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may be thrust through the everything
tissues and the fluid drained of
through the tube.
OF course this little operation does
not cure anything. II serves merely
70 remove the pressure and the
visible evidence OF disability. The
underlying cause must be determined
and the really curative treatment
must be directed towards its removal.
Your doctor will decide whether
heart. kidney. liver or some other
organ Is at fault In most cases
there will be found very scanty flow
Of urine. Ii would seem almost as II
the fluid which should escape this
way Is damned up In the body. III
the kidneys are not seriously dis
eaSed the remedies which increase
their action will do much 70 prevent
the accumulation or fluid in the
abdominal cavity.
Likewise, excessive sweating may
carry Off the fluid. Hot baths, cleo.
tric-light baths and other NEAR OF
forcing the skin action may help the
dropsy. Once more. however. Il must
be borne In mind that the5 meas
ures are not corrective OF the un'
DERIVING fault-they merely remove
its effects.
I hope I have said enough about
dropsy TO make Ii clear that there
are many causes. No real cure car
be looked for until the fundamental
defect IN remedied.
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POPULARITY OLE PRINTED LINENS.
intelligence Much Misunderstood Wore

tends itself readily for use In any
circumstance-in other words, can
be made adaptable-it will not pro-
mote the intelligence OF the individ-
ual possessing II n single bit.
This also explains why people with
very little education are often ex-
cecdingly intelligent. They may not
know much. but their command OF
what they do know Is such that they
are able to turn IL TO practical use.
A person with little actual knowl-
edge but great intelligence is a much
more valuable member Of society
than a person with a great amount
OF knowledge but little intelligence.
Therefore make your knowledge
work for you IL you would be intelli-
gent. Make your thinking fluid.
Change II when the need rises. Make
II adaptable.
Don't worry as much about ac-
curing new knowledge as about
using what you already nave In
diligently.
Notice how you react under diff
ferent circumstances? Are you al
ways the same? Do you never
change your mind?
Have you perhaps found that you
do not profit by experience?
IL SO. you are not reacting as In
diligently as you should or might.
And certainly II does not pay not
TO be intelligent.
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vi NOuEcC LHCy QOu Y llNG III ID
They live in little villages or cut
In the country on farms.
And, strange as is may seem,
their children are the children who
take all the prizSs in school and
who grow up to be the biggest
men and the finest women in the
country.
Why not?
Which would you rather be,
honestly now? A little skimped
in, tied down, you-must and you
mustn't boy or girl, living in a
smart apartment in a big town and
worrying for fear your clothes
weren't quite up to the latest
model, and having a policeman stop
you every time you tried to play
ball or do a rabbit chase-or a
little round-faced nobody of a
country boy with the whole world
TO play IN, trees to climb, bitches
to dig, caves to make-why, you
Ear be a robber baron and an avia-
tor and a Wild West cowboy all
in one morning, If you live in a
good roomy farmhouse with a
berry patch and an orchard and a
tall tree at your bedroom window
what do you want of any more
excitement than that?
You can e a pair Of overalls
and q straw hat and that will be
that-and If you had a grain of
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Loves Awakening n: s.: a;s.. ; %.s. :: =
by Adele Garrison
Situation.

; here in ten minutes we could afford
to wait fer him. But now that
there's a delay, / think we ought to
get IL back while the boys uncon-
scious. II won't hurt him now, and
Il will be painful to him IL it's done
after he m to himself"
I sternly pushed back a despairing
wonder whether I ever should see
my boys eyes looking into mine
again, and spoke quickly.
"Ohi do anything you think best
70 save him pain-don't you think
80, Dicky2"
"Of course" my husband an
swered. and Mr.. Underwood began
to undress the little fellow with in.
finite pains.
I'VE might as well get him ready
for the doctors inspection, anyway
he said. and the rest OF us stood
literally at attention. handing him
the things for which he asked as IL
we had been practitioners IN a hos
pital. In an incredibly short time he
had stripped the little boy. and with
Dicky assisting him. had skilfully
put the dislocated shoulder back into
place. Then he tenderly sponged the
boys face and body. and invested
him IN q loose night robe.
II don't believe he has n single
broken bone" he said. "Of course
there may be a strained ligament
somewhere. but I don't think there'H
be anything to worry about when
this slight conclusion Off"
/ shivered at the dreaded word
Conclusion" even with the modify
ing adjective he had given IL. But
when the physician. DIR. Ravens. ar
rived. his verdict was that OF Mr..
Underwood's.
"Only a slight conclusion. I'm
sure" he said. You did a good
thing In putting that shoulder back
he added approvingly. The boy
should be kept absolutely quiet for
q while after he wakens. and you
have made that possible now. I'll
look IN again in a few hours. When
he wakens call me. and I'll come
right over"
Dicky accompanied him to the
door. and Lillian. with her usual
efficiency. was removing from the
room the things which might be in
u way. MI. Underwood brought
N low chair TO the side OF the bed
and gently put me into IT, with
brimming eyes ! looked up at him.
"A half hour ago" I said. "you
told me I had Strengthened out q
problem for you. and that IL you
ever could do anything for me. you
wanted to. How royalty you have
made that wish come true! I never
can thank you enough for saving
my boy from pain"
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Harry Underwood
TURNED gropingly toward the1
bed where Junior lay neon
NJ scious, as Harry Underwood's

III TURNED gropingly toward the
bed where Junior lay uncon.
scious. as Harry Underwood's
telephone colloquy told us that DR..
Petit must have met with an acct.
dent on the way to the farmhouse.
Then Lillian's arm went firmly
round me.
"Listeni" she commanded. Harry
will get somebody. You'll see"
Her voice held encouragement
and something elsa subtle re-
proach which was like the touch of
a spur 70 my ~faltering spirit. ]
grasped her hand tightly.
Thank you!" I whispered. I'm
all right"
She flashed a heartening smile at
me. as we both listened tensely 70
Mr.. Underwood's staccato phrases.
"Ohi Too bad. What's THAR
Yes. yes. anybody who's really good.
right away. Good girl Thank your
He turned from the telephone.
looked at his watch and Jotted down
something upon the back OF an en-
velope which he took from his
pocket.
Wen have to do something for
hat girl" he said. and ! guessed
that he was putting down a re-
minder OF the hour when he had
called her so that he could identify
her later In the office.
"She's u wonder" he went on.
"Pettit's in an accident-taken to
the hospital. She knew he was on
his way here. and rang US the min
ute the news came through her wire.
She's going to get US a doctor as
soon as she possibly can"
He walked hack to the bed and
stood looking down at Junior. Sud-
denly he touched Dicky's arm. then
STOPPING laid his fingers eve so
gently upon the little lads right
shoulder, and then looked signifi-
cantly at Dicky. I broke away from
Lillian's restraining hand. AMI
sprang between the two e
"Oh. what Is TT" ! said. conscious
OF no restraint except that ! must
keep my voice low. What are you
hiding from me?"
Keep quieti'' Dicky said angrily,
but the next instant he Jerked out
an equally impetuous Sorry" ] was
not resentful, for ! knew that his
nerves were as raw as mine. But
Lillian's voice In cool command.
echoed my hysterical query.
Tell her what you mean" she
said. "She can stand whatever II Is
better than suspense. And II Is her
right TO know"
It's nothing 70 worry over" her
husband said. Its only that the
little chaps shoulder Is dIslocated
When we thought Petit would be
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"Well, IL Il isn't Happy Giggies
and IN funny little giriT' he cried, lift
ing queer looking flipper-like arm up
and greeting Happy Giggles. I'm
sure glad to welcome 10 our
colony. Who's your friendT Ecn%m~
foreigner"
"Well. yes" unused Happy Gig
giles. introducing Dotty. Mr.. PEN
gum. Dotty has eve been I'm New
Zealand before and she was mighty
lonesome. SO we saw you folks and
came over"
Mighty glad to know you, Dotty.E
and MIR. Penguin shook Dotty's hand
with his queer f~lipper-like arm
Then I guess we're kind OF queer
looking TO YOU"
Dotty laughed al the time looking
over the funny little birds. Instead
Of walking like most birds do. these
strange fellows walked upright like
she did. only their two feet were
webbed like a ducks.
I'VE used TO fly. ages ago.
laughed Mr.. Penguin, ''that Is, my
ancestors did. I mean, then they de-
cided they would be safer II they
lived away from mankind, 90 they
hunted out places where men neveE
60 and built their colonies. They
liked a quiet life 30 well. they Just
slowly gave up flying altogether
until now. i never think Of even
wishing I could fly. Ny wings are
not good for flying anyway"
But you surely can SWIM" agreed
Happy Giggles. "Mr. Penguin Is a
splendid swimmer and diver"
I'D starve IL ! weren't On good
swimmer and diver" laughed Mr..
Penguin. Better come over and
meet the WIFE," and he led Happy
Giggles and Dotty over to N nest
scooped out In the sand where Mama
Penguin sat on q nestful OF eggs.
She let Dotty peek I'm under her
feathers and there snuggled I'm the
warm sand were several chalky
white and greenIsh colored eggs.
Your troubles will be great
pretty soon now" laughed Happy
Giggles. ''for, Dotty. the Penguin
babies are all Matched blind and IL
takes a great deal OF care to raise
them"
I'VE don't mind the trouble"
chuckled Mr.. Penguin. "You must
come again when the eggs are
Matched Dotty."
Dotty promised she would and
bidding the Penguin family goodbye,
h and Happy Giggies ran down the
beach in search or new adventure.
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A MEXICAN MEM You do not
N realize how fortunate you are.
AZ You do not appreciate at al
the comforts OF modern life. You
take II all for granted. and indeed.
often grouse because some latest
marvel isn't marvellous enough for
you. AT this particular moment I am
thinking Of your shaving utensils.
Shaving is an absolutely painless
operation to you.
But this is far from the case
among many Of the African tribes.
Steel is an unknown commodity TO
them. But fashion. supreme even
in Africa, DEGREES that the savages
have beardless faces. and fashion
must be obeyed-
Accordingly. when a youth has
reached the age OF adolescence, one
or the ordeals he must undergo be-
fore his admission into the tribal
councils Is that OF having his beard
permanently removed. In a number
OF these tribes this is an important
rite. presided over by the witch doc.
tors. In others. however, this Is but
a necessary duty performed by the
father or the youth.
But no matter who IS the agent.
the operation is a painful procedure.
Two sharpened bones are used TO
grasp each fuzzy hair, and some
times two weeks or even more
elapse before the lads face a en-
tirely clear of hirsute growth And
then another week or SO must mass
before the rawness. which IL the
natural result Of the treatment, has
worn off.
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The Stars Say
For Wednesday, May 80
BY GENEvIEvE KEMBLE

A CCORDING to the fairly mega
In tive lunar aspects for this
&A day there may not be matters
OF great moment. There Is some n
couragement for new undertakings
but at the same time the financial
prospects seem precarious and there
is danger for all projects OF a specu-
lative nature. Shun deception and
fraud and safeguard the employ
ment. Give some attention TO the
health.
Those whose birthday II IL may be
on the W. OF a rather hazardous
year financially and as regards the
employment. In new undertakings
avoid all things or a speculative or
uncer tain nature and guard against
deception OF concealment. Care for
the health. stunning excuses. A
child born on this day should be
given early instruction and practice
in frugality and prudent handling
OF It's substance. The tendency TO
snap judgments and too optimistic
an outlook may prove ruinous.
The croud mOUes aside for the
man Uho makes q straight line
course for a giren point.-John G..
LORsddle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
THE HOME KITCHEN
BY JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON
Place for Garlic, Olives and Peppers.

"HE insistent garlic has worked
It's way into polite society.
and with olives and peppers
has become an important part OF
this flavorfui trio. A little garlic
goes a long way. that IS, the wiping
the inside OF a bowl. Of pan. with a
cut bud. a tiny piece dropped into
a stew, or the broiler brushed over
with a cut piece will flavor suffi-
GENTLY for most tastes. Or. II frying
fish In oil. the best medium there Is
for frying. a tiny bit OF garlic may
be put in and cooked in the oil while
II IL getting hot and II viii add a
faint but delicious flavor.
Sliced stoned olives and minced
peppers have many uses and no
where appear 70 better advantage
than in a special sauce made for
boiled Goldfish. Or in a cold puce
for cold boiled salmon for a hot day
dinner. The flavorful trio are also
invaluable for use In a sauce for
jellied salads. or in crumb peppers
that make a delightful luncheon
dainty.
Boiled Goldfish with Cardinal Sauce.
For four people get two and a half
pounds OF Goldfish taken from the
shoulders Of a large fresh Goldfish.
Rinse, put into a cheeseeloth binder
and put on to cook in cold water.
Allow 70 heat slowly. then boil
evenly 20 minutes from the time 1t
starts to boil. Lift. drain. slip on
a hot dish. garnish with sliced hard
boiled eggs, sliced olives. minced
peppers. and a few sprays OF water.
cress drawn through sliced lemon.
Have ready the and SEND 10
liable in a hot sauce boat.
Sauce-Beat the yoiks OF four
fresh eggs with four tablespoonfuls
each OF olive oil and water. Add a
cupful OF boiling water. stirring con.
stantly and cook until thick and
smooth. Add pepper, salt. the Juice
OF an onion. a quarter cupful OF
olives cut in small pieces from the
pits, a teaspoonful Of minced red
pepper, and sufficient tomato catsup
10 color IL a delicate pink. Wipe the
inside OF the sauce boat with a cut
qua o. HAAAC hNANA0 INNS al Xix
sauces.
Crumb Peppers.
Cut lengthways three large green
peppers and remove seeds. Items and
NTH. Butter the peppers all over
with soft butter and set on a but,
sered baking dish. Take two cupfuls
M coarse crumbs. add a large grated
onion, a half eupful OF olives cut
from the stones. w tablespoonful
~ minced red pepper. a half cupfu'
~ chopped nuts. two tablespoonful
IF chopped celery leaves, pepper
salt. a tablespoonful OF sugar. .
teaspoonful OF dried powdered min
leaves. a beaten egg. a heapinJ
tablespoonful OF soft butter. anC
enough cream TO moisten tn
crumbs. Fill the peppers lightly ant
cook in the oven until the peppe
shells are tender but not SOFT
JelIied Pineapple and Tomato salad
Take a can OF tomatoes. small size
and put it into a saucepan with a Gu
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bud OF garlic. a minced pepper. a
small sliced onion. and a few stalks
OF celery cut up. Cook gently. add
a half teaspoonful OF salt. a little
pepper and two tablespoonfuls Of
sugar. When done strain. then add
a half package OF gelatin that has
soaked in a little cold water. When
melted strain tile Juice over the pine
apple. mix. add a half cupful OF
coarsely chopped olives. and pour
into wet individual moulds. or a
large mould. and set aside to stiffen.
Unmouid on fresh. crisp lettuce
leaves and mask with mayonnaise.
Garnish with minced pepper or pep
per strips. and sliced stuffed olives.
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"VEN with warm weather up
NJ, on US 1t is advisable to give
thought TO garments Tor
cooler days or for motoring out OF
town when return in the cool OF the
evening necessitates a warm cloak.
The coat in the accompanying
sketch fills this purpose excellently.
II Is made OF a brown wool mixture
with hidden pockets banded in self
material, as are the cuffs. "A beaver
collar growing into Tuxedo revers
n a low tweed belt tied negli-
gently, completes II.
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Real Heroines of the Country Are Found in Lowly Hon
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
Blanche Silver

Dotty Discovers a Queer
Little Colony.
~ oTTY sighed as she looked Al
the dark sky. She was dread.
~ fully lonesome and wished she
was back IN good old North America
she wandered w from her AUnt's
house, down the long road towards
the shore.
whenever Dotty was lonesome shs
always went u TO the beach 10 tina
happiness.
This morning as she turned
around one % the hills, she spied her
little elfin friend. Happy Giggles.
sitting on a stone by the path.
81 knew IL I waited long enough
you'd come along" laughed Happy
GirRles jumping up TO meet Dotty.
sThen you must have known I
was lonesome" laughed Dotty- II
sure wish we had some ONE ro--T
Just then Dotty spied a procession
of queer little fellows strutting up
the beach. From where they were
standing. the queer little fellows
looked for all the world like old men,
wearing coats OF graytsh-blue. black
cars, with vests with o. yellow cravat
mt the throat. MY goodness"
exclaimed Dotty pointing TO the
funny parade. What In the world
are those fellows. Happy Giggles?"
Happy Giggles looked up and noe.
ing the group, laughed merrily.
There. now. you were wishing We
had someone 10 talk TO-" and catch
ing hold or Dotty's hand. they raced
down the hill and across the beach.
At first the group looked as X X
would break up at sight OF them.
then one who seemed 70 be a leader.
called his friends.
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Nevertheless, one might define intelligence as
the ability of an individual to adjust his thinking
to the ever-changing conditions and problems Of
life.
The gist Of this definition OF intelligence is
adaptability. This does not, however, conform
to the average concept Of intelligence.
Some confuse it with the ability to learn new
facts. If a person learns a new language at forty
he IS called intelligent. Such a person il clever,
ne has talent. but he may not necessarily be
intelligent.
Neither does intelligence mean the fund Of
information stored away in the mind.
Intelligence does not mean memory power.
These are common conceptions but none is
correct.
Unless a person can use his information, his
memory, any of his abilities. and make them
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always looks as neat as a new pin. TO see her
children, you'd think that there wasn't q thing
in the world to worry about at their house.
Now If that isn't financial ability, I'd like to
know what Is, wouldn't you?
Her husband thinks it is and he said so at q
hearing before q House committee in Congress
and al the Congressman looked at him and shook
their heads, and some of them wished they had
wives that could do the same thing and do it one
half as well, or at least that's the way they
looked when they shook their heads.
They were talking Of raising the pay of the
Treasury Department clerks down in Washington
and that's what the hearing was about.
l wonder how many women in the United
States work and worry and save and pinch and
bring up a family on less than one hundred and
twenty five dollars a month.
na 4 EOS 81 -
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dCIIOH IlId GO ID IIIllIb G5Ss
There is another trouble of a similar ma
ture. In this there is an escape of quantities of
fluid into spaces of the body where it does not
belong. The laymen speak of the condition as
"dropsy." The doctors call it "ascites."
In this condition q watery fluid collects
in the abdominal cavity, or the "peritoneal cav
ity," as the anatomists name il Normally, this
space holds nothing but coils OF intestines, and
there is just enough moisture to afford iubrica-
ton. But in dropsy there may be gallons Of
fluid in the cavity.
Even so marked and unmistakable q synp-
tom as this is not regarded as a disease. 1t is
not a disease in the true sense. Dropsy Is the
visible sign Of some physical disturbance, rarely
in the abdomen itself but usually in the liver,
the heart or the kidneys.
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Answers to Health Queries

A. b. O. Are three cakes Of
yeast a day harmful in the case Of a
16-year-old boy?
A.-For what purpose is the yeast
being taken? Where yeast Is taken
a. a tonic 1.3 or "A cake dissolved In
half glass OF water. after meals. Il
the usual dose.
Copyright. 1913. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
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One advantage that this system
has over our civilized method Is this,
The beard does not grow back after
the operation. But how many OF you
would be willing to undergo the or
deal?
In those tribes. however. where
shaving. somewhat as we know IL.
is the custom. sharpened stones or
shells are used to scrape the skin.
Naturally the rawness and soreness
resulting from this is. at times. al
most unbearable. but the savage has
become Injured to such pain.
But you win still continue TO
complain about a dun blade!
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Words of the Wise

To do your best IL to be one
man picked out Of q thousand.
-Phillpctts.
Curiosity Is only Udnity. Most
often zoe Only Wtsh TO knotD tn
order 50 talk about DC.
Pascal.
Praises 20 the vanquished
are an additional laurel 10
the victors. -Voltaire.
he that has no cross deserves
no cr0tCn. -Oudrles.
We must 50 strive that each
man may regard himself ny the
chief cause of the victory.
-Xenophon.
Long customs are not easily
broken; ne thdt attempts 70
change the course or his ouH
life UerV often Idbors in tain.
johnson.
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Is so much fluid the cause is per-
fectly apparent. But when the guam
tty OF fluid Is only a quart or two,
II will not be so easy 20 decide what
IL wrong.
To get rid Of the accumulated fluid
requires no serious procedure. A
"trochar"-a sharp pointed instru.
ment enclosed In q hollow tube-is
the simple instrument used This
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REARING A FAMILY
ON $125 PER MONTH
Country Folk Have Big Advantage Over City
Dwellers Even If Their Income
Isn't Nearly So Large.
By BLACK

A HUNDRED and twenty five dollars a month-man and wife and
- three children-decent clothes, respectable neighborhood. the
right sort of schoos-could you do it?
A woman in Washington, d. G., Is doing il this very day, and she
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Such training undoubtedly helps.
II expands the mind, widens its
grasp. But unless all this knowledge
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-29
BY DIR. LOUIS E. BISCH

WT re hear a lot about intelligence. The word is used thousands Of
times a day. Yet what does it really mean?
Definitions are usually unsatisfactory. They attempt to
:ondense too much. TO present q subject too concisely.