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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
b. Edna Wallace Hopper

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When you wave IS a haS-been-
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Evening star., 1928-05-03

advice. # the overweight that is trou-
bling you is around your waist and hips
YOU can improve your figure by regular
exercises. such as are described In my
leafiet, Beauty Exercises" that Shall
be glad to mail you if you will send
me 8 stamped, self-addreSSed en-
velope for it. An especially good eX-
srcise for correcting a fiabby figure is
as follows: Lean forward from the
waist, stretching your hands down
until they touch the floor. Slowly
walk forward on your hands, keeping
your feet in place, until your body is
stretched cut straight, supported on
the toes and hands, Walk back again
with the hands and return 10 starting
position. Repcst four 10 six times.
Yes. dancing is good exercise, provided
it is strenuous enough. ESthetic dane
ing is excellent for building a graceful
figure. IN You may use rinse made
Of camomiie tea after your shampoo.
Buy the dried camonile flowers at the
drug store and brew them like ordinary
tea in boiling water. Strain, cool and
apply evenly over the hair. Wash of
after 10 or Is minutes I'D Please send
for nv leafiet. Color Schemes and Co.'S
tuning" that viii help you with this
problem. "a Yes, If you are careful 10
remove it thoroughly at bedtime.
(5) For general wear use a heel no
higher than liz inches. A slightly
higher heel is suitable for dress.
Evening star., 1928-05-03
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
How Can Young Man Escape From Girl
Who Is Out to Get Him?-Cure for a
Nagging Mother.

DOROTHY o.
I
wouldn't
and because have too much OF this young married life
m o 1t
hints of late
do? 1t doesn't
she won't listen PERPLEXED YOUTH
Is it
her mind to get will
anywhere within reach
will be in
that that objection
enough to support family She will with
that can live chp than one and that she willing live upon
the nsament plan And you will be paying for the
balance of your life
will avail try to freeze her out and refuse to go to her
@
when will until finally will through
And tell her firmly and emphaty that
will all be with except sending out the wedding
invitations
enough to ouwi girl who has
sure much he watches out His only salvation flight
better than mind
but he outgeneral DOROTHY DIX
EAR husband in the world and darling
spends husband She about
CARRYING heavy right child
She keeps upset all the
much enjoyment out OF abusing
absent hubby, who so good to her? WORRIED BETTY
Answer: certainly
should her to treat him with
giving husband fair deal when permit mother
certainly foolish let dignted old
ruin your home life
spoiled children be like spoiled
children. . . . DOROTHY DIX
Evening star., 1928-05-03
SUB ROSA
ny MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Clandestine Courtship.

Margie's family won't let her see Jack.
They are terribly down on the boy, and
feel that Margie's much to good for him.
Therefore Jacks been forbidden TO
come into the house. Margie has been
forbidden even to speak to him-and as
an immediate result the two young peo-
pie are meeting as often as it is hui
manly possible-far from the eye Of
vigilant parents.
Margie says: what difference does
1t make? We love one another and
we've got to see each other We intend
to get married as soon as Jack can af-
ford 1t, anyway. and then there will be
no more stolen meetings. Why does it
matter whether our parents know about
our seeing each other? We are old
enough to get married and we intend
to take our lives into our own hands?
Well, personally haven't a word to
say In defense of the parents of Margie
who forbid Jack to come to the house.
If they were as wise as they think
themselves, they would have sense
to come to see Margie so that they
might at least keep an eye on the
young couple.
But neither do I wink friendly eye
at the clandestine courtship which
Margie fiaunts brazenly in the eyes Of
her friends.
It's dangerous business this. Not
particularly because she is deceiving her
parents-but because she may very well
be deceiving herself.
Just at present she's on the crest of
a wave of romance. Jack is charming
dangerous daredevil whom the family
finds too wicked for their conservative
taste.
She is a lovely, unfrightened heroine,
who dares defy law and order for sweet
loves sake.
They are an extremely attractive and
thrillingly romantic couple, II you ask
Margie anything about it.
II she ever had an ounce of practical
common sense in her life she's lost
every bit of It,
Does she think for a moment that her
Jack is rather noisy. staggering sort
of chap whose shiftlessness is the town
byword? Not she. Why should she?
She never meets him under ordinary
everyday conditions. She never sees
him in the bosom of her family. sur
rounded by nice, quiet, charming people
No. he Is shadowy figure who meets
her on street corner. He is an out
cast. not invited to the homes Of her
friends. He is a wistful shadow, who
hoverS on the outskirts of the world she
Is used to-and he spells romance.
He Is connected in her mind with
whispered telephone calls and hastily
written notes and secret trysting places.
She hasn't one single reason for be-
lieving that he will make her happy
Evening star., 1928-05-03
Losing 20 Pounds.

Losing 20 Pounds.
Dear Miss Leeds: I am ~ years old,
S feet / inch tall and weigh between
l40 and l42 pounds. My measurements
are: Bust, IS: hips, 4S; waist, 80; calves,
1915: ankle. 1ola. / would like to re-
duce from the hips down without in
fury to my health. How can bleach
my neck. as am naturally dark?
JOAN.
Answer-Try to lose about 20 pounds
YOU will need plenty of exercise. eSpe-
cially walking and other leg exercises.
and some diet restrictions. You may
begin your reducing program by limit
ing one meal a day to nothing but fruit
such as an orange or large apple. Take
a light luncheon consisting principally
of raw salad cooked vegetables and
fruit. Eat your usual dinner, but take
only one average helping of each dish.
In the morning take a cold or tepid
shower bath or sponge followed by a
hard rundown with towel and do
trlnk-bending and high-kicking eXer-
cises for at least 10 minutes, Repeat
the exercises at bedtime. Train your
self to take a daily 4-mile walk Attend
a gymnasium class or swimming pool
twice a week. Other suggestions for
menus and exercises are con-
tanned in my leafiet, How to Lose
Weight" that I shall be glad to mail
you il you send me a stamped. self
addressed envelope for it, Ask also for
'Beautifying the Neck that gives
bleaching recipes. LOIS LEEDS.
tConyright 1921
Evening star., 1928-05-03
Today in
Washington History
ny DONALD A. CRAIG.

May 3, 1S02.-Congress today granted
the first charter to the City of Wash
Ington. incorporating the inhabitants
and dividing the city into three wards
for the purpose of tax assessments. The
plan to set UP a territorial form of
government for the entire District of
Columbia was abandoned and Alexan-
dria and Georgetown are left as sepa-
rate communities within the District.
The charter of the City of Washing
ton provides for a government by a
mayor, to be appointed annually by the
President, and an elective council OF II
members, divided into FIRST cham
ber' of seven members and a second
chamber of five members. The con-
tinuance Of the charter is limited TO
two years.
The government of Washington City
is distinguished from those of George
town and Alexandria, the only ether
towns in the District, by the fact that
the mayors of those towns belong to
the group of men elected to places on
the councils, the councils being empow-
cred to choose one of their own number
for mayor.
In other respects the city charter is
similar to those granted to Alexandria
and Georgetown. The right to vote and
hold Office is limited, as is common In
incorporated towns and cities of the
United States, to those who own prop
erty.
BY giving the United States repre-
sentation in the city government.
through the appointment of the mayor
by the President, a distinct marx OF
the Federal power is set upon the city
Congress, OF course, retains its exclu-
Evening star., 1928-05-03
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

Dear Miss Leeds: (i) I am Is years
md months old. What should I
weigh and how can I reduce9 Is dane
;ag a good exercise for reducing? (2)
How can make my chestnut brown
hair lighter? LS) What colors are be-
coming to me? I have tan ska. (4l
Is it all right to use makeup now and
thenp t5l Should I wear high heels
'6l How can one cure one self of the
habit Of nail-hitiGg2 I'D Is it all right
20 arch the eyebrows2
MARY JANE.
AnSwer-(l) You forget to state your
height my dear SO that cannot Judge
your correct weight. The aVerage
weight of girls Of your age who are 5
feet 3 inches tall is between 1T and I2i
pounds, You are too young to take up
reducing program without doctors
Evening star., 1928-05-03

even grapefruit are easily procurable
and unbseievablv good
In using fruits for cocktails and
salads Nancy did two things. She
drained the canned fruit well and she
chilled it thoroughly. Then she avoid
ed hat lukewarm, sloppy mixture
which passes for cocktail or salad. She
tried to keep the fruits from cloying
sweetness as well.
For the cocktail she used cherries,
pears and grapefruit. This gave her
an all-white mixture. At serving time
she poured a bit of ginger ale over
each separate dish. Did her guests
like it? Did they come back for more?
Neither her salads nor her cocktails
were garniShed with the inevitable
Maraschino cherry. AT times she used
it. But wedges of pineapple colored
in grenadine sirup or the new colored
seedlesS grapes were her preference.
lConyright 192S.1
Evening star., 1928-05-03
BRAIN TESTS

Since strange words are used In this
test, il gives an indication of the SUBJ
ject's linguistic ability. but the success
upon reasoning ability.
The object is TO analyze the transla-
tions OF each group Of foreign words in
order 10 discover which foreign word is
the translation of a particular English
word The test can be solved In two
minutes, but this is fairly quick time.
]. YOU OR i is KAN AC PAX.
HE OR is DOR AC PAX.
YOU OR He is KAN DOR PAX.
What Is the word for I?
.. GREEN TREES AND GRASS is
SAB AL POM NOBU.
GREEN GRASS is POM ROBU.
GREEN TREES is SAB ROBU.
What is the word for AND?
3. COWS GIVE MILK is KRUB Bill
SAG.
CATS LIKE MILK is ROs Bill
PEI.
COWS LIKE GRASS is KRUB
PLY PEI
What ts1he word for CATS
4 Translate.
AC KRUB POM AL Ros Bill
SAG.
Answer to Artificial Language.
J. The word I Is AC
2. The word for AND is AL.
3. The word for CATS is RIOS.
4. Ac RRUB POM AL ROS Bill
SAG is translated I GIVE COWS
GRASS AND CATS MILK.
Copyright. 1g9sl
Evening star., 1928-05-03

sive Jurisdiction over the District Of
Columbia, as provided in the Federal
Constitution, and all laws, aside from
municipal ordinances. will be enacted
by Congress, acting as the Legislature
for the District, as heretofore.
During the debates in Congress on
the form of the city government sug-
gestions we're made for general man
hood suffrage in the city. Sentiment
In favor of this change in the elective
system in the various States is said 70
be increasing and some liberal thinkers
predict that in a few years the property
qualification for voters in Washington
and elsewhere in the country viii be
removed 81
Evening star., 1928-05-03

only hope flight. while the going
this girl has made her mind to get she
YOU anywhere within reach.
Evening star., 1928-05-03

when he marries her She has never,
you see. taken the trouble to think
about him in a sane, clear sighted way.
No, her parents decree has shut off
any normal boy-and-girl intimacy be-
tween the two young people. Margie
is forced to meet Jack constantly under
the most romantic and exciting cir
cumstances. Her whole opinion Of him
is colored with the unusual nature of
their secret love affair.
Don't you see what poor basis this
Is for the understanding and ycompan-
ionship which should lead up to mar
riage?
Don't you see that this marriage will
be made, not by two clear-sighted young
people who have looked the future in
the face and found each other neces-
sary to happiness, but by two romantic,
love-blinded fools who think. because
they find clandestine courtship thrill
ingly romantic. that they must be heav-
lily and utterly in love-
Snap out of it. Margie! If you can't
fall in love in the ordinary. practical
way. don't fall in love at all
Evening star., 1928-05-03

(6) This is nervous habit. You should
cultivate poise. There is no cure but
self-control for this habit. (7) Thin
arched eyebrows are out of fashion now.
1t is permissible to pull out few strag-
Cling hairs that mar the natural curve
Of the eyebrow, however.
LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star., 1928-05-03
NANCY PAGE
Canned Fruits of Quality
Make Delicious Dishes.
BY FLORENCE IA GANkE.

When Winter or Summer is in the
height of its glory it is fairly easy
to find fruits of all kinds and In
great abundance. But in the between
season of the year. when oranges are
Evening star., 1928-05-03

Iceland has 100000 population, &C
cording to a recent official estimate.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

houses met the President placed before
them as the first business proposal to
repeal the silver purchasing clause Of
the Sherman law under which the
Treasury was being drained. The West
ern silverites we're caught unawares, but
sought to block the enactment of this
legislation by filibustering tactics in
the House and by deadlock In the Sem
ate. This fight, which failed, led to the
later breach in both parties between the
advocates and the opponents of BIZ
metalism.
The announcement by Mr.. Hoover is
that unless satisfactory action Is had
meanwhile he will, If elected, call the
House and Senate in session ip April.
1t may be expected that in this case the
session will be prolonged, for even with
the farm relief measure framed and
adopted in satisfactory form there will
be other questions demanding action.
Consequently. inasmuch as Gov. Smith
may be expected to promise as much for
the farmer as Mr.. Hoover. the present
outlook is that the Se<entieth Congress
will merge into the Seventy-first with
only brief interval and that the latter
will be in action until some time next
Summer.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Wanted: A Just Merger,

The action of the Public Utilities
Commission in respect to carfare in
crease improves the chances of the
enactment of merger legislation. or
terms just to everybody in interest
by Congress at the approaching short
session.
In the first place it tends to dissi-
pate prejudice against the Commission
and the railways in the minds of in
fluential Senators who have protested
against fare increase, pending merger
In the second place 1t indicates to the
railways that only through merger can
a carfare increase that is the same for
both roads be secured It is recognized
that lack of uniformity In carfares will
demoralize the local rapid transit Sys-
tenn and be hurtful both to the COM
munity and the railways.
A strong additional motive is thus
created which gives new vigor to the
fight by the railways for merger, and
tends to make the railways ready to
yield some concessions in terms in the
community interest in order to gain the
merger which is essential.
The railway, which seeks an increase Of
its carfare, announces that If merger
fails at the approaching session oi
Congress. it will soon after adjournment
renew its application to the Public Utili-
ties Commission for this increase. The
Commission has indicated. it is thought
that it would feel compelled to grant
this increase. in view of the law and
the facts, to the railway originally Pc
titioning for it. But the Commission has
also indicated, it is thought. that II
would not grant an increase to any
railway which did not prove itself en-
titled to such increase under the law
and In accordance with the facts.
The Commission also indicated, it Is
thought, that if a fare increase for a
railway entitled to it was inseparably
coupled with a similar increase for q
railway not entitled to it, both increases
in the community interest would be
denied.
Evidently merger Is the only solu-
ton of the uniform carfare increase
problem. Everybody in interest needs
the merger, and everybody should de-
sire kind of merger in which both the
community and the corporations shall
enjoy fair share of the resulting bene-
fits.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
The Day of Humiliation.

Voteless Washington will observe the
9th of November as a day Of humilia-
ton. It will mark the occasion on
which the enfranchised Americans cast
their ballots for President and Vice
President and for Representatives in
Congress, while they themselves are
restrained from exercising this right
and duty of citizenship.
Preparations are now being made for
this demonstration in protest against
the disfranchisement of the National
Capital community. Plans are develop
ing for a graphic display of the voteleSs
condition of the District people in a
manner that it is hoped will appeal to
the people Of the country at large.
It is the hope of Washington that
although they are intent upon their
voting on November 6 the people of
the States will be made to know and
to understand the anomalous situation
of the District citizens and that in
sympathy with them in their sorry
plight the protest voiced here will be
taken up by the enfranchised Americans.
The fact that this observance of elec-
ton day as a day of humiliation is
proposed and will be carried into effect
testifies to the determination of dis
fronchised Washington to persist in the
petition and demand for the adoption
of the constitutional amendment which
will enable Congress to grant this right
of representation, so long denied.
It is hoped to focus national attention
on the 9Th of November and thereafter
upon the spectacle presented by the
voteless Capital of the voting American
commonwealth; upon the illogical dis
franchiSement of more than half a
million Americans fully qualified IN all
respects and capable of exercising the
franchise with the highest degree of
intelligence.
The local observance of November 6
as day Of humiliation will, it is hoped,
find reflection upon the motion picture
screens Of the country, and echo in the
radio pronouncements of the day. It
will be part of the news of election day
that here alone In all of the continental
United States no votes are cast, no will
is expressed, no representatives are
elected to the bodies that make the laws
for the Nation and specifically for this
community.
If the hopes of the disfranchised
Washingtonians who are planning this
observance of November as a day of
humiliation are fulfilled the petition of
the District now pending before Con-
gress will be Endorsed by the people of
the States, aroused by this revelation of
the shame put upon American citizen
ship in the persons of the more than
half million residents of the National
Capital.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
"Be Stu and Knov That I Am God.
Radio Condolences. "

Some time ago we heard the following
concerning a man who had stood very
high in public life. The incident was
related to me by his wife. MY hus-
band and l." she said, have adopted
as new practice for our Sunday after
moons what we have come to call our
quiet hour" Knowing the intense ac-
ton of the man and his wide field of
occupation, was impressed with the
suggestion of quiet hour" on Sunday
afternoon. Upon further inquiry
learned that they had adopted the
practice of detaching themselves from
their household and retiring to their
loom at a given hour on Sunday after
noon, turning on the radio and listen
ing-in to a service that Is broadcast
week by week "You cannot imagine" !"
she said, what an influence this quiet
hour has had upon us. While We still
maintain our church habits, neverthe-
less we have found In this period Of
utter detachment and silence such
spiritual refreShment as we have rarely
experienced. Away from the world and
from all its noises and distractions, we
seem more able to concentrate our
minds upon the service and upon the
theme of the sermon" / was greatly
struck by the observation and wondered
IlOW u1dIly RCORLC ekt00 o0OkVOA NAAAo
practice. The life of our time Is SO
tense and Its currents so swift that a
periodical hour of silence and of deep
thought must have a salutary effect.
From week to week receive, from a
multitude of listeners-in, letters that
disclose a situation somewhat analogous
to the above 1t may be q surprising
statement, but most of the letters that
betray the deepest emotion proceed from
men. These letters disclose many and
exceedingly interesting situations. Now
and again a mother or father writes
concerning condition In their own
household that is fraught with grave
peril. Very intimate and exceedingly
personal incidents are related, some OF
them full of pathos and expressions of
the deepest anxiety. Many of the let
ters are anonymous. but in the main
they are frankly signed. Marital in
felicities, domestic difficulties, deep con-
cern about the habits and practices OF
boys and girls appeals Of every kind,
shadowed hearthstones, misfortuneS and
mishaps of one kind and another, make
up the long story Of these manifold
letters. One that has rare interest
came to me some time ago from a
distinguished physician. A young wom-
an patient had come to his office
on a Sunday afternoon for treatment.
Upon questioning her he discovered that
she was drug addict. She told him
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Nicaragua's Election

The Nicaraguan election. supervised
by Americans, will be held a week from
today. Its outcome. as far as the candi-
date and the party victorious at the
polls is concerned. is of little-or no i'm
portance to the people of the United
States. For one thing, the people of
the United States will be too much con-
cerned about the fortunes of their own
political favorites to bother about the
rejoicing or the mourning of the
Nicaraguan Liberals and Conservatives.
For another thing, about the only
Nicaraguan personality thus far able to
hold the interest of the people of this
country for any length Of time is
Sandino, and Sandino is not running
for office.
But great deal depends upon the
Nicaraguan election, and the success
of the Americans in exercising a fair,
just and sympathetic supervision of the
2 balloting. If the voting is conducted
peaceably, If there is order and regu-
arguments of those who have upheld
this friendly intercession on the part
of the United States in the internal
affairs of an independent republic will
in large measure have been justified
In such case the voices of those who
have held out against this supervision
Of the Nicaraguan election must be
stilled, or else they must content them
selves with the utterance of what, in
this campaign, have come to be known
as "glittering generalities." On the other
hand, if the discontented elements in
Nicaragua decide, for the purposes OF
strategy, to mar the election day by
bloodshed and violence, to test the
steel of Marine bayonets and the mill
tary effectiveness of the Marines, the
United States will be put in the posi-
ton of defending its actions before the
criticism of a large part of the world
No easy task confronts Uncle Sam next
Sunday.
The two political parties which arr
now asking for tha verdict of the Amer.
lean voters next Tuesday are divided or
the Nicaraguan question. But it is to be
doubted whether the outcome of tn,
saicaraguan voting will have any ef
feet on the voting in this country re-
gardless OF what takes place in Nicara
qua. Nicaragua is too far away.
But the Democratic party adopted II
It's Houston platform plank whicl
called for:
Abolition Of the practice of the Pres
ident of entering into and carrying on
agreements With a foreign government