The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-16

You know when 1t comes time
for me to give birth to a column
generally snuggle up cozy-like
to my little old typewriter, light
a brain tablet, and I'm on my
way! That's what expected to
do on this occasion but it seems
that Mrs. Mamma Nature had a
different idea and she comes along
and slaps me down without warn
ing and accordin' to the doctors
and entomologists and other
learned gentlemen I have what is
technically termed the Flu.
just why being a little dizzier
than I usually am should inter-
fere with my journalistic labors
is beyond me, bat when l sit up
and try to look at a typewriter
the darn thing looks like an Off
cial directory of Federal Bureaus
(you know, WPA, RFC, CCC,
PWA and so en) SO give up and
yelled for my Gal Friday to come
out with her little book and take
a few notes on what was tryin' to
form itself in my so-called mind,
and I've instructed her to 60 right
ahead and make the most OF it,
and if my public" is disappoint-
ed it will be her fault.
The above was dictated but not
read by the BOSS" himself, but
from here on out it's Fridays sole
responsibility just as he told you,
and it's MY Day. So If you all
will bear with a little flat-footed
country girl, maybe we can strug-
gle on to the necessary total OF a
thousand words or so.
I've been reading IN the papers
about almost everybody and his
brother havin' Flu and so /
thought maybe for the benefit of
those who have escaped so far.
and hope for the amusement of
those who have gone thru the or
deal, that I'd check on the reac-
tons first and and try and give
you a blow-by-blow description
as recounted by the BOSS" from
his sick bed.
First off he said the darn thing
hit him like a cross between
bright idea and Silver Meteor.
He said one minute he was feel
in as we'll and happy as mead
ow lark and the next minute ne
gets as dizzy as, blonde and
starts achin' all over. He com
planned of a pain in the neck
and a pain in several other plac-
es, so guess if we just go ahead
and label him a Big Pain" it viii
serve him right,
But confidenfiaIly, / really do
think he is pretty sick. for my
suggestion that a Scotch and
Soda might be helpful caused him
to turn his head toward the yah
and actually sob.
I don't know Nhy things lice
this ALWAYS have 20 happen al me
wrong time. but Il seems they 90
Now II ne hs5 10 get sick wFry
couldn't he have arranged q for
mid -summer-sav July or Aug
ust-the period when be spends
most Of his time sittfn 'ruuu
with his hooves on the desk try
in 90 figure out where the fish
are biiin'. But NO. he has 10
take a run-out psa'ser rsEhs at
the time when wcwk a. the office
Is heavicsf. when the Press
Breakfast ia comm up. the Flor
ida Orange Festival Is IN the max
ing ard ne Florida Fair ard Gas
parilia Carnival fslsgwsng right
bang smack co the heels Of those
events, % say nokhins Of the Ma
tlonaI Editorial Association con-
vention i'm the esfsnf
suppose I xsscu1d feel real sor.
~ about the whole situation and
1 prutnhav wSIi AFTER ! Get this
column dished up and served.
hus right ssvw Tn pasfsr' my fool
ard seeiFn' ~wrwr Cor rsv~eif tran
sur nryknsy ras~
TT has sfy7se I'd rub tsse akscve