The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-20
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By RUSSELL KAY
Observation-Disclosures

/ came home the other eyen.n'
and ike to broke my neck STUN
bin over a bike. roller-skates
and other bric-a-brae the off
spring had left parked on the
walk without no tail light and l
made a mental note that next day
I'D get her a COW to play with so
she could leave that in the garage
driveway next time and make my
day complete.
When | stepped into the Twin
room It looked Ike it mad been
struck by the wrath Of God or
someth.n'; mama was stretched
out on the sofa and for a few
minutes i thought maybe there
was a maniac loose in the neigh
borhood.
What's been gOin' on here?s
yelps. all excited.
"Nuthin' she signs. "Just tie
kids party this afternoon, and
I'm nearly dead. They just left
a few minutes ago and l was 50
tired | just had to get a little rest
before start.n' to straighten out
the mess and fix supper"
"Psrtyw says. But what
are them chairs doin' upside down
with the blankets over 'em ard the
/ books stacked up in piles all
: around tie floor and the sofa pill
lows on top of 'em?"
"You wouldn't understand, "
she says, @but the chairs and
blankets are forts and the books
are first line trenches and the
| pillows are ammunition and the
card tables in the corner there are
bomb shelters, if you know what
1 meant
{ But the mess" I says. you
ought to hive made 'em clean that
up before they leftp'
{ "WeH,P she says, "they were
! hsvin' such a good time / hated TO
disturb them, and before / knew
it, it was time to send them home,
but III clean it up-I don't
mind"
"You stay there and rest" /
says. "PH get supper" So ]
goes out into the kitchen and
! starts to work. where's the
MILK" 1 yeIls. cit amt in the
icebox."
"Oh," she says, "some Of the
kids were thirsty and they drank
it all up"
Never mind" / says. ''HOw
about the eggs? / can fry a
eoupa eggs"
81 had to use all the eggs in
the cake" she signs.
Swell" l says. "Put on your
hat, we're goin' out to dinner, and
Pm glad we don't have kid par
ties every day"
| But after gfvin' one of Mr..
Manuel Lopez glorious Spanish
dinners a good home and settlin'
back in my chair at Garcia's Res
taurant, / got to thinkin' that
kids amt much different from US
so-called adults
Take right now for instance
we've got another party goin' on
up in Tallahassee and it is just
as wild and just as screwy IS the
one at my house, only maybe it IS
louder, longer and funnier. By
and by the boys viii al go home
and LEAVE the same mess for
somebody else to clean up.
They'll leave tax all over the
floor for a guy to step on with his
bare feet when he gets up to put
out the cat, and the Twin room
will be a riot of up-turned slot
machines and vacant chain stores.
The General Revenue ice-box viii
look ike Mrs. Hubbard's cup
board, with both the cream pitch
er and gravy bowl empty.
But the boys do have such a
good time that it would be a
shame % make 'em stay and clean
up the mess when the sixty days
are up. Maybe if Mr.. Cone don't
break his neck stumblin' over
some of the junk they leave lynn
round, he may say, Don't worry,
folks, jVst put on your hat and
! I'll take you out to supper"
But if he does, you better take
along your little old pocketbook.
because after 1t is all over, you
are the guy that viii have to pay
the check.
! But anyhow, you can be thank
full that the kids only have party
once every two years, and even If
F. they do mess up the playhouse
and turn things topsy-turvy, we
always manage to live thru it-so
! why worry?