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a S Katie. carrying the bulging.
n suitcase. saw me standing In
- thn EItchnn rho n.A nuInk

"A suitcase. saw me standing TN
the kitchen. she made a quick
lodging movement toward the door
behind her. But the big suitcase
was too much for her. II caught
OF the lock. ierked open. and there
tumhled out. almost at my feet. a
curious collection OF articles I had
tine TO note only a large black hat
with a crepe veil pinned around II.
a long black coat which | never had
seer before. a black dress and q pair
OF black shoes. before she was upon
the scattered things with the intent
fury Of a terrier after a rat, and
vas stuffinV them back into the suit
case.
Me. I'm going TO funeral" she
stammered as she rose. her face
crimson. her yes looking in every
direction except the place where /
stood.
II was the only possible explana-
ton. and yet something in her man.
ner told me that Ii was far from
being the correct one. Besides. the
ebon garments which had tumbled
out OF the suitcase were too QUITE
even for Katie's flamboyant ideas
concerning the correct garb for
mourning.
But. | told myself grimly. II was
distinctly not my cue TO doubt her
by even an infection. so I MUIR
INJURED a perfunctory:
obi I'm sorry. Katie" and. turn
ing away. pretended interest in n
vase OF Autumn flowers which stood
upon the kitchen cabinet. until I was
sure that she had safely secured
the -treacherous suitcase.
Yah! eet toe bad" she said at
last with an attempt at dolor which
almost upset my risibles. But I
fought back my amused grin and
said casually:
Madam Graham IL not coming
down 70 luncheon. VIII you leave
her servings Of your hot dishes over
hot water on the stove. SO that Mrs.
Rickett may get them for her when
she wishes TO eat?"
Aha" katie's %utterance OF the
ejaculation was impudently dra-
matte. 81 tink me old romans no
like shange loonch hour: 20 she keeck
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4 Rich Boy and Girl Find a Haven with Grandma
GOODNIGHT
STORIES

Blanche Silver

Ddfh0 1hfCD ~ AAthB WITS.
Water Spider.
KIN II. O poor thing" cried
David when he saw the
big spider kicking her
hind feet up above the water. Here.
wait a second and I'll get you out.
Goodness me. I wish Happy Giggles
were here. I'm sure some fish IL 60
Ing 70 gobble that Spider UP before
I can get her out OF the pond"
who's going 10 be gobbled up7"
asked n merry voice and David
looked down into Happy GiEgles
smiling face
why. the fish win devour Mrs.
Garden Spider II we don't hurry
and get her put OF the pond" cried
David. Its too late now" for Mrs
Spider had disappeared completely
under the water. Poor thing. snme-
one must have eaten her. ! don't
see her any place. You know Hap
py Giggles. I always feel sorry for
anyone who falls into the water. I
remember one time I fell into.
well. will you iookl There she is"'
rs Mrs. Spider nee more popped
up above the surface OF the water
and began kicking her hind feet up
In the air. "Well. Of all thinEsi
Quick. Happy CIzEles. must
be after her"
Don't you fool yourself" laughed
the merry elfin, Mrs Water Spi-
der isn't afraid OF anything In the
pond. She's a pretty clever little
lady | can tell you. Haven't you
ever met Mrs. Water Spider. Da-
vid?'
II don't believe l ever have" said
David slowly. 80 she wasn't drown
ing or being eaten by anyone? ? I'll
bet she will think lin silly for veil
ing NJ her the way 7 did"
mo. I won't" laughed Mrs. Wa.
ter Spider who heard the last az
David's sentence. II knew you were
a friend Of Happy Giggles' and 7
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Some Odd Facts

II is reported that the largest
human skull in the world was re-
Gently discovered in South Africa.
II measured eight and one-half
inches in length and had a capacity
Of 122 cubic inches.
F~orty-six words engraved on glass
were made OF such small letters that
they were enlarged lightweight
times before they could be read.
The house mouse came TO this
nm from the other side OF the
world.
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ann ma nm = how good the sugar smened when the sap began to boil
drrr a. near the sap running into the buckets from the trees
and poured poured n tbs ( bai fnat And you took a pan Of nice. clean snow
broths1 y = x gum. and in the Spring when the snow melted,
: rd a mao . rat OF old boards and Grandma and brother made
p su ag ana put 1t up on the raft and played thew were "Rob- the
mover and"Death's Head Dick"-wild pirates of the Spanish Main
me, nope Grandma won't make the story too vivid, O
p psy SGme morning next Spring she'll wake up and find the two
eiAh gone rowing on their own account
o., ~ nope shell make a playhouse for the little cir. in the corner
% He garden fence and hope the little girl will phv there and
hood: :" "e s"eeI oNe u enid
There came three knights arriving.
with a ransom, handsome, ts-my-tee
And Whitewater white ily. growing nm so HIGH
- We're all young ladies and we expect to die"
-. Ahd nope she'll learn to play "Ring Around the Rosv." crack
the whip and ring the goort-oh, yes, you must pronounce q, it
eoonntrv = ~ Re gong Z be Grandmas little girl and live in the
county aIno go sleigh riding. just before Christmas.
be spoiled. -""u"A' i'n '"o' n tnn II VII all
sd 81 suppose even grandmas are spofed-when they're too rich.
~ n does seem a great pity, doesn't Is?
cOpyrEht is2sN swrpapm Feature sets Inc
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TITS - HUt q UdH PTUbIdIITII
Have you ever thought about Il.
that old men when asked for advice
about how TO live never recommend
tonics. pills. powders or other med.
icinesf All their suggestions relate
TO a manner Of living which mas Tor
its object the prevention OF disease.
Suggestions are made which relate
wholly TO the care OF the body by
natural methods. They never trust
TO drugs and other medication.
Keep a quiet heart" says Mr..
Ii. Finei
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
SUITS THE NEWEST THING|
Short Jackets and Fur
Ensembles Now Hold
Sway for Winter.
BY Marie Marot.


THE earliest fall showings in
Dictated that fur coats we're
to receive treatment similar
to that of cloth fabrics.
But no n would have sus-
pected that fur would be used as
an important suit material. That
went far beyond the confines Of
the imagination Of all but one
clever couturier who recently
introduced one of the most strik.
ing innovations in fur styles.
This Paris designer has
evolved a fur suit that IL as
smart as it is ingenious. II has
a three-quarter jacket of fur.
snugly fitted and nodded to the
hips. The particular model to
which | refer was done in seal
skin. but there will doubtless be
copies described in all manner
of pliable skins. The bodice was
Of white satin, with square neck
and side-monogram of heavy
black embroidery. The waist-line
was of the higher variety, with a
nodded hip-line of satin compris-
ing the upper section Of the
skirt. The skirt land here il the
eccentricity) was q d
simply. and in straight style. of
seal.
This model may be seen illu-
strated above at the left.
Short fur jackets have been
ordained for great popularity
this Fall. In many smart show
ings they were utilized for wear
over sports dresses Of tweed in
corresponding shades. The beige
tweed dress has its correspond
ing tan caracul jacket, whereas
the gray tweed finds its accom-
panying jacket in the silvery
caraculA
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Words of the Wise

He that uses many roYds for
the explaining OF any subject.
doth, like the cuttlefsh. hide
himself for the most part In his
oon fhk. Ray.
knowledge il of two kinds. W.
know a subject ourselves or We know
where we can find information upon il.
johnson.
A tool is but an extension of
a mans hand, and a machine
i but a complex tool. And ne
that invents q machine aug
ments the power of a man and
the well-being Of mankind.
Henry Ward Beecher.
he rs next to the gods rrhom
reason. and NOT passion inpeIs.
and Uho after reighing the facts.
can measure the punishment lrifh
discTefton. -CIdudinnus.
He that will lose his friend
for a jest, deserves to die 4
beggar by the bargain.
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to write about and
neglect the well beloved story
OF American history-that OF Poca-
hontas and Captain John Smith.
Captain John Smith. The son OF q
well-to-do Englishman. had been all
his life more or less OF an adven.
turer. When the new land OF vir-
ginia was taken by the crown. moth
ing would do but that he explore the
new country. In those days. the
problem OF food and water was a
difficult one Tor an expedition TO the
new country Only the barest neces-
stiles could be carried. and they
hardly lasted. for the trip took so
long. that frequently the ships
landed in America with an almost
starving crew and passengers.
Thus II was that Captain John
Smith arrived in America He
started on an exploration OF the
James River in search OF food for
his retinue. and was captured by
the powerful chieftain Powhatan's
warriors Powhatan had heard OF
Smith and believed that he was en-
dangering the Indians. so he deter.
mined to have his life.
Dragged TO the settlement or the
hgians. Smith was imprisoned in a
-am while the tribe debated as
ultimate fate.
when he faced the council.
nided that his head be
Tororrowe clubs.
was waiting the out
,le ao' the language OF
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Ow that the football season,
Nj Is IN fun swing. we might
take up the business OF get
ting the maximum OF run out
OF watching our favorite team Win
the minimum OF damage to our COM
nlexion. / know that I for n am go
ing to take ,n all the games l can'
but I also know that I'm going 70
take precautions against the ravisn'
ments of the sharp Fall winds 50
LAT nv skin doesn't chap or my
p~rosss7i..te 81 ,.ays 70 prevent
LIT This city pvoid washink the
ho. rgs Of the vaii sxhibit 70
h shown during the southwestern
9ssustrial Exposition, which opens
n fnsls% Snsville's democratic burro'
-i;-S will for ma part OF M ex'
w. uas TO be shipped from this
nlDi'I ~ Snake King Thursday night
taty ~ Osborne. manager OF the
seo Chamber Of Commerce. Will
esi.t richardson at the valley
II booth. |
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do wonder where Grandma lives-is she
rich, too7
do hope not ! hope she's poor. sort Of.
on. not poverty poor. Just comfortably poor, in
q little brown house with an orchard and a
flower garden and a kitchen garden and a
man to split the wood. and she herself to do
her own cooking.
And the poor little rich bow can nick On
chips and the poor little rich girl can learn to
set the table, and they can both wipe the
dishes for Grandma. And, after supper's
over. | do hope it will De supper and not din.
ner, supper with an omelet, little cup cakes
you think-well. when it's over, Grandma can
tell them stories about when she was a little
girl and used to go down to the sugar bush
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26

G. A. Own glycerine correct
indigestion?
A-No. You must correct your
diet. Eat simple. w~ell-cooked food.
Drink water between meals. Correct
constipation. IL present Exercise
daily in the open air.
S. K. Q.-What is the cause OF
excessive yawninE? ! get plenty OF
sleep.
A.-This condition may be due 10
auto-intoxication. For full particu-
lars send a self-addressed. stamped
envelope and repeat your question.
1928. N~arpAper raaturs Serrioa. the
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MEN MISSING r
Gulf AGROUND U

.,ovrPFAL, Oct. 26.-CP-A tele-
~N.acsived today BY Furness
GS 'sh & Co, Ltd, said that @]t,r a. ot
SHORE ST. Lawrence. had been ae-
sssteo isrrsm flied at Wolfe Cove.
Ine Va That the mates boat, with
o. 80 sboard, had landed there.
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Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie
ANNIE LAURIE:

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
H. am a nigh school girl SIX.
teen years OF age. Recently |
met a BOY and we fell IN love with
each other. My mother says she
doesn't want me 70 go with Eel.
lows Other girls 90 with ooys
when they are thirteen Or younger
What would you advise me TO dor
DOUBTFUL
nOUBTFUL: 70 advise you to &c
~ exactly as your mother wishes
my dear. When vou are old enough
and YOUR time r. not 80 taken W
with your studies. there will De
plenty OF time for you 70 60 about
In the meantime. you Will be much
happier II you abide by your
mothers decision.
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DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

- | am a girl In my early teens
and am going with a boy one year
older than myself. I like him
very much but he gets jealous II
speak to n other boys. | am
turning my other boy friends
down on account Of MIN I don't
know whether TO continue to do
this. Thanking you for this advice.
BILLIE.
OLLIE: | think you are very
ID foolish to turn down" all your
other friends for this one. my dear.
You are not engaged. therefore IL is
your privilege-and his-to have as
many friends ar you desire.
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FATHER
re ms a Childhood of Cookies and
mes of These Unhappy Babies
GrandmOther-If-
in WIKI
vallev%
By WINIFRED BLACK

LIZ GRANDMOTHER Is going to get them, after all
w q two poor little. lonesome, homeless children, with
IN nh father and the beautiful mother and nowhere to
~ ana nobody TO love them-but Grandma
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
CAN 4 MAN POSSIBLY
LIVE FOR $50 YEARS?
Even if This Venerable Chinese Is Only One-Third
That Age, Says DIR. Copeland, His Longevity
Formula Is One Well Worth Living.
BY ROYAL s. COPELAND, nj. ID.
United States Senator from New York.
Commissions of Helffh Mem yorE re,

Former OonlnNsstoneT Of Health. Neo York CMv.
- OF long ago l read O ridiculous tale. Il was to the effect that
q citizen Of North China, MIR. LII Ching-Yun. celebrated his
= ' two hundred and fifteth birthday
suppose we need no further evidence. Mr.. IA. who has n Su.
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enS OF psychoanaysis have used dream Interpretation as the royal
road by which one can explore the unconscious, unrealized maladiust-
ments of the individual
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Fall Winds Mar Compilations
r1crprrrNrr uTrnnI rcrpNr
Bv JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON

should be massaged into them. This
makes the lip rouge blend more
smoothly and stay on longer so that
the sharp winds don't have so much
opportunity to dry out the lips. A
pomade stick. resembling a lip stick
but which Is white or pale pink in
color and contains healing ingredi-
ents. should be used on the lips while
cut IN the open instead OF the lip
stick.
So much for precautions against
raw Fall winds. Now for some latter
the game" suggestions for your
beauty.
AS soon as you get back to where
you can freshen up again. cleanse
,e,kin thoroughly with cold cream.
aain for five minutes. then
for heath soft sanitary cleans
apply a liberal
It's very easily f p.,a 10 ' oe
Serve Ralston tomorrow
gin paving the way to a
for your children.
Try This Men
Pineal
Raiston viii
Bacon, Eggs and 'Purini
Coffee
sPURINA WHOLE WHEA
flavor TO breads, mullins, wa
them the full food value Of
RALSTON PURIN
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Let US study 1t for a moment.
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FLORIDA SHIPS
over 700 CARS
GRAPEFRUIT.
Ixpert Figures Crop
VIII Be Reduced
! About 10 Per Cent;
Heavy Demand

nav;svy shipments of grapefruit are
49, ns out Of Florida, according to
tbs weekly report Of w. ID. Googe in
fss department of agriculture mc /.
news letter issued from tho
nv. price. Following is mes I
-. OF the department
~sn.s and market condi LOVING
nection with the A.
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Copyright. 1923. Newspaper Feature servio,. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26

TRULY II would hardly be fair
to write about romances and
neglect the well beloved story
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CONSIDERING the large portiont heater ana nicer TO have
Il OF our time spent In bed. we light weight dimity spread
ahnufd raaITza - ra~~-t.. 81 meath Thasa praah u..h
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| Answers 10 Health Queries

c. A. Own glycerine correct
The Washington times., 1928-04-09
SENT
FOR BOXING

The American Legion Veterans of
Foreign Wars boxing show to be
staged at the Arcadia a week from
wednesday, featuring the University
of North Carolina ring team. cham
pions of the South, against the best
of local collegiate and amateur OPP
position, will be an officially
sanctioned Amateur Athletic Union
show.
Marvin H. Markle, chairman of
the registration committee of the
South Atlantic Association, Balti-
more, officially sanctioned the show
today in a communication addressed
jointly to Commander Thomas Ma
son, jr., of Costello Post, American
Legion, and Capt. Harvey L, Miller,
of Front Line Post, Veterans of For
eign Wars.
While it il not the policy of the
A. A. U. to sanction shows staged
by cubs, except. ms are often made
in cases involving the. legion or the
V. F..W.
The show is for members of the
legion or V. F. w. and for appli-
cants for membership. Admission
will he by a special membership GER
tificate card or by an application for
membership card. These cards can
be obtained from individual members
of any post { thu legion or V. F. w.
The Washington times., 1928-04-09
MD. l. To SHOW
At HOME
BIZ george a. SiInpsOn

The University Of Maryland base-
ball nine returns home tomorrow
to face smoky Joe Woods cohorts
in the Byrd Stadium at College
Park. Nd. The Terrapins have
been travelling since March 81 and
close their tour with game this
afternoon against University OF
South Carolina at Columbia, s. G.
The contest will mark the first
on home soil for the College
Parkers.
Syracuse University will also show
here tomorrow, testing it's strength
against Larry Kopf's Georgetown
team. The Hilltoppers had anassed
five straight victories until they
dropped games to Boston College
and Penn State on Saturday. Now
they must make fresh start upon
another string of victories.
Boston College. conquerors OF
Georgetown, encounters the Cath
Ole University Cardinals this after
Gioffre will probably be Coach
Moran's choice for mound work
against the Eagles.
Hugh Duffey, coach of the
Eagles, has q cOvey Of sluggers
as evidenced Saturday and GiOf-
fire must be his best IL he Is to-
silence the New England ar.
tilIerymen.
Coach Moran has stationed Carr.
Ray Foley at shortstop in the alb
sence Of Johnny Long, who has been
called home due to a death in his
family.
top. The Hilltoppers will play all
their games this week, after the
Syracuse clash tomorrow. at the
home park of the Griffmen. Lou
Little, athletic director at George
town, has obtained the stadium
through the cooperation of the
Washington baseball club officials.
Proceeds will help raise funds for
the intercollegiate Olympic commit
tee. of which Little is a member.
Two Eli gridders of note will be
seen here. They are Bruce Cald-s
well and Johnny Garvey, who ably
filled Caldwell's shoes when the
latter was disbarred from the
games with Princeton and Harvard.
Both are reputed to be as good in
baseball as they were in football.
Garvey hAils from Scranton, Pa,
and is pal Of Joe Lawler. former
Catholic u. star. Lawler is visiting
here for a few days and, upon
learning that the Yale team was
in town, Immediately sought out
Carney.
The Washington times., 1928-04-09
Babe and Lou Hit HOmers
To Tie DOdger Series

NEW YORK. April 9.-Twenty
thousand supporters of the New
York Yankees are convinced today
for the first time that the home
run twins. Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig. have regained the ability to
sock homers which carried them to
record heights last season. They
saw Babe and Buster deliver cir.
cult clouts which beat the Brooklyn
Robins yesterday. Z to 3. Dugan, of
the Yanks, and Max Carey, of the
Robins. also hit for four bases.
The series. now deadlocked. will
be resumed in Brooklyn today.
The Washington times., 1928-04-09

He did not want to miss single
chance Of improving his outfit be
fore sending 1t against Bill Carri-
gan's Boston Red Sox IA q cham
pionshir contest. Indeed, today =
exhibition game was scheduled more
to keep the boys busy than Tor
any other reason.
Most 81 them could stand
plenty of work without suffer
ing much.
The annual spring exhibition
series went to the National Leaguers
by the one-sided count of seven
triumphs in nine games played. The
opening clash was Washington
triumph in 10 innings of clever,
fighting baseball. Then the Griffs
slumped sadly and it. was not till
Fred Marberry's brilliant two-hit
game Saturday that the American
League contingent found itself.
beginning on March "a in
Tampa, the Griffs lost six
games in q row to McGraW's
club. Yesterday, though beaten,
the Griffs came from behind I'm
the ninth to score three runs
and tie the score. Then they
battIed into the fourteenth
when the Giants finally won
out. But the Griffs were very
much in that fight all the way.
q
The Washington times., 1928-04-09
TODK5 5P0RIORIAL
BY kiTI Miller

Somehow other onrushng will hardly the
watching the parade for
half, what with familiar char
acter who cedtaby from the
thereof.
OFF hand think Of upwards Of half hundred who have left
their batteeds and will longer be
with US and 81 course Of these ersthie
Snguary enough in passing from the big
good of the former greats
right into his fold because he has surrounded himself with
the big parade which Is Wiling 70 oter
ound slower "A
Mcmillan
1928 and the Giants along Jack
ley to help Walters afternoons little reasurlng
Bill Lamar Heavyweight Henry viii the uniform
Of the newly Bears which the Newark
Internationals recently adopted. . =,
So with Walter Lue who sold down the river oy 5eye
eytabe which marks the difference between the minor
and the major league performer.
The Washington times., 1928-04-09
Resume Qualifying
In NOrth-SOuth Open

PINEHURST, N. c., April g.
The 16 players who will make up
United North and South Amateur
Golf Tournament will be decided
here today, when the second half of
the 36-hole qualifying round Is run
off. Intermittent April showers
caused postponement Of the round
Saturday
George Voigt, defending champion
of Washington, and Eugene Ho.
mans, Englewood, n. j., tied for
honors in the first IS holes. turning
in a pair of 73s.
The Washington times., 1928-04-09
NationaI Leaeue cIeans House

But let us on to those go Newark but either
other club Of the Class A variety less or out Of the
game entirely. s., y,
George Mogrdge who under contract with the Braves
his and Jack Scott has been cast
bv the Stuffy Mclnnls Inc
Dodgers have parted company Chick Fewste Bill Marriott
MeuseI Mickey ONel and Merwln JACOBSEN since the a
National League curtain
little house
the interim marked by explosions Heine Groh
was let manage Charlotte club and Emil fde nike
Roy Spencer Herman Layne have
also parted company with the Smoky City team
to the
Snyder having caught pilot Of Houston Billy south
Frank Gibson to preside over
baseball affairs Johnny Mokan and Clarence JON
nard have joined Snyder Babe Pne disappears from
Pacific Coast, and the CUBS cut
loose half more them had attracted any
being mostly recruits