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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
NOISE COSTS HER LIFE

turrrL. Eng.-frightened By a
Mrs. Edith C%oulthaId knoek,
"a oyer a candle and was burned TO
death
Evening star., 1928-12-10

meanwhile in the most wonderful man
ner. At last he thought of the closet
and walked up to it, It was of no use
a little man like Nathaniel Pipkin pull
ingS the door inward when a great,
strong fellow like old Lobbs was pulling
it outward. Old Lobbj gave it one tug
and open it few, iscloSing Nathaniel
Pipkin standing bolt upright inside and
shaking with apprehension from head
to feet. Bless us! what an appalling
look old Lobbs gave him as he dragged
him out by the collar and held him at
arms length.
What the devil do you want here?"
said old LobbS in fearful voice.
Nathaniel Pipkin could make no re-
ply, so old LobbS shook him backward
and forward for two or three minutes
by way of arranging his ideas Tor him.
What do you want here?" roared
Lobbs. II suppose you have come after
my daughter, like al the others?"
Old Lobbs merely said this as a Sneer,
for he did not believe that mortal pre-
sumption could have cauied Nathaniel
Pipkin so far. What was his indigna-
ton when that poor man replied:
"Yes, did, Mr.. Lobbs. I did come
after your daughter. I love her, Mr..
Lobhs"
why, you sniveling, wry-faced, puny
villain!" gasped old Lobbs, paralyzed by
the atrocious confession. What do you
mean by that? Say this to me face!
Damme, I'll throttle you'll"
It Is by no means improbable that old
LobbS would have carried this threat
into execution in the excess of his rage
II his arm had not been stayed by the
very unexpected appearance of the
male cousin, who, stepping out his
closet and walking up to old Lobbs,
said:
II cannot allow this harmless person.
sir, who has been asked here in some
girliSh frolic, to take upon himself in
very noble manner the fault (if fault
it isl which I am guilty of and am
ready to avow. I love your daughter,
sir, and am here for the purpose of
meeting her"
Old Lobbs opened his eyes very wide
at that, but not wider than Nathaniel
Pipkin
"You did? And forbade you this
house long ago."
You did, or should not have been
here secretly tonight"
am sorry to record it of old Lobbs,
but I think he would have struck the
cousin If his pretty daughter, with her
bright eyes swimming in tears, had not
clung to his arm.
Well, to make the story short, 1t all
came out all right. Marias pretty eyes
won her father over, and Kates cute
ness helped. and Nathaniel Piukin held
his own counsel, and Nathaniel and old
Lobbs became very good friends, and
Nathaniel was present at the wedding
OF Maria and the male cousin. and 1t is
. rumored that Nathaniel had an ex-
tremely good time during the celebra-
! ton of that event.
Evening star., 1928-12-10
Today in
Washington History
By DONALD A. CRAIG.

December 10, 1864.-The trial Of Or.
j. B. Keasby, surgeon to the board Of
enrolment Of the District of Columbia
was resumed today on the charges Of
procuring substitutes, contrary to the
law, for men drafted into the Union
Army, of willful neglect to make faithful
examinations and true reports regard
ing persons presenting themselves for
substitutes and recruits and of conduct
preJudicial to the good order OF military
discipline.
Maj. H. H. Hutchins, q paymaster, tes-
titled that he had paid the accused from
some time IN 1853 to october OF the
present year as lieutenant in the Cav
airy. Judge Advocate Oieut. COLI Bur-
ham did not allow this testimony to
go into the permaneffs record, however
on the ground that as Congress had
prescribed the pay Of q surgeon, the
witness could not properly be examined
with regard to pay received or paid in
any ether capacity.
Brig. Gen. Briggs is president Of the
trial board. The case Is being heard at
467 Fourteenth street.
The principal witness today was Capt
John G. Putnam, Of the First Volunteer
Reserve Corps, who produced the books
kept by DR.. Keasby and told the court
of the entries made therein, which he
identified as being in the handwriting
of the accused. He read from the book
the names of Washington TAFT, William
Harris. John Toliver, j. Coleman, Har-
vey Harrison, John Mason, B. Newton,
William Adams, John Smith, Robert
Wells and others. He testified that
some of these men were presented to
the Army authorities by DIR. Keasby and
some by H. H. Arnold. Some were re-
jected, he said, and others accepted for
Army service from those presented by
each man.
The case, which Is arousing wide
spread local interest in Washington,
will probably be continued for several
more days.
The mail steamer Cossack arrived
here at l o'clock this afternoon from
City Point on the James River In Vir-
ginia. She confirms the reported mass
ing Of the I'd and the 5th Corps
Of the Union Army near the Jerusalem
plank road few days ago and their
near that road toward Stony
Greek station. Up to the time she left
City Point the result of this important
had not become known.
Evening star., 1928-12-10
A Sermon for Today
BIZ REV. JOHN r. GUM.
Keen Your Heart Un.

Text: Though an host should en-
camp against me, my heart shall not
fear."-Ps. xxvii3.
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, Keep
your heart up and you will do it. "
What did he die Off" some one asked
about man who recently passed away.
and the answer was, Heart failure. "
There are lots of men still living in
the flesh but who are dead to any pos
sible achievement, having died of heart
failure. Heart failure accounts for
many Of the failures in life, If not
most of them.
No man can be counted failure as
long as he keeps his heart up. Many
Of his efforts may seemingly fail, but If
he keeps a stout and brave heart he
will yet do the thing he has set out
to do.
It is a helpful piece of advice and
encouragement Bracket gives when he
writes: GO on and make errors and
fail, but get up again and go on
The man who has the heart and cour-
age to get up again and go on can
overcome his mistakes and turn his
failures into success.
Never mind the odds against you;
never mind opposition and difficulties;
never mind handicaps and hardships;
never mind the discouragements you
may encounter: though an host should
encamp against you, let not your heart
be afraid.
OF course. you should know what
you are about. AS Kaufman writes.
Know what you are after before you
start out for it." The man who does
not know where he is going is apt to
get lost on the way. But, assuming
that you know where you are going
and what you are going after, there is
no reason why you should not succeed,
If you keep your heart up.
(Copyrjght, 1927
Evening star., 1928-12-10
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Tuesday, December II.

Tomorrow will be day when 1t Is
wise to follow beaten paths, according
to astrology.
Women will find in the domestic
circle their best field for activity while
this confguration prevails. This Is a
time to express affection through
mediums that assure physical comfort.
Food and diet should engage atten-
ton at this time. when it is impera-
tive to conserve the health.
Physicians and surgeons may expect
a period Of extraordinary work, 1or
much illness appears to be lore
shadowed
While colds and their attendant
maladies will be prevalent, nervous
diseases will be on the increase, 1t Is
prognosticated. s
Wise women will avoid sleep Starva-
ton and will nourish themselves SUI
ficiently to prevent exhaustion and de-
pletion.
Under this sway it is well to avoid
shouldering heavy business or domestic
responsibilities. Face the new year as
free as it is possible to be.
All the signs seem to indicate for
Congress and for the State Legislatures
many battles Of brains over national
issues of supreme Importance.
While the day is favorable to friendly
reunions among lawmakers, they are
to engage in bitter contests over bills
affecting the rights of the people, the
seers prophesy.
The rule supposed to cause sudden
deaths continues and many brilliant
careers will close before the Spring,
If the stars are rightly read.
In this new era life will reach its
highest attainmertS and then close 1t
is foretold. The speed of achievement
will curtail the number of years.
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augury of much interest In legal
matters. There may be legacies as
we'll as we'll earned wealth in the COM
ing year.
Children born on that day probably
will be endowed with good minds and
strong bodies. Many writer's are born
under this sign.
Copyright, 192s)
Evening star., 1928-12-10

The outline on the card itself should
be done in India ink-which is water
proof-not in regular ink, which will
run when moistened with paint or
water.
The candle motif should have the
holder in red, with the spaces indicated
for high lights left white. The candle
itself should be yellow, the outer flame
also yellow, the inner one red, the
drip" white, the leaves green and holly
red.
In the wreath, the leaves should be
green, berries red. and ribbon also red.
The bell may be done in brown or with
strippings of red and clapper black; in
side of bell, yellow; and ribbon green,
or the same colorings can be differently
dispersed; or bronze paint can replace
the brown with more elegant effect.
Gold may be preferred to the yellow
Paint the star bronze or gold, with red
and green for holly and berries.
The Christmas tree, which is one Of
the most effective of all, should have a
pot of brown, stripings and handles of
red or yellow, candles of assorted colors,
SnowballS white, and tree green. The
tree should be painted first, allowed to
dry while pot and stem are being paint
ed brown, and then decorated" when
there is no danger of colors running
together, as will be the case If the first
painting is wet.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1928-12-10

have Is lunch hour and shopping Is
not going to interfere with my food.
Oh, get anything you want for him.
It's your uncle, not mine. Listen,
Helen, I don't want to sit here and
argue with you over this phone. Get
anything you choose. Buy the old gen.
tleman a velocipede." A whisper:
please do me favor and don't keep
calling me up at the Office about
Christmas things. What's that? Ger
tainly am not peevish, but I haven't
time to discuss these matters here.
Now don't say that. I certainly am
interested in Christmas, and want to
help you, but this is no place to talk
about such things. What? Now listen,
Helen-hello, en-hello-hel-"
And he viciously threw half
smoked cigar into waste basket.
X X x X
He had just come from lawyers
Office where the attorney had drawn
up small legal paper. The client
didn't know what it was all about, but
he signed on the dotted line.
Most of us are impressed with I'M
posing legal phrases, even to the point
of regarding them with awe. Pretty
smart fellow" said the client. Which
reminds us of the story of the orange
which one had given another. Ac-
cording to law, the following should
be the legal phraseology used in such
a transaction before the right to pos
session could be established: IT give
you, all and singular, my estate and
interest, right, title. and claim and ad-
vantage of and in that orange, with
all its rind. skin, juice, pulp and all
right and advantages therein, with full
power to bite, cut suck, or otherwise
eat the same orange, or give the same
away, with or without all its rind,
skin, juice, and pulp, anything hereto
fore or hereinafter, or in any other
deed or deeds, instruments of what
nature or kind soever, to the contrary
In anywise Notwithstanding After
that, the recipient might feel perfectly
safe in accepting it.
X X X
1t was IL o'clock midnight when a
motorist was hailed in lonely road
Evening star., 1928-12-10

The idea of making ones own Christ
mas cards is gaining in popularity. 1t
is an outgrowth of the personal Christ
mas card fashion. Whether one has a
purse deep enough to supply all the
handsome cards one wishes to send, or
whether purposes of economy are pres
ent, handmade cards are favored. The
work is dainty, and when designs and
color suggestions are to be had, even
those not expert in the art of drawing
or painting can make attractive cards
of the personal variety.
For parents and children to join
forces in making and coloring cards
is an occasion to be long remembered,
and many a relative will prize card
from one of the Juniors even if the
paint does go over the edge of the line.
The designs pictured today have been
especially made by the artist for this
department. The transferring of them
onto cards to be colored is done as fol-
lows. Place thin onion skin or oil
paper over the picture, and trace with
a we'll pointed pencil. Decide the posi-
ton of design on card, place layer of
carbon paper between card and tracing
paper. After making certain that the
design is plumb, go lightly over the
traced lines. If carbon paper is lack
ing. rub the reverse side of the tracing
paper with a soft pencil and use in
stead
Evening star., 1928-12-10
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

money, and this alone will preclude
many errors.
A few intelligent rules of conduct
will eliminate any possible mistakes
about bills of various denomination
First of all, never assume a bill to be
what you have not plainly read it to be-
Women boarding street cars during
rush hours, paying taxi fares on un-
lighted streets. delegating others to
take bills from their purses to pay
some one at the door," or paying any
bill or restaurant check hurriedly are
among the several prone to short
change themselves.
One easy check on this careless habit
and that's all it isis to declare the
denomination of the bill as one hands
it out. For example: please change
this two-dollar BILL" or, please give
me change for this five-dollar bill" or,
Take the amount out of this ten-dollai
BILL" Such a declaration eliminates
any chance of error on either side.
Never pay out roll or wad of bills
until you have recounted it. This Is
not only check on your part, but also
a means of avoiding any future pos
sible claim. Often one adds to or de-
tracts from roll of bills without think
ing or remembering
Evening star., 1928-12-10

from an accusing conscience. The only
motorists without a conscience are
those who sneak into parking place
which We ourselves have discovered.
We know Washington woman who
was born and married on Christmas
day. She long since discovered what
a bad break" she got in life.
An old couple has just recently had
a radio set installed. Shortly after it
was hooked up they tuned in. Then
they Smelled something burning. "It
must be OIL" said the elderly lady. for
they were listening to a program spon-
sored by a we'll known oil company.
Believe it, for it is true.
X X X
Money Is often an evil. (We do not
subscribe to the theory, however, The
gambler seldom retireS on his winnings
II he Is wise he doesn't expect to. That
which Is earned easily Is disposed of
rapidly. Several years ago there lived
in a small town a happy young couple
with two or three children. The father
worked assiduously to provide the ne
cessities for the household and wealth
was unthought Of A modest COM
PcbC1lCy SOHIc GlLIc, perhaps, Wnen ne
could retire and gaze with pride upon
his grown offspring and their kids
yes.
One day the young fellow read that
a prize would be given for a title for
magazine. Twenty-Five thousand
dollars was to be the reward. There
was nothing phony about the PROPOSE
ton, for the publishers were responsible
persons. Thousands entered the COM
petition, including the young father.
One by one, the contestants were
eliminated, and at the conclusion the
youthful pater was informed that he
had won. To him $25,000 was untold
wealth. In due time he received a
check and reams of publicity. He might
have invested the award and lived
modestly on the income. Half of it
spent in the purchase of home would
have sheltered him and his wife the
balance of their days. Today he hasn't
a cent of 1t left, and is back at the
grind. Where did it go? Perhaps he
doesn't know himself. Earned wealth
is more permanent than money OBJ
tanned without effort.
Evening star., 1928-12-10
Graham Date Bread.

Pour one cupful of scalded milk and
one cupful of boiling water over two
tablespoonfuls of shortening, two tea
spoonfuls of salt and four tablespoon
fuls of molaSses. Let cool until luke
warm. Dissolve half yeast cake in
the mixture. Beat in one quart OF
graham flour and one cupful of white
bread flour, which should be well mixed.
Cover and let rise until double in bulk.
Knead in one and one-half cupfuls OF
chopped dates. Place in a well creased
pan, cover. and let rise for one hour.
Bake for one hour in a moderate oven.
Fifteen minutes before done rub the
tops Of the loaves with one tablespoon
full of powdered sugar dissolved in tive
tablespoonfuls of cold milk. s~
Evening star., 1928-12-10
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

ounce mineral oil, ounce olive oil and
" dram of coal oil.
Begin the treatment by brushing anc
combing the hair thoroughly. Divide
1t in the middle and then across from
ear to ear. This makes four equal Sec
tions. Divide each of these sections
three times and apply the antiseptic
lotion along the parts in the hair. A
handy way to apply the lotion Is to
take pieces of absorbent cotton, wrap
them in small squares of gauze and DIP
in the lotion. Moisten the scalp al
over in this way.
The next step Is to massage the
scalp for is minutes. In another article
this week shall describe the massage
movements.
Now the scalp Is ready for the heated
oils. Apply them In the same manner
as the antiseptic lotion. Cover the
scalp with the oil. Wiring out a towel
in hot water and wrap it round your
head. Before the towel cools off replace
it with another hot towel. Steam the
oil in this way three or four times.
The heat opens the pores so that the
oil penetrates better. Leave the last
towel on for an hour and then sham
poo.
The full treatment described above
may be taken once a week. Every
night apply the salve or ointment TO
the scalp, using only enough to oil the
scalp and not enough to make the hair
greasy. Do not expect results at once,
but keep up the treatment for at least
four months.
1t is important, to sterilize ones
comb, brush and hairpins to prevent
reinfection. This should be done after
each shampoo. Metal pins and brushes
may be boiled in water or baked in an
oven for 20 minutes. Rubber or COM
position combs, however, should be
Sterilized with a chemical disinfectant.
OF course. everything should be scrub
bed with soap and water before being
sterilized.
(Copyright 1q2aO
Evening star., 1928-12-10
Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Amnesia.

According to the dictionary, amnesia
Is a loss or impairment of memory:
morbid forgetfulness"
According to Freud and his follow
ers, amnesia is anything but forget
fulneSs. It's a special form of mem
ory. It's memory with a purpose and
a vengeance. The morbidity comes
about later on when the memories that
have apparently been forgotten are
trying to express themselves, and at
the same time are trying to create
a psychological smoke screen to hide
themselves from consciousness. The
posseSsor himself may not know that
such mental agitation is going on.
Amnesia gets in its best work during
the first three or four years of life.
Very few persons can remember much
of anything that happened in early
childhood. The forgotten memories Of
that period make up a big part of
what Is known as the unconscious
mind
1t Is pretty generally conceded now
adayS that the hidden childhood men,
ories are responsible for q lot of the
queer streaks you find in adults. Some
go SO far as to say that the dormant
tendencies of character and personality
are but fabrications of the hidden
ideas, fears, hopes, prejudices, likes and
dislikes that were stored up in youth.
1.-The child is father of the man."
II this theory is worth anything.
it gives us a clue to personality, which
has rightly been called the "biggest
fact and the biggest riddle in the uni
verse"
There are times when you are able
to get pretty fair notion of the
contents of the unconscious. First of
all, night dreams often hark back to
the first three or four years. The
strangeness of some of your dreams
tells you how strange the world must
have seemed to you at one time. Again,
your day-dreams are pretty good re-
productions Of the thought stuff that
once filled the long, long days of in
fancy and childhood. Finally, illness
of any sort tends to turn back the
calendar. Many sick people act like
children. The amneSia of childhood
days becomes the dictator in times of
distress.
Copyright. 1928)
Evening star., 1928-12-10
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

He'll Came Lady" It was good.
Hollywood put down its glass, shifted
It's cigar, slapped him on the back and
said: "Old kid. you're all right That'll
make fine picture"
Hollywood bought Del Rios play
The Spaniard went abroad; began a
second work, "Barricade," an ironical
account of a man and woman in
Movieland. Death claimed him, but he
passed with Dolores name on his lips.
Her cables read, II love you"
Hollywood has given up the idea Of
a deathless romance between Dolores
Del Rio and Edwi-4 Carewe. Hollywood
says "her last pictures weren't so hot"
Hollywood knows. Hollywood thumbs
galley sheets, looking for deathless
story to make into celluloid.
Emile zola would have loved this biog-
raphy of a broken-hearted gentleman.
(Copyright, 1928, by North American
Newspaper Alliance,
Evening star., 1928-12-10
Handing Out Money.

Thousands of people short change
themselves every year. BY that we
mean they hand out a five-dollar bill
in lieu of a one and discover their mis-
take when it is too late to rectify it,
even If they were to remember where
they made it,
Men are fortunate in that they can
keep bills systematically in folders. 1t
is their practice usually to keep the
lowest denominations on the outside,
and the successfully higher ones on the
inside. Women usually make wads of
their bills, and when paying out
money hurriedly often make mistakes.
The new currency, which will be
ready next year, will be about two
thirds of the size of our present cur
rency, and it will At more compactly
In q woman's purse. 1t will also neces-
state closer scrunity when handing out
Evening star., 1928-12-10
Dry, Itching Scalp.

When the hair is scanty, the scalp
itches and there is an abundance of
dry dandruff but no evidences of a
skin eruption, the condition may often
be relieved by the use of an antiseptic
lotion, a scalp salve and hot-oil treat
ments.
There are many good preparations of
this sort on the market, but since 1t
is contrary to my policy to recommend
any proprietary products, shall give
you recipes for them. Commercial
preparations are usually more attractive
in appearance and fragrance than are
those made at home, but these two ad-
vantages are not Of Importance to us.
The antiseptic lotion is good to use in
Evening star., 1928-12-10
BRAIN TESTS

This is q test Of word recognition.
through the medium of changing words.
For example: Change WINGS to
BIRDS, one letter at a time, using all
Of the following words:
(a) WINGS (2) BINDS (c) WINDS
(d) BIRDS.
The first word, of course, is WINGS.
The second. however, Is WINDS; the
third BINDS and the fourth BIRDS.
You will find the same problem in
the chains of words given below. Every
link is there: but they are out Of place.
You must mark them in their proper
order.
Allow three minutes.
l. (a) WALK (b) bale (c) balk
Id bane (e) CANE.
Proper order: /
2. (a) HOOK (b) rank (c) disk
Id rink (e) honk Q) disk (g) hank
(h) dish ID FISH.
Proper order:
3. (a) BALL (b) tame (c) bale
Cd tale (e) GAME.
Proper order:
4. (a) SCOTS (b) boots (c) boats
I'D parts (e) costs (f) coats (g) casts
(h) pares ID carts Cd scots (k) pales
ID WALES.
Proper order:
Every word must be used in each
chain. Mark the words by letter, if
you wish.
Answers to the Above Test.
/. a, C, b, d, e. 2. a, e. G, b, d, +, C,
h, i. 3. a, C, d, b, e. 4. a, ], b, c, +,
e, g, !, d, h, k, /.
--0--
Evening star., 1928-12-10

Y = ga %AAA ~
The phone rang.
The man lifted the
receiver.
"Yes, yes" he
responded briefly.
"Oh, I haven't had
time" A pause.
mo, I haven't seen
the printer about
the cards. Listen,
I have other things
to do right now be-
sides run n | n g
around for cards.
And another thing,
I don't see why
you can't pick out
a muner for Uncle
Joe just IS well as
VTHIan 1V,1vy &ita1n