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


the street was in here yes
terday to have his nails did,
saio The Manicure Lady. He don't
KNOW his heart is beating. George"
he don't look like no Gladstone "
SAID the Head Barber. peering out OF
the window.
He looks just right" declared the
manicure Lady. yesterday was the
nrst time that he ever came in here.
hno before had his nails did he had
7oId me the story Of his life. 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 spill no sarcasm
'his a. m, George" snapped the Mani
cure Lady. Il wish YOU would let
mat playwright stuff drop. No, this
young man has came to New York,
not TO carve his way 10 no fame or
fortune. but TO get into the proper So
elal spear where he belongs; ANYHOW.
ehat what he told me. l don't know
what a social spear is, but that's what
FREDDIE Is aiming for He told me
mat he was an r +. v thought
nrst that 1t was some kind Of a lodge
like the l. o. Q. +. or the e. =. O. r..
but 1t amt. +. T.. V. means First
families OF Virginia, and It seems
mat when one of them meets another
they are drawn together by society
pond, or however it was the young
seezer put It, He told me that in the
small town where he lived 1t was i'm
possible to spread out. so here he is
In the big town, in his pinfeather
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 II he was
patient
Il guess that is right, George, be-
cause even my brother Wilrred broke
in once. He was kind of proud of h =
achievement ana said that il was as
easy a breaking into jail and easier
10 break out. lie waited tin The old
gent had bought him two new suits
OF clothes, and with his good looks
ana his poetry he didn't have no
.rouble getting invited to a small but
select circle. He was out to dinners
most of the time for few weeks
after that, and ii 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
the poets call haIlucination days for
INV hrn
that is soft and fine in this world,
they had to determinate at last, and
Witred got through
1t seems that the people that en-
tertained bachelors expected the
bachelors to entertain back by giving
theatre parties and dinners at cafes
and the like of that Nilfred wasn't
on to that phrase OF the matter. and
j 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 was
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 II didn't take them long to ge;
fellows number, and now the circle
is one smaller than when Wilfred
was being lIonized."
II never cared much for society,
said the Head Barber That's why
/ never tried to break in"
Il ain't tried yet myself" said the
Manicure Lady. but II I ever dc
break into society, George. you car
bet your last bean that society viii
know ] am there"
WILLIAM r. KIRk