The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 30, 1951, Page 5

- dim setting SOCIETY ... PERSONALS... NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN ~ OOROTHY RAYMER, Society Editor Director Josef Hurka Interprets nn tee eeineenia ovae Friday, November 30) 1951 ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Key West Players Production (EDITOR'S NOTE: Josef Hurl times in connection with his vital Key West Players. Instead of Te-nashi to submit his own intrepretation recting and which will be presented Here it is in full quote): * “The Passing of the Third Floor , Back” at first appears to be only | a series of drawing room inci- dents held together in continuity | only by the fact that ney all occur | in the same drawing room. Unlike | most great dramas, no great cli-| max is reached. No curtain falls | on a seene of suspense or great ! emotion, The play seems to travel | COM™Mander. Submarine simply and quietly on its way until | Forty-One has received orders to the final curtain which falls on an empty stage. “One would be tempted to ask, ‘Is this a play or just a series of tableaux with quiet conversation stretched out for a two hour span.” The answer comes this drama. Here we have a mid- dle c! English boarding house filed with | sundry naracters, none of them too pleasant or ad- mirable. The lodging house keep- er is a sharp-tongued, money- pinching shrew. Her maid, the slavery, is an unregenerate, ill- bred little slut. The members of ! this uncharming menage consist of a cowardly artist afraid of his own ‘convietions, a mother and father who wish to marty off their hussy of a daugh- ter so that they can be kept in drink ‘and clothes; a swindler of | the oily obseqious type, a dowdy dame who fancies herself an aristrocrat. | “Into this sordid group comes ai an active member stranger of no apparent age, character or nationality. He se- cures a room in the house and proceeds to transform the house and all the characters’ within it. He indulges in no displays or miracles. He simply talks to each of the lodgers. Yet each of them change remarkably and inexor- ably as if they were drawn to a goodness that they had left be- hind in the past. The promises of the past become the hopes of the future, and the sordid present is swept away only by the most mild of conversations. “Who is this stranger who can work such changes? He is neither tall nor impressive in appearance. His voice is quiet and resrained. We are never given anything but vague clues as to his real identity. And still, the audience séems to know him, just as the characters in the play seem to have remem- bered him from some other place. He is timeless as the boatman in “Outward Bound’ or Death in ‘Death Takes a Holiday.’ He is some omnipotent force,' but with- out gaudy trappings or stage ef- fects. There js a quiet look and a few soft words .. . . and the work is done. A character has remem- bered a better past and has chang- ed. “This play is the ideal choice for the Christmas season, It has the effect of making the audience feel better for having seen it, and yet this is done without preaching, pedantics or lurid drama. It is strange to see an audience respond to this play. Sometimes, only the burst of whispers can be heard from the stage, but the audience is silent, leaning forward and intent, trying to catch the least sound. In the great ‘final scene the stage is emptied: one by one until only a ; is seen upon which the curtain closes. Then it is oyer jand the ‘audience is aware of a theater again and the fact,that a | great play has been seen. : Coming Events FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30— Meeting, Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian church, 8 p.m. Spanish, children of elementary school level, San Carlos school, 3:30 p.m. to 4:39 p.m. Dance recital, Geald Pinder School of Dance, Convent audi- torium, 8:30 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1— Meeting, Children’s Missionary group, Ley Memorial 10 to 11:30 a.m. Official opening of the Casa Marina hotel, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2— Memorial service, Elks Club auditorium, 3:30 p.m. ¢ MONDAY, DEE eae Handicraft special in! group, Officers’ Wives’ Club, Bldg. 178, N. S., 7:30 pm. Speaking class, Emily Woman’s Club, 3 to 5 P.M. _ Meeting, Circle II, Womem Pres- Mrs. W. H. Bell, 900 avenue, 3 p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER—4 Bowling, Neva: Wives N.S. Alleys, 1 p.m: Meeting and dinner, Kiwanis, South Beach patio, Oo Tex USO, at Saint Mary Hall, 1021 Duval adults. 8 to 9 p.m. jof 18 years naval service, all of only |; " : after a study or a witnessing ot ae Service. His colorful career in- | scheming | Medal’ and Submari painted | Street, De e! middle-aged demi-monde, and a} ae byteriad church, at home of street ‘ka has broken into print sever interest in the work of the al | | | ing his career, he was asked } \ | of the production which he is di- shortly at the Barn Theater. Lt. Charles Harbin! Becomes Executive Officer, Guitarro | Lieutenant Charles T, Harbin, U S. Navy, attached to the Staff of Division duty as Executive Officer, U.SS. Guitarro, a submarine being reac- tivated at the U. S. Naval Ship- yard, Mare Island, California { Lieutenant Harbin is a veteran | which being served in the submar- cludes submarine war patrols dur- | jing World War Il onthe USS | Tautog, U.S.S. Gato, U.S.S. Besugo and U.S.S. Grayling, a total of ten | (10) patrols. He has received the following awards and medals American Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Meral, | American Defense Medal, Navy , Unit Commendation, Philippine Li- beration Award, Letter of Commen- dation, Navy and Marine Corps Medal an ine Combat In- | Signia with 1 silver and. 4 gold Stars. He is the son of Ida L..and the late Harry W. Hardin of 630 Elati _ While attached to the Staff of Commander Submarine _ Division Forty-One, Lieutenant Hsia in sporting events. As a member of the Lea-| gue Leading Submarine Squadron Four Softball Team, Lieutenant | Harbin played third base and bat- ted a season batting average of -435. His play was instrumental in his team’s championship drive. He is the husband of the former Margaret Mary Thompson and they have two children, Thomas Michael, age 4, and Harry Stephen, age 5 months. : 3 Woman’s Club Plans Meeting; Holiday Party Mrs. Wallace Kirke; president of the Woman's Club, announced -to- |day that a business. meeting would jtake Place Tuesday, Deceimber 4 in the clubrooms at 3:30 p. m., when discussion of the year’s prto- gram and projects would’: take place. , | Miss Minnie Porter Harris will speak briefly on the blood bank need. A report of the District .11 meeting will also be given. Mrs. George Lucas, welfate chairman, is in ¢harge of the Christmas baskets for the needy. Donations may be brought to the club during library hours before December 20. On Tuesday, December 18, a so- | cial meeting will be held at the Barn Theatre at 3:30 p. m., for I isembers and house guests. A Christmas play, “The People Are Singing,” directed by Emily God- dard, of the Fine Arts department will be presented. Tea will be served in the club rooms after the play. Mrs. Orion Russell who is hospitality chai | man, and her committee will| ‘serve,’ | aan Lincoln, in 1860, had a minority of the popular vote but in the El ectoral College a decisive majori- ty. a ‘ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5— 4 Dancing classes, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Club, 8<to 10 p.m. Meeting, Jr. Chamber of Com- | merce, club house, 8 p.m. Duplicate Bridge, Coral Room Overseas hotel, 7:45 p.m. Meeting, Nat’l Executives Club of Key West, South Beach restaurant, 7 p.m. : Luncheon meeting, Fawtulant Officers’ Wives, South Beach restaurant, 12:30 p.m. Coffee, Subron Four Wives, Fort Taylor, 10 a.m. Meeting Key West Outboard Club | Auxiliary, clubhouse on Stock Island, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Dade Lodge No. 14,) Masonic Group, Scottish Rite ; Temple, 8 p.m THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4— Golf classes, baseball diamond NS., special interest group 10 a.m. Bowling, Navy Wives’ Leagut,} NS. alleys, 1 p.m. | Spanish, advanced students, | San Carlos school, 7:30 to} 8:30 p.m. Sewing group, Monroe Co. General Hospital Woman's; group, Fort Taylor, 10 a.m. Auxiliary, 2. p.m. ; Business meeting, Junior Woman's club, clubhouse on Duval street, 8 p.m Ping pong tournament, “| Meeting, Key West Assembly USO, 8 p.m. z No. 18, Order of Rainbow Spanish lessons, High Schoo Girls. 3 level children, San C889) syocting, Disablai American School, 3:30-4:30 p. ™ Veterans, Luz bldg., Amelia Spanish class for street, 8 p.m. sponsored by the NCS Meeting, Minoca Council, De-j gree of Pocahontas, Red- men’s hall, 8 p.m S ; That's quite a poser and since the |tured Richard Derr, |They are! But when the news is note of present day reatity, but for Director Of Dance GERRY PINDER, director of his own studio of the dance here, will team with Carmen De Armas in a ballroom tango number on the program of the dance recital at the Convent auditorium tonight. His students and teachers will present classic ballet. ‘oming Committee Is Elected By FA WTUlant Officers’ Wives’ Club Two members of:@ welcoming committee for the FAWTU Officers’ Wives’ club’ were elected at a business luncheon of the group which was' held’ Wednesday, November 28 at the South Beach; restaurant. The ew welcomers are Mrs. R. M. Braddock and Mrs A.) V, Mc- Phillips. Fifty-three“women attended the meeting. ; cit ——--——% Hostesses for the affair were Maid’s Night Out Mrs. R. T. Washburn, Mrs. R. T. by Dot Westman, Mrs. H. M. Tyler and “WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE” is Coe Eat at the Strand Theater rhe business session was con- ducted by Mrs. L. L. Middaugh, What would you do if you learned that the world was coming to a chairman of the group. She an- fiery end within a few months? nounced that a second written elec- tion will take place at the next meeting, December 19, to deter- mine a co-chairman of the Ft. Taylor club activity. Donations for needy navy famil- ies were collected for Christmas time After the business discussion, bridge games were enjoyed at the patio. A. Knight atomic age is here, it isn’t too fan tastic a query. For a pre-view of such a situation, just trek down to the movies and find out what might happen The plot begins with the covery by astronomers in Africa, that an unknown planet named Zyra is approaching the earth at the rate of a million miles in two weeks, and that in about eight months, all life would be de stroyed by the collision. A blade pilot, pla by chisel-fea takes the in formation to American _ scientists for checking to see if the omical calculations are dis South and Mrs. R. W. Duerner. BENNY’S RESTAURANT GETS PRINTED BOOST The October, 1951 Issue of “Re- staurant»South,”’ a trade magazine has an exerpt from an °D- Telegram and written by a visitor to Key West last season. The Telegram . story. is Tips on Tables’? and goes on to say that our own Benny’s Cafeteria in Key West stretches your Florida dollar. There is also a picture of the interior of the restaurant. The trade magazine comments cor announced and the top scientist advises preparation for flight to another planet, all but a few think it’s just another er: pot warning The scientist begins construction of a superduper rocket ship which ah accommodate about 40 people | that and some animals. They plan to ¢h¢ draw lots at the last minute to see! 4 poost what lucky ones will be aboard in! trade the flight for survival. The cocky pilot begins to realize that exis tence is precious after he falls in love with a pretty lady ‘scientist winsome brunette Barbara Rush But the romance angle and other human problems take second pl to the real interest in the film. New York papers is certainly when a restaurant can make 1 feature page, its good news and good business. . Congratulations in Key West for serving the kind vice that hits the newspapers and makes tourists sit up and take no- : magazine also quoted. the spectacular physical phenomena of | — tice ship adventures are out of this world . . is a literal interpretation! catastrophe: huge tidal waves earthquakes, fires out of control as the strange ‘planet draws closer and that A few survivors en mountain Thefe are many live through the initial disasters.) picture as far as scientific ac- One rescue by helicopter added a curacy goes, but its saving virtue] the most part, the film is on the) picturization order of the Flash Gordon space! destruction. HOLIDAY MEALS ARE EVEN NICER - WHEN EATEN AT THE CASA CAYO HUESO : Meet your friends here soon for a most enjoyable evening. And don’t for- get to bring out of town guests here too — they will be captivated by its unusual charm. Listen to the titillating Piano music by MICHAEL ARNOLD, the lovely ballads of LORA while you sip the delicious cocktails made for you by COOKIE KEY. article | printed by the New York World | titled | The final shots) faults in the! is the vivid and slightly frightening | in color of colossal Shop Hopping with JAXON Skating Bevy Whirls Tonight Al Tropics THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 Seeman PHONE: Citisen Office, 1Y%: | Lt. Nott Reports To USS Clumagore Lieutenant Hugh .G. Nott, U. S. | Navy, has. recently reported for A bevy of skating ehampions will | duty on beard the stbmarine USS It never rains in Key West, it, your home as well as on your into Club Tropics tonight, | Clamagore. 0. | pours! This is also true in all-the| person, having “worked in the | headed Good Skate, Juanita. | PTT to his--essignment to the | Stores I’ve been visiting lately . | the Christmas-steck -h Smith and Gerhardt Dept. Store in Lerrain, Ohio. s just been The: Clamagore, Lieutétignt Nott serv- ed. as- division engimeer for sub- ternational reputa. returned from ap- | pouring in, and by golly the Christ- Ruth came here originally to ondon, England. | marineewiviein fi two, while mas season is up on us. I saw the; stay with her sister, Mrs. Sue The all-star girlie show with | Tecovering from a “broken back jfirst lighted tree this morning and! Jureziensky, so well known to | this piece de resistance includes | SWffered in the crash of a Navy \it looked kinda good. It doesn’t; all at Donald's Beauty Shop. | Chicago's Parker, the Windy | ‘ve bomber last April. take snow and ice on the ground! Amberst's less seems to be our City’s favorite exotic dancer who | _#¢ has been assigned duties as | to give that Christmasy feeling. It's| gain. Mrs. Dickson of Beach- | takes off on a Gone With the Breeze | SUMer¥ and torpedo officer of the in our hearts, friends. It should! comber Jewelers thinks so too! | number ; Clamagore, one of the Navy's fast dint die) in our hearts, wens ot oes, a Has anyone here seen Kelley? | SUPPY sumarines. «. » : ing a gift for our loved ones. It has} Unless people are on, a, very in-| Scotty Kelley, that is, who explodes | yh 'feanan’ age je Bhat |been said, “The gift without the| timate footing they should never iato t the “Bomb. | e-former. JeanHarshman, and | Prizes were won by Mrs. C, | jlarge as necessary from plastic or a plug such as this in one of | in attracting the tourist | go to Benny's | of food and giving the kind of ser- | giver is bare.” . say things that are true; there is She isn’t enticin | two children, live at 309% White- jhead street, Key. West, Florida. 1 of Rt nd if that yugh x* wk * always a splendid selection of un Club ‘Tropies | 54; i ie Pore ol’ Sandy Claus went | true remarks to be made epee Audrey | Little gtr anne Feo meine etna. kind: of bana. Monday, | de. ea spew S A Second” girl. 'Green; Ohio. night after his visit to THE | | saw a creation being created | 3"! ¥ © looking at 8|“Hometown newspaper: Bowling CHILDREN’S CORNER, but he | at Mar-Ed’s today, and an eye- 910 Watch when sie takes the | Green (Ohio) Sentinel Tribune. was a real happy fellow. Mrs. | ball popping production it was. |“ Thompson tells me she handed out no less than 450 lollypops that | night, which means there were | no less than 450 kids down to see him and each was accompanied | For those who didn’t*® know, | Mary and Edna get inspired sev- | eral times a semester and | whomp up the most delectable w managed to snitch seconds. But millions of permanent pleats | men’s choice us redskins on over ar> ~‘raane DeVon, | . known as “Miss Alaska of | Scotty Joyce, the gentle- | Social | Votes and Dottie Martin . ho gets a hand for moanin’ low, |, Tt has been announced that Mrs, ‘heon at the joint, all-day meeting rvations. things! The one | saw, being put | ithe Masters’ is also | : } Added attraction is Cleo Chew, | Phillip MeMastery’ is also one of as polly pes se elon acs | elon ont “The skirt is Siviga in |the Cherokee Princess, one of the | the industrious members of the so- 1 : reasons why it took so Jong to put | Sa! committee who made the: lun- 1 think with a cute little draped peplum | estimate. | sparked with After listening to the yard-long | then you should see the, draped | lists, Santa decided that he knew | portrait neckline as it was being | just the gift that would please ' modeled on that lovely little , the kiddies and their parents as | blond Joan Lastres. — And all in | well — a big Pastimer Conas- | the back room at Mar-Ed’s. | toga Toy Chest to stow all those | think ! really like their own pro- |», Christmas toys away. There is a | ductions best! | place on the top where Mrs. | :. ae. ae H Thompson will have printed the Shrimp cleaning solved. It's set small fry’s name. The cover is | tled nicely, to our way of thinking also made of regulation black- |by the Zipout shrimp cleaner.) board for scribbling. which shells and deveins simul-! * 22 taneously. This cleaner éliminates| that is a pretty close Up in Vermont, it’s still deep-} that tedious job of getting rid of heavily on housework may find! Be dish apple pie when all other des-| the black veins with a paring knife. perseif in the same plight as the| T-Bone |serts get the brush-off. And don’t} And while working with shrimp quck in the pond: the water kept} aa “ get the idea that pie for break-\we hit upon the answef to which freezing and his place arew smaller! for $1.50 |fast is as common here as scrapple, should come first — cleaning or/and smaller until one morning he! | and fried eggs. It isn’t. By the way,| cooking. CLEAN FIRST; it’s much! was frozen tight in the middle. | a deep-dish pie lapples and half made with half winter pears is awfully good. With a slab of that) easier. Try it and see. ; ae | For all you Diner’s-out with |; rhinestones. And im who, velop along her own pecially if Donald’s help her. (of the. W.M.Us & here sui ptist churches And if you care, there isa male last week, ~ - ©., Barry Houston, comedian somehow . sneaked ‘into the | é line-up just for laughs. j night < withhas There are three shows every j cover to spe or blended redwood or! woe Oe | A girl should be allowed to de- | line: | they're’ good. Let | AS NICE A DINING ROOM Agia | ASIN TOWN, A woman who concentrates too] Don’t Forget! You-Can Stilt Get Specializing in’. . . Shrimp and Chicken in the Basket. x ok ok | That's it for today kiddies, and‘ just wish I could take all of you incomparable sage cheese — full] the tired palates, a brand new jon one of my: Shop Hopping ex: REAKFAST P cream, you know faste treat is in store. Over on Pie bali The Cty. of ey 3 be aR rer SeRvED x *k the southernmost end of Duval j would be’ so. full of Christmas 909 Simonton Street Shop Hopping takes one into | Street, right on the shores of the | spirit that it would probably bust! PHONE 323 the darndest places — like dark- | blue Atlantic, the big stone | wide open! Cheers, Jaxon—(Advt.): reoms, for instance. All this at | house of the spacious lawns, > si ais the National Studios at White St., corner of Truman Ave. Now I'm convinced they are well equipped te take care of all your photo- graphic needs. Have you thought of how much the folks would ap- preciate a picture of the little folk for Christmas? They grow up so fast! National Studio’s child studies are superb—as their recent Beautiful Baby Contest proved. Mrs. Joan Mardis wants me to remind you folks who haven't picked up your pictures from the contest to do so. There were 33 winning pictures and a houses one of Key West’s most delightful new restaurants. It is the Casa Cayo Hueso, and your ' hosts are Colette and Horace | Young. It is fast becoming one of | the favorite spots for both young and old. The decor remains al- most unchanged. The specious rooms remain cool and quiet for your eating pleasure. Tommy Tomerlin presides over the kitch- and fragrant and mouth- watering are the odors wafted through the rooms. The Bar is precious. It has been laughingly named the ‘Monkey Bar” be- | good many of them are still | cause perched on one of the waiting at the studio. window sills is the silliest look- " ® & ing monkey | ever saw, all con- | Candles won't stand straight?| trived of silver wires, which comes from “Arts and Things.’ In- the evening, Michael Arnold entertains you at the big grand piano, and Lora sings her lilting , melodies. Cookie Key makes the | cocktails and a couple of waiters take your orders promptly. As soon as the tables and big um- | brellas arrive, you may swim | from the ch, dine out of | doors, and in the cool of the eve- | ning dance under the stars at the | 2 j | Adjusting a candle that doesn’t fit is useless. To prevent further tilt- ing, slip a fluted rubber or plastic collar on the base of the candle. This will hold it firmly in the} candlestick. A very decorative one can be made by cutting disks, as rubber in any color or design you wish FRR Eee. You saw her lovely selection of iiver, china, and crystal on the Table at Beachcomber Jeweiers recently. Now you may go in and see her in person, f mean Ruth Cook, Beachcomber’s Casa Cayo Hueso. =) x we ok 2 Garlic must . never’ surprise: Biting into # hidden cloye of garlic is enough to dismay thé»most fer- newest saleslady. vent admirer of garlic’ ‘That's the} Ruth is a bride of October 20th, |reason we champion-thé . Olde and hails from Amberst, Ohio. j Thompson seasoning muller. | She is married to David H. Cook |Soundly contrived for mulling gar-| of our Fleet Sonar school and re- {lic by the mortar-and-pestle’ sides at 600 Ash St., in this City. | method, this device subtly blends; She is well qualified to advise |-the flavor into salad dressings,| you on all matters of beauty in sauces, canapes, ete. Comes in ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” ss Hi Nel re Kids! I'll be looking a for You at the o> GREYHOUND: BUS STATION Tomorrow Nite 7:15 For the next few weeks, look me up at Noble's Art Center any Tuesday or Thursday evening. |! must agree with Mr. Truman — “It’s great to be back in Key West again.” S. CLAUS. NOBLE’S ART CENTER 1101 TRUMAN AVE. com” SHOPPING EARLY NO VEMBER Use POLLOCK’S Lay-A-Way ‘Plan A SMALL DEPOSIT NOW WILL RESERVE: Aetna AN aaa SEE THE NEWEST GIFTS BY ROYAL IN OUR MEZZANINE GIFT DEPARTME! +” ety Pollock's oyeiiry a NSBR JEWELERS =) ——. 308 DUVAL STREET © KEY West, # “EXPERIENCED JEWELERS FOR THREE GENE