Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-12
As a Man Gets Older Fly Can Walk on His He
The Manicure
Lady
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK,

ssrT- HERE amt no use talking.
George" said the Manicure
Lady, 'T am getting too stout.
l might just as well own up to 1t. I
was taking slant at myself In ono
Of them Subway mirrors this morn
ing, and looked like Ed Dunkhorst.
the human freight car. There amt
no class to fat person, George, so
far as looks Is discerned. and the onlv
thing for me to do Is to reduce. There
is a lot of ways to reduce. and I can't
make up my mind which way to
choose"
You ought to do road work, ths
way fighters does" said the Head
Barber.
Too strenuous" declared the Mani.
cure Lady. And, besides, there amt
no hills to climb In the city, and, be.
sides, I amt got the time. ] guess l
win try rolling around on the floor"
The boss might kick" said the
Head Barber.
II don't mean down hers, you slmp,"
snapped the Manicure Lady. "T was
reading the other night how a far
star in musical comedy lost thirty
pounds. All she done was to roll
around on the floor in her room for
about half an hour Just before rettr-
.nG. Ne for that"
h,tf
duce that way" said the Head Barber
You would knock down all the fur
rjture in your room and wear out the
carpet, and besides. 1 shouldn't think
\ digniied dame like you would want
TO make yourself look ridiculous. Put
on heavy suit and some heavy shoe.
and walk hard for an hour befor.
Jreakfast every morning. 1 bet it
will make you feel fine and make you
lose weight, too"
"Wilfred was getting little fat
few months go. and he tried walking
hour before breakfast" said the
Manicure Lady. THE only trouble
with his system was that he picked
out a line OF march along past all Of
them beer signs. and, like all them
poets, Wilfred Is sure fond Of his
rev He would walk half a 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
be had gained ten pounds and was be-
ginning to look like a kettle. because
he amt got no height to carry no
weight. So ne stopped his morning
duce. He took oath thar he wouldn't
eat any meals except when he got
check for some O. his poetry from the
magazines He got two checks In two
nonths, and they was dinky checks.
100. He lost all his weight mighty
quick with that system. Now he eats
when he feels like It. I guess fasting
would be about tho best way to get
IF ones superiative nesh. after all
why don't yoa try fasting" asked
The Head Barber. 'Tt's cinch you
would get thin If you didn't eat"
TITS 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 dozen and meat accord
ing, and with hungry poet in the
family, It Keeps this old gent and me
hustliug to make the wolf stay out
side the door. Father ts grand old
provider, and always has been. and
am sure of his little comfort when
Kick In with my bit on Saturdays, but
Wlfred is one OF them intermittent
workers: and Mayne being married
now, and living in double blessed
uess, we have to do d little figuring.
Think OF eggs costing six cents and
Il half apiece"
Il guess the hens IS getting Ike
'ne suffra gettes," said the Head Bar
ber They are beginning to know
and demand their rights"