The Key West citizen., 1952-10-01

"Nazi war leaders to hang 1916"
It is probably a very important
date to them.
This is a one week anniversary
for me. Just one week ago to-
day, sa.. goodbye to Ronnie
and had to leave Jamaica, the
isle of my golden dreams. It's
probably only so delicious to me
because l could be SO completely
lazy.
Well, what I have in store for
you today is something entirely
different, l have our usual fine
stores to tell you about, and then
I am going to compare them
with Kingston Emporiums. Let's
90 shopping on Duyal and then
on King Streets.
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Monday nights Citizen told
YOU all about the new Beach
comber hours, but I'D like TO re-
peat them here. Beecheomber
will remain closed on Thursdays
aIl this month. VIII follow the
hours Of the Merchants asso'
ciafion from November through
Deeemhar 3ist. But then, they
decided that their employees de-
served a five day week like
she rest Of fhe working world,
and beginning with the New
Year, she Thursday closing will
be The order for always. Also,
Beachcomber will not be open on
Saturday nights with the begin.
ming Of the new year. That
makes . double thrill.
We would also like to apollo
qize in behalf Of the Citizen for
Mondays misspeIling Of fhe
Dickson name. We wrote it
Dickson, but our tYpesetter
evidently thought he knew bet.
ter, and a new copy reader
thought II looked all right TO him
FOO. The Dieksons are the nice
people who are giving their EN-.
ployees the right kind Of break,
and we think the people Of Key
West won't mind. When YOU
know a stores hours, YoU plan
your shopping accordingly any
how.
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My shopping in Kingston wasn't
such a bowling success the first
day because | wasn't acquainted
with shopping hours either. Like
dumb tourist I had heard Of
SieSta and Of course thought that
this was the place. How wrong
can you get? After Siesta and
leisurely shower, wandered on
down to King Street in the cool Of
late afternoon and found that
everything was shuttered and all
the folks gone home. Well, ex.
perienee Is a very good teacher.
Shops in Kingston open early and
close early, and il sounds like a
very fine idea. Only the heggars,
taxi drivers and street peddlers
never seem to take any time off,
but I guess in the fight for sur.
vival in that highly over populated
town, self employment means no
rest. One lady talked to said she
worked from eight until one PM.
Just exactly the hours / would
hkel
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Japanese Gardens and coy
Geisha girls were quickly brought
10 mind on our last visit 10 the
plisY Box. OF course things
oriental and visions Vsre are al.
ways Up on these weekly visits.
Well. somewhere in his wan
deriass, Mr. Lowell came upon
some rare ard lovely hrosaded
silks ard promptly wrspped
them ua and sent them 10 his
lovely wife, who 10 Of course.
''Mrs. plttY Box"
So row she has three pleees cg
thls Fara silk. One ls twelve
yards Uf old gold end rusty wine;
. vivid blue with vistss ef Slos.
SONS and euaist pasedss Is an.
cfNsF ard cniY SIX yards of this.
enopsh 20 make some lucky
lady . leuaains palams. ard ere
es ethereal light hlUe. js's beavti.
f9i stuff ard We eide Sheppe
t4eaper Is frat tssnpsedI
y y \
On examination. TIE merchants
a. department stores are mighty
active in ghe advertising field,
and we visited > good many of
tie places who were tos1tlBg their
wares. However. car best 6ads
we're in TIE lgtle ed oas al the
way places Who bad something
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~ re fo2nd 3 besufstal eaTv-
frs e water hagfa3a, every
hair carved an Il to perfectly we
tried 70 ruffle Il up, dassy -
glass case wtth 4 fea cid ivory