Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-05
The Manicure
Lady
By WILLIAM r. KIRK.

EGTWAS reading funny sounding
saying in a magazine las;
night" said the Manicure
Lady. AT first I thought if must b.
a mistake in the print, but after
read 1t over l guess l understand Il
The sentence said: There are Io+,
of things that we know that we don't
know that we know"
1T does sound kind of balled IN
said the Head Barber. 81 can't MAX.
anything Of It,"
1t took me about ten minutes
said the Manicure Lady IT wouldn,
expect you to understand It for half
day or so, so cheer up, George. #
VIII come to YOU after a while mayh.
or If you want me to explain IL 7
will do that little thing for you"
Il guess you'd better explain IL
said the Head Barber.
"Well,' eaid the Manicure Lady, =,
means that we know lot of things
that we have forgot or that we never
really knew we understood. Their.
must be a lot of things that vo,
learned at school, George, that Won
have forgot all about"
Il guess | forgot it all" said III,
Head Barber II was adding IN orr
butcher bill last night, and added II
up different every time. The Missus
never went to school any more than
l did, but she got 1t right every TINA
she added 1t, OF course we amt Maid
it vet but 1t is nice to know how
much you owe"
II know lot of things that bsv,
forgot" said the Manicure Lady
Goodness knows 1 wasn't no dummy
all the years Twas setting at INV
little desk in school, and must HAYS
learned a lot, though none Of It ha,
ever came back to me lately. TINS
old gent even went 80 far the other
night as to correct me in my Eng
.lish, and for once had to confess
that l was wrong, though that didn't
happen none too often. l said be.
tween her and me- and father re.
minded me that I should have said
between she and L. I was glad II
was father who corrected me. though
and not brother Wilfred. 1t seemed
to please the old gent to know thai
he had been able to pick a flaw in tn.
usually good grammar of his worldly
daughter.
There must be a lot of truth FL
that sentence you was telling about
said the Head Barber. II guess there
is lot of people that know lots Of
things they don't know they know
Some of the guys that come in here
to ret shaved certainly act as If they
didn't know that they knew anything
] ann glad you told me about it, to-
because after this when anybody tells
me am dumb will come right back
at them and tell them about all the
things know that I don't happen to
know know. That ought to be some
alibi for any fellow that Is a littls
dusty In his upper story"
THE only trouble with that kind Of
a stall" said the Manicure Lady, rs
that employers usually pays only for
the things people know they know,
| know how to manicure nails, and
get the money for knowing how. But
if knew how and didn't know that
L knew how I might just as well so
and get a poke bonnet and a tam
BOURNE. / wouldn't be no use around
here.
when you know a thing and know
you know it, like knowing that you
know enough to get in out Of the rain.
that Is some use to you; but II you
didn't know you knew enough, you
would get soaked. Gee, George, here
1t Is lunch time. We certainly can
talk long time about nothing, can't
we%
There's something that you know
you know" said the Head Barber
land you said it."