The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 14, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~ Che key West Citizen hed Daily Except Sunday By | IZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. ‘MAN, President and Publisher N, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets LP A enly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County -ntered at Key West, Florida, as second lass matter Member of the Ai ted Press | Le Associated Preas is exclusively entitled use | for republication of all news dispatches credited to i: OF pot etherwise credited in this paper and also | ‘he lotal news published here. ne Year six Months Three Months — gne Month Weekly "ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. aig SPECIAL NOTICR All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of -espect, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. tices for entertainment by churches from which nue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- » of public issues and subjects of local or general est but it will not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; aways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. (MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Lind and Sea. Consolidaticn of County and City Governments. Trading at home should be mutually profitable to buyer and seller. Life is much too short to be bothered with feuds and personal hates, America now has the opportunity to show its greatness as a nation of peace. It is said that we need more crime statistics. But we doubt that criminals | ean be reformed by merely counting them. | Politicians would like to throw the} ch bill down the hatch, were the pub- | not sc strong in favor of enacting it into | law. | How about a strong Latin-American axis! It is to the interest of the Western Hemisphere and makes European alli- ances less likely or desirable. Big newspapers are suspending, while the smaller newspaper are expecting to suspend. Papers in Minneapolis and Buf- falo threw up the sponge last week. The average citizen rarely gives a thought to the administration of public af- } fairs until the time comes that he can’t pay | his taxes. Then, the extent of his interest is expressed in loud yells of anguish. | On each return of Ernest Hemingway | to Key West from a visit to Spain, he stated that the Loyalists would emerge victorious in the fratricidal struggle in Spain, and each time The Citizen took the opposite | view, presumably not because it was better | advised but because the wish was father to the thought. Representative Louis Ludlow of In- diana, author of the Ludlow neutrality amendment which required Congress to | question the nation before it declared war, | is firmly convinced that the American peo- | ple will stay out of a general European | war, and that the “right kind of neu- trality law’. was the first essential neces- sary to keep this country out of foreign | conflicts. Neutrality must be right or it is not neutrality; we have that kind of neu-| trality now, however, if it is changed so as to favor any belligerent it is not neu- trality but a camouflaged and cowardly participation certain to lead us into a, bloody holocaust, i | proaching. | change. | of the country. | dog fights are permitted. Cats and dogs | licemen and other | whatever. TAX THIS NUISANCE! The 1939-40 winter season is ap- be rapping at our doors. As always, they | will be seeking our glorious sunshine, the salt-filled air, peace, quiet and relaxation. | | They will demand and get these vacation attributes, or else.... Key West can supply about every- thing the tourist demands except quiet at night. Careful studies by unbiased ex- ‘perts indicate that it will take years to educate our motor yehicle drivers to quit driving with their horns and learn to use their brains and steering wheels for a It seems almost train our drivers to slow up at _ intersec- tions, take it easy on busy streets and ob- serve a little courtesy in traffic jams, in- stead of using their horns to get them from one piace to another. There ap- parently is little use trying to stop the horn-blowing, so that’s out. Our visitors will just have to put up with that kind of unnecessary racket. But we can do something about the wild cats and dogs roaming the city. The cats and dogs haven’t any horns to blow, thank goodness, or their din probably would be added to the usual nocturnal {medley of meows and growls and_ barks. In the cat and dog world Key West rates among the great howl and growl centers Nightly cat serenades and can get away with murder in Key West. | No attempt is made to license the cats and dogs. They operate here without an oc- cupational tax of any kind. The cats and dogs like it here. Of course many of our residents and all of our visitors resent the unmolested carrying-ons of the cats and dogs. They complain nearly every day -about the cats and dogs. It seems to do no good. Our city officials are soft-hearted and kindly individuals and believe in giving the cats and dogs a break. Why should grown people complain about cats and dogs? If our visitors don’t like the cats and dogs, why, they can go right back where they came from! We know how to run our city! So the cats and dogs go their happy way, yowling, growling, fighting and pur- suing life, liberty and happiness. There is a law requiring tags for all dogs. City of- ficials state some of our people cannot af- ford to buy tags. So no one is compelled to buy tags for their dogs. And many owners of dogs don’t feed the animals. But, of course, they must have their pets, whether they are cared for or not. The city needs to establish a rule of quiet at night. The city needs money, is trying to borrow to pay our firemen, po- municipal employes. Why not solve both problems by taxing dogs? Why not exterminate the home- less, starving dogs—and cats? Or is that too much to ask? EASY FOR THE QUACKS The ease with which charlatans of all kinds, particularly medical quacks, de- fraud the public would be incredible were it not for the evidences to be seen on every hand: A few of the,schemes whereby the gullible and superstitious have been sep- arated from their money by these swind- lers are mentioned in an article by Dr. Morris Fishbein. Soon after Franklin made his famous kite demonstration in electricity, everyone wes discussing the wonderful new force. A doctor named Elisha Perkins manu- factured a lot of short metal rods, which he claimed were charged with electricity and therefore capable of drawing disease from the human body. He sold many of the rods—one pair to George Washington. Electric belts and similar appliances have been sold by the millions, not one of which, of course, had any ‘curative value A few years ago a widely ad- vertised product called Sanatogen had an enormous sale,.and testimonials were ob- tained from many persons of prominence. The stuff was composed of 95 per cent cottage cheese and the remainder glyc- erine phosphates, neither of any medical value. One promoter acknowledged making $45,000 profit in a year from the sale of a “chemical ring” supposed to cure diseases of the blood, but in reality no more ef- ficacious than a twine string tied around | one’s finger. But we can hardly wonder at the suc- cess of quackery in a state of civilization which still accepts a mass of medical superstition as gospel truth, It won’t be long before thov- | | sands of tourists and winter residents will | impossible to ' THE KEY WEST CITIZEN DELICIOUS DOUBLE DECKER For light lunching these lazy In- dian Summer days, why don’t you serve quick and easy combination sandwich plates? They take just a short time to prepare and make mighty good main course eating. For lunch today try a chipped beef, bacon and tomato sandwich gar- nished with crisp little curls of celery, glossy brown ripe mission olives and a heaping mound of golden potato chips. It’s simple when you do it so: CHIPPED BEEF, BACON AND TOMATO SANDWICH To prevent curling, notch edges of— 12 slices bacon. Separate— 1 small jar chipped beef. Grill bacon and chipped beef; together until crisp, having the beef placed in between the rows of bacon so the beef may broil in the bacon fat. Toast on one side— 18 slices bread, % inch thick. Spread untoasted sides with a thin! layer of— Butter then with a very thin layer of— Prepared brown or yellow mustard. On each of the untoasted sides of 6 slices of bread, place two strips of bacon and enough chipped beef to cover. Top with sli of toast, placing the untoasted sides down. Slice— 2 tomatoes. Arrange a layer of sliced tomatoes and a leaf of lettuce on eacs, taza top with third slices of t: Ce: diagonally and serve. ( o MAN ABOUT —}} eon dish—a h wich with a good robust flavor, Just cut the crusts from a white bread and top wit American cheese cut Cover the cheese with a tart, old-fashioned chili sauce and garnish with slices of uncooked bacon. Broil in a so-so oven 'til the cheese melts and the bacon cooks to a crisp golden brown: HOT OPEN CHEESE SANDWICH Trim crusts from thick slices of — Bread. Arrange on top of bread slices of— American cheese. Spread over cheese a layer of— Chili sauce. Cover with slices of uncooked— Bacon. Broil very slowly until cheese is melted and the bacon crisp. Serve immediately. Garnish with fresh cucumber pickle and ripe mission olives. Note: Cut bacon longer than sandwich to allow for shrinkage in cooking. Also notch edges of bacon with sharp knife before cooking to prevent curling. OLD-FASHIONED FARE With this lusty snappy . supper sandwich, plan to serve a stout sub- stantial cole slaw salad toned up with slices of fresh cucumber pickle. You’re sure to savor the fine home- spun flavor of these cou! style pickles. They taste just like the bread and butter pickles your own grandmother used to keepin a big iron stone crock on the . whit washed shelf under her cellar stairs. Chopped in this cole slaw salad they surely add a world of fine flavor: CABBAGE AND CUCUMBER PICKLE SALAD 2 Combine and mix thoroughly— cups shredded cabbage green pepper, shredded cup (10 slices) fresh cucumber pickle, chopped tablespoon grated onion teaspoon sugar 9 SNAPPY SUPPER SANDWICH || Here’s another tip to try for a quick convenient main course lunené| teaspoon salt tablespoons mayonnaise. Arrange in cups of crisp letiuce’ and sprinkle with paprika. (Sezves 6.) THE ISLAND CITY THIS IS THE LATEST PERIOD still subject to regulations which | Angeles, where we are to remain | of the year in Key West just be-| may be visited upon them by any , 2 wees and look over the movie bi Ang fore a city election in which can- | didates have not announced for | city offices. Some of the as-/ pirants say this is because most | local citizen. NEW CANDIDATES are in an equal turmoil. If they run un- ;| world has no cares beyond the THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1939 MANHATTAN By TUCKER | PCOSCOSSOSDE LCoS CESSES DEDOOOSSOOROOSS~C2E0E0CE% {By Associated Pres: | NE WYORK, Sept. 14 (AP).—) !These are tense, realistic days tol be writing about the flamenco wiles of a dancer from Andalusia, | but since it concerns also the} |matadorial achievements of Miss | ;Soledad Miralles, ‘the lady bull- | \fighter, kindly pretend that the! pleasures of the moment. | Miss Miralles arrived in New ,York the other morning after a | zig-zag, hide-and-seek game with floating mines, submarines, and} ‘other hazards of a similarly un-j; |pleasant nature, and at once was | greeted by 16 relatives whom she |had never seen before and who | indeed had no idea that she even} existed. Miss Miralles.was cer- jtainly on the wing, and like birds jof a feather she and her relatives | ‘recognized one another by means | jof a tribal mark close to the eye, ja tiny cross that is burned on jeach semi-gypsy child, so that | wherever she may wander there-! lafter in the world, members of her family-clan will recognize} ‘her. In a Village restaurant later, | while her sponsor, my friend, Be- | dances tells a them must be little tragic folk- during them she never smiles. Others must be sagas of vietory, | for her eyes flash and her teeth gleam like the Puerto del Sol in the noonday sun. And there is {one which must have a personal} significance, because when she dances it Ben and I are no longer there, as far as she is concerned. Her spirit seems to float out through the window and it doesn’t come back until the mu- sic ends. Then Miss Miralles |pulls herself back to the present | g, and is among once more. Miss Miralles is here for six weeks or so at the insistence of those present |Senor Collada, who desires her talents for El Chico, a long- known, much haunted sanctuary ‘for the oppressed in Spirits who desire their relaxation with a bit of Spanish food, and perhaps a little Spanish talk and a wee drop or so of Spanish wine. You | will find it tucked away on Grove 'nito Collada, plunged an elegant: § ‘fork into an elegant Argentine! |steak, she told all. H | eee | | Miss Miralles is Spain’s No. 2, lady bull fighter. Since male, \bullfighters are matadors, I sup- |pose that would make her a matadette. In any case, she mata. |dette (Ouch!) with Ben and me; |to see some of her new dances | |and hear some of her experiences! in the bull rings of old Madrid. ; | TRONMASTER Now there is no_ bull-fighting' in America beyond the and so the limpid grace and the: |mercurical fleetnss of movement | | by, which the bull fighters andj} |fightettes prevent themselves} | from being gored, has by this/ | Senorita been incorporated into; ja variety of new Cape dances— | | she goes through a bull-fight, | without the bull. In other words, | {she shadow-dances, much as our! |prize fighters shadow box when | ‘they are in training. { | eae But the cap dance is only a {vague hint as to the repertoire | jot Miss Miralles, who is dark and | black-eyed and excitably quick, {and who can not sit still once the| jorchestra begins to play. She’ loves the flamencos which were | | brought into Spain by the Moors; (centuries ago. Each of these) CSE ood PE aa MR AR ORES | {in the shade, up in the hills of | | California and far down we look jon the. twinkling lights of Los justry. | Peeeeccccccccccccccccces, |CLASSIFIED COLUMN of them have little money for |der the old charter this election | eeeeeeeeesoecceosneocccs their campaigns and from the; time they open their campaigns; to election time it will be money} going out all the time, so they’re| waiting till a little later. The; City Charter struggle, too, is| holding up the game. THE CITY AT PRESENT istry will be a candidate for Mayor. | operating under its former city| Present Mayor Willard M. Al-/ new one|bury will not run. Earl Adams, | charter and not the which was approved by the Flor-! ida legislature lagt ¢ause there is somel weston as to the legality of the new char- signed by state officers at the) time the main part of the charter | was signed, although it too was passed by the legislature. This’ amendment provides that the; new charter must be adopted by, the people of Key West through; referendum. With this amend- ment in question, city council voted to go back to the old! charter. THE COMING ELECTION and political situation is thus thrown; into confusion. Will the election! be legal under the old charter or} should it be held under the new: charter? The Charter Commit-| tee thought for a time of in- stituting suit to question the city’s action in not sticking to: the new charter. But it, like! most agencies in town, is handi-; capped for funds and such a law! suit would involve considerable | money. However, if the election is held under the old charter and the new charter is declared to be the legal city charter, then the question as to the eligibility of the newly elected office holders may be made. |has very strict qualifications for wring. Be- | candidate, will ter. There is an amendment in! William Monsalvatge who is on} the new charter which was not|the County Commission. Couneil- | and win, they may be ousted if the new charter is upheld be- cause of the ruling which auta- matically reelects all but the Mayor and Councilmen. FOR THE NOVEMBER ELEC- TION it appears that Will Dough- once mentioned as a mayoralty not run. Council- not-run will be P. Roberts and men who will run will be Jim Roberts, Will Freeman and can- didate Adrian O’Sweeney. For Police Chief, Ivan Elwood, Floney Pellicier and Basil Tynes have; been mentioned. For Night Cap- tain, Alberto Camero and. Myrt- land Cates will probably toss in! their hats. last point we forgot to make in the last column was the thought which struck us when we met a former Latin Key Wester in the} Republic of Cuba Building ‘in the New York Fair. He said that if he could make a living here, he would start back here in a few hours. Such is the love of Key West inbred here ‘in all who have lived here for more months. 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