The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-16
ALL AROUND
THE TOWN
with
HAL CURTIS
with
Managing Editor, The Citizen
Observation-Disclosures

Z To the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Wolkoff on Simonton to at
tend a wiener roast in their back
yard, and found goodly crowd
there all happy and chatting
merrily about this-a and that-a.
And I did fall to with great
gusto, devouring three hot dogs
in a row and much potato salad,
not to mention a quantity of
Coca Cola juice. And mine host,
seeing that / still looked hungry,
as usual, did press another pup
by upon me and I did accept it,
with grateful thanks.
y Then, full to my ears, sat up
on a bench beside Criminal Court
Judge Thomas F. Caro-, and he
did tell me many things about
fishing that / did not know be-
fore.
Among other things, the judge
said he is convinced that there is
Just as good fishing three or four
hundred yards off the shores of
Key West as there is Is and ID
miles out. That is, just as good
for the, ordinary fisherman, not
the commercial fishermen.
The acme of the fisherman's
art in these waters, Judge Caro-
declared emphatically, is to be
able to land a barricuda on a
grouper hook. But, goodness me,
al / could say was Eyes, yes"
for | know not a barricuda from
a grouper, and have no knowl-
edge whatever of hooks-except
hooks and eyes.
4 %
by and by we said goodbye to
the charming Wolkoffs and some
of us did go down to the Cuban
Social Club on Duval, where
Abelardo Boza had Conga line
in progress. And your old, de-
crepit editor, feeling quite good
for a change, did lay off his coat
and get in the line, shaking a
mean hip and throwing himself
about in a most undignified man
ner. Then pretty Mrs. Van and
pretty Miss Betty Fuller, seeing
that the old editor did very well
indeed, did become inspired and
joined him in the line, and ! de-
clare, we stomped about with
such liveliness that we almost
shook the building down.
"a y INV
Walking along South Duval
street in the evening" a little
blonde girl wearing big, gold
trimmed glasses came out of q
yard and started talking to me
with breathless animation.
IL have been in the house all
day." she said, because of the
rain. It has been too wet to play
outside. Don't you think it has
Mister? Yes, have been in the
house all day. All day / have
been in the house. And / have
been eating all day, ] have. just
eating and eating. But I am still
quite skinny, as you can see.
Mother says am too skinny. Do
you think | am too skinny, Mis-
ter?"
"No, My Dear" 1 said, Il do
not think you are too skinny. ]
think that you are just right
that everything about you is just
Highland that you are a very
pretty little girl"
She stopped and looked up at
me through her big, gold-rimmed
glasses.
Nov, do you really?" she
asked.
Gross my heart" I said, as /
did SO.
She smiled happily. 1t was not
hard to see that my compliment
had pleased Little Miss Talker
more than somewhat.
Goodbye, Mister" she said as
she turned into a side street and
went skipping merrily on her
way.
How nice it would be, l thought,
il we could all be as friendly as
the little blonde girl wearing the
big, gold-rimmed glasses.
8
Speaking of blondes reminds
ME of a conversation / overheard
between three sailors as they
Ioafed the other noon-time near
the p. & o. wharf. They were
discussing, as sailors the world
over will, the various merits and
dement's of blondes, redheads
and brunettes. The discussion
was quite learned. The men of
the sea had the situation well in
hand, all right. At last one of
them concluded with this re-
mark:
Blondes are all right" he said,
"but they soil so easily"
O.
Little Bits: Robert Dopp's dog,
Spotty. has finally made friends
with me after being aloof for so
long. When someone admon-
ished Mayor Demeritt for plant
ing fruit trees he would never