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

to take them out for the most part, because tney ousn'
to be statutes and subject to statutory amenomehe'
rather than BY way OF outright repeal.
Proposals for a convention for some time heretofore
have come in periods Of great public unrest or excite
m.r4. The preseut seems more tranquil and composed.
Possibly we are entering an era IN which the CAIN
council of the best thought of Texas can be assemblies
and can Be listened to. II so, we can hope for a con-
xtitution which, will refrain from detailed legislation
and at the same time set up adequate checks against
tyranny and proper protection against demagOsuery'
The Bar Associations responsibility ought not to
end with a recommendation for q call for a eonstltu-
tional convention. A concrete task which lawyers
might well consider would be the formation Of some
large unofficial deliberative group for the considera-
ton of a model constitution in advance Of the con-
vention 70 be called. This model document might well
be gone into by subgroups Of specialists detailed sepa-
rately 70 different sections Of the constitution with a
view to simplification of content and exactitude Of
form. The work Of such a voluntary, professional and
unofficial commission, if turned over to the elected
convention, ought to serve as a guide Of no small use
fulness.
With suitable footnotes to indicate the effect Of
changes and the treEd Of existing bench law in har-
mony Herewith. and with analysis or alternative sec
tions to cover possible changes of policy with regard
to existing institutions. a report Of a few hundred
pages could readily become a manual for the informs-
tion and use OF convention members in their delibera-
tions. 1t is even possible that such spade work done
in advance OF the convention would arouse public in
terest to the point where the vote on the new consti-
tuition would become an outstanding expression Of cit
~izenship, instead of the routine action Of a few bal
ioteers uncertain as to what il is al about.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
Kemygranns

that they didn't feel the tinglings ex-
cept when they were growing ana
trying TO grab each others threats
IL took some little time before he
dared to let them loose in the en-
closure. but he finally Witnessed the
amusing sight Of two bull terriers
walking around looking nc each 9TH
err. eager 70 fight and yet. for n rea-
son they could not understand. MOI
daring to fight.
This forming of associations may
BE- nut 90 many practical uses nm IN
dogs training. I had friends whose
dog had n bad habit az growing and
showing his teeth No their little boy.
They were afraid 20 nave him about
and were going 60 have him shot. "A
neiEhbor suggested hat they let the
boy feed him for n few days. giving
him no chance To net food elsewhere
At the end Of q week the dog natural
lE regarded the bow aS his best
friend and growled AZ him no more.
Dogs like human beings. can hardly
dislike nyone who daily does fa-
vors for them.
On the other hand. if IA dog VA 10
act rs guard ~ a home. ne should
not be permitted TO become too
friendly with every visitor that
comes along. A dog too accustomed
"a seeing people may take them all
as n matter OF course and let them
come and 20 unmolested. To make
a city dog "A better guardian. IL lin
often effective % send him for a
time 10 the country. where he will
see scarcely anybody. He may then
come TO regard almos. any human be-
inr ms enough of "A novelty To Get
excited over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
New York Letter

NEW YORK. June "a barber
shop in lower Broadway has shoe
repair and hat-cleaning shops Mt
tached. While a customer is getting
a haircut and shave. he may put
his feet into slippers. and have his
shoe resoled and his hat reblocked.
The same shop gives office service,
sending IN BARRIERS to shave Gus
toners while they work, and carry
ing off shoes and hats 10 be repaired
and returned before the end of the
business day.
At his desk the busy business man
NAV have his nails manicured, his
luncheon or dinner served with the
regular appointments. mas picture
taken his measurements made for
new clothing. his demands for hab-
erdashery supplied from n portable
store" Hawkers. dealing in can
dies. tickets. magazines. and books.
make regular rounds. One reason
why the business man is so busy and
has no time is the large number Of
persons who call upon him with
something to save time.
A has a New York SYM
phonv scored for 30 taxi horns, 10
trolley car gongs. four rumblers
Stimulating Il trains. four rumblers
Stimulating subway trains. six motor
truck horns. four ferry whistles. two
tug sirens. two riveting machines 10
yelling n~ewsboys. one fire engine, 1e
typewriters. u cash registers, one
derrick whistle. one dynamite blast
n train announcer. and II popping
champagne bottles"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
The March on Kansas City

Lowden leaders frankly admit that the so-called
@march Of farmers" on the republican convention a.
Kansas City will materiaIize and that fully 100000
farmers OF the Middle West will be present to impress
upon republican leaders that the west is opposed TO the
attitude Of the administration in respect to farm re-
lief. The farmers will be a unit in opposing Hoover
and supporting Lowden. according to Robert NJ. Cham
Der. Kansas City manager for the Lowden campaign.
Farmers for the march" are now being recruited
throughout Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, the Dakotas
and other agricultural states. Lowden leaders assert
that each county is being organized to send it's con-
tingent to the convention. and that the "regalia" Of
the "marchers," who will do their marching in auto
mobiles, will be a straw hat and overalls. Assurances
have been received. they stated. that fully 100000
farmers will be present TO participate in the demon
s~tration.
Kansas City is worried over the situation, and 40
mits it. There are plenty Of camping facilities in the
city and environs, burt the "Coxey army" Of 1928 will
demand hotel rooms with private baths and all other
appurtenances, which Kansas City is not in position 70
provide such numbers. The city has made ample pro
visions to entertain a normal number Of convention
guests, but would not be able TO entertain an army Of
100000 farmers in addition.
What the Lowden leaders hope to accomplish BY
the demonstration is conjectural. The Eastern deIega-
tions, which will control the convention, are adamant
in their opposition to farm relief as provided under
the terms Of the McNary- Hsugen bill. In view Of this
fact, Lowden could not be a compromise candidate 10
the event the Hoover forces fail to muster sufficient
votes, and any differentiation such as proposed would
only serve to reduce his chances Of securing the nom
.nation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
TEACHING YOUR DOG BY
ASSOCIATION

Consider for q moment the way
your dog learns. The owner prob
ably calls his dog to feed him. After
that the dog gradually associates the
calling or whistling with possible
food and is glad 60 come. IL doesn't
matter whether one yells at the dog,
whistles or rings N bell-once he as
sociates the signal with food, he re-
spends. After n time the habit be-
50 fixed that he obeys jul
MS readily when he isn't hungry and
expects no food.
There Is almost no limit TO the
things q dog may be taught-within
his capacity to learn-by this method
OF building associations A man
know took two bull terriers that dis
liked each other and placed them in
an enclosure with n wire covering
over the floor. This wire was e~lectri-
fled and the current could be turned
on and off at will. At first the
man took the %precautson Of keeping
the dogs on leashes hat were just
long enough to let them almost but
NOT quite ret at each other. When
ever they rrowled and tried to bite
he turned on the electricity-not
enough to be painful. but enough TO
make them wonder what was up
Af+er a time il dawned on them
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06

He hopes 10 attract a crowd
when he puts on n concert in Carne-
gie Hall.
And one Borrah Minevitch. famed
harmonica player. proposes To dem
onstrate with 120 juvenile "musi-
clans" what the innate musical soul
Of American youth is like. He is
~rehearsinE the strangest orchestra
ever assembled for 4 concert IN Car
negie Hail. The instruments will con-
sist OF harmonious. orarinas. jews
harps, tuned ginger ale bottles, ka-
zoos musical %funnal5. combs. ukule-
les and toy percussion make-shifts.
The funny thing about IL il that
In New York there always il a pay
Ing audience for such things.
Since the prohibition department
decided that the sale Of ginger ale,
charged water, cracked ice. etc,
made hotel and restaurant proprie-
tors liable TO arrest for dealing i'm
accessories 70 crime" or something
Of the sort. night clubs, etc. have
discovered "A way 10 keep within the
law and continue TO entice trade,
making II up In The CONVERT
In setting down the preceding
paragraph, I'LL give my mother cause
Tor worry. She reads this Diary,
down IN Kentucky, and whenever II
write about night clubs and things.
ne sends me q letter warning me
against the effects W keeping late
hours and as~sociating with bad
company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
Other Papers
Furnishing By TAXING

New York Times).
While congress was debating taxes the treasury was
collecting them. Secretary Mellon reports payments
Of something more than 100000 demanded Of the
beneficiaries Of the Continental Trading company, Of
unsavory oil memory. The payments which have been
made we're for back taxes on profits not reported, and
fo- penalties due TO concealment, or failure to make
a return. This result fully ~justifies. from the finan-
cial point of view. the whole senate inquiry. As SEN
ator Walsh sardonicaIly noted. the entire expense %
the investigation up to the present has been only a
little over $4,000. On that a yield Of $~2.000y000, with
more to come, shows an uncOmmonly good investment.
Again we have in this transaction a vivid reminder
of the way in which the men of large wealth involved
were utterly obliyious Of their responsibilities. They
made no tax returns on these secret profits, although
required by law to do so, because they knew that their
operations could not bear the light of day. But the
treasury came down upon them when the facts became
known. and their lawyers were compelled to advise
them to pay up without a protest, including interest
and penalties. There has been nothing like this GER
taintv Of taxes shown since the Tithing Man made the
Duke disgorge.
Legal process against Messrs. Sinclair, ONeil'
Blackmer and Stewart may be long drawn out, and NAV
fail: but when the collector Of internal revenue de-
seended upon them there was nothing for it but to sur-
render Internationally. II, as Chief Justice Marshall
said. the mower 70 tax is the power to destroy, it is
equally true that the power TO collect a tax - some
tires an effective method Of punishment
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
Lower Postal Rates

y The new postal rates. fixed by the bill passed the
last week Of the recent session of congress, will 20
into effect July /, and the old-time postal card, re-
stored to its former cost OF one cent, is expected to
again assume a position held for many years as the
most popular means Of communication ever legaizel
under the postal laws OF any nation. In recent years
the postal card has been conspicuous by its absence.
and its return, with the old one-cent cost. will meet q
national welcome.
Newspapers and magazines will benefit largely by
the new postal rates, and while publications Of this
character will not have all the privileges and rates en-
joyed prior to 1920. they can effect a material saving
on mail subscriptions. The new rate will also bring
back to the postal department a large volume Of news
paper and magazine business to which the express com
panies fell heir when congress deemed il advisable to
fix a prohihitive rate.
Opponents of the new rates asserted that in the
event they went into effect the mails would bulge with
postcards, magazines and newspapers. This may be
true, but it will be a volume Of business that will ma
terialiy reduce the annual deficit Of the postal depart
ment. a deficit that persisted despite the efforts OF
congress to eliminate il by fixing rates that were con-
sidered almost prohibitive. Proponents Of the bill as
serted that the postcards and newspapers would prove
the goose to lay the golden egg" for the postal depart
ment, and that at the lower rate the increased volume
of business would increase department profits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
LOVE
o BIZ Samuel fe,w)n 1929

The asthmatic youth leaped up.
flushing red. "We'd better get right
over there" he cried. "Some of US.
I'M call a taxi
my cars here" said Stella. "I1l
drive you. Never mind your hat!"
Hurriedly Stella started the Ford.
The hatless, hard-breathing man
leaped in beside her. The rows OF
shops about the green were dark.
The long branches Of the elms hung
motionless in the still night air. Not
a creature was visible. not a car
moved. Even the policeman who
stood usually on Breckenridge's cor
ner was missing. Rafting and
humping. the Ford dashed through
the silent streets.
A number OF cars were parked in
front of the Pew place. The house
was lighted up. A group Of men,
some in bath gowns over pajamas,
stood in hushed manner on the
shadowy lawn. There was a police
man in the street, and another on
the porch. This latter wasn't in
clined to let them in at first; then
he recognized the asthmatic one and
said: "All right. Mr.. Ashbury." So
that was his name.
The little gray woman, standing
within the screen door, twisting her
hands, Stella recognized as Mrs.
Carver. the Aunt Emma or the Pew
household. She seemed hitler, and
grayer. Sc seemed hitler, and gray
er. She looked at them, rs they en-
tered. but didn't speak.
They had laid Homer on the couch
in the library. Or. Bilford. who
lived just across the street, appear
ed to be b~andsging his head. Stella's
quickened senses became aware of a
basin on a chair and bandage rolls
and scissors. The doctors Boston
bag stood open on the floor. Bits Of
blood-stained gauze lay about.
1t was a spacious. peaceful room.
At the mahogany desk old Ham Pew
had worked for half a century.
There was a dictionary on a wire
stand, and a huge globe. You seldom
saw globes like that nowadays. The
bookcases reached from floor to
ceiling. Books, books. books
rows in shabby calf that suggested
te law; histories (Gibbon, Hume
Maeaulay); the Victorian masters
in sets, Tennyson, Wordsworth,
Dickens. Thackery. Old-fashioned
steel engravings in heavy frames.
w. Daniel Webster, Henry Clay,
Lincoln, General Grant, Emerson,
Carlyle. A bcll-pull Of brocaded silk
hanging from a coiled wire near the
ceallng, old panelling about the fire.
place. . "A hushed p~ervasive
sense of the past.
Stella felt another living presence.
IL was Kitty Pew, standing rigidly in
a window alcove. She wore a blue
and white kimona. Shed been cry
! ing.
ITO BE CONTINITFDN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
The World and All
PETTIsH SUICIDE
By Charles p. Driseoll

A Columbia university student hanged himself TO e
tree near P~eekskill, New York, because he couldn (
have a trip to Europe. He said his father had prom
ised him the trip. and then had gone back on his
promise.
The young man was 10. in good health, and mental
ly above the average. He was a member Of the Gle@
Club, and was interested in other college activities, al
though he was working his way through college.
Before hanging himself. this remarkable young man
wrote to- one Of his friends, saying that he couldn't see
how the quarrel with his father over the European trip
could be patched up, and that he wanted to get away
from %drudgery.
! suspect that this was a spoiled boy.
Spoiled boys indulge in self-pity. If a spoiled boy
has to work his way through college, he thinks every
body ought to praise him and feel sorry for him. He
feels terribly sorry for himself. He thinks his rela-
tives owe him a lot. A trip to Europe would be mild
recognition, he thinks.
Now, | don't think the boy who works his way
through college is n hero at all. / did It myself, and
it never occurred TO me to feel heroic about it. ! felt
lucky. | knew many other boys. just as deserving as
], who never had a chance to work their way through
school. They had family obligations that kept them 1t
work when they wanted to be in school. | felt rather
apologize in the presence Of these less fortunate fell
lows, as though | ought to find some way Of sharing
with them the good things | was getting. | can't re-
eHiDe ~ ! ever lhousht anybody oNeu me 4 Tip
70 Europe. None Of the boys | went 70 school with got
trips to Europe IN recognition Of their work during col
lege years. Rather, they were looked to for som sort
Of good performance to justify the years that they had
been spared from the farm work.
One cannot mourn when a foolish person kills him
self in a fit Of pettishness. But it is too bad that
young folk with educational advantages should permit
themselves to get such distorted perspectives that they
can not see the beauty Of the world on account Of the
tears Of self-pity that blind their eyes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
Dinner Stories
A CLOSE SHAVE

When Brown arrived at the station
he found he had 20 minutes 10 spare
before his train was due to start.
So, having bought a ticket and seer
to the labelling Of his luggage, he
dashed across the road to a bar
Der shop. seated himself in a chair.
and demanded a hasty shave.
But the barber vas a man whom
nothing could hurry-a melancholy
mortal, who despite Browns pro
tests applied the brush in so slow
and deliberate a mi that the
luckless traveller found himself con-
fronted with one of two horrible al
ternatives-to miss his train or take
his seat in il with a face covered
with a
"Do hurry" pleaded Brown.
But the barber paid no heed. He
continued lathering.
At last Brown could stand il no
longer. He seized his tormentor's
hand, and, 'For PHYS sake he
cried. hold that brush still; I'll
wriggle my head"
"Marie, wouldn't you like 10 marry
n thrifty mani"
"Yes. ! should like to marry one
but I should not like to be engaged
to one"
"Say. mister, what's your idea in
plugging your ears and shutting your
eyes while this football game is
going on I"
II don't want TO be bothered with
the yelling. and ] hate 10 see those
boys fighting over q little ball."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
RURAL TRAGEDY

Less than two years ago." said
the professional booster. with a wide
sweep of his arms to include a new
outlying area of this city, "this was
all farm land"
els that so7D said the visitor, who
was somewhat artistic and had a
sense OF beauty. as he looked over
the shscks, pools Of stagnant water
abandoned automobiles, and 10 on.
is that sol That's too bad"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06

We have heard SO much about the jazziness, the
frivolity, the responsibility OF modern youth that this
movement should cause adults to pause a moment and
consider whether they have not done the youth Of to-
day much injustice. This movement could not have at
tanned its present proportions in five years or in 25
years if our young people were really as light-headed
as some of their critics would make US believe. /
doubt very seriously that il could have flourished at
all some 80 or 40 years ago when the present-day crit
les Of youth themselves were young.
Indeed, its success emphasizes the tremendous
change that has come within a few generations. Youth
today is pulling at the traces as never before, it is
true, but il i also willing to really pull a load. Its
easerness contains a more earnest desire than ever -
be Of service. Youth i more sure Of itself-surer per-
is a sureness that carries with it a determination 70
justify itself.
We r~ightfully commend to youth that they haze
faith in the wisdom Of their ~forebears, that they have
reverence for the men who have designed this repub-
lie, a design which over a hundred and fifty years has
preserved the fundamental conceptions Of liberty. For
truly the constitution has proved a brake upon ill-con-
sidered action, a check on storms Of public passion, a
curb on domination that would destroy equality of op-
portunity. Yet il has proved to have an adaptability
t. meet the shifting social needs which have been the
consequence Of great invention or the immense increase
in population and territory or changing ideas. and
each new generation must find the changes in the
activities of our government which this increasing COM
plcxity Of life brings. Youth must ever be the bearer
of progress. and youth should never out Of fealty to
tradition fall into the mood that any change Is unde-
sirable. Youth should look upon change with cold de-
tachment. Much change u proposed in the name Of
progress which is mere emotion. Those have no right
to demand change who are not first possessed Of a
knowledge Of the significance of our institutions. And
this is one Of the values Of this nationwide discussion
lit is teaching our youth the nature and the success
Of this great plan Of ordered freedom a. never before.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06

Who am ~ What is my profes.
sion? Who is nv wife7
What was the date of Paul Re-
vere's famous rider
What is the Mohammedan Bible
called?
Who is recognized as the first
Christian emperor Of Romes
"a merry heart msketh a cheerful
-countenance: but bv sorrow OF the
heart the spirit Is broken" Where
does this passage appear in the
Bible?
Today I'm the Past
On this date. in 1T75. the r~evoiu-
tionarv American patriot. Nathan
Hale. was born.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
FOR A CONSTITUTION TO FIT THE PREsEN-

The Texas Bar Association favors a constitutional
.orv.rtion 10 revise our fundamental charter Of state
70 ft the needs Of this day and time. Il is about timv
- did that. The trouble Is nor that we need to put
wore things in our constitution, but rather that We
800 70 take things out Of our constitution. We neeo
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
Timely Views
AMERICAN YOUTH DEFENDED
BY HERBERT HOOVER
Secretary of Commerce.

Herbert Hoover was born at West Branch, Iowa,
in 1874. He studied at various universities in the
United States and abroad, and upon his return to
the United States became interested in mine and
metal works industries which took him to nearly
all countries Of the world. Hoover represented the
Panama Pacific international exposition in Europe
in 1913. During the war he became connected with
various relief committees and served as U. s. food
administrator from 1917 to 1919, in which capacity
he gained worldwide recognition. He also was
connected with the children's relief committee in
Europe. He was appointed secretary Of commerce
by President Harding in 1920.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06
The Grab Bag

Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
forceful. but quiet ard tardy. They
are profound thinkers. with q love
for justice. truth and harmonious
conditions. They are sometimes diff
ficult TO please.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-06

Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Harold Lloyd. motion picture
actor: Mildred DaNs Lloyd.
2. April 1919. 1775.
3. The Koran.
4. Constantine 7. the Great
3. Proverbs. XIV. I3.