The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR DESCRIBES SPONGE SALES IN THIS CITY OF “TOURS AND DE- TOURS” waren | An interesting description of aj sale of sponges on the “Q. T. at Silent Auctions on Grinnell} Street Dock” is contained in the August issue of “Tours and De-} tours”, issued by the Standard Oil Co., of Kentucky. The article is illustrated and those in the photograph are easily recognized as well known buyers of the product from the sea for which Key West is noted. “A sponge auction at Key West, | Fia., southernmost point in the} United States, has few of . the} characteristics commorfly as- sociated with auctions, No auc- tioneer whoops up his wares. No bids are called out. No throat curdling efforts are made to raise them. In fact no one speaks 2 word until they are sold, 5 “The buyers walk about silent- ly, taking a stance before each) Pile of «sponges. as it comes up for sale. They stare at them fixedly as if trying to come within one figure of the number; im each heap. Occasionally they will pick up a bunch of the sponges. which are strung on wires for convenience in handling, the better to gauge the quality. Pencils are chewed a fraction: of an inch shorter, and then each One of the pleasant duties of « to change the characteristics of reporter is to conduct interviews‘ our city. But, really, now—isn’t with persons of note, and espe-|there some things in connection cially is the duty exceedingly a with the writing of the anthem pleasure: when the subject of the by your grandfather that would interview graciously lends - her- |be-of interest to our readers?” self so enthusiastically. to the| “Well”, Mrs. Sone replied, “his- task at hand as in the case of;tory records most of the happen- Mrs, Helen K. Stone; ings that were responsible for the The interview’. was conducted, writing of the song. Of course, recently in the lobby of the Over-;my grandafther was somewhat of seas Hotel. where Mrs. Stone wasja poet and had published a book headquartering in this city over|of poems earlier in life. He was a period of five weeks. a noted lawyer of Philadelphia Mrs. ‘Stone, as stated in ‘The and Baltimore,- and that’s just Citizen of June 29, is ‘the grand-|about all there is to it”. daughter of Francis Scott Key,| Mrs. Stone, naturally, is quite author of the United States’ na-'proud of her~ ancestry, though, tional anthem, “The Star Span-|and provided much information gled Banner”, and it was upon:on subjects concerning the gen- oe sc the reporter jeaniber of 3 peg thot Key sought information — concerning; ily’s mo’ is “Fi s some possible © unknown events. ' Fidelis”, meaning “Faithful, Al- And concerning that reportorial; ways Faithful”; and Mrs. Stone effort, partial failure must be ‘stated tliat one “just tried to live confessed, for it was soon discov- to one’s family slogan”. It seems ered, as in thé case of real, hon-; to this writer that the slogan est -. to - goodness, blue-blooded ; very. aptly fits the circumstances Americans, Mrs. Stone was Cah pt nt TR writing of the} to dismiss her gallant ancestors ‘national anthem. with brief mention and dwell at The reporter touched. on the length on. current. topics of the subject of various efforts that day. (have been made to discredit “The “I’m very fond of Key West”, | Star Spangled. Banner”, chiefly side-tracked Mrs. Stone.. “I hope /on account ofits difficult. singing no effort wilt be made to change voice range. Mrs. Stone, knew its quaint appearance. You know,’ of such moves, yet felt that the life is so full of changes nowa- song would continue to ‘be the days—it is, don’t. you.. think?” national ‘anthem for years to Thereby switching roles with the come. te ies be canto oe COMMENTS and CRACKS ‘By A ROY SCHRODER, big and/ handsome State Administrator of the W.P A., says he has every in-} tention of doing everything in his! power for Key West. Mr. Schro- der realizes that this . city: ‘has| many problems not usual to the! average city. ABOUT TOWN: We see Mr. L. S. Gruber, spic and span in white linens, thinking: deeply, probably | ‘wondering where the summer) tourists are. . .The W. E. Hustons, back’ froma jolly vacation and much touring.in the far west. .. There’s Mrs, V. A. Johnson, look- ing cool and dainty. _ -Mr, Frank |. Ladd, who talks most persuasively | about the Everglades National Park. . Susan La Kin and sev-} eral other beautiful girls. . .Mr.! and Mrs. Will Norman are the gayest couple at any party they may attend. 2 | MISSING A TREAT: Those} who fail to attend the band con- certs each Tuesday morning at} ‘\the World's Fair in New York. | delightful vacation through writer. and conducting an inter-} view herself. It appears that Mrs. Stone has buyer writes his price on a little travelled .extensively. during the Mrs. Stone has several copies|Bayview Park for the, children’ of | pad which he carries, tears off a |Past three. years, and, as in so sheet, folds it in half, and hands; ™M@ny cases, Key West receives it to the auctioneer, who an-|the honor of.one of her longest nounces the highest bidder. | Periods of stay. é “No one has a chance to know; “Yes”, the reporter agreed, “we what value his rival places on a|@lso hope that nothing happens lot of sponges, and the. selling| of the revision to the anthem made by Vincent Lopez of New York City, the noted orchestra leader, in which the voice range is lowered in three or .more places without changing the gen- eral melody of the famous. tune. The Citizen very thankfully ac- cepted one of the copies. price is now and then so far out of line that shrewd sponge fisher- | men are seen to smile as soine| neweomer, with no opening bid) to guide him, pays them hand-/ somely. “The auctions are held on the sponge dock at the foot of Grin-| nell Street on Monday, Wednes- day and Friday mornings at 9 o'clock. Better be there prompt-| ly, though, for the auction is con- ducted with such dispatch it will) be over in a jiffy unless the catch | is an unusually large one.” | Ellsworths Left Enroate Home Mr. and Mrs, Walter W. Ells- worth, and their three children, who had been visiting. in Key| ‘West and were the guests at the home of Mr. Ellsworth’s parents | on Newton street, left over the, highway yesterday entoute to, their home ip Lakeland. | The Ellsworths came to the city | about 10 days ago for a long con- templated vacation and a much meeded rest, Mr. Ellsworth being the head of the Southern Ab- strict and Title Co., of Lakeland, and the rest was such a delight and the fishing so great that they stayed longer than they intend- ed, but enjoyed every minute of | the vacation. Sab-Deb Club SOOSHSSEOSS OHO SOCOSEEOOS Economic _ The President’s statement. that Congress’ refusal to repeal the neutrality act and to pass an Ad- ministration-sponsored bill _ per- mitting the sale of armaments to belligerents on the. cash-and-car- ry basis, is a disservice to. the cause of world peace, found little favorable reaction in either the House or Senate, save among those. to whom White .House proclamations are almost sacred. Apparently ‘Congress feels that the “next world war” is not so imminent as many think. At the White House conference on neu- trality, Senator Borah, rock-rib- bed isolationist. who did as much as anyone to. prevent the United States from joining the League of Nations and the World Court, bluntly. told’ Secretary Hull -that he had, confidential sources of in- formation -regarding affairs abroad that told him there*would be no war this: year—and that he regarded his sources as. being as trustworthy or more so than those on which the State Depart- ment. depends. At any rate, Congress, going. by the recent statements arid votes of the majority, seems convinced that it would be folly to give the President as much leeway in handling our foreign policy as he wants. And it likewise seems to Highlights BSSoCCnoecesacccocoocooes successful, we will have to take @ major part of the blame, at least indirectly. For, says the Chinese. Council for * Economic Reserach, Japan’ gets better than 90 percent of her imported’ scrap iron, steel-and copper from us, along with almost half of her im-| ported lead, 65 percent of her) imported automobiles, 77 -per- cent ‘of her imported airplanes, }65- percent of her imported pe- \troleum, and 83 percent of her |imported ferro-alloys. Each of these is a vital war material. Japan can produce or manufac- | ture none of them. in adequate | quantity. for herself: She must) get them from abroad—and if she couldn’t get them the’ prosecu- tion of the undeclared war. with China would be impossible. *It is this which caused the. Senate tesolution calling for an embargo on export ofarms and other*materials for war to Japan. Whether that will be done, at this Congress or a future one, is a matter of guesswork, : There is a sizable body of support behind it.) The New York Times, for in- stance, says, “If there is no. . . legal obstacle, we trust that the measure will be passed. It. is {time to take ourselves out of the ; Tole of accessory to crime”. There |. Key West by conductor Alfredo | Barroso and’his band. A gay) crowd gathered there last Tues- day morning, and a balmy breeze was blowing gently from the south, Happy laughter of the children, good. music «and: several excellent .vocal selections render- ed Jack Villareal making a most successful Master of Cefemonies, ~GEORGE MILLS WHITE. is| doing a splendid bit of work in! training the Key.West Boys” Band | in which over fifty boys are’ re-| ceiving musical. instruction. Such | opportunities were not free until} recent years and were beyond | the means of the average person. | They are ‘wise boys who are) awake to this opportunity. | CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS, | INC.: Reading the platform of this splendid group of men just about leaves a ‘person where they | have to say “Yes, we ‘are for‘ all} that is good for Key West”, or Jeaves them out on a. limbso to speak, as being:a drag horse, or one that pulls back while the oth- er horse carries the load." We say, with Beecher—“God grant that our principal men shall be men of | principle”. MR. J. B. FELTON, Govern- ment Superintendent at Fort Jef- ferson,and Mrs. Felton, were in Key West for a few. days. © The Feltons. ate very enthusiastic over the number of improve- ments being made at-the fort. & Man's Dream Many a man has a secret dream Of Where his life might be; Mine is a white-walled rambling house, With a lawn that slopes the sea: | to} | erection of the beacon authorized | | pn a little too far, j | Old Spendthrift City on the Po-| ismart as they claimed they is likewise a substantial body of | Before it a lane-of royal palms, Enjoys Outin ey eee: | be convinced. that the only sane. The Sub-Deb Club had a bicycle ride and beach party last Friday evening on the boulevard. The party left from Ruth Marie Baker's home at 6:30 o’clock and stopped to explore East Martello lly discourage hostilities so far as course for Ametiea to pursue is to remain 100 percent neutral— and at the same time to indirect- it can, opposition, largely based on. the } argument that the war is’ not yet} a direct concern to us, that we} might as well get Japan’s busi- ness as_to, see it go elsewhere, and ‘that we cannot act as-a sort Swaying in tune to. the) “WORLD'S. FAIR Pe John Cates returned over the highway yesterday afternoon, ending a. visit to different sec- tions of the country, including He traveled through 17 states, ‘covering 4,800 miles. With his son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cates, ago and went to the World’s Fair, where they spent one week, and leff for Afkansas to visit with} relatives, 2 % Mr. Cates said this morning that his travels had ‘taken the group through the following states: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, . District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Filor- ida. = Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rivas and son, Everett,-Jr., were returning passengers over the highway yes- terday afternoon after enjoying al the eastern part of the United States and a Visit to the World’s Fair in | New’ York. ‘ This morning,” Mr. Rivas said | to The Citizen that the’ family} had a grand time and enjoyed | the fair immensely but wherever } they went and whatever their | surroundings, the realization was | ever forced on them that there is no place that can compare with “Little Old Key West”. POINCIANA ON. BEACON WORK Tender Poinciana, of the, light- house branch of the U. S. Coast Guard Service, is today in Mowry Canal, erecting two structures for > lights and constructing a beacon. Radiophone messages from the Tender Zinnia. this morning indi- | ‘cate that the vessel is at Elbow| Reef awaiting favorable weather | to complete the - working. plat-} ‘form, which will-be, used. for the for that site. ‘eboccccevcce eonece THE LOW DOWN Sececsececssecsooococcoe A coupla years ago this coup-| , it figured that the folks were) there in) tomac, so. everybody ups and | writes his Senator. And brother, | it worked wonders. + But they are kinda getting in a rut again, down there, and it looks like they have maybe -half- ‘way forgotten about the Supreme. Court. ‘We expect our.Congressmen to go down there and look out after‘our interests and. be as were, during the campaign. But when some of ’em get so far-from ig they forget who sent them , and also whose money they are spending—kinda like a freshman away, from home. : has said “that it is good to be able to take orders, but that it is better to be able to give orders.” -This statement means that the men ‘who occupy important positions in business and in society today are | those who give orders to others and do this in such a way that their ‘commands are carried out promptly and cheerfully and without friction and ill-feeling being aroused. The ability to give orders, important as it is, is not as important to the young man jn: his first years in business as the ability to take orders. ey ‘The way a young man reacts to the orders and suggestions of su- Periors tells much about his tem- perament and his ability to deal with people. It also indicates the keenness of his intelligence and his powers of self-control. In general, the ability te take orders and to carry them out promptly, effi- ciently and cheerfully is what first draws the attention of senior ex- ecutives to a junior employe and causes them to regard him as a Possibility for promotion. eee So much emphasis is placed on new ideas in business today, that the young employe is apt to think that his advancement will depend on his ability to make startling sug- gestions for improvements in opera- tions. It should be borne in mind that while original conceptions are of importance to the success of a business, new ideas that are worth while are only likely to occur to those who have studied business principles and have become _thor- | oughly familiar with the details of the operation of the departments TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1939 SCOUTS NAME At a recent meeting of Troop 52, Boy Scouts of America, Eu- gene Sawyer, patrol leader of Wolf Patrol, was appointed Jun- ior Assistant Scoutmaster. Bert Cates of the Eagle Patrol was ap- pointed Senior Patrol Leader. The meeting was opened by the pledge of allegiance to the flag, followed by two verses of “America”. Donald Pinder led the boys in the Scout Oath, Laws and Motto. Assistant Scoutmaster Milton Sawyer informed the troop that only First Class Scouts could be- come patrol leaders, A member of the Scout Court said that that body would hold a meeting Wednesday. A semaphore contest between two patrols were ‘held. Scout Gene Sawyer signalled for the Wolf Patrol and Bert Cates andj James Kelly for Eagle Patrol, which unit won. - Lord’s Prayer and Scoutmas- ter’s Benediction closed the ses- sion. || MONROE THEATER || Chas. Starret—Iris Meredith WEST OF SANTA FE and ARTIST ABOARD Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25¢ in which they are employed. Young CAKE SPECIALS AT MALONEY’S Another ‘special cake awaits shoppers at Maloney Bros. Bak- ery, 812. Fleming street — the treat for the next three days be- ing Devil’s Food Layer Cake, at the same special. price.” Phone orders will be accepted up to Thursday noon next. Call 818. \ TAKE FOR MALARIA Get Relief From Chills and Fever! Don’t put up with terrible Malaria, Don’t endure the wracking chills and fever. At first sign of the dread disease, take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. A réal Malaria medicine. Made especially for the purpose. Contains tasteless ee and iron. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic ac- tually combats Malaria infection in the blood. Relieves the awful chills — fever. Helps you feel better st. Thousands take Grove’s Tasteless ill Tonic for Malaria and swear ee it. Pleasant to take, too. Even children take it without a whimper, Don’t suffer and suffer. At Ma- laria’s -first sign, take * Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. At all drug- stores. Buy the large size as it gives you much more for your money. | men and young women who think FROM HICKORY GROVE | that their original ideas will assure them promotion are merely wishful thinkers. There is no easy road to success in busine: LEAVING SATURDAY OR MONDAY for Tampa, via Mi- ami. Can take four passengers | to Miami, one to Tampa. Apply | G. L. Blair, 1008 Olivia Street. | augl-itx)| LOST AND FOUND LOST — Pair of black-rimmed tortoise-shell glasses last Sat-| urday between Simonton and | Whitehead on Southard. Re-) ward will be paid if returned | to J. G. KANTOR, 501 Duval street. augl-2t | FOR SALE - CORNER LOT 60x104 ft., located | ‘at Whitehead’ and Caroline streets. Price, Reasonable. Ap-! yply, P.O. Box 675, Key West. Fla. jly27-lwk | FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. Ryn from Washington’to Von, Phister street. $1,000. Apply rear 1217 Petronia street. aprl4-s ae Se ee EE ae ee ee a SECOND SHEETS—500 for 50c The -Artman Press. _novi9-tf FOR SALE—Bargain; Furnished | House, situated» on two lots,| 100x100 feet each. Apply to; 1306 Virginia Street.. may25-tfs FOURTEEN-FT. V-BOTTOM } AT SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT HE oN DQUARTERS \ SOUTH FLA. CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” PHONE 598—FREE DELIVERY CYPRESS BOAT; Four Horse | breeze; | But most Senators and Repre-| Around it festooned with clinging ; sentatives, they understand arith- vine metic, and if they were’-to get A guard of lovely trees. enough. post-cards telling them to. lay. off passing any more laws, Now it is obvious that this is; of voluntary. policeman for a The rooms will be . large with | ‘and come on home—or élse not: Tower before continuing to the| avery difficult course for a world beach where games were played.| power to maintain. And a good crazy world. Both sides, it is ap- parent, can summon telling evi- ceilings high get “ re-elected — they § would And sweetly there'd echo | sayyy. Be Refreshments of coca-colas, candy, cookies and sandwiches} were served. Those in the party were:Misses | Ruth Marie Baker, Rose Del/ Pino, Jane Thompson, Betty Ann Pierce, Ruth Curry, Betty Lewin, Geraldine Kennedy, Sylvia Tru- jifio; Jessie Michael, Margaret} Albury. Ray Demeritt, Charles Eagan | Pierce, Charles Salas, Anthony Trujillo, _ Charles Cervantes, “Buddy” Miller, Hickman Mar- tin, many congressmen are puzzling over just how it may be done. The undeclared war in the Orient provides an interesting case _in point. Theoretically, we are neutral. Actually, as authorita- tive public opinion polis have es- are overwhelmingly in sympathy with the invaded Chinese, and overwhelmingly opposed to the ese. It is practically a certainty that, if Japan does conquer China, the “open door” will be Miss Ann Kennedy and Mrs.} slammed shut in the faces of all Julio R. Lacedonia were the} other powers, with the possible. chaperones for the party. ANSWERS TO. DAILY QUIZ Below are the Answers to Test (Questions printed on Page 2 —— ‘TUES—Aug. 1—Answers tag Vandalia. A mixture of two-.or more 7 4 e S n RB eeere Pees & pe i B exceptions of Nippon’s axis i ak 5F lt tablished, the American people |’ ambitions of the invading Japan- | dence in behalf of their respec- tive views. It’s. no wonder that Congress gets a headache every time it thinks of our foreign policy—and that the ‘public at large is troubled with similar eeree BF : through). : The whole day long with heart- full song Ls The voice and spirit of you. f At eventide with the day’s work done, Td return to this haven of rest, And together we'd sit on™ the shaded porch And watch the sun set in the west, As the moon sailed up in the dome of blue And:shadows shortened their stride ij We'd Ig Pages to sleep beneath stars . ; By the rhythm of the tide. * | felt thanks for the many acts of i And@-for the ones who cannot count any too well, tell them the melons are pipe; or the sweet corn is in, or anything—but get them home. And then, maybe, we can-all take a long breath. Yours withthe low down, JO SERRA. CARD OF THANKS “We wish to express our heart- kindness extended us on the oc- casion of the loss of our loved one, Thomas E. Roberts. The messages of sympathy, the floral tributes and loan of cars were all jppreciated and are gratefully acknowledged with this . mes- ‘sage. augl-it Johnson Outboard Motor; Four Life Preservers, One Fire Ex- tinguisher; Pair of Oars and Row Locks; Anchor with Rope; Umbrella—all for $85.00. Apply 1217 Petronia Street. _jun27-s SIGNS—‘For Rent”, “Rooms For SPEND YOUR. VACATION at the Howell Apartments, $1.00 ;per day; Gas and Light in- cluded. 354 S.W. 6th Street, } Miami, Fla. For reference see 2 SEE GE Payments 6.1 CUBIC: FOOT CAPACITY | 11.1 SO. FT. OF SHELF AREA STAINLESS STEEL SUPER- FREEZER STURDY ALL-STEEL CABINET SEALED-IN-STEEL THRIFT UNIT 5 vears PERFORMANCE PROTECTION THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO.