The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-08
CONCH
CHOWDER
by RAYMER

ing OF the InIrd Floor Back
opens Monday night, the audi
ence win see one actor with com
plete change of face and pace.
Edmund w. Giesbert, who was
the deep-dyed william in The
Drunkard," plays role which is
the exact opposite in the new Key
West Players production. He is
The Stranger" who influences
all the sordid lives Of boarding.
house dwellers and brings little
halos to them. Professor" Gies-
bert studied philosophy at the u.
of Chicago for over three years.
He lived in Europe before the
war in Germany, Yugoslavia and
Austria. While in school he work
ed with the u, of Chicago Thea
ter and did summer stock with
the Brentwood Beach Players in
the Lake Michigan dunes country.
A cartoonist and commercial art
list. he shows acting proves with
a clean cut line.
THAT WILL ROGERS of the
press circle. Tony Vaccaro, made
so manv funny remarks in his
speech for the Rotary Club which
appeared in Fridays issue, front
page, that ! had to cut some of
them to make room for the rest
of the story. But here are a few
choice leftover tidbits for serving
hot off the pslaver platter:
There's nothing much for me
to do here but visit bars and
strip Joints. wouldn't want it
said that ! ever had ANYTHING
against the bars. except my feet.
A man who works hard may get
thirsty. And / certainly wouldn't
close my eyes at the sight of an
exotic dancer But after a couple
of weeks of it, man can get a
little bored" Editors Note: What
about the dancer?)
He also chewed on morsel
about Senator Taft and President
Truman both saying they liked
each other, personally. ''Yet nei-
Their one saws kind word about
the other. If they should happen
to run against each other next
year, it should prove one of the
meanest fights two old friends
ever had!"
He noted some of the discom-
forts which go along with being
Chief Executive: like a personal
valet to see that socks and ties
to match are laid out and suits
pressed on time. Tony added,
Find barber to come to the
office and let YOU do the talk
ing. Personally. l would like all
of that. l guess I'm made of sturdy
stuff"
He mentioned that the buttons
on the Blair House mattresses
do not pinch and that the beds
are the last word in comfort
''Yet President Truman gets up at
$50 a. MI" / could sleep later
than that on cane-bottom chair.
When / travel around the coun-
try with such an early riser, /
know I'll continue to get up at
an hour when i prefer to1a be.
onifsg Is bed, I've travelled more
than $4,000 miles with Mr.. Tfu-
man. I've got the weak kidneys.
the fluttering heart and the fall
en- arches TO prove it These trims
have led TO GERMANY, Canada,
Mexico, Brazil. Bermuda, the Vir-
gin Islands, Hawaii and Wake Is
land. That Wake Island trip was
a lulu. I'll never forget it. I
can't saw / won't forget why we
went, for never really knew.
The President and General Doug
las Macarthur met on that bleak
little island in August. There was
nothing there but an air strip
and few Ouonset huts. 1t was
an unromantic place for rend-
dezvous. So you can see why
wasn't surprised when the ardor
of the two central figures so
faded away" Editors
Note: Old generals do that ac-
cording to the song and in
dice games. you fade tool
DID YOU KNOW that Gene
Lucas of Douglas Aircraft is due
back in town and that lovely
Irene WillismS. Col. sFrenchy"
Williams wife is about TO leave
the isle? that Shop Hopper
Jaxon who ernceed the Island
City NAVY Wives fashion show at
La Concha last night ended the
show with an uproar. She ap-
pesred in white pIeated gown
OF Grecian style, announced at
the end of the evening that the
gown was by Beldner's. asked
the audience if they liked il.
and then concluded sweetIy.
Tn glad pou do because its
really a night gown. So GOOD
AIfCNHlsp - s.al