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The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

g Wufknow,, l doubt if there is
anetfer state in the Union that
offers such contrasts and such a
wide variety of unusual attrac-
tions as does Florida.
One need not go beyond the
borders of the state to find seem
cry, vegetation, activities and
topography of such a distinctly
different character and flavor as
to equal in most every respect a
visit to some far away land or
section of the country.
Consider the striking contrast
between "boom" built moderniS-
tic cities of Miami and Ft. Laud-
erdale with the old, yet solid and
substantial, communities of Pen
sacola and St. Augustine.
Compare the Gulf Costal High
way with its palisades above
beautiful Pensacola Bay. its ris-
ing sand dunes, its red clay pine
clad hills, to the flat sandy
beaches of the lower East Coast
yet both areas have distinctive
charms and advantages.
The resident of Key West.
seeking a complete change of
scenery need not journey TO
some distant state. He will
find it in the scenic highlands
of Polk. Lake. Highlands or
Pasco counties. or in the older
settled areas of West Florida.
where quiet prosperous farm
/ ing communities nestle con-
tentedlY amid imitless forest
areas and high banked clay
cloaked rivers.
Floridians who live west of the
Suwannee will find a wonder
land awaiting them in South and
Central Florida where crystal
clear streams, white sand beach
es. busy bustling communities
stately royal and cOcOanut palms
provide A real tropic atmosphere
entirely different from the vistas
of virgin pine, tangled hammock
0r turkey oak.
Those from interior Florida tir-
ing of lakes and hills or vast
prairie will find plenty to interest
and entertain them with COM
plete change of atmosphere and
scenery at the beaches of either
east or west coast. and with the
same tackle they employ to cap
ture the elusive black bass in
their familier lakes and streams
they can have world of sport
with a variety of game salt wa
ter fish that will leap to the
spoon or plug in Ocean pass or
Gulf inlet-sah water trout, rOva-
liza. red fish. lady fish, mackerel,
Jacks and others.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

!. When did the United Stztes
acquire the Louisiana ieTrtur1--
2 The mother Of what pruI-
inent British leader Was an
American
3. King Carol, Of RumanIa n
Gently abdicaied When did o.
become King
4. Where IS the Great SmoAs
Mountains National Park7
5. When was the flrs1 TFA
dam constructed
6. What change VII take
place in the work Week" neE1
month?
Z. What language IS spoken l-
Switzerland?
g. What Is the name q ne
calendar now N general usss
9. What is the meaning q
''quid pro quo?
10. Did National Guzrdznez
participate in the 1916 exped1flun
into Mexico 10 suppress Pancha
Villa?
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16
PAY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES

Creditors of the city, including its
employees in all departments, must have
entertained sCme feelings of futility when
they found out that the lack of success at
tanned by the council at the meeting last
week called to find a way to collect taxes.
Their cause insofar as prospects Cora full
months payroll in the near future Is quite
desperate because OF that lack. of action.
Traditionally, over a period of the
past few years, it has been the custom to
recognize employees particular need at
this time of year, what with starting of
school and one thing and another, to pro-
vide them with full-mOrths salary. The
method used to obtain the funds was to
borrow on the following years revenue
with a loan at the bank
That same procedure was attempted
this year, but, as all will recall, three of
the cOuncilmen refused to go along with
the idea. Their refusal to sign the note
cancelled the procedure in that all seven
of the councilmen had to sign.
one of the reasons, and there were many
other good ones, as to why these council
men refused to go along with the borrow
ing move, was furnished at the meeting
last week wher it was called to the atten-
ton of the body assembled that there was
no good reason to borrow money on future
tax collections only sixty per cent
of the past years tax roll had been col
lected'
And there we have situation worthy
of comment 1t has been asserted by some
of the families of city employees that these
same three cOuncilmen are opposed to pay
rolls for them. The very idea of depriv
ing them and their children of the neceSsi-
ties of life.
The Citizen believes that each of the
seven councilmen is nightly concerned
with the lack of ability to meet payrOlls-
there are no exceptions to that. And if
the employees and their families choose to
feel badly about the situation, they should,
by all means, direct their anger against
those who have failed to support the city
government in nOrr-payment OF taxes, even
though, as the case might be, they are
some of their neighbors or friends or rel
atives.
The present council was widely ad-
vertised at its inception as a business
mens council. The Citizen holds with
the idea that, by and large, it has followed
good business procedure in a majority of
cases. Certainly it is not good business to
keep borrowing to meet present expenses
on next years expected incOme-especially
when bills outstanding would amply meet
all current expenses and then some.
Sooner or later-and we've said it
over and over-there's going to be a solu
ton to this tax collection problem. The
Citizen believes that the time is getting
quite close.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
always fight tor progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by Individual or organ
lzation; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

a IuglLlVe from ndy-IeVeT, MT
AdanIic went to the Northwest.
We are going to lombard him
with clippings from The Citizen
anent hay-fever, so that next
An old teacher once admonish-
ed us, Appreciate first, then
criticize. Whoever wrote the
marriage ceremony must have
had the same thing in mind when
they wrote ''for richer, for poor
er; for better, for worse. If they
had just put it the other way, for
worse, for better, one could at
least hope for the better and not
have to accept the worse" as
final
All this came to us as we were
eating a. very fine meal in lit
tie hole-in-the-wall place in Sui
phur Springs, because this meal
was the better" after a worse"
one we had the day before.
We entered a restaurant, emp
ty of customers, full of tables.
juke organs. two statesmen and a
waitress. When we went in the
waitress glanced our way with
the hauteur of a queen, and
continued her conversation. We
sat down and waited. Five min
utes later two girls came in and
they chose the table next to ours.
The Queen sped around the serv-
ice counter with such alacrity
that we were not sure but that
she had hurdled the counter. Two
menus were placed before the
two girls. We still waited, Won
dering meanwhile if we had sud-
denly become a Thorne Smith
character and was now invisible
The Queen sped away, brought
back two glasses of water. poised
her pad and pencil in air and
waited for the girls order As
an act of assurance that we were
visible the Queen turned and
smiled upon us. After bringing
the girls meals, she brought us
the menu and took our order.
Again we waited. not so pa
tiently by now. so lit cigarette
There was no ash tray on our
table, although there was one on
every other table within sight.
But to get back to our order.
definitely we do not drink cof-
fee. The menu listed coffee as
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

Walter P. Chrysler, the millionaire
automobile manufacturer, who died on
August 18, had career formed in the
American tradition. He rose from a dol
lar-a-day sweeper in a Kansas City rail-
road shop, and at 45 could have retired
with a comfortable fortune. But it was in
the succeeding years that he organized the
Chrysler Corporation and made his great
est contribution to American industry.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

Because there are certain men in pub
lie life who are gluttons for power, is one
of the reasons for democracy, with its
theory and practice of frequent changes in
office. Once a nation is not vigilant in this
respect, there is danger ahead. We are
facing such danger now, but it can be
remedied in the coming November cleo
tion
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

Ernest Lawrence Thayer, who as a
young newspaperInan in San Francisco in
1888 wrote the famous baseball classic,
Casey at the r - is dead at n. Many
writers claimed authorship of this poem,
one of the most prominent being Professor
ThurstOn Peck, who once taught Latin at
Columbia University. In the light of all
he evidence favoring Thayer he claimed
authorship stating that "for this, perhaps
the greatest of my sins, | was exclusively
wrote the classic, they are all gone, but
the poem will live as long as the English
language is spoken and the National pas
time exists.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16
roday's Horoscope

Today's temperament Is TOO En-
thusiastic. too impulSIve znd fan
ciful, and should Be kept within
careful bounds. Vel handed
the life Is fortunate though PEI
haps not free from trouble bzt
if the natural rowing Instinct .
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16
PENETRATOR PENS

I'm woman of no particu-
lars, a friend told us, and then
proceeded to go into particulars
Il want my two sons to feel that
home is the place to relax, hav-
en- Of rest and security; that the
house is home. There is a vast
difference between a housekeep-
er and a home-maker. If my boys
want to have a sudden picnic in
the house on a rainy day, we
have the picnic. I'm not particu-
lar about the house cleaning
which will surely follow, it can
be postponed easier than their
enthusiasm for doing something.
My parents had one room in their
house which was never used ex-
cept for weddings, funerals or the
minister's call. We use every
room in the house. I'm not par
ticular whether my boys have
their shop-working tools in the
garage or the living-room, I'm too
happy to see them use their tools.
I'm not particular about the
clothes nv sons wear. / want
them to be clean, of course. but
if they get dirty it is because
they have been busy. I'm not
particular whether or not they
get wet in a rain storm. They
will dry off. And most of all I'm
not particular myself about keep
ing house, a house so often keeps
you. if you let it. I'm too happy
being a home-maker".
We know a New Englander
who still has to go down cellar
to smoke his pipe because the
smoke might get into his wife's
pride and glory. her living-room
curtains.
Louis Adamic writes: Your
letter of the 18th just reached
me, up here in the Northwest,
almost as far away from Key
West as could get and still re-
main in the us. In your ram
bles about Florida, don't miss
Tarpon Springs and the Greek
sponge fishermen there. have a
1O,0O0-word chapter about them
in a book From Many Lands" i.
which is scheduled for publica-
ton in early October. Incidental
ly, the story runs all the way
down from Tarpon Springs to the
tip of Key West.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

One of the many troubles with the
United States is that every Federal legis-
latOr represents a restricted area and is re-
sponsive Only to the will of voters in that
district
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

England changed couple of horses
in mid-stream and, as is we'll known,
profited by the change; why shouldn't the
United States do the same, and profit as
well.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

Communications to The Citizen to
warrant publication, must be concise and
to the point; only the editor is permitted
to indulge in verbal ramblings
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

Asking the unemployed to take a
years training wouldn't be cOEscription.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

part of the lunch we had ordered.
We asked for tea.
you have to have coffee with
that lunch. said the Queen. Aft
er all, she might be Queen but
she wasn't going to make US
drink coffee. i don't want cof-
fee". we protested. 4 want
tea ''All right, she shrugged
her shoulders. "but I'll charge
you for it.. Why" That's the
way our menu reads, coffee with
that lunch. OK, charge for
the tea.
The meat was so salty We sus-
pected it of having been en-
balmed. The hot potato patty
was stone cold. The lemon sauce
on the pudding was so tart We
couldn't eat it. Altogether il was
a most unsatisfactory meal, poor
service, extra charges. poor food.
We took the only revenge open
to US, we left no tip and secretly
resolved never to go there again.
In line with the idea of re-
versing the "appreciste-criticize"
maxim, we like to get our critic
iSms out of the way first, so we
can appreciate even to a greater
extent, today's happy meal.
A widow, with ten-year-old
daughter, runs the place where
we ate today There are ten
stools along a counter, a tiny
kitchen at the back, the usual
shelves behind the counter dis
playing cereals, sauces, cigarettes.
The proprietress was at our stool
to take our order before we had
given the menu, posted on the
wall, a first glance The food
was a revelation, hot, well sea-
soned, honey. We had pot roast
beef, mashed potatoes, corn.
slice of tomato and pickle on let
tuce, two hot corn bread sticks.
kidney bean salad, cole slaw, hot
tea and lemon coconut pie, all for
25c. We rolled rather than
walked out of the place. We ap-
preciate having found this bet
ter" place to eat
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOc FED BY THE CITIZEN

/ Water and Sewerage
2. More Hotels and Apartments
3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
T. Airpnrts-Land and Sea.
). Consolidation of County and City Gov
cTnmentS.
g. "A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

War communicates remind us of pre-
election comment
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16
Short Short Story

Il took man fourteen years
to fall out of love with his wife
but only three months to divorce
her and marry the "Other wo-
man.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

For pitcher, for pourer, for pet
ter, for purse.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

A fugitive from hay-fever, Mr.
Adamic went to the Northwest.
We are going to lombard him
with clippings from The Citizen
anent hay-fever, so that next
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

We know a New Englander
who still has to go down cellar
to smoke his pipe because the
smoke might get into his wife's
pride and glory. her living-room
curtains.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-16

This picture Of Chesterfield buyers inspecting tobacco
crops in the field before ovcfion time Of many
Interesting scenes in fhe new book TOBACCO
LAND o. This foscinotine sfory Of ho~ Chest
erfieds ore mode from seed 70 eieorefse. is yovrs
for the oskine- hsH yeSr Ilssss q saysss
fsbaese cs@psss. $50 Hffh Assass. ks~ Fsrk. NJ
Evening star., 1940-12-25
Right 10 Sue Denied
A. 5. {. A. P. in RuIinq
By Federal Court
Copyright Powers Held
Combination in Illegal
Restraint Of Trade
p the Associated Press.

| p the Associated Press.
TAKOMA, Wash, Dec. 25.-The
American Society Of Composers,
authors and Publishers, controlling
copyrights on a majority Of Ameri-
can popular music, was denied the
right to sue at equity in q Federal
court here yesterday.
A decision filed by a three judge
District Court refused the plea Of
A. S. G. A. P. for an Injunction
against operation of a Washington
State copyright law on the grounds
that the society's copyright powers
constitute "a contract or combina-
ton in illegal restraint Of trade"
Lacking "clean hands," the court
said, the society has no standing in
equity. District Judges John G..
Bowen and Lloyd L. Black and
Circuit Judge Bert Haney signed
the order.
The case, in court three years,
was an A. S. G. A. p. plea for relief
from 1887 Washington act prevent
ing copyright owners from pooling
their interests in order to set prices,
collect fees or issue blanket licenses.
The A. S. c. A. P. brief, heard by
the court only after being sent to
the Supreme Court of the United
States once on appeal, declared the
law would force individual regis
tration of copyrights in Washington
at ruinous cost.
The decision declared:
THE plaintiff contends the Wash
ington State statute is unconstitu-
tional =. Before passing on that
question it is necessary to deter
mine whether or not plaintiff may
invoke the aid of court Of equity
If party has been engaged in an
illegal business and has been cheat
ed, equity cannot help him.
In other words before the plaintiff
may invoke the aid of a court of
equity they must come into court
with clean hands. If the society
exists in violation of the Sherman
Antitrust Act, it and the members
composing it are not entitled to a
decree for its benefit -.
There can be little question that
| the society has the power to fix
prices for the right to publicly per-
Evening star., 1940-12-25

Ex-Kaiser Marks YuIe
With Few Relatives
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DOORN, the Netherlands, Dec. IS.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II, now a
white-bearded octogenarian, cele-
brated his first Christmas Eve under
German occupation of Holland in
perfect health yesterday.
With him was probably the
smallest circle of relatives since his
exile began % years ago.
Besides the Kaiserin Hermine,
only the latter's youngest daughter,
Henrietta, and her newlywed hus-
band, the Kaiser's grandson, Karl
Franz Joseph, attended.
The aged ex-monarch in his ac-
customed manner presented gifts to
Dutch employees at his castle at 10
am, and to the German household,
including German guards posted
there by Adolf Hitler's order, at
S pm.
Wilhelm himself read the Christ
mas gospel to a small devout as
semblage. Gifts were distributed to
all needy persons in Doom village.
Evening star., 1940-12-25
Joe E. Browns Repeat
Marriage Vows in Church
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 25-Mr. and
Mrs. Joe E. Brown have had the
church wedding the movie comedian
promised his bride when they were
married in the New York Municipal
Building 25 years ago.
With their oldest son, Don, who
is celebrating his oath birthday
today, giving away the bride, and
their other son, Joe L., as best
man, the Browns were married a
second time in an elaborate cere-
mony at st. Thomas Church yester-
day.
Their daughters, Mary Elizabeth
and Kathryn Frances, were flower
girls and Mrs Joe l.. Brown was
matron of honor.
After gala wedding breakfast,
the couple took ibus ride, in COM
memoration of the subway ride
which served as their wedding trip
quarter of century ago.
Evening star., 1940-12-25

merce. feature is conceded to be
present, the society clearly violates
that act in question, unless the right
to publicly perform for profit is not
embraced within the act"
Evening star., 1940-12-25

form compositions for profit. Like
wise, it has restricted substantially
all competition in the sale of such
rights, because it has all such
rights. Since the interstate COM
Evening star., 1940-12-25
FUR COATS-Fourth Floor

2-Black Tipped Skunk Coats-40
14-18 -
2-Black Sealine Coats. Size IL -
Black Sealine Coat. Size 16 -
Mink Dyed Marmot. Size 20 -
Baum Marten Blended Muskrat.
Persian Lamb-Black. Size l6
Persian Paw-Black. Size Is -
Natural Skunk-40" length. Size
Grey Kidskin. Size 18--------
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Cut lemon dipped in salt and
rubbed on stained ivory knife ham
dies will remove the stains.
Carpets can be kept clean and
their colors bright if they are
swept occasionally with a broom
dipped in hot water to which
turpentine has been added.
To avoid a scorched taste when
food sticks to the bottom Of q
saucepan, remove contents imme-
diate1y to a clean pan and don't
stir up any Of the stuck portion.
Real System-One woman has
a cheap towel rack screwed to
the right-hand end of her sewing
machine, on which she hangs the
different parts of her stitching as
she finishes them. Nothing is ever
mislaid or mussed during her sew
ing.
II the grass is cut too short, not
enough leaf surface is left to sup
ply the roots with plant food. This
results in weakened plants which
permit dandelions and other weeds
to get started.
Concrete should not be painted
for at least six months after it is
laid down. If, however, it must be
painted within that time, it may
be aged artificially by washing
with solution made by dissolv-
ing two pounds Of zinc sulphate in
one gallon of water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Let This Booklet Heln You.

Eleanor Howe's booklet, House
hold Hints" is handy practical
guide to easier homemaking. You'll
find in it the answers to lots of
troublesome homemaking problems;
and how to plan an efficient kitchen;
what to do to protect the fingers
when painting; how to save time in
sewing. You'll find the answers to
these and many more questions in
this useful, inexpensive book.
To get your copy now, send 10
cents in coin to Household Hints, .
care Eleanor Howe, 919 North Mich
igan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
tReleased by Western Newspaper Union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

erately hot oven (375 degrees) for
approximately IL minutes.
Scrambled Eggs.
Serves 81
8 tablespoons butter
6 eggs Slightly beaten)
" cup milk
"a teaspoon salt
Dash pepper 4
Heat butter in frying pan over
low heat. Combine eggs, milk, and
seasonings and pour into frying pan.
As mixture cooks, stir with spatu-
la, forming creamy flakes. Cook for
about 5 minutes or until eggs are
firm but tender. r
Summer Salad Bowl.
Serves 81
head lettuce
/ cucumber (unpeeled) (sliced)
green pepper (cut in thin
rings)
fresh tomatoes (cut in wedge
shaped pieces)
bunch radishes (sliced)
green onions (cut in strips)
French dressing
Prepare and chill vegetables thor
oughly. Line salad bowl with large
crisp leaves of lettuce and shred
remaining lettuce rather coarsely.
Place all vegetables in salad bowl
and toss together with well-sea-
soned french dressing. Serve at
once.
Graham Refrigerator Rolls.
makes about dozen)
cups milk (scalded)
"a cup strained honey
Va cup shortening
teaspoons salt
cakes yeast softened in " cup
lukewarm water
eggs (well beaten)
cups flour
2 cups whole wheat or graham
-four
Pour scalded milk over honey,
shortening and salt, in large mixing
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

til the dough is smooth. Place bat
ter in creased bowl, grease dough
generously and cover. Store in re-
frigerator until needed, then let
dough warm to room temperature,
shape into rolls, and let rise until
light. Bake in a moderately hot
oven (400 degrees) for about 20
minutes.
Six Layer Dinner That Cooks While
You're Away.
(Serves 81
] cup potatoes (sliced raw
] cup mcooked rice
cup onion (raw and chopped)
2 cups round steak (ground)
21k cups tomatoes Cooked
l cup green pepper (chopped)
8 strips bacon
Butter baking casserole and
place all above ingredients in order
given, in layers, in the casserole.
Season layers with salt and pepper
while putting together. Cover cas-
serole and bake in slow oven 600
degrees) for about 2 hours. Remove
cover during last 20 minutes of bal-
ing time, cover with bacon strips,
and complete baking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
MOTHERS DAY OUT
(See Recipes Below

Was there ever a homemaker who
didn't wish now and then that she
could "play hockey" for one after
noon without the dire consequences
of leaving her family to shift for it.
self at meal time? 1t can be done
and it's wise homemaker who ar
ranges her schedule during the
pleasant summer weather, to allow
for few hours of leisure, here and
there.
Plan meal, for Mothers Day
Out" that will cook without watch