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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
The Border Highway

Several years ago Representative Hudspeth in
troduced a bill authorizing an appropriation for the
construction OF a federal highway from San Diego,
California, to Brownsville. Texas. At that time the
bin received the support Of n few Of the most progress
siye congressman; but in the main il received only
smiles Of derision from Mr.. H~udspeth's colleagues.
Friday morning the Fl Paso congressman re-intro-
dueed the bill. which would authorize an appropria-
ton Of sls,0 900 for construction of the border
highway, and there were no smiles Of derision. During
the years that have elapsed since the original bill was
introduced there has not only been a general reversal
OF opinion concerning federal appropriations for pub
lie roads, but the necessity for a border highway is
now generally recognized.
Protection OF the border has cost the federal gov
arnment millions Of dollars which would not have been
expended had the appropriation provided in the orig
inai Hudspcth bill been made available and the high
WAY constructed. Lack Of the border highway has also
heen responsible TO a great extent for the lack Of
harmony between the United States and it's southern
neighbor. The highway proposed by the Hudspeth
hin would provide border connections with all the
transcontihental highways and other great arteries Of
travel. and prove an important factor in commercial
DEVELOPMENT and improving relations between the
United States and Mexico.
The Hudspeth bill proposes to make the federal
government wholly responsible for construction and
maintenance of the border highway under grants from
the counties Of rights OF way and the use Of such ma
tsri.ls a. they may possess for road construction The
hivbwav would be l,744 miles in length, 900 miles Of
which would be on the Texas border.
While this is one Of the greatest individual pro-
;.cts aver proposed in connection with federal high
wav construction. its magnitude is somewhat dimmed
when the fact In taken into consideration that there
are now 49,, 772 miles Of federal aid highway in the
United States. and that u Is estimated this mileage
.vfu ne doubled in less than ten years. The federal
~nvarrment has apportioned for highway construction
ave. s744OooOOo since Isle. and Of this amount Texas
has received ss5.loS,7os.
The original Hudspeth bill was introduced In 1915,
and the nation gasped when IL learned the samount Of
the appropriation desired However. national views On
rA-sv ernenditures have changed since that time,
"a the fact that slsl0oo.00o viii be required TO con-
..rvet the border road viii arouse no general opposi-
sion. Events since the introduction Of the original
Nm should be sufficient evidence Of the necessity
-hieh exists for immediate construction Of this high
way. and there ~ no logical re~son Why the new bail
should not receive favorable sensidsrau0As
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
Washington Letter
BY CHARLES r. STEWART

Here then, we have some fifteen
chairmen who are liable 70 be tossed
out into the cold world il their COM
mittees are abolished. They're rather
~influensian congressman, too, or
influential congressman, too, for
they wouldn't be chairmen. They're
not Of prime Importance, or they'd
be chairmen Of bigger committees,
but they're above the average.
There are 81 standing committees
IN the house Of representatives and
only 81 In the senate, which may or
may not suggest that the former
body has more than r absolutely
Necessary.
The house, for instance, has O
Committee on expenditures" by
each Of the executive departments
state, war, navy and so on. There are
ten, at a clatter. Congressman Til
son. house majority floor leader,
can't see why one "auditing COM
mittee" wouldn't do Just as well.
Others ear. 1t would be harder work
among other things.
A couple Of other house con-
mittees it's proposed to abolish are
these:
The wcman's suffrage committee,
The committee on the alcoholic
liquor traffic.
The argument Is that have
the vote already and that there
hasn't been any alcoholic liquor traf-
fic since prohibition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
The World and All
By Charles P. Driscoll
STARING INTO SPACE

Warwick Deeping is a rather keen observer Of
life and the people who live it. He is now a very sue
cessfnl novelist, three Of his books having sold excep-
tionally well in this country as well as in England,
where he lives.
am told that mr.. Deeping is a plain man. By
that I mean that he has not become high-hat since he
has scored successes with his books. He lives in the
same old house, with the same wife who was his COM
panion before great success came to him. With the
extra money he has had lately he has fixed up the
beautiful garden behind his home. He has made the
old home more beautiful and more comfortable than
it was, but it has not occurred to him to move TO a
more pretentious place, or to high-hat his friends.
think I'd love to know Warwick Deeping. Such
a man is interesting because he is genuine. The man
who is rendered top-lofty by material success is never
worth knowing.
But what ! started to say is that Warwick Deep
ing has a knowledge Of people and Of the human mind.
He has drawn two very fine portraits in Kitty" his
last novel. One is the portrait Of a man who was in
jured in the war and then gave himself up to invalid
ism and ~sef-pity. The other is the picture of the girl
who saved that man from his own destructive psyche
sis.
Deeping tells how his wounded hero, slowly re-
covering from absolute black Inconsistencies to help
less inyalidism, became bored with his world.
"For consciousness is a variable state, and es-
pecially so in sensitive people. It may narrow its
field. or suddenly expand. A man may be 50 fatal
ly bored that his attention to life may degenerate into
mere vacant gazing"
How true that is.
/ know d man who had certain specific, useful
talents, when he was young. There were some useful
and artistic things that he could do better than any
body else anywhere.
But this young man became bored with life. He
became filled with ~self-pity because he wasn't rich
and he had worked and he could not live in a big city.
So he stared into space.
H did little else but stare into space and pity
himself for a period Of thirty years. When necessity
compelled him to look about for some productive en-
ployment in middle life, he found that the world had
grown away from him. He had stared into space too
long.
to wake him up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
COMMITTEES MAY BE USELESS
BIJT CONGRESS CHERISHES THEM

1UNAAItA Els AlLAh DA
BUT CONGRESS CHERISHES THEM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Execu-
tive departments and sub-depart-
ments. government bureaus and
boards and commissions. all sorts Of
federal offices and institutions are
having their annual hemorrhage OF
reports just now, to congress-either
directly, or indirectly, or through
whatever intervening functionaries,
or groups of same, may happen TO
stand between them and the legis-
lative body.
There's a regular library Of this
stuff every year about this time
The president starts 1t with his
message. which is a report, IN Is
way, with recommendations. The
others compiling right in afterward,
to the tune of twenty or thirty, some
az them good-sizcd volumes.
Occasionally there's one with good
reading in it-even sensational The
trouble Is, they're punched too much
| To wads through the entire mass Is
a hopeless undertaking, SO the whole
! thing usually goes unread except by
a few specialists.
The move 70 ABOLISH 1n0Nt AlItecH
q the house CT representatives,
standing committees has developed
an amount OF i'll feeling on Capitol
Hill out Of ell proportion 70 what
anybody would imagine possible
without an understanding OF the
reasons responsible for IL.
For one thing, n committee chair
manship carries u certain amount OF
Importance with IL.
The committee may not amount 20
much, but the chairman always ts
n a position to refer TO himself as
head OF such-and-snch q committee,
and visiting constituents ara i'm
pressed BY 1.-THE chairman sees
10 it that they are. when he tells EN-
about IL and explains how busy II
keeps h~im-though q member Of n
committee told congress last winter
that II was five years since hts out
fit had had 8 meeting.
But aside from that. a committee
chairman has an extra office and
the committee has a secretary who
really II the chairman's personal
secretary-unless tie an exceeding
IL important committee, which makes
it, secretary hustle
Now, an extra office IL q eonsid-
Grafton Co u representative IL
doesn't matter no much 20 q senator.
Tie has two anyway. end some have
three. hut representatives have only
Icna ariRee-r9xGant fhRsETaGRs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
Today's Radio Programs
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iO:i5-Don Amaizo: Ills Further Adventures-WJz. 4 stations
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
Peters Adventures

swell and good" Peter clapped
his hands. II can understand that,
as far Us sound goes your long ears
serve you well. But / should think
that you would rather they were
inst a trifle shorter. Aren't you
afraid that while you are sitting up
straight like that someone will spy
them and set upon your"
Rabbits pink nose trembled, and
Peter, IL he had been better ac-
quainted with Cotton-Tails, would
have known that the little fellow
was laughing at him. Then Rabbit
said m unexpected thing:
"Say, Two-Legs. get behind me
no. no. not there. Get deeper into
the grasses"
Peter, without having the least
idea what Rabbit wanted, did as he
was told.
"Now look for my ears" command
"a Rabbit. "Can YOU find them ~
Although he had gone only a little
distance from the Cotton-Tail's side,
Peter had to peer sharply at the
grasses about the young Rabbit 70
make out where he tops Of them
left off and the tips or the little
fellows ears began. He made = dis
covery, and Il wouldn't have been
Peter II he had kept IL to himself.
az see the tins Of your ears. Rab-
bit, bnt they don't look a bit like
ears. They look like" W.
The Boy stopped to think, and
Rabbit urged him on.
alike what7 What 10 my ear tips
look like ?" squeaked he. And in a
second Peter knew.
like left ends" declared he. he
had guessed right. The young Cot
ton-Tail nodded.
Exactly! My ears never give me
away. but they tell me all the news
I need to know. My heels always
heed the message my ears receive, 20
now you see why ! trust them both"
Next-"Cotton-Tail In Clover"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
Timely Views
PROPOSALS DECLARED SINCERE
By William F. Borah
United States Senator from Idaho

United States Senator from Idaho
William +. Borah was born at Fairfield, Ill,
June %, 1866. He was admitted to the bar in
1889, ~pracsiced at Lyons. Kan in 1890 and 1891.
and since the latter year at Boise, Ida He has
been U. S. senator from Idaho since 1907 and is
chairman Of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations.)
/ do not think the proposal Of Russia is in bad
faith. I do not think Germany's manifested desire for
disarmament is in bad faith. / have no idea that
either Russia or Germany expects complete disarma-
ment. and I have an idea that while radical proposals
have been made, much less radical proposals will be ae-
captable.
But think both the Russian and German leaders
would like 70 see pronounced steps toward disarma-
ment. Anyone who reflects upon the situation in
Europe must realize that relief from these military
burdens and armament establishments must come or
economic ruin must ensue. There can be no such a
thing Is recovery in Europe. with this ever-increasing
burden Of ornaments resting upon the people. Taxes
stamina Of European people.
This lettering. hesitating, eheesepearing effort at
disarmament heretofore will really get nowhere. Eu-
rope is more heavily armed today than she was at the
beginning Of the war. And while we have been talking
disarmament, arming has gone forward. I shall myself
treat with respect the proposal for disarmament from
whatever source it comes. II We keep up the old sus-
picions, the old hatreds. the old intolerance. wa
simply become particeps criminis toward disaster
which sill fellow if relief cannot be had in the way q
disaymamnL
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
AIR ROUTES SHOW PROFIT

LONDON R3-Fifty-two thousand
passengers we're carried and 2y50o,000
miles flown without q single accident
causing injury to travellers, says the
Imperial Arrays report for q year.
The years business resulted In . net
rrcfit Of s57.Sn6. ~ against losses OF
sIo2.0T5 IN 1926 and s76.os5 Ia 1895.
Traffic on the company'x European
ERptss o. increased bz "a per cant
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18

Who am Il? What il my nation
atty? What is my profession,
On this date in 1907 John Green
leaf Whittier was born. Who was
he?
Mark Twain, beloved American
writer was born in 1885. What was
his. full name?
German soldiers are noted for
their peculiar marching steps What
Is 1t called?
One OF the best known street num-
bers Ia the world IN No. 10 Downing
Street. What is located there?
81 had rather Be q doorkeeper In
the house Of my God than TO dwell
in the tents Of ~wickedness." Where
Il this passage found In the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18

JIMMY JAMS
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
inclined 20 undertake more than
they can accomplish.
Answers Co Foregoing Questions
1. John Galsworthy; English;
novelist and playwright.
q American poet.
8. Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
4. The goose step"
8. The offices OF the prime minis
ter Of England.
g. Psalms lxxxiv, 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18

They Knew
The topic had been carefully ex-
planned, and as an aid TO each pupil,
a card, being the picture Of . boy
fishing, was given. The notation on
the card read:
Even pleasure requires patience.
See the boy fishiHgg He must sit and
wait. He must be very patient"
Then the teacher asked what we
need most when we 20 fishing, and
the reply canes s.Baiti"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18
LONG EARS THAT COULD
ALWAYS RE TRUSTED

Rabbits command was scarcely
necessary, for Peter had not taken
his eyes from the young Cotton
Tail since his pirk nose first poked
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-18

through the grass. Now C0tton-Tail
sat upon his launches.
"Why, the tip-tops Of your ear
are almost On r level with the grass
tcpsl" cried Peter. Rabbit twitched
his whiskers as he nodded his head.
II was hoping you'd see that for
yourself without my telling you,"
~squeaked he. "They are, and so all
the better to hear with. The
slightest sound-just a faint stir
ring that ] cannot account for-and
eff I boundlr
New Britain herald., 1927-05-23

diet Of = diabetic. because It con.
tains large amounts Of starch.
Special breads are on the market
made Of gluten or diabetic flours,
with the amount of carbohydrates
and proteins usually mentioned ON
the label.
When sugar appears in the ex-
creted fluid. the physician real-.'
ICES that the patients ability TO
aasimilate has been exceeded. 1t
then becomes necessary to cause
him to fast briefly until the sugar
disappears. or he may be given In
sulin, which aids In causing 1t to
disappear.
In the past, many patients did
not do we'll on the diabetic diets
because the amount Of food taken
was not sufficient to provide
proper nutrition. As a result,
there was a marked loss Of weight
and strength and the patient could
not resist disease. The discovery
of insulin has made it possible to
feed the patient more varied
diet, to avoid faAting. to combat
complications and thereby to pro-
long life.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-23
Your Health
How to Keep It,
Causes of illness
BY DIR. MORRIS TISHBEIN
Editor Journal OF the American
Medical Association and of Hy-
geia, the Health Magazine


A person with diabetes should
have scale for weighing food. In
order to determine his tolerance for
sugar, he begins with a diet COM
posed almost exclusively of green
vegetables containing per cent Of
carbohydrates.
Among these vegetables are let
tuce, spinach, cauliflower. sauer-
kraut. canned string beans, celery,
asparagus, brussels sprouts, toma-
toes, rhubarb. eggplant cabbage,
radishes and artichokes.
Although these vegetables con-
tain but little nutriment, they
have a large bulk and will fill the
stomach and thus allay the pangs
of hunger The person is given
from $50 to 200 grams OF these
vegetables, about five grams of
which will be available carbohy-
drate OF sugar.
If there is no sugar In the ex-
creted fluids on this diet, he is
given diet on the second day
which contains five more grams
of carbohydrates, and this is in
creased until 20 grams or carbo-
hydrates are being taken.
Then the diet is increased by
five grams of carbohydrates every
other day until the sugar appears,
or until the patient is receiving
an amount OF sugar equivalent to
three grams for every 1000 grams
of his body weight in - hours.
After the first two or three days
vegetables containing 10 per cent
OF carbohydrates. such as onions
squash. tdrnips, carrots. beets or
canned peas may be added to the
diet in order to make up the in
creased amount of sugar.
Subsequent to that, foods con-
tanning Is per cent. such as
canned lima beans or parsnips, or
20 per cent of carbohydrates, such
as potatoes, baked beans. green
corn. boiled rice or macaroni, may
be added to make up the amount
of sugar.
Fruits have also been classified
according to the amount OF sugar
they contain. and many other
foods have been listed for this
purpose. 1t Is possible for a physi-
clan who is familiar with the
amount of protein. fat and carbo-
hydrates that different foods con-
tain to develop varied diet for
accurately the amount of sugar
that is taken in.
The vegetables should be
cooked preferably by steaming in
double boiler, as in this way all
the juices are retained.
Bread Is seldom included in the
New Britain herald., 1927-05-23
Menus for the Family

Breakfast - Stewed figs, cereal.
cream, baked French toast, maple
syrup. milk. coffee.
Luncheon - Baked spinach,
cheese. veal timbales, creamed pc.
tatoes. orange-strawberry and ba-
mana salad. pineapple bavarian,
sponge drops. milk, coffee.
The mother who must serve small
children as well as older persons
will find that the less menus have
to be modified for the younger
members of the family the less con-
troversy and need for discipline will
occur.
Pineapple Bavarian
One pineapple. 1 IL cups sugar,
1 IL tablespoons granulated gela-
tine, IA cup cold water. 1.2 cup
boiling water. whites 8 eggs.
Pare pineapple and remove eggs.
Cut four thin evenly shaped slices
to use to parrish mold. Cook slices
in a thin syrup for twenty minutes
Remove from syrup. chill and ar.
range around the sides Of mold.
Chop remaining pineapple. There
should be about cups. Add boiling
water and sugar and bring to the
boiling point. Boil gently for twen-
ty minutes. Soften gelatine in cold
water for five minutes. Add to hot
pineapple and stir away from the
fire until dissolved. Let stand until
stiff. Turn into mold and let stand
three hours or longer to become
thoroughly chilled and firm. Serve
with whipped cream sweetened and
favored with vanilla.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-23

said Fleming stone calmly. won
dering II Dan Pelton was. after
all, concerned In the affair.
Don't you dare NEEDLE with 1t. y
cried Miss Anasta, aa jumping up
and going to her nephew. What.
ever ails you. Dan? What monkey
tricks are you up to now?"
Nothing Of the sort" he re-
turned. Il had put some Of my
own letters in here. too - that's
ALL"
As he talked he had set the
small case on a table and. flinging
it open. was looking amazedly at
its contents. Apparently some
thing surprised him. but in a mo-
ment he gave sigh Of relief. and
said:
There you are. Mr.. Stone. I
didn't put mine In there after all.
I thought I did,
"Forgetful youth" Stone said,
lightly. We'll, here goes for these,
then"
But no more evidential docu-
ments we're found in this lot than
In the other. and Stones suspi-
cions Of Dan Pelton took a new
lease Of life. The young man acted
nervous and anxious until the suit
case was opened. then he was calm
and at ease. What had he expected
that he didn't find?
Stone began to see this affair
had ramifications that he hadn't
heretofore suspected. And II Dan
Pelton was a factor in the case, It
behooved. an Investigator to walk
delicately. for Pelton had the whip
hand in his possession Of all docu-
ments and letters.
The more Stone thought about
1t the more sure he was that some-
thing had been distracted from
the suitcase during Pelton's alb
sence from the room, and that
whatever 1t was had given Pelton
satisfaction rather than otherwise.
Therefore it was something that
Pelton did not want him to see.
Therefore 1t was something that
incriminated Pelton or somebody
Pelton desired to shield.
This was one OF those swift.
flashes Of intuition and sudden en-
lightenment that come at times.
and Stone was quick to act upon
it. He determined to find out If
any one friendly to Pelton had
accomplished this act, whatever 1t
was that had changed him from
a spirit of apprehension and fear
to a satisfied. contented mood.
(To Be Continued)
Is Dan Pelton trying to conceal
something from Fleming Stone?
Read the next chapter.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-23
Loves EnnberS
Adele Garrison's Absorbing Sequel to
Revelations of Wife"
New Seral-
-Beginning a New Serial

sulking over my avowed intention
Of inviting Philip Veritzen down to
the east end of the island. When
he reached the farmhouse and sig
nailed me to remain after Mary and
Noel had gone into the house, !
was very much surprised, for in
view of the odd conditions under
which we were living, l did not
think that he would expostulatc
with me concerning my proposed
invitation to the famous theatrical
producer. Yet could think of moth
ing else that he could wish TO say
TO me. We very rarely consulted
each other about anything any
more.
But this communication after all
had nothing to do with my employ
or.
This is as good a time as any
for me to check up on those lads
over in Grimsey's shack" he said.
IN just walk over now, and see
what they have to say for them
selves. See that Junior doesn't leave
the yard. | don't think he's spicd
me yet
He's probably having his nap" l
returned, glad that | was spared
the sarcastic remarks 7 had en-
pected upon the subject of Philip
Neritzen. ''But I'll make sure that
he stays safely here. DO you think
you'll find both men? Has that red
bearded man had time TO get back
there >?