The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-07
CHARLES DUERKES

have just been laughing. my
self into a tizzy over her latest
book, a hilarious novel titled:
ONE ON THE HOUSE"
The phrase One On The
House" itself is highly intriguing
and they are the four words I
enjoy hearing at any time of the
day or night
You can not call me hypo-
critic, chums, as / will admit
like having one on the house. OF
on anybody at all and there are
times when l occasionally have
one or two on me.
Miss Lasswell's latest nifty
features the same three astound-
ing characters who cavorted
about in Studs In Your Eye.
They are three exciting ladies,
all past sixty, who are : forever
going about having a beer or
two together and getting into
predicaments that ladies past
sixty should avoid
MRS. FEELEY'S dialogue is
somewhat more than picturesque,
MRS. RASMUSSEN is forever
wanting to go back to San Diego
and MISS TINKHAM, the col
lege- bred lady, is the one who is
able to fast-talk them out of al
most anything.
"One On The House" finds our
amazing trio in New York. Then
hilarious day at the races with a
Bos'n's Mate and his pal will
BATTLE anybody who ever wager
ed a deuce on a nag or tried to
figure the daily double.
How these nice ladies wind up
in Newark, which is a place in
New Jersey, and take over a
broken down beer tavern makes
rib tickling reading.
1t is not their penchant for
slipping lager which gets them
into outlandiSh situations, but
their big hearted desire to help
other people out of trouble. ..s
It is not for me to review Miss
Lasswell's book, but to heartily
recommend it as a sure cure for
whatever ais you good
chuckle is mighty potent medi-
cine for anyone, and "One On
The House" is plumb bubbling
over with chuckles.
Mary Lasswen has covered as
much of these United States
since she left her native Texas
as her three grand old fiction
characters, and is always writ
ing books. Her present home is
up in Newport, Rhode Island. II
will be awfully nice having heI
here in Key West for a while.
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l wish my mother in law
would stop worrying so much
about Easter dinner. Whatever
she whomps up will be- sensa-
tional, that l know. The Lady-
withheld ower-in her eaE@ SwilI
gain ten pounds, Cecil, my broth
er-in-law-to-be will have tc
avow that Pennsylvania cooking
has got Alabama cooking .bea'
plumb hollow, and after tht
rest of the family has dirtiec
every dish in the place, l viii
volunteer to wash up the whole
shebang.
My mother in-law is so taker
up with Key West that she i
looking about for a place TO buy
or place to build, that | am be.
ginning to worry. If she. starts
taking off time to wander around
and about looking for saitable
sites and bargains, she NIGH
stop whomping up them gooe
Sunday night dinners and il
that happens I will start getting
mad at real estate people arounc
here.
So, please, somebody, come ur
with bargain, before / have t.
start cooking Sunday dinners
for the whole flammed darnmely
DOCTOR SCOTT. of Salisbury
N. Y, is going about town mind
ing his own business, accom-
panied by his ever loving wife
when who does he run into but
WALTER WILEY, who is at pres
ent holding down the Marine
cocktail lounge with DAVID PAL
MER.
Wiley happens to see a N. c
license and he sticks his head in.
to the car bearing same and says
Where you from?"
The good doctor says, fHelloi
Walter, where have you been?'
Well, so help me- if it amt the
good doctor, the man with the
many Bucks, from Walters little
old home town! e.
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Plans for an independent ar
gallery are in the talking stage
A prominent hotel man, nat
ionally known artist, well
known local business woman and
a writer-chap are doing the talk
ing. Among themselves.
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Key West certainly makes good
copy for people who turn over d
few bucks in the writing racket
Someday someone may write
about the island city and inelude
an interesting factor that up I'm
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