The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ‘Woman’s Club Tropical Luncheon Was An Indigenous Affair’—Visitor States Probably Key West is the only} From the hum and buzz of 150} island in or about the United ladies finding their seats came States where it could have hap-|exclamations, “How lovely, how pened... joriginal, how distinctively tropi- The Key West Woman’s Club |cal”—it’s really. . .Key West. Tropical Luncheon. . is an in-; Young members of the Club | digenous affair. I looked up the | brought a tropical cocktail, the | meaning of indigenous in the|papercup wrapped in a_ cool dictionary and it reads like this, | grape leaf tied on with a strip “born or produced, not imported, | of indigenous cocoanut palm. We | inherent, native to. . .” ‘picked up the palm shaped menu | If a person has been born here; card, cut from the lacy fiber of | and perhaps dates back to great |a palm, More “how clever” from | grandfathers. . .then the women | visitors, who plan also make the annual; Then came the indigenous and} Tropical Luncheon as well as the | lucious lunch, the most inviting | fruits, vegetables and decorations | plate you ever looked at—but/} indigenous. . .to Key West. j hoped to eat... | The Club House is a charming! The ladies of this club are) spot, was somebody’s roomy,/ “Grade A”, cooks. I doubt if a/ spacious home at some time with| person not born on this island} lawn, vines and shrubs. . . was allowed to pare a potato. | On the day of the luncheon, at| Here is the menu.. .con- | the-entrance, one found a ticket- | tinued. . . taker. . .(100 were turned away)| Sunshine Salad, that with the change tray. buried dream of flavor. among tropical fruits and vege-! A 3-way roll, with a dot of| was aj HE | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN NGS TO HIS DULCE CORAZON | repe’s tables. . . The rooms were decorated in the most skillful manner. . .a frieze across the wide door open- ings of citrus fruits, a mantle piece (there is a real fireplace in this club) a lovely collection of, colors from the purple of egg plant to the white or red of radishes. . . Every corner had tall banana leaves (wonder if these leaves were glued to the walls for how else can banana blades 10 feet tall, stand up against a wall?) Card tables laid for four guests Were-arranged to seat 150 peo- ple. At each place was a large, rich, dark seagrape leaf, as a service plate. In the center of each table was a red croton leaf with a few tangerines on it for color. Fashion Show Thursday Will Repeat Annual All Key West is awaiting the annual parade of models at the Fashion Show, scheduled for this year next Thursday evening, at the Casa Marina, as usual. The show gets under way at 9:00 o'clock and the admittance fees are the same as before, a silver offering at the door. The committee, chairmaned by Mrs. Norberg Thompson, of the Woman's Club, has been busily CASA MARINA NOTES, Seeecceccecsanseeeeeecee W. D. CATON, of Dayton, was host last night at a large cock- tail party at the Casa Marina. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mills White of Key West, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nathin of Philadel- | phia, Mrs. Ria Rippenbein of New York, W. O. Wooley of Washing- | ton, R. M. Henry of New York} and Herman Schmidt of Washing- ton. | THE BOATS are really bring- ing in the fish now and with the water in the Gulf Stream clear- ing there should be plenty of} sails being boated. In fact, sev- eral were seen yesterday and Jakie Key spotted two large mar- lin, one he says which would go a good 300 pounds. ARRIVING at the Casa Marina dock last night were C. N. Stone, Moline, fil, and M. S. Dondan-! ville, also of Moline. The boat was the “Mary B” with Ted Ca- nova ‘as skipper. They brought in 13 kingfish, nine mackerel, four bonita and one jack, which weighed twenty pounds. While they were still fishing for amber- jack, two sailfish came right up to the boat, so close Canova said one could have touched them with a pole. However, by the time| they had the boat under way the | fish had disappeared. HENRY C. BARTHMAN and Miss Marion Blaine of New York were out with Begly Filer. Their catch included 10 bonita and sev- en kingfish. MISS BARBARA GORDON and Lawrence Day were out with B. C. Hopeman on his cruiser, the “Ailenroc”. Several bonita and kings were landed but the big- gest thrill came when Larry hook- ed a shark. It took him over an hour to bring the fish in and ac- cording to Mr. Hopeman it weigh- eda good 140 pounds. As it stands today nobody knows ex- actly who won the tussle as the fish was released and Larry is still sporting a bandaged finger! as a reminder of how hard a shark can pull. THE FINAL BOAT was John} Spencer’s “Miss Mary Ann” and it was a_ half-day party. The! anglers were Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Gregory, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Luck, Jr., of Richmond. De- spite the short time they were out they party brought in a good catch consisting of several kings and bonita and a small shark. | guava jelly for beauty or good/| luck. . . A Heron’s Nest, (what was it? —mashed sweet potato with} green peas for eggs.) | Turtle Croquettes. . .Those two words fail to give you an idea of | the Key West Production: It’s} chicken’ turtle, green peppers, | and a modicum of onion minced to perfection. . moulded into the | shape of the Egyptian Pyramids, with a Key West touch of parsley at the peak. : | To end all, but the memory, a! dessert of Ambrosia with Pecan! nut cookies. All through the feast trans- parent water-melon-pickles from the pantrys of the Indigenous Ladies of Key West flowed! freely. . . —MASSACHUSETTS. the WPA Key West Art Center. | THURSDAY EVENINGS at the Key West Art Center bid fair to|Standard Station there \that he has seen m {become a charming and original {institution. Where else can one |gather, meeting old friends and ;making new ones, over cups of steaming black coffee, jamidst.an atmosphere of culture and beauty? Such a variety of interesting and unusual people gathered under one roof is in- aeed an extraordinary accom- ;Plisnment. Mrs. Max Shubert, for instance, who is painting, most ‘uniquely, a collection of over 150 |species of fish to be found in Florida waters, and who for a month or so, has been doing her research here; Frances Lesly, |glamorous New Yorker, scholar- ship student of the Art Students TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1940 our Citizen’s pages. but we've been just as busy collecting some data on the Florida Keys after a weekend visit up there. At Tav- ‘ernier, we found everyone singu- larly happy. The season seems to be picking up and Louie at the lis us pass there in the last few than ever before. Ed Neff, :manager of the Overseas:BridgewDistrict, substantiates this information, |stating that the season is well ahead of last year. This is en- couraging news to Florida Key residents as tolls were not as great as was at first expected when the Bridges’ loan was ap- proved. This should please the | R.F.C. very much, which was the government group giving us the loan, NEARLY the whole of Taver- nier is owned by Mr. McKensie, a good young man whose ances- League, and commercial display |t0Fs hailed from bonny Scotland. artist, who exhibited her Key |Mr. McKensie is very thrifty and West paintings as a guest artist |Watches all his enterprises very of the Casa Marina show; William ;™uch. A most popular stop for Little, president of Key West Ro- | travelers is his drug store. If tary Club, who confessed he was /YoU Will remember it was done very much interested in the Art |0Ver in pecky cypress and is very ‘Center and promised to become a attractive. Beautiful fish Maounts regular “Thursday nighter”;|@T on the walls. These’ fish Thomas Bouchard, whose photo-|™ounts, by the way, which are in |graphs speak.so eloquently: for all the fishing camps of the Flor- themselves, here for a brief visit; lida Keys, were lent by Al Pfleu- | Sracious Mrs. Maurice B. Saul; B.!8°> Miami taxidermist. McKensie P. Garnett, of Washington and |#lso owns the lumber company Alexandria, who owns that little ; Which is at Tavernier. This com- |cement biock house on Whitehead | P@ny serves the entire Keys ex- |street you admire and who, inci- |°@Pting close to Key West. Drop- dently, has ideas and more ideas; |P@4 in to say hello to Harry, who Mr. and Mrs. Ned Bruce, and, of ;'US the Tavernier Cafe and who course ,one needs: no word to in- 4°¢S @ very good job of it with |troduce our guest patron of art |fine seafoods and luscious Key son’s newest and most fashion- descriptions. |Eau Claire. | Highlight Honors, “ at work preparing the models for | their “Grand March” down the beautiful aisle banked with glorious palm trees and back to the entrance. Dave Carson’s or- chestra, again, will play the | promenade tunes while the bevy | — of Junior Women model the sea- Mrs. Roberts Learns Of Her Granddaughter above depicts a corner of Florida’s caparisoned troubadour, singing to able gowns and beachwear of all! All women’s fashion stores of ‘ i the city are co-operating to make | ae George"A- a Beene me this Fashion Show a “never-to-,received a news clipping from be-forgotten” event in the annals her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Wall- of Key West society. |ing, of Corry, Pa., and a photo- a yess ana be a sy reproduction of her attractive moon to provide jus' ie rig! ne ‘ batkgrotind:for thevshow. | daughter, Miss Mary Walling, gua | who has been recently elected at- |tendant to the Tree Day Mistress PERSONAL MENTION 3: the Wellesley College celebra. tion in May. Miss Walling was the president Mrs. Clara Lewis was a pas- |of the Junior ‘Class at Wellesley senger from Fort Lauderdale ar-|College and is now the treasurer riving on the bus yesterday aft-|of the Sénior group. She is tak- ee ivities. rs. Ralpl alling is pened ger cane ebner anne: on |the wife of Commander Ralph Newton street. Walling, U.S.N., and before mar- riage was Miss Norma Roberts. ‘Rebecca Lodge Meets Tonight Sparkling Waters, Rebecca Lodge, No. 14, will meet this eve- ning at Knights of Pythias Hall on Fleming street. The meeting will be called to order to consider important busi- ness at 7:30 o’clock. C. P. Winburger, who had been visiting in the city for sev- eral days, was a passenger on the morning bus for his home in Asheland, Ohio. Mrs. James Cain, wife of Lieutenant Cain, U. S. N., went to Coral Gables this morning to look after some property, and will return in a few days to her home on Fleming street, where she is living with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E. Rob- erts, during the time Lieutenant S. S. ALAMO DUE TONIGHT Cain is stationed in Key West. aa? | Steamship Alamo, of the Clyde- C. S. Luck, operator of several! yallory Lines which was booked stone quarries in Virginia whojto arrive this morning with has been in Key West for two! freight for this port, will not weeks, a guest at Casa Marina, /reach the dock until 7:30 this left on the morning bus for Mi- | vening, according to radio ad- ami and will there take train for vices received by Agent C. E. Richmond. Smith this morning. ee | It is believed that the James E. Buchanan, who had | has encountered bad weather been spending a few days in Key | which has caused the delay. The West, breaking the trip from ship has about 70 tons of freight, South American cities, left on} the larger part of which is. con- the morning bus for his home in signed to the Naval Station. Madison, Wise. ANSWERS TO vessel Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Steelman, who had beén visiting for about \six weeks, and were subscribers, TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | for, The Citizen during their stay, Jeft this afternoon for a/ Below are the Answers ta Today's yisit),in other parts of the state. Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 Mr.. and- Mrs. Carl Steimle and} 1, son are visitors in the city and} 2. enjoying themselves with sight-/ 3, seeing and the delightful weath- er, they are from Benton Harbor,} 4. Mich., and are in company with! 5. Mr. and Mrs. Abel Fuchman, of 6, is Se 8. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Herman of) 9, Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Anna Her- | 10, man, of Canton, Ohio, were visi- tors this morning at the aqua-| Wright Technical Institute of rium and the Coast . Guard, Glendale, California, informs The museum, and declared them-j Citizen that Bascom L. Grooms, selves intensely interested. | Jr., of 803 Washington street, has Chateau. Genesis. At the sun’s equator, about 25 days. Thames, Gregorian. Robert Clive. In’-fa-mus; not in-fa’-mus. Destroyer. Centaur. Department of the Interior. A letter from the Curtiss-! chanics at the institute. NEW YORK.—Coming events cast their shadows before. Fair will open its gates May 11, next and, on the same date, last year and with many new and interesting features, | become a student of Master Me-! The 1940 far famed tropical garden of the 1939 his sweet heart in far away Key West. edition of the New York World’s late, the Florida State Exhibit, much improved over will be ready to entertain the public. The illustration World’s Fair with Koto, the gaily Navy Wives Had Surprise Party the; The regular meeting of Valentine Dance At Raui’s Club Special St. Valentine’s Day |= C. Jeffries, and have you seen his pen and ink master- pieces in our current show?—if |not, you must, because they are unique and incredible (one took three months to accomplish, no ‘less) and I could go on, @d in- finitum; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kauff- man, whose yacht, “Hurricane”, went around the world; Frank Littaker; Mr. and Mrs. | Bloom; Mrs. Marjorie Pell, daugh- ter of the famous landscape paint- jer, John Twachtman; Mr, Mrs. Cyril Marshall; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dudley; John Putnam (his cats, in the current show, are lovable); Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Morgan; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Smith; \the publishers and will be avail-| Service Wives Club was held last’ Menus will be prepared for the John Dewey, who is also too well Friday afternoon at the American Valentine Dinner Dance at Raul’s | Known to introduce; Mr. and Mrs, Legion Hall. After a short busi- ness session, during which the minutes of the previous meeting were read and the treasurer’s re- | port given, the business part of the meeting was concluded. Four new members ‘were ad- mitted into the club: Mesdames W. B. Faris, P. M. Rohl, P. M. Leino and G. S. Schlemmes. Then came the surprise party of the meeting for Mrs. M. R. Mansfield, whose birthday it was. Little Marcia Mansfield came in. from the office of County Judge |sation at your Key West Com-|Show at the Casa Marina must| to the room dragging a large card- board box and presented it to the wedding of Miss Rosa Marie | her mother. After unwrapping six or seven packages, Mrs. Mans- field at last came to a small gift box containing a remembrance | from the entire membership of the | club. Refreshments consisting, of cake and soft drinks were then | served, after which cards were! ‘played for an hour or so, then ‘it | ‘was time to say good-bye until | next Friday, afternoon,.... same | place, The club wishes to thank Ro- gelio Gomez of the Gomez Bott- 5 Se Can You Tell When Kidneys Function Normally? | Kidneys should act 4 or 5 times | daily. Pass about 3 pints straw colored fluid and none at night. If color and quantity is off, pass- age scanty, frequent smarts and’ bothers at night, it may be a| signal that excess acid and other | waste is not being eliminated | regularly. This may also lead to backache, headache, or rheumatic pains. Try giving kidneys a gentle lift. Drink lots of soft; ; Water and take BUKETS three: times daily. Get a 25c box from any druggist. Locally at Olivieri’s Drug Store.—advt. ! ! | || For Fifty Years A NAME! || In Coffee In Key West | STRONG ARM | BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION Club tomorrow evening from 7 till 9 o’cleok. This week’s reservations for the dinner-dance are more than dou- ble than those of last week, as- suring the management of a good crowd tomorrow night. Ray Baldwin’s native Hawaiian Orchestra will be on hand to furnish music for the occasion. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Marriage license was issued Raymond R. Lord, authorizing Massaro and Glenn May. Notation on the license was to the effect that the ceremgny | would be performed by Justice of The Peace Enrique Esquinaldo. {ling Works, who so kindly do- nated the soft drinks. Members present at the meet- ing were: Mesdames M. R. Mans- fild, P. M. Leino, A. ‘W. Johnson, W. R. Andersen, D, D, Allen, E. E., Williamson, Irvin Fabrbach, G. C. Brower, F, R, Pierce, Russell Hoff, J. B. Tumms, R. H. Muntz, J. S. Ritchie, Steven Higgins, A. B. Druke, O. J. Kuntz, Anthony | Gullie, W. E. Julius, W. B. Faris, | G. S. Schlemmes, P. M. Kohl. MONROE THEATER S. Toler — C. Romero CHARLIE CHAN AT TREASURE ISLAND and PRIDE OF BLUE GRASS Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c: Night—15-25¢ HEAR...! EVANGELIST REV. Z. E. BARRON of Atlanta Preach Tonight at ——FIRST —— BAPTIST CHURCH 7:30 O'Clock Subject:— “THE ESSENTIALS OF A TRUE REVIVAL.” oe LITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT Monroe County Democratic Primary, May 7, 1940 FIPAPLIPILLLLLLAPLZALZLALLLLL x For Sheriff BERLIN A. SAWYER Lester Wellman, of Highland Park, Ill, and their daughter and son-in-law; Mr. and Mrs. Wolf— Fe'eT lful little cover in front of her and | lime pie. Down the road we (stopped at the Driftwood Hotel, | which has been leased by Mrs. jl. LaKay, who is even thinking of buying the lodge. The lodge is very strongly constructed and very well resisted the worst storm jthe Keys have ever seen, the | hurricane of ’35. Water was three {feet deep over Tavernier, which tis on good high land. A beauti- | Place harbors many fishing craft. at the Art Center for the benefit ‘of the Sponsoring Corporation 'are very well received and all the first lot put in stock are sold. Another lot is on the way from jable in a few days. It would seem jas if every place where tourists ‘of these books on hand, THE ISLAND CITY THE NEWS has been cramming | WE MET MR. TYNER in front of the cafe and he promptly came j along as a guest to ride down to ;Marathon. Tyner fishes with |Reyes fish company, which fish- jes the Keys in the winter and jthen goes back to the waters of Fort Myers for mullet and mack- erel in, the summer. Tyner told tee ef the dangerous Hens and Chickens reef near Tavernier, one big reef and many small reefs nearby. He also kept us posted on all the people of the Keys. It seems that the few hundred who inhabit the Keys all know one another very well. There is very good pioneer comradeship be- tween all. Frankly, our best im- pression was with Marathon, which is a young, fast progress- ing center. Tavernier seems more like an established town which has reached a peak. Mara- thon is moving and moving up fast. GEORGE'S SEA SHELLS is a nice place to stop. George seems to be from middlewest way. He gathers the shells from the wa- ters nearby, using his own boat, and offers a very varied collec- tion. He is situated between Tavernier and Whale Harbor. Down at Whale Harbor, we ran into Captain Hutter and dropped } anchor in Midway Inn. Hutter was one of Miami’s best sailfish- ing guides and holds a handsome trophy of the Miami Daily News for the largest sailfish of one sea- son. Some years ago Hutter in- jured his ieg and since has run his fishing camp.at Whale Har- bor. He has some very good guides there. One of the best is Dixie Knowles of the yacht Ven- turette. Met one of the Russell | boys, whose family was practic- \ally wiped out during the storm. |He is also guiding there. Fred Fletcher of the New York Daily News likes bonefishing very much {at this spot and says so in his column, “Outdoor”. Fletcher was also in Key West sometime back for his second visit to the Keys. Young Walter Starck is running his Dad’s fishing camp at Whale |Harbor, while his,Dad takes his large houséboat out on week jcharter parties. Starck is doing a good job of it and is known as jone of the most pleasant proprie- jtors on the Keys. We'll tell you a little more about the Keys in the next column—By L. P. A., Jr. | Seek information should have one | all interested and charmed by| ARTISTS are still arriving and | our Art Center and our Key West 'the Art Center would like to have | paintings; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Winter; Miss Mary Morgan; Mrs. listings of suitable places of abode | which may be rented at reason- | Horace Connable; Mrs. Guy Carle- ' able prices. We want to encour- | ton, who was cool and calm de- | age all the artists we can to stay | spite the recent loss of her auto- mobile, apparently stolen; and your correspondent, who hopes you will come down next Thurs- day night and have a cup of cof- fee and some stimulating conver- munity Art Center. | THE FLORIDA GUIDE BOOKS |which are now offered for sale jand paint Key West. THE TOWN MERCHANTS re- {port a sudden avalanche of art- ists making purchases of all man- ner of articles. The big outdoor jhave been a wow! Some say |there were over sixty hee |Pictures end art crafts. West an art market? Is Key sales of| cold bing the throat and chest with plenty of Vicks VapoRub at | es poultice- and VAPORUB'S SWIFT -ande ta I tends to stop mouth breath- Es VICKS sleep. Try it. Va | } i \ Finni Contributions--- are now coming in for the sh Relief Campaign Your Contribution Will Help Monroe County Fill Its Quota Send it to the local headquarters or to— 403 Consolidated Building Jacksonville, Florida State Headquarters MONROE COUNTY HELP FINLAND DRIVE HEADQUARTERS: CITIZEN BUILDING L. P. Artman, Chairman PILL aaa w. Chaka did ddd ded ddd dtd did dd