Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-09
Society Notes Personal Gossip Entertainments Club DOING
The Manicure Lady
She Tells the Head Barber How
the Picture Show impressed Her
by WILLIAM r. KIRK.

Il was to see a picture show last
night said the Manicure Lady, and it
was so sad that / cried right in the
theater. My escort looked kind OF cheap
because he didn't bring no handkerchief.
and mine got so damp / couldn't use 1t
no more"
1T amt no disgrace to have a tender
heart said the Head Barber. Il wish
my landlord was gated more that way"
This picture was about a young girl
that was Tilted at the last minute" said
the Manicure Lady. "She read them
cruel words which he wrote to her, and
then she put on her bridal dress and
tried to kill herself. Her mother came in
just in time and saved her"
IF / was a girl I wouldn't kill myself
for no gent" said the Head Barber.
Gents is too easy to &c. if girl is
wise. and Of course II had been a girl
I would have been a wise one"
"Of course!' said the Manicure Lady.
freezingly. "Of course you would be a
wise girl. I don't see what keeps your
brains from oozing out of your ears
George. II you had been living in them
days. Mister Sockratcs would have been
working for you.
I'll tell you one thing, though. II
young man ever trifled with my young
heart and I got wise to IL, 1 would make
awful tramp out of him before 1 got
through. l think that kind of a man is a
awful low sort. George, even IL he hap
pens to be a rich arlstocrat As Master
Iennyson once said. Kind hearts is
more than coroners."
This is funny old world" unused the
Head Barber. Sometimes 1 think some
Oh us gets more than our share, the same
as 1 did when 1 married the Rfissus.
never deserved no such grand girl. And
when I think how I've got her and then
think how lots of better fellows gets
stung. it seems to me I'm a pretty lucky
dog even IL my horses don't always win
for me-"
i OF course you're lucky, George. hut
not no more than you deserve TO he 7
only hope that when ] have whispered
yes and walk Up the aisle of the church
Will be walking along side as true a
gent as you are. only more handsome.
L never was much on looks, know"
said the Head Barber. when I was a.
Kid they used to call me Frogface. That
amt no pet name, no way you figure IL.
because nobody ever seen a frog that
you could call handsome. Their eyes is
no expression. Their faces never lights
up"
No, frogs certainly amt handsome"
agreed the Manicure Lady, but who
ever started the nickname on you must
have been kind of jealous. You amt the
handsomest man in the world. George,
but goodness knows you are above the
average, and when a man gets too hand
some he amt usually a good provider.
dereag% ivrd.. kills lex. oth.k etoain ia
''One of my neighbors uptown is mar
ried to a man that looks like Greek
god and provides for her like a Greek
peddler. There is Greeks and Greeks, and
che got a little of both kinds.
MY nature is one of them gentle kind
George. like a ripping river. but when
1t overflows everybody usually takes to
the high grounds"
I've noticed that" said the Head
Barber. admiringly. Nobody gets very
gay around you. At least, I never seen
nobody
No, you never seen anybody" said
the Manicure Lady mo gent ever treated
me disrespectful fer more than two or
three seconds, and they better not had!"