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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Give PRIZES
FOR CONTEST
Business Houses Aid
ing In City Beauti-
~fication Contest

Brownsville business men are re-
spending generously to the request
for prizes to be distributed In rom
nection with the Identification con-
test inaugurated BY the Brownsville
Civic League. A number of prop
erty owners and renters are report
ed to have enlisted for the contest.
Donors Of prides and funds an
nounced by the League are.
Quinn & Derrick, $1.0O: Rio Grande
Gas Co., $1.O0; j.. c. Penney store
$500 (merchandise); wv. III. Puteg-
nat Co., $500 (merchandisel; Pig
ely Wiggly store, $3.50; Eagle Phar-
macy Sl.50 [merchandise): McCrory
store $l.00 tmerchsndise): Wool
worth store, $500 (merchandise);
Eureka Cleaners sf.00; r. L. Lack
ner, $500 (merchandise); Hargrove's
Book store, present; Brownsville
Cleaning Co., three suits cleaned or
pressed: II. c. Saulsberg, pair silk
hose; Bishop Print Shop, calling
cards: Holms Camera Shop, book
ends; Dorfman's, music roll: p. o.
Barbecue stand. $1.O0; Patterson No
tor company, gift or cash: Mrs. Al
bert Smith. $40 worth Of shrubs or
plants.
A number Of other donations for
the contest are to be announced
next week.
Considerable interest was aroused
In the contest last year, and the
League is endeavoring to make the
present contest vailey-wide. Entry
coupons published in The Herald
have been received from a number
OF city residents. and an effort Is
being made to secure more entries
from all parts or the city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Find No Trace
Babe Parents

Belief that the body Of an infant.
Found March rs In the southwestern
part Of the CITY. had been brought
10 Brownsville from some other city
was expressed by city police off
rials Saturday. Officers have been
Investigating the case a week. and no
trace Of the parents has been found.
The body Is believed 70 have been
left about March ~. ut the place
where Il was found. the infant having
either s~mothered or died from ex-
posture. Residents Of that section
assert they heard no cries, and Of
ficers believe the infant was dead
when placed under the mesquite tree
where the body was found.
Physicians expressed the opinion
The infant had died q few hours after
birth, and ~ IL was a normal child
there was nothing 60 indicate that
iesth had been due to natural causes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Divorce Comedy
Is Capitol Film

In "0n TO Reno" which will Be on
view AZ the Capitol theater on Sum
day and Monday, Marie Provost, the
star, is the wife Of a struggling chap
who finds it difficult to meet ex-
penses. She accepts an offer 20
20 to Reno TO establish u residence
for another woman who IS seeking
a divorce. This brings about COM
plications of the most amusing de-
scription Of ell which have been cx-
~cellently handled BY James Cruze,
the director.
Cullen Lands plays opposite the
star and others In tic cast in
clude Ethel Wales, Ned Sparks and
Jane Kccklcv. The comedy - said
to be a fit antidote 70 the blues.
Pena-where women are womer
and men are menaced-has become
such a feminist city that it includes
q colored maid who smokes cigars
Such, at least, is the case IN son 70
Reno As a loving wife m~asquerad-
ing rs a divorcee. Miss Provost be-
comes entaneled in a network Of de-
cepticn in which her personal maid
is forced to claim a lighted cigar for
her own.
II IL a sophisticated comedy
drama. in which the famed divorce
capital of America is satirizcd ciev-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Crowd Here
Showing al Queen

Millions Of picturaEoers who thrill
ed at the sight Of "The Big Parade
will get no less satisfaction from
Witnessing the screening Of ''The
Crowd" King Vidor's latest produc-
ton for Neutrality-suspicious.
picture as epochaI for peace as ssThe
Big Parade" was with It's spectacular
background Of war. II rs showing to-
day and Monday nc the Queen
theater.
Vidor has woven "The Crowd" out
OF the everyday happenings In the
lives of the millions of Americans
who make up the great middle class.
There Is not an incident that does
not ring true to life and Is not en-
tirely logical. You can imagine your
self any one Of the characters Of the
cast You have had the same strug-
giles, the same fun, the same disap-
pointments and the same happiness
that Vidor has brought to John and
Mary in "The Crowd
Eleanor Boardman In seen ne her
best in the role Of Mary, a shop girl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Film to Show
AT RiaIto Today

Lieutenant Schad, formerly a
member Of Baron Won R~ichtofen's
famous Schlachtstaffel No. Is, acted
as a pilot and technical director in
the motion picture, "The Legion Of
the Condemned" produced by Para
mount His story Of the influence
Of the screen upon the future Of
aviation and some of his experiences
during the filming OF the production
is highly interesting.
Miss Fay Wray has enc Of the lead
ing roles in "The Legion Of the Con-
dcmned," Paramount's companion
picture to wings" tbs great epic Of
the cir. II win be shown at the
Rialto theater in Harlingen begin
ming today.
THE Legion Of the Condemned"
was written and directed hy the two
when who were responsible for the
filming Of wings" namely John
Monk Saunders and William Well
man.
Other members Of the cast Of the
production are Gary Cooper, Barry
Norton, Lane Chandler, Francis Nc
Donald. Voya Geoge, Freeman Wood,
+. II. Calvert and Chariot Bird.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
She Is Film Of
Feminine Beauty

The motion picture version of the
world-famous book by the inte Sir
Rider Haggard, entitled "She,D is
unique in many respects. and particu-
larly in one, as il tells a picture
story Of the most wonderfully
formed this earth has ever
known. The amazing white queen
"She" with everlasting life who
lives in a subterranean kingdom in
the heart Of darkest Africa.
Many describe IL rs the greatest
romance yer written. and the pic
ture version loses not one iota in
the transportation from the printed
page to the celIuloid strip. All the
sparkling splendor, the gorgeousness
Of the original tale are magnified
one hundredfold by the eye OF the
camera and brings to the screen n
love drama of smashing climaxes yet
replete with delicate situations.
Throughout the production is
handled with rare skill by the noted
director Leander de Cordova. The
cast Is headed by the international
beauty Betty Blythe, supported BY
Carlyle Blackwell and Mary 0dctte.
See ~She" at Dittmann theatcr Sun
day and Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

Sunday-Monday
CAPITOL-"0n 60 Reno" starring
Marie Provost in a Pathe De Mile
picture. Also Pathe News, Techni-
color, and Topics Of the Day. Mon
day-Hyland Grant and Hyiand, pop
ular musical vaudeville.
QUEEN-"The Crowd" a King Vi
dor picture with Eleanor Boardman
and James Murray. Also a Christie
comedy. Fables and MGM news.
DTTTMANN-"She." a G. B. Sam
uelson picture, taken from the Sir
Rider Hargnrd novel OF the same
anne. starring Betty Blythe. Also
IN educational comedy.
TEXAS-"Love OF Sunya." starring
Gloria Swanson. A United Artists
picture. Also international news
end a comedy.
Tuesday-Wednesday
CAPITOL-(Thursday also) "Find-
ers Keepers" with Laura La Plante.
A Universal Jewel picture. Also a
comedy. "Man OF Letters" and Pathe
review.
QUEEN-"French Dressing" with
Give Brook and Lois Wilson. Also
NGM news and comedy.
DITTMANN-"Silk Legs" a VII
liam Fox picture starring Madge
Bellanay. Also Fox news and Imper-
ial comedy.
TExAS-"The Telephone Girl" a
Paramount picture. Also a Mack
Sennett comedy, Bring Home Tur-
key"
Thursday-Friday
CAPITOL-(Fridav and Saturday,
Husbands for Rent" a Warner
Brothers picture. Also Sport Light.
Pathe news and Mack Sennett com
edy.
oUEEN-"Partners in Crime"
with Wallace Berry and Raymond
Estton. Also Educational comedy.
DTTTMANN-"Turkish Delights" n
Paul Sloan production with Rudolph
Schildkraut. Also a Pathe comedy.
TEEAS-"The Unknown" starring
Lon Clancy IN d Metro Goldwyn pic
ture. Also international news and a
comedy.
Saturday
QUEEN-"Conev Island" with an
all star cast. Also n comedy and
FELIX the Cat.
nTTTMANN-@Biood VIII Tell" a
William Fox picture. with Buck
Jones. Also an Educational comedy.
TEXAS-"Spurs and Saddle" fea-
ture picture. Also a comedy and
@Trail Of the Tiger" running serial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
ONION TARIFF
ACTION URGED


WASHINGTON. d. c., Mar. a.
Strenuous efforts on the part Of
Representative John N. Garner Of
Texas 10 secure prompt action In
connection with recommendations on
the onion tariff. marked the meet
ing Of the tariff commission this
week. The Texas representative
stated the movement Of onions from
his district would be under way In
two or three weeks, and that It was
imperative the commission take ae-
ton 10 prevent Spanish onions cap
turing the eastern markets.
Ii 4 letter 10 Thomas U. Marvin
chairman of the tariff commission,
made public today Representative
Garner stated:
II hope you will not think ] am
trying to overly influence your lndg-
ment concerning the proposed IN
crease OF the tariff on onions but
/ do want you to know that my
people are intensely interested IN
the subject, and that time is 3 ma
terial factor Just now in their In
LtLE1ka OUL UnAVn@ WAA R%h@A ~ ~
TO market the latter part Of next
month, and If the commission is 70
make its findings and send il to the
president without further investiga-
tion, I do hope that It can be done
at an early date.
ITO delay the matter for Spanish
values does not seem TO me entirely
in harmony with the situation, in
view OF Spain's position more than
a year ago. However, as indicated
above, I merely want to impress upon
you and your associates the intense
interest the people / represent have
in the subject, and the fact that this
years crop will be marketed largely
in the next ninety days, and / indulge
the hope that you may find It your
duty 10 make a favorable recon-
mendation to the president at an
early date"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Western Union Plant
Chief In San Benito

SAN BENITO, March 24.-J. G.
Hilbert. division plant supcrintcn-
dent Of the Western Union Telegraph
company was . visitor In San Benito
Friday. He was one or q party Of
other officials on mn inspection trip
Of Valley properties.
The party, composed OF TIT. McCann,
division line supervisor; M. "a. Bass.
division maintenance superintendent:
wv. G.. Halsey. division equipment
superintendent; Richard Jones. main
tenance foreman and Sam Stevens,
equipment supervisor. made the trip
IN q railroad motor car.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

or the better class who leaves her
position to marry q poor clerk who
fails 20 make good. 1t has been said
that Vidor obtained James Murray
from the extra ranks for the blk role
of John. NV only ia that
more directors should look over the
extra players for screen material.
James Murray II not a "comer"s he
is already there. This one part cs-
tablishes him M q remarkable screen
actor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

erly under the direction Of James
Cruze. Walter Woods prepared the
scenario from a story BY Joseph
Jackson. Ethel Wales. Ned Sparks
and Jane Keckley appear in the sup
porting cast.
lawyers in Reno, research reveals and
apartment houses and elaborate
hotels have been built in close prox-
unity to the court house.
EAGLE KILLS SHEEP
AYR, Scotland.-An eagle killed a
sheep a few miles from here.
Evening star., 1928-04-21

We have instincts because we are
animals. In so FAR as We live on the
animal level We live By our instincts. In
50 far as we live life Of reason, which
Is decidedly q human prerogatIve, We
get away from instincts.
This VIII explain very important
difference as well as very close Ike
ness between human beings and lower
forms OF life. Animals and insects live
wholly By instincts. Therefore their life
Is a matter OF rigid mechaniSms. The
bird builds her nest without previous
training and builds Ii as her ancestors
have built before her.
The acts Of the bees and other insects
and animals sometimes appear tntelli-
gent. but there is no reasoning power
back Of them because animals 90 not
really think They do al these wonder
ful things By instinct. Instinct IN the
animal Is purely a matter Of reflex ac-
tivity. One sort Of activity leads TO an
other and that TO another until the act
Is completed.
No one knows bow instincts origi-
mated. II Is supposed that they were
picked up somewhere along the line OF
progress, that the individuals who were
best able 70 meet competition lived 10
reproduce their kind and thus the more
capable ones continued 70 live on. In
stanctS are inherited. They are persist
ent tendencies 10 activity.
As human beings we have instincts
to start Us on our career but we soon
learn many new ways Of satisfying the
Evening star., 1928-04-21
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

The quacks who purport to treat or
cure cancer, piles, rupture, DOW legs,
cross eyes or club feet without opera
ton" are a dangerous gentry for any
sensible person to deal with. Their
painless" methods are never more pain
less than the methods employed by req
utable physicians or surgeons, and too
often the painless" or "bloodless" ham
ding the victim is subjected to proves
much more painful and injurious than
any proper surgical treatment Is likely
to be.
The destruction or removal of
warts, moles, skin cancer, by means of
caustics, or by electric instruments, or
by the injection of one or another
chemical, is as truly surgical" as is the
destruction or removal of the same lesion
by knife, currette or other implement.
In the treatment of piles in many
cases the/patient need not be detained
from business by the treatment. nor
suffer any great discomfort. This Is
not the place to discuss the various
methods of treatment available to the
modem; physician, further than to say
rhas all known methods which are
curative are surgical In character, and
the wise patient will therefore intrust
the matter of treatment only to the
hands of a reputable physician and
surgeon
It is high time that intelligent folk
should discard the foolish notion that
surgery means only cutting.
tCopvrght. 1881
Evening star., 1928-04-21

If am going to have my appendix
removed or my jowls lifted or bunions
deletcd, the doctor I select to do the
deed is going to use an aneSthetic, local
or general, / can assure you. Also he Is
going to stick around until / am up
and doing again, / expect. Also he is
going to remain Ia practice right In MS
present stand long after he has finished
with me. So what difference does 1t
make to me whether the doctor uses
knife. a mallet or q vacuum cleaner IN
the operation? Not bit. pick the
doctor and leave 1t to him to pick and
choose his instruments or remedies.
The quacks still have the cheek TO
appeal to the unsophisticated prospect
by dwelling on his fear Of "the knife.
Cancer quacks. rupture cure takers, pile
cure crooks and various other dtsrep-
utable charlatanS have long piled their
victims with this sort Of twaddle. They
presume upon the ignorance of the lay
man about the methods OF modern
surgery.
1t is well for one who has nc. learned
by personal experience of the exquisite
gentleness of modern surgery to know
that most operations are done with 1T
tie or no use of knife" that there is
no more than a spoonful or two OF
blood lost in most operations, and that
there is Just as little or as much risk
of complications involved in So-called
'bloodlesS" operation or surgical treat
mcnt of any kind as there Is in the
most radical operation.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Uttered Streets.

Spring days bring fresh breezes and
those breezes sweeping up and down
the streets find plenty to play with In
the litter that bestrews the wayside.
"You teachers ought to teach the
children to keep the streets clean" said
an indignant householder. "We tax
payers ought to expect that much from
YOU at least" and much more he said
of the same order.
It is not children who litter the parks
and the streets. 1t is groWn-up people'
Children dc not read newspapers IN tne
marks nor do they smoke cigarettes,
throw out old hats, shoes, tin pans ana
bottle as fancy siezes them ana 50
litter the streets past decency. NO, II
is not the children.
The school yards are clean. The chill
dren use the refuse cans provided Tor
the waste The janitor sweeps the
| floors. The schools are clean. But the
streets and the parks are mass OF
fiuttering rags, paper, waste OF all de-
scriptions. What can we do TO Improve
things?
think the children could help the
grown people a bit. The child who is
old enough to put papers into neat
bundle and tie them firmly ought to be
| trained to do So There are many such
children in the homes Of the land. Let
them tie up the waste paper securely.
place it in a bag or other container so
| that it cannot get blown about the
street until the street cleaners can carr
| it away Begin at home. Train the
children to prepare the waste for tht
cleaners daily and the streets viii be
| freer of much that now distreSSes us
On each block, or in each big apart
ment house, there should be an older
| child. a high school boy or girl, E
Scout or Campfire girl, to supervise
| this collection, preparation and ffna
| disposal into the carriers cart. Each
| family. each block. and then the whole
! town would be conscious of the condi-
! ton and do what was needful to remedy
| It,
| After each holiday the parks are
| strewn with paper and bottles and there
| is general complaint filed against the
| schools. why do not the schools at
| tend to this destruction and waste Of
| public property" We do It Is not the
| children who so litter the parks. They
/ follow the grown-up. a long way behind
| him. too
| First, place waste containers in con-
! venient places. Have enough Of them
| and make them generous. Then sta
! ton watchmen to see that the grown
| ups throw their newspapers into the
barrel when they are through witt
| them. The grown-ups can direct the
! children to throw any waste food, any
Evening star., 1928-04-21
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM
When Glory Is Not Glory.

Text: "For men TO search their own
glory is not glory. y."-Proyerbs xxv27.
When the Queen of Sheba heard Of
the fame Of Solomon she Travelled many
hundreds of miles TO see for herself
whether the things she had heard we're
true. And when she had seen all
Solomon's wisdom, and the house that
he had built, and the meat Of his table,
and the sitting Of his servants. and the
attendance of his ministers, and their
ascent by which he went up unto the
house Of the Lord" she cried, Behold,
the half was not told me-"
But when Solomon turned TO search
out his own glory, how different 1t all
seemed to him. In Ecclesiastes, after
telling of his great works, the palaces
he had built, the gardens and orchards
he had made, the silver and gold and
treasures he had gathered. the servants
attendants and ministers who waited
upon him, he writes: Then I looked
on all the works that my hands had
wrought, and on the labor that I had
Iabored to do, and behold, all vas
vanity" The magnifcence and splendor
which had so dazzled the eyes Of the
Queen Of Sheba, seen thorugh Solomon's
own eyes, appeared but an empty glory.
FOR ment to search their own glory
is not glory" When Solomon wrote
this he was speaking out o. his own
experience. Many others who have
achieved glory have spoken IN a sim
liar manner of their glory. We some
times imagine that we would be su-
premely happy If We could make our
selves famous. But the famous soon tire
Of the glamour and glory Of their fame
Beholding their own glory. It is not
glory to them.
(ConyriEht 1897
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

April 81. 1S09.--Encouraging evidence
of the extent of the Indian trade in the
Federal District is furnished by the fol-
| lowing advertisement published today
by Gen. John Mason. head of the
Militia Service ard superintendent of
the Indian trade: Upward of 1000
raccoon skins offered for sale at the In-
dian Trade once. Georgetown"
The Indian trade has been establish
ed by the Government as a benevolent
device designed to supply the Indians
with such articles as they need in ex-
change for furS. A large storehouse is
located in GEORGETOWN where furS of
all sorts. obtained from the Indians, are
carefully preserved until they can be
sold at a profit.
The fur trade with the Indians has
been one of the most important COM
mercial features of the Potomac River
settlements since the early days of the
Virginia and Maryland colonies. The
head of tidewater. where the new Fed
eral City is now located. has always
been the chief point of exchange. 1t be-
came the practice of the Virginia set
tiers, soon after jamestown was found
ed, to make voyages to the present site
of Washington City and exchange trim
ketS, knives and sometimes "firewater"
for the furs OF wild animals, which
commanded high price in Europe. The
same business was conducted on large
scale by the Maryland coloniSts who
founded ST Mary's City on the lower
Potomac River.
In the early days Anacostia. which
was then the Indian village of Nacotch-
tanke. was the chief point of barter.
Regular trips were made TO this village
by the Virginians and Marylanders. who
obtained the furs brought there by In
dians of the surrounding territory and
the regions Of the upper river. George
town has succeeded TO the bulk of this
trade Most of the furs now come from
the west and northwest of the city.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Everday Law Cases.
viii Court Entertain Suit BetWcen
Partners In UnldWtul Business?
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

Sharp & Meek were partners en-
gagged in bookmaking, or making, ac-
cepting and placing wagers upon horses.
The business prospered and they soon
had fund of $4,000. which was placed
in the bank under Sharp's name.
Sharp died shortly thereafter, and
Meek suddenly realized the mistake he
had made in having the money N
Sharps name. He made a demand
upon the executor of Sharp's estate for
his half of the bank account. The eX-
ecutor refused and Meek brought an
action in equity. asking for an ac-
counting.
At the trial he set out the details of
the partnership. showing his interest in
the $4,000 account.
The court. however. refused to enter
tain the suit. stating.
Although 1t is evident that Sharp
left money in which Meek had a half
interest, the court cannot lend Its aid
in settling the affairs of an illegal part
nership. Where partners engage in an
unlawful business. they are left where
they are found"
Evening star., 1928-04-21
BRAIN TESTS

These intelligence tests are being
given at most of the leading uiiiverSi-
ties Study them, try TO answer them,
and. If you can't or arc doubtful refer
TO the correct answers. This VIII give
YOU a slant on your mental rating.
Read this problem carefully. You Will
find 1t really perplexing. 1t seems to
offer variety of possible answers; yet
it can have but one.
A corporation sends check for 500
to Mr. x. This check falls into the
hands of swindler named z.
z forges the Endorsement and takes
the check to store where x owes $50,
and gives the check in payment for the
bill. AS the check Is for 500, the store
gives z $50 as change.
This fraudulent transaction is dis
covered later on, after has left town
The corporation makes the store repay
the 500 for the check. so that 1t can
send the money to <. to whom it right
fully belongs.
How much money does the store lose?
Take your time on this problem and
try to find the proper answer. Then
pat the proposition to other people, and
see how their answers vary!
The store lost $50. They actually paid
$50 to z, the only person who gained
by the transaction. II they repaid $i00
TO the corporation 1t would be because
the check went through the bank and
the store received 500 for 1t.
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