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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

inmates 1913 persons, mostly destitute,
who were afforded needed assistance or
medical or surgical attention, nursing,
shelter and subsistence. OF these eigh-
teen died in the home, 324 were discharged
cured or relieved, and 5 are at present in
mates of the home.
OF the eighteen deaths, seven were from
tuberculosis. five from senility, one from
burns. three from Brigh.t's disease, one
from cholera infantum, and one from the
result Of an operation computation of an
arml.
OF those applying Al the home for as
sistauce. nc found permanent employment
for "a and temporary employment for ov-
ar 300. During the year. We gave tenn
porarv assistance to about 100 persons,
meals Ia the hungry, clothing To those
who needed clcthinv. All Ia whom cloth
ing was given were REQUIRED first to take
a bath on the nro" iS"s.
Applicants for d, 4 or for medical or
surgical trcatnien. come from AL over the
comfy, and are constantly increasing in
number. None nre turned away when
there j. any possibility of affording them
help or shelter.
But we sadly need = much larger home.
and increased facilities. and more gen
eral cooperation on the part Of our peo-
pie.
Disbursements for 1916 included:
Rents. wages. nurses. manager. .S 1920
Furniture and fixtures ....... 1884
improvements and repairs. 49,. 1919
Drugs and dressing 3l.90
Food. fuel. daily expenses. 5S2.Si
r1rdT at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.

FOR RENT Thirty-four ,3Il acres ~ new
rrsaca land. ~ first class irrigation system
Los FrrSnos tract. II. n. Swami. los FrrSnnS.
Pustucicp. san Benitu, Texas. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
POULTRY.

WANTED TO BUN-12 laying hens M p%ullets
white leghurns or Rhode Island reds pre-
.ferrcd. A. h. Empie. chief electrician, H.. :
Radio Station, Point Isabel II
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

BARRIER TRADE taught At Texas Barber
Colleges. Worlds greatest. Position when
competent. Free catalogue explaining. Dali
has or Fort Worth. Texas. 80
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
WANTED TO BUY
REAL ESTATE WANTED

WOULD LIKE 10 correspond with owners az
land who believe that Indications for oh and
gas are good. Please give full information. lo-
cation. etc. address IAN \. Petty. Jr. JWi
More Bldg. San Antonio. Texas. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Thirty four (3I) acres of
new rcSaca land. on first class irrlga-
ton system. Los Fresnos tract \. u.
Swami. Los FrcsnoS. PoStoffice, San Be
nito. Texas. Is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
BARBER COLLEGES.

NEN-Our Illustrated catalogue explains how
We teach the barber trade quickly. mailed
irec. MOLER BARBER COLLEGE, san An
t.ui, Tex Il
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

By BRIGHT. intelligent boy of good family. "a,
errand and office boy or similar work after
school hours and an day On Saturday. Apply l.
Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
POSITION WANTED.

WANTEn-Onice position ~ collector. 50
hcltur W. salesman. knowledge M buukkecp.
ing. but prefer outside work. Experienced best
~ references. VIII cal for interview upon NO.
tifcation. Address l.. W. care Herald. OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
THEOSOPHY.

ANYONE Interested IN Theosophy. please call
M 1872 Elizabeth Street. 1-29fti
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
HAY FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Balcd Rhodes Grass Hay. hrS
quality and absolutely clean: very clpsr pric
4. y. y. Ialvria. Texas. Address Mrs. Mario
A. Moore. LtFeria, Texas. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One corner lot and five room
cottage on Levee street. Apply l2o3 Wash
inton st. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

HAVE 20 ACRES of Cameron county land for
sale reasonable near San Renitp. Would con
slider a loan If 100000 on same. Address q.
w. Goodin, Ottawa. Kansas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

WANTED-Two young lady mattresses at
once. Good wages. Address Lion Res
Itaurant, Mercedes. Texas. ii
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

WAITER WANTED-No boozer. Write u. J,
Cafe, Mercedes, Texas. u
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22
H0USEaT0H0uSE
CAMPAIGN, PLAN
CHARITY HOME
REPORT OF MANAGER SHOWS NEED
OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOB
LOCAL INSTITUTION.
OF $3i. rs ON HAND JANU-
UARY l-ASSlSTANCE OF LOAN
Is FROM HARTMAN FUND.

Closing Of the hooks for the past year
and the inauguration OF a more strenuous
and active program for the opening of the
new year e~ptomizes the proceedings at an
adjourned meeting of the Charity Home
board yesterday. 1t was the postponed
annual meeting and was held as sched-
uled.
The principal feature Of the meeting
was the report Of the manager OF the
home for the year GIG, showing a bal
ance of receipts and disbursements
amounting to more than $4,000.
Plans were discussed for increasing the
list of permanent subscribers and II was
decided to make a house to house can
vass beginning at once. For this purpose
four committee chairmen were appointed
corresponding to the -four city wards, a
follow: First ward, Mrs. j. J. Young;
second ward. Mrs. Jesse D. Wheeler;
Third ward. Mrs. Gussie Scott CLANCY;
Fourth ward, Miss Francisco hernandez.
After eanvassing the wards assigned TO
them the committee chairmen will report
the results at the next meeting. The sub
scriptions are 10 he monthly and the asso-
citation will accept subscriptions from %
cents monthly up.
Rules Of order governing the meetings
of the directorate were adopted. Mrs.
Annie G. Putcgnat was elected TO mem
bership of the board.
The managers report follows:
THE CHARITY HOME
Brownsville, Texas,
January u, 1917.
To the Trusteas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-22

Entered as second class matter in the post
o1ice at Brownsville, Texas
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
More Than $4,000

Martin Sweeney famous Jockey 80
years ago, had been missing nearly that
long To find him his sister in Chicago
advertised that a fortune of $4,000
awaited him.
1t didn't. The fortune was myth
And one might have thought man so
careful TO conceal his whereabouts so
long, would be peeyed if lured from hid
ing by ruse, with disappointment as
the sequel.
But Fate saves Martin Sweeney's sis
ter from his displeasure, because the sis
ter has probably saved Sweeney from
prison. Her advertisements found him
in Sing Sing. where he had served II
years Of a 20-year sentence
When Gov. Whitman acknowledged
receipt of plea for clemency the facts
came out. And the freedom his sister
may thus win for him will be TO Sweeney
an acceptable substitute for the SIS 900
fortune existing only in her imagination
Freedom from prison or $4,000, In
Sweeney's place which would you rather
have?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Don't Worry

You need not worry. If you are reg
istered for select service you have two
alternatives:
Either your "key" number is drawn for
the first draft or it is not. If not. you
need not worry. If it is, you have two
alternatives:
Either you are exempted or you are
not. If exempted You need not worry.
If not. you have two alternatives:
Either you are called into training
camp or you are not If not, you need
not worry. If you are, you have two
alternatives:
Either you are sent to France or you
are not II not. you need not worry.
If you are, there are two alternatives:
Either you fight or you don't fight If
YOU don't you need not worry. If you do,
you have two alternatives:
Either you get hurt or you don't. II
you don't you need not worry. II you
do. there are two alternatives:
Either you recover or you don't. II
you do, you need not worry. If you
don't. you will never need to worry again.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Limit the Time Food
Can Be Stored and the
Prices Will Come Down

II is announced that at recent WASH
ington conference between department o.
agriculture representatives and cold stor
age heads. the latter pledged their heiE
in the governments proposed food sur
vey.
Now that is all very nice. IL IS gooo
to know just how many tons OF beef anu
poultry and eggs and butter are IN cola
storage. Uncle Sam can get out per
fectly beautiful statistical report snow
ing how many hundred per cent increases
there are in various stored foods
But we want something more than re
ports. We can't feed on figures. Stats
tics are rather a meager diet. You can
make roast or soup out OF them.
You can't fry them with onions.
What we would like to see is some
method of compelling the cold storage
neople and their chief customers, the
food sharks. TO unload, so that food can
no purchased at a reasonable price. we
are not keen TO eat this years chickens
next year at double price. We prefer
this summers eggs this summer no'
winter after next.
The solemn. sickening. damning truth
about this cold storage business Is that
one of the finest Of mans inventions has
been perverted. 1t should be means OF
saving summer food excess for winter
dearth method whereby, cutting out
waste and rot, food is made cheaper thru
out the year.
But that is where the food spectators
come in with their dirty hands. They
hoard the food away from the people.
By means of cold storage they beat the
law of supply and demand. Before cold
storage, the supply had to be sold. Now
the supply is held.
The demand is allowed to grow until
the price is forced far beyond what 1t
should be.
The farmer who raised the food does
not get the extra profit Every cent
squeezed from the ultimate consumer
goes into the capacious pockets OF the
middlemen gamblers.
The way to remedy the evil is to reg
ulate cold storage. Fix time limit be-
yond which food cannot be held and the
market will automatically right itself.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Anniversaries

dish under Cen John
pr.dsa .a4lcare Fort Niagara
i.tarl Trv0r became gov
err.t Tnfth Carolina
tsUiauin q. t"ston- who IN
r.F fnfroc ed percussion
rsra. f. aud percussion primers
navy. born IN Phiiadel-
fh fhfrc. N0v. - 1913.
rHffe funeral cercmnnies IN
Nov city in honor ~ Henry
mttie n Peach Tree creek.
f.nnie Collins. Lowell mill
gIrI .vt. Ieraruc Famous for her work
n orraa7 ng -oldiers relief IN, the
rf.. r died no Brookllnc Mass
ffnrr tr tu0skosR y g. 500 1885.
seauri Democrats nominal
90 tIt m Stone for Tho governor
i,a roval COLLEGE % surgeons
EdIrf.r-n celebrated - f00th an
rr mt Z-rpefIn's -dlrir bio
fde r. round trip iu Cor
rer wing EIGHT pasa"ng"ra
on War AGO TODAY ~ JHE
Wan
ur Hrove Germans from Ion
e.. .rf UefEiiic Wood
ltlsrfan arrrv moved nu
Carpet sn paFsca ON fa-r1ll" front
rsuued offensive ON nuth
aIt -1mmc ard captured
HI... German trenches
TuDNY's PIREiIDAN~
t|..rt. errtga- fturrnrf ono ~ fhr
rassd ~ ne pioneer avias
f.r in san p1ulo. BraEl g.
frfHr.
.Earios d. nntharhuf who
rfs ol his beautiful English "e-
.ste a- t.e dispoaa ~ fhe govern
ru In London. i5 years ago
f.HrH
Tt carroll Moore fhe new
rr - tho los Angeles r'qlJ
N.t..f ..raoi. horn ~ YounRs'o7n 70.
t ffF HFo f01nt
-ffmsDn. American ann
ls fl Argentina. born a. iicd
Far GZ years ago today
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20

in its place on the cupboard shelf and
CLOSED the cupboard door I,..l
Then this mysterious good angel had
vanished, something on the order of a
summer Santa Claus.
Her thoughts were TO be of good and
| loving and thoughtful husband out bat
Ting with the cruel world, but with a
first thought for his wife.
Bills chest was swelling as he eontem-
plated the effect Of this magnanimity up
on her when her eyes beheld
There was the suspicion Of real salty
tears in his eyes. sympathizing with him
self. as he now fully realized that he had
sacrificed the best hours Of his sleep 70
prove TO his wife how she had cruelty
misjudged him SO many times in the
past.
The two spiders had been washed and
made as dry as the dish towel could make
them. when Bill espied wire ring affair
he had seen his good wife use, on SOME
THING, in the course of dishwashing
but for the moment he could not recall
what it was.
He felt, however, that II ought to be
used, so he put in the drinking glasses
and used it on them
The dishes all washed and dried. after
which they were scalded. Bill waited at
the foot of the stairs and listened, to
make sure that it was to be a surprise.
There was not sound upstairs.
He slipped into his coat. our magnan-
imous Bill opened the door carefully,
stepped out, sneaked down the front
porch and thought it really was too bad
the neighbors could not know about it.
However, a change came over Bill,
suddenly.
Possibly it was the effect Of the fresh
morning air.
What he had done seemed not so mag
unanimous. after all
Lets see, said Bill, there are 365
days in the year. She washes them three
times q day That's l095 times
"And besides. thought Bill, there
are the beds to be made;
There is the sweeping ana the busting
to do;
There is sewing to do;
There is the washing to do
There is the ironing TO do
There is a child to keep clean, dress
and get away to school;
There is the cooking to be done
Exit hurriedly. Magnanimity.
ANYHOW. we had this editorial pretty
well down in our mind by the time we
got to the Office.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Must King Gold Go, Too?
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

There seems TO be a pretty general
opinion among our best forecasters that
when this war is over things will be
different. And not only things but no.
tons. Which is more serious matter.
For it's a deal easier to change your
things. change your clothes, change your
features, or even change your wife, than
il is to change your mind Especially
if you are a nation or world.
So monstrous difficult it is for friend
world to get an idea out of its head
and get new one in that the feat
is not usually accomplished except by
that slaughter house -lunatic- ylum-B er-
serker-epileptic performance called war.
One man. alone, all by himself, can sit
down, maybe. and read book. or medi-
tate over pipe, and quietly slough off
fool notion and adopt good one; but not
any million men. They must have their
fanatics, prophets. martyrs, rebels. ex-
tremists, conservatives and the like, and
finally lead out their first-born sons and
shoot them TO death before they COM
plete the process of switching over from
thinking. say that the state exists for
the monarch to thinking that it exists
for the people. or from considering a
man with black skin 10 be chattel 10
considering him to be regular human
being.
Getting converted may be easy enough
at Billy Sundays meeting but it's a very
different matter for nations Humanity
is just now hitting the trail in the
trenches of France
One Of the fixed ideas the world may
alter after the war will be that of cur
rency Up till now the theory that all
money must be based on gold, and that
the yellow metal is the only genuine,
money all other
kinds being of value only as reducible to
gold. has dominated the earth. There
have been various attempts TO Gust gold
from its kingship in the various nations.
but all have failed.
Now, however, with every nation
loading up with pile of debt that stag
gers the imagination the question is
raising its head: Where is gold enough
coming from to pay with?
And Professor Sirinov. according 10
the London Economist, is boldly propos-
ing that the metal basis be discarded
and that Russia adopt paper money as
the sole basis of exchange. THE old
metal theory has broken down, he
argues there is no hope of setting up
the gold standard again, and our whole
outlook on the nature and use of money
has changed.
This looks very much like our old
friend the Greenbacker come again TO
life Is it possible that. along with wom-
ans rights and prohibition, we are go
ing to get paper money? While we're
overturning the thrones Of the Roman
offs and Hohenzollerns, are we going also
TO upset the oldest of absolute rulers
Gold?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Let the People
Rule-and Write
BY Altman.
No shortage Of PLATINUM.

10 the Editor ~ The times
Aruc4es nave recently appeared
in the public press. tending fo dis
courage Tor patriotic reasons The
u-c on platinum Jewelry While
thcs, have been apparently publish.
ed ia good faith and with a lcgiti-
mate purpose ia view. the. subject
matter has not been strictly In &C
cord with the facts
ON April go The jewelers. vigil
ancc committee. tnTu Meyer y. Roth
child. az Now York city. platinum
comm ittee chairman. and after con
,ultat.on 0th William G Redfe.d
sec.etary 81 TIE department Of com
uerco published bulletin 20 All
jewellers giving recommendation
regarding platinum restrictions In
commanding this action. Secretary
Redheld wrote on May y thar mo
campaign could Dc properly made
ssod upon government need Of
platinum
This metal is used in The manu-.
iacture az sulphuric acid for high
explo ives. bu' only a. an eleCtrode.
snd does not enter in any way INTO
the product itself The same pa.
.lum can be used indefinitely AS
tho loss from this cause does not
exceed four or eve hundred ounces
per year less than half 81 per
cent of orr normal yearly supply
J be amount Of platinum NJ pres
ent IN use b. all OF the muni ion
manufacturers OF the country gl.eth-
or aggregate only $4,000 ounces less
than per cent OF our imports in
the past Is years. and there b. sufi
Client reserve stock on hand 10 in
crease their capacity A. least ZOO
per cent AZ the present time
While there are certain uses in
fhe jewelry trade for which plat
mum seems indispensable al the
anne time he jewellers OF the coun
Try VIII cooperate with any sugges
t.ous made by the government Of
the United States. and IL seems i'm
proper that any discussion OF the
subject should b. published without
2 thOro knowledge Of the facts
Very truly YOURS.
PERCY X LOUD.
Treasurer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Gossip Worth While
nv ". ARLINGTON BRUcE
Author - The Riddle OF Person
alitY.' Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

Gossip is commonly defined as
idle iattle," a dennition which car
ries with Il The inference that Cos
sip Is something altogether blame
worthy, and that person Who Cos
sips Is always an undesirable mem.
Der ot society. But there Is gossip
and gossip
some gos ,ips is tar removed from
being blamFvorrny n Is so far re-
moved that IL actually Is indispen.
sable 10 The progress OF human
knowledge and the betterment OF hu.
man welfare
Consider
Two women ere hanging out
clothes liz their back yard The
itnce between H. low They are in
no particular hurry So they pro-
coed 20 gossip
Have YOU heard about little Mary
Jones >" asks one She has been
taken 10 the hospital
Poor child And what's the mat.
ter
81 can't say But do know that
hes pretty low The doctors says
It's from drinking poor milk
The second woman feels little
shiver OF apprehension. She thinks
OF her own dangh'cr lane
drinking milk bought AZ the same
grocery as The mhk drunk oy MaI!
Jones'
Promptly she has n talk with her
doc,or She learns more about the
dangers ~ impure milk than she
ever knew before
And this h. The outcome % q few
words OF gossip-of idle tattle"
Another mother goes downtown TO
do some shop. ing IT, the strcr car
she meois one OF hts neignbors.
They begin 20 gossip
Perhaps their Idle tattlc" Is at
frst about matters az no Importance
whatever Then the neishbor thinks
~ an interesting hit OF community
news
Il was calling an Mrs Smiths yes-
'erday. and she'- Rad screens put in
al her windows
What tor2 That's foolish *
ronsv There are no mosquitoes in
our nnighborhood
40. bar there arc a good many
flies Mrs Smti tells ne that a
Doctor has told her that il che wants
the children 10 STAY we'll this sum
mer she must keep flies our OF the
house. he says they carry germs "
u chat 500 HIM. thinking OF
her own children II guess IN run
IN and have a talk With Mrs Smith
nye'l. t0Worrog
Sureiy gossip like this Is worth
b 80 "a va. !, lob
cannot o. 700 highly praised die.
uorary definitions 10 the contrary
of'vithstandinc
Nra discoveries OF importance 10
human health and happines. are be
ins made all the time ,hey are
duly reported IN scientific journals,
in public lectures. and in public
prints
Bur many people-especially many
theirs arc too busy TO read even
the newspapers every day
Therefore they miss much Of sig
nihcance 20 Thorn and 10 thor fam
u.s. And they might never learn OF
~ II l. wore not for the habit they
have OF sosslping with their neig-.
bors
Don't 30 IN a hurry. then. 70 con.
denim gossip Everything depends on
'he character ~ tho gossip
II i deals with other peoples fail
ing IL Il hurts somebody's repu'a
tion. II it causes needless pain
then. IN truth. 10 is Injurious as well
as idle" tattlc
Put II il convovs really useful in
formation Of any sort IL is gossip In
which everybody ought 90 indgige.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
Pointed Paragraphs

q, docsnt take blooming IDIOT
long 20 GO 20 eed
Many a man punctures his tire on
'he read 10 wealth
The more inn'ncs man has the
more he enjoys his outings
a woman idea OF religion IS TO
have Kind. thoughts OF her rival
The heiress who invests In title
doesn't always purchase happiness.
With The exception Of ourselves
M one ever does things a. ti
should be- done
The happ.ne of some people de
ponds upon their ability to make
others unhappy
Some men 70 abroad 20 complete
their education Others marry
The criminal judge may be a man
Of few words. but not Of short sen
tences
An o'd bachelor says there is but
ono thing sAeeter than loves Young
dream. and that IL 10 wake MP and
md yourself sin single
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
They Do Not Know

Ths raHrtfr calls and men viii 70
Tn t1nlr Hvea III battle's woe.
.ea a soldier sleeps.
not know tho heart that
H.hf. shart. grassv mound.
raa4 -ugraved that death has
r urhf r lapse. 90 feare
1at know tlc gricf and
tI.. rlurIrf ehould not be.
H.l ro~rr and tyranny.
p an my iern sleeps
f know tHe heart Mat
rW o. g.. NJ BRISTOL.
Iaar r.sluInhfa-sf..
s.trnf July rs. 1911
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-20
From Another Point of VieU

Ahou Gets There Again Alphabetically ard
Numerically
Abou Ben Adhcm (mav bis tribe Increase
Awoke one night from q deep dream Of peace.
And sa~ within he moonlight ~ his room
Making IL rich and like a Hiy In bloom
An angel writing In book Of gold
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhnri bold
And 20 the presence in the room be said
What writcsi thou" The vision raised ifs
head
And with look saints might have revered
Answered. The names Of those who yolun-
teered"
And IS mine one" said Abou. Way not Az
Replied The angel Abou spoke more low.
But cheerily sill 70 that Tho vision heard.
Write me as one that registered
The angel wrote and vanished The next day
II came In complex hEurativc way,
And showed The numbers whom the draft had
And 10 Ben Adhem's name led an The rest.
VIII the government statistician who
gave Detroit a million and a half kindly
furnish an estimate OF our rapidly-grow-
ing circulation
Keep u From the Enemy
Be stiu. sad heart. ard cease your repinlng
Co.. somewhere. 80 the sun BE- san shining
Some khaki pantaloons we have met
indicate that economy should begin at
the seat Of war
efficiency
We know motihn sHycf who wantf Mo ma
tonsl anthem played l1 The seventh rnne
when everybody GETS up 10 stretch
And 10 think il was this same gov
eminent that put the Louisiana lottery
out Of business. And only one-state
affair at that