The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-23

erts ana hts chrfsiusss Eve
date. Norberg Thompson aill
BE- seen places It's an cid Gus
tom with those tive. once each
year
MAJOR r r sPoTTswooD
writes from Camp Polk. La.
What are they doing for the
boys IN the service a. Christ
mass Major spottswood says
its not the dinner you may serve
that these men are hungry for
bat TIE home environment and
The friendIiness Of the people
while they arc far from home
and lonely.
EARLY TO BED AND EARLY
TO RISE: May be all right for
sick folks and guys Go to bed
when you please and lie at your
case. You'll die Just the same
from some latent disease.
PAULINE HEMINGWAY. !.
Looking 50 intellectual Let me
think Of something clever 70
say can't be done. so I viii tell
her. Merry Christmas"
THRILLED: Listening 10 a
sweet-faccd. young mother tell
ing a child in a store that ne
must buy something nice for
his grandmother. What lucky
fellow a boy Is that has a grand
mother and this little boy was
being taught the principal Of I'M
selfishness and thoughtfulness
that rank first in good eharac-
ter.
BoBBIE RAMSEY. Secretary
20 Peter Sehutt at the Casa
Marina gets indignant at the
rumors that Key West viii have
q poor season this year. Bobbie
tin a nice way says, Too many
people have the tummy ache
and 90 around trying to depress
others" Incidentally, while
Bobbie keeps the home fires
burning, her husband. ". T.
Ramsey. is somewhere "out
there doing his DIT in the Air
Corps
NAN ABOUT TOWN: All over
town, we should say. Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Bostrom report
that they drove just three hun
dred and fifty-fwo miles house
hunting this past week in Key
West At least they were de-
termined to stay and we are
glad.
MRS. MARGARET Hell
LINGS: The new director at the
Key West Art Center Is in the
right place She IS pretty as a
picture
LISTENING IN: Could smack
that nasty man eating at table
next to me and saving ugly
things about KEY West Hope
he goes home where he came
from and where he probably isn't
wanted. Little waitress says II
viii only be Thursday to her
Not I. meant to say not me.
always thrill over Christmas and
Santa and seeing SO many nice.
cheerful people Happy little
folks. Mrs. Armando Cobo had
ID the first Christmas bells get
ting ready for the homecoming
of her solaier-husband. whom
we al miss so much. Wish I
could laugh ike Carl Thompson
.Peeping through the window
I see a lovely lighted Christmas
tree IN the home Of the Rev. Ted
Jones Popular attorney riding
his bike down Duval street
wrong way and pretty girl from
the First National Bank doing
the same thing. Nice people.
both OF them Hope they don't
ret hurt. Woman swearing IN
front Of Five and Dime. Sounds
awful Did you hear about
that friend Of Dr.. Vim r War
ren who told such tail tales
about the fish he caught and
bought q pair Of scales 10 weigh
them? Dr.. Warren borrowed the
scales to weigh newborn baby
and it weighed forty-nine pounds
:. Thinking back IF laughed
ike Carl Thompson it would
sound sorter funny from a fem
mine face. Gee whiz Won
der Il that nice man. Billy Arm
old. at Florida Motor Lines Of
flee. win have beautiful calen-
dsrs for 1922 Hope he doesn't
forget me. There's Nr. Blank
Blank That guy IS 50 stingy ne
wouldn't treat sore tooth
Who tod me. The nakedness Of
the needy could Be clothed from
the trimmings % the rich Il
Christianity took religion Sc
riously Cross woman seold-
ing q clerk IA store. Maybe
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