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The Washington times., 1928-12-27
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
Amateur Vamping

T4LIE day has passed when
i "vamping'' was a highly
specialized art, practiced only by
! few professionals. 1t is now
merely an amateur sport, which
nearly every girl takes up as a
''side-line."
The great sirSns of history and
of yesterday were that way"
because they had TO be-. To them,
the only known business Of life
was the business of getting q
man-and holding onto him.
There were only two kinds of
women in the world-wives and
vamps. Nice girls" who were
trying to get hold of one man for
life, and who were struggling to
capture a lot of mem In those
days, to be known as 'flirt' al
most wrecked a girls chances of
marrying; and to be too popular
with the stag-line instantly
stamped her as declasse.
But, now, HOW the world mas
changed! Every woman frankly
and openly uses every art she
can discover and every artifice
she can invent to attract he men.
One-hundred-c -charm-poW Is none
too much for her; and the anna
teur vamping championship goes
to the girl with the longest stag
line
The only objectionable sin,
these days, is to be unpopular.
a woman for being wall-flower
or ''dud" with the men.
The difference seems to be
merely in the fact that the old
fashioned Vamp followed vamping
as a business, while the modern
vamp does her Vamping just for
the sport of the thing. The dis
tinction between them is the
same as that between the prOfes-
sional gambler and the amateur
ortsman--between the race-track
tout and the gentleman plunger.
To want 10 vamp man does
not necessarily mean that a girl
wants to marry him, or even that
that she wants to annex him.
1t means merely that she wants
to try her skill. She Is not look
ing Tor a Vlctln, snS Is looh4i1S
for a thrill.
What women have learned
about men; about sex-appeal;
about synthetic beauty and culti-
waited charm, since vamping be-
came an amateur sport in per
fectly good standing, would fill
Carnegie library.
Now that vampinR has been
lifted above the cloud of disap.
proval and has become one of the
modern arts. most girls take it up
along with their French and their
algebra, and are post-graduates
by the time they reach their com
ing-out parties. The man who
looks into a pair OF baby-nlue
debutante eyes is looking into the
eyes OF skilled amateur-vamp,
whether he knows it or not!
The Washington times., 1928-12-27
LISTEN WORLD!
Damaged Ladies
By Elsie Robinson

Any lady can avoid damage-if
she wants to.
In fact, there never was time
in the worlds history when q
girl had to work harder to get
herself damaged.
Neither blondes nor brunettes
are a treat to the average male.
He can see all he wants OF
either of them any day on the
street-and you can take that in
any way you wish.
It's a hard job for a girl to get
herself noticed, in the face OF all
that competition-much less prop
ositioned.
And you may be sure that any
lady that succeeds in getting her
self DANA ged In this blase era did,
at least, her bit toward that end.
Now. l ask you, does 1t sound
reasonable, our movies and maya
zines being what they are?
Maybe there are Beautifnl
Blondes, aged %. who have pre-.
served their pristine innocence
but il so, what they deserve is
not damages, but medals. Or
niche in good sanitary museum.
Lastly, this tender theory that
Wronged Women need $25,0 900
balm to allay their wounded feel
ings--
That may go good with judges
who need votes
But any regular woman knows
it's hooey.
Ladies whose feelings over their
lost virtue can be allayed by
$25, 900 check and a ton of news
print haven't any feelings. And
our courts should not be invoked
to aid them in their hold-up game.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DE-. Louis E. Bisch

10y OAs |OMA0 SO
MALARIA is one of those loose.
m waste-basket kind of terms
with which we glibly designate
certain vague feelings Of illness
without taking the trouble to find
out what actually is the matter.
When you come to think OF IT,
1t is really a human weakness to
feel satisfied as soon as something
that puzzles or mystlfies us is
given a name.
To classify, even of we classify
wrongly. yields a certain kind OF
satisfaction.
Neura sthenia is another such
term. So is growing pains.
Malaria has been a cover-aH word
for years and it still persists de-
spite our present day knowledge
on the subject. which is very
definite and precise.
If you suffer that time-honored
''tired feeling" which seems to be
considered by so many as the out
standing symptom of malaria, you
had better check up on 1t to see
whether actually you are sick or
whether it is only case OF con-
stipation, unhygienic living or
possibly is purely mental. But II
you suffer ehills and fever, espe-
cially at regular and recurrent in
tervals. the quicker you have your
blood examined the better.
For malaria is caused by
parasite, the Plasmodium Ma
lariae. a real. living animal or
ganism, that can be seen in
the blood. And furthermore. this
organism is carried to its human
host by a certain mosquito of
the genus Anopheles.
Some day read up on the in
teresting way in which the ano-
pheles breeds malaria organisms
within it's own body. The story
is bit complicated and too
detailed for so short an article
as this. Nevertheless it is fas-
cinating reading.
All mosquitoes, by the way, are
not of the anopheles variety. In
temperate zones the common
variety Of mosquito is the Culex
and it Is unable to act as host
for the malarial parasite. AL
though the anopheles Is more
prevalent in warm climates, 1t
may also be present in temper
ate ones.
Malaria is not as prevalent as
it used to be some so years ago
But there are regions in the
United States and elsewhere
where it still exists despite the
efforts made by local health au-
thorities to rid the nelghoor-
hood of swamps and other places
where the anopheles type OF mos
quito propagates. Il
Quinine is specific remedy
for malaria, but best results are
obtained when the blood is sur
charged with quinine at the time
the regular chill and fever oc-
cur. Taking quinine haphazardly
Is not sufficient.
It has been found also that
certain arsenic preparation callea
SalVarsan, also NeosalVarsan, OF
its substitute since the war, Ars-
phenamine, may work IKE a
charm in the cure of malaria II
properly administered directly
into the blood stream.
The points to be stressed are
these: First, If you think you
have malaria consult a compe-
tent doctor. who will examine
your blood and find out. Sec
ondly. don't try to treat your
self, but let the doctor do it.
The diagnosis and treatment OF
malaria is systematic and
scientific procedure which should
be carried out by scientific
man.
Thousands of real malaria suf-
ferers might be cured pern1an",
emily II this were done.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27

THE beautiful blonde is suing
Il the perfidious wretch for
$25, 900.
He done her wrong! Said he'd
marry her--took her to Love
nest. lived with her six months,
then quit her cold. So she wants
a lot of balm for her busted
heart and wounded sensibilities.
And she'll probably get it. For
the last three days she has been
crying all over the court room
and most of our reading public
has been crying with her. For
II there's one thing we Ameri-
cans can't stand it's injured in
nocence.
But here's one hard hearted
Hannah who won't weap a. tear:
/ see nothing pitiful in the
plight OF the beautiful blonde,
nor anything in her treatment
which deserves damages.
But I do see something in such
cases which is most hnmiliating
TO the self-respeet Of the female
sex-provided it had any.
No court honors women by
awarding one of them damages
in a suit such as this.
1t is done in the name OF
chivalry. but chlvalry like that is
no compliment. for 1t assumes
that women are nitwits, unable to
comprehend or protect them
selves from predatory papas.
Nothing could be further from
the truth.
These are wonderful days for
females and the merest slip OF
girl can and does easily bam.
boozle, at least dozen aver
age males.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
battle did general Don't shoot until
you the whites of their eyes?"
does the Land of Nod" mean?
Tho the beautiful attendant Of Venus?
a.. What avalanche?
. 5. Where china first made?
what country handkerchiefs first manufactured?
T. whom Washington referring when he said: 1--WE
consult Brother Jonathan?
Match opposites:
8. Deliberate Remote
8. CHASTITY Plump
10. Immediate lmpusve
II. Slender Detected
Jovial Ruddy
Fill each blank:
Is. Christ's dying words -
a. Brooklyn is called the city Of -.
he is the for February
ANSWERS Magazine PAgo)
The Washington times., 1928-12-27

A new coupling device has been
invented which automatically
couples air and steam hose be-
tween passenger and freight cars.
This work was formerly done
manually, at great expense and
with the risk of human life.
An electric motor is made to
run by merely waving the hand.
This is accomplished through the
use of a grid glow" a round
crystal bulb, perfected by electri-
cal engineers. Electricity gen.
Grated from the human body
causes the effect.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The principal manufacturers OF
needles in England make ABOUT
900, 100000 a year. Sixteen ol-
ferent operations are required 70
make an ordinary sewing needle.
The smallest needles are maoe
from wire 0.00S5 inch in diameter
and 1000 of them weigh less than
a quarter of an ounce.
Sir Maui Pomar, the Minister
of the Interior of New Zealand,
is a ull-blooded Moari. He is con-
sidered a brilliant man and
close student of the history and
origin of his people.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27

Men are able to trust one an
other, knowing the exact degree
of dishonesty they are entitled to
expect.--Leacock.
The great man who thinks
greatly Of himself, is not df4lin-
ishing that greatness in heaping
fuel on his fire. ID Israeli.
Man has his will, but woman
has her way. Holmes.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Virtuous and vicious every man
must be,
Few in the extreme, but all in
the degree. Pope.
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves
at least to lead us to the end of
life along an agreeable road.
La RochefoucauId.
There Is no day without sorrow.
Seneca.
The Washington times., 1928-12-27
VERY POOR
INDEED

Half a bed to let. Terms mod
crate. Inspection invited. Ad.
dress Madam Andrassy, AZ San
dor Street, Budapest" This au-
vertisement appeared in Hum
garian newspaper. The advertiser
explained that. 'fhe bed was va.
cant from p. m. to 8 the follow
ing morning, some persons in
Hungary being. now too poor 10
rent a room or even bed for
permanent use.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
SKATERS WEAR
SHORT SKIRTS
Clothing Gets First In
terest at Meet In
Switzerland

NORTH. Switzerland, Feb. e.-iPl
The color and length of the skat-
ing skirts Of Beatrix Loughran Of the
United States, Sonia Henie Of Nor
way and Andree Jolly Of France,
who are favorites in the women's
fancy skating olympic events. have
captured the interest of the cosno-
p%olitan population here.
In fact, they are being considered
of much greater Importance TO the
st. Moritz colony, now quadrupled,
than whether O'Neil Farrell of the
United States, Thunberg of Finland,
Larsen and Eversen OF Norway can
break the time OF AZ seconds for the
500 meters event or whether Canada
%triumphs at hockey
The petite Norwegian, Sonia Henie,
with yellow skirt two inches above
the knee appears TO be a favorite
with Miss Loughran's knee-high
dark blue second and the French
girls extremely abbreviated red
last.
The Norwegian girl finds favor
because she is only thirteen years
old and at the Olympics in Cham
onix in 1924, she finished fourth.
~ just wanted TO be comfortable
Miss Loughran said when queried as
TO the length Of her skirt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
By JACK SORDS

The call of Olympic games once
more has fallen on he graceful ears
Of Joie Ray and the fleet Chicago
middle-a~zapce man is responding
sZn an attempt at a comeback.
Ray has made application to the
central committee Of the A. A. U. for
the return Of his resignation card,
sent in two years ago. The dope is
that Joie will get the card back. de-
spite a suspension some time ago on
charges that Ray violated the anna
teur rules when he vas viewed
punching striking bags in a Chicago
sporting goods store.
Joie is still on the sunny side Of
so and has kept in excellent condi-
ton. On retiring he gobbled up lots
of fresh air by driving a taxi and
later built up his muscles by manual
labor in the steel mills.
If Joie back his will be
an achievement. for he was at the
peak Of his athletic career eight
years ago when he set up records
for the 1000 yards and one mile
distances that still stand.
Since that glorious day of his
career he has pc .ormed nobly on
the tracks. Only three years & he
equalled Paavo Nurmi's American
mark Of four minutes and twelve Sec
onds for the mile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
LOCALS.LOSE
CAGE BATTLE
San Benito Licks Boys
IL to Is; Home Girls
Cop Tilt

SAN BENITOlTSHRDLUCMFWYP
San Benito's high school hoop art
lists kicked the narcotic receptacle
all over their own dirt court Wednes-
day afternoon when they licked
Brownsville's male high school repre-
sentatives by a two-point margin.
The final score was Is to 16.
II was the first defeat for the
Eagles this year. Overconfidence was
largely responsible for the calamity,
according to those who make a close
study of such happenings. The visit
ing cagers, staggering with an un-
broken chain Of wins. and apparently
secure in the knowledge that San Be-
nito had already been listed among
their victims this year, were utterly
unable to cope with a savage attack
launched by the locals during the
closing half.
Brownsville led. and BY a COM
handing percentage, during the first
half Of the battle, but in the closing
chapters San Benito found the eye
for the basket that Brownsville had
lost, and from that point began forg-
ing steadily to the front.
Consolation may be derived from
the fact that the girls ran true 70
form and COPIED a victory by a -
10 count. This game was "A worth
watching, the issue hangkg in doubt
until far into the final sHsion.
Boys lineup: -
Co.. panito lUG&&H&3& u,evslla (fEA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
Meeting Called
To Plan War on
Pink Boil Worm

ABILENE. Tex, Feb. 9.-R1-
Following the suggestion Of Governor
Moody, President X. W. Hayuie OF the
West Texas Chamber Of Commerce
late yesterday called a state wide
pink boil worm conference for Feb.
IS at Sweetwater with the warning
that the people must either stamp out
the pest or accept il. The latter
course might mean eventually that
the state would import cotton instead
Of exporting it. he declared
The date named by President
Haynie makes the conference fall
just two days before the initial meet
ings Of the states pink bell worm
commission, which yesterday an
noanced postponement of its Lamnsa
and Big Spring meetings until Feb.
27. A third and fourth hearing BY
the commission will bc held at Mid
land On Feb. 2S and al Maria on
Feb. 90.
Governor Moody and representa-
tives Of the state department Of agri-
culture and members OF the federal
pink boil worm commission are 10 at
tend the Sweetwater meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
Pick Canzoneri
70 Defeat Bass

new YORK, Feb. 9.-tP-Iony
Canzoneri of Brooklyn rated an ;
10 5 favorite today to become the
universally recognized featherweight
champion after his l5-round bout
with Benny Bass Of Philadelphia IN
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night. 4.
Canzoneri, recent conlueror Of
Bud Taylor. Terre Haute terror, also
has a victory over Johnny Dundee,
former king of the l26-pound divi-
sion. although Dundee fought out Of
the featherweight limit at the time.
Bass was handed the title BY the
National Boxing association after a
victory over Red Chapman of Bos-
ton. The empire state declined 70.
consider Bass the champion. however,
so the dispute will be decided IN the
encounter with Canzoneri.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
Grid Star Visits
Classmates Here

Fred R~amsdell, former University
of Texas grid star, winner OF the
200 yard dash at jamestown Expo
sition in 1906 and member Of the
American Olympic team in 1908. Is
in Brownsville visiting classmates.
Mrs. Ramsdell is with him.
They came here from their home
in Philadelphia and are being enter
tanned by Harbert Davenport, II. L.
Yates and Volney W. Taylor, all Of
whom were in the same class at the
university.
Ramsdell was a star on the grid
team during l906-07 and 'OS and
played with Penn u. in 1908. He is
a graduate of the engineering de-
partment Of Texas and is engaged in
the contracting business.
While attending the university he
was judged "the ugliest man in
Texas" in competition with the best
the state could produce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsdell will re-
main in Brownsville for some time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
SHARKEY BOUT
GIVEN JEERS
Brown Thinks Little
Of Boston Takers
Ability
BY NORMAN z. BROWN

The signing of Jack Sharkey and
Johnny Risko for an elimination"
battle in March, under Tex Richards
direction, brings the heavyweight
situation a bit nearer an organized
state.
But the public is inclined to ask
two questions:
First, as to why Sharkey is con-
sidered in the running for another
title fight, in view of his showing
TO date.
Second, as to whether or not
Johnny Risko, the Clevelander, will
get the big shot" at Tunney or
Dempsey if lie defeats Sharkey-
There Is a general feeling that
efforts are being r~edoubled to build
Sharkey into another big match, and
hat nothing less than d knockout
victory by Risko will put the Bos-
tonian out of running. Else why
continue to consider Sharkey?
He, his manager, and his friends
and the Rickard forces-have the fol-
lowing record TO otter In defense
of efforts to push him n the PIC
ture.
Dempsey-including a wasted oppor-
tunity to achieve what no man has
ever done-since Dempsey won the
Hitchcock him out.
A terrible affair with the veteran
Mike McTigue.
Another $3.50 bout with Homer
Smith.
A questionable verdict ove= Tom
Heeney in a battle the judges ruled
was a draw.
AS matters stand To-Day, Risko has
a better record among the heavy
weights. The only advantage Shar-
key has is the talking one of a bat
tie with Dempsey. Admittedly, Shar-
key fought a rotten fight against
Dempsey-tossing what little science
he had to the Withstand his chances
of victory at the same time. So ne
can claim little favor there.
Sharkey, however, is a Boston man
considered the same as a local
boy in and around New York. de
draws a big personal following ev-
ery time he fights. Risko's drawing
power is reckoned on his ring show
ing alone. He is an outsider as faT
as local popularity is concerned
coming from the sticks" Of Cleve-
land.
Sharkey, himself. has the unmiti-
gated nerve TO suggest that the bat
tie with Risko is unnecessary. he
SAYS "Risko is out of the picture
Sharkey never could handle De-
laney as roughly as Risko did. Shar-
key has never stood up and snapped
punches with Champion Gene Tun-
ney.
There is a general feeling that
Sharkey is still Ia the running be-
cause the promoters figure him as
a bigger gate attraction as long as
he's still on both feet.
have a feeling that Johnny Ris-
ko had better lay his plans now =
soak Jack Sharkey for the we'll
known row of Japanese garages i
he cares to stay in the tourney. II
he doesn't, he may be heard asking
the same old question:
"What Toes a guy have 10 do 70
win in this league"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
Sanger Favored
Beat Taylor
I GlsBout Tonight

CHICAGO. Feb. 9.-Two contend
ers for the worlds featherweight
championship. Bud Taylor Of Terre
Haute. Ind, and joey Sanger Of
Milwaukee. will match punches and
hooks in a ten-round bout tonight.
Because Of his two victories over
Taylor. who is recognized as bantam
weight champion in most Of the
states where boxing is ~legalized,
Sanger was a 6 to 5 favorite. Both
fighters assert they are in the best
OF condition and will have no alibis
if defeated.
Taylor's crown will not be at stake
as. both are over the lis pound ban
tamweight limit. The fight will mean
much to both. however, as each IS
anxious to win and to get a crack
at the winner Of the Tony Canzoneri-
Benny Bass fight at New York to-
morrow night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
CANALES SPEAKS

MERCEDES. Feb. 8. Monday
mornings assembly period at the
until W 1nesday when Judge Joseph
p. Canales Of Brownsville. spoke to
the students. His subject. a most
welcome and interesting one, was
The History of the Rio Grande
Valley"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
WOMAN GOVERNORS Alb

BOSTON. ~Mass.-(P-Mrs. Esther
Andrews has been appointed to the
governors council by Governor Full
Ter. She is the first woman TO be-
come a member Of this body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
HORNSBY, SANITY
\ y =
TO BRAVES,
= 4 y
NOT ON MARKET

CHICAGO. Feb. 9.-lPl-William
Week, president Of the Chicago
Cubs baseball club, Is back home
from an eastern visit with the in
formation that Rogers Hornsby is
not for sale by the Boston Braves.
Il didn't even get to first base
with President Fuchs of the
Braves" Week explained. II men
toned Hornsby, and Fughs told me
that Santa Claus had never been
to Boston before and now that he
had paid one visit, by bringing
Hornsby to his club from New
York. he didn't wish to injure
Santa's feelings BY letting the gift
get away"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09

Subscriptions, San Benito. Lebowitz
for Aubrey; Brownsville, Weller for
Bennett.
Girls lineup:
Brownsville (16) San Benito (10)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
STOP OIL

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9.-(PD-Dis-
patches from Tampico today said
the Huasteca Petroleum company
has suspended all activities on in
structions from the company's
headquarters. The world overpro,
duction of oil was given as the rea-
SON.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
San Benito Is Trying
For Local Creamery
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITO, Feb. s.-Arrange-
ments to secure a creamery for San
Benito are being made, following
communication with an interested
e and a survey made by the
San Benito Chamber Of Commerce
which revealed that a large percent
age of the butter used here is
shipped in.
Of a total Of $1,000 pounds Of but
ter used by the restaurants Of the
city last year, approximately $4,000
pounds was shipped here from other
sections.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
INDEPENDENTS TO PLAY
ISnncrnl In The HcraId.l

EDINBURG, Feb. 9.-Pharr's indie
pendent hoopsters are scheduled TO
invade Edinburg for a contest with
the local entry in the Valley indie
pendent loop Thursday night. The
game will be played on the firemen's
court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-09
Edinburg Club
Seeks Members
Especial to The Herald)

EDINBURG. Feb. 9.-Edinburg's
Country club will have a total Of
$50 members, when its new building
is completed according TO plans an
~nounced recently.
Every member is expected to take
a sincerely active part in the mem
bership drive which has been launch
ed. while plans dor construction Of
the building are being held in abey-
ance. The contract for the structure
is expected TO be let during the
present week. .