Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30
The Manicure
Lady
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.

kxD ROTHER W1IFRED brought q
* college professor up to The
house last night" said the
Manicure Lady The poor simp had
the nerve 10 tell me and sister Mayme
10 be careful Of our grammer while his
swell friend was there. jus, as II her
and me was careless about our Eng
lish. Goodness knows. George. that I
amt boastful, hui / don't think every
college professor thai comes along can
learn me things about how 10 speak
grammatical"
Il suppose the professor started right
In correcting YOU on your speech. said
the Head Barber
No, he didn't" replied the Manicure
Lady ~ viii give him credit for that.
don't suppose We made no breaks. but
even II we had. ] don't think that chap
would have called us He seemed Ike
regular gent about the only natural
human being that poor wflfred ever
had for "A ehum lie wasn't no Bone
milan with gun metal collar, and he
wasn't no long haired poet He was a
nice, smooth gent and he talked SO in
.teresting that ! almost fell in love with
him He reminded me Of that play
wright that ] was going to marry until
] found out my mistake. and I'll bet he
Is lots nicer every way than the play
wright"
u often wished mad a better edu-
cation" said the Head Barber
you wouldn't know what 10 do with
il II you had one, said the Manicure
Lady Goodness knows. George, you
don't need no college education to read
the dope sheets and pick horse to win
and hnd out that the horse finished
last. But what was going to tell
YOU about this friend Of Wilfred's was
some OF the things he told us about
them ancients. Did you know. George.
that them old Romans and Greeks ana
Egyptians knew as much about swell
buildings and libraries and rooms with
bath as we dor
y never read none about them" said
the Head Barber
ut is fact. though. George. said
the Manicure Lady Why. this old
pal Of Wilfreds told us that in Babylon
many, many centuries ago. they had
hanging gardens that was never equaled
in modern days Think Of g. George.
beautiful big gardens thar was all sus-
pended like the Brcokyn bridge. gag.
dens swinging back and forth In tham
evening breezes with the smell Of
million flowers To steal away your
senses
1T must have been grand for some
Of them old-timers to go out In hang
ing garden in the morning. when they
had hangover. observed the Head
Barber
ut would have been a grand place
for father TO recuperate mornings" said
the Manicure Lady And Wllfreds
friend told us that the old Greeks over
two thousand years ago had sculptors
that could sculp finer statues and paint
finer pictures than the men that is get
ting the dough for drawing magazine
covers now He said that there Is
nothing now that they didn't have then
except the late triumphs In science like
moving pictures and taXicabs and ticket
spectators. He said that the women in
them days made their own robes and
dresses and that they looked sweiler
than the latest Paris gowns, Needle
work has kind Of went out Of existence,
George except the kind them rats is
practicing around in the teaters and
street cars
Il suppose the old timers was Just as
wise as we are now" said the Head
Barber but as long as we are living
now instead OF then ! suppose we have
got 10 stub along somehow. Here comes
a customer for YOU Tell your history
dope to him"