The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 22, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Key West Citizen THE ZEN, PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By P. ARTMAN, President .ad Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets L Only: Daily Newspaper In Key West and Monroe County ‘ida, as second class mattér Member of the Associated Press ssociated Press is:@xclusively entétied to usg epublication-of all: dewsrdis: redited not otherwise: credited int 4 and LZ iocal news published here. ~ wi SUBSCRIPTION RATES ~ Months i ADVERTISING RATES ‘fade known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of spect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at te of 10 cents a line. es for entertainment by churches from which ¢ is to be derived are 5 cents a line. open forum and invites discus- ie issues and subjects of local or general t it will not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it be id to attack wrong or to appiaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- } gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always 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 without fear and without favor; never and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise witn principle. | —EE———————E———————— —<—<$—$$<$<$<—$—____.___ | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. ee | The republics of South America, for all their fear of Hitler, keep a wary watch -upon the United States. Our peanuts come from the South, but the crop of peanut politicians is not limited to any particular section. It would also be enlightening if some | of our psychologists would tell they get that way themselves. us how About 3,000 new words are coined every year, still we often find it difficult to express our feelings in parliamentary lan- guage. Add to the list of cle metropolitan newspaper's “Dr. Nicholas Murr: University.” - ¢ boners reference y, butler of Columbia a What a country wants and needs is, first and foremost, honest. and leaders—not confirmed politicians whose Chief aim is to keep themselves in office, Tike the European dictators. Hitler’s conquests are being compared to those of Napoleon and in the not distant future Hitler, a former German corporal, will surely meet the fate of the once French corporal. History repeats itself. War—one of the four horsemen of the ‘Apocalypse, has put in his appearance in Europe. Another—Famine—is ready to ride rough-shod over the European con- tinent. Do we desire to contribute to the destruction-that emanates from these ruth- less riders? 4 Last year in. an article on hay fever, the newsmagazine | “Life”, jstated=: that Key West and the Keys were the only places where hay fever-did not thrive.. As a result many sufferers from. this malady heard. of this haven and some of the.many took advantage of this favorable condition and came to Key West, where the atmos- phere is free from the pollen that causes the affection. This fact should be adver- tised. to, the. world. as. The Citizen. stated last year. who come here-will-find relief and the city benefits in a, monetary way. There need be.no fear of an epidemic of the disease in this city as it is neither contagious nor in- fectious. to! capable | Sufferers from the indisposition | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN. | PUBLICITY PAR EXCELLENCE The South has been famous these many years for what is called its good old brand of “Southern Hospitality’. Far and wide has that legend travelled, resulting in publicity of a sort that has meant millions of dollars in return to the states south of the Mason-Dixon line, paid by tourists who ccme down from the north to get ac- quainted with the faets about the state- } ments 2377 <. By the same token—“Key. West Hos- pitality” has won many a visitor to the ranks of enthusiastic boosters for the Is- land. City. show the strangers in our midst a good 1 We have what it takes here to ' time and they have demonstrated their ap- preciation time and. time again by spread- | ing the good word concerning their de- lightful experiences among their friends back home. Key West Lions rose to great heights last weekend to show a true and glorified example of “Key West Hospitality” to something over 500 delegates of their In- ternational association coming to this city to embark for the convention in Havana. And we have it straight from the lips of all of them that they thoroughly enjoyed their | short stay in our city and will long remem- ber their experiences. They’ll tell their friends about it—result: more visitors to our city in the future. Word of mouth advertising, they say, is the best. Our advertising department may argue the point—but, it is true that to have an enthusiastic booster busy at the job of spreading good words about you or your community—that’s the best kind of publicity. Witness, then, what these visit- ing Lions will-be talking about: for months to come. ~ Young in years of organization, the Island City Lions had a Lions Den for their visitors to use as headquarters. That struck a pleasing note to our visitors right off the bat. A group of members of the + local club stayed on continuous duty at the Den to give information about. the city. to all comers—and: how they poured into town! . A mammoth Fish Fry (as long as the fish held out) was given for the benefit of the visitors. And then a dance at the La Concha hotel. Then to the boat to bid the first boatload adieu and bon voyage yes- terday morning. A full-day of greetings and information-giving yesterday with soft drinks on the house. Then the final Lions Roar as the full-capacity shipload left. last night at midnight. These Lions will carry back. good. re- ports of Key West to their clubs scattered all over the nation, They'll tell their friends about our fine city and create the urge for hundreds and still more hundreds to make Key West a must stop on next trips to the Southland. Good work, Lions! The Citizen voices the sentiments of the city-at-large in thank- ing you for a great piece of community boosting. IRVING BERLIN GIVES HIS PROFITS In 1917, Irving Berlin, song writer, composed a song for a musical comedy but it Was not used: in.the production. For twenty-one years it was laid aside | only to be introduced, to the public, over the radio, in 1938: by Kate Smith, well- known singer. Since then, it has gained great popularity, especially among the young people of the nation. “It is the first song I ever wrote which | required no push to get it started,” says Mr. Berlin, who reports that it has been a “best seller” for a year and a half. The title of the song hit is, “God Bless America,” now. in. great popularity, and earning nearly $200 a day in royalties re- cently on account of a surge. in public favor ard use. Since its initial intreduc- tion. to the people the song has earne more than $40,000. 3 We are glad to congratulate. Mr. Ber- lin. upen his-recently announced intention to establish a trust fund for alh.royalties MONDAT = 22 PEDESTRIANS KILLED BY AUTOMOBILES. DURING MAYe. See 26 eee See as =—Tie the oe “Gee Amercs” "| 2 Sew keg Gt Ge The Repubix am = Preocr™ Wey aes J the chem of ten Bares . i i ; tt Vue te are cruthers* € se ia =: = a Rhea EE bef Amar Dow saat auets te = tee Une Sum” Dat Pee Uwe Gram ses 2 ot ee & Wee os & 46 & tween the Seon Ac ao 1S ape i s = fh ef PrRE i Weer cx A Seer res of games wate me Ame aff Rew its face, making the hottest part war anc Malone cogs power “= CAYO HUESO (KEY WEST) By. “BENNA, BENTINO” (Mrs, Robert ,T. Menner) ‘of the day quite comfortable. B Us qe | After our explorations, we :went to the Hotel La Concha in jthe heart of the town, where we }found all creature comforts and la true southern welcome, and most of the party went to rest jand have a brief siesta—but this Hi Approximately 1000908 pe- sons derive a livelihood from the 161 U. S_ national forests m 48 |states, Alaska and Puerto Rico following City. Mrs. Menner-is now a permanent.resident.of the city. at 725 Eaten Street). eae SSE “Burnished point of a scimitar that ever sweeps Before the Nation’s heart, and guarding keeps Unsheathed. its vigilance; it watchful waits The cutpost sentinel of our Southern States”. { STEPHEN COCHRAN SINGLETON. In the above charming. verse, be made into turtle steaks or the vividly delicious green turtle Mr. Singleton describes iwas.not possible for me. I did jnot want to miss a thing about this city of surprises, and. so, as ‘we had been told the view from the hotél roof was very fine, I went up. in the. elevator, and found it was well worth the trip. , It. was.a perfect panorama. j. The island is circled by a bou- jlevard, built during- the Florida “boom” of a few years ago, and washed. by the sea, and the red- her first visit to the Island soup 5°) architecture, and trees and flow- the “lay of the land” of that/much sought after, and shipped. cring shrubs, so colorful, seemed Southern Paradise, the Florida Keys, but. especially Cayo Hueso, or.Key West. If Columbus had touched here first, instead of San Salvador, he would never. have gone home ‘again to Spain, for so great is the charm of this quaint old town, that it is sure to be re-visited again and again by those wh first. come here only for a few ed. ‘hours from yacht, or by motor, or aeroplane, the latter perhaps @ ‘the most thrilling of all, and cer- tainly the most up to date man- ner of approach. It was my good fortune to. be one of several guests aboard a |private plane, bound for Havana a few weeks ago. We had had-a week or more of !the raees, and other feverish gaieties of Miami, and that wish for something quieter and a bit further away from the madding crowd, prompted one of our par- ty to suggest. that we stop at Key West for a few hours at least on our way to Havana, where our host had a business appointment to keep—so we got off from the airport in Miami one morning at.ten thirty, and in little over an hour were winging our way ; i ! 4 over the. lavalliere of Emeralds, |which are the Florida Keys, and ‘which drip down and down. be- yond the last rounded.tip of the Florida mainland, as if Nature’ had been loathe to write “finis” | on her painting of this beautiful coast line, and had added just one mare. green. jewel:on.a jade S€2;/ gazes out across the sea, now j until she finally finished. off with ; Key, West, finest jewel of them | oon ae | all. We arrived at the Pan Ameri-' can Airport after circling the city, and came to earth near. ‘an! jold: Martello tower, one of sev- eral here, the ruins of which | still show some of the wonderful handling of brick structure of that. day (about 1840) and. one well worth.a climb to the. top, which we made, getting a lovely view out to sea, and the sur- A short motor ride to town \(there is always an attendant in charge of the airport, who will |take parties to town in his car, or one may telephone into town for one), and.I began to lose my \heart. completely to this delight- |ful ald. town as. did. my com- panions. | Refreshed by. a delicious Cuban | ———-——--- j j j | | luncheon at, the Cafe Delmonica, | |where an. excellent, bean. soup is followed _by.. yellow. tail minuta, or, if you prefer, broiled craw- from the song, including the money al-|° ready earned, and whatever comes from. | sheet music, phonograph records and other mechanical devices. Three trustees have ; been. named to administer the-fund for the benefit of American youth for patriotic | purposes. As a beginning, the. trustees. haye se- | lected the Boy Scouts: of America and: the | Girl Scouts of America as the first organ- | izations to benefit, from a total. of, $43,646 available for distribution, The officials.of these organizations are already being con- | sulted about the.use.of the money, E j ‘and . Sanctuary jin large pens of water live a somewhat luntil the time-comes-for- them. ; ' fait i in large quantities to northern like a painting—unreal cities. | Later as the sun went down in A fascinatnig shop, opposite ,2 gorgeous cloak of crimson and the Post Office (newly erected) Orange clouds, the whole surface held lovely curios and local-prod- rae petra on i ais, ‘ia — ucts. Brown mats made by hand yiu. and violet, and these colors — Soe palm ees which were then reflected in the water, D0 the members of YOUR family np Gun? = si aart ' until the whole became a hi E perhaps it is because fave news gee ti Se bags and_purses and handpaint-\+-. op21 with rainbow oan af _ : F ‘ everywhere—never shall I forget Quaint walking sticks made't,. beauty of it! 8 en Go enh pafiecie, tap ant niles am from shark’s backbone, and in; Before dinner, we hired a taxi another shop we foun? lamps; ong drove around the boulevard,, If Alka-Seltzer is as good as weaep itis, peu wenn peer ee made from shells of gorgeous! 14 here again the beauty of the icine cabinet; if it isnot, twon'teettyeee pene We wilicciond hue, and little baskets of flowers after, + the purchase price to new user wm = ae Site aoe of shells of many tints, and the;,,. se Haitians cdieoaaiaas my = smaller flower petals of fish: Arter dinner, I stole awa’ scales. — exquisite workmanship 2 quict street, and through kia they. were, and we bought lavish-/ -hutters flashed shafts of light, and the i of a guitar, or) On. this. shopping tour, we had the weird, syncapated measure of seperated. from the men of Our the Cuban “Danzon” clove the party and when we met them ‘stiliness of. the moonlit night. again, they had become so en- Jn the evening breeze, the thusiastic over the tales of a na- gracefyl palms in the gardens, tive fisherman of the catches of swayed back and forth to the two hundred or more pounds of ' rhythmic strains it seemed.of the fish at one time, that it was put “Danzon”-or the vibrant twang up to us women to decide wheth- ' of the guitar. er we should remain another day' On returning to the others, it)... === SE and let the men try their luck at was suggested we motor out toa fishing. The vote was unaN- lovely snow-white beach off the eyes and ae gona i boulevard, where not a sound. wing to the “hard times” this the lapping w: year, the beautiful Casa Marina |peoe ae enins-ef, the, hotel was closed, but we were! watched the. silver moon-path, shown the lovely gardens with over the ocean, now. tumed a masses of purple petunias in is indigo, even our bloom, and snow white sand a “task a busi- beach, and. wave-washed rocks, ness man, waxed. romantic. and no Palace of the Doges could| ‘The people of- this. island city have been more stately, as it are friendly. and courteous, and . _, the {many, of them traveled and cul- jade, now malecite in the after-| tured. Two or three well-known au- One wanders through this town | thers haye already. made their of strange contrasts as in @ winter homes here, forthe clim- dream—the mellow old houses/ate is ideal as a winter resort, | whose quaint balconies lean; Next morning across the strects in a. frier vans - ‘ fashion, hardly belong ary — =. new world. Here in days past, mych. sought-after. sailfish—one or even now, some lovely Senora of the largest caught here. this | might wave farewell to a depart-| season. ! ing sailor-husband, or the flutter, It is: the contrasts. that-one feels | of a dainty handkerchief be made so keenly in Key West, for Old | the signal for an intrepid lover to World and romantic as it is, one’s | steal up and kiss his lady’s hand. | modern. needs. are care of | Down narrow — streets one /also, and. there are no less glimpses old world gardens, gay ‘five or six shops that keep i | ern For the next few days yeu can get 2 te=- only 95c down and $1.00 per month Total cost of fan—$3.95. with purple or red bougainvillaea, touch with the; most mod: or pink and white oleanders,' quirements, and we bought : bike in the breeze, for one of ;charming most greatest charms of this little priced, and: knit . sports Lotus Land is the cooling trade | or yards of lovely French wind that blows constantly acrossifon; and a dip i sea i This Fan Uses Less fleeces Tea | 2 Wat ap Phone Today To Have One Or More Gf These Fans Delivered Te Your Home The Key West Electric Co. 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