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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

Henry Ford, recently returned from Europe, refuses
to become excited over the political situation in this
country and its relation to business, stating that he
attaches no significance ~ the purported effect Of poll
tics upon business. He holds the view that while the
election Of Smith, who, ne concludes, will receive the
democratic nomination, might result in numerous
changes in governmental policies these would not DC
Of such nature as 20 react adversely upon the COM.
mercial and business affairs of the nation
Dir. Ford sounded q note Of optimism in regard 20
European conditions, asserting that in both the Brit
ISL Isles and Continental Europe there ~ restored con.
fidence and gradual return 70 general prosperity VIII, h
has greatly increased the buying powers Of the reopie.
He predicts expanding markets for American goods
not only in Europe but also in South America and
Asia, asserting that never before has there been a .iore
friendly attitude evidenced toward America through
out the world.
Throughout Europe the processes Of Sterilization.
interrupted by the war IN 1914 and hindcred anl con-
fused, especially in England. by the influence which
precipitated the general strike, seem now to be gc,lve.
~ operative. With the increasing realization mat a
constructive plan for the outlawing Of all future wars
will be agreed upon, and that with this there vii come
the Punishment Of fear or war consciousness, ne re-
Operative power Of the world will be greatly increased.
This will tend TO improve and expand markets -or
American goods and firmly establish TIE foundation
upon which American Industrial prosperity rests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

NEW YORK. May.-If there Is
such q thing rs gratitude. som
day there will be a triumphial re-
ception and parade for Grover
Whalen.
Whalen gets a lot Of publicity and
attention whenever a channel swim
mer. or a ueen. or an ocean flier
comes to town. but isn't mentioned
without levity at other times. He
IL an executive in the Wanamaker
store who for five Or six years has
had the thankless Job Of heading the
mayors committee on arrangements
for the reception Of distinguished
guests. He has had the RESPONSE
bility Of attending 10 the thousand
and one details incidental 10 the re-
ceptions. has lost many days from
business interests and worn out a
dozen or two morning coats and top
hats. and as a reward has been
made n butt OF jokes. When there's
nothing else to make fun Of. the
cartoonists and columnistS pick on
Grover. No one wants his job, but
he Is accused Of hogging IL.
Even Jimmy Walker. who ought to
appreciate him most, makes fun of
Grover. The mayor. with the gov
ernor Of Rome. Prince Potenziano,
went yachting and they were late
for a ceremony. When they finally
arrived. Mayor Jimmy w~isecracked
to newspapermen:
when we locked. Grover Whalen
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
HONESTY IN THE AVERAGE MAN

HONESTY IN THE AVERAGE MAN
One Of the best ways to keep the
average man honest is to make IL
either needless or impossible-or both
needless and impossible-for him 70
be dishonest
The big surety corporations which
make a business Of gambling-in a
sense-on mems integrity, find that
honesty IA much less a matter OF
pedigree than of environment, &sS
due 10 temperament than to tempta-
ton. In other words a definite rels-
ton exists between dishonesty,
temptation and necessity. A certain
number OF average men IN every
thousand, If they need money urgent
Is enough, and the temptation IL IN
viting enough, will prove 70 be dis
honest.
A certain big wholesale concern
had in its employ a young clerk
whose duties included going TO n
bank az the close Of each days busi-
ness and depositing large sums oil
money. The young man received
only SIS a week. Time went on and
he got married: but he still received
SIS a week. He required more
money. His salary was not proper
tionate TO the responsibility his m
~plovers placed upon him. Moreover
they did not audit his books for
months at a time. Thus. he found
himself ~ensnared. through no fault
of his own, in three of the chief fac
tors which make for dishonesty
need of money. constant temptation.
and opportunity 70 take money with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
by FRED {. KELLY

out immediate danger Of being
caught. Naturally, one day he found
himself In serious trouble.
The manager Of a big trust COM
pany's safety deposit vaults robbed
a famous rich woman in New YORK
of $65 5000 worth or jewelry. He Wa
AZ years old. had a wife and two
children % support. and held A posi-
tion of considerable responsibilities.
Yet his salary was only $3.50 4
week.
One OF the women guests AZ y
fashionable house party in mn east.
ern city left lying carelessly exposed
on her dressing table m lot Of eN-
pensive jewelry-partly, | believe, be-
cause il tickled her vanity TO exhibit
a rieh-and-careless attitude toward
costly articles. Her husband chided
her for leaving her jewelry out
where II would be n temptation ~
maid servants, but she paid no heed.
"A servant girl took a pear necklace
worth $4,000.
Altar the necklace was recovered.
the owncf forrave the girl. but the
Girl never forgave the society woman
for placing temptation in her way.
The jeweIry lay before her just Az A
time when she was in sore need Of
money. She had never stolen before
and probably never will again; but
all her life she will he obliged ~ live
with herself. knowing that there is
a blgt on her character. From her
point Of view she has q greater grew
ance than the women she robbed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
New York Letter

wasn't there TO meet US. How could
we find our way about without him ,'
But YOU have % hand IL 10 Grover.
he never gets left out OF a picture.
The city's receptions to more az
less distinguished guests naturally
cost lots Of money. An appropria-
tion OF $4,000 was made for demo-
rations. stands. etc. for the Bremen
crew More than 100000 has been
spent on welcoming receptions in the
last two years. To this must be
added the expense Of cleaning UP the
streets after the event is over, and
the loss sustained by employers
whose windows are within gaping
distance OF the parades.
Most OF the permanent New York
ers paradoxically live on Long Island
or In New Jersey or IN Connecticut.
or in the stretch of towns along the
Hudson beginning AZ Yonkers. None
except confirmed bachelors ever sig
Nifty a desire to live on Manhattan
all their lives.
I have met few persons who think
OF New York ~ their home. It's
their Klondyke. a place to conquer.
10 make ones fortune and fame.
Most prefer a home in a quiet sub
urb. some want a farm or On shack
in the mountains. and many intend
to return To native towns.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
Other Papers
MODIFIED FLOOD CONTROL

tChrlsuan science Monltor).
After it appeared that an impasse had been reached
in discussion Of flood control legislation. caimer and
possibly wiser counsels have prevailed, with the result
that steps will be taken nj an early date 70 insure. u
far as possible. against future disasters along the
lower Mississippi river. Despite the earlier effort nv
President Coolidge. in which he was aided BY Repre-
sentative Frear Of Wisconsin, to impress upon CON
eress the injustiees Of the then pending measure. there
appeared to be a determination on the part 81 4 ma.
jority in both the house and the senate to force tile
passage of the bill.
II was not until the president, when directly ehal-
Ieuged. made no secret Of the fact that the measure
would meet with disapproval that the sponsors Of the
more liberal appropriations yielded. The political adj
vantage which some Of these had hoped to gain at the
expense Of the administrations popularity in the south
and the middle west failed to measure up on a quanti-
tatiye basis with the certain disapproval Of their con-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

These days o. tightening competition. both intorn-,
and international, are BY no means the sirst Of The
sort IN the worlds recent commercial experiences. The
years Immediately preceding the war were nunctuated
with just such clashes though, Of course. on a much
smaller. more limited scale. AZ a result Of the new
trade ambitions Of Germany, the stout defensive effoit
Of Britain, the export drive OF the United States. and
the awakening Of commercial Japan.
Then as now, every possible trade weapon vas being
fashioned for use in the struggle, including host OF
various forms Of combines, cartels, pools, mergers ana
similar devices for the elimination Of every wasteful
effort and the concentration Of all energies upon the
task at hand.
This movement has encouraged non-carteli-ed IN.
dustriaiists to join forces FOR the broad and thoroughly
salutary purposes or attaining the economics IF large
output and waste elimination. In Austria some IS
corporations have consolidated in the past two wears.
several being vertical mergers linking the successive
indendent units Of the given industry from raw mate
rails through to finished production, along lines cutie
similar to those followed in the Unitde States. Even
financial circles have followed suit; in one case IS
continental banks have been reduced by consolidation
to As.
The experimental period Of these post-war under
takings has scarcely gone far enough TO warrant def
mite deductions as to their actual achievement IL cut
ting costs, and in more effective marketing operations
mere Is clearly an inclination in some European
quarters to count too much on the economics or macs
production-to everyday the mass mania" which has
oeen evident IN so many Of our own plants. not always
with sound profit-making Justification.
Furthermore, labor circles on the continent con-
tinue TO fear the menace Of such consolidated power in
the hands Of international operators. Consumer
groups are also watchfui Of any attempts to cxpl,it
them through the monopolistic potentialities Of these
combines and have in more than one case already
threatened 70 apply available legislation to institute
new statutes, or TO encourage non-cartelized competi-
uon' especially from the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

SAN ANTONIO. Texas-(Pl-Re-
suits az cooperation among 100000
women in promoting American home
welfare will vie for interest with
election Of the new president Of he
General Federation Of W0menS
clubs al the ten-day biennial con-
vention beginning here May p.
"Thc fine art Of living; making
the federation function in daitv
life.r will ia the theme Of the CON
vention, with eacn department cf
activity contributing % the program
its achievement with this end IN
view.
After the formalities Of opening
the convention ny Mrs. John ID.
Sherman. president Of the fedora
ton, most ~ the meeting time will
be devoted to programs by the eight
large departments-Amerlcan citi-
zenshin. American home. education,
fine arts, international relations,
legislation. press and publicity, and
public welfare.
The election contest Il centered
about the two candidates for the
presidency. Mrs. John r. Sippel OF
Baltimore. and Mrs. Edward Frank
lin White az indianapolis.
Five former presidents of the
federation. Mrs. Charles II. DEM
SON.. New York; Mrs. Philip North
Moore, st. Louis: Mrs. Josiah Evans
Cowles. Los Angeles; Mrs. Percy n.
Pennybacker. Austin, Texas, and
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, Minneap-
oils, will give special greetings To
the assembled ONE on the first
day or the convention. An attend
ance Of 1000 women is expected.
Outstanding among the reports
which will be made TO the conven-
ton are those on the Better Homes
campaign Of the past two years, the
reports Of state presidents on how
the club movement "has enriched
daily living in my state" and chat
on the results az questionnaires
sent out 10 determine the exten. Of
feminine interest in politics. cleo
tions and the coming presidential
campaign.
Speakers az the convention in
clude Gutzon Borglum, sculptor; j..
Frank Davis, author Of The Lad
der" the play that has been run
ming. now on a seats free basis. for
the past eight months in New York;
Louis r. Alderman, Of tho United
States Bureau Of Education; Sidney
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
Face Court
Next Week For
Liquor Hearing

Two men. both residing in the
neighborhood Of Harrington, were
brought to the Cameron county Jail
here Thursday by Horace Johnson.
deputy sheriff. on charges If liquor
law violation following their arrest
earlier in the day two miles west Of
Harrington. They will be given n pre-
liminary hearing before Grover
Reed, justice Of the peace. Tuesday.
L. G. Nichols. former sheriff. was
with Johnson when the arrests were
made. The defendants were in an
automobile or the highway when ap-
pretended. Officers say that sacks,
containing a quantity Of liquor
were in the machine.
One of the men. who has been un-
der the surveillance Of Johnson for
some time. according to the latter,
has been arrested before on liquor
charges. He has only one arm. the
other having been amputated follow
ing q shooting scrape in Hidalgo
county some time ago.
The officer thinks the cargo Of
alleged liquor captured Thursday had
been ferried across the river in the
neighborhood OF Santa Maria.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
Endeavor Rally To
Be Held on Sunday

SAN BENITO. May 1s-Thc Christ
ian Endeavor society of the First
Presbyterian church viii hold a pre-
convention rally here Sunday. begin
ming at 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
The rally will be in charge Of Otto
Nelson, Valley district president.
and Is to arouse interest in the
state convention At Amarillo next
month. Representatives from Har-
lingen, Rio Hondo. Sebastian, and
Brownsville will be on hand
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

Krinz, of the United States Cham
her Of Commerce: Mrs. Lillian Con-
way. Of the National Forest service.
and Merlin III. Aylesworth. president
Of the National Broadcasting COM
pany.
There will be n series Of lunch
cons, teas and dinners during the
ten days, and n special religious
program will be given on Sunday.
June g.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
Timely Views
INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROBLEMS IEwED
BY JULIUS KLEIN

Director Of the U. S. Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce.
Julius Klein was born in San Jose. Calf, in
1885. He was graduated from hte University OF
California in 1907 and later studied Al Harvard
and several European universities. After COM
plotting his studies, Klein became instructor #
Latin, American history, and economies AZ lar
ward. He served as chief Of the
division Of the United States Department OF Com
meree at Washington from 1917 70 1919. and ~
commercial attache at Buenos Aires from 1919 70
1870 He has been director Of the L. 6. Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce since 1921. Klein
Is an internationally recognized commercial
expert.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
The World and All
SPEAKING OF JUSTICE
By Charles p. Driscoll

There has been a good deal Of talk, in print and out
OF print, about the failure Of justice to make itself
manifest in American courts Of late. have heard this
conversation as long as / can remember, revived every
time there IL a noteworthy miscarriage Of justice in
our courts. or course, when there il a series Of note
worthy misearriages Of justice. the tlak becomes more
general and more loud.
There are bold statements that the jury system has
broken down. that il is impossible to send a ricn men
to prison, that We are on the slide for The bow-wows,
and won't come back.
Those who have been reading my remarks in this
space from day to day will realize that what | say
about this situation is altogether consonant with what
| have said repeatedly in this space about human
justice.
Tit trouble is that the critical public expects too
much Of our system Of Jurisprudence. The critics are
shocked when there is a notable instance of injustice
n our courts. But they are not overjoyed and ex-
hilirated when there is a notable. case in which strict
justice is meted out.
The critics fail TO recognize the fact that human
justice is Enthusiastically weak. A sense Of justice,
being a very complicated sense, is possessed BY highly
civilized humans only. And none Of US Is SO highly
civilized as yet that we know very much about pure
justice. We are doing our best, and it il really sur
prising how well our courts and juries do. on the av-
erage. But Of course injustice is frequently DOM.
Our judges and juries are seldom corrupt. But they
are always human.
l have been reading a book called "Histcri-al
Trials BY the late Sir John MacDcnen. once senior
master Of the supreme court Of judicature. in England.
MacDonell. in a series Of lectures to Oxford students
reviews and analyses the trials Of Mary, Queen "
Scots; Socrates, the philosophers; Calico, the astron-
omer; Joan Of Are, and several others.
When you have read a lawyers description of these
famous trials Of other days, you Immediately conclude
that our system OF Jurisprudence Is not 50 bad. Cor
ruption' violent prejudice superstition, envy and ava
rice were regular characteristics Of judges. KINGS a d
potentates concerned in those notable trials. And the
world called itself civilized in those days, too! YOU
may get discouraged with our system sometimes. Sat
oelieve me 1T Is the best mankind has had I'D 70 this
date.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
LIZARD TENNIS SHOES NOW

Europe's latest ideas in the spend
ing spree for footwear are tennis
shoes in grey lizard and glace kid in
striking c%olors. while buck shoes
will have overlays in tan calf and
various skins. White canvas or plain
white buck are considered too
"chean"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

ALIBI PAT
The foreman was bawling Pat out.
There's jim" he said. carrying Two
ladders nj "a time. and you are only
taking one" Sure" Pat replied,
"Jim's too lazy To 70 back twice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

Answers to Foregoing Questions
4. Lawrence Tibbett; singer of
Metropolitan Opera company; Aner-
lean.
?. HEakon VII.
3. Nicholas Longworth.
4. Mecca.
5. Isaiah. iii, rs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

Who am IL What Is my profess
sion? What Is my nationality?
Name the, king Of Norway.
Who is the speaker Of the United
States house OF representatives?
Where was Mohammed born?
what mean ye, that We beat my
people 10 pieces. and grind the faces
Of the poor? saith the Lord of hosts"
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
The Grab Bag

Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign en-
joy social activities. They usually
are leaders at church fairs and club
functions. With the best intentions,
they are sometimes bitter and sour
IL some one tries TO crowd them out
from the head Of their circles.
A Daily Thought
"To great refinement IN false deli
cacy. and true delicacy is solid re-
finement."-La Rochefoucauld.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18
JIMMY JAMS

Today in the Past
On this date, in 1899. the cZar Of
Russia proposed the Hague peace
conference 70 consider limitation Of
ornaments. arbitration. and laws Of
war. The conference was attended
BY representatives from European
nations. United States, Japan, China,
Persia and Siam.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-18

when a bomb goes off in the middle Of a political
speech in Chicago, it is considered the same as .
e-ommat-Detroit News
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-28
THE NEW WOMAN ON
THE RUSSIAN STAGE

Dasha has already assimilated the
modern ideas of the new social life,
with the public restaurants and pub
lie laundries, whereas her husband
cannot get away from the old ideas
of the excluded household and its
endless drudgery. This leads to a
dramatic struggle between the new
spirit embodied in the new woman of
October, and the old conservative
notions of her husband.
This, we find in Cement" the
problem of conjugal relations treated
from the standpoint of the new, revo-
lutionary ideas that are based upon
the complete equality of the sexes.
In Romashev's END of Krivorilsk"
we behold again the types of new
women in the person of Natalie Mug
linova, and Rosa Bergman, who are
championing the ideas of family life
and social relations in defiance of the
conservative traditions Of the people
around them.
These are few of the types of
new women presented on the Soviet
stage, which will furnish the future
historian with some material on the
great moral and mental revolution
which we are witnessing in our coun-
try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-28
Rep. Madden, Member
Of Coolidge Mellon
Party COterie, Dies

WASHINGTON, Apr. 27,-After
several weeks spent leading the
White House fight in congress against
the Jones-Reid Flood relief bill and
the McNary-Haugen relief bill, Rep.
Martin B. Madden, member of the
little republican coterie that has die
tated affairs in the house for years,
died without warninb in his office
in the appropriations committee room
yesterday. He was chairman of that
powerful committee, and had been
called the ribht hand man Of Coolidge
and Secretary Mellon in manipulating
approximations. Madden was serving
his twelfth consecutive term in the
house and had just been nominated
for another term in the Illinois shot
gun primary of last week. A multi
millionaire enemy of the workers, he
was the first to make ploy for the
Negro vote in Chicago and was elect
ed misrepresentation" of the first
congressional district in which a
large section of the Negro workers
Of Chicago live.
Heart disease was ascribed as the
cause of death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-28
Old Roman Theatre Dug
Up in Spain

AN old Roman theatre was recently
IA excavated in Merida, Spain, which
had been buried for hundreds and
hundreds of years. It is well pre-
served, considering the time it has
been since it was last used. The seat
ing capacity was for five thousand.
Galleries, pit, orchestra stalls,
boxes, amphitheatre and everything
else connected with the theatre are
almost perfectly preserved. Most of
the structure is of marble. The an
Gent Romans had painted scenery,
but the stagehands did not shift the
scenes between the acts. The stage
was elevated, and it had a curtain
which was rung UP when everybody
was seated and remained up for the
entire progress of the play.
AS rule the theatre of Rome, both
at home and in the Roman provinces,
was supported by money taken from
the public funds, and every Roman
had the right to patronize it. 1t was
a favorite rendezvous of slaves as
well, for the Roman staged many of
these festivals to have the slave for
get his chains. The remains of the
theatre found in the Spanish town
show it to have been one of the
minor playhouses, although it would
rank as great theatre today But
the Marcelline Theatre, built in Rome
by the Emperor Augustus as mem
orial to his son-in-law, Marcellus, was
able to seat $4,000 people.
In this and other ancient Roman
theatres were produced mainly Greek
tragedies and spectacles, or Roman
adaptations thereof. Later the ma
tive Roman drama sprang up, and
there came into being Roman come
dies and satires. The Romans pos
sessed rich, salty and rather Ra-
belaisian humor which the Greeks did
not, and the racy comedies of Plautus
and the satires of Juvenal and Ter
ence drew bigger crowds than the
tragedies of Aeschylus.
Criticism of the drama in those
days was inclined to be rather en-
phatic. Poor actors were lynched
The audiences were most demonstra-
tive. and sometimes painfully frank.
White the stage was not then high
ly regarded as a profession by the
people of means, many young men
liked to take part in mob scenes on
gala nights, and it is known that once
Nero sang on the stage.