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Show PRETTY MANICURE GIRL6. They Fascinate Now arorCTdan the Typ. writer Once Did. Tho manicure operator is fast taking the place once held solely by the pretty typewriterthat is to ezj. it is a part of her business to havo a gift for flirting, flirt-ing, for sly glances, for sighs and giggles gig-gles at unfunny jokes and stories, hers not to question why, or to have anything any-thing to say, but simply to listen and to applaud with her smiles, r'pon her general gen-eral good nature and her responsiveness depends the size of the tip which she receives, re-ceives, for these magnificent creatures do take tips, and the number of invitations invita-tions to the theater and to dinner which she gets in a week is legion. The fact is. she works fcr this kind of favor far more earnestly than for a legitimate success. The small salaries paid in this business are proverbial, but the opportunities are numberless, and the young women who take it up are generally good looking, well -dressed and have a superficial kind of style pick, ed up. from the swell demimondaines who frequent the manicures religiously once a week. I have sen a rmm W of linrnimmt '"f-l"'- - - , inl,,,,,,,,,, . , pareled creatures 'with blackened eyo-; brows and chemical hair. Then they graduate from the profession, and novitiates no-vitiates take their places. They have learned the lesson. "Do you have very much fun in this business?" I asked a happy looking girl as she "treated" my nails the other day. "Fun? Well, I 6hould say so, "she replied enthusiastically. "I am going out to dinner tonight with Mr. , president of tho company. I tell you, he's the best friend wo have. He takes one of us out every evening, and he's a perfect gentleman. Married? Oh, yes; his wife comes here, a lovely woman wo-man 1 He likes Miss A best, though. She's such a popular girl! On Saturday afternoons she always has a line of gentlemen gen-tlemen waiting their turn. Sho really has more invitations than she can accept. ac-cept. She's so popular 1 Miss B is going on the stage this winter, you know. She's had a magnificent offer from Manager G of the 'Bar of Soap' companyl" Though the hours of the manicure girl are long and the salaries small, is it any wonder that there V always a waiting list of applicants for the vacancies vacan-cies which sometimes occur? New York Letter in Boston Journal. |