The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 15, 1936, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 19. olden 36. ain by Aargaret CWiddemer SYNOPSIS: Iris Lanning has teen snatched out of the aristo- cratic but poverty-stricken home of ker Aunt Ella and Uncle Will, in Persia, Pa., by the brother Owen she hadn't known existed, and the aunt Phina who turned out to be the most famous couturiére America. She realizes the ch Phina’s Park Avenue a will be considera Ella and Uncle ¥ Black, through whom Iris foun her other relatives. But even the railway station seems marvelous to Tris, Chapter 17 Luxury “y HO were those people who| spoke to you?” Phina asked. “I don't know “Iwas in the obse-vatioz The red- headed one haé something to drink. and was trying to ge me to go over and join his crowd. The tall man, the older one. stopped bim from be- ing a nuisan “You didn’t think “Why, no!” “It might have been cetter. If peo- ple are ob ways drop ishing aunt right kind.” “She's not what chaperon was, is sh » going?” thing as outworn as that, 1 hope,” Phina smiled, sipping an at fectionate arm through Iris’s. “We're guing to be companions, not old people and young peo. ». aren't | we, my dear? “I sope s Iris said shyly. It} seemed topsy-turvy. She’d suppose Phina would hav: approved of her staying away fror the shouting | strangers. Well, she was a country. mouse. She laughed. “You'll have to let me work up to being a sophisticate by degrees,” she said. “I've been Jiving in the sixties or nineties or something like that, you know.” “Good line,” approve1 Owen. Then they were at the apa:tment house. A slender silver-gray terraced tower toward the upper end of Park Ave nue. Iris st.red around the foyer as they stood waiting for th tor. It was all shaep-lit silvery velvet. A. sii twisted picture, all red-and- ver lines and planes. dominated a man: tel and fireplace which gave the place a look of a deserted room, not a hall The smiling uniformed orerator Swept them upward, a rcyal proces. sion, a door opened .n the rear of the vlevator and let them directly into Phina’s apartment. A maid in violet taffeta and tace apron took their outdoor things, another swept away ‘le baggage. The hall where they stood was paneled in silvery woud like the one downstairs; over ccnsole-table hung one dry-point of Fhina, signed by a famous etcher; a Lalique vase holding out-of-season 3 of the valley stood below it on a scrap of exquisite Chinese brocade; toys lay about. “Don't dream dear- -come your room!” Phina was lau: “But it's so 'ovely.” She could not uelp contrasting | Phina with sha»by, tense aunt lla and her immutable svcial lines. A woman who had mate herself a post tion and could have a place like .his was still beyond the pale to Ella Phina, to Aunt Ella, was a dress maker, No mstter bo~ successful Poor Aunt Ella, su queer things mattered to her. Of cu Phila delphia had always werrie@ over such things And |i Persia, a} province of Phi! 1 back: | water, held to old lines more | than Philadelphia i And Aant| Ella was an old .ady ” ry | had all been mid aged whe born and prodatly ioned for that, 1s stuvincial gentle folk who have been impoverished are apt to be. “I'm jumping years.” Iris told herself as she stepped across irom the elevator to the gray-velvet rug of the foyer. The excite of it Tushed over her again. ASS then, somewhere in came the thou srt gan would have said. “F don’t alight on the w when you come down, 1i Wonderland.” He said clever, like that. Oh, di haunt her throu said and did in this ama: world? The elder violet-taffeta maid Owen followed Iris up a dolls’ stairs and a loud voice took her mind from Morgan for the mo ment. Somebody in the drawing room below was wailing suddenly, “Ok, Phina, I'm in such a mess about money!” and Phina, ‘1 her tailor u metal and up to hing. s er mind sor: ure you disturbing things jade |‘ j her with her power and ber ain of own- | made, calm as a doctcr or a nurse, was saying in her cool car Today In History eve country opened meacecescescesees in dumb st free school for the deaf and at Hartford, Conn. 1840—The expression “O. K.” first appeared in print in the Bos- ton Taanscript. 1865—Died President Abra from an ass m Lincoln. aged bullets. 1886—World’s first successful voice, “Now, Mrs. Russell, just what seems to be the matter?” Iris peered back over the carved gray banister and said, “Owen who Owen followed Iris into the rosy, | lacy bedroom to which the maid led i He sat down on the edge of the graceful ivory dressirg-t: Me, rather endangering its silve: brushes and rs, and grinned as he lit a cigaret. “Just one of Phina’s pets in need financial reassurance. Nothing nal.” sat down on the nearest | 1g, a scroll-shaped Empire love- ‘Phina must be awfully and isn’t it expensiv: ‘Oh, well, most women like Phina (and I may say there aren’t many of them are sort of unofficial Little Helpers to the Rich one way cr an- other. Phina’s been taken up by a lot of smart people. ess the fashion. of kind— ; She helps people tike this Rus- | sell wom ybe dud J n out with tl -ir bills. or s an extra polish on some ébutante’s ciuthes” — Owen | frowned as ff this thought had an- ne lu connotations — “and she ches with them, or runs down to keep them company wler they're | alone in the great big couutry house | with dear stupid Georgo away. “But—” began Iris. Phina’s steps licked up the dolls’ stairs before she could continue. She cme in and rather sharply to Owen. id’s downstairs. 1 told you had to come ove. to work with he fall plans. but 1 certainly dido’'t you to ask her to din 1 can ask her out to dinner,” said | 1, more quietly, ent as sharply onsense, Now sie’s here she only thought you might ve your sister to yourself the first evening.” “1 wantel her to se2 S: Owen, flushing, and went down- stairs. “The wrong girl, at his age!” said a, throwing vut her red-nailed ple hands in « despairing ges- ture. “Perhap: you c:.1 help me, lit- tle niece. With his looks aid charm Owen could marry anywhere. And —well, you'll see.” She put her arm around Iris, and finished. “I'll count on you. And now you'd better get your bath and dress. Honora’s drawn it, | see.” “Hadn't 1 better let you have rs first?” Phina bedroom h: thin the frock on the bed. You're the most adorable ingéua-- But, dearest, spo! v yo t. “Every its own, you cunning Wear the rose-quartz with it’s real.” RIS was lying luxartously in clear green wate: in a bathtub tinted rose like the rest o the room before the meaning of Phira’s parting re mark struck her. Phina seemed to think that the way p-ople acted was arment to put on and off as they a a moment the excited en- ment slipped a little; al) the of this fairytale apartment, beautiful clothes. Aunt Phina ‘or chan del the wo Owen -no, not Owen! That was real, wavered. Weil, anyway, middle-aged people were queer And a frock she'd never worn was in the set room, and undream its were down- tairs out in New York City on Long Island. She was home that vy whet it ed Uncle Will; she missed lov- ving Aunt Ella; she missed with his crossness on top ao matter what else turned on a sharp cold shower that made her al: alive and thrilled again; she ran back and Was in the adorable rose chiffon with its beans and slippers, her hair coaxed into th» smgoth close waves she loved, and down the toy stairs, for anything in this most al- ng of worlds. The other two were before her, Owen in his dinner jacket, Phina in a marvel gold tissue frock down to her fingertips and cut to the waist behind. The tiny peautifully-made blonde gir) in black velvet lounging with exaggerated nonchalance on the piano bench must be Sigrid. She lifting thickly blackened “This the long-lost sister?” pt for ber stature she was as Scandinavian as her name. Iris ibee a certain honesty she felt in he had gray eyes set wide ay cheekbones in a poinved face, lips made just the right red, and wheels of very fair hair framing the heart haped outline, (Codbrigtt 1983-36, Margaret Widdemer), soltis meets her red-headed boy, , trolley Ala., began electric at Montgomery, ions—buses now date 1910—Census as of this a nv as ‘y's population 1923—The Canadian Dr. Bant- ing’s insulin discovery announced Dr. Simon Flexner as a pallia- for diabe ribe to The Citizen—20c weekly, She’s more or } grid,” said j go light on it, or people won't think | was—she | . a milky skin, piquantly high | i | | | | THE BEY WEST CITIZEN BY JOVE SPORTS WORLD CHAMPIONS DOWN INDIANS IN OPENING CONTEST CUBS BEAT CARDS IN INITIAL GAME OF SEASON; PIRATES TRIUMPH OVER CINCINNATI (Speelal veo The Citizen) | NEW YORK, April 15.—The! | Detroit Tigers, present world! ichampions of baseball, defeated! jthe Cleveland Indians in the opening game of the scason yes- | terday with Schoolboy Rowe inj |the box, holding the Indians toi ;four hits. He also fanned six! batsmen during the game. | President Roosevelt tossed the first ball over the plate in the jgame between the Washington! LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— Wi, Pet Detroit Chicago Boston Washington New York Cleveland St. Louis Philadelphia -000 NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— W. L. Pet.} Chicago . New York Pittsburgh | Philadelphia it. Louis .. Brooklyn ... Cincinnati Boston «4 A COMMENT After seeks Ute of preparation! -000' named are the leadership of Capt. Handsome Horace O’Bryant, while the | ) be nai | Mesa and have the moniker H j “Shockers.” | eoccccccccenseveccccccce | Doings Around The Golf Links (By GRAVY) Secccccccccovcoooeoeeses® tarred, but alas not feathered. The following pairings are an- nounced for the dinner match to! held first | under tomorrow. The “Brainsters”, med are led by Capt. of fol- The pairings Harris-Cruickshank vs. | Mesa-Salas, O’Bryant-Dex Woods vs. Spotts- : wood-Bervaldi. j itt. j | | | Taylor-Ayala vs. Grooms-Hew- Watkins-Goldsmith vs. Strunk- Kemp. Pierce-Lade vs. Julian-Sands. Pittman-Dell Woods vs. Curry | Harris-Russell. | Senators and the New York Yan-/ and expense of building up Young | kees, in which the Nats turned| iback the New Yorkers. There! was a great pitching duel between! | Louis (Buck) Newsome and Vern- (Letty) Gomez. | The Philadelphia Phillies whip-, {ped the Boston Bees, making all | of their runs in the fourth inning. | Boston scored its single tally in) ‘the eighth. H ; The Chicago White Sox tri-! | umphed over the St. Louis Browns. | |The game was a battle of extra-; !base kits with batsmen making; | five doubles, two triples and three jkome runs. Coleman and Bell knocked home runs for St. Louis | ;and Piet sent ovt one for the op-; | position. | The Pittsburgh Pirates were; victorious over the Cincinnati) Reds. Hafey of the Pirates’ club was credited with a home run. The Boston Red Sox downed; | the Mackmen. Wes Ferrell was in the box for Boston, while the ‘Philadelphia aggregation used! jthree pitchers, starting off with Dietrich. The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers. There was a record crowd of 55,590 witness- ing the exhibition. The Chicago Cubs, last year’s National League pennant winner, took the honors from the St. Louis Cardinals. This game was featured by five home runs. Dizzy Dean was blasted from the box by the opposition after six innings on the mound. The summaries: AMERICAN LEAGUE At Washington R. H. E. y York ee a) Jashington: sc 1 7 2 Batteries: Gomez and Dickey;/ Newsom and Bolton. on At Boston | Philadelphia Boston |__ Batterie j Liebe i Fer R. H. E. 410 1 -913 4 Dietrich. ~ Matuzak, ll and R. Ferrell. At Cleveland ' Detroit ; Cleveland Batterie: | Harder, Lee, lak Rewe and Cochrane; Blaeholcer and Pyt-) At Chicago St. Louis | Chicago 712.2) Batter Caldwell | and Hemsley; Whitehead, Phelp: and Sewell. E. R. 6 NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York R. H. Brooklyn 5 6 New Yor 8 17 | Batterie: | | | { | 2 Earnshaw and ie Phelps; Schumacher, Coffman ;and Mancuso, Danning. res, | | | | At Philadelphia | Boston | Philadelphia 43 Batteries: Maefayden, Osborne! ‘and Lopez; Davis and Wilson. R. H. E. 1 4 0} ' R. H. E.} pret. | | At Cineinn } Pittsburgh } Cincinnati 264) Batterie: Blanton, Hoyt and; Padden; Berringer, Brennan, Nel- son, Stine and Lombardi. ati At St. Louis Chicago St. Louis | Batteries: Warneke, Kowalik: and Hartnett; J. Dean, McGee,} Heusser, Ryba and Davis, Ogr-} odwski, An Ottawa, Kas., hotel mana- ger has put crow meat on the menu, | i Kilbane (Cheta Baker) . fight on April 22 with Fernandez, the pride batam- | weight of “Key West, Young Kil- bane at the last moment backed | out because he had found his| match. It is the opinion of some Key West that Cheta Baker, ter known as Kilbane, is of Fernandez. LEONARD LICATA, Matchmaker for American Le- gion. for his in bet- seared Peecccccevecccoecocsosce POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELEC.’ TION, JUNE 2, 1936 seeccecessocence For Representative to Sta Legislature T. S. CARO For Representative to eee Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY (For Re-Election) For County Judge ROGELIO GOMEZ For County Judge 'W. CURRY HARRIS For Goats Nadee RAYMOND R. LORD | For State and County Tax Collector FRANK H. LADD (For Re-Election) Turbeville and Hayes; W. | For State and County Taz| Collector JOE C. MCMAHON For County Commissioner Fifth District W. A. PARRISH For County Commissioner Second District MARCOS A. MESA For-Juvenile Judge MRS, JEFF KNIGHT For Duvenile Judge FRANK O. ROBERTS For Juvenile Judge MRS. JULIETTE RUSSELL Supervisor of Registration JOHN ENGLAND (For Re-Election) For Justice of The Peace Sécond District ENRIQUE ESQUINALDO, JR. For Justice of the Peace Second District ABELARDO LOPEZ, JR. For Constable First District CLEVELAND DILLON For Constable First District RAY ELWOOD For Constable Second District ENRIQUE MAYG Young | Ki ! Plummer-Stowers vs. Ketchum- irchheiner. TODAY’S GAMES NATIONAL LEAGUE; Brooklyn at New York—Mungo vs. Fitzsimmons or Hubbell. Boston at Philadelphia—Cant- well vs. Walter. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati—Swift Schott. Chicago at St. Louis—Lee vs. | Parmelee. vs, vs. i ! | St Bae AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at . vs. Whitehill. lelphia at Boston—Kelly ee Detroit at Cleveland—Bridges ; Hudlin. St. Louis at Chicago—Knott vs. ratton, Fifteen thousand acres will be replanted in trees in South Caro- lina during 1936-37. Subscribe to The Citizen—20c | weekly, last! Cookie | Washington—} PEOPLE’S FORUM | ANSWERS ARTICLE | ON ART PROJECTS ties The Citizen: j I am replying to the contributed article published in the issue of| your paper of April 13. Since I} am not acquainted with the ma- jority of the persons referred to,} +1 cannot undertake to answer the’ author in behalf of all, but I do wish to present the facts as they! | really are, regarding the art proj- lect, the stick with which I am I jam certain that The West | Citizen wishes to place events in a true light, and perhaps you shall not hesitate to correct any errors which the sweet author of| the Epistle may have made. | Though the artists are working) in Key West, our salaries are paid} \by funds drawn from Washington ‘and New York City. The proj-! ects really depend from these | cities, and we were requested to come to Key West by the chiefs of projects who believed that the charm and quaintness of your lit- tle city was worthy of being ad- vertised. Our drawings are re-i turned to the offices issuing our} paychecks and from there they are circulated and exhibited. You; must admit that a city of the size/ of Key West would find it diffi cult to supply workers in fields which are not only technical, but even unusual. Nor do we think of ourselves as white collar men.) You must have noticed that when we are at work we generally wear} no collar at all. 1 j As for our being Dutch and Italians, let us recall to the au-; thor that us American citizens is sworn to all obligations going with the name, we had nohting to do with the choice of our birth- places, and if the author has a recipe for the adjustment of this’ | unfortunate irregularity, I am) certain that there is not one} among us who would not consent jto being born over again just to be on pleasant terms with him. I assure you, I am a most hum- | ble resident, and your sincere ‘4 FAUSTO AZZARETTI, T. R. A. P. of New York Key West. | Quarters C, Naval Station, Key West, Fla. iApril 13, 1936. Key | | most PAGE THREE “Todays Anniversaries CLASSIFIED COLUMN PERSONAL ” en heroic Revolution, 1754—George Little, naval officer in the commander in the un-off with France on the Weymouth, Prag at M. }22, 1809, d war STOMACH UL INDIG farmer. ss. Died 1814—John Lot Boston and New York author of “The Rise Republic,” diploma’ ton. Died in 1877. 1822— satile Ma pecially in the born at Templeton, Oct 13, 1895. Sylvanu huset field of Mass Died 183 leading England thropist, Sept. 1 —Daniel New Y¥ merch born 3, 1907. 1837—Florace officer, railwa sador to Fra May 29, 1843—Henry Jam disting: novelists-wr who li life in Engls to famed Americans, York ¢ Died in 28, 19 tion, born Londen 1861—Bl York’s poet, Died 8, 19 Carman, ishe Ca Fredericton Conn., gris ~ JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA di. born PIRATES COVE Famous Fishing Camp on Over- sea Highway 20 Miles From Key West Swimming Pool Charming Surroundings Unsurpassed Fishing Excellent Cuisine Will Be Open Until May 15 Telephone Pirates Cove For Reservations JOHN C. PARK PLUMBING DURO. 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