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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

Ing very sporty In 3 light over
coat. pulling on his gloves.
Well, how did Ii 80 this morn.
iiig?1 he asked
Before she had time to answer
hs said: Miss OsDay, I'd like
very much to have you 50 to
lunch with me, ! want to talk
TO you.
Nancys first impulse was to
say NO. but something stopped
her. The same old daring. reck-
less feeling that she had expert.
enced 80 often Of late. weIled up
within het. She remembered
GInger,s advice about getting
alOEg In the world.
Very vel, Mr.. WescOtt, she
answered.
Five minutes later they we're
st ated in Wesc0tt'A roadster,
speeding through the streets and
out 81 the city.
When Nancy SAW that they
were nearing the outskirts she
pIsicked up enough courage to
Ask where they were going.
Howard Wescott laughed, stepped
on the gas, and said:
Afraid you're getting KID
mapped, Ell? Well. you're not.
1rst thought we'd take run 70
tho Chalet. . nice eating placs
at Donges' Bay.
Where II Donges lay 81
Nancy asked.
.oh, 10 Or IL miles out, h
answered.
While Nancy Was thinking It
was rather unusual for 3 bust
ness man to 70 10 or q miles for
his luncheon, she found that the
roadster had left the city behind
and was speeding alOng the lake
road northWard.
.yrhe Chalet set IN grove OF
glorious pine trees high up on
4 bluff over the lake, was just
about the quietest, most restfuI.
!loveliest spot In the world. Nancy
thought. They pulled up beside
the cafe. Wescott jumped out
and slammed the door Of the car
before Nancy could aliglit.
You Just stay here . minute
while order the dinner. It'll
take ! little while and while its
being prepared we can take p
SLTUlls uOWu W NLl1 sAcLtAeSt az S-sksst-ss
his dark eyes shining.
How handsome he was, Nancy
thought. Often she had said she
didn't care 4 rap whistler or moi
q man was handsome. IL he were
only wholesome looking and
manly. Now. for the first time
in her life she WAS being thrilled
by masculine beauty Of = man
who seemed to grow better look
ing every minute. For no reason
a. all that she could see, she
found herself comparing this
mans looks. his manners, with
those Of John Blair.
Wescott was az handsome -
q movie actor, b Jack eyed. smooth
haired, dominating. compelling.
John Blair was less sleek, never
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drive up now" remarked Mrs.
Angle in grim anticipation.
reckon something would happen
them"
They were completely astounded
one morning to see Daisy Will
liama In her flower garden. calmly
milling weeds. Hello, neighbours"
she cried out gaily. My, but I'm
glad to be back" She dropped
the trowel and came over to the
fence.
"John' Henry and spent the
night in town because he was too
tired to come out and open the
cottage. / came on the early
train. We've had quite an excit-
ing week; I suppose you knew
we'd gomez"
Mrs. Angle looked at Mrs.
Rutherford and they both turned
to Daisy and nodded colby.
"You see," continued the fire.
pressible Daisy. Bob and I were
sweethearts long before met
John Henry. Bob's an artist. and
he's awfully temperamental. He's
always told me about his affairs
of the heart, and I've consoled
him. Well, he finally fell hard
for Susan Deeflng and susan
was crazy about him too. But
Bob had notions against proposing
marriage to a. wealthy woman.
and Susan seemed too proud to
ask him"
Daisy sighed and picked up her
trowel. We've had a hectic
month"; she said. John Henry
has had as bad a time as have.
Susan asked him to drive out with
her one night and talk things over
lit was about week ago-and
she wept on his shoulder all down
the highway"
They're married at last, thank
Heaven" she added. No more
matchmaking for me! guess
though" she said with a mischiev-
Gus smile at her neighbors, ut
must have been very entertaining
for you. wasn't it,"
"We've--we've been very much
interested, my dear child" de-
clared Mrs. Rutherford honestly
so honestly that she frankly
blushed.
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help 1t seemed that he couldn't
be trusted TO know a weed from
a choice plant, and had to be
watched. He took Daisy's scold.
ing meekly and looked at her
in a rather soulful way-not at
all the way a married woman
should be looked at! Mrs. Ruther.
ford remarked upon all OF this
to Mrs. Angle.
They wondered II John Henry
would be so blind as not to
see the rocks on which the barque
of matrimony would certainly
plunge IL not steered with pro-
dence and sagacity.
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TIMELY TIPS.

Mash SsdanI926--For Sale
NASH Advance Six Two.dOor
Sedan. 1926 model, excellent me
chanical condition. Good tires.
5000. See this buy today.
house for Rent-Nsar Capitoi
STX-ROOM Brick House. al
modern improvements: screened
porch and garage. Near Union
Station and Capitol.
Furnfshed Roons-l4th Street
18th STREET. Large. brigIk
front, comfortable rooms; hllsk
ness people. Reasonable.
49,
SO for CGt-H Returned
$40 REWARD for cat, bIatk
with white markings on face and
stomach. White feet. Named
Tunney.
Chopin Street Apartment
For Rent
ONE five.rOOll1, Kitchen ana
bath, also twO-rOom. kitchen and
bath: newly furnished, large,
bright rooms; moderate FAtes. 10
will he well to see these apart
ments before selecting elsewhere.
$50
Home for SaEeM E. Locatiess
BEAUTIFUL Six-ro0m Dutch
Colonial House. Corner location.
garage. everything desirable.
Owner has left city and must !
sell at low cost. Payment. ba
ance $50 per month. DUST I'D
rent.
The oboUe Wnnts and offerS
ara only a fem Of the mar
interesting propositf0ns you
tviH find adDertised IN todays
Times classified GdOertisfng
sections.
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exact place Of the most intimate
friend.
And any who chooses trash to
read IL lending himself to a trashy
and Improbable friendship; one
which at best will waste his time
and at worst will drag his thought
for a longer or shorter period,
down to the no account level OF
what he reads.
Give a man a steady diet Of
crook stories and. on the principle
that evil associations corrupt good
manners, he. himself becomes a
crook, potentially.
Let him turn his thoughts con-
stantly to absorbing cynical, dis
agreeable attacks upon the in
tegrity of the universe and he, by
reflection at any rate. becomes
disagreeable cynic with no con-
fidence in earth Or heaven.
But give him good books-the
best-and the effect upon him is
that which the influence of a high.
principIed noble association would
exert. For, after all, books are
merely the communications of one
mind to another expressed in pages
and chapters.
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How Nancy Deane Solved
Mystery Of BirtIlrigit

20 faultle9Sly dressed. Ih9Es WAS
always d touch Of the hashful
about John.
Nancy conln't imagina Howard
Wescott - anything but per-
fectly grOomed. The first time
SIM had seen John Blair he had
red clay on his boots. His fin
gernails wero far from polished.
No. Howard NVescott wasn't q
man to have clay on his boots.
Not the kind who wore boots.
While he was gone she sazed
about her. looking this way and
that. trying u decide which view
was most beautiful. Toward the
east, down through the pines,
she could catch glimpses Of
sapphire blue water. The wind
in the branches above her sang
& song. melancholy and sweet.
Al this odd hour she guessed
that she and Howard Nescotk
were the only dinner guests that
the remote cafe could boast
INV. then how about 4 lit
tie walk In the pines before DIM
,ner The words startled Nancy.
She had heen gazing at the
trees thinking of LongfeIloWs
lines
This Fl the forest primeval
the murmuring pines and the
hemIocIs
Howard Wescott held out his
hard to help her from The car.
How different his hand was to
either the hand 81 John Blair or
Victor Fleming. IL seemed that
she Was getting 20 Be quite sens
sitiye to the feel OF peoples
hands. John Blair'S hand waa
rather i rough hand. big and
strong and warm 10 the 19iss.t1. +
Vic's hand was soft, too velvety.
Howard Wesc0ttss hand was like
neither.
Nancy only knew that little
shiver ran up ana nOwn her
spine when she placed her fingers
in his. His grip Was nlast.s. Z.
compelling. At that moment nisa
WAS not sure she wanted to 70
strclling through the pine woods.
over the carpet Of punRent needles
that had accumulated there with
the years. but she could not ~
fuse.
- 4AGrltst " q &AlIA4u HO&Es
The clean. fresh air daahing fnta
her face while they were riding
had reacted ike q c0i.s I'D
Now, under the pines. ii the
soft shadows she began to feel
q delightful Ianguor. The strelau-
ous happenings Of the last lev
days and nights seemed to fade
away and she only knew that
now, for = brief hour, she could
rest 10th her tired body and her
tree brain.
They walked toward the south,
away from The Chalet, and soon
found 3 narrow path, hardly
wide enough for two e. walk
together. through great banks 81
ferns nearly a. high as Nancyss
waist Many OF them had begun
to turnks brown, and here and
thee, like dash Of gold On i
canvas Of green, there would Be
yellow frond.
Howard Wescott stopped over
and picked one OF the golden ferns,
handing 1t to Nancy. It's as go1d
as your hair. he said. and before
she could answer he had grasped
her arm, pulled her to him, almost
roughly. tipped back her head and
kissed her.
Surprised as she was, Nancy
wanted to laugh. She did laugh.
Well, little girl, what's 30 funny
about that?'' he asked, with 4 look
of chagrin. as though he wasn't
in the habit OF having girls laugh
at his kisses.
fTO Re Confined Tnno,rn4r. Il.
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Another visitor at the Williams
cottage then appeared on the
scene. This was Susan Deering,
q wealthy girl who owned a
summer home about a mile down
the highway. She had been in
Paris since the Williams had
moved out, and now came for the
first time TO call. til was late
in the afternoon when she ar
rived, riding up on a big gray
hunter, and looking very charm
ing in trim suit of green, her
little feet encased in patent
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also do al my garden work and J.
have = three-year-old girl to look
after. / have told quite a few others
to try the Vegetable Compound and
] am willing 70 answer letters about
it."-MRs. Ed. BEES, r. 4, Plymouth,
wisconsin.
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Vegetable Com
pound and am
proud to say it is
good. / was SO
rundown that I
didn't feel like
doing anything
and my mother
told me to try
the Vegetable
Compound and /
did. 1t did me
good. / do my
! Homework and
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Timely Topics

Marriages in France are decreas-
ing.
Upwards of 100000 Chinese
live outside of China.
At present there are 71,sti
Buddhist temples In Japan.
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What Do You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST
Questions ON Editorial Page

l. Antaeus; The wind; 4, California; s. D.; g. An
instrument determining higher than the Their
mometer will Mathematician place for pilgrim
ages g. Where the Sstine Chapel Isl TO- Where Franklin is
buried Used be center for whale ships; IL volcano IN
Hawaii ID, Rome; H. Conquer; 49, Ours.
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Oputarlty of the OIiUe

introduced by mission fathers OF Mexico
he olive still rapidly increasing Importance among american
commercial products Incidentally notable
among those mentioned in the Bible
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READ THIS FIRST

Nancy UcAnes gOAucM MhAs
dark.eyed who has lived her
eighteen years with David and
Margaret O'Day. foster parents in
small wisconsin town learn she
Il the granddaughter Of the
wealthy and aristOcratic Mont
gomery Deanes in Milwaukee
who disinherited her father and,
do not even know Of her exist
senee. Through John Blair, an
outstanding young man she mas
learned 70 admire, she secures
letter ia Howard WestcOtt. man
ager Of the Wear Ever Mills In
Milwaukee. On the train she
meets Ginger Warden, = style
lnaOdel who takes her TO her board
Ing house and introduces her TO
her friends. One 81 these, VIC
Flemminr makes love to her and
asks her to marry him. She
finally secures Job In the
knitting mill where Weatcott, at
tracted BY her beauty. offers her
place in the office. She Is
naiVeIy delighted but both Ginger
and Vic characterize Westcctt ~
: big bum"
That same evening while Vic
Jerry Durant. Ginger and Nancy
are dining and dancing at The
Golden Pheasant, WeseOtt comes
In; Vic picks : quarrel and thy
have 4 rough and tumble fight
aud are arrested. Nancy sees
blood on Westcott's face.
Now Continlle.D
Ginger seemed so sure OF her.
sell. she was so decided. She
Rad no misgivings about anything
ii seemed. Az Nancy listened to
her talk and to her advice. she be.
ran to think that perhaps she. her.
self, was 4 little too soft and over
.worrisome. 1t must have been
her desperation at the thought Of
facing the thing through. Of going
down to Howard Wescott's office.
Of explaining to Mud and Darcy.
ali her friends at Appleton, that
made her sit up suddenly, set her
Jaw, and declare:
You're right, Ginger. Hereafter
I'm going to be hard, or whatever
II Il that you are. I'm not going
10 take things so seriously. I've
got TO live and haven't done any.
thing wrong that can see. II
wasn't my fault IL that hot tenn
pered Vic Flemming had to start
row in q rcadhouse over me.
don't care what ANYBODY thinks.
I'm just as good as the day LETT
home"
She wiped the tears from her
eyes and went over to the dresser
and started to comb her hair so
fast and furiously, with such
strokes OF decision that Ginger
stood in the middle of the floor,
her mouth open. She was
astounded.
.'Hoorayr' she exclaimed at last
"That's the spirit, kiddo. ] knew
you'd come around TO it. | was
soft like you once myself. Twas
always worryin' and fearin' what
people thought. and now / don't
give a continental what people
think. I'm out for little old Gin
ger Warden, model with Ziegel-
baum's. Inc. an I amt ashamed
OF IT, Gosh knows I'm ahuTadred
times happier than was when l
dropped my eyes. girlishly, scared,
actually scared, understand. when
one OF them curbstone sheiks
asked me IL wanted a ride. Only
you're coming to it quicker than 1
thought you would. Shake"
Ginger held out her hand. Nancy
smiled.
"Oh, / don't want to be hard.
And don't want TO be posing, but
zee whiz, what have l done? I've
got less than 50 to my name and
I'm living In your room until my
first pay day--and now I'm not so
sure that l have a job anywhere.
IL got to fight to live why I'll
just fight, that's ALL"
AnNFRTIRFMEAT
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ADvERTIsEMERT
HOUSE-WORK
TIRED her
Finds Aid in Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Plymouth, wis., am one Of the
women taking Lydia r. Pinkbam's
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This Day III Our History

on August "a 1918 Justice Mnyer states District
Of the Lusitania" from liability damage
suits holding the vessel sunk by pirates and
armed and carried explosives
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fIO lie COntInned Torlorr0W.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08

The Mexican bale, for many years
a source Of feudS stabbing ARRAYS
and gun battles, where liquor flow
ed freely and wild passions were
aroused, is rapidly disappearing
from the lower border.
Today a few of the earthen floors,
trampled by the feet Of hundreds Of
dancers, are still in existence. Mod
ern dance halls have replaced a few
Of the colorful bale grounds OF the
old days; but the decline Of the
bale has been in almost direct ratio
to the decline in the flow of liquor
across the Rio Grande.
The last Of the bales in Browns
willie disappeared five years ago. At
one time four of the large bale
grounds, only one Of which had a
wooden floor, flourished in the out
skirts Of the city, a prolific source
Of Saturday night and Sunday police
court cases.
The Ramireno, west Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific tracks near the pres
ent site Of the roundhouse, was one
Of the favorite stamping grounds
as was also the old Jango on Jack
son street, the last Of the old bale
grounds TO disappear. The Delicias
at Fourth and jefferson and the
Gardenia az Madison and Boulevard,
were among the favorite haunts OF
the Saturday night pleasure seekers
The tum-tum Of the Fcatskin GOV
cred drum. the blare Of the cor.
net. and squeak Of the ancient &C.
cordian. the favored instruments
have passed into the dim oblivion in
Brownsville.
Two or three Of the old-time
bales are still operating beyond the
city limits. but their Saturday night
crowds have dwindled. The boot.
leggers and liquor smugglers. who
in former years found profitable
markets for their wares have beer
forced out Of the wholesale bus.
mess.
Among the bale crowds Of the
old days the gun or knife "toter'
was always in evidence, and the
bale grounds Of the city were often
the scenes Of sa%nguinary battles aft
er the sufficient mescal or tequils
had been imbibed. a Saturday night
without one or more shooting OF
stabbing ARRAYS was a rarity.
"The bale as an institution has
disappeared from Brownsville" was
the statement Of Lieutenant Of Pc
lice Armstrong when queried as tc
what had become Of the old-timt
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08
Many Wells Are
Being Put Down
On King Ranch


RAYMONDVILLE, July The
King ranch is in the midst Of al
artesian well drilling campaign,
which will give plentiful and con-
venient supply of water to the thou
sands of head of cattle on the
ranch. Howard Curry j. in charge
II the well drilling crew, and has
already completed a number Of the
wells
The work began in the western
mart Of kennedy county, and the crew
has worked eastward toward Laguna
Madre, driving wells entirely across
ne county. Now they will turn
south and drill wells to the south
ern extremity Of the King ranch,
in the eastern part of Willacy
county.
The wells are about 1900 or 1900
feet in depth, and average so gal
Ions of water per minute, although
one we'll flowed ESQ gallons per
minute. The water flows over the
TOP cf the casing into a trough,
which leads into a depression, thus
forming a small lake. The wells are
nut down at convenient distances
Tor the cattle TO get water, without
having to travel a great distance.
A little more than one month is re-
ouired to drill a well, Mr.. Curry
states.
The King ranch is said 70 be the
largest ranch in the world, contain
Ing almost 100000 acres Of land
in three adjoining counties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08
Old Time Bale IS
Fast Disappearing

dance resorts. Brownsville will
grant no licenses for the operation
Of bales, and we propose TO keep
them out"
The reporter recalled that five or
six years ago he would call at the
city police station between u and
/ o'clock each Saturday night with
the assurance that there would be
at least one sensational gun fight
or ~stabbing affray for a STORY"
you never failed to yet a weekly
sensation in those days" the lieu
tenant Of police said. Il remember
one Saturday night we had six
shootings or stabbing ARRAYS at the
various bales. and the Sunday morn
ing edition OF The Herald gave
Brownsville a reputation almost
equal TO that Of Chicago. In those
days the city police and federal Of
ficers would combine forces every
Saturday night to raid the various
bales as soon as the shooting or
knitting commenced, and generally
had the Jail filled up by Sunday
morning"
On n occasion Chief Linton and
Lieutenant Armstrong attempted n
raid on a bale. and were met by
a barrage Of pistol bullets through
which they charged unscathed and
made eight arrests, dispensing the
crowd.
"We didn't try that stunt again
Armstrong said. Eve learned our
lesson, and when the bales were
raided we took sufficient force to
make sure the raid would be effect
i've in handling any opposition we
might meet"
The last of the bales in Browns
VILE disappeared in 1923. after a
shooting affray in which two Of the
participants carried off several bull
let's. The red flag, which was hoist
ed every Saturday TO alnounc the
dance. has been pulled down for the
last time. and a modern residence
now occupies the site Of the old re-
sort.
The gradual decline OF the baile
on the American side of the Rio
Grande is attributed TO better edu-
cation Of the younger generation
the competition Of moving picture
theaters. rigid enforcement Of the
prohibition laws along the border
and the breaking up Of the monte
games and other forms Of gambling
which in the old days we're consid-
cred a necessary adjunct to the
bale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08
US Killed And
2S76 Hurt Since
Jan. In Texas

Since January 4 10 date 2s76 per-
sons have been injured and ms killed
in accidents OF all kinds In Texas.
according TO figures released BY the
Texas Council Of Safety. These fig
ures show "a decided increase when
compared 70 figures W PALS and 739
respectively yer the same period Of
1927.
The compilation further shows that
during the week OF June 1928, az
were killed and 22T injured by acct
dents in Texas. Of this number, Is
we're killed and 177 injured nv auto
mobiles. This was more than the
combined sums Of all other classi-
ficatiOns.
"A poor second, railway trains killed
four and injured a similar number.
Drowning accounted for six deaths
while burns and "other causes" ac-
counted for four each. Explosives
and firearms caused death To two per-
sons and falls took one life.
OF the weeks total. seven were in
iured and one killed in home acct
dents and seven were iured and
four killed in industrial accidents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08

battle to put Texas in the doubtful
column"
Arrangements are being made 70
handle a crowd of at least 500 at the
gathering, which is q be thrown
open to the public. And all the
speeches and musical numbers will
be broadcast over radio station
KING Of this city.
Music for the event will be furnish
ed by the Harlingen municipal band,
the Smoker Boys Band" an organi-
cation composed Of five brothers, and
the Magic quartet from Santa Rosa.
j. Y. Rodgers. local postmaster. il
TO preside at the meeting, and will
introduce Mr.. Creager. who will de-
liver the opening address Of the
Hoover for President" campaign in
Texas.
Mrs. Griswold is to reach Har-
lingen early in the day Monday. and
will meet with Valley women during
the morning. and help 10 perfect
an organization of women TO work
for Hoover, according 70 present ar
engagements.
The arrangements for the meeting
are being handled by Walker Austin,
chairman Of the committee here, and
in addition to launching the state
campaign, the meeting will serve as
the beginning of the Cameron County
Hoover club activities, the Harrington
club having expanded into a County
club, with 800 members already, Mr..
Austin said.
Judge II. L. Chapman Of Harlingen
Is to speak at the meeting on why
Texas People Should Support Hoov-
err" W. r. Blackshear of Browns
Vile. a lifelong democrat. and for
mer resident Of New York, Is TO talk
on "Tammany Hall and the Demo
cratic Party as II is Today.T
John r. Lomax Of San Benito will
talk on Hoover. and j. a. Skunk OF
Harlihgen will talk on protective tar
, IF for agriculture. Short talks are
also TO be made by Carlos Watson.
Jesse bennett and Or. 5. X. Hallam
Of Brownsville.
The street in front Of the Reese
Wil-Mond hotel. where the meeting is
to be held in the open air. will be
roped off. and the program will start
at 1880 with music.