The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1940, Page 6

PAGE SIX IGH TIDE By I YESTERDAY: Johnny and 1 Rose are disgusted that a real millionaire was under the same roof with them and they didn’t know it. Jan is heartbroken be- cause she feels there’s no chance for her now. She decides to go away for a while, leaving Norma in charge. Chapter 28 Plans Gate up to Lance’s room she found him for the first time in many weeks, sitting beside his work bench, a long shelf running} at a right angle to the windows facing west, beginning the deli- cate job of making a model 2f the DC-4, the new Douglas land plane which carried forty-two passengers and which, a short} time before, had made its trial | flight in the sky above Sea Tide.} His face was animated, slightly | flushed, as his thin clever fingers! fashioned fragile wings. A lock of; fair hair tumbled over his high/ forehead, giving his hollow, pain-| lined face a look of young en- thusiasm. Hearing her come in, he put| down the piece of light wood and} turned his chair. “I'd hoped for | tea,” he grumbled, a petulant} droop to his lips. “Now that Derek | is gone, I might get a little more attention. Hang it all, Jan, if the man has so much filthy money | he could have tried doing some- thing for me!” Jan winced. “Et tu, Brutus,” she murmured. “It’s my fault if he didn’t,” she defended. “I told him the opinions of the surgeons who last looked at you were quite con- | clusive.” “Well, you needn’t have. That's just the trouble with you, Jan. You want to run everything and everybody and you're too blasted young and inexperienced!” Her lips quivered under the verbal slap. She had meant to be tactful and politic about her plans, but instead she blurted, “I agree with you. Lance. And I’m just as fed up on it as you are. I'm going away for awhile and leave Norma in charge of things here. She'll do as well or better than I.” “You—go away?” he stammered unbelievingly. Sudden real con- cern blotted the sulkiness from his eyes. “Honey, I didn’t mean a word of it, you should know me! better by now! I don’t know what I'd ever have done without you. Why, you've given up your girl- hood to rlay nu maid to me. You haven't had y fun at all! for years. I'm a selfish fool—for- give me, Jan. Don’t leave me.” He reached out for her hand, caught it and held it against his cheek. ‘Babe In The Woods’ sg ib GLAD Derek is gone,” he said, apropos of nothing. “I thought you liked him?” “Well enough. A great deal, as a matter of fact. But he isn’t your kind, Jan, and I was afraid he'd} intrigue that romantic imagin tion of yours that you would fan- cy yourself in love with him and be hurt. You aren't . Janny?” “No.” .Her worc re They. had a ring of genu which pleased her. If s foo} Lance, and the oth haps in time sh self into be didn't care. “I thought forlornly ever call me ‘Pi “Good,” Lance commented “Now about this going away- won't permit it. You are unfi to go alone anywhere, Sis. You'y been cared for and protected all of your life and you'd be a Ic babe in the woods. Drawing her hand away f: his she said. the red of flushing her tanned chee! aren't quite fair, L man aged this hou and a score of Toomers and bills and taxes and Tesponsibilities for over years. I'm really a very pract Pups woman. And m heed is getfing awa alone for aWhile. An y. going into Los Angeles. I've saved a very little bit of money, enough for one or two weeks’ board and room and I intend looking for work, My mind is, made up, Lance. I'm going.” 5 He protested, pleaded, argued “with her, but her eyes only grew darker with purpose and her round chin grew firmer. Frank dropped in on the last round, listened calmly to both sides, drew reflectively on his old black pipe and said, “Good for ied Jan. I'll keep an eye on ince. Don’t worry a minute about him. And say. I've a sister who's a dress buyer for Blalock’s. | zoes to New York a couple of tames a year. She's a good scout, Jan, and she'll be glad to give you a hand at getting settled and find- ing work. I'll call her right now and have her meet you when you arrive in town.” “TI don’t want her to go,” Lance sisted. “She's nothing but a ers, could fool h by.” “She needs a change,” Frank declared. “Ruth will help her. She'll be all right. Don’t act like @ possessive parent. Lance!” I see I have no ally,” he grum- bled. : H “Not this time,” Frank said. -his eyes crinkling an answer to Jan’s grateful regard. Jan ransacked her clothes closet, then spent the remainder of the day cleaning, pressing, mending, putting into wearable shape the few good clothes she’d brought home from school a hun- dred years ago, or so it seemed. She hadn't, she observed with sat- isfaction, put on any weight, and most of the clothes needed only shortening. Stranger Be dinner that night she was ready and anxious to be gone, desirous to leave behind the ghost of Derek which haunted these familiar rooms, to put Derek himself resolutely out of her thoughts. While she was paring potatoes Norma came through the swing- ing door and called out: “A wel- come for the stranger, please!” “Norma!” Jan dropped the par- ing knife, wiped off her hands and hugged the other girl. “Just wait till Lance sees you—will his eyes rr pop! Norma, at Jan’s _ direction, turned slowly around for minute inspection. Her brown hair shone as if proud of its brand new curl. Experienced hands had left it long enough to roll across the back of her neck, and had clipped and curled a gay top piece which tumbled enticingly over her high forehead. Without glasses her eyes discounted the plainness of her carefully made-up face. She was most attractive, if not entire- ly pretty. She had bought and put on a multi-colored peasant dress with shirred waist, square neck and belled skirt. Striped heelless sandals were tied with silly white bows about her slen- der ankles. “Get the evening paper off the front room table and take it up to Lance,” Jan suggested. “And then announce very casually that you're planning to fly over to Ha- waii on the Clipper next month.” “But I'm not,” Norma pro- tested, bewildered. “Norma, you silly, this is prac- tical psychology! He takes you for granted, so startle him! Make him see you as someone he doesn’t know at all, and if he thinks you're interested in flying he'll jeat you up!” Norma, quaking inwardly, fol- lowed Jan's instructions to the letter, the result being that Lance scarcely took his eyes off her dur- ing dinner. Her confidence mount- ing. egged on by Jan’s sly nod of approval, she informed Lance in her mi crisp school teacher tones she was taking him to 1g picture immediately as over and if he behaved ght allow him a choc- mallow sundae after- Startled into temporary docility he agreed. Frank stayed on to help with the dishes, as much one of the family as Neptune. “Frank,” Jan hen was once more in orde: want to leave now while every one is out. It will be the easie: way and I'm not in an especially brave mc I don’t want to an- and Johnny’s ques- fuss is ridiculous. It n’t as if I were going to Bali er Borneo or some other end of the earth. If you'll just help me carry my two the When Jan stepped off the car at i n, feeling strange, already a little a tall, hand- ely but smartly- ed woman approaching her smil lips. ie asked. u must be Ruth Cronin. You don’t look at all like Frank.” “But you look exactly thought you w laughed. “Frank ha: you for years and I’ planned and planned to visit Sea Tide, but I just never have a minute to dc anything! Would you like to stay with me tonight? I've a smal} place just off Sunset Boulevard Frank says you are planning tc stay in town awhile.” She picked up tt Jan’s two suitez lowed her to a sm: half a block awa‘ being whisked thronged streets to the charming and very home-like apartment on a knobby purple hill. The floor- length windows opened in and through the screens Jan could see the flashing neon signs lighting the route to Hollywood. _ “Frank tells me you want s job?” At Jan’s assent she con- tinued, “Jobs are as scarce as hen's teeth right now. Summer —— and so forth. What can you 0?” “Not much of anything useful, I'm afraid,” Jan admitted wryly. “I call myself an artist—at least I attended an art school.” “Ouch,”- grimaced Ruth. “This town is overflowing with artists. Ever sold anything? No? Oh, dear.” To be continued. | HOTEL LEAMINGTON N. E. Ist Street at Biscayne Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park Miami, One Block from Shopping Single Room—Bath—$1.50 | | | | | Alfred Simons, Manager and Biscayne Bay opposite Union Bus Station Florida District and Amuseménts Summer Rates Until December Double Room—Bath—$2.00 | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN -: SOCIETY --: ‘Walkers Entertained At Open House A news item in the Review-Ap- peal of Franklin, Tenn., last ‘week brought news of an open {house held by Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Walker and Miss Annie Walker at their country home, Poplar- wood. The Walkers have wintered in Key West during past seasons. Included among the guests at the open house were Mrs. Harvey Eagan of Key West and Ts. Mary Seay, of Nashville, the latter also having spent winters in this city. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Eagan and daughtre, Mi: Nancy, of Ha- vana, Cuba, were visitors at the open house at Poplarwood. They land Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Eagan plan a tour of Florida en route to \this city the latter part of this month. 1893 DIRECTORY RECALLS OLD DAYS {Continued from Page One) only thing necessary for the ul- | timate development of Key West to the largest port in the South, which she will become on the opening of the (Panama) Canal. A railroad is perfectly feasible and the route has been surveyed over the keys by a competent survey corps”. Leading business was the man- ufacturing of cigars, 100,000,000 to 110,000,000 of which were pro- ‘duced annually. The weekly pay- roll amounted to from $60,000 to $75,000. “This is the leading cen- ter in the United States for the smanufecture of domestic Havana cigars” and operatives in the factories were better paid than “any other class of manual labor- jers” in this country. “Good | wages can be earned by a novice in a short time”, the writer in- formed his readers. Next in importance was the sponging and fishing industry An income of $1,000,000 was realized from the sponging trade during a prosperous year. Then, however, as now, the preservi ion of the beds was a problem. ‘Laws have been enacted to pre- serve the sponge beds from di struction, but the fishermen are not always careful to obey them”. ‘he writer stated. Spongers were mostly Bohemians and the '“share” system between workers and owners of the vessels was in use at that time. No figures were ziven for the fishing busines out the selling of “the famo ores turtle found in these wa- amounted to about $49,- £00 a year. Fish were shipped to Cuba, New York and oth zeints, and all “are caught here th hook and line it is im- possible to use a seine in these coral strewn waters”. Truck gardening was an tremely profitable” busines writer d are being made in this industry, and in a few years this section f Florida will have become, in- di the winter garden of the w Continuing, stated, “There is no season of the vear in which some crop can not vated with profit”. To- s, melons, egg plants and er summer vegetables were pped north and commanded xtravagant prices. “Cucumbers sold at one dollar apiece in F ruary at the Tampa Bay Hotel”, the writer revealed. In 1892 Mallory line shipped 92,732 pack- ages of vegetables and Southern \ Pacific Line, 36,774—a total of 129,506 packages. Coconuts, ba- plantains, oranges, lime lias, avocado pears, pine- the guavas and other tropical r fruits were grown on the keys. Martin Wagner Canning Com- | pany, of Baltimore, was to open a factory that would ¢an fruits and vegetables at the rate of 8.- 000 containers a day. Telephone and telegraph com- munications existed then, both in the same building now occupied by the telegraph company at Greene and New Streets. Three steamship lines and one schooner line operated from this port. “One \of the finest” electric light plants in the South was in operation. and there were eight miles of track used by the street car as- sociation. which “contemplates changing from mules to electric motors at an early-day and ex- |tending the line into the sub- urbs”. The fire department con- sisted of four steam engines. | four hose carts with 5,600 feet of |hese, one hook and ladder truck, MONROE THEATER Eleanor Powell and ! | : ! Fred Astaire in Brodaway Melody Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25¢ } laring that “fortunes - the author - ‘Relatives Attend Birthday Celebration Mrs. Rebecca Johnson cele- brated her eighty-third birthday | anniversary last Saturday with her family and friends. Those present were Julia Wil- liams, sisters Liza and “Mamie, Mr. and Mrs. Blanco, Mr. and Mrs. M. Valdez, grandchildren Earl Sands and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Sands. Eugene Sands and wife and John E. Sands and greatgrandchildren, Nancy and Betty Sands and Shirley Sands. Refreshments were served at the celebration No Secials For JWC In Ausust of the Jur nounced 1 president Woman's Club, an- that there would of the club held th of August. ther was given as for postponement of gs be no soc! during the Warm v the reas the bi ularly h U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT n at 7:30 a. m.,/ Time (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours 90 Lowest last night 82 M 86 84 Precipitation 4 hours ending i T. > Aug. 1, 0.88 , inches 0.18 Jan. 1, 15.65 2.13 Wind Direction and Velocity SE—7 miles per hour Relative Humidity 84¢ Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 30.01 (1016.3 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrisc 5:57 a. m. Sunset 7:09 p. m. Moonrise 8:50 a. m Moonset _ 9:18 p. m. Tomorrow’s Tides (Naval Base) AM. 11:28 4:55, FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vic Partly cloud: might 1esday, pos- cibly scattered wers Tuesday; moderate southeast and south P.M. High I Low loudy, scat- ered showers > north- ‘tion it and Tues- y r t near extreme th coast Tuesday. trained horses, nd over one Available ) feet of hose rment. An with 100 a bond is- voted for a was to be months. d and as and paid for by \ ten-ton ordered by sly local needs. nd jail, city j and a fire erected. Custom house and federal court house $89,000 had been — the s. in the previous Jed $50,000 housing two s at that time. The gov- Iso supported a marine ated in the same area wenty f hundred to tt nteers which station had bec structed {To Be Continued Tonforrow) The “s unspoile savage tribe” Imost any r om has more itions and taboos than a scholar can ever record. Tommie’s Skating Palace Beginners, 10 to 11:30 A. M. Afternoons, 2:00 to 4:00 P. M. Evenings 8:00 to 10:30 P. M. Clean, Healthful Recreation An Orderly Decent Amusement Establishment Southard St. near Duval We Roast, Blend and Grind STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE to Please Your Palate ORDER YOUR POUND TODAY i 5:43, “convert these materials into the é of the troops. 23¢ } RS. MARTIN JOHNSON has shot elephants and tigers with gun and camera in most of the big- game jungles in the world. But who would have thought she could have stalked one hidden behind a jungle of peonies in the lounge of the Ford Exposition at the New | York World’s Fair? Well, there’s just no telling! It takes Osa Johnson to find adven- ture. Her husband, the late Martin Johnson, world-famous traveler, lec- turer, and motion-picture expert, once said of his partner in 27 years of jungle-wandering: “For bravery and steadiness and endurance, Osa is the equal of any man I ever saw.” And Osa lived up to this state- ment when she suddenly discovered the elephant. Calmly she focused on him, while other special guests of the Ford pavilion gathered around to see who came out the Mrs, Martin Johnson is just one diverse fields—artists, writers, ex- plorers, personages in public life— Ford lounge at the Fair to ex- change tales about their interests and adventures. Since the Fair opened last year the Ford Exposi- vous of celebrities from corner of the world. Although alone on her exciting safaris now, Osa says she hopes to carry out three more major expedi- tions—one to the interior of Africa, / South Seas. At the moment she’s making appearances with her new- est motion picture “I Married Ad- venture,” which bears the same name as her best-seller. She also conducted the safari for 20th Cen- tury Fox in the making of the pic- victor—Osa or the pachyderm! - QUR DEFENSE (Continued from Page One) arm: Their problem rests upon three vital questions. What do we need? Where is it? How do we get it? It perhaps is the greatest uni- fied effort ever undertaken by the American people. It has al- ready started. What We Need The outlines of the job under way are already clear. On May 16, the President asked Congress * to provide $1,182,000,000 for de- fense. On May 31, he again sent a message declaring that the in- credible events abroad, during the latter part of May, necessi- ated another $1,277,741,170 to speed up preparation for our mili- tary and naval needs. On July 10, due to further drastic changes in the world situation, and be- cause of the united will of the American people to defend them- selves against all enemies, for- eign and domestic, the President asked for further’ appropriation ef $4,848,171,957 for national de- fense. This would provide for: Equipping a navy to meet any possible combination of hostile forces. ! Total equipment force of 1,200,000. Reserve stocks of tanks, guns. and artillery ammunition for an additional 800.000 men. 15,000 additional planes for the Army and 4,000 for the Navy. Manufacturing facilities, public and private, to produce essential! equipment required for our forc- es. In order to provide that equip- ment, we determine what the Army and Navy need. in terms of uniforms, guns, tanks, planes, and ships. This is broken down linto raw materials. Provision is made for processing these raw materials. Plants are provided to for a land weapons to put into the hands The nation is like 2 gigantic production line. A breakdown at any point along the hundreds of raw materials’ lines might stall the whole machine. That must not happen. 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