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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Noted
Opera Singer, Died Last Night
tBy Associated PRESS,

. overcame the effects OF obvious
shortcomings and she remained a
drawing card.
Also in these late years she
took a few pupils, but this work
was limited more to coaching than
to vocal training.
She was a star in her own
right, backed by 20 years ex-
perience on German operate
stages when she made her first
appearance in America on No
vember Z, 1898, singing "Ortrud"
in a presentation of WagRer's
"Lohengrin" at the Auditorium
, theater in Chicago. Her impresario
was Maurice Grau of the firm of
Abbey. Schoeffel & Grau, prede-
cessors OF the Metropolitan Opera
company of New York.
She had just signed a 10-year
contract with the Berlin opera and
was on a four-year leave of alb
. sence from the German capital,
but her success was so great that
she bought her way out of the
home contract, paying first 10000
marks (then S2,500) for an ex-
tension of two years in her leave
and finally $4,000 marks to can
eel the Berlin agreement.
In 1904 she made a concert
tour of the United States. travel
ing 10000 miles. In the latter
year also she appeared in an Am
erican comic opera, "Love's Lot
terry" Her health broke in 1905
and her voice was reported ruined,
but she went back to Germany for
a "rest," accepted engagements
there and came back to the United
States for 129 appearances in
opera and concert in 1867.
Becomes American Citizen
The next season .jhe gave 113
concerts and then went to Europe
for a year, where she created one
of the principal parts in Strauss
new opera, Electra" Her re-
turn for a 1909-1O concert tour
proved the most profitable of her
American career.
Thereafter she tapered off her
strenuous work, but continued
briefer annual tours and limited
operate engagements. One Of her
, last stage appearances took place
February 25. 1926, when she
emerged from retirement" to
sing "Erda" in s'Das Rheingold"
with the Metropolitan company.
Her most famous roles were
''Fides" in de Prophetic; Sort
rud" in 'Lohengrin"; "Erda, /"
''Fricka" in "Die Walkuere" and
"orpheus" in Gluek's opera of
that name. But she mastered $50
Confined on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
new JERSEY FOLK
WILL WINTER HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. A Z. Buchholz.
of Ocean City, ". D.. hsve Goa
cluded arrangements for \ stay
during the winter season in Key
West, and viii arrive about De-
cember 1.
Some time ago letters were re-
ceixed at the FERA housing de-
partment making Inquiries re-
garding Accommodations ard re-
plies were sent as soon a. these
could be secured.
The information forwarded was
agreeable and upon their arrival
Mr.. and Mrs. Buchholz WI b
comfortably located At Gal Fen
ing street
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Nov. Is.
-Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the
operatic and concert prima donna,
died last night, after a brief ILL.,
ness. The famous singer was
born June Is, 1861, near what is
now Praha, capital of Czecho-
slcvakia, and then was Prague,
Austria. Her father was Major
Roessler, an Austrian army Off
Ger, and her mother was an
Italian.
Madame Schumann-Heink, &C
claimed as probably the worlds
greatest Wagnerian contralto,
achieved riches as an operate
and concert prima donna and, in
the twilight of life, won a huge
popular following in vaudeville,
radio and moving picture theatres
as a singer of simple German
''lieder."
In the hey-day of her career
she was reputed to earn $135, 900
a year from concert work alone
while royalties on machine records
of her voice brought in an addi-
tional $4,000. Thirty invest
Inents, mostly in Chicago and
California real estate, were made
and managed by her with a skill
that brought steadily increasing
values and she became one OF the
wealthiest singers of her day.
But her own generosity to num-
erous friends and relatives and
the worlds turn from high pros
perity to acute economic depres-
sion shrank her fortune to the
vanishing point. When she was
past 20 she was glad to take en-
gagements which paid for a week
less than half what she had re-
ceived earlier for single perform
ances. In 1888 she said she had
been wearing the same hat and
coat for two years.
Limited To Numbers
Her voice by then had become
compressed to little more than
half its former range and she was
limited to such numbers as
Brahms Lullaby" the traditional
Christmas hymn "Holy Night
and similar songs Of short range
and brief phrases. But the arts
try of the singer, plus the mater
nal character of her personality
. and unbalanced stage presence,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
FRED LA RUE
COMES TOCITY
FIRST VISIT OF FORMER KEY
WEBSTER IN TWENTY
- -.
ONE YEARS

Among the arrivals in Key West
yesterday from Miami was Fred
La Rue, former Key Wester, who
has been making his home else
where for the past twenty-one
years. He is accompanied by A.
R. Swearingen, both of whom will
remain here for several days at
tending to business matters. They
are stopping at the Colonial Ho-
tel.
Mr.. La Rue was for a long time
employed at the local yards of the
Florida East Coast Railway Com
pany. Mrs. La Rue was formerly
Miss Maude Roberts of Key West.
Mr.. La Rue predicts that with
the completion of the Overseas
Highways that Key West will en-
joy great prosperity, saying that
it viii naturally bring visitors here
from all sections of the country,
a great many of whom will no
doubt become permanent resi-
dents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
BURNED BRIDGE
BEING REPAIRED
ALL WORK WILL HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED BY THIS
EVENING

Florida State Road Department
will lose no time in getting the
Boca Chica bridge back in cond--
ton, and it is expected that by
this evening al necessary repairs
vii. have been made.
This was learned this morning
by making inquiries IT the de-
partment's offices at the old bio
logical station, and the informa-
ton was offered that q force Of
men were now working on the
bridge and it would be in condi-
ton today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
IDENTIFICATION
WORK CONTINUES
ACTIVITIES BEING CARRIED
ON UNDER DIRECTION
OF MISS PARKER

One o. the programs of beau
tification which started last week
at the triangle at the intersection
of Greene and Whitehead streets
is being continued along the east
ern side of Whitehead street.
This morning a gang of %
men, which started this work yes
terday, were cutting hoes in the
sidewalk or enlsrging holes al
ready there, in which viii be
planted poincian2s.
The project is being done IN
der the supervision of Miss Mol
lie Parker with William Culling-
ford as her assistant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
MANY MOUNDS
DISCOVERED In
NATIONAL PARK
REVEALS MANNER OF LIVING
OF FLORIDA'S PREHISToR-
&c INHABITANTS "AROUND
RESERVATION
Especial TO The Citizen)

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 18.-Flor-
ida's prehistoric inhabitants, it
would seem, found the mainstay
of their diet within the waters of
! the sea along which their dwell
ings ranged and, with crude GEES
ture, flipped the discarded shells
over their shoulders in such guam
titles that they constructed the
ridges and mounds which are now
discovered to contain such rich
lore revealing much of their man.
ner of living.
That life, as indicated in many
of the mounds which have been
discovered within the area of the
Everglades National Park, was
one of plan and design, of life or
ganized to accommodate facilities
of convenience, of transportation
and even primitive form of COM
merce, combined with warfare
with conflicting groups.
In these mounds are revealed
some Of the earliest examples of
city planning known to the human
race.
Uncover Rare Specimens
Even the elements, in their
! titanic force, have been known to
uncover to the modern gaze rare
specimens of Forida's prototype
of the caveman, as in the instance
of the stone tomahawk found near
Cape Sable by Ernest F. COe,
chairman OF the Everglades Ma
t:onal Park Association, in sur
vey trip last spring. Its material,
Chairman Coe stated, was a form
of stone which has never beer
found within the state and indi-
Gates an interchange with distant
places even in that remote time.
Alongside the tomahawk Mr.. Coo
also discovered fragments of pot
terry with a definite design re-
vealing a tendency toward the
, decorative at time when the
law of life was the survival of the
fittest.
! Preserve Records
I The Importance of the preser-
walton of these records of early
habitation in southern florida was
pointed out by DIR. Ales Hrdlickar
curator of the Division OF Anthro-
pology~ of the Smithsonian Insti-
tue, even before the Everglades
National Park idea had been con
-ceived. In his "Anthropology OF
Florida" published in 1922, he
says of those mounds discovered
! in the Turner River region, which
lies within the area of the park as
authorized by Act of Congress in
/ 1884, "steps, it would seem, ought
to be taken to preserve it for pos
/ terity, which could best be done by
making it national reserva-
i ton"
Chairman Coe has recently re-
Iceived a letter from DR.. Hrdlicka
in which he again says "the Turn
err River region should, by al
means, be included in the park
, Tor the mounds at its mouth are
the very best of the kind along the
whole coast"
! The whole Turner River region
Mr.. Coe reports, is rich in some OF
the finest examples Ct these
mounds, many of them laid out in
! such a manner as to evidence
highly organized community exist
ence.
! Such records, which will be pre-
served and protected under the
administration of the National
Park Service once the area has
! been put under development, the
park chairman believes, will not
only be of high interest to the
many thousanGh who will visit the
park annually, but will be of great
! archaeological Importance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
Bridge Hearing Held Yesterday;
No Objections Offered; Proposed
Plans Given Definite Approval

Well attended was the meeting
held yesterday afternoon at The
mess hall at Lower Matecumbe
for the purpose of receiving OBJ.
jections, either verbal or written,
to the proposed bridges and other
construction work to be done by
the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
Commission.
The meeting was presided over
by Lieutenant Colonel Earl North,
U. S. A., engineers. The colonel
read the specifications covering
the eleven projects proposed, the
article from the navigation laws,
providing for the hearing of OBJ
jectiens, if any, and a letter from
the commission.
The question was then asked if
there were any present who were
in favor of the projects. 3. NJ.
Duncan, chief engineer in charge
of construction referred to the
letter which the colonel had just
read and suggested that the letter
covered in detail the reply to the
question.
No Objections Offered
Objections were then called for
by the presiding officer, but there
was not one offered, and the plans
were definitely approved. The
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
BUSINESS
OPPOR TU NIT Y

One of the largest manufac-
turers in United States has fran
ehise open for dealer in Key West.
Most unusual finance plan avail
able te assist dealer in merchan-
oising.
Phone A. r. SwEARINGEN,
Key West Colonial Hotel, If in
terested.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-18
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The Washington times., 1936-01-08

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The Washington times., 1936-01-08
CAMBRIDGE Doctor Still Active at go

ven's custom to make his rounds
with q horse and buggy. Then he
acquired an automobile and as
tonished his patients by driving
I'D in that, with his coachman
as chauffeur. The old coach
man is still with DR.. Stevens.
DR.. Stevens has had q general
practice In Cambridge ever since
1871.
The Washington times., 1936-01-08

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The Washington times., 1936-01-08

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Dr. Ed
ward II. Stevens. Of Cambridge,
Is 90 years old, but does not
waste his breath blowing out can
dies on a birthday cake. The
sturdy physicians day was spent
about as usual and included visits
to patients whose parents and
grandparents he has treated.
Up until 1906 it was Dr.. Ste
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14

but he brought no great fortune to his British career. Personal charm and clcverness strained through an oxford education were his assets, rather than the millions which 50 many American debs have brought Into the international social race.
 Educated in Chicagos Latin School, "Chips" Channon was c friend of the Mccormick family and had good social connections. These became valuable when he went to continue his schooling at oxford.
 Oddly enough, the theme of his first novel, "Joan Kennedy" was the inadvisability of international marriages, especially between British and Americans.
 Becoming popular with the young sons of British noblemen during his student days at oxford, when he entertained successfully, Channon was ready on graduation to launch c social career in London.
 Other novels followed his first, and the attractive Channon rap- idly made for himself c place in the Prince of Wales own social set.
 WINS TITLED BRIDE
 IL was in this social whirl that he met the slim, red-haired beauty who was tho daughter of the titled Irish brewer. The earl b ono Of the richest men in the United Kingdom. Value of his estate may be gnuged from the fact that when the first earl died, $40,000,000 in- come tax was paid.
 But for Lady Honor, neither fortune nor title was c primary consideration. She married Chan. non in Q ceremony at St. MargarotB Church, WestminBtcr, attended by such luminaries as the former King George of Greece, ths Earl Of Bir' konhead, Lady ABtor, Stanley Bald. win, and Lord Lytton.
 on later visits to America, the Channons hobnobbed only Wth Astors and Vandorbilts when at. tending the opera and other So-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14

lines before the critics until he took her In hand.
 True Love or Whim
 It is no wonder, then, that the Elaine Barrie - born Elaine Jacobe - s the true love of an elderly heart or just another whimsy of temperalnental actor.
 Psychologists are telling us, day by day, that mental age, cotnpati- biilty and adjustment are fer more important than physical age. Nay pe John and Elaine will be c sec- ond pair of Brownings.
 Birds, oddly enough, mate with birds of their own sprig. The theater and literature have taken the liberty of assuming that peo. pie of the same generation arc most likely to wax romantic about each other. The neighbors all expect John Brown to fall in love with Sally Smith, who lives next door, instead of Sally Smiths mother. There seems to Dc c timing for roriiances.
 
 10 Young In Spirit
 Yet there have been cases of middle-aged or even elderly per- son being the adored of one who B very young. It didn't work with Peaches Browning. But 1t has worked. I can't just remember where, ct the moment But 1t hasl It may be that the Barrymores will become . criterion for idyilic love:
 After all, John Barrymore, still screen idol, has retained 3 vivid interest in youth that would not have been 50 likely to have been his had he been 6 plumber, . car- penter, . baseball pitcher or dentist. His is the sensitive imaginative mind of an artist. That s the career which the girl of his recent choice has accepted, too. They may surprise the world = and especially the former loves of John Barry- more - by living happily together until the final fadeout.
 Romance Often Unprcdlctable
 It was the night before John Barrymore became III. was taken to the hospital and there received n call from . college girl named Elaine Jacobs. that quite by acci- dent I met him. For nearly four hours he sat and talked - about life, plays, parts, health. He paid high tribute to his brother, Lionel's, ability. He put himself in the back- ground. He hadn't anything to say to the group that night about TO- nance or love.
 Maybe he's put that aside," someone niurinured.
 A few days later he met Elaine Barrie. ono never puts aside love. Anybody's spinster aunt may marry the chauffeur any day May - put probably won't. ,..
 Anyway, we hope that John Barrymore will retain his famous profile and his present marriage sot.up 90 long as the camera turns. Copyright, i036, Ni1A Service, Inco
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14
Paris Styles
Ny MARY FENTRESS

Paris--Alix, particularly noted for her exotic and unusual evening clothes, makes some equally inter- esting sports clothes. Tn her winter collection she shows a country cos- tlime with a full divided skirt, q warm vest and large cape. The divided skirt is in plaid woolcn material in which a hunters green predominates. A sleeveless black woolen jacket is worn over Q light weight black wool blouse. The cape is reversible and either the black wool of the plaid can be worn on the outside. Green suede shoes, abe solutely heelless, come well up over the ankles. These shoes have no visible opening but are shaped to the foot by inside elastic insertions.
 A little dressier is the enormously full coat of blue and white plaid that hangs for out from the body. It is worn over Q blue silk jersey dress, whose fullness is concentrated in front by means of innumerable small gathers. The waist is defined by Q red cord sash. This costume is completed with Q turban of blue and red leather that swarthes the head closely.
 A black duvetine afternoon suit is made with a skin-tight black skirt and short jacket that has a closely fitted bodice and full short basque that juts out over the hips. The jacket is edged with q band of black broadtail around the collar revers and front opening as well
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14
To Accept Compliment Gracefully Is m Art

sam's not paying Betty any more complimentsI lIe doesn't even care about seeing her any more. She's the kind of girl who makes . fellow feel silly # he tells her she looks pretty.
 She titters, gives . gawky flap of the hand, and makes 1ani's ears burn by saying, "Aw, that's just your iine." or ''You don't really mean It."
 How much more gracious to say. when you're told you dance well or you're looking grand toni8ht-"1'm glad you think so." or "It's mics Of you to say so." Even an appreciate smile will dol
 But awlSwardness and fumbiing reveal regretiahlc lack of polse.
 our ss-page booklet tells how Q avoid such awkwardnesB. teafn QrnclouB manners st dances, res- tauEants, theateru, other public
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14
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The elections over SO donkeys and elephants can be safely en,. ordered on tea towels without spec ial significance. Take your choice and Haunt them gaily and without fear of starting . neighborhood row when you hang them out to dry on wash day. No. Coio4, the elephant or Ce2e2, the donkey, each giving seven designs and Q pair of pan holders.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14
KITCHEN RECIPES
Lentils with Trotter for {

Use 2i-2 cups dried lentils, i-4 pound bacon, 1 pigs foot, 2 large carrots, 6 white onions, tablespoon chopped parsley, 1 tablespoon chop ped celery, salt and pepper.
 Soak the ientiis in cold water for several hours. Then pick over carefully, wash in several waters. Drain. Clean the pigs foot and crack In several places. In Q large pot, place the bacon, cut into small pieces. Brown the pigs foot in the hot fat. Add the lentiis, onions and carrots. Add 1 quart cold water. Cover and simmer for hour. Then add the other vegetables and sea- son to taste. Continue to simmer until lentils arc tender. adding more boiling water if needed. When tho dish b cooked, there should not be any water left. On . large, round, deep dish place tie lentils and vege- tables. Break apart the pigs foot and arrange the pieces over the lentils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-14

European beauty forsook her title to marry an untitled American. Mrs. Simpsons appearance at the opera in Covent Garden in the box next to the Royal Box with q party prominently including the Channons emphasized the friend- ship of these two Americans, who have crashed the loftiest London circles.
 The former Lady Honor Guinness Is the daughter of the Earl Of 1veagh, and granddaughter of the late Edward Cecil Guinness, prom inent brewer. He was raised in 1891 to what Britons ironically called the "beerage".
 NO SIGN OF sNUBBING
 Lady Hornor's father, the earl of Iveagh, was a frequent host to the late King George and Queen Mary at his country place, Elvedon Hall, in Suffolk.
 With Mrs. simpson and the Channons in the opera box sat the minister for war, Alfred Duff Cooper, as well as Sir Victor War render, former comptroller of the household of the late King George.
 That people 50 closely connected with court circles should be the companions of Mrs. Simpson at public appearance is the best proof that no general court objections have been made to the warm friend. ship between King Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson.
 Her friendship with the Chan. mons is a natural one, for she and Henry Channon are in the same position, that of Americans whose life in their adopted country most exalted social position despite their untitled birth.
 Mrs. simpson has recently been guest of the Channons In their town house Belgrave Square. It is only q [ / steps from the town house of the Duke of Kent, King Edwards brother.
 ROSE ON OWN MERITS
 Henry Channon III is the son of Chicago manufacturing family,