The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1933, Page 3

BrNonatsy is) “ Mich Major her hush tt a a iy i growing more attentive. Mare it does not know that her Hocoll, nor that Jules’ mather re- geuts her presence in Mekagzen. a Chapter 16 THE JOLLY KAID E Kaid Abd’allah Karim, seated upen his cushions ip the Lady Zainub's chamber, laughed merrily hig famous laugh, that hearty, deep- chested, full-throated laugh which hook bim from head to foot, and which so rarely inspired a sense of amusement and inclination ‘to laugh- ter, in the hearer. “Ha, ha, thou Nesired of Emper- ors, thoy Moon »f my Delight that know'st no wane, what saith the Prophet Hhoself (on whom be peace}—and le, Aljah witness, krew something of women—what @aith he?” “Well, what does he say?” ip- sates the Lady Zainub, humoring ford with smile: id wonder: fig whether, in the end, he would stick a knife in her, or have her thrawn,from the battlements in a sack. Better that, perhaps, than grow old, and wither in neglect. “What saith he on that interest ing subject, my love?” chuckled the Kaid, “Listen and heer. He said: sececcces| Jasting herself at bis feet, she begged her lord to be seated, prom- ising him amendment, obedience,’ and great entertainment. But remarking that, although he had intended to stay for the remain- der of the day, he was constrained by her distressing wearisomenese to he had an important engagement, Thus it was a moment not more than an hour Jater than the time appointed, that he enterad hig coun- ci! chamber, attended by his son, Raisu}; hig ‘riend and agent, the Sefior Pedro Maligni; his agent’s son, Mr. Jules Maligni; hig eonfi- dential seribe and secretary, Aba Talib Zerhoun; mighty [brahim the Lion, his gigantie bodyguard; and the stern anc stalwart eommandey in-chief of his fighting men, Vahom- med Ali el Amin, Mahommed the Trustworthy, Mahommed the Relf- able. Seating himself on a handseme, it somewhat dirty, divan, the Kaid courteonsly signified his pleasure that the others should be seated alse, and bade Abu ‘Talib, the seripe, go and inform the visitor who had arrived yesterday (on Sefior Pedro Maligni’s recommendation and per sonal guarantee), that the Kaijd sat in audience, and would receive him. you weary-me,” sald the Kald, : “To strangers and wayfarers- be kind,’ ~~ hed Layer clay the Kaid, a meaningly, “He ts undoubtedly a stranger— has come many by way of Egypt, Tunis and, Algeria,” “And I shall undoubtedly he kind,” laughed the Kaid A few minutes Inter the scribe returned, accompanied by a tall, thick-set, broad-shouldered man, dressed as an Arab, his bearded face sunburnt and weather-beaten. In Arab fashion and speech, he saluted and greeted the Kaid and the assembled company. The Kald clapped his hanga lond- ly; servants entered at the signal, and were bidden to bring eoffes, mint-tea and. cigarettes, “Perhaps, being & foreigner, our guest would prefer strong drink of the foreigners?” inquired the Kald courteously, The stranger signified that would he loth to offend his host's eyes and delicate nostrils with the sight and scent of the forbidden and abhorrent drink, The Kaid laughed merrily, and the aagee eyed him thoughtfully the le, ' "Well," said the Kaid, “as to that, 1 can bear it, [ can bear it, In fact, to speak the truth—which ts ever Pleasant and natural to my lips T have tasted It. Yea sometimes | drink it... And on the other 1 do not drink it, I never @rink it.” “A hard saying, Lord Kai,” mused the stranger, “A riddle, in fact.” “Yes,” agreed the Kald, “The so ‘ution of the riddle being that my Holy Mullah, most pious and learned man in Mekazzen—yea, in | least, this all the country-yea, in all Mogreb | most numerous, in spite of 4 } { | | | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PICTURESQUE KEY WEST The Turtle Soup Industry--A Unique Business The Only One in the World By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND Just as there is only one Key few are butchered in Cayman, for|Green, showing the | West, an island city unique andj local use, peculiar in itself, so likewise is} (there only one turtle-soup busi-|them are reserved for the leave it, the Kaid strode away, for |necs, and Key West is its home,| West soyp-factory, being sent here|Trail and that went {lf and when good fortune and al Clyde-Mallery Line cooperate in taking you to Key West, make it your first business to see this fascinating industry, You will be | and some are shipped to bulk of Key Jamaica, but the great on schogners in November, after the hurricane-peril is over. It is a striking sight to see a schogner-load of turtles arriving: at Key West wharves. The ani- , These big fellews come from far down the C well repaid, for it will be an ex- perience you will never forget, Key West’s turtle-soup indus- try reaches from innumerable hotel and private tables through- out the world, away down to the Mexiean and Honduranian coasts. The focal point of it all is the A. Granday Canning Company, on Key West’s lovely waterfront— which is picturesque beyond com- pare. For there, beside turquoise and lapislazuli waters, with many a quaint craft at anchor, and with pelicans and frigate-birds wheel- ing high overhead in the eternal sunshine, Mr, and Mrs. Sea Turtle are speedily transformed into steaks and soups. There they are received, “crawled” (penned), butchered, and skilfully made into delicacies fit for the world’s most exacting gourmets. = To the average layman, a tur- tle is just a turtle, but not so to the Key West experts. Three dis- tinct species of commercially valuable turtles gre recognized, all of which may grow to weigh 180 te 200 pounds, and be as big as a good-sized dining-table. The three species are the green, hawksbill and loggerhead, A full- grown, old turtle, however, does not necessarily yield most meat, as sometimes such @ one grows more hone and less flesh. From the eating standpoint, the green tur-| tle is most highly prized, a good javibbean Coast mals are kept lying on their backs, with their flippers lashed by thongs passing through them. Ob- jection has been made that this is cruel; but on the contrary, it would be far more so to let the flippers remain free, as the ani- mals would beat these till they bled.. On the voyage, the turtles eat nothing, but are now and then refreshed by buckets of sea-water dashed oyer them. Turtles are hardy animals, and nearly,all suryive the voyage. Such as are sick are released, for. nothing but prime and healthy turtles are used for food-pur- poses. In the old days, a great many. turtles used to lay their eggs on. beaches of the Florida reef, and were captured near Key West, but now they all lay on the Mex- ican and Central American coast. A place called The Bogue, near Pyerta Limon, Costa Rica, is a favorite spot. Key Westers as- sert that there are still plenty of turtles in Florida waters. As no- body bothers to hunt them there, ngw. they are apparently increas- ing agan 5 _ aid ef relentless and in- tensive hunting ip the Caribbean, they still -manage to. maintain themselves, This maintenance is due to the fact of their great fertility, The green turtles lay their eggs only It's always a man’s job to haul these big fellows into a beat one being worth $10. So far, at species stil] remains in- s~blesses it, and straightaway it | tensive hunting. turns to milk ia my mouth! “Let us drink milk,” be added. In the ensuing conversation and negotiation, the Kaid showed him- self the keen man of business—the business of war—the heridity, train- ing, and environment had made him. The visitor or emissary, on the The hawksbill furnishes the best shell for the manufacture of lamp-shades, combs, necklaces, earrings and other faney articles. Its shell brings about $7 a pound,| and a full-grown hawksbill often! yields as much as 10 pounds—a worth-while eatch. . At $70 apiece, on alternate years. The other two species lay every year. All three kinds lay three batches. The first laying is usually about 150 eggs; the second somewhat less; and the third, least numerous of all, Perhaps one turtle may lay 800 eggs per season—a_ tre- mendous increase, These eggs are Jaid in holes dug about 18 inches deep in sand, the heat of the sun incubating the other hand, proved leas competent | Who wouldn't like to hunt hawks-|eggs. Sharks often lie just off- and, on the few points upon whieh | bills? they differed, was, without great dif. fieulty, outmanm@uyred, overborne and defeated. (Copyright, 1938, F, 4. Stokes Co.) ee continue, Citadel of On account of the great) value of this spegies, it is said tay be decreasing. [It is today the searcest of all, The loggerhead turtle seems rather a nondescript creature that will de on a pineh, but isn't highly esteemed. It is worth only some $2 a head. ! These huge. marine creatures! come to Key West from the coast) shore, to gather up the young tur- tles when they hit for the water. Qne way or another, despite all its idle and lagy way of living, a turtle’s life is just one darned bnemy after another. The principal method of catch- ing the turtles is by use ef mesh- nets placed in their haunts or “sets,” to entangle the clumsy) animals. Turtles adopt certain BRIDGE LOAN ACTION HELD IN ABEYANCE (Continned from Page One) had the application suspended. made no effort to prove the pro- posed bridges would be self-liqui- dating. All the data obtained by Traffic Manager Hawley of the Texaco Company and by Commander number of cars that entered Miami over a period of 10 days, exclusive — of those arriving along the Tamiami to Miami Beach oyer the Seventy-ninth street bridge, have not yet been presented to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. That jnformation would have proved beyond a doubt that the bridges would prove self-liquidating in view of the fact that it was obtained by a government man on the one hand and by one of the great- est traffic experts in the world on the other. In due course, after the Over- seas Bridge Corporation reapplies to the R. F. C., the Hawley-Green traffie data will be presented, al- though the likelihood is it will not be needed as much as it was thought it would be needed at the time it was obtained. Wagner Bill Helpful And the reason why it will not play so important a role now in the estimate of the R, F. C. is the Wagner bill which provides for the repeal] of the self-liquidating cause’ for “worthy public projects’’ that, it was intended, when the present law was passed, to be constructed at a cost not exceeding $1,500,- 000,000, | In advocating his bill, which has pased the senate, Senator Wagner pointed out that only $150,000,- 000, or 10 percent, of the money appropriated for that purpose has been loaned by the R. F. C,, which, he added, has curbed the chief ob- ject of the law; the relief of un- employment, Senator Wagner’s bill undoubt- edly will become a law, if not at this session of congress then at the extraordinary session that Mr. Roosevelt will call shortly after his inauguration. Great Factor So far as the proposed long bridges are concerned, The Citizen eonsiders the Wagner bill the greatest factor to enhearten the people of Monroe county in that regard. Another provision of the bill that would prove of great benefit to the Overseas Bridge Corporation, in the event the loan is obtained, is that which provides that not more than four percent interest ean be charged on loans made by the R, F. C. Finally, Rosenthal has been given tq March 6 to file an answer to the quo warranto proceedings that the Overseas Bridge Corporation and the t him in the supreme court to show reason why his former fran- chise or franchise option should not be declared invalid. In their suit, the plaintiffs point out that Rosenthal has not fulfilled several provisions of his former franchise, three of which are of vital importance: obtaining the consent of the State Road De- partment to build the bridges, the approval of the war department and the filing of a proper bond of $500,000 to guarantee the begin- ning of work of construction in 90 days. What the outeome of the efforts of the Overseas Bridge Corpora- tion to obtain the loan will be The Citizen does not pretend to know, but it does believe that the out- look at present is most encourag- 1 1633—Samuel Pepys, famous English diarist, whose intimate daily life, with all its acts and thoughts, creditable to him or not. frankly described. written in cipher, became known more than 100 years after his death, born. Died May 26, 1703. 1680—Sieur de Bienville, Jean Baptiste Lemoine, French governor of Louisiana, founder of New Or- jleans, soldier and explorer, born in Montreal. Died in France, March 7, 1768. 1685—ueorge ¥. Handel, |mous German composer. April 14, 1759. fa- Died 1751—Henry Dearborn, soldier of the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1801-1809, born at Hampton, N. H. Died in Beston, June 6, 1829. TO THE PEOPLE or key west! CLASSIFIED Tomorrow, the 24th of Feb-| ruary, being the thirty-eighth an- C 0 L U M N niversary of the glorious day of] eeeeme. eoee the notable patrician Bartolomé] A¢ fvertisements under this head Mass6 and Marquez who gave the Will ‘be inserted in The Citizen at! redeeming autery of independence} ‘Me /Tate of 1e a word for each in-| or death on the farm named oe but. the soinimum forthe} first insertion in every instance is “Bayate” in the provinee of San-} 2¥,c, tiago de Cuba (Oriente). We the}, Payment for classified adyer- exiled Cubans and “Club Serafin} 'tisements is invariably in advance, | Sanchez” take this means of in~but regular advertisers with ledger| viting you—the inhabitants of the |accounts may have their advertise- generous and hospitable Key West?;\ments charged. and in particular the honorablile} Advertisers shonld give their authorities, and prastigious order sj Street address as well as their tele- | and social clubs to concur at the}Phone number if they desire re-| commemorative meeting that will] Sults. take place at the Garden Theater, With each classified advertise- Friday night at 7:30 o’clock, \ |™ent The Citizen will give free an The same sentiments and the} AUtostrop Razor Outfit. Ask for same ideals that vibrated in the| | suffering hearts of the Cubans of} “——__"~"—-—- 1894 who on this historical ractk were instructed by the apostolic word of Jose Marti at present en- courage the souls of all the dis- tant_and wandering Cubans whose absence was imposed but there- fore feel more worthy and loyal to the country that they love. The following program wm be 7 NE MCR SGOT rendered: f ‘BOR SALE—Apartment ' 706 White street. conveniences. FOR RENT inne FOR RENT—Furnished apart- ments, $15.00 to $25.00 per month. Trevor and Morris, op- posite new Post Office. oct25 — FOR SALE house, All modern Terms. feb22-tf First Part American Natfonal Hymn. Introductory address by Dr. Alfredo Pequeno Mejias. Commemorative. address * by Mayor Wm. H. Malone. Duet by the Misses Elya and Esther Esqujnaldo, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. PiodeBa. Piano selection, ““Cheerfulness,”, of Gustave Lange, by little Miss Beatriz Moreno, Duet by Misses Anna Tuttle and Harriet Johnson, Violin solo by Mr. Saunders. Song, “Jardin en Flor,” of E, Lacuona, by Miss Aleida Camero, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Piodela. 4 Sextette by six young people. Second Part Song, “Smilin’ Thro”, by Mrs. Lois Norman, Address hy Dr. Barroso, Song, “El Rosario,” Virgil Cordero. ' Poem, “El Himno,” of Boniface Byrne, by Master Paul Esquinaldo. Duet, “Rio Rita,” by Josephine Lopez and Hector Cruz, Solo, sung by Master John Ben- nett, accompanied’ on the pigno by Mrs Piodela. Song, “La Golgndrina,” by Mrs. Eva Warner, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Piodela. Review by Mr. Francisco de Miranda Varona, Cuban National Hymn, Fern Chapter To Hold Meeting Tomorrow Night OLD PAPERS—Large bundle for 5e. for wrapping purposes. Citizen Office. The 500 SHEETS typewriting paper.; Only 50c. 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A meeting of Fern Chapter, No, 21, Order Eastern Star, will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in the chapter rooms, cor- ner Eaton and Simonton streets, eevceve HANDS OFF! By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND (Rupert Hughes’ account of Washington, paints him in far too intimate colors.) naughty Repert A little wine, mayhap, might go, A julep or a “sling” or so. But to assert Geo, hit hard stuff Is drawing it, we fear, too rough. We hope you tremble in your shoes, Oh naughty, naughty Mr. Hughts! Oh Rupe, hw can you say Geo. cussed! Like any trooper, when he must? A “damm might pass by, for- given, Or an “egad!” in time be shriven. But to‘ proclaim Geo, made things smoke, We fear you'll find a sorry joke. Repent in sackeloth and the blues, Oh wicked, wieked Rupert Hughes! What? say, Geo. danced the midnight hours away? Some fifteen minutes might not matter, But hours three made chatter, Oh Rupert, where’s your sense of shame, To deal such terpsichorean blame? Our Geo. se roundly to abuse? Oh flippant, flippant Mr. Hughes! Oh Rupert, Geo. distilled—did he? With another's wife, you imum cost and effort. gossips must PLOW DEEP anp SOW WIDE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING HAS BECOME salesman who reaches a million people with min- is news of wanted goods | FOR PROFITABLE SALES AT A TIME WHEN of Mexico and Honduras. Some! steeping-places, to which they re- arrive direetly, ethers by way ef|turn ‘every night. When these ‘ 1787—Emma C. Willard, Trey, Grand Cayman, an island de-} places, right out im the open gea,|N- Y.. and Hartford, Conn., teach- Geo. never chopped the eherry- tree? He never said: “I cannot lie!” THE ARTMAN PRESS PRIN TING IN THE CITIZEN BLDG. pendency of Jamaica. During the hurricane months a geod many’ [turtles are taken there to be kept eo till this danger-season is past, In Cayman the turtles are “crawled” ({corraled) ang fattened, in “erawls” (corrals) made by en-/ closing some sea-lagoon with aj palisade of stout palm-trunks. a‘ are diseovered, the actual capture|¢?, principal! and writer, born at Nor passed the brimming punch- is easy. Sometimes a whole herd is taken at onee. If a sick tur- tle is berated away up in Key’! West or in Cayman, or if one breaks out of a “crawl,” it will swim 506 to 1,000 miles to get back to its own “set” far down in (Continued on Page Four) | Berlin, Conn. Died at Troy, N. Y., April 15, 1870. 1832—John H. Vincent, Metho- dist preacher, bishop, originator of the Chautauqua movement (1874), born at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Died in Chicago, May 9, 1920. bow! by? Still, he's our George, our ever- best, “First in the hearte-—” you know ig tom please abuse. Seme patriot . Not George, ob neughty Mr. Hughes!