The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 8, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County \ P. ARTMAN Publisher MCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 ‘ember of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively Page Monday, September 8, 1952 ——— er Subscription (by carrier). 25c per week, year $12.00; By Mail $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION i The Citizen is an open forum stid invites discussion of public issue ‘and subjects of local or general interest, out it will not publish @monymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. 2 Beach and Bathing Paviiion. ‘Land and . Airports— Sea. Mi Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium HOLE IN STEVENSON’S SHOE BASIS FOR THRIFT AS WELL AS QUIPS The Citizen published a headline Friday that read, “Stevenson Razzed about Hole in Shoe; Many Offers.” Stevenson might have or might not have known he had a hole in his shoe. Even a man, on whom time hangs heavily, sometimes is not aware he has a hole in a shoe, for all of us seldom look at the soles of ur shoes. But, how- - ever that may be, it is doubtful if Stevenson, who is net fastidious ‘about his attire, would have changed the shoe, after he had it on, had he become aware of the hole, Stevenson hates personal waste and hates still more ublic waste. When he was nominated for the presidency, | i Ms |Weldin he wore a suit that he had bought two years ago. He con- | sidered the suit was still good and neat, so why discard itp ~ because of its age? But let us look at the other side — assume that Stev- enson didn’t know he had a hole in his right shoe. He is a , busy man, with a hundred matters forever encroaching on his time, and, like manyvother business men in various callings, thinks so much about the things to be done over- i looks personal affairs. Many stories have been told about men in public life or semi-puble lite who either have been absentminded or careless about matters pertaining to themselves. The late Chauncey M. Depew, when he was a United States enator from NewYork, drgss nyeiec nda public Meetin , hurriedly to } i after he had boarded a street car,-he had le: and his silver change at homie. Fortunately, the conductor believed Depew’s story and_paid the faré*for him. The ’ press ran stories, none of which was confirmed, about De- pew’s rewarding the conductor, The best absentminded story we know concerns Alexandre Dumas, pere. He too left home without money, and stopped at a friend’s to borrow a louis. He was met in the doorway by a footman, who helped Dumas to re- move his overcoat. When he was leaving, the footman held the coat for Dumas to put his arms down the sleeves | and then neatly adjusted the coat. The footman was tip- ped the louis Dumas had borrowed from his friend, Stevenson, as exemplified by his thriftness, makes his personal dollar work to its limit, and he has proved | conclusively, since he has been governor of Illinois, that | he gets full value received for the public’s dollar. He said, in his speech Friday night in Denver, that what he | has done in Illinois in that*regard and in rooting out cor- | ruption in government, he will do also in Washington if | he fs elected. There Is usually a brighter sfde'to any bleak situation. | The biological composition of bugs never did interest | us much, MOSQUITO NETS!” Famous “Human Spider” Works At €ity Flectric Plant W. H. ROBERTS, lower left, and two of his “human spiders” go aloft fora days work at the new steam electric plant. Here they are working ‘on the main shaft his men are equally at home swinging from a small line high above the street or walking the surface of the earth as other men do. City Electric’s New ONE OF THE 135 WORKMEN ON THE JOB at the 10,000 KW Here the welder is plying his trade among the pipes ably be co leted by November 18, Crossword Puzzl Omrace €) ACROSS " oy t | Passing fashion | Pain Pres on 2. Gr old Foray . Medicinal herb Light gallop Rouse to it Solution of Yesterday's 2. Edible sea- §. Autom Radio’ detect- vi Plant To Completion plant at Carol at the big plant. Men of various skills have worked to build the plant w | | Editor, The Ciuzen THIS ROCK OF OURS ‘By BILL GiB Whether or not you’re a political | follower of B. Papy, you'll have} to admit that the benches he placed around town are a civic improvement, We need a lot more of them — with or without names. Bayview Park, the » various benches and waterfront spots, bus stops, South Roosevelt Blvd. — all of these places are attractive to people who are just strolling around and like to stop and relax for a little while. The Business and Professional | Woman’s Club as wel as Bernie | Papy deserve credit for the few | benches we have around town at the present time. . Atlantic Boulevard The area bordering the road be- tween White and Bertha streets on Atlantic Blvd. can best be de- scribed as a “filthy mess’. ‘ Irresponsible residents continue - | to dump garbage and trash along one of the town’s most scenic drives. The police have tried to appre- ; hend these offenders. I’ve person- ally heard Chief Kemp as well as City. Manager King “raising the roof” of City Hall about the mat- ter. Since the police force lacks sufficient manpower to post an of- 4 ficer out in that section twenty four hours per day, perhaps an | appeal to people’s sense of clean- | liness might do some good. The City has a dragline and suf- ficient trucks. If it would cover up the present debris with marl, fu- ture trash dumpers would think twice before littering the area a- gain. The job would cost money for time and labor, I admit, but not as much as having a fire truck run out there to extinguish trash fires every few days — thereby | leaving the rest of the city un- } protected. ' Municipal Hardships | Key West is in good financial } shape but not so well off that the j heads of municipal departments don’t have to pinch pennies to get their. various jobs done. | “This Rock” realizes the situa- } tion when it makes various sug- | gestions for improvements. There are times, you know, when a penny saved isn’t “a penny made” but a dollar lost. ’ One of our most important assets | in attracting tourists in our scenic beauty around the water’s edge. We must keep these streets and boulevards looking decent. As for our civic leaders, I think a large majority of them are hon- est, hardworking individuals. Giv- en more freedom of government with less interference from the wd county and state, they would make il Citizen Staff Photo of the building. Roberts and - aw 4 | Key West a first-rate town, NEWS NOTES About 1,500 species of mosquitoes | are known. Some of the craters of the moon | are more than 100 miles in dia- ~,| meter. One estimate of the population of North America before Columbus is 8,400,000 people. If carbon monoxide is present | in the air in proportions of one to | 1,000 parts, human beings will be poisoned. eed ct | _— Citizen Staff Phote Natural gas is less poisonous than | manufactured gas because manu- | factured gas contains carbon mo- | | noxide, | . aE | The Greek word for’ music in- | | cluded all studies intended to cul- | tivate the mind rather than the | body. € othe | | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE) | Triumph | Cottee | Mill | ALL GROCERS | SLOPPY JOE'S BAR * Burlesque * | Continuous Fleer Shows & Oancing Starring The Fabulous MARCELLA LYNN AND JEANIE CHRISTIAN, CATHY \RROL, IN THE SENSATIONAL MARI JUANA DANCE AND SANDRA LANE AND A HOST OF OTHERS: To MARK STANLEY'S TRIO People’s Forum The Citizen weicomes expres- | sions of the views of ite read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any idered tibele The w a contin ~ Signature of the writer must secompany the letters and will published am- team requested erwine. “JUST ORUNK” l the simple things to take story of the sailor the outraged wife takes the a@ pure and nting a HAL BOYLE SAYS By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (#—In life there are some people like a bright star in a summer night. You don’t have to meet them or know them. Merely to know you share the same world makes you feel better. Gertrude Lawrence was one of this shining company. Her magnif- icent gift of gaiety lifted the hearts of millions who learned to laugh at their troubles with “Gertie.” Her steady rise from chorus girl ‘to a reigning queen of the stage puzzled many a member of her own profession. “She isn’t a great dancer, she isn’t even a very good singer,” they said, “‘and certain she is no great shakes as an actress.” Miss Lawrence cheerfully ad- mitted most of her critics were quite right. She was secure in the knowledge of what she really was —one of the great all-around per- formers in the history of the thea- ter. Others had higher talents. Few in her own time, however, equalled her sheer genius in putting over a song. or a role. Her art was the power of creating illusion, and sharing it with the people who came to see her. Personality is magnetism, and that she had. When she step; on a stage it seemed brighter. Even before the first notes poured from that husky throat, the warmth of her spread through an audience like an invisible wave of heat from a hidden fire. Women envied her for this qual- ity of ignition—men loved ner for it. She was a hard worker all the | way, and never was content to lean on her oars and believe her press notices. She always was ready to help young actors and actresses learn their craft, and she remained a perennial. student herself. “An actress is like a piece of blotting paper,” she said once, “You don’t consciously learn the technique of acting, you absorb it.” Gertie, like all champions, was a tremendous competitor. Broad- wayites still recall that famous ! opening night of “Lady in the Dark” in 1941. Danny Kaye, then a comparative unknown stopped the tongue-twisting names of 50 Russian composers. What would Gertie do? The crit- ies wondered. And waiting in the wings for the applause to end, Gertie must have wondered, too, It is all-but-impossible to knock over a tough Broadway first-night | audience with two songs in a row. Out glided Gertie. She twitched her hips, and began to sing a slow torch song called “Jenny.” She never sang one better, and the house came down even harder and stopped the show again. Gertie was still the champ. She remained a champion untf the end. Despite her illness she stubbornly stuck to her star role in “The King and I” until three weeks before her death. One who saw her recently said: “At the start of the show I felt embarrassed—her voice had gone down so far. But at the end I wanted to stand up and cheer her —so I did.” The final footlights have blinked out for Gertie, one of the blithest spirits in a sorry time. All who ever saw her mourn her now. But all their memories of her are hap- py ones, and I think Gertie would be glad to have that as her epi- taph, STRAND ....i;. 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