The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 16, 1937, Page 2

2. Water and Sewerage. @ Bridges to complete Road to Main hand. Rathing Pavilion, Abort Land and Sea. eeree Buying at ‘heme never broke any town or city. sume money, we have it. ‘ The sit-down strikers nevertheless would like to see the ghost walk. weet between states’ rights and mts, the states’ rights Wf you think you are up on current . tell us quickly who is president of + or France, Japan is tasting the fruits of mod- erniem-——«trikes, even the sit-down variety, have reached the land of the Rising Sun. From all reports automobiles are kill- ing them faster than ever, so far in 1937. What's the difference, there are so many of us! Japan bas announced that she has “ne territorial ambitions in China.” Why, @f course not; who could think of such a thing? Gentlemen prefer blondes, and ladies prefer blends, it is said by those presumed te knew. Se the fickle prefer the fickle, but for fickleness only, if the Supreme Court is to be made so thert that it represents the will of one man, Why wot do as did Mussolini and abolish the court altogether, and save the tax- payers a sizable sum. The Child Amendment bill prohibits children wader 18 to work. An argument i fever of this bill is that it would prevent marriages of young people under that age, fer ence a couple is married, either or eth would have to hunt a job. The wew Wilcox municipal feptey bill has appeared in where it ix getting favorable considera- tion. In bis new bill Mr. Wilcox eli- minated the counties and hopes that it will sew get Supreme Court endorsement. committee President Roosevelt himself has said wanted « Supreme Court more in line his objectives and if he is successful the highest court of the it will follow his line of would not his next step be an te tamper with the freedom of the unless it, too, would bow voluntarily imperial will? E F iy | : e ‘ eget ene: 1 ee eee . even to this day, would be almost endless. | In an address Dr. Joseph L. Miller, long a}. * st e ‘following : ‘readily abated by taking nine sips of f anybody wants a scheme to Presid campaign set new highs, ac- among ignorant people practicing physician among the hill folk of enumerated a few of them, Soot or cobwebs stop bleeding; a bag vent measles, diphtheria and whooping cough; amber necklaces prevent goiter; rubbing a greasy dishrag over a baby’s face stops convulsions; piercing the ears aids weak eyes; nutmegs worn around the eck prevent indigestion and colic; blood from a black cat cures erysipelas; carry- ing horse chestnuts in the pocket prevents rheumatism; a coin held under the upper lip and a cold key droppedsdown the back will stop nosebleed. The annoyance of hiccoughs may be water, counting nine backwards and turn- ing around nine times; putting on a baby’s clothes feet first insures normal growth; water under the bed stops night sweats; wearing a rattlesnake skin belt prevents lumbago; rubbing snake oil, skunk fat or fishing, worm oil into the joints cures in- flammation; wrapping a warm red woolen | sock around the neck cures sore throat. The ritual for curing asthma is more }. elaborate. Back the patient up against a tree, peg a lock of hair into a hole bored in its trunk and snip it off. When the bark grows over the hair the asthma will be gone. ‘ All the foregoing are utterly foolish procedures, of course, but many ignorant persons believe in some or all of them. NOT “HOW MUCH?” BUT “HOW?” Financial expenditures during the last cording to the report of the Senate Cam-}. paign Expenditures committee, which dis- closes that the Republican National com- mittee, and allied organizations, spent $14,198,202 and that the groups support- ing the President. put out+$9,228,406. As usual there will raised about the use of money in politics and the objections will be largely to the size of the sums spent. While we think there is some reason to believe that it is unnecessary to spend more than $23,000,- 000, we are of the opinion that how the money is used is more important than how much is used. The system of government we have encourages the liberal use of money for educational campaigns and this is well. However, when the money is from under- cover sources for under-cover purposes, | the use of money should be strongly con- demned. It is hoted that the DuPont family contributed liberally to financing the cam- paign against the President and, while some people howl about the rich par- ticipating in an election, we see nothing wrong with the DuPont money as such. It is how the money is spent, whether used secretly for unfair purposes or whether used openly for legitimate purposes. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS Modern brides, even though they have the promise to “obey” omitted from the marriage ritual, nevertheless submit to ceremonial customs which originally sig- nified the woman’s complete subjugation to her husband. The method of obtaining a wife has passed through three distinct stages— capture, purchase and consent. Originally the groom’s attendants aided him in capturing his bride and mak- ing his getaway with her. Later on, al- though the brides had consented to wed, they liked to pretend that they were being captured, and they and their bridesmaids fought a mock battle with the groom and his groomsmen, in which the latter were, of course, victorious. A relic of marriage by purchase is seen in the custom of giving away the bride, and in that of throwing old shoes, the latter being an ancient symbol of the transfer of property. The bridal veil is itself a sign of the woman’s subjugation, and_ the ring originally signified that she was bound to her lord and master. bride—and see if she cares. POET Pe TT Te ee ree ee na a great howl wearing the knee cap of a sheep on the]. leg prevents cramps; placing a pan of} wedding |lumbus, Ohio, 48 years ago. | travel lecturer, born in Rewind, Now tell all this to a _ prospective |® years ago. of asafetida hung around the neck pre-|: , z i 3 iF S39 cl ge i | 38 : rs i : = 7 a9 act of seizing property that belongs ling it by force for inciple it is a combina- tion of robbery and kidnaping with defiance of government added. - The nature of crime may be hidden from the ignorant by the use of re- spectable names, and by grossly false | has slaims of justification. Bank robbers may justify their crimes by the claim that they are sioply ra‘ding the rich * im'the interest of the poor. But this| Pro! trickery does not mislead anyone fi who is mentally capable of compre- hending the serious nature of the} ; crime against property rights. The most serious aspect of the sit- down strike is not the strike itself. _ Pew of the men engaged in these strikes, it is believed, understand the nature of what they are doing. They are accustomed to accept as sound the ethics of their leaders, especially if their leaders occupy high places iz government The really serious cature of this problem is the startling fact that government executives in the highest state and national posi- tions have not condemned it. For of- ficials of the government to condone y erime is far more serious to civiliza- tion than the crimes committed. Representatives of the Chief Ex- ecutive of the nation and the Chief Executive of Michigan volunteered to act as intermediaries between the owners of property and defiant work- ers who held: it for ransom, and 2 s 3 r property 1 and hold it for ransom, then custom- ers of Aepositors of banks, tenants of upartment houses, an guests of hotels, may act likewise. if this principle is course, our Ccnstitutior and Commandme:ts must be Likewise, our common law ute law are out of date, and must go‘back to school and new system of law, and it will essary for our judges to take & to Russia and sit at the feet of for a period. It is no ordinary political revoh tion that faces us. Whether we. real- ize it or not we are in the midst of a radical revolution against the moral foundations of civilization. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) grave. A DREAM west. A soft pink rose, a silver vase A table laid fo vO; The mellow magic of candle-light, Enciréling me ‘and you, z A thousand times I have dreamed—to wake Alone—but when I do, 1 find to my entire delight That hope makes dreams come true. —ULRIC GWYNN,-IR. Key West, Fla., March 13, 1937. j This peem was written by Ulrie Gwynn, Jr., and was first pub- lished in the poetry magazine of Florida, called the Cyele. The poem was again published on October 7, 1936, in the Ohio State Journal, in a poetry column for amateur poets, . SONNET OF RECOLLECTIONS A thousand times a day I gaze in space And wonder at the troughts that come to me Of childhood days; those days when I was free. Life was a happy game, my home a place » and curtains made of lace. ng a spreadi That seemed to reach as far as I could see; And near me always was my mother’s face. Perhaps some day I’ll be returning home ese scenes of childhood once again the massive shade tree’s rustling song. I'll gaze enraptured at the sky’s blue dome. + T'll leave these cares that crowd in endless train And then, I know, the days won’t seem too long. —RALPH GARCIA, JR. Key West Fla., March 13, 1937. ALIEN All day he sits in his little shop And sells bright toy.. A spinning top And dolls in silk Micado gowns, He never smiles. He never frowas. ‘When night comes down he closes the shop, And swiftly as a spinning top He lights a lamp at Buddha’s feet Within the sound of the busy street. A smell of incense fills the place ile shadows veil placid Buddha’s face. of the sound of hurrying feet beyond his safe retreat, is soul to Buddha’s eyes An alien beneath our skies. . . . —MARIE CAPPICK. In Bozart, Oglethorpe University. eeccccececoces poet and dramatist, born in Today’s Birthdays | New York, 62 years ago. ee eee| Prof. Eric P. Kelly of Dart- of mouth, professor of journalism, eoccccce |u., Pepper ex-senator,|noted author, born at Amesbury, George Wharton Philadelphia, lawyer, born there, 70 years ago. | Mass., 53 years ago. ‘ William B. Stout of Detroit, noted airplane designer and build- jer, born at Quincy, Ill. 57 years of Chicago, | ago. ©. Els‘e Janis, actress, born at Co-| E. M. Newman Irita Van Doren of ‘New York Icity y editor, born at Birm- Perey Mackaye of Cornich, N. j 2 Dr. Joseph Yates Porter, wide- phe ly known Key West pioneer citi- pproximately ic cat caa of hc eatauieonoree = ith authorities of his day, died’ Plans for entertaining 6 o’clock this morning in his President Charles E. Dawes fhome 429 Caroline street, in the his party when he same room where he nearly 80 years ago. At his bed- » meeting of the American when the end came were all gion. It is planned to take ‘members of the family including vice president on a motoreade Mrs, Porter, who is but three which the public will be asked to Try years his senior, all his surviving join. hildren, grandchildren and one eat granddaughter. request he will be rgame day on which he died. The ‘funeral will be held at 5 o’clock ‘his afternoon in St. Paul’s Epis-. rcopal church. Rev. G. F. Brook-, : ins, the rector will be the offi-: ciating minister. menies will be conducted at the) There will be so many people! in Florida in the next three years: that the crowds of two years ago Pwill look small in comparison said R. L.. Ames, brother-in-law of, Vice President Dawes, owner of the Chieago Journal of Commerce} and one of the nancial authorities of the middle Editorial comment: not change such an Thirty years ago the swere howling that bicycles were; going to send all the young wo- men to perdition, BPIGII IG IL LILI IVUG GLI LIVIVIIIIILIs ef Hitt | ii ; 2 ef $23 3 i 4 = | i ig! ; q f 3 | i as ii i ey sf alt fied ‘Wolkowsky family as consideration is 4 fh aceon 5 ane sti o> returns was born West were discussed last ‘ first z i i At his own © buried the! SAFEGUARD YOUR VALUABLES Masonic cere- Don’t expose your valuables to robbery and fire hazards. 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