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The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20
HAL. BOYLE SAYS

tux and black bow tie 10 fly by
plane to tell you after dinner.
The fee ranges from SIS to 81 500
or more, depending on the rating
of the professional ear bender, and
the crucial nature of his message.
Anybody who can do anything
today can earn money as an after
dinner speaker" one lady mana
ger told me. 81 met a fellow at a
party recently who happened to
mention he had just grown an or
child on his refrigerator. / signed
him up at once. You'd be amazed
how many people in this country
have secretly yearned all their
lives to grow an orchid on a re-
frigerator--and never realized it
before"
But the real reason so many
folks win suffer through after din
ner speeches is this: They figure
if they listen to enough of them
somebody win get around to In
viting them to make an after din
ner speech, too. Then they win get
a chance to deliver their message.
And what man today doesn't have
more messages in his soul than
Western Union?
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20
Blood Tests
Show Traces
OF Diabetes
by FRANK CAREY
Ap Science Reporter

WASHINGTON UB-You and your
doctor should always be alert to
the possibility you have diabetes.
IT'S rather easy to detect it by
urine and blood tests, but diabetes
experts say II can also be easily
overlooked because it can underlie
virtually any symptom of human
disorder-from constipation to d.
arrhea, from excessive appetite to
indigestion, from high blood pres
sure to eye trouble, from itching
10 overtiring, from overweight to
underweight.
While there is as yet no known
cure for it, the ailment can be
effectively controlled sometimes
by proper diet alone, but almost
surely by combination Of diet
and regular doses of insulin.
The more quickly control is es-
tablished, the better the diabetes
chances of avoiding the serious
complications which account for
most Of the deaths from this dis
ease-No. among the causes of
death from sickness in America.
These complications include dia-
bette coma" hardening of the
arteries, gangrene and proneness
TO various infectious diseases, in
cluding tuberculosis.
You yourself can be on the alert
for such early signs Of diabetes
as these in yourself or your chill
dren:
Excessive thirst, frequent urina-
ton, constant hunger even though
eating quite a bit, sudden drop
in weight.
Sometimes diabetes can be pres
ent even though these signs APP
pear so experts advise you
10 see your doctor and ask him
about the possibility of diabetes
II:
1. There has ever been diabetes
in your family.
2. If you have any kind of vague
complaint, including weakness.
3. If you have been overeating
and have been overweight for
some time. Although a sudden drop
in weight Is often q sign of dia-
betes, overweight is considered to
be 4 cOntributOry cause Of the all
ment, especially in adults.
This week you have an especially
good chance to get at least a
tipoff on whether you have dia-
betes.
The American Diabetes Associa-
ton (ADA) is sponsoring Diabetes
Week, designed primarily to de-
tect an estimated more than one
million Americans who have dia-
betes but don't know 1t. Special
opportunities have beef provided
in more than 700 counties through
out the nation to enable people to
get urine test for diabetes in most
places without charge,
A urine test is not infallible, but
it can raise strong suspicious,
which can then be confirmed by
q usually sure-fire blood test.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

moments confidence to one Of
the inmates win find himself in
Smiths pharmacy, picking up the
check for sodas. He reveals the
secrets of clockrooms and sand
boxes, and how the inmates smear
each other with finger paints. All
the hot, bawdy, rough, sizzling,
sexy, brash lowdown Of the nur-
sery are revealed.
Sometimes the author overdoes
his burlesquiing. He keeps the
reader following such a high pitch
of clowning, he picks up the daily
paper and reads the comics for
relief.
JUNIOR SELECTION
QO0K by Zhenya Cay, Child's
picture book published by Viking
Press, New York city, 80 pages)
The author of this book contends
that children do not understand
a full grown horse or comprehend
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20
BY HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK R-America is be-
coming a nation Of after dinner
speakers.
II might be good idea to put
a government bounty on them
right now, or there won't be an ear
in the land left unbent.
AS a people we have always had
an outspoken admiration for the
gift of CAB. But the idea used to be
that the CAB had to be good. That
noble standard of criticism has
gone the way Of vaudeville.
Today listening to after dinner
speakers has become a form OF
mass self-punishment. In Europe
people still go to hotel or res
taurant for the food. But here?
The price Of the entree is no long,
er determined by what they put
on your plate. It's determined by
the fee Of the vocal chords rented
for the occasion to deliver "a
Message OF Importance To Us
AL"
hate to be counted as q cul-
tural savage, but sometimes
wouldn't 1t be quaint and old.
fashioned and good clean harmless
fun to 90 to a dinner where every
body just traded conversation and
enjoyed a real meal--and skipped
the message?
Why do they have to skimp on
the menu to provide the inevitable
ear message? Must the ice cream
always be followed by a dismal
lecture on "The Perils OF The
Brave Petunias In Patagonia?"
Or a dashing lady wild-life slayer
telling how, all alone in Africa,
she survived the hear-on charge
of maddened herd of antlered
grouse?
This growing willingness of the
public to sit in slack-jawed, glazed
eyed paralysis, trying at the same
time to digest a limp hunk Of lamb
and a cliche-studded Grafton, has
created a new entertainment indus
| try. This is the business Of sup
plying after dinner speakers.
II Is a cash corn crop that rivals
the value Of the crop grown In the
fields to fatten livestock. In the
last few years dozens Of lecture
agencies have sprouted up that
keep stables of after dinner speak
ers on call--and they range from
bird imitators to U. S. senators.
Do you want to learn 10 make 4
sound like q rose-breasted gros.
beak2 Would you like really 10
know how to whip initiation, make
more money, or find out how one
man learned to beat his wife al
needlepoint In one easy lesson2
The nearest lecture agency has
someone ready and waiting In Z
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20
TODAY'S
BUSINESS
MIRROR
Dy WALTER BREEDE JR.
For Sam Dawsonl

NEW YORK R-Buying junior q
new bike this Christmas?
You may not be able to get the
exact style and color you want.
Manufacturers who have been
bucking shortages Of chrome and
steel are hard-pressed trying to
keep UP with demand.
sThe sales outlook would be ter
rifle IL We could only get enough
STEEL" says an industry spokes-
man. "We're selling more bikes
than we can make"
The tight situation In bicycles
goes back to 1851 when steel re-
strictions held production down to
1,S00, 900 units. The industry's en-
tire output for that year was sold
out by Christmas.
Things looked pretty grim, but
the manufacturers scrounged
around for scarce materials and
developed new sources Of supply.
Today they feel they're producing
enough bikes TO take care Of this
years Christmas rush, although
the selection may be somewhat
narrow.
John Auerhach, executive secre-
tary Of the Bicycle Institute Of
America, credits the ingenuity
and production acumens Of the
manufacturers with licking the
shortage problem.
"It is hoped that there win be
an ample supply Of bicycles to
meet the Christmas demand" he
says. Manufacturer report that
they have been unable 10 fill AL
orders placed by distributors and
that some models may be in short
supply"
Manufacturers have not resorted
% substitutes for chrome, accord
ING 10 trade sources.
Retail prices are about the same
as last year. Prices next year are
expected 10 reflect q 7 per cent
increase recently allowed bicycle
manufacturers BY the oEfice ot
Price Stahili1atiOn.
A major Gripe u the nannfae-
tarerS-bnt one they don't oflen
discuss in pahlie--is the growing
rcmpetitiOn AZ Byitlsh.nRde adult
AikeS. The American light weight
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

an adult sheep, as well as they
do a colt or a lamb.
So all the animals are aggressive
ly, militantly young!
That is, all except the snail and
the skunk. And they may be also
for all this reviewer can see. She
personally has never come into
close contact with either young
snail or q young skunk.
The Shiny snail balanced on a
leaf, with color theme Of yellow
introduced into his black and white
outlines, doesn't look any fresher
or younger than any other pictured
snail. The two pruported eyes on
the ends Of his feelers unfortunate
" do not show themselves bright
er with youth. They only look
family ridiculous.
And the allegedly young skunk
has 4 wicked CLINT in his adoles-
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20
KEY BOOKS
BY A. de 7. GINc RAs

(THE nL-TEMPERED cLA-
VICHORD by S. J. Perelman,
humorous essays published by ST.
mon and Shuster, New York city,
245 pages)
MIR. Perelman's lates collection
of essays range from mildly to
halariously funny, but they are al
ways funny.
The degree of the readers en-
joyment of each piece depends to
some extent on his interests. Any
one who has writhed and trembl-
ed under the fictional Vaccinations
of DR.. Flu Manchu and his carni-
vious orchids, rare Oriental poisons
and strangers will relish why,
Doctor, What Big Green Eyes You
Have
A reader who has leapt around
with half-human novelized dryads
anywhere from Nathaniel Haw-
| thorne's 'Marble Faun" to Cyril
Hume's ''Wife of the Centaur' viii
like "Antic Hey-Hey."
And there are pieces like Chew
| les the Goat but Flicks Need Hypo'
which are universally funny be-
cause the cinema is a universal
experience. Mr.. Perelman bases
his essay on a theatre magazines S
editorial anxiety that the movie
business is in extremis,".
bats and mice are daily replacing
audiences in theatres across the
land, cobwebs are forming on the
uSherS. :"
AS a result it seems a member
of the Allied Theatre Owners Of
Indiana blames the human Sto-
mach. the consumption of cara.
mel popcorn, molasses chews and
coconut bars sold in thretre lob.
bies. Not only are members of the
| audience disturbed by the MUNICH
crunch of the candy being eaten,
| but by the advertising trailerS on
the screen describing the conces-
/ sion-stand wares.
Mr.. Perelman describes the way
| the sweets can be sold painlessly
to the audience by inserting 8
mention of them surreptiously into
the main feature.
| Anyone who has ever worked or
a magazine and been exposed tt
the interminable morning editoria
conferences in which everybody
| talks much too much, will fine
"The Hand That Cradles the Rock
a delicious piece. Perelman use:
| that inimitable phenomenon of The
publishing world, Fleur Coles, edi
tor of the recently demised "Flair'
as the boss lady. He describes hel
| as a high-voltage executive il
whose personality a Kansas eye
lone has been successfully weddeC
/ to Devonshire clotted cream.
| Mr.. Perelman then puts thu
straw-haired Sleekly groomed wo
man behind a huge horSeshoe-shap
ed desk high above Fifth Avenue'l
sidewalks. Before her he places
the high priced editorial and ad
vertising brains, and the mad con
ference beginsk
This book is an excellent gif
suggestion.
| (HOPALoNG FREUD RIDES
AGAIN by Ira Wallach, short pa
rodies, published by Henry Shu
man Publishing Company, New
York city, 144 pages.)
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

Author Wallach in this thin
volume tries his hand at burles-
que limitations of everything from
the essence Of Tennessee Williams
to Jean Paul Sartre and existenial-
ism.
He even tackles James Jones of
From Here to Eternity" fame.
It seems Jones has made the state
ment that the only thing wrong
with literature in our time is that
it lacks the proper proportion of
malice, envy and hate.
Using as the plot skeleton the
fairy tale of Snow White and the
Seven dwarfs,. Mr.. Wallach pro-
ceeds to tell the yarn with an
exaggerated proportion of all the
purported lacks. Freudian inspired
bits of introspective contemplation
based on the famed Jones' style,
are inserted, about the most un.
expected subjects. Here is the
stream of consciousness played
upon the kingly thoughts of Snow
Whites father regarding the cob
blestones in the courtyard
g. did the cobbleStones lie
down at an angle? or did they
resent being squeezed flat against
each other, each cobbleStone
against another, each feeling the
others rain-rounded cheek against
his own, lying flat with round
sides till some big horse chopped
too hard right in the middle of
one and you saw a gap where the
stone used to be and the cobble-
stones around the gap got chilly
because one was missing from its
place. >.
And G. /. language is imposed
upon the delicate fairy tale. Snow
Whites mother before she dies and
becomes a cold herring stranded on
the beach of life, calls the king
a LOUSY, sceptre-swinging, divine
righted bastard" in the house of
the dwarfs, Snow White settles
down to a stretch Of sack duty,
and at the end the wicked STEP
mother is lying on the floor, her
dice cooling off.
In blood-thirsty erotic parody
called, "Me, the Judge" the detec-
| tive fiction of Mickey Spillane is
| turned into a bowling burlesque
for the course of ten pages. Be-
ginning with the sentence that
somebody is going to cut valentines
out of somebody else's large intes-
| tine, killers and beautiful women
in cheesecloth negligees compete
for the readers attention. Bullets
are persistently introduced into
CUTS, and ladies walk about in
peach-fuzz panties.
| In Nursery Confidential Mr..
| Wallach used the methods of the
authors of U. S. A.. Confidential
to tell the story of the daily events
in May street nursery. It is a
school of broken dreams and mend
ed toys, He explains that all the
kids who go there are not grafters,
operators, Commies, confidence
kids, diaper drippers, sharpies and
clip artists, but he advises the
reader not to make any books on
any individual he sees. He des.
cribes how a stranger who gives
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

cent eye. He looks as if he had
as much venom stored up against
the less odorous human race as the
more mature of his pecies.
Authoress Gay offers thirteen
young animals to the child reader
and suggests in the title and Sc
veraI times la.er that they look
at them. The ducklings and pup
pies, baby chicks and kittens are
large enough to see and very et-
fective of their kind. The sugges
ton seems superfluous and useful
mostly in teaching the budding
Junior how to read the word look.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20
WOUND-COVER FOUND

WASHINGTON ~ - The Air
Force has . spray on plastic
dressing that quickly coats q
wound with an infection.proof film
the attending doctors can look
through while healing goes on.
Announcing the development.
Air Force headquarters said the
film had promise for emergency
use in case Of atomic attack or
other disaster. and also might dis
place gauze as dressing for many
kinds Of surgical wounds. Il is stu
under test.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

cycle is their answer 10 this ehal-
lenge.
How about the years immediate
" aheasf
with TIE y. S pOpalatiOa Ia.
ereasiRs At the rate Il 1.ooo dAy,
sales 10 the next few years should
break all records" q spokesman
says, ~Rul a lot viii depsnd o.
the ingsFnati0nal situation. "
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

Osiris was a legendary king Of
Egypt who later bacame king Il
the dead in Egyptian mythology.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

The average income per family
in the United States is about $500.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-20

ON BEHALF the Key West Kennel Club Mr. Charles Arono
right presents check for $4,000 to Paul Sher March of
Dimes treasurer mark the first advance contribution to the
of Dimes Campaign for Monroe County While the
paign itself will not swing into high until January 1953
prominent businessmen have indicated that they will
support the Advance Gifts of the March Of Dimes
paign by liberal contributions
authorizing this donation to the March of Dimes Cam
pagn Abe Aronoviz of the Key West Kennel Club n
Gated that the of his organization to select
committee of five outstanding citizens of Key West to determine
the distribution of proceeds from the charity nights at the Dog
allowed by the Florida Racing Commission In this
ner Mr. Aronovz said it would be possible to handle the
division charitable funds in such way that local citizens,
with knowledge of local conditions and needs could place
such funds where they would do the most good.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27
CENTURY CLUB OPEN MEET
Illustrated Talk to Be Given by HI.
Lloyd Jones Friday Evening

The public is invited to the open
meeting of the Twentieth Century
Club on Friday, Nov. 2S at eight
o'clock. An illustrated talk will
be given by H. Lloyd Jones, assist
ant professor of English at Ursin-
us College, who spent last summer
in Britain and on the continent.
He will show colored slides taken
during his trip and will also read
informally from the great British
poets. The musical program will
be arranged by Mrs. Edward Ever
hart, music chairman. The pro-
gram has been planned by Mrs. l..
M. Price and the art corner, which
will feature figurines from Europe,
will be in charge of Mrs. Avery
Clifton. Mrs. Robert H. Denney
has announced that a meeting of
the executive board viii be held at
her home on Monday, Dec. / at two
o'clock in the afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27
AsBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Youth Night viii Be Observed on
Sunday Night at Asbury

Asbury Methodist Church, the
Rev. Walter L. BeckWith, pastor,
will hold services Sunday, Novem-
ber Both with Morning Worship,
IL am; Sunday School, 10 am,
Mr.. Harry c. Johnson, general su-
perintendent. Glasses for all ages.
Evening service, Youth Night,
Richard Price, chairman of Com
mission of Worship of the Youth
Fellowship presiding. Charles Duff
of Clayton will be the speaker
The Youth Choir will sing. These
young people deserve the encour-
agement of your presence. Pray
er service Wednesday evening, 7:3O
o'clock. u R invited. Tuesday ev-
ening. 7:3O o'clock the regular
monthly meeting of the Official
Board held in the Social Hall OF
the Church. You are urged to be
present if you have an official re-
lationship to Asbury. Choir re
hearsals will be arranged by the
choirs and directors.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27
SCOTT METHODIST CHURCH
Homecoming Sunday Will Be OBJ
served November 3Oth

The Scott Methodist Church,
Blackbird, is having a Homecom-
ing this Sunday, November 80, be-
ginning at 200 in the afternoon.
A Memorial Communion Table will
be presented to the church in
memory of the late Mr.. George
Reed by his children. The Rev.
Blundick, former pastor will be the
speaker in the afternoon. There
will be much special music. The
Rev. Estella and Carlton Gibbon of
Pennsville, N. j., will sing. MIR.
and Mrs. Aubrey Deakyne of the
Townsetnd Church choir, will be
guests and will sing. In the after
noon, the Rev. Henry M. Clark
will receive class into the church
membership. Folks are invited to
stay over for the evening and
share in the fellowship and re-
freshment hour. For the evening
service, the Kings College choir
will sing.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27
JUDGE AT DOG
FIELD TRIALS
]. Everett LOfland Judge at
National Field Trials
Held in Missouri
MEETS ANDY DEVINE

The goal of every sportsman
that enters the judging of field
trials is to judge national champ
ionship stake of the National Re-
triever Field Trial Club. j. Ever
ett Lof1and, president of Clements
Cupply Co., Inc, Clayton, and local
sportsman, achieved that goal last
week when he was one of three
judges of the national champion
ship trial at the August A. Busch
Memorial Wildlife Area, Weldon
Spring, Missouri. Mr.. Lofand,
who has been judging trials for
over eight years and training his
own dogs for many years previous
to judging, stated that this was
the highlight of his sporting activ-
ity. Among the host of nobility
of the dog sport present at the
trial was Andy Devine, movie star
and Mayor of Van Nuys, Calf. with
whom Mr.. Lofand became well ac-
quainted. King Buck, a labrador
owned by John Olin, of Brighton
Illinois and handled by T. w
,Pershall, was the blue ribbon win
ner.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27
BAZAAR AT BLACKBIRD
w. S. G. S. of Scott Church tt
Sponsor Annual Bazaar

W. D. ~ % VI ACOOeb NA0~@
Sponsor Annual Bazaar
The w. S. C. S. of Scott Church
at Blackbird will sponsor the an
nual bazaar to be held at the Com
munity House on Friday, Dec. 3
from 2 to 9 pm. Plans have been
completed and the following chair
men named: Miss Dora Bradley,
general chairman; Mrs. Leon Hen
derson, variety table; Mrs. Edith
Henderson, aprons; Mrs. Thelma
Sylvester, plants and flowers; Mrs.
Pauline Bailey, fish pond and toys;
Mrs. Thelma McGinnis, foods and
baked goods; Mrs. Beulah Lamb
den, parcel post packages; Mrs
Emily Mannering, refreshments
Mrs. Margaret Carlisle, rummage
and white elephant; Mrs. Theodore
Ferguson, Christmas wrappings,
cards, and stationery. All mem
bers are urged to keep this date
open and to send donations to the
committee chairmen by Thursday
December 4th.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 4 MEET
Mrs Betty Casey Gives Talk on
Experiences on Olkinawa

Mrs Betty Casey Gives Talk on
Experiences on Olxinawa
At a recent meeting of Girl
Scout Troop a talk was given by
Mrs. Betty R. Casey, a former
leader>of the troop, Of her exper-
fences while serving as an officer
in the WAC on Okinawa. She also
told of her visit to Hong Kong.
The talk was greatly enjoyed by
the girls and they invited her to
return and show pictures taken
during her adventure. The bake
sponsored for the troop by the
Woman's Auxiliary of st. Peters
Church on Saturday was a great
success and profits amounted to
$3.50. 1t was arranged by Mrs
J. D. Niles, Jr., who represents the
auxiliary on the troop committee
assisted by other members of the
committee and leaders of the
troop. Miss Ruth Gooden is lead
er and Mrs. Elsie Warren and Mrs
Mary Vaughn, assistant leaders
Lois Warren is troop reporter.
Smyrna times., 1952-11-27

currently entering her third year
of club work. Bobby Reeds cleo
tion made him the clubs third con-
secutive boy vice-president. How
ever, this post was the most hotly-
contested of any office. On the
first ballot a tie vote resulted be-
tween Reed and Charlotte Boyer.
The male superiority was well ex-
hibited on the second ballot as
Reed won handily. Bobby is also
in his junior year of club work.
He was the Joseph Mitchell Award
winner in the yard improvement
department in 1851. Bob is well
acquainted with the executive
branch of All club work. He has
previously held such offices as Sec
retary, reporter, and treasurer.
Ronnie Stevens reelection to the
secretary and reporters job was
almost unanimous. Ronnie did
such an excellent job last year
with club publicity that he had lit
tie opposition. He is one of the
four club members who is begin.
ming his fourth year as a County
Line member. During his previous
three years membership he has
carried field crops of potatoes and
tomatoes. Ronnie was last years
State Champion All Reporter. The
reins of the treasurer's job were
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