The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1926, Page 6

» PAGE SIX 20000 COO Cy Associated Press) GENEVA—Some of the great- est hardships: for wealthy winter toufists in the Alps possibly will be no more now. Fellow has in- G@AEA A Mott sled which will go} JACKSONVILLE, 13 miles an hour uphill, It can| Traffic over an excellent highway 28D Joaded oboggans up. between Fort Myers and West ae se | Palm Beach wiil be possible by MOSCOW —Fifty Russians are| August 1, according to advices re- + leaving next month to study trac-| ceived by the F.orida State Cham- tors under Henry Ford, expenses| ber of Commerce from Fort My- and salary paid. The fiddlers got|ers. The highway through Lee + -only -expenses. county has been completed to a ba 2 | point east of Olga and the hase s| the remainder of the distance to | the county line has been opened to traflie while the surfacing is un- erted once in his presence. der way.. The highway througa @ very bright and intellig i) Hendry and Glades counties to and speedily learned from daddy} Moore Haven is in good condition, how to climb into a waste paper|and sharp curves in Hendry are basket. jveing eliminated by new grides -“* # in preparation for hard surfacing. PRINCETON, N. J.—Hard study; The gap between Clewiston and at college “would seem to conduct! Belle Glade, in Palm Beach county, to longevity, Of the ten mem-| will be completed by August 1, and bers of the University class who| by that date all the work east of stood highest at graduation, 50) Clewiston wil have been complet- years ago,» six are living. On'y/ ed. two remam of the lowest ten’in| It is possible now, declares the the class, State Chamber, to drive from Clewiston to Belle Grade, but the doute is not one that a motorist | would pick for a pleasure ride. A | resident of Canal Point, on the vy. John Haines. . Biologi-| eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee, tally, he says, a girl should be! several weeks ago demonstrated yparried between 18 and 20 and a! that motor cars could be operated man at-20 or soon thereafter. im that section by star out irom - * * | Canal Point and drivin:; complete- » SYRACUSE, Ni -Y.—It is not! around Lake Okeechobee in Siinusus! 40 many districts for pro-| slight!y more than fourteen hours. whibition. agents to wear army uni-|, ,, .>,,2002 04048 Gforms when buying liquor, but the) , < See in this district hereafter forbidden by George F. Lee, en. _ WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF * ment chief. TO OPEN TRAFFIC ON NEW HIGHWAY ROAD BETWEEN FORT MYERS AND WEST PALM BEACH TO BE READY SOON + * NEW YORK—Count Salm thin he was what he called razzed in Florida. - Why, Vtte Peter never * #\-s NEW, YORK—Increasing post- ponement of the age of marriage is a dangerous sign; in the opinion eee eee eee ee eeennes * + * March 1.—} (By Katharine | Yes, even so. Time and place| |are all-important in the story of} | the stars; so I will begin by saying} that it was at Miami the midd e of | | November in the year 1920. I sat) jon a N. E. 2nd St., Miami, porch \faeing the souhtwest. The sun) had set and nearly half way up in| lthe sky, ere the shades of night] | had gathered, was revealed a mag-) | nificent star._ | | To my left reposed the gray | waters of Biscayne bay, on whose| jouter rim the mists were dimly) seen. The houseboats in the near | foreground were still plainly visi- |ble. Around me were the beauti- |ful homes of Miami, palm-encircl- ed, the red or green roofs above |the gray stucco or white concrete | walls, and the shrubbery of h‘bis- |eus and oleander, now sparsely) | flowered, joining their hues to | form a pleasing picture. | | We build our houses without) |much regard to the view of the heavens. The indiscriminate planting of trees shuts us away | from what remains of the scene./ Our ignorance does-the rest. The} science of Astronomy becomes a! | sealed book,.as little te be under- | stood as the Fiji language. | But here the stage is set. Any planet in the heavens is an evening! star. Possibly a‘ong the horizon} | little Mereury may be revolving,| but he is invisible on account of the houses and trees. Venus, queen of all the stars, holds the| attention of the beholders. Evening after evening, the star was there. How long it had held/ that position in the sky I do not) __ SOUTH FLORIDA THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Dooris Sharp) named Hesperus, in honor of the evening star. The flower is one of) the mustard famil pink and lavender s' a quisite od Canopus is one of the of| the southern hem'sphere, which} may be viewed earl near the southern hi be foun stellation Argo. tle is known. brilliant than S‘rius, it is ther away and of i measured size and di on, It may! uch far- nee. | wil go out like a lion.” | versa. white with, Baker, the State of Missouri has dings; and,| set aside the present week for an the evening diaws on, an €x-,an observance of “Missouri Prod- jucts Week.” | in the spring; Ma'ne the annual town meetings on the border of the con-| o7 communities for the settlement of local political questions. lense, un-| described as “a city built by Bos- ton merehants as a speculation,” MONDAY, MARCH 1, 192 BRIDEGROOM A SUICIDE | TODAY'S EVENTS *| LEEDS, Eng.—Arthur Dunning| *|commitied suicdie 16 days after) 7 eee ee ee * * * * *) his wedding because his wife took, State eee see eee Bi Qne-sixth of the Glad New Year | a’l of his money. | gone already! . } ; FEES e E | Today the Welsh people throngh-| “Tf it comes in like a lamb, it! out the world will celebrate St.| nd viC€) David’s Day, in honor of the pa-| By proclamation of Governor) — Throughout Massachusetts and Children’s Cough with FOLEY’S 1 assemble the voters in scores Lowell, Mass., which has been The Southern Cross may be seen| is to hold a celebration today in |from Miami ‘ate in the month of} honor of the one hundredth anni- May. Gamma Crucis, the top star,/ versary of its incorporation as a Delta Crucis to the right, Zeta| town. Crue's left, and Alpha Crucis the) lower end of the cross. Usually, the mists are too dense along the horizon to admit a view of this eonstellation in the evening, but at 10 o'clock, if the city lights do got interfere, better luck may be ex- pected. | Alpha Crucis is a first-magnitude| star, and is of an nze-colored | ight. Delta Cruc! somewhat tited above the level of the op- posite arm. This constellation is} reputed to be the one which the| wise men followed at the birth of Christ. It is possible that one of} the stars may have been extreme-| ly bril‘iant at that time, -diminish-| ing quickly. An instance of this k.nd occurred in recent years, but| the star’s continuance was very brief. 5 The news of a new star was very exciting, as no mention of it had ALRESFORD, Eng. — Bedrid- den for half a century, Mrs. Ann Sadler died on her 105th birthday. ~~ : @). PHILADELPHIA — Arthur J.| “Hamlin, official'of the Logan Bap- Church, recommends news- advertising to any church Hheetne a pastor. His thurch re- éved 50 replies to an ad for a ‘ister. The Rev. Dr. A. E. Rapp of Jersey City was chosen. MAsttte © \« Nick—General Rossi, escaped Cogs bopraed is having a good laugh) € Italian police. The Genoa chief telephoned a Nice paper ask- ing for information about Ross’ = The General at the time was visit- ing the paper. He took the tele- phone and to'd the chief how he jihad slipped Spahdae areas ~-W:th . Countess & box at 4 theatre last night a comedian took a bathtub on the stage and pretended to fill it with champagne. < HOBOK , N. J.—By eating 279 yards, 2 feet 9 inches, or sev- » + eral yards more than his nearest ©pponent, Max Wolff has won the nsuming championship ot ‘NeW York and a prize ge ee. PALM BEACH—Flo Zeigfeld has an extra butler’ or so and is rca friend is short. He ed © M. . Ty Stotesbury as 1G fora party the other night. oe * ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD-) QUARTERS — Lieut. Wade be- Hieves that Soviet Russia is plann- 8 secret flight to the unexplor- edjterritory in hope of claiming any land that may be found.| Ligut. Wade hopes to establish the shortest London-to-Tokyo route. It was this that Hendrik Hudson) sought, “the shortest route to y, Hind, and Nippon.” Byrd expedition, backed in part by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., nd Edse! Ford, also seeks this un- known land. A mysterious motor sledge will play a part in the expedition un- der the auspices of the French mavy department. The sleds are ee ee e fardp, Norwegian seaman, #pileted Nansen in the Fram on} $ his: famous drift past the north = Pol locked in polar ice. Hydro- lanes also will be used. Norwegian, Lieut. Eliassen, hopes to reach the pole in a flying| government has ordered several | f bout, starting from Nova Sembla. » An expedition headed by Harri- *som Williams, backed by the Amer- ah Museum of Natural History, George Palmer Putnam, pub- filisher, will cruise the seas about «Greenland to obtain scientific data. A party from the University of wrongs led by Prof, William F. will explore Greenland it- Sself. A Russian expedition to west gshore of Nova Sembla, led by “Prof. Matousevitch has been an- ‘nounced. } Another Russian expedition will sexplore a large island north of sdibezia, formerly known as Nicho- Slas Ti band, but'now known as Len- ee * Centenary of the birth of Justin SDewey Fulton, celebrated Baptist qelerzyman and editor, 2 IN 1 WHITE POLISH Shu-Milk Best Polishes For White Kids Pull line of All Colors Polishes GOODYEAR SHOE SHOP 612 DUVAL ST. the desgin of Captain Otto Sver-| who} (By Axnociated Prens) | Flood of protest against Cham- berlain’s suggestion league council jmay have to be enlarged upon entry of Germany makes his posi- tion in British cabinet difficult. +s # Sir Henry Lunn, of London, turns fortune of millions over to trust fund to promote unity among churches and peace among nations. * + 8 Naval reserve polar flight head- ed by Lieut. Commander Richard |B. Byrd, will sail this month from Dog York to Spitzberg. rae) | National Woman’s Party speak- ers at Washington urge levelling of all barriers against woman’s progress. soe ae eS Smithsonian institute will send expedition this month to Africa to capture animals for the National Zoological Park. * + * _.Vietor A. Holmes, sentenced to | life imprisonment at Beattyville, |Ky., for causing his wife to back | automobile over 200 foot cliff, ‘killing self and son. + * * Helen Wills defeats Senorita de Alvarez at Monte Carlo, 6-2, |6-8, winning Duke of Connaught’s gold cup, for women’s singles. Ce Walter Hagen leads Bobby Jones 8 up in the first half of 72 hole match at Sarasota; Farrell wins Florida open championship jat Tampa with 72 in play off to | Cruickshank’s 73. ——_____ |DON'T OVERLOOK A Goop THING From Jas. Edwards, Mont- | gomery, Ala., comes this letter containing a valuable suggestion. —“T feel like a new man since jtaking FOLEY’S HONEY | AND | TAR. 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It led, in November giving place to Decem-| ber; then to January and Febru-| time, to making a valuable ac- ary, it began to seem uncanny. quaintance with Doctor Todd and The roomer who had lately ar-| his wife, of Coconut Grove, at rived from Minnesota announced their beautiful hame, “Matsuba.” that she heard there, was a star, Doctor Todd is a retired profes- in the sky which had never been|sor of Astronomy of Ambherst seen before. The tourist from| College, and thé author of works Philadelphia said it was that big/on Astronomy. Together with his star you cou'd see so early in the| wife he is the author »f “Four- evening; she had never seen it be-|teen Weeks in Astronomy,” fore. | “Stars and Teescopes.’ “But that big star is Venus, the} Mrs. Todd, who is also an able evening star. The reason we see| astronomer, has w several | it for such a length of time is be-| works on that scien “Total) cause we are traveling around the! Eclipses of the Sun,” “Corona and! sun at the same time, and so keep] Coronet,” edited the poems of company for a while. We will part} Emily Dickinson, three volumes before long, as the orbit of Venus|and two volumes of her letters. is smaller than that of the earth.| She has also edited “A Cycle of| The reason you never saw it be-| Sonnets.” | fore is because you are now lo-} As a parlor lecturer she gives cated favorably for a continued! addresses on “Japan,” “The Phil- observation. Heretofore the trees| ipp:nes,” “East Sumatra,” “‘Singa- and tall houses cut off your view.”| pore,” “Peru,” etc. Not long after this conversation} Mrs. Todd has a belief in the took place in February, it was| canals of Mars, her vision having! noticed that the planet was reced-| served to good purpose in detect- ing from view. Its greatest east-| ing them. ern elongation had ‘aken place;} Doctor Todd had heard nothing also its greatest height.above the| of a néw star, but he sa‘d news western horizon, 47 degrees. of a discovery in regard to a well- The diameter of Venus is 7,700} known star had recently thrilled} miles, that of the earth 7,920) the students of Astrono miles. The siderial revolution 225) Thirty or-over ye days, as compared to 365 1-4 of| Michuelzon, profess the earth. . in Chicago University, invented the} The atmosphere of Venus is| interferometer, “an instrument} more dense than that of the earth,| for measuring small movements, and causes more reflection of| distances, displacements, by means light, hence the greater brilliancy| of the interference of two beams of this plaret. This density has| of light.” I am using the langu- prevented any discovery of the|age of the dictionary. nature of the planet below its at- This instrument had never been) mosphere. Venus is more per-| used for astronomical calculation! pendicular toward the sun than) until the Einstein theory of rela- the earth, hence has less varied) tivity had suggested the experi- changes of temperature—at the| ment. Betelguese, or Alpho Orionis| poles constant cold; in the temper-|in the right shoulder of the con ate zones always temperate, andj steilation Or‘on, owing to its dis- the equator, hot. | tance and position had never been} Like the moon, has| satisfactorily measured or studied. phases. | But now, with the new aid of the! To the ancients this planet was| interferometer, it has -been cal-| known as’ Hesperus, the evening) culated that the diameter of Betel-| star. | guese is 218,000,000 miles. | As the morning star it was La-| Sirius, hitherto considered the| cifer, or the Iight-bearer. Through| largest star in the heavens and,| some misapprehension Milton possibly, the center of the uni-| makes Lucifer the devil who fe!l| verse, must give place to one of! from heaven, in “Paradise Lost.” inferior appearance to the casual] There is a very sweet flower beholder. Venus LUCKY POLICEMAN “DEAD” MAN RETURNS | _ ST. LOUIS, Mo.—A robber fired | four bullets through the helmet |of Policeman F. M. OBrien, who | was pursuing him, without wound- ASHFORD, Eng.—John Barton came back to his home here nine} years after he had been declared| dead and ce had been paid| jon his life. Bes COLDS. ROBERTS & WHALTON REAL ESTATE BROKERS OFFICE: Corner Fleming and Margaret Streets Cable Address: Trot Phone 788 KEY WEST, FLORIDA P. 0. Box 132 We Solicit Your Listings, Both City Property and Key Acreages IF IT IS RESULTS YOU WANT, WE GET IT DIES ON 105TH BIRTHDAY 100 Old Papers For A Nickel THE KEY WEST DRUG CO. 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