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FLORIDA CORAL GABLES RIVIERA TIMES

Published Monday through Friday afternoons by the Riviera Publishing Company, 209 Avenue Aragon, Coral Gables 34, Fla. Established as a weekly newspaper January, 1926; combined with the Dade County Classroom Times March 1928. Published daily except Saturday and Sunday. MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION and Florida Press Association. Albert E. Harum, Editor and Publisher; Kenneth S. Reynolds, Business Manager; James B. Moore, Managing Editor; Helen Reynolds, Society Editor; Edward W. Wright, Circulation Manager. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS - UNITED PRESS - LEASED WIRE, UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Active Member RIVIERA 36 SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Six months, $6.00; one year, $10.00; in United States, its possessions, local, $12.00; one year, out-of-town, $14.00. Daily delivery by carrier, 25 cents per week. Entered as Second Class Matter May 28, 1926, at the Post Office at Miami, Fla., under the Act of March 3, 1897. Mail address, Box 1017, Coral Gables 34, Florida. Phone 4-1614. Classified Dept., 48-7351. The Coral Gables Riviera Times is liable for errors in advertising only to the extent of the space in which the advertisement appears.

Compete or Combat

Competition - the life of trade - is also the life of capitalism. But if democracy fails to compete with other world ideas, it will have to resort to combat. Much is said, these days, of the need to "contain Communism". Containment, however, is a combative rather than a competitive idea. What business man would attempt to "contain" his competitor across the street? He would simply put better goods in his own show window. If, in our national show window, democracy is not an idea that appeals to other nations - not even an idea that appeals to our own citizens enough to persuade them to start living it - it will never stand on its own legs. We will always have to defend it by force of arms. It is clear we need a better idea of democracy to make a better display. We should be grateful to this challenge of the Kremlin which makes our whole security dependent on our living up to our best traditions, suggests the article by "X" which appeared in "Foreign Affairs". To live up to your best traditions is a good way to compete. But to pioneer a new tradition is an even better way. We, as a democracy, will have to give more people greater satisfaction in their work, greater happiness at home, with greater purpose and security in life than democracy has given yet. Then we can leave the field of combat and win on the competitive field. Our rivals in this field may put nothing but unsubstantiated promises behind the iron curtain in their own show window. But they can still plead "insufficient time for delivery". We, in democracy, have been making promises for many years. We will have to begin delivering the goods if, from this point on, we want to compete for world leadership instead of once more having to combat world domination.

REVIEWING THE NEW BOOKS

By UNITED PRESS Reformer George Creel warns that anti-Americans disguised as "liberals" are the greatest menace to continued U. S. political and economic reform. He makes the charge in his autobiography Rebel at Large (Putnam, $3.75), an account of 50 years as a writer, propagandist, editor, confidant of presidents and fighter against corruption. It is the record of a man whose faith in the "American Way" was strengthened through decades of battle against its foes - battles in which he was often denounced as a radical, or worse. "At twenty, when I enlisted in the progressive movement," Creel writes, "I was appalled at the magnitude of the task of reform. Today, at seventy, I am amazed at the swiftness of our approach to social justice. I can remember when it was a common thing for men to say, 'This is my business and I'll run it as I please.' General acceptance of the truth that all business is vested with the public use now compels industry and finance to operate in a show window... Our concern for labor, in fact, has carried us dangerously close to a point where special privileges are confused with rights. . ." Creel believes the U.S. has had no great president since Wilson. The terms of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, he states, were "fruituelle so far as the progressive movement was concerned." While enthusiastic about many of the ideals of the New Deal, he writes of Franklin D. Roosevelt: "* * * No man ever dreamed more nobly or had less skill in making his dreams come true. * * *" A biographical history of Ralph Roeder, Juarez and His Mexico (Viking, two volumes boxed $10), brings into focus the life of a man who was a contemporary of Lincoln and, like Lincoln, unified a country. Although he stayed too long, as so many Latin-American presidents have done before and since, his was a rule of law. An Indian, humble and at the same time inflexible, he was given and lost, A French army invaded Mexico and installed an Austrian Archduke, Maximilian, as emperor. Juarez was chased across out of the country, but he never relinquished his legal right to the presidency. And in the end it was Maximilian who stood before a firing squad and the French who withdrew. In those turbulent days when the Mexican nation was divided and weak, Juarez was its only rock of hope. The cartoon recognized his greatness when he emerged from the north in his hour of triumph. But later it became confused with doubts. There were rumblings and revolts. In his late sixties Juarez was elected for a final term and died in office. W. E. Woodward, historian who invented the word "debunk," isn't very happy about it, he writes in his autobiography, The Gift of Life (Dutton, $4.75). "If I had it to do over again I would hesitate a long time before creating the word 'debunk' and would make an effort to find another way to express the idea," he writes. "I don't like the word and I never use it but it seems to be tied on to me with steel bands." The word came from his first novel, Bunk, derived from "buncombe," meaning trickery or false pretenses. When Woodward wrote his biographies of George Washington and General Grant, the critics hailed him as the great debunker. He writes there is not a debunking paragraph in the Washington book. Woodward writes a breezy, full-candid autobiography, complete with highly intimate details. Postscript to Yesterday (Random House, $5) is a look back over Americas shoulder. The view, as seen by author Lloyd Morris, is fascinating. He surveys the public moods and their causes from 1897 to 1947. He realizes that Americans started that half-century confident they could produce the ideal society, and ended it full of frustration and worries about the future. The frustration was chronic, he recalls, even before the atomic bomb was developed. The book gives absorbing accounts of the activities and influences of such assorted figures as Jane Addams, Jack London, Mrs. Astor, Mary Baker Eddy, Joseph Pulitzer, Harry Wardell Howard, Jr., Huey Long, Aimee Semple McPherson, Dutch Schultz, John Dewey, Louis Brandeis and many others. Seldom has sociology been made so interesting. An Old New England Village by Charles D. Hubbard (Falmouth, $3.50), is a sentimental tribute to the rural life of New England. The book itself is a work of art. The text is a reproduction of the author's own hand-lettered manuscript, illustrated by his black and white drawings. Hubbard, a 70-year-old Yankee art teacher, spent seven years preparing this labor of love, working slowly and patiently in the tradition of the medieval manuscript artist. His leisurely pages describe the home, the streets, the farms, the meeting houses and the folkla of New England as they were in days gone by and are still in places where tradition lingers.

OUR TOWN | This Is a City!

By Jim Moore - Well we asked for it and Reader W. O. Bozeman let us have, right in the teeth. Last Thursday I ran a column telling you readers that you were the editors of this paper and to let us know what you liked and didn't like about it. On Friday friend Bozeman came back, real quick like, with an answer which appeared on page one of Friday's paper. We were accorded the dubious honor as being listed as one of the three greatest evils in the Gables at this time. Keeping us company in our misery, sez Subscriber Bozeman are the coaching staff at the University of Miami and the City Commission. Now I can take all of Reader Bozeman's criticism except one statement, and to that I must take exception. Mr. Bozeman says that we have tried to jump from a country publication to a city daily. He also explains that he is not a resident of Coral Gables. Evidently there are a few things that he, as a resident of that great next-door metropolis Miami, doesn't understand. To be a country publication it would follow that we serve a rural area. Now to a Miamian, perhaps the wide boulevards and lush landscapes might look rural. Perhaps the clean smell of the air out here after the corrupt and political stench of Miami might hid in creating the impression that we're country-aid boys, too. After all, the president of the Dade-Miami area have us down as a "rural area." But for your information, Mr. Bozeman, Coral Gables is a rapidly growing municipality with an assessed valuation of $33,052,000, a population nearing 15,000. Building this year bears over 10 million dollars. We have schools, churches, theaters, modern shops, a hospital. Why we even have a city hall. (Some folks say its one of the most beautiful in the world). We're not country, out here, Mr. Bozeman - we're a crackerjack little city and most of us wouldn't trade our town for your Miami with Ojus thrown in to boot. And now about us being a city daily, or trying to be - in our imply, I presume you mean a "big city" daily - because we are a daily and we do publish in a city. If you do mean a "big city" daily, Mr. Bozeman, we'll decline the honor. We're just a newspaper that's served this city since 1926 as a weekly and are now trying to keep pace with the growth of our town by publishing more frequently in order to report all the news that's happening out here. The news you find nothing in the paper that interests you, Maybe that's because you are not a Gableite and therefore you are not interested in what goes on in Coral Gables. But our interest lies out here, Mr. Bozeman, and in the areas just adjoining. Some folks tell us we're doing a pretty good job of covering that area. But we're not trying to be a "big city" daily. We're just trying to do our job the best we can. I hope that will put you straight on the "city" we have out here. A city that I hope will never be a shot-gun bride to that Miami of yours.

In Our Mail

Editor, Riviera-Times The Coral Gables Lions Auxiliary wishes to express its sincere appreciation for your kindness and cooperation in connection with our recent party "A Night in Monte Carlo." Our pledge to the State Welfare Board No. 9 for needy children shoes will be made through the proceeds of this benefit. Sincerely, Mrs. U. J. Hiss Corresponding Secretary

OD Days Here

Ed Hauck, the Hurricane defensive wizard, became the father of a baby girl just before the Cincinnati game. Up until today neither wife Florence (in Rhode Island) nor Ed had settled for a name. When told we would like to carry the item, he said he "guessed" her name would be Elizabeth but Florence might change her mind. If the Riviera-Times says her name is Elizabeth ... the B'gosh her name is Elizabeth. If Diogenes were alive today and had a pair of pants to be pressed, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend Leon LaSalle. Last week we sent a pair of trousers to him that contained, among other things, our season tickets to the Hurricane games. Came the day of the game and after searching frantically for the ducats, we called on Leon as a last resort. There were the tickets, neatly preserved for us. And that isn't the first time. Once before we sent a pair of trousers there and when we picked them up several days later, there was an envelope attached with $7.70 in cash in it, that we had carelessly left in a hip pocket. We got called on our definitions of champagne containers the other day by Charles May of Fox's, who came to the office with a book to prove his point. Seems as though there are six sizes of bottles above the quart. The include Magnum, 2 quarts; Jereboam, 4 quarts; Rehoboam, 6 quarts; Methuselah, eight quarts; Salmanassar, 10 quarts and Balthazar, 12 quarts. Oh garcon, bust out a quarte more Balthazars, will ya? An irate citizen phoned us to complain about a practice of University of Miami busses running their motors in the Riviera Drive section near the campus. He said that one of the vehicles was left standing with its motor roaring for 45 minutes, and that this is not an exception. It keeps the citizens awake, our caller complained.

FROM A RIVIERA NOTEBOOK | By Mary Helm Clarke | INTERNATIONAL BOOK WEEK

Tucked away in the eulogy written about the late Mrs. Charles F. Flynn was the mention of a collection of dolls presented to the Coral Gables Library in memory of her daughter, Curtis Flynn Weed. With the comming of Book Week, thousands of readers will be enjoying the Parade of Dolls started with this gracious gift. Recent letters prove that the fame of the dolls and the little municipal library has reached across the seas. In the collection of dolls there is an entire case reserved for "Sylvia" and her wardrobe, her personal toiletries and keepsakes. "Sylvia" came to America from the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was presented to the Library by her owner, Miss Margaret McComb. Miss McComb loved Sylvia and came to see her at intervals, chatting with the doll in a low, library whisper. One of the letters received by Miss Beaton accompanied a gift from Eatontown, New Jersey, of two Polish character dolls. The letter said, in part: "You may recall my small daughter as an ardent admirer of the French doll "Sylvia." Recently she inherited two lovely Polish dolls, and by her own wish I am sending them to join your doll collection. It will please her to find them there when she comes next Winter. It has cost her a little self-sacrifice to be public-spirited about ANY doll." And so a card has been placed beside the two dolls stating that they are the gift of Vaughan Henderson, and a generous cash gift from her father has been used to purchase new books the whole family will enjoy. One chilly night in April, Mr. and Mrs. W. Van den Bergen, visitors from Brussels, sought the cheery warmth of the open fire at the Library and spent the evening with good books and the pleasant company of the librarians. A letter received this fall, accompanying the gift of two books, said in part: "Before leaving Florida in April 1940 I promised to send to your Library as soon as we were back in Belgium, a book in appreciation of the charming hospitality you gave us. I thought first of sending you a fine book in the Dutch language, or in French, but came to the conclusion that after all, your readers would profit more of books in English." The two books they sent were "The Poetical Works of Shelley" and Stuart Cloete's "Turning Wheels." There is something appalling in the thought that the Van den Bergen's would not find the same cheery welcome in another cool evening. Because the apportionment of the City to the Library has not increased with the inflation of book costs and library maintenance, the Coral Gables Library is forced to keep open in the evenings. SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!

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BETWEEN US | By NANCY MOTTRAM | Of Bruising 'Hi-Ya' Boys

"Dear Nancy: I have just one major problem in my usually serene life. A boy, who though very affectionate, demonstrates it in a very peculiar way. He knows I bruise very easily, and just to tease me greets me with a jovial, "Hi-ya, Honey!" bang! -on my arm with his fist. This is very painful for me and though I have repeatedly warned him, he persists in continuing 'til I am at my wit's end. Any helpful hints in curbing this not-so-funny habit will be gratefully accepted. I don't want to create hard feelings, but I do wish to stay in one piece. Well, you could try the same thing yourself, but it wouldn't prove anything. Gals just don't go around practicing ju-jitsu on their male friends. About the only way to cure this bruiser of this habit is to avoid him. Be pleasant, but when he comes within striking distance, backtrack fast. When he begins to get curious about your strange maneuvering, tell him why you've managed to get rid of your black and blue marks and don't want any more. Be very friendly and pleasant, but let him understand that until he learns better manners, you'll stay four feet away! "Dear Nancy: I have been reading your column and have decided to. I have a problem that I would like you to answer, or give me some advice. I used to like a boy who paid attention to me before I was allowed to have dates. But now that I'm allowed to go out, he's going with another girl and though I date another boy frequently, I still like the first one. How can I regain his attention? What should I do? Whenever you meet him, put yourself out to be pleasant. Be just as interested in what he has to say as possible without being obvious. In a very subtle way you might admire something he's done lately. Don't overdo it, but act as if you find him one of the most interesting and attractive boys you've ever met. Cut down your dates with your other friends, but not abruptly or cruelly, and once your first love asks you out, you're on your way. "Dear Nancy: I am always getting into trouble with other people. Always saying things I could kick myself for. I told my friends, in the presence of a girl I know to a mutual friend, and within 24 hours, the girl heard it. Now she won't speak to me. I'm sincerely sorry, but what can I say by way of apology? You might get her alone, explain that that was your opinion at the time, and you'd like to tell her you're sorry. You should keep opinions like that to yourself, because 90 percent of the time they backfire. Besides, it's rude. She has good reason to be angry, but after telling her how badly you feel about it, there's nothing else you can say. Next time think twice before you put yourself in a position that's dynamite.

Faculty Recital Planned Monday At University

The University of Miami School of Music will present its first faculty recital when Mary B. Ellison, piano instructor, presents a varied group of piano selections tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the lecture hall of the new classroom building on the main campus. A graduate of Tusculum college, Mrs. Ellison received her master's degree from the Eastman School of Music, and studied with Cecile Genhart, Nadia Reisenberg and Sascha Gorodnitzki, aml formerly taught at Erskine college. Included on her recital program will be Fantasy in C minor by J. S. Bach; Icall, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach-Myra Hess; Rondo in E flat, Hummel; Sonata in A major, Opus 101, Beethoven; Suite "Visions," William Grant Still; Three Preludes, Schokostovitch; Variations on a theme in F sharp minor, Faure; Capriccio in G minor, Brahms; Intermezzo in B flat minor, Brahms, and Ballade in F major, Chopin.

Dowlens Celebrate Sixth Wedding Anniversary

Celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary tomorrow night are Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Dowlen, 5851 S. W. 42nd Terrace. Sixteen members of the original wedding party have been invited to their home for dinner. Since tomorrow is also Dr. Dowlen's birthday, the occasion will call for a double celebration.

Football Fans Due

"They'll be down for that Florida-U. of M. game," says Mrs. M. B. McDonald, 3904 Durango St., of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hall from Daytona Beach. The Halls will be guests of the McDonalds over the week-end

INTRODUCING THE SOROPTIMISTS | Ruth Cowan Clouse Heads School of Home Economics

"Anybody who can read, can cook' says Ruth Cowan Clouse, professor of home economics at the University of Miami, Soroptimist Club charter member, and another personality in the Riviera-Times series of stories of career women. In private life, Mrs. Clouse is the wife of John H. Clouse, recently appointed Dean of the School of Engineering at the University. He has been a University professor since 1932. She, too, would probably have been at the University teaching in her chosen profession had a school in her field been established in 1932, for both the Professors' Clouse love Florida. According to the 1948-49 edition of "Who's Who in America" Professor Clouse has a string of bachelors, Ph. D., and master's degrees, and instructor and professorships in half a dozen leading colleges and universities throughout the country to her credit. In 1930 she was co-author with Katharine Blunt of "Ultraviolet Light and Vitamin D in Nutrition." During the war Dr. Clouse did rehabilitation work in Key West under the Food Administration, Washington, D. C. School Established Establishment of the school of home economics at the University of Miami occurred two years ago and Mrs. Clouse was appointed head in 1946. The school now boasts two fully equipped laboratories and 150 students including day and night classes. Six Singer electric sewing machines are in the sewing department and courses will be offered in pattern drafting and draping as well as in textiles and interior decorating. "When a college girl doesn't know how to put a double boiler together, it is time she learned just what makes the most vital part of a home tick," Dr. Clouse told your reporter. "Then we had girls who didn't know cornmeal had to be cooked first before it could be fried!" she said. Dr. Clouse taught nutrition for 11 years in Illinois, her native state, and she has always felt repaid for her efforts in the enlightened students' new knowledge of cooking and sewing, the backbone of every American home. For recreation the Clouses like to garden at their home, 111 Avenue Aledo. They really raise the small kitchen variety of vegetables, experimenting, as only college professors would, with the soil, its requirements, its adaptability and above all its peculiarities.

Out of Town Guests Arrive Here for Football, Thanksgiving Celebrations

For the first time since they moved away from the Gables, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregg, who lived here during the war, will return this week-end for a brief visit. Arriving from Orlando Friday in time for the Florida-University of Miami homecoming game, they will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schroeder, 5004 Alhambra Circle. The Schroeders, together with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Qreel and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Lamb will entertain the Greggs and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chace, who will arrive from Gainesville, in the Schroeder home on Saturday evening. * * * Mr. and Mrs. John Halifax, 3501 Durango Street, have as guests in their home Mr. Halifax's mother, Mrs. J. N. Halifax, and her friend, Mrs. D. C. Lemley. They arrived this week-end from Savannah, Ga. * * * Guesting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, 814 Pizarro Street, is Mrs. B. U. Dyal from New York State. Mrs. Dyal is Mrs. Brown's mother. * * * There's no beating around the bush where the Atkins' are concerned. They know what they're going to do Thanksgiving. Because Robert M. Atkins is going back into the Army and won't be here Christmas, the whole Atkins family will gather at the home of their mother, Mrs. Margaret Atkins, 1001 S. W. 18th Avenue, for a real Thanksgiving reunion. Coming home for the reunion from the University of Florida will be Edward Atkins. Also present will be Mrs. Robert M. Atkins and baby, Tom M. Atkins and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Atkins and daughters, all of Miami. * * * November 19 will be more than just another birthday for Frank A. Taylor, 905 Avenue Algeria. That's the day his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Taylor, will arrive from Orlando. They will stay with the Gables couple through the Thanksgiving holidays.

X-Ray Directors Praised for Work

Members of the Junior Woman's Club who were in charge of the X-Ray unit while it was in operation in the Gables received the thanks of both community and club today. Those who contributed their services under Mrs. Andrew Somma, chairman, were Miss Ada Hamm, Mrs. William Roettgen, Mrs. A. Louis Brown, Mrs. Robert Redfearn, Mrs. J. T. Gresham, Mrs. Alex Gancarz, Mrs. Robert Olson. Also Mrs. George Morris, Mrs. Richard Earle Davis, Mrs. J. J. Dysart, Mrs. James Llewellyn, Mrs. George Henry, Mrs. Paul Finerer, Mrs. William A. Pappy 3rd, Mrs. Robert Galloway and Mrs. George Brennan.

Rains Gifts

Miss Mamie Harriette Parker, bride-elect of Jimmy E. Baggett, will be honored at a crystal shower that Miss Bobbie Pierce will give at 8 p. m. tonight in her home, 4049 Ensenada Ave., Coconut Grove.

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