The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 2

PAGE TWO WES? ee THE KEY FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926. INFORMATION ON KEY WEST | La Concha Hotel, European plan, single $3 to $4, double $5 to $7. On large parties of 75 or more, special reduced rates. Oversea Hotel, European plan, Rivals, but Close Friends “SEE AMERICA FIRST” xs | Renew Your Health ef TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS =" B purification cece H. Howard Ferguson, premier! «& | of Ontario, born at Kemptville, Ontario, 56 years ago today. Any physician will tell you that) ‘Perfect Purification of the Sys- tem -is ‘Nature’s Foundation of Perfect Health.” Why not rid slogan “See America s been remarkably sue- in increasing domestic but far from diminishing foreign travel, its effect has been to increase “it as, well. During f example, no less than rican citizens visited n countries, not» including. ¢ ful ton the other into the corridor, |which runs along one side of the ‘coach. ° Reserved Seats | | railways there ave no separate jeoaches consisting entirely of re- |served seats, like the Pullman Bfoadly speaking, on European | Teachers’ Prof. H. L. Butler of Syracuse University, president of the Music National Association, born at Silver City, Idaho, 52 years ago today. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, the eminent Philadelphia publisher, born at yourself of chronic ailments that are undermining your vitality? Purify your entire system by tak- ing a thorough course of Calotabs,. —once or twice a week for several weeks—and see how Nature re- wards you with healtb. Calotabs are the greatest of all systent purifiers. Get a family package with full directions. Only single $2 up, double $4 up. Hotel Casa Marina, closed for the seascn, Population of Key West, 18,000. Municipal Golf Links—a sporty course, extending from Gulf to Ocean. Summer rates, green fees 75¢ per day. $35.00 plus tax for year. Bathing Beach and Fennis—Casa Marina Hotel Grounds. Fishing! Also public tennis and bathing beaches. Over 600 varieties. See-hotels for boats. | Portland, Maine, 76 years ago to-| What is the interest cars in America. A few lines in, day. 1 GrAws rit ed of our fel- | England run Pullman cars, and E ES 4 | tizens abroad? of course all compartments inj oe 3 : / large part of the answer Un-| sleeping cars are on reservation, | doubtedly lies in the attraction /but in general the above holds! ch different customs exert— true, Instead, any seat, number! toms of living, and above all,/of seats or compartments in an { travel, Some, t00,/ ordinary day coach may be re- find enjoyment in detecting with| served according to regulations differences between | which vary in the different coun- nglish and the Eng-itries. Usually a small fee is re-| spoke in this land of | quired for reserving a seat, and Josh Billings, Mr. Dooley, and/in some countries, notably Italy,| — ting W. Lardner, in learning that|the reservation protects the seat land a street-car is called a/only until a few minutes before that “curb” is spelled |the time of departure. After that, : : and “check” is “cheque,” |the seat belongs to the one who| One difference which never) and that the latter have to bear |gets there first.. Throughout Eu-|fails to puzzle Americans is the revenue stamps. |rope, it is the custom to require | #bsence of any service parallel to Deseriptions of the living cus-| the marking of a seat in some man-|the “express”. in this country, toms of foreign peoples are more| ner when leaving it, for however | Whereby articles are forwarded common than ~ description cf/a short a time. A book, gloves, or |W"der receipt and attended by I differences, and for that hat suffices, It is sometimes pos-|messengers. The only ways to on this article will give below, |sible to obtain exclusive use of a|£¢nd articles are through the mails jand by freight. When special at- tention is necessary or when the article is to be forwarded to an- 35 ets. at drugstores, (Adv.) | © Free Aquarium, east end of Flagler street. curio shop on Margaret street. Taxi Stands at railroad station and hotels. Key West. Ocean Boulevard, to encircle city, now being built by Monroe county. Over-Sea Highway, from Key West to the mainland. One-third distance completed, balance of roadway con- tracted. Steel toll-bridges to span the long water gaps. Take a taxi spin out over the Ocean, from the city of Key West. Pipe Line for municipal waterworks soon to be laid from mainland. Plenty of fresh, pure water to Key West and the Florida Keys. : White Ways now being installed through the busi- ness districts. Building permits and Bank deposits rapidly increas- Marine That the- earth immediately un- der a rainbow gives forth a pleas- ant odor was a quaint belief of the ancients. Blanche Sweet, one of the most See widely known of screen actresses, born in Chicago, 30 years ago to- | day. nies Zames H. McPherson (left) and Charles M. Carlton (right) are partners ina | William C. Redfield, former See- retail tire store at Wichita, Kas. But McPherson is a candidate for county | retary of Commerce of the United commissioner on the Republican ticket, and Carlton seeks the same office | States, born at Albany, N. Y., 68 as a Democrat. No matter who wins, however, they'll continue as part- | years ago today. ners—and friends. iF 7 | La Paz, Bolivia, now owns all | the traffic goes to the left. _Else-| five bus lines cperating in the city. where, when it has any noticeable | predilection at all, it inclines to the right. Americans who have wondered at the incessant squawk- | ing of motor horns in Paris are in-| formed than an ordinance’ requires bulb horns within the city limits. | Taxis are surprisingly cheap in| Paris, and nowhere are they par- ticularly higher than in this coun- try, in spite of the considerably!] paste or dust, ferent in a higher price of gasoline. After | small chip- Trade Marky . ease : certain hours in the evening their BUT A GUM. ri eg) Tet nevan ean winter Siwnag board hive, rates increase, usually to double GATOR BRAND ROACH HIVES the day fare, and in Paris, for ex ample, a taxi cannot be forced| Patented September 1925 after a ceriain hour to go out of Harmless to Chickens the “arrondisement,” or ward, in| “EVERLASTINGLY ON THE JOB” which it is garaged. This rule’! 4 20th century product-eonvenient-permanent-clean. All roaches causes much anguish to sightseeing || disappear to die-surely-inevitably. Positively no other food is as Americans every rainy night. attractive to roaches as the gum in the hive. Lasts for months, or until the gum is eaten. Merchants --BE-- or by mail, 50c a 5 Hloeals which do. Est. C. A. Voorhees, M. D., Philadelphia Express ROACHES? GRAB!! "EM! GATOR!!! Not a. powder, ing. , Key West postal receipts show an average monthly increase over last year of 30 per cent. Best natural harbor in Florida. reach $47,000,000.00 annually. Duval Mortgage Company. First mortgage loans to home. owners and home builders. Maximum loan $5,000.00. On improved income business properties $12,500. Applications received at Company’s office No. 614 Duval Street. Key West Foundation Company’s beautiful Sub- division at easterly end of the island is daily reporting “Progress.” Several new houses under construction. Graders, scarifiers, roadrollers, draglines, and motor trucks in active operation. 25 ft. business lots on Flagler Street, $100 per front foot, or $2,500. 60 ft. residential lots, $75 per front foot, or $3,750. Terms 20 per cent cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years; interest 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annnu- ally. All titles insured by New York Title and Mort- gage Company. Certificate of Title Insurance delivered to purchaser with contract, . g either the Wall Street Journal of the same on file tan Exports-imports rez for the benefit of those who have | compartment without taking quite not travelled and, we hope, to the/|all the seats therein. interest of those who have, some | hnaricet z of the main differences in travel | senor) cee acre ant tal lother country, the services of the | customs to be met with on a tour| ment of a supplement have access|A™éetican Express Company or of Europe. { ‘alaéping ears. much like the |?°™° local forwarder are usually compartments’ In the newer Am-| Called upon. Even then, however, Division of service into classes,|erican Pullmans, where all bed-| the dd pene mnsble ee many years unknown in/ding is supplied by the company. |" ay rane beaten abe ie , is universal. in Europe.|On other runs, only “couchettes” TES aa ec sos ae a ls i | t countries there are three|are available, where only the) oon abies a in this coun.) © Compared with America, there | in some four. First|mattress is supplied, and the | try, ae f are, of course, extremely few r everywhere used only by | traveller must supply his own cov. a ‘buildings which have elevators, | the very rich,—and by Ameri-|ering, if desired» This can usual- Mail | and those which do often have|| py, --FREE-- cond class has practical-jly be rented, and turned over to; When it is definitely known at) queer customs. In many apart- usa ly disappeared in England (on ac-|a representative of the rentor at| what hotels one will be, and on) ment houses the elevators will|] TOSS a hive on your kitchen table, or under your ref: count of the excellence of third|the end of the run. jwhat dates, it is usually more| carry one up, but when he wishes|| erator; in your pantry; desk; bookcase; trunk; piano; bureau; ), except on a few trains con-| To Americans the total absence |COMVenient to have one’s letters) to descend he must walk; in others | LEAVE the FORGET theo rr = rea ate, visiticg necting with boats for the con- of drinking water on most trains pete there; otherwise, it is best to| tenants may ride, but visitors must |] yosches will ‘ale. When Sbaaiag hatch the YOUNG. will die, ees tinent, on which services there is| (except, of course, in the dining|"¢ the foreign offices of some) pay. Often servants are denied) Ask for the Ga i a demand for second class all the|cars) proves an inconvenience, but |‘T@Vel firm like the American Ex-| the use of the elevators. In spite | sk for the Gator Roach Hive way through. The also universal |the natives provide themselves with | PT¢SS Company. Friends should! of cheaper labor and the compara- “It Has No Equal” hubit among well-informed Ameri-| bottles of mineral water, light|P® Warned that only to British | tive plenty of servants, the auto-|| 1 package of 3 hives 35 cents at your druggist or grocer. Sold with cans is to travel third class in| possessions will 2 cents carry aj matic elevator is met with mitch '| 4 bona-fide money-back guarantee. Also. try GATOR BRAND RAT EXTERMINATOR, 35 cents. DeSoto Chemical ‘DeSoto Chemical Co. Factory: ARCADIA, FLA. Sales Office, 21914 Franklin St. P. O. Box 3308, Tampa, Fla. Something dif- Trains Housekeepers Doctors Preachers Lawyers in our office. Any further information on Key West will be gladly furnished by KEY’ WEST FOUNDATION CO. MALCOLM MEACHAM, President wines, or beer before leaving, and s ; i England, and second in most of |do not seem to suffer in the least.|!¢tter; elsewhere, the minimum| ™ore often than in this coud Europe, going first perhaps in| Generally only ‘table-d’hote |\CM2'ee is 5 cents. The American} ay canes cael pares fe Spain and Portugal. Where|menls are served in dining cars, |EXPte*s Company, whose Paris of-| Care to use the European subw fourth class is found, the seats |fice during the summer Dabew hen Mey 00; SOEpTiNes, fy There. are several sittings, and) Tush | ° are seldom upholstered. tickets thereto are leaned ky at. |pandies as: high’ ss 40,000 letters) se fae an an edie In most countries circular tickets : ae s s | tendants, a convenience that|" “ay, states that90 per cent of oes with different rates and dif-| (ike our pre-war mileage books),|should be appreciated by those all letters arriving at that office) = for the different! freod for a certain amount of travel| who have’ stood packed in. narrow anywhere over certain lines or| eq 3 a ia pa inauffieient| (erent. tickets r jon, Patrons, carry insufficient | classes. . In: London the ratesary ES m - - “yw corridors w to et dato ..an | Postage. : within the couptry, may bé ob-| Ameriegh diner. 4 . : ine oa ha ee tained. In some, -reduced* rate: Baggage. hee a ny pwith the-diskance eee ge ony ie 4 ‘ Anotifer tithe Which’Bauses con- ost CALLA BPLLALALLLALLALLLALLLLLLAAA ALLELE obtain for trips of over a certain ‘The amount of baggage’ carried tickets bear-the names. of-stattin, length; in others, tickets good for free varies in different countries, - 2hone 45 will arrive after one’s departure, | that a traveler with a second class a small deposit should be left with | ticket doesn’t get into a first clas the firm in whose address they will|¢oach, but occasionally inspectors arrive, in order to cover the cost|come-through who mildly collect | invariably examined on entering}and other heavy baggage may be|0f telegraphing them on. | the additional sum from delinqu- the train platform or icheding a wried, but in which there are no Slstale ents. In the paliny days of 1919, the train, and must usually be re-| facilities for checking. On arrival! Hotel customs do not. differ rg comes ee tained and surrendered at destina-| at’ ‘destination, each passenger | greatly from those in this country, | Aun Senate is papitoaily, vind tian. must claim his own trunk. The/ although it is amusing that the tickets! : 5 as Time tables are not freely dis- pagiclicn! fusion is that no telegrams or let-| point and destination; on the Con- unlimited travel for a certain as also the customs. In England |ters can be sent collect, so that | tinent a flat fare is more common. hen it is expected that cables; There is no surveillance to see number of days may be obtained at a flat price. most trains carry luggage vans,” | Throughout Europe, tickets are|or baggage cars, in which trunks} , 4 eet proper procedure when two per-| “American plan” of operation is _ tributed im Europe, and indeed it| sons claim the same trunk has not s sometimes difficult to obtain in-|yet been settled upon. formation about connections even from the station agent, On most of the continent, the 24-hour clock is used, the hours from 1 p. m. to midnight being known as 13 to 24 o'clock. Trains are never commonly referred to by their numbers, as in America, and the On most of the continent, only! such baggage will be éarried free as can be taken into one’s com- partment with one, and to be’ al- lowed in the compartment at all. it must not exceed certain dimen- sions, so that it can go in the rack found far more frequently than in the land which gave it birth. Many hotels now make a surcharge | for service, and in many cities and {some countries there are taxes on | hotel bills. These items are not included in the prices quoted for | accommodations, but are added to } the total of the bill, so that if this is not taken into consideration, On some lines season tickets are | \sold, good for an unlimited num- 'ber of trips during the-“period named. As everywhere, the tic- kets must be shown at the en- | trance, where they are punched, and surrendered at the exit. In London most of the subways, or “tubes,” as they are called, are deep underground, and so eleva- DOWN - tors from the train platforms dis- charge the passengers into shop- lined arcades through which they reach the street. Some of the | Paris subways were built by Eng- lish gompanies, and consequently | the trains rumto the left, Express service is practically ‘unknown, though the London-trains main-; tain a semblance of:one by skip-| ping certain stops. The signs in-| dicating such trains read “This train passes——,” followed by the | names 0: e stations skipped, and many a Yankee has been deluded above one’s head. All other bag-| the toial will be considerably more Gage must be “registered,” which | than expected. means that it is carried checked in the baggage car much as in Amer- iea, except that extra payment! js an important individual, and must be made. |can do much to make one’s stay The advice often encountered| more pleasant. © carry only hand bagage is due| Rooms with bath are always ex- to the fact that many trains do| tra, though sometimes during the not carry baggage cars, so that if| rush it is necessary to put some- heavy articles are taken they must | one who will not pay extra into a often be left behind to come by a| 0m with private bath. In such later train, with consequent risk|¢@Ses the canny Europeans take of never catching up. Contrar. }eare to turn off the water. to the custom in America, it is) Getting About in Town |thereby into believing the train usually the faster trains which do Contrary to the usual impres-| not only passed, but stopped at not carry baggage cars, and the} sion, it is only in England that) those points. story ef the American who with infinite pains had learned the num- | ber of the evening train is classic. “How is Number 15 running this evening?” he asked the station arent. “The 7:34 is reported on time, sir,” replied the inflexible Britisher. The divjsion of European coach- es into compartments is familiar! “te mest Americans. Originally | there compartments ran all the way across the coaches from one ¢ to the other, and access from ome compartment to the next was only by opening the door and swinging along an outside running beard. Such coaches are _ still to be found on local runs, and are practically universal in rural dis-| tricts, but on through runs on the continent they have been super- by corridor-and-vestibule | The compartments open at| side directly out ef doors, but | IN THE } Avoid low grade leaveners. Don’t take ces. For sure The hall porter, or “concierge,” who has no American counterpart, Now is the time to BUILD and take advantage of the sensational drop in the market. reded ced eee, cars. FRESH WESTERN STEAKS OF ALL KINDS WE HAVE INSTALLED AN UP-TO-DATE ELECTRIC TOASTER SPECIAL DINNER AND PLATE LUNCHEON INCLUD- ING FRESH MEAT AND FRESH VEGETABLES SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best’ Phone 598 White and Eliza Sts. SANITARY RESTAURANT Menroe Theatre Bldg. Suet Sr TEST =§€6SALES 21/, TIMES THOSE OF ANT