Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
he Manicure
Lady

Ss~THAT young simp going down
the street was In here yes
terday to have his nails did"
SAID the Manicure Lady. He dom,
o" ms heart is beating, George"
ne don't look like no Gladstone
saio the Head Barber, peering out o,
the window.
ne looks Just right" declared the
manicure Lady. yesterday was tbs
hrst time that he ever came in bor.
hu 'eiore had his nails did he had
'old me the story of his life. I bet you
cant guess what he is going To do in
New York"
Is he another playwright" asked
the Head Barber.
You don't need to spiu no saro,
ms d. M George snapped the Mani
cure Lady. Il wish you would let
ehat playwright stuff drop. No. this
young man has came to New York.
not 10 carve his way to no fame or
fortune, but 10 get into the proper So
cial spear where ne belongs. anvbow
'@' what he told me. i don't know
what social spear is. but that's what
'reddie is aiming for He told me
'hat he was an i. f. V. thought
hrst that it was some kind OF a Lodge
IKE the /. o. .. +. or the r. p q Il
but 1t amt. f. f.. V. means tirst
CANNES OF Virginia, and It seems
mat when one OF them meets another
'hey are drawn together by a society
ponu' or however it was the Young
seezer put 1t. lie told me that in the
small town where he lived it was inn
possible to spread out, so here he il
IN the Dig town, in his pinfeathers,
waiting TO play the social game. He
said that any young man who was
good looking and fairly well educated.
ana that knew enough to dress right,
could break into society II he was
patient.
guess that is right, George. be-
cause even my brother Wilfrcd broke
IN once. He was kind of proud of his
achievement and said that it was a :
easy as breaking into jail and easier
10 break out. lie waited till the old !
gent had bought him two new SHIFTS
ana his poetry he didn't have no
trouble getting invited to a small but
select circle. lie was out to dinners
most or the time for a few weeks |
after that, and 1t didn't cost him a /
cent, because he got invited. and dur
Ing that time he didn't have to paw |
no board at home. Them was what
the poets call hallucination DAYS for
my brother, but. like everything else
mat is soft and fine in this world. |
they had to determiuate at last. and
Wilfred got through.
1t seems that the people that en-
tertained bachelors expected the
Bachelors to entertain back by giving
1heatre parties and dinners at cafes,
and the like of that. Wilfred wasn't
on TO that phrase OF the matter. and
/ don't think he would have been
there with the bankroll IL he had
known the right thing to do. In any
event, he began to notice that the |
invitations didn't come in so regular |
and after a week or so more he wa. |
right back at home. eating good home /
cooking and digging up his five a |
week TO mother You see. George. |
the small select circle was so small /
that 1t didn't take them long to get |
fellows number, and now the circle |
is one smaller than when Wilfred |
was being lionized."
Il never cared much for socie+v
said the Head Barber. That's why |
! never tried to break in"
i amt tried yet myself" said the |
Manicure Lady. bat IL / ever do /
break into society, George, you can
bet your last bean that society will |
know l am there"
WILLIAM f. KICK