The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-14

to be blue around our house
what with getting the wash OF
the line and then hurrying out
to your favorite shops and mine,
My goodness, did you ever see SO
much activity in your lives? The
of new and renovated
shops in Key West is simply
amazing and makes my job SO
much nicer! $50 Hello for the
first time on Monday, it's an en-
tirely new and delightful corner
for me.
X K Il
Her many friends were very
sorry to see Mrs. Thompson
leave her corner of several
years. The one on the corner OF
Fleming and Simonton. that is.
Everyone joins me. I'm sure in
wishing her well and all sue
cess in all future undertakings.
And now. we are so delight
ed to tell you that we have
been down to the Children's
Corner and made the acquaint-
ance of Willie Mae Simmons.
the new owner. Mrs. Simmons
assures me that the Corner
will continue along the same
lines as before and will offer
the same courteous service and
beautiful and varied merchan-
disc as ever. Go in and meet
her. folks. il will be love at
first sight.
X X X
More news about the rights OF
a wife. Seems some Eoor neglect
ed woman took her troubles
straight to the Kentucky Court
of Appeals and asked how many
hours a husband should leave his
wife home alone while he works
late at the office. Well, accord
ing to the learned Judges in Ken
lucky, none, They ruled that,
There is no reason why a man
cannot be industrious and at the
same time considerate of his
wife. If he is too busy TO spend
time with her at home. he should
ask her to come down to the Of
flee with him while he works.
We wonder with all the working
wives around now, if that works
the other way around too.
4 4 X
Every time we go into a shop
called Arts and Things on the
corner of Truman and Simon
ton. we see or hear something
that makes us begin to Sc
riously doubt our sanity. The
latest is a weird lamp made OF
drittwood with a shade fash
toned of a coral fan and fea'
turing a very odd shaped bulb.
If you don't have just the
proper place for it. friends. ana
we would suggest the wood
shed, don't buy il fhevins
sakes. Zine shopper l turned
out to bel. But sollY. DO take
a look at ii. and then you
might see something else. In
case you don't have a wood
shed.
There is also a Llama rug IN
there, and If you want TO Try
on shoes of buffalo hide, you
are ushered TO the throne. your
bare footsies placed on the rug
and the shoes tried on by Mr..
Things.
They have an Indian prin-
cess in the back room. hfiie
Laughing Wafer" who makes
charming and lovely dresses.
skirts and stoles of the hand
print Indian materials. and an
earring tree of suPersfiiious
fame from a tribe in Africa. II
YOU don't believe all this. ask
Julian and Jack. and I'll bel
you'll hear this and more too
Fabulous is the word!
X Il X
From Never Never Land back
to the kitchen with the sugges-
ton that you give new dash to
your cooked peas whether frozen
or fresh. Little cubes of avocado
(saved out from a salad perhaps
to the peas as you salt. pepper
and butter them. Don't overlook
a snidgin of sugar. Peas in Jan
uary were a little out of line IN
grandmas day, but we are that
lucky
4 X Il
Top of the Hit Parade seems
to always be Lohengrin. and so
il is al Beachcomber jewelers.
every time we visit there. The
latest addition 10 the brides
table is Sally Dusinberre all
the way from Manhassit. Long
Island. New York. Miss Dusin-
berre was recalled 10 active
duty in the Navy last July and
assigned 10 the Naval Hospital
in our island City. She viii
become the bride of Joseph I.
Laing. Research Engineer Tor
Westinghouse. on February
18th at the Methodist Park
Temple Church in Fort Lau-
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