Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-03
The Manicure
Lady
By WILLIAM F. KIRK

HCISTER MAYME and
y tainly have Wilfred.s
now" said the Manic.
Lady You ought to see The liz.
raphy Of his life that the Door .siT
wrote. Some trade paper trs.
wrote some poems for Wrote
asked him for his biography. tb,r
goodness knows what they th.rg
1t would amount to. My poor hr-
er nearly lost his mind with +sa-
when he got their letter. ana
shut up all day before western
writing the story of his life
pen name Is WILDER Wilberforra ~
this is the biography he wrote NJ.
me swiped it and made a copy A.
on the typewriter. Listen to Tits
'Wilfred Wherefore, poet s,,
writer and essayist, was born n, ~
29th day Of March, 1885. in the -...
of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His -5-
ents were poor, but honest and ~
gave young Wilfred the best s5vas
tion possible under the circr-
stances. He went through the bfg,
school and showed a remarksF
grasp in all his studies. He was rs-
ticularly fond of Latin, and surpssss5
his teachers in that interesting Is7-
guage, although they, too, were on.
ceptionally intelligent.
Mr.. Wherefore wrote his ArsI
famous poem when he was hut fs
teen years of age. 1t was called "T5sI
Dying Horse" and contained som
lines Of wonderful beauty. From nal
time on his poems came thick anal
fast, and now they are a househof|
word in every land.
Mr.. Wilberforce is also an essay.
ist of rare ability. some Of his es.
says having been pronounced a 8 ba,.
ter than Ruskin's best efforts ana =.
least as meritOrious as those Of En-.
ersOn. He is now but IS years oId
and his friends and admirers tbirs
there is no limit to his future grea..
ness. He does not drink or smoke
though his father does both to ey.
cess.
There was a lot more to # Al
about on the same order" said the
Manicure Lady, land when me and
Wayne kidded him about II ha
burned 1t up. l never seen him so
mad. l amt got a bit Of sympathy
for him, either. 1t was a fool thing
for him to write. and If he had semi
1t to that trade paper and had il
printed the old gent would have went
to the mat with him about what ne
said about father. / don't think no
son should print anything about bis
dads habits, even If the old gent does
like his tea and smokes, do y1a
George
Certainly not" said the Head Bar.
Der. "A man gets enough slams
when he Is running for office wi,hol
having his own son print stuff ab91,
him that sounds like a knock Your
brother must think pretty well q
himself, too. I don't see how nobody
could write anything beautiful about
a dying horse"
1T wasn't beautiful at all, said the
Manicure Lady. "All OF the neigh.
/ bors kidded the life out Of him Die
/ time Il came out in the school paper
but Wilfred just said that they DIDN'T
/ understand poetry, and to this dat
/ he thinks it is one of his best poems
Part Of it went:
Thou dying steed, I can not bear
To see thee suffering as thou art
/ I only wish that I could dare
To send a bullet crashing through
thy heart.
Then would thy soul have liberty
And thou would be out Of .at
misery"
Il don't see how he can think tina.
! one Of his best pieces" said the Head
Barber
Il guess he's right at that" sail
I the Manicure Lady. THE others d02..
! seem to sound much better