El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-05
The Manicure Lady
She Waits On n Customer Who she
Thinks is Crazy, but He Is
Only an Actor.
VIM. +. Kirk --
Lady

~ - EE, this is a glorious morning,
Z George said the Manicure
Lady, busting into the shop
and throwing a big cluster Of 'lilacs
onto her table Il don't know Just
how a bottle Of champagne feels inside,
but I guess that's ABOUT the way I feel
all bubbles ana sparkle and sunshine.
It is this kind of days, George, that
makes US mOrJals realize how sweet
il is TO live and breathe and love one
another"
matism," said the Head Barber i
feel like a worm on hook. Lay or
on that lovely weather talk and If
YOU can't think of anything else to
do. take a nap. Don't talk to me-
I don't care if your old rheumatism
does hurt" said the Manicure Lady
1t is men like you, George, with your
little yelDs and grOans, that takes
away that transcend love Of
living which is q part Of every healthy
and normal human being I feel that
happy this morning that / could write
a love letter to John D. Rockefeller
Remember, George, we are here but
a brief time, and almost before We
know it we are swept into the vast
ness OF internity- What have we got
if it amt the JOY Of living2 ] amt
going to think an unhappy thought
or say an unkind word to nobody
today"
Into the shop came a customer for
the Manicure Lady He was tan and
lanky, with a head Of shaggy hair and
an expression on his lean face such
as Dante must have worn when he
had acute Indigestion
Too Long.
Those nails. those nails" he half
groaned. They are too long, too lOng-
Trim them. girl trim them! Quickly,
girl, quickly
nese,' admitted the Manicure Lady,
smilingly. your right hand. please.
Isn't this a beautiful morning."
Speak not 10 me Of beauty sighed
the tall stranger. For me there IS
no beauty. neither in the sky above nor
in the green fields. There is no beauty
in the hum Of commerce, the ceaseless
striving Of midget man against the
immutable laws Of the universe Is
there2" he fairly shouted.
7 amt never gave IL much thought,
looking at it that way said the Mani
cure Lady, cycling the customer with
a good deal Of misgiving-
Thought Thought Of course, you
know nothing Of thought. Neither does
y0n barber know of thought Look
at him. standing there and thinking
thoughts, barber thOughtsr'
I think George is a very intelligent
gent sometimes, declared the Manicure
Lady loyalty He only gets kind o.
batty when he is thinking about the
races. That's his only weak point"
But can he really think. as I Think"
demanded the customer And can YOU
really think2 If you could think, would
you prate Of beauty where there is no
beauty2'
Was She BeautifuIs
81 say there is no beauty exclaimed
the stranger. 81 am not beautiful, am
]? No! Very good Are you beauti-
fulT'
4 don't like to brag much" said the
Manicure Lady, now thoroughly un-
nerved- Some Of the fellows salves
me along to make me think / am, but
guess if you say so. 7 amt beauti-
full Is your keepers shopping, or
something's"
Il have no keepers said the tail
man. Il am an actor. and who ever
heard of an actor with a keeper
Il guess you're right" said the
Manicure Lady Il know our board
ing house don't keep no actors. But,
gee, I'm so glad to know that you're
an actor. A minute ago I couldn't have
told why you were crazy