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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Houston Gets the Convention

The announcement from Washington Thursday
that the South had at last received recognition from
the national democratic committee, and that Houston
had been selected as the place for the 1928 conven-
ton. has created a furorc throughout the South and
especially in Texas.
Houston announced several months ago that the
city had convention ambitions, but the announcement
failed to excite much interest Other Southern cities
had similar ambitions in former years, and their lack
of success is a matter of history. Houston, however,
took advantage Of the very complex situation within
the democratic party, and the strings pulled proved
the proper ones.
The noIit;cal situation which brought Houston the
convention plum is very apparent. The Smith leaders
~ the East and North realized that something must be
done 70 decrease the Southern Antagonism to the New
yort candidate. Texas is believed to be the hot-bed
- Smith opposition in the South, and what could be
more logical than to bring the convention into what is
believed to be hostile territory, especially when the
Saith leaders are virtually assured Of the support OF
The Northern and Eastern delegations and can probably
rouinate their candidate in the fact Of all opposition
the South may arouse.
The selection of Houston may also be taken as an
,-a;.stion that the Eastern and Northern democrats
Ill not he averse to extending further honor to Texas
~ nominating Governor Dan Moody as the running
r,s.e for the New York candidate. This move would
eve 70 further cement the now open breach between
the Eastern and Southern wings OF the party. ana
,.rld he what the party leaders term good politics"
uh.t effect the action OF the national democratic
.u-r;..os NAV have upon the political situation in the
....s i probIematical. Those democratic leaders who
!. ,ro;rr an uninstructed delegation will find their
-o.;.;on materially strengthened by reason Of the fact
-. n.rv Texas democrats will not care to be parti-
.,,. IN any fight which may be precipitated IN the
convention. Opponents of an instructed delegation VIII
-. .he argument that inasmuch as Texas has been
--,...s5 - the convention state Southern hospitality
IN gs,,snd that the delegation be uninstructed.
Dsmocratic leaders not members Of the national
-~;tt.s are frankly amazed ut the selection Of
u-r..on. However. it is doubtful il their will be gen.
epsl criticism. The South has for years striven to Sc
-. rsroruition from the national committee, but
- and Eastern democrats have invariably taken
~ that as the South is "sOlid" it as good poll
/" - throw the convention to doubtful states. This
However. n new situation has been created. The
-. end East are very anxious to nominate the New
yort governor, and realize that unless the opposition
IL the south is Isutralised TO some extent ssYesa o.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
WASHINGTON Letter
By CHARLES p. STEWAR

There was no denying it.
1t meant some tear-stained eyes at
the Friends School, too.
The parting Of the ways has ar
rived when your school girl friends
becomes a royal princess-who may
wear a crown one day.
Washington entertained Prince
Chichibu about a twelvemorth ago.
To all vocal intents and purposes.
with his oxford education. he could
easily have passed for ar English
man.
His father. the emperor, had Just
died. Chichibu was in mourning. so
ve didn't see much Of him, but he
seemed a nice chap. We like to think
of him so, as husband of our little
playmate, Setsu.
As for Setsu-shut your eyes, hear
her speak only, and you'd swear
she was born here.
If accent alone counted, this might
be an Anglo-American wedding.
Prince Chichibu was Ambassador
Matsudaira's guest in Washington
when the former was on his way
home from England for his fathers
funeral last year.
Was it then that he fell in love
with Setsu?
Again, we like TO think so-that
it's a real love match, such as there's
so few of in royal circles that it's
hard to believe in them.
Still, there's a little circumstantial
evidence to support such a theory
in this case. Setsr was here, the
prince was a caller and now they're
engaged. It's logical.
Lucky Chichibu,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Peters Adventures

the hole was as black and as empty
as before.
That's FUNNY" said the boy. snow
you see an eye, and now you don'tl
Upon my word, ! do believe old
Screech Owl is playing a trick or me.
At any rate, it a do no harm to
climb up and see if there is really
anything in that hole. Even II
Screech Owl wanted to, he will be
too sleepy TO start any trouble, and
perhaps if am polite to him he Will
be willing to tell me what | want 10
know. Anyhow. | am going TO take
a chance and find ont what will hap
pen"
When Peter once made up his mind
to do a thing lie generally carried
il out. Suiting his actions 70 his
words. he began to scale the tree. and
he didn't find it a bit hard-there
were lots Of little rough places, which
he found good ~footholds.
II was no time at all before Peter
had reached a branch that jutted out
from the hole that he had set oU- TO
explore. But he had learned =
lesson from his insect friends, and
that was TO 'look before you leap" as
they would have expressed il. And
he did not plunge into the hollow, as
he onee might have done. Instead, he
raped with his knuckkles upon the
trunk at the side Of the mole.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
At first there was no response 70
his knocking, but Peter was not going
to give up as easily as thta.
II am perfectly sure that somebody
lives here" said he, under his
breath. land that he is at home, and
il ! am not very much mistaken il
Is Screech Owl himself. / am going
to find out, il it takes me all day."
And he kept right IN rapping.
Then, ut last, Peter was rewarded
for his efforts. A sleepy voice spoke
from within the tree.
who is there" il asked, grumpily.
"These are not my hours for re-
ceiving calls. you know. Do stop that
horrid knocking and go away and
let me sleepl"
Next-"Into the Sunlight in Spite
Of Himself"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Grab Bag

Who am i? Who are my parents?
Who was my maternal grandfather
In 1928, On this date. U. s. n
gineers talked with a country across
the Atlantic for two hours by means
Of t~ransoceanic radio telephony.
With what country did they talk?
Panama Is among the countries in
cluded in Col. Lindbergh's Central
American itinerary. Who is its
president?
A prominent u. S. official was joint
winner of the 1925 Nobel Peace
Prize. Who was he?
When King Ferdinand abdicated
the Bulgarian throne in 1918 he was
succeeded by his son. What is his
name?
"And above all these things put on
charity, which is n bond Of perfect
ness" Where are these words found
in the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15

with my own eyes, | remember it
better, but / don't always known how
10 20 about il. Here ! am, at the
hemlock tree. Now, where can Screech
Owls roost be? l don't see a sign
Of it anywhere, and II seems u me
that if his nest was on the branches,
| would discover il! That young
Blue Jay could have given me more
information if he'd wanted tot
Then Peter heard again the same
queer. sneezy sob that had sen the
shivers up and down his spine a
while before. This time, however,
it was much fainter and somehow
il had an amused note.
"T'cher-r-whieu! T'cher-r-whieu!"
The sound seemed to come from
the farther side of the tree and
Peter walked around ard peered
carefully about. Not a thing did
he see that looked a bit Ike a nest,
but high up in the trunk the boy
noticed a round opening. As he
stared at it he imagined he saw a
huge eye blinking down at him.
He couldn't be sure, though, for in
a second IL had disappeared and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
JIMMY JAMS

Today's Horoscope
Sometimes persons born on this
day are worshippers at the shrine of
cold, hard justice and should en-
deavor to become more human and
understanding.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. Paulina Longworth; Alice Roose-
welt and Nicholas Longworth; Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
2. England.
8. Rodolfo CHAR.
4. Vice President Charles 9.
Dawes.
5. Boris III.
6. Colossians, iii, Ii.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Dinner Stories

"Poor George!"
whats his latest hard luck?"
after saving tobacco coupons for
eve years he figured that in a
couple more years he'd have enough
to get a fishing rod he coveted"
what happened
"His wife and daughter started
smoking, and in three months they
had enough coupons"
ITO get the fishing rod?"
"No; to get a h~and-carved incense
burner"
Carl Sandburg, who goes about
the country stunning a. guitar and
singing folk songs. likes to tell
stories while developing o vamp
musical term, hot SOCIALLY. Two
Chicago men, says Carl, died recent
ly and met in the great beyond.
well, Jim," said n OF them,
heaven is a pretty nice place after
ALL"
Yes" said Jim, "but this isn't
heaven"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
LITTLE CAPITAL SCHOOLGIRL
MAY BECOME EMPRESS OF
Japan

MAY BECOME EMPRESS Of
JAPAN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE big
automobile from the japanese en-
bassy stopped in front of the Friends
School in ! street.
Many diplomatic children at
tend the Friends School.
The liveried Mongolian chauffeur
descended and opened the auto door
deferentially, making a kissing noise
through his teeth, as he sucked his
breath inward, to prevent any of it
from polluting the atmosphere of the
august parsonage who was about to
emerge from the interior Of the We
hicle.
"A little girl got out.
1t was Setsu Matsrdaira. Setsu's
II, but she's a wee bit of femir-
unity.
The chauffeur bowed from the hips
until his nose almost touched the
sidewalk. The kissing sound increas-
ed, all but drowning out the blatting
of auto horns for a city square in
each direction.
Setsu acknowledged the salute gra-
ciously. At the end of a strap, she
was dangling several text books,
buckled together.
The Friends School portal opened
and received her.
Within an informal committee was
waiting.
Pupils Of the Friends School. with
its diplomatic clientele. are accus-
toned to what in other schools might
seem unusual. but here was some
thing. even for the Friends School,
a trifle out Of the ordinary.
The s~elf-selected and tacitly-recog-
nized chairman Of the committee con
fronted Setsu.
To her gaze he held M a copy
az n morning newspaper. SO folded
as 70 bring into sharp relief what
is known to the journalistic profess
sion as q broken-bscked head, in
three lines. to this effect:
MISS SETSU MATSUDAIRA
TO WE'D PRINCE CEICHIBU.
-. JAP EMPEROR'S BROTHER
"Setsu," said the chairman accus-
inRly. docs this mean you:s
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Mexico Has No New
Issues For Congress

HAVANA, Cuba. Jan. Ii, RD-Mex-
leo has no intention Of presenting
any new issues to the Pan-Ameri-
can conference, Senior Julio Garcia,
president OF the Mexican delegation,
told interv:ewers today on his ar
rival here from Mexico City. He
said he saw nc new issues to be
brought into the meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15

During the last year there have been important
shifts in our own economic world which have an i'm
portant bearing upon the future. While the average
wholesale price of all commodities at about so per cent
above pre-war is today the same as a year ago, yet if
we divide them into agricultural goods it will be found
that the average price of non-agricultural products has
fallen in the u months from about so per cent above
pre-war, to 81 per cent above pre-war, while the aver
age of agricultural products at central markets has
risen from about SIS per cent above pre-war to about
SO per cent above pre-war; however, prices on the farm
show only a rise of from about 80 per cent above to
about 80 per cent above pre-war.
Manufacture and distribution have, by savings
and diminished profits, Accommodated themselves to
this situation Of decreasing prices without reduction
in the average level of wages, and therefore in the ma
tional buying power. But the great extent to which
industry has Accommodated itself to lower prices by de-
creased costs makes for a sounder condition for the
ensuing year. Despite decreasing prices. production
and consumption of manufactured commodities have
been maintained upon a high level as shown BY car
loadnigs Of class Of goods. which have been about
equal to those of last year.
As to particular industries, agriculture, textiles,
bituminous coal and some metals-still lag behind
the others. The contrasts let for future execution in
the construction industries are at as high a level as
at this time a year ago.
Taken in a broad sense, We enter the new year
with the forces Of stability dominant in the business
WORLD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
THE HIDDEN y

"How provoking birds and in
seets are!" grumbied Peter. They
only half tell you a thing and then
leave you to find out the rest Is best
you can. TO be sure, when | find
out a fact for myself or see a ;hing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15

he Southern states may be missing from the "solid"
olumn after the November election.
Houston is to be congratulated upon the action Of
the mmittee The convention will give Houston and
all Of South Texas an opportunity to show thousands
Of political and business leaders the almost unlimited
resources of this region, and will focus upon South
Texas, for a few days at least, the eyes of the entire
country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15
Timely Views
BUSINESS STABILITY DECLARED DOMINANT
BY Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce

Herbert Clark Hoover was born in West
Branch, Ia, in 1874. He received his engineering
degree at Stanford u, in 1895. From that year
until 1918 he did mine, metallurgical and railway
work in a dozen or more countries. From 1914 to
1919 Hoover was chairman Of the relief commits
sion in Belgium. and from 1918 to 1919 was L. s.
food administrator. H has been secretary Of
commerce since 1929
New Britain herald., 1928-11-02
Guiding Your Child
HELPING WITH LESSONS By Mrs. Agnes Lyne

When your boy comes home with repeated bad news on his report card as to his spelling lessons. it is clear that something will have to uc done about it.
 lOu go to school and talk to his teacher. She is too busy to give him the extra attention he seems to need, but she thinks it would help if you undertook to supervise his study at home. She explains the particular method to be used. You so home armed with a speller and the meth- cd, prepared to make your boy come through.
 If you sit down grimly determined to hammer spelling into his head whether he likes it or not. you are doomed to failure. and to make him hate spelling worse than ever. It would actually be better for his spelling to let him spend his time playing catch in the vacant lot. It would do him less harm than to in- crease the Encouragement and re- sistance he would develop under such inauspicious circumstances. The speller and the method ar. only half the battle and probably not the more important half at that For child with ordinary intelli- gence. 1t is likely that his difficulty with the subject arises from the fact that it bores him and that 1t is asso- ciated in his mind with many un- pleasant experiences. He has added to his troubles a chronic sense oi Encouragement born of repeated failure.
 Your job is to give him a new start. Since spelling is not the mos, fascinating subject in the world to most children, it will have Ito be made attractive by pleasant associa. tions and the use of ingenuity. To begin with, no deadly shadow of punishment should be allowed tc hang over the half hour to be de- voted to the subject every day al 1 home. You must assume kindly helpful attitude that makes him feel hat it is possible for him to conquer his demons. Praise every slight i'm. | provement whoieheart edly and en. thusiastically. Let him keep q record of his own errors 50 that he can see l his own progress. When he has made consistent ef.
 fort and has improved even a little it is quite right to reward him with some coveted possession or long de- sired privilc|.
 Any troublesome lesson becomes 2 great deal easier when it become,
 associated with affection, approva l and success.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-02
The Heart Story
 & . Steadfast Woman
Loves Awakening
By Adele Garrison

I've been blind Madge," she said. heavily after . long pause. I've so wrapped my child in cotton wool that I've deprived her of a young girls normal outlook on life." Don't talk nonsense!" told her, although the first half of her self indictment voiced a secret opinion had long held. Some of the mod 1 ern youthful outlooks on life that I've observed aren't anything to mourn"
 You're begging the question" Lillian said shrewdly. But thankye teacher. I've learned the lesson by heart. And l shall put part of it into practice right away. Marion has been throwIg out hints about | wearing something a bit more spiffy than school frocks' while the visitors are here. I've been purposely deaf, for l thought it nonsense. but I'll 1 drive over to Southampton this aft ernoon and see what can pick up." did not see the result of her shopping until the afternoon when we expected the Brixtons. With everything in readiness for the visit ors even to the flowers for the din- ing table. Lillian and I were sitting on the front veranda awaiting them when Marion and Mary appeared in the doorway. Dickys niece with an air of triumphant we'll doing. while Lillian's daughter was patiently try ing to hide her excitement and ! pleasure.
 This little girl" Mary intoned theatrically. is new to our city. but she's going to make the grades. Ob- serve the spiffy frock she's sporting and the new style of hairdress. Now give the little girl a hand" Lillian and l applauded dutifully, although I think that Mary's night club jargon was as distasteful to her | as to me, with our memories of Mary's escapade as the masked dancer. But Marion was 50 exquisite a vision with her dark hair, her brilliant coloring and her blue. gray eyes framed in . little sport frock of canary yellow overlald with pastel shades, that we forgot every- thing else in the sheer pleasure of l looking at her. And then . large sedan followed by sport car came slowly into view, their occupants looking searchingly at the house. and we knew that the Brixtons had | arrived.
 (COntinued TOmorr0w.) Copyright, 1928, Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-02
Aviatrix Says Few Women Have Flying Temperament

Chicago. Nov. 2 R)-Mrs. Griffith Lloyd, a society woman who pilots her own plane, fears that the aver age woman lacks calm tempera- nent necessary to proficiency in aviation.
 .'ln moments of emergency wom- an is more likely to become rat tied and do the wrong thing" Mrs. Lloyd said. Plying is simply a combination of strong nerves and calm temperament. Women's nerves are strong. but their temperaments are usually not calm" The aviatriX. who crossed Pike's Peak by moonlight, predicts. how ever, that the more intrepid of Wom- on gradually will turn from motoring to flying.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-02
Health Hints
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBBIN

BY DIR. MORRIS F1SHBBIN Editor Journal of the American
 Medical Association and of Hy-
 geia, the Health Magazine.
 It IS a common conception that much exposure to outdoor air builds resistance to the common cold. that the way to keep from having colds h to submit oneself to extremes of temperature. The notion is compar- able to the symbolic belief that smallpox could be conquered by put ting velvet hanginss on the windows.
 Scientific evidence as to the sus- ceptibility of the Eskimo to the common cold is now available through the results of research by Drs. Peter Heinbecker and Edith l. NJ. Irvine Jones, who studied these diseases in Greenland in 1926. The evidence seems to establish definite ly that the catching of cold de- bends on contact with persons who have colds and that the Eskimo by the nature of his living has not built up any special resistance.
 Bring Colds to Pole
 Among the Polar Eskimos not . single case of infection of the breathing tract had appeared until the arrival of the expedition which had among its members few with colds. Within 72 hours after the arrival of the expedition near ly every Esfiimo in the settlement had cold.
 The most important fact ob- | served was that the Eskimo does not develop resistance to colds, l since the condition disappears after period but reappears promptly just as soon as a new expedition ar- rives at the settlement. Persons with colds who carry the germs bring them into the camps where they spread rapidly to those who come in contact with the carriers.
 Greater Susceptibility It was the opinion of the inves- 1 tigators. in fact, that the Eskimo apparently has an increased sus-
New Britain herald., 1928-11-02

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