The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 21, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR MEMORY OF THE MOON by Jeanne Bowman YESTERDAY: Constance ouys Pancho for $900. She and John tour the ranch. Chapter 29 e at the He oberly, ohn, and th the coure Ws son for lave to treated C tesy of a r: prattled either fought quished. about ve and the nece $ dairy cows from ct > oc= he new 9 the la- uced John to Ped ted until t herds. He tool boratory, intrc ersen’s chemist, had seen a test escorted him on. And Con: ing inwardly up to John fc k at your|to n books as they “Im too proud of th she confessed. “Maybe you had better look at them and findisdme fault.” Twilight camesin asJdhm<nt studying the figures. Co: asked, ‘found readily answerabl And then John put “tha ikoaks and pads aside and sat in deep thought for a few .moments “Chita,” he said at length. “Chita, I've made up_my mind what I’m going to do. Only twice before in my life have I found the desire to, possess so strong that I let common sense go. by the boards. I haven't been sorry “I put my business in good hands in the east. I’m free. You need someone here who can han- dle the famil well as, the ranch. You ca: “Frankly. I do not like the Tay- lors. I distrust that bluff, hearty attitude of the old man, and the young one you call Pedro is too smooth. “I'm going to buy them out. T’'m going to make them such a good offer t n't refuse . . without disclos their hand. And if they re s. We. fight. Chita; you and I IP fight them clear off of El» Cabriljo.” i Constance found gracé‘in the twilight. John c n't_see her eyes; couldn’t réad’in them’ what’ was in her heart. ' “We fight the Taylors.” The Taylors were to be “hought, off.”” Constance~ felt the ‘sustaining earth of El Cabrillo “Rancho Quiver beneath her. John was as, of El Cabrillo, as Possession of he: And El Cabrillo less to t him as She was bound thousand - dollar had made in her. El Cabrillo was bound ‘by ‘the three Cabrillos who could out- vote her decision, for her final word lay only on th le of the Jand. “What do you think of it?” Constance was glad there: were no ele . ohn couldn't press a sv and find the an- swer in her face. She must have time; time to find the answer. “T DON’ swered were narrowe as power=; had been. by the fifty- investment he piritual Value’ know, John, her eyes u have, been only_a. liftle four hour's*&mnd s fascination driving you to posses How do. you think the Taylors’ whe hawt) Hved here for more than | Spiritual value whi profit?” “Ummm,” 1 thorne, “N: Constanc a few thou crease on tt in- bound is securit land b then the ments to prov it in POPPY SALE ON SATURDAY m, John,” | odd cot be Dees, after all, I'm a woman. It’s of the | » elsa, | glaskes, of bottl } | Suddenly Constance sped from the room, through a side door, across the shadowy-deep space of the willow grove and up the hill. A fire was burning on the patio hearth. Peter Taylor's silver hair |was burnished to copper by the glow. | Constance opened the door and | slipped in. She went resolutely to him, paused beside, the fireplace, |e is ” Peter Taylor sat up. t is it, Michael? More trou- »boyish hands clasped be- er.» Constance -stood, blue s dark with worry. “No,” she replied slowly. “No, Peter Taylor. difficult to face things like a ma I guess . ” she hesitated, | I made a mistake coming.” me here.” Constance approached him slc What it is?” demanded Taylor. Constance waited for a long Behind her the fire d; behind her the mantel ickéd off the moments. do it, Peter,” she Tuc ds. bm trying to al to too many people. I... v wanted you to promise me f if you were called upon ake a decision, you would be true to yourself. I mean, you—” “Come here, Mike.” He patted his knee, “Haven’t had a pretty girl perchéd. én there for forty: years. Now listen. I’m not a sissy. i-knew what.d;want and I know what I’m. going to have. And hell and”high ‘water aren’t ‘goin’ ‘to’ keep. m@ fromiit.. . understand?” Constance sat rigid. - '* Quiefiy Merry “VOU'RE so, explicit,” she mur- mured. “All right, you want me to be true to myself. Well, listen, young Michael Mahoney, you do that. Don’t sell out. Understand?” Constance leaned forward, took the white head in her hands and kissed Peter Taylor on the brow. “You old sun-of-a-gun,” she whis- pered. “I hope they string you from a godd tall Eucalyptus.” “Neck’s too tough,” he chuckled. “Go on down and eat your supper and get a good sleep. You look like one of these here swooning movie stars. I like my girls up and coming,” Constance sped down the hill like a shadow, wondering why Pedro hadn't taken after his fa- ther, Dinnér-was a-quietly merry af- fair, Everygne,: including Con- stance, w in good spirits, There a station wagon in Beathport, it, wogld be réady for delivery the, next day, Don re- ported. Dén was “high,” ‘Donna | said. He'd found an amazing re- segtion in the coast-city. 7 “The Cabrillos rate here,” he opined:-“Why, say, even the elec- men; guly gn the morning and ston | vould do- their best to have the house wired and a temporary line run in :to carry us over the week end. Donna had a “date” with Pedro. She'd accidentally run into him in the patio. “He was looking for you, sis,” she conceded. “Wanted to ask for some blanks, but—” and she smiled triumphantly, “ didn’t discuss blanks with me.” Nadine Cabrillo was interested in the: raneh house. She had made a tour, accompanied by Juliano and maids, to the guest rooms. “Major Pinkard is coming,” she explained, cheeks pink. “He... he’s very appreciative of old things.” John heartened them with his resumé of the ride and his con- he an- fidence in the ranch. And Constance let the talk flow over her like soothing waves. From ‘Peter Taylor she had car- ried somethipg solid and sure. Shq wouldp’h "sell out.” She'd it [through even though it pmeant} losing, Bb Cabrillo. , . to Jota. | J For the OeS# tour days 'she was too) busy to think..Don, Nadine, and Jpliano ¥equired ‘the service fmen who tisually attended © Fanth routing, Lamson and she tried to take theit places. The guests arrived Friday night. Donna, dejected, admitted that Pedro refused to be “shown off like a blue-ribbon Holstein.” Constance was too submerged with work to appear, and slipped in and out of her room as quietly as possible, hter, music, the tinkle of of dishes, in- truded her sleep, but she must be up at four. Pedro, relax- studied n taking Constance ed, she sat up broke a bottl outside her w she thought, re- t back to sleep. ock she was up. At Te be continued THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘A Lecture on Christian Science Entitled | Christian Science: The | Revelation of Real Being | i | Writes About Florida’s Attractions ee __» WVA sHUNGTON FRI ere she found ‘herself de-. . d. by VIOLET KER SEYMER. C.S.B. of Boston, Massachusetts Member of the Board of Lecture- ship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, © ine Boston, Massachusetts perfection is humanity’s best} friend, and all can learn to fottow } its leadings. | The revelation of real being is the most practical thing on earth. Among other things it dissolves; the unreal fetters of sin and dis- | ease, and annuls man-made laws of heredity. All that is divinely ‘good, men can have in common, and in abundance. | Education When, in due course, young people reared in Christian Science go to college, they may come up against fashionable pessimism and even presumptuous atheism. Their spiritual ideals may be scorned by brilliant professors whose academic standard commands their respect. Whilst appreciat- ing everything of value, and ‘studying such subjects as are re- quired, the young Christian Scien- tist should continue to hold to the perfection of the real man. He can be what is called a “good mixer”, without getting mixed in jhis thinking, and. without sur- |rendering his ideals. Jesus And Christ The appearing of Jesus was the | }appearing’ of the greatest educa- itor the world has. ever. known. hire company said: they’d have |To those who could only partial- ly follow his teachings, his works | \spoke louder than his words, Everywhere he taught divine truths, and everywhere he lived what he taught. Had his charac- ter not measured up to his spirit- ual understanding, he would not have been the world’s greatest 'benefactor. His was no personal power, now vanished; it was the power of Christ, Truth, forever available. Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy has brought to humnaity the revelation of real being. She had spiritual vision, moral courage, love for God, and love for humanity so great that, for the last forty-five years of her life on earth, she gave up everything ta establish the Cause 6f» Christian Science jfor the benefit of all the world. Earnestly pondering the life of Christ Jesus, ‘she discerned the spirjt of his words, and the spirit- gal law: whieh, ¢xplained! his. heal- ing works. Mrs. Eddy writes. im, Science and Health (p. 340): “The divine Principle of the First Command- ment bases the Science of being, by which man _ demonstrates health, holiness. and life eternal One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars fulfils the Scripture, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself’; annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry,— whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed”. the sale will be carried on in the usual manner. i i The purpose of this message is to show you how Christian Scignee works redemptively in behalf of ‘every human being. Good is understandable. Evil is never understandable. Why con- sent to a more or less rudderless, drifting existence, when one can learn the way of achievement through spiritual understanding? This way is open to all, safe for all, glorious for all, not later, but now. In Christian Science there is no segregation of saints and sort- ing of sinners. In the one way | of heaven on earth, none are! wayward. Animated by intelli- gent hope, none are hopeless. Strong in spiritual understanding, none are weak. There is no law for base motives or failure. There definitely is a law for sound mo- tives. and sound results, not for | some but for all, God’s law of j i} ‘THEODORE PRATT YOUNG AUTHOR CARRYING WORD OF (Special to The Citizen) | LAKE WORTH, Fia., Feb, 21.—}which appeared in “The Ameri-|its bombers, except those needed |er jssues will take the spotlight | Living quietly in Lake Worth is a young author who this winter is carrying the word of Florida to 26,000,0000 people, the com- bined circulations of national tributed articles about the attrac- tions of the state. These will go to a fifth of the population of the country. With an average of three readers to a magazine, they will be read by approximately one in every two Americans. Thus there is being presented to the State of Florida, free, about ‘a million dollars’ worth of advertising. It amounts to more than that, for it kind of promoion that bought. The man -whe is doing this is | “Mercy Island” accomplishes | lieves ~ in effect a self-appointed, unpaid, one-man Florida, state publicity | never occurred to any one before. vantage”, but fears that bureau all by himself: Novelist, |The traditional locale for a story | President will attempt to impose |the deliberate conclusion of leg- |laid on a tropig island has always | American ideals and ways of life jslatures that, in the present con- playwright, short story writer, tand former foreign correspond- lent, Theodore Pratt came seven years ago to spend his winters in Florida. | Since then Pratt has lost track of the number of things he has} ‘written about various sections of Florida in nearly 30 magazines, including, the first article in a na- tional publication telling the | world of Florida’s solid comeback after the boom and depression. !This winter alone he has contrib- uted the following: “Shell Shock”, an’ article about collecting Florida sea shells, in the current Feb. 22 issue of “The Saturday Evening Post”. “Here Come the Shufflers”, an jarticle on how the modern land game of shuffleboard was de- veloped in Florida, is the Feb. 2nd issue ‘of “Ehis Week”, Sun- day magazine gyhdicated to large newspapers, “Conchs: in fhe Keys”, {tion of his new novel, “Mercy Island”, which appeared in the January issue 6f: “Harper's Ba- zaar”. An article on Gus Jordahn, fa- mous Palm Beach lifeguard, a sec- can Weekly”. An article on Herman Gray, world’s top deep-sea fishing guide, which will. appear in “The American Magazine”. latest Florida novel, “Mercy Is- land”, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ‘The regular nation- jal publication date of the book ‘is April 7th, but a special pre- iview Florida edition is being brought out Feb. 24. This is cur- irently obtainable only at book- stores and lending libraries in Florida. It is the first book to jappear in Florida under the im- is the print of a prominent New York the Lend-Lease bill, which he de- yolve the nation in war. can’t be! publisher before it is given to the jscribed |rest of the country. |@ thing about Florida that has ;been the South Seas. But in his book Theodore Pratt finds a ro- ,mantie tropic island within the United States among the Florida Keys. The novel tells the story of a deep-sea fishing party which gets stranded on a remote Flor- ida key far out in the Gulf. A gracious man is found living there, where no human being has ever lived before. The conflict arises from the strange this man in there, the love of the only woman among the party, and the fierce, primitive struggle to remain alive on the exotic is- land and find a way to leave it. Theodore Pratt plans soon to settle permanently in Florida. He says, “You can breathe here. In y HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondeni of The Citizen tpereent favored the bill with | qualifications. Only twenty-two | percent cast their vote in the! imegative and nine percent re-| ‘ported. that. they were undecided. | aah | Once again, the Democratic! | REPUBLICANS DIVID! i - ome |South appeared likely to lead the | rest of the country in support of} | PEOPLE FOR THE BILL | the bill. A break down of Demo- | |OTHER ISSUES IGNORED (eratic and Republican voters} |THE PRESIDENTS POWER |PARTY VOTE IN HOUSE showed that sixty-nine percent } of the Democrats were in favor of | }the bill against thirty-eight per- The passage of the Lend-Lease ,ent of the Reoublican question- | ae z i ed. Twenty-three percent of; [Bill by the Senate is considered 4. Republicans favored the bill jassured by Administration lead-| with qualifications, against ten| jers, who are working to speed the | percent of the Democrats of like! {measure to the President as soon ying. Opposing the bill were jas possible. Public hearings 0n | thirty percent of the Republicans | ithe bill were concluded by the ‘questioned and thirteen percent | |Senate Foreign Relations commit- of the Democrats. Those unde- tee last week, which immediately ‘cided included nine percent of | began the consideration of amend- the Republicans questioned and} ments, with clear indications that ‘cight percent of the Democrats. | |a majority favorable report would | ‘soon permit the debate to begin { upon the Senate floor. { Generally, the Survey finds that | public opinion in this country fa- ; : : _;Vors increased aid to Britain} The highlight in the hearing |“eyen at the risk of war’, and} before the Senate Committee, of |pelieves that American aid is} course, was the appearance of r5re likely to prevent war for Wendell Willkie, who came back this country in the long-run than from Great Britain to tell Sena-' jt is to draw us into the present tors that if Britain falls, America ‘struggle. inevitably will be at war a month | Consideration of the Lend- ‘Lease bill has about engaged the} The Republican nominee for the undivided attention of the Capi- | \presidency expressed the opinion tal for the past few weeks and that this country should send all there is little likelihood that oth-| for training and five or ten de-' until this controversial proposal | stroyers a month to aid the Brit-|is disposed of. Certainly, no-one! ish, because “mad men” are loose !can dispute that it gives vast! in the world and while no manpower to the President of the} j“can guarantee’ that aid to Brit- United States and, so far as we i x | To top this all off, Theodore ‘ain will not involve this country know, this is unprecedented in| magazines to which he has con-|Pratt now also appears with his in war, he expressed the opinion the peace-time history of this} passing’. THE that Hitler is far less apt to be country. |aggressive toward the Western) ais denne Hemisphere while England stands. ' Nevertheless, it should be re- errs? membered that the President, un- Mr. Willkie’s testimony differ-| ger the Constitution and as Com- ed widely from that of former mander-in-Chief of the armed Governor Alfred M. Landon, Re- forces of the Republic, possesses ,;publican candidate for the presi- | vast power and that so far as war jdency in 1936, who declared that ‘or peace is concerned, the Chief he parted company with the Exceutive of this Republie can President’s foreign policy over ‘issue orders almost certain to in- as a “guess-and-be- \damned” policy. Mr. Landon be-| The passage of the Lend-Lease that. a, British , victory, pill will not constitute, we think, te our “very gréat-ad-\the surrender of congressional the, powers, but will rather represent wou! on the entire world. | Previously, the House of Rep- resentatives by a roll call vote of }260 to 165, had passed the bill |The voting was largely along |Party lines, with 236 Democrats and 24 Republicans passing the measure over an opposition which included 25 Democrats, 135 Re- jpublicans and five members of the minor RO ical parties. reason | Described as a measure “to pro’ ‘mote the defense of the United States”, the bill gives the Presi- dent broad powers to manufac- ture and dispose of defense art- icles to nations whose defense is necessary to the defense of the United States, Europe, where I lived for five | years, you certainly cah’t breathe any more. And in New York ‘where I come from, it's getting so you can take only short breathes. Florida is my coun- try, especially when it provides me with the unushal material I found for ‘Mercy Island’. I won- der if people who live here know how lucky they are?” PEOPLE’S FORUM 7 which are considered or warranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 300 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers mi accompany the letters and will be hed unless req oth petL DROWSY ? IT MAY BE DEADLY TELLS OF VISITS HERE Editor, The Citizen Stetson Kennedy, Key West, has me that you might be particularly interested in new books published about the $ d ntioning Key West deal Therefore, I am tak- liberty of sending you e along with the story go- ing cut about my book, “Mercy Island I have spent 3 time in the Keys and visiting Key West, usu2 staying at La Cr or the Overseas. Friends here are Mrs. Miller and er boys, one of them Jack. whom you may know. Usually when I'm there I spend y time sitting on the commer- cial fish docks, talking with the ,Conechs and listening to them and formeriy good deal of of jhaving a look at their catches. I }felt most flattered when Will De- meritt asked me to go out with {him one day, which I did, as is also related in an article ap- pearing in the Jan. 1941 “Harp- er’s Bazaar”. Mrs. Jessie Porter Kirke, who operates The Old Trading Post, graciously let me look over her collection of Florida Keys books and pamphiets when I was gath- ering the material for “Mercy Is- land”. The woman who owns the breadfruit tree was very nice to me, too, in showing me the tree and giving me fruit from it, pods, and leaves, to use for de- scription, which will be found in the book. I think Key West is a very in- teresting place. The only reason I didn't go there to live when working on this book was that I thought I could get a better per- spective on the Keys by working away from it, not being too close to it 1 believe “Mercy Island”, if it gets any sale at ali, will create, | No limit’ was placed upon the |amount of aid that could be giv- en, but defense articles procured from funds already appropriated could not be transferred beyond ta value of $1,300,000,000. Con- gress retained power to rescind the Act by majority action by both houses and terminated the authority on June 30, 1943, but jallowed three additional years to lcarry out commitments made by that time. Politically - minded observers were impressed with the opposite views expressed by the former Republican presidential candi dates, Messrs. Landon and Will- kie, The fact that Republican }members of the House voted al- most six-to-one against the Lease- Lend measure is taken as an in- dication that Mr. Willkie will have a hard time establishing his views in the permanent policies of the Republican Party While many Republicans are on record in favor of assisting Great Britain in her struggle. they “view with alarm’ the im- mense powers cranted the Presi- dent and think the end in mind can be accomplished in a better way. Along this line, it is interesting to report that a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion indicates that fifty-four percent of the people of the na- tion think the Lend-Lease Bill should pass. In addition, fifteen a good deal of interest in Key West and the Keys THEODOR! Lake Worth, Fla. Feb. 15, 1941. E PRATT. dition of world affairs, with dic- IDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941 — —_——— CLASSIFIED COLUMN ——————— Lost CHECK BOOK with identifica- tion cards, for W. H. Stewart. 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In good shape. leaving soon, will $50, Also have wa’ manifold, converted clutch tators in absolute control of prac- | tically the entire resources of| Europe, it is necessary for de- | mocracies to place probable pow- er in the hands of their respon- | sible officials, Otherwise, it is | feared, democracy will be unable | to function with the speed andj dispatch that is necessary to pro-| tect the vital interests of the peo- | ple of the demccratic nations. | There can be little doubt, we} believe, that the majority of the people of this country are posi-| tively against entering the war) unless it is necessary to actually | defend the United States Pre-| ponderant public opinion is also against the dispatch of American | soldiers to Eurcpe, regardless of | what transpires on that conti-| nent. It is noted that Winston) Churchill, British Prime Minister, | in his radio address, frankly de- | clared that so far as he could see there was no need of American) BRING YOUR VISITING soldiers in Europe. This view is upheld by Quentin Reynolds, well known war who insists that British officials | do not expect coldiers from the; United States, although they would welcome trained techni- ans and frankly admit that they have supnlies in order to! complete the war successfully. PAHOKEE DOWNED KEY WEST CAGERS CONCHS’ “A” PIVE SUCCUMB. | ED, 32-39; LOCAL “B” CLUB VICTORIOUS, 19-18 Pahokee high school's varsity cagers, playing at home, edged @ traveling Key West quintet last night, 39-32, Principal Horace O'Bryant learned this morning in a wire from Coach John Offytt. The Key West “B” team won its share of the double bill, shad- ing Pahokee’s second-stringers, 19-18. varsity star, was highest scorer of the locals in both games Tonight, the Conchs will move on to Stuart fora return battle with the varsity clubs of that city. "eR Key West is now on even terms with upstate teams, having won two and lost two. correspondent, | hangars for six-cylinder ler for $30. Apply 1309 White- head St, phone 157, febl2-tfs Pati Fa VaR ERIE 1 a i CORNER LOT IN GOOD Ri dential Section and two from City Park. Apply Eaton Street. FOR SALE-~Spanish type houge, large lot, many tropical fruit trees. Also, party boat “Jewel”, Apply 808 Eaton Street. é FOURTEEN FT. Fully equipped. $100. Ji Pinder. 1217 Petronia py i | souares FT. OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT. Fully and one Johnson tor, 4 hp. $150. James Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street. in need of a to THE friends OVERSEAS HOTH. the homey Clean rooms, enjoy . 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