Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-25
he Manicure
Lady
<eTHAT young simp going down

se-THAT young simp going down
the street was in here yes
terday to have his nails did"
SAID the Manicure Lady. He don't
Ano" his heart is beating, George"
lie don't look like no Gladstone"
SAID the Head Barber, peering out OF
the window.
He looks Just right" declared tn.
manicure Lady. yesterday was the
hrst time that he ever came in here.
ana before ! mad his nails did he had
aoid me the story of his life. bet You
cant guess what he is going to do in
New York"
Is he another playwright aske
khe Head Barber.
You don't need to spill no sarcasm
shis a. m. George" snapped tho Mani
cure Lady. Il wish you would let
hhat playwright stuff drop. No. this
young man has came to New York,
not to carve his way to no fame or
fortune, but TO get into the proper So
cial spear where he belongs; anyhow,
shats what he told me- ! don't know
What social spear is. but that's what
Hreooie Is aiming for. He told me
mat he was an +. f. V. thought
hrst that it was some kind of a lodge
aike the l. O. Q. +. or the b. +. o. E.
nut II amt f. F. V. means First
Families of Virginia, and II seems
that when one OF them meets another
they are drawn together by a society
BOND, or however it was the young
seezer put It, He told me that in the
small town where he lived il was i'm
possible to spread out, so here he is
In the big town, in his pinfea TIERS
waiting to play the social game. He
said that any young man who was
good looking and fairly well educated
and that knew enough to dress right
could break into society IL he was
patient.
i guess that is right. George, be-
cause even my brother Wilfred broke
In once. He was kind of proud of his
achievement and said that it was as
easy as breaking into jail and easier
10 break out. lie waited till the old
gent had bought him two new suits
OF clothes, and with his good looks
and his poetry he didn't have no
trouble getting invited to a small but
select circle. He was out to dinners
most of the time for a few weeks
after that, and it didn't cost him a
cent, because he got invited. and dur
Ing that time he didn't have to pay
no board at home. Them was what
my brother. but. like everything else
that Is soft and fine in this world
they had to determinate at last. and
Wiifred got through.
1T seems that the people that on
aertained bachelors expected the
bachelors to entertain back by giving.
theatre 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 ha d
known the right thing to do In any
event he began to notice that the
invitations didn't come in SO regular.
and after 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 It didn't take them long to get
a fellows number. and now the circle
is one smaller than when Wllfred
was being llonized,"
Il never cared much for society,""
said the Head Barber. That's why
] never tried to break in"
Il amt tried yet myself" said the
Manicure Lady. "but If / ever do
break into society, George. you can
bet your last bean that society will
Know l am there"
WILLIAM n. KIRK,