El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-01
The Manicure Lady
She Discourse On the Folly OF
Discourse.
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK.

66T DON'T know for sure il tina,
gent which just went out was
stringing me or not" said the
Manicure Lady, but he told me that
he was in the Secret Service"
Il guess he was bluffing," said the
Head Barber Them spies don't often
tip their mitts like that. Part Of a
spy's job is to keep his mouth shut.
You would never make a good spy"
There is others. George" said the
Manicure Lady cuttingly. BARRIERS,
for instance. Who ever heard of a bar
Der that would ever keep his mouth
smut? Nice morning, sir Does the
razor hurt you. sirT and all that chat
ter 1 can hear you springing it all
day long. Don't talk to me about talk
ing, George,
But. as I was saying. George, that
gent is a Secret Service man. Gee. how
romantici And Just to think that I
fixed the nails of a gent that is All
the time face to face with grim danEeri
| guess he's the first hero 1 ever seen
face to face"
You might have saw lot of heroes
and never knew it." said the Head
Barber. Real heroes never saws much
about it. and hardly any of them looks
the part My oldest brother saved three
comrades from being ambushed in the
Spanish war, but you couldn't get him
to talk about it unless he was kind
Of lit up
The Queer Kind.
Heroes is mostly quiet gents, kiddo.
You'll always notice that, IL you know
many heroes. That's why 1 think the
gent that just went out must have been
handling you something. L know he
didn't hand you no tip"
Giving a tip wouldn't prove any,
thing" said the Manicure Lady. No
body tips me as much as Joe Blow
ana goodness knows. George, Joe Blow
amt brave man. I believe il a news
boy slapped him, he would boiler 'Po-
iceF 1 sometimes think that it takes
a brave man to keep from tipping"
You don't want to believe every
thing your customers tell you" advised
the Head Barber. Some men amt han
py unless they are stringing some
young, innocent girl like you"
Tee hee" said the Manicure LADY
Tee hee. George. You are a comicaI
person sometimes. Just when I think
] am grown up and able to paddle
my little canoe, along you come with
your tatherly advice and make me feel
like one of them clinging chickens you
see pictures of on the society page
them debutants-J mean
The HetOrt Cutting.
There is lots Of things 1 don't know
George, but there is lots OF other things
am wise to. and 1 hope you will believe |
me when 1 say il. ] am only 20 going
on 80. but when / want your counsel / /
will phone you"
L didn't mean no harm" said the
Head Barber. but you are my friend !
and don't like to have anybody mt |
anything over on a friend of mine"
You have got loyal heart. George" |
said the Manicure Lady. kindly "a |
oyal heart and honest mind. only a /
little slow and dull. If you was as /
bright as me and If I was as good look
ng as you, we would be a grand team =.
we wouldn't never pull together
declared the Head Barber You get !
90 fresh You are all the time TALKING |
10 fresh sports. and it has took aWav
part of your girlish reserve, or some
hing"
I've got my girlish reserve all rigb+
enough when gent gets flirtatiousp,
declared the Manicure Lady. 'Tf VIM
ioubt that, George, wait till some sav
'hen watch little Iceberg Ida Ston
yabbing now, George, I want to road /
about this society wedding"