Coral Gables Riviera-Times

PAGE FOUR RIVIERA-TIMES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947 Coral Gables Riviera-Times Published Monday through Friday afternoons by the Riviera Publishing Co., 200 Avenue Aragon, Coral Gables, 34, Fla. Established as a weekly newspaper January, 1926; combined with the Dade County X-Courier, Miami Times, 1938; published daily except Saturday and Sunday. MEMBER, NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION AND CORAL GABLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALBERT E. HARUM Editor and Publisher KENNETH S. REYNOLDS Business Manager EAMES B. MANNION Managing Editor WALTER F. KRAM Circulation Manager HELEN REYNOLDS Society Editor BOB MOUNTZ Sports Editor JULIA D. HARUM Woman's Page Editor PEGGY NORTH Classified Manager THEIS & SIMPSON, National Advertising Representatives New York Chicago Atlanta Detroit MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Full Leased Wire, UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS SUBSCRIPTION RATES One week ... 25 cents | Out of Town: One month ... 1.00 | One month ... $1.00 Three months ... 2.00 | Three months ... 2.00 Six months ... 4.00 | Six months ... 6.00 One year ... 12.00 | One year ... 12.00 SOUTH MIAMI: One year, $15.00 Mailing address: P. O. Box 6973 Miami 34, Florida Telephone: 4-1624 Classified Department: 48-2641 26 The Coral Gables Riviera-Times is liable for errors in advertising only to the extent of the space in which the advertisement appears.

Shopping Hints

The best way to avoid the headaches that usually go with the hectic Christmas shopping season is never to forget to be businesslike. That lapse of thoughtfulness "brings the average customer to more grief" more quickly than anything else. Here are a few tips to make shopping easier: 1—Don't throw away your sales check after you've made a purchase. The check will save you time and trouble if you have to make an exchange. 2—Don't demand to see the manager about an exchange or adjustment that can be made by the sales clerk. 3—Read the labels on merchandise. Find out how to use and care for the things you buy, and what they're for. 4—Don't expect luxury goods to last longer than utility items because they cost more. Dancing shoes, for instance, aren't made for hiking. 5—Check your name and address on the sales check for delivered merchandise after the clerk has written it. Wrong addresses are the No. 1 cause of non-delivery. 6—And above all—Shop in Coral Gables!

UP AND DOWN BROADWAY

BY JACK GAVER United Press Drama Editor NEW YORK (UP)—The theatrical season of 1946-47 has been made official by publication of the latest volume of "The Best Plays" edited by Burns Mantle and published as usual by Dodd, Mead. This is the thirtieth Mantle volume recording the statistics of season productions and abbreviated versions of the 10 plays each season which the now retired critic considers to be the cream of the crop. Whether you agree with Mantle's choice of the 10 best or not, the volumes are invaluable for the statistical material they contain. Mantle selected the following as the best of last season: "All My Sons," by Arthur Miller, now on tour after eight months in New York. It won the Critics' Circle award. Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh." No tour this season. "Joan of Lorraine," by Maxwell Anderson, in which Ingrid Bergman played on Broadway. Being toured without her. "Another Part of the Forest," by Lillian Hellman, my personal nomination for last season's best play which surprisingly had a mediocre run and failed to set Chicago afire when it opened there a few weeks ago. "Years Ago," by Ruth Gordon. No tour. "John Loves Mary," by Norman Krasna, still going strong on Broadway and one of two of Mantle's selections still, running here. "The Fatal Weakness," by George Kelly, in which Ina Claire is touring. "The Story of Mary Surratt," by John Patrick. A quick Broadway failure and un-worthy of inclusion by Mantle regardless of whether it was a hit or a miss. "Christopher Blake," the pretentious divorce play by Moss Hart which was a big Broadway loser. Also unworthy. "Brigadoon," the current musical hit by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Loewe's music is not represented in the book; only the summary of Lerner's libretto and his lyrics. This is the third musical Mantle has put in his books, the other two being "Of Thee I Sing" and "Oklahoma!" * An outstanding contribution to the theatre itself, despite the fact that the text could have been stronger in material, is "The Negro in the American Theater," by Edith J. R. Isaacs and published by Theater Arts, Inc. It is a handsome volume, profusely illustrated with pictures of Negro performers and the shows in which they appeared from the early days down to the present. * "A History of Modern Drama," edited by Barrett H. Clark and George Freedley and published by Appleton-Century, is a large volume dealing with the drama from the time of Ibsen to the present day. Twenty-four authorities have contributed the articles covering all the countries of Europe, South America, the Yiddish theater, and the United States. Not sprightly reading, but important.

YOUR VIEW Christmas Survey

By Jim Moore Today we present the Moore Survey of what the male contingent in Coral Gables wants to find under the tree on Christmas morning. The localized "Gallup poll" of masculine desires was obtained by direct questioning, eavesdropping, personal preferences and the casual observance of holy socks, worn neckties and frayed collars on the part of the community. All of this was compared and dovetailed with a nationwide survey conducted by Barbara Bundschu of the United Press. Outside of mufflers, galoshes and other cold weather gear, the wants don't differ much from those of other guys from coast to coast. Nationally, five percent of the gentlemen queried wanted guns and less than two in a hundred wanted neckties. Here in Coral Gables I found only one man wanting a gun—a shot-gun—and nobody wanted neckties. As one man put it, "I like new neckties, but dogonnit, I want to pick 'em out myself." So, ladies, if you insist on neckties, maybe you should give a gift certificate and let your guy make his own selection. The main difficulty I encountered in making my poll was that most of the fellows queried didn't seem to have much of an idea what they wanted themselves. They hem and haw around and come up with something general and quite uninspiring. I agree with UP that men between 30 and 40 that are married and single men under 30 are a little easier to please than the rest of 'em. Men in those groups have more varied ideas and express more sentimentalism than any others. Clothing and sports or hobby equipment were mentioned equally and accounted for more than half of the requests. Jewelry and watches will make 10 per cent happy, most of them in their 30's. Married men in their 30's like books, too. This group also wanted more liquor than any other, but not too much at that. Specific requests were half watches, the rest rings, pen and pencils and a pocket knife. I didn't encounter a single person wanting shirt studs or cuff links, but that's probably because summer formal attire is more casual here and most of the men who wear it are already equipped with the necessary adjuncts. One man told me he wanted a new car, but he didn't want anyone to give it to him—he just wanted to be placed on the top of some dealer's list. One-fifth of those who want clothing don't care what kind. Shirts got the largest number of specific requests, with robes and ties in next place and socks, slippers and sports jackets mentioned by one or two. This compares favorably with Miss Bundschu's report except that overcoats took third place nationally and gloves, sweaters and hats, mentioned nationally, didn't get a call in Coral Gables. Cameras and photographic equipment proved both popular nationally and locally, while only one man wanted a wallet. A couple of others asked for luggage or brief cases. Pipes and tobacco polled a fair number of votes, mostly from older men. Bar equipment and a typewriter got mentioned and only one man locally wanted shaving lotion. He must be unique because only one man in the national poll wanted a similar article. I got the usual number of smart answers such as a "daily double combination at Gulfstream" and "a house in Coral Gables for $50 per month." Or maybe that last answer wasn't meant to be smart. A lot of people would be happy with a present like that. That's the dope, gals, if it does you any good. What do I want for Christmas? Gosh, I dunno!

SHORT QUIRKS

Say It Ain't So CARLSBAD, N. M. (UP)—The operator of a Carlsbad tavern received this letter: "Dear Sir: People are telling me about here that I was thrown out of your bar recently. I have no recollection of this taking place. Please write me a letter saying this didn't happen." Dems Ride Elephants MACON, Ga. (UP)—Charles L. Bowden, retiring mayor, and Lew M. Wilson, newly-elected mayor, rode elephants on the day Wilson took office. The stunt was for publicity pictures. Both men are Democrats. So Sorry Face Lost TOKYO (UP)—Police headquarters was humiliated to report that the pistol of Patrolman Akaboshi had been stolen near closed-guarded Sugeano Prison. Headquarters said apologetically that Akaboshi had been asleep in a police box at the time. Want a Locomotive? CHICAGO (UP)—If you ever hankered to run a railroad, here's your chance. The War Assets Administration has put five locomotives up for sale. They range from a little one, which costs the government $3,500 to a 45-ton job for which the government gave about $45,000. Cosmic Rays Scrutinized CHICAGO (UP)—University of Chicago scientists are using a B-29 superfortress to help solve the mysteries of cosmic rays. Dr. Marcel Schein of the Institute for Nuclear Studies, one of three institutes in the university's new $12,000,000 atomic research program, is conducting the experiments in cooperation with the Navy and Army Air Forces. The B-29, equipped with a laboratory, can reach an altitude of 40,000 feet.

MIKE & MASIE

by Andrew L. Peterson and Tom Farley "Those bloodhounds really follow a trail!"

It Says Here

We realized that Newspaper folk are supposed to become allergic to shock, but we couldn't help wondering if we'd heard right today when a woman called to tell us about a dog, dressed like Santa Claus, that played the piano. But that's what she said, so if anyone is interested in such a combination, phone Mrs. Dawson at 2-0307 for further details. . . . It's a triple play on this information. Leland Shepard, from whom we gleaned it credits it to Lloyd Parks. Anyhoo 'tis supposed to be a test for good whiskey. Says Lloyd, "Pass an electric current through a quart of the stuff. If the current causes a percipitation of lye, tin, arsenate, iron slag and alum, the whiskey is just fair. If, however, the liquor chases the current back to the generator—you've got good whiskey." Three more nominations for the Diogenes Club today, all from Mrs. James Davidson in Coral Way. Seems that a package mailed to them was found by a lad over on Andalusia and promptly delivered. A store delivered another parcel ordered by them to a Granada Boulevard address and the gentleman living there brought it over. Third-ly, Mrs. Davidson sent his valuable Shrine pin to the cleaners and got it back pronto.

FROM A RIVIERA NOTEBOOK

By Mary Helm Clark WHO SAVED COCK ROBIN? Which question before the notebook today is not "Who killed Cock Robin?", but who saved the little bird and all his relatives from certain death? Dr. Harold Harris Bailey tells of the first recorded conception of the Everglades National Park idea in the Minutes of the "Florida Society of Natural History" as early as 1923. Recent stories about the National Park have said that the culmination of the project was largely due to the efforts of Ernest F. Coe. Thanks to Dr. Bailey for reminding us, we now know that both statements are correct and that both men should be honored for their part in the established fact—that the lower Everglades are today dedicated as the 28th National Park in the United States. The Notebook is interested because both men are distinguished residents of the Coral Gables-Coconut Grove area, and their achievements have enriched the history of the state. Dr. Harold H. Bailey, noted mammalogist and ornithologist, has lived for years at 820 Alhambra Circle, where he has a private collection of thousands of specimens of wild life, and a notable library. In 1924-25 he published his book "Birds of Florida" which continues to be the approved source of information for bird-lovers. In this volume he advocates state and national park projects for the 'glades. Ernest F. Coe, landscape architect, came to Miami in 1925 and purchased his home in "Utopia," at 4151 El Prado, just east of LeJeune Road. He joined the Florida Society of Natural History and was appointed a member of the landscape and park projects committee. Together, the two men trekked through the Everglades beyond Royal Palm Park and discussed the possibilities for a National Park. From then on the two men worked zealously in two directions. While the Park project was hanging fire, Dr. Bailey and his associates secured the protection of the Fish and Wildlife Service, (Department of the Interior) and the National Audubon Society, to create a wildlife sanctuary in the area. Meanwhile, Ernest F. Coe and his associates, the Everglades National Park Association bent their efforts to the long-range program of selling the National Park idea to the state and the Department of the Interior. Today, both interests are closely knit. While the National Park staff slowly expands facilities to open the park treasures to the public—facilities needed to house and feed and guide the million visitors a year anticipated—the Fish and Wildlife Service, together with the Audubon Societies, will continue to arrange bird rambles, boat trips to bird havens and moving picture tours through the Park area. Who saved Cock Robin? Bailey and Coe and all their associates, to say nothing of the government officials who adopted their recommendations. The Notebook is proud to record the achievements of all.

Papa Blushes

MILWAUKEE, (UP)—Lee Halstead was annoyed when his daughter, Dawn, 12, produced an English paper marked with a B-minus instead of the usual A. Dawn then reminded her father the lower grade was received on a poem he had helped her to write.

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REVIEWING THE NEW BOOKS

BY UNITED PRESS Rebecca West proves again that she is one of the most penetrating writers of our time in The Meaning of Treason (Viking, $3.50). She spent considerable time in gathering material by attending the trials of Britain's traitors of World War II. Then she went further and talked with friends and relatives of most of the men who betrayed their country to the Germans. The most notorious, of course, was William Joyce, known to the British as "Lord Haw-Haw." Joyce started as a minor functionary in the German broadcasts to Britain and soon was delivering entire programs that opened with the words "Jairmany calling" in his distinctive accent. Miss West says Joyce was an able propagandist for the Germans—he had a good radio voice and he was familiar with England. He was captured by two British officers after V-E day, brought to trial in London, convicted and hanged. John Amery, son of one of Britain's most distinguished families, is the second most interesting portrait in Miss West's gallery. He worked for the British Legion, an organization that sent prisoners of war who wanted to turn against their country around to prison camps to try to break down the morale of the men who had fallen into German hands. The book is more than a chronicle of the capture and conviction of the traitors. Miss West skillfully lays bare the motives of the men and shows how environment sometimes set their feet upon the road of folly. * Publication of the late President Roosevelt's personal letters, a rich source for historians, has begun with F.D.R.: His Personal Letters—Early Years (Duell, Sloan, $5). The first volume carries him through his childhood, prep school at Groton and Harvard University, up to his wedding to Eleanor Roosevelt. Letters to his parents predominate. The first was written at the age of five to his mother, ill in another room of the family's Hyde Park home. The last few deal with his marriage plans. They show that his mother had some difficulty reconciling herself to her only son's marriage just after he finished college. The picture of the youthful Franklin Roosevelt in that of a privileged son of a wealthy family, a student above average but not exceptional, thoroughly interested in sports, but not especially adept at them, active in campus affairs and increasingly concerned with politics. The letters, edited by his mother, are published in full except for a few minor deletions of uncomplimentary schoolboyish remarks about family acquaintances. Eleanor Roosevelt provides a foreword, Elliott Roosevelt did the editing. * A word-picture drawn at the leisurely pace of its subject may be found in Charleston, a Gracious Heritage, by Robert Molloy, (Appleton-Century, $6). Molloy, who forsook the Old World charm of his native town to labor in newspaper vineyards "up North," gives Charleston's history, from the first Spanish explorations through English settlement, the revolution, the secession and the reconstruction, to the present. Charleston dates back only to 1670 and its oldest building is no more than 250 years old, but it is perhaps one of the most individual of American communities! The author tells of the town's ghosts and eccentrics, of the eating habits including the "snowy dish of Simon-pure Charleston rice" which "is served for dinner, barring acts of God, seven times a week." * The basic question today is whether America and Russia will find a means of understanding each other—or will fight a war which will destroy the world. For those citizens who are interested in understanding what are the really basic issues involved in this choice Vera Micheles Dean of the Foreign Policy Association has compiled a small primer, called The United States and Russia (Harvard, $3). Sumner Welles, in writing the introduction to this work, declares that "there is no subject today more immediately more overwhelming, in its significance to every American citizen." He adds that this is a work which "should be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested by every fair-minded American who hopes and believes that the influence of his country can even yet be so intelligently and effectively exercised as to make it possible for the United States to lead mankind into the paths of peace." What more can be said? * The sombre, unhappy story of the Japanese people is told in Pageant of Japanese History, by Marion May Dilts (Longmans, Green, $4). Miss Dilts lived in Japan for a number of years and devoted most of her leisure hours to studying the country's history. Her book, telling of the ancient beginnings of Japan, was first published in 1938. Since that time, Miss Dilts has brought the book up to date—although she was able to give only a single paragraph to the atomic bomb's devastation. Concerning the future, she says: "Trade is the life blood of these islands. Japan has got to be allowed to trade with the world. Our problem is not how to keep Japan down, but how to keep Japan up." * If you are wondering why America vascillates in China, why we are at loggerheads with Russia in Korea and what Gen. Douglas MacArthur is really up to in Japan, a good part of the answer is provided in a new book by Richard Lauterbach, Danger from the East (Harper, $3.75). Lauterbach, a distinguished American foreign correspondent with two penetrating books on Russia to his credit, has had a look at the Far East. What he saw in his trip gone back to the sources of American foreign policy in the Pacific and the background of the huge and rather primitive nations with which we are dealing there. His findings crystallize the suspicion which many Americans have nurtured that we are dealing with problems of much greater scope than graft in the Kuomintang or double-dealing in the Japanese populace. General The American Experience, by Henry Bamford Parkes (Knopf, $3.50); A fresh interpretation of the character and civilization of Americans. Gallant Rebel, by Stanley F. Horn (Rutgers, $2.75); The saga of that great Confederate raider, the wood-an-iron Shenandoah. . . Dahl's Brave New World (Atlantic-Little, Brown, $2.50); Comic strip version of the modern American by cartoonist Francis W. Dahl. . . Staffordshire Pottery, by Joseph Wedgwood and Thomas H. Ormsbee (McBride, $5); The story of the master potters with many fine illustrations of their work. . . Men Out of Asia, by Harold Gladwin (Whittlesey, $4); Origin of early American civilization by a leading anthropologist. . . Introduction to Iran, by Elgin Groseclose (Oxford, $3.50); The history of Russian political and British economic imperialism in Persia. . . How to Figure the Odds, by Oswald Jacoby (Doubleday, $2.50); Discussing the chances of winning at cards. . . .

Egg-on-Glass Trick Wins for Swindlers

PHILADELPHIA (UP) — A new twist to the old fortune teller swindle was reported here. Mrs. Helen Maxzio, 27, told police that two women, who offered to tell her fortune, hypnotized her and looted her home of $1,000 in silverware, clothing and jewelry. Mrs. Maxzio said she fell into a trance as she watched an egg resting on a handkerchief stretched across the top of a glass of bubbling water.

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