The Key West citizen., 1952-12-12
Pages THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday December H. 1852

needs and cosmetics, although
they are also carried In most
Drug Stores. However. The Key
West Beauty Shops don't general
Iy carry very big stock Of these
things.
! guess Kay Holland had the
same idea when she took over
that nice Adorable Beauty Salon,
and then Immediately tried to
reetifY the situation. So she has
stocked all fhe RevIon products
Such wonderful things like nail
enamel, white Sable" cleansing
cream, lipsfieks. Second
Nature" liquid makeup and pow
der base, and "Aqua-Marine"
hand creams. There are also all
kinds Of shampoos, although the
Adorable Salon seems to some-
what favor the RaYetfe Pink
Fluff and the Golden Clio. Then
the stick ccIosnes by palm
Beach," All yes, there's quite an
assortment there, and u would
take pages to mention II all.
hadn't ever visited the Ador-
able before and so was pleasant.
Iy surprised TO find II . plea
sant large cool airy shop with
aftraetively partifioned booths in
svring complete privacy 10 It's
customers. Mrs. Holland is
cute little person impressing me
as being terribly efficient, and
knowing her business well. ! also
found she is a Navy wife, but
will be q conch ere long. .as
she and her husband who is
soon TO retire are building new
home and will be moving into II
real soon.
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ALI the kids who were present
at Santa'S first visit weren't as
pleased as they should have been.
Quite a few burst into terrified
tears, to Santa's complete dis
may. They got their balloon and
bubble gum anyhow, and probably
think quite well of the old fellow
by now.
/ was completely impressed by
the little fellow who stood up brave
ly to Santa and said he hadn't
been a very good boy this year.
1t must have been a pretty hard
thing to do, and l hope Santa. and
his mamma were just as impress
ed as | was, and / do think that
honesty is the best policy. Jaxon
awards an extra lollypop to that
boy, and / wish | knew his name.
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At the risk Of repeating my.
self. and getting tiresome about
. thing "A thing" I said,
HAVE you seen the EIeefroIUx
car yet, and If not why not?
Not too long ago, the city put
out an ordinance against speaker
systems mounted on trucks rid
ing fhe city streets. Well by
sollY, II that thing doesn't shrek
To- high heaven, | never saw one.
However, II now appears that
there was q sale on that color
after all when Mr.. Lubinsky had
his GER painted, so ] take back
all the mean things I said. NOT
70 be confused with the Electro.
lux car is the magenta Buick
convertible. That one has . ma
geE,fa body and black top. and
Mr.. lvbinsky's car is a Mercury
sedan with black boiiou1 and that
same ugh" color top. Maybe
business was poor, although
don't see how that could possibly
be with an item like fhs Elec-
trolux 10 sell. All well, you
can't ever tell about people. He
might even LIKE that shade.
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Kids with the in" with Santa
and much envied that night were
Curtis and Robert Simmons, hand.
some young sons Of Willie Mae.
owner ct Children's Corner. They
hovered around the whole evening
and made sure that Santa knew
that they wanted; respectively g
bike and Lincoln Log set. Little
James Delaney wanted a Tom
Cadet Space Suit and a tram. With
space sui I'd think he'd want
Rocket. Faye wanted dolly,
and her little sister, the tiniest
one who couldn't speak for her
self and only smiled Shyly al San
10 will probably get her hearts
desire anyhow. Patty and Steven
came hand in hand, and I under.
stand they are sweetheartS, only
that is off the record. They had
little brother Raymond tagging
along as little, brothers will. and
he said he'd be more Than happy
II he got a gun 90 Christmas
morning.
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There's nothing like huyina
your Sunday morning grapefruit
right cn the tree. and that's
exactly what seme folks did last
week AZ ssld~in's nursery. OF
course shey were ssr-seeins geo.
pie Wfhe had visions Of bushels
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