The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1952, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 3, 1952 DOROTHY RAYMER, Society Editor SHOP HOPPING WITH The reindeer cometh, only 19 shopping days away, and that ain’t very many, kids. Wish my shopping were all wrapped! This is an anniversary date too. Tllinois was admitted to the Union this date in 1818. x *k * Then, speaking of anniversa- ries, “Chic” is just one year old foday. This week marked their very first birthday. « was in yes- terday, and found it will be a rather quiet anniversary, mark- ed only by all the brand new merchandise just received and put on display. Many of these things may be purchased on Lay Away Plan for Christm: ‘These include gifts as well as many desirable things for per- sonal use. A few of the things just in in- elude a three piece pajama and robe set, the new quilted trim‘ washable crepe robes for Xmas, dusters in cotton, quilted satin or frille, Fancy gift aprons, new hankerchiefs, the new pure silk square scarfs, and the new long scarf, besides the many pure silk headscarves. You should see the déesses! Many, many lovely new ones especially in the formal and semi-formal styles. You can't miss the beautiful skirts there either, all ready for the season. Printed faille in light back- grounds, gold shot florals, and solids in Pima cloth, ricrac trim, Jose and Laura Rodriguez, owners of the Chic store, also wish to thank through this column their many patrons and friends who have been so nice to them and proved their loyalty to them by returning to the store many times. They hope you will return many times more, and especial- ly that you will pay them little visit on their 1s? Anniver- sary week, Chic, uptown, is open Fritey and Saturday \@¥enings. x * This column too wishes to con- gratulate Chic on their first anni- versary and also to extend the hope that Chic will celebrate many more of them in Key West. We need stores like this one. xk * Real live pictures that movel That’s the latest at the Pet Shop and they are in the form o; an * aquarium in a picture frame for the wall! The frames are beau- tiful plastic in a severe square lack or ivory with a glass front. They are backed by any kind of scene you'd like . . . but it holds two A custom that somehow passed with my lost childhood, ginger- bread men. It comes from the early New Y¥.rk Dutch, out ik our house, Christmas cookies made with goose fat from the Thanks- giving goose were a must, and <little gingerbread men delighted all. It’s doubly easy now with the ready-mixes, only they are a little soft for very hardy men, se if you use the regular recipe and then add a tablespoon of melted shorten- ing and enough flour to make a regular cooky dough, you will have it. Remember the raisin eyes and the bit of candied cherry on the mouth? Guess we all like to re- member those things. tm & Voodoo gems, strictly NOT for Hoodoos, but se fascinating, Hal Jenkins Jewelry that was so re- cently shown at the Tina Lesser Show are now being sold at Gift House. Wonderful wonderful conversation pieces in the form of necklaces, earrings, pins and bracelets. The gold nuggets strung on white leather thongs were so effective. There were al- se some Voodoo masks, some with dangling charms, some front, some profile. All these voodoo gems come beautifully packaged in little Haitian drums, fit jewel cases for such jewels. Also at Gift House are the Costa Rican one of a kind pieces. Each tribe in Coste Rica has one design and can make no other. black bearing an que form that symbolizes these things. Other masks were the decora- tive ones of tin walls of Gift House. Thes e clever, interesting, and inexpen- sive. Gift House is a treasure house of gifts these days, and a word to the wise, go there! (ek. Meat A household hint from of all people . . . our staff photographer, Ellis Finch! A very gooc one I found, and well worth passing along: I pass. To remove chewing gum from any surface without damage: Chill gum thoroughly with an ice cube and lift congealed gum from the surface. oH i Bernardo Junior ... which should go in Webster as a syno- nym for “Sandal” has come up with some new models for the holiday season that are tops in | anything in town, f saw the new shipment at / Mar-Ed’s yesterday and let me tell you, well . ... | One model, . of two wide silver straps.of sil- ver on'a padded sole, and held together by amethyst, crystal and topaz. Another of narrow straps of gold and fastened together by emerald, sapphire and aqua. Spice for the dullest gown... dancing slippers for the brightest evening. Then Bernardo made the plain ones for playtime. These are all long ing and so comfortal They are in black on black, red on tan and tan on red. All con- structed of real leather narrow little thongs that can be tied a dozen different ways. Bernardo Junior... Sandals... at Mar- Gd. . xk - Ann Batchider says, poor dear, that eggs must be broker. before being scrambled whichis some- thing that everyone knows. Every- one except daughter Gail that is. However, Ann has other guod ideas on what to do with a scrambled egg,-one of them being to add some cooked shell shaped macaro- ni, and on top grate a grater of Parmesan cheese. Thank you, Ann, we tried it and it put the oomph in breakfast. RK Ok Well it finally came! “It” being the box so long awaited at the » Ditty Box. However this reporter thinks it was well worth waiting for. Among the many many beau- tiful things too numerous to mention were some finely woven table mats, hand made in the Philippines of some fine straw or flax-like fiber. Exceedingly fine, reversible, in a neutral shade. Plaid border on one side, plain on the other. The bamboo planters you and 1 have been waiting for arrived too, as did a variety of beautiful bamboo trays, in. three sizes. Fine roomy trays with cunning handles, just right for serving cocktails . . . or breakfast. Ah yes . eryone including Mrs. Lovell is happy because the new shipment came. Just in time for Christmas too. x wk A Christmas decorating hint in the Journal 50 years ago sounds | quite zany now. Seems as though it must have been the same then However, for a laugh, here ‘tis: “Small animal crackers gilded with liquid glue make pretty Christmas tree ornaments.” Tee Some eye glasses manufacturer came up with one the other day which made me laugh quite a bit, my sense of humor being what it is. The ad said, “Give your child glasses for Christmas.” | Now | can imagine my child dancing for joy around the Christ- mas Tree because she found a new pair of spectacles in her stocking. Then | stopped to think of just what it meant after all. The man had put it poorly per- _ haps, but | and a million others were being warned that maybe my little girl didn’t have as good eyesight as she should have have. What he really meant was te give your child better vision for Christmas. Maybe not in that tense, but a visit te an ecculist, a thorough check up, and then perhaps 2 pair of glasses which would not only be pretty but suit- able and comfertabie teo. Then | got te thinking of the team over on Duval Street who are so perfectly equipped te do lust that. Or. Vaider will do the scientific werk, and Mrs. Gladys Barber whe knows all abou! such | things will see te it that you get lust exactly the kind of ¢ you want. Maybe not ewi’s head mask, and the gretee- | Christmas, but right new is |Portrait Painter At Work _ a , | how the simple brush in the hands +; complete. Yet the talk after the : as Citizen Staff Photo KEY WEST ARTIST, LEWIS STRONG, pauses before putting the finishing touches on a portrait study of Mrs. Ben Schulberg at her home on Alberta Street. She is a former movie actress and step-mother of Budd Schulberg, American novelist. The small black patch in the righthand cor- ner is Inky, the Schulberg’s black cocker spaniel who moved out of camera range at an inoppor- tune moment. The finished portrait will be one of those entered in‘the Key West Artists group show which opens December 7 at East Martello gallery with over a dozen artists represented. During the exhibit, Strong, Karl Agricola, artist and instructor, and Vera Reilly, will do portrait sketches of live models at the gallery of lucky winners of gate prizes. All entries must be in by December 5 and blanks can be obtained from Mrs. Jeanne Taylor, App lied Psychology Helps Artist And Model Alike In Portrait Work By DOROTHY RAYMER Most people think of an artist as a temperamental person dress- ed in a smock, maybe sporting a beret, who has to work in hushed seclusion except for the model or scene or grouped objects for still life. Lewis Strong, member of the Key West Artists group who specia- lizes in portraiture, likes to work in sport togs at the subject’s home. He claims that first of all, it’s a matter of practical, applied psy- chology. Says Strong, “The subject is usually uneasy at first under the scrutiny of an artist’s eyes. This is always overcome as _ sittings progress, no matter what the sur- roundings; but if a model poses in surroundings which are already good time to have that check- up, and not just the youngsters but for Ma and Pa too. x * * Just read recently of a child of |five who last Christmas sent a thank-you for every present re- | ceived and had a good time doing | it! Out of a pile of old magazines | she found a picture of each object |received, cut the picture out and pasted it on a paper and signed |her name in great big little-girl lletters. Her mother printed a |“Thank you for..." at the top /and addressed the envelope. Well now that sounds like a good idea after a birthday, but with all those new Christmas toys, well! ve eee Decorating and re-decorating | for the Holidays is still just as much in the news as gift buying. That's why I’m talking about the wonderful decorative fabrics at the Careline Shop t's easier to shop here for m too. Caroline Shop has hundreds yard-long swatches of material. You go in, pick out as many as you think might go in the room you have in mind. Then carry them home and see just how they WOULD leok. Sometimes you'd be surprised! Then again you only confirm your original ideas. Anyhow, the point is, you can make your choice right at home, come in and get the material. Caroline Shop will also make your curtains, drapes and slip covers for a moderate price teo. 'f you can’t find it at Caroline. .. you can’t find it, But hurry, only three more weeks to go. + eos mewhere that a small place where a fellow T read around a dog enjoy- j li on the sidewalk and the never supplant the news- | we not only walk s on the sidewalks, we ‘em in the streets. eee Donald's is where you ge te Shop fer beauty ... 2a beauty shep! fe ee , corny, but then want to remind to, tha, Christmas it’s jus > go out gs, ali iim a bury, Jaxon, advt of {husband at 1406 Alberta Street, familiar to him or to her, the handicap is cut down considerably and the work progresses faster be- cause the model feels more natural and relaxed.” Before this goes any further and someone asks, what will happen live models are posed at the Key West Artists group December show at East Martello, consider that, first of all, the three artists who are to do the portraits are all experienced, calm workers. Second, that the gallery experiment will be just a portrait sketch, not a difficult finished oil, which re- quires a series of sittings. In regard to a fine portrait with detail,.mood and the task of cap- turing a personality, artist Strong | gives another reason for liking to |work ina home. “Usually, the person has chosen colors and fur- nishings which suit indiviauality. This sets the atmosphere and makes it easier for the artist to catalogue the facets of personality. Even in rented homes, mos‘ people have objects about them which are pointers of what the subject is really like. I don’t try to do just a surface job, although in sketch- ing, that’s all that time permits. It seems to me that a portrait should do more than present a reasonable likeness. For that rea- son, I try to capture and repro- duce something of a subject’s real self as well as facial proportions, underlying bone structure, a char- acteristic expression and the colors which are apropos. A portrait, you | see, is actually a picture of a life, , and life isn’t something that exists | merely on the surface.” There was the crux of technique in words. Next step was to see them put into action. Mrs. Ben Schulberg, who lives with her | graciously consented to allow visi- tors during one of the preliminary | sittings and to let it be followed | up so that birth of a painting could | be watched. In the audience was |} Ben Schulberg, father of famous j jnovelist Budd Schulberg and of | Stewart, his younger brother, who also writes. | She seated herself in a comfor- | table chair, fixed her hands in the pogition of the preliminary sketch | and seemed composed. The only | {tension noted was a slight move- | j}ment of a hand on which glinted } }@ magnificent Egyptian white to-| |paz which is 1000 years old. This | one object alone was indicative to | }a writer’s eye, as well as the , of one side of her per- | She has excellent taste, and unusual things. El ary, my dear Watson! } She chose for her sitting a gown | of dark blue. The fair Irish skin | (she was a McHale af Chicago be- married 13 years ago eme dios in Holly- take om a trans- eyes in focus of atten- tion, not only of Lewis Strong's sh, but of the watchers. Artist say eyes are per it, that he al pecial effort on hem i “It's act only the clusive lights curator at East Martello. and color in eyes, but the expres- sion revealed which has to be just right,” Lew explained. “It’s neces- sary to get the eyesockets in per- fect alignment. If the face is tilted, the eyes must be so that perspec- tive is true.” Rest periods are called at the end of every half hour or so so that the model and the artist can relax. A three hour sitting is about the limit. Most portrait sittings are an hour or two. It is intriguing to see lines de- fined, shadows placed, tones deep- ened or lightened. Lew gazed in. tently, squinting a little, measur- ing with thumb and brush, then applying the pigments to the can- vas. He held a palette in one firm hand if standing up working with the canvas on his easel. If sitting down, he placed the palette, where he. mixed colors, on a little stand and balanced the canvas on his lap. Every now and tken he would get up and regard the model from a different angle, adjust the light- ing and begin again. At first talk went on within the group, but gradually a hush fell as fascination set.in and we saw the accentuation of the eyes, one of the most delicate of procedures take place. A touch of blue in the orb, a faint green-brcwn on the lid, the frail tracery of dark as the lashes were added, the sure stroke as the eyebrows were shaped, There were bold flecks pigment, bright highlights. The flesh took on a hue of the living as a bit of yellow, rose, anc other subtle tones were blended. Then, almost as if it had all come about suddenly, not gradually, the Pygmalion feat was accomplished. The forceful square hands of the craftsman were stilled and motion- less in the benediction of post- creation. Lew stood aside. The WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St. Phone 1000 SOCIETY — PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE model remained in pose beside the painting. We looked at her, then at the woman who looked back at us out of the canvas. We saw a beautiful woman, conscious of beauty, with | a mixture of shyness and pride. We say the expression of com- passion and unJerstanding of others; the hint of tragedy which is part of all human: existence, but tempered with humor. There was the predominating aura of intelligence and adjustment, of a full alert existence, of loving life, of giving love, and of being loved in return. * We watched this done, but, spell- bound at the finish, could still not fathom or explain completely the transition, the miracle of paint pigment into skin texture and pig- ment of human coloring, or just of a man could. re-create the image with such profound insight into personality. Mrs. Schulberg’s background de- lineates all the character and ex- perience recorded in the portrait by Lew Strong. She was not inter- viewed until the painting was finishing touches were applied brought to light the background magically caught on canvas. Not no long ago she was the “Movie Queen” of the Universal film lot and acted in a series of Western pictures with Johnnie Mack Brown. “I went out to California on va- cation and didi’t have any inten- of pure} tion of going into movies,” she said. “I went to parties and other gathering and the first thing I knew someone suggested that I take a screen test. It was just like that. No sitting in drugstores sipping sodas waiting to be dis- covered. In fact, I wasn’t sure I wanted to be in movies and es- pecially not in horse opera. But it turned out to be fun, and life in Hollywood is fabulous. So I went on wearing cowgirl hats, riding horses and posing in sunsets with stalwart heros. Finally, I met Ben at Paramount, fell in love, and we were married.” She made other pictures includ- ing “Three Smart Girls” with Deanna Durbin, but a home and strenuous hours at studios aren’t always compitable she chose to be a wife instead of a star. Mrs. Schulberg’s sense of humor sparked the last part of the ses- sion with effervescense, another one of her traits. She told about an experience on the Universal lot which some movie ‘stars would never admit. “I ride pretty well,” she told, “but when it came to trick and stunt riding in Westerns, I admit I had a stand-in who was an expert. One morning, she didn’t show up and I was told to try it on my own. The stunt was to scoot down a very steep, almost perpendicular hill on the Universal backlot, on a horse with an In- dian. I was supposed to have been captured and was being taken to the reservation,” she continued. “Well, I was put on the horse and to my dismay, found there was no saddle. We snaked down the slope at an almost unbelievable angle, twisting and slidding through rocks and cacti, and they were real, believe me! A big six foot Indian crouched on the horse behind me, leaning on me as we descended and I was in mortal terror of The Music Shoppe 7% DUVAL “Everything Musical” After the flu is over and gone, the cough that follows may develop into chronic i ae C relieves promptly because it goes the Sronchiat to help loose perf pr inflamed bronchial Special for Dinner Tonight SHRIMP ENCHILADO COMPLETE DINNER $1.85 CASA CAYO HUESO Johnny (No Hands) Pritchard FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE Top of Duval on the Aticntic PHONE: Citizen Office, 1938 - sliding forward and tumbling over the horse’s neck. I held on by | Eastern Star the mane. In fact, when I finaly) Presents Bazaar dismounted, I had to pry my hands} ,. Next Saturday than paint goes into a picture. St MRS. RICKETTS’ DAY SCHOOL There are now va-! cancies in the Kinder- garten and Pre-Day School Departments. Phone 347-J open, I’d clenched so hard, to pull my fingers. I'd have been trampled} Saturday, December 6, the am to death if I had fallen. Right 21, Order of the Eastern Star, will mob of mounted braves and war-|be held at the Scottish Rite Tem- riors tearing along with abandon.” All sorts of gift items will be told about the “Grover Street|for sale. An unusval feature will Indians,” so-called because they jalways adds a touch of amuse store on Grover Street waiting for | me: Sake and candies and other calls to movie lots. Dinner will be served from 5 to men rode into the reservation and!7 p. m. The public is invited to standing in front of his wigwam | Tickets for the latter my be pure waiting to view the captive. All|chased at the door or from any who were honest-Injuns all right, lived by working as extras and} Oxygen is somewhat heavier tham out cigarettes and lit up at the |} ———--—-———— close of the - scene before the i had to be done all over again! DELINE Ss She added, laughing, ‘‘So even } to sit still for a portrait, it cer- |} Custom Work Done tn Our Own tainly isn’t as ‘difficult as bare-| Decorating Workshop The Schulbergs expect to remain | in Key West through April and | 264 FLEMING ST. __KEUWEST She is happy to have Lew Strong’s portrait of her entered in the Key yr opens Decmeber 7 at the East the oiling now Martello gallery. exhibit, remember that a lot more | operates for as low as the horsehair out from between nual bazaar for Fern Chapter No, behind us were a whole howling {ple from 2 to 8 p. m. Mrs. Schulberg laughed as she |be a white elephant table which hang around a Hollywocce drug- . goo of all kinds will be on sale. The payoff came when the tribes- | a shot was made of the big chief | attend the bazaar and the dinner, was fine, except that the India O. E. S. member. were civilized. 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