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protect her father-once when he was at.
tackled by su1ragettes on Scottish golf
course, when she. routed the militants by
applying militant methods, and a second
time when she clashed with the Marchion-
ess Of Londonderry in the House of Com
mons, when the later criticized her
fathers speech. In fact her devotion to
her father and his politics is her most
notable characteristic.
English people for q long time were
fond Of thinking of Violet Asquith as the
Terrible Child" of the Liberal party, and
the legend still persists. They used to
look joyfully to her public speeches for
the indiscretions in them that used to In
fuse the cabinet with fiery bushes. Many
q time she has unwittingly publicly de-
nounced policies that her father and his
cabinet promulgated.
But the English who knew the premier
Of England and his family never made the
mistake Of resenting its freedom Of
speech. It 10 all through q family Of
tongues; Il would not keep its character
II It kept silence. Even fits youngest mem
Der has learned to express himself and
hidden his father listen to small boys
lecture on aeroplanes and Beethoven.
II subservience II what 10 called Tor In
premief's Wo0ankind Mas AsQuith has
been set the worst example in the world.
Her stepmothG knows nothing Of the
meaning Of the word She has always
had ~ coWate q her own opinions and
even q IL Nifo 6 IT, prime minister
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space being essential while in lake ore
boats this may be as much as eleven
feet, smaller stowage space being re-
quired owing to the greater weight of
the ore. Often some of this space is
used for coal bunkers, which in case of
collision might act as cushions to lessen
the shock
Everything it is humanity possible to
do IN design to make ships unsuitable
has been done. All slight and most
severe accidents are provided for, but II
Is not intended that a ship remain afioat
with three or four compartments ripped
open by collision with an iceberg. or a
large portion Of her hull in tatters as
the result of a torpedo explosion. Such
thing is beyond the range Of human
ingenuity. The protection against such
contingencies. especially torpedo attack.
Is prevention only. The keen and un-
firing watch Of the lookout and the man
on the bridge, and the cool, decisive
Judgment of the deck officer must guard
against such occurrences.
We have little reliable data on the &C.
tual force of explosions of torpedoes and
mines This is due mainly to the fact
that most of the victims of these destroy
ers disappear very soon beyond all hope
OF examination, and partly to the fact
that conditions vary at the time of ex-
plosion, and exert great effect on the real
shattering power of the explosive. We
do know that no steel hull yet built is
capable Of successfully resisting such a
destroying agent, and the shearing and
twisting of the steel is abundant evidence
OF terrific violence beyond all power of
control. The remedy lies in prevention
OF the explosion, with possibly the pro-
vision for many and strong watertight
bulkheads as secondbest. 1t is highly
probable that an explosion produces con-
cussion sufficient to open a great many
seams in the hull besides tearing out q
large section Of the side. thus converting
the ship into vcritable sieve. This
would account in some measure for the
quick laundering of the Lusitania twenty
minutes after she was torpedoed
1t is Of interest to know that naval ex.
perts consider the United States ships
would not be sunk as quickly by mines as
are vessels Of foreign navies This is due
to the efficiency of riyet inspection in our
naval shipyards. and the certainty that
every rivet exactly fills the hole punched
for It. Loose rivets afford an excellent
opportunity for an opened seam after an
explosion; there go fs Dose rivets on
American ships. sy- Il torpedo bot
tom has been int, iUaeG on the newer
American warshiFs with The aim of Of
ferfng greater res stance % external ex.
plosions. This toftem con ,ists of an ad.
ditional layer OF 7t'ei which is fastened
above the inner sl"l' OF hattleships, and
h Of special construct.
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until the weight Of the water 1t displaces
equals its own weight. He also learns
that the two forces which balance each
other are the downward weight of the
object, and the upward buoyant effect of
the displaced water. In designing larger
boats, the naval architect makes use of
these same two forces, and assumes that
the weight Of the ship acts at its central
point or center of gravity. while the
buoyant force acts at the center Of the
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national distress, Premier As
quith of Great Britain takes time of to
announce that Violet Asquith, his oldest
child. whose political feud with the famous
English poet, William Watson, brought her
into international notoriety a few years
ago, is to wed Maurice Bonham Carter.
Asquith's principal private secretary.
BIT all London is not rejoicing over the
wedding for Violet's sake in the same
manner that all America rejoiced in the
wedding Of its favorite Alice Roosevelt.
As a matter of fact London doesn't give
a hang about vioiets wedding. Why the
old town 10 rejoicing 10 this:
Violet has mother who likes to- do
things in the grand manner. Already the
mother has given assurances that violet's
will be one Of the grandest weddings Lon
don has seen. Therefore London kicks up
its heels in g1ee, for London is sick Of the
solemn weddings that have taken place
since the war started, with most of the
men appearing in disgusting khaki, and
long for the old-fashioned kind with
Axings and fussings
internationally speaking the announce
ment comes az a peculiarly interesting
t1nA y follows Close upoa IL hssis g
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she preserves that virtue Before her
marriage she was leading spirit in the
Club Of Souls. an oTsani1atipn of esthetes.
and her freedom OF CcHuact since her
marriage has sevesHi times threatened
to bring about pohtieii complications
Her "mots," when such things were
fashionable, were famous Tor their de-
structive brilliance. aud when she wrote
reviews for various London papers n
was because she nae the Independence
that sets the profess nal. Ehether he be
politician. author o. ecclesiastic, 1t
naught.
Miss Violet Asquith IL net unlike her
stepmother either physically or mentally.
The notable difference between them are
differences Of a slightly DIFF aren't period.
The younger womaE Eskos ate more seri.
ously. The mother tong,. sas the dread
Of England and that o. leI laughter has
struck the islander stir wen sreater
fear. To many Wiliiarl va son becamo
q hero when he bad tae ccuraxe to m.
tack them In his Woman With a Ser.
penis Tongue" and the copy II his poems
which contained this S.rrioic outburst
sold In the tens Of thousands
"The Woman With ~, aarn.nt,a
Tongue" created q fufoss h. botA Ens.
land and America. Ey ary b,dy ct "a
guessing who the woman gas. ia M:
jority Of gue3sers. knoviak Of Wafson's
political feud with the Aheaifhs. bit upoa
Violet Asquith a. bsiEs Nj. Watson,S
-6trpsat's toaGnA.
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BY A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

~ AN ships be designed to remain
afoat under any conditions and
thus be really unsuitable?
Does their safety depend on
steering clear of icebergs and mines?
The sinking of the Titanic, the Lusitania
and the Empress of Ireland, which
snuffed out thousands of human lives
and destroyed millions of dollars worth
Of property in the greatest sea disasters
Of history, have proclaimed to the world
that the unsuitable ship has not been
built.
The numbers Of those lost in these
three terrible disasters would imply that
ocean travel is unsafe. But, when the
number Of persons lost is compared with
the total number of persons who travel
the high seas. it is evident that in real
ity it is far safer to cross the ocean
than it is to cross "a busy street The
vast number Of safe voyages occasion no
comment; it is only those few which
terminate in disaster that are chronicled
far and wide.
AS great ship steams majestically
out of port with flags flying, and later
perhaps when tossed in the grip of some
bowling gale thousand miles from the
nearest land, the passenger often won
ders at the ingenuity which has solved
the seemingly impossible problem of
keeping such a structure afioat. Men
have been going down to the sea in ships
ever since the dawn of history and have
learned by experience the laws which
make ship-design and navigation possible.
Modern shipbuilding as q science is
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london Reioce of Engagement Violet

LII London is rejoicing in a COM
\ ing wedding. In the midst Of
u tangled affairs Of state and dire
national distress. Premier As.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25
-'TIPPERARy.'
(By John Wright Buckham.)

War yields varied fruitagr mostly
sad and bitter. but sometimes strangely
sweet and beautiful. Most of the things
that the great war has given uS We
would rather forget. Not So with one ni
ITS songs. full Of mingled pathoS and
hope, which has sung itself into the
heart OF America as we'll as of England
"Tlppcrary" is more than "A song: il i a
mood. Who will undertake TO express
all that this simple lovcSong means?
How long IL has been sung before the
English soldiers took ii up does not mat
ter much H. its music, more perhaps
than IN it, words il echoes the spirit Of
forgotten generations. homeless but not
unhappy. lonely but hopeful, marching
ON toward Il far-2f happiness.
There j. loyalty in A., and longing
courage and resignation. sadness and
JOY. Mt speaks of the near and the far
away. the past and the future. one can
hear IN Imagination. in its tender re
Train. great radical and individual in
instincts and aspirations. The lure uf the
great city l. ia il. and the unforgotcn
charm OF the quiet home among the hills.
Love and memory and hope and r%csigna-
ton breathe through il like the sound of
gentle wind ia the pines. Many re-
Spouse 10 opportunity and duty are
these. and the tender drawing of ideal
ism and affection.
If one were able 10 fare to tho far.
thest reach of itS meaning. would il not
he something like this? It's a Ion. long
way Ia the ideal of human attainment
and happiness. 1t lies far back among
the lost joys and aspirations Of youth
and yet. far forward, beyond fresh bat
tleiieldS. in "a social ideal in which all
shall share. For the attainment for
that goal every true man and
woman must hc willing a. give
M ease and advantage and "a endure
hardship IN danger and suffering. Ana
ii is best to meet the issue brayelv and
10 brighten the long march with 4 song.
For. far away a. il lies over land aud
sea. past weary DAYS and chill nights.
past battlefields aud hospitals. past vic
tories and defeats. here j. 4 goal. Call
il what YOU like the New Humanity,
Social Democracy. decentralization.
the Kingdom of God. II : bound 10 h.
realized. but mot of itself. and not with
out heavy cost. Toward il all true souls
have pressed with a g-m MANY mclo-
died. plaintivc. vet sweet and ~StrOng-of
which "Tippcrarv' j. a snatch. cchoing
through the heart + our hcwildcred. war
darkcncd but undcSpairing generation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25
The LETTER.


tBy Paul NIllIcr~.)
Attention. hoyS," cries the corporal
through the trench, 'thc mail ha~ come"
Are there many letters. corporal2"
Not 4 whole lot-onc for clannicS
hut is thick enough 10 count for three: 4
postal card for I,abadic. two for Co
guile and a money order. one letter
each for Holican. Galopin. poiricr. Ia.
gan and FroohaSson. Then there are
one. two. three. four. five. five letter,
for Mazurel Sacrehlcu. but that fellow
must bc popular
"lou need no. hc Jealous. corporal.
the letters are from my wife and kids
Then there i 4 letter for our cook.
one for Pri~t and one for lIigandct.
After al not - bad. | believe every
body has got a letter now except Cour-
lois
"Coutri~ has mo luck. poor fellow.
Looks az If they had quite forgotten Won
ut home. ell. Courtni>?"
81 don't see that l. any business of
yours" growl> ConrtoiS. If | don't get
ANY letters. | simply don't get any. that.
all"
Don't get angry, old boy, | did not
mean any harm. | am told that YOU are
married. and il Stems to me that your
wife might write You once in awhile if
she has not eloped with 4 hand,omer fell
low"
Now. Just leave Courts alone. will
YOU? If his-wifc does not write him il
i none Of your business. a. he saws. and
il il very mean 10 tease him.
The devil understands women. any
way. Here is CourtoiS, t3 wears old.
coming 10 uS rs a volunteer. though he
is married 10 4 young. fair-haired grl.
pretty enough to make any man want
10 stay at home. | have that from a
fellow in this company. who comes from
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25
PEACE AT LAST
Kaiser Speeds TO Front to Beard the Lion
in His Den.

Bombardcuallestcim Imperial Head.
quarters. Aug threat mystery sur.
Grounded 4 sudden departure for the
front NJ Kaiser Wilhelm day before YES
terdav. His Majesty in the middle 81
the night was called ont of bed and hun-
died into 4 taXicah without waiting ~
remove his imperial nightShirt. But
the thing T. no longer 4 mystery. owing
to the vigilance and indomitability of
Niur Correspondent. who Disgusting him
self - ! spark plug. accompanied his
Majesty Z" the Camp ~ the German
General Stan. where 4 council Of war
was hurricdlv held in bed. This and all
us details was learned hy . n CORES
pendent. who disguised himself az Ills
MajcSty'S he'd.
Ii was plain form the facial cxprcs.
SionS of the Stail that the situation was
entirely momentouS. Ills Majesty him
self quakrl with ~ un IIohcnzollern
fear which nearly shook the disguise
from Your Correspondent when His Mai
.eSty heard the opening words of Gen.
Won Observation-Disclosures who
opened the difference.
Your MI c>ty." said he. The Father
land il threatened with destruction,
Your Majesty il aware of the impossi
.bility IF shaving az the front. or even AZ
the rear. Hence the noble up-turncl
moutache> ~ our troops. ever exact rep
lcaS of Your MajeSty'S. have grown into
full beards to such an extent that the
French Yesterday refused 10 shoot at
them under the impression that they
were Russians. The VERY implication
has created a mu;iny which threatens 10
disrupt the army"
~Umhum.' puoth His Majesty. this
shall cease. We hereby decree that ev-
cry German soldier use his bavOnet as a
razor and daily shave himself into an
exact replica IF our>elf a. to moI>tachc.
- before the war"
II regret to report. said Gen. won X.
and asks him To forgive her in her let.
terS."
Perhaps. but they arr calling YOU.
corporal"
Corporal Corporal. Come over
here It is Courtois who is treating
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Old Man Perkins Saws.

WIN in I'M thrt n Keller never finds 'i~
title lu>r> it1
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THAT this IN impossible. Your Mair>ty'>
troops have also learned that ihc word
mouStachc ~ 4 French term. and refuse
To wear one under amy circumstance.
81 that thr council IA war broke up in
IN gloom. which rrlld nni l- ii~~ipttr
hy 4 bomb Nuur CORES ntuirat. how
ever. In his capacity NJ spark plug uu
the return journey. learned thc historic
news that the KAISER plans tu convert
himself hir>utr.v speaking into an cN.
ACT copy M thc Gar WITT hG>>il. Ihr King
OF England and the Emperor ~ Austria
combined. and 20 call lhc Uar un 90 thr
earliest possible moment compatible
with The growth uf .Ir human beard.
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Father Explained.

Tbs little incident WAS related hy Mrs
Thomas u. Peek. p popular society wu
man M New York
One evening some time ago Smith sat
reading "A novel in the den Of hi, happ,
suburban home. A thr opposite side oI
the table littlc nilry MID. doing cmhruid
cry. Occasionally hubby would rva,|
aloud from hi> book.
Listen go This. Mary. said Smith nj
one interval. Just l> hr Kissed thr
beautiful girl .prl htr thr clock in "
nearby >tccnic rhimri five minutes after
L.. and"
But. John" interrupted little wife.
duuhtinglN "yuH surely know That W
clock ruuldn' strike frr minutes past IT,
III couldn't. ch2" was the prompt IVY
ioinder Of hubby. THAT show, what You
know about clocks. / guess 10 could il Il
was five minutes slow. PHILADELPHIA
Telegraph.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25
THURSDAY MARCH -. 1915.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers in the city who fail to re-
celve The Herald regularly are reques-
ted TO notify the office promptly. All
papers delivered in the city should be
received, as a rule. not later than 1 :45
to 8 o'clock p. m. Unless some accident
to the press or other untoward delay
occurs AT the printing office, the paper
should be out not later than 1870 and
the carries should complete their distri-
button, even 10 the most distant suscri-
bers, within not less than an hour and
thirty minutes.
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SOMETHING CHEERFUL.

(Will b. Moore III Boston Rccord.)
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What's in a Name?

Put This ~ Your Pipe and Smoke II
Delicious tobacco.
50 pungcnt and brown.
What i /. that makes YOU
Remove \ mans frnWm.
WITH Your flavor that makes YOU
80 welcome a guest
rs il cling> to the ceiling
And walls and ones vest?
It's partly the ShavingS
of wood that impart
To vour rich. goocy surface
that touch Of high art:
It's largely molaSScS,
Salepctrc and such.
Very likely brown paper
on adds To your touch.
And if. hy mistake.
some tobacco should Get
Mixed M with your system.
You're some better vet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25
In the Good Old DAYS

When thc >ulrhur'~ iu thc t%rclclc
aud thr "varh~" arr stepping hut.
And TIE land looks rI Iur blowing
Ia the ult south hiI'>id, lnt.
And the pu>>ie> on thc willows
lairlN lurr 9> N"u ZIP I'M.
Thcn'S IN" Time that MN gins making
SOAP and Gee, III smells uu high.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25

". /. Azhrll, ex postmaster Of Edwards
port. Ind, write III -~uffcs-s from severe
trouble with my Kidneys and back. Fir-t
bottle Of Foley Kidney Pills eavc me rc
iof.' Thousands testify that backacho.
rheumatism. sore muscles aching joints
and bladder weakness vanished when Foley
Kidney Pills We're taken. Martinez DRUG
Store, north corner Market square.-adv.
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the same part If the country"
"CourtolS never speaks of her, some
how {
Perhaps they did not get along togc-
thcr.'
say. Mazurcl."
What do you want. CourtoiS, old
boy"
II want 70 ask you to DO me a real
favor"
with pleasure. anything | can do"
Listen. Nou are a Partisan. I fellow
who writes a good d"ai | have seen
myself how you get !lng letters every
day from Your lirlc woman, letters full
of tenderness and love | am sure
You are right, old boy
We'll, now. | thought YOU might help
me with something. but something that
nobody else must know anything about.
The boys always tease me aud il hurts
"a bc tcaSed like that. at least. il does
sometimes. Now a. YOU have your wife
in Paris, couldn't you send this letter
and ask her Ia mail il in Paris"
why. of courSc | can. Nothing is
easier. Give me the letter. But. excuse
me. Nou must have made a mistake. ID
il addressed to yourself, 80 it would
simply come back TO YOU
That i just what | want il to do"
You must 10 crazy, old boy"
No. | am not crazy. | have written a
letter To myself. that's all"
And what the deuce have YOU writ
ten Yourself"
"A love letter"
And how have Won signed it?"
with the name of the woman who
ought 10 love me. Try 10 understand
Mazurel. il hurts me 10 talk Of this"
n 40 understand You know, poor boy.
You never receive any letters and they
tease YOU because they know YOU have a
wife. now YOU have written one 10 your.
clsf."
That's il. Mazurcl. | know YOU will
not tell the others.
Here's my hand on that. CourtoiS.
Your letter goes TO-DAY and nobody shall
know anything about ID"
SAY. bows. something has happened.
CourtoiS has actually received a letter.
did YOU see it?"
Yes. indeed. and a very long one-at
least twelve pages.
Yes. and il is the incest letter | have
seen in q long time. ! tell YOU. lie has
shown me- some If H."
Then We were wrong when We tcaScl
him. and said his wife didn't care for
him any more"
1T looks very much like H."
Just a. she became famous. this wife
who never wrote.
Perhaps she has been away and has
just returned home"
We'll. AZ any rate I am glad for his
sake AMI | propose that We all ask his
pardon
That il the proper thing.
Hello. CourtoiS. | congratulate Won"
You've got your letter"
And n fat one
You will stand drinks all arOund?"
You bet ! will, boys"
SAY. ClouiSaS,"
YES. corporal.
Have you heard anything new about
CourtoiS?"
Not a word"
Nothing about his wife. either
Nothing at ALL"
But the captain saws he has investi-
the matter. IL appears that she
u 4 worthless huSSv and that ID was her
which drove him to enlist al
his age. Perhaps she has now come To
understand what she has made HIM suffer
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EXTRA REAL WAR NEWS

By our Special Correspondent ont ~ the
rear of the front.
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~ that wires cam hc twisted together
with one hand pHer- haye h..u patented
with q wing aut % hold the Jaws together
after they have grpped the wires,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-25

~ HAlNA INV AEf~ Al.
-
Wiener | write y tragic las
Whose closing lime. tuur blood would
CUr,lr.
When printed N uimc uut thi- WAY.
Just Heaven Grant rtiuiu~hrilu~h
rdl'
ho ! coin words from hiJirr tears
Ia whi-h both Wit and plthu> join:
la print II alwaH~ r%rappcur~:
lie huar>clN cried: 'cmfv pctaoincta
DIN"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-03-04
Learn To Laugh.

A good laugh is better than
medicine. Learn how to tell a
story A good story is welcome
as a sunbeam in sick room.
Learn 10 keep your troubles to
yourself. The world is to busy
to care for your ills and sorrows.
Learn to stop croaking. II you
cant see any good in this world
keep the bad to yourself. Learn
to hide your aches and pains
with a pleasant smile. No one
cares to hear whether you have
the earache. headache or rheu.
matism. Learn to meet your
friends with a smile. The good
hundred man or moman is al
ways welcome, but the dyspep'
tic or hypochondriac is not want
cd anywhere and is a nuisance a:
well. Sun.