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Chapter "A

Chapter IA
CARL made short shift Of Helen
- and her thesis that evening.
Having repeated what he had al
ready said earlier. he complained
OF . headache and promised to 90
into the subject in more detail
during the next week.
He was amazed at his feeling
Of loneliness, simply because Jane
had gone out for an hour or so.
The old house seemed too big.
strangely empty. Evening sitter
evening he sat working in his
study, alone, but he never felt
lonely because Jane was in the
house. Now and again he would
hear her Light footstep, or her
muffied laughter at some crazy
joke on the radio. Just the knowl-
edge that she was there made il
q home, intimate and coy and
warming to the heart.
He began TO feel sorry for him
self, q rare indulgence for him,
for he was not given to seh-pity.
And then he began 20 feel an
noyed at Jane. She could have
phoned Pauline and broken the
date. For that matter. she needn't
have made il in the first place.
Why had she made il? Because
she was sore at him, mistrusted
him? Or was there some other
reason? He was feeling thoroughly
out Of sorts and he was In a very
bad mood by the time Jane came
home.
Eli, darling" she called gaily
from the front door, smiling as
she came in and ran over to kiss
him Were you lonely?" she said
hopefully. "Miss me some?"
She kept talking, laughing over
fragments of gossip she heard
from Pauline. "You seem to have
had quite a nice time" Carl said
wryly.
"Well, of course. Didn't you
want me to? Darling" She broke
of, staring at him. A tiny wrinkle
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pR,ckered her forehead. You
aren't sore because ] wentg You
told me TO. You said for me TO so.
o., by the way. did Helen Talbot
comet
ooh. the heck with Helen Tai
bot" Carl said Grossly. And then.
remembering the earrings at long
last, he brought them out of his
pocket and tossed them in her lap.
Jane opened the box and ex-
amined the earrings. pretending
70 be terribly pleased. But the
only real beauty she could see IN
them was that they were token
Of Carts love for her. Theyr
nice. dear" she said inadequately.
They're very nice
'sYou don't like them. do youls
Carl said. He knew Jane so wei,
knew the shades OF infection Of
her voice. the meaning of fash
ing flicker of her eyes. You're
disappointed"
"Of course I'm not disappointed,
darling" Jane said quickly. She
touched his hand, leaned over 70
kiss him. "You wanted TO get me
something. That's all that really
matters, that's all ] care about.
Thank you. sweetheart. Thank
you so very much" Her words
fell to a low whisper. heavy with
tenderness. Thank you for three
happy, happy years. Thank you
for being you. And for loving me.
Her words, her passionate ten
derness, did not seem to reach
him II seem TO be making mess
of everything" he said.
Jane rose quickly. The ear
rings are perfectly all right
honey. They're very smart. just
| the sort of thing women 90 foI
these days. I'll wear them and en-
joy wearing them" And ] will
too. she thought. I'll wear them Il
lit kills me.
you're in a dreadful mood,
she said gaily, land have 3
bunch i know the reason. You
didn't have decent meal ! might
have known you wouldn't left e
yourself. Well. come along now,
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'The Hands OF Christ" Will Be
Rev. Statham's Morning Theme

The Reverend J. E. Statham Of
the Fleming Street Methodist
Church win speak at the morning
service, beginning at 1880, on
1.-The Hands of Christ" The Bible
lis signally distinguished for this,
that the divine message is direct,
ed to the human heart, but no less
remarkable is the attention which
is directed to the hands.
In Eastern speech, which has
been always pictorial, men spoke
|of the heart. and its witness, the
hands. We read, "Who shall as
|cend into the hill of the Lord? OF
who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands and /
pure heart"
The choir viii sing Bach's ''Now
Let All the Heavens Adore Thee, .
accompanied at the organ by Mrs
Claude Sails.
At the evening service beginning
at 1880, the choir win sing thu
beautiful s'The Savior's Voice" b,
Wilson, which features an appeal
ling baritone solo done by Johr
Knowles.
Mr.. Statham viii speak on sWha
Meaneth These Stones" The es
sence of American greatness is tn,
recognition of the sacredness O
human personality and the inner
ent rights of the individual. Oul
forefathers sought a basis for thes,
rights and liberties and found j
in God the Father. He alone give.
these liberties and He alone car
take them away.
Mrs. Sails postlude viii b,
Finale for Full Organ" by vii
son.
Special guests at the evenin,
service will be members of tn,
w. F. w. and the Auxiliary in fur
ltferance of the religious emphasil
of their organizations.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

Christians. II was Christ who lift.
led the status of woman to that Of
man and Paul expresses it when
he says that in Christ there is
neither male or female. Both are
needed and can reach the same
lofty spiritual heights under the
encouragement such as Jesus gave
the Smaritan woman.
The Samaritan woman was fam
liar with the scripture and dis
cussed it most ifltelligently with
Jesus. When she heard him speak
of the living water and he told her
many secrets of her life, she was
not frightened but her face became
white because of the new faith
breaking across her mind. She was
moved to exclaim what to her
seemed true-'is not this Christ"
John Gossip tells in one Of his
books about the man who once In
Iterrnpted John Hutton who was
preaching. The man leaped to his
feet, began singing the doxology,
] and later explained that he had
been a Christian for only a Shor'
thine. He had been a bad lot
drank, pawned the furniture and
Ibeat up his wife. After his con,
version all this was changed. Wher
asked by his fellow-workers in the
lmine how he explained the mir,
lacle of Jesus turning water into
wine, he replied that he knew
nothing about that, but he did
know that in his own home Jesus
had turned beer into furniture and
that was good enough miracle fol
him.
/ When the disciples returned from
their shopping mission they were
lconcerned about Jesus and wanted
lhim to eat. He replied that he had
flood to eat of which they knew
nothing. It was not grain from the
fields but his hunger was lost ii
doing the work Of his Father IL
heaven. Many great men who have
contributed much to the sciences
land literature of the world, have
Ibeen so engrossed in their work
THAT they have forgotten to eat
lin fact were not hungry. An army
chaplain was asked by the parents
ito visit their sick and dying son
lin the hospital. The Chaplain stated
that he would 60 over just as soon
as he had finished his dinner. The
Commanding Officer heard OF this
and requested that the chaplain be
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discharged which he was within
three days. The Commanding Gen.
leral said, eve don't need chap
llains who are more interested IN
their intestinal qualification than
in their work."
Jesus was anxious 10 bring out
siders into the kingdom. NE dis.
lciples were not doing such q good
job, perhaps more interested n
food than in their chief mission In
life. Jesus chides them and states
that the field Is white unto the
harvest, filled with human grain
ripe and ready 10 harvest. Why
stand around and satisfy intestinal
qualification when the harvest Is
ready, grain about b rot o. Be
lost.
The Samaritan woman proved Q
good worker. She broadcast the
.lgood news over the city and
'I''many Samaritans. believed n
;lhim because of the woman's testi-
|mony." There are tive kinds Of
faith. One Is that kind Of truth
discovered at its source, such ss
was found by the disciples, the
Samaritan woman, and others who
Lived in the time Of Jesus and
heard that truth from his own lips.
The other kind Of faith b that Of
Ione who accepts the findings and
lIdiScoveries of the pioneer, and fol-
lows his path. They zee the effect
!. lof such a faith IN others that they
,Isay, "This Is such . good way Of
,Ilife that it must be true" The
scientist does not teach his theor-
lies but he tests them IN the labora.
tory. We too, should test tl1e truth,
.Itry it.
One Of the tests q Ire Truth
might be discovered within our
J own community. Intense sntipa.
THY existed between The San1aritans
and the Jews. That same hatred
IImight be found between races, re.
!, Iligions, nationalities today. We
shave a habit Of classifying people,
! "the better class" or ''the lower
!. class or the miserable s'charity
'Iwretches." Jesus never did that IN
This creating days but just made
,lmen. Modern men should learn me
truth. It has been said that there
lis more segregation It eleven
iIo'clock on Sunday morning than
lat any other time Of the week h
the market place. The sports arena
Ior at the gambling casino. Pseudo
'Ireligion b disgusting and serves
las stumbling block b the serious
.lminded seeking the truth.
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Rev. Simmons
'ToParticiipate
In Cuba Trip

The Rev. Eldon Simmons, pas.
tor of Ley Memorial Methodist
Church, viii be among 81 Methods
ministers and laymen from 2:
states who viii conduct an evan
|g>aistic mission to Cuba from Jan
"a to Feb. 4, it was announced to
day.
Twenty-eight Floridians are II
the group.
Bishop John Branscomb, WHOSE
episcopal area embraces Florida
and Cuba, win direct the cam
|paign, assisted by DR.. Harry Den
man Of Nashville, Tenn, executive
secretary Of the church's nationa
Board OF Evangelism, and the 81,
district superintendent of Cuba.
The evangelists viii meet witt
Bishop Branscomb Jan. rs for ;
Ibriefing session In Miami at Trim
lity Methodist Church, and leav,
next day for Cuba.
Working as two-man teams, tn
Americans win join with Cubar
MethOdists to preach and visi
Throughout the sO0-mile long island
A mass victory rally In Havan;
Feb. 4 win climax the campaign
"Many Of us will have to speal
Through interpreters, but we plan I,
preach in every Methodist Churcl
and visit as many mission schools
stations and homes as possible,
Bishop Branscomb said.
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I'm going 10 feed ne hrsss ed
make him smile.
He caught her 70 him elose. 80.
agely, and kissed her hard
was lonely tonight 4 he confessea
Il put me in . bad humor. TEX
as deserted IS Il yood lit NJ I'd
gone to Reno
III ATER they sat q TIE kilclssn
IL table. Jane had put out milk.
cold chicken, pickles and Olives
IN . little green dish. some tomato
aSpic she had left over nom the
day before. She had opened q jar
OF Spiced peaches and there Was
. plate piled high with ICED
cookies. Now that Jane was home
70 fix things for him. 70 share
them. Carl found himself n q
much better htimor. by the way,
he inquired. smiling. do we have
a roomerl"
You bet we do. Jane said
He moves in Thursday morning.
And unless he's the worlds big
geSt liar, he's going 10 prove
heavens gift 10 an overWorkCd
college professors wife She
grinned. He guarantees 10 turn
out q wash with no tattle-tale
gray. and TO give the house .
thorough cleaning once q week.
IF he lives I'D TO hah his prom
ises," she added, sfrom here On
little Jane is going 10 live Ne HE
of Riley"
IAN this and roses tocfs Carl
shook his head. pretending grave
concern. Should ] start getting
jealous right now, or wait until
we've had him around . weak o.
two?s
"Oh. I'd wait.' Jsne said gnily.
After all. Il may turn oNk he
sweeps the dust under the bod,
and then I'd send him flying.
And then they both laughed
and laughed, and after that they
cleaned up the dishes together.
Later, Carl picked her up In his
arms, as easily as IL she were q
doll, and carried her upstairA
40 CTs b ssntinns1e 60
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John 4:l-42.
The lesson today clearly today
portrayS the status of women In
the time of Christ. Jesus had tar
ried at Jacobs well while the dis
ciples went into the city to buy
food. Upon their return they were
amazed, shall we say dumb-found-
ed to find Jesus talking to a wom-
an of Samaria.
Women in olden times were con-
sidered suspect, dangerous, almost
Ievl. It seems that most cultures
of the day, including the Jewish
religion, forbade public association
with women. The Jewish rabbis
said, "A man should hold no con-
|versation with a women in the
street, not even his wife, still less
with any other woman, lest men
should gossip" Here is a frank
admission that men gossip, not
women, and this lesson stresses
her Importance and lifts her out Of
Iher low estate and standing in
world affairs.
! Most faiths of the world have
more or less submerged the tai
ents and importance OF women
The Hindu gloats over the birth o.
a son and like the followers of Con
jfucius, mourns birth of daugh.
tier. While Mohammed tried tc
do something for woman, his eff.
forts still left her much inferior tc
man in his thinking. When Buddhs
first offered his philosophy to the
world the Upanishads made q
strong effort to establish the sta.
ltus of woman equal to that of men
Many of them rose to eminence as
teachers, philosophers and leaders
lin the community. Of this Buddhs
did not wholly approve and in his
dialogues he advises Anada to keer
out of the way of women and if he
had to meet one to be sure Ii
keep wide awake" According Il
the Buddhist belief. when mar
dies he is Immediately born again
He may appear in any shape &C.
Icording to his merits or demirit:
here on earth and that shape might
be anything from clod Of dirt to
a divinity. If his dement's were moi
sufficiently punished here on earth,
he might be born in the form oil
a woman. This doctrine illustrates
the low estate of woman in The
Buddhist faith. The standing o.
woman in the Jewish faith was lit
tie II any higher and to them, q
Samaritan woman was just human
dirt.
The Samaritans were a mixet
race, descendants of the Cuthites
Avvites, Sepharvites and Hama
Ithites. Sargon established them II
Samaria after he had put an enf
TO the Israelite kingdom and they
brought with them their own idola
TRY but later mixed it with the
Jewish faith. This made them Z
thorn In the side Of the Jews anl
lit can be understood why they
were despised Of the Jews. The ar
dent denominationalist labors un.
| der the Huston that his brand o.
christianity is the only pure ana
perfect blend and therefore, Like
THE Jews Of old, despises any in,
Idividual or group which seeks t
sipilon off the dregs Of human
weakness such as hate, malice, en-.
Ivy and greed. Such was the intenst
luminosity existing between the
Jews and the SamaritanS.
Christ gave woman her chance
He saw her possibilities and dis
covered her value. During his min
liStry she repaid him many time
over IN loyalty of devotion and
sacrifice to Christ's cause. There
would be little to fear about ths
future Or the welfare of our CHI
dren 50 long as our mothers arr
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WV Members
Will attend
Church As Unit

NafionaI v. r. W. Week In
Key West will start with the
attendance Of The group, In .
body, at services at Fleming
Street Methodist Church, To-
morrow at 1880 p. m.
All members Of the v. r. w.,
Us Auxiliary and she Gold Star
Mothers are requested 70 at
TEND This memorial service.
The Rev. James Z. Sfsiham
will conduct The service.
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THE CITIZEN rs FAIR NOW AS 1T HAS BEEN
ALWAYS IN LOCAL POLITICS

The Literary Digest (now defunct) at the peak of
its popularity said that Democrats complained it sup
ported the Republicans and Republicans asserted it
supported the Democrats al Of which, the Digest assert
ed proved conclusey that fair and square in the
presentation Of its political comments and that SUPP
ported neither party.
What happened to the Digest happens to The Citi-
every time local campaign is held in which each
faction has candidates In the field But The Citizen
positively does not support the candidates Of either side
Local politics not discussed by The Citizens employees
in the editorial business or mechanical department The
late L. p Arman asserted time and again. that he did
not know how Of his employees would vote and did
not wish to know, because how they voted wholly
and solely their right and privilege.
The present editor strictly follows similar course.
None Of his employees know how he s going to vote and
he does not know and does not want to know the
didates they will support
What would you say, in purely local political
test If The Citizen advised you to support certain
didates? You would say, just what many many voters
say in city not far from Key West, in which paper
tries to pick candidates for voters that you we'll able
to do your own choosing You might have noticed that
in recent election in that city, the candidate who
out top did not have the support of the paper in
question.
And so it would be in Key West. The Citizen would
your resentment SO much you would work harder
for the nominee it opposed and you supported.
Human nature is peculiar thing, and in no walk
in life is peculiar than in politics. particularly
pocal politics We have had friends suggest to that
out boldly for this or that candidate. Why did
they say that? Because they supported the candidate
they advised The Citizen to support They asked,
what would be their attitude If The Citizen "came out
boldly" for candidates they opposed.
That changed entirely the complexion Of the advice
It okay highly commendabe, to support their
didaes, but it was poison to them favor their oppon-
ents They overlooked the glazing fact what would be
Ia +hnvn H. Al.
If The Citizen did as they suggested
As the headline for qualifying February y for the
coming primary is little than week away, from
now on The Citizen will not publish any letters favorng
or opposing this that candidate The Citizens adver-
Using columns are opened to both sides for the
taon OF their views. but those views not contain
any abuse Of candidates of either faction Make your
facts % hot WISH but make personal attacks
because. you do. The Citizen will refuse to publish the
advertisement
We are faced with exciting. nip-andtuck fights in
the coming primary, but let's not hit below the belt
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During the first four months OF
1858, four people whose polio on
|set occurred prior to the turn Of
the century were receiving March
|of Dimes aid.
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warn" Route

| DALLAS, Tex. R-"Dash it all
Sir Frank" Miss Yvonne de Beau.
lrepaire of London said to her cous.
in and host in Melbourne, "it's
time for me to be cracking back
to London
To this Sir Frank Beaurepaire
he doesn't use the de-, replied:
Wen miss you, old girl. Take
the southern route back through
the States. Much warmer. Sun ali
the way"
| Miss de Beaurepaire wasn't bit.
ter, though, as she waited at Dial.
las airport yesterday, Winter.
coolest day so far. at was 1O7
in Melbourne when / left" she
explained.
It was 22 degrees here.
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Gems OF Thought
FRIENDSHIP

FRIENDSHIP
A true friend is the gift of God,
and he only who made hearts can
unite them.
Robert South.
Friendship must be accompan-
led by virtue, and always lodged
in great and generous minds.
Joseph Trap.
A man should keep his friend.
ships in constant repair.
Samuel johnson.
Copper often is found in nature
in a pure state, having all the
characteristics Of the smelted me-
tai.
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The term "corn" often is appli
ed to the leading cereal crop of the
region, meaning wheat in Eng
land. oats in Scotland and maize
in the United States.
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The economic prophets are now disagreeing on the
probable timing OF business "upturn"-which sounds
more encouraging.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-23

When the acquisition of material things becomes
tne sole motive in life the individual might as we'll get
black mask and pistol .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-23

one trouble with democracy Is that 50 many voters
sss neadacne before they fish reading sensible
discussion of a current issue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-23

Organized pressure groups may not care much
aoeut the views OF individual members but they
political results.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-23

The man who spends most Of his money on smoking
often wonders why his wife has to save all her spare
pennies.
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The average Americans opinion Of the Constitution
depends upon which side the Constitution supports
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The Citizens Classified Ads
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Phillips Fifth

Eight studies from Amalfi in
tenpera and gouache by Bon
tadi are small grayed paint
ings Of still life and figures. in
q semiabstract approach. Ac-
cording to the obelisk's data
on him, Bontadi was recent
ly- discovered by the we'll
known writer" Aubrey Menen.
by whom o lyrical paragraph
Of appreciation is quoted. Mr..
Menen writes with excite
ment. making 1t all the more
incredible that he Is writing
about such paintings as these.
The NTH In the series Rf ex-
Evening star., 1954-05-23
The Tunnel Of Love
BY Peter de vries. little, Brown G. Co.; $780,

LET us be gay" seems to be
the line for our young novel;
lists this spring. Whereas in
the past they leaned toward
the clinical report of the all
ing psyche, heavily laced with
social significance. they now
seem to seek only the sig
nificance that lies in events of
a purely social nature.
'The Tunnel of Love-" the
new work of a former Poetry
Magazine staffer who switched
to the New Yorker (perhaps
in itself Significantly. is a case
in point. It is a giddy little
frolic through the suburban
preserves of Connecticut COM
muters to New York. It
doesn't tell much of a story,
nor does it prove anything
beyond the fact that Mr.. de
Vries is a very funny writer,
a satirist of no mean skill, and
quipster and punster Of
endless invention.
The plot, such as it is, con-
Germs the efforts of a philan-
derer and his wife to adopt q
baby. Mr.. de Vries frequently
deserts the main highway of
the story to follow some spor-
tive bypath. He investigates
with infinite wit such subur-
ban institutions as the PTA
play. the sleigh ride and the
folk dance.
In THE Tunnel of Love" it
is the incidentals rather than
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Miniature Annual

The Miniature Painters,
Sculptors, and Gravers' Society
of Washington, D. c.. is hold
ing its 21st annual exhibition
in the foyer Of the Natural
History Building, through Me-
mortal Day. This is an open
show, selected by a jury Of ac-
tive members of the society,
from work submitted from all
over the United States and
Canada.
A total of 235 miniature
paintings on ivory. oil and
water-color paintings, enamels,
sculptures, graphic arts, illu-
minated manuscripts and
beautifully bound books by
110 artists (some of whom
have as many as six items on
view compose an exhibition
Of high technical level. The
artists represent Al cities, 10
States. the District Of Colum-
bia and Canada. Forty-three
of the artists are local resi-
dents, 20 others live in nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
A prize Of $25 given for the
fifth year. in memory Of Eliz-
abeth Muhlhofer, for the best
painting. was awarded to Ruby
w. Usher Of Hollywood, Calf,
for her exquisitely painted
portrait Of an elderly woman.
Difficult as it is to mention
a few from so many delightful
little works, ] particularly
liked the modern wood sculp-
tured torsos by e. Knapik,
Ethel Mundy's wax sculptures
and bas relief portraits, Cath
arine Graves ceramic medal
lions. Jack Grue's water color
on ivory. oil landscapes by
Minor Jameson, Marian Lanes
Illuminated manu- Q scfipts,
Ruth Perkins Safford's inte-