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willing TO sublet the thing before. l
fancy. however, something has hap
pened TO their income. for the apart.
ment Is TO let. There are five rooms
and two baths In II. and as they
won't subdivide It's been a white
elephant on their hands and my de.
spair. for there's one room and bath
on the side next 10 LIS which was
just made for me and my traps. It's
lined with bookshelves and iii be
able 10 get some OF my books around
me again. as the owners are storing
everything personal like books and
china. leaving only rugs. large dra-
peries and the biggest pieces OF fur
niture."
"Madge will probably wish they'd
stored those" Lillian put In causti.
cally. still with her provocative at.
titude on my behalf which I guessed
she was staging for Dicky's benefit.
that he might not suspect how juhi-
liant we were over his ingeniously
staged capitulation.
THEY'RE not SO bad" her husband
said. But why don't you and Madge
take a run up TO town and look the
thing over. Then Madge can make
the final decision"
uou I Hseu 10 see tx, 4 SAID
hurriedly. I'm sure" but Lillian
took the words from my mouth.
"Of course you need 10 see it," she
said witheringly. I've no doubt it's
all that Harry has pictured-he's
a good picker-but no man on earth
can select an apartment for a wo-
nan 10 live In without her looking
IL over. And well have a splendid
chance tomorrow when we 70 NV on
that shopping trip for Marion. Wen
Just take Mary along too. What
dye say. Madge."
"Oh' SURELY I returned prompt.
ly. She'll be living there. tool
hope"
"If Phil doesn't take a notion 70
drop her over the precipice." Mr..
Underwood amended. by the way.
the Dicky-blrd and I will blow you
TO lunch anywhere you sav. lie has
to 70 up 70 town tomorrow he tells
me. a sudden summons. and ] might
as we'll toddle along"
My utilization over my victory. my
feminine anticipation OF rcarrang-
ing a new apartment. suddenly fell
flat. I knew what hat sudden sum-
mons 20 town meant. Edith Fair
fax had told him she needed him.
and ne was going TO her.
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The Discuss the Follies of Youth Too
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
BY Blanche Silver.
Why Crabby Grab Changed
His Mind.

nOWN at the bottom az ~
river there once lived a family
~ or crabs, Mama Crab, Daddy
Crab. Tiny Crab. Crabhv
Crab and several smaller children
They were very lovely. obedlant little
crab children, MI but Crabby Crab
He was cross and ugly. Nothing
ever suited him. III the sun was shin.
ing. he wa wishing FOR rain. ara "
IL began to rain. he would be the
very first 10 grumble.
When IL came time FOR Mama Crab
20 teach children how 70 act. walk
and swim. she certainly had n.y.
troubles. for Crabby Crab wouldn.
do a thing his Mama asked him 70.
III she told them they should how
very politely TO Mrs. Oyster when
she passed. Crabby Crab. Just 10 bo
different. would turn hts back and
look the other way when Mrs. Oyster
passed.
Mrs. Oyster is such m lovely
lady" said Mama Crab sadly shak-
ing her head. she has a hard timo
OF IL. You know. she doesn't spa
very well, and the other fish rive
her a great deal OF trouble"
What's that got 20 do with our
being nice TO hcr?' snapped Crabhv
Crab. Il don't see why we have 10
be nice 70 her because the fish give
her trouble"
That's one thing you children
must learn 10 do" said Mama Crab
kindly. you must help Mrs. Oyster.
When any OF you see n big fish max.
ing for her shell, you must pinch
her gently 50 she'll close her shell
door before the big fish devours her.
And another thing. all or you stand
up in a line"
All the little crabs did rs their
Mama told them.
Now. without looking hack. begin
10 walk backwards. continued Ma.
ma Crab. The crab children began
70 walk backwards a. fast r. they
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Some Odd Facts

A girl aged two. OF Lille. France. II
claimed to be the youngest child
to speak four languages. She can
answer questions In French. English.
German and modern Greek
With a new counter there can be
no argument whether a golfer took
six or seven strokes to make a hole.
After each shot he presses a button
to register IL on the counter: when
he has 'holed out" another button
returns the pointer to zero ready 70
record the strokes OF the next hole.
The sands at Forth Ger. a small
bay near Aberdaran. Carnarvon,
have the peculiar characteristic OF
emitting distinct sounds when dis
turbed by hand or foot. The sound
has been likened to the surge OF the
sea by some people. and by others TO
a whistling noise.
with a record OF over five mil
lion miles flown in six years, British
aviators have had only four acci.
dents causing the death OF pas
during that period
Skilled toreadors r becoming
scarce in Spain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

IA M EAT dishes are prepared in
GH many unique ways by for
49, e.gn cooks. In a number OF
places ice is not available so the
meats must be cooked upon the day
they are butchered. Also, only the
needed amoun for the day Is pur-
chased at a time. quite dlfferent
from the American way or doinS
where markets are plenty and means
or refrigeration in general househoiu
use.
Take two bounds OF top round. free
from bone, and nav the butcher cut
rriss-cross gashes on either q
pub the steak with a mixture 81 a
half teaspoonful OF salt n a quar-.
ter teaspoonful Of pepper. Rub wen
an both sides. Have an iron shIilet
with hot melted sue. and butter 2
mixed. lay in the steak 2 COOK
turning frequently. 70 a EEht oroWh
but do not burn 1t. Then pour IN
can of solidly packed tomatoes, TWO
large sliced onions. a large bell pep
ner shredded. garlic thinly sliced. u
cupful OF hot water and two table
snoonfuls or vinegar. Cover anu
cook gently for two hours. Inc
sfealx should be two inches tnlck
when purchased. Serve with rice
and large baked potatoes:
Polish Beef Rolls.
Take two pounds Of fillet OF hHef
ana cut in long strips. Make a stuff
in OF grated onion. bread crumbs,
about two heaning tablespooniuls
and a tablespoonful OF butter. Dust
with pepper and salt: Spread tns
striDs OF meat with the hlling ana
roll them. Pack the rolls Closely ~
a frying pan that has been rubbed
with a cut bud Of garlic and mas III
81 two tablespocnfuls or melteu nut
Ter and brown the rolls. Pour IN a
cupful OF stock. dust with -four
cover and cook gently for an hour
and a half. Serve with wheat por'
ridge.
Rome a shoulder OF mutton and
trim of extra fat. Make a stuIilns
~ half a pound OF minced bacon a
,,inced onion, two tablespoontuls o.
cbnnned parsley, chives. and celery
1aa,.cs Pour Sleeps kidneys skinned
ond parboiied then diced small. 2
rnnful Of dry crumbs, pepper anu
saI, and n beaten egg TO bind the
r,ixture. Stuff. truss. place In a pan
.,ith \ cupful OF stock and COOK
hastlng often. Allow twelve m
"A pound for cooking,
German Veal Roast
P.t a small veal roast into a bow
"a inst cover il with milk. Let
I'D FOR two days I'm a cool place.
Ijrt The veal carefully TO the roast.
're nan and season with pepper and
1T, then haste frequently with the
sour mix. which mikes with the
d-rtn,inrs and forms the gravy.
French Chickens.
spli, three broilers down n back.
oi six large circles Of thick white
naner. lay D piece ~ chicken On each
IN a thin slice Of ham. Cover VIII
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Answers to Health Queries

s. E. Q.-what can be done for
sore and inflamed eyes1 Is the sun
beneficial under the circumstances
A--Have the eyes examined TO
find out the cause OF the trouble.
Bathing with a weak solution OF
boracic acid several times daily and
applying one per cent yellow oxide
OF mercury ointment at night will
be helpful IN the meantime. IL would
be unwise 70 expose the eyes 20 d.
rect sunlight when they are weak
and inflamed-
A. T. Q. Q.-I am thirteen years
OF 81 5 II. 3 in. tall. How much
should l weight
A.-For your age and height you
should weigh about ll2 pounds.
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lou must gel GOWN on the IloOr.
or In the dirt as the cas- may be. on.
your hands and knees and try to he a
child again.
Get off your dignity once In a
while. IL will do you good.
Don't be afraid 70 mess your
clothes In a good romp with a.
healthy. lusty boy or girl.
n you merely give instructions or
advice how this or that should be
done the children won't like Il. They
will think you are "buttinR In"
But II you actually play with them.
enter into the spirit-the child's
spirit-of the game, then you pep
up their interest and enjoyment and
viii BE- surprised 20 find how readily
you can do the most childish things
and get a whale OF q lot OF fun out
Of Il.
The adult, you must remember.
never loses entirely his play instinct.
4 man or woman may not have
played since childhood. He or she
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

veins stand out, the heart action grows weaker
and weaker. There Is gasping for breath and
very soon the heart ends its efforts.
But you must never jump at the conclusion
that nothing can be done. Even though the pulse
cannot be felt or the heart heard. there Is always
the hope that life can be saved.
Suppose you are called upon to help care for
a suffocating person, what are you to do?
Make sure there is no foreign substance in
the throat. Pull the tongue forward and see that
the nostrils are clear. Remove tight clothing,
especially around the neck.
While you are performing artificial respira-
ton as in drowning, you must keep the victim
warm by covering with blankets, and surrounding
with hot water bottles, hot bricks, or hot sand
bags. Sometimes rectal injections Of warm strong
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Three-Minute Journeys
BY TEMPT MANNING
The Grent GunpOUder Plot.
The Great Gunpowder Plot.

Remember. remember
The fifth OF November.
The gunpowder treason and plot;
There Is no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot
I'm November 5. 1905. a great
gunpowder plot was discovered
in England. Roughly. under
the leadership OF Guy Fawkes. a
group OF malcontents planned TO
blow up the Parliament House and
destroy the city OF London. IN revolt
against the P~rotestants. The plot
was wrongly attributed TO the entire
Catholic party. but Is was circum.
vented and the c~onspirators. includ-
ing Guy Fawkes. were tried and
executed.
Ever since. November 5 has been
celebrated in England as Guy Fawkes
Day.
A special service for the day was
included in the English Book Of Com.
mon Prayer. although today this has
been abolished. But ever to this day.
at the opening OF the House OF Par
lament the initial ceremony includes
the march Of the Yeoman Of the
Guards through the cellars or the
houses In search az gunpowder. And.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

nay have forgotten what II IA Ike
10 play. Years OF drudEery. hard
work. trials. conflicts. adjustments
and SORROWS may have blotted out
childhood memories.
Nevertheless the wish TO play Is
still present. deep down in the Inner
nature ~ every human being.
Give II a chance TO resurrect. Let
your play urge come out into the
open. Create an opportunity where
by II can blossom.
That opportunity Is open 70 every
one. for everywhere there are chill
dren. and always and invariably viii
they welcome you 70 their midst
with shouts OF clee.
Adult play-golf, baseball. cards
and whatnot-have a value and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ A boy whom ! have known
for four years Joined the Navy
and has given me a Navy ring.
I am sixteen years old and he ~
eighteen and very nice. Was !
right In accepting IT. Il"
ssTss: You must know by this time
Il that | don't approve OF girls
accepting gifts OF jewelry from men.
However. II your parents approve.
then Il Is quite In form for you 70
accept the ring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

ado shaking the sand out OF their ciotnes-out
they all sat down again and when they sat down
they started the same old subject
The modern girl.
81 never did see" said the fat Chair Rocker,
anything like these girls. My boy brought a
classmate home this vacation for a visit and he's
Just logged his father almost TO death for a car.
but his father wouldn't give it to him.
"He said he didn't want him callahootin up
and down the road daytimes and smuggling up
and down the side roads evenings-but pshaw.
he might have saved his breath.
"Son doesn't need a car. All the girls borrow
their daddy's cars and they come toot-tooting
by the house before 9 o'clock in the morning
and before you can speak they are off again
and we never see them till the next morning.
He slips in sort Of easy at one or two O'clock
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Street Dress of Dark Blue Wool
Crepe.
BY Vera WINSTON

HNGENIOU S tuckings enhance
good. substantial style in the
model OF the dark-hued wool
street dress sketched above. To be-
gin with the easiest part. the skirt
i pleated into a miniature OF a
moulded hip line. which is topped by
a pointed lower blouse section that
gathers into two side ties. A criss.
cross arrangement Of tucks on the
blouse contrive n very attractive ef
feet. Pink organdy collar. cuffs and
flower complete IL.
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Dignity and Romp with the Children

should find a place In e~verybody's
life.
But play with children should be
INDUCED IN, IN addition. for by
means OF Il you not only are satisfy.
ing a fundamental craving. deeply
ingrained IN your character from
earliest days. but also. when you
play with the youngsters you enjoy
a carefree. nntramrneled and I'M
repressed state Of feeling that cannot
possibly be duplicated in any other
way.
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Seen on 9Th Ave.
By Hiss Shopper

By NISS shopper
The harem skirt OF a few seasons
< is trying TO return TO fashion
favor. /. for one. am roofing for Il,
as | consider its line most flattering
TO any normal figure. The lovely
things II can do 70 fabrics. alone
makes II worth while reviving the
fashion.
This r. the season FOR black lace.
Gobs and gobs OF Il are being used
in the most unexpected places. II
you have a bit Of your grand
mothers put away for safekeeping.
now is the time % trot It out. You
a wear II with almost anything.
A rubberized fabric is fashioned
into a very smart tailored bouton-
ierre.
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IeJ hlm alone q minute, and When
we speak TO him about any par
ticular girl he just laughs and says
yes, sir, that's my baby
at doesn't make any difference
who the girl is, rich or poor, pretty
or ugly, he acts just the same way.
] told him the other day | didn't
think it was quite nice to speak
that way about nice girls and he
laughed again and said ooh,
pshaw, girls don't want to be nice
and we don't want them to be
nice. We are out for fun, can't
you see that"
The Thin Rocker nodded her
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Words of the Wise

The mind Of man Is ignorant
Of fate and future destiny, and
or keeping within due bounds
when elated by prosperity.
Virgil.
He that spends all his lie in
sport is Ike one rH0 me1rs
nothing. but griHges and eats
nothing but sauces Fuller.
VIA, twas weak to 90
It's weaker to lament, once being done.
Shelley.
They condemn what they do
not understand. : Cicero.
Put Only restriction on gour
pIeGSureS-5e cautious that then
hurt no creature that has life.
Zimmerman.
The fault. dear brrtul. 10 oct IN our
stars,
But in Ourselves. that we are under
linss. Shakespeare.
Read not TO contradict and
confute, nor to believe and take
for granted, nor to find talk
and discourse, but 10 weigh and
consider. Bacon.
Their discourses are Is the stars,
which give litile light because they are
20 high. Bacon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
BY DIR. LOUIS Z. BISCI
Eminent Psychologist.
T T you nave children. play with them.
If you nave no children. play with

n + you nave children. play with them.
If you have no children. play with your
neighbor'si
Adults do not, as a rule, realize the amount Of
good the little folks can do for them, not to men,
ton the benefits grown-ups can bestow upon
those of a younger generation.
Indeed, we tend too much TO leave the
children to themselves, allowing them TO work out
their own play ideas as best they can.
But have you ever observed how glad a boy Is
if you help him to build the tracks for his train or
show him some Of the finer points Of batting or
catching a ball?
And how delightedly a girl accepts your sug-
gestion that you build a doll house for her w
otherwise take an interest in her doll family.
Playing with children keeps you young.
Playing with children. from the child's point
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

II the patient is a young child. the odfashioned method of mouth
to-mouth initiation may DO good. Place a piece of course gauZe over
the victims mouth and blow air into the lungs. Then expel it by
pressure on the chest This should be kept up fifteen or sixteen times
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
SMUGGLING, PETTZNG
IS A
Once More the Old Subject Is Gone Over in Detail
and the Rockers, as Usual, Fail to Recall
Their Own Youthful Days.
BY WINIFRED BLACK

F5VHE Chair Rockers were rocking violently.
The sea was singing down on the beach below and onc
= awhile the seas gay partner, the wind, blew a puff Of white
upon the porch and all the Chair Rockers moved and made a &
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Of view, helps to systemahze their minds, puts planfulness into des
uitory and rambling thinking, teaches them concentration. and develops
their powers Of observation.
It is not enough that you merely watch children play.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

and when we ask him where he's been he says: oh, out with the
bunch and that's all we know about il.
Husband IS worried sick over II. | don't care anything about
his stepping out. but what | cannot understand is the girls-they won't
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
TREATING VICTIMS
OF STANDARDIZATION
DR.. Copeland Offers Suggestions for Use in Emer-
gency Cases, Which, If Promptly Applied,
May Save a Life.
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. ID.
United States Senator from New York.

Former Commissioner OF Health. NeU York City
T AN asked frequently what should be done for a person overcome
by smoke or suffering the effects Of strangulaton. In drowning,
= hanging and exposure to dense smoke, We have conditions in which
lack Of air produces loss Of consciousness The skin Is purple, the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
NOVELTIES FOR BEACH WEAR.

RTTA-How do you like my new beach overals Of rubbenzed satin?
JOHN simply doty over them, but they're OF as coz and warm as this
wooLlned olcloh coat Of mine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

coryrEht. lp.s. Ns-rp.psr rsalur. ssrre.. rne.
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NOWN M the bottom az the
river there once lived a family
~ OF crabs. Mama Crab. Daddy
Crab TInw nrnh r.rA-
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-23
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May ga
Irave physician could solve the pro
h!ems of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Cromwell, of Bridgeport, Connccti-
cut, merely by teaching Mrs. Crom-
we'll the art of scientific birth con
tlol, Judge Ben Lindsey, compan-
ionatc marriage advocate, said here
today.
The ease 81 Mrs CROMWELL who
has asked for relief from her hus
Land after bearing him Is children
in ten years, is one of the strongest
illustrations of the need of com
panionatc marriage, the noted
Jurist declared.
of Mrs. Cromwell had come be
fcrc me when | was conducting
court in Denver, | would have sent
her to birth control physician, "
Judge Lindsey said. "sThat would
have been Il violation of the law
which prohibits the teaching of
scientific parcnthood but it would
lave saved the violation of hundreds
tf laws in the future.
onnccticut is to blame for the
plight of this woman because of
its stringent laws against birth con
troll. 1t should repeal the law and
ii should take Mrs. Cromwell to Il
physician who would teach her the
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-23
JUDGE LINDSEY GIVES OPINION
ON ODD CONNECTICUT CASE

same things he is now teaching his
more wealthy patrons.
"My constructive program of
cOmpanionatc marriage would not
have permitted this tragedy in thd
Cromwell family. 1t is just as big d
sin to have too many children ad
it is to not have any.
"That couple should have been
instructed, as all couples should, in
the technique of hcalthful scientifiJ
birth control which is the companI
ionate in marriage.
Also they should have been inI
strueted in those principles of re
l.gion, culture and good taste I'd
have children when they could afI
ford them and with time betweeI|
to protect the strength and health of
the mother.
'"This would have added to thd
happiness and permanency of theiI
home and would have furnished
scme guaranty that their children
would be healthy and would bd
given Il decent chance to be reared
aud educated in the manner that only|
Il mother free from strains of exI
ccssivc child bearing is able I'd
give.
Although I know nothing of
this particular ease and have nd
reason to believe it is true with tht|
tromwclla, it is just such eases tha
produce a great number of our medi
ocrities, mOrUns and criminals
such cases, where the woman is 4
breeding machine instead of II rea
mother.
"Such homes are filling Tho
domestic relations courts of thi1
country with non support and deser
tlon cases. The silly and unreason
able opposition to birth control
responsible for the condition.
"That woman should be laugh
birth control even if it is necessary
to break a law to teach her >
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-23
CANTALOUPE
MARKET

Cantaloupe shipments fer Tues
day: Total 293; ordered for today,
303. Cash market valley points.
about steady. Desirable manifests
mostly 81, some with few standard
- 5 low as $l.sj. Ripes mostly
S2.l5, few hard ripes $225. Water
melons, 10 ears out yesterday, I or
dcred for today.
Todav's quotations: New York, %
Imperial, ! Mexican freight and 8
Imperial express arrived. Market
about steady. Private sales, jun
DO 45 S $5,5O6, mostly $3.50; SO s
$3.50; standard ASS, $5-5.50;
36's, $5-5.25; ponys $4.25-50; flats
$2.-2.65. Auction jumbo 45 5
$3.50.
Chicago, II Imperial, Mexican
arrived, 2l ON track. Market
slightly weaker. Jumbo 45's $5.25-
80; 36's $475-5; standard 40 s,
$4.75-5; SO 5, $4.5o-75; ponys $3.75-4;
flats. jumbo $l90-2; standard flats
$l.7j.90.
Los Angeles, II ears Imperial ar
rived, 10 broken, ) unbroken ears
on track. Market Slightly weaker
but demand good. Jumbo 45 5
$3-3.25; 3G's $2.75-3; STANDARDS
$2.75-3, some ordinary $2.25-50;
ponys $1.75-2; flats $l1.15.