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

ETWAs reading a funny sounding
saying in a magazine las,
night" said the Manicur.
Lady. AT first l thought it must h.
a mistake in the print but after
read it over l guess / understand =
The sentence said: There are Iots
Of things that we know that we don,
know that we know"
1T does sound kind of balled I'M.
said the Head Barber. Il can't max.
anything of it."
1t took me about ten minutes
said the Manicure Lady. 81 wouIdn,,
expect you to understand it for hale
day or so, so cheer up, George II
VIII come to you after while maybe
Or If you want me to explain #
will do that little thing for you"
Il guess you'd better explain itn
said the Head Barber.
Well" said the Manicure LADY %.
means that we know a lot of things
that we have forgot or that we neve~
really knew we understood. There
must be a lot of things that Won
learned at school, George, that Won
have forgot all about"
guess l forgot it all" said the
Head Barber. Il was adding up our
butcher bill last night, and added ii
mp different every time. The Missus
never went to school any more than
did, but she got it right every time
she added it. OF course we amt paid
it yet, but it is nice to know how
much You owe.
Il know lot of things that have
forgot" said the Manicure Lad
Goodness knows I wasn't no dummy
all the years | was setting at NV
little desk in school. and | must h9ya
learned lot, though none of it has
ever came back to me lately. The
Old gent even went 50 far the OTHER
night as to correct me in nv Enc
| llsh, and for once | had to confess
| that / was wrong, though that didn't
| happen none too often / said 'Dp-
! tween her and me- and father re-
| minded me that ! should have said
| between she and L. ! was glad IT
| was father who corrected me though
| and not brother Wilfred It seemed
to please the old gent to know that
| he had been able to pick a flaw in tn
| usually good grammar of his worldly
| daughter.
There must be d lot of truth in
| that sentence you was telling about
| said the Head Barber. 81 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- let shaved certainly act as if they
| didn't know that they knew anything.
| am glad you told me about it, too
| because after this when anybody tells
me | am dumb ] will come right bach
| at them and tell them about all the
! things know that | don't happen to
know ! know. That ought to be some
aubt for any fellow that is a little
| dusty in his upper story"
| The only trouble with that kind o.
| a stall" said the Manicure Lady is
| 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 | might just as well go
and get a poke bonnet and a tam
BOURNE l wouldn't be no use around
| here.
when you know 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 if yoa
| 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, cant
WEI"
There's something that you know
you know" said the Head Barber
land you said it."