The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
The
Manicure
Lady
l(T WAS reading an awful interest
ing story last night" said the

<I WAS reading an awful interest
ing story last night" said the
= manicure lady. 1T was about
them Aztecs, that used to have
splendid palaces and everything fixed
up in big league style down in Men
leo. The story said that was many
centuries ago. long before there was
even any Irish came to this country,
and 1t said they was a splendid race.
the men all tall and fair and hand
some and the women regular cutie
The hero OF the story must have been
about eight feet tall. because IL said
that he locmed head and shoulders
army. and they wasn't none of them
shorties."
II never seen any very tall Mexf
cans" said the Head Barber. That
Mexican porter we had here wasn't
any taller than Frank Daniels, and lie
wasn't fair, either. He was nearly as
black as Sam Langford."
''Oh. but these people was long be-
fore the Mexicans we see nowadays.
said the Manicure Lady. They was
superior race of people, like US, only
used to worship the sun, and I think
that showed they was a fine race, be-
cause anybody that worships the sun
amt worshiping no minor league idol.
II always thought if I had to wor
ship anything except my family and
my future husband I would worship
the sun. The sun is so big and nice
and warm. But I must tell you tie
story The name of the hero was ~.
fc arIxx <.,-t o1 n - tn hut n
you have to do to remember 1t is 70
think of Iowa or an I. o. Y.
We'll. this 10 is in love with the
niece of Aztec priest. Her name IS
lila, which you can remember by
thinking of Illinois. That's how keep
the two names so plain The priest is
crusty old piece of work, and he
doesn't want 10 to get lila because
she has a lot of gold and precious
stones which he has his eyes on He
says that the gilt belongs to the sun
and that he is the suns agent. which
the sun doesn't deny.
There is some beautiful lines In
the story. When the priest tells lila
that she can not marry To she says to
him:
KNOW this, oh priest of the sun:
Before you there were many priests
and when thou passeth beyond the
purple nOfiZOu t0cIc VIII bct many
more priests to worship that orb OF
fire and beauty upon which we now
fix our puny mortal gaze. My 10 is my
all, so handsome and so strong. NO
man like him in all this country
dwells. When in the morn he kneels
before the shrine. still Is he taller
than the puuy warriors at thy beck
and call 1t is written upon the waves
that roll eternaily. written with the
rays of the sun itself, that / be los
bride
But 10 I like not the priest an
swers. I owe 10 a lot of money, and
he presses me sore Tell him to can
eel that debt and his bride you shall
be upon the day when I owe 10 moth
ing
THE way the story ends, 10 makes
the sacrifice, and he lives happily with
lila until they both croak. Gee, George.
/ wish I had been living then 1t was
ALI so romantic and different then
Imagine the average young fellow
here passing up a lot of money to get
the girl he loves. Not q chancel He
is too busy finding out If his brides
father is there with the fat bankroli-
They didn't think of money In them
days. George"
"That young guy that just went OUT
doesn't think much OF money, either.
said the Head Barber. He didn't
think to give me a tip."-Willfam +.
Kirk.