of dark blue
WAS so modish it covered all the pretty
hair which is in charming evidence un-
der her nurses cap.
had told her a few days before that
nurse is irresistible to patient
PRO rata with his helplessness, and
was quite sure that II l had been
Blown up by a boiler explosion I'd have
married her the moment all of me
came down. The sight Of her in her
street clothes made me change my
mid
1T would take more than a boiler eX.
n.osion 10 make me propose to you with
aa- dress on. There wouldn't be
remnant of me that wouldn't protest"
! owled at her, "at the prospect Of
We looking like you. DO you lead the
parade to-day?"
She made no reply. but went quickly
nr. The house, and when she returned
il was with an unusually large dose Of
the most bitter medicine the doctor
had ordered for me And she made me
talk. It, too.
You will find, Mr. Max" as she
waved good-by, that even when your
nurse gets on what you call her Saliva
ton Army clothes, she has her train
ing on underneath"
He Was blind,
Undoubtedly l have been paying high
wages all these weeks to a stiffly
srarched white dress, with a stiffly
s.arched cap on top.
sept l9-The nurse came home last
GIT long after | had fallen asleep,
and woke me up my saying goodbye
ta -ome one.
guest at the hotel-a man-had
brought her home.
.I am surprised" l remarked this
morning. that any man could go that
FAR with you in those clothes you wore.
If re could see you in that uniform 1t
would be fatal, but l am quite sure you
viii never see HIM gain"
Don't be so sure" mockingy, and
J felt that l had been too sure when
Bee called this afternoon, a self-satisfied
looking creature with a mustache like
walrus and the expression Of an eel,
and took her for a ride.
You are making a mistake | said,
sarcastically, ito ride around in that
Noah's Ark of an affair. 1t will spoil
Your pleasure in riding in my limou-
sine when we get home"
SIZE laughed, and said nothing. And
a woman, by the way, can laugh and
say nothing and say more than any one
who ever lived
have decided that if he comes to-
morrow to take her for a ride I will
develop a chill and keep her at home.
j. will not be difficult to shake out
some new ailment if I see her in any
more of her regulation clothes. To-day
she wore a purple hat with pale blue
feather. but ! remembered the medicine
- Yesterday and said nothing.
I'm time l win learn, like the pup, to
rrotest only with my eyes.