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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-07

NEW YORK, June TN N of the
largest hotels in New York. where the
average person might have the i'm
preston that no attention is paid to
insignificant guests, there IL a sys-
tom Of friendliness that makes Wis
TORS realize there is such a thing as
hospitality In h~ard-hearted New
York. This hotel has a man trained
TO visit male guests who are confined
to rooms with illness. There is a
roman 10 make the same visits TO
sick women guests.
Not long ago there was, in this
particular hotel, u young woman from
my Kentucky. She was alone, the
few friends she had in New York
didn't know she was In the city. She
had an attack of tonsilitis and had TO
20 to bed. For a few hours she made
her condition worse by crying and
worrying, because she was afraid
she'd die Of loneliness and inatten-
ton. But as soon as the manager
learned Of her illness. he got the hos
Fitality machinery going. He arrang-
ed with telephone girls. who work in
shifts. to spend off hours reading 70
the patient, had a physician call, ar
ranged for special broths, sent in
flowers and placed a matron at her
service 70 do such shopping as she
needed.
A reader of the Diary asks: rs II
harder for a young writer to succeed
II New York than in the old home
town? l have an ambition 10 be n
~rCvelist. ! am willing TO undergo
hardships to realize. ] don't think
I'LL ever find encouragement here"
Supposing, Of course, that he or
she has the necessary talent. deter
mination and energy. New York prob
ably IN the easiest place 10 succeed.
There are more opportunities.
Margery Latimer came 70 New
York four years ago from Portage,
Wis. with nc money and a deter
mination 10 write. She refused 70
seek a job that would interfere with
her ambition. and eked out N living
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RESTLESS LOE
g BY Samuel MoTUiNisse
RELEASED E6Y CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

ing everything until we get down
there. The compositors have gone,
but he SAYS he can set the stuff up
himself. Is there anything partic-
ular YOU want US 10 sayg'
1--WE got it pretty clear in my
mind" said Stella.
Just BE- sure YOU hit hard" said
Homer. mo weakening now
Stella could write. And on this
occasion the subject matter blaEed
in her brain. Within an hour the
proof was corrected (this over the
imposing stone IN the press room),
the makeup completed. and the run
Of the paper under way again. Miss
Curry proved 70 Ne 50 shaken that
Asbury took her home. Left alone
in the office. Stella dropped for a
moment into one OF the swivel chairs
and pressed her hands arainst her
hot checks.
A strong light was thrown sud
denly in through the front window.
She lowered her hands and sat mo-
tionless. Then she saw that there
were two lights. II was an auto
tADHAAG hEaIAAE III 10 AG 1AAHs VA
heard a door slam. A figure ap-
peared on the screen.
"Oh. Homeri" she cried, rather
weakly. You shouldn't have comet"
He was hatless, and still bandaged.
As he stepped under the light she
saw how battered mis- face was. But
he smiled. I'm perfectly all right,
Stella. Thought I'd better have a
look at what you've done"
mo. Ill 80 out there"
please sit down." She was too
quick for him. He dropped down AZ
his desk painfully. Returning with
the proof. she stood by while he
read II. and felt relief when he
nodded approvinrIy.
That's fine. Stella. Bully. Hit
ting straight out. Maybe it'll make
them think. I hope So"
1T ought 10. But really, Homer,
YOU shouldn't have -. /"
"Oh. Lordi I couldn't lust lie
there. How about YOU? Aren't YOU
al in It's well or in the nisrn-
ing. And you've had p day Of IT,"
She sank into the chair nj the
other desk. "I1l admit I'm linn,
But I'm too excited 20 60 home"
1T is exciting. I've been thinking
pretty deeply. stretched out there.
lou do at a time like this. Think
ing over what il seems 70 be ali
ahout. -.. HIM Poor old Ham,
he spread a firm hand on the
desk. pressing il down. Stella. re-
Earding him. found her ewes filing.
DO you know. Stella. I realize that
I'm not like Ham. lie was a cru
sader. I'm not
CTO BE CONTINUED
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New York Letter

ms a manuscript reader and book re-
viewer, while writing n novel. Her
diet consisted mostly OF raw vege-
tables and stale bread.
She found sympathetic friends, and
persons Of influence offered her fl
~hancial aid, but she proudly refused
il. There In plenty Of such encnur-
agement for ambitious and energetic
youth i'm New York.
Miss Latimer's first novel, I'VE
Are Incredible" is a success. Her
short stories are in demand.
III am glad that I refused offers of
subsidization that kind people made.
II. IL better 70 stand on ones own
feet" she told me. III know that
when | have something To write, I will
write II whether or not I have had 4
satisfying dinner that day. The ira
vail Of poverty can even provide an
added stimulus"
And there are the examples ~
Anne and Alice Timnney. OF NV Ken-
lucky. They set up here as authors
with a secondhand typewriter ard a
load Of courage and determination.
Their first published story-the one
that always gives authors the biggest
thrill-appeared In publication that
suspended before they were naid ar
IL. They supported themselves writ
ing publicity for banks while compos
ing three plays. one MI which. bot
ted" Is winning them attention on
Broadway.
The Timoncv play. incidentally. I'm
all about q woman who turned out
the best whisky in the state Ny Ken
lucky and was D. proud az II.
The same artists who had % de-
sert Greenwich Village wher the in
fiux Of weather. folk made rents nc
up. are being pushed out of the
art colony in Sutton Place and the
East River hy the advance upon the
section BY affluent notables. The re-
suit IL that the artists are "a longer
e%ndeavoring 20 cling 60 the island.
hut are scattering into suburbs. Some
are taking over abandoned farms.
Bohemia" in no more.
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Washington
Letter
THREE MEN OF SILENCE TO
HAVE MUCH TO SAY
By CHARLES r. STEWART

By CHARLES r. STEWART
WASHINGTON. Nav 7.-An oys-
ter's a noisy animal compared with
Chairman William NJ. Butler of the
republican national committee.
Buffers n brass band compared
with Secretary of the Treasury An
drew W. Mellon.
Melons a boiler factory compared
with Frank Stearns, President Cool
idge's bosom crony.
Is IL a safe bet that these three
old pussy footers won't kick up much
Of a disturbance. as they snoop IN
and begin maneuvering around al
the Kansas City convention?
Whyi they can give cards and
spades to a cemeterv-full of tombsl
and beat EN- at their own game Of
silence.
Yet it's a trio which will have
more to say concerning the nomina-
tion than any other 400 times their
number Of DELEGATES
President Coolidge doesn't choose
20 run. but we all know he could,
II he did choose.
He'll have the votes. Not requir-
inE them for his w use, he can
give them 10 any candidate he fan
cies. No amount or fixing. in the
interest of rival aspirants. fayorite
dark horses and others, viii
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A surprising amount OF harm may
ke done BY ever 80 slight u diseour-
trsy as mere i~nattention ON the part
Of an employe. | heard an angry
woman notifying the fl~oorwalker In q
bin department store that she had
waited three or four minutes 60 be
served. and . girl, though not busy,
had failed 10 notice her.
The f~loorwalker was unable 90 pnc-
ify the customer. and she never went
70 that store again Before that her
made had amounted 10 more n one
Thousand dollars q year.
| know OF : department store that
is believed to be financially OF the
ragged edge though il was once
about the most prosperous institu-
ton OF it's kind in the city where III
is located. And ! believe ! could put
my finger right on the main ton
tributinK cause of its loss Of popu-
iarity. TIC has Just as good n line Of
merchandise as could Be- found any
where, and the prices are reasonable.
But IL you buy a rug. a chair. or am
alarm clock at that store, and after
taking IL home decide that you wish
TO exchange ID. you will meet mn at
mosphere OK deep gloom on the part
OF those store employees who partici-
pate in the transaction. Mr.. So-and-
So has to 60 and see Mr.. Somebody
Else before the charge for the re-
turned goods Is taken off the books.
Everybody examines the goods crit
icaIly. as If to say: ~ don't know
about this"
The customer says 60 himself. III
hope | don't have 10 10 through all
this monkey business soon again"
Other biz stores In the same city
are just rs careful about making
sure that things returned are in
good condition. but they do ID in n
hzil-fellow. offhsnd way that makes
the customer feel as II he is causing
nobody any trouble whatsoever.
Years q the big telephone COM
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CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER ~
The doctor looked up. Then bent
a questioning gaze on the newcom-
ers. Stella. overcoming a shortness
Of breath, explained; We've come
from the Age office"
"Oh. it's Stella Barot. didn't
place you at first He smiled. That
was reassuring. But Homer lay
inert.
rs it" Stella's voice is he
"He'll come round al right. They
beat him up pretty badly" He pick
ed up the Boston bag and put way
the bandaGes and scissors.
"Who did, Doctor"
"Thrce or four men. | didn't get
much of n look at them. They ran
out through the Swan place TO the
back street. BY a coincidence had
Just come in from n call. I'D put
up my car and was coming around
the house. I heard Homer shutting
the door ~ his garage. Tren a
scream He glanced toward Kitty;
but the girl neither moved nor
spoke. II gather up that she heard
the men and cot up and went TO n
window. She "a them jump on
him"
Homer stirred. Mumbled. The
doctor and Stella moved to his side.
His eyes slowly opened, and looked,
with a puzzled expression. from one
to the other. Then he Eroaned soft
ly.
splitting What happened2"
You took something Of a beating,
Homer. But there's 20 homes hrok-
en-"
Elm, H9w's my skull7"
Intact. thank God, You'll be all
right in q day or So Homer made
an effort 10 lift his handaged head.
mo. my boz. you Just lie still. I'm
going 10 telephone over to the hos
pital for a nurse. When she gets
here we'll nut you to bed"
But good Lord don't need 8
nursei"
"Just n couple Of days. I'm going
70 keep you under observation. There
ray be a little co1cussion. Best
thing for you right now " to obey
orders"
Without > word Mrs. Carver slip
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ped into the room and carried the
basin out 10 the kitchen.
Homer's eyes closed again. But
he was conscious. His hands moved,
and he frowned rather painfully.
Kitty sobbed. Stella. her nerves on
edge. started. The girl rushed out
and ran upstairs.
"Ill go telephone" said the doc
tor. Don't let him Try TO get up
Stella sank into the chair where
the basin had been. Asbury moved
nearer.
"My head isn't arv too clear" be
gan Homer, apologetically.
Don't try to think" said Stella.
She couldn't move her eyes from
that touseled. bandaged head. A
warm. excited impulse came. to take
il into her arms. But that wouldnt
do. am not normal she thought.
He was speaking again. "The thing
10 do il TO get this right into the
paper. We can't let il drift for q
week. Not in this kind Of n fight
Better telephone Ben TO stop the
press. Ashury."
GAS soon as the doctor Is through
rerlied that person. ~wheezily, and
stepred out into the hall.
'We1l have to do something quick
II needn't he long"
"Tll attend to it, said Stella.
ooh. will you? That's good Of
YOU
She laid a trembling hand on his
arm. please leave everything ia
US" She mustn't CRY. I'm working
for the Age now. YOU know" II
she sat here much longer she'd he
stroking that bruised head. So she
got up. Wen put IL in a box or
the front page"
"will you? That's the stuff. IT.
wonderful Of YOU. Stella. 70
The doctor r~eappesred. 1T vill
be an hour or two before we car
have the nurse here. Will YOU
watch him. Stellar"
"Tm afraid ! must 20 back to the
office. Doctor"
"Well. I'll speak ~ Mrs. Carver
Poor woman This in n new tone
Then. to Homer: Remember. ne
nonsense from YOU. young man.
want you 10 lie here till I Get hack
ASbury reappeared. "Ben's held
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June Y, 1928
Who am Il, What national CHAIR
rionship do ! hold. What is my
home town.
A Green scientist once said that
we're he given a lever and a place
10 stand on, he could move the world.
What was his name?
"A famous movie comedian II mar
ried 10 Natalie Talmadge, sister Of
Norma and Constance Talmadge.
What is his name?
Name the cathedral in New York
City which has dedicated a window
devoted TO sport?
Therefore thou art inexcusable, q
ran, whatsoever thou art that judy
est: for wherein thou judgest an
other, thou condemnest myself; for
thou that judgest doest the same
things" Where does this passage ap-
pear in the Bible?
Today I'm the Past
On this date, in I77s, Richard
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Other Papers
IT'S WISCONSIN THIS TIME
beaumont Enterprisc).

ADtaNHoHl LhACAfANf-
60 the Coolidge vacation this summer is to ne spent
In Wisconsin,. And why Wisconsin? Politicians Will
ask that question, fitting an answer to i, in accord
ance with their ideas and beliefs.
There will be, no doubt. much speculation as to what
/; u he Coolidge mind. Let Us see. Wisconsin i the
cat Of republican insurgency. In that bailiwick for
many years the word Of the elder LaFollette was law
ard the son is walking in his fathers footsteps, but IS
less Of a political power. withal.
WHY. in the name Of all that is political, should
NJ. Coolidge choose to spend his vacation IN Wisconsin
this year. instead Of the strategic east where al 'ne
1880 expected him to spend IL. Maybe Mr.. Cool
49,, y voinr 70 Wisconsin because he wants to 60
ss.s because he and Mrs. CoOlidge talked the matter
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count In the long run. against his
say-so. If he cares to exercise 10.
Butler. Mellon and Stearns will be
the board Of directors. TO WELD this
power for him at Kansas City.
In a way, Butler1l be managing
director In n way, Mellon will. I'm
a way, Stearns.
As q committee chairman. Buffers
the official head on the outfit. He's
king pin. also. in the little New Eng
land group which put Calvin into
the vice presidency-hence. subse-
%auently. into the White House.
However, although the president
NAV owe his administration, orig
inally 10 New England "big bust
ness" he owes q large part Of lis
success to Secretary Mellon. Mel
Ions been his prosperity mascot.
But who was II who recognized his
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possibilities long before "big bus
mess" knew anything about him p
and took him in hand and "man-
aged" him. up TO N point where ne
was able to take advantage of his
opportunities, when they were offer
ed to him. Frank stearns-no other.
Frank isn't In reality. such !
pussy footer. Rather. he's self-ef-
facing He literally has merged his
identity In President Coolidge's. Per
sonally he's u sufficiently chatty
iittle mainland n Of the most ac-
eommodating who aver came from
Boston. III he appears u pussy foot,
IT'S because he won't admit that
there 10 any such person ms Frank
Stearns, = an adjunct OF Calvin
Coolidge
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A Daily Thought
"A truly American sentiment rec
cgnizes the dignity Of labor and the
fact that honor lies in honest TOLL
Grover Cleveland.
Answers 70 Foregoing Questions
n. Helen Wills; national womenis
tennis championship; Berkeley, Cal.
2. Archimedes.
81. Buster Keaton.
A. The Cathedral of Sc. John the
Divine.
.. Romans, ~, Z.
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The Grab Bag

Henry Lee presented to the Second
Continental Congress the resolution
that; these United Colonies are and
Of right ought 10 be. free and indie
PENDENT states
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Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign ere
lucid, intuitive and are governed
more by impressions than BY calcu-
lating reason. They are pure and
clean in thought and purpose, but
often are miserable and wretched
because things fall short or their
ideal.
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'REF0RESTATDN'
IN CALI ORNIA
URGED
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SACRAMENTO, Calff., June ~.
According to survey completed
by State Forester M b. Pratt, Cal
ifornia has approximately 100000
acres Of land that can be planted
to trees. And much Of this area.
Pratt declares, win reforest itself
IL merely afforded fire protection.
Where fire is kept out, nature IS
prolific in re-seeding denuded areas,
the forester says, and even dense
brush fields iii the timber zone win
be reconverted into forests Il flames
do not destroy the seed and young
sprouts.
Pratts' report singled out the
beautiful Russia River country,
playground Of the hay cities. as an.
example Of reforestation. Most Of
the people who visit Sonoma county
consider these great trees virgin,
timber, he asserts, while IN fact
they are the new generation, aver
aging from SO to SO years IL age.
This object lesson of nature 's
reproduction system IS interesting,
comments the state forester, be-
cause it gives us 3 vision Of what
nature will do with mans co-0pert
tion. Or minus his interference.
There are thousands 81 acres Of
cut-over lands Ia California that
will reforest naturally. without
mans assistance. IL We but safe
guard them from fire.
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AND0RRA PLANS
own POSTAGE
By international News Service

BY international News service
PERPIGNAN, France. June H.
The Republic of Andorra wants to
run their own Postal Service and
print their own stamps and what's
more they are going to do It.
Senior Don Roig Pallares, the Gem
eral Syndic Of Andorra. which corr
responds to President in any other
Republic, accompanied by the Sec
rotary Of the General Council Don
Joseph Areny. presented himself be-
fore Monsieur Bodeman, the French
representative, and protested against
what he claims to be an attempt
on the part Of the Spanish govern
ment to gain the monopoly Of the
postal service in his country.
I'VE have no stamps, complained
Don Roig, land so we cant run
our own mail department, but with
your permission we are going to
get out some nice pink and blue
and orange ones and conduct oHT
own postal service"
M. Bodeman gladly gave his con-
sent and the stamps are now at
the printers almost ready for de-
livery.
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GERMANS WORK
On SINTH ETIC
RUBBER
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Nv LmGeEmAtAODHA 1NCNNS
EERLIN, June 12.Having sue
cessfully established the produc-
ton of artificial gasoline from coal
on q commercial basis, the I. 9.
Farben. industrie, the big German
dye trust. is turning its attention
to the production Of artificial rub
Der.
This announcement was made Dy
Director Bosch, Of the dye trust,
at 4 recent directors meeting at
Frankfort-M Main.
Director Bosch said the CONNER
cial possibilities of artificial rubber
were even bigger than those OF ar.
tificiaI gasoline.
He announced that the dye trust
has been experimenting with aFti-'
fetal rubber ever since before the
war and that while it did not yet
Manufacturing artificial rubber r
hoped to be able to do so soon.
The production of artificial gaso-
line, he said, would reach 100000
tons by the end Of this year and
would be doubled next year
He also announced that with the
support OF the German dye trust
the Standard Oil Company, would
start experimental production OF ar
tfficial gasoline in the United States
this summer.
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DEATHS

cara Russell % years st. Elizabeths
Hospital.
chriatina Dunn, - years alO4 Minne-
sofa Ave. s. =.
John +. Phelps. s. years, Provldence
Hospital
cornsIis RagnslI, 81 years 1910 Cal
Archibald n. Lane. q years SIS
Charming st. N, y.
!, John Y. sprssssimyer. z pears
susan II Jasper, II years seas n
Elizabeth &. Bischoff. 81 years,
Georgetown Hospital
Charles A. Mathews 81 years. AS
Eleventh st. s. w.
Thomas 11cNamara. q years Tuber-
on RoSsrt He W Milton. % year. Homso-
II Eipiss 50 years Emergency
Gertrude N wanger. - years Car
+; Thonss i Kslly Is years go7 Har-
Joseph ). Hunt. IS years smiley Hos
Louis Il. poole, 81 years. 1915 park
nd. Apartment frear1.
Irene MelOy. 81 years. 1903 Emerson
Leila raibott II years. 1855 ,
st. 8. w.
Robert l. Taylor. 50 years. on road
way Thirty-fourth and Macomb str.
N w
clay Goodrich, 70 years Federal Tx
perimental Farm.
Mary . Lowe years 20 Twelfth
Thomas E. Craig. rs years. s211
Cloud st. m. e.
Eugenia Piummer. IS years 1s14K
Wallach Pl.
Bette Fury. So years. 225 n St. N. w.
William Barnett, So years. 1889 u st.
Mary Douglas, So years GaIIinger
Hospital,
Catherine Madison. 50 years. ST. Tliza-
beths Hospital.
Roseanna Brooks. % years. Tubercu-
Iosis Hospital.
Malinda Peterson. Is years. Freed
mems Hospital
William Green 8 years, II D st.
IS. e.
Minnie Koonss, years. children's
Hospital.
Gladys Twitty. 10 adays. t13 south
Carolina Ave. s. e.
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DEATH
Gas Ne W

BERLIN, June IL. Charges that
the deadly fumes which escaped
from containers at Hamburg three
weeks ago and killed IL persons
were not phosgene gas, but q newly
invented poison gas manufactured
In factory started at Trotsk in
Russia with the backing of the Ger
man high command, have been
made by Prof. Gertrude Woker, q
well known chemist.
The woman scientist investigated
the Hamburg tragedy on behalf Of
the German League fer Human
Rights. She declares that the
Trotk plant produced new poison
called bersol, the inventor Of which
was DIR. Hugo Stolzenbefg, owner
of the gas stored at Hamburg and
organizer Of the Russian enter
prise.
Unlike yellow cross gas, she
says, bersol is q compound Of flour
Inc and causes even more atrocious
results than phosgene. She alleges
that she found blisters on the skin
Of many of the Hamburg victims
and other effects which could not
have resulted from yellow cross"
erac
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AVIATION GAINS
MID EAST
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BY international news 6erYAee
JERUSALEM, June IL. Flying
e. the Middle East has proved so
popular that the heavy increase ii
passenger trafdc has necessitated
ahe duplicating Of the services
Gaza-Cairo. Chronological. Since
tbs Inauguration Of the service
a6s. 444 miles have been flown in q
total Of 1.77s hours.
Imperial Always was called to
The assistance recently Of an Ameri-
can tourist who wished to make
record hustle. With three days
~ his disposal. an American in
Cairo wished to see as many as
possible OF the antiquities Of Iraq.
BY special arrangement he was
able to fly in record time to see
the most famous monuments.
Captain Atwood recently com
pleted his fiftieth trip between
Cairo and Bagdad Al 900 miles Of
flying across desert wastes. He is
the first pilot to complete a half
century Of voyages over this terri
tory.
The fastest flight recorded in one
month was between Bagdad ard
Basra when the speed was 124
miles per hour. The average speed
for the month was 80 miles per
hour.