The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1952, Page 11

Thursday, April 24, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page Ty ee) EE eee /DOOMROC _SWOW, CRICKET! Ze |v aim'ro wisre ever’ \Mipoueey |. REELECTION K WE-UNS GOT US CRITTER Se BLESSET SOUL IN TH’ ? — “ELECTION I! | : BY ARCHIE JOSCELYN " Chapter 3 “But i—you can’t do this t “Suil 'o ; WHAT A PURTY. ETLE HE moot) wi as he ne: me, Melody,” he protested. Bt He ‘ala aot nad the soviet = T oom rss ie ared | came to take you—" there weuld be ne more dancing S S the F “Why. I'm sorry," she said.| until this was settled between giving ty “You hadn’t mentioned that you| them, ‘The without oes A, # were coming. e ed me—| tin, would all term a cine to steppin ig te ey @ Em aang with him. lcci al watch the fight. € o len was en’ 2 rprise, Steve room now, and Tarson choked ated ar ike we toot Starting.” the light, robe tacked| es el, led, by - » the light robe tucked| be unorthodox, but tonighi fis carefully about Melody, when the| was shnenrteninn him all fun sare op at fugue onal ae "rales "|" ow youll win Stove” me toward. ihe, sleet Matg Tarson| “Matt ac ups ” Steve com- said. "I wante you to. his Wn Tight,| mented. “Like he figured he had|,_ Steve felt sonidence shorter his brand on you.” in his ability, to ith I ene “He’s an arrogant man,” Melody| What he had s it but already’ retorted, and dismissed him with| Was this stone which he carried nn aa wea la ? Teggon eveni words. “Isn't it a beautiful] in his ‘a ning? look a prize ox in his I never knew just how a aay an evening ola be, ‘Aren't a your teve conceded, and was| . rage, Russell he tly. led by her pleased laugh. him urbanely. Mm here to take| in bert to big tardiness about the| i ely, iness about Melody to The dance. You got] whole idea of the evening, in rs business with Cass, maybe? to deliberate intention, He pre- “Pm takin; ferred to te au he 1 ie edy the] entered with Melody Pascoe. If he'd hoped to create an im- pression, he had succeeded. Every- fora in on =e ; a one was looking. The realization by that he had brought Matt Tarson’s cook girl was sensation enough. al ‘HEY were in the middle of| his the second dance when Matt oy in, al E ith. ‘ came in, alone, Even with- Wong's eye, nd| out turning his head, Steve knew. jerked his head. Wong 1 The atmosphere erie pity pro eri imed crisis. “Mebbyso you tell her your-| Then as the music stopped, self,” he suggested, “She comin’ brunt they were left alone in| were now,” Both men to look. the middle of the ‘oor, with Matt ‘arson advancing on them. He sweep|had chosen this moment for. the| t@ d she was.quite aware| show-down. to Melody,” he said, mit apt in. and signaled the players with a The gown ore it] nod of his head. might be term: Ses rugged, not relinquish- ney it was vastly if ing Melody. bo: § was or » ‘So: Mat eae said. “This for her my dance paused only a moment, then came| Tarso had e: on and across the room. gow MS she 0 you going dance, turn has anilia’ wareslel de A Ei to Steve. “I'm ready, Steye,” she ere. « yes, reed, | —probably he % . These| down. And sitheut it he re for the dance. | getting badly bea! f utside,” (Te be continged) Tapm ot added. ‘A good time, car aon SKELUEYS SENDING tN OZARK IKE TO HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD ™ — This week Judy Garland fired-the opening jun in a unique theatrical v ' By Paul Robinson i sil stove mov ban Leather-funged Judy is the first as “South Pacific,” “Call Me Madam” and “Song of Norway.” The man behind this million-dol- ter. He can ordef $50,000 worth of costuines as easily as he soothes a ruffled soprano, This is the 15th season of the Civic Light Opera a:a non-profit organizer of entertainment. Actu- ally, the organizatién had two pre- vious seasons that were non-profit, but not intentionally so. “I persuaded four friends to put in $1,000 apiece with me in 1935," he recalled. We did four eperet- tas in four weeks and lost all af our capitalization. The next year was an even greater success. We lost more!” Most businessmen might give up | after two failures. But not Lester. | He skipped a season, then started | in 1938 on a communitygervice basis. : “The margin of profit was so | small in operettas,”” he explained, | “that I couldn’t attract enough in- vestors on a commercial basis. As @ non-profit venture, I could get people to contribute to it as an | asset to the community. “The result has heen better shows. If I have a decision of put- jin the preduction bills. | show, “The Vagabond King,” cost By Roy Gott | sround $5,000. A recent extrava- ganza, “Magdalena,” ran up @ bill | of $350,000. And most of that went | down the drain when “Magdalena” failed to pay off in its Broadway | run. | But the Civic has also had spec- operettas in New York and was a hit im Londen and Australia The Civie asiso gifted Broadway | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFE | Triumph | Coffee | Mill | at | mun GROCERS with a hit revival of “The Red Mill” and the current “Three Wishes for Jamie.” Many present stars got their start or were boosted along the way by appearing in the local op- erettas. Among them: Mitzi Gay- nor, Jerome Hines, John Raitt, I try to establish a friendly rela- tionship with the artists.” But he told of a few incidents, including one with a singing star who didn’t like to rehearse with a new leading man. Despite plead- ings, she started to leave a re-« hearsal, saying she had to see her hairdresser. “Go ahead,” Lester told her. “But if you go out that door, yeut troubled with temperament. “Not | understudy will be doing your part very often,” he replied, “because | from now on.” The star returned. famous Round Bobbin rebuilt Portable Electric New Low Price For Limited Time Only! With Each Machine As Long As Supply Lasts OUR KEY WEST Phone 136 "S ALLIED *¥va tine v7 W. FLAGLER ST. Mami,