The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1947, Page 8

PAGE SIX. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN iii iiiiiUiGGiGiiGUGGUAAAAAAiAGiiddinndaninvanauaina ia itibiiAiiatiiANiNNiitiiAAiiAa i MONUGAAUeNAGUUUneAANANOEGLGANOGAAL Sanduasaandnddantaeniciiiisdididiiiiddiddinennidasiidiididiisdidiidliiiiiiidiiididiniaiisaiiiiiiniiitinniiiliil iii iii Ty iii idindinANdiiiin $BBB444444444444444444444444444444454. “One Doesn’t Take Chawnces” Cepyright, 1947, Mason Rossiter Smith CVV ICTR VOR VSTUTTCOC TIVO VIV IVT VIV Belfast, July 5 T large mountain ovet there,” he was saying, as he pointed « knobby finger toward the train compartment, window, “is Slieve Gullion, the most famous mountain in all Ire- land.” He pdused briefly, this ehdp from the rural areasy who (Every musically ambitious American as well as scores of young hopefuls abroad, have hitched their wagons to the star legends, present the music the people love best to the greatest try, the opera housés of Europe and South America, before the movie GOOG a GOGO. | ~ of Carnegie Hall. Among them are the world’s future artists like audience in existence—movie-goers, cameras, in the swelteving heat of | ULI si a Lily Pons and Rise Stevens, Harry James and Artur Rubinstein. Sone fan eslditeac Persian camps or the penetrating | Roi got on at Drogheda. “It's haunted,” he said. These current headliners too once looked to the Hall as their Withseaners We Ors ee cold of coal-less ipo field ee | le astonished, but decided not to press for fur- promised land — a land they have now reached with their own éuioe I, who have sung for much of tions. And I have honestly tried to np I was a little asi . , F ; recitals and their collective appearance in Boris Morros* Pons pute the Bat audience in remote military do just that. ks ther information, when he begdn again. “Ah, yiss, there's a scamente Hall,” the greatest concert ever filmed. In this series, finishing inf ilstions, outlying seat Vest _ After I ES ee Te the lake on the top. ‘Tis said that the water gets up there some- these artists describe their glory road to Carnegie Hall.) touches to her Labbe aroaad beswarld sinking inthe euee ee Obes a how from the sea, though I don't quite understand it... . And (First of a Series) facing the _ o America because American hoys of what Carnegie Hall meant to : r Tc . re 1. a chi a Ci America. 1a «do YoU see the small castle at the foot of it? Well, this place hy LILY PONS SEuneree G12 om. how emus Bln “OW te | Aw af he imp ‘ occu: i . , : yone, and how | due is tance of the Hall before. After | PERE proce sesigru fi-oer ty airernarene nage 1 was a very serious little girl and one of the things T was ‘tou! which brings ite creryone i’ has been « s7mbel of maaea ¢ mind, and he planned to tap the lake for a water system. You most serious about was becoming a concert pianist. If anyone appeared "eeardless of where he lives and success since it was bw it in 1891 nc see, there would be quite a fall,®- had told me that I was to make a name for myself singing — her flict.“ bees budget asletist ie: sodiby Us time ae se eee ‘, on 4 % side seats in a symphony hall. . men. igs and perhaps he could sag ‘ t . ti aud vould ae uous tbe stage of New York's Carnegie Hall Se ere) Ta aver, jit secmi; anil my tion of Carnegie Hall had become i wer system will D b se tate saURued. : ; melodic mission is to bring music the magic spur, driving ambitious 5 bs rei aA ¥ Is ribution It was a soldier wh changed my career when IT was 13 — eee to those who cannot seek it. I musicians ahead. But. from the ¥ ba mine to Hig @ trench ° a nameless poilu who was invalided started on a singing ‘career through chores of France, it was too remete v® The pian es ee Of Service And orld W, I. a hospitalized soldier. 1 pursued for a young girl who had not yet tray anal reggae ce yy Be rp My it, in the early days. with small graduated from the Provinees. mountain, where the water cou e mother was working as a volunteer opera companies in the provinces . a | coll over the edge. So he went Victor Medals) + at that hospital and when I came Gf Reanee! In Carnegie Hall at Last alt up there with his ‘men and they home from the Paris Conservatory You know, looking back on my __ Right here. with le of the aM oe dig. Now there’s onl, for my summer vacation, I per- youth from the vantage point of — buisding iteelf, I could absorb fully the started. to dig:ciiow,/thare! Y | JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 21 suaded her to take me to the hos. security, sureness and maturity, is its meaning. My appearance in m4 so much a man can dig in wan | (pNs) Statewide distribution of| pital with her to play for the vet- frequently enlightening. I must “Carnegie Hall” which Boris Mor- : diy, but ivvery morning when eri » Service erans. The soldier —I wish I knew have been a brash youngster. There ros and William LeBaron did the y {the American Detense Service ) 1 K- ae they returned to their work, the | ego) and World War 11 Victory who he was so I could thank him I was, singing in the provinces world such a service in producing, of trench was all filled in. They | egal vie former Army person ~asked me to sing. And I, who (never even in Paris), neither brings be airele of my singing sia ; Akeer ” é seo ha ly warbled i y aking nor understanding one career full tilt. , = verlag ball si gh dea nel began this week, Colonel R. liemeetfeaalaainetaathice a Word of English, and what did I After I had been in the Metros wi “Do you mean that the earth |G Howie, commanding officer of The applause was so much great. do? I came to America and boldly —politan for four years, in 1985, T had caved in on the sides, or that jthe Florida military district, an- er after my song than it had been gave a concert in Carnegie Hall. someone had filled it in?” after my piano that I changed my . who arranged the eunees Reeany course and here T i a hearing before Gatti-Casazza. I “Thi 0 here Tam, a singer, w : I. I a Recta peat Neely 500 Last ae ade has appeared at the Meare dgilian chose to sing the Mad Scene from : of the American Legion, Veter- Opera House, in USO shows all here is haunted. i fans of Foreign Wars, Disabled | “As a matter of fact, this I) American Veterans, Jewish War |! have seen myself: You know in! Veterans of the United States, the old days, the land agents jand Military Order of the World over the world, in several Holly- wood films, in the stage of the great Carnegie Hall, and — mo: d were not very popular. They }Wars throughout the state, and were -always evicting people. |the National Guard are cooperat- Now this wan land agent—he|ing with the district to make a was a Presbyterian, and I think |rapid distribution possible. | Presbyterians are very prosaie—| “Records show that more than | evicted an eld lady, and she 200,000 Floridians are eligible for | put a curse en him. For my part, ‘the Victory Medal and for that it wouldn't be such a bad wan, at reason we have asked the vete- | that, for the curse was that a ‘rans organization and the Nation- blade .of grass would never grow jal Guard to help issue the on his grave. ‘awards, rather than involve the If you have seen Irish ceme- j veteran in applying by mail to teries, you know how badly kept ,the few Army installations in the | they are—scythed only once or ‘state,”, Colonel Howie said. twice a year, and full of weéds | ——+—-__——_—________ | and nettles, all growing rank. land, where they anticipated less In this cemetery, the grave of available ‘ood. | the land agent is covered with | fat | weeds and nettles, but I swear; The strongest impression one | to you, for I have seen it, there obtains in the Emerald Isle, is is not a single blade of grass.” the strong feeling which exists “What do you mean when you concerning what the Irish in Eire is truly the greatest concert ever filmed. In it, i instrumentalists and cen- ductors whose names are almost ” Ge TT TTT LITT ene LEG ont OL FV V VO V IV VII VII OFT IIT VITO VOTO | - FOREMOST-FREEL MERGER | | | 0£444444444444445 444 4AAASADAAAAAAAAESD —~. UU CLL LLL LECLERC “Lucia Di Lammermoor.” Well — you know the rest. I was handed a five year contract and be- fore I had even made my debut, Victor Records signed me up for the same period, and my present manager, the head of the Metro- politan Musical Bureau, took me , under his wing where I have stayed. It_ was so untroubled, rival.” that I have had a cot . I must give to every 1 y best I Nave in me whether it’s on the great stages of the coun- y early age. Now I am fortunate enough to be able to devote my music to the people. as repayment — although inadequate —for the appreciation and assistance they have given me, instead of driving for the material goal of recognition through the place where I sing and the number of people who buy tickets to hear me. My appearance in the picture, “Carnegie Hall.” is part of debt 1 owe America, Ce TUTTLE i Id say the country is haunted?” ‘call the “Partition of Ireland.” | \ th “Fairies,” hé said in a hushed When Lord George settled the | { w voice. I wag wondering if he was Irish question with Eamon De- | ‘ ki} pulling my leg a bit, for Only a Valera, the Irish leader, it was | | ad few moments ago this rural Irish- finally decided that Eire should fon man had been talking fluéntly of comprise some 27,000 square rm railroads, economics, and foreign miles, by far the major portion sly affairs, obviously @ man well in- of the island, while Northern Ire- nl formed. That as mé#erti a mind’ land ;which now has a _ parlia- ai as this could believe ip fairies ment of its own, would be made sememd impossible. So I let the up of six northern counties, matter drop for awhile, and come ‘about 5200 square miles, includ- back to it ‘later. ‘ing the large city of Belfast. The We were talking about fairies,” reason for this was prin pally DES SESSLER REST assez in the old days... Now, I'ma In Dublin, I had visited the rational man, and my wife is a Dall Eireann, the Irish parlia- retional woman, but neither of ment (the floor of the Dall is | us would think of cutting a haw- shielded from the visitors gal- | Es thorn tree, unless we knew who ‘lery, where I sat. a heavy i planted it. One doésh’t take wire, much like a baseball stop, | A FIRM HANDSHAKE between Stephen A. Freel, president and chawnces . .. And there are, of to “prevent people from toss! founder of the S. A. Freel & Co., Inc., and Paul E. Reinhold, presi- “— the fairy rings. |in bombs,” as one chap informed | dent of Foremost Dairies, Inc., seals a merger of one of America’s “And what are they?” me). It was the question session, | largest dairy companies and a nationally-known food distributing ort Ah, they're rings that appear and the deputies were question- | company. The merger was announced recently in Jacksonville, Fla., Sh in the, fjeldg-the grass is of a ing Prime Minister DeValera on| where both companies maintain general offices. It is the goal of ept pana color from the rest. They ‘the possibilities of including | Fo ost, Mr. Reinhold said, to make the S. A. Freel Distributing | he me eon ut 30 feet in diameter, |Northern Ireland in Eire. Division of Foremost Foods the world’s largest food distributing or- me the strip itself being about three} But on thé other side of the | ganization. hic fet wide . . . Now, you sairtain- |porder, the attitude is quite as en ly wouldn't build a house inside strongly opposed to union with | ~ coe Tan ae =F petra ain one, and you'd be careful, in fact . Eire, as Eire is for it. The North- |is an occasional but strange sight, | month, a pound of meat per ure not to put a foot inside.” ‘ern Irishman feels that Eire “let |on a street car (tram) ride thr week, we “What would happén if you the Empire down” by not joining |the city, now and then to s tuc did? ‘in the war with Britain, and/the grim charred shell of nly “Well, you wouldn't SEE any- there seems to be some doubt|house, the window frames all! f thing. You wouldn't HEAR any- as to just where Eire stands. blown in and only a portion of pe thing. You wouldn’t FEEL any- | Southern Ireland has abolish- {the walls standing, the grass and | ow thing. But bad luck would fol- ‘ed allegiance to the King (“The | flowers growing up in between. HOTEL nt low you the rest of your life. jvery foundation of all our per-|_ The fuel crisis, felt severely in | ica ‘bial |sonal loyalties” as a Northern Britain, is equally sev in this B ; be bi train trip from Dublin Irishman described it), but on, lend, for all of Ireland is depend- RG new © Belfast you pass across the the other hand, the British King|ent on Britain for coal. ‘The PAT EERE how border from Eire (pronounced signs the credentials of all Rie Irish railroads have had to cur- THE TOBACCO AUCTIONEER! i the tpeate Northern Ireland, diplomats of Eire. “We feel," he |tail their operations, and all 1o- aT Ow: S uranes tet ins the latter a part of Great Bri-'said, “—and DeValera h -|cal residents are urged to curb | te iti ae le tain, ine the customs are se- firmed it in his own eicaeerat {the use of electricity and coal. A Ro iscmecea “PVE SOLD more than 240 million pounds of re vcre. To protect its own supplies, Eire is a art of the Empire |sign in your hotel bathroom re- il Loun rerv Sat ry Ene prohibits the export of foods only so roland she can se ie jminds you to use as little hot ices ears Galera, ere! at evervaucHoneaye aitenaed: al and other necessities, and all If it profits her to work with|Water as possible for “water *108 Rooms and I’ve seen the makers of Lucky Strike buy > baggage is examined by the Eir- > > > > > > > > > > > > > » » oT YT - 1 said then, “ you really bé- bg in them? Do they really ex- jst?” “Ah, yiss, there are friends of mine who have seen them, though I do think they are dy- ing out. There aren't as many as eann authorties before you cross into North Ireland, where you. ere examimed again. Siace food- stuffs and clothing are in short supply in Northern Iréland and Scotland, and since “spirits” (whiskey, etc.) are less expensive in Eire thar across the border, there is a strong temptation among the travellers to smuggle Boods across. On our train there were many Irish laborers enroute to work on farms in Seotland, where la- bor is short, and all of these men carried a box. At thé border, the South Ireland authorities took from them hundreds of pounds of butter, eggs and other food stuffs the men Were carrying. to Scot- religious, for in Eire, the popu- | lation is about 93 per cent Catho- | lic, while in the north the pre- | dominant religion is Protestant, | principally Presbyterian. The po- ! litical cleavage in the island is primarily on the line of religion. us, she does. But she accepts no Means fuel.” other loyalty.” A campaign. for waste paper is Belfast, the great industrial ccnstantly under y and all city of the north, famed for its people are urged to preserve th shipbuilding yards and its linen, |“contents ’ of your dustbin.’ | shows ‘signs of the war. She got Waste paper is converted into it in the “blitz”, though not as! Wallboard, cardboard and wrap- | badly as many cities in England. | Ping paper. The seriousness of One whole city block went up |the situation is best described by | in one blast—it is now only an {two huge signs in the main:tho- | ,empty space, used for a public |roughafre of Belfast: “Was parking lot and open air market, | per in urgent demand. One the buildings adjacent to it chip- | Waste paper will make ped and marked by bomb frag- |board for 12 houses” and “W i -ments. In another section of the |Paper and still more waste paper | city, the “Jerries” missed their |is required for total employment aim on the shipyards and spilled in local paper mills.” their bombs on workers’ homes.! Food is plentiful and varic din The shells of some of these are the hotels, but private homes are still standing, though most of the |subject to strict rationing—two Mebris has been taken away. 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