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The Key West citizen., 1952-11-24
By DOROTHY RAYMER

Poets and peasants, the rich ty-
coon who smokes an expensive
after-dinner cigar, or the man on
the street who buys cheap stogie,
and even women, have long laud-
ed the delights of a cigar. Per-
hapS the most famous and most
quoted line of praise was written
by Rudyard Kipling: "And a wo-
man is only woman, but a good
cigar is a smoke"
It's a phrase from one of his
ballads with the notation above,
'You must choose between me and
your cigar" evidently uttered by
a lady who was jealous of the
smokers "harem Of dusty beau
ties, fifty tied in a string" The
name of the ballad is 1.-THE Be-
trothed." Kipling begins: "Open
the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba
Stout, for things are running cross
ways, and Maggie and l are out, :"
and, the quote continues, eve
quarreled about Havanas, we
fought o'er a good cheroot." He
compares cigars to women, and
concludes, "a million surplus Mag
gies are willing to bear the yoke
And a woman is only a woman, but
a good cigar is smoke. Light me
another Cuba: l hold to my first
sworn vows If Maggie will
have no rival, I'll have no Maggie
for spouse.
Advice to Maggie would be to
visit one of the few small factories
in Key West where the choice
handmade cigars are formed and
let her contemplate the loving care
with which her rivals" are turn
ed out. She might be better able
to sense the affection with which
a confirmed cigar smoker regards
his favorite brand.
For there is a certain beauty
In the dark, fragrant tobacco leaves
and there is an art, now almost
lost, to the production Of the fine
cigars turned out by hand-deft,
knowing hands like those of AL
fred Lucignani and his two work.
ers at Cigar Factory No Sc in the
old Key West type house just a
smoke wreath or two away on
Olivia Street, across from the
Ernest Hemingway mansion.
THE CRAFTSMEN
A slight studious-lookiLg man
with fine features, Alfred Luci-
gnani supervises and also takes
his own turn at the making of
cigars just as they did years
ago. During a visit to his factory,
he stopped taking tobacco from a
big cutter long enough to show us
around the two rooms where he
conducts his business, His two
workers continued silently, scarce.
ly pausing while photographs were
taken and questions asked.
Said Lucignani, Production is
very limited. l cannot compete with
machinery. But this is not the
point l do not strive for mass
production. Handmade cigars are
finer. We use Cuban tobacco, and
we select carefully"
He showed the big bales of i'm
ported leaf covered with burlap
which contained tobacco that had
been cured from one to five years
and brought from warehouses in
Cuba, sometimes by plane, some
times by small sailing boats.
Recognizing that the craftsman
ship which once flourished in Key
West is a rarity in the United
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-24

Box capacity for Is cigars con-
sists of a row of IL and a row of
13, or arranged in four alternating
rows of the same number for boxes
of so cigars. UNLOCKED cigars are
tied in bundles of so.
Individually initiated cellophane
covers are obtainable. Some men
order their own names printed on
the jackets. Bermudez specializes
in ceIlophane containers with pink
or blue Storks on them for proud
fathers who wish to announce girl
or boy arrival in the family.
Stamps on the cigar boxes are
according t. federal classification
running from A through F
An apparatus, called a cutter,
for short filler had an amusing
notation on the direction for use.
The cleaner screen or filter, which
removes excess tobacco dust before
the filler is punches, is also handy
for removing mails, pins, screws,
buttons, bones, chalk, coal and
peach stones. Also hair and dust
from scrap tobacco" The excess
dust is saleable as. fertilizer and
for insecticides.
The best market season for Key
West cigar artists is during the
tourist season, and, of course, for
the Christmas season. Good cigars
make excellent gifts, however, al
any time of the year.
The most expensive include the
fragrant very special Palmas with
100 per cent heavy Cuban tobacco
in them. Others are various grades
and some have a blend Of Puerto
Rican tobacco. The names of hand
made brands have a poetry of theil
own. There are for example, Hava
ma Conchitas, Coronas, Coronitas
Tropical Specials, Panetelas anC
HavanaS.
POETS PRAISE
These last are also famed In
verse. Arthur w. Gundry, quite a
philosopher, once wrote some qua
trains called my Cigar" and after
noting the tumult and the rush
and riot Of the world, drew con-
templative view in smoke, ending:
81 viii puff my mild Havana,
and ! quietly win query
Whether, when the strife Is over,
and the eombatants are weary,
Their gains win be more brilliant
than its vain expiring flashes,
Or more solid than this painful
of its dead sober ashes"
Lord Byron wasn't so particular
about what brand he enjoyed. In
an unfinished ode from The Is
land" Byron penned:
Sublime tobacco! which from
East 10 West
Cheers the tar's labour or the
Tlrkman's rest:
Which on the moslem's ottoman
divides
His hours and rivals opium and
his brides.
Magnificent In Stamboul, but less
grand,
Though not less loved, in Wrap
ping or the Strand;
Divine in hOokers. glorious in a
pipe,
When tipped with amber. yellow,
rich and ripe.
Like other eharmers, wooing the
careSs
More dazzling when daring N
h fuli dress;
/ Yet they true lovers more ad,
mire BY far
Thy naked beauties - Give me
= cigATl"
| FEMININE ADVOCATES
Men were net the only 6evosee.
of cigars George Sand the 80
! uaAu saso>s Writings shoxEes ths
NlgtpElAn age, Azc Mo wcxe kroas
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-24

sers to add to the shock, smoked
cigars. Amy Lowell, American poe
tess, used to puff conentedly in
public, although some say she did
so only for affectation. There
was, too, the American siren, Vic
toria Woodruff, who involved the
sedate Henry BeecheI Stowe in a
romance which took on information
al aspects when she married an
English baronet. Her firing of ci-
gars was shot of gossip heard
around the world. Kipling's little
Burmese beauty, is only on the list
of ladies: 'sHer name was Supiyaw-
lot, just the same as Theba $
queen, and when / first espied
her. she smoked a white cheroot,
and was wastin' Christian kisses
on bloomin' idols foot" That
was somewhere on the road to
Mandalay.
THE ROAD BACK
On the road back through his
tory, Key West had its own pa
geant ofinternational i.trigue. The
cigar business was originated here
| in 1881 by William Wall. In the
Key West newspaper, then called
'The Gazette" he ran an adver-
tisement proclaiming that his firm
| imported the best tobacco from
/ Havana. He also imported about
so workmen and opened a cigar
factory on Front Street between
Duval and Fitzpatrick. A fire in
1859 devastated the spot.
Meantime, other companies form
ed. According to the record in a
book by Jefferson B. Browne, pub
lished in 1912, Estava and Williams
employed 16 cigarmakerS in 1897,
and within a year, Odet Phillips
and Shubale Brown opened six
man shop. Also in business by
1884, were Francisco and James
Amau, joined five years later by
their brother Albert.
From this spark, cigar making
famed up into fuIl-sized industry
which began in earnest with the
Cuban Rebellion in 1868. Hundreds
of Cuban migrated to Key West.
Vicente Martinez Ybor, for whom
Ybor City is named, built a large
factory named lei Prineepes de
Gales"
Others were formed. La Rosa
Espaniola," Seidenberg Company.
E. H. Cato, George Nichols. Fer
dinand HirSch. Cortez Cigar. Ha-
yana-American and Ruz Lopez com
panies were among the initial big
time manufacturers. Scores of
other small groups, called "buck-
yees," also turned out cigars by
hand.
SAGA ~ SMOKE
The holocaust Of 1886 burned
many Of the large companies TO
the ground including the Ybor and
/ Seidenberg buildings, Tampa busi-
nessmen were quick 10 seize the
opportunity TO offer sites on the
| West Coast. Ybor accepted the
| commissions offer ard moved
Seidenberg returned 10 Key West
Then in 1894, another kind Of blaze
began destruction Of the huge in
dustry which was annually pro
duefnr one hundred million cigars.
Labor disputes fsred up. In one
day. there were Is walkouts In
Seidenberg's factory. He decided
not 10 employ Cuban workers and
beran negotiation 20 ges Spanish
oueratives. This was only foag
xears before fhe Spanish American
/ war and -abs was stis. striving fsg
| freedom. Naturally, the idea ID
| importing Spanlards incenSed ~
cuhan patriots, DoubsleAs, part O
thelr ohecfSon was due n the IN
srae and plotting 70 AID cuba
whieh cas- soIng on IN key West,
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-24
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q cigars George Sand the 80
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-15

Wherefore he relaxed. and impugned his
nephew's choice in Wines Mon Dieu, Andre!
This - this dishwater for so enchanting
lady?" He raised an imperious voice ''G0yeOn,
Champagne"
Then Mademoiselle Fleury had time of it.
What with PierTe's subtle Establishments and
Andres extreme comeliness and the cham
payne, all spinning her head, she went into
state of pretty confusion. But it was during
moment when Andres comeliness distracted
her that Pierre's fingers whisked and worked
SHORTLY thereafter. with gallant gestures, he
took his leave. The dignity of his departure,
however, was somewhat shattered by an audi
bic shattering. In arising to exchange bows
with his uncle, Andre knocked his champagne
glass to the floor.
Clumsy clod, thought Pierre, stepping into
the relative gloom of the street must get
rid of him. L..
That was when two gentlemen, huge and
menacing, materialized from the shadows
They were in plain clothes but bore, none
theless, the unmistakable aspect of the police
They said nothing, while efficiently flanking
Pierre Drieux.
1t was little Peregault, appearing suddenly,
who did the talking. Our difficulty in your
case Monsieur Drieux," said Peregault, with
out extraneous preamble, has been in catch
ing you with the goods on you, as runs the
vulgarism. But, happily. we encounter no
such condition tonight. The little tinkle of
glassware was a signal you see. To inform
my men, who incidentally have tailed you all
evening. that you were departing with the
goods. My esteemed colleague, Monsieur
Ribot, is unexcelled at arranging signals and"
- Peregault grinned - shall we say, part
nerships?"
Pierre reeled. "Y-your colleague?"
''Mais oni. Oh, know that, to you, he
expressed apprehensions of me- That was to
stimulate your well-known vanity. Also his
seeming laziness guarded against overanxious-
ness on his part, lest you scent snare But,
actually, Andre and are fast friends deem
him one of the most promising young opera
tives of the Paris Sdrete Generate Mademoi-
selle Fleury is, for your information, another.
And, speaking of Paris, you could easily have
been taken there. But -. and you should
be flattered -. it was thought expedient to
deal the - ali, coup de grace to one as illus
trious as yourself here. As a possible deterrent
to others who might have similar designs"
Pierre, very sick man, yet managed to
explode "S1rete! You mean that monu-
mental OK
'Ah, yes" interrupted Peregault. This
afternoon. over the telephone, Andre men
toned your OK and fox comparison But
do not consider it apropos. For tell me, Mon
sieur! Have you ever seen an OK in trap"
The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-15

Mademoiselle Fleury had great dark eyes
and hair to match the blue-black Riviera
night. Now the eyes held dreamy, almost
unearthly expression. She gazed at Pierre
swimmingly, as through filmy mist. And,
mentally, Pierre congratulated Andre. With
out doubt the great OK (having fathered the
simile he found that he enjoyed thinking of
Andre as an OK had this lovely creature
added.
Such nice surprise, Monsieur, she muir
INJURED, vaguely. ANDRE has mentioned his
most attractive uncle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-15

with roulette. A mammoth pile of chips before
him indicated that Peregault would be occu-
pied indefinitely.
Satisfied, Pierre descended the Casinos
imposing steps jauntily and crossed to the
cafe. So perfectly was Andres way with
women working that he had to cough, dis
creetly, to attract attention. Then, however,
Andre sp:ang up. "Why, Uncle Pierre! An
unexpected pleasure Join us, won't you?
Mademoisele, may present M. Drieux?"
Pierre, as one instantly enravished, bowed
extravagantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-15

The most attractive uncle sat, conveniently
adjacent to black chiffoned shoulder upon
which flashed a platinum-set circle. The most
attractive uncle fingered, in his pocket, an
object similar in shape only. But after the
deft substitution its spurious stones would
also flash-deceivingly in this uncertain light.
Which would be sufficient Obviously, Made
moiselles mind was anywhere but on her
jewel clip. For Pierre's purpose, it was merely
necessary that something agleam on her shoul-
der reassme her eye; that something hard
meet any careless brush of her hand
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08
SOUTH AMERICAN THEME SUNDAY SERVICES OF
 THE METHODIST CHURCH

Before leaving Nome, M Ii s S Eileen Uttech, program chairman of the Women's Society of the Community Methodist Church, set up initial plans for a study session on South America. That early planning has made possible almost a visit to South America for anyone who attends the next three Sunday Evening services. Various persons have been chosen under the sponsorship of the Woman's Society with the coop eration of the Sunday School and Church to present the history, re- ligion, and present growth of our neighbor America.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08
NAZARENES HOLD MONTHLY Y MISSIONARY MEETING

The Women's Missionary So- ciety of the Nazarene Church met at the home of Mrs. Al Vaughn Tuesday evening. President Jessie Mccormick presided. Mrs. Fife Baldwin gave an interesting de votional lesson.
 The study lesson was on differ ent cities of Latin America, giving the customs with which mission aries meet.
 Statistics for the missionary or ganization of the Nazarene move ment are: Total number of or ganizations-3,622; total number D+ rQemberS - 98,339; making a total gain in 1851 of 132 new or ganizatiGns and 4,754 in member ship. The prayer and fasting lea gues report 69,817 members, and 24,848 readers completed the read ing course.
 Feb. 29, the World Day of Pray CT, will be observed in the Naza- rene Church.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08
Abe LincOln's Death Suit?
Az Newsfeatures-

GREENSBORO, NC, (P) - A suit is tucked away in a bank vault here. The owners believe it is the one worn by President Lin- coin the night he was shot to death by Actor John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater at Washington.
 The owners, the J. Marvin Smith family, once turned down a $20,000 offer from PIT. Barnum, the late circus man. They didn't approve of his plans to commer- cialize on the Civil War Presi- dents agony.
 How did the suit come into the Smiths possession? The Presi- dents wife gave it to Alphonse Dom, Lincoln's bodyguard and the grandfather of Mrs. Smith.
 The family has letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Dom calling the body guard one of the Presidents most trusted friends and referring to her gift of the suit.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08
Duke of Windsor Enroute To Fourth Funeral In His
 Life for British MOnarchs

NEW YORK. (P)-The Duke of Windsor has sailed for England to attend funeral services for the man to whom he gave Britain's throne-his brother, George VI.
 He was travelling aboard the liner Queen Mary, due at South ampton next Wednesday. His wife stayed behind in New York.
 "This voyage" he said, "is in deed sad-and 1t is all the sadder for me because I am undertaking it alone"
 Beside him stood his duchess the American for whom he abdi- cated his throne.
 "This will be the fourth time that have participated in the ob- sequies of British monarch" the former king said.
 "Fifty-one years ago it was my great grandmother, Queen Vic toria; then nine years later my grandfather. Edward VII; and in 1886 my father, George V. Now, by Gods will, it is my brothers turn to lie in state in the great hall at Westminster and even tually to join his forebearers at Windsor"
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08
NO CHANGE FOR ERROR

NEW YORK, (P)-L. W. Chur- chill, farmer near Westmoreland, NH, hunters report, made doubly sure this season that his cows would not be mistaken for a deer or some other wild animal. He painted "COW" in large letters in large letters on their sides.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08
THE WORLD INSIDE TEXAS

DALLAS, (P)- Can you tour the world and never leave Texas?
 If you want to see America first, you can visit New York, population 20, eat baked beans in Boston, see the sights in Wash ington and visit Miami and At lanta.
 Going abroad you can travel in Ireland, Italy, Normandy, and Tunis. You can waltz in Vienna, population 30, dine on French pastry in Paris, swing east to Tokio and finally visit Moscow.
 All are Texas towns.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08

Black or dark skin acts as a trap for the suns rays, catching the incoming heat at the surface, thus preventing it's penetration to deeper body tissues where it might cause damage.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-08

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 Just received shipments of Ship N Shore and Judy Bond blouses, wool head scarves, ear muffs and AT LAST-Ou black suede ballerina slippers! Your Friendly Community Store
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Evening star., 1952-05-04
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corrected by Louisville Publisher
Barry Bingham who told them
Kentuckians call it Darby"
The Kentuckians on Capitol
Hill, however, say that Barry
has just been in England too
long. Nobody, they say, calls it
anything but Derby in Kentucky
and they don't see how he could
have heard any one down there
call it anything else. -.
X X X
Like most foreign visitors,
Queen Juliana had a secret
craving to visit an American
soda fountain while she was
here. Anne van Roijen, wife
of the Netherlands Ambassador
now back from the queenly tour,
says Her Majesty went into the
soda fountain at the hotel in
0nI ! oA1N4OCO WA1CLO O1EC was
stopping and asked for the most
fantastic thing they had. The
soda jerk said the most fan
tastic thing they had was
Gosh Awful Gooey," so the
Queen said she would have a
Gosh Awful Gooey." It was
something that went even be-
yond a banana split, combining
a variety of ice creams. whipped
cream. sauces and what not.
The Netherlands sovereign ate
it with relish.
If you think being an Am
bassadress is all pomp and
play, you should know what it
means to give a dinner for the
President of the United States
and the Queen of your country
and have five people drop out
at $50. It's unbelievable but
that's what happened the night
Of Juliana's dinner for Presi-
dent and Mrs. Truman at the
Netherlands Embassy. The
headache, of course, fell in the
laps OF the Van RoijenS.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
By LiIIion Arthur

Mr. and Mrs. George De France.
aux will loan their home on Rivel
Road this afternoon for the an.
nual silver tea sponsored by thu
Christ Child Society for the bene.
fit of the Merrick Girls Camp.
The tea will be the last enter
tanning the de Franceaux's will de
for some time since they are leav.
ing tomorrow for Mrs. De France
aux's former home in New Or
leans where they will be guests OF
Mrs. De Franceaux's mother, Mrs
Frank Moss.
Another party out in the hunt
country this afternoon will be
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lloyd
Davies cocktail party in honor
of their house guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawton Coursey of Harris
burg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies gave a
dinner party Friday evening for
Mr.. and Mrs. Coursey and among
their guests were DR.. and Mrs.
Howard Lee Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Haring. Mr.. and Mrs
Haring are residents of Indian
apolis and are in Washington for
q few months.
Last night Mr.. and Mrs. Davies
entertained again for Mr.. and Mrs.
Coursey and also at the dinner
were Col. and Mrs. Ralph Chies-
wohl, Mr.. and Mrs. Dunbar Stone
and Mrs. William Wesley. The
parties were all held at the Davies
farm on Bells Mills road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade I. Brinley
also entertained at a buffet sup
per last evening. They had "a
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. o. Forrest,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest G.. Moore, Mr..
and Mrs. Randolph c. Richardson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Burmeister,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hardesty, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert A. Sayre. DR.. and
Mrs. Robert B. Havell, Mr.. and
Evening star., 1952-05-04
State Societies
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

Mixed with the feaSting and
fellowship at the Conference OF
State Societies dinner meeting
tomorrow, there promises to be
considerable politicking.
IT guess it's in their blood"
says Chairman Lawrence Scheewe,
they're at it already"
They, meaning the conference
delegates, are not only at it al
ready, they have been at it all
year-it being politics, and poll
tics being persons. It's a nice
ime-spender between dances.
The nomination committee, in
structed to bring in a slate of
officers to the meeting at $50
o'clock in the Press Club, wasn't
able to get together on selections
Some of it's choices are still, in
the words of chairman Arnold
Lederer of Illinois. "up a tree"
The foor wrangling will begin
after the committee suggests these
persons: Mr.. Scheewe and Mr..
John Slear of North Carolina for
chairman. Col. Heber H. Rice of
West Virginia for vice chairman,
Mrs. Gertrude Scott of California
for second vice chairman. Mr..
Jay F. Carpenter of Minnesota
for treasurer. Miss Charlotte
Marr of Illinois for historian.
AS a sample of the great con-
geStion of bubbles that may be
let loose on the meeting, consider
the last. Miss Marr's nomination
will depend on whether an alter
nate. which she is, can hold Office
when her States delegates are
active. If she can't (and some
Evening star., 1952-05-04

The five were all members Of
the House of Representatives
who couldn't leave the floor of
the House because State De-
partment appropriations were
being voted upon. They were
Speaker Sam Rayburn, Minor
ity Leader Joe Martin. Foreign
Affairs Committee Chairman
James Richards, Charles Eaton
and Frances Bolton. The En-
bassy was never even notified
that one of them was declining,
so there was one vacant chair.
The other four places were
hastily filled by members of the
Queens encourage. Just ask
Anne van Roijen what a real
crisis is in the life of an EN-
bassy hostess!