Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-26
Little Bobbie S Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

THARE is a yung; lady cumming up
to the house tonite, sed Ma,
which maiks a lot of mummy
teeching other wimmen how to 9educe
until thay look as slim &, smoth as
willow tWig. l met her at a matinay
the other day, sed Ma, & she took quite
liking to me, & she is going to tell
me all that she knows about reducing
without charging me a cent. Isent that
PERFECTLY darling & lovabel of her?
1t is, sed Pa; is, she queen.
She is a queen & princess rolled
into one sed Ma, The golden glory Of
Norwegian sunset is in her hair &
her eyes are like two glow worms, only
bilt differnt. Wait till you see her. She
sed she wud be charmed to meet you
&, talk oaver the human form & how
to reduce it. You see, sed Ma, toald
her that you were too fat
l amt too fat, sed Pa. l will admit
that l am a littel chubby & all that,
but l amt fat.
That's what every man says when he
gifts like a tub, sed Ma. he calls hisself
chubby. Why, sed ma, l wud like to bet
that wen Miss Strathmore sees you she
will throw up her hands in holy horror
e say, oh, you are too fat
Let her do it, sed Pa, If she wants to
be that rude to her host. AS l sed be-
foar, am too chubby, will admit, &,
will admit. too that wimmen likes
slim men beekaus slim men maiks prit-
ty beaus to be counting with & eesy
husbands to yank around after mar
riage. But l am not fat, woman. l
knew Pa was Citing mad, beekaus the
only time he calls Ma woman" is wen
he is RELY mad.
Well, Miss Strathmore calm to the
house about o'clock. Wen she was
talking off her wraps Ma whispered to
Pa, Now be nice to her, deer, beekaus I
think the wurld of her.
Wen Miss Strathmore calm into the
room I cud see that Ma dident have to
whisper to Pa to be good to her / am
only Intel boy, but l amt any fool &
Pa always toald me to keep my eyes
oapen. You bet l keep my eyes oapen
wen she calm in, e so did Pa. Pas
eyes was opener than mine.
She was a awful butiful CURL, She
had nice yellow hair & the finest eyes
wich l ever saw. They was all the
time dancing, too. like the eyes of the
trained nurse that we had wen Ma was
sick
l am aWfully pleased to meet you.
Miss Strathmore, sed Pa. My wife was
telling me what a deer gur you were,
& all that | have TO say is that my wife
is what George AIDE used to call a CRATE
describer This is a vary open winter
that we are having, isent it?
1t is. indeed, said Mas friend, but Il
am afrade that you are a CRATE natter-
er. | merely called this evening 10
explain to yure wife how to reduce so
that her form cud be the human form
divine. 1t is SO eesy, she sed. Just a
few simpel exercises twict a day & the
task is already accomplished.
Cuddent you show me the exercises,
too, sed Pa, am a good deeI overwate
& / feel that the work wud DO me a
wurld of good.
oh, l doant think you need It, sed
Miss Strathmore, l newer saw moar
powerfully bilt man. 1t is true, she sed,
that you are not exactly slim, but there
is a suggestun o. enormous mastery &
strength about you. Power speeks out
from yure every outline, she toald Pa
Look at those splendid arms. Thay
look like as if thay were huge branches
growing out of a rugged oak
Well sed Ma to Pa. | guess we will