The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1938, Page 2

The Key West Citizen | i. Daily Except Sunday By ZEN PUBLISHING Co., INC. it and Publisher | Froin. The Uitizen, Boilding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered, at Key West, Florida, as Second class matter Member of the Axsociated Press Cee mm’ ABOUT LIVING LONGER The reader probably thinks he would like to know how long he will live. For that reason htttan beings are always interested n revelations that tend to reveal the causes of death and the habits that tend to pro- long life. Prof. Maymond Peari, noted biologist, has recently come to some interesting con- clusions about longevity. Inasmuch as they are based on a scientific stily of data the statements of the scientist ate worth pass- ing on, although every reader will “know” immediately that the student is entirely wrong» orsany conclusion that does not coificide with his or her. prejudices. Prof. Pearl’s'study reveals that inheri- ’ tance ig a major factor in the achievement ADVERTISING RATES on application SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, resolutiors of y notices, ete., will be charged for at cents a line. entertainments by churehes from which 3 16 be derived are 5 cents a 1 issnes and subjects of Jocal or general it will Wo} publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN of great longevity. It is not surprising that ripe old aeg is based on a “pretty good egg” at the beginning. He finds that smoking means a defi- nite impairment of longevity, proportional to the amount of tobacco used. Contrary te some ideas he reports that “no measur- | able effect of the moderate use of alcoholic beverages can be demonstrated” although heavy indulgénte “definitely and consider- | ably impairs lifé expectation.” Hard physital labor, says the -profes- sor, whether performed in indoor or out- door oceupations, has no effect upon life 1 eee . cccboccdicbcctictcctioss The Pan American Poetry So- ciety founded in Key West has established a regency in Louisi- ana, with Miss Mathilde Dore, au- thor of Songg of the Bayou, as state regent. Mrs. Martha Hardy Trimble, whose poetry is published to a great extent in England, is inter- ested in the Pan American Poetry Society, and has written for in- formation on it. = Elme Russ, composer and poet, whose recitals are important events in musical circles in New York City, will be in Florida dur- ing the week of March 21, and will probably visit Key West the following week. Poetry Soirees for years con- dutted by Dr. Norman Guthrie of St. Mark’s Church, New York City, will be continued by James Gabelle, president of the Pan American Poetry Society and president of the Berkeley Poetry Society. St. ‘Mark's is one of the oldest Episcopal churclies in the United States. The ground was given by Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New York. The soirees will be sponsored by the Berkeley Poetry Society, an organization of Anglican poets, and others. The society is named in hotior of Bishop Berkeley, first if | ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS ings That Affeet the Dinnét Pails, ecks arid Tax Bills of Every Iftdividual; 3 tional and International Problems Insep- During the week following An- thony Eden’s resignation, the writer of this column read scores of editorials and articles publish~ ed in the foreign and domestic Press regarding the Chamberlain policy of cooperation: and concilia- tion with the fascist powers, kets are declining, is also looking toward the western hemisphere. Thefe is an €xcéllent chante that children of different ages separat- ed. They were fed im squads of ten. A huge bucket filled with _ Britain will come to the conclu- 204 the slaves were { sion that it is to her economic self-interest to work with the die-: es- = . = A pecially Italy. From this sending Mdend®, trade and possessions in . one highly significant fact emerg- ed. In Germany and Italy, of the big countries, the Chamberlain government was highly praised, and the retirement of Eden greet- ed with huzzahs. In the demo- cratic countries, to the contrary, thé British cabinet change was viewed with bewilderment, alarm and fear. That is particularly true of France, which has been placéd in a difficult position— France’s old-time ally has been England, which she counted on to work with her in holding the dic- tatorships in place, and now it s€enis that the British lion & no longer ready to roar on behalf of the tri-color. And it is also true of the United States. With few exceptions, the principal newspa- pers and leading commentators | the south. Miss, Thompson puts it. large Spodh. They fed by dipping the spoon i bucket ‘Rirty°gaillon: plie@ with’ cool ™ e&ch room. The ' percentage of. ‘then was x bluntly, in these: wortis::“Would ; " Britain not, in’ effect; Jbe0'wnder bwas both a military and ‘Gcondtnit "the bincks were compulsion to Toilbw. not tiie polit, 114821 was cy of the United States in: South} America, but that of Italy, Ger- many and Japan?” In brief, will Britain seek for future allies, not} the democracies, France and the} United States, but the totalitarian governments, on the theory that; this will give her the best chance} to preserve her empire? j Little has been heard of this as/ yet—mich will be heard in the} future. For there seems to be an excellent chance that have to chafige our ideas toward | Britain. Even those Americans who have not succumbed to Ang-| we will |i i erected 300 slaves as in the hospital at te fe, a¥ig i funds to take care of the slaves. but hundreds of Key Westers vis- ited them daily carrying cloth- ing, food and other. things FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1938. distance from the barracoon. and the Affirans were allowed to be present St the services where the? performed their natve ceremony Weird chants were sung. mingied with ‘lou@ wails of gricf and mournful moarings from the hun- dreds of sieves. The coffe was lowered into the grave. When & came to rest at the bottom the their comfort and pleasure. The’ @@hink that with Eden’s going went Water and Sewerage. . Bridges ‘to ponipleta pha té. Maih- “*fand, Free Port, Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. “ Airports—Land:and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. A National Safety Council poster pro- Leaders of communities are often shortsighted—caused by I-trouble, says an exchange. Women, should wear their fur coats all their life, just as did the animals which furnished them, ' j j | Most people ai rawn political creéd by théjadmirati for its exponent. towards a fn Ahiey fee! ' A professor says one can think better lying down. A good many will be willing to try out his theory. Dar diseases of the heal } sels? his study convinces him that it is pos- expectation up to the age-of férty but ton- siderable effect after that age. Ih the case of -pers Ang eventhal- or the blood yes- sible, even when such persons are in a state i of good health, to distinguishrthe groups | that will ‘be short-lived and those which will be long-lived. Prof. Pearl reports that life tables show a great improvement in the average duration of life in the past forty years but this is due to a great improvement in infant welfare and not a letigthening of the biv- logieal span of human life. In fact, he as- serts that “actually fewer persons alive at | the age of T0 today survive to the age of 90 than did forty years ago. TIME TO PAY OFF (Fort. Myers News-Press) If there were any tongues in cheek When } people read Mayor Shapard’s ultimatum to’ tax dodgers yesterday; they had betté stfaighten’ their faces because he made it clear, off, the record ‘as well as on, that he means busihess. This is | not, he declares, just another of thoge, -gestyres | with which the city has become all too familiar; | an empty threat which will blow over with the first opportunity to pass the buck to the courts. | The mayor has figured all that otit; he expects to | be brought into court right off the batTand per- You may drive your husbahd to the poor house if the finance company hasn't | taken the car back. / POUT ae lene ree The ouble with most plans for effi- | ciency in government is that it means fewer jobs to distribute, Bankers advise everybody fo pay) their bills by check, but it is sometimes safer to receive in cash. If present immigration laws had been eiforced in the early days few of our an- eqftors Would have got in. Ohd way to achieve opularity is to lifep attentively to titeééme *people—if ; you are willing to pay the price. In Brooklyn a lecture on “What to Eat” was postpohed because the lecturer had a severe attack of indigestion. A maiifactirer asserts.that his shoes are both comfortable and stylish. But the fair castomer will be hard to conviltce The hunan body is such a delicately “balanced machine that the absence of one illioith of a gramme of a ppreciably shorten life. If it should become necessary ag@if atek aid from the Great Father Washington, let us go i joners and not as opulent strutters.of our, & a Americans when 6verseas should in- PinGe Finland in their itinerary, to show ‘eum appreciation of het prompt payments to thé United Statés of Her obligations. °The other nations could pay as promp*’) if they didn't spend so lavish'y on pzxt buildings, Atlantic littérs, alid afma:+ particularly, vitamin will? i haps many times, but he says that is where the tax dodgers will have to go, and stay, if they | expect to get back their city services and keep } them. What the couheil has authotized the mayor to do is withhold these services from all who do not pay -their takes, including their tenants. Their Sewers will be disconnettéd, their garbage will be left uncollected and they will get no police or fire protection. In brief they will be denied ‘the services for which they refuse to pay and. the | mayor wants to know what is wrong with that? Nothing is wrong with it and it will work if | the mayor betits down as Ne says'he will aiid the f council backs him iip. Determination is the es- sence of proposition. There wilt bélépposition, well ent, but if it is met with g! uit? kiven 6 quar- Foo ter it can be conquered. Ng, gaub pone strange legal technicalities will be [—smart lawyers always have plenty in their bag of tricks —but if the city does not hesitate to use its police power the tax dodgers will find themselves in the position of the fellow who Was assired through the bars of his cell that “they can’t put you in jail for that.” The classic answer was, “Yeah, but here I am.” That is where a person will be who says, “Go ahead, cut off thé sewer, leave the garbage lie and ste who cares.” A health ordinance is im- mediately violated and a cop will call around. The person who brings that on himself will then have the chbide of payiiig his taxes in the form of a fine ée/tAbkyers’ feds afd “With he has settled he can go eck homejand be pinched again = = Can the city do. There bas._neyer m any doubt of that. The q tion is “Will the diy do it?” The tax dodgers have bet the city ‘t. The mayor says they lose Undoubtedly they have afid they might as we prepare to pay off before codrt costs fire ddded ts their tax bills. Our statistics department reports that “the outstanding social event” of the sea- ou has already occurred any number of times in 1938. }AliBiiean bishop in Américar@n: is endorsed by the Archbishop of pthe last hope for maintaining and Yorkatd the Bishop ton. a de: Cupptéts Of the Pal Atsesican Poetty Sociéty have been b- Hlished@ iin: (Florida, New Jersey, “ Wisconsifi, *ORiG) (California, and now Louisiaha. “ThE Key West chapter is the mothér chapter of the organization, the first group being organized here in 1935. South America has groups in Ar- gentine, Brazil and Venezuela. mting- Bayou Pierre, Louisiana, will be the location of the Lowisiana State Pan American Shriné. The state group of Loiisiana will es- tablish a fund for the purchase of marble statues of Pan American poets to be plated in the shrine. Racine, ‘Wiseonisin, éstablished a garden té?Pan . Améficin Poets? | wherein fis. a YatBe flower bed dedicated th. the twetity-one coun- | tries that/eniapese the Pan Amer- | ican Union. = Maude Haynes, Florida poet, Suitd Hb HAPAANE La Palotha of” | ficial organ of the Pai American Poetry Socitty\is & credit to Flog- xtending the old ideas of demo- ic freedom abroad. Also of eat importance is the fact that me of the British periodicals nd publicists have denounced amberlain in terms rarely ap- plied to a Prime Minister. So far as the United States is concerned, the new policy of English friendliness toward the fascists—which Lord -Cranborne, former British undersecretary for foreign affairs, who resigned with Eden, characterized as “not a con- tribution to peace, but a surrender to blackmail”—has apparently completely blasted all chances of an American-English alliance, whereby the two nations would work together to preserve the peace of the world by presenting a united front to possible bellig- erents. More important, as Doro- thy-Thompson recently wrote, it has created a potentially grave problem from the. standpoint of, our interests in South America. Briefly described, that problem is this: Germany, Italy and Ja- pan, under the Rome-Berlin-To- kio. Axis agreement, are pledged to aid each other, tacitly if not actively, in, territorial expa7sion. there Were * themselves the trade and resoure- Agnes I. Eason’s second volume sof “Observations Along Life’s ighway"; is decicated “to those I have met and those who wait for me along life’s highway”. Mrs.{ FEason visited Key West for the first time recently, and promised to come again. She is a‘ popular Florida poet born in Texas, spent | her chithood in Pennsylvania and Kansas, was educated in Georgia and lives in Hialeah, Fla. Mrs. Eason is a member of several cul- tural and civie organizations in Florida, is vice president of the Latin-American Club of Havana, Cuba, and associate editor of The Garret, published in Cleveland, | Ohio. | ily Lawrence Bow, who, for fseveral years, made er on Cudjoe Key near Key West, isi jone of Florida’s busiest women. pShe is libratiah'@f the fStead, Florida, library, i Pook’ reviews.” cohchicwpoetry | comme? and edits Cycle, a quar- Hterly of verse, Lily Lay }Bow iS an inspiration to all whe? know her. Pan American Day, April 14, will be observed by all countries in Pan America. This day lends itself to a wide variety of inter- sting programs and ceremonies which may be participated in by groups ranging from the lower grades in elertientary schools to colleges and adult Clubs and oth- et organizations. r Stephen Cochran Singleton, sec- retary of the Key West Chamiber Lof Commerce. is author of a book fof poetry entitled Florida Show- ers. Kabinda Ritual by Elmo Russ was voted first place and Voodoo ‘Drinis b¥ Marie Cappick. second place, in a contest conducted by Cycle Poetry Magazine, in its last issue. . Poetry Caravan, edited by Etta Josephean Murfey, Lakeland, Fia., is a distinct addition to Flor- ida publications. Margaret Bell Housten, who wintered in Key West, is the au- thor of the following books of poetry: Prairie Flowers, The Singing Heart, Lanterns in The Dusk, and the follbwirig noVeis es of the greatest little-exploited continent or earth, South Ameri- ca. Britain, whose export mar- The Little Straw Wife, The Witch Man, Moon of Delight, Hurdy-. Gurdy, Magie Valley, Gypsy Weather, Window In Heaven. She is a dramatic reader with few Superiors. While in Key West Mrs. Houston wrote a novel with a Key West background. Her daughter, Miss Katrina, is a tal- ented aftist and while in Key ‘West painted several local scenes and some lovely floral pieces. i Sold enly with Piles Bigh-E ficiency Aerial to imenre grocies: foreign reception. ese powers are eager tp get for . fophobia, have fegarded England | as a- natural and-inevitable ally of the U.S. and Franee in any diffi- culty, have. takenidfor granted the pride anti, poweri;of John Bull, and have more om) less thought that the cause of European de- mocracy was safe so long as the Empire lasted. But now the be- lief is Spfeading that England is really little interested in ideals, and is pursuing a policy of tem- porary advantage, in an effort to stave off a day of reckonnig be-} tween democracy and fascism. Aj} few commentators take the view} that England is definitely done as a first-rate power. Thus, Oswald Garrison Villard, following a long} summary of recent events and their preceding causes, says: “Where does this leave England? Why, reduced to a third-rate pow- erin the world. Humbled by Italy in Spain and the Mediteran- nean, by Hitler in the Rhineland, in Danzig, in Austria—all along the line”. Whether or not ‘this View is true. it is an inescapable conctusion that the fascists have made ‘immense strides in an chabdtic world—and the democra- Forty pretty girls have entered the contest for Ambassadors of Good Will in Polk County's first pnnual Mardi Gras celebration to be held. at Winter Haven the eve- ning of. March 18. Ten of them will be sent to various parts of the “United States and to other coun- tries. PIERCE BROTHERS FLEMING AT ELIZABETH ONLY THE NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGE HAS Ait B THRIFTY FEATURES! “AM 2 SADE TH ) BEDE ES 2D DS a wa,