The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 6, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR TWO AGAINST LOVE . by Frances Hanna - The Characters ‘Talbot Mack, the man Grand- mother Russell once loved. Young Talbot, his handsome ~Nesterday: The Texas Macks, by crop failure. de- to take advan.age of the will legving them half the Russell es- tate in California, Chapter. Three . Uninvited Guesis TH beauty of the March after- oon was unprecedented, even for Southern California. The mer- tury hovered above eighty. A few eleuds, resembling smoky puffs ffom a giant's pipe, frolicked across the very blue sky, The sun, @ bali of yellow heat, warmed the ling white-crested surf, re- on the pale gold sands as on a million tiny mirrors, and laid beneficent fingers over the big striped sun-umbrella: dotting the terrace of Seacliff Manor. Many of Jocelyn's guests sprawled about large swimming pool in sun- Suits; others reluxed at white Wicker tables under the umbrellas While the English butler passed among them carrying a tray heavy with tall frosted glasses. Jocelyn, in a trailing frock of ed green chiffon, drifted table to table, a sparkling, gracious hostess who looked like a get out of the driver’s seat speak to the butler. For minutes they held a conversation, at the enu of which the young man and Humph *"torgetting dig: and Humphreys, fo: io nity, almost ran toward her, an expression of horror and distaste on his usually imperturbable face. “What is it, Humphreys?” she demanded, conscious that every- one within earshot was listening curiously. “It... it's them, Miss. Oh, this is terrible, Terrible!” “For: goodness’ sake, Hum- phreys, who is ‘them’? And what is terrible?” “Those Texas people, Miss Joce~ lyn. That Mack family ... they have come here to stay ... the: want to know where to put their Rejoneraes ... Shall I-get Mister Thorndyke?” Jocelyn, instant) would not do to faint at her own party, clenched her hands and said: “Never mind, Humphreys, Tl talk to them. You might serve more hors d'oeuvres and see that the Hawaiians keep playing.” She lifted her ie in one hand and advanced toward the invaders, her facial muscles frozen into a vexed frown. Why hadn’t they let her know they were com- ing instead of embarrassing her before all these people?. And what would she do with them? She didn't need a second look to know they were socially quite impos- Her cool blue eyes clashed with his challenging black ones. ‘ candle with her shoulder- le titian hair its lighted wick rey, vatching her alone a moment, said: “Your party is a success, Lyn. Everyone's having a marvelous time!” She ‘flushed with pleasure and touched his arm affectionately. “It sounds like it,” she laughed. “Oh, the musicians just arrived. wonder if you will see they settle néar the drawing-room windows so we can hear them out here? Have you seen Bob anywhere?” “A few minutes ago he was over the tennis court with Mary If you won't need me for a while, Gyn, I think I'll join a game.” ~long, then.” A few minutes later soft Hawai- ian-yoices, accompanied by guitars, drifted over the terrace. Bob Rus- sell, lea the tennis court for the shower, hesitated a. moment, an ironic sn.ile crinkling his clear eyes. He was struck by the incon- gruity of - Hawaiian crooning the sedate English back- nd Ponnte=s ene mas- gray bric! @ person sesame ins. 2 oe lige expect ear the Strains-of a minuet. Still Grandma Jocelyn had liked sisgie"he isu setgrccet ol x ought. He shrugge and went.on ‘nto the house. Shrill Cacophony (OCELYN aodded in satisfaction at the haunting Island songs. Reerthion was perfect—the day; sun; the party; the people; her brothers; and even Geoff, After- sive Sandy began to hark, on his funny short legs the left side of the house. ¥ Same moment a car back- the direction of the Sandy’s barking became insistent, more. furious, as. an sppatition materialized before the eyes of the guests. Down the. dri and_ spitting, a lan_of ancient a trailer made and ‘nds of lumber. It a pam vicious snort in p! annoyed at such an un- % of intrusion on a private Humphreys, the “Tell then to teave at once!” she p< a Aen Big fea tr sible. Texas farmers. Barging in where they must know they were not wanted. Face To Face “HOY. do you ‘do,” she said frigidly, reaching the cit and the tall young farmer’ beside: it. For one r oment her blue eyes clashed with his bold. black ones, then hers wavered to the car’s other passengers, “1 am Ji Russell,” she stated. “I understand you are the family.” shift- x the seaitntitn Setar eee ing the rm an = ing "Tex trom he knees to Delia’s commodious lap. He clambered stiffly out of the back seat to the ground, His. shrewd old. eyes twinkled at Jocelyn. “So you're Josie’s gtand-dotter,” he cackled, “Jehoshaphat! If you ‘ain't the spittin’ image of your dma when et ots, te * com- any ‘ont years That was pefore she.tun off with ‘ol Yo touched his shoul- ee! Ste her py a iP,” he advised “Right now we've got to find out ‘where to “ihe old man cubsided while Tally introduced her to Gretchen, his mother, and Betsy. Sovelvige eyes rested on the huge white cat with ‘horrified fascination: ; “That's Tex, our cat,” he offered. it thing toward. fis stabbse taal as tart between his legs as it would reach. “Your cat looks i animal,” Jt of | boots. people on the terrace. r tell young man in laborer’s clothes! deciding it |- } 1 *)sentence prayers. |W. | T. Ue MANY PL: WEST DOING SUMMER INQUIRIES CONCERNING KEY "WANA ARE BEING RECEIV- “ED DAILY ‘Visitors planning vacations for this'summer continue to figure largely in the mail daily received at the Chamber of Commerce, said. Secretary S.C. Single- ton when letters . from va- rious parts of the country were opened. is First came a letter from Waxa- hatchie, Texas; then one from Seattle, Washington; a party of several from Fort Myers, and-a “crowd” who are planning to de- scend on Key West is from Lock- hart, Alabama. From Inverness, cultural students are asking that transportation to Havana be ar- ranged when they visit Key West. Every day brings the number | up and up and there is no doubt but that a multitude -of people hdve Key West in mind when they begin plans for their sum- mer vacations. f : ing ‘manifested by - visitors’ and a'demonstration tank, which will soon be in opération in the of- not necessarily mean any great expense and can be used any- place where there is a flower CHURCH UNIT REORGANIZES LAST WEEK AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH . There. was a_ reorganization week at StoneeChurch. Mrs. Joe Tolle opened the de- votionals: by having those pres- ent sing a few verses of “Stand! Up Stand Up For Jesus”, and was | followed-by Scripture reading. of prayer. Mrs. Stocking, an out-of-town visitor, was-in charge of the meeting until Mrs. Beulah Fritz, district president of the W. C. T. U. was.able to be present. Short talks, touching on W. C. T. U. and its work, were given |. by Rev. Tolle and Rev. Howell. Noon-tide. prayer by Mrs. Halladay. At noon the méeting, was dis- missed and those pregent were | invited by Mrs. Tolle -to have Tunch over at ‘the | parsonage. Many brought a covered’ dish with them. After lunch the group returned to the church. Everyone present gave a Scrip- ture verse. This was followed b¥ Mrs. Stocking introduced Mrs. Fritz and ‘she ‘in turn took. over ‘the rest of ‘the meeting. For some time the’ district president talked on Prohibition ‘and: its ef- fects,-school work; and ‘also pre- sented: her posters, literature and medals; which ‘were: indeed “in- teresting. f miss The’ following offiters were elected: : President, Mrs. John ‘Pinder. Vice President, Mrs. John, Gekeler. > The name chosen’ for this or- ganization is. Key West W. C. Rev. Lilly gave a short talk on work of this nature. The next meeting will be held at the Baptist Church 4 o'clock WEST AND TRIP TO .HA-|. Mississippi, a group of 100 agri-| Interest’ in hydroponics is ‘be- | the secretary has had constructed | fice. This new method of grow-| ing flowers and ‘vegetables does | U. HELD SESSION) meeting of W. C. T, U. held last | (After this there ,was a word Dada nje ap Serna ron abo bak {School work, and assured .| Normal Mean - ‘Sun rises June 13. ns a 1 ey THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Rotary Clab Unit Gives Dinner Members of the incoming and outgoing Boards of Directors of the’ Key West Rotary Club: had a delightful dinner last evening in the Rainbow Room of the La Concha Hotel. Matters of prime _ importance were discussed anda number of items of routine business were disposed of. - One of thé matters which were of outstanding value were the plans for new. Rotary year, which were discussed dur- ing the dinner, which was thor- oughly enjoyed by: Ernest A. .Ramsey, Charles Taylor, Charles. E.’ Smith, Wil- liam: 'W. Demeritt, William — R. Warren, William T. Fripp, Ever- ett W. Russell and- William V. Little, \Three Marriage Licenses Issued ° | Three marriage licenses were |issued from the office of County | Judge Raymond .R.: Lord. during | | the afternoon of yesterday .and this morning, ‘as ‘follows: | by Millér‘and“Florence H, . Notation on the license was that the marriage would be} performed -by,,Rev,, Jim, Lilly of | | Fleming Street Methodist. church. Jack Perez..and,,Vernie Mae Connell. This wedding was, to be performedby Rev. Joe Tolle, |of the First Methodist church. Alfred H. Demeritt and An-)| igela Periera, and the ceremony was to be performed by Notary | Public Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. Visitors Leave |Over Highway Mr. and Mrs. George C. Mal-| |colm and daughter, Dorothea, left | over the highway yesterday ;morning after spending a. week President Roosevelt's letter to} pean affairs, and its peaceful ob-! jective may have been. an out-| standing influence. Anyway it}. enforced world-wide publicity | with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sym- monette.. Mrs. Malcolm is a sis: ter of Mrs. Symmonette, and re: sides in Atlanta, Ga., where her | husband is manager of — the! Rogers chain stores. They were much taken up with Key West, | and will return next year for a/ longer stay. ; } Also visiting with Mr. and Mrs, | Symmonette is Mrs. A. G. Clay-/ ton of Jacksonville, and daughter | Mildred. Mrs. Clayton who. is} also a sister of Mrs. Symmonette, visit to Key West, and proposes | to remain for a month’s stay. San Carlos School Pats On Program I An excellent progtam was. putt ‘on Friday at.San Carlos school, in connection with the closing .ex- ercises. Principal Benildes Re-| mond gave avery interesting | talk. while J, Perez, Cuban vice | consul, was. also heard in an ad- dress.on the occasion. | Dr. J. C. Sanchez, president of | the institute, gave an address to the pupils as well. wie Each one of the speakers com- plimented the students on their; them | of their hearty cooperation, in all} matters dealing with their school work. and in, other ways as well. Dr. J. B.’ Parramore presented the school with .. a,.sight-testing | chart, which was very, much) ap- { eooege) 86 44 | Mean Rainfall" Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation *Thin record covern 2: ending nt 8 e'cloek thin Tomorrow's Almanac .0 Ins. i 11 Ins. | period ta. | i ‘(Till 7:30 p.m. Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: |.war would be over with the vic- “|posed to have a monopoly on upon the controversy, which is} always. desirapie. | The spark that ignited the fev-} erish, madness ‘that ‘began © with! he World War was the murder | of a single individual but at that! an excuse to starta war. The} members of the military clique | were drunk with power. They had acquired the impression they could defeat the combined” na- tions of the world, and that the tory on their side within a few) ‘weeks, 1 It has been stated from’ many sources that the Kaiser did not want a war then, and that he was! forced to aecede to the views of| his military advisers. } But today the ‘situation. is far! different. The people. of Ger- many have not forgotten thé last war. The memory ofthat long- drawn-out affair, and the bitter hardships associated with it, lin- gers with them in a big way. They can recall the prolonged; periods when many of their peo- ple were famishing for food and when a full meal of potatoes or other nutritious food would have} seemed a luxury. Now, it is a bold statement. to’ make that there: will be no great European war for at least'a year; | but my reason for jbelit it to! be true-is that the Germign peo- | ple do-not want war an ey do | not believe that a war is immin- ene i faa ©: : at recently had a Jong conversa~, a tion, .with a young German. came to, New York, a-short time} after the ‘Munich- conference, H¢ his own people; and he said there wasn’t the faintest idea among the German people that ‘the Mu- nich conference could possibly end in a war. He added, further- more, that if war had bee: posed to such a conflict. © If this is true, we will have to compliment Hitler on his tech- nique. Our own people are ‘sup- { | the need for | tractions aboundi: he ‘knew |; VILL BE NO WAR—FORA YEAR—MAYBE FOR FIVE YEARS }ning to study the birds at that} By BERNARR MACFADDEN in “Liberty” Magazine endangered if an’ unwelcome con- | Hitler ‘was a bombshell in’ Euro-| flict was thrust upon them, Fur- thermore, if has been maintained that once war is declared, much of Hitler’s authority in Germany will pass to the army—that Hit- ler will no longer be the big shot. He will have to take a back seat and give way. to.the generals. Hindenburg «and . Ludendorff were the outstanding leaders during the World War; and nat- }time Germany was looking: for|Ut@lly. new army leaders will spring into being if amother clash | begins, The lust for the bloady sham- bles of war is neither natural nor human, .. but. ambitious — leaders have to maintain their authority. They must be’ continuously - in the limelight . . . they recognize laudable © activity. They must be praised . . . com- mended .. . even glorified by their own people. This is a re- quirement that they cannot ig- nore. The citizens of many European countries are fatalists. They he- lieve the carnage that faces them through war cannot be: avoided; hat they must expect it and pre- pare for it, and if the integrity of their nation is to be maintained |, they must be ready to take their} glace on. the battlefield. \Elke Plan Pienic For Sanday With the view of taking. ad- vantage of some of the many at- g in the Island City and its vicinity, the Club House Committee of. the B. P.O. E., Local Lodge No. 551, have un- der consideration a‘series of sum- the series ‘will be ic. which .is“sched- Sunday,\June 11th, attr: place ‘of. Ex- alted’ Rulér Harry C. ‘on Stock Island. This is one“of the spots in the near-vicinity of Key West which offers a number of attractions. Here swimming. boat- ing and fishing is at its best. - The committee is.now: calling on members of the lodge with the -view_ of getting reservations for the first outing and a good attendance of members, family and friends is anticipated. oe . — THY IT TODAY — The Favorite In Key West GROCERS .parents, | EASON WiENTION W. W. Demeritt and son Dr. w.! W. Demeritt, Jr.,;ieft ‘this morn-| ing over the highway for Miami on a business trip and planned to return late this afternoon. | Harry Wilson, general agent of | the Sinclair Oil Co., in Miami, was a visitor in the city yester- day and a guest of local agent for | the company Willard M. Albury, and left for Miami in the after- noon accompanied by Mrs, Wil- son. Miss Betty Boyden, and Miss Faith Rice, of Sturgis, Mich., who are visiting with Miss Boyden’s! Mr. and Mrs. Ralph } Boyden at the home on Seminary | street, are to leave this afternoon | over the highway on the return. Mrs. Mamie Costar, was a pas- senger'on the early -bus today for Miami, for a visit with her son-in-law’ and daughter, Mr. | and Mrs. Guy Adams. Mrs. Adams was before marriage, Miss Beulah Costar, of this city. Miss Josephine James and sis- ter, Miss Gwendolyn James, stu- dents at Florida State College | for Women, are spending the va-} cation period with their mother, Mrs. Thomas James, at the family | home, 416 Whitehead street. EE Antonio Martinez, who was graduated from the Monroe high; school Friday, left Monday with a group of ornithologists for Tor-; tugas. Father R. J.. Mullin, S. J,, was also a member of the party. Both Father Mullin andj} Mr. Martinez are members of the Florida Audubon , Society, and while at the Tortugas are plan- sanctuary. During his last year in high school Mr. Martinez did special laboratory work, Miss Benildes. Remond, prin- cipal of San Carlos School, left! yesterday for Havana where she} will spend a vacation, and will} also make a tour of various points | of thé Island Republic. Miss Re- mond will take up several courses in-school work le in Havana. Captain C. D. .Harrington, of; the Steamship Florida, P:; and O. S.S, Co., arrived over the high- | way last night for a visit with} Mrs. Harrington, at the . home} 1213 White street, and left on the } return to-Miami this morning. | M. O, Hollis, representing the | Raybro Electric Co., is a visitor in. the city today and is the guests of members of the Key West Electric Co, MONROE THEATER Franchot Tone—F. Gaal THE GIRL DOWNSTAIRS chestra 15-20c: Night—15-25c Fan For the next few of fan, $9.95. aM. FLL hb hd hd. 95 Westinghouse Ten-Inch Oscillating Fan One Week’s Free Trial You may use this _ without cost or obligation. This fan uses less electricity than a 50-watt lamp. 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