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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Home Making Helps
BY Wanda Barton.

OId hu0S n NeIC UeSIGnS.
WE are all more or less tn
wv miliar with hooked rugs.
those we used to make by
stretching burlap on to frames and
hooking through the narrow rag
strips. usually making a black border.
then q mixed gay center or one Of
q solid color. Again we used the
heavy worsted and made what we
then called q moss" mat, generally
In shades Of green. The sacking was
neatly hemmed when the hooking
was done and then lined with double
faced Canton flannel 20 as to lay well
on the floor.
The people OF Labrador introduced
US 70 q newer form OF hooked rug
by p~atterning the center with scene
from their w country-snow scenes
with polar bears. dog teams. dark
green spruce trees. Icy rivers. Ice
huts and brilliant sunshine. The
years they made the most were bad
fishing years. The men we're home to
help, and the somberness Of poor con-
ditions and intense cold were reflec-
ted in the coloring and atmosphere Of
the rugs. A hooked painting ~
might say OF the country and its
people The missionary influence
was responsible for the marketing
Of the wares. The last two years
draperies and native embroideries
have come with the rug exhibitions.
But quite the newest venture in
the hooked rugs has come to US as
the handiwork Of the women OF the
Blue Ridge Mountain section OF
North Carolina The rugs. q fair
showing Of them recently exhibited
at the New York Art Center. are not
the designing Of the women them
selves. but OF prominent artists who
draw the patterns and select the
colors and the women do the work
only.
Needless 20 say. the patterns are
very modernistic on the rugs and
cannot be grasped by n careless
glance but must be studied The
longer and closer you look the more
you will see. A horse design. for tn
stance. leads one on to discover q
number OF horses when you thought
those In the foreground were all
there we're. The large circular rugs
with cubist tendency Of design are
attractive, their oddities not being
as striking as when they appear In
paper or textiles. One OF these rugs
has a railroad train leaving q tunnel.
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the dress went home with me? II
was tremendously successful. which
led me TO buy as much Of my wear
ing apparel as my purSe permitted
with only inspiration % guide me.
There In q sound psychological ex-
PLANTATION for this. I believe. Walk
ing along the street with the mind
on anything but clothes keeps out
ali accepted tradition OF style so that
the penetration OF this preoccupied
frame OF mind indicates that the
thing making the impression Ia i'm
portant-so important that IL reaches
the inner and correct sense or beauty
and fitness that ~ within all or Us.
honestly believe that II we were
unhampered by rule and precedent
most Of us would pick out the most
suitable things and we would do II
by instinct. Ii 10 the conscious ef-
fort to find perfection that leads 10
many people estray because the
standard OF perfection II not based
on the individual but on the mode
or style Of the moment.
II you want to find the most per-
feet clothes for your own self try
picking them out on-the-run. catch
Ing the first conscious impression OF
them from the corner OF your eye.
keeping the deliberate or conscious
perception for closer inspection of
quality and price.
Incidentally. and most important,
I've never selected an article OF
wearing apparel In this manner that
hasn't fitted me perfectly and that
hasn't been extremely becoming !.
and ] know Of other women who
have had the same good fortune.
There must be something q In.
Anyway. it's worth trying out
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie
nEAR ANNIE LAURIEs

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ 7 am In my teens and q Junior
In high school I have been going
out with boys for about two years
with my fathers permission.
About two months ago I met q
very nice boy whom ! liked very
much and who seemed 10 like me.
We had several dates before father
knew that be had q certain reli-
gion. When father found this out
more. DO not wish TO give UP
this boys friendship and I do not
wish 20 disobey my father. .ff he
call up again and ] know he win.
what can ] tell him without giving
UP his friendship
Would IL be all right II I went
out with him without telling
father7 PUZZLED.
DUZZLED: Personally. ! think that
n the question OF difference In
religion In one that should never
stand in the light Of friendship. Be.
cause after all difference In religion
il like a lot OF roads leading to the
same place. Naturally. as your father
forbids you to 20 out with this boy.
you must accede 20 his wishes, even
though Il may deprive you OF a very
pleasant friendship. As to what you
can tell him, my dear. I don't know.
You might plead previous engage
ments each time he calls you, which
would naturally discourage him In
the course or time. I admit II will
he n hard thing for you to do. but
FOR the time you must obey your
father. I'm sorry I cannot say any.
thing which will help you. for after
all. your father Is the one whose
wishes you must follow.
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OR several seconds after Kath-
- crime finished. ! felt IN II the
mir were vibrant with the echo

IN OR several seconds after Kath-
crime finished. ! felt nm II the
air were vibrant with the echo
Of her cry: Il don't want ycu To-
make the mistake ! made" knew
that shs never would have spoken
Of the marital tragedy which was
hera had she not felt 70 her duty and
her opportunity 70 warn me OF the
error she felt ] was In danger OF
making. And ! In turn felt my w
problems fade into comparative In
Significance as ! realized again what
q thorny path her patient feet were
treading.
II was a path upon which she
asked no assistance. however. She
rarely spoke or her husband. absent
upon an interminabls expedition into
the wilds Of South America. from
which he would not return for many
months- But 4 feared that Jack
BIckett's BternnesA. his objections to
her working ut her profession while
he waA absent upon trips which DO
either could not or would not let her
share. and his jealousy. had at last
destroyed the wonderful devotion
which had been Katherins's and
which had dragged her husband back
from death
And Hal Meredith. brilliant alien
int. p~layfellow. almost lover OF her
youth. was always IN the back
ground, waiting. a. he had been
ever sincs the suicide Of bis half
insane and wholly evil wife Lucia
get him free!
That my little knBwcman received
occasional letters from Or. Meredith.
I knew, but ! had no knowledge or
their contents from her. But IL was
easy 20 conjecture that they were
impsssioned appeals 70 make the
decision which would bring him bur-
rying home to her. Always the
receipt OF one or those heavy
envelopes heralded days OF depres-
sion for Katherine. during which i
guessed she fought anew = battle
which had begun at the tragedy
which was Lucia Meredith's death.
Sometimes ! puzzled over the TACT
that my s~yrnpathies were MI en-.
listed In the cause OF the brilliant
alienist, when according to ccnven-
ton and the ties OF blood. Jack
Beckett should have received all my
allegiance. Indeed. ] often fslt that I
was guilty Of treachery TO my oustn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
A Fashion Models Diary
BY GRACE THORNCLIFFE
She Writes of a Delightful Dress for Summer Wear.

= AM all het up over a dress we've
lust received at the shop. It's
N black but simply divine Tor
Summer wear-especially on those
.ultry Summer evenings when you
ca theatreward expecting TO boil be-
tween intermissions.
Tt's a two-piece pleated skirt ana
blouse On the latter. cire satin bands
60 imposed on a net body. leaving
rlp or net between the bands
which are narrow at the top n
grow wider as they progress down.
S,milar treatment appears on the
.,ssves and the result Is a ventila-
ton system even more efficient tnan
elegant moving picture palaces can
hoast or. A cool. neat dress TOT
For DAYTIME wear q small turoan
vo,,id combine smartly with II; later
a. the afternoon or In the evening q
large black baliibunt would oe nice.
Ana Speaking OF large n small I
ieads me to describe n hat wnion
u hoth-and anything more amusing
and slightly ridiculous nav never
Ent the fact remains that one
1--S-an couturier Is sponsoring a
i.rre-sman hat which Is bound. me.
.h,nksN 10 get him nowhere. IL Is OF
soft straw and is called, for un-
Sewn reasons. the Fairy Tale
zMs,. II combines a wide detacha.
he brim with a smart crown and 2
si,rhtl apparent bandeau which
raTrows at the back.
You're in a large hat, sweeping
- f~iaftering for dinner: you enter
asheatre and being one Of those who
- sverse TO removing hats and dis.
srranging coiffures during the riay'
a., ENJOY the detachable brim
srrm the crown !eavinga well-finished
t,'rhan. the lower edge OF which Is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Loves Awakening "a: :.. e.: ; @:.. = :
Madqe Funbles With the Tangled Threads OF Life and
Finds a Hard Knot.
BY Adele Garrison

nearest Of kin TO my dead mother.
In my feeling that he was far less
fitted TO make her happy than was
Hal Meredith, ana that. he less
deserved her love- But ] could not
control my emotional reaction to
Katherine's problem. although ] was
careful VI to let her guess that ]
gavs Il any thought
But Katherine Ia highly psychic
and when she rose suddenly TO her
feet after her significant confidence.
I knew that she had read my
thoughts. sensed my attitude toward
her problem and wished TO get aw6y
from both immediately lest they
influence her.
II shouldn't have said that 10
you" she said ~remorsefully. After
all. each OF III has TO solve her own
problem alone Just forget I said
anything except 'au revolr.'"
She turned away up the bin. Civ.
Ing ma NO chancs to reply. But I
knew that her regret ut having
spoken though vaguely OF her mari.
tai tragedy. included a fear that i
might feel impelled to use the con.
fidence ms m excus % plead Hal
Meredith's cause.
with the centur1es-worn feeling
that Life was q skein In which most
Of the threads were inextrtcAbly
tangled. i walked back toward the
house. An I neared the Kitchen. Katie
dashed out OF the door. and when
abe saw me, made her hands tnto a
trumpet ana called Telephone" In
tones which I am sure Mrs. Tfcer
ut the next house cross the fields
could have heard ! quickened my
steps and when i reached the steps.
Katie amplified her information.
Its long distance. dot girl says.
from New York. and nobody else but
you or Meester Graham VIII do. !
tell her you shoost outside and \
say get you to phone. before b
puts oder party on"
"Oh! a particular person called. j
commented. hurrying through the
kitchen. did she say who IL wasT"
"She say. but I no understand o
200 feesh." Katie returned wither-
inRly. but I already had answered
INV own question. There was nc n
IN New York who would call for
either Dicky or me on the sane call
except the woman whose voice i
heard when Central completed the
connection-Edith Fairfax.
Ito be continued.)
covyrfsht. is1s. Essspaee Feature SERIES. Lna.
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AS ~ !. ~4A1
wv column about matching
ones frock to ones mood:
about watching the line OF the frock
so that II brings out the good points
OF the figure and covers up the bad
points. but very little has been said
about the actual buying OF clothes.
There Is. OF course. q question as
TO whether or not the actual buying
Of clothes belongs In h beauty
column. Personally. I think II does
for the simple reason that when !
follow my own method OF selecting
clothes the result usually In highly
successful from q beauty or charm
standpoint . &. . and THAT belongs
In q beauty column. doesn't it7
Only In very are cases do ! de-
liberately go shopping. The longer
I look the more confused ! become,
both az TO the actual value and as
10 the beauty-for-me merits Of the
article In question. Consequently.
deliberate shopping Is a bore and a
nightmare and always was until
THE day.
I was going up IN u fast-moving
elevator when my eye caught sight
OF a charming frock displayed In the
window Of a shop that was passed
as quickly as the impression was
gained. I got off the elevator at the
next stop and walked down the
stairs until I came 10 the shop where
the frock was on display. The frock
seemed to say PLEASE buy me 7
was made for youT"
Closer inspection proved that the
quality was excellent and the price
reasonable. Also that the dress
fitted me perfectly. Need ! add that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

Did you ever think that a baby il Influenced
. lot by the temper Of his Mother7 If the
Mother suffers from the effects Of heat, II she
il kept awake by the sitting, airless blanket
of a b~listering Summer night, naturally she suf-
fers in temper. Unless it is of the unfailing
variety, her good nature cracks under the strain
of this trying circumstance.
So, you see, the baby must endure his own
suffering from the heat and, in addition, must
Babies are just as sensitive, certainly, as horses
A horse will sense and react to the temper and
disposition of the driver.
A great many years ago ! was driving a
spirited young horse. In an hours time, in
spite Of the fact that we were not making any
remarkable speed, my horse was in q lather Of
foam. Nv calm and self.controlled father was
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Weather Demands Special Care for Young Babies
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
by Blanche Silver
Susan Spider Meets Her New
Neighbors.

NE lovely cool evening Sussn
Spider was sitting In n cor
~ ner cf her wehby house whicM
WAS swung I'D above the kitchen
slnk IN the corner. She hadn't haA
an many callers that day as she
would have liked and Susan Spider
was 1uat IN wee bit hungry. a spider
tear gllstened I'm her eyes AAa
dropped down upon the sink.
ssNteIl. dear met" exclaimed IA
strange voice, and Susan SpldeR
Looked over the side OF her WEI
house: there on the sink looking up
at her was a queerloohng smooth
brown bug, twenty times larger than
susan Spider. Goodness me. waa
that you crying7 thought u was
at doesn't very often rain indoors
here" laughed Susan Spider. won
dering who the stranger could be-
She had never Q n bug Ike II o.
fore. do you 1--we I'm the ktehen
hereT What's your manner Nine
IN Susan Spider and this ~ my little
web house. DO you build q web houSs
Mrs. Whatever-your-name-isI'
az should say don't build web.
houses" Krunted the strangeR,
gruffly. tI can't bo bothered with "a
house OF any kind Besides I'm not
MIssus, I'm Mr.. Cokroach, second
cousin 20 Johnny Grasshopper. Billy
Locust, CHEEKY Cricket and Dotty
WaIking-stick."
"Well, well. Mr.. C~ockroach,S
laughed Susan Spider merrily. TIA
sorry I mistock you for your wife,
You see 4 Just moved into the htchs
on here yesterday and haven't
met many OF the folks who I've here
Besides I don't believe ] could ten
one Ccckroach from another"
That's easy after you learn the
difference. "grumbied Ar. Cockroacnt
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
By WINIFRED BLACK

GENERAL Ii YUN-CHANG-he's a man
" after my own heart. ! never set eyes
on him in my life and never expect to
he's Chinese and no doubt he wears an en-
broidered coat that / would love TO yank off
his shoulders and have for my own, and /
don't know whether he has a pigtail under
his embroidered skull-cap or whether he be-
longs to the new generation and wears a
varnish part.
Is he tall or Is he short. is he fat or is he
lean? Is he old or is he young, is he rich or is
he poor. is he clever or is he duh. 10 he kind
or Is he cruel?
Does he sit in his garden Of lilies Of an eve
ming and blow quaint melodies on the Chinese
fute-or does he take his ease in the wistaria
arbor and listen to the silver bells jingle when
the wind blows, and sip endless cups of tea
while the beautiful girls dance for his delight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
The Stars Say
For Tuesday, June IS.
BY %GENEvIEvE KEMBLE

A LTHoUGH the pleasurable mn
~ relates to social. domestic. ar
tistic and affectional activities
In uppermosf this day. yet there are
auguries OF new ventures In which
these may figure Business may a.
sumo feminine aspects or negotia'
tons may Be with women or relate
to woman's interests. These may be
put In serious jeopardy by lack Of
self-contrcl or resort to strife. con-
tention or tempestuous conduct.
Those whose birthday II I'm may
have a year In which the feminine
may dominate the affairs. either In
a business contact or as relates to
social, domestic. artistic or romantic
activities. Az pertains to new busi-
ness there hangs u menace from
lack OF s~elf-control. quarreis or
tumultuous actions. A child born
on this day may be- talented and &C.
complished In many Of the cultural
lines, but may need TO have instilled
s~elf.restraint In speech and deed
Life 10 not jest and amusement;
life 10 not ecen enjoyment. life is
hard lGbor-THrDeHef.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Some Odd Facts

Africa n the original home Of
coffee; cocoa was first produced
In America. and tea in A1iA-
Eyes can now 10 examined NO
infinitely by a new appliance that
even the corpuscies circulating In
the blood-vessels are visible.
The Royal Blackheath Golf
Club. which was founded In
1908. Am the oldest golf club I'm
the world.
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deranged. insane mind I'm quite an
other matter.
II you have mn haliucination OF
sight and see q nonresident clock.
but then verify Il. find It II not 90.
and in consequence change your
cpinion-why. you've amply made
mn ordinary mistake. that's MI. You
have corrected your mistake besides.
Your hallucination II not insane.
II you believe people follow you
and p~ersecuts you and an appeal ts
made to your reasoning. through
which you correct your error OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

mistake OF the senses-nothing more.
II you think you see q clock on the mantel
shelf. for instance, and there actually In no clock
there-that's an Authorization Of sight
III you hear the ticking of a clock when there
isn't any ticking-when your imagination has
tricked you into hearing something that does not
exist-that's an hallucination Of hearingl
The same holds true Of the other senses Of
taste, smell and touch
Noting bitter or sweet when what you taste
II not actually bitter or ~sweet-being convinced
that an edor Ia foul, or touching q thing and
having il feel TO you as quite different from what
it ought to-all such these make you q sufferer
from hallucinations
A delusion il n mistake of judgment. IL you
believe you own q million dollars when You don't.
that's a delusioni III you think people are follow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Words of the Wise

Msmsv % Ike Q puns-ifis Be over.
full that u eannsi ahut. all win dror
cut OF H. Take hsed of a rlutlcnour
curiosity ts feed ON many thinr. lest
tho Ereedihsss cf ths appetite of NV
memory pod The dses6oa thereof.
Fuller.
Light 10 the first OF pointers.
There te NO object eo foul that
intense light sc5II mot make It
beautiful. -EmeyRon.
Loud laughter>is the mirth Of
the mob. who are only pleased
with silly things; for true wit or
good sense never excited N laugh
since the creation or the world.
Chesterfield.
Languages are no more than
the keys Of sciences. He Dho de-
spises one, Sights the other.
La. Bruyere.
On their own merits modest mea are
dumb. -Colnan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
MENTAL ERRANCZES
NOT ALL SERIOUS
Hallucinations and Decisions May Be Dispelled
by Cool Examination If the Mind
Is Otherwise Normal.
BY DIR. LOUIS Il. BISCH.
Eminent Psucholooisf.

TyHERE seems to be q general misconcepton as to what hsllucina-
tons and decisions really are II someone l. known TO possess
A them they are usually put down az mentally unbalanced.
This. however, IN not necessarily true. An haIucinstion IA a
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And then when he left the
Office, what did he do, shake his
head and mutter to himself and
90 home and kick the cat? Not
he.
he sent a detachment Of
soldiers back to the telephone
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
MUST MAKE
SUMMER SACRIFICES
Children in Their First Year Find the Heat a
Great Handicap, So Greater Care
Is Necessary.
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, Nj. d.
United States Senator from New York.

United States Senator from New York
Former Commissioner of Health. NeD York City.
Z are approaching the time Of the year when the babies require
wv watchful care. The Summer time-from the first warm days
' till the cool nights Of Fall appears q trying time for Sir
Infant The heat il felt by babies even more than it is by grown-ups
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

Getting q telephone connec-
ton through the Tientsin Office
exchange?
He couldn't get his number
no, no matter how hard he tried
and he said things that really
ought not to be said, even in
Chinese.
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n delusicn. "
But whether such mistakes Of the senses or Of the judgment
whether Authorizations and deluSons respectively, are the products OF q
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Infant.

WITH me- He said quietTy: you are tired, let me take the reins'
Within a half hour my horse was dry, the lather had disappeared, and
we were just jogging along at a better pace than when ] held the
rains
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the bandeau that was scarcely vtKi-
BILE under the large brim.
Then you have the choice OF check
Ing your brim in the cloak room or
wearing II on your arm as a huge
bracelet.
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reins.
The horse knew instinctively there
had been a change OF leadership and
he conformed 20 the spirit OF the
new management. Certainly babies
know as much an horses. II the
mother In tired and irritable. she
passes on TO the child the same
spirit.
We need not stop with the rela-
tionship between the mother and In
fart. An irritable father will upset
the whole household. A fretful
young woman brings home from her
work an atmosphere Of irritation and
discomfort. A o boy will upset
a whole household.
Thus you see the heat OF Summer
IS exasperating and trying TO all the
members or the family. But. with
the exception Of the baby. It won't
cause any lasting harm. The baby
must be watched and protected. His
health must be guarded with more
than ordinary care during the hot
days and nights. The first Summer
- the mOSI GyAlS SeaSOH "a eh~ gu
tire lifetime OF this individual.
Dear mother. you are the one al
ways called upon TO make sacrifices.
but the sacrifices OF this Summer
will mean everything to the young
life given TO you TO guard What
happens to your child this Summer
IS the foundation upon which his
future viii be built. II he has the
right start. he will grow into youth
and maturity. strong and vigorous.
ready for the battle OF life. Your
sacrifices are well worth while.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

None Of these things do I know-or even suspect.
Why then. am / so strangely interested in General LII yum
Chang? What, didn't you read about the time he had the other day7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

A.-Your diet should be Of first
consideration. AL coarse foods should
- eliminated, you should drink
water between meals and be SURE to
keep the intestinal tract clear. Acid
NV would cause most OF the symp-
toms you describe. For further
particulars send a s~elf-addressed.
stamped envelope and repeat your
question.
Send a self-addressed. stamped
envelope and repeat your question.
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