The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ahahaha ncheatboehniherehartrehontnoshoatoahont akon al fa So So a lactone YESTERDAY: After « ed eie send-off Bob and Sue move to Queen City. Their new house is large and their new neighbors, charming. fl Chapter 32 Prosperity {post before six, after an ex- hausting afternoon of furniture placing and unpacking of books and clothing, sweet Mary Hamp- ton arrived with a hamper of steaming food. “What a lot you’ve accom- Sere she exclaimed admiring- “And what lovely old furni- fe you have! That Chippendale desk is a beauty.” Sue’s face mirrored her aston- ishment. She was still more sur- prised when a few days later she found in the Hampton home Pieces far finer than her own. She joined the local literary ¢lub more to increase Bob's * usi- ness than in the expe¢tation of receiving cultural enlightenment; and was jolted out of her citybred complacency by finding most of the members far better informed on such matters thaa she was her- self. Later she was to come ‘in con- tact with the petty gossip, the un- bearable inquisitiveness, the nar-| ©! row standards which remain like a sediment in the sparkling wa- ters of most country towns; but for this first winter, everything combined to present Queen City’s most enjoyable side. Sue had her sewing that pecu- liarly charming and touching gar- ment-making of the young moth- er-to-be. She had the radio, with world-famous voices, world-fa- mous orchestras—and for the first time in years, leisure to listen, She had enough housework to keep her in good health, not enough to tire her unduly. She had her int ng neighbors. She} had d Bob had her. They grew closer together every day. Bob talked over the store with her, described his cus; tomers, asked her, advice about the ‘spring orders. Gradually Sue came to know those who bought from him: first by., his. viyid, if sometimes ridiculous descriptions, later by personal ,acquaintance, She knew the Steinhausen girls on -the big farm west of Sores: hard- workifg. daughters stingy farmer who Seite een allow them. men as. they} were, to s own. shoes, but.himself came in to feel with § Uy | athery than lored the stout or thick-soled e saw him jerk the touch of his eldest a satin slipper at least four, sizes too small for her foét. And once Sue’s heart was wrung by a young father who brought out four soiled dollar bills and said briefly they must} suffice for es for both his chil- dren. The oldest, a boy of eleven. turned anguished eyes from the} sturdy boots Bob's assistant took | from the pa‘ rd box. 7 9p aw, Pop,” "t none of the fellers to school any more!” “But you have to wear ‘em in 2 fields, son; and Pop can't no| u two pair!” ed long at each other, he stam- | boy: hild "gulped and nodded. | a ly wept with love of ner en he came forward. | atly: you saying some- eeding two pairs of | shoés for 3 young man, a Layton? Well. you're playing in} y. you sure afet I’ clos- | of lines—his size, think of that?— in your life when two pairs for the thing abou Because she could not trust her- self to say what she thought of this, Sue commented that evening: have many days when ess like that, Rok?" He grinned sheepishly. “Old Pearson would fire me if he'd] overheard, wouldn’t he? But—but it might have been our kid, Sue, j you know!’ Sue’s Son | N SPITE of such incidents or perhaps because of them, the new store flourished. “Old Pear- son” wrote personally and en- coursing) of its tiny success. If it held up like that for two years, they might consider starting. an- other in Leighton, twenty-two milés away. Spring came, and'thé lilacs-and spice bush and syringas . burst into: fragrant bloon® e pat was emerald beneath the apple. trees. The peachtree glowed: wit rose, with coral. Sue-had*d aa now, a husky country girl.whose muscle was better developed than her brain. It was only by conduct- ing the housekeeping along the — lines that Sue managed Pats and Allen, driving out tog aabe: Sunday dinner, were dis- ed and amused respectively yy the service of the meal. BY LOUISE PLATT HAUCK ently to the plate which had just been set on the table. It had Squares of butter, each neatly 5 eared with a toothpick, Sue uckled. ontits Mame’s idea of really styl- ish service,” she said. “I couldn’t imagine why on earth she insisted on running over to the aestare when she found you were comin It was to buy the toothpicks. Hel Dp yourself, Pats, and butter one of these biscuits. I'll warrant you never tasted any that were more delicious!” In June Sue was driven fran- tically into the hospital, and with less ado than anyone, even Dr. Van Ness had expected, Robert Allen Trenton was born. A trim maid admitted Allen. His sick eyes had not been quite oblivious to the face that the Trentons’ Atchison home was large and comfortable, tangible evidence of Bob’s new prosperity. The maid was another. Sue came downstairs on swift feet. “Allen! Oh, ‘Allen, dear! then, in a frightened voice is it, Buddy?” He licked his dry lips. “Pats has left_me, Sue. May I—may I spend a ate jaygcchege with you and iy lad. to get away.” eh ‘my dear!” She drew Inked jwn tothe couch, took her. -beside him. “How do’ \you Pats has left you?” that, She's gone—with Forest’ Webb,” he. added almost as an after-thought. Sue was stunned, Forest Webb! It could not be. True, Pats had of late quoted Forest more and more frequently. But Forest was Allen’s closest friend, as his sister was Sue’s own. It simply could not be that Pats and Forest—! But it appeared it not only could be, it was. Allen told her about it in brief, dry sentences. Pats had not left a letter—not Pats! She had called him from Kansas City, explaining quite gaily that she and Forest were on their way to New York. (Allen wondered a little at Sue’s involuntary shiver as he got this far in his recital.) Forest, it appeared, had severed his connection with his old firm; had mage new arrangements with an Eastern one. Pats wanted Al- len to°diveree her: “You:can' be decent and call :it desertion, or you can.name Forest as co-respon- dent; it doesn’t matter to 'me at all!” she‘had concluded flippantly. “But—but IT should think she would..bave. wanted it the other way around; that she would go to Reno—” Unbelievably Changed ELEN shook his head. “She knew. I'd. never consent to that! Lord, Sue,” ‘he continued with a hint of irritations: “don't you suppose we've been all over *) thatigrouhd time after time? She was always asking for a divorce. We've hardly had one month’s happiness together,” “Why didn’t yo" give it to her, Allen?” A look of stubbornness replaced his dulled grief. “I wouldn’t—I won’t. If there’s to be a legal separation between us, Pats will have to be the one to | get it, not I!" “Even now?” she asked incredu- lously. “More than ever now!” Anger | flamed in his sunken eyes, “Let Forest Webb see how far he'll get with Pats hung ’round his neck!” His sister was silent, stroking the hand she held «in. both her smodth ones. Allén was ‘unbeliev- | ably changed: she -thought. He was bitter, uhréasonable, quick to anger. Pats, had done this to him! She tried to feel anger in her own mind but relief at ‘the other: wo- man's going’ Was ‘too great. Allert needed rest @fid'a ‘change of scene. | Here with “het and the children, | he would soon’ be himself again. She had his bag taken to her charming guest room. She sum- moned sturdy four-year-old Rob- ert and tiny Susan to greet their uncle; and she presently shut her- self upstairs in her sitting room to warn Bob by telephone of the presence of their visitor. “Fine family, nice house!” Al- len said heavily that evening. Dinner was over and the two men were smoking in the library. The warm March day had ended in a burst of cold rain, and Sue was glad of the excuse for a ‘small fire, “You've made ndertul Epes old man!” ‘Tm aa pretty weil,” Bob admitted. “Thanks to Sue!” He sent her an affectionate smile. “If she hadn’t stood by me like a house afire, I'd have been sunk years ago.” Then remembering guiltily that Allen’s wife had not stood by him, he attempted to change the subject. “Funny—find- ing ourselves on this side of the river! But since Sue can see it here even better than she could in St, Joseph” 1 “Yes, that’s why I chose this house,” she interrupted brightly. “We get such a marvelous view of it here.” “How many Pearson stores do you own now, Bob?’ “Half own, you mean, Pearson always retains a fifty percent in- terest, you know.” He went at length into the num- Tavou, Sue, of all people to live like this!” “What's the matter with the way we live?” she demanded plac- idl, Her sister-in-law pointed elo- ber and size of the stores, the ter- ritory covered. Allen lis- tened absently. 1 Trentons knew he was not hearing a word. Continued temerrow World War Experiences the wrewith the Jaddgr. easifyfjag @ crétycould ciimb. He The Citizen presents herewith the firstjo&}wo installments con- t & rning thé’ interesting experi- er Umstead in 1915, \ is a resident of Key West, diving at 411 Simonton street. Her story follows: “After reading the recent story about Miss Patterson’s most in- ng experience written by your writer, Myrtle Cosgrove, ft occurred to me that the story of my own most unusual experiences during the early part of the World War, 1915, would be of in- terest to your readers. “When I sailed on the Dutch Steamship Noordam for The Hague, Holland, with our Rev- ered Jane Addams and “Woman's International Congress for Peace and Freedom”, I was not an im- portant delegate, because Miss Elizabeth Allen was, selected by Miss Addams to represent New Jersey, but she, being supérinten- THE KEY = CITIZEN ‘Mrs. Umstead Tells Of ‘Chen he ran up as was a long time in the captain’s of Mrs. Mary Reid Cory |(of Noordam’s) pilot house, then { Mrs. Umstead!a young Gerraan lad, who had |< uggled on beard; was led to} they | k lowered-him, into ‘the. tugboat, he | e forward deck. | Before ‘Wook off his, cap and waved it,! ishouting, ““Hock, der Kaiser”. When they lowered him to the! sent | him down a companionway I saw | the British sailors carry blankets | and food, with steaming coffee, | ideck of the tugboat and down to him. | “On the third day, Miss Addams | {communicated with Ambassador | 9. |Page, who was, by the way, re-' 10, into the World War, but perhaps if we good time. |sponsible for our entrance had not come to the rescue Great | Britain might have been defeat- ANSWERS TO TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | Quiz printed on Page 2 pa. “The Star Spangled Ban \ ner”. |.2. A mechanical strument liquid trills. Navy Department. Theodore Roosevelt. »; 5. Durham, N. C. of Agriculture; and Har- | old L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior. No. Earl Browder, of the Com- | munist party. No. Jeroboam. They invited me be go but I declined. “It was warm and the sun| \ [Below are the Answars io Today's flutelike in- | that produces. | Henry A. Wallace, Secretary | | TRANSPORTATION SEDAN GOING TO CHICAGO, | | take two passengers. Refer- | | ences exchanged. Call at 323 Elizabeth street, Dongo Inn. feb21-4tx | | | | FOR RENT ‘ed. Through the influence of shone, so I took the opportunity |FURNISHED APARTMENT. iour ambassador some British of- ™ ficers came on board our ‘ship and told us Wwe/-weré: fi to go dent of a High Schook, We wh&blé on and the néxt imorning‘our eap- to go, and almost-at-the-last-day for departure, urged me to go in her place, —anji am still—an earnest advo- cate jfor peage in ¢this troubled | worlli my! jthen’ “husban@;\ Mr. George W. Cory, had 16 _mem- b of his Canadian family as of- s of the British An»y—Sir Sidney Muborn was minister of militia and defence, Gen’l George Norton Cory was with the Army and sailed alone in a submarine and obtained the surrender of Constantinople, later to be wounded in France. “Sir Sidney Muborn’s only son, just graduated from college, join- ed the Army in France. While training there he wrote his fam- ily that he wished he was back home in Canada. A few days later he was killed. “To return to our trip: None of tus knew what was,in store, but that there was danger. could not be denied, ‘As we neared the: danger zone, ja canvas sign was laced yall lalong each side; of 4 ship and in very Jarge letters’in black. On. the white canvas. were ci word ‘Woman's . Peate*~.. Bj night, when the ship a jin darkness inside, these signs |were illuminated so they could le seen by all Ships altke<!-* 7 “We had to grape about’ in the almost total darkness within. We |were delayed some. time before | jentering the Straights of Dover, | |while chains were removed. from Ireland across the waters to al- low us to pass. “It was twilight when we ar- rived opposite the, Straights of Dover. A shot was fired across our bow and we were stopped. I noticed four great warships lined abreast, just behind the entrance |to the Norh Sea, looking like four horses champing at their bits. In the morning they were gone. “On board the Noordam were few passengers besides our own party. for we had chartered the |ship, but\there were-two-young men from one of our southern states who were sent to try and locate_azshipload of cotton which Had} not been heard from. The next morning they were rejoiced |to see their shiplead Gf rétton a anclior quite near: It seemed il a former shipload of ene ha jheen searched “etd War | destined:-to, into Genndny Ihab bac ir? {and that tvas why the second ship |was held up. | “A young German girl on |board also was going to Germany jto see her grandparents—via Hol- land. The two southern boys were very kind to her and when |British officers came on board to setae our ship, this little Ger- man girl was terribly frightened, but while the officers were look- ing into the staterooms, . these boys kept hiding the girl—one watching while the, other slipped her from one stateroom to an- other out of sight of the officers. Thev did not find her. “There wes another young man , aboard who had im charge; a lot, of war materiats for Germany— thinking our Peace Ship would; not be searctétk® “Bat fhe Second! night while we were still held! jup, T hi b Tea: hein in wha. ,ha chad been in. the U/ S. |ffain. She looked ws Boden’ He lower 1g His the} - twenty years’and who was re- /said, ‘Oh, my ‘dear, sogtt did; tiof-eet them! turning to visit his relations. | If venture such a trip into Holland at all. After dark it' had hot been for him’I don’t war is on?’ know whet calamity might have! Charinel—sq, the second dav, I saw in the dark- ness a single light on the waters approaching our ship. It was a British alongside. of us there. and anchored chored I called to the sailors on board—it was so alone—end said in and I slept with all my clothes /lakes or to walk over a ‘What are vou going to dé with/on. In the afternoon of the next bridge about one-half us?’ They replied, ‘We have And although I was. Bist tain signalled in vain for a pilot. As there was no response, the captain said he would go without one. As we entered the North/ Sea where I expected to encoun- ter. many: ships ‘and danger, all was calm, except for the huge warships and a sea gull floating placidly on the waves—the only sign of life. “As we neared the Hook of Hol- land it was a pitiful sight to see hundreds of gulls, their wings helpless to fly to get seafood, just walking cn the rocks, for ship- loads of oil had been wrecked and oil covered the waters. “The first thing we saw, as we entered the Hook was a huge Standard Oil tank—and as we looked over the flat-lands of Hol- land, little brown sail boats seem- ed to be:running along:the high- ways but they were in the canals which we could not see. “We docked at Rotterdam and -carriages were/there waiting’ to drive us to The Hague—der Hoog as it is called there. “As we @rave; through the streets of The, Hague I was sw prised to note that all of the busi ness streets with stores three and four stories; igh, rhad window boxes of beautiful flowers at every window. : “At the hotel where I stopped I was given a very large front jroom. T-wanted ‘to “take“a ‘bath and went to. the-bathroom. near {my room to do so, but the ma- \chinery -was-up-at the ceiling and there were ‘such intricate appl: jances that before I could get any | |water I was baffled and had to give up. “When I wanted to go out to! attend our meeting with women from all countries, I asked how I could lock my room door, and | was given a key about eight inches long and weighing at least a pound and was told that when I locked my door to hang the key on a hook outside. “T will not go into a descrip- tion of our meeting because it was so lavgely written’ up at the time but will say fthere were three or four interpréters and as Miss Addams addressed the huge | assemblage she paused after every sentence s0 that these’ in- terpreters could* translate to ‘the | audience jp ute aes and French. RLY “Two ot three” eitan women who managed +t! get through ‘the lines were there, .Fhey had walk- ed for many miles on foot to at- tend the conference. “Holland is a most ‘interesting little country and later I will ex- plain some of my _ experiences while at Amsterdam for some weeks. “It occurred to me that while I_was so near, I would take a run over to Sweden to see a girlhood friend who had married a Swed- ish gentleman who was the son of the king’s chancellor: ‘IT could not get pastage on a steamer tut found that a sailing vessel was going. to. Norway and I could get passage on that, so with the innocence or audacity of an Americar who. felt safe any- where I sailed out of the Hook. e} the captain of the shi | attRAR otaek Norwegian” chef |befallen me. | “The captain of the ship told tugboat and- drew up/me not tc remove my clothes,/only way to get to Stoekholm pin my*money safely, for we I was walking along the /might strike a mine at any time. Stockholm, like Venice, side of the ship and when it an-|I was always looking for them. rounded by water and “The captain gave me his cab-/| \day we docked at Kristansane, come to keep you company’. |Norway, end there our ship un-| ‘to let down my hair, which was | very long and heavy and let it blow in the breeze. As I stood at the ship’s rail some of the German officers on the dock be: | gan taking snapshots. and asked if they would give me} one of the pictures but they did | not reply. “It was the time of the mid- | night sun and at twelve o’clock | (midnight) I sat on the pier and wrote a letter home. “When I went into the cabin | modern conveniences. 1014! | Grinnell street. feb21-4tx HOTELS I called BRING YOUR VISITING friends | in heed of a good night’s rest a THE Selden scamorins sober lean rooms, e1 ey sae Sabamteay thee | | 7 Fleming ‘St. way | POSITION WANTED | | \of the ship again I sat down on|POSITION WANTED: Experi- | a bench which was at the side of | the mess table. While I was sit- | ting there reading a handsomely | dressed officer entered. He spoke | English well and said he heard there was an American| lady on board the ship and he had always wanted to see one. |He invited me to go ashore and | take a drink, but I declined. He | kept moving nearer to me on the! Bench and I kept moving away | from him. I was frightened for the first time and just as he was} almost pushing me to the far end! of the bench where I could not escape the captain from America ; game hurriedly in looking; very anxious. With that my ‘companion’ arose quickly and left the ship. What the American | (Norwegian) captain saved me from I do not know. | “Later the captain of the ship igetorned, He had been drinking and got ‘fresh’ but the other cap- tain advised me to go to my stateroom. “When {we reached port at Nor- | way—I ‘the name of the | place but think it, was ian- (bund or Bergen—it ‘was quite |late and I’ decided to remain on ‘Doard:’ I was sorry I did so, for {the sailors held high carnival | and had evidently been drinking, for they got wild and made a jdreadful noise. While I alone locked in my statesroom was so | frightened that I could not ‘sleep. “Finally morning came and I |went to a hotel where, when I ‘left two days afterward, gave me a tremendous bill which I paid, but when I told my friends’ hus- band about it, he wrote the hotel | and demanded return of some of ithe money. It was sent. “On that one day at Norway, the captain from America called swith some friends and took me. ‘for a drive ‘way up on the, /tains, ahd “although it was umer time there was snow, |view was magnificent. We Mook down at the harbor-and in- jland waters and out upon, the North Sea. “The next day I took a train for Sweden and occupied a seat with a young Englishman. We had a Wonderful convergation. He was going to Rega, Latvia, across the border of Russia, We had such an interesting eénver- sation and he kept saying ‘Oh, I wish my wife could know, you’, He got off at some. station to change cars but stopped, at my car winGow to say good bye, ‘again and I saw that he baby carriage. He said a new baby and as soon | wife could travel she would join (him. As he le“t, he said, “Well, | ships {hat pass in the night’ | ‘is the last I ever saw.of, :“Then I went to jwhere my friend met “She took me to her “lovely ‘herude, beyond Stockholm, The from there was by. boat, |the city are across wat long {that swayed beneath our feet. I Temained there for several weeks | had | | HES. |SECOND SHEETS—500 for 50¢ enced secretary, stenographer FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940 For Real Service For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 and typist desires position., ————-—-~--————-———-—— —.- Best references. Box D, The} Citizen. febl-s} FOR SALE COLLECTION | OF ANTIQUE DOLLS in America, Wood, China, | Parian, Wax, Mache. Only interested | in advance _ collectors. | LANES at Cactus Ter-| race. feb23-6tx | Papier} LOT, Cor. Duval and Louisa} streets. Apply 1212 Olivia! street. nov23-mon-fri | } on Washington | street near White. $750 for quick sale. 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LEAVES SUNDAYS) and arriving at Key West at 7:00 o’clock A. M. Local Schedale: LEAVES KEY WEST 2 9:00 o odode DAILY (EXCEPT 1:00 o'clock A. M. FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE ; FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline St. Phones 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor, Eaton and Francis Sts. TAXI COMP. "ANY OFFERS|v=0 7 Taxi Company, 605 Duval Then I walked forward in time loaded quantities of war mate- and found it the street. to see a rope ladder thrown from rials for Germany. There were | interesting of all the 1 SIGHTSEEING SERVICE| Feeding aie scented by th jose shiv to the forward deck of|a number of -men.. in uniform visited. I went to the king's | Cis gt 9137 P mer 1S the tugboat. The waters were | whom.I..think-.were..German |palace. It semed shabby; in its| Comp ightseeing service | |quite rough and the captain of |there to receive th e furnishings.” wee prng etad i =e |the tugboat had to take three run- |eaptin captain ‘and ait th Yailannt aioe o is offered by the Ha-i Subscribe to The Citizen. ning jumps before he could catch ‘ashore to have relaxation and a (To Be Continued)