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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Be Miffed! Let the Army Settle It

office, and what those soldiers
did to the telephone operators
and the telephonesl They tore
down the telephone receivers
and smashed the operators over
the head with them-they broke
up all the windows in the tele-
phone office and they carried
out the desks and made a bonfire
of them-and the General sat
down calmly and drank his tea,
with the peaceful contentment
which comes Of rage well
vented.
do not speak a single word
Of Chinese, and far be it from
me to criticize the telephone OPP
orator. either here or in China
but oh, haven't you wished
and don't you wish this minute
that you had a detachment Of
soldiers at hand and could-er-
a-oh. well, you know what I
mean perfectly well
You know you do, even II
you are an operator yourself
and give the busy signal when
you want to finish a little con-
versation concerning the sweet
est man in the world-honestly
now, don't you?
Copyright 1878, Newspaper Feature servica TINS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
By WINIFRED BLACK

IENERAL Ii YUN-CHANG-he's a man
n after my own heart. / never set eyes
- on him in my life and never expect to
he's Chinese and no doubt he wears an en-
broidered coat that l would love to yank of
his shoulders and have for my own, and /
don't know whether he has a pigtail under
his embroidered skull-cap or whether he be-
varnish part.
Is he tall or Is he short, is he fat or is he
lean? Is he old or is he young, is he rich or is
he poor, is he clever or is he dull, is he kind
or Is he cruel?
Does he sit in his garden Of lilies Of an eve
ming and blow quaint melodies on the Chinese
fute-or does he take his ease in the wistaria
arbor and listen to the silver bells jingle when
the wind blows, and sip endless cups Of tea
while the beautiful girls dance for his delight?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Buying Clothes on the Run
BY JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON

TXTE'vE talked a lot in this
VV column about matching
ones frock to ones mood:
about watching the line OF the frock
so that IL brings out the good points
OF the figure and covers I'D the bad
points. but very little has been said
about the actual buying OF clothes.
There Is. or course. a question as
TO whether or not the actual buying
or clothes belongs in a beauty
column Personally. I think IL does
for the simple reason that when I
follow my own method OF selecting
clothes the result usually Is highly
successful from a beauty or charm
standpoint . . and THAT belongs
In a beauty column. doesn't it7
Only In very are cases do i de-
~lberately go shopping. The longer
/ look the more confused | become,
both as TO the actual value and as
to the beauty-for-me merits OF the
article In question. Consequently,
deliberate shopping Is a bore and a
nightmare and always was until
THE day.
/ was going up In a fast-moving
elevator when my eve caught sight
OF a charming frock displayed in the
window OF a shop that was passed
as quickly as the impression was
gained. l got off the elevator at the
next stop and walked down the
stairs until I came 10 the shop where
the frock was on display. The frock
seemed TO say please buy me. /
was made for your
Closer inspection proved that the
quality was excellent and the price
reasonable. Also that the dress
fitted me perfectly. Need I add that
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the dress went home with met II
was tremendously successful, which
led me 70 buy as much OF my wear
ing apparel as my purse permitted
with only inspiration TO guide me.
There Is a sound psychological ex-
PLANTATION for this. I believe. Walk
ing along the street with the mind
on anything but clothes. keeps out
all accepted tradition Of style so that
the penetration OF this ~preoccupied
frame OF mind indicates that the
thing making the impression is i'm
portant-so important that IL reaches
the inner and correct sense OF beauty
and fitness that Is within all OF us
I honestly believe that II we were
unhampered by rule and precedent
most OF US would pick out the most
suitable things and we would do II
by instinct. II Is the conscious ef-
fort to find perfection thar leads 80
many people astray because the
standard OF perfection Is not based
on the individual but on the mode
Or style OF the moment.
II you want to find the most per-
feet clothes for your own self try
picking them out on-the-run. catch
ing the first conscious impression or
them from the corner OF your eye.
keeping the deliberate or conscious
perception for closer inspection Of
quality and price
incidentally. and most important.
I've never selected an article or
wearing apparel in this manner that
hasn't fitted me perfectly and that
hasn't been extremely becoming =.
and ] know OF other women who
have had the same good fortune.
There must be something IL In.
Anyway, it's worth trying out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Advice to Girls
~ Anuia Taurio
BY Annie Laurie
NEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ I am In my teens and a junior
In high school. I have been going
out with boys for about two years
with my fathers permission
About two months ago ! met q
very nice boy whom ! liked very
much and who seemed 70 like me.
We had several dates before father
knew that be had a certain relia
gion. When father found this out
he told me not TO 90 with him any
more. I do not wish TO give up
this boys friendship and I do not
wish TO disobey my father. IT he
call up again and I know he will.
what can ! tell him without giving
~ his friendship?
Would IL be all right II I went
out with him without telling
father? PUZZLED
nUZZLED: Personally. I think that
Il the question OF difference In
religion Is one that should never
stand In the light or friendship. Be
cause after all difference In religion
Is like q lot OF roads leading TO the
same place. Naturally. a. your father
forbIds you 10 go out with this boy.
YOU must accede to his wishes. even
though II may deprive you OF a very
pleasant friendship. As TO what you
can tell him. my dear. l don't know.
You might plead previous engage
ments each time he calls you. which
would naturally discourage him. I'm
the course OF time. I admit IL will
he a hard thing for YOU to do, but
FOR the time you must obey your
father. I'm sorry I cannot say any
thing which viii help you. for after
all. your father Is the one whose
wishes you must follow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Loves Awakening n. s.. .;%. ; %... a. =
Madge Funlbles With the Tangled Threads Of Life and
Finds q Hard Knot.
BY Adele Garrison,

nearest OF kin 70 my dead mother.
in my feeling that he was far less
fitted TO make her happy than was
Hal Meredith, and that he less
deserved her love. But I could not
control my emotional reaction to
Katherine's problem. although ] vas
careful never TO let her guess that I
gave IL any thought.
But Katherine is highly psychic
and when she rose suddenly 70 her
feet after her significant confidence.
I knew that she had read my
thoughts. sensed my attitude toward
her problem and wished to get away
from both Immediately lest they
influence her.
III shouldn't have said that TO
you" she said remorsefully. After
all. each OF Us has TO solve her own
problem alone. Just forget ! said
anything except 'au revoir.'"
She turned away up the hin. CIV
ing me no chance to reply. But Il
knew that her regret at having
spoken though vaguely OF her mari
tai tragedy. included a fear that /
might feel impelled to use the con-
fidence as an xcu to plead Hal
M~eredith's cause
With the c~enturies-worn feeling
that Life was a skein In which most
OF the threads were inextricably
tangled. I walked back toward the
house. AS ! neared the kitchen. Katie
dashed out CT the door. and when
she saw me-, made her hands into a
trumpet and called Telephone" I'm
tones which I am sure Mrs. TIGER
at the next house cross the fields
could have heard. I quickened my
steps and when I reached the steps.
Katie amplified her information.
tits long distance. dot girl says.
from New York. and nobody else but
you or Meester Graham viii do. Il
tell her you shoost outside and she
say get you 10 phone. before she
puts oder party on"
"Ohi a particular person called" 7
commented. hurrying through the
kitchen. did she say who ii WASP"
"She say. but I no understand dot
poor feesh." Katie returned wither-
ingIy. but I already had answered
my own question. There was no n
IN New York who would cali FOR
either Dicky or me on the same call
except the woman whose voice I
heard when Central completed the
connection-Edith Fairfax.
cTO be cDntinued.)
Copyright. 1925. Ne~spapur Feature Service. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
The Stars Say
For Tuesday, June 10.
By %GENEvIEvE KEMBLE

A LTHOUGE the ~pleasurable as
~ relates 70 social. domestic. ar
tistic and affectional activities
Is uppermost this day. yet there are
auguries OF new ventures In which
these may figure. Business may as
sumo feminine aspects or negotia,
tons may De with women OF relate
TO woman's interests. These may be
put In serious Jeopardy by lack OF
self-control or resort TO strife. con-
tention or -tempestuous conduct.
Those whose birthday IL Is may
have a year In which the feminine
may dominate the affairs. either in
a business contact or as relates 70
social, domestic. artistic or romantic
activities. AS pertains 20 new bust
ness there hangs a menace from
lack Of s~elf-control- quarrels or
tumultuous actions. A child horn
on this day may be talented and &C
complished IN many Of the cultural
lines. but may need 70 have instilled
~self-restralnt In speech and deed
Life Is not jest and amusement;
life is not eUen enjoyment. life is
hard iabor-TurgeHef.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Weather Demands Special Care for Young Babies
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
by Blanche silver
Susan Spider Meets Her New
Neighb0rs.


~ NE lovely cool evening Susan
Spider was sitting I'm one cor
ner or her webby house which
was swung I'D above the kitchen
sink In the corner. She hadn't had
ID many callers that day as shs
would have liked and Susan Spider
was Just "a wee bit hungry. "A spider
tear elistened In her eyes ana
dropped down upon the sink
We'll, dear mei'' exclaimed q
strange voice. and Susan Spider
looked over the side OF her wea
house: there on the sink looking up
at her was a q~ueerlookng smooth
brown bug. twenty times larger tina
Susan Spider. Goodness me- was
hat you crying7 i Thought IL was
raining"
''It doesn't very often rain indoors
here" laughed Susan Spider, Won
derIng who the stranger could TO-,
She had never seen a bug like II be-
fore. ado you i've in the kitchen
here7 What's your narne7 Mine
- Susan Spider and this is my little
web house. DO you build a web house
Mrs. Whateyer-yOur-namc-isy"
IL should say / don't build wefa
houses" grunted the stranger
gruffly. II can't be bothered with a
house or any kind. Besides I'm NOT
Missus. I'm Mr.. Cokroach. second
cousin 20 Johnny Grasshcpper. Billy
Locust. CHEEKY Cricket and Dotty
Walking-stick-"
We'll. well. Mr.. C~ockroach."
laughed Susan Spider merrily. I'm
sorry I mistook you for your wife.
You sec I Just moved into the ktch-
en- here yesterday and ] haven't
met many OK the folks who live here.
Besides don't believe ! could tel
n Cockroach from another"
That's easy after you arm the
difference Rrumbled Mr.. Cockroach-
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Here comes my wife now" as n
other Cockroach came running to
ward them over the sink. Come
here. dearl Susan Spider has just
moved into the kitchen and she tells
me she doesn't know the difference
between us. Now. Susan Spider. take
q good look at my wife and me and.
maybe. the next time you see one az
US you won't make any mistake Is
TO which one X H."
well. IN the first place." laughed
Mrs. Cockroach merrily. I'm much
smaller than Daddy Cockroach ".
and In you'll notice. my wings are
Just wee little short ones. whils
Daddy Cockroach has great big long
ones"
How funny" said Susan Spider.
why - that. anyway"
iii suppose because ne likes 10
travel more than I do" unused Mrs.
Cockroach. "He can fly any place
he wants 70. I can't
Mr.. Cockroach has much longer
reelers than you have" unused Susan
Spider. Goodness. I wish I had
great strong legs like you have. Do
you run very fast7"
I'VE certainly do run fast" replied
Mr. C~ockroach- do you zee I'm
spines sticking out backward On M
legs? Those are the weapons I ust
against my enemies. When anyone
attacks me. I just turn my back ON
them. back-up and begin TO kick. az
the same time ] throw out "a horrible
door. ! can most always send every
enemy away I'm a hurry"
All but one" laughed Mrs. Cock
roach Run. here she comes now
and quick as q wink. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cockroach scooted for a corner qI
the sink. but Susan Spider saw "
fly swatter bang down and when she
looked down again. she saw the cook
dumping Mr.. and Mrs. Cockruac
into the garbage can.
We'll" began Susan Spider, huk
she got no farther. for a rag suseps
her web house down and Susan Sri-
der barely escaped with her life.
She hurried out into the yard and
that was the last time she ever bulk
her web In anyone's kitchen. Shs
swung II between the branches ct q
bush and there she lives with her
family as happy as can be.
c~ouJriSht- ia1S. Newspaper Feature srrvf-a Irr
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uCI dIlbCUs IEIoIEII u1E1IN = NNIVV IT
other matter.
II you have an hallucination OF
sight and see a non-existent clock.
but then verify II. find II IL not 20.
and In consequence change your
opInion-why. you've simply made
an ordinary mistake. that's all. You
have corrected your mistake besides.
Your hallucination II not insane.
III you believe people follow you
and prosecute you and an appeal Is
made to your reasoning. through
which you correct your error OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
A Fashion Models Diary
BY GRACE ~ORNCLIF
She Writes of a Delightful Dress for Summer Wear.

II AN all het up over a dress we've
Just received at the shop. It's
~ black but simply divine for
Summer wear-especially on those
sultry Summer evenings when you
go t~heatreward expecting to boil be-
tween intermissions.
IT'S a two-piece pleated skirt =
blouse. On the latter, cire satin
ere imposed on a net body. leaving
\ gap OF net between the bands
xvhirh are narrow at the top p
crow wider as they progress down.
ward.
Similar treatment appears on the
sleeves and the result is a emilia
tion system even more efficient than
elegant moving picture palaces can
boast of. A cool. neat dress Tor
For daytime wear a small turban
would combine smartly with II; later
A. the afternoon or In the evening a
Isrra black baIlibuntl would be nice.
Ana speaking or large and small hats
Ieads me TO describe the hat which
Il both-and anything more amusing
and slightly ridiculous ! nave never
heard OF.
Rnt the fact remains that one
p.rigan couturier Is sponsoring q
iarre-sman hat which Is bound. me-
thinks. to get him nowhere. IL Is OF
-nst straw and In called. for I'M
srrrvvn reasons, the Fairy Tale
1I.t" II combines a wide detacha-
hia brlm with a smart crown and a
silently apparent bandeau which
naTrows at the bach.
YOU'RE in a large hat, sweeping
and f~lattering for dinner: you enter
= theatre and being q OF those who
are averse 70 removing hats and dis
arranging coift 1hs S n1aing lie bb, rim
s~cm the crown leavinga well-finished
fa,rban. the lower edge or which Is
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~ OR several seconds after Kath-
crime finished. I felt as IL the
air were vibrant with the echo

IN OR several seconds after Kath-
crime finished. I felt as IL the
air were vibrant with the echo
or ner cry: II don't want you to
make the mistake ! made" knew
that she never would have spoken
OF the marital tragedy which was
hers had she not felt II her duty and
her opportunity 20 warn me Of the
error she felt I vas In danger OF
making. And I I'm turn felt my own
problems fade into comparative in
significance as / realized again what
a thorny path her patient feet were
treading.
1t was q path upon which she
asked no assistance. however. She
rarely spoke or her husband. absent
upon an interminable expedition into
the wilds or South America. from
which he would not return for many
months. But I feared hat Jack
Bickett'e sternness. his objections 70
her working At her profession while
he was absent upon trips which ne
either could not or would not let her
share. and his jealousy. had at last
destroyed the wonderful devotion
which had been Katherine's and
which had dragged her husband back
from death
And Hal Meredith. brilliant alien
ist, p~layfellow. almost lover OF her
youth, was always IN the back
ground, waiting. as he had been
ever since the suicide OF his half
insane and wholly evil wife. Lucia
set him freel
That my little kinswoman received
occasional letters from DR.. Meredith.
I knew. but I had nc knowledge Of
their contents from her. But It was
easy TO conjecture that they were
lmpassIoned appeals TO make the
decision which would bring him bur
rying home 70 her. Always the
receipt Of n OF those heavy
envelopes heralded days or depres-
sion for Katherine. during which 4
guessed she fought anew \ battle
which had begun nj y tragedy
which was Lucia Meredith's death.
Sometimes I puzzled over the fact
that my sympathIes were all en-
listed In the cause Of the brilliant
~alienist. when according 10 conven-
ton and the ties OF blood. Jack
Beckett should have received all my
allegiance. Indeed. ] often felt that 4
was guilty or treachery 10 my cousin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Home Making Helps
BY Wanda Barton.


Ot0 Rugs III NeLD DeStQnS.
HTE r all more or less ca.
wv milIar with hooked rugs,
those we used to make by
stretching burlap on to frames and
hooking through tho narrow rag
strips. usually making a black border.
then q mixed gay center or one OF
a solid color. Again we used the
heavy worsted and made what we
then called a moss" mat, generally
In shades OF green. The sacking was
neatly hemmed when the hooking
was done and then lined with double
faced Canton flannel so as to lay well
on the floor.
The people Of Labrador introduced
Us TO a newer form OF hooked rug
by p~atterning the center with scenes
from their w country-snow scenes
with polar bears. dog teams. dark
green spruce trees. Icy rivers. ice
huts and brilliant sunshine. The
years they made the most were bad
fishing years. The rnen were home 10
help. and the somberness OF poor con-
ditions and intense cold were reflec-
ted in the coloring and Atmosphere Of
the rugs. A hooked painting one
might say OF the country and its
people. The missionary influence
was responsible for the marketing
OF the wares. The last two years
draperies and native embroideries
have come with the rug exhibitions.
But quite the newest venture in
the hooked rugs has come to us as
the handiwork or the women OF the
Blue Ridge Mountain section Of
North Carolina The rugs. q fair
showing OF them recently exhibited
at the New York Art Center. r. not
the designing Of the women them
selves. but OF prominent artists who
draw the patterns and select the
colors and the women do the work
only.
Needless to say. the patterns are
very m~odernistic OF the rugs and
cannot be grasped by one careless
glance but must DO studied. The
longer and closer you look the more
you will see. A horse design. for in
stance, leads n on to discover a
number OF horses when you thought
those In the foreground were all
there were. The large circular rugs
with cubist tendency OF design are
attractive, their oddities not being
as striking as when they appear In
paper or textiles. One OF these rugs
has q railroad train leaving q tunnel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

Within a half hour my horse was
we were just jogging along at a
reins.
The horse knew ~instinctively there
had been a change OF leadership and
he conformed 70 the spirit OF the
new management. Certainly babies
know as much as horses. II the
mother IS tired and irritable. she
passes on TO the child the same
spirit.
We need not stop with the rela.
tionship between the mother and In.
FAINT. An irritable father will upset
the whole household A fretful
young woman brings home from her
work an atmosphere Of irritation and
discomfort. A cross boy will upset
q whole household.
Thus you see the heat OF Summer
IS exasperating and trying to all the
members OF the family. But, with
the exception OF the baby. IL won't
cause any lasting harm. The baby
must be watched and protected. His
health must be guarded with more
than ordinary are during the hot
days and nights. The first Summer
IS the most trying eason OF the en-
tire lifetime Of this individual.
Dear mother. you are the n al.
Ways called upon to make sacrifices.
but the sacrifices OF this Summer
Will mean everything 10 the young
life given to you TO guard What
happens TO your child this Summer
IS the foundation upon which his
future will be built. IL he has the
right start. he will grow into youth
and maturity. strong and vigorous,
ready for the battle OF life. Your
sacrifices are well worth while.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

Did you ever think that q baby is Influenced
a lot by the temper Of his Mother? If the
Mother suffers from the effects Of heat, IL she
is kept awake by the sitting, airless blanket
of a blistering Summer night, naturally she suf-
fers in temper. Unless il II of the unfailing
variety, her good nature cracks under the strain
of this trying circumstance.
So, you see, the baby must endure his own
suffering from the heat and, in addition, must
endure the irritation of his mothers fretfulness.
Babies are just as sensitive, certainly, as horses
A horse will sense and react to the temper and
disposition of the driver.
"A great many years ago ! was driving q
spite Of the fact that we were mot making any
remarkable speed, my horse was in a lather Of
foam. Ny calm and sei-controlled father was
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mistake of the senses-nothing more.
If you think you see a clock on the mantel
shelf, for instance, and there actually Is no clock
there-thats an hallucination of sightl
If you hear the ticking of a clock when there
isn't any ticking-when your imagination has
tricked you into hearing something that does not
exist-thats an hallucination OF hearing!
The same holds true of the other senses Of
taste, smell and touch.
Noting bitter or sweet when what you taste
is not actually bitter or sweet-beingc convinced
that an odor is foul, or touching a thing and
having it feel TO you as quite different from what
it ought to-all such these make you q sufferer
from Authorizations.
A delusion Is a mistake Of judgment. II you
believe you own a million dollars when you don't,
that's a delusionl II you think people are follow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Some Odd Facts

Africa Is the original home or
coffee: cocoa was first produced
In America. and tea In Asia
Eyes can now be examined so
infinitely by a new appliance that
even the corpuscles circulating in
the blood-vessels are visible.
The Royal Blackheath Golf
Club. which vas founded I'm
1903. is the oldest golf club In
the world.