The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-14


secretly like 10 step out with one
Of the divorces for which the
place i famous. Cor as q class
they have a reputation Tor being
beautiful. sophisticated and ossf
for . good time.
II was IN > strictly rerortorial
spirit that / opened timid nezo-
tiations along this line win
some friends who knew a girl
who worked for a lawyer. The
action was surprisingly swift. /
was soon informed that l had
made the grade-that one ~
these fair flowers would honor
me with her presence that very
evening and at the early hour Of
z O'Clock.
The celebrity with which NV
divorce had dropped her lasso
or shooting iron or whatever
t5ey use on o dude ranch and
Rad dashed into town TO accent
blind date gave me misgivinps
Plainly something was wrong
probsblv with her nose or her
CHR or birth.
But Alice. fer such was her
name. would belpru in the
trent line OF anYbedY's eherus.
When We were cDnafcrtahlv
settled and had ordered BIT
Of something Ia the Tcwn Club,
she made Il eleAf that kkek II =
ST. Louis d wAa no sncas sasz .
matter to enjoy her company.
But this was Reao,- And IKE
ananv Of her sister divorce seek
ers she was Uften desperately
lcnelv At first she'd poufed.
then had tried to be al0of and
exclusive. and finally had brok-
en down and wangled a little
c0mpanionship and night Life in
auy self-respecting way that she
could.
Tonight Alice was completing
her fourth week Of residence
and was in . mood for her fourth
nreiar celebration
The legal machinery Of divorce
IN Nevada is Just a formality.
The problem Of the dIvorcee-
you call her that in Reno even
before the decree Is granted-is
% find the right place to live
ard make her six weeks stay as
pleasant as possible. Alice arriv-
"a with a baefull Of travellers
checks but that didn't solve the
problem.
Barbara Huttca Reventlow
had her attorneys comfortable
ntme turned over 70 her Helen
W1iIs Moody went to Lake Ia
hoe resort. Certain movie queens
were se0ueStered in the most
remote cow towns that afforded
Foon-and- bath. 80 the news Of
their unhappiness could be
Withheld until exactly the right
hox0ffice moment.
As for Alice. she found GER
tain hotels attractive enough.
hsrt being pretty much . home
airI vas afraid she'd be On the
defensive against chance ac-
quaintances. travelling man and
rowing Saturday night DRINKS.
Later she decided this had been
. biz prndish- The motor courts.
apartments and plain rooming
houses had looked rather lonely
n her FINALLY. tired out ard,
impressed by the wide veranada
ami chromium plated bar. she
hal let the strong. silent owner
Of the Barr dude ranch sign
her 10 for the duration
The ranch was somewhat q
ne hot and duxfY side and Ike
al Nevada was shor4 Of foli-
&c. Fer amusement there were
Eding. shuff1sboard~ ping
pong. the sver-prssenf SLOT
machines. and . public swim
ming pool was not far away.
TIE Fstting gave a good sx-
euss 10 wear . cowboy shirt
and scmbrero and. II You car
ed 10 invest IN thsrn. chaps
and -heelsd boots
It's sort Of like masquerade
party, Alice explained
The divorces Alice soon
learned. were somewhat at the
mercy Of the cow hands who
were rather coed looking and
about the only men on the place
anyway. They'd bring you
horse but didn't have to rice
with you. While you sat On the
porch. they'd hang around the
corral swapping stories They d
drive YOU into town in the sta