The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Meet Mr. Lochinvar By YESTERDAY: Cecily in an agony of shame over the thought that Locke may be married, de- cides she had better forget him, Even if Locke is free he seems to be a man of no ambition, no fu- ture. Trying to be polite to Philip she accompanies him to a movie tees Locke there. Chapter 23 Something Definite oT HEY rose when the house lights went on. Cecily was careful to ere all her attention to Philip, not look in back of he:.. Uncon- sciously—and entirely without volition — she was following the age-old recipe: be gay and he'll be jealous. She was gay. She chatted easily, brightly, laughed at Philip’s sal- lies until he felt he was a very amusing :llow and that she was beginning to appreciate him. They gat in the window of the drug- store and ate ice-cream. Lightly, seemingly indifferently, her eyes swept the small groups coming into the store, driving or strolling past. She didn’t find him. Perhaps he Hadn't even seen that she was there. There was no reason then why she should permit Philip to take her arm so possessively when they left the dri’ store. But she no long- er cared. Why always protest about everything? Locke had seen her. He told her 80 the next day. She was wrapping up a pack- gee for a customer when he came She saic_ “Hello,” casually, and, “Tl be with you in a moment.” “No hurry,” he answered and turned the pages of a book idly. The customer was maddening- ly slow about paying for his pur- chase. Cecily saw hin. to the door, ropelling him with her will to leave, praying hopefully that no one else would come in. It was Thursday, a busy day at the shop, aay for one of those queer psy- chological reasons no one could figure out. The customer, almost to the door, stopped and picked up an- other book. Cecily smiled, looked at Locke and, catching his eye, made a little despairing gesture. Before she turned back, she was | hy uncomfortably e that for the first time ‘ie hadn’t answered her esture. As though the continuity wetween them had been broken. Whe at last she ha’ bowed, smiled and almost pushed the un- wanted customer out of the shop, she turned arou:.d with a gay little smile for a welcome on her lips. Locke didn’t look at her. Sensi- tive —cxquisitely sensitive —to ance of thei1 relation- felt instantly that happened. Some- not merel; his f what had was some- definite had withdrawing bec before. Someth , just a . like ea. Are you in both?” “That depends,” she answe! Telieved at his words. She pre- tended that there was nothing new in his attitude. “W: for some ginge! s and a glass 's what I'd planned »ing to a big party i I've got lots of work he said, “Oh, please ve it in back.” t s ed-off Secily used for HEY p on the sturdy pitcher of milk bet nibbled ginger co Ss. “Do you think a woman should keep her pact from her husband?” Lorke said surprising] Cecily ost q biscuit. “W-what “Not that I really care. I'm mak- ing conversation. How you like the movie last night? *Not very well, I'm afraid. I'm afra | your attention was not on the plight of the misunderstood wife.” “Oh, so you did know I was there?” “Of course.” “Then why didn’t you wait and speak to me?” “Who was the man you were with?” Cecily made no answer. “I see,” he said coldly. There was an imp in Cecily. She id, “I don’t know what you saw ver it was, I'll thank you to remember that the gentle- taan was—to all intents end pur- pied fiancé, Mr. Philip Cal- en. Cecily’s words had ah instan- taneous and unexpecteu effect. Locke, in one oth movement, got rid of his glass, rose to his feet. gtasped both her wrists in his strong hands and compelled her gaze. “Say that again.” “He isn’t really, Locke! It’s a long story.” “Suppose you tell it to me,” he said softly but Cecily felt as though he were speakin;, between set jaws. She didn’t know whether she was alarmed or thrilled. There was something about Locke that frightened h-r. “I thought you knew who he was,” she said. “You seemed to know so much more about me than I knew about you.” “You neglected to mention that you were engaged to him.” “I'm not, Locke. I tried to tell SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—20c WEEKLY. arie you that. Now, do you want me to tell you about it, or shall we skip the whole thing?” “Please,” he said and waited. “It's so silly, I haté for you to hear it, 'm ashamed to admit I should have acted so childishly. “Go on,” he said patiently. “It’s fe important for me to hear i Feeling exceedingly foolish, Cecily went through the whole thing. She omitte had Pee peer since the day she had told what she thought was an innocent white lie to save face. She told him how Philip Callen had turned up at Darelea. Out of fairness to ae she told Locke how truly nice hilip had turned out to be. When she seemed to be making no impression, because Locke was busy with his own thoughts, she repeated: “You see, Locke, I am the one who is really to blame for the whole silly situation. I suppose the real reason why I haven’t told my aunt is because I’m ashamed aoe I could behave like such a fool.” “T see,” he said and Cecily saw that he hadn’t even been listening to her last words. ‘Darling’ Co have you told anyone else about it? Think hard! Anyone at all?” “Laura,” she answered at once, “And that’s absolutely all.” “Has Laura told anyone else?” “Of course not! Why should she?” “I don’t know,” he answered in that same don’t-bother-me-I'm- thinking-of-something-important voice. _ “I don’t know what you're get- ting so excited about,” Cecily pointed out. “Tm _ not excited,” he said at once. Then there was that half- humorous, quizzical smile of his. “T just naturally got anxious when I hee somebody’d stolen my gal.” “Who's your gal?” she asked. “Guess,” he answered and when she closed her eyes, he said quick- ly, “No, don’t guess.” When she opened her eyes as quickly as that, she found the laughter had gone out of his. Her quick, happy moment was over, What had cume down between them, shutting him away from er “All right, we won’t play,” she said and picked up the pitcher of milk to put it in the ice-box, “Oh, yes, we will!” he answered easily. “Cecily, some day we'll play lovely games. I’ll show you sights you have never beheld bi a phrase! Hand in hand, we'll ex- plore new adventures. ...” “Where are you Ce she called after him, helpless to keep from calling him. He had gone toward the back door of the shop. He picked up a bucket he had left there. He gave her a syreening bow. “To peddle my berrie: to the'plu- tocrats,” he said “Au revoir, darl- ing, don’t tell anyone else what you've told-me today. Let that be our little secret.” Darling! He called me darling! . Laura said, “I’m sorry I couldn’t get here before, Cecily. I know d, you wanted to get away early this afternoon.” ., Did 12” Cecily asked dream- ily. She heard her own voice as it floated down from somewhere above. Some celestial place. “Well, didn’t you? I thought Mrs, Brewster’s dinner was tonight. You said something about want- ing to wash your hair.” “Oh, yes.” Cecily got up, reluc- int to go, reluctant to leave the shop. Once back at Darelea, other things, other people, would come between her and the fragile thing that was her pent happiness, “Anything happen while I was away?” Laura inquired when Cecily was getting ready to go. “Nothing important,” Cecily an- swered at once. She wasn’t really evading Laura; it was simply that she didn’t want to talk ‘about Locke then. A little later, when she was setting waves in her hair, Laura and Locke mii.gled in her thoughts. She had a sudden sense that something was escaping her, something that Laura might be able to set right. Was Locke jeal- ous? What did his concentrated interest in her recital about Phil- ip’s position at Darelea mean? Cecily jabbed combs into her head in a moment of self-abnega- tion. What a foolish, unbalanced girl she was getting to ve, always trying to find reason. and mean- ings, writings on the wall*where there were none! She tied a net around her hair, wrapped herself in a woolly robe and, picking up her bath salts and powder, went on to the bath. Soaking in the warm, fragrant water, Cecily let her thoughts spill lazily about her, a luxury _the quick-minded seldom enjoy. Bub- bles of thought floating on the surface of the mind. Impressions impinging one upon the other. No vivid reds or pascies. cust pleas- ant neutral-colored. She hurr‘ed through her dress- ing, pulling the clinging yellow crépe over her head, touching eye-shadow to her lids. My, Miss Stuart, what a glamorous girl you are getting to be! Smopth rouge in carefully, dust the powder down for the velvety effect, Not too much lipstick. There, now, the hair combed loosely. Let it fall a little over to the side. Tie that narrow brown velvet ribbon around the base of the throat, the bow at the front. Nice! Victorian. Wonder what Mr. Locke would say to that? He said you were Vic- torian in more ways than one. Continued tomorrow. nothing that | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN |Ley Memorial Fellowship Group Go ‘Back To School’ “Back to School” was the|named to serve-for the new year: |theme of the Ley Memorial |President, Eugene L. Roberts; |Church Wesley Fellowship Group | Vice President, Archie Roberts; {meeting last night. The room |Secretary-treasurer, Albert Carey. | was cleverly arranged to re-| |semble a school room and the | Miss Juanita Lewis, Leon Saw- program and games carried out! yer, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carey. the same idea. Lunch was served; Present at the meeting were: |in brown paper bags. Program Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sawyer, Mr. | booklets featured a cover with | and Mrs. Albert Carey, Rev. and |the “little red school house”. aoe: O .C. Howell, Mrs. Merrill In charge of the entertainment! Sands, Mrs. Corrine Wells, Mrs. |were Mrs. Maude Sawyer, Mrs.| Alecia: Boeyen, Mrs. Albert Cruz, |Gladys Roberts, Mrs. Corrine Mrs. Archie Roberts, Miss Juanita | Wells, and Miss Ida Bethel. A/|Lewis,-:Miss Ida Bethel, Miss |talk on “The Greatest Teacher of Elizabeth Rosam, Miss Catherine | jall Time” was given by Rev. O. Knowles. |C. Howell. Election of officers|Eugene L. Roberts, |took place with the following; Sands. ‘BACKGROUND OF THE WAR Digest Of War News From All Fronts Roland Weatherford, and Elijah | | MUSTARD GAS When a soldier gets a touch of |mustard gas he is out of the war from 30 to 90 days—and perhaps | |for the duration. { The stuff grows on you. Each j little blister fills with juice just {like a burn. But the juice is not} ‘ordinary juice. When the blister|ing outside the three-mile limit. breaks, the juice will raise more |It is perfectly legal. And, besides, blisters where ever it touches:|during your Civil war you bloody And those blisters..make morejwell.bottled up Bermuda, _ with, blisters, endlessly. your own fleet”. However, En- A tiny blister may form un-|gland finally pulled her ships out noticed under a soldier’s belt. It|to the six-mile zone to pacify us. ; breaks under the weight of his; We have’a right to prevent pack and runs down his thigh. A| warships from carrying on a little chain ‘of blisters forms. He | battle so close to our shores that is a sick man. He may try to|bullets could fall on us. France keep on fighting, just to get an-| insisted on that when the U.' 8. jother crack at the bloody butch-|ship Kearsarge lav in wait to ers, but it is no use. He scratches | fight the confederate commerce the burn with his finger and rubs} raider “Alabama”. his face. Then little blisters start} Enemy ships can’t operate in \there and off we go again. | Chesapeake Bay. That is'a closed Nice, isn’t it? Sprayed across a road the gas|of Mexico? will prevent troops passing that|slip in there and slug a British way for a week or ten days at|tanker loaded with Texas oil. least. In woods or brush it may | That, too, would be getting close |last several weeks. A mustard|to home, and awfully close to the bomb dropped in an_ industrial}Panama canal. But we don’t plant would make casualties out|control the gulf the way we do of all who were sprayed by it,|the Cheaspeake. or who handled the machinery} One thing we do know about before it had been treated. -|the three-mile limit. If we ‘get If it happens to be spattered | careless and let a belligerent ship over an airdrome, all planes|sink hid enemy in our three-mile touched by it must be put out ofjzone, we have to pay for the commission until they are special-|sunken ship. : ly treated. A badly soused plane NEUTRALITY can hardly be recovered. The mustard gums up the delicate} Against: (1) Repeal of the arm working parts in the dashboard |embargo would be taking sides tin the European war. Germany, mechanism. The stuff can be washed away|even if she had cash, could ‘not with lime, by men wearing spe- {obtain arms here because Britain cially treated suits which pre-|controls the Atlantic. (2) Taking vent the gas getting to their skin.|sides by selling arms would con- Doubtless it would delay opera-|stitute intervention in the pres- tion in an industrial plant only jent conflict. (3) Adoption of the a few hours. * arms embargo in 1937 when Brit- ain and Germany were at peace The slightest residue remain- ing in the cockpit will start blis-|represented’ by an overwhelmitig vote in both house and _ senate ters on the pilot unless he is willing to fly in a gas-proof suit.: the U. S. desire to cut out sale of That is uncomfortable. Such!arms to warring nations. suits are airtight. | For: (1) The present law is un- Taken to a hospital a soldier is/ neutral and partial because it put to bed, The little blisters are|helps Germany, harms Britain drained so the juice won’t touch|and France. Germany could not him. Caught in time—before the pay for ary transport arms. Brit- stuff gets out of hand—the ef-|ain and France could. (2) The fects can be cured, and the sol-|idea that an arms embargo will dier put back in the dugouts. | keep the U. S. out of war is a de- it unfriendly and vexatious to have Britain move in on us. so, even if she were looking for ships for Germany. “But my dear fellow”, England all. It just smells like and |belligerents raw materials like | looks like it. | steel from which arms are made. Uncle Sam knows where he | (3) Selling arms would not get us can get a lot of it. |into trouble because U. S. ships —_——— | would not carry them. (4) All U. S. SHORE PROTECTION ‘suggested changes are consistent. | A flock ‘of British cruisers | with international’ law, which waited just outside of New York recognizes the right of neutrals harbor. The United States called jto trade with’ belligerents. it, PERSONAL MENTION training has been issued by State Superintendent Colin English to Rose Appel and Barbara Lucretia |Taylor of Key West. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C, Brown, who have been visiting with their son-in-law . and daughter, —_— |Commander and Mrs. R. D. Frank Rivas and Enrique Mar-! Spaulding at Great Lakes, IIL, tinez, members of the stewards;Teturned over the highway yes-! department of the S. S. Cuba,:P. | terday. 534 a and O. S. S. Co., who had been} - a spending a vacation with their, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Carleton, families, left on the morning bus | who have been visiting in north- for Miami and expect to leave'ern sections of the country for there to join their vessel in|several weeks, were returning Tampa. | passengers over the highway last eee evening. John Reamers left on ‘the early | ‘ o_o bus this morning for his-home in} Cuban: Vice Consul Jose Perez New York, after a pleasant vaca- | was \areturning « passenger. on tion of one week in Key West| the bus;yesterday afternoon from and a visit to the national monu-| Miami where he went Sunday to ment at Fort Jefferson, Tortugas. | meet Mrs. Perez, who returned oe \from a brief vacation in Havana Mrs. Clara Lewis, who had and ‘was accompanied home by been visiting for a short time) Mr. Perez. with her son-in-law and daugh-! a ter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Curry, left | Mrs. Stuart Trevor, formerly of on the morning bus for Tampa!Key West, now living in Miami, | where she will visit with her son|is visiting with her sister and and daughter-in-law Mr. and}brother-in-law, Mr. and = Mrs. Mrs. Bertram Lewis. Frazier Pinder on William street. | Mrs. Trevor, after many years A Florida teaching certificate absence, is enjoying meeting her based on four years of college} many: friends. Mrs. Alice Curry and Mrs. Harold Baker left on the 7 o’clock bus this morning for visits with relatives and friends at points on the Florida Keys and Miami and! plan to enjoy a vacation of three | weeks. i New members welcomed were: | with cargoes destined ultimately | replied, in effect, “we are stay-! water. But what about the Gulf | A submarine might} And the gas isn’t mustard at | lusion because we can still sell to! High School P.-T. A. lp? . \Board Meets Tonight A meeting of -the executive board of: the Key West Jr.-Sr. High School Parent-Teacher As- sociation has been called for to- ‘night at 7 o'clock in the Audi- torium of .the Key West High | School. é : Mrs. Milton Sawyer. new presi- | dent of the executive board, will |be in charge of the meeting. jMembers are urged to attend as {matters of an. important nature; will be brought up for discussion. \ENGLAND UNABLE TO HELP POLAND’ ecto a a | | (Continued from Page One) i | | terranean and maintain a supply line thousands of: miles long to! |the back door of Poland, Rou- mania. At any moment, the canny Mussolini could abandon his neutrality, and bottle up the, British with his swell submarine fleets. Therefore, Italy must be/ |dealt with, peacefully, or other- | wise. It takes time to do that. 3. If Mussolini ‘couldn’t be bought off, then he might, be in- timidated by armed might, but the British and French com- mands must first get together and decide whether it is sensible to make an attack through the Italian Alps in September, just before the snow begins to fly and choke up strategic passes. They {apparently decided it Hes not | sensible. More time’ W con- sumed. — 4. That left the western front, for the time being, as the only means of aid, pending: the out-| come of a long-drawn-out block-! |ade of Germany. How about a sudden attack on the West Wall? | The trouble is nobody knows | the value of an air fleet_in such} attacks. How important, or un-| important, are airplanes?. It may | | well be that the plane is not the] all-powerful decisive force its ad- | vocates claim it is, but. it also) may well be that the plane is the margin of victory for one side or the other. It could go a_ long) way, if concentrated, to blast an impassible barrier of death be- |tween the enemy’s supply . and) |reinforcements, and isolate the Siegfried line. | Women And Children First | |. That also requires the! blasting | of strategic cities and towns and) the industrial workers who furn- | ish the lifeline of munitions, food, | and men for a modern armed force. Blasting strategic cities and |towns is another way of starting war against defenseless“ women | and children, because bombs} }don’t always fall exactly where the bomber wants them to fall. |. The British and French high} {commands had to decide, there- |fore, whether to start that kind of warfare, or leave it to the Ger- | mans. At the start, they decided | against it: It takes time to make | a decision ‘about aerial warfare. | 5. Britain is the most vulner- |able nation in the world from! the air. Planes flying over the) | North sea are not sighted mile by | jmile as they wing their way to-| | ward London’s sleeping millions, | as they are in France. If the! Franco-British command opened aerial warfare against the Ger- mans, they could expect disas- trous reprisals. | Every one of these points was \a barrier to instant action by the | Allies’ but instant action only |could help the Poles. So Poland | |went by the board—until the! TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1939 THE WEATHER Key West, Fia., Sept. 26, 1939. Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time é Te | Highest last 24 hours ———— ! Lowest last night {Mean _ < i ee Eas 84 82 Precipitation |Rainfall, 24 hours ending | 7:30 af m., inches {Total rainfall since Sept. 1, inches Deficiency since Sept. 1, inches at Total rainfall since January 2, neh = Fe ates Deficiency since January 1, inches a Pan abia Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:17 a. 0.00 3.31 (Naval Base) AM. 33 2:52 —— 9:09 9:18 7:30 a. m., today eo i ee Barometer at Sea level _ WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; gentle to moderate southeasterly winds. | Florida: Partly cloudy tonight | and Wednesday, probably show- brown persian lamb. |ers in extreme north portion. — Jacksonville to Florida Straits: SLD SL BS SSB Moderate southeast winds, partly : {overcast weather tonight and HAVE YOU A BETTER. jes renee eeotieses = owes DEFINITION FOR “ISMS’? "east. Guit. “Fresh tos East Gulf: Fresh to strong southerly winds over north por- Definitions of the several | tion, diminishing tonight, and different “isms”, which are | the basic ideas on which some of the world governments are formed, simplified so as to be understandable by every- body: Socialism: You have two cows. You give one cow to your neighbor. Communism: You have two cows. The cows are giv- en to the government and the government gives you the milk. Fascism: You have two cows. You keep the cows and give the milk to the gov- ernment and the government sells part of the milk to you. New Dealism: You have two cows, The government shoots one of them, milks the other and pours the milk down the sewer, Nazism: You have two cows. The’ government shoots you and. takes | the cows. Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one of the cows and buy a bull. 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TRANSPORTATION | Norfolk Arrives Tonight | Steamship Norfolk, of the | Clyde-Mallory Lines, which was) | scheduled to arrive in port this | | morning, was ip on the) board at the he ea It is understood-that the vessel is a coal burning ship: and. will proceed to New York direct from | Tampa for’which port she will leave this evening as soon as cargo has been discharged. } ATTA ETS, Citizens & Taxpayers Nomination Form For the benefit“of those to whom it was impractical to mail Nomination Forms for Mayor and seven Councilmen to be elected at the comin, ‘City “Election — Citizens an Taxpayers, Inc., reprint here- with the form: Fill in the spaces below with the names of at least two men to whom you would en- ress the guidance of, your city. FOR MAYOR to arrive at 7904p bh.” ike FOR COUNCILMAN Mail this slip to P.O. Box 309, Key West, Florida. —_—_---——_. moderate southerly wiMG over south portion; overcast ‘eather tonight and Wednesday, catter- ed showers over north poMon to. night. ORDINANCE NO. 371 COUNCIL &nirs AN ORDINANCE AMElinc |ORDINANCE NO. 252 COWWciL, SERIES, THE SAME Eig: “AN ORDINANCE IN lia. LICENSE TAX ON THE (w ERS OF AUTOMOBi;s, MOTOR TRUCKS, AND ®\s- SENGER BUSSES;” A\pD AMENDING ORDINANCE \Xo. 250, THE SAME BEING: ‘AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A LICENSE TAX ON THE Ot- ERS OF AUTOMOBILES A\D MOTOR TRUCKS;” AND_ Ix. ING THE AMOUNT OF lLI- “|CENSE TAX ON THE OWNiS | OF AUTOMOBILES A\D "| MOTOR TRUCKS. Passed by the City. Council on first reading September 18, 1s, Passed by the City Council on lsecond reading September 1, ; 1939, : ; Passed by the City Council third reading September 1, 1939. EARL ADAMS. President City Co Attest: Re Ne ARCHIE ROBERTS, City Clerk ‘ Approved September 22, 1939. PP WILLARD M. ALBURY, | sept25,1939 Mayo ‘PpAaLace Phil Reagan—Jean Parker Col. Roscoe Turner FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT Also—Comedy and Shorts PRIZE NITE — TONIGHT . 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