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Beauty Fashions Reflect World Trends, Declares Alma Sanchez

Feminine beauty is not based on silly whims, as most men would have you believe, but rather on current political events, major situations which effect the world as a whole, and often on popular books and plays. This is the statement of Alma Sanchez, well known beauty salon owner of 254 Coral Way, who is making preparations to attend the world's largest beauty trade convention, the International Beauty Show, being held in New York City in March 17th through March 20th at the Hotel Pennsylvania. She will leave here Saturday. "In 1917 and 1918, coiffures followed the general emotions of the public," said Miss Sanchez. "Hair was extravagantly dressed, and beauty effects were carried to an extreme. Today, however, there is a definite move afoot to eliminate active and fanciful features, and this influence is readily seen in the new Spring hair styles." According to Miss Sanchez, the permanent will continue in favor because it reaches up from the head symbolizing the desire to attain a higher level. Waves and undulations will be seen in profusion because they denote a calm, serene way of living. The very fact that industry is increasing its activities and that every business in the country feels a new impetus is seen in the shorter coiffures which are designed for flattering practicality with stress on beauty of line. Miss Sanchez further stated an amateur historian of beauty could give an adequate report of the world's progress by scanning a series of fashionable women over the ages. Periods of frivolity and rakishness bring in their train coiffures that reflect these feelings . . . styles with masses of tight curls and intricate patterns. Eras of peace and calm bear such as 1941, during which people "keep their chins up", result in making the simplest of all styles because there is a concentrated effort to preserve beauty in every phase of living.

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(Continued from Page One) in conjunction with the present buildings. "People are always asking why the entire University isn't moved "down below," as was originally planned. To do that would take a considerable amount of money which, of course, the University does not have. Why don't the people who wish the University to move down there form a committee to help raise the necessary funds? After all, it was the people of this entire area that decided the needed a University, and the original University was started on the money promised by all of us. We citizens, then, through no fault of our own, but because of the real estate failure, let the University down when we couldn't fulfill our promises. If the main school were moved down to the original site, wouldn't the merchants of Coral Gables complain? Rightfully, too, because all University business would develop South Miami, not Coral Gables. I understand that over one million and a half dollars are spent by the students in Coral Gables each year. Just think how much more would be realized by a major University! My coaching of the tennis team at the University of Miami is done purely because I love the sport and wish to see it developed at my Alma Mater. Since the school never has had any tennis facilities, I thought it would be fine, as a loyal alumnus to raise the necessary funds and provide the University students with much-needed tennis courts, and both the school and Coral Gables with a small tennis stadium. I therefore requested permission of Dr. B. F. Ashe, president of the University, that I would raise $10,000 for tennis courts, small club house and stadium, if the University would furnish the property. We both did our parts, but the acquired property, the only suitable lands available, seemed to encroach on the rights of others. Tennis is a great sport and I would do anything in the world to further my chosen athletic endeavor. To do so we must improve on present facilities so we can work with the beginners, find new talent, and create interest among the students themselves. As far as our championship varsity teams are concerned, I suppose we can continue to practice on the Biltmore, San Salvador or Country Club courts. Incidentally, at this writing the varsity team, through lack of permission to play anywhere in the Gables, is training in Miami for their California trip next month! But it is impossible to invite Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn, North Carolina and other great teams down for matches unless we can have a suitable place in which to play them. In passing, I would like to mention that a lot of the fine residential sections of the country that I know of allow a tennis stadium to be built in their midst. Such communities that have them are Forest Hills, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Los Angeles, Haverford, Pa., Germantown, Newport, R. I., Seabright, N. J., Chicago and others. The University of Miami is indeed indebted to the City of Coral Gables, for if it hadn't been for the people of this city, that institution of higher learning wouldn't have outlived the depression years. I can only say that I acted in good faith Coral Gables and the University, trying to give the City of sity something they desperately need--tennis recreation facilities and a stadium. If the citizens of Coral Gables do not wish such a tennis set-up erected in their community and want no further munity, it is satisfactory to me. things for the University students in general if it were to the disadvantage of the good people of Coral Gables. After all, it's their (Coral Gables') university! I sincerely hope this set back won't affect those people who, in the future, might wish to endow or help the University. It was my intention to have these tennis courts built to keep the ball rolling toward a bigger and better University of Miami. I fully believe wealthy persons could be interested in the University. They would see our great desire to develop. I tried to do just that. If this stadium can not be built in the near future, I have no alternative but to return the money to the donors.

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(Continued from Page One) in the men's pair and second in the open pair in addition to winning the mixed team-of-four championship. On the distaff side of the contestants is Mrs. A. M. Sobel, a woman life master and ranked one of the two greatest women players in the country. In December she teamed with Mr. Goren to win the national open pair championship. They successfully defended their title at the Eastern tournament in New York last week. Mrs. Benjamin M. Golder of Philadelphia, also a woman life master, holds the record of having won over 30 firsts or seconds in tournament play during 1939-1940. Olive Peterson, also of Philadelphia, is president of the women's national committee and has won six national championships. She is generally one of the most successful bridge teachers in the United States. Others who have arrived for the tourney are Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Emmerich, Richmond, Va.; Harry J. Fish, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bush, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dennison, Cleveland; Mrs. Wilkinson Waley, Mrs. George Dunphy, Atlanta; Leroy Thurtell, Washington; R. L. Miles, Jr., Norfolk, Va.; J. W. Henderson, W. P. Gallin, David N. M. Berk, M. L. Berger, Mrs. John Turnbull, and Alvin Landy, Cleveland. Also Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rhodes, Fritz Du Relle and Mrs. Blanche Kevin Clarke, Louisville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Meyer D. Rothschild, New York; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Barry, Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Karl A. Mollenstein, Emanuel B. Katz and Edward N. Sping, Buffalo; Mrs. William R. Herbst and Mrs. Denver A. Lake, Cleveland; Mrs. Theresa Boosman, Pittsburgh and Myron G. Lehman, Buffalo.

Mrs. Rhoda Webb of Cleveland, O., has taken an apartment at the Prestlland for the season.

Curry Exhibit Held Over for Another Week

The one man show of oils, gouache and watercolors by Allison B. Curry, Jr., of Coral Gables, which is now on display at the Miami Art Center, Miami Woman's Club, 1737 N. Bayshore Drive, is receiving a great deal of favorable comment from visitors to the gallery. While his choice of composition is diversified enough to please a majority of tastes; his favorite subject seems to be trees and other tropical foliage. Such subjects as: "Palmetto," "Mangroves in Moonlight"; "Caribbean"; "Pine"; "Traders at Scene. While "Victorian Still Life"; "Petrova" (nude) "The Cab"; "The Blind" and "Wharf Rats" show his versatility and ability to paint life as he sees it. His exhibition will be on display at the Art Center for at least another week. Visiting hours 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. daily. Saturdays until 1 p. m.

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(Continued from Page One) heavily on the court fees of the pearances of the tennis grounds, postulated on possible failure of the University to care for them. Didn't the University pay about $1,000. on the last tennis tournament? That ought to ante-pay for something, regardless of everything else. But, let's make sure, here's a sporting proposition--I'll donate $50 yearly to a pot for that purpose, if the objectors will, among themselves, raise another $50. It wouldn't hurt (the property owners probably not half that, to keep the pine hedge pruned, and entirely conceal the grounds. If the objectors think that is too this little extent, I'll get some one else to take their share in the syndicate. Anyway, they can easy get the guarantee they want that these courts will never become unsightly. Vincent W. Wyman 3621 Monserrate St. P. S. If the objectors wish to go further I'll join them in raising funds to make any other grounds of the University look like a bit of Paradise. March 3, 1941 Editor, Coral Gables Riviera, Coral Gables, Florida. Dear Sir: It seems to me that the discussion about the tennis courts for the University of Miami, as reported in your column, Our TOWN, misses the very salient point. It is, whether zoning laws are to be considered valid, or merely a ruling that can be abrogated at will for convenience of one interest, against the interests of many. Home owners enjoy the peace and quiet and neighborhood in our community. No home owner would want tennis tournaments held on the next adjoining property, any more than he would want a gasoline filling station to be established next to his home, or a butcher shop, or a hardware store, or a lumber yard. All are necessary adjuncts to a community, including the tennis courts, but all have their rightful places, and those are not in sections previously dedicated to home use. The City Commission is to be commended on its action in refusing to permit the construction of the tennis courts in a residential area. The zoning law, above almost all others, should be held inviolate. To guard carefully our greatest asset--a unique and delightful home community--is a major responsibility of our City Commission. While indulging in this discussion, it would seem opportune to suggest that the place for the University's future ex-pansion should be an undeveloped section, either in Coral Gables or outside the City, where space would be available for expansion without interference to anyone, and with no cramp-ing or restricting of the University's requirements. Now, as the University grows and requires more space, it is, at one and the same time, being crowded more and more by a growing residential area. Removal to a more commodious site, perhaps a division on a school at a time, would appear to be the ultimate and inevitable answer. It would not seem that such a moves should be a bar to the City of Coral Gables continuing to donate $25,000 a year to the maintenance of the University. Yours very truly, S. Duffield Hopkins, jr. Mr. James B. Moore, Editor, The Riviera, Coral Gables, Florida. Dear Sir: I read with interest your strictures on the article by Everett Clay, Herald sports writer, on the proposed tennis courts east of Riviera Drive, and your conclusions regarding the protest. As one newspaper man to another, I feel that you "polished off" Mr. Clay very nicely, and made it clear that fairness is still one of the essentials of good journalism. Mr. Clay's article was not only impertinent--to use a mild term--but manifestly unfair to both sides. His attempt to rebuke the public officials of Coral Gables for their stand was on a par with his unjust accusations and insinuations against the property owners involved. Both sides in this controversy, I assume, are capable of rearing up their minds in line with their honest convictions. You state your desire to hear from the property owners involved. Well, first of all, let it be noted that these owners were specially invited to appear before the zoning board, and give their views. Because they accepted this invitation, and entered their objections in a decent, orderly manner, Mr. Clay sneeringly refers to them as "kickers," "selfish objectors" and "squawkers!" To tell men and women interested in preserving the peace and quiet of their community life that they "squawk-ed like Donald Duck with a sore throat" is not only an insult to these people, but a direct harm to the University cause, and unworthy the columns of the Miami Herald. Possibly, Clay's sports reviews are equally biased and one-sided. These property owners have a civic pride in their neighborhood. They have worked hard to make their homes a real asset to Coral Gables, and they were entirely within their rights in filing their objections, the Clay "blitzkrieg" to the contrary notwithstanding. They sincerely feel that the proposed athletic grounds would inevitably result in crowds, noise and "confusion"--the quoted word covering several more or less objectional outcroppings which the management, in spite of best intentions, would not be able to control. These citizens are quite sure that property values would be adversely affected. Neighborhood parking problems would be involved. The closing of streets is a serious step that should never be countenanced by any municipality except in case of real public emergency. And surely, this is not an emergency, because (and here seems to be the logical solution to the whole problem) the University has some fifty or more acres of ground adjacent to Bird Road, acquired for "recreational activities." No residential difficulties are apparent there, and the grounds are immediately available for the money and material "on hand." There doesn't seem to be any disposition on the part of those asking this project to discuss the possibilities of the Bird Road site. Why? Isn't that the easy way out of all this unpleasant controversy? In closing, permit me to point out that some one has suggested use of that vacant field just west of the University, wned by the city. However, there may be residential angles there. W. O. Hodgdon, 3629 Harlano Street, Coral Gables, Florida. March 1, 1941.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith," otherwise known as Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard, are always either fighting or making up in Alfred Hitchcock's first comedy. Hhere they enjoy a lull between storms. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" comes to the Gables Theatre Saturday Sunday and Monday.

Spending a vacation at the Antilla Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Sutliff of Harrisburg, Pa.

B I L T M O R E B R I E F S By MILTON M. CHAPMAN Managing Director

Although the International Professional Four-Ball Tournament of 1941 is now history, I would like to reveal the work done by a member of the Miami Biltmore Country Club staff that is always important in a major tournament. I speak of Mark Mahannah, the capable greenskeeper. I was talking with Mark the other day and he unfolded many of the chores he and his staff had to perform to put the course in championship condition and keep it that way throughout the tournament. The scene of probably more major golf tournaments than any other course in the country, our links here at the Miami Biltmore are also ranked among the best. Not a little of the credit goes to Mark and his crew of workers. "A large tournament is always more devastating in effect than ordinary play," Mark told me, pointing out that aside from the large galleries that follow the players, the type of golfer in the competition follows an orthodox method of playing. In other words, tournament players play the fairways and greens as they should be played, hence they all go over the same route. This increases the wear and tear on the course, Mark explained. Preparing a golf course for a championship match is much like pointing a horse for a big stake race, according to Mark. A minor discrepancy in the condition of the course might mean the loss of hundreds of dollars to a competitor in a $5,000 tournament such as we stage rests entirely with Greenskeeper Mahannah and his staff. "For example," he points out, "a wire was affixed to the ground on the 390-yard fifth hole to designate the boundary. The boundary here is so fine hat this method of using a wire to define it is necessary on that particular hole." The traps must not be too soft so that the ball will sink and be lost; there should be no wind blown sand around the trap edges, and hazards and traps must never be distinct. All these were only a few of the problems Mark had to solve in grooming the course for the championship tourney. To most of us who dub around a golf course those greens seem pretty swell, and aside from commenting that they are smoother than an oriental rug, give them little thought. Yet, to Greenskeeper Mahannah, they represent a lot of toil and perspiration, especially on a course such as we have that is in use 12 months a year. A true putting surface is the prime requisite on the green, says Mahannah, and therefore they get most consideration. Grass that is cut from three to four-fifths of an inch and grown under more or less "artificial" conditions must be kept under constant vigilance. Even the slightest moisture or temperature change will affect it, he explains. "Nearly all winter greens, such as we have at the Biltmore, use a base of fine Bermuda grass, augmented by various types of grass seed," Mark tells me. "Rye and blue grass are most popular, with red top, fescues and other types of blues and bents used occasionally." These various types of grass must grow together and be balanced to give the best playing surface. Of course the greens are attended to daily as at any other new cups cut in them and otherwise nursed along. But for a championship every minor detail, not only on the greens but over the entire course. must be checked and re-checked. Having heard no complaints regarding the condition of the course, I'm sure that the competitors as well as the spectators will appreciate the fine work done by Mark and his crew.

Local Draft Board Seven to Send 14 Trainees to Blanding Monday

With seven rejections from Camp Blanding, a visit from a high state draft official and a call for 14 men to be transported Monday, Local Draft Board Seven put in a busy week. Major T. Byrd Sparkman, chief of the co-ordination division of Florida's selective service, arrived in Coral Gables Tuesday for an inspection visit to Board Seven. He described the local board's activities as "eminently satisfactory," and said that it would probably be called upon to send many more men than the original estimate called for. This is due to the fact that several draft boards in the area are finding it impossible to meet their quotas, which makes it necessary for Gene Hunter and Board Seven to fill in the gaps. In the meantime, seven of the 35 men who were sent to Camp Blanding in the February 26 call were rejected at camp for various physical ddfects and sent back home. Commenting on the high number rejected after passing their physical examinations here, Hunter said that in some cases, Army restrictions were higher at camp than at local examining offices. The latest call, set for Monday, March 17, names 14 men who will leave for Camp Blanding Monday morning. Five of the men are volunteers. Olen Rutherford Branch, 344 East 5th Street, Hialeah; Edward Lewis Jones, 1628 Alton Road, Miami Beach; Audy Vince Gibbs, Mowry St. and Dixie Highway, Homestead; Cecil William Knight, Box 464, Route 1, Miami; Walter Leslie Harris, 2622 Country Club Prado, Coral Gables; Fred Franklin Flack, General Delivery, Peters; Jonathan Quarmby Caldwell, Home-Box 758, Route 3, Little River Station, Miami; Lloyd Richards, Weaver, Jr., 516 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables; Lester Blair Smith, P. O. Box 754, Homestead; and Clarke Chapman Rowe, 409 Zamora Avenue, Coral Gables, Fla., comprise the group.

Gables Girl Joins Brenau Sorority

Miss Jean Drane, freshman at Brenau College and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Drane, 1032 Asturia Avenue, Coral Gables, was initiated into Alpha Delta Pi, national social sorority on Brenau campus, Sunday, March 9. Miss Drane, a popular and outstanding student, was president of the Alpha Delta Pi pledge group and has been awarded the cup given annually to the ideal pledge of A. D. Pi.

From New England

Miss Anita Cady and Miss Ella Mersch of Southbridge, Mass., have arrived to spend some time at the Casa Loma Hotel.

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