The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-03

Hello there, long time no see.
With the permission of the
Chamber of Commerce, ] am
permitted to report that the cold
Is much better, although that is
not my voice you hear, but a
reasonable facsimile of whiskey
baritone. Hope to regain my own
sometime soon. Did you have
nice holiday? We enjoyed a Keys
picnic tn the nth degree, sniffles
and all. In fact there is nothing
IKE the good old Florida sun,
sand an6. sea to make new
woman of anyone in half the
time it takes anywhere else.
Now that September's here,
school has begun, the normal
chain of uneventful lives can
now commence in earnest. / like
this, there's the joyful feel of
things beginning, an unseen
quickening all along thu line.
Summer is trying nightly, but
you just can't help but feel the
maturity of a year that is quick
~ passing into the limbo of
things. Let's make it good, and
we still have four months to
finish off all those good resolu-
tons. Let's start off by shoppingl
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Gettin' tired Of evsxything2
Yourself. your clothes and
your surroundings7 TO pep
surroundings. and especially
your table and jaded appetite.
polished mahogany bowls from
the Dirty Box. Their polished
contrasts iE brown look good
enough to eat. Then a big tray
of finely weathered palm
fronds. filled to over flowing
with Harvest fruits will add q
bright mole too. In fact. q visit
TO the Dirty Box will furnish
you with host of new ideas
to spark you up.
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In the Educational department
- did ycu know that just thir-
teen years ago today Great Brit
ain and France declared war on
Germany, thus formally setting
off the greatest holocaust of all
times in arms and men? On the
other side, brighter, that is, the
Treasury Department was estab-
lishei in 1889.
Then, this being September,
the month of the Virgin. thought
you might like to know your
horoscope. This. Of course, is for
all 60 d little Virgoans. You
possess love of order as a chief
characteristic. You like to have
everything move with calm, well
regulated system. You will have
to struggle hard for money while
you are young, but later will be
quite prosperous all through
your own efforts, as no inherit
ance is indicated. CHmm, wonder
how much longer / must con-
slider myself young. Being a
Virgo, seems as though I'd like
to be prosperous long about
nowl. To get on with 1t, "You
are ambitious enough for the
good Things Of life to GO get
them" Aw shucksl
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Mere on Frightening your
life and 9. oundinus. now
that the year Is quiekenins.
Yesterday at Altman's. I saw a
a'rgie piece Of furniture that
viii do for thresl It's q eon-
versation piece. Of bamboo.
Two chairs and . table ar.
ranged Ia . semi-circular way.
A chair on either side. and .
triangular table In the center.
Deep downY cushions on seat
and back covered with q rough
fabric Of green with gorgeous
leaf design. It's Designers chose
30 call IL the @Tete-a.tste
which means something close.
or head 10 head.
Then on the table between.
the only lamp in the world
that would truly match IL. n
base Of bamboo with . big red
shade. The shade makes you
feel as though You were look
Ing At II from an upside Down
position. but its goedl Then.
another piece that would be SO
clever with the Tsie-a.tsfs. Z
circular backed basket chair OF
bamboo with colors graduated
On. the upholstery in barely de-
fined stripes. Conversation
pieces to start conversations ---
Of appreciation. See them a.
Alfman's.
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Some more lines 10 a lest art
by that Sangster woman;
81 may not be clever ~ my
wiseeracks are rare.
But 70 are my pies. so I really
don't care.
Al. rar,nrfe.ezts sailor, fhA sr,rf