The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR 992229900 0990900000000000 0900090090090 00OPOLOOOSS | COOOEOOOOOOD9OO909090000000 900000000000 _ An English Woman's Impressions Of Key West By PHYLLIS ROBSON cose (Mrs. Phyllis Robson, editor of The Dog World, pub- lished in London, England, is a visitor in the city. and wrote the following article for The Citizen, telling delightfully of her fishing experiences and the charm of Key West, Florida.) “Why not come over and stay with us in Florida this winter?” said Mr. and Mys. Justin W. Griess when I was visiting their Tovely home in Massachusetts last, June. Mr. Griess, like myself;; ‘was recovering from a bad attack of pneumonia and had _ benefited greatly by his stay here last year. , Now Florida to we British only means Miami or Palm Beach. I am ashamed to say I had never heard of Key West nor did Mr.. Griess it,—much less fishing. However, I accepted the | invitation with alacrity. About last November, when all, my plans were practically com-: pleted, my friend, Mr. de Casa- nova, the editor of the American Kennel Gazette, casually men- tioned in a letter that he was; glad I was coming to Florida and would no doubt enjoy the. fish- ing.as the Griesses were most en+ thusiastic anglers. My heart went: down. I'd never fishéd in my: life and I had a horror of small boats. Although I live in London, ' I have a cottage on the coast of Kent and haye friends visit me} who go fishing in’ the English | Channel where it is supposed to be good. They bring their own! boat and the bargain I make is/ that they fish as often as they | like only I am not to be asked to} mention time in m: politely seid I,would be so glad to accompany Mr. and Mrs. Griess so Capt. Jakie Key of the. “Legion” was) notifief)-and the | following day fi for the,i4 to me, great adventute. My hosts will never know how my heart sank with trepidation as I saw the size of the Legion and stepped into it off the Casa Marina pier. I wondered ii I should disgrace them by being horribly sea ‘sick —however, armed with plenty of magazines — and almost some needlework—I gritted my teeth and prepared for the worst. When we got out into the Gulf Stream, I was so interested in watching Mr. and Mrs. Griess fishing I for- got everything else, and every | fish brought in gave me a thrill. Then my wily host said he want- ed a little rest and suggested I take his pole, and so, for the first | life I handled a fish- ing rod. “How will I know when I get a bite?” I innocently asked. “You'll soor know that all right”, said Mrs. ‘Griess,;and'I certainly: did, for very soon I felt as if I'd a whale on the end of my line} and in due course landed my change prefixes. first fish, a 22-pound barracuda, marriage to Bob Linden, and was I proud? That fish meant more to me than any tar- pon, salmon‘or sail caught by the most expert angler, and it achiev- ed what nothing else in the world have heard Key West described | had been able to do, for it turned | r it turned|as “The Fisherman’s Paradise”, | me into a most enthusiastic fish- From Miss to Mrs. these Left,to right is Robert Heasley. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ' Movie Starlets To Marry eee KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings, Here Just Ten ' From The Files The annual convention of Flor- |ida sheriffs will be neld in Key Sa on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19 and ; 20, Sheriff Niles | wires The Citizen from West ; | connecting; Key West with the’ _ jon the ferries. movie &stdzlets will soon , Dolores Gasey, who plans asst. | Mathews to John Hartley, actor; Gwen Genyon’s. fiance film director; \ Joyce 7 NO BRIDGE FOR LOIS AMES, Ia—Lois Jean Ma- | and this it certainly is, for I can} erwoman. now compare the great assort- jhews, 17-year-old freshman at | Palm Beach, following a confer- jence with Sheriff Baker, presi- dent of the ‘State Asgociation. The meeting ‘is to be desginated as the Sherifis’ Over Sea High- ; way Convention and it is under- | stood that practically every visi- , tors to the;convention, to last | two days, wrill motor to this city jin order te travel the highway ; mainland, and enjoy the sea trip It is confidently ‘expected that ‘sheriffs, deputy | sheriffs and members of their families from the 66 counties of !the state will eome to Key West his evant and it is predicted > total attendance will ex- Tle Valentine masquerade ball given at the Athletic Club under | the auspices of the Woman's ! Club, is ‘reported to have been | one of the most successful and distinctly beautiful of the winter » With the attendance num- 300, including many out, of town guests. Among. the many ‘beautiful costumes were,a num- ber which elicited special atten- tion and were the reason for com- plimentary remarks. Dr. and Mrs. Lombard represented the north and south poles, in their typical | esquiraaux costumes, while Lieu- Years Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen ;tenant and Mrs. Conoley made quite a hit in their excellent imi- tations of the Felix cartoons. Miss Eleanor Miller was admired in her gown made from the copies of Rhe @itizen: And Edwin Trevor scored strongly in his im- ‘personation“of a newsboy. Mrs. i Virgil Cordero , introduced pretty feature, a sweet chorus from the follies in which she por- trayed thé role of the queen, while ‘Mr:‘Cordero sang “Deep Down In'My‘Heart” Orchestral music added to the charm of a delightful evening. A hole. about six feet long and two feet wide was knocked in the hull of the Yacht Hartford, Conn. The accident happened about 9 o’clock this ; morning when the vessel struck | a shoal and ran. ashore. Mr. and Mrs. Bloodgood and Mr. and Mrs. ; Edwin Linberg and others, all of | Hartford, were on board the ves- sel, U.S.S. Mallard with the sub- marine S-4 in tow.,gailed for the Gulf of Mexico this:mnerning to continue the experiments in res- a: ‘ Diana, | owned by A. T. Bloodgood of: ‘WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1 1 | laughs last laughs best is prob-| |ably the reason the Englishman waits until all others have finish- ed before he starts to laughing. Mrs. Nustachia Sanchez, re- cently pronounced insane by a lunacy board, left yesterday for the state hospital at Chattahoo- chee. She was accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Cloud, nurse from the ipstitution. Chiet Ralph B. Pinder, of the THE BUY OF YOUR LIFE! THE FINEST REFRIGERATOR | GENERAL ELECTRIC | EVER BUILT cue work, which:shas;been con-! ducted in the waters of this har- bor. Further tests of the lun; used in the life-saving expe ments will be made at a depth of 120 feet. ! Editorial comment: He who 4 93 Key West Fire Department. re- quests that any one desiring to contribute to the fund being as- sembled by the firemen to be used in staging the proposed con- vention of firemen to be held here may phone 368, which is No. 1 fire station. Seferino Fabal and Pasqual Valdez were arraigned this fore- noon before U. S. Commissioner C. Rodney Gwynn on charges of violating the federal narcotic law. Bond for the defendants was set at $2,000 each. WITH SELECTIVE AIR CONDITIONS i \Iowa State College, made aes Y ment of fish brought in, to the} E x ! e “A” in every subject during her | i le pi ial efforts’ m AEN erat Ge Y | tirst quarter, and is known as i hi lish | friends produce from the Englis the school’s “brain trust.” She vhi t | Channel and which I fear I mus cava cnep preter aikies coueindy because | accompany them, so I'd never! wy pride the next day suffered been out fishing in my life. On: 4 seyere set back when The Key receipt of Mr. de Casanova’s let-; west Citizen announced I had ter I wrote politely to Mr. and. Mrs. | caught my first fish, a two-pound Griess saying that 'd heard they’ parracuda, and so pleased was I were great anglers and that I| with Key West fishing that I was ; knew nothing of fishing but! writing an article on it for the | Often have hurt their feelings by and won't play bridge, would be glad to go out with! ;ondon papers! I always thought alluding to as “suitable for the/it’s too hard and gets her all them and watch. By return came! that anglers added weight to cat”, However, I go back to| mixed up. a cable saying I was to meet them! their catches, so to havéimy first- Great Britain a whole hogger for | at the Casa Marina Hotel, Key'| porn—as.it were—robbed of 20 T oad ee West, on January 10th. | pounds by a printer’s erfor was a way Wuees beet oe veal I am one.of those who, owing! ¢ryel blow. I got my leg* pulled the greatest city. sp enor to bronchial trouble, cannot stand| jy every one in the hotal, my it is wonderfui a a ere a the rigors of ‘our English cli-| host. sending me a candy» fish hayen of peace,; end than! gi mate and was yery delighted when| abot the aise pf a sardine, ness One cam live’ quietly an I consulted my doctor about! jabelled, “The fish I caught at | Tationally here: away from all the coming here to hear him say,' Key West”. ¢ worries of the European unrest. COMPLAINT SERVICE... If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION : Between i ~ TP. il e Everything you want in a refriger- ator—best method for convenient, economical and practical food pro- tection known to modern science— new conveniences—quicker freezing ~and the enduring economy uni- versally identified with the G-E Triple-Thrift Refrigerator. All this is yours today at lowest prices G-E ever quoted, Get the inside story! THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. Simple, Silent, ' Sealed-in-Steel THRIFT UNIT with Oil Cooling “The daddy of them all!” i \ i | BENJAMIN LOP! FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 ‘ ‘Licensed Funeral Diréttors and Embalmers . 24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 HI Mf “There are two places with ideal | climates to Sit’ you, Egypt and’ Florida”. I left England on De- cember 22nd in the midst of one, of the coldest spells we've had} for very many years... Our news- papers said it was colder than_in Iceland, so I was glad to turn my} back on snow and ice, which may look pretty on Xmas cards, but in London are an abomination. I came via Cuba where I stayed a week and thought Havana was quite the noisiest city I’ve been in and made New York seem like a peaceful town. Working to schedule I left on the S.S. Cuba on January 10th. Not liking small boats I viewed with some dismay its dimensions. I prefer ships about the size of the Ac- quitania and on these I’m an ex- cellent sailor. I had heard dire accounts of the crossing from Cuba to Key West, however, all was well, though on the passage across no less than three men who talked ‘to me*6n beard were suddenly overcome with mal de mer, so I wandered ‘if I was a hoo-doo. At lunch only a hand- ful of people appeared, whilst I ate my meal to the strains of the Lambeth Walk—a, delicate com- pliment_to ,the only British pas- senger. The steward informed me that it was very rough. After what I considered a de- lightful trip,—I was interested in the approcah to Key West with all the small Keys—there on the pier » my friends, Mr. and! Mrs. accompanied by Ch. Amour of Misty Isles, the greatest black poodle in America. It took a long time to get through the customs, never in all the countries in which I have travelled—bar Brazil during a revolution—have I had my luggage so thoroughly gone over as the Key West of- ficial small tooth combed it, and I was at a loss to know what on earth he thought a British woman could be smuggling. How- ever, in due course I got through and arrived at the Casa Marina where under the shady pafms my hosts thought that a Planters Punch was “just what the doctor bad ordered”. , I have neve? been in a more beautiful location than the Casa Marina, the lovely garden, pri- yate beach, pier, outside dancing floor surrounded by tables under gaily colored umbrellas and the palms lit up at night with a myriad colored lamp combined with the excellent service seems to me as near an earthly Para- dise as possible. What a lot there is to see in Key West. My first day was Spent in sightseeing and it was not until evening that the. word ishing was mentioned, I! Since: that memorable day on Jan, 12th, I have been out fishing many times, and though I am still very much of a noviee, and the elusive sail has still escaped me— I yield to no one in enthusiasm. I have known the joy of catching tarpon—my first night’s tarpon | (fishing is a memory I shall al- ways carry with me. I don’t | know which was the more beau- tiful, the setting sun or the rising of the moon, and never will I forget stealing along the creeks between the many Keys with the tropical moon at its full. I'd all the novice’s luck to get a tarpon on my first expedition, but must tell the truth and admit I failed to get him in by myself through lack of knowledge, and had to seek the expert aid of Mrs. Griess before he was safely landed. My luck held good and very soon aft- | erwards I'd another strike, and! ‘this time, thariks to the tuition of my hostess and the redoubtable Jakie Key, I landed the: tarpon myself, and: the glories of ' the barracuda faded. I can only liken the thrill of one’s first tarp No one need .be bored in Key West. I was surprised to find how much entertainment there was going on at night. I did a round of the “niteries’—as I think you call them, and with pleasant memories of the famous Sloppy Joe’s bar in Havana, which is the rendezous of every American and British visitor to Cuba, I went to the local Sloppy’s many times and I never want to visit a better run establishment. “Joe” himself is the essence of courtesy, whilst his bartender Skinner—a man with a heart as big as his body—is a wizard at mixing any kind of drink. “Skin- ners Special” is a cocktail to be remembered, and I still have hopes I may wheedle the recipe out of him under a vow of se- crecy, to take back to England and add to my collection. I have refused to read any newspapers during my stay here, but The Key West Citizen and now. take as much interest in the local doings as any native. In conclusion I may say, if Key West is unknown to the :major- ‘of Britishets, I shall do my that (of getting. the, brust ASL. to remedy’ this, for 'I have one goes out for hunting. Another day when. fishing for} the wily sail we had a wonder- ful experience, and for the first; time I saw a huge turtle swim- ming in the ocean. .Up to then we'd had quite good luck with amberjack, bonito and barracuda —to say nothing ‘of three tunny fish and it was about 2:30 p. m. when we sighted the ungainly crustacean. Then all was excite- ment on board. Eventually he} was harpooned and roped to the | bow of the boat as he was too heavy to lift on board. We hoped | to get our catch ashore alive, but he had to be given the happy despatch en route, as he was so vicious he was doing his best to | injure the Legion with his pow-! erful jaws,, On getting back to land we found dur prize weighed | 350 pounds, ant were we proud of “our” fartfé; for as Mrs! Griess and I had helped with ropes, § and she'd manged the boa’ Jakie and his brother did thes]; expert work, we felt we were en- titled to share in the honor of! the catch. Never have I met a grander character than Capt., Jakie Key, he and his brother, | Freddie, are just the salt of the! earth, and the world is the better | for men of their calibre. | I shall soon be setting out for England again and shall carry | memories of the most wonderful holiday I've ever had—gone are all bronchial ‘troubles, thanks to | the marvellous climate of Key} West. ° One thing puzzles me, why do not more English come here? Ij promised articles to several Eng- lish papers and to quote one of your trite-Americanisms, “I'll tell the world” of the joys of this lit- tle Paradise when I get back to my own small island. ~ For Real Purity Let Us Estimate _ on YOUR Printing POSTERS BOOKLETS STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices ‘PHONE © ° : 51 THE ARTMAN PRESS THE CITIZEN BLDG, “i -*F6F Real Economy itt 5's! FortReal Service oes For Real Protection ' DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson INCORPORATED ICE DI PHONE NO. 8 Enterprises VISION PTS ILLL LAL Lo deliver your copy of The Citizen. : Ly STOOLS SI SI SII IIS SS aS GENERAL @@ ELECTRIC Tocpale-Thrdfé REFRIGER TO THE | “Twomen followed duty and | ; a sinh followed love, under- DANGEROUS SERVICE Don’t miss this exciting serial of newspaper Starting February 1 IN THIS PAPER life 8