The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 31, 1940, Page 5

! PRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN » KEY WEST IN DAYS GONEBY ======—)\ A BUYING GUIDE TO KEY WEST LITTLE SPITFIRE By Jean Randall —————_—— YESTERVAY: [s00e% telus Brenda about her love for Mac. Brenda ts sympathetie but insists she doesn’t like Mac, herself. To stumbled over the little figure on FIVE YEARS AGO :disabled soldiers and sold each the steps. Mayor Wm. H. Malone will be Decoration Day under the aus- “Brenda! My word! What’: ' A a you mooning cut Bene tort arT€ one of the speakers at the meet- pices of the American Legicn. the dismay of The Street and es- She repiied with dignity: “I'm ing of mayors of seaport cities of pecially of Miss Ormond, the ex- | not mooning! I’m revolving a very the United States to be held in teacher, Brenda becames friend= i i i ji ly with the cartoonist, Hugh a ethical question in my New York City, June 9, 10 and Saltus. He grinned, dropped compan- 11. The invitation was reecived :2° embargo on avocados this Contrary to last year there, is A 4 4 *% id Key Westers may enjoy ° . . . — poo ag eee rmene dee F Listed In Thi Are Chapter Seven lighted a cigarette. _ terday and the mayor- will ae- them during the entire season. : irms t n Ss ce “The question being: shal} you - cept. ‘ This year there will be no em- Sense Of Proprieties or shall you not yield to the pre- bargo and except for the usual ADELAIDE continued to be up-| 3g Sentiment. against your py. in Key West Saturday inspection. by federal officers, set at Brenda’s defiance of} he advised briefly. “Stan your morning are dentists from every they may be brought in. Miss Ormond. She went about for ik. A part of the state, many of them ground.’ ee the rest of the day with a look of|, “Does everybody, in the house accompanied by their wives,| There will be an important worry on her face and as soon as ee She sound- coming to attend the meeting of meeting of the Key West Coun- dinner was over she beckoned Mac 4 the house® You the East Coast Distriet Dental try Club Monday night at 8 from the dining room into the lit- The bees My dear girl, Pa ms Society, which is affiliated with 'o’clock, for whcily a call has been ‘tle office where she made out her ealings to ley youa pretty penny the State Dental Association. issued by President Robert bills and transacted such business | that sole topie of conversa- ee Spottswood. It will be called for as her impractical soul was capa- tien = —- oe “The Conch”, annual of the ‘the purpose of appointing a sec- ble of. and her dropping in on Hugh Key West High School, has just ‘retary and fixing his compensa- In Their Field, TheyAre Reliable and Worthy of Your Business. TRADE AT HOME AND SAVE Brenda, leitering on the porch in the cool air of the evening, sud- dently was aware that her first-ac- quaintance of The Street loomed beside her. She patted the step invitingly, her early antagonism forgotten. One of the girl’s most likable traits was the ability to let bygones be bygones. San here and Cogrhiag she said. “I’m trying to get the topogra, of The Street straight in my dij Three houses on this side, seven on the other. Mrs. Arnald at the end across the street, Hugh Sab tus’s the very last house. Ish’t that right?” “Perfectly right.” He sat down beside her, sighing heavily, “Bren- rer) “Good heavens!” she exclaimed, startled. “You nearly blew me away with that mournful breath. It must be contagious,” she con- tinued idly. “Mrs. Rosttetor—Ade- laide—was sighing away. exactly like that this morning!” : “And for == mes reason, too, imagine!” The reply came crisp- ly. “Look here, Brenda! Youre young, you're a stranger to The Street—to the town, so far as that ‘ou don’t know Hugh Sal- She jerked upright, all her pret- ty indolence gone as if by magic. __.“Ha! So it's poor Hugh again, is it? I remember now — Adelaide wanted to speak to you after din- ner. About me, was it? My hij improper conduc. in calling at the studio yesterday afternoon?” Her low voice began to thrill with notes the unhappy young man re- membered. Her blue eyes began to shine with stars which, lovely as they were, he could have dis- pensed with. “Granted,” she said, “that a visit, even properly ehap- eroned by a housekeeper. is im- Proper, would you mind informing me who appointed vou the guar- dian of my conduct?” “Adelaide asked me to speak to you——” “And why you? Why not Eric? Or Hugh himself? Or Judge Har- per? Why. of all the masculine residents in The Street. must Dion MacKelvey be requested to re- monstrate with me? I'd love,” she murmured low and sweetly. “to know! Truly | would!” Maz fidgeted on we step. If only he had heeded that inner warning and refused to do Ade- laide’s bidding in this matter! But he was a person of determina- tion. Having put his hand to the plow, he would not turn back. He said seriously: “Perhaps because I’m the only one who is interested enough in you to want to keep you from raking a mistake! You see. Hugh i a little different frum most peo- pie—from the rest of us. His wife—_—” At that one hundred pounds of curls, dimples, blue eyes and ruffled organdy exploded. “Oh, pooh! And tosh! And fid- @le-de-dee! What is there so im- roper in my stopping into any- jody’s studie for a chat? Even if Hugh Saltus has forty wives and they’ve all left him, it would be perfectly moral and upright—for ne te cal} on him I mean! Aunt Anne told me The Street. was very conventional. She didn’t tell me it was prim and prissy and— <gnd ey she ine vottaty cally. “And even every! as to be like that, you else h: don’t!” The afterthought came in | su! @ tone so low he he to bend His head to catch it. ‘I Want You To Be Happy’ | AGREE with you it’s silly,” Mac admitted. “Saltus is a fine chap and there's no reason on earth why you shouldr’t spend the afternoon in his studio if you like; mo reason e..cept that Miss Ormond anc a few others around here will be shocked and make it uncomfortable for you.” He smited down at her placatingly. “I wapt you to be happy here. yesterday afternoon. You can’t sneeze in this neighborhood,” he distribution. h continued pathetically, “without Artman Press, “The Conch” is in sixteen people calling up and rec- 2 number of ways ommending their favorite nose drops, or cold remedy.” “But why? Why are they so in- gotten out by the school. terested in other people’s affairs?” “Because they have none of their own. Take Miss now. I can give a shrewd guess no life of her own—and I mean none, too! She can’t read—I think ber eyes bother her—she has no lived most of her friends. There isn’t much for the poor old soul to do but snoop about. watching the rest of us as we go our ways.” “Are you defending her?” “Merely explaining her.” He tossed away his cigarette. “Judge Harper’s another, only his inter- est is more friendly than Miss ceHent mn, | , Ormond’s. Then ther ’s Mrs. Ar- songs and recitations, with a nold and her Dorothy ——” “Her daughter?” Mere Warnings E CHUCKLED. “Her maid. She took Dorothy out of an It was after Mr. Arnold was killed in a railroad accident and Durst from Havana, and to en-'cess in the restaurant business | she felt she must have someone Circle the island so that every-'Watson Green, to live with her. Get Adelaide to body may have the opportunity chain restaurateur, told the Ok- ty tell you some day how leng Mrs. to see the giant dirigible. Arnold’s weighed tl.e pros and cons of ser act It shook The Street, and Mrs. Arnold herself it. heaven’s sake?” liest woman the Lord ever let live. But to hear Mrs. Arnold, larothy to be'a dream of pulchri- tude and her henefactor burdened ever placed on a woman’s frail shoulders.” He laughed again. Brenda? It’s this: Mrs. Arnold been will ¢all’on yoa'soon and ask you Every role in the bill was well ~Sweetly and anxiously—not to portrayed and attendance was very good. There was also a She'll say that sinee she’s made ,number. of good specialties. do anything which might exert a wrong influence on Dorothy. herself responsible for Dorothy’s | whole social and moral welfare | she simply, must be on her guard faintly hints of Bohemianism!” five pounds of chocolates? Done!” He stood up. “You're in a differ- pretty kind and nice world, all things considered, but . . . it needs His chuckle floated after him as he strode toward the sidewalk. Burke knocked face. Brenda, catching sight of her in the mirror, made a little moue of defiance. : “Now don’t you begin, Isobel!” “M’m! So they’ve been at you «Better ask me who asn’i!” Isobel/seated ie ppose lo itt? Phen she interrupted hersg@t tofsay: “You look about ten that thing, Brendal* i Brenda -glanced down at the thin peach-colored robe she wore. It was a frivolous garment, inset with lace, hand-hemmed, sleeve- less and almost backless. “It's cool!” i “It's pty pam probably cost ; «s much as I make in a month! I can’t understand,” she went on somberly, ty f with all your money —and Adelaide says you have scads!—you choose to come been completed and ready for tion. A product of The! tothe Florida Keys are now to be other annuals which have been had at the Over-Sea Company. Thé maps are 11 feet long by Se two and a half feet high and they A quarter of a hundred states jtake in the entire chain of the lof the nation, more than half the Florida Keys and show the wa- * total, are represented in the reg- terfront clearly. that she started all this. She has istration book, which was at the id garden show held at the West Public Library during “La complete a high school education family, and I believe she’s out- ‘Semana Alegre” week held last'is eternally handicapped in the struggle. for life in this day and age, was-the statement of Dr. 1935 were Joseph Roemér,.of the Univer- guests today at the luncheon of sity of Florida, in his address to Brenda inquired in’ astonishment. the Key West Rotary Club and the graduation class of the high the session was turned over to school last night. - the students, who put on an ex- program , consisting of February. The graduates of SECRETS OF SUCCESS number of addresses given'by the IN RESTAURANT TRADE members of the class. TEN YEARS AGO Mayor Leslie A. Curry has ra- 31 It seems that the way to a orphan asylum more than twenty diced to Commander Hugo Ecke-' man’s pocketbook is through the years ago. The heavy responsibil- ner of the Graf Zeppelin to come stomach. -ty af the act still weighs on her. to Key West on his way to Lake- lahoma Restaurant Association ——_— to try this: Miss Sylvia Scott of Havana. has never quite recovered from Cuba, will be married in this city of butter on the tables. Ts this evening at 8:30 o'clock to “How old is Dorothy now, for Charles Lunn of Key West. wedding will be solemnized “Thirty-three; and the home- c; Mary’s Star of the Sea Cath-: The the best custcmers and send I them birthday cakes. clic Church and Rev. P. L Mar-isend his favorite dish. ty hospitai tou’d be justified in believing "ane. S.J., will officiate: or home. with the heaviest responsibility pial yee ee last night at the High 'School:names, in English, on ‘thé mena. “Want to make me a bet, Auditorium. is reported to have for them to exercise, since they entertainment. cannot stumble and fall. SEE ES _ DON’T MISS P. A. R. Pr aang La Revista Mensual en Espanol e| The motors were Ee Lippe, i against anything which even foals wastermery te ly on the 18th. Ten Conte. $1 Brenda said in a wilted voice: |built in New York 30 years ago) “T don’t<believe a word of this, |for Judge J. Vining Harris. Eric!* will be registered as the Barbara (Times of Cuba and Pan Amer- “A cartor. of- cigarettes against in the future, named for the four-' jean Review) at San Ignacio 54. of the Havana. P. Q. Box 228. |M-1012. Chamber of Commerce, Hotel La Concha, Bus Station. PAR. It & F. O'Brien publishes P.A.R. year-old granddaughter ent world now, my child. It’s a judge. State Senator Wm. H. Malone some getting used to. You'll see!” addressed a large crowd of voters in Bayview Park last night, dis- Brenda was due for one more CUSsing his candidacy for re-| Flori warning before she slept. Isobel ‘election and the issues of the Mavana - Cuba - Florida - Gulf , i sear ets: corse Pars Concise News and younger girl was creaming her inky to taxation and what he pect Latin American Trade Reviews. just as the campaign. feels he has accomplished little scarlet é - slumady. have they? Who-was.it? isymbol of memory for the sol- DAILY .om Ships. Trains Ormond?” sj» diers of’ the United States. is Planes. High Spot “ ‘» | prominent on the coats of Key i sey Moe e ne Westers today.: The | called Buddy Poppy, is made by; For Real Purity Large and authentic maps of Fe beh hh heh hh dh dh hdd Lt A Ad The boy or girl who does not (My Assceinted Press) OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., May Speaking on how to be a suc- Kansas_ City 1. Keep an unlimited supply 2. Find out the birth date of 3. When a customer is sick, 4. 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