Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-07
WITH THE EDITORS


lei ~ start ont with a determination
each one 10 do something Ia advance the
best interest of The community.
LEI those who have money and are
able. make some investment that will
push along our little city while ~ the
same time il fills The ill Of the inyes-
tor. There are many openings here now.
Get busy N once and lei ~ see something
doing.
Now YOU who have no money there il
plenty for YOU to 10. The town needs
many little improvements L. be made ~
milcstoncs along her life uf progress. lf
each individual would endcavor "a set
one Of these little monuments. We would
soon have 4 beehive II workers. Will ynu
bc a dronc ia this hivc'-Rio Grandc
Clarion.
Brownsville j. now ready To- stage her
sixth Mid Winter Fair with nm unusual
~ large list of amusement attractions
and exhibits. Brownsville deserves much
credit for the manner in which this en-
i%crprisc j. conducted: her reputation for
making a success of the Mid Winter Fair
attractions has extended into territory
remote indeed from the Border City
Corpus Christi Caller.
The Enterprise believes that the IL
fusion of Santa Claus il one of the sweet
cst illusions there i, in the life If 4 child.
There are some people devoid Of scnti-
mcni who think thar children should he
di>ill stoned. that they should h. told
the truth azout Santa Caus. Hu these
people are mistaken in their zcalon>ncSs
for truth. Were il not for our childish
drclms. our hopes of fairy rewards our
expectations of something from some
where. The belief in Santa Claus j. in
Inc with the belief in the goodness and
mercy of God. and 10 a childish heart the
lalief ~ Santa Claus j. lust ~ deal as
the belief in God. for both are invisible.
Many there be MANY poor children tn
night whose faith in both God and Santa
Claus j. strengthened. -Clcburnc Enter
prise.
Yes. children frequently stay away
from the ancestral faith IN matters pll
itical - we'll ~ several other matt r..
Mark I%Ianna'S daughter recently went ia
the White House 10 IN" head of a dele
CATION urging woman'> suffrage. and
Mark lianna's sou was u leader IN the
Progressive movement of last wear anl H.
now q conspicuous amalgamationist
along Progressive lines. Aud inst ~
think thar Of such j. the offspring nf the
famous stand nat" originator.-Beau-
mont Journal.
Disralci whose %cloqucnrc Lord Curzon
ranks below that of Gladstone. tried
hard 10 give his hearers the impression
that he was not ii The habit Of = repairing
his speeches. Discussing Plunkct'S ora.
tors with ni>rarli Lord Granville re-
r'lTkrd bat the Irish >tatcSman Lr>i.n-
icl - long for y word that he seemed
\" ~ 81 the point Of breaking down.
Lord bless Won" DiSracli exclaimed.
Did that take You IN? WHY. that i part
of the trick. ! have often done il Ia make
u appear that my speech has not been
prepared. London Chronicle.
~
The will of the late \. Montgomery
Ward diSPnsc~ of his estate. estimated
10 a. worth S5.0oo.0 400 except for about
4 Quarter 81 4 million dollars in requests
90 other relatives. hv giving his widow
" thirds and the other thirl to - viii
CIV 10 trust for his only child. Miss Mar.
ioric Ward. The only charity mentioned
10 the viii is that >hould Marjorie die
without children AMI without having prr.
pared 4 viii. her 'hird Of the estate i
I" IT, used ~ establish and maintain a
home f"r worthy working girls WHY
forget the unworthy" working girl
SHrcly She needs \ home fully ~ bad ~
does the worthy working girl There II
'rih ~ every girl who works for h.
living and every one of them j. worthy
the interest of would bc philanthropi>ts.
Houston Post.
\ >idelieht thrown on the aggressive
ness ~ the militant >u~ffragettc~ IN Eng
land - a decision given in the rricciinn
~ = woman applying - practice Al D
bar. that i woman j. not 4 person. and
that i no business of the court n-
pertinent q" her application il she i
e superior intelligence and education g.
many males \ nation which takes that
attitude low rd it, intelligent uanr.
can Ia % rsl tpnanlufu ft.as fb.N 49,. ~
anirnahle :" reason. Baltimort Amcri-