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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Home Making Helps
Wanda Barton
Dolls Past and Present.


FINANCES in doll fashions have
come gradually but surely.
but the popularity Of the toy
has never waned. The dainty wax
dolls OF long ago have entirely dis
appeared from the American mar
ket. The old rag doll has evolved
into a thing Of rare beauty. made OF
finely woven stockirette. painted
and profiled like a real child For
eign and domestic artists and manu-
facturers have worked in unison
with wonderful results. The indie
structible toy Is their goal.
Each nation has become interested
and one OF the surprises today Is
the charm and beauty Of the Italian
doll which Is shaking the supremacy
Of the French doll. SO long consid-
cred a leader. All OF the dolls r
1ointed. some OF the more expensive
ones having rubber hands with pill
able fingers. A silk hair is gradu-
ally being used instead or the nat
ural hair. as IL looks natural and Is
considered more wholesome. The
cellul0id dolls. with bodies OF the
same material. are tinted and paint
ed 10 look very natural. The faces
are so modelled that they do not re-
semble each other closely. Knees
and elbows are dimpled in the most
fascinating way. The dolls still so
TO sleep. cry. say papa and mama.
and the more expensive ones can
walk. Each nation. naturally. models
the dolls with their own character
istics Of face and figure. Expires
sion OF the eyes. lips parted 10 show
the teeth. and coloring OF the types
make a wonderful variety to choose
from The Italian dolls can be
dry cleaned new feature and a
desirable one.
Doll furniture has also undergone
many changes. Cradles. for instance.
are made OF willow. enameled and
decorated with the flower garnitures
and up-to-the-minute fittings. even
to lace-trimmed and hemstitched
linens.
Boy dolls never seem 10 be the
favorifes that the girl dolls are.
though there are many new and at
tractive ones. Dolls IN occupational
costumes are liked and made to
order frequently.
Doll specials arc those modelled
after the pictures Of their small fu-
ture owners. The likeness Is so per.
feet in many cases as 10 be un-
canny.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie.


nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ | am in my teens and ! like
70 have q lot or boy friends. There
ID one boy who Is a little older
than | am have had n date
with him and since then he hasn't
asked me for any mor dates /
like nim better than any other boy
| nave ever gone with.
Would II be proper for me 70
write him a friendly note and ask
him what's wrong with him7 lie
always treats me nice when ! am
around him and ne never fails To
speak 10 me. BROWN EYES
DROWN EYES. No. Brown Eyes.
ND don't write the young man. be-
cause a young nan eve has much
or affection FOR "A girl who
runs after" him. And that Is about
what you would be doing Just be
a. charming en- you possibly can
every time you are IN his company.
but don't try tc force his attentions.
There may he many reasons why he
hasn't asked you 10 90 ~ the
second time Why not sometime
when you are having a little party.
invite him also2 II he accepts the
invitation. Il gives him an opening
10 ask 70 call. and II he doesn't (.
well. the best thing 70 do is try and
forget
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

the tirne 7 had finished my lit.
tie TRADE about the impossible
ity OF having Edith Fairfax rs
a weekend guest until after the
Brixtons had come and gone. 7 real
lied that Dicky's gaze was no longer
truculent. but ~Quizzical.
You are mistaken" he said
airily. "A charming woman guest
never could feel crowded or uncom.
Portable or neglected with me on th+
job. | should devote my whole timt
to her. No. no. Old dear. you1l have
to think UP some other Gus
His eyes were dancing and there
was something very like a smirk Nv
the corner OF his lips. the sign that
heswas again salving hts vanity with
the idea that Jealousy or Edith was
prompting my reluctance to have her
come 70 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 dlscomfit Dicky.
"Ohl I didn't understand" l said
In my friendlIest tones iii thought
you had planned 20 be absent when
the BrixtoEs came. But IL you're
gong 10 DC mere, LndL makes dlA the
difference ia the world I'll telephone
her ut once 10 save the second week
for us"
I 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 I am not going 10 be at
home when the Brixtons are here.
nor when Eide either. prob
ably. She's not my guest You i'm
vited. her, remember"
"Of course ! did 7 said. magnan-
imous In victory. she hasn't been
out for ages. and l don't want her
visi. TO be spoiled. And as Tor your
not being here-that's nonsense.
You needn't be here for the Brix-
tons. bit I shall insist upon your
coming acme while Ede's here"
RI took all the determination had
to achieve the casual familiar EIDE"
but I managed II and Dicky spread
his hands in an exaggerated gesture
OF submission.
"Whateyer Your Majesty orders"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Cold Water as a Beautiffier
BY JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON

IN. In which case the remedy lies
In other fields than the surface de-
velopment OF beauty. II one hasn't
a sound foundation 10 build upon.
the outward remedies are OF no
value.
II you use ice apply a light coat
ing or cold cream or nourishing
cream to the skin first. especially II
the ice seems 20 dry out the skin a
little.
Pat gently 50 that the delicate
muscles are not bruised and the
use OF cold ate or ice or both to
gether will stimulate the muscles
and tissues. ~invigorating them into
relieved activities. 50 that they can
not become sluggish and lazy. II Is
lazy muscles and tissues that permit
the contour OF the face 10 droop and
the skin to become duh and l~ifeless.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

N%N%
Johnny's shaft. too. has gone
home. Willie l. quite unable 70 un-
derstand why his father has chosen
30 drab a profession as the law.
when other ~glittering. uniformed
walks VI life are open u him.
This is about the way children's
minds work Az this age.
Both children are troubled The
prestige o. their respective fathers
I'D furnished.
The father idols-and the mother
too. due ~ other similar causes and
circumstances. are beginning 40
totter on their respective pedestals.
This makes children feel a sort or
resentment toward their parents.
Therefore they put embarrassing
uuesti0ns-preferahly before stran-
gers-and give back talk"
They learn a new fact az school
and come home primed 10 trip their
parents into q confession of igno-
rance.
But all these annoynnces which
parents have te put up with are
healthy signs.
The child Is beginning 70 stand on
its own feet. t0 develop an indepen-
dence OF thought which Inn later
years will blossom forth a. en- abili-
ty To face the world alone.
This critical spirit Is a sign or
mental activity.
It passes.
Parents may suffer under X but
they should not ~ dismayed
III you win recall. you were the
same when you were young.
Maybe. indeed. YOU were worse
than the little tot who now seems 70
have gotten cut nf hand
Re patient
Bear ii mind thar a child cannot
help being what he is.
cnnyriHhs. ta4a. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
The Fear of Heart Disease Is Universal, Says DR.. Copeland
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
by blanche Silver
A Fairy Tale.

AANCE upon "a time. long. long
ago.. there lived near the out
skirts OF "a certain village an
old woman and her granddaughter.
Hester. They were very. very poor
and every day Hester would g0 to
the royal palace to bring home the
daintlest bits az clothing. Wish hen
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 hig peach. she
saw Hester and asked her II she
would like "a peach. tun.
Hester took tho peach and. thank
ing the beautiful Princess. hurried
home with III.
~Oh. Granny. Its q beauty" she
cried. ana she w I'M In half and ave
her grandma half. Wouldn't lin ho
lovely X we could have an the
peaches WV wantcd7'' and Hester
licked all the pulp from around the
peach seed.
Maybe WE could" laughed her
grandma. IF you plant the seed"
She showed Hester how tO fix the
ground and just where % plant tho
seed. Every day Hester would go out
and water the srll where the seed
was planted. and before very long
u little tiny green shoot peeped MD
above the ground Hester guarded
that slip of a peach tree very care
fully. and IN grew sO rapidly even
Granny was nsf0nished-
you'll have tO water X we'll" said
Granny. ''for In has been 40 ieng
since we have had rain. the earth
n very dry"
Months passed and mo rain fell.
Every day Hester watered the little
peach tree. Then ONE morning she
awakened 10 find the well had gone
dry. She ran tO her neighbur1'
house. Their well had gone dry.
too. Soon the only wei left with
water in II began tD dry up and the
King and his people We're almost
frantic.
The King offered IA bag OF gold
n anyone who could find q good
spot Cor "a well In the Kings gar-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

or the best face beauty treat
ments that / know Of 70 pre-
vent sagging tissues and loose. old
looking skin.
This Il a beauty secret culled from
my Great Aunt Susan. who. az the
age OF $500. anyway. it's past
eighty1 has the clear. pink skin OF
youth.
/ remember when she used 20 come
to Illinois from Atlantic City and.
standing over the wash basin or the
back porch Mt my grandmOthers
farm. nut cold water on her firm.
pink cheeks. Long. lean and with
the promise OF being the ugly duck
ling or the family. ] used 10 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:
"Jokie. cleanse YOU skin with
cold cream dn those days most
women made their ownl and then
pat cold water On our face. Don't
rub your face. Just cup your hands.
I'm them with cold water and hold
them to your face. then gently pat
the skin. DO this twelve times after
washing your face and you'll always
nave 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
a beauty columnist has led me 70
| believe that Aunt Susan's advice was
wrong
Cold water or ice Is a marvellous
astringent and 1t Is the constant
use Of astringents that keep the
muscles firm and the skin glowing
with life and vitality.
| That is, OF course, unless a Is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

about palpitation ard other disagreeable heart
symptoms. All CT mis- 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 unimpaired7 | 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 'heart disease" is almost univer-
sal. 1t is not at all uncommon to see q man feel
.urdad An worry and +h0 nrarfira adds fual N the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Some Odd Facts

Elephants hide ~ used Tn Shelf
field for furnishing cutlery. ~ is
dark brown and not unlike wood III
texture
MIX contains S7iL per cent WV
water. while cauliflowers cuntni
90h per cent
The rays on the sun take 8i5 mil
utes to reach the earth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Words Of the Wise.

The richest coil. If uncullivalrd. pro.
duces the rankesi weeds.
-Plusarch.
While strength and Years her,
NIT, endure labor; soon bent old
AGE UiIl come Uith silent foot.
Grid.
There are some defeats more srium-
plant than victories. -Montaiznc.
When a building Is about 10
fan dorm an me mice desert ".
PIiHy the Elder.
Vanity i ~ vi Al ease under 49,
difference as tenderness IA under "A love
which il cannot return Eliot.
wv me WOrld'S audience Nan.
me simple blade 0f grass sits 0r
the same carpet arifh the srn
beams. and the stars wv Mid
night -Tnc0rr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
NEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
- am greatly In loNe with a
fellow whom ! have been going
with for nearly eight months.
Lately he made a date with me
nut he failed To keep II. He apollo
gized then two weeks later he
made another date and ala not
keep II. | haven't a him since.
Do you think I should call him
up or wait untN I see him 10 find
out the trouble.
HEARTBROKEN GERTIE.
HEARTBROKEN GERTIEf My
IN dear. a man who deliberately
,reaks his engagements with a young
ady. without an exceedingly plausi-
ME excuse. isn't worth a second
thought. Under no circumstances
all him. as he IN the one who owes
the explanation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Helpful Hints

Shoes which slip at the hack
should be treated as follows: Take a
piece OF garter elastic about six
inches long. and sew Il inside the
back Of the shoe. gradually tapering
IL off towards the instep each side.
"A piece or velvet glued on the inside
Of the back OF the shoe will some
times prevent slipping
Dandruff. as you know. is very in
furious TO the hair. Directly II IL
noticed a suitable lotion should be
applied. and special care taken 10
see that the scalp Is absolutely clean.
The white OF an = 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

may appear q few years earlier or later.
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.
standards by which to Judge.
Before long they are dispassionately compar-
ing their own parents with those of other
children.
Then comes this stage or criticism OF parents
when they are 80 difficult to manage.
Johnny Jones idolizes his policeman father and
until now has felt honest pride III the family
flivver. But up the street lives Willie Smith,
and Willie's father has recently bought a limou-
sine. Willie's taunt, "Flivvers amt no class;
we've got q limousine" finds a weak place in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Answers 20 Health Queries

v. III. Q.-Is Il true that washing
with q wash cloth causes pimplcs?
A.-No. Correct your diet. by cut
ting down on sugar. starches and
coffee. Send s~elf~addressed. stamped
envelope for further particular and
repeat your question.
cspyriEht. 1893. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
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 CHILDREN WARE
VERY TROUBLESOME
Perhaps Parent Idols Have Been Found Wanting
and a Sort OF. Resentment Aroused
I'm the Youngsters.
BY DIR. LOUIS Z. BISCH
Eminent Psychologist.

TTVHERE comes an age when children are specially troublesome and
Usually this occurs about a the age Or eight although II
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
BY WINfFRED LAC

A ND he never said it AT all-not IN the
IA least Of all
The great orator.
And here we've all been learning-'and as
for me, give me liberty or give me DEATH
and "if 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, Ill tell you about that.
| believe he said EN-, and If be 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 u all about Patrick
Henry and his doings?
For goodness sake. aren't thew going 10
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 go
through the cornfeld seeking the blood red ear
within the ear, who can deny the charm of these
"corn flowers? Lovely flowers. a lovely name,
lovely namesakesl And may all their dreams Of
love and happiness be speedily fulfilled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

Johnnys armor He may snap back that anyhow Dad il "a COP and
wears brass buttons and can lick the stuffng put oil any od lawyer
yet he realizes that hmousines cost more than fivyers. and for the life or
him he cannot see why his father doesn't buy one.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
WORRYAW FRETTING
AGGR VATE TROUBLE
The HypOchondriac, Feeling His Pulse and Always
Imagining Death Lies Just Around the Corner,
Only Makes Matters Worse.
BY ROYAL s. COPELAND, M. d.
United States Senator from New York,

Former Commissioner Of Health, New York CITY,
A FEW weeks ago a prominent college, president talked with me
~ about his heart There n plenty Of students who would say
- no college president could possibly have a heart, but am sure
this one has a kind heart and. for that maEtsr. most Of them have.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

foolish habit 1t is founded on worry and the practice adds fuel to the
worry.
DO you know what a hypochondrac is? In these days Of cross
word puzzles there n no unfamiliar words Everybody is studying
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

WWTHO doesn't love the dainty loneliness Of
W. the exquisite kornbIumenf 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 lowers, too. And
they're just as lovely and just as shy and just
as dainty as the flowers they're named after.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

cave Us anything 70 believe at aI-these delivers anu dggcrs.
For years have been singing a strange little old song that
came out of Provence-and il was 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

and II was sung, so IHty say, Uy
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
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

n OLD water and lots OF II Is one
OF the best face beauty treat
ments that / know Of 70 pre-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10
Loves Awakening IS s,. sss,.
Madge Quickly Grasps the Opportunity TO Talk to Harry
Ahnnf Unfnn

WnF the time I had finished my lit.
tie TRADE about the impossible
ity OF having Edith Fairfax as
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

coDsrisai. Isss. Newspaper Feature ssrries. NE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

nee upon "a time. long. long
ago. there lived near the OUT
skirts az "a certain village an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-10

ENHANCES in doll fashions have
come gradually but surely.
but the popularity Of the toy
The Washington times., 1928-04-28
Senate Kills Merger
At This Congress

The Wilson traction merger virtually killed at the
meeting of the Senate District Committee yesterday
the present session of Congress is concerned.
The Washington times., 1928-04-28
ALL WASHINGTON
HOME TOWN PAGE
CONGRESS TOLD
MERGER DATA
IGNORED

The holdings of the North Ameri-
ran Company of New York in local
utilities stocks We're scrutinized to-
cay by members of the House Dis
trict Committee at the hearing on
the traction merger plan.
William A. Roberts, vice chairman
If the Public Utilities committee of
he Federation of Citizens Associa
ion, testified that information
":iven during the merger hearings
revealed that the North American
Company held AZ per cent of the
Common stock of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company,
;yhich in turn owned all the CON-
ION stock of the Potomac Electric
Tower Company.
Representative Ernest W. Gibson,
If Vermont, questioned Roberts
bout the prices the New York
oncern had paid for its local stock
holdings.
Roberts said that william Nick.
clayton. chairman of the Fedora
ion committee, had not been al
owed to bring that out at the
hearings before the commission.
Roberts said that he and Clayton
7ad tried to get information in re
ard to the North American Com
any's holdings here into the
~ecord of the hearings before the
commission because of the La Fol
atte anti-merger act of 1913, which
1ade it Illegal for alien concerns to
,Old the stock in local utilities.
9vrr
rress in 1925 to allow the merger
street car companies, Roberts
aid, but did not modify the orig
nal law in regard to holding stock
local power companies.
Representative Gibson also ques-
oned Roberts about relieving the
lerGer company from the cost of
'aVing. He brought out that Capt
I. &. Whitehurst, assistant Engineer
Commissioner in charge of the Dis
riot highway department, had sub
nitted report to the District Com
1issioners declaring that street
ar tracks damage street surfaces.
Engineer Commissioned William
J. Ladue, testifying for the first
iIne during the hearings, admitted
hat Captain Whitehurst had made
UGH a report and admitted also that
his report had not been forwarded
, tha Bureau of the Budget when
ne Commissioners asked that hui
aau to approve the section of the
lerger plan relieving the companies
the merger tax.
Representative Frank Reid of iii.
OILS, apparently assumed the role of
efender of the merger pan at to
avs hearing. He asked Roberts If
thought the $50,0O0,000 valuation
rovided in the plan was very i'm
}ortant. The federation representa-
i've replied that he would not be be-
ore the committee If he didn't think
that figure was important.
Reid then asked Roberts point
blank whether or not he would favor
approving the merger plan as 1t
stands.
Roberts replied that he would not
approve this plan because it does so
little for the public and because he
believes the public could get better
arrangement by waiting until street