The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ‘he Gargoyle and the Griffin By NINA LESLIE CALLEJA a Every woman in the world at}! one time or another fancies her- self a matchmaker. If the two victims of her ener- gy cooperate and wind up at the altar the matchmaker takes all| the credit she feels is due her, She calls loudly upon all who will listen to bear witness that she is responsible for this step in the direction of establishing pos- terity. Her attitude is that of a person, who, having seen her du- ty, did same nobly, at great per- sonal expenditure of time, money and emotion. Even if:the matchmaking does not quite click, she sits back, sighs, shakes her head deprecat- ingly and says that well, it was’ a grand idea, anyway, and if the two people involved had any sense at all they'd be happily married this instant, because goodness knows they were just, made for each other, only the poor dopes haven't brains enough to see it, and will be sorry later on. Since I am no different from any other woman, I once essayed spot of matchmaking myself. heat back on it, I realize that I should have been doing a little geouting on my own behalf in- | stead of another woman's, be- | gause at the time I certainly needed. a husband as badly or ‘worse than she did, But that fs beside the point. ed _For a trip to Europe, back in the thirties, I elected to travel on a small, slow ship, believing, in my wide-eyed, trusting way, Shat_it would be nice and quiet ‘nd restful. When I went aboard ’ wasn’t anybody in sight ex- one old man being wheeled the gangplank by another yddering . old man, which strengthened my belief consider- | @bly that I was in for the quietest of times, maybe too much so, and I began to wonder if maybe that quietness business couldn’t be carried just a little too far. _ Several hours later I was wid- er-eyed than ev¢:, this time with shock, because as soon as we got mder way that ship took ‘on all serenity of the alcoholic ward s Bellevue Hospital in New York a particularly convivial convention night. j At the end ot five days there} Was a momentary lull, mainly and even if that didn’t quite ma- | terialize, just the announcement of the engagement would suffice. I felt that I would have done my duty as awmatchmaker, My two prospects were a cou- ple of wonders, You couldn’t find two nicer, or uglier, people on the face of the earth, The woman was a hospital nurse on vacation, with a beautiful, svelte figure, exquisite arms and neck, auburn hair and splendid teeth. Only one thing was. wrong with her, Due to some skin ailment, her face and nose were dread- fully pitted, giving her somewhat the facial appearance of one of the gargoyles of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. But she was, such a fine woman, intelligent, sweet- temperad and _ nice-mannered, Any man, I figured, would be fortunate to get her for a wife. The man I had selected to be her spouse was ugly too, and not attractively so, as so many ugly mien are. He was just plain ugly, in spite of having a big, athletic ) frame, wearing his good clothes extremely well and making a wonderful appearance as long as you didn’t look at his face. He was a college professor, intelli- gent, well-thought-of, wealthy to a degree, and thoroughly fine and nice. fin. Somehow I had the idea that these people would be’ good for each other. selves, I figured they couldn’t very well object to ugliness in each other, but would instead \ impressed and pleased with all; the other sterling qualities they each had. Why, their reading in- terests were even alike. I had distinctly seen each of them read- ing Marcel Proust the same day. That was enough right there to mark them as natural life-mates, because how many people read Proust? The dining-saloon was festive with its decorations and the cos- tumes of the passengers. There were Mephistopheleses and Mar- guerites, sultans, harem beauties, Pagliaccis, Cossacks, Elizabeths, Drakes, Tsars and Tsarinas of all the Russias, pickaninnies,, mam- mies, Old Black Joes, Evas, Top- sies, Simon Legrees, Nell Gwynns, Carmens, matadors, picadors, bunny-rabbits, peacocks, Mae Wests, sheiks, and even a Lady | But he looked like a grif-! Being so ugly them-* because practically all the pas- | Godiva, who made a triumphant sengers had knocked themselves , entry minus horse, but was hus- completely out by that time and) tled out of sight with startling ; were resting voluntarily in their} tapidity, later reappearing as.a staterooms or confined there un-' fully clothed but not nedyly: so der strict orders from the cap-| interesting character. tain, and-in the strict care of brawny-armed stewards... The sudden “silence was frightening, fand the few of us who were still ‘wp and around cast about in our Ke is“ for’ something to stir age up a little. “What we need on this boat,” I ved sagely,..“‘is.a.wedding.” ya was no lie, because some of the things that had been going on aboard that boat , . . but never mind. That also is be- side the point. Several of the thirtyish-aged and- unmarried but ever-so-will- ing-to-be females pricked up their ears What they would like better than anything else, of course, was the stellar role in a wedding ceremony, but failing fiat, almost any wedding, any: where, gave them a feeling of at least touching the. fringes of something they knew nothing about, always a vicariously thrill- ing experience. My next step was to look over the likely prospects aboard, weed the impossibles out and settle on the lucky partners-to-be. That took practically the balance of the voyage, because the place was full of weeds, But by the night of the Captain’s Ball I had every- thing in readiness, two fine pros- pects, two deck-chairs placed in charmingly intimate proximity in a darkish spot on the upper deck where there would be a fine view of the moon shimmering on the ocean, and I had even typed out an impassioned proposal for the man to deliver and an equally impassioned acceptance for the woman to reply with. Probably they wouldn’t need this last-nam- ed assistance on my part, but I was leaving nothing to chance. The Captain's Ball is always a gala thing, with every one cos- tumed and masked, mediocre champagne flowing like water and people gay to the point of frenzy. To top the whole thing off with a-wedding was my idea, 1h est PLENAMINS ‘Twe tiny capsules contain ALL VITAMINS kepown to be essential to human sutrition, plus liver and iron. GARDNER'S PHARMACY LOE SL TTT My two prospects were costumy ed.very nicely as a . Venetian! nobleman and a Bavarian peas- ant-girl. I had personallf select- ed their costumes to bring out the fine points of their fine fig- ures. Both masked, they were stunning. I maneuvered them together . to.. the .buffet,. loaded thenrwith champagne and final- ly shepherded them to the two strategically-placed deck chairs. Then I decided to let nature take | its course without any further prodding from me, and hurried back to the ballroom, where I had urgent and exciting business of my own pending with a cer- tain blond Cossack. Several times during the night I caught sight of them dancing, still masked, and I heaved a sigh of satisfaction, because if I ever saw two people wrapped up in each other those two were. Taken by and large, that was a ‘large evening, and nobody showed themselves publicly the next morning until practically lunch-time. I promptly got busy looking for my lovebirds. I found the female sulkily pacing the up- per deck. “That was a fine, thing to do to me,” she told me angrily. “Getting me mixed up with that awful man. When he took his mask off he looked like a—like a griffin. I never saw such an ugly man. Who did he think he was, anyway, expecting me or SLEEP TONIGHT Don’t te awake tossing, tumbling and get up in the morning worn out, exhausted. If you do not sleep well because of nervous tension, gents Used by Doctors."Use only as directed, y Doctors. Use fisfaction or monay back.” Seld by Central Pharmacy Division and White Sts. California _ (King George VI Loses Crown If India’s Freed Arab Wife By JANE EADS AP Newsteatures WASHINGTON. — From the Washington recently 14 men and a blonde young American woman with a baby in her arms, - The men were Saudi Arabians, members of an economic delega- tion headed by their finance min- ister, Shaikh Abdulla Al-Sulay- man. This man, aside from being minister, is one of the founders of ‘Saudi Arabia. |He has fought at the side of his king, Ibn-Saud, in war and peace since 1901. The woman, the former Ma- rianne} Likowski of Long Beach, | Calif., is the wife of handsome Ali ‘Ali Reza, youngest son of one of {the wealthiest merqhants in Jid- da. The two met when they at- tended the University: of South- {ern California, Their child, Ha- mida, is 17 months old, : This was the first marriage of an American girl into a Saudi | Arabian family. It created a lot of curiosity. | Shaikh Ali Reza helps his fa- ther run a Ford agency and a bus- iness in pearls, harem silks, per- fumes and frankincense. He and his wife live in the large family home in the city and Ali Reza’s new place outside the wall. The ‘new. house is blue-gteen in ‘color and very modern, The des- ‘ert lies behind if, the water out in front. In the patio there: is:a:con- stant tinkle on the fountain tiles, Although any Moslem can have four wives if he wishes, Ali Ali , Reza has only one. ' The king has a Number One wife who is more or less on the {permanent list. His Number Two |and Number Three wives are po- litical. Wife Number Four is de- scribed as being “on the affec- tion side”. Political wives are chosen from the big tribes that maybe get out of hand. The king marries a daughter of the tribe. This mi for good will. When she has a boy child, the boy stays at the palace, the king divorces his mother and she goes back to her tribe. There are no hard feelings about this, She can remarry any time because she’s been the wife of the king and the tribe is very proud that one of its members is a royal prince. Ibn Saud is described as a “fine family man”. He has 37 sons and nobody seems to know how many daughters. Women have to be heavily veiled-at all times in Saudi Arab- jar; They ,never seg any men except’ members of ‘their family. Thus it is a great step for the wife of Ali Ali Reza’ to Be per- mifted 6 ‘travel with the 14 men of the delegation. She never wears a_veil. Her clothes are modern and extremely chic: She wears her hair in a long bob. The men in the group were at- | tired in their native costumes on arrival at-the airport” ~*~ * ~ Most of these men come from Jidda, which is the diplomatic |capital of Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea. The real capital is Mec- yea, open only to Moslems. anyone else to marry him, with a face like he has?” I beat a hurried retreat, and ran into the griffin himself. “Madam,” he greeted me coldly, “in the future, if you are bent on introducing me to women, will you have the goodness to make sure they are not nightmares? to’ marry herself off. Why, the creature looks like a gargoyle.” It just goes to show you. 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Tk aaa nampeacinesndennaaiinmmens meas anes hatneen aibannaeaamenetnomanaamnannen é THE KEY WEST CITIZEN By GEORGE BOULTWOOD AP_Newsteatures finally granted independ- ence, the king's title—“George VI, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”—will have to be changed. The assent of parilament, and all the parliaments of the domin- ions will be required. King of England, France and Ire-' dey Edward pendencles b land.” He also became Fidei De-, “Edward VIL, b: land of veiled women came to| ff ONDON.—When India is|fensor—Defender of the Faith— | God, of the as his part of a divorce pelea | with the church, and the words fid. def. stil appear on English > jcoinage. .» ip | William and Mary held the > Hongest title, being called “King » > > > > ‘and Queen of England, Spain, France, Sicily, Jerusalem and Ire- land, Defenders of the Faith.” | The Scottish king, Jamies 1, was king of England, Scotland, |? What reference of India will be' France, and Ireland, but in 1706 included in the new title’ will de*; England’ and Scotland were unit-'» pend whether India elects to re-|ed to become Great Britain. In'> main within the BriNsh Common- wealth of: nations. Coins Will Change, Too Both British and Indian coin- age will have to be chang't1 also. British coinage bears the king’s title in abbreviated Latin and In- dian currency bears a likeness of the king’s head. The royal mint said. that no consideration had yet been given to the question. An official point- ed-out that’ it was not a matter of urgency. as the present coinage would remain legal tender. This is not the first time it has been necessary to change the king’s title. How Title Grew Before the Norman conquest, English kings were simply styled kings of the English. But the con- queror’s son, William Rufus, elab- orated this into “William, by the Grace of God (Dei Gratia). King of the English” and the phrase “By the Grace of God” has been retained to this day. After the invasion of. France, Edward III called himself. also king of France andhat title was retained until 1802. Henry VIII assumed the king-! ship of Ireland, calling himself “Henry, by the Grace of God, | 1801 Ireland was united with Eng- |> land and George HI became ruler of. “the: United Kingdom of Great j Britain, France and Ireland.” : France Dropped In 1802 The title king of France was ‘abandoned by the Treaty of ,Amiens in 1802. | | On her accession in 1837 Vic- | | GIRL TO WILLIAMSONS ‘News has been received in Key West announcing the birth of a , seven-pound, five-ounce girl to ' Tech. Sgt. and Mrs. George Wil- liamson, 420 Lexington Ave., Ft.' Smith, Ark., in the St. Edwards | Mercy Hospital in that city on | August 4. i + t The new arrival has been giv- en the name of George Ann. Mrs. , Williamson is the former Miss ‘Delores Ortiz, daughter of Mrs. Mae Ortiz, a Key West resident now residing with Mrs, William- (son in. Ft. Smith. | Strand Theater BYRON. 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