The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-16

10 do their sstfin' and Toekin' in.
Better yet, from where ! was
standing. the low $3.50 price tag
On II locked like coed old days"
prices toe, but 10 and behold,
the rocker was . real twentieth
century ssFssmlinsd iobi
You'll find this paragon OF The
old and new st The Furniture
Warehouse store ever on Simon
ton Street. us . brand new
modern locking rocker on . plat.
form combining the comfort az
the ninstiss with the smsrtnsss
Of the future. These rockers are
upholstered IN long wearing nvb-
bly, COTTON fwiIIs in chic eoIers
and the platforms and trimmings
are Of white birch. " you buy
enc, you'll have 10 buy iwe.
save arguments that way.
October seems 10 be moving
month, and for The lucky people
moving into town, some vnlveky
ones who had to move away left
their cooking ranges at the Fur
nitvrs Warehouse. They have
some fine stoves there, . large
assortment from apartment sire
70 the big dsIvx full size with
double ovens. Both Gas and Else-
frie ranges. and The prices start
at $500. From there you can
spend what you cen afford for
what you want.
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We heard recently of a couple in
Columbus Ohio who got a marriage
license without the five day wait
ing period. 1t was waived by the
clerk because as he said, when
"a man is SO and his girl friend is
70, they've waited long enough"
Sounds like a very long engage
|ment to me.
Although this isn't June we pick
ed up another bit of orange bios
som news: 1t seems that during
an argument with his neighbor,
Amos Johannson who is IS got his
left ring finger twisted. He sued
for damages and won $50 when he
pleaded that his marriage had to
be postponed because he could not
get married until the swelling SUBJ
sided so he could get the ring on.
Which goes to prove that two can
really live cheaper than one.
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There are folks who claim that
Junior gets the electric trains for
Christmas 50 that the old man
will have something - 7isy with,
and that Mother gets more fun
out Of dressing the Christmas
dolly than daughter who receives
II. I'm NOT going TO crawl way
out on . limb and say whether
This propaganda Is true or not,
but certainly oil will agree that
Christmas time Is for little chill
drsn. and grownvp's Joy comes
more from giving than from re-
glowing especially II they have
young families Of their own.
As in other years, the Christ.
mas custom will be carried on
at chiidrsn's Corner, and one Of
your official Key West ToyIsnds
will again occupy the Corner,
complete with Santa. And u you
have been around the Corner
lately you'll begin TO see that
evergreen and holIy.tims 10 fast
creeping Up, because Christmas
toys are beginning to arrive.
Besides the toy gift items 1,
chiIdrsn's Corner has other use.
fvl, pretty. and novelty gifts. ae-
eordins to your fancy.
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As you've noticed, we've turned
old Nursery rhymes to our own
bidding many times in the column,
but did you know that the very be-
ginning of Nursery rhyming was
not for the kiddies, but q sly way
of pushing politics? For instance,
three of the best loved, Little Miss
Muffet, Little Bopeep and the one
about the Drappled Grey Pony
were all written about the life and
times of Mary Queen of Scots?
For instance little Miss Muffet
was written after the young Mary
who was orphaned at seven days,
and widowed at seventeen years,
tossed by the religion and politics
Of John Knox, ran away to prac.
itce her beloved Catholicism in pri-
vate. Little Bopeep was the result
of this move when she began to
lose the affection of her people.
Then the fate of Scotland came
down In the story of Dapple- Gray.
Scotland is the pony of that name
and Mary was the rider who dashed
and whipped the island into rebel
lion.
Of course you all know that she
was forced to abdicate. her son
James became King followed 10
years later by Elizabeth l. Then
dressed in black velvet, with a
firm step and head held high. she
was executed on the scaffold at
Fothingay Castle on Feb. Sth, 1887,
queen to the last.