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den. Several men had tried and tho
drilling had cost the old King much
money.
Then a strange thing happened.
Hester heard a tiny voice IN tbs
branches Of her little peach tree sing
ing:
Just a little peach tree am /.
Who can help you when you're dryf
Carry a twig from off my tree.
Where / bend there'n water te.N
Hester. who really believed her
& tree was enchanted. because IL
sw SO rapidly. very carefully cut
twig from one or the branches.
III hurrying 10 the Kings garden,
I'D him about the wonderful song
he had heard the winds whispering
trough the peach tree.
The old King would have thrown
lester out of The royal gardens Tx
-he beautiful Princess hadn't heard
Testers tale. she begged har father
t0 let Hester walk through THE gar
Ten.
At last the King agreed nn6 fne
Princess walked INV Hestcr's siIa.
The little peach twig was lust aa
straight ~ it could NV until they
came To a certain spot in the Ear-
den where everyone had said there
couldn't possibly W. any water. Hers
che end M the twig began to bend
toward the ground. The Ola King
called his men and they began To
dig. and. sure enough. they found Ia
spring or the loveliest cool water.
The old King was so happyAh gave
Hester two big bags Of gold w. sent
her all over the village locati'" new
wells.
Needless 10 say the little
tree Hester had guarded so carefufNB
had rewarded her. Hester and her
Granny became quite wealthy. and
every year the pretty peach tree
sheds It's pink blossoms over Hesfer's
yard and every Fail Hester carries.
baskets OF lovely peaches "a tha
beautiful Princess.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Awakening
M0dge Quickly GrasPs the Opportunity to Talk to Harrl
About Marion.
BY Adele Garrison

R the time ! had finished my lit
tie TRADE about the impossible
ity or having Edith Fairfax AZ
a weekend guest until after the
Brixtons had come and gone. ! real
lied that Dicky's gaze was no longer
truculent. but quizzical.
You are mistaken" he said
airiiy. "A charming oma guest
never could feel crowded or uncom.
Portable or neglected with me on IN.
Job. / should devote my whole time
TO her. No. no. old dear. you'll have
to think Up some other excuse"
His yes were dancing and there
was something very like a smirk az
the corne Of his lips. the sign that
he was again saving hts vanity with
the idea that Jealousy OF Edith was
prompting my reluctance to have her
come to us at the time he had named
The sight OF that tiny smirk sud
denly iced my Jealousy and changed
my anger into "a frigid determination
TO discomfit Dicky.
"Ohi / didn't understand" l said
In my friendllesf tones III thought
you had planned To D. absent when
the Brixt0ns came. But IN you're
going to be here. that makes alt the
difference In the world. I'll telephone
her at once to save the second week
for us"
n rose and started for the door into
the hall. But Dicky caught my arm
and spun me around. laughing.
"Oh. you've won out" he said.
You know 7 am not going 10 be at
home when the Brixtons are here.
nor when Eide comes either. prob
ably. She's not my guest You In
vited. her. remember"
"Of course I did" 7 said. magnan-
imous in victory. she hasn't been
out for ages. and I don't want her
visit 10 be spoiled. And as for your
not being here-that's nonsense.
You needn't be here for the Brix-
tons. but I shall insist upon your
coming home while Ede's here"
II took all the determination ! had
TO achieve the casual familiar EIDE"
but I managed 1t and DIcky spread
his hands in an exaggerated gesture
Of submission.
Whatever Your Majesty ORDERS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

the dictionary, and, in common with
all the arts and sciences. medicine
has become an open book
For those who have not discovered
the meaning OF "hypochondriac" l
will explain. He is a man who
worries over himself. who imagines
he has every disease. and Is all the
time in a fever OF fear that he is
going to have some serious ailment.
He imagines that death armed with
a club Is waiting just around the
corner.
One Of the sure signs OF hypochon-
driasis to TO go about feeling your
own pulse. This is not quite as bad
as rushing after the clinical Their
uometer. TO take the temperature
two or three times a day. But II is
a bad thing 10 do. Indeed IL Is a
silly thing to do.
II isn't a good idea to be too con-
sgious OF your body. 1t makes you
worry and fret. II the pulse should
happen 70 be a little bit rapid. 70
a~tempt 70 count IL will II 70
become even more rapid. because the
emotion OF fear stimulates the heart
Then you imagine vain things and
get a headache. Next the appetite
IS lost and pretty soon you may
actually brighten yourself into a
fever.
The pulse rate OF a mar is about
10 per minute and OF a oma rs
or so. Within reasonable limits
there Is 40 particular significance in
the rate. From so Ia SIS or 90 means
little except 70 an expert.
A very slow pulse may be the
natural and normal rate. Another
person may have a very rapid pulse
which may be the usual and proper
rate. Ordinarily a rate OF 90 or 100
per minute indicates slight fever.
but. as you see. It may be the NOR
mai rate for an occasional in
dividual-
The regularity OF the pulse. its fall
mess or weakness, its s~oftness or
hardness-all these factors are OF
interest TO the doctor. They mean
a good deal TO him. but very little
10 the unframed person Skipping
a beat" or other type Of ir~regularity
Is Of little consequence without other
accompanying conditions which only
the doctor can discover.
Leave your pulse alone and stop
worrying over things you do not
understand
Another article on the Heart We'd
nesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Cold Water as a Beautifier
BY JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON

III. in which case the remedy lies
in other fields than the surface de-
velopment OF beauty. II one hasn't
a sound foundation &c, build upon.
the outward remedies are OF no
value.
II you use ice apply a light coat.
ing Of cold cream or nourishing
cream to the skin first. especially II
the Ice seems 20 dry out the skin a
little.
Pat gently so that the delicate
muscles are not bruised and the
use OF cold water or ice or both to-
gether will stimulate the muscles
and tissues. lnvig0rating them into
renewed activities. 50 that they can
not become sluggish and lazy. IL -
lazy muscles and tissues that permit
the contour OF the face to droop and
the skin 20 become dull and llfeless.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
The Heart Story of q
Sfe1dfnSf Woman.

ne said. but ! paid no attention IN
hts nonsense. but asked instead "a
question which had been intriguing
me-
WIN Harry take hts car 70 the
city with him II he's going In 70
stay with your"
~He won't be In there enough to
call IL staying" Dicky said a bit
GROSSLY. He said he'd come In and
get me settled. No. be won't bring
his a I'll take him and he'll come
out on the train. l suppose what
YOU really want 70 know Is who's 20
ing 10 run the car when Harry isn't
here. Come on. Harry. tell her"
Il didn't" I protested. flushing.
out he paid no attention TO my
protest.
That's an easy one. Lady Fair"
Harry Underwood said from the door
way. You are. being the best driver
I know OF. And I count on you to
get Lii yer her dislike or driving
and make her drive the new boat
also"
liz don't know about the last task
| told him. but I shah Nv In the
seventh heaven driving that car II
broke the tenth commandment all
the way out Yesterday"
You won't have 10 break it any
longer. for you probably will be
driving TX aE much en- anybody" MIR.
Underwood said. When do YOU want
Cd try X out2'
| made an instantaneous decision
with the remembrance that 7 wished
To talk 20 him concerning Marion.
Right now. if convenient TO ycu.'
I answered. But. please. don't take
anybody else along this first time.
! don't want any witnesses. except
you. OF my first attempt 10 drive
it,"
Mr.. Underwood put his thumbs In
the armholes OF his coat and strutted
a few steps.
Il guess that sends you out on a
twig. Dicky-bird." he said loftily.
Come along. Lady Fair. ! knew
you were a good driver. ] now real
ize that you also have more than
your share Of common sense and
rare discrimination"
Go Be Continued.)
Copyright. i9zs. Newspaper Feature Serirs. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

OF the best face beauty treat
ments that l know Of 10 pre-
vent sagging tissues and loose. old
looking skin.
This is a beauty secret culled from
my Great Aunt Susan, who. at the
age Of ...... anyway, it's past
eightyD has the clear. pink skin Of
youth.
I remember when she used TO come
TO Illinois from Atlantic City and.
standing over the wash basin on the
back porch nj my grandmother's
farm. put cold water on her firm.
pink cheeks. Long. lean and with
the promise or being the ugly duck
ling OF the family. ] used 70 watch
her skin with my child heart aching
at her beauty. wondering II she
wouldn't tell me what she did 70
make herself SO lovely One day \
asked her and she said:
'Jukie. cleanse your skin with
cold cream til those days most
women made their own and then
pat cold w91er on your face. Don't
rub your lace. Just cup your hands,
fill them with cold water and hold
them 10 your face. then gently pat
the skin. Do this twelve times after
washing your face and you'll always
have a lovely skin"
That was long before anyone
dreamed I'd some day be writing
beauty articles. but the picture has
always stayed In my mind. And
nothing I've learned since becoming
n beauty columnixt has led me 20
hafieva fhaf Amt Susante advice was
wrong.
Cold water OF ice is a marvellous
astringent and IL is the constant
use OF astringents that keep the
muscles firm and the skin glowing
with life and vitality.
That IS Of course. unless n Is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Why This SCATTERING of Old Ideals?

other knights and thought them
quite a. bold and quite as hand
some as poor Richard.
But the little page boy did not
forget him and did not believe
that he was dead and he wan
dered all over Europe and sang
at the barred windows of every
dungeon in every prison and
every castle he could Finland
he sang the old song from Prov
ence-all about love and faith
and courage and Richard in his
dark dungeon heard the song
and cried out and the little
page boy fell on his knees il
the dark and sobbed ooh
Richard. oh, my kingr"
And Richard was himself
again and found MS way out OF
the dungeon and went homs
and ruled a great kingdom like
q great king.
Now-if somebody Is going 10
rise up and say that there never
was such a little page boy at all
and that Richard the Lion
hearted never even heard the
song from Provence and
never was very much OF a hero
anyhow. I'm going 10 hunt out
that somebody and-well, what's
going TO happen to him will
make excellent copy for the
front page Of any newspaper in
the world-and that's that.
| want to have something to
believe, something to rest my
heart upon in the storm and dis
tress of life-don't you?
Copyright 1873. Newspaper Fssiur, Service. Inc
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MAY dpHGAI a AEW JEaIH EAIEEI ~ IuIET.
Prior to that time the little girls biggest and
most beautiful doll typifies her mother; the
general at the head of the column of toy soldiers
is identified in the boys mind with his father.
Whole-hearted as this parental admiration is,
broadening experience gives the children new
standards by which to judge.
Before long they are dispassionately compar-
ing their own parents with those of other
children.
Then comes this stage Of criticism OF parents
when they are SO difficult to manage.
Johnny Jones idolizes his policeman father and
until now has felt honest pride in the family
flivver. But up the street lives Willie Smith,
and Willie's father has recently bought a Iimou-
sine. Wilie's taunt, "Flivvers amt no class;
we've got a limousine" finds u weak place IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Fear of Heart Disease Is Universal, Says DR.. Copeland
c9 ST0RISSH
"A Fairy Tale.

NICE upon IA time. long. long
ag0. there lived near the uur-
skirts 0f IA certain village an
ola wuma and Tier granddaughter.
Hester They were very. very poor
and every day Hester would Eo tu
the royal palace tO bring home the
daintiest bits of clothing. which her
grandmother would wash and iron
FOR the beautiful Princess.
One day when she reached the pal
ace garden. the beautiful Princess
was eating a lovely big peach. She
saw Hester and asked her IL she
would ike a peach. too.
Hester o o the peach and, thank
ing the beautiful Princess. hurried
home with il.
oh. Granny. it's a beauty" she
cried. and she cut IL In half and ave
her grandma half. Wouldn't IL bo
lovely II we could have all the
peaches we wanted?" and Hester
licked all the pulp from around the
peach seed.
Maybe we could laughed her
grandma. iii You plant the seed"
She showed Hester how 20 fix the
ground and just where 20 plant the
seed Every day Hester would go out
and water the spot whore the seed
was planted. and before very long
"a little tiny green shoot peeped It'd
above The ground Hester guarded
that SLIP nf "a peach tree very care
fully. and Tx grew S0 rapidly even
Granny Was astOnished.
You'll have t0 water w well. said
Granny. flor It has CT a0 long
since w. have had rain: the earth
ID very dry
Months passed and mo rain fell.
Every day Hester watered the little
peach tree. Then one morning she
awakened to find the well had gone
dry. She ran 10 her neighbors'
house. Their wen had gone dry.
too. Soon the only well left with
water In 1t began "a dry VI and the
King and his people were almost
frantic.
The King offered a bag OF gold
10 anyone who could find g good
spot for a well in the Kings gar.
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Johnny's shaft. too. has gone
home. Willie ID quite unable tO UNI
derstand why his father has chosen
ID drab "a profession as the law.
when other glittering. uniformed
walks or life are open 10 him.
This IL about the way children's
minds work at this age.
Both children are troubled. The
prestige Of their respective fathers
II furnished
The father idols-and the mother
too. due 10 other similar causes and
circumstances. are beginning 20
totter on their respective pedestals.
This makes children feel a sort OF
resentment toward their parents.
Therefore they Ht embarrassing
questions-preferably before stran-
gers-and give back talk"
They learn a new fact at school
and come home primed 10 trip their
parents into a confession OF lgno-
rance
But all these annoyances which
parents have 20 put up with are
healthy signs.
The child IL beginning 10 stand on
tts own feet. I'd develop an indepen-
dence or thought which IN later
years will blossom forth as an ahill-
~ tO face the world alone
This critical spirit is "a sign or
mental activity.
III passes.
Parents may suffer under n but
they should not NV dlsmayed.
TIKI you viii recall. you were the
same when you were young.
Maybe. indeed. you were worse
than the little tot who now seems to
have gotten out or hand
Be patient.
Bear In mind that "a child cannot
help being what he is.
cuEyriEht. 1928. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Helpful Hints

Shoes which slip nc the hack
should be treated a. follows: Take a
piece or garter elastic about six
inches long. and sew II inside the
back or the shoe. gradually tapering
II Off towards the instep each side.
A piece OF velvet glued on the inside
az the back or the shoe will some.
times prevent slipping.
Dandruff. as you know. IS very in
furious to the hair. Directly II Is
noticed a suitable lotion should be
applied. and special care taken to
see that the scalp is absolutely clean.
The white OF an egg beaten up with
a teaspoonful Of spirits OF wine has
been found a satisfactory lotion.
To give a rich color 10 pies. wet
with sweet milk before baking.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Some Odd Facts

Elephants hide Is used in Shelf
field for furnishing cutlery. il is
dark brown and not unlike wood IN
texture.
MIX contains Sta per cent a
water. while cauliflowers conta
90h per cent.
The rays OF the sun take 81 mi
utes TO reach the earth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Words of the Wise.

The richest soi. iF uncultivaled. pro
duees Che ra7kest weeds.
-PiuIarrh.
While strength and wears rer-
INIT. endure labor: soon bent WIN
ace aTiII come mith silent foot.
-Orid.
There ire some defeats more lriIHa-
phani than victories. -Mon,airnr.
When q building "a about w
Jan dozen an the mice desert ~.
Pliny the Elder.
Vanity Is as III At ease under IN.
difference as tenderness Is under a love
which II cannot return. Eliot.
In the worlds audience han.
the simple blade Of grass sits on
the same Garnet 1cifh ne SIN
beams, and Ne stars OF mia
h'gHt- -TGCore.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

AHis particular coHege Official complained
about palpitation and other disagreeable heart
symptoms. All of his ailments, if my conclusion
is correct, are purely functional That is, there
IS no real disease of this vital organ, but it is
tired and disturbed by overwork, worry and late
hours devoted to plans for college development
When will men learn that common sense must
prevail if health is to be unimpaired? / know
scores Of men and women, too, who are carrying
unnecessary, or, at least, impossible burdens. No
wonder their hearts and nervous systems rebel.
/ promised this friend Of mine to prepare a
series Of articles devoted to the heart and its
diseases This will be the first Of five such
articles.
The fear Of 'fheart disease" Is almost univer-
sal 1t il not at all TO see a man feel
ing his pulse and counting its beats. This Is "a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
ANNIE LAURIE.

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ am greatly In love with a
fellow whom l have been going
with for nearly eight months.
Lately he made a date with me
but he failed to keep II. He apollo
gized then two weeks later he
made another date and did not
keep II. l haven't seen him since.
Do you think / should call him
up or wait until I see him 10 find
out the trouble.
HEARTBROKEN GERTIE-
HEARTBROKEN GERTIE1 My
II dear. a man who deliberately
reaks his engagements with a young
ady. without an exceedingly plausi-
lie excuse. isn't worth a second
bought Under no circumstances
all him. as he is the one who owes
he explanation
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Advice to Girls

AR ANNIE LAURIE:

hEAR ANNIE LAURIE.
~ I am In my teens and / like
to have a lot or boy friends. There
is one boy who ia a little older
than l am. I have had one date
with him and since then he hasn't
asked me for any more dates.
like him better than any other boy
| have ever gone with.
Would II be proper for me TO
write hun a friendly note and ask
him what's wrong with him? he
always treats me nice when / am
around him and ne never fails 70
speak to me. BROWN EYES.
DROWN EYES No. Brown Eyes
ID don't write the young man. be-
cause a young man never has much
respect or affection for q girl who
runs after" him And that Is. about
what you would be doing just be
a. charming as you possibly can
every time you are In hts company,
but don't try To force MS attentions
There may be many reasons why he
hasn't asked you 70 10 M the
second time. Why not sometime
when you are having "A little party,
invite him also? If he accepts the
invitation. X gives him an opening
10 ask 20 call. and IN tie doesn't
well. the best thing TO 40 l. try and
forget
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

Richard was and all the great
kings forgot him and the knights
OF his own court believed that
he was dead and the fair women
who had loved him once. loved
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
WHEN CHzLDRENA
VERY TROUBLESOME
Perhaps Parent Idols Have Been Found Wanting
and a Sort of Resentment Aroused
I'm the Youngsters.
BY DR. LOUIS ". BISCH
Eminent Psychologist

YTyHERE comes an age when children are specially troublesome and
annoying.
Usually this occurs about al the age Of eight although 1t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

True, some Of them aren't all blue and gold, but
they're corn flowers just the same. In these
gorgeous autumn harvest days when they 20
through the c~ornfeld seeking the blood red ear
within the ear, who can deny the charm of these
corn flowers? Lovely flowers. q lovely name,
lovely namesakes! And may all their dreams Of
love and happiness be speedily fulfilled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Answers to Health Queries

". Fl. Q.-Is II true that washing
with a wash cloth causes pimples?
A.-N0. Correct your diet. by cut
ting Town on aga Starches and
coffee. Send selfsaddressed. stamped
envelope for further particular and
repeat your question.
Copyright. 1925. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
WORRYAAD FRETTzNG
AGGRA VATE TROUBLE
The HypochOndriac, Feeling His Pulse and Always
Imagining Death Lies Just Around the Corner,
Only Makes Matters Worse.

United states Senator from New York,
f0rme Commissioner Of Health, ND York City
A FEW weeks ago a prominent college president talked with me
"a about his heart. There are plenty Of students who would say
no college president could possibly have a heart, but l am sure
TINS one has a kind heart and. for that matter. most of them have.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

Johnnys arpor- He may snap back that anyhow Dad is q cop and
wears brass buttons and can Lick the stufhng out or any old lawyer"
yet he realizes that limouSnes cost more than flvvers, and for the life OF
him he cannot see why his father doesn't buy one.
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~ least of all.
The great orator.
And here we've all been Iearning-'and as
for me, give me liberty or give me DEATH
and eff that be treason, make the most of il"
Now comes a man from some old college or
other and he digs up documents and he says,
says he, that Patrick Henry never said any of
these perfectly good things.
Well, now, III tell you about that.
believe he said EN-, and if he didn't say
them he ought to have said them-and that's
that.
Who is this new discoverer that We are TO
believe him any more than we've believed the
first people that told US all about Patrick
Henry and his doings?
For goodness sake. aren't they going III
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foolish habit I'll founded on worry and the practice adds fuel to tn
worry.
DO you know what a hypochondriac is? In these days Of cross
word puzzles there are no unfamiliar words Everybody ia studyinu
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

wv y HO doesn't love the dainty LONELINESS Of
wv the exquisite kornbIuHlenf Borrowing
the blue from the skies. they lift their
shaggy little heads to the sun and cheer every
one with their shy greeting.
But there are human corn flowers, too. And
they're just 6 lovely and just a. shy and just
as dainty as the flowers they're named after.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

IIIU ~ was oHIIIF % IIEy Hdys "
the little page boy who followed
Richard the Lion-hearted to the
Holy Land and lost HIM when
he was taken prisoner.
And nobody knew where
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cave US anything TO believe al all-theSe delivers Ia ilggera
For years have been singing a strange little old song that
came out of Provence-and IL va all about a true heart and leal
and one that beat high with love and courage in time Of danger
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
By WINIFRED BLACK
The great orator.

A ND he never said 1t at all-not in the
A least of all.