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The Washington times., 1938-09-02

had carriage and a pair of spank
ing prancers with which to drive out
of balmy afternoon to make round
of social visits or else to see and be
seen. when the summer season was
on at the gay Fauquier, White Sui
phur Springs. when the hotel there
was filled to capacity with guests
from Philly, Baltimore, Washington,
Charleston, Richmond.
Then the fashionable sport was
tournaments and the winner of the
jousting would select his Queen and
crown her at the ball that followed
that night. Then the ladies whirled
to the balls at the amazing speed of 10
miles an hour bundled up in full
length linen busters and miles of chif-
fon yelling. That was happening
around the 19O0's in Warrenton
which was sharing with Charlottes-
vile the position as the most aristo-
cratic town in the most aristocratic
part of the United States, Virginia!
Middleburg didn't count more than
three houses then. one occupied by
Mrs. Nolan, now school teacher. -.
The few aristocrats lived in Upper
ville.. But the wealthy Yankees
started to come down from New York
and hunt in the beautiful fox-hunting
fields of Middleburg (Which was just
a burg in the middle of the way from
Washington to Winchester) =, A few
built houses. Warrenton also started
to be invaded by the powerful Yam
KEGS. but some of the real old people
managed to keep a few acres of land
and some real old houses. . Very soon
the hunt experts found out that
Middleburg was better place. .... and
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
By igor CaSS1ni;

now Warrenton is almost in the posi-
ton of the "poor sister" "a sister
that she saw grow up from nothing
25 years ago) to Middleburg. But
surprisingly enough you'll find out
that most of the families who live
there now are of 100 per cent pure
aristocratic Virginian blood" and de-
scend directly from cavalier. That
goes for Warrenton too, but it s more
excusable in way!
I've heard that many people were
wondering if I was serious or just
taking the town "for ride" when I
plastered so many compliments about
Warrenton on Tuesday. II was Sc
rious, indeed!.. And it's to prove to
YOU how serious was that I feel it
my duty to compliment" the an
cestors after have "complimented"
the descendants! The only trouble
is that they are not all descendants! !!
Anyway they are in Society,".
and that's what we write about, isn't
it Mr.. Cassini?. . The life these smart
settlers live is slightly different from
the one the blue-bloods of 80 years
ago were leading :. cause in these
times we couldn't have seen a Civil
War veteran swing in Big Apple
routine, or what's worse in the Lam
beth Walk l.. In those days they had
to check at least three or four gen.
erations before you would be allowed
to participate at the lavish cotillions
given at the fashionable Warren
Green Hotel Now they check on
your purse. If you have three bucks
you get in the local Country Club for
a swing session, if you don't have it
YOU stay out!. and they are right |!
After all do we or don't We live
in democracyS
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Took Cruise

Mrs. Matthew John Whittall
is at home at her apartment at
the Shoreham after returning
from the Viking cruise which
occupied five weeks. Miss
Bertha Noyes, who accompanied
her, also has returned to WASH
ington. The trip was taken on
the Gripsholm, and on the same
voyage from New York were
Prince and Princess Bertil, of
Sweden.
Mrs. A. Eugene De Reeves,
who arrived on the s. 8. Nor
mandie from Europe few days
ago, has left the Waldo lori Astoria
in New York to return here.
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Miss Alma Hurlburt and Miss
Dorothy Wilson, of washington,
are spending a few days at the
Claridge Hotel, Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02

When Mrs. Beverley Slater (now
Mrs. Temple Gwathmey) was the
most perfect type of patrician beauty
of those days. when Mrs. Thomas
Smith was noted for her great charm
and originality. when Mrs. William
Marshall was the leader among the
younger matrons (and whose pic
lures in her girlhood looked so like
Norma Shearer) . when Mrs. Gren-
vile Gaines, Richmond beauty who
married a Warrenton lawyer, was
popularity known for her fabulous
midnight cotillion suppers when
the three Semmes boys were the best
dancers 1--WE would say swingers to-
day. and whist (now BRIDGE players
for miles around. when Jim Mad
dox was just beginning to win his
laurels as a judge of horse flesh Z. . I.
when everybody who was anybody
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
SWeetIands Here

Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Sweetland,
of Piedmont, Calf, are pass
ing a few days in Washington
and are at the Shoreham. They
have returned from three
months in Europe, during which
they visited Italy, Switzerland,
France and the British Isles.
They are accompanied by their
children. Helen Virginia, Theo-
dore, Eugene and William.
Mrs. Abby L. Wilder, of Con-
cord, N. H., has arrived in
Washington and will be at the
Carlton during her stay. Mrs.
Wilder is the state director of
the New Hampshire State En-
ployment Service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray S. Clark
and their daughter, of Bingham
ton, N. Y, are staying at the
Hay-Adams House.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02


FRANCES CARROLL, pretty
l. secretary to Senator Logan,
of Kentucky, is just married to
Arthur Stevens and is going
to take a very attractive house
in Maryland. Also, she is de-
serting Senator Logan's office
and going into a career that has
to do with marketing and not
politics.
Al ND do you know that Baron
"A Paul "Keppi" Schell, that
good looking blond secretary OF
the Hungarian Legation, is back
in town after q gay two weeks
in Newport where he was the
delight Of all the glamour"
girls who found him, to quote
one of the Newport lovelies, a
passionate devotee Of the waltz
and one of the most arresting
men to invade the society sum-
mer den. His dry laugh and
subtle wit plus that continental
air, that only "Keppi" could
create, made him the rage OF
Newport.
AND-Betty Burton, the lovely
A one, has also returned from
visiting Kay Hamann in the
Catskills. You remember, Kay
Hamann, Peter, she was the tall
patrician blonde that came
down to washington last winter
and completely stole the local
lads from our own "glamorous
gals" Furthermore, and this
should be news to the male con-
tingent, she is coming down TO
visit Betty sometime in the next
few weeks.
DEITY BRoWNLEY and Joan
I'D Boye are having q whirl Of
a good time on Cape Cod, and
since Betty is engaged to Freddy
Boye (famous polo player) we
imagine that he is, no doubt,
somewhere in the offing.
OTUNNING CHINA Burke,
- daughter of Postmaster and
Mrs. Vincent Burke, is certainly
not being quiet this summer.
She is the one person we know
who is here, there and every
where. Having just returned
from Atlantic City and a couple
of weeks in New York, she is
stopping long enough in town
to give a dinner for Ruth Nash,
of Racine, Wis. And Ruth is
darkly lovely, with a fascinating
voice and has a flair for smart
clothes that is nobody's business.
I'll be seeing you, dear.
JOCK SOBOTKA.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Woodrlngs
Will Return

The Woodring clan, including
the Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Harry Woodring and their three
children, Marcus, Melissa and
Cooper Coolidge, are making
plans to return to Washington
from Hyannisport, Mass, where
they have been spending the
summer.
The Secretary and Mrs.
Woodring will return after La.
Dor Day. Before they come
here, however, they are visiting
Mrs. Woodring's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Greenwood at their home
in Fitchburg, Mass, Mrs. Green
wood spent some time here with
the Secretary and his wife last
winter.
The three children will re-
main at Cape Cod with their
maternal grandparents, former
Senator and Mrs. Marcus Cool
idge, until the end of Septem-
ber.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Grace Fisher
Bride Here

Miss Grace Fisher, daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Fisher, Of Richmond, Va, was
married Tuesday at the Wash.
ington Cathedral to Mr.. Thomas
Arlington Hall, son Of the late
Mr.. A. Christopher Hall and Mrs,
Hall, also Of Richmond.
The bride, who has made her
home with her grandmother,
Mrs. James Wallace, in Rich
mond, had as her only attend
ant Mrs. Edward Corey Hicks,
while Mr.. Hicks acted as best
man for MIR. Hall. Only the
immediate families and close
friends attended the ceremony.
After a few days at the Shore
ham Hotel, Mr.. and Mrs. Hall
will leave for New York and will
return to Richmond, where they
will make their home ahaut Sep
tember Is.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02

allowed in sight of
the lavish parties
of t i m e S in
which the splendor
of the cotillions was
really and exclu-
sively limited to
Those Who Really
B e | o n g e d ... of
times when Lucy
Stone was a we'll
known belle about
W Warrenton, and the
most chic of all.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Mahara1iah
Coming
Sunday

Practice UP on your curtsies,
ladies, for another title-a Ma
harajah, no less-is coming to
town! Maybe the genuflection
you prepared for the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor will do
with a bit of polishing UP of
course.
Come Sunday, His Highness,
the Maharajah of Bhavnagar,
and her Highness. the Maha-
rani will arrive at the Carlton
to occupy the royal suite. They
have come from Chicago, the
latest stop on their extended
sightseeing tour of this coun'
try.
The party which also includes
their two sons as well as Anan-
trai Pattani, Prime Minister Of
Bhavnagar and Nine. Pattani,
arrived in New York aboard the
Queen Mary on August 8.
RECENTLY HONORED
There may be some fancy
doings" at the British Embassy
in honor of the exotic visitors,
but nothing definite has been
released yet. The Maharajah,
whose full title is His High
ness Maharajah Raol Shri
Krishnakumar-sinhji, was re-
Gently honored by King George
with the title Of Knight Com
mander Of the Star of India.
The fabulously wealthy In
dian Prince will spend most of
his time visiting educational
and scientific C Institutions
rather than attending recep-
tions and meeting the right"
people.
CORRECTS ERROR
When met on shipboard by re-
porters the Maharajah, speak
ing in flawless English, wished
to correct the statement given
out by the HinduStan ASSocia-
ton Of America which described
him as one who neither smoked
nor drank.
He said: II like to enjoy these
things occasionally but did not
enjoy them until rather late in
life"
The Bhavanagar State-al-
though comparatively small
is one of the richest native
states in India, because of its
position at the head of Gulf OF
Cambay. It has an area of 1851
square miles and a population
of over 1000, of whom IS per
cent are Hindus.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Missed Gay Barn Dance

In fact Frances has been keeping up with Jane there
really ism much difference in their ageseven when
bobcats and terbugs It's just too bad that Jane
here Frances barn dance the early summer for
she undoubtedly would have had the best time of her life
Not long ago James mother Mrs Ben jamin Franklin
Hickman 2dshe is Frances sister-rove from her
St. Louis with her Ben 3d. and they gathered Jane in
after having visit Of their and motored back home
All of which has made Frances feel that Greenway about
to be deserted by her for period of several weeks because
she misses much the sound of young laughter and gayety
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
PETIT POINT

In my column of Tuesday I ex-
pressed my opinion and my high ad-
miration for the noble Virginians. ..
But now I feel l should say some
thing about the noble ancestors of
these noble descendants. . of times
in which the butcher, the baker and
the candlestick maker were not even
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Horse Show Sept. II

The dates for the fourth an
nual Columbus Horse Show have
been changed from September
"a and Is to September II and
18 with the show to be held at
its original alton, the
Meadowbrook Show Grounds,
Chevy Chase, Md. This change
in dates was made necessary
due to the original dates con-
flicting with the dates Sched-
uled for the Presidents Cup Re-
gatta.
Mrs. F. E. Smith, of Water.
town, Mass, IS stopping at the
Dodge and is accompanied by
her son and daughter, Mr.. Rob
ert Smith and Miss Eleanor
Smith.
Mrs. Walter Fleming and her
daughter, Miss Minnie Mae
Fleming, of Dallas, Tex, are
stopping at the Hay-Adams
House.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Coming From Miami
kirnbaIls Return

Lieut.. Col. Allen r. Kimball,
Quartermaster Corps, and Mrs.
Kimball have returned to Wash
ington after an absence of four
years and have taken the resi-
dence at 12 East Leland St.,
Chevy Chase, Md. Col. Kimball,
who has been On duty as as
sistant cemmandant, Quarter
master School, at Philadelphia,
will be on duty in the office of
the Assistant Secretary of War.
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Mrs. Edward Hamlin Everett
and her daughters, Miss Sarah
j. Everett and Grace Elizabeth
Everett, of Washington, are stop
ping at the Biltmore Hotel, in
New York,
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
En- Route to Ranch

Bradford Ross, son of Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director OF
the Mint, is en- route to his
ranch in wyoming where he will
spend several weeks.
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Major George c. Cressey, q.
s. A., and his daughter, of Mid
dletown, Pa, are at the Mar
Unique.
X
Admiral M. H. SimonS, U. S.
A., and Mrs. SimonS, of Ports
mouth, Va, are spending an in
definite time at the Martinique.
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Lieut.. A. C. Goodwin, jr., U.
S. A., of Fort Bragg, N. c., Is
at the Martinique.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Mrs. Frances Lindsay Will Visit
On Long Island Before Arrival
OfHer Mother From Florida
By Flora Macdonald

We had nice little chat with Frances Lindsay over the
phone yesterday. She down her Leesburg home and
above all else her sounded like that of excited little
girl who had received the grandest present And we
further say that wasn't hearing from us that
made her feel that way. But that's another story.
She has spent happy summer at "Greenway," her
rambling ypcay Southern home and until recently has had
house guest her niece, Jane Hickman. During the
Jane celebrated her sixteenth birthday and Frances
has acquired complete vocabulary of swing talk for teens
from her.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Son Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley E. Sham
osh are receiving congratulations
upon the birth of a son, Joseph
Stanley, on Wednesday. at
George Washington Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Cobb,
of Huntsville, Ala, are at the
Wardman Park Hotel while in
town for the week end.
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Mrs. Josephine May, Of Jack
son, Miss, is spending a few days
at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Horgans Hosts

DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Horgan
have had as their house guest
for several days, Mrs. Horgan's
cousin, Benny Lee Waddle,
whose home is in Somerset,
KY. Benny Lee has been spend
ing the summer at camp in
the Adirondacks.
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Capt. r. D. White, U. S. A..
of Fort Riley, Kans., is at the
Martinique for a stay of several
days.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
From Cruise

Mrs. Earl M. Pickens, who has
moved to the Shoreham Hotel
for the winter, will be joined to-
day by her daughter, Winifred,
who has been on a cruise to
South America. Miss Helen
Pickens, another daughter will
remain in Duke, N. c., for sew
eral weeks.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Richard
son of this city, are at the Hotel
Biltmore, N. Y, city.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
PETER CARTER
Guests From ST. Louis Visitors at Greenway *** PETER
Says:

ID ECAUSE have dreadful cold and know very little
ID news glad to get this from Jock Sobotka
who is a special favorite of ours.
"Dear Peter:
"Wel am the happest Here already to hop into
my Sba (my little grassygreen coupe to our way
Newport and definitely wish that you going As
you often say Washington right scarce but
NAV be able to tell you things before leave
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
CooIeys Here

Mrs. Harold D. Cooley, wife
of Representative Cooley, Of
Nashville, N. c., is visiting in
town and during her stay she
is at the Wardman Park Hotel
where they maintain an apart
ment during the congressional
season. Miss Hattie Davis
Cooley, their young daughter,
accompanied Mrs. Cooley here
and is with her for the dura-
ton Of her stay.
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Mrs. James G. Vivian, Of Du-
luth, Mimi, a frequent visitor
here, is at Wardman Park
Hotel during her current stay.
Mrs. E. G. Bush, also Of Du-
luth, accompanied her here.
Mrs. William A, Prendergast
and her daughter, of New York
city, are at Wardman Park
Hotel while visiting here for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Payne
are at the Shoreham for q few
days and will visit in Virginia
before returning to their home
in Shanghai. China.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Sails Today

Mrs. Ned Brunson Harris,
president of the Newspaper
Women's Club, is sailing today
from New York aboard the Scan
states for a six weeks cruise to
Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
with q week to be spent cruising
in the Baltic Sea,
The Washington times., 1938-09-02

ADOuC IHC p4dNS'
She plans to leave early this
month for a visit with her
friend, Mrs. Joseph E. Ridder,
in Manhassett, Long Island,
and at the conclusion of her
stay will go to the Montauk
Point Club to be a guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Mason Day at a house
party they are planning to give.
Coming From Miami
When Frances returns to
Greenway she will be joined
by her mother, Mrs. Bethel
Blanton Tatum, who will come
from her home in Miami to be
with her daughter for the
month of October. Then Fran
ces will entertain at a series Of
small luncheons and dinner
parties to see that her mother
meets her Washington friends.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Dinner Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. Luther L. Mil
Ter were hosts at a dinner party
last evening at the Shoreham
Terrace.
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Mrs. Robert N. StAndiSh, &C.
companied by cher young son,
Robert StandiSh, jr., of Sewick-
ley, Pa, arrived in washington
yesterday. They are stopping at
Wardman Park Hotel.
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Capt. James w. s. Peters and
Mrs, Peters are at the Waldorf
Astoria in New York city.
The Washington times., 1938-09-02
Bride-EleCt
Entertained

Miss Helen Baldwin, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hunter Bald
win, entertained at luncheon to-
day at the Shoreham in compl-
ment to Miss Betty Emerson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Bruce Emerson, whose marriage
to Roy Benjamin Young will
take place on September 10.
Miss Baldwin will be the maid Of
honor at the wedding.
The Misses Helen and Virginia
Patton, who will be bridesmaids,
were in the group at the lunch
can as were Miss Marjorie
Burch, Mrs. Robert Ruark, Miss
Helen Yort and Miss Barbara
Feiker.
Mr.. and Mrs. L'avergne Tan
ner, of Cedar Springs, S. c.,
are spending a few days at the
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert s. Burgess
and Miss Elizabeth Burgess, are
at the st. Regis in New York
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ewart
Worth, of Chicago, are stopping
at the Shoreham for a brief
visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-07
WRITES POEM
ON KEY WEST
VISITOR HERE WAS CLASS.
MATE OF HILDEGARD OFT
RUSSELL. LOCAL TEACHER

Jessie Goddard Broman, class
mate of Hildegard OFT Russell, at
the University of Minnesota years
ago, submits a poem on Key
West.
They met by accident at a re-
cent Woman's Club meeting, and
have enjoyed many happy hours
together with the Muse.
The poem by the visitor fol-
lows:
KEY WEST
An island fettered in the sea
BY bands of blue and ivory,
By bridge of links that seems to
float
Upon the oceans opal throat.
NsssSs--
A poem set in silver rhyme
Of beach and palm and Spanish
lime,
Of gay hibiscus in Sun-dance
And little streets that hold ro-
nance.
Where slow bananas clap their
hands
When rain-drops slip upon the
sands;
And wind in frolic gently blows
A rich perfume of pine and rose.
Here happy sun-browned lovers
stroll
And poets come to fill their
scroll.
The evening sounds upon the air
Are music, music everywhere.
The home address of Jessie
Goddard Broman is 1882 York
Street, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-07


Representative in attendance
and of exceptional interest was
the regular monthly meeting of
the Key West Woman's Club,
held at the Public Library Tues
day afternoon at four o'clock.
In the absence from the city OF
President Mrs. Jerry Trevor, the
first vice-president, Mrs. Lewis
Pierce, presided in a most eff
cient and gracious manner.
The usual opening ceremonies
and order of routine business
was followed; reports made, pass
ed on, accepted and ordered filed.
Mrs. Eva Warner discussed
with the club a matter of vital
importance to the many visitors
now coming to this city.
Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, captain
of the Women's Field Army for
the Control of Cancer, for Mon
roe County, gave a most informa-
tive talk on that subject, appeal
ing for the help and interest of
those present and that of the en-
tire community in the nation
wide effort to control and elm
mate that dreaded affliction.
The outstanding feature of the
meeting was the report of the in
coming president, Mrs. Stephen
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-07
AMERICA FACING new TYPE
OF STRONG MAN in MEXICO
BY ]. r. MCKNIGHT
The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY. April 7.-Polit-
ical know-it-all wagged heads
when Lazaro CardenaS became
Mexico's president December l,
1884.
He won't last three months,
some predicted.
HE will be just another tool
for Gales, said others.
They were wrong.
1t took the quiet-spoken veter-
an of revolution, youngest of all
Mexico's constitutional preSi-
dents, just three weeks to demon
strate that he was running
things.
Puts Revolution To Work
Three years more and he really
had put the Mexican revolution
to work and seen far-reaching
social experiments under way.
Now, with the fourth year well
started, he has run headlong into
foreign interests by Matchmaking
the Mexican oil industry.
A dark, heavy-set, powerful
man with crisp black hair and
close-cropped black moustache,
vigorous and full of life at AZ, the
soldierly executive, who has In
dian as we'll as Spanish blood in
his veins, Contrasts with the ira
.ditippal Mexican politician.
1ThcftlirAg he tspeaks inl a mono
tone, uses few oratorical tricks.
In personal habit he is almost
Spartan. He seldom drinks, new
er smokes. Impatient Of pomp, he
has abolished formal dress for of
fetal occasions. He likes the rude
life of the country and feels at
home among the villagers.
Flees With Prisoner
At II, Cardenas quit the tiny
school in his own village of il
quilpan, Michoacan. to work in
the tax collectors office and help
support his widowed mother and
six brothers and sisters. Later he
worked in a print shop and serv-
ed as town jailer.
One night he and his single
prisoner slipped away and be-
came soldiers of the revolution
against Huerta.
At 10 he was a captain of cav
airy, rising steadily then to the
top rank of division general He
got his military experience in the
field. Four times he was near
death. Then came political expe-
rience, as governor of Michoacan,
secretary of interior, president of
the National Revolutionary party
and secretary of war. That was
the post he left to run for presi-
dent, as protege of Gales. Later,
Gales criticized him for rad
zeal marathon. For his pains,
Gales was eXiled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-07
Q . oU . . . Q . Q
AROUND MIAMI
(BY CONTRIBUTOR
o . Q . . Q e0es

Mr.. Xinterpip, of Miami, heard
about Key West, all those nice
things people are saying, and de-
cided it was the greener pasture.
Now, Mr.. X, like a lot of other
Miamians had come from some
place else. He had a government
pension but wanted to earn a lit
tie something for the wife and
kid. After looking the Island
City over he decided it was some
swell place and he made a few
friends and would have remained,
raised his family, voted for a
mayor who would keep the
station-house clock clean" and
would, inevitably, have spent the
balance of his pension on Duval
street. But, being still young
enough to dislike loafing around
all day, he must needs have o
job. He tried to make contacts
in Key West, to fit in, to gain a
footing in his line. or any other.
But no one had a job for Mr.. x
So he had to return to Miami
and, maybe there'll be others
like him.