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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
WEATHER

East Texas--Sundny partly cloudys
showers In extreme east portion
cooler in west portion; Monday, gem
erpiIy fair. Moderate no fresh south
erly 70 westerly winds cn the coast.
West Texas-Sunday fair, cooler ir
southeast portion; Monday fair.
Oklahona--Snnday partly clOudTs
cooler: Monday, fair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

PLAINVIEW, Tex, March Z4.-lFl
Rails on the Fort Worth a. Denver
railways south plains extension have
reached a point about eight miles
east OF plainview and are expected
to be laid into Plainview by next
Saturday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25

COLEMAN, Tex, March 24.-tFl-
-Four shallow wells in Coleman
county are prepared to drill into the
sand early this week In proven areas
on which the fate of Coleman coun-
ty oil development is at stake.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
PAROLE GRANTED

AUSTIN, March 24.-(P)-A gener-
Al parole was granted Saturday by
Governor Moody 20 Grover Ellison,
convicted In Shelby county on a
liquor charge and sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. His wife
is said to be- seriously I'LL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
Lowden Takes "a of
Minnesota's Votes

ST. PAUL. MINI. Mar. 24.--tFi--
Former Governor Frank o. Lowden
Of Illinois will have 21 Of Mime
sofas 27 votes ir tie republican
state convention. the other six tn
60 TO Herbert Hoover.
This division az the state deiera-
tfon was determined late today
when the republican state conven-
tion selected seven delegates az
large and instructed them TO work
for Lowden's nomination.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
RIG GAssER AT LAREDO

LAREDO. Tex, March 24.--tFb--A
thirty million foot Easser was
brought in yesterday by the Mag
noIia Petroleum company six miles
east of Bruni. near here.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Santa of the Stores Occupies Throne in Minds of Admre1

"Can't think of it now," her little
brow puckered perpleXedly.
"Oh, yes, a dolly baby with curls, F"
she smiled.
IAN right, I'll come to your house and
bring the dolly baby right down the
chimney" promised Santa.
ST haven't any chimney, but my
mamma will leave the window open for
you," the little tot explained.
Then came little boy named Billy.
Hello, Billy! Where do you live?"
asked Santa.
Home" was the enlightening reply.
where's home?" persisted Santa.
Our house."
where's that?"
Where my mamma lives" Billy pa
tiently explained.
But Billy of the indefinite address
had some very definite wants.
II want scooter, Santa, and real
live dog" he confided.
''Whoop-ee,' shouted little colored
girl who had just that moment entered
Toyland's gates.
Mama, Mama, there's Santa" she
cried, as she pulled away from her
mothers restraining hand and rushed
up to Santa.
II want a sleepy dolly" she pleaded.
Santa promised her sleepy dolly.
Then he turned to the little tot beside
him--the little girl with yellow curls.
She was so sweet he cuddled her up on
his lap.
Where dou you live?" asked Santa.
Way off," she answered.
What do you want Santa Claus to
bring you Christmas?" he asked.
Some toys, and steam shovel" she
hastily replied.
IAN right" promised the astonished
Santa, I'll be at your house the night
before Christmas and I'll come down the
chimney"
you'll get stuck, but daddy'u pull
you out" she answered gayly.
THE children kept coming, an endless
procession, all morning. Then we
heard the beautiful chimes of the
Epiphany ring out on the clear Decem-
Der air Santa bowed his head as he
softly followed the hymn. "Si-i-lent
night, ho-o-ly night" His arms tight
ened around the little child in his arms
It was like a benediction.
"Those chimes, they almost talk, u
Santa said when the clear, sweet tones
had faded away.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

ing on his fat little head. He righted
himself and rushed back to Santa
breathlesS.
Santa, want you bring little Art'ur
Lindbergh cap, hook and ladder an
an'-an' a. steam shovel" he demanded
After devious methods and many
questionings Santa finally learned that
little Art'ur was Herby's baby brother
and this same Arthur was all OF three
weeks old.
After Herby's spectacular debut a
little colored boy about three years old
came up to Santa's throne.
What's your name?" asked Santa.
Buzz" he replied.
Where do you live, Buzz?"
"Over yonder," he said, pointing to
an indefinite locality.
What do you want for Christmas,
Buzz?" asked Santa.
Toys" answered Buzz.
what toys?" Santa wanted to know.
Dunno" answered Buzz.
Just then his speculating eye espied
pair of long, black stockings hanging
on the mantel back Of Santa's throne.
From enc stocking funny clown peep
ed out.
''Looky. looky, Santa, your stocking
full" he shouted.
"Oh, yes, yes,' agreed the old saint.
II want the funny man in your stock
ing, Santa, and 10000 want this,
too," he said.
"This" happened to be a $40 toy
fire chiefs red engine with q bright
brass bell.
Have you been a good boy, Buzz?"
the old man asked kindly.
Buzz nodded his head emphatically
as he changed the fire chiefs bell and
all the while he 1ongingly rolled his
eyes toward the funny man In Santa's
stocking.
"You bring um down chimney?" Buzz
called to Santa as his impatient father
led him away.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Many Thousands Children Find Christmas Response Appeals
GsKeen Observation Enables Traditional Relieve
Much Sought for Evening Parties.

He leaned back on his throne to rest
bit-but there was no rest for him
this day. A colored woman took ad-
vantage of the slight pause to approach
Santa. He shook hands with her.
"Howdy, Santa, brought my hus-
band to see you," she explained, "Eicky,
come and shake hands with Sanity"
"Eicky grinningly came forward and
extended his hand to be shaken by
Santa.
"Yeh, Sanity, rs give Eicky, here, a
Christmas tree every Christmas since ]
got him, and we've been married 13
years. We keeps all them shiny balls
and dolls and toys and thing-a-ma-jig
from one Christmas to tother. This
year rs needs Sleeps for my Eicky.
We got horses, cows, birds, hippos, and
cemels, but we amt never had no
Sleeps" she explained.
We'll Eicky, I hope you get your
sheep" the jolly old saint replied.
"You bet he'll get that Sleeps. ]
done had UNI lay it away for me down at
the ten-cent store" she informed Santa
Then, smiling happily, she took her
Eicky's hand and led him away.
Yes there is a Santa Claus. Many
happy children worshiped at his shrine
that day.
How many? That I do not know. But
during the day Santa and his helpers
presented 1000 books to the children
who visited him that one day. Long
shadows were creeping over the city
when at last left very tired Santa
Claus sitting On his throne with his real
live reindeer munching hay nearby.
Early next morning I continued my
pilgrimage, determined to pay court tc
each jolly Saint Nick in the Toylands
of the Washington Department stores
The next Santa found was a merry
old gentleman. He said he was 50
years old. AS came in he was singing
a song-a song about being good and
Evening star., 1928-12-23

clapping our hands just So" The chill
dren were delighted.
your voice is lovely. Santa" I said.
''Its not what 1t was not what
it was," he answered. "I sang the
captains role in that grand old opera,
'Pinafore," for 5,400 nights in the
Standard Theater in New York City.
The captain of the original company
took sick on the way over here from
England. They advertised for bari
tone-out of 500 applicants I was
back in 1879. I like to sing. But the
audience I love best is little children.
had 16 of my own"
'"The song you sang just now was
new to me-" said.
"That is little song we used to sing
in Germany rs years ago. I was lit
tie shaver then, but remember it we'll"
He grew reminiscent.
I sat at Santa's feet and waited for
something to happen.
1t did
Seventy-three school children trooped
in. They lined up, recited little poem
for Santa and sang him song. Then
they marched around and shook his
hand. These children were trained
for their act and they did it WELL
likGQ IIlat1 t1lC SulSulB 0aIlJa
turned to me and smiled.
And so did 7.
When the school children had march
ed out little bob-haired girl about 8
approached Santa.
IT want butterfiy-skirt and a lip
stick" she begged shyly, yet unafraid.
Santa shook his head sadly.
That's too deep for me. I don't
make them at the North Pole. But I'll
call in'the fashion department and see
what can be done," he promised.
The little f1apperette went away salts
fed that her unusual request would be
granted.
An aggressive. long -trousered gentle
Evening star., 1928-12-23

man, aged 4, announced himself as
"Herby."
Where do you live, Herby?" asked
Santa.
Live in Washington" he promptly
replied with true civic pride, land
want a pair of rubber boots," he added
"All right, We'll see about 1t. Herby
been good boy?" Santa inquired.
Don't know about that" Herby can
didly confessed.
WHILE I was meditating over Herby's
w moral indifference I heard Santa
say to the little girl in his lap. Where
do you live, Mary Lee?"
Down Southeast, or some place" she
replied.
Are you a good little girl?" he asked
eyes, sir" she promptly replied.
do you say your prayers?"
T. eyes, sir"
Say your prayers this morning?"
Santa chuckled. All, he thought he had
caught her.
yes, SIR" she persisted.
What did you say in your prayers
this morning?" he questioned.
She slid down off his knee and began
singing in a clear, trembly little voice:
God bless my mamma and my papa,
too.
Make them love each other, always
kind and true,
Keep them from danger-free from
sin and care,
May angels guide their footsteps,
was baby'S prayer"
When the little voice hushed looked
around. at Santa-dear old Santa, his
eyes we're filled with tears.
"She did say her prayers" he whis-
pered softly.
Bang! What was that? Such clat-
ter.
looked around and there was Herby
I-Herby of the doubtful morals. He had
fallen over a box and was almost stand
Evening star., 1928-12-23

orally used for dinner along with other
Americas way of preparing them was
as follows:
give hundred of the largest and
finest oysters; lift them out of the
liquor one at time; lay them in a
deep pan; strain the liquor and boil
one-half of it, Have ready three
divided into Jumps and each slightly
rolled in a little flour, which add to
the boiling liquor, and when they are
melted stir the whole well and put in
the oysters. AS soon as they come to
boil take them out. Then add three
pintS of cream very gradually to the
liquor, stirring all the time, and give
1t another boil, seasoning it with celery
salt and pepper or nutmeg. When done
the dressing is fairly thick. After It
has again boiled return the oysters to
it and simmer them few minutes
just long enough to heat them One
of the daintiest ways in which oysters
can be served on special occasions
AS desserts were the test of the "Mis-
suS" skill and represented the cap-a-
pie Of the dinner, the tipSy cake almost
exceeds my imagination. For the Gus
tard alone 20 eggs were used. But you
had best read it for yourself. Here is
the "Missus' pride:
Make a sponge cake, the weight of
dozen eggs in sugar, half their weight
in flour, a little salt and the grated rind
and juice of lemon, to season. Have
ready a gallon of custard, i've eggs to
each quart of milk, a pound o. sugar to
a gallon, favored with lemon Ok vanilla.
Blanche a pound of almonds, fill the
cake with these after having first cut
it, round, through. Saturate it with
wine and put it together with jelly (if
you fancy it). Then place the cake in
a large deep dish and pour over it the
custard, covering the whole with 'Sylla-
bub,' made of fresh rich cream, loaf or
crushed sugar and good wine, whipped
to a stiff froth."
Then the plum pudding, garnished
Evening star., 1928-12-23

lard the venison with fine bacon, and
then season it very we'll in every part
with this seasoning. Put into. a dish a
quart of white wine and pint Of vine
gar, add some salt, half a dozen bay
leaves and stick of broken cinnamon.
Stir all this we'll together, and then lay
in the larded veniSon. Turn it once in
half an hour, and from time to time
pour some of the liquor upon the upper
side of it with a spoon. When it has
been four hours soaking lay it down to
roast. Let it be at moderate dis
tance from the fire, and let 1t be well
done, basting it all the time with the
liquor. When the venison is enough
done strain the drippings out of the
pan and add to it some rich soup
stock, or if that be not in readiness add
some very strong gravy and thicken 1t
up with flour and butter. When it is
ready to serve up squeeze in quarter
of lemon and add cupful of capers,
minced, and some black pepper This
sauce being ready, lay the venison
handsomely in a dish and pour the
sauce upon it. When thus managed it
is moist, rich and excellently favored"
The Virginians, being English, in
herited the English love of pork, and
their skill in the curing and preparing
of it, The Virginia razor-backs were
famous, and no dinner was complete
without the baked old ham. The cook
ing was as great an art as the curing,
SO carefully written out are these in
structions:
"If it is an old ham, let it soak
overnight. Put it in a large pot of
cold water and boil it slowly, gently,
for five, six, seven or even eight
hours; If uncommonly large, the longer
the better. Keep plenty of water in
the pot all the time, being sure to let
what you add, however, be always boil
ing hot. The choicest hams do not
weigh over IL or Is pounds. Larger
ones are apt to be coarse and not SO
finely favored. The ham Is done
when the shank bone comes loose.
Then skin the ham, cover it with
Evening star., 1928-12-23

We think of ice as modern conven-
ience, but most of the old country places
had ice houses in the yard, and in the
Winter enough ice was cut and put
away for use during the Summer, SO
that the ice house was the forerunner
of the modern refrigerator.
x x
TT takes an old-time kitchen like
L AUNT Americas" with assistants to
turn the spits, to be able to roast a
turkey before the fire and baste it with
melted butter, but "Aunt America" pre-
pared her turkey in just this manner.
"a hen turkey, weighing from to z
pounds, furnishes the sweetest and most
savory meat, and yet for festive occa-
sions, where large company is to be
served, great one-year-old gobblers,
weighing from IL up to even 20 pounds,
are yet in demand. After Christmas
hen turkeys, if fat, are in all cases pref
erable. If you must cook large
turkey gobbler, parboil it gently for
about an hour, to remove the strong
flavor of the fat, before proceeding
regularly to stuff and roast.
For stufing, prepare bread in guam
tity proportioned to the size of the fowl.
A 12-pound turkey will require a quart
loaf to stuff it properly: a small hen,
only half as much. Break up the
bread between your hands, mixing well
with it tablespoonful of butter and
seasoning of black pepper, salt, and
either head of celery chopped up or a
teaspoonful of bruised celery seed; make
the stuffing hold together with little
hot water, or the yolk of an egg and
water; stuff the turkey as full as pos
sible; upon spit, within tin kitchen,
set it down at good distance from
the fire, which should be clear and
brisk; dust the turkey well with -four
and baste it with cold butter and a
little lard, several times. When done,
serve it up with its own gravy, which
must, however, be put into separate
dish, or rather gravy boat.
For roasting a turkey the time to be
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Where do you live, Gardenia?" he
asked.
I'm Georgetown" she answered.
How did you get way down here?"
he inquired.
st walked, sir, but please, I want a
washtub and a lectric iron and dolly,
but Santa never did bring me none,' -
she pleaded pitifully.
"Have you been good girl, Gar
denia?"
''I will be from now on" she promised
as she turned to go.
Get her name and address," Santa
ordered a lady nearby.
We sadly watched the tattered little
child as she went away.
THAT is the sad part about Christ
mas" Santa said, ''the poor children
they ask for what they want, and
there's no Santa-for them. Disap-
pointments, they help to make GRIM
inals. never promise child any
thing I cannot give him. But there are
so many-So many poor little ones.
You'd be surprised at some of the let
ters we get. Begging Santa for some
thing-anything I have a letter here
now from a little girl who says Santa
Claus has never been to her house yet,
and she is 9 years old"
But there must be some way to
reach these children, or at least some
of them" I said.
eyes, the store keeps their letters and
We try to give them something, but it IS
sad" He shook his head thoughtfully.
While Santa was lost in reverie and
his eyes were growing misty a little girl
began tugging at his sleeve and blow
ing her tinny tin horn. "Looky here,
Santa, looky here" she pleaded.
Hello. there, little one" he said.
"You blow my horn, Santa" begged
the child.
just then little boy ran to Santa
waving his fat little fists.
Santa, want you bring Popo
Lindbergh cap, doll and q dump
truck" he begged
"All right, all right, sonny. But who's
Popo?" asked the mystified old saint.
"Popo, Popo, she there" he explained,
pointing to the huge lady hippopotamM
who danced, opened and shut her
mouth and rolled her eyes-all by elec-
tricity.
Old man Santa smiled understand
ingly.S
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Then dainty little miss Gage ~ pre-
sented Santa with her Christmas list.
santa, Want :"
where do you liveP" interrupted
Santa.
In Virginia. An an want
a. fire truck, a hook and ladder, a
dump truck and a dolly, an oh, yes,
choo-choo train, an an a
dolly"
"All right. little lady, I'm coming
down the chimney at your house to
bring your toys" st. Nick promised.
Yes, I know you WILL" she answered.
Think of that dainty little thing
wanting dump truck. Well, well, the
men had better watch this generation
OF girls. 1t looks Ike they begin train
mems jobs" Santa chuckled gleefully.
FOUND the gates of another toyland
= guarded by two weird. mechanical
toys. On one side stood bear-Such a
bear, dressed in his Sunday best. He
stood on his hind legs, he Swished his
tail, he shook his head-and he danced!
Opposite the bear stood 5-foot lady
hippopotamus gayly dressed in a Gre
tonne skirt, and she danced, too. These
groteSque figures delighted the children,
who crowded about them and shouted
with glee over such comical antics.
On throne sat a kindly, roly-poly
man logged out in a red suit, a long
white beard and toboggan. He made
good Santa Claus, and I'll wager that
his own childrens stockings will be
bulging on Christmas morning He took
Mary Lee on his lap and asked her
where she lived.
"By-by on the street cars" she re-
piled.
What do you want for ChristmasP"
he asked.
"a real baby brother, bike and
booky," she replied.
When the sweet little thing left Santa
she threw him kisses and called, "By-
by, Santa, Booky, Booky!"
A ragged little colored girl hesitating-
ly approached Santa,s throne. Her
clothes were meager for this cold De-
cember day. Her thin sweater was full
Of holes and her shoes and stockings
barely held together. She was painfully
embarrassed.
What is your name?" Santa asked
kindly.
"Gardenia," she answered, studying
the blue ceiling sprinkled with stars. !.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

bread crumbs. sprinkle with sugar and
bake till brown"
In many homes even today the
Christmas table is not complete with
out the spiced round of beef, and Aunt
America" prepared her spiced round of
beef in this way:
''Take large round of beef weigh
ing from 20 to 25 pounds, take three
ounces of saltpeter and after beating
it up very fine ina muslin rag rub it
well into the round. let it stand thus
for two days. Then take one quart of
salt, two nutmegs grated, with one
ounce of cloves and half an ounce of
mace pounded up fine, and rub the
meat well with it, and put it in a tub
provided with a close cover. Take out
the bone that runs through the round
and fill the cavity thus formed with the
salt and saltpeter. Rub the round
well with the spices, ETC., every day for
two weeks or longer, if you do not
wish to cook it at the end of that time.
When ready to bring it to the table
wash the beef off, fill the hole where
the bone was with piece of suet.
Lay the round on a board, take a tape
or piece Of strong twine and bind it
to keep it round and compact; then
put it in an oven that just fits it.
Strew some suet over the top, pour over
a pint and half of water; then make
paste out of quart of flour and
cold water, nothing else; roll it out
and make it fit over the beef. Then
place thick sheet of paper over that
and set it to bake. Allow five hours
at least for the baking, and do not
remove the top crust until next day,
when it is perfectly cold"
X X y X
A S no dinner was considered complete
( without representative of the sea,
oysters, Lynnhayens preferably, were
considered a most necessary part of
the meal. They were always shipped
in the shell and opened just before
using. There were many ways of pre-
pairing them but the one most gen
Evening star., 1928-12-23
BY MYRTA ETHEL CAwooD.

~ M going to be there in the morn
80 ing and I want you-eVery one
of you-to be there to see me
and my real live reindeer"
It was Santa Claus talking to the
children of Washington over the radio.
! listened as eagerly as child. There" J"
Where? Oh, yes, Santa was coming
to one of the great department stores
here in Washington. He's going to be
there in the morning. How the thought
thrilled me. 1, too, would be there"
in the morning to see Santa and his
real live reindeer. How good to know
that the dear old saint still lived, for
of late years great fear had crept
into our hearts-the fear of no Santa.
New York people say they have out
grown Santa, the city has become too
sophisticated-too cosmopolitan. They
are seeking new ideas. Their newest
stunt is to have Santa's son take his
place. AS if the children-and we, the
Old-fashioned ones-could ever tolerate
a substitute. Not here in Washington.
But would the children be there" to
see Santa, wondered, on my way down
to the store next morning.
They were there! Hundreds and hun
dreds of them, eager-eyed, rushing to
get their first glimpse of the jolly old
man. CIulOTen py CWOS, anu CINS6St
and dozens-little wee ones, fat ones,
rosy ones, and even some tall, grown-up
ones. They forgot the toys-the REIN
sieer-everything, except Santa. They
-%,owded about him unrestrained and
their little clamoring voices filled the
whole store.
"L want a dolly! I want a sled! I
Sant an airplane! Did you get my
name did you get Billy's name, and
Bobby's name? I want a . :"
"One at a time, one at a time!"
shouted Santa.
stand in line and wait your turn!"
some one shouted.
The children stood in line-if it
wasn't a line it was the best the ex-
cited little dears could do. So they
waited turns to talk to Santa.
A little girl came first. Santa took
her hand and asked her what she
wanted.
"a dolly baby with curls," she said
Her own straight hair was cut short.
Anything else?" asked Santa.
"Some toys"
i. What toys?" insisted Santa.