Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-26
IN OUR
VALLEY
LILLIAN GISH, famous actress of the
- silver sheet, eats carrOts-eats 'em

LILLIAN GlSH, famous actress or the
- silver sheet, eats carrots-eats en
to rest her weary nerves.
Lillian Gish has always been popular
with movie fans Of the Valley We
often wondered why. And that's why
she eats carrots.
Lillian Gish is walking, living
breathing, acting advertisement for a
famous Valley product-earrots.
Why not let's adopt Lillian for our
very own, down here in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Doubtless Lillian's nerves could be
permanently cured. All that would be
ecessary would be to turn Lillian loose
in any carrot field and let her go to it.
If she will eat enough carrots, maybe
it'll help to keep the market up.
And the very fact that newspapers
all over the country have just carried an
account of why Lillian munched a carrot
at trial in New York, is certain to
cause the demand for carrots to in
crease.
Farmers of the Valley, look to your
carrots!
Here's how come the news dispatches
told about Lillian eating carrots:
New York, n. Y, March 25.-Lillian
Gish eats raw carrots for nervousness
This vegetarian habit of the screen act
trial of a suit brought by Charles H
Duell, president of Inspiration Pictures
Inc, to compel her to make pictures
only for his company.
Throughout the opening session of
the trial yesterday Miss Gish took an
occasional bite of carrot Spectators
wondered whether the diet had anything
to do with her wonderful complexion.
She was asked the reason.
"'Oh, Pm awfully nervous she re-
replied"
Now if we can induce Gloria Swanson.
Mary Pickford or some other star to
appear in public taking mouthfuls Of
wood and water out of Rio Grande
Valley cabbagehead, we shall have ar
rived. tn be the thing that will put
cabbage over the top. Every movie fan
in the country will soon be eating cab
bage.
But first we'll have to think up some
i'll that eating raw cabbage will cure.
The classified ad clerk Of The
Brownsville Herald called up Tom Stew
enson Brownsville automobile dealer.
the other day to ask if he wanted a
used car ad to run any longer.
Shall We continue that ad, Mr.. Stew
enson?" he was asked.
Goodness, no. replied Mr. Steven
son. Sold every one of the cars we
had listed. Soon as we have some more
used cars to sell we'll use your class
flied. They pay WE'LL
That scores another in the long list
of reasons why the classified columns
of this newspaper are worth money
to those having something to SELL
Just another instance, and we'll quit
Dragging.
office the other day. He had inserted
an ad wanting to rent house.
Say, stop that ad Of mime he al
moe+ shouted as he rushed in the door
"If it runs any longer I'll have to quit
my lob entirely to handle the callers
I've lost three days of work already
Please cut il out"
We did,
The Mission correspondent of The
Houston Chronicle heard that a car
load of tomatoes, the first of the season,
had been shipped out of Brownsville.
Brownsville is pleased with the COM
pliment, of course, but doesn't want to
take credit for producing carload Of
tomatoes that were actually grown in
Mexico.
The carload referred to was imported
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