El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-14
Manicure Lady Talks
she Has a Few Things to say About
StinEy People, Those Who Want
EFrything For Nothing.
Wm f. Kirk
D9 " M ! MI

XXI SEEN a thing when I was do
ing some shopping this neon
said the manicure lady. that
reminded me of my childhood days
back in the old village. There was a
old fellow with chin whislzers on that
came into the swell department store
where I was shopping, and after he
had bought a pair Of gloves he asked
the clerk if that was the very best
she could do on the price. OF course,
the girl behind the counter looked at
him and laughed and said that she
couldn't cut no prices so the old Eel
low threw the gloves back and told
her to keep them. He said he was
going somewhere with his trade
where people would appreciate him
and the money ne spent
I suppose that broke the girls
heart" said the head barber.
She didn't care none, Of course"
said the manicure lady, but it kind
of set me to thinking that there is
lot Of people in This world like that
old guy with the fringe on his lower
jaw He was in there TO spend a dol
lar in value And even then he
thought that the store people ought
to look for him with OuCstretched
arms and treat him like prince
Il remember when we lived in a small
town, George. We had that kind OF
stuff handed to US on every side The
old gent used to keep a hotel when
was mere child-One Of them country
notes Wnere there is accommodate
Tor man and beast. and YOU could take
your pick which kind OF aCcOmmOda-
lions YOU wanted remember one time
an old farmer walked up to father and
SAID Ed, always stop here for my
dinner every time I come TO town five
or SIX times every year. And I always
pay my . cents for dinner without no
squeaL Don't YOU think YOU ought to
throw in good cigar with the dinner
once IN WhlleF I remember how the
old gent told him to get out of the
place and go somewhere else for his
tWo-bit dinners in the future"
He must have been pretty cheap.
that farmer observed the Head Bar
Der.
The cheap folks amt ali in the
country, George" said the Manicure
Lady. There is a lot OF them in the
city that would like to beat down the
thought that they could get away
with it, but they know there amt a.
chance in the world, so they let their
meanness crop out other ways They
think cheap thoughts even If they
haven't got the nerve to express
them One girl friend of mine that
wouldn't think of asking for a lower
price on shirt waist would ride
down town morning after morning
with me on the subway, and I noticed
after had dug three or four morn
lngs IN row for the carfare that
she would make an awful stall in her
pocketbook for ten cents and pulling
that oh, let me payn stuff. Take it
from me, George, after the third
morning I let her look until she had
dug up that hard, thin dime, and
after that she didn't snuggle up to
me no more suppose she was look
ing for another victim
That's the system they play in the
big town, George They pat YOU on
the back until you blush as Ions as
you can help them, but the minute
You start looking out of the window
and not responding TO their hOllers
for help, they beat il for fresh fields
and pastures new. How many friends
have YOU got here in the city, George,
that would stick up for YOU if you were
going through bankruptcy?r
II guess the only friends I would
have then would be my wife" said
the Head Barber. "and the lawyer
that was putting me through"
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