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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-13
World and All
LOVE LONG
BY Charles p. Driseoll

Something l wrote the other day about Hilda Rose,
the heroic little woman who wrote the letters that Lit
tie. Brown and company have collected into a book
called 1.-THE Stump Farm" But I didn't finish what |
had to say. for there was not enough space.
As | read these letters, which were not written for
publication, but were the outpouring Of a lonely soul,
bruised by hardship and adversely, J am impressed
with the thought: here IL one Of the permanent docu-
ments Of American life. The soul of a pioneer is here
set out in burning lines.
But something else occurs to me. With this wom-
an, as with other pioneers. il is love that wins the bat
tie It is love that makes it possible for a frail woman
who weighs ~eighty-six pounds to labor hard. summer
and winter, year after year, in bitter cold and scorcL-
inr drought. She could not do il for herself. But
love lightens the load. and she does not think she has
done anything extraordinary.
Hilds Rose has an aged and delicate husband t.
support and attend to. He is often III. but he is al
ways kind. and he Is the object Of a devotion that en-
ables the spirits Of the giver and the object Of it.
These two have = little boy. and the slight mother
must get food for him. keep him warm. and train his
mind.
When the thermometer registers fifty below zero
in the Alberta wilderness. Hilda Rose works away H.
her tent, worrying only lest the severe cold be too
much for her weak husband and her precious son.
These three know the depths Of poverty. but they know
the joy Of great riches, too. For that mean tent. where
eFeiy'hhe freezes ana He can hardy De supported,
contains an epic love. There is never encouragement.
for this woman knows that she can and must provide
for her loved ones.
Love suffereth long. and Il kind. Love envieth not:
love vsunteth not itself; seeketh not it's own. Love
beareth all things. beievth all things. hopeth all
things, endureth all things. Love never faileth.
These words ] select from among others on the
same subject. written by the eloquent Paul.
The same thoughts | read between the lines ~ fhs
heart-breaking letters in "The Stump Farm
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"A boys best friend is his mother" These are the
words that were impressed upon US in our youth, and
are words that will live forever as the fullness Of
truth.
Not only the boys best friend, but the girls also;
and even when boys and girls have grown old, mother
still regards them as children over whom she must
watch, and who must still be shielded by her motherly
care. The passing years may bring physical changes.
but motherly love and devotion is changless, enduring
to the grave.
A mothers love cannot be reasured-it is limitless.
Through the myriad duties of life, the work and
pleasure, turmoil or peace, il is al-embracing, the
most sacred sentiment with which mankind has been
endowed.
Mothers Day is now numbered with the most sig
~nificant days of the year, and mother living. or
mother dead, should be honored on Sunday, May l3.
There are no reservations in the observance Of
Mothers Day. 1t is a duty and a privilege OF mankind
TO set aside at least one day of the year to honor her
whose tender love should be the real inspiration OF life.
In all churchs throughout the United States
Mothers Day will be observed; in countless millions OF
homes special tribute will be paid to mother and 60
that mother love which is the real foundation Of our
nation. IL is impossible to honor too greatly the
mothers Of our land. and words are wholly inadequate
to express the influence that mother love il exerting
today and will continue 10 exert down through the
centuries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-13
Picking a Keynoter

Charles d. Hilles Of New York. vice chairman OF the
republican national committee. declares that Senator
Tess Of Ohio will be elected temporary chairman and
deliver the keynote address at the republican national
convention. Tess will serve. Mr.. Hilles declares, not
withstanding the fact the senior senator from Ohio
failed to win election as a delegate in the recent pri-
maries when the state swung into line for Hoover.
Senator Tess has been placed in a rather embar-
RAISING position. The announcement he had been Sc
lected as the "keynoter" failed 10 make the proper inn
preston upon the Ohio voters, who shortly there
after defeated Fess who was listed as delegate to the
national convention.
IL Is understood the national committee will en-
cation to relinquish his seat in favor Of Mr.. Fess,
going outside the convention for a temporary chair.
man arising. However. in the event no delegate is in
clined to sbdicate in favor Of the senior senator, the
committee anticipates no difficulty in carrying out the
arrangement. They take the view that the convention,
being a law unto itself, can easily adjust any diff
Guilty that may arise over the question, although none
is expected. in the absence Of opposition TO Tess and
the Hoover managers.
The temporary organization will be important. as
at least three "uninstructed" delegations are expected
to contest the seating of Hoover delegations from
Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. A fight between the
BLACK and tan" and lilly white" delegations. first be-
fore the national committee. then before the creden-
tials COMMITTEES, and possibly in the convention proper.
is expected to lead to a preliminary contest for CON
troll Of the credentials committee. Each state has one
member on this committee. who will be selected ac-
cording n the synpsthies Of a majority Of the states
delegation in each case.
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Other Papers
is THE WHALE DOOMED?
New York Evening Post).


Two generations ago, when the Yankee and Portu-
ruese sailors of New Bedford were celebrated in song
and story for their whaling exploits and "Moby
Dick" was a best seller, there was deep concern lest
the whale might become extinct. Much speculation was
INDUCED in as to what the women would substitute for
the whalebons used in their stays. and householders
for the sperm oil needed for their lamps. But ths
stays didn't stay and kerosene triumphed over sperm
oil. In consequence the wharves Of New Bedford be
came deserted and the fate of the whale became an
academic question.
With the advance Of science. however, came no:
only new uses for whale oil, but also greatly in
creased means for killing these monsters Of the deep.
The whaIeboat Of the fearless Yankee with his har-
poon gave way TO the power boat Of the modern Viking
(for most Of the whaling Of the world is now done by
Norwegians) and his b~omb-gun, until today there are
said to be five times as many whales captured and
turned into oil as there were in the middle Of the last
century.
The use Of steamers in place Of the old square
riggers has greatly extended the field Of operations,
and the whale is again threatened with extinction.
The American Society Of Mammslogists has interested
itself in the matter, recommending the setting up Of
a commission ia control and conserve the industry
The whale will hardly rejoice at the way in which
history is repeating itself in this instance.
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Prompt Action on the
Port Project

At the meeting OF the Valley port committee and
other representative citizens az Harlingen Friday nigh.
there was perfect unanimity of opinion in regard to
the action to be taken on the Valley port project
acceptance Of the conditions imposed in the recommen-
dations OF the board Of engineers and immediate or
ranization Of a navigation district t. finance the Val
ley's contribution.
The meeting was representative Of the entire Val
lev. and is believed to reflect the almost unanimous
opinion Of the Valley public. There was no hesitancy
on the part Of any representative; no dissension; no
hint that the Valley could not comply with every de-
tail Of the conditions recommended. Speaker after
sneaker sounded the same note Of optimism. express
ing confidence in the Valleys loyalty to the projec..
the completion Of which has been the ambition of Va
lev leaders for over twenty years.
The decision Of the meeting to move immediately
IN preparing for the organization or a navigation dis
trict should meet the approval of every individual in
terested in Valley progress. The subcommittee which
will take charge of this work will have an almost end
less mass Of detail TO work out. Every step must Dc
taken with due consideration, and the organization
plan. when finally submitted TO the entire committee
for ratification, must be such that il will meet the
anprovsl Of practically every person interested.
The Valley Is fortunate in the fact il can profit
from the experience of other navigation districts.
Galveston, Houston. Beaumont. Corpus Christi and
numerous other port cities have each contributed their
share Of experience. all Of which will be available and
which will aid the organizers Of the Valley project to
avoid costly and time-losing errors. One of the most
favorable indications is that the Valley committee Is
appsrentIy determined to seek the most expert counsel
II connection with the legal and engineering phases, 4
move which will eliminate loss Of time and assure max
,n,um efficiency in organization and also in the con
.truction Of the terminal and wharf facilities. The
committee very wisely takes the view that as the VAL
lev is embsrking upon q project with which IL has h.d
a experience, the proper course is to secure the hes.
..ehnicaI knowledge available.
Immediate organization Of . navigation district
all permit the Valley interests to proceed without
rrsue haste in working out the myriad details Of the
.-oiset. 1t is doubtful if the federal appropriation for
II. hsrbor will be available before the early summer
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"a everybody else. It's limited he'll
yet-maybe enough to make him the
logical man to give the consolation
prize to.
or II might be Jesse.
Only the other day-but il was
before he'd heard from California
Jed Adams, Lone Star national COM
mitteeman. suggested him as N good
candidate for the anti-Smith dele
gates to unite on.
The drawback Is that there doesn't
appear to be enough of them to stop
al even II they do unite.
But Smith and Jones"?-s slogan!
made to order.
True. Jesse's ag'in AL. but that's
only for the nomination Once nomi-
mated, it's understood the Texan will
be "fur" him.
Ohio democrats declare for AtIee
Pomerene.
He can't get himself reelected 10
the senate. He's in bad with labor.
He can't win any Of his oil cases.
He's too wet to suit the drys, but not
wet enough for the vets.
What a possibility" Nevertheless
the Buckeye bunch proclaims him
and a. its second choice, II says it's
for ex-Consressman George White,
whom the country hardly knows at
all.
Meanwhile Governor Vic Donahey,
who's q genuine democratic presi-
Dental possibility. IL anything fatal
should happen to Al Snyh-vSr alta
idly by and tells the world he's salts
fled.
S funny. Or is IL? Il Il possible
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sALEsMANsHIP AND HEALTH


| once met a travelling salesman
who is as particular about his COM
plexion and general appearance as "A
he we're q society roman. This IN
not because he il vain. but
he desires to make the largest pos
sible income out of his work. he
knows that unless rvs cheeks are
pink and rudy and Ms eyes full OF
the luster that comes with good
health, he is not up 70 his highest
efficiency as d salesman. There are
psychological reasons Why II Is wise
for a salesman to look healthy.
In the first place, the best selling
point for an article is 10 get Il assoc
ciated IN the mind OF the customer
with success. Everything. even re-
motely connected with the article,
that suggests success Is = point
which weighs in favor # the sale.
II the salesman looks prosperous, the
customer unconsciouslv receives the
impression that this pr sperity grew
out Of the excellence of the article
he Is selling. The salesman should
carry into a store an impression OF
success, prosperity. and harmony. he
should look rs IL things are -oreak-
Ing we'll for him, as the saying 10.
Now the idea Of complete harmony
cannot be conveyed without health. A
ssllow complexion suggests that
something is not just as 4 should
be. An unhealthy man is more likely
to get sympathy than admiration.
Sometimes he even e~xcites a feeling
almost akin to contempt. And the
feeling the customer has for the
salesman often extends, subcon-
sciouslv. 10 the stuff me salesman Is
trying to market.
No wonder this salesman tries 10
be fairly aTlitter with good health,
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Of 1929. For the Valley TO wait until the appropriation
is available before taking action to organize would
mean additional months of delay. By following the
program suggested BY the committee all details can be
arranged and the Valley prepared 20 meet the ccndi-
tions imposed by the federal government as soon a.
the government iS ready to carry out its part OF the
project.
definitely commits the government 10 the project. Il
Is now the duty Of the Valley interests to organize the
navigation district and thereby not only commit the
Valley to the project but also impress upon the gov
eminent that the Valley desires to eliminate all IN
necessary delay in securing the opening Of the port
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-13

NEW YORK.-In New York n man
is as big as his press agent makes
him. Few men or women of any
prominence or aspiration, are with
out a public relations counsel" or
social secretary"
The well known Ivy Lee puts the
Rockefellers in the newspapers In
the way in which they wish to APP
rear. He il given credit for inspir-
ing John u. seniors habit Of giving
away bright dimes. He is suspect
ed OF having had something to do
with L~indbergh's futile flight to
Montreal with Rockefeller Institute
serum. It may be more than mere
coincidence that he is intent upon
making Soviet Russia respectable TO
American eyes nc the same time the
investments there.
Harry Bruno and Richard Blythe
are Lindbergh's public relations
counsel. Otto Kahn has an energetic
publicity man. Henry Ford's pub
the country. Mrs. Henry MoskowitZ
publicist. A press agent has been
IiLNE4Hk htEDetb hOUNEE HdHG
and the accomplishments Of Hoover's
Department of Commere for three
or four years. The press agent Of
the late Charles SteinmetL. hired BY
the General Electric Co.. made him
one Of the most dramatic figures
in the country.
or course. every movie star. stage
performer, opera singer and profess
sional athlete has an exploitation
man. Authors are not backward in
this respect either. The writer's
who scorn commercialism are ironi-
cally enough having their personali-
ties expanded and popularity extend
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New York Letter

Cd BY the ultTa-commercial methods
Of paid publicity agents.
Most Of the m in the society
columns OF metropolitan dailies and
smart" magazines are there because
OF social secretaries whose duty u
is tn see that the persons 90 to the
right places" nc the right times
and are photographed frequently do
ing the fright things" Pictures that
folks in the hitherland see from time
10 time, depicting Mrs This on Mrs.
That "promenading on Park Ave-
nue." or "golfing at Miami" or
leaving ST. Thomas church." were
prearranged BY the social secretary,
made by N paid photographer, ard
sent around to newspaper offices by
the subject Of the photo.
In New York the city editors OF
newspapers are kept buster keeping
publicity puffery out Of the paper
than they are putting news In
One wonders how long AL Woods
and Florence Z~iegfeld. the show
producers. will continue to remain
the considerable public figures that
the extraordinary press-agenting ot
Samuel Hoffenstein and Bernard So
bel, respectively, made them. The
men that the public knows as q re-
suit of Hoffenstein's and Sobef's lit
ersry lsbors do not exist, they are
legendary figures.
Sobel left Ziegfeld to work for
Annie Nichols. author Of "Abie's
Irish Rose" at $4,000 a year. Hof-
fenstein ave up his pr~ess-aEent
work 20 live q poets life. He II the
author Of "Poems in Praise of Prac-
tically Nothing which IL doing
what very few books Of verse ever
do. sell as fast and as extensively
IS any fiction best-seller.
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KellYgraras
By FRED c ALLY

vigor, success, content and general
harmony. liz M man asks him about
ria business, or family, health. or
what mot, he tries 10 drive home the
IMPRESSION that everything In lovely.
This man takes a Geld bath every
morning. He In not one Of those cold
hath liars who like 10 tell about their
lev morning plunge end how they
reyel in Il. He frankly hates q cold
hath. But he endures IL because ha
thinks IL helps him 70 look healthy
and wealthy and wise. IL 10 a means
to an end.
salesman should. or course,
rsver be 4 bore. IL necessary for
him 10 do n lot Of talking, he should
try 70 break up his selling argu-
ment into easy stages. In this con-
nection. book agents nave n little
trick that may be worth knowing. A
good book agent never begins nc the
f;tle-nare to 20 through a book and
mint out its interesting features. He
Il more likely 70 begin well toward
the back of the book and jump frcm
there 10 the middle. then 20 the be-
ginning. back again 10 the middle
and ~ on. In that way, the Gus
toner never knows whether the
selling argument In 10 be long or
short. III a mar we're TO show you
n book and you thought he was going
10 start in nc the front and take you
right through. you would be hcrri-
fled. and nip his talk right In the
bud.
50 70 " I'm selling ary other article.
II is we'll to have a customer be-
lieve that in a moment the salesman
will have said all he has 70 say. In
that frame of mind. the customer
may listen 10 him patiently fcrs may.
hn an hnur
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By MARTHA LEE FORGY

By MARTHA LEE FORGY
HENDERSON, KY, May H.
Mother,
Save IN heaven. there's not an
other name 50 sweet, 50 hallowed, the
poets say.
On this, her day. all else fades
into %oblivious, eclipsed by the glory
of motherhood. Symbolic carnations
are donned by young and old alike,
the white reverently-the red hap
PLY, while we kneel to honor those
gone before and carry gifts TO those
among US still.
kcntucky's Version
II has been the popular belief that
the second Sunday in May was the
first celebration of the day suggest
ed. but the natives Of this Kentucky
town have an entirely different YER
sion.
Folk here insist TIE day. which
falls on May Is this year, was orig
mated by Mary Towles Sasseen Will
son.
Born and reared in this little city.
on the south bank of the Ohio river,
in the Sos. she labored earnestly
70 have April 90, her mothers natal
day. observed in the schools in the
tanner in which The day Is now
celebrated.
Was School Teacher
In 1898 Miss Sasseen. then q
school teacher. published a book set
ting forth her ideas, aims and OBJ
jects. defeating the volume To her
mother, with a hope for national
recognition. The book was copy
writed that year.
She travelled extensively and adj
dressed various educational meet
ings throughout the country in her
effort 70 have the day observed in
the schools. II was in the little
Henderson Center street school that
the first observance 81 Mothers Day
was held by Miss Sasseen. and in
1894 she succeeded in having ii cele-
brated in the public schools Of
Springfield. Ohio. IN 1899 she be-
came = candidate for superintendent
Of rubliC instruction If Kentucky
and Il was then generally discussed
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KY. home, and right. school in
observed.
the day of her mothers death. IN
that day Miss Jarvis announced her
plan for a national observance Of
Mothers Day" The next year Miss
Jarvis propaganda had progressed
80 far that Philadelphia celebrated
the day in church and home al
though Miss Jarvis. when the day
arrived. was too i'll to participate
in its Observance
Mary Towles Sasseen married
Judge Marshall Wilson, If Florida.
and gave her life u the cause Of
motherhood when her first child
was born.
The movement to bestow credit to
her for the origin Of the idea has
merited the endorsement of many
Kentucky organizations. This move
ment, they say, would not detract
frop the impetus hat N Jarvis
gave II. and there ~ plenty OF honor
for both her and Mary Iowles Sas-
seen Wilson.
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Washington Letter
By CHARLES p. STEWART

names are Cordell Hull's and Jesse
II. Jones.
Hull. as we all know, is the Ten
nessee congressman who was l920-24
chairman of the democratic national
committee. Jones, it's equally we'll
known, is the Texan who copied the
democratic convention for Houston;
also the present national committees
financial director.
AS a pair Of drys. either one. on
the ticket with AL Smith, would tend
10 offset AIS reputed wetness.
They're both southern. too-Hull
from a state which some consider
slightly doubtful-Jones from one
which mixes a flavor Of the west
with the air Of Dixie-to co~unterbal-
ance one-sidedness Of the New York
er's geography, IL my.
Theoretically Hull was n rresi-
Dental possibility until Smith eclips-
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WASHINGTON. May 12.-Wonder
Of wonders!-with the conventions
coming on. the usually scrappy demo-
Gratis are far more nearly agreed on
their presidential candidate than the
normally harmonious republicans are
agreed on theirs.
In fact, the democrats have rrac-
tlcally quit talking about possibili-
ties for first place and gone to dis
euSsing prospects for the tail end Of
their ticket.
The republicans haven't progressed
that far yet. It's no good guessing
on vice presidential chances until the
presidential questions settled, be-
cause the former selection Ia 50 large
ly dependent on the latter.
Speaking Of democrats
A couple Of prominently mentioned
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Day is said u have been first
over the state that she had first
conceived the plan OF celebrating
Mothers Day.
Defended as First
II is still being discussed and
proudly boosted by officials and
citizens alike here. who argue that:
miss Annie Jarvis, Of Philadelphia,
has been given the credit Of orig
mating the idea Of setting aside n
day for the purpose. Miss Jarvis is
entitled TO great credit in connec
ton with the national celebration
Of the day, but the idea Of Mothers
Day was conceived long before the
time credited to her. II vas first
thought Of here. in Henderson, by
Miss Sasseen and celebrated in the
schools here long before the date
the sponsors Of the movement claim
i: originated"
In 1907 Miss Jarvis invited a
friend to spend the second Sunday
in May with her. 70 commemorate
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who am I? Where do I live? Who
was my first wife?
Who is president Of Switzerland.
An American mi originated the
bloomer as a reform in women's
clothes. What was her name7
n what way is Easter Sunday de-
termined?
Except the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build 10;
except the Lord keep the city. the
Waterman vaketh but In vain"
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
JIMMY JAMS
Today In the Past
On this date. in 1850, Charleston,