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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
The World and All
OF VANITY
By Charles 2. Driseoll

A girl came into my workshop this morning with
skirts Of the customary shortness-you wouldn't eX-
actlyscall it length, would you? Anyway, they were
just a tiny trifle above the knees. Above the entire
knees, / mean. And the stockings weren't nearly as
thick as consomme.
Both knees were s~rtistically and modernistically
decorated with intriguing splashes Of that bright red
substitute for iodine that has come into general use
for wounds and scratches.
The way that red splash talked was, I admit, dis
concerting. The young woman was trying to tell me
about a Turkish lady who lectures about several inter
esting things, but l could hardly hear her.
At length | made bold to ask whether my caller had
been in a very bad accident, and how many were killed.
She probably felt sorry for my ignorance, so she told
me she had been struck by a bicycle while crossing
Broadway.
But l am wondering whether we are in for a season
Of mercurochromed knees to add to the colorful aspect
Of our streets and subways this winter.
In a Fifth avenue department store | served a half
hour among those disconsolate men who wait near the
front doors, each one so apologize in appearance.
Which reminds me that department stores should de-
wise some way to amuse the men near the doors while
the women do their own shopping. Post the scores OF
the games, the race results, or the stock quotations, or
get them to examining neckties. A little lecture on
shaving and the relative merits Of various razors would
take the embarrassment away.
] saw in a showcase some smokers supplies, and
thought here might be some finds for Christmas. /
asked TO sec a little rose-quartz figure Of an elephant.
The elephant seemed to be sitting up and holding a
shallow container for your ashes. The whole figure
was not more than six or eight inches high, and was
all in one piece. The price quoted me was s295. Two
hundred and ninety-five dollars, in case you don't get
Il from the figures the first time.
Looking about, | found a hundred or more Of these
rose-quarts ash receivers, in various forms. A very
small one with a dragon figure was fifty dollars. and
the simplest little saucer, no bigger than an individual
butter dish, was ten dollars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Curb Fire Menace

There is no greater menace to our national progress
and prosperity than fire. Each year in America this
DESTROYER takes ten times the amount i takes n
Europe.
+. i estimated that the loss by fire II 1926 averaged
about s., 100000 daily, reaching a total Tor the year OF
s5so DOC. 600. The rapidity of increase = shown by inc
fsr, that ten years before in 1916, the loss was about
se5s 377 e52. less than half Of what il Is at present
Perhaps the greatest tragedy OF this waste IS that
y i practically entirely preventabie. European couh-
,riss have demonstrated this with strict building codes'
;rsnections and laws holding the owner Of property
which has sustained a preventable fire guilty Tor any
d.rsre done 10 his n~eighbor's property as well as ns
go without allowing him insurance indemnity.
!. /. he questioned whether European preventative
-..hods would be either practical or acceptable In TINS
-o.,,rv This. however. is a minor issue. Inc point
= ..,. fire is Observation-Disclosures state that as
- ! so per cent Of fires are unneeessary-and the
.-od,cal waste must be blamed entirely on ourselves
viz prevention week is just past. Various puohe
"a rrivate organizations, throughout the nation nave
-. lspdable efforts to educate the pubic on aooi-
Lie fire risks, and have taught practical prevention.
: ! t,il advantage was taken Of the opportunity, and the
..-.h;ros are carried out during the coming months
!, u;II mark another milestone in our progress
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!. Stanley


like trying TO buy a reserved seat
in heaven.
After several visits to the Park
way. his final hope short Of hiring
a ballroom or a hall. he at last OBJ
tanned an interview with the house
manager. Abe Lengel, a hawk-nosel
individual who regarded him with a
sour look and wanted to know his
purpose in renting the house.
ITO show a picture Ben told
him.
Mr.. Lenrel did not seem at all
interested.
"October's a big month" he said,
shutting some papers on his desk.
II got propositions from three mu-
steal shows right now. ready to guar
cntee me six weeks
"I1l guarantee you that" Ben re-
piled. with a certified check"
Mr.. Lengel relit his cigar with a
cynical smile.
The rental of this house" he
said. impressively. lis forty-five
hundred a week. fllt-lights. house
crew. everything else extra. n
ought 70 be five thousand. On a
gross Of twelve thousand. a forty
per cent we get forty-eight. IL 4
show does twenty. we get eight
Thousand. amt advising Mr.. Van
Austen TO take = more flat rentals
You must think you got 2 pretty
nifty film, young Teller. to talk
about laying down a certified cheek
for twenty-scven thousand bucks
right off that bat. What's the name
of this here new production r.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Ry CHARLES 2. STEWART


Corollary: A consequence; obvious
dcduction.-Funk & WaEnalls Die
tonary.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-We may
as we'll get acquainted with the
"corollaries" now as later-the Mon
roe Doctrine "corollaries."
The senate is sure to be batting
them around most Of next winter.
As soon as the solons take up the
Kellogg peace treaty-the one in
which America and some 20 or 80
other countries propose TO "renounce
war as a national policy"-as soon as
the senate takes up-to ratify II. or
chuck IT in the waste basket-then
We shall begin 20 hear about the
"corollaries'-ohi a whole lot about
them.
The Kellogg treaty is not actually
in effect, understand.
The different countries respective
foreign ministers, like Secretary KEEL
log. nave signed id; IL still remains
for their various congresses, parlia-
ments. assemblies. diets. tags, sk1nt-
chinas, ~sobranjes, or what-not-such
as our senate-to ratify il, to make
II binding-if 50 hazy ar agreement
can he considered binding at all.
These assorted legislative bodies
show no enthusiasm about going
ahead with the job until the senate
has acted favorably on IL.
And no wonder! maybe-consider-
ing how the senator's fooled them
on the Versailles treaty and the
League of Nstions-letting the rest
Of the world ratify both propositions
for all they were worth. and then
giving them both the air, here in
Washington.
But the "corollaries!'
Well. the Kellogg treaty Il regarded
in senatorial circles as at least
harmless to the United States-eX-
cent possibly in one detail. Quite a
few senators are afraid il hints that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26

A Dallas automobile dealer has raised a pertinent
question: Can the people OF the United States afford
TO expend more on cosmetics and other artificial aids
20 beauty than upon development Of highway systems?
The Dallas man holds that the American girl or
woman. with few exceptions. needs no artificial aids
TO beauty. "Why should the United States. which
boasts Of the beauty Of its women. waste ~s5,00O,00O per
day in a fruitless effort to make them more beautiful
is his plant.
Statistics recently published reveal that the United
States expends something like s1,s25.ooO,OoO for beauty
aids, and treatnents, and about sio0!oOo00o is invested
annually in good roads.
IF those expenditures were reversed. this would be
the most attractive country and we would have the best
system Of highways in the world" the Dallas complain
ant states, "Our women don't need aids to beauty, we
like EN- crude. without the unnecessary cosmetics and
other fol dee-rols which American femininity consider
necessary. But We do need more and better roads, and
/ would suggest that more money be invested IN con
crete and less in face powder and rouge
There is food for thought in that assertion. The
development Of the immense resources Of the nation
is dependent upon highway, rail and water transporta-
ton, ard surely the United States has sufficient wealth
70 snare at least as much for highways as i does for
beauty aids.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Changing Conditions in Mexico

a result of the goodwill visits in which the
~ children Of Matamoros and Brownsville RECENTLY
f~''cipated, many residents Of Brownsville learned
= hrst time that in Matamoros the public school
: adopted a system very similar to that Of the Amer
i schools and that educational progress in recent
years has been remarkable.
Matamoros is merely one of the many cities in Mex-
y "here similar educational activities are apparent.
-"iousnout the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon,
vera Cruz, Pueblo and the federal district the Ameri-
IN system Of education is being adopted. A large part
~ the state and federal revenues are now devoted to
the erection and equipment Of school buildings and
providing salaries for efficient faculties.
Less than a decade ago many of the Mexican cities
mad no public schools, and such public schools as were
IA eAistene were of the most mediocre type. Scores
u cities now boast public schools. established and
maintained upon the American plan, which have
reached a very high degree of efficiency.
Portes Gil, provisional president-elect Of Mexico,
recently stated in a public address that Education is
liberty In that cryptic sentence he expressed the
fundamental cause of political discomfort and lack of
individual and national progress. In those three words
he expressed more than all the orations of would-oe
political leaders who strive to incite to revolution by
appealing to ignorance and prejudice.
Education is the only avenue to liberty and indie.
pendence; and recognition of this fact by those leaders
who hold the destiny Of the nation in their hands and
who, apparently, are sincere in their efforts to i'm
prove the conditions Of the masses, indicates that IN
the not far distant future Mexico will take her place
among those progressive nations where education
stands as the guard of liberty and justice.
No nation in the world today is making more rapid
progress in the building of an educational system than
Mexico. The influence Of the schools is very apparent,
especially in the larger centers of population, and in
all parts Of the southern republic development Of in
dustrics and natural resources and sterilization of the
government is bringing to the Mexican people an era
Of peace and plenty such as never was experienced dur
ing the years when that country was torn by revolu-
tion and internal strife.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Churches Not To
Govern Declares
Episcopal Letter

WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-P-De-
claring emphatically that 1t is not
the business OF the Christian church
to control governments" the bishops
Of the Protestant Episcopal church.
in a pastoral letter read AZ the close
Of the general convention here to-
day called upon the church to put
moral force behind the efforts for
peace and a law governed world"
The letter. delivered once every
three years. in addition to vigorous
~ emphasizing the plea for peace
between nations. called upon the
churches Of the world to find a
common ground Of worship for all
"If Catholic and Protestant cannot
find a way to live together and to
worship together the one Lord whom
both adore then il is our faith in
vain. We live in our sim" the mes
sage declared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Washington Letter

We must not fight even for the Mon
roe Doctrine.
Secretary Kellogg say IL hints at
no such thing-that IL distinctly per-
mits defensive warfare"-snd that q
fight for the Monroe Doctrine, on
this country's part, would be de
fensive warfare" any day.
Nevertheless. some senators are
not satisfied.
The suspicion IL that these
tors, before voting for the treaty,
will insist on N clause putting teeth
into the Monroe Doctrine-and its
''corollaries."
The European governments would
stand for it.
They have swallowed SO much OF
that doctrine-and its "corollaries"-
that they are not likely to gag az
anything at this late day.
The Latin American republics are
different.
The doctrine itself. to be sure. r.
all right by them. Substantially, il
simply makes the United States the
new worlds general protector against
old world aggression-which. even
though unsolicited, II friendly.
But-the "coroliaries"7
There are several OF them-ths
Grant "~corollary.. the 0lney "corol-
larry" the "corollaries" OF Root and
Hughes.
Assembled. they signify
"America will not permit an old
world power to do anything which
doing tactics"
Also
america claims the right 70 do as
she thinks best in the new world-to
maintain protectorates in Cuba and
Panama. TO impose prohibition on
Porto Rico and the Virgin Isles, to
intervene in Haiti and Nicaragua,
and the like"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26

/ say to you that one Of every three deaths among
American citizens could be prevented il the utmost IN
intelligent health education were attained. The figure
is astounding, of course. Think Of saving 100000 lives
a year in this great nation Of ours.
But the men who sit at health administration desks
and scan the death certificates know how many Of them
carry the tragic story Of a life lost that should have
been saved.
So ] say that our aim shall be to sell health. The
Lord promised to man, in the Old Testament: "And his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years" We
should strive TO give him his biblical quota, and .et
him have a century of life, at least. And while we
add years to his life, let US be sure to add life to his
years, and make them hale and vigorous.
Moreover, we should add lives to the nation by saw
ing babies, preventing epidemics. by carrying our
knowledge Of health giving and life saving measures
to the humblest citizen of the lowliest hamlet in the
land.
In 3 hundred years in our country the death rate
has been cut in two. The credit for that. in my opin-
ior. is in great part, due to public health activities and
publicity.
The same means by which those countless lives were
saved are in your hands today, but they have not been
used to anywhere near the extent possible. We must
continue striving ever more vigorously in tuberculosis
and cancer control, and in other new medical re-
searches. But If we just apply the methods that are
now generally known TO be life saving and health pro-
ducing, as many lives can be saved in the next two
decades as were saved in the last century.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
CHAPTER XLVH

For the first time since their
meeting in Hollywood, Lew began TO
wonder whether this might not, aft
err all, be something Of a blessing.
Irene, as the sweet and innocent
ingenue, had appealed TO his mag
ination. As the acid-tempered
shrew she left him cold. He got
enough Of that sort Of thing at
home. She must have sensed his
feelings, for she changed her tactics
at once and. throwing herself into a
chair. began TO weep.
my big chancel" she walled. "My
only chance. Don't you see that ?
Don't you see why I'm So upset .
After working all day out in the
hot sur. All I'm trying to do is
to make 4 success Of you and you
don't appreciate it. Il wish j
were dead"
Lew promptly forgot the picture
in sweet turmoil Of trying TO revive
her dropping spirits. He went off
TO dinner with Hallett. his director.
filled with new enthusiasm. Poor
kid. OF course she was upset. He
was upset himself. Even Irene's
moist and fearful kisses did not
render him Indifferent 70 the pos
sihle loss of three-quarters Of a mil
lion dollars.
With Hallett he sat until a late
hour. planning ways and means 20
finish the picture in little MOI
than half the time they had inte' :
ed 10 give il. Some of the seer
would have 70 be cut-omitted. the
director advised. Certain elaborate
setting. simplified. Mr.. Sam Glotz-
mann. the w~ell-known scentrist and
photoplaywright. had seen in the
production an opportunity q make
himself everlsstingly famous. Ten
thousand extra people. at least. in
the great tournament scene A
thousand knights on horseback, for
the grand parade. The battle az the
finish, between King Arthur and his
hosts. on one hand, and Sir Launce-
lot and the chivalry Of Brittany, on
the other. was 10 be the biggest
thing Of its kind ever witnessed on
the screen. Mr.. Glotzmann worked
on the theory that size meant quail.
ity. that the bigger a thing was. the
better. Hallett had been fighing
win him ever since work on the pro-
duction started. trying TO bring the
scenes down TO something within
reason.
"You tell that fellow Glotzmann
to keep off the lot" he informed
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BE DONE ' s55 s
RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSN. @opYRIeHD

Lew. land maybe I'll be able to fin
ish the picture on time. He's "A
pest. / can't have him around put
ting up a squawk every time ! cut
out a couple horses. or a meaning
less scene Trouble with his con-
tinuity is its too damned continuous
1t never stops. II I'd listen to that
guys notions, the picture wouldn't
be finished by Christmas"
That's all right. I'll handle
Glotzmann." Lew said grimly. "You
cut out anything you please. But
] want that fillum. all ready to
show. by the middle Of October,
seer"
middle OF October. Impouible."
That's one word, Mr.. Hallett, |
don't allow should be used in nv
shop. The middle of October-or
before. Paste that in your hat, and
hop 10 Il. I'll pay the bills"
This disposed of. he went over TO
Morris Shuler. who owned more the
atrical real estate than any twelve
men in New York. When the two
parted some half IN hour later. Lew
was smiling for the first time since
his interview with Miss Cavan-
naugh
II guess that will hold EN- for 4
while" he muttered. as he climbed
into his car.
Ben Hardy, very new and green.
indeed. when il came to such mat
tiers as renting theaters. spent n
most discouraging week. There were
not many places for him 10 60; the
list furnished by Tony had been. as
the latter told him. a short one.
Practically all Of the legitimate
houses we're out Of the question.
The big picture houses, owner or
controlled by producing companies
having extensive programs Of their
own. were, Of course. not available.
Mr.. Hardy was surprised to find. in
the caEe Of many of the possible
places. that his Investigations led
straight 70 the office Of Mr.. Morris
Shuler. He finally saw this gentle
man. after a number Of calls and q
wait OF two hours; the interview
lasted only two and q half minutes,
and Mr.. Shuler gave an excellent
imitation Of a man singing "Yes,
we have no bananas" except that in
his case IL was theaters. Hardy
went away with the impression OF
a frozen fish. and the fixed opinion
that TO REM a theater in New York
during the busy season is very much
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Timely Views
i. 5. DEATH RATE CONSIDERED FAR roo HIcu

BY r. HERMAN n. BUNpESEN
President Of American Public Health Association.
(Dr. Bundesen was born in Berlin, Germany, in
1882, and was brought to the United States in his
infancy. He studied medicine at Northwestern uni
versity and at the U. S. Army Medical school at
Washington. DR.. Bundesen began practice at Chi
cago in 1909 and served on the Chicago board Of
health from 1914 to 1922; as health commissioner
Of Chicago from 1922 to 1927, and as director Of
the health sanitary district since 1927. He also has
been lecturing on public health administration at
the University Of Chicago since 1926. DR.. Bundle
sen was elected president Of the American Public
Health association in 1920.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26

Who am 1? What is my profess
sion? Where was 7 born?
What il called "The Land Of the
Rising SUM-"
Name the oldest university OF the
United States?
On what date was the "Starr
Spangled Banner" composed?
"For 7 came down from heaven.
not to do mine own will, but the
will Of him that tent me" Where
does this passage appear ~ the
Bible?
Today In the Past
On this date. i'm 1774. the first
continental congress adjourned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
Approve Citrus
Rate Agreement

The Texas railway commission to-
day approved the agreement Of
Southwestern roads carriers on cit
rus freight rates from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley. placing the Valley
rates upon parity with those granted
Florida.
The commission announced they
would take the argument before the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
seek the approval OF that body be-
fore the new rate goes into effect
on November 2.
Announcement Of the action Of the
state commission was communicated
to the Valley interests by represent
atives of carriers who were present.
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New York Letter

regarding him, but since has made
up for il.
For some years now, as I've walk
ed along Fifth avenue at Forty-third
street. I've stopped TO observe one
of the most unique window deco
ratods in New York. This gentle
man is an expert at arranging fish
displays-live and dead-in an oys-
ter house show window. to attract
the elect. Some days there are lob
ster decorations, twinging, dying
Holsters; other days, the Holsters
are the center of the display. But
always somewhere, besides the lob
sters, are happy goldfish, secure in
their tank-living among the dead.
To my surprise. one of the hotels
in the Times Square Square district
with an English name actually has
English and Irish help. / was near
" overcome when | heard an ele-
vator boy say he had 'nawthing" to
eat since morning except two bis
cults and a bit of tea"
But the head porter, who would
make two Of the elevator boys, is
DEoBulsniN lTlSn. ne mas SoheenPN
for the English management. Too
much furniture in rooms! How can
a body git trunks in Wan chair
enough for anybody in any room
and more that | cannot quote.
Best Smith story:
Landlord desired to force a ten
ant to move. Landlord il an ardent
Smith man. Learned tenant has
five votes for Smith. IL he moves,
votes are lost. Ousting delayed un-
til after election.
Lady Drummond Hay. who came
over in the Yep. spent little time
being welcomed" with the remain
der Of the crowd. Unrecognized, she
sped to Fifth avenue to shop.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26

NEW YORK, Oct. 2e.-New York
ers look up at the slightest provoca-
ton. When one Gothamite gazes
skyward. several thousand follow
suit. There Is no individuality.
For several days prior to and aft
or the zeppelin's arrival Times
Square and other so-called open
spaces were ~congested with gaping
upward. staring people.
A bomb dropped from above would
have Knocked out everybody's teeth.
II doesn't pay to put your little
girl into a ballet in New York. In
deed. il doesn't. as Harry A. Schulz
man "a testify.
Schulman. dance promoter and
president of the National Stage
Children's association, permitted
somebody else's little girl, aged
eight. to take part in a performance
last spring. He now has been SEN
fenced TO thirty days in the work
house for illegally permitting a
minor to take part in a theatrical
performance.
Too bad some Of the regular pro-
ducers aren't sent to Jail for permit
tin some Of the adults in their shows
to perform. There can be some hor-
rible acting on Broadway.
Eva lie G~allienne and her civic
repertory company seem to have
scored in a revival of Chekhoy's mas
ierly play. "The Cherry Orchard"
Nazimova returns from the movies
and vaudeville TO give a stirring per-
Torrance of Madame Renevsky.
Eugene O'Neill's latest play listed
for production is Lazarus Laughed"
November IL. at the Provincetown
Playhouse. in Greenwich Village.
scene of his early triumphs. The
Theater Guild hesitated a long time