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AE said: “Oh, I’m sorry!” And he sai “But I am, really.” “Well, I should hope’'so.” And she said: “Well, I’m telling you, I am!” “Then do something about it. Be constructive. Wipe me off.” She pulled the handkerchief out of his breast pocket and went to work. Under her efforts, the ice cream, which had landed on his coat in three or four gobs, turned into one great evil smear. “Thank you—so—much,” sai colored hair. “You shouldn’t be running ingly full plate, anyway,” the girl in the wnite dress rebuked him. “Well, you see, my grandmoth- er’s down in the men’s room, and I was just bringing her a snack.” She laughed. “Do I know you?” “I don’t know. Do you?” “I do now,” she said. “What's your name?” “David Day.” “I like your hair, young man.” “Ah, but wait till you see my tango.” He glanced over his shoul- der at the ballroom above. “All right she answered. “My name is ord... Nina.” They mounted the stairs to- gether, David’s grandmother for- gotten. “Are you givin any chance, Nina? And she smiled a she auswered: “Yes, But David didn’t get very far with her. Somebody cut in, who wanted to knew where she had been all his life; and then some- body cut in, who wanted'to know if he had ever told her how beau- tiful she was; and after that, some- iy else, who wanted to know where she had been all his life. Nina began to long for the young man with the copper-colored hair, who had been quite rude to her. Presently, he came along. “Did you fix up your grand- mother, David?” “Yeah. She's sitting round swa ing stories with the boys... Hell, don't like your party.” Another pair of arms. And an- other. She frowned. What was the mat- ter with her? Was she getting too old for this sort of thing—already, at 21? Or was it the new, funny oung man? ... Where had he en going, way down to the first floor, with the ice cream? The hotel ballroom had been turned into a Montmartre square. There were pavements and fake building fronts around the ed) of the room, and tables with checked gingham covers. There were croo! street lamps, and a kiosk, and when Nina ed great, synthetic cobweb, she felt that it was too much to bear. She reached out and stopped , Cordelia The her hostess. “Reall That cobweb down.” “I know. Isn't it marvellous? I wanted a dead fly—a very dead one—caught in a corner. you think the Party Mart could produce a fly? .. . My dear, you could ask for a herd of elephants wouldn't blink an eye, g, this party, by minute before was because you y dead, Cordelia. How long does take for one to decompose?” David's flaming head proached. “Cordelia, ap- do you know Mr. Day? . . . Miss Thorpe, David. vid, do you know how long it takes a fly to ee ? - Will you look at that cobw He sighed, ecstatioefly. “Girls, I amy? Sver goose pim- ples! @reat party of Nina’s, te Seecerceccecsceocoes But do} “wos Co uM pe § By MARGARET GUION HERZOG Chapter One Cordelia Entertains An Unexpected Guest id: “Damn it, you ought to be.” id the young man with copper- down the stairs with a disgust- SEES NE Cordelia Thorpe took a deep breath and held it. Nina said: “I must warn you, David Day, that anything you say will be used against you.” “Young man, this is my party:” Bs was David flustered? He was not. “Well, well, and my, my! I'm sorry. I didn’t know. You see I came along with young Beagle!” “Beagle?” “Yes. Surely you know young Beagle?” Beagle? Or Beagle what?” Beagle Beagle. Well that’s too bad. I must introduce him, he’s a fine fellow ... Maybe he came with someone. “Maybe he came with you,” sug- gested Cordelia. But Nina objected. “Oh, no, David came with his} grandmother. He told me.” Cordelia rolled her eyes toward the blue muslin heaven. D | “Well, what db you say we drop} the whole thing? This probably | isn’t ny party, at all; and I came with T.B.” “Good old T.B.,” sighed David. “How that fellow gallops around! +. Shall we dance, Nina?” David’s Second Best Barouche NwSA caught a glimpse oP herself 4N in a mirror, and saw that she! looked nice. She ‘was’ glad! Her} flaxen hair was shiny smooth on it the eal ware, ad’ abov the top, and softly cur] back and side: to. She also g little, with the Copper he: Or did She thought of her arette case made of two shades told . .. No, it didn’t swear. Fun- ny David. { Esered ® She knew a fleeting moment of terror, lest it be some fearful, handpainted, rattletrap affair, with maybe even pennants tacked on behind. It wouldn’t have surprised her, But she said, brightly. that of course she didn’t mind. To the left of the entrance, a knot of private chauffeurs and taxi-drivers had gathered round a car, David led her toward it, and with each step her heart sank... until the men turned around and backed away, disclosing a small, new, cream-colored convertible phae-, ton, It had green leather uphol- stery, and green wheels, and every known gadget, horn, lamp and whatnot, attached to it. It was smart, and uppity, and gay among the big, dark cars. “You'll have to excuse, it,” apol- ogized David. “Really, I’m too, too embarrassed.” “Nit wit. It’s precious, David. It’s beguiling .. . Hello, you.” And she patted its chromium nose. “Oh, Lord, that reminds me. I forgot my grandmother. Hold on a second, will you?” and he dashed back. Nina shook her head. What next? The nice.idiot apparently never ran out of surprises. Beagle Likes Nina HE RETURNED with something big under his arm, that was very restless. Five long somethings dangled down, and waved about in the breeze. As David drew near- er, Nina saw that they were four h and a tail. tello— grandmother!” she greeted them. But David said: “No, this is Bea- Hello, Beagle.” A great bony head thrust itself through the window, and a long lmon-colored tongue stopped ind ran, delicately, over the her mink. ’ Tt’s all right. He likes you. You Adter just one tiny, well bred 2} the dressed-up little baby er Je started to purr, expectant- ‘th incredible dexterity, Da- vid swung her out into the stream of-eastbound traffic, and they were off. David and Nina, and the beagle in the back seat. “Funny David.” “You’re—nice.” Poi! “Yes, I am a nice girl. dly. | reami- lly. “If I drive you home in my ba- rouche, will you promise not te be a nice girl?” “Tm never nice, in barouct David. That’s my one exception.’ “Sold!” | “Oh, dear . . .” someone cut in.} Now why had she said that? } As he walked away, she noticed | | that the stains had been removed} from his tuxedo; and then, that his darling, I can’t stand it. | was probably the only tuxedo, in a} ‘Tm si as just gotten me} room full of tails. She didn’t think | much about it. She just noticed it. | Around four o'clock, the party came to an end. People said: Cordelia. G People dri: jcase, and after a } you think of it, rea delia let her go too. They were each other's time, fted di jown the stair- t hat did| Cor-| 1 Nina? Once Nina thought someone had thrown a rock at them, but it was only the pup’s bony tail, mping on the glass pane. Has your second best barouche got shatter-proof glass?” she asked he went into a long ode on the s virtues that quite floored oo rr v “You're positively lyric, | a, He turned north on Madison ave- nue and began to : “Put them all together they spell ‘Mother,’ a word that means the world to me.” After he had finished, he said: inging because I'm nervous Nina, you're going to get an awful surprise, in a minute.” he put a hand on his arm. ‘Listen, David,” she pleaded. “Draw them out, will you, Pal? All these shocks are too much for one evening. First, there's you, not having the slightest idea whose party you're at; and there’s your ————— swapping stories lown in the men’s room; and all |the big Beagle mystery. Then I this little beauty, after you for an old ramshackle now that I've calmed wn again, you're get : e the worst ver, jclosest friend, and it would be a jlot of fun, tomorrow, talking it joven |. When she came out of the dres: ing- n, her min cape, Da t He had on a nice | field; but though his just battered enough to be dash } it looked out of place among ' my second} best barouche, outside, Nina. I'm} isorry. I hope you won't mind.” k do rit ?, Margeret Herzog) _Nima’s mother ts the one te prov i vide » startling surprise temerrew. Ceeceeececscecesessenen: ontrel this nature for it wil & Ss own regenerat forward with its b w nok © me cases There is Retjer ally justafied, uch use in trying te guide or THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TOOTHPICK TOPICS By C. G. FLINT eoccces e| Short-sighted and dangerous is! our habit of treating. criminals to} heaping doses of front-page pub- liciy, “ The ‘newspapers and maga~! zines know that sensational crimes waves sell, and the more lurid and? vicious the’ details, coupled '’ With’ ‘pictures, the better the “market.” | |So the public enemy finds himself, ‘being headlined and photographed {for his murder, theft or kidnap- | ing outrage and he is pleased. He. senses that that he is some- body in the public eye. Like Hauptmann, he may even sell an} autgoraph or two, or he may add| ‘vicious personal angles for ‘“de- tective” magazine. He has arriv- (ed, Seeing this fame in infamy, ‘countless other crime rats are jurged out of their holes to mur- di rape and rob the public, who |so enjoys reading of their ex- |ploits. For if, public feeling were against crime news, it would no be for sale at every street cor- and. The press hag put the jsinners on the page where the saints seldom get page one pub- licity. Publicize a crime and you sow {the seeds of crime in weak and | diseased minds tempted by thrills and notoriety. The recent scurge {of bath-tub rapist murders in New | York City was the outgrowth of ity given Fiorenza. A hun- rang up to imitate the {demented moron’s hideous work. \For the press gave all the de- ‘tails and the “detective” shockers lall the pictures. So New York {added a sex crimes bureau to han- |dle the “overflow”, and Boston |soon followed suit. . R-ape was a ime -vogue. | Miami, Fla., Oct. 23, 1937, 'STEAMER TIGER COMING TO PORT Steamship Tiger, of the Stand- New ‘York, jard Oil Co., of is scheduled to arrive in Key West October 29. and will be consigned to the Porter Dock company. The vessel] ig enroute from Dakar, South Africa, and is to dock at the Porter Dock Co., for jthe purpose of taking on bunkers. ‘TAKES COURSE | ~ IN DESIGNING Miss Claudiz Albury, of 1009 Grinnell street, Key West, Fla., is the Jone of the Fall entrants at | McDowell School of Costume De- sign, 71 West 45th St., New York | City. | made Lynn, This announcement Miss Rosina McDowell was jby irector of the school. |KEY WEST COLORED |” YOUTH GIVEN POSITION | (Contributed) The many friends of this city are glad to le: El }liott Kemp’s government appoint- and of Eugene stenographer, clerk the Federal Housing Administration, a government} project in the New Liberty City Square in Miami. The certified appointment came direct from Washington, D. C. Young Kemp received his early education from his mother, the} late E ment as cashier of that time conducted a community ; school on Division street. Young} Kem» later entered Bethume | Cookman College, Daytona Beach, | where he graduated and also won/ | several prizes for being the fastest | typist grapher. He is much hetter knawn as} cH x the son of E.} for a number’ of} . Was an insurance agent ip ty and also manager of the Hand Laundry, 707 White- head street Por more than 20 Kemp family resided at at which place mp was bern Oct Ettiott! » 1981} COLORED HALLOWE'EN PARTY THIS EVENING rrangements have been made Pre-Hallowe'en party to be t the eclored center build- jing this afternoon, beginning at 4 continuing until 9 clock tonight, furnished, and ts will be served. 4, 11792——Frank lin Franklin’s great-grandson, !SPECIAL WORK for Edyth Elliott Kemp, who ating SELL OR BUY REAL ES- - - } GOOD QUICK BUY—Loet corner | NOTICE = Looking At Washington] (Continued from Page One) excluding bonus payments. Gen- eral expenditures will be $156,- 000,000 higher but relief costs Today’s Anniversaries 1784—Chester Dewey, New England Congregational clergy- man, Rochester, N. Y., teacher, pioneer in scientific education, born at . Sheffield, Mass. Died Dec, 15, 1867. 5 i the 1937 fiscal year which ended June 30th. | Speaking as “the Republican: standard-bearer” in the last cam-| paign, former Governor Alfred M.| Landon went on the air last week | to discuss “certain questions of; teacher and|the day.” His address created | Died March considerable surprise among Re- publican leaders, busy with their plans for the meeting of the Na-| onal Committee at Chicago on November 5th. That the Kansan | in: Bache, Benjam- Phil- adelphia physician, chemist, born there. 19, 1864. 1795—John P. Kennedy, Balti- more lawyer, congressman, secre-| and his friends have been irked | * tary of the navy, novelist, born|by the activities of Chairman} there. Died Aug. 18, 1870. John D. M. Hamilton and Herbert Hoover hag been known for some Macaulay,|time and that he disapproves of born.|jthe mid-term convention, which they seek to promote, is on the record. In fact, Mr. Landon and Senator Borah seem to agree that | ech a meeting possesses the pos- ity of great harm to the} party, 1800—Thomas_ B. Engiish _ historian-essayist, Died Dec, 28. 1859, 1845—Arthur Van Harlingen, noted Philadelphia physician and dermatologist, born there. Died Sept. 23, 1936. | | auto} There was talk that the former candidate for President was a-—- tempting to rally Congressional opposition to the mid-term con- vention and that he also groomed . John R. McCarl, former Comp- aviator, | troller General of the United 1873—John N. Willys, manufacturer, ambassador, at Canandaigua, N. Y. Died New York, Aug. 26, 1935. born in 1890—loyd Bennett, 1 Today In History Leecsecessece born ‘neat Warrensburg, N. "| States, as a possible successor to Died -Apeil 28,4928. Mr. Hamilton, whose ,, leadership ° pocecencoccccec has not been satisfactory to, the Kans group. However, Y C L A § § I F l E D chances of displacing the Natiotial} Qhairman are slim. Gov. 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Rose Nursery, Tyler, Tex- as. act25-Itx On the Island of Key West. and known as a part of Tract Eighteen (18), according to Whitehead’s map of Key West ted in February, A. D. and is now better known Bight (3) of Square Four said Tract Eighteen (1%) ing to the the ebb Realty Comp: dia- gram recorded in Pl Book One, Page 42. Monroe County Florida records REAL ESTATE TATE or mortgage on Florida Keys, address E. R. Lowe, P. 0. Box 21, Tavernier, Florida. oct9-tf ALLAN B. CLEARE, JE Spec WILLIAM V Attorney for Plaint wet?s; novi FOR SALE PLICATION FOR DEED Flagier Avenue and Leon Se streets. Size 100x92 Sidewalks} OTIC on both sides, house founda-| (fr, Cert the tions and cistern. Only $1,500| cash. JOHNSON & JOHNSON. | oct23-3t the'75 ROOM GOING HOTEL, Won-/: derful future. Over Sea Realty} Exchange. Over Sea Key West, Fla. Hotel, oct22-tf | | PRINTING—Quality Printing at the Lowest Prices. The Art- man Press. may19-tf TYPEWRITING PAPER — 500 The Artman Press, mayl9-tf sheets, T5c. PERSONAL CARDS-—-100 printed Artman ecards, $1.25. The Press. mayl9-4£ lerty under the said same in my office and has application for a tax deed sued thereon. Said certif cea the following described pro the County of Monroe, State rida, to-wit %, # 1. Tr. OS Page 191, as recorded roe County Records The assesament of the said prop certificate te of Amade sued was in the name Veliz Uniess said certificate shail redeemed according to law property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at the court house door on the first Mon- @ay im the month of November 1937, whieh te the int day of vember, 197 Dated this 2nd day 2937 (SKALD ck of Cirewit Court anty, Fievida. . eS eets-al-Lt-2t, iF be the of October. Rest C Sawyer of Monroe LEGALS (Senate Bill Ne. 163) NOTICE That sued theres of Florida, a 2 oe. y ; Certificate No. will be $1,139,000,000 less than in| day of Septem): ;same in my office TAX DEED 1S HEREBY and on, Said certificate em- County of Monroe, State to-wit: Lot 1, Sqr. 6, Tr. 19, Eureka Sub. Book B-5, Page 467, Monroe County Records. The asse: erty under sued was Woodward. Uniess si redeemed property ssment of the sa the said certifi in the name of aid certificate according to scribed therein law, will NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR IN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S COURT | braces the following described prop- ‘erty in the i Fi GIVEN,; In re: Estate of holder of Tax} 544, issued the 2rd) D. 1928, has filed! has made, TO application for a tax deed to be is-! en S. Lord, shall be} the PAGE THREE LEGALS. IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, IN PROBATE. FLORIDA FORSBERG, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS ALL CREDITORS AND ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST SAID ES- TATE: You, and each of you, are hereby notified and required to present any claims and demands which you, or either or you, may have against the estate of Florida Forsberg, de- ceased, late of Dade County, Flor- ida, to the Honorable Raymond R. County Judge of Monroe County, Florida, at his office in County Court House in Monroe unty, Fiorida, within eight calen- jar months from the date of the sold to the highest bidder at the) first publication hereof. Said claims e door on the first Mon-| {court hous in the which r, 1 Dated th 1937. (SEAL) Clerk of C County, ¢ month of November, is the Ist day of No-| is 2nd day of October, Ross C Sawyer circuit Court Florida. oct4-11-18-25, wouerssccescosecs POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS CITY ELECTION, NOVEMBER 9, 1937 WILLARD M:-ALBURY For For ‘Mayor FRANK DELANEY Police *Justice T. S. CARO (Fi or Re-Election) For Police Justice ABELARDO LOPEZ, JR. For City Councilman BENJ. (BEN) ADAMS For City Councilman Ww. . P. ARCHER (For Re-Election) For City Councilman “ELWOOD CARBONELL For City Councilman JOHN For City CARBONELL, JR. Councilman WILLIAM A. FREEMAN (For Re-Election) For City Councilman WM. H. MONSALVATGE , For City! JIM ROBERTS (For Re-Election) For City Councilman WILL E. P. ROBERTS For City Councilman s. O |BENJ. (BEN) SAUNDERRS WEN SAWYER (Skeet) ‘ For City Councilman NOEL SOLOMON For City Councilman c. Cc. . SYMONETTE For City Councilman For BASIL R. TYNES Chief of Police IVAN ELWOOD (Fi For ‘or Re-Election) Chief of Police EVERETT R. RIVAS For Captain of Police ALBERTO CAMERO cig ‘or Re-Election) VERNIE GRIFFIN For Captain of Police ROBERT J. LEWIS (Bobby) For Captain of Police BIENVENIDO PEREZ For Captain of Police T. F. (BUSTER) RUSSELL | For Election Commissioner | Garage { WILLIAM DOMINGUEZ | Pores © | | i | | Bihhy Precsan) | fand shall or demands shall be in writing a! contain the place of residence and post office address of the claimants sworn to by the claim- ant, his agent or attorney. All such cla and demands net filed within the time and in the of Monroe} manner prescribed herein shall be ted the 18th day D. 1937. of October, EDNA IRELAND, As Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Florida Forsberg, Deceas. CURRY Attorney A w. HARRIS, for Executrix, octl8-25; novl-3 NOTICE APPLICATION FOR AX DEED je Bil No. 163) HEREBY GIVEN, That Philip Puderer, holder of Tax Certificate No. 5 issued the day of September, A. D. 1928, has same in my office and has or Tv. (Sen: NOTIC t braces the erty in the County of Monroe, of Florida, : Lot 20, % . 19% Eureka ub, Book B-5, Page 467, Mon- roe County Records, The assessment of the said erty under the said certific sued was in the name of Ellen & Woodward. certificate shall be la court house door on the first Mone y in the month of November, which is the Ist day of No- vember, 1937. abated thin and day of October, « (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of Cireuit Court of Monroe County, Florida, oct4-11-18-25, 1937 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR NOTICE 18 That Robert M. Tax Certificate 4th day of Sept filed same in my office and made application for a tax deed te be issued thereon, ,Said certifieate embraces the following described property in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: Pt. Lot 4, Sqr. 23, Book as recorded in Monroe County Records. ‘The assessment of the said prop- erty under the said certificate is sued was in the name of Saunders, Est. Unites ' said redeemed @ property d sold to the highest bidder at court house door on the first Mon- day in the month of December, 1937, which is the 6th day of De- cember, 1937. Dated this 9th day October, Sawyer 1937. (SEAL) Ross C. Clerk af Circuit Court ef Monroe County, Florida. oetll-18-25; novi, 1837 OTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED ite Bill Ne. 18 HEREH av Certificate No. day of Jul A same in m application for a tax = t Said bra . & Tr. Subdivision, cord: +r the sald certificate ; sued was in the name of : schlag and Brownstein. ¥ Uniess said certificate shall eomed according te law, d to the highest bidder at court house door on the first a (SEAL) Ross C fai Clerk of Cireuit Court of County, Florida. oot4-11-18-26, NOTICE OF APPLICATION TAX DEED (Senate Bill No, 163) NOTICE 18 HEREBY That Julio J. De Poo, holder of Certificate No. 329, day of July, A. D. same In my office has application for # deed to be sued thereon. Said certifiente the following denertbed « County of Monroe, Stal Rerordx The assessment of the said erty under the sald certii 4 was In the mame of mee aching and Hrownetein. Unieas said certificate property described theretn wilh mold to the highest bidder st ‘ . n the tiret ot & © the Int day of eo Rome © Se cuit Court of Florida. octé- 11-19-98, EXCELLEN RESTAURA