The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-02

large sums of money to Key West
for building this highway. and al
so for the dole whilst the town
was passing through difficult
times. l am hoping I may get a
peep at the President, but
haven't much hope, judging by
the precautions to be taken to
guard him and, secure his privacy.
He is to stay a: the Naval Sta
ton and seems to require a great
deal more guarding than do our
beloved King and Queen.
Swimming in the Sea
My word, it is hot here, and
the mosquitoes have found me out.
/ spent as much time as l could
in the sea yesterday and it was
glorious. In the morning l stayed
in an hour and went to the beach
again for swim before dinner
There was "a glorious sunset, and
quite close to the shore were sew
eral battleships. These in the
morning had practicing gunnery,
and were accompanied by a num-
Der of seaplanes.
I paid a call on the editor of
the local paper yesterday. I
thought as he had been so gen.
erous with publicity to Mrs.
Griess and myself over our fish
ing expeditions the least could
do was to call and thank him,
especially as I noticed that most
Of visitors to Key West from afar
made a point of looking him up
before departing. I found Mr.
Artman, the editor of The Key
West Citizen, a most genial and
interesting man as well as keen
dog lover. He owned good
Collie until recently, but lost it
and I agreed with him when he
said, ''This is no place for dogs.
He also showed me a picture of
a Shepherd dog which had just
been killed by a motor car and
the owner was SO broken-hearted
he, was putting the dogs picture
in, an obituary notice in the pa
per. Mr.. Artman was going to
publish at the same time an ex-
cerpt from a Boston paper writ
ten by a man who had lost his
dog, and beautifully expressed.
From dogs we turned to shop,
and I: learned how many years
ago it was toss up as to wheth-
er Key West or Miami would Le-
come the fashionable place, many
people predicting the latter, ard
Mr.. Artman had the chance of
buying the Miami Herald for A.
900 dollars. He refused and came
to settle in Key West. and re-
Gently the Miami Herald changed
hands for million dollars. Such
is life. However, he is very hap
ny here, and it must be very de-
lightful running a paper with no
competition. We talked of the
trial of printers errors, and
pulled his leg over my 2 Id. bar
racuda. He got out files and
looked it up to verify the error.
and we all laughed together, for
the staff joined in the joke, and
then before leaving promised him
an article giving my Impressions
on Key West. Mr.. Artman is a
very pleasant man and I muchly
enjoyed meeting a fellow editor.
Last night Mr.. CRIES. telephon-
ed from New York, where he is
atr present, for. the. Westminster
dog show. He told us that our
turtle had made news in the
leading Boston paper, and then
said. did you really catch one
and did it weigh $50 lbs?" Imag-
inc our feelings.
We now find that our turtle
catch is so famous it has been
reported in no fewer than SO
American. papers, only Mrs.
Griess and I regret they did not
give the credit due to Capt. Key
and his brother. as our feet
makes us appear a couple of
Amazons.
A Climatic RevelrY
We are going out tarpon fish
ing again tonight, leaving at 2
o, M, so I must stop my notes as
I want to get in a. bath before
lunch. l think probably, at the
end, of, this week we shall be
moving over to the fashionable
Miami, so in my next diary I'll
be able to tell you about the
socialities. Mr.. Griess telephoned
US from New York last night and
told us all about Westminster
show and has promised to ring
us up again and tell us the name
of the supreme dog at the con-
clusion of the fixture And so
for the moment. au revoir, and
how I am revelling in the glor-
ious climate. / love the heat and
am as fit as the proverbial fid-
die. An English paper to hand
today depicts snow scenes. ! am
not envious.
PHYLLIS ROBSON.