The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
PENETRATOR PENS

! Col. J. E. Wall, postmaster of
Tampa, is a genial man, capable
of putting his visitors at ease the
minute they step into his private
office, which greatly resembles a
trophy room.
/ The first thing that grasps
your attention is q large bald
headed eagle, mounted on a light
wood tree top. This eagle was
presented to ]. E Wall By Col
onel Frank Burke, of the Secret
Service department of the U. S.
Treasury. 1t is one of the two
eagles used by the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, as a
model for reproduction on cur
rency, bonds and other legal pa
perS of the United States.
While we waited for Mr.. Wall
to finish an interview with an
other person we inspected other
interesting articles in the room.
In one corner there is a glass case
about three by four feet, contain
ing two mounted owls. The taxi
dermiSt had made 4 very natural
setting for the owls with cypress
knees, Florida moss and lighter
wood.
Near the owls there is a large
model of an airplane. We were
inspecting this as Col Wall fin
iShed his interview and turned to
us. He has been extremely dill
gent in promoting use of the air
mail and gave us picture of an
electrical map he had devised at
one time in connection with the
air mail service from Tampa. We
remember using the map. You
pressed a button, plugged hole
in the map indicating the city you
were going to send air mail to.
and at the bottom of the map an
indicator gave you the time of
arrival of your air mail letter in
that city.
Ranged around the room there
are many pictures of prominent
people. One of Senator Pepper is
displayed on the much desired
EYE line.
Col. Wall is the type of man
who can do two things at once.
and do them both well. He told
us about the eagle at the same
time that he was writing out an
order for us. Before we finished
another caller arrived, so we ter
minated Our interview. Col. Wall
escorted us to the door saying,
Il am glad to have been of ser
vice to you"
p A department store which
prides itself on its service to the
customer was nearly nonplussed
when a customer, recently arriv-
ed from Britain. asked the clerk
for a Stockinette frock'. The
clerk was sure they had no such
thing but the Britisher insisted.
81 saw them advertised this
morning" The clerk finally call
ed the floor-walker. who asked
the customer what she wanted.
"A Stockinette frock, you have
advertised in the paper this NOR
ming" The floor-walker under
stood and smilingly asked. care
you sure it is not a Jersey dress
you want?"
Kiki, our Key West cat is gone.
She has left us with disturbing
thoughts on cruelty and kind
ness. In our attempt to be kind
to Kiki we may have been ex-
tremely unkind.
Xxi had a sore on her neck.
We tried curing it with home re-
NEEDLES but as soon as it healed
she scratched the ScabS away and
we started all over again, final
~ binding her neck with gauze.
This seemed to worry her q lot
so the next time we left off the
neck bandage and put adhesive
tape on her hind feet. This pre-
vented her scratching but 1t
also might have prevented her
from climbing a tree in case of
trouble. That though didn't occur
to us until too late.
We let Xxi out late one after
noon. Before she came in, a friend
of ours arrived with the news of
a sudden call to the north and to
ask us to help pack bags and
drive her to the bus station We
dashed off to do this kindness
for a friend. A cruel outcome
waited us for upon our return
from tho blrS station xuo found