The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-28

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drown out completely. whute
vocal or instrumental.
Marian Anderson is singing or
the radio. There is always bound
10 be some male or female pest
present who feels you'd much
prefer to hear their voice, OF
what they feel is a genial blend
Ing of their voice and Marian's.
You put nickle in a juke-
box at bar, and prepare 70
enjoy a nice Dorsey arrange
finent of something with your
Beer. That's what YOU think,
because, instead, some bag sit
ting alongside of you will sing
the words for you, whether you
want to hear them or not. Fur
thermore, that's ALL you'll hear
because her one voice will be
louder than the twenty instru-
finents in Dorsey's band.
You ask some sweet-faced fe-
male for a dance, and take her
into your arms for a whirl
around the floor to the strains
of a slow, nostalgia old waltz.
The .wench signs deeply, drops
her head onto your shoulder,
and you close your eyes and
think how nice it all is. But not
for long. Because she breaks
out, in what she mistakenly
thinks is a throatier and more
appealing voice than Dinah
Shores spang into your ear,
and through all three choruses
Besides, until your thoughts be-
Gin to dwell affectionately on
the exquisite pleasure of then
and there perpetrating a public
Homicide on the person of this
sila-monster you're dancing
With. Nothing else will silence
Her; you may be sure of that.
You're not even safe from
these awful sub-specimens of
the human race at a concert.
Rhapsodies have no words, but
there's always someone who in
sists upon helping out Toscanini
aid his men with a little hum
Ming or da-da-da-ing. There's
nothing much you can do about
them. Glaring don't help, and
Neither will shushing. Only
stern measures such as sitting
On them and chloroforming
them temporarily will do a 81
lencing job on them. This will
create momentary confusion,
But will enable you and your
grateful seat-neighbors to enjoy
me, balance of the concert in
y Rersonally,i'I feel that the FL
Hest punishment to mete out to
these impromtu singers is to put
them all together in some isolat-
ed place and let them sing them
selves hoarse to each other. The
RESULTING din would surely Kill
of vast numbers of these dread.
ful nuisances.
4 Multiple conversationalist,
You all know this bird ane
have seen him operate. Poo
oVerworked mortal, he is so con
stantly smothered in so man,
Affairs. of such weight, magni
thde and Importance that he i
never able to let lose of one o
them for two minutes in orde
TO- settle three others, which h,
could easily do, but which h
won't because if he tried Il
handle less than five things a
one time his confusion lovin
soul would be utterly crushed.
This person, quite unlike hi
Busy Busy Busy brother, @
whom more presently, is neve
too occupied with seven prio
things to take you on as a
eighth. In fact, he is delighted
and welcomes you with ope
arms, and, necessarily, ope
mouth.
You call him on the telephon,
The fact that he is already Cal
rying on simultaneously fiv
different conversations on fiv
completely unrelated subject
with five different peopl
grouped about his desk faze
Him not at all. He plunges JOY
fully into conversations wit
you too.
After several sentences, how
ever. he suddenly remember
that he had previous bushes
with a lot of other people, an
remorse strikes him sharply. S
In between sentences spoke
you he interpolates a word {
two addressed to each of tt
waiting group. in turn. and II
general result. pouring in,
your ear on the other end ,
the telephone. is something lik
this:
eyes, Bill. Of course ! can tie
you about that. Its ;. (Don
20 away, Jim. want to sc
YOU } Drank. what do vo