The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-11
The
OBSERVATIONS
OF A FOOL
BY BILL LEE
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building of a new Key West in
dustry.
Cyril Is an artist who lives on
Telegraph lane. He has done sew
eral excellent murals and paint
ings that hang around the citv
I'm really an artist-craftsman
now" said Cyril this week. ~
advertise my metalwork in two
Of the leading magazines OF the
nation. Then I'm sending out O.
900 catalogs, which contain OK
ampies OF the metalwork with a
distinct Key West flavor. have
used the fish motif in several de-
signs.
In addition. my wife has as.
sembled some Key West prod.
ucts. such as sponges and turtle
soup. My wife has some kew
lime marnalade which we cali
1imelade' that is very good on
such foods as fish and meat.
We also have some kew lime
honey from Ross C. Sawyer's
farm up the Keys"
We went over to Cyril's studio
to. look around Cyril offered us
small jars of honey and limelade.
which we gratefully accepted.
Sampling the honey first, for we
frankly like. the stuff, we found
1t delicious. We haven't tried the
limelade yet, but it looks kinda
nice in the jar.
In response to a question, Cyril
said he hopes to establish quite
a market for his metalwork. He
says he already has received half
a dozen orders. At present he
makes all his own metalwork, but
he is looking around for a young
artist who can be trained to do
some of the work. Cyril wants
more time to develop new ideas
and work out other products.
The lmetalwork consists of ash
trays and other dishes which
show the fish motif.
incidentally, the catalogs are
the products of local printers.
The cover was done by The Art
man Press and the inserts by the
Florida Key Star. 1t is an attrac-
tive job, a credit to the two
artisans.
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Frank Curry, of 1924 Packer
street, has a tame monkey, which,
during the day, is tied to tree
diagonally across from his home.
The monkeys name is Chittea. At
night, the animal is kept in cage
in his home.
Skipper. a dog. is the almost
constant companion of Chittea.
When Skipper goes near it the
monkey climbs on its back and
rides around and around until
it tumbes off when the dog runs
out of the rope length.
Mrs. Curry likes the monkey
and the monkey likes her. 1t
, Chambers to her shoulders, but
sometimes gets the fingers of its
paws in her hair.
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Do you want to see an eycsore?
You might go out to the City
Cemetery and look at the USS.
Maine plot. You'll see grass and
weeds. The place is in wild dis
order.
We think the city should do
something about that. Tourists
are coming down to see us short
ly, in fact some of them are here
now. Wonder what they'll think
of us after viewing the plot, dedi-
Gated, you know, to the memory
of the men who died in Havana
Harbor.
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The Chamber of Commerce
gets many requests for informa-
ton about rooms and such like,
bat some of them are amusing,
not to say unusual or bizarre.
For instance, there was a let
ter from a man living in New
York. He said the doctors have
told him never to wear shoes
again. He didn't say what his
trouble was.
IT have to work in my bare
feet" this letter said. rs there
some place in Key West where
might get a little business or
could work barefooted?"
So Manager Harold Laubscher
and his assistant, Miss Lettie
Sullivan, set the machinery in
motion to answer the letter.
They thought of many kinds OF
work the man might do, such as
serving as lifeguard, being a
fisherman and so forth.
We'll answer his letter" said
Laubscher. "All letters are an
swered. Why, in October we re-
ceived 365 letters, sent out 800 OF
them. 1t is bit of a job, ou'
we manage it all right"
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If there are any philatelists, you
know stamp collectors, and such
like around Key West, they might
be interested to know that on De
cember S the post office will issue
first day" stamps commemorat-
ing the creation of Everglades Ma
tional Park.
We don't know why but when
the post office stamps a letter
with First issue" printed