The home journal. [volume], February 16, 1952, Image 5

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THE HOME JOURNAL ‘
A Virginlslands Publication
Published Every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday
EARLE B. OTTLEY . -." . Editor
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Saturday, February, 16, 1952
Sewer Connections
Governor de Castro has
again called for the enact
ment of legislation to
compel property owaners
to m a k e connections to
the sewer system. This
proposal has been pending
for more than a year. One
of the principal arguments
against it has been that it
would wor k a serious
hardship upon some pro
perty owners who lac k
the funds to make the ne
cessary improvements.
Recently, however, the
Virgin Islands National
Bank has indicated its
willingne¢ss to grant loans
under liberal terms, to
property own rs who wish
to install modern toilet
facilities.
We believe that a seri
ous effort should be made
to have property owners
utilize the facilities which
were installed at a huge
cost by the Federal gov
ernment. We thinkit un
wise, however, to attempt
to include every property
within the scope of thel:-
gislation at the outset..
There is a good case for
exempting, at least tem
porarily, houses w ho se
value is lower than the
co tof the contemplated
improvements. Superfi
ciary houses should also
fall in the same category,
unless the owners of the
land would be required to{
compensate the home
owner for t h e improve
ments if the la ter is re
quired to vacate the pre
mises.
A careful stucy also
should be made in an ef
fort to tie in this sewer
connection program to
the housing & redevelop
ment! program which is
already 1 n progress. It
would be an absurdity to
require property owners to
go to the expense of mak
ing improvements !0 pro
perties whieh will be de
molished within a few
years. Obviously, areas
which will be cleared
wi hin a relatively short
time by the Housing Au
thority should not be re
quired to comply with
such a law.
| Observation Tower
!the same. What nice coffee we
‘got from a nearby restaurant!
|Mr. Schloss said
that he couldn’t
ido without itand I had
been drinking coffee from
iinfancy so I enjoyed those
‘moments of relaxation.
| Another hig h point of
‘working in tha t studio
,was the trip Imade to
'Pirie Mac Donald’s Place
jon business. Naturally I
|couldn’t afford to have a
jpicture ma d e by a man
'who charged $500.00 for
Isix 8x 10 prints; butl
could marvel on the spot
where he performed his
miracles. I shall néver for
get the receptionist. She
llooked like Queen Marie
of Roumania, only more
queenly. Her black velvet
neckipiece with asmall
gear , her coiled platinum
londe hair, her exquisite
manners stillcome b ack
to me.
Several times during,
each day we were distract-|
ed at work by another!
kind of beauty: Leopold
Auer,they said it was,gave
master violin lessons in
an apartment studio two
or three flights up in a
building near the back of !
Schivss’s place. Never
THE HOME JOURNAL
before nor since have I
heard musicof such a
quality so often. I'velived
for months next to the
Julliard School; but even
that cannot be compared
with the master lessons, It
was the period when _ouis Per
singer and his wonder pupils
first came to New York. Yehu
di reached the dizzy heights
withoutstumbling, but Ricordo
faltered. Master lessons were
$lO9 an hour and it cost $125
for master teachers to audition
them. Whether or not Leopold
Auer himself" gave lessons. I
can not swear - but we heard
many of them for free.
Mrs. Schicss, wife of the
owner, was /a very sweet wo
man. She had bounce and
charm, was interested in the
arts, including
music, and had travelled
through Europe many times.
She took a great fancy to me
and had me over to their
apartment hotel many after
noons. At first I - was scared
of her but soon learned io
like her. She alwayrs wanted
BAZAAR! B ' BAZAAR!
' azaayl.
STRAW WORK
Hand Bags, Breakfast Mats, Shopping Bags
Religious Articles Beautiful Medals and Chains
Cake Sandwiches
Cold Drinks
Door Prizes - New Improved Games
SN I L7
Enjoy an Evening at Sts. Peter and Paul School Hall
* Doors open at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Feb. 20, 21, 22
DANCING THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY EVENING
Bazaar for Benefit of Catholic Grammar and High School
to talk art and travel and ask
ed. innumerable questions
about the Wesi Indies She
had many tressures and
trinkets about the rooms and
was never tired of showing
her keepsakes. For a sixty-five or
seventy-year old woman, | think
that she was a real beautyin her
class. Mr, Schloss used to tease me
when I returned to the studio. He
said that I was the first young man
his wife had liked in years.
I might have continued at Schloss’s
studio for a long time if I had not
been called back to St. Thomas be
cause of illness at home. My educa
tion, both in school and at the stu
dio w a s interrupted at a crucial
goint. Although I’ve since studied
oth photography and gainting un
der normal conditions, the experience
I was sharing at 2511 Broadway
might have kept me from many
en(‘lors, if it had been longer contm
ued.
Peculiarly enou%h, my work in
McQueen’s Art Gallery, a mile down
the same glamorous avenue, meant
less to me. Maybe I felt more at
home higher up town.
Today both McQueen’s & Schloss’s
studios have been replaced by
other activities. Few people can re
call the Broadway of three decades
ago, because of the constant change
and shift of emphasis in that aveuue
of laughter and tears. ¥or me Broad
way will always be as Warren Hard
ing saw it before he went away.