The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1937, Page 4

By MARGARET GUION The Characters Nina, Junior Leaguer and ex- Gebutante, impulsively married David to escave her love for her stepfather. Richard, the charming, well- tailored stepfather, is on a 5- month trip with his wife, after shamelessly talking love to Nina, Honey, Nina’s gay, youthful mother who is wild about Rich- ard, ig traveling on doctor’s or- rs. “David, a bright young auto Sdlesman, adores Nina and strives to make her happy on his smalt salary. Chapter 35 Gracie Proves A Barb EFORE Nina, in all her prepa- tations, had been the vision of Gracie’s delicious meal . .. served $0 easily. Her own salads and sandwiches had seemed, as she prepared them, perfect examples of the culinary art. But now, as she came out with the dishes, her confidence van- ished. People had to get up and move back their chairg, as she erossed over to the buffet... which suddenly seemed too large for the amount of food. There were not enough little tables to put things on. David had ‘eat off the mantel. Jack Knight jked uncomfortable with two plates on his knees, and his glass on the floor beside him Nina had planned on some hot be eeg start off the cold meal; but in her embarrassment over the al disturbance, she forgot it til they were well into the lob- iter salad. Gracie went out with ier, into the messy kitchen, and ped her carry in the cups... very last thing Nina wanted, The mangled salad and half- faten sandwiches looked particu- fy unappetizing, when they re- tuirhed to them. Nina could think Of less and less to say. Her color grew more like the of a perch, by the minute. meal, that had taken 50 hours to prepare, was over what seemed like as many min- tes. Although the living-room f like a hotel pantry after & convention banquet, she began to worry that they had not @nough to eat. * David was having such a good time with Gracie, that she began t hate him. Every word of praise fF her food sounded, to her dis- it ears, like a grown-up’s ly efforts to humor a child. ere was no screen to put up, tO hide the unsightly mess, as there had been at Gracie'’s apart- ment; and everybody pitched in id helped to clear up the place. David had remonstrated at first, d insisted on doing the work f{—trying to please Nina; irogress was so slow, that just got up quietly, and ded to help him. Hateful In a moment, it was general. all bumped into each other, in and out of the kitchen, ancine got spilled on. Nina came back from put- French chalk on her guest’s Gracie had the whole place away. The bridge tables down. The cloth folded. “Great work, Gracie,” David wa congratulating her, and Nina ited to the bathroom for a quiet ool i next thing was that they fan out of ice. David had to go to the corner to get some. Gracie— to keep him company—went too, Then cigarettes. Nina had for- Le to get an extra carton. Jack ight went this time. And, then, after they had put up _ the bridge tables again, they dis- covered that there weren't enough east chips in the one box Nina id bought at the cigar store. Gracie suggested using matches. “Excuse me just a second, will you, while I go and lsok for More getting up, and moving of urs. David was so polite, so eager to bea “a, Boge he. was constantly saying “Let me, sweetheart,” and “Tl go, oaby,” . .. thereby calling attention to her labors. He never let her squeeze by him, but jumped up to let her pass, and then Jack and Bill would have to jump up too ... offer their assis- tance... Just To Wring Her Neck 'T seemed to poor Nina, who had tried so hard to make her party @ success, that the entire evening oy spent soning Sera ce. mill- about ... going for soup, or fee, or cigarettes that had Sass forgotten . . . And Gracie, all the time, helping her out, smoothing over her mistakes . . . And not only that, very definitely laying up to David. Damn her, so cool an healthy looking. So efficient. Damn her . . . she could have tossed off this silly party, crutches, with one arm in a sling, and they all knew it. Nina had a fierce desire to pick her up in her little $12.75 m down at the Centra! Park Casino with a Fopelsticated crowd, and confront “her with a menu French . . . Though that was sill: too; Gracie would have got away on; lel, and plunk her/ with it somehow. No, Nina guessed she just wanted to wring her soft, little brown neck. Jack was to have a birthday the following week. “Tl give you a party you won’t soon forget,” promise ‘ancine. Nina thought he was not likely to forget this one. He had got up and moved his chair at least 50 times already. » “No,” «said»Gracie, “I have an idea.”> , “Oh, I’m catnip to the ladies, all right,” said Jack, smoothing back the absurd peninsula of hair on his forehead. -And then Gracie went into a tong, whispered conference with pein, about the proposed festivi- jes, That the long consultation was merely for the fun of putting her head up close to David's, was ob- vious, when she announced that they were going to Coney Island. That was all that came of it. Coney Island. She could have suggested it right out. But no. That, or any other mea- ger excuse, was enough for Gracie to drag David off on one side and monopolize him. David winked at Nina, once or twice, over the girl’s dark head, but that didn’t help it any. Nina wasn’t annoyed with him, she was annoyed with Gracie. About 1:30, Miss Nolan said to David: “You better make your bride let me help her with the dishes, big boy. The poor kid’ll be up half the night.” Gracie, the little helper. The a ee angel. “Why don’t you, sweetheart? Gracie’s a whizz.” “I thought you told me, once, to treat them with a beautiful disre- gard?” remarked Nina. But Gracie,said: “Oh, what the hell!” in the most comradely way imaginable . . . and insisted on do- ing just one more thing to show what a grand wife she would have made for David. “Come.on, let’s leave those two alone to ether,” David pointed at Bill and Francine, on the day-bed. “They're practically beyond con- trol now!” So he and Jack sipped their drinks in the kitchen, while Gra- cie went merrily and efficiently to work at the sink. Not a spot on her dress, Not a hair out of place. og white and weary, wiped away, in stony silence. en they had just one thing to “I just ask you, darling, not to + that I managed beautifully. I didn’t, and I know it. Now will ‘ou. please take Button out, and Wopccot sh -—anything?” So he didn’t; but he kissed her with a slightly bewildered look on his. face. When he came back, she was sound asleep on the very edge of the . Her stockings were still on, and one fat tear was glistening on her white, white cheek, At A Standstil ‘HE last two weeks of August made the first two seem like a feieny festival. The heat was fenrtip Cordelia wrote about night life in Stockholm, and yachting on the cool waters at Oslo. Aunt. Carrie wrote once, on that was crinkly from a re- shing Bar Harbor fog. teed and Richard sent pic- t themselves, by the rocky il, at Antibes. Carl Semple was to meet Corde- lia in Paris, and journey down to the Riviera for a reunion with the Challoners. Tony Leeds would be there... Nina sat in her apartment that was cool only because it looked cool, and read the letters, and wondered what streak of insanity had lurked in her family, that she should have deliberately got her- Self into this predicament. She weighed 105 pounds. She was listless from morning to night. David saved what he could out of his lunch. money (He was al- Ways saying; “Oh, a malted was all I wanted,”). and brought her back little delicacies—fresh figs— or flowers—or some frozen des- sert from a really good place, like Sherry’s .., But that upset her, too. It made her feel that. she wasn’t being a good sport, that she needed cod- dling. .. . She did need it, of course, but she didn’t want to appear to be asking for it. She couldn’t seem to get up the energy to love David, as she had hoped she was going to, for being so heavenly sweet to her; or to hate him, for chaining her to this dreadful, dull poverty. She couldn't seem to miss Honey, or recapture any of her old | longing for Richard ... or get over ene Nina said avid. matine |him either, for that matter. She was at a standstill. Her biggest sensations came | from little things: A cold glass of beer... Taking her shoes off, after tramping home from the grocery with packages in her arms... The of relief, when David $aid..“Let's eat out, tonight, sweet- Higgs xen look tired.” |. Shé thought: ‘this isn't—Jiving. | But she went on. (Copyright, 1987, Margaret Heraog) large in| The money situation looms for the Days, tomerrow. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Roper Heads Group To Florid invitation of Florida's Governor C Roper, who will head the list of s ness, industrial, financial and edi: dina, Florida, January 14 to cele! The distinguished southern chemi launching of a new six million dol. ° | (PERSONAL MENTION | eoce | | Mrs. Mattie Richard, sister of! the late J. Vining Harris, has-ar-} rived in Key West to spend the winter. Her home is in Madison, Georgia. Mrs. Louisa Koehn, who wa home in Miami. B. M. Duncan, chief enginee’ in charge of operations and ac- j tivities in connection with the bridges and roads now being} constructed in the area under the jurisdiction of the Overseas Roa and Toll Bridge District, left yes- Miami. Circus Dance To Be | Given Tonight An event long looked forward to by the dancing crowd of this city is the Circus Dance scheduled for tonight at Habana-Madrid| Club under the auspices of Social; Club Marti. Dancing will begin| at 10 p. m. Highlight on tonight’s program; will be the acrobatic dancing team, Wimpy and Jenks, who will} give a demonstration of their abil- ity in this line. Another attraction is scheduled for 12:30 in the form of a flying! trapeze act by Gene Hardin. ‘ Music for this event will be Try furnished by John Pritchard's! popular dance band. | Everybody is pleased with our! fine assortment of Holiday goods. Frank Johnson—La Concha Hotel Bldg.—Adv. —Open For The Winter— OLD ISLAND TRADING POST —Featuring— \ Gifts of Distinction With a | Key West Tang! i Merchandise From All Over | The World Miss Helen Smiley in Charge —Foot of mini 8eTE } =| Tom Keene in WHERE TRAILS DIVIDE | —also— Comedy and Serial i | Florida's youthful solon, Senator Claude Pepper, | Visiting for awhile with ‘friends| Proceds from this affair will go jand was a guest of Mr. and Mrs.|to charity. Part will be used to d event. 666 extends an one to Secretary of Commerce everal score leading national busi- torial figures expected at Fernan- ibrate “Florida Industries Day.” st, Dr. Charles Holmes Herty, will be honor guest for the event which is staged around the formal lar paper mill project owned by | the Container Corporation of America. Benefit Dance At Raul’s Clu Benefit ‘Danee tomiortévh } Hight being given under the auspices of; KeywWWest Junior Woman’s Club is expected to draw one of the! largest crowds-of the season. Af-| fair will take place at Raul’s Club; jon Roosevelt Boulevard, begin- S ning at 10 o’clock. | Rafael Rodriguez and family, left provide a Christmas tree and gifts this morning on the return to her for the unfortunate children of pbs community, an annual proj- | ect of the Junior Woman’s Club and part will go towards the work : & being carried on by the Mercedes Y&@!S 280. ‘ Hospital. Quite a number of reservations have already been made for this{ Others wishing to make reservations should call Alice Roberts, phone 770. } terday afternoon by plane from | John Pritchard’s popular danee| the Newberry Library, Chicago, ‘band has been engaged to furnish | born at Hartford, Conn., 61 years music for the dance. Wholesale Calling Easte—My wife saw .one of those béys scattering circulars yesterday and she hired him. Weste—What for? Easte—She wanted him to leave one of her calling cards with each circular. cobs FEVER first day Headache 30 minutes, m”’-World’s Best! Liquid - Tablets Salv. | A HOME RUN~cx HEAVY BRANDED STEER MEAT ONE -OF MANY Compliments ON OUR DELICIOUS MEATS —and forth a repeat order! 407 South Street Dear Sir: I was . surprised and pleased to find the delicious Filet of Beef instead of the Kidney in your package. I have never eaten nicer, and I thoroughly apprciate your trouble in cutting out such a perfect one for me. I will want about 1% Ibs. for Saturday. Very truly. MRS. F. H. LEE, Monday usual—it brought Social Calendar FRIDAY Operetta, “The Sleeping Beau- ty,” 7:30 p. m., Division Street School Auditorium. Junior Woman’s Club social meeting, 5 p. m., Public Library. Meeting of Woman’s Auxiliary, First Presbyterian church. Home of Mrs. Will Norman, 4 p. m. Room Mothers of Harris School P.-T. A. meet, 3:30 p. m. Home of Mrs. Blondon Goehring. Cireus Dance by Social Clup Marti, at Habana-Madrid Club, 10 p. m. Card party, St. Paul’s Young People’s Service League, at Parish Rall, 8 p. m. Dance at Pena’s Garden of Roses, 10 p, m. Oo SATURDAY Benefit Dance, Junior Woman's Club, at Raul’s, 10 p. m. —o— TUESDAY Woman’s Club meeting, 4 p. m., Public Library. aA Bee THURSDAY Dr. Ralph Lee Eyman, Dean of College of Education, F. S. C. W., speaks before Alumni, Rotary Club, Woman’s Club meetings. Election of officers, Garden } Club and Tree Guild, at Public) Library. Meeting of Daughters of Con-} federacy. Home of Mrs. Ross C.| Sawyer. © 20470 | Todays, Birthdays lege, Milw! , born at Cam- bridge, Mass., ‘50-years ago. Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, ‘onetime secretary of war, !awyer, and civic worker, born at Martins- burg, W. Va., 66 years ago. A, Atwater Kent of Philadel- phia, radio inventor-manufactur- ; born at Burlington, Vt. 64, John Bassett Moore, famed legal authority, born at Smyrna, Del., 77 years ago. George B. Utley, librarian of, i ago. ' Dr. Charles F. Pabst of Brook- | lyn, N. Y., noted dermatologist, born there, 50 years ago. | SECS RSE EROS ! His View Boss — “Duty comes before pleasure.” Clerk—“Yes, but only in a dic- i ” Mosca - STAR ¥ BRAND CUBAN COFFEE | Is Deliciously Fresh! | —TRY IT TODAY— | On Sale At All Grocers | | WITH ‘® § ¢ SSP ECTAES: +: Meat Dept. -°°-- School Circle To Hold Meeting SUNDAY DINNER By ANN PAGE OST housewives plan to serve in- | expensive and easy-to-prepare meals after the Thanksgiving feast. Eggs make a welcome main dish after too much holiday fare. They may be used freely for cooking and baking, be- cause storage eggs are plentiful and very reasonable for this time of the year. The supply of fresh eggs is grad- ually increasing, and prices, naturally, are decreasing. Forequarter cuts of veal, legs and chucks of lamb, smoked pork are good choices in the line of Some fam- ilies who spent Thanksgiving Day away from home, may want a turkey of their own for the week-end. Turkeys are still available at reasonable prices. There is a wide choice of cheap fruits and vegetables. G all oranges for juice, appl sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, ru are all cheap. The following menus are easy to prepare and are foods which are rea- sonably priced. Low Cost Dinner Ham Loaf with Egg Sauce Glazed Carrots Baked Potatoes Bread and Butter Half Grapefruit Tea or Coffee Milk Medium Cost Dinner Roast Shoulder of Pork Baked Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower Brown y Bread and Apple Pie Tea or Coffee ivi Is as Milk Very Special Dinner it and Orange Cup f b Parsley Broccoli Htertainment La: Night A hilarious “Cookie Shine” Par-' ty was held last night at the an- | nex of the First M. E. Church by | the Young People’s Department. Anew game, “Sweeping the Nation” was introduced in the Harris School P.-T. A. will hold} lits regular monthly meeting Mon- day afrernoor, 2:45 o’clock, at the School Library. ing is requested. of the globe. Johnson Jewelry; and Gift Shop, La Concha Hotel Bldg.—Adv. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1987, The Monster Clinton—What did the Society poche |for the Prevention of Cruelty to The Executive Committee of, Animals have him arrested for? Anderson—They heard he car- jried a roll that would choke a cow. —and here, Friends, is CHRISTMAS PRESENT HEADQUARTERS For Key West —0— The most populdr..gift®” wil be those from our huge of cosmetics and toiletries for Ladies and Men. Don't overlook these popular brands— COTY—CARA NOME EVENING OF PARIS YARDLEY—LANGLOIS ADRIENNE presented in interesting of powder, compacts, etc.—in various December 6, at A large attendance at this meet- GIFTS—from the four-corners “FEEL prowsy ? 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