The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1926, Page 8

Noted Danish Violinist. ‘3 a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN IED , . TODAY IN WASHINGTON electric. fan . made! -To Be Heard Tonight At ‘High School Auditorium FAMOUS INSTRUMENT IN SPANISH MUSEUM FOR GENERATIONS TO BE USED ON OCCASION. Violins may not have the sen- timents and sensibilities attribu- ted to them by imaginative mu- sicians, but they have histories, in- teresting and varied, gay romance and dark tragedies, even as do their warm friends of mankind. A violin which is not only remark- able in itself, but with a remark- able story is one possessed by Ax- ef Skovgaard, the Danish Violin- isty-who is to appear at the Mon-| rée County High School this eyen- ing. It is as bright and polish- as if’ it had left the hands of its maker but yesterday, and still the instrument is over 200 yeras old. First Person to Play Upon the violin was Mr. Skov- geard himself. To a chance meet- fhg with a London dealer in musi- egi instruments Mr, Skovgaard owes his good fortune in obtain-| ing. his rare Strad . This man had @ fine collection of old Italian violins, they were real antigues, cracked, scratched, and worn, through more or less rough life for. several centuries; Having reveled in the wealth before him and tried most of them, Mr. Skov- gaard remarked that it would have Been a pleasure to have seen such instraments when they were new, Butsuch pleasures were denied artists, To the surprise ofthe Danish artist, his new friend replied in the negative and ite stepped to a fireproof vault and came out with a big yellow leather case; which he opened and took out An Unstrung Violin and handed it to his guest. Ap- parently it was just from the mak- er’s shop, but plainly it was let- tered “Antonius Stradivarius, An- no 1712.” “When I was last in Madrid,” said the dealer, “I was presented to a collector of art works, in whose collection, how- ever there was but one violin, namely, a Stradivarius. Naturally I inquired how a violin could have become lost among so many paint- ings and he then informed me that it was An Old Heirloom which had always been in the fam- ily, and that he had once found a book with a history of how Stradivarius made this violin in memory of his dead son, and that they had therefore retained it in the museum.” With the instru- ment went the romantic tale of its origin—how in Gremona, through the love of one of Stradivarius’ best pupils for a girl violinist, an instrument that the maker partic- ularly prized had been Stolen For the Girl when it was returned to its maker he refused ever to part with it, and it was not until after his death that his sons sold it to a collector, who, in turn, sold it to the Spanish’ Museum, where the instrument descended from father to son in many generations. The price demanded for the violin was $13,000.00 and was paid by Skov- geard. This violin fulfills the most enthusiastic expectations as all will believe who hear its tone. aot ee ned PORTION OF BUILDING _ AT CORNER OLIVIA “AND FRANCIS — STS. BURNS ‘The midnjght fire last night at the ‘corner of Francis and Olivia stréets resulted in a property loss of approximately $9,000. The were on the lower floor of @ two-story frame structure owned by Jenkens Curry. insur- . } to the amount of $3,000 was on the ‘building, it is un- derstood, and the amount it is be- lieved will more than cover the damuge it sustained by the fire. The building was occupied by the Dillon Cigar Company. and the Boza Undertaking Company. The Dillon Cigar Company is owned by Wesley Watkins and W. Av and T. A. Symonette, “The loss sustained by the cigar company will exceed $5,000. In- surance to the amount of $1,000 ‘was carried on stock and an equal amount on the fixtures, leaving an actual loss of over $3,000. Water thrown by. the firemen + cecenay more goods than the flames,“but this was necessary in order to save the buildings close _ by. Among the goods destroyed made worthless by being flooded with water are included 3,000 pounds fine wrappers, 1,- 600. pounds of binders and straps, 2,000 new cigar boxes, 1,100 of which were just put in stock yes- terday, one electric scrap machine, and -over one million “Dillon”} labels used to put around the favorite brand made by this fac- tory, * Dillon Cigar Company} furnished employment for about thirty people, twenty-five of whom are expert cigarmakers. The plant) will resume operation ag quickly ae possible, in order to take care @f the regular standing orders for! the cigars made there. The Boza Undertaking Com- pany, owned by A. P. Boza and! TR. Pritchard, sustained an esti-! mated loss of $2,500, with no in-jaccompany Mrs. Sheppard home.| @irance. The flames did not! spread to this portion of the build-| ing, the damage to goods being dong by water. Only one casket in.the whole stock escaped injury, is still _in port. She is owned by} But considerable of the damaged F. L. Trethewey, who stated that! stock may de solvaged. New stock| ‘heY have been delayed in Key) bas been ordered by wire, Mr. Pritchard states, and the business Will not suspend operations. “The fire started in a small room Much Property Lost In Fire Here Last Night STAG PARTY LAST EVENING ENJOYABLE EVENT GIVEN BY ORDER OF DE- MOLAY Members of the Robert J. Perry chapter Order of DeMolay staged a stunning stag party last eve- ning at the: home of Johnnie Roker, 15 Grinnell street, and more than a hundred DeMolays were there to enjoy the festivities of pleasing event. This band of many merry- makers had congregated in cele- bration of the fourth anniversary of the organization of the local chapter of that order. Delicious refreshments were served in abundance, and the cen- ter of the table was graced by an immense DeMolay cake on which four tapers burned. They were all blown out at one puff, a neverfailing sign of future suc- cess and bliss. There have been few such signally successful affairs in the nity as was this DeMolay birthday party, and the superb music add- ed. greatly to the interest and pleasure of the delightful eve- ning. Mrs. Arthur H. Sheppard Now Rapidly Recovering From Recent Operation Mrs. Arthur H. Sheppard who recently underwent an operation in the Florida East Coast Railway Company's hospital at St. Augus- tine, which was performed by Dr. J. N. Fogarty, chief surgeon of} the institution, is reported to be rapidly recovering, having left the | hospital a few days’ ago. | Mrs, Sheppard is now spending while at the home of Mrs. Sam Wolf and daughter, Mrs. Ed Frey- time. Mr. Sheppard will leave here shortly for St. Augustine to YACHT IN PORT The Canadian Yacht Semiramis West harbor due to the illness of his cook, who was taken to the Marine hospital. atthe rear end of the building, but having been the work of incen- ne one can imagine how the flames diaries, and conclude that it must ted. “The oceupants of ‘the have been a case of spontancous i cannot conceive of it combustion, FOR HEARING ON BRIDGES MAJOR MILLER ARRIVES IN CITY THIS MORNING; SES- SION TO BE HELD AT COURT ‘HOUSE. : . Major L. W. Miller, military assistant to Lieut. Col. Mark Brooke, district engineer for the Florida district, which comprises the Florida peninsula, arrived in the city this morning to hold open meeting in the county court house to hear from the navigation ‘ in- terests relative to. the — proposed construction of seven or eight bridges of the Over Sea highway. The law. requires these open hearing relative to a series of is- made about the bridges interfering with navigation. Major Miller was here six weeks ago to hold open meeting for two bridges and no oné came before him. There was.no one present today. So the presumption is that there is no objection whatever from any source to the construc- tion of the bridges as proposed and in the locations selected. Major Miller is accompanied to- day by his stenographer, H. W. Grant, who is also reporter for the Miami Herald. They will leave ‘this evening for Miami to hold a hearing to allow complaint to be lands to be built between Chap- man Field and Cutler. From there ‘they go to Palm Beach’where the authoritiés are petitioning to close the draw span across Lake Worth during certain hours of the day, account of traffic. From there they will go to Eau Gallie and Stuart to hold bridge hearings. NORTON HELD FOR CRIMINAL COURT SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY ARRAIGNED FOR PRE- LIMINARY HEARING George Morton, who gave his age as 17, was arraigned in a pre- liminary hearing ‘before County Judge Hugh Gunn this morning, having been arrested in connec- tion with a series of automobile trades. He was bound over to the May term of criminal court. The boy made a good impression in court, but the man from whom he claims to have bought a car for $25 could not be located. The court placed the bond at $100 for George’s appearance in criminal court. Deputy Cleveland Dillon felt reluctant to lock the boy up in jail for so long, so he and Chief Deputy A. H. McInnis got busy in helpipe the youth after he had ex- plained that he was the sole sup- port of his widowed mother. Mr. MelInnis sueceeded in getting the helped the boy secure bondsmen. He also arranged for employment for the youth, so that he could support his mother and at the same time remain in the city un- til criminal court convenes. He was warned that if he did not re-} main in the city and stick to his job the bond would be remitted! and he would be put back behind the bars. . LEAVES FOR HOME ‘ Floyd C. Stein, nephew of J. J. Kirschenbaum of this city, who d been spendng several weeks’ visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. Kirschenbaum, was a passenger leaving over the East Coast last night for Holly Hill, near Daytona. At the expiration of his stay at) that place, Mr. Stein will proceed ‘on to his home in Syracuse, N. Y.| | He expressed himself as thorough- | ly enjoying his visit to the Island | | City, Water coolers, ice cream! freezers, oil stoves, garbage cans. | Lumley’s Hardwafe Store, phone | 838. apri3-2t | Your old electric fan is worth) more to us than to you. See The! {Key West Electric Company. apr10} jberg in that city, and will leave! : {for Key West within a few days’ | Screen doors, window. screens,) monel, copper and galvanized |screen wire. Lumley’s Hardware) | Store, phone 838, apr13-2t| G C. ROBERTS Dealer in General Merchandise WALTER'S GALVANIZED TIN SHINGLES Cornell Wall Board, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Carey’s Cement Roofing. H. B. Davis 100 Per Cent Pure Paint and Oils. PHONE 240 William and Caroline Sts. en MEINERS. EEA amount of the bond reduced and} . Hang this brilliant doll of feathers! on your car and you'll always be able to spot it in a crowd. Cecccececcoccesesecesese CLASSIFIED COLUMN — eecceeos eteecccece eee Advertisemefits under this head; will be inserted in The Citizen. at} the rate of 1c a<word for each in-} sertion, but the minimum for the first insertion in every instance is) 25c. Advertisers should give their street address as well as their tele- phone number if they desire re-| sults. | Payments for classified adver-| tisements is invariably in advance, but regular advertisers with ledger! accounts may have their advertise- ments charged. 4 FOR RENT FOR RENT—Large airy apart-} ment. All modern conveniences, | 823 White street. Apply to} 503 Duval street. apr6| | By ited Presa) 2 ; House farm relief hearing con-| West Electric Co. tinues. S as Italian debt settlement is before Senate quits at 2 o’clock for opening ball game. Mill Made Screen Frames For Doors and Windows.are a Perfect_Fit and they cost’less than the hand made kind. They keep flies out SAWYER NOVELTY -WORKS 917 EATON ST. Automobile Tires 7 30x3 1-2 Black Beauty Cords 30x3 1-2 Red Band Cords 30x3 1-2 Longline Cords 29x4.40 Black Beauty Balloon Cords 29x4.40 Red Band Balloon Cords - $13.75 $11.00 $8.75 $18.00 $15.00 NOTE: We are not only buying these tires on the very best» basis possible, but we are also selling on the closest. margin FOR RENT—Delightfully large: and cool rooms for particular! people. The Palms, 227 Duval) street. Phone 119. apr7-Gtx| | CORNER GREENE AND ANN| STREETS—Opposite City Ha‘l —Suitable for stérage rooms,| garage, repair shops, etc. Ap- ply The Citizen. dec20 WAI WANTED—Those who desire en-| graved visiting cards to give us| Artman — their orders. The Press, 125 Duval street, in The Citizen building “a24 LOST { LOST—Two small cash register | Keys. Return to J. Markovitz, Duval and Angela street, and receive reward. FOR SALE FOR SALE-—General Electric Motor. Five horsepower, 1,800 R..P. M.; 22.1 Ampheres, 110 Volt, 60 Cvele.. This motor is in splendid working condition and the price is right. Apply to Citizen office, mat2 REAL ESTATE VALUABLE CORNER—Southard and Elizabeth; 69 ft, on Eliza- beth, 100 ft. 6 in. on Southard. Price $15,000, one-fifth cash, remainder in one, two and three years. Address P. 0. Box 536. maril BARGAIN LOTS on Grinell street, 106 ft. 9 in. by 108 ft. 6 in; Teasonable price. Address P, 0. Box 92. mar 11 MISCELLANEOUS RUBBER STAMPS — When in need of Rubber Stamps, see the Artman Press, 125 Duval street, Key West Flori poe What's The Difference BETWEEN A COBBLER AND A SHOE REBUILDER? The answer is found in the work turned out by,this shop Bring Your Shoe Repair Work Here O. K. SHOE SHOP Paul P. Lumley HARDWARE AND BUILDERS MATERIAL PAINTS AND VARNISHES, ROOFING Cor. Grinnell and James Sts. Free, Prompt Delivery PHONE 838 | D A Apl 13 tt. | of profit possible. We are going to make our profit on the volume of business we are going to get because of these prices. And the volume has-got to be big for us to hold our contract as jobbers. ‘In other words we are giving the public wholesale prices p:us the freight charge. You ean’t buy a tire in Black Beauty’s class, at retail within 25 per cent of the price we are quoting. Pierce Brothers. Co. Free Truck Service a t j | | | PYYTITITITITIDI Tr PHONE 296 single’$2 up, double $4 up. : “Hotel Casa Marina, closed for the season, : : if Links—a sporty course, extendiiig 71 from Gulf to Ocean. Summer r: fees: ; pee reokag eg for — noe pis oe thing and Tennis—Casa Marina Hote) Grounds. Also public tennis and bathing beaches. ee oe pre acy™ See hotels for boats. Free Aquarium, east en 6 rine curio shop on’ Margaret Saer, t 5 gst baka? baie Taxi Stands at railroad station and hotels. See Key. West. k now being built | Ocean Boulevard, to encircle city, by so gn we ; er-Sea Highway, from Key West to the mainjand. One-third distance completed, balance of roadway con- bi Ae gal peaptini es to span the long water sitet spin ou! iy, West P over the Ocean, from the y of e Line for municipal waterworks soon to be laid from mainland. Plenty of fresh, : ghee the Florida pf i a ee ite Ways now being installed ? ‘ie Mase ig through the busi- Building permits and Bank deposits rapidly inereas- | ing. . % __ Key West postal receipts show an average monthly § increase over last year of 80 per cent. ooh aoe Best natural harbor in Florida, Exports-imports rewrites Maer annually, - (ee uval Mortgage Company. First mortgage loans to home owners and one builders. ‘Mexia ) alot Pie Bia ret income business p! 3500. Applications received at Company’s No. Beh Me t. ae é ey West Foundation Company’s beautiful - division at easterly end of the island is daily re Pade ye Several ~ houses under construc raders, scarifiers, roadrollers, draglines, and fucks bs nective operation, = i ; usiness lots on Flagler Street,' $100 - front foot, or $2,500. — 3 bia es 50 ft. residential lo! 7 $3,780, ts, $75 per ser __. Terms 20 per cent cash, balance 1, 2 and 8 years; og 6 per cent per annum, payable . All titles insured by New York Title and_ gage Company. Certificate of Title Insurance to purchaser with contract. , desirous of consulting Street Jour im our of . é furnished by k a KEY WEST COUNDATION 20%, Sit irs Phone 45 f #45 Southard and Elizabeth 69 feet 6 inches on Blizabeth 100 feet 6 inches on Southard Price $15,000 One-fifth Cash, remainder in one, two, three years Address P.; 0. Box 536 ‘ OS OLLOOOSESOSOSSOOSEOES OH“ SOOODOOOOE DO OESEOOOESOOS*SEHOSOOSOS OEOESOOOSES