The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-14

Old Sam Goldsmith got out hi
book on Monday morning AMI
wrote down . first in Key Wes
weather history. For the yer!
first time on any October i2tl
since the weather bureau wa
established in 1870, the tempera
ture In Key West stood at q yer,
chilly 81 degrees.
About the time Sam was measur
ing with the weather stick or what
ever It Ii that he uses, ! was cover
ing under = light weight blanke
not designed for such rigorous liv
ing. However, didn't mind on
little bit. II was also reported tina
The previous low reading for thi
date was ~ degrees in 1899 an
also In 1913. Well now It wa
mighty inyigorating and mad
shopping mighty nice.
II h II
The last things you might
Think % finding ~ the DIZZY Sex.
but when yev see ihem, yevIl
think they are 90 right for that
charming pisesl Sterling silver
dessert spoons Ind forks with the
sdd handles. Some are real semi.
preeiovs stones on The end Of Q
slender stem, others ed carved
designs. Dainty. prseieUs. and
wendsrfvi - . cir for ssms
lucky persen 10 receive TOR
Christmas or wedding.
Dent forget that yov cen sss
The lovely slsmsss lswelry 81
shs Dirty Sex too. and while
I'm On HE subject. The sxetie,
the beautiful. and the different
things yev have always found 81
the pifsy Box will continue to DO
soId there. Gifts frem the 70
mantle South Pacific, 10 yov.
4 = =
Nicotine" according to m
Thcrndike Barnhart Dictionary ]
the poison found in the leaves Q
tobacco" and was so named ate
J. Nicot q frenchman who intro
duced tobacco in France. On tn
other hand, according to the sam
gents "a Nicotine Fit Is q colo
qualism describing the sensation
felt by a person who habituall
smokes cigarettes, deprived q
same over a period Of hours. Use
humorously."
That's what I thought too whe
! introduced the phase In q recen
shop hopper. However, various an
sundry citizenry read more SIMS
ter meanings into . crazy littl
innocent bit Of tom-foolery. No,
I'm real happy to see that Their
are loyal folks left in the worl
and that they will take up tn
cudgel for q friend when they fee
they are being knocked about.
would hasten to reassure thes
folks that In no way was the a
mark meant as q slur on my yer
good friend Susan. In fact, sho
shopping being what II Is, some
times these little inserts are writ
ten weeks in advance, and thi
had been one that had in part bee
used before with Susan's full know
ledge and permission. In fact sh
seemed to think II funnier than
did.
This Is q tongue In cheek sol
Of little opus anyhow, so don't tax
anything to heart except the shoI
ping news. We're not sorry W
wrote what we did, but we'r
mighty sorry il was misunderstood
Idols fall that way, dreams di,
and good friends are no more.
+ 4 r
Ny calendar keeps on pointing
lust seventeen days ahead when
the average householder 10 going
10 be subjected 10 Q few lndis-
mites unless no comes forth with
soodiss for some sxtortion aFt.
lists OF the younger generation.
This kind Of sxiertion however
% entirely lawful, and the local
eenssabIlary are prone 10 turn
their faces swsY ~ the Yovnss'
tsrs parade the streets In ees'
tunes that ere Sometimes funny.
Sometimes searY. and eftsn beau.
tiful: ringing doorbslls and ply
Ing The old Trick or treat
theme for ell us worth.
u you have . young trieksssF
IN your house you probably have
heard your nsishhors compared
for SensrovsifY and Individuality
when u comes 70 treats. Well n
yev are average. lust like me.
you don't have . great big lot Of
money 10 spend on treats, .bV,
you like 70 give HE kids . nice
ere anyhow. Well GvlfsfrsaH,
Feed Department Store hes . fins
Trick or Treat Department plumb
full Of treats that will delight the
most discriminating goblin Of
them ell. With No work 81 ell
you can dispense individually
wrapped bags q grange and
black candies end iallla Beans