The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1939, Page 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1989 We Liked ed Key West By ESTHER | KING oeoe wrawne Comparatively few visitors in since we came into this climate. Florida take the time or the trou-. Soon we were on our way, ble to see Key West; and what a' again on the seven-mile bridge, big mistake they make! and a very remarkable piece of fe fh engineering. We''saw Pigeon A few years ago when we were Key by daylight and’ were amaz- tin the South for the winter we ed at the tiny island with cottages heard a great deal about the re- and evidently a fishing camp; habilitation of this small island nestled there under the bridge. just recovering from a hurricane The water was calm, sometimes that wiped out the railroad sys- blue and sometimes bottle-green, tem. On our return trip this and always beautiful. The sky year we heard about the Over- was deep blue with fleecy clouds seas Highway to Key West and racing along, and a_ constant about the wonderful fishing, both breeze.’ We came over miles and here and at Fort Jefferson, so our miles of roadway, about 170 in curiosity was aroused and here 211, in some places the old coun- we are. ty reads and in some places slick Just my husband and I, with- new roads built over the old rail- cut an acquaintance or a destina- road bed. Sometimes for miles tion, but so interested in the re- we could not see the water, and . vival of a forgotten city, as it had then for miles we could see noth- been called, that we wanted to ing else, with the road seeming see it for ourselves. My husband to run right threugh it, but it was had been here twenty-five years all thrilling and beautiful. ago, having made the trip by rail, Reach Key West end he was anxious to make com- teria paces We: 5 di parisons. ntering Key est we passe: We left Miami on Monday aft- Under a elope sign and then ernoon, armed with a little book- og eee por ase ay petne: let put out by some civic organi- Noes cf ae aa ee ad ae zation in Key West, on the inside He i ie ie ee ; Te a | “covers of which were ads of a '° 1 eat ene aes His few hotels and restaurants. Be- ‘!mlescly we came to a doc! . where there were fishing boats, oe ph pee _ ppeheleias and a sightseeing boat at anchor. P y My, first impression of that sec- modations. tion of the island was of some Out To Sea foreign country. The children in As we left Homestead, just trunks. begging the visitors to -south of Miami, we were thrilled at driving over an excellent road and seeing water on both sides, dotted here and there with tiny islands. The little guide book enumerated many of them, told the mileage between the Keys and described some of them, and es one of us drove the other read the descriptions. We planned to stop at sundown, so as not to miss anything by driving at night, and as we paused at the toll station, which everyone has to pass, the officer told us that the next town would be Marathon, where we could find food and lodging. The Overseas Cafe at Mara- thon looked inviting, so we stopped for dinner and were agreeably surprised at the quality and rea- sonable price of the food. In fact, we liked it so well that we ar- throw a coin into the water so that they could dive after it, and a mad scramble when you did. One little dark-skinned Adonis seemed to have had very good luck ag he ran back to the fence where he had cached his trousers to put a coin into his wallet. When a new victim arrived he would stand around shivering and making his teeth chatter, but} when their back was turned the! chill strangely disappeared. There were native Americans and Span- ish-speaking boys, diving and selling sponges and conch shells. We learned later that the native Key Westers are called Conchs. We met Captain Wade of the Balmy Days, who described his sightseeing trip to us, and so rea- sonable, too, and found through further conversation that he ,had ranged to stay for the night, and at one time made his home with, found the room assigned to us one of our neighbors in New) very modern and comfortable. Hampshire. We also saw the We were particularly interested Warbler that stands by for emer- | in their water question and were; gencies, ready at all times to go told that most of the Keys are! full steam ahead, and several lacking in fresh water. In this people fishing from the dock. particular case, the drinking wa- First Taste Of Turtle ter is hauled from Homestead, a cea: ‘ 2 distance of about 80 miles, in a none thas spout EAE ae specially constructed tank car, Mt Johnnie with his sightseeing eh taxi and knowing that he would Water Piped In be familiar with the town we Water for the showers and asked his advice about finding a bathrobms is piped from the small apartment or cottage. He ocean. After dinner we inquired | eagerly took us to a couple of about fishing and someone suas pisces where he thought we gested that we could fish from! might find something but un- the seven-mile bridge, which we! fortunately the ‘pl were all were told was a Wonderful sight rented. By that time we had by day-light. We started out, our bearings and were able to go and bought bait at a fishing camp on alone, so the next question where we were told just exactly was lunch. We went to the how to find a good place on the Trumbo, where we could look out bridge. We, drove about two miles across the water and sce the big when we came to Pigeon Key amphibians swaying back and where a ramp took us off the forth peacefully. I had my first bridge down on to a tiny island, taste of turtle steak and was and there we parked our car and walked on out toward the draw. We baited our hooks and in no time my husband had a bite. We thought he had an enormous fish, a$ it was all he could do to bring it in, but when we got the victim tothe top of the bridge we found | that he had hooked a huge sting ray. Of course, we had to cut After lunch we started out to him loose and try again. | find lodging and went from one The sky was glowing brightly | place to another until we finally | with stars and the lighthouses | parked in front of the Post Office and boats in the distance made| to attend to some mail, never a beautiful sight. The plop-plop thinking that this was a lucky of the water under the bridge stop. Across the street we saw was so musical and the surround- the Coral Hotel, and it looked so ings so peaceful that we would clean and new, and the lobby so have been satisified to just stand inviting that I hopped out of the! there and listen. Occasionally a car and into the hotel to inves- car passed and we were surprised tigate. . and I found something! at the absence of vibration. Our In a few minutes I had rented next, catch was a good-sized red a darling little efficiency apart- snapper, so after that we decided ment, all white and shining and to go home, as the little inn might newly decorated. Broadloom | close early. However, the lights carpets, Venetian shades and were all burning brightly when restful drapes, white wicker} we drove up, and the palm trees furniture, dinette and a_ real and little cluster of buildings kitchen with gas range and elec- made me think of an oasis in a tric refrigerator and all the desert. When we displayed our, equipment .necessary for a vaca- lone fish to the proprietor he! tioner. The housekeeper was so) very graciously offered to cook it conscientious, too, looking after all for our breakfast. our needs and darting here” and | Peaceful Sleep there attending to everyone’s That was the most peaceful wants, and never seeming oh place in which I have ever slept, 5*©P- | and I dropped off so quickly that So here we are facing the Poet | I was surprised when I awoke at Office, over the top of which we 8 the next morning. At home I can see the flags wave with the hear eyery little creak and sound, blue sky for a background, and | but here I heard nothing. We just through the door a little | hustled into our clothes and went balcony all our own. Some . of down to breakfast of orange the apartments face a long sereen-| juice, toast and ¢offee and the ed veranda reminding me of the | red snapper, now golden brown staterooms on a boat looking out and surrounded with French © t© the deck. fries. Neither of us would have Fishing From Boat eaten such an enormous break-' The first thing my husband did) fast at home, but then we have/ was to make a reservation to g0| been eating like horses ever; deep-sea fishing. Fishing from a! very much surprised that it tast- ed like veal cutlet instead of like some kind of fish. The fact that I didn’t leave any was _ proof enough that it was good. »For | dessert we had our first taste of | cocoanut ice-cream and we liked | it so much that we have had it several times since. ; tree. | boat has always been taboo with| bougainvillaea which grows more; | me as I profess to be a very poor! like a vine than a tree. We rove sailor, so while he fished I around the island on the Roose- | shopped and had a shampoo. velt Boulevard, past the little |Friend husband brought home thatched cabanas along the beach, several fish and we had some past the old- Martello Towers, to for dinner. I found the yellow-|Raul’s nightclub, where, in the ' tails particularly sweet and good.|rear, there is a pool containing He fished again on the second specimens of several kinds of fish day of our stay and looked so dis-| caught in native waters. The reputable on his return that he Parrot fish is particularly color- was mistaken for a peddler and}4ul, having gay hues of red, green almost driven’ out of the hotel, sometimes blue, and, as they much to the embarrassment of live almost entirely on moss, some the housekeeper and much to our of it clings around their mouths} amusement. jand gives them the appearance! One day we set aside for sight-.of wearing lip-stick. It makes seeing and started out by having them look grotesque but never- Cuban coffee and a horse-collar’ theless attractive because of their, at Pepe’s. We couldn’t find the brilliant colors. Then we saw place because we did not know Jack, a good-sized amberjack, how to spell it, but finally arriv- that came for food when he was ed there,‘and found the place called, and scooted across the brimming with local color. . .! Pool like a shot when the atterd- bare tablcs with nothing but a ant threw him a piece of fish. bowl of sugar and a_ bowl of There was, too. a jewfish, usually sweet condensed milk. Every- indifferent to food by day but one uses condensed milk in their, Sometimes easier to catch by Cuban coffee and it isn’t at all night. They grow to an enormous hard to take. The coffee was size and their skin is dark and kept hot in a tea kettle set in a tough looking. The scales are on + pan of boiling water. The horse! the inside instead of the outside collar proved to be a huge cinna- and it is said t mon. bun with raisins and with a| that name bec sugar icing on top. Nothing ultra| hard to skin. There are ultra about Pepe’s, but the food other ieties in the pool was good, the check was small the attendant told us that Robert and the customers kept coming in Ripley had written an article and out all the time. A very about ‘them. obliging attendant told us where! Open-Air Aquarium we could buy the coffee and how) ‘There is an aquarium in Key BORIS Ae | West, too, that I forgot to men- Hemingway's Home tion, where an obliging young At this poinfawe again encoun- man told us all about the fish tered Johnnie, whom we took and their habits. Most of tl with us as a guide to show us fish were caught in native water the places of interest. We drove by regular fishermen and often through the Navy Yard where by visitors, and representatives we were admonished not to take from other cities come any pictures. We climbed the the rare and beautiful specimens. ninety steps to the top of the fa- This is the only open-a mous lighthouse (I was all out of rium in the United States. breath and shakey), whence we We saw an octopus, too, at ver, coyld see the entire island and close range. He was very much, away out into the water and the like the one my husband pulle Houston, where President Roose- in from Lake Worth. They have velt is to make his headquarters, little suction cups on the under standing by impressively. We side of each tenacle which give could also see down into the them a deadly grip on whatever grounds of the home of Ernest they encounter. They swim by, Hemingway, the writer, and ad-\sucking in huge quantities | of mire the lovely lawn and beauti-: water and then expelling it. ful trees, and best of all,: the’ There wasn’t much that we blue-bordered swimming pool missed on our tour, lots of things, with its emerald green water. His that I haven’t mentioned nor will studio is in a separate building, mention, for I have a flair for and with such quiet and rest-| telling too many details. ful surroundings it is no wonder! We saw the old cemetery and the man is inspired! a portion of the battleship Maine, Down to earth again to see the monuments erected for various rare birds and several varieties reasons, schools and churches, of doves and pigeons, a huge Army Barracks, old-fashioned India rubber tree and a guava houses and very modern ones, Most of the trees in Key little hotels and big ones and West bear identification plaques, finally back home across the} and as most of them are new to street from a very new and beau- the visitor it is all very helpful.,tiful Post Office housed in the; We saw the much-discussed same building with the Customs breatifruit tree and the beautiful’ (Continued on Page Four) many FITTS IIIS 2 INFORMATION C For'tourists | is Entertainment — Fishing — Accommodations 4 MONROE THEATER Wallace Beery-Mickey Rooney ee. STABLE MATES Matinee—! picony 10c, Or- chestra 15- — 25 CASA MARINA Key West's Hotel De Luxe AMERICAN PLAN ! 200 Delightful Rooms, Each | With Private Bath j ' | | Hi ] i Beautiful Cocktail Lounge i | | I H | OVERSEAS CAFE AND LODGE Marathon, Fia. Phone No. 4 Between Key West and Miami COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE Charley Toppino, Prop. TROPICAL SAILINGS | on the ‘BALMY DAYS’ | i DE LUXE MOTOR SAILER j DAILY TRIPS Leave 9:30 A. M. and 2 P. M | | DANCING NIGHTLY from PORTER DOCK i I) Dave Garson’s Orchestra PETER SCHUTT, ', Manager Delightful 242 Hour Trip TRY... .« 1 | See Key West From The Seal Deepsea and Key West j EELS Reef Fishing eocceccec awn | DALACE ae “MARLIN" | Jags Hewes Bare | i —also— COMEDY NEWS z W. Citizen Phone 51 or 157 encece “Key West's Outstanding!” 1 NQ NAME LODGE | LA CONCHA HOTEL Famous Bahia Honda Fishing i Beautiful—Air-conditioned | Reef - Tarpon - Permit - [ Rainbow Room and Cocktail — Bone Fishing Lounge ‘7 Cottages—$1 per person and up DINING and DANCING Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty Strictly Fireproof Garage Phone No Name Key No. 1 Open The Year Around | For Information ion acne ee | “PIRATES COVE — (| FISHING CAMP STRONG ARM Pirates Cove, Sugar Loaf Key Bi BEST FISHING IN FLORIDA vend Individual CABINS with » COFFEE Appointments for the Uniform, Delicious—Always Discriminating Dependable CHARTER BOATS THE KEY WEST CITIZEN and | 4 here for), aqua- { IN) + “The Best in Food and Rooms” | N SSIS SSIS SSS TIS SS SITs sii sess sess sss sees asm ‘YOU'LL FIND IT HERE! Thomasine Mil! % NEW SPRING FASHIONS ay “—-they‘ll do grand things for you!” 4 The festion story is entirely new and dif- ferent year. Our hair stylists have studied new trends, have mastered %, the new trends, have mastered the new 7 etails of cutting and shaping. &, T RESULTS FOR ALL TREAT- > fo— PERMANENT WAVES There Are None Better! Y Haircutting Coloring | 1 | ! ! | ! 1 i HARPER TREATMENTS { FOR LADIES AND ! Hi ! | ' iN be GENTLEMEN PRINCESS At Your PHONE 154 609 Duval Street $49.00 Delivered PIERCE BROS. Fleming at Elizabeth St. PHONE 270 . Service a \ | PETER DOELGER BEER DI — ae bs) ALL LEADING RETAILERS For Ail Laundry Services including Linen Service ; for Hotels and Rooming Houses . PHONE Office: 319 Duval St. FHE PORTER-ALLEN COMPANY { i | ! | i PHONE NO. 1 iV ay —and— DRY CLEANERS 617 Simonton Street | QUALITY | i | i i | | / H | TS i} i} TREVOR | | ostey prooucts i AND | MORRIS sabes Stones ae : Pasteurized Milk Beng oan tag Butter Mill the World” Chocolate Milk ADAMS DAIRY PHONE 455 Watch The Fords | Go By be ee] Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company OF SAVANNAH, GA. 25 Per Cent Return Dividend On a | Expiring Policies é J. L. CRUSOE—AGENT 902 Florida St. Home 809-J aby e PAGE THREE Here’s a Representative List of Key West Merchants that Sell Practically Everything of Interest to the Average Family or Businessman. The Shoppers’ Department IS OF INTEREST TO BOTH VISITORS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY Merchants Represented Here Have Been Carefully Selected and Dealings with Them will be Satisfactory in Every Way. Ask Your Grocer For... | EAGLE BRAND COFFEE WE CATER TO PARTICULAR COFFEE DRINKERS FOR QUALITY PRINTING ——— Call 51 ——_— THE ARTMAN PRESS A CITY HOME No Matter Where You Live HE joy of a modern bath- room, of water in the «itchen ¢. C. ROBERTS General Merchandise Wholesale and Retail Galvanized Roofings Ship Chandlery Carey Cement , and laundry — whenever and wherever you may need it at the turn of a faucet. These and many other conven- iencescan be enjoyedinfarmand suburban homes just as in city homes with a DAYTON Auto- matic Water System on the job. It is “penny-wise" folly to be Roofing | without one, considering both its low initial cost and ting H. B. Davis’ 100 Per cost. DAYTON is made by the original maker of household watersystems. [heyareentirely paren self-oiling and come fully uipped for immediate service. Let usfurnish estimates. Cent Paints & Oils William and Caroline Streets “Best for Pets—Dogs and Cats” Wilson & Co., after years of laboratory research, has produced for the animal king- dom a balanced ration. Inspected and passed by U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture as fit for human food. ASK FOR AND DEMAND— IDEAL DOG FOOD QUALITY HOME PRODUCTS ALWAYS FRESH Pasteurized and Raw = Milk ’ LOWE’S Chocolate Milk FISH MARKET Buttermité Turtle Steak Jewfish ‘i Kin gfish Mackerel Soy Acidolphilus Yellowtails Snappers Light Cream Heavy Cream Cottage Cheese Dry Mullet Roe Moonfish PHONE 151 FREE DELIVERY TIFT’S DAIRY Phone 639 1414 Sth St. PRITCHARD FUNERAL HOME Dignified JOHN C. PARK 328 Simonton St. PLUMBING Sympathetic Licensed Embalmer Lady Attendant PHONE 548 Never Sleep Duro Pumps Plumbing Supplies PHONE 348 ALL METAL DUPLEX SOLAR WATER HEATER—FHA TERMS HOT WATER FROM SUNSHINE! Ni cost. Install the ALL-METAL L cher ere peat tee! chil soos Bae Fantee! Get the faci Clem C. Price, Agent SOLAR WATER HEATER CO. 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