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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS
o 1857. NE.A

New York, Jan. 9-There is moth
ing odd In the fact that the longest
running show in New York is the
Flea Circus, which has had con-
tinuous ten-year run on And street.
Therme is nothing odd in it be-
cause a Flea Circus Is the kind OF
entertainment New Workers perpet-
ually support, as they will the penny
arcades, the shooting galleries and
Bar-B-Qs just around the corner
from Radio City, the citadel Of ur-
banity. Indeed, "Abie's Irish Rose
was an overnight flop, compared to
the perennial Flea Circus.
Not that 1t makes millionaire
of its present proprietor, Herbert
Leroy Heckler, who inherited the
title of Professor, the Circus and the
f1eas from his father. Because when
Professor Herbelt L. Heckler Is play
ing to capacity business, he is play
ing to a dollar and q half, and often
he is content to put the fleas through
their PAGES for total intake of
two bits" The fleas aren't proud:
neither Is the professor.
At that, he is probably the only
flea trainer left In these precincts.
Taught by his deceased father to
bend the insects to his will, he d.
vides his time between putting on
the act and coaching new perform
ers. In his subterranean showshop
and dramatic school for lfieas on
And street, he ca ntrain his wards
In couple of weeks to dance, trot,
play leap frog and drag chariot
500 times their weight. He has not
yet taught a flea to sing.
His pupils (who are not domestic
fieas, by the way, but insects from
lands along the Mediterranean,
brought here by sailors with an eve
Tor extra change) are apt and will
ing. They toll unstintingly for the
professor and he, In turn, rewards
them with several drops Of his own,
human blood every day. His fieas
have an average longevity of half
a year. The professor makes q side
line OF training fieas for home use.
And although the Circus doesn't
make the professor a millionaire, 1t
provides him with enough to live on,
He often gives as many as two dozen
shows day.
The same New Workers who make
1t possible for Flea Circus to be-
come a permanent institution In the
heart of town are now engrossed in
growing fad-the Ant Palace.
lnnumerable contraptions of this
kind have been sold, not only as
entertainment but as q moral lesson
to underlings. Many an executive
has ordered these insect sanctuaries
under glass and placed them con-
spicuously around the office for the
benefit OF the staff. Citing the In.
dustry Of the ant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

!. Name the Vice President Of the
y. 8. who served during the Civil
War, from 1851 to 1866.
2. Who is the author Of the nov
Ell, THE Stone Knife Boy?"
3. What was the ancient name Of
the Dardanelles?
4; Must a will be typewriter to
be legal?
s. In what country is the Mexca-
Ia river?
8. What Is rhodolite?
2. Who was Luc Oliver Merson?
=. IN ethics, what Is hedonism?
8. Where Is the island Of Corfu?
10. Has the old Russian paper ru.
BILE any intrinsic value?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

New York and Washington have started
fighting over criminals and probably
somebody will have to arbitrate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

Poor Brooklyn
VIII Morrissey's solution for that
much-maligned segment of New
Iork-Brooklyn: THE only thing to
do with It," he says, lis to put a
tent over 1t and charge everybody
rs cents to get out"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say. 81 have three SON
in-laws"; say, "sons-in-law."

though Nature Magazine conducted
a referendum for such flower over
period Of about a year, In which
more than a.million votes we're cast;
almost half of them for the wild
rose with the columbine as second
choice.
@. Who won the Big Ten Western
Conference football championship
this year?
A. Northwestern university, Evan
ston, Ill.
@. Which country has won the
James Gordon Bennett Cup Auto
mobile Races the greatest number
of times?
A. The races were inaugurated in
1900, and were held annually until
1906, when they were discontinued.
France won In 1900, 1901, 1904, and
1905; England won in 1902; and
Germany In 1908.
@. Who obtained patent for
the first typewriter?
A. The first recorded patent was
granted in England in 17l4 to
Henry Mill. In 1929, w. A. Burt OBJ
tanned the first American patent.
II you want . copy OF our book
let ON Presidential Inauguration"
write The Waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau. 1912 Thir.
teenth st., Northwest, Washing
ton, ID. G. Enclose 4 cents III post
age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
Philatelic NezQs

Cachets Being Prepared for Washington's Birth
day-Special Cachets Also Planned for Ponce de
Leon Carnival in Puerto Rico-Flood of Orders
for Army, Navy Series.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
T est Y 0 ur
knowledge

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn TO
last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

- BY DEW FEAkSON and BUBE1E 8 ALIEN -
WASHINGTON, January g. - Old friends Of Sam
Rayburn say that 1t takes him month to get really red
That he is slow to anger is true, but when he does get
steamed up-oOk outi
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
GREETINGS ARE
Sent BY LODGE
CONTAINED IN FOLDERS IS
SUED BY ORDER OF cABAL-
LEROS DE LA LUZ

Greetings and salutations from
the Sovereign Grand Lodge Cabal.
leros de la Luz, of the United
States, are being sent out and one
of the folders was received at The
Citizen office this morning.
During the last three days of
the year 1886 the organization
held its annual convention in Key
West and the following grand
lodge officers were elected:
Gran Caballero Luminar, Juan
F. Fleitas; Gran Vice Luminar,
Arturo Armayor; Gran Patriarch,
Oliverio Gonzalez; Gran TesOrero
Enrique Agui'ar; Gran Vice Tes-
orero, Manuel Perez; Gran Secre-
tario, Jose Fernandez; Gran Vice
Secretario, Guillermo MOlinet /;
Gran Experto, Julio Perez; Gran
Maestro de Ceremonies, Pedro
Aguilar; Gran Guarda T. Interior,
Carlos Placeres; Gran Guarda T.
Exterior, Eliseo Barbery; Gran
Porta Estanadarte, Ignacio Me-
dina; Gran Caballero Luminar
P2sado, Domingo E. Placeres.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
CUBA ARRIVES
FROM HAVANA
VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT.
ERNOON ENIROUTE
TO TAMPA

Steamship Cuba, of the P. and
o. S. S. Co., arrived yesterday
afternoon from Havana with
eight first class and eight second
class passengers for Key West; %
first and two second class passen-
gers for Tampa.
Key West arrivals: Jack Casey,
Virginia Casey, John Stemler,
Mildred Stemler, Kenneth Haker-
man, Harold 'Colvocoresses, Alice
Colvocoresses, Harold Colvocoress-
es, Jr., Eduardo Leon, Bernildes
Remond, Maria S. de Roca, Mes
ter Alvarez, Sarah Alvarez, Clara
Alvarez, Nestor Alvarez, Sylvia.
Bookings on the vessel for the
Tampa sailing included: ]. B. Pat
terson, Mrs. Patterson, c. w.
Schlucter, DIR. c. L. Williams, C.
A. Parramore, Wilmon Newell, Mr..
and Mrs. F. w. Haas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
MISS PARKER
COMPLAINS OF
VANDALISM
STATES THAT SHE is BEcoM-
ING DIsHEARTENED AT DE-
sTRUcTIoN OF PLANTS SET
OUT

Miss Mollie Parker, who is con-
Quoting one of the most compre-
hensive Identification programs
ever undertaken in Key West, told
The Citizen this morning that she
is daily becoming more and more
disheartened at the ruthless van
dalism being displayed by some
persons in the city.
Day after day she is apprised of
the havoc wrought by persons who
delight in destroying the progress
made through the untiring efforts
of those who are endeavoring to
make the city's streets highways
of color and beauty.
Nothing seems to be sacred to
the vandals and recently Miss
Parker was confronted with proof
that the beautiful mahogancy trees
which she so carefully reared in
her conservatory and set out in
different section of the city had
not proven immune to those who
do not appreciate beauty and at
tractiveness as provided by nature
and improved by man.
Three of these trees which, Miss
Parker said, would be worth at
least one hundred dollars each
when grown, had been torn up by
the roots and others had been
practically destroyed This was
done, she said, by persons who evil
IDENTIFY have no respect for the eff
forts of others, nor any of the at
tributes which go to constitute a
normal human being. In other
sections of the city these perni-
cious practices have been equally
destructive.
! Another lover of the beautiful
is physician of New York, who
last year acquired a beautiful resi-
dence near South Beach and is
convinced that Identification of
the city will mean that hundreds
of others, like him, will acquire
homes in Key West when the safe
ty and beauty of the home and sur
roundings can be assured.
Up to this time this addition to
the city's beauty lovers has been
continually working to beauty
his home in Key West, spending
much money to improve its APP
pearance and even while in New
York during the summer had a
caretaker here carrying out a
program of Identification.
In this residents opinion the
Identification OF the streets and
residences Of Key West is much
more vitality important to the
progress OF the city and will be
a greater inducement to prospec-i
tive home owners. than the sewer
system, it was said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
NO EXPLOSION
AS REPORTED
THIS MORNING
DYNAMITING ACTIVITIES AND
SOUND OF SIREN WAS
CAUSE OF RUMoR BEING
CIRCULATED

There was no fatal explosion
this morning nor were there any
person or persons blown to pieces
by dynamite, nitro-glycerine, T.
N. T., or any other highly potent
force, despite the several hundred
rumors in circulation.
There were lots OF explosive
talks and explanatory sounds is
suing from the mouths OF misin-
formed persons who heard that
from one to several persons had
been blown to pieces by dynamite,
but all of these statements were
proven to. be Imaginary.
Following the sound of heavy
discharge OF dynamite on one of
the projects, the sound of the
siren on the new fire apparatus
OF the army barracks was heard
and Immediately the telephone
bell in The Citizen office, the
funeral homes and the sheriff's
office began ringing.
Everybody was asking the same
question: "How many were kill
ed" although in some instances
statements were made that three
persons were killed in one group,
in another five were killed and
one statement was that WPA
employee who was engaged in haul
ing dynamite had. when his load
exploded, been blown to atoms
and not a trace of him nor his
vehicle had been found.
Imagination. wrong conclusions,
and fume and vapOr, nothing
more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
Welfare Work Discussed
At Meeting Last Evening

The organization unanimously
agreed on the proposal to prepare
a message of sympathy to be sent
to Conrad Van Hyning, state COM
missioner of the Board of Social
Welfare, who recently suffered
the loss of Mrs. Van Hyning in an
automobile accident and, in which
he sustained severe injuries.
Attending the meeting were;
Mrs. VIM. R. Warren, DR.. ]. C.
Gekeler, Melvin Russell, Carl Ber-
valdi, Mrs. Robert Spottswood,
Joe Pearlman, Mrs. Mary L. Part
rick, John Miller and Mrs. Gladys
Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20

An interesting meeting was
held last evening during which
many matters of import in con-
nection with welfare work in this
district was discussed, especially
that of making renewed efforts to
secure contributions to the Com
munity Welfare Fund.
1t was decided to again ask the
citizens of Key West to subscribe
to this fund which provides the
only cash relief available for those
aged unemployables who are not
eligible for old age assistance and
yet have no relatives who are re-
sponsible for their welfare.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20

made possible by a request, ap-
proved last week by the board of
county commissioners, forwarded
to Comptroller j. M. Lee, for au-
thority to transfer $1,000 from
the Indebtedness Fund as follows:
To General Revenue, $4,000; to
Fine and Forfeiture, $2,15O; to
Ferry Fund, $1,000.
Request for authority to make
these trasfers was made immedi-
ately after the meeting of the
board last Wednesday night and
the reply was received this morn
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
Two Auto Accidents
Yesterday Result In
Three Being Injured

Two automobile accidents, both
of which resulted in injuries, were
reported to the office of Sheriff
X. o. Thompson yesterday after
noon and last night.
The first occurred in the after
noon when two colored boys, Al
fred Gray, I'll Olivia street, and
Willie Whyns, 731 Olivia street,
both on one bicycle, rode into an
automobile driven by John Pinder,
at the corner Of Angela and White
head street.
Grey received fractured jaw
and Whyns a cash on the neck.
The former was treated by a ply
stefan, but the latter refused to
have the wound in his neck treat
ed, it was said.
Peace Justice FRANKLIN Aren-
berg investigated the accident and
said he learned the boys were
speeding on the bicycle and the
driver of the car was held blame
less.
Another accident occurred about
s o'clock last evening when a car
driven by Adolfo BOA, 1907
White street, passed over the lit
tie son of Mr.. ant Mrs.sB. F. Sas2
nett, near the residence at Ills
Catherine street. One of the lit
tie fellows legs was fractured
above the knee.
This accident also was investi-
gated by Peace Justice Arenberg,
who said that after the accident
the Sssnett child was taken to the
Marine hospital but was afterward
treated by local physician and
then taken home.
Mr.. Arenberg said that this was
another case where the driver was
held blameless, as the little fell
low ran in front of the machine.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
County Cle3 q K Blu
Making Up.s.Payroll

County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer
is busy today preparing a payroll
and warrants for accounts of the
General Revenue Fund, Fine and
Forfeiture Fund and Ferry De-
partment Fund. The last named
payroll will be easy to arrange as
it covers but one month, May,
1884.
The other months are for Fine
and Forfeiture: March, April,
May and June, 1886; General Rev
enue: August and September, the
same year.
The pay warrants drawn for
payments now being prepared were
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
Chief Executive Takes Oath
OF Office For Second Time
IMMENSE THRONG STANDS IN RAIN TO WIT
NESS CEREMONIES AT NATIONS CAPT.
tai; CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES ADMINS
TIERS OATH TO PRESIDENT


WASHINGTON JAM k2O-Franklin Delano Roose-
welt renewed the presidential oath pledged second
administration to blot cut of economic inus
tice From stand below the towering
capitol DOME the chief executive told the rain drenched
throng: 81 the solemn obligation of leading the
American people along the road which they have
chosen advance Test of prosperity is whether
add abundance of those who have much, is
whether we provide enough those who have lit
tle."
Roosevelt spoke after placing his hand old
family Dutch Bible and repeating the presidential oath
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. few minutes
before VicePresiden John Nance Garner had been
in by Senator Robinson Democratic leader.
In covered stand about chief executive. leaders
of heard Roosevelt say millions of
SWEET under the pa of family Disaster He warned
that prosperity tes the persistence of progressive
purpose in its example Of will to peace"
eve are determined" the President said after
viewing progress he first took the presidential oath,
"to make every American citizen a subject of his
trys interest and concern"
Senators and representatives justices of the supreme
court, government leaders and a huge crowd braved
driving rain to witness the ceremony and Inauguration
parade which followed
Governors of nearly all had special positions
Of Brightly clad members of the diplomatic corps
of all nations represented Washington present
A last minute suggestion by tl,e arrangements
mttee that the ceremonies be held inside the capitol be-
cause of the weather was vetoed by the President eff
those people take it, too" he said when in
formed that large crowds waited in the cold and rain.
Owe determined to make every American et-
the subject of his counrys interest and concern"
said the President. Progress in recovery obvious he
sad the order of things brought about since
1888, than that"
Restating his philosophy in broad and leaving
his specific program the future ne spoke Of using
materials Of social justice old foundations
enduring structure fer the of future genera
tons"
'n these last four years." the President said 1--WE
have made exercise of all democratic for
have begun to bring private auocrate powers in their
proper subordnaticn to the publics government The
legend that they invincible-above and beyond pro-
challenged and beaten"
Mentioning the democratic process at another point
he made this assertion which occasioned speculation
to whether he had in mind The essential
democracy c nation and safety people depend
not the absence of power but upon lodging with
those whom the people change continue stated
intervals through honest free system elections
The constitution of 1887 will not make our democracy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20

For SIS Years DEVOTED to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20

MAKES CATCH OF
AFRICAN POMPANO

One OF the most beautifui
fish in form and coloring is
the African Pompano, and
though rarely caught in these
waters, II is said, Mrs. H. B.
Scott, of Atlanta, Ca, caught
a fine specimen this week,
while out fishing with party
of friends. They are all
guests at the Casa Marina
hotel.
The Pompano was unex-
pected as the party had been
catching other specimens of
the various fish which are
taken in these waters, in-
cluding, grouper, several
species of jacks, kingfish and
mackerel, and were satisfied
with the pleasure and excite
ment of the afternoons take.
However il was readily
realized that an extraordi-
nary capture had been made
when Mrs. Scott brought to
the boat this magnificent
specimen Of the African
Pompano weighing nine
pounds and which is to be
mounted and taken to the
home in Atlanta.
Other members of the narty
besides Mrs. Scott were Mrs.
Earl Core, Mrs. L. H. File.
Miss Roberta Crew and Jack
L. Tway. all of Atlantis, Ga.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-20
SMALL SUM FOR HUSBAND

ST. LOUIS.-Mrs. Matilda Pri-
or of this city left her $45, 200 es-
tate to her son, bequeathing only
$50 to her husband from whom
she was separated, "to buy some
token of remembrance of me-
Evening star., 1937-07-30
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle" Exclusive" drama in q
newspaper city room, at l1:l5 am.
1:3o, 4:2o, tbs and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows at l2:45, 3:35, 6:25 and e:le
pm.
Capitol-"Slave Ship" the las,
slave goes down to sea on a wave OF
melodrama, at 10:45 am, 1875. 4:25
7:l5 and 1905 pm. Stage shows at
12:35. $3.50, $40 and 9:1O pm.
Palace-"Saratoga." Jean Harlow's
last film, stays second week, at II
I'M, los, $40, $40, 7:25 and 9:35
pm.
Metropolitan-"King of Gamblers, y
the slot machine racket gets it's due
at IL am, ITO, 3l5, 5:25, 7:30 and
$40 pm
Columbia-"A Day at the Races
the Mad Marxes at their maddest, at
1l:50 am, 2:l5, 4:45, ITO and 9:4O
pm.
keith's-"The Road Back" post
armlstice Germany, at 1870 am,
l:3O, $3.50, $50, 7:3O and $50 pm.
Rialto-"Elephant Boy" film trans
lation Of another Kipling story, for
children and everybody elephant
minded, at 1850 am, 1:5O, $50, 5:45,
7:50 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"Fury," revival OF the dia-
tribe against mob rule, at 1880 am,
1:35, 3:35, $40, TAO and GAS pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Show
runs l hour and IS minutes, con-
tinuous from 10 am until midnight.
m b a ssa Unmarried Before
Breakfast madcap comedy, at 6:15, 8
and $50 pm
Penn-"Another Dawn" Kay Fran
els and triangle in the desert, at 2::35
4:25, 6:15, sos and 9:55 pm.
Sheridan-"Fifty Roads to Town, p
light comedy with Ann Sothern, at
2:25, 4:10, 6, 7:50 and 9:35.
Tivoli Manhattan Melodrama. >
revival Of Gable-LoyPowell hit, at
2, $50, $40, 7:35 and $50 pm.
Uptown-"Dr. Bull" Will Rogers
favorite revived, at 2:15, 4:o5, 5:55,
7:45 and 9:35 pm.
Roadside-"In Mizzoura," pioneer
period melodrama by the local Sum-
mer theater group, at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-07-30
'THEATER HANDICAPS
SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS
Episodes of Midsummer Nights
Dream" Presented in Garden by
Washington Group.

Episodes of midsummer Nights
Dream" Presented in Garden by
Washington Group.
RY WAY of preview snatches of
Shakespeares "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" occupied the stage
of the garden theater Of the Arts Club
last night, offered by the Washington
Players. Specifically, the entertain
ment was concerned with the episode
of "Pyramus and Thisbe," involving
the craftsmen Of Athens, and Oberon's S
u Sat Upon a Promontory" speech.
The former interlude, despite treat
ment by virtually the same cast as
last year, achieved but lukewarm
epirit-though John Van Sikken. as
suming a new role as the fairy king.
displayed the same aptitude which
has established him locally in the last
few years.
Perhaps the limited confine Of the
garden theater had a part in sitting
the performance Of "Pyramus
any rate, there was prevalent a con-
siderable degree of nervousness and
frequently Stacked pace in sequences.
When confidence asserted itself how
ever, action f1ourished and the atmos-
phere Of buffoonery was convincing.
In these moments, the efforts of
j. Edmund Veitch, playing the va
riable personality of Bottom rate high
as the motivating force among the ac-
tors. His clowning as Pyramus added
flavor to the interlude along with the
capers of Joseph Custer, who Thisbe-d
about the other side Of the wall"
Herman Reiss, as the latter; Paul
Murphy, who was jointly Starveling
and the moon, and Harry Grow, Snout
and the lion-all three provided a ca
pable supplement. Ounce, the drec-
tor, became logged occasionally, but
otherwise performed acceptably.
Frances Dewey, as Iitania, took sew
eral agreeable scenes, and with Sikken
gave creditable readings. The feesoue
surroundings in dance form were Of
tered by Alice Louise Hunter, Mar
jorie McGann, Catherine Shea and
Carol Shea.
At the piano and violin, respectively,
Edith H. Hunter and DR.. RAYMOND
Liebsohn lent bits of Mendelssohn's
incidental music to "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" The play in it's en-
tirety is slated for Sylvan Theater
August 10.