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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Baker return
ed yesterday from Miami.
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WANTED-Full-time representa-
tive, man or woman. Well es-
tablished, Legal Reserve Life
Insurance Company desires the
full-time services of a man or
woman in Key West. Expert
ence desirable, but if mex
perienced, we will train you.
Liberal commissions and bonus
es. In replying, give age, sell
ing experience, and details OF
employment for past five years.
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COAT HANGERS WANTED.
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MIXED BIBLE CLASS

Sam B. Pinder and w. p.
Monticino, Teachers
Meetings every Sunday morn
ing at the Harris School audi
forum. 10 o'clock.
Men and women not connected
with any other Bible Class and
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Nelson reports record volume
gain in arms in November.
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HELP WANTED

WAITRESS WANTED. Side
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-ROOMS. Men only.
Plenty hot water. Downtown.
513 Whitehead Street.
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regardless of denominations are
invited to attend.
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City policemen and members of
the sheriff's force are conducting
an investigation into the burglar
lzing of Charles Thompson's hard
ware store on Sunday night. Be-
tween eight and ten dollars and
an undetermined number of peck
ct knives were stolen.
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Edward Thompson, who had
been in Key West visiting rela-
tives, left yesterday for Jackson
vile, where he is employed by
the Fruit Growers Express.
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WANT TO RENT, small Cottage
or Apartment, furnished, By
couple with no children. Hus-
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r, Go Citizen. jan30-2tx
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WANTED TO RENT, HOUSE
suitable for rooming house. Call
at 513 Whitehead Street.
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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

quarters, I5B7th Service Unit,
Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Mrs. Frances Wolf.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18
"OPATOV
PRAPOR OR$cAK"
SPISAL FIR. REMEC
daljevanje)
SPISAL FIR. RENEE

- Torej, Matevz, je yprasal
Matija, ali mi prepustis svojo
zeno? Sal ce hi I'll bilo dolgcas
po Marusi, lahko drugo vzames.
To je tudi dovoljeno. %
- Ne, to pa ze cello nj dovo-
ljeno, ma noben nacin nj to do
voljeno, Sc je zopet oglasil ka-
plan in skocil svojega sedeza.
Vsak MOI SINE imeti samo emo
zeno.
= Vidite, gospod kaplan, vi
svetega pisma prav mic ne po-
znate, je z velicastveno sigur-
nostjo dejal. Malta. PRAY mic
ga ne poznate!
Kaplan je hotel ugovarjati, ali
Malta ga nj pustil do besede.
lie potrpite 1nalo, je dejal,
JAZZ vam takoj dokazem, da je
res tako, LIE poslusajte. Ko je
postala Abrahamova zena stara
in nj innela mic otrok, Sc je zacel
Abraham ma MO jeziti, da je
nerodovitna. Sara pa je imela
deklo, XII il je bilo ime Hagar.
III rekla je Abrahamu, maj wa
me: Hagar "a zeno. Abraham je
tudi res tako storil in je incl
dive zeni obenem. Ko je Hagar
prisla v blagoslovljeni stan, Sc
je zacela Sara Z MO prepirati,
tako .da je Hagar morala iz hi
Sc. Ali angel Gospodov je Sci po
MO in jo pripeljal nazaj. Tako
stoji v sv. pismu. Ce je smel
prerok Abraham imeti dive zeni
in &c 1nu je Sc angel Gospodov
drugo zeno nazaj pripeljal, SINE
tudi Matevz vzeti Sc emo zeno.
In@kaplan zopet nj mogel ugo-
f.tyH %.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

Tako .snao ! Sc zepet odpeljalis
apnoti anestu Indianapolisu. Vre-1
Efne ne DE bilo nedten spremeni-
.slo ia1ssahaee DE zadelo sijati.
Sre6no ssfno dospei nara d
med prijatelje " Indiaf1apolisu,
kjer smo Jim povedali kaj vsel
snno rdozivei pri ujetnikih in ka-E
ko mas zje. poroenik Met Cornlick
prosil IA godbene instrumente.
MIR. William Bait je ohljubil BIZ,
I'll nam ma. uslugo, ter be rekel,
aa lahko posljemo Instruments
ma njegov dom; ter da jih bo o.
tsebno odpeljal z vojaskirn true
lxem ma mesto in izvrSil delo, dat
boste vsi zadovol5ni. ObljubA je,.
vda bo najvisjim castnikom v.
kempi sporocil koliko in kaj
smo Slovenci darovali. Tudi dru-
81 ljudje tam " mestu, SO sve-l.
tovai, da sposljemo potion Mr..
Bajta.
Sedaj Sc pa hocem prav lepo.
zahvaliti vsem prijaznim roja-,
kom "a ajih gostoljubnost in:
sdobroto, katero ste mi izkazali;
IA casa mojega obiska med va
mi. Posebno Sc lepo zahvalim.
MIR. +Cesniku, XII je sci z MANI "a
vodnika kempo, bratom Ur-.
baneic in njih zenarn. :Lepa hva-
La tudi Miss Albert Urbancic,
ker mas je peljala ma postajo,
ko smo Sc vrnili proti domu. -
Najlepsa hvala Mr.. in Mrs. Gr-
bee, pri katerima sem bila ma
stanovanju, "a vso prijazno po-
strezbo, kot tudi vsem, XII ste
mi bill ma uslugo.
Naslov vojakov-ujetnikov .je:
Prisoner, Camp Atterbury, In
diana, Internment Camp, Box
20, A. P. O., New York, N. Y.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18
MA OBISKU PRI
VOJNIH UJETNIKIH
(Nadaljeyanje q 2. strani)

kov ko trave in istja. Eden IL
med njih, XII je stal v prednji
vrsti, je roko pomahnil proti
nam, pa rece, 'sJaz sem Kiln
.kov". Tudi JAZZ mu odgovorim z
desno roko, ker "a levo me je
Sc Ivan drzal. Rekla sem mu,
da nam nj dovoljeno tako po-
zdravit, toda. sem naredila, kot
da bi 81 popravljala klobuk. Cd
govorH je, da We to.
Vprasala sem ga potem, ee so
fantje, hi stole poleg NIGGA ma
ST. pa De pojasnl, da jih je lie
par nasih. Povedala sem mu, da
sem nrinesla veliko potioo, ka-
terojin1 bo razdelil Ivan. Pa De
rekel, da We, da sc je BIO d o
fslStlnno veselili, 'ker SO bratje.
sNAto sva tse Sc Ankrat po-
zdHaYilasz Ivanom, obljubila sem
Anu, da ga bio.mo be obiskali.
Nseh pet mas be slo z poro6ni-
kom Nee Cormickom do avtomo-
bala Mr. Bajta, nakar SO pokli-
alistndi Mr.. Cessna, Iii je mas Ca
4kal aKo srno SIC poslovili cd po-
rodnika, osern mlh rekh, iaa maj
gre K Iyanu Ceju, Xxi mu sbo dal
kos slovenskega keka. u
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

This is a Coast Guard SPAR.
She's now one year old. She took
a step into history when she entered
the service of the u. IS. Coast Guard
a year ago. For in this, the oldest
continuous fighting force 3of the
United States, no woman was ever
permitted to serve before Noven-
Der %, 1912. .l.-...
! Hers was a new and difficult Job
when she began. It9was natural for
a male fighting service to hesitate
i'll apportioriing ito a woman, re-
sponsibilities which had always been
considered masculine.
With sincere effort and a realistic
approach to administrative detail
and technical duties. the Coast Guard
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

SPAR soon won the confidence aof
the REGULARS. She mot only re-
placed men who were needed aboard
combat vessels, but she brought Il"
her job deftness and innate ability
in handling details, that enabled her
to improve on the work of the men.
Today the SPAR is performing a
yital and lirfeplaeeable service for
the y. S. Coast Guard. The top
notch job she lis doing wherever she
has gone on duty has created de
nland for her services that cannot
be easily met New .SPARS more
SPARS !. hundreds more are
urgently needed. II.
In this, her first anniversary week,
we are proud to honor the Coast
Guard SPAR. >, ~ -.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

Delbert E. Metzger, levi strani vrhovni federalni
sodnik teroru Havaje, e tidal sodne ukaze katere
e general Robert c. Richardson MI, vojasd governor ma
Havaskem ter vodja havaskega departmental ameriske
arade zayrni Konroverza e razvila tako dalee da
je bill sodnijski ukaz ma pravlni preskusnji
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

!
in Sc napihoval kakor kak paw.
Rovanu Sc je zdelo teh pogo
vorov dovolj in poklical je Ma
TITO. Ia Sc je sicer tezkega srca
locil cd tolste Maruse, a slusal
je vendar in je odsel z rujnega
vina in potem s hripavim gla-
som lapel pesem, Xxi Sc je v It's
tih cash prepevala po vseh sa-
n1ostanih:
Aurum de Arabia
Thus ct myrrham de Saba
1ulit in eeclesia
Virtus asinaria.
(Zlato liz Arabic, kadilo in
miro liz SaIbe tlacijo v cerkvene
bisage oslovski krepostniki.)
Ko sta Rowan in Malta od-
jezdila proti Zatieini in je Ro-
van osteval svojega spremlje-
valca, da so bile burke, XII jih je
uganjal pijanim kaplanom, ze-
10 neprimerne, je dejal Malta:
- Kaj "a to, &c je neprimer-
no, kar sem povedal, ko je pa
resnicno. Steer pa sem pri tel
rriliki izvedel nekaj jake vaz-
mega. V petek DO v Novem me-
stu tajen sestanek velikasev, ka-
ko hi odstranili opata Petra in
ma njegovo mesto zopet posta-
viii Albertusa.
xxx.
Rowan je S pomocjo Hugona
Albe, XII De sedaj zopet bival v
zatiskem samostanu, kmalu IL
sledil, da pripravlja odstavljeni
opat v samostanu revolucijo.
Zbral je okrog sebe vse ljudi, XII
jih je mogel ujeti v svoje zanke
! in delal Vztrajno, da bi izpodri-
nil opata Petra in Sc sam vse-
del ma njegovo mesto. Rowan je
slutil, da mora biti s tenn v I'VE
ri tudi tajni sestanek v Novem
mestu, ma katerega so bill povab-
ljeni razlicIli velikasi in tudi de-
zelni glavar. Uvidevajoc, da sam
ne pride na ia sestanek, je 0
MEM obvestil grofa Ortenbur-
skega, Xxi DE tudi obljubil, da Sc
ga udelezi.
Ma .shodu je bivsi opat AL
bertus uprizoril veliko spletko.
zatrjeval je zbranim velikasem,
da je bill siloma odstavljen, ne
da bi Sc bila vrsila kaka obrav-
nava. Ta obravnava je bila ma
Gunaju. Porocevalec je bill opat
Angelus il Reina, sodniki pa so
bill opat Albertu cd Sv. Kriza,
opat Kenrad liz Lilienfelda, opat
F'riderik IL Cvetlja, opat joan
mes liz Vetrinja in xopat Erhart
liz Neuperga. Rowan je bill zasli-
San kct priea in ma podlagi ME
govega pricevanja ter pismene
izjave raznih zatiskih menihov
je cerkvena sodnija izrekla, da
je Albertus pl. Lindek kriv cele
vrste hudodelstev. Vizitator An
gelus De predlagal, maj Sc AL
bertus .obsodi ma zapor ali opat
Erhard Sc De pc vplivu vojvode
Viljenla tenau uprl in De dose
gel, da Sc je Albertusu movie
zagrozilo, da Sc mu ustavi pri-
poznana provizija, ce ne bo mi
loval in fse pokoril odlocbi GER
kvenega sodisGa.
Ko je Albertus izvedel "a to
razspdbo, be sdivjal in vse ME-
! govo sovrastVo Sc De osredoto-
clio ma Rovana. Ali VIDAL Sc nj
V svojo nsodo. Skrivaj je zapu-
still samostan in Ilihce nj vedel
kan >da je Sci, niti vojvodinja
Virida, kateri sje sieer zaupal
vse tajnosti. Y Standardization
1 lgradu je vsled tega nastala We
.Ilika naaburjenost, Xxi pa se je
spren1sniia v radost, ko be dosle
1 pismo, da je bill Alhertus ma Du.
naju in je $ pomocjo dezenega
glavarja dosegel pri vojvodi vi,
!. ljemu ukaz, da Sc mora opal
Peter odstaviti in ma njegove
Imesto posaditi zopet Albertus
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18
Marion NovIan
Zatisnila je svoje blage oci
dne Is. novembra 1912.

Ljubljena hcerka! Odsla
81 cd mas ter mas pustila Ia
lostne in osamljene. Utihnil
je Tvoj glas in pesrni, kate
re, 81 ;tako rada prepevala,
so zamrle "a vedno. Kako
pogresamo Tyoj veseli smeh
in Tvoje vedro lice. .Odsla 81
tia, odkoder nj povratka. Sc
daj pocivas poleg svoje ljub-
ljene A1nanliee, katero 81 IL
gubila pred l6. lett!
Spavaj mirno sniyaj
sladko!
zalaljs ei-ooe
ANTON ,NovLAh
Cleveland, Ohio,
d,se Is. noa,ens1ra 1913.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

~ 4.,Tf L
Steer je grof Ortenburski z
Rovanom nemudoma pohitel v
Ljahljano k vojvodi Ernestu in
dosugel,, da Sc izdali ukaz nj
takoj izvrsil, 1nego sta bila opat
Peter in Albertus ..pl., Lindek
povabljena ma obravnavo pred
vojvoda Ernesta, a Albertas je
svojega brata postal ma Dunaj,
da podkupi dvornike, in je ma
ia. nacin isposloval, da je vol
voda Viljen ukazal, postaviti Al
bertusa, &c treba $ ssilo, ma me-
sto zatiskega opata.
(Dasie Drihndnjic)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-11-18

Frankie p. Rust mi. je kosaGj
10 dni star, pa Sc Se sna npreti.
NjegoDi preseneceaai starsi, SO
rodniki in prijatelji ugibajo &c
DO Frunkie, ko DO dorasel, kan
didat "a vloge TarsanG.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-03-18

INDIAN OCEAN-Two long Allied supply routes skirt the frnges of the
Indian ocean The western, and most used, route serves to supply Allied
forces in the Near East and North Africa from the United States and Great
into the Persian gulf and thence on by rail and truck to Rusias southern
step o. two ahead of the Japs. With complete Allied control of the Medi-
terranean this route will be abandoned in favor of the shorter route through
the Suez canal. The second and lesser used route is that from Australia
to Bombay and the Persian gulf, handling U. S. transhipments from Aus
HaEa. When and if India is invaded by Japan this route will increase
in importance.
Unless the Japs al secure and establish further bases o n the edge of
the Indian ocean this great waterway should remain securely in control of
Allied naval power. The great British Indian ocean base is at Trincomaee
in Ceylon. During the low of British fortune in the Far East the Jas
made ne attempt to take this base or knock it out but the British drove
them off. The main Japanese bases for action in this area are Port Blair
in the Andaman islands, Akyab. and the huge Singapore base captured
from the British at the outbreak of war in the Pacific. 1t is unlikely, how
ever, that the Japanese have sufficient naval strength above that required
to hold and press their South Pacific gains to attempt n Indian ocean
venture in the near future. In the event that Germany is defeated before
Japan-and Prime Minister Churchill has publicly limited of this possibility
the Indian ocean will serve as Briains path to pour troops and equip
ment into India and China in a huge pncers movement designed to
throttle Japan.
India is naturally the key to the whole Indian ocean situation. Should
Persian gulf and Red sea they will constitute a real threat to the Russian
supply lines Such a move by Japan might force Russia, in defense of her
vital supply routes, to attack Japans puppet state of Manchulno o relieve
the danger. This in turn would open Russian bases for United States
bombers to carry the wal to Japan proper. The situation is full of pos.
sblhes. Japan lodged in West India would be near Mosem Arabia and
only a step from Africa. By jumping across the Red sea she could attack
the Allied African forces from the rear, forming with Hilers armies a
gigantic pincers movement designed to strange the Allies.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-03-18

JAPAN.-This is Japan-the enc
my's lair. Placed in line against the
United States it would stretch rough
ly from Seattle to San Diego. Its
greatest maximum width is 270
miles, and with an area smaller than
Indiana, Oregon, New Jersey and
Vermont combined, it supports al
most 100000 people. Four islands
comprise the main group: Honshu,
Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyushu. A
country Of mountain ranges, fire.
quent earthquakes, forests and small
valleys, Japan depends heavily upon
the sea for food and largely upon
Korea to keep the rice bowls filled.
There are five cities of more than
100000 inhabitants: Tokyo, the
capital, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and
Kobe.
Japan is the poorest of the worlds
powers Cor was until she stole the
riches of the Netherland Indies,
Thailand, Burma and Malaya). In
her w possessions she has little
coal, no iron, an inhospitable climate,
few strategic minerals; and a rapidly
growing population on $3.50 nom
arabic land. From conquered lands
she secured oil and rubber-but what
Japan needs worse is iron. China
has an estimated 240 billion tons of
reserve iron. In the simplest terms
this is why Japan and China are at
war. Japanese railroads are narrow
gauge, and most are single track, far
behind American and European
standards in carrying capacity. There
are many tunnels and bridges
strategic air targets. The rivers of
Japan are short and rapid, not nav
igable for ocean-going vessels, but
they supply irrigation water and
hydro-electric power. Deep snow
falls on the Japan sea side of Kyu-
shu, Honshu and Hokkaido, often
reaching a depth of rs feet, while the
Pacific side of the same islands are
fair with little snow. All Japan is
hot in the summer, and Taiws1 is
80 for most VIII q lazaA
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-03-18

DlA-Th India should be endangered by power with it hadpras@ some 1000 miles. away is one of the
wonders and dangers of modern war; But TIL is the prospect which India aces TMd threats deadly serious if
and when Jn cn rhae sufficient a power from the Pacific Thei mnneNe OF Jpanee invasion has
tended to unity the Indian peoples but at hes anne tneH the Indians HAYES seized this op~tme hom to demand
from the British
From the Japanese advance bases in ThMhnd Ghm, Burma and the Andman islands, IndasS southeast
coast in r@ of Jap medium range bmhms The rest Of India AN Mr reached by long nge bombes and
india fiat east coast is ideal tnn for determined nng force An owan Axis plan undoubtedly calls
for mng of Jap and dh troops some place teng India Whe-md if this ccmsh twill indeed ba
t in the Allied fortunes of war;
Only by conquest Iac can junction of the two Axis partners be effected whether it be atdre as a
r@t of Japanese ahbghon the whho Hhduana and possibly enatOn@ event. farther w@twaI@ by
offensive with German bpakhowhm the Near East In any ceh the resulting AMss ELF suhceNy in
materials and nmnuhctuedg goods that would be thee outcome of such junction would to say heh astp pro-
the war for several ears It is primarily to prevent SUCH catastrophe that the United Nations mYth
all coS; but there are other scarcely less pressing considerations that serve to emphasize the strategic
India The United Nations forces in the Near East as result of the shortage OF shipping will
depend more and more on Indas food production and ond the many kinds of muntons and eqmpmrt that
is able to nnltmeT The Med hope of gathering strong kndh FORGET eventually drive the Jap from
may rnd upon the positions of strategic India
Evening star., 1943-01-19

Daughter, I cant go TO Sleep"
Mother: "All right--iust rest and
watch the clock When the big
hand gets around to here. you may
get m"
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Let's Leurn q New Word

The book, "They Were Expend-
able" telling of the exploits last
summer in the Philippines of MTB
Squadron 3, under command of
Comdr. Bulkeley, has aroused much
speculation as to the exact meaning
Of the word expendable.
In military parlance, "expend-
able" designates material, ships,
machines, and often units OF men,
which it Is expedient to sacrifice
if needs be to accomplish a desired
result.
In the book, young naval officer
explains, Suppose you're a sergeant
machine-gunner, and your army is
retreating. and the enemy is ad-
vancing The captain takes you to
machine gun covering the road.
You're to stay here and hold this
position" he tells you. For how
long?' you ask. Never mind he
answers, just hold it. Then you
know you're expendable. They are
expending you and that machine
gun to get time. They don't expect
to see either one again"
Evening star., 1943-01-19
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Everybody knows that Sammy
Jay has sharp eyes. In fact. there
are very few of the little forest peo-
pie whose eyes are as sharp as
Sammy's. That is because he used
them so much. A long time ago he
found out that the more he used
his eyes the sharper they became.
so there are very few minutes when
Sammy is awake that he isn't trying
to see something. He is always look
ing. That is the reason he always
knows so much about what is going
on in the Green Forest and on the
Green Meadows.
Now, of course, Chatterer the Red
Squirrel couldn't disappear without
being missed, particularly by Sammy
Jay. And, of course, Sammy couldn't
miss Chatterer and not wonder what
had become of him. At first Sammy
thought that Chatterer was hiding
so as not to have to get Sammy any
more corn, but after peeking and
peering and watching in the Old
Orchard for a few days he was
forced to think that either Chatterer
had once more moved, or else that
something had happened to him.
Perhaps Shadow the Weasel has
caught him, after all" thought
Sammy, and straightway few to q
certain place in the Green Forest
where he might find Shadow the
Waa sol Sure enough Shadow was
there. Now, of course, it wouldn't
do to ask right out if Shadow had
caught Chatterer, and Sammy was
smart enough to know it.
"Chatterer the Red Squirrel sends
his respects and hopes you are en-
ioying your hunt for him." called
Sammy.
Shadow looked up at Sammy and
anger blazed in his little red eyes
Evening star., 1943-01-19

the sands seem fairly alive with
the eyes and antennae of these
alert little crabs.
water mark, expertly burying them
selves in the sand to lie in wait for
their prey.
There is no confusion in identify
Ing this crab because of the color
and shape of the upper shell or
carapace, taken in connection with
its posterior swimming feet. The
body is almost as long as it is
broad, with five well-defined spines
on each side. The front margin is
indented on each side of a three
spined rostrum to form cavities for
the eyes. The first limbs are large
and possess claws. The posterior
ones are flattened into paddles for
swimming, and the intermediate
pairs are simple in construction,
ending in points, They merely
assist the crab in various ways as
she scurries about on her errands.
The color pattern is white
ground covered with red and purple
spots. A group of them hurrying
madly for cover resemble flashes
of bright color in the sunshine.
Lady crabs belong to the group
Of true crabs, which are the high
est dn intelligence) of the Crus-
tacea. The eye-stalks are long,
fitting into sockets on the carapace,
and the antennules are often folded
into small grooves when not in use.
They act as feelers and, with the
eyes, are all you see of the crab
when 1t is stalking" its prey.
OF course, these crabs are scaven-
gers and great fighters, but they
wisely avert trouble when possible.
They never dispute the right of
way with larger and more robust
relative or friend, but they some
times lord it over their smaller
neighbors.
From the time the wee crab steps
from its eggshell until it reaches
adulthood, 1t goes through several
complete and strange metamor-
phoses. Until the last stage of
youth, 1t does not resemble its
parents.
All burrowing crabs are smooth
and streamlined. When in motion,
these creatures move sideways.
using the legs of one side to pull
with and those on the other to push
with, and, as all the legs do not
move simultaneously, a continuous
and uniform motion is kept up
Some crabs are capable of getting
considerable speed in this way. and
II you have ever tried to overtake
one that is thoroughly aware OF
your presence, the chances are sew
eral inches Of sand will cover the
crab by the time you reach his air
raid shelter.