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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
The World and All
INVENTIONS
By Charles r. Driscoll

just one request to my readers. I wish they would
not write to me about their inventions. | love to get
letters from readers, and ] try to answer each one, al
though I do sometimes fall short In this. But when I
get a letter about some wonderful continuance that
one of my readers has invented, l am almost wholly
flabbergasted.
1t just happens that / have no mechanical sense
whatever. ! once learned TO operate a bicycle, and !
now operate, with mild success, a typewriter and a
camera. These are the limits Of my mechanical at
tainments. l cannot put a ribbon into my typewriter,
and IL the camera refuses to work / have to take it to
the man in the store.
So, YOU see, il is hopeless to try to make me appre-
ciate the magnitude Of your contribution to human
welfare by describing your invention in detail Draw
ings, carefully made to scale, help almost not at all.
As soon as | see a picture Of a cam and a lug. appar-
emily about to disagree violently about some question
Of poppet valves. | become bleary-eyed and my reason,
such as II is, totters perceptibly on its make-shift
throne.
love to hear about the readers family, his prob
lens, his dogs, his ambitions. hopes. fears and philos-
ophy. | especially like to learn the readers opinion
about the greatest person in the world, past or pres
ent. In fact, there are few subjects / don't like to read
about if my readers are interested in them. And all Of
the few are inventions.
II my inventive readers will pardon the heretieal
opinion, | believe that this civilization Of ours is cursed
with inventions. Out where l live, on the outskirts
Of New York, it is almost impossible to leave the win
dows open in the summer time, on account Of the in
ventions. There are inventions that blare forth seven
kinds Of jazz and the elegant mispronunciations Of an
nouncers. There are inventions that 90 roaring past
on wheels, and there are inventions that go flying
through the air overhead, hitting tremendously on all
twelve. There Is an invention in my study that rings
and rings. and when ] speak into II il says, What num-
Der? 'Scuse IL, pleased"
Yes, I'm all for progress, but sometimes I am bowed
down by the tumult of the inventions. This is one Of
the times. So please write me in detail about any
thing else
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

money in the wide open resorts, and it is New Orleans
business that suffers in the losses Of New Orleans
folks at the gaming tables and at the jai ali books
So New Orleans business is proposing that the COVER
nor take drastic steps to close out the gambling places
What is happening in New Orleans Is a repetition
Of what has happened to Orgaized gambling elsewhere.
For oddly enough, the gambling isue is not moral but
economic, or ut least mostly 80. Most reforms are
The good church folks wage the moral crusade and get
most OF the credit for the results, but the brunt Of the
battle is borne by sound business that understands
readily enough that open gambling and other forms of
vice are bad business.
That may have something to do with the morals
Of il. Gambling is a human instinct and legal bans
have never eradicated it. The dollar bet on a ball
game, small ante poker, and small percentage bridge
cut no serious inroads into business receipts. But
open gambling resorts, open books at horse or rabbi
races, or other sporting events absorb q surprisingly
large percentage Of community wealth. They evoke
the unpaid landlord, and the unpaid butehre, baker.
and candlestick maker. They make the credit mans
Job precarious. Sound business does not expect 10
effect any major operation that will eliminate the
human yen to take a chance. But it lends itself to any
legal restriction that will close every day and every
night gambling. R@S
New Orleans is convinced that a wide open city
means closed bank accounts. SO business is moving
at the double quick to aid moral. 1t always will.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Why the Herald Supports Garner

The Brownsville Herald frankly and c%heerfully ad.
mits the charge Of ?. G. Greenwood that il is a parti-
san Of Congressman John n. Garner. but denies the
allegation Of the La Feria gentleman that il is unfair
to Mr.. Hardin.
Tie Brownsville Herald has supported Congressman
Garner for twenty-six years, and proposes to continue
supporting him so long as he renders 70 South Texas,
and especially the Lower Rio Grande Valley. such valu-
able service as he has rendered in the past. Through
the years of stress and danger on the lower border
John Garner was the Valleys guardian at Washington;
during the years Of progress following the development
OF irrigation he has proved the Valleys invaluable ally,
a representative whose value has increased in direct
ratio to the growth Of his influence and prestige. For
The Herald to refuse TO support John Garner would
in our estimation, be the most base ingratitude.
For thirty-seven years The Brownsville Herald has
taken its part in the battle for Valley development
For over a quarter of a century John n. Garner has
aided in that battle at Washington. There has never
been a time in all those years that he has turned a
deaf ear to the Valleys appeal; there has never
been a moment when he was not working in the inter-
ests Of South Texas. To desert a man who has rem.
dered such service and follow the banner Of a youthful
"Moses" who seeks by sophistries and the injection of
unessential issues to encompass his defeat would be
unfair both 70 Garner and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
The future Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley is OF far
greater consequence to US that Mr.. Hardin's political
ambitions. John N. Garner is the man to whom we
must look for aid in the solution Of our irrigation,
transportation and tariff problems. It is folly to be-
leve that any man. no matter what experience he may
have, could take Mr.. Gamers place and successfully
cope with the forces that will be arrayed against the
Valley,
II anyone is unfair in this campaign it is Mr.. Har-
din. He has resided in the Valley long enough to know
its problems, and he has sufficient intelligence TO
grasp the fact that the future of the Valley depends
upon having at Washington a representative who pos
sesses power and influence, who has won the friend
ship of the nation. His candidacy Is not only unfair 20
Mr.. Garner, but it is unfair to the Valley. and The
Brownsville Herald. as a loyal supporter of the VAL
ley and its institutions and a firm believer in the Val
ley's future, would not be serving the Valley faith
fully II il did not enter its protest against the cam
paign he has waged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
By CHARLES r. sTEWART

BY 4. STEW TX
WASHINGTON, July g.. Mrs.
Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Alfred +.
Smith are rival candidates for the
position OF mistress Of the White
House in about as real a sense as
their husbands are rivals for the
presidency.
That Is to say. lots Of votes will
be cast. for Herbert or for AL. in
accordance with the voters prefer
ence for Mrs. Hoover or Mrs. Smith,
rather than in accordance with any
particular preference as between the
official nominees Of the republican
and democratic conventions.
In fact, you hear Mrs. Hoover's
and Mrs. Smiths personalities con-
trasted with one another as a def
nitely recognized campaign issue. 1t
undoubtedly will prove decisive in a
great many voters cases-principal-
~, probably, women voters.
It's a new factor for politicians to
take into consideration in choosing
candidates for high office.
Time was when a presidential NOM
inee's chances didn't depend much
on his wife. If this coming election
II close. the result may easily hinge
on the respective degrees or favor
which the nominees wives find with
those Of their own sex who make that
their test next November.
= To n "mere man" il seems like a
queer way OF arriving at n conclu-
sion concerning a candidates fitness
for the presidency. but. perhaps II
appears equally ridiculous 20 the
women that quite a few Of US folk
Of the masculine gender arc likely
to be influenced by our views on
corning beers proper alcoholic con-
tent.
N women's mental processes weren't
so extraordinary. I'd imagine that
Mrs. Smith would have considerable
advantage over Mrs. Hoover as a
vote-getter. in that her career has
much more nearly than Mrs. Hoover's
r~esembled the career Of the average
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"Have you been hit by any more cabs? 2" he inquired.

never looked at her like that before.
She was dizzy with happiness. Her
voice sang as she greeted him. He
gave her his most adorable, crooked
grin, and shook his head.
Forgive me, Janet, / take back
everything ! have said. | think you're
in your atmosphere, after ALL"
Her eyes widened.
"Oh, you're telling me you like me
in this, after all"
I'm telling you that if you can
play other roles as you do a French
c0quette, you are a genius. You
brought the house down tonight"
Janet buried her face in the roses
and her voice came to him small and
happy.
"Uh. your approval is all | needed
70 make me the happiest girl in the
world"
He stepped close to her, and lifted
her face in his hands.
1T means so much, Janet, dear.
Well, I'm proud TO be your pal. I
wish had a nice little sister like
you"
Sister? He was always reminding
her that they were to be Just pals.
oAC IGAI a iilbAc OuCu VI HduutSS.
She wished he would not do that,
when she loved in such a different
way. But she must not let him
know. That would scare him away.
She must play the friendship game
to the limit. And make him think
she had nothing in mind but her
career. She gave him an impish grin
and moved away.
IL bet Id never get any further
than Sunday school il ! had you for
a brother. You better be my grand
father"
He laughed and looked at his
watch.
"It's nearly time Tor the curtain.
Hustle after you 20 on for the finale
and what do you say We take in a
night club?"
|, Janet jumped like a child.
"A real one? I've never been to a
night club
Il should say so. Wen even 20
20 far as to 20 10 Tex's. / know
she'll give this lii girl a great big
hand"
Janet was dressing after the finale
when Mrs. Van Arden opened the
door Of her dressing room. she
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
WASHINGTON Letter
By CHARLES r. STEWART

housewife in twentieth century Amer
lea.
It's popularity supposed that q man.
in voting for a president generally
fancies a candidate who has led
something such a life as the voters
own-an ordinary, everyday life,
which it's reasonable 20 presume
will have given him understanding
and sympathy for the ordinary.
everyday lives and problems Of the
rank and file Of his countrymen-
Why shouldn't this also be true
of women2
Yet, from what I overhear 'em
saying. ! Judge that II isn't-not ms
true OF women as IL Is Of men, at
any rate.
The gravest charge / hear women
making against Mrs. Smith is that
she has "done her own work"
My guess in that q big majority
OF American women "do their own
work" these times. W. used to have
SHRED girls" formerly but now
they're almost an extinct species.
Only the pretty rich have 'em.
Why. then, isn't having "done her
" work" an asset TO Mrs. Smitht
On the contrary, the consensus OF
feminine opinion sounds 20 me as TX
il was considered a liability.
Mrs. Hoover. on the other hand,
is praised 10 the skies rs very su-
perior.'
And 50 she unquestionably is--in
the best sense
Just as / can't see Why "having
done her own work" should. count
against Mrs. Smith, ! can't see why
any fault should be found with Mrs.
Hoover for having made the most
of her broader opportunities. Never
theless, men. Judging a fellowman.
usually do resent q suggestion OF
superiority" think they resent It
somewhat in Herbert Hoover-or
what they interpret that way.
Women though!-there's no sc-
accounting for EN-. They act aS X
they like II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign ara
inclined 20 be secretive and are given
They are somewhat Impractical and
do not know how to do anything in a
cheap way.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
CHAPTER XXI

"Nothin' doin', Flo. It's fer the
new star"
And he handed the flowers TO
Janet. She took them with a glad
little cry and broke the string. Two
dozen snow white roses from Ballard.
She held them to her heart and closed
her eyes happily.
Flodine could have strangled her
at that moment. II was too en-
barrassing. She had grabbed for
them-and now what III she didn't get
flowers after all. tShe didn't.)
Janet was enthusiastically received
in both her posing numbers. She
was a work Of art, with her body
cleaning in it's snow white beauty.
Ballard Riley caught his breath and
closed his eyes. And a little feeling
OF half regret was in his heart. She
was too perfect for all those beasts
sitting out there to look upon with
their eyes Of lust and world wis
dom.
Ballard went back stage after her
last number. Janet's heart beat
madly when old John. the door man,
brought his card. She picked her
flowers up and carried them out in
her arms.
Flodine. with a Malicious little
smile, walked over and picked up the
card. She gave a start and clinched
her fist.
BALLARD X. RILEY, NJ. d.
Laurels and fame for our
little princess"
well, I'll be darnedl So he's her
friend. That baby sur is up my
street at every corner
She was cold with fury as she
replaced the card and went back to
her dressing table. Flodine was the
dancer Ballard took TO dinner one
night and had such a time shaking
for a year afterward. She had seen
his picture in the paper and con
trived to meet him through another
doctor. A rising young physician
with n million dollars was not a bad
bet. And il killed her pride when her
wiles failed and Ballard Riley dined
with her only once. She had hated
him for IL ever since. even though a
dozen other good catches had crossed
her path and taken other roads.
Ballard Riley too Janet's hand
and smiled into her eyes. He had
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The Grab Bag


18th state. ratified the United States
constitution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

A Daily Thought
"Tn general those who nothing
have TO say contrive 10 spend the
longest time in doing it."-Lowell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

Who am /? What is my profess
sion? What Is my nationality?
The son or a famous American
author is a member OF the United
States supreme court. What is his
name7
Who was king Of France AZ the
outbreak or the French revolution?
Who composed the Moonlight
Sonata"
"Man that is born Of a woman is
Of few days. and full Of trouble"
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Today In the Past
On this date, in l7Ss. New York,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
DIES IN CRASH

VERNON. Tex. July 25.-Pl-
Henry Byars. %. son OF City Com
missioner Lon Byars. was fatally in
jured here last night when his auto
mobile crashed into a car driven bly,
Robert Lee Wilson. high school
youth. Byars died before aid could
be given. Wilson had slight injuries.
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Other Papers
NOT A MORAL ISSUE
dallas News).

NUdIIdS NeWsJ.
New Orleans happens to be the largest haven Of
epen gambling in the south today. New Orleans might
evade the responsibility on technical grounds, since
the large gambling halls are sheltered conveniently
across the parish lines in jefferson and st. Bernard;
but il is New Orleans that crowds them and loses its
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
SWALLOWS THREE MARBLES

CHICAGo.-Ralph Pelerman, aged
s. swallowed three marbles. but thus
far have caused him no tEcublas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
M0NCADA'S MAJORITY
IN NICARAGUA 1856
Press Gives High Praise to U. S.
for Way Election Was
Supervised.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua November 10.
Returns from all but four precincts
on last Sundays elections give Gen.
Jose Maria Moncada, Liberal, majority
of 1856 for the presidency. The total
vote of l32,0Oo was about 80 per cent
of registration.
The next Congress. which will con-
vene on December Is. will be evenly
balanced. The Senate will have IL Con-
servatives and IL Liberals. A third of
the Senators were elected Sunday. In
the Chamber of Deputies there will be
% Conservatives and 81 Liberals, half
Of the total being newly elected.
The entire press Of Nicaragua praises
the honesty and fairness of the Amer
lean supervision of the election. La
Prensa, Conservative, says:
American honesty in the supervision
OF the election must constitute a teSti-
monial of legitimate pride We have
always defended the sincere and fra
ternal kindness of the. United states
toward our country. We have ALWAYS
tried to make clearly understood the
good intentions of the United States
toward Nicaragua"
FL Concrete, Liberal says: THE vic
tory OF democracy which showed in
Nicaragua last Sunday marks an epoch
not only in Latin America but even
In the land OF Washington. The cleo
ton, free from tears and sorrow, the
ike OF which was never seen in the
annals OF our country. places Nicaragua
in line with the advanced nations.
Blessed be the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
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SALE--HOUSES.

NEAR WARDMAN PARK-PRACTIcALLY
new semi-detached r. 2 b., built-In garase.
Sacrifice Owner. Col 64l7
The Washington times., 1928-02-04
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

The District Of Columbia owns
property assessed ia the amount
of $4,000, 900; the chur ines, ETC.,
property assessed f1r $40, zoo, COO;
foreign governments, $4,000 900,
and the United States Govern
ment property assessed at $4T0,-
0O0. 900.
The Washington times., 1928-02-04
SUBURB til Be
DE- VEL0PED

The Brnmbaok Realty Com.
pany has purchased i tract 81
q acres located about one mile
west Of Falls Church. fronting
on the Lee Highway heinz ,,,stI
immediately west 81 o. new
ruby Lee Minar nlahdivislnn
ssreenWay Downs. This land Il
being subdivided into acre tracts
and will be improved with -.
fractive modern homes 81 five
and six rooms.
They are building hard sur.
faced streets through the sub
division and all the lots viii
have q frontage 81 100 feat 81
more on same. There II quite !
demand for home sites Of this
character for the person who
wants to raise chickens. fruit
and garden truck, and who wants
more room than Is available an
= 80 foot lot closer III.
lt has been a difficult matter
20 ind modern homes with an
acre or more Of ground located
on g hard surfaced road nearby
To washington, and IL was "a
take care Of this class Of clients
that the Brumback Company de-
cided to put in this type Of sub
division. While the houses win
be small and moderately prfced
they will be attractive and AZ
various types Of architecture
with no two exactly alike in the
same square.
The front yards will be attrac-
lively handicapped, and the ground
in the rear OF the house win be
fenced and made complete with
chicken house, garage, fruit
trees, etc. This DEVELOPMENT
with its proximity to. Washing.
ton, its accessibility to the Lee
Highway and also to the new
zoo foot Lee Boulevard Inn.
mediately to the south, makes ii
very desirable location for
suburban homes. About one.
third of the subdivision il
wooded, which also adds to its
desirability for residential sites.
A name has not been selected
as vet for the subdivision and
2 800 cash prize il being offered
Tor the best name submitted.
Anyone is eligible to enter the
contest and may submit as many
names as desired. III il planned
to have the opening Of the new
subdivision on or about April /
and the name will be selected
before that date.
The Washington times., 1928-02-04
Only II Lots UnsOld
In Forest Hills

One section about washington
upon which great deal Of in
terest has been conferred. is that
development known as Forest
Hills. This property abuts Rock
Creek Park, east OF Connecticut
Avenue, a little beyond the Bureau
OF Standards Its development
was undertaken IN the spring Of
1925 By Hedges and Middleton.
Inc. The tract 81 IS acres was
The Washington times., 1928-02-04

laid out being careful to folIow
the natural contour Il the Iand.
thus preserving its many forest
trees; IFS knobs and valleys
making a truly unique develop
ment. During the interim Of its
initial offering md the present
only II lots remain unsoId out ~
the Ill original sites.
When person invests ii home
ownership IN Washington he Is
investing in the future Of the Ma
tons Capital.
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High Lights
i'm Burroughs
Case iere.
Instructions

~
Every homicide in Virginia IN the
absence of other evidence, is presumed
to be murder in the second degree,
and in order to elevate the otfense to
murder in the first degree, the bur-
den of proof is upon the Common
wealth and in order to reduce the
offense to manslaughter, or to snow
justification or excuse, the burden IS
upon the accused to introduce EVIL
,6ence to show extenuating clrcum-
stances, or justification, unless 1t APP
pears from the evidence OF the Com
rnonwealth.
The Court instructs the jury tnat
malice in law may be inferred from
the use of a deadly weapon.
80
The Court further instructs you
that to constitute a willful, deliberate
and premeditated killing, it is not
necessary that the intention to XII
should exist any particular length Oh
tine prior to the actual killing; II is
only necessary that such intention
should come into existence 1or the
Asst time at the time OF such Kill
ing.
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