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Peters Al v@mewr@s

now" declared he. ain the first
place you are not a bird, and SO I
would have no reason 10 be angry
with you. In the second place I
feel much better humored away
from my wives than I do when I
am with them. They are faithful
mothers, I'll say that much for them,
but IL does upset a fellow some try
ing 70 keep all OF them peased."
aid I understand you to say
wives" asked the boy. in amaze
ment. Surely you haven't more
than onei"
"oh, haven't /. thought" echoed
Redwing. Il have four, Id like you
to know. And ! am just as good to
one as ] am to another-treat them
all alike.
mo Redwing has q larger family
to be proud Of nor a better looking
one. The boys are always handsome
take after their father, of course
and the girls fail to turn out
model housewives-all due to their
mothers training"
"All this Is very interesting. You
are the first bird i nave met who is
a polyRamist." Peter was about to
say more, but was interrupted.
What Is a polygamist?" demand
ed Redwing.
"A man that has more than M
wife," Peters answer seemed to
please Redwing, he nodding approx
ingly-
"Thcn ! am IT," declared he. @But
let me tell you il IL not SO easy.
Too many wives do certainly give a
fellow a lot of trouble"
Next-"Mrs. Redwing Speaks Her
Mind
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

orchestra voIplanes i'm and cut OF the
audiences view. And yet-nnd yeti
have discovered the fly in the am
Der, the spot on the damask. tina
Archillean heel OF Roxy himself. per-
haps- Just outside the stately tele-
phone booths which lire soyer
leading 10 the various retiring rooms.
wAs unable, the other evening. w
decipher a single number II wanted
on the pages of the telephone book.
No shaded bulb hung d~iscreetlv ever
the directories enabling patrons to
call their cooks, physicians. wives.
sisters o. sw~eethearts lin Manhattan
and the Bronx, or the Borounhm of
Richmond, Queens or Staten Island.
In "a weird. the lighting system I'm
Roxy's telephone lobby IN hopeIessly
Inadequate. Certainly che Chester
fleldian ushers ought to trot around
their flashlights whenever a Gus
toner Is seen toddling iu the a.
reetion Of tho phones.
Ad lib persiflage should he
ccuraged. "A well known star wnH
kidding the orchestra leader from the
stage nc = recent performances. One
OF her questions was, "How MAN.
children have you \"
-Four" said the bardsman.
From the gallery came apprecia-
tive applause.
The actress looked 10.
Dent encourage him. she warned
= ~applauding ones.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
COLONEL REDWTNG OF
THE RIACKRTRn RFGER

hAA4 AL0GAA v Lac
II am very glad to meet you, Solo
nel-Colonel-what did you say your
name vast" To save his neck Peter
could not remember what the late
arrival had called himself.
Colonel ReGwing of the Biackbird
Reserves, at your service, sirl" de-
elared the bird, and raised his right
wing as near TO his head as he could
get in a martial salute, which the
boy returned with as military an air
as he could muster.
"You must have been in q great
many battles 10 have received such
high rank, Colonel. With whom do
you fight" asked he respectfully.
with anybody who does not mind
his own business and interferes with
my affairs. Take the Hawks, for in
stancei My poor wives almost worry
their feathers off during nesting
time for fear that every time they
leave the babies alone even for q
minute, one Of those wicked canni-
balls will swoop down from the sky
and carry off n of the children in
his talons.
"All we Redwings are in such
fighting humor in nesting times that
unlucky Is any bird who crosses our
path. We are likely to tear him to
pieces. Why, you might not believe
il, but sometimes we get so furious
that we Blackbirds even fight with
each other"
Redwing ruffled up his feathers
and looked 50 fierce that the boy
backed away from him. Redwing no.
ticed it and Gained down a bit.
"Oh, you needn't be afraid Of me
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
New York Letter

NEW YORK, March 13.-So great
Is the demand for small, moderate
priced apartments that New Workers.
are willingly signing leases on flats
as yet indicated only In floor plans,
or sketchily outlined by steel Orders
on high. This is true especially OF n
certain building over I'm east Fifty
fifth street, nea the river and ad-
joining fashionable sutton Place.
The owners expect IL will be finished
in September, but many leases have
already been signed.
The Daily News, dean Of the tab
Ioids, publishes every day . CHEEKY
little barometer captioned Islands Of
Death.D In q sketch Stimulating .
clock face are recorded "the chief
medical examiners report OF death
by guns, autos and poison booze In
New York since Jan. 4, 1928" I'm
the event you are interested I'm such
grisly statistics I will tell you that
at the moment this column gees TO
the printer les persons have been
killed BY automobiles In the city,
100 have expired after drinking illicit
liquor and Ar have been shot On
the face or this information, New
York sounds rather like d frontier
town. but I must admit that six
years or SO day-by-day acquaintance
with it, has made IL seem rather n
tame town. after all:
Roxy's Theater, mt Fiftieth street
and Seventh avenue, Ia known far
and wide Is a luxurious temple OF
the cinema Rugs Ia Roxy'n are
thick and sofk eouchss apa tha old-
time divsns or Rome, pillars are
gilded, real flowers bloom III the
vases, uBhers ere richly csparisonsd
and Eentle-mannered. Music plays
di=iy aa dvoluptuously ~ : zinbls
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
SENATOR WALSH SEEN AS A
MILITANT DRY THRUST
AGAINST SMITH

WASHINGTON, Mar. Ex-senator
Thomas j. Walsh, of Montana, liz n
democratic presidential possibility
for the singular reason that he and
Governor Alfred <. Smith, of New
York, are Of the same religion.
Or, at any rate, he is much more
Of q possibility than he would be If
this reason did not exist.
To pretend that the New York
governor Is not opposed on religious
grounds for the Houston nomina-
tion, by o certain element in the
democratic party, would be ridicu-
lous.
He has opposition. also. on the
grounds that he's a wet and a Tam
manyite.
These triple oppositions overlap TO
some extent, but by no means conn
pletely. That Is to say, Of his OBJ
p~onents, as q wet. and = Tammany-
lite, a goodly number are most ex-
ceedingly anxious 70 clear them
selves of any suspicion that the re-
ligious count weighs with them.
The question naturally arises. In
the minds of democrats Of this way
Of thinking
What notable follower of Jefferson
IS available, Of Smiths own faith.
whom the party could nominate in
evidence Of its freedom from relir-
ious prejudice, who Is neither a wet
nor a Tammanyite?
Senator Walsh's name automatic
cally suggests itself.
Tom Walsh and AL Smith are e.
r~eligionists.
Walsh, Of course. is not a Tam
manyite.
Not . dryer member sits In con-
gress.
It's q commonplace that plenty Of
congressional vets and drys are wet
or dry rs q mere matter Of political
expediency-would flop from one
side to the other In q minute. at the
tirst assurance Of q reversal az sen
timent on the part Of q majority Of
the voters would elect them.
Tom Wash is a dry IN principIe.
Montana has showed signs, in re-
cent elections, which some interpret
- nlnting at a wetter tendency.
walsh hasn't been affected bv thera
iota. He makes no secret az hir
inherent dryness-if IL costs him his
seat n the senate. He'll come "a
washington as a dry, or he'll stay
nome = dry. He's . dry, no matter
what follows.
hes a democrat OF the same tvpe
that he's q dry-militantly. violent
ly so.
Inc senator was y high school
prlncipal many years ago. and he
looks like one vet.
His face Is severe. ursmilinr. La
has no sense Of humtr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
Washington Letter

His brow's deeply corrugated per-
pendiculsrly.
His clipped gray mustache-it was
a walrus pattern when he first came
to the senate, but it's closely trim
med now-reveals a stern, thin-lip-
ped mouth.
He has q gimlet eye-the kind
that looks right through a culpfit.
Culprits are the people Tom Walsh
Is always on the trail Of.
Woe betide a culprit when Senator
Walsh gets after him. He might
just as well give M, lie right down.
and q X what's coming to him.
Consider the oil cases. Patiently.
tirelessly, overlooking no clews,
missing neve a thumb print. re-
lentless as fate, the Montana solon
has kept tight on the heels OF that
oil crowd for four years now, and
there are no more indications Of a
iet-up on his part now than the day
he started.
True. nobody's in jail yet. but does
anybody suppose those oil folks
wouldn't have been fit 10 Jump IN
the Potomac early in 1924. IL they'd
realized what was ahead of them?
What wonder that the "power In
terests" yelled bloody murder when
they saw Walsh beginning TO move
In their directioni
The senator has q great mind for
the unravelling OF skeins-the fol-
lowing up OF the devious.
He's a remarkable Iawyer-a won
derful prosecutor.
The soul of probity himself, he
hates the MA whom he believes "a
be an evil-doer, with a personal
hatred, and it's a labor Of love 20
him to expose his misdeeds.
As a legislator, along constructive
lines, he hasn't been conspicuous.
~ an Investigator, perhaps the SEN
ate has had his equal.
It's In difficult situations that
Walsh shines.
The chairmanship Of the demo-
cratic convention at Madison Square
Garden, New York, In 1924, was
enough TO have driven an ordinary
presiding officer to distraction.
walsh not only rose TO the occa-
sion, but what little order did char
acterlze that gathering he was en-
titled 10 sole credit for.
calm, suave and collected, he never
lost MS poise, from the first tap of
ms savel to adjournment-the best
ma for the hardest job in the whole
history Of national conventions.
Indeed. that performance alone is
frequently referred to az about
enough TO entitle him to o presi-
Dental nomination.
Senator Walsh Is Z little old to
carry his party's standard ia q ra-
tional campaign He'd h. 70 zish-
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Other Papers
BORED YOUTH AND ITs INSTRUCTORS
tchicago Daily News.

Presidents Of old and popular universities have been
expressing their opinions on the troubles Of the youth
az today. It Is generally agreed by them that boys
and girls in college are not wicked or st~artIingly radi-
III. Too many Of these students, however, are indif-
ferent to study and avoid hard work and intellectual
strain. Are they entirely 70 blame for this? Natur-
.lIv the answers to the question vary.
President Lowell Of Harvard thinks that high
.rhoolz are inefficient and w~asteful. and that colleges
therefore are Obliged to do much work that should have
h.an done By the so-called preparatory schools. Stu
dents who are not ready for higher education naturally
"a ,ha college or university dull and hard. Dr.. Lowell
s.~.rs~ drastic recognition OF elementary and high
~-hoal eurricuIa and methods Of teaching. The blame
80 II the door Of the colleges, be insists. should be
~ mon the institutions that come before them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
Timely Views
INDUSTRIAL ADVANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES

BY COL. HENRY L. STIMsON
Governor General OF the Philippines.


Governor General Of the Philippines.
Henry L. Stimson was born in New York City
in 1867. He was graduated from Yale university
in 1883, the Harvard Law School in 1889, and was
admitted to the bar in 1891. Stimson became
a member Of q law firm in New York
City and p~racticed law for several years. He
served as U. S. attorney in the southern New York
district from 1906 70 1909. Stimson was secretary
Of war from 1911 to 1918 under President Taft.
He was appointed gOvernor-general Of the Philip
pines in 1920.
It Is a simple truth not only that individual free
dom and the practice Of self-government are found
to be most prevalent and firmly held in those COM
munities and nations which have a highly developed
system Of industry and commerce as their foundation,
but it Is also true that only in such communities and
nations can the average citizen attain the degree Of in
dividual comfort, education and culture which modern
civilization is coming to demand.
Is there any reason why the Filipino people
shouldn't attain such economic development? Mani
testify they lack IL today.
But the Philippine Islands are today possessed Of
political connections with the foremost industrial ma
ton in the world-a nation where not only have me-
chanical inventions made the greatest advance, but
where organization methods Of industry and the rela-
tions Of capital and labor are more enlightened and
fruitful than in any other country under the sun.
believe that nowhere in the world are the relations
Of capital to the public watched with more jealous
eyes than today in the United States. The abuses Of
capital which excited criticism . generation ago have
been cured. The American captains Of industry today
have . very different standard Of duty toward the pub
lie from their predecessors of the nineteenth century.
IL should be an easy matter for wise craftsmanship to
gain for these islands the inestimable benefit Of guild
anee Of American industrial experience and cspstal,
upon terms which would not only share the present
profits with the Filipino people. but would also leave
their rights and resources unimpaired for generations
to come.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

Tuesday, March Is, 1923
Who am I? What is my occupa-
tion2 Can you name my brother and
sister
Today marks the anniversary, IN
i7TS, OF an important event bstween
France and the United States. What
was it?
Who Is the present goverror-gen-
eral Of the Philippines?
IN Roman times, a famous high
way connected Rome and Brundi-
stun. on the east coast Of italy. Can
you lame IL?
What was the earlier name OF New
York.
whatsoever shall receive one Of
such children in my name, receiveth
me: and whosoever shall receive me,
receiveth not me. but him that sent
me-" Where does this passage ap-
pear in the Bibleg
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

French scientists have made up a purse of $500
which will be given TO the man making the most in
teresting contribution to the problem Of interplanetary
navigation But. as the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company has just brought out, you can't get much OF
q funeral for s200-New York Evening Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

in three months after he could be
in~augurated.
Still. he carries his years we'll
an upright. medium-sized, spare fig
ure-wiry, alert and active.
His heads gray, but By no means
bowed.
As q worker. nobody in the sem
ate can beat him.
There probably will Be criticism or
Walsh for lending his candidacy %
m movement avowedly designed 20
split AL Smiths support.
However, none can say there's
anything inconsistent about il, on
the senator's part.
He voted regularly for McAdoo
throughout the 1894 convention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

The first television photo sent by radio from London
was that of a ventriloquists dummy. It was thought
New York might respond with an old portrait Of the
White House Spokesman-Detroit News.
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There " a growing demand in America for old
British armcr. It is useful for blackberrying in the
country and ordinary city wear in Chicago-Londo
Humorist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

A good tariff law Is one that puts import duty on
your products, so they will sell high, and none on the
other fellows, SO You can buy cheap.-Frederieksburg
(va.) Free Lance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

British Honduras. . contemporary reminds us, sup
plies . great deal Of the material from which chewing
gum is made. Here we have a powerful weapon in the
event of war with the u. S. A.-Punch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

To-Day y hOfOhcope
Persons born under this sign love
travel and gain much in this way,
for nothing escapes their observa-
ton. They are rather given to
change. always looking out to better
their conditions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

"A Daily Thought
"Slave TO no sect, who takes no
private road. but looks through ma
ture Up to natures God."-Pope.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
!. lionel Barrymore; Actor; John
Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore.
2. Frances recognition OF Ameri-
can independence.
B. Henry L. Stimson.
4. The Appian way.
s. New Amsterdam.
8. St. Mark *, 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13

Senator Walsh Is q little old to
carry his party's standard ia q ma
tionsl campaign He'd ~ 70 With
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-13
JIMMY JAMS

WAATLL You GIVE rtE ~
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Tso0-6elberling Singers
S.0O-Eveready Hour
10.30-LaFayetta FrolIc
3f5.6-kDkA PIttsburah-eS0
6.s0-Haller Bakers
1.00-Stromberg-C Carlson Hour
s:00-Old Melodies and New
9.00-Happiness Program
S79-5NWcN Schenecfady-7oo
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9.30-Orchestra. Organ d hr.l
11.00-Buffalo Symphony
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7.30-Air Weaver~
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The Washington times., 1928-05-04
MYSTERY SEEN
IN DEATH OF
BROKER
By international News service

INTERNATIONAL
NEW YORK, May 4.-Detectives
today were probing mysterious cir
cumstances surrounding the death
of Cornelius r. Winant, 80, wealthy
broker and World War hero, in
room at the Princeton Club here
last night.
Winant was a brother of John G.
Winant, former governor of New
Hampshire, who today was aiding
police in their effort to discover
how the broker received an injury
which resulted in his death.
Chief Medical Examiner Norris
ordered the body taken to the
nnorgue for an autopsy. The exact
cause of death was not determined,
but it was believed that the broker
died from a fracture of the skull.
When assisted into the Princeton
Club by a taxi driver last evening.
he was dazed and bleeding from
several deep scratches on his face.
The brokers' brother Immediately
was notified. He summoned DIR. S.
B. Ross. club physician. The in
jured clubman refused to reveal
how he had been hurt.
There was plenty of evidence
that he had been in some kind of
trouble" DR.. Ross said. "His
mouth and nose were bleeding.
Evidently he was the victim of
some mysterious accident or as
sault."
Later winant died without hav-
ing cast a ray of light on the
mystery. Detectives learned he had
been absent for three days from
the hotel where he lived.
Winant was one of the first
Princeton undergraduates to volun-
teer for service in the World
War. He was cited for galIantry
in saving wounded men around
Monastir in May. 1917, and also
was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Captured by the Germans early
in 1918. Winant escaped to Hol-
land after being confined in
prison camp at Giessen.
He was unmarried.
The Washington times., 1928-05-04
WITH A CROWN OF LAUREL
Pennsylvania Hens
Law 1.421.472.OOO Eggs

HARRISBURG, May 2.-Ch1ckens
on farms in Pennsylvania set a new
high record last year when 1886
900 dozen eggs were produced, 1885,
900 dozen more than in 1925, accord
ing to the bureau of statistics, Penn
sylvania department Of Agriculture.
Increase in number Of hens and in
the number Of eggs laid per hen are
responsible for this greater produc-
ton.
The average price received for
eggs was the same in 1927 as in 1925,
while the total value, due to the addi-
tional output, increased $1,640,OO0.
Lancaster County led the State with
9,712,0 900 dozen eggs in 1927, York
was second with 3,5S7.OO0 dozen,
Bucks was third with 1856 900 dozen.
Cameron County is at the bottom of
the list with $4,000 dozen.
The Washington times., 1928-05-04
FAILS
ON JUDGE

Amazing condolences may occur
with perfect propriety in fiction
but they are not so welcome in
courts of law. Justice Gordon, in
the District Supreme Court, today
refused to credit one presented to
his judicial eye and dismissed A
suit brought by James w. Geiger,
400 block of Orren st. N e., for
annulment Of marriage against
Margaret Geiger, 100 block of
Morse st. \. w.
Geiger presented as surprise
witness Charles Townsend, Of Cleve-
land, Ohio. alleged former sweet
heart of Mrs. Geiger. He said that
he had just met Townsend, who
was visiting in Washington on
vacation on the eve of thes annul-
ment proceedings, and had heard
for the first time of his alleged
association with Mrs. Geiger.
Justice Gordon decided the coin
cidence was a bit too startling and
dismissed the case, ordering Geiger
to pay counsel fees in the case.
The Washington times., 1928-05-04
j. s. EDUCATORS
MEET HERE

More than 230 colleges and uni
versities are represented at the
eleventh annual meeting of the
American Council on Education.
which opened today in the National
Research Council Building, Twenty
first and B SITS. n. w.
The Council on Education acts as
a cooperative center for the
various universities and colleges.
Work of the organization is for the
most part devoted to standardiza-
ton of educational methods in the
various States.
Round able discussion of problems
in different institutions will open
this afternoon. Walter Dill Scott
president, welcomed the delegates.
DR.. S. 2. Capen, DR.. j. J. Tlgert'
Commissioner Of Education; Or. J.
H. MacCracken and DR.. Z. X. Mann
were among the speakers. Report
of Treasurer Corcoran Thorn was
read and approved.
The Washington times., 1928-05-04
Young Russian Wife
Deserted For
''Roonier'

When Mrs. Sarah Maasen, OF
the 1900 block Mintwood Pl.,
came to this country from Rus
STA q few years ago, . single
women, she married Paul Maasen
in Baltimore, according to the
Soviet ceremony, she tells the
court in her petition for limited
divorce.
;. .Maasen, she says, simply ex-
hibited a ring and told her theg
were married. When she had
been in the country long enough
to know better, she had Maasen
20 through the proper cere-
monies with her and they became
legally married on December 12s
1927.
All went well, she declares,
until Maasen brought home .
pretty woman one day and repre-
scented to his wife that she was
renting a room in their home.
Later, Maasen packed his grip
and left, taking the 'roomer
with him.