Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-12
The Manicure
Lady
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

tsT, HERE amt no use talking
George" said the Manicure
Lady. ''I am getting too stout
might Just as well own up to It.
was taking a slant at myself In one
OF them Subway mirrors this morn
ing. and I looked like Ed Dunkhorst.
the human freight car There amt
no class to a fat person, George, 80
far as looks is discerned. and the only
thing for me TO DO 10 to reduce Theirs
10 q lot of ways to reduce, and can't
make UP my mind which way to
choose"
You ought 10 de road work. the
way fighters does" said tho Head
Barber
Too Strenuous declared the Mani.
cure Lady. And. besides, there amt
no hills to climb IN the city. and, be-
stdsa I ain't got the time 1 guess !
will try rolling around on the floor"
The boss might kick" said the
Head Barber.
7 don't mean down here, you simp,-
snapped the Manicure Lady. II was
reading the other night how a fat
star in musical comedy lost thirty
pounds. All she done was to roll
around on tho floor In her room for
about half an hour Just before retir-
ing. Me for that"
Nobody but a mt would ty to rs-
duce that way" said the Head Barber
You would knock down all the fur
niture in your room and wear out the
carpet, and basides. l shouldn't think
a dignified dame like you would want
TO make yourself look ridiculous. Put
on heavy suit and some heavy shoes
and walk hard for an hour before
breakfast every morning. bet II
will make you feel fine and make you
lose weight, too"
"Wilfred was getting a little fat q
a hour before breakfast" said the
Manicure Lady. The only trouble
with his system was that he picked
out line of march along past all OF
them beer signs. and, like all them
poets. Wilfred is sure fond OF his
brew. lie would walk half block
and then into the swinging doors and
out again. wiping his mouth. and do
another half block and another col
umn right. At the end of two weeks
he had gained ten pounds and was be-
ginning to look like a kettle. because
he amt got no height to carry no
weight So he stopped his morning
exercise and found another way to re-
euce. He took oath that he wouldn't
eat any meals except when he got a
check for some of his poetry from the
magazines. He got two checks in two
months. and they WAS d'nky checks,
too. He lost all his weight mighty
quick with that system. Now he eats
when he feels hike 1T guess fasting
would be about tho best way to get
off ones superlative flesh, after all"
why don't -" try fasting~ asked
the Head Barber. IT'S cinch you
WVuAu fCt tHlh II yV1 oiuH oat
IT'S near enough to fasting up at
the house now, the way things cost"
said the Manicure Lady. Honest to
goodness, George, with eggs seventy
eight cents a d ozen and meat accord
ing. and with a hungry poet In the
family II keeps the old gent and mo
hustling to make the wolf stay out
side tho door. Father 10 q grand old
provider, and always has been, and !
am sure OF his little comfort when I
kick in with my bit on Saturdays, but
Wilfred is one OF them intermittent
workers; and Wayne being married
now, and living IN double blessed
ness, we have to do little figuring.
Think OF eggs costing six cents and
q half apiece"
II guess the hens Is getting like
the suffragettes," said the Head Bar
Der. They are beginning to know
and demand their rights"