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The Washington times., 1928-02-14
BIG OPTICAL
GLASS

TIME largest piece Of optical glass
II ever cast in the United States
was made at the Bureau OF Stand
ards in Washington. The great
disc, 20 inches in diameter, IL
inches thick, and weighing $500
pounds, was cast in May, 1927,
and has been cooling for nine
months. The great glass, now the
most perfect specimen Of it's
weight and size in the world. is
destined for the Perkins Observa"
tory at Ohio Wesleyan University,
Delaware, Ohio, for the use as a
concave mirror in a new reflect
ing telescope.
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
OEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

~ Please tell me what is the
proper way Of eating hearts OF
lettuce salad. It is very difficult
to cut with the fork. Why don't
we use the knife? Why do we
use only the fork?
2. Is it correct to eat asparagus
in the fingers? Also olives?
PAUL A.
Bless you for this question! I
judge from this first question and
especially from the last part of
the question that you are a new
conner to my column, for always
recommend the use of a. silver
knife as well as a fork in eating
salads such as hearts of lettuce
salad. To me it is perfectly alb
surd, the statement that only a
fork should be used when we are
eating a salad. How unreasonable!
Why in the world should we not
also use a knife?
As a matter of fact, il you
will observe carefully, you will
see that increasingly hostesses are
placing the double service (knife
and fork for use in the salad
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By GEORGE A. DORSEY,
PH.D., LID.
CHAPTER q

WE no longer tell friends from
W = enemies by smell; but we
often pick them by the shape OF
their nose. Mans nose Is not so
striking as the elephants, or even
the long-nosed monkeys, but 1t
features his face and il one of
his most human and superfluous
elements. As it is a new acQuisf-
tion-it began with mammaIs-it
appears late in fetal life and de-
velops fully only after birth. It's
shape and size are hereditary and
are distinguishing traits Of race.
But it has no more to do with
brain power than the handker-
chief that wipes it.
AS the olfactory nerves alone
are connected with the hemi-
spheres Of the human brain, it is
inferred that the brain itself
arose in connection with the sense
Of smell; the original brain was a
smelling organ.
In mammals generally, the smell
sense is the most highly devel.
oped OF all senses. In monkeys,
1t has already begun to diminish.
Some mammals have five pairs
Of ridges supporting the olfactory
organs; some hoofed animals have
eight; apes usually have three.
Man has from two to five pairs.
The nose in the human embryo
is at first a pair of pits or
pockets in the skin-the condition
in fishes. The external nose ap.
pears much larger.
Mans reptilian ancestors had a
supplementary smell organ be-
tween the roof OF the mouth and
floor of the nose. With this they
could sample odors while eating
with out having to sniff. We
in common with other mammals
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By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
|HOW'S THE OLD
| BEAN?
ETyoDAY we have J KIND q

TODAY we have 4 kind of 4
y knowledge test, most Of the
knowledge being or the sort that
each OF us has had reasonable op-
portunity to acquire.
n you get into an argument
with the missus or the rest or the
household over some OF these.
don't blame us. Spring them on
your friends. and see how quickly
they answer them. You win 10
surprised.
Incidentally. count the number
Of times the letter ''E' occurs IN
this paragraph. Two to one you
are wrong. Count them over and
see II you haven't made = mistake.
Indicate by drawing line under
YES or NO in the following sent
ences. whether these sentences are
facts or falsehoods.
Example: A horse flies. Yes, No.
Human beings can live only
under water. Yes, No.
The leopard Is q dangerous AMI
NAL. Yes, No.
The sun rises in the evening
and sets in the morning. Yes. No.
The moon Ii big. green
cheese. Yes, No.
,CanarEes are birds with
beautiful song. Yes. No.
The horse Is patient animal.
Yes, No.
All men and women are very
happy all the time. Yes, No.
There are 365 days in every
year. Yes, No.
An airplane travels on a dirt
or concrete road. Yes, No
The President Of the United
States must be an EngIishman.
Yes. No.
The Dominion OF Canada IL 4
part Of the British Empire. Yes,
No.
Two times two makes rive.
Yes, No.
Thirteen Is believed by everyone
to be q lucky number. Yes, No.
1t Is customary for people TO
wait until they are 80 years old
to marry. Yes, No.
Now. II you are so d0gEone
good at that. try tnis-iE has
nothing whatever to do with in
teiIigence:
Rub your chest, up and down.
with the thumb OF your right
hand, and simultaneously pat the
top Of your head with your LETT
hand. Now quickly change hands,
!. q. rub the chest with the thumb
Of the left hand and pat the
head with the palm Of the right.
Now change, back again, quickly!
(copyright. 1880
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

Sick stomachs, sour stomachs and
indigestion usually mean excess
acid. The stomach nerves are over
stimulated. Too much acid makes
the stomach and intestines sour.
Alkali kills acid instantly. The
best form is Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia, because one harmless, taste.
less dose neutralizes many times it's
volume in acid. Since it's inven-
ton, so years ago, it has remained
the standard with physicians every
where.
Take q spoonful in water and
your unhappy condition will proba-
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

ness to more sophisticated styling.
many Of the snartest French
women are wearing hats that fol-
low the French peasant fashion
of wearing a large brimmed hat
over the Sunday lace cap. The
hats round crown is so shallow
that much of the lace cap is visible
below the brim. Partisan de-
signers are also fashioning tur.
bans along this quaint type.
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
Correct Manners = By Mrs. Beeckman|

it-and we can with asparagus.
Artichokes, OF course, are also a
moist food but they must be eaten
in the fingers.
Olives are eaten in the fingers.
''Nibble" the olive while holding
It in the fingers. That is, do not
put the olive in the mouth.
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Reduce
the Acid
In sick Stomachs-instantly
In sick stomachs-instantly

bly, end in five minutes. Then you
will always know what to do. Crude
and harmful methods will never ap-
peal to you. Go prove this for your
own sake. 1t may save a great
many disagreeable hours.
Be sure to get the genuine Phil.
lips Milk of Magnesia prescribed
by physicians for SO years in cor.
recting excess acids. Csc and soc a
bottle-any drug store.
Milk of Magnesia" has been the
u. s. Registered Trade Mark OF The
Charles II. Phillips Chemical Com.
pany and its predecessor Charles n.
Phillips since 1875,
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

that are found in fishes eyes.
First, a cluster OF skin cells dig
in to form the lens; skin grows
over this. becomes transparent,
and forms the cornea. Next, q
growth from the neural tube
reaches out and ends in a cup
around the lens. This cup be.
comes the retina; the stalk which
joins cup with tube, the optic
nerve. Cells from the middle
layer now enter the cup and form
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

The is acquisition-it began with mammals
it late in fetal life and develops fully only after
birth.
has to do with brain power than the handker
chief that wipes it.
The original brain smelling organ.
The mammals generally the smell the most highly
developed Of all
Our external degenerate orang
and gorilla.
lobe found in animals below and in
is other than support for ornaments.
said be larger in than in men many be
absent in either
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

your question-''why do we only
use the fork"-may I say again
that I know Of no reason why we
do, or should.
2. It is not correct to eat as
paragus in the fingers. Asparagus
is a moist food, and It is never
correct to eat a moist food in the
fingers If we can possibly avoid
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

course. Indeed, nowadays many
hostesses. instead Of having spe-
cial salad forks, prefer to have
tea" knives and forks, which are
of the size smaller that lunch
con knife and fork. Personally
vastly prefer this double service
to only a salad fork.
In answer to the last part of
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

The lobe, or soft lower part, Of
the ear generally appears at the
sixth month Of fetal life, is found
in no animals below apes, and in
man has no known use other than
support for ornament. 1t is said
to be larger in women than in
men; it may be absent in either
sex.
X u II
Our eyes are compound and are
made up of the same three parts
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
Fashions Fads and Fancies
BY Mildred Ash

BIOuses Cut q Figure, while the
killed, or cluster-pleated. skirts
with which they are worn are Of
solid tone. Overblouses are i'm
variably figured, many featuring
the American Indian prints that
crepe de chine is being presented
in any variety OF stunning printed
effects.
Preferring Peasant Picturesque
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

their babies walk soon bogs
avoided in
ThOughesness pride parents the often
lifetime of hardship for children
showing
legs while they tender and forming.
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
NeUU Cure for Colds

NEW for colds has recently been invented by applying
"A electric heat inflamed interior Electric
current between metal plates each side of the
that the membranes receive the
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
old SundiaL Found

POCKET sundial among many the collection at
IA Court House. Hampton Court England II hinged
pointer. At the top end is and
N the back the Of towns.
The Washington times., 1928-02-14

Bow legs the price that child pays
Mothers shop bundles
their tired little yOungster also contribute number Of
bowed legs
Thougtess mothers who let tiny baby glare bright lights
the weaken those little and it will probably that
child will glasses all its life.
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
By Fay King

TT sad to read Of the
her legs amputated because after
= to straighten them.
Many who have bowegs imagine they dsfgur
than they really But that would
The Washington times., 1928-02-14
Congressional Club
Cook Book
BY MRS. HARCOURT j. PRATT
wife Of Rep. Pratt IN. W

wife Of Rep. Pratt IN. w.
FROZEN FRUIT SALAD
/ can white cherries.
J. can pineapple.
6 oranges.
2 punches celery.
2 grapefruit.
J. bottle pin-head onions.
J. pint of mayonnaise highly sea
soned with paprika.
] pint of cream, whipped.
Cut up fruit, drain off all the
juice. Add cream very slowly to
mayonnaise, then add fruit, celery
and onions. Put in mold and pack
in cut ice and salt and let stand
until frozen. Any fruit may be
used. Also nuts, If desired.
Copyright, 1928. by the Con-
gressional Club
Investment of United States
capital in Cuba aggregates more
than $1,505, 200, 900. This amount
represents 80 per cent of the total
foreign investment OF the Latin
American country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
THOMPSON, SR.
BURIAL Held
Father of Valley Nor
ticians Dies AT
Hampstead

SAN BENITo. June 1s.-Funeral
services for II. r. Thompson. So
grandfather Of NJ. A. thompson 81
this city and father of John T
Thompson Of Harrington, were held
IN Hampstead at S p. m. Sunday aft
ernoon.
Thompson died at the old family
home in Hampstead 1880 a. m. Sat.
urday. He was in the Valley several
months & and spent two weeks as
the guest of his son at Harrington.
He was one Of the pioneer citizens
Of Texas, having spent practically ali
ms life in this state. He fought with
the Confederacy throughout the Civil
war and was one Of the last sur.
vivors OF the Battle Of Palmetto
which was the last engagement OF
the war which was fought but a few
miles southeast OF Brownsville.
Surviving are two sons, John r,
Thompson Of H~srlingsn and Mavor
Will Thompson Of Beeville: on.
daughter. Mrs. W. r. Hermx of
Hampstead. and a grandson. NJ. A,
thompson Of this city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Road Men Here
To Investigate
Paving Program

Much interest Is being manifested
by contractors in Cameron county's
highway paving program upon which
bids will be opened Thursday. June
Fl. Several contractors. represent
ing some of the largest paving con-
Germs in the United States, are in
vestigating the highways included in
the next 81. 200. 900 program, and re-
port they expect 10 submit bids.
Competition for the contracts is ex-
pected to be keen.
The roads 70 be paved under the
program include the military and
Southwest road in the Brownsville
precinct, the old Alice and Paroles
Line roads in the Point Isabel-Los
Fresnos precinct; the La Feria-Blue-
town and the military highway from
Bluetown through Santa Maria TO the
Hidalgo county line in the San Be-
nito precinct; and the Combes-Santa
Rosa and Wilson tract road in the
Harlingen precinct. TIE program
will include owe 40 miles of pave
ment.
Specifications call for e-foot paw
ing in the point Isabel-Los F~resnos
precinct, 16-foot paving in the San
Benito and Harlingen districts, and
ls-foot paving on the military high
way west from Brownsville to the
precinct line. The Southwest road
will be paved the 16-foot width.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
COMMITTEES
TO Plan FETE
School, Club Entries
In Fourth Parade
To Be Planned

The schools and women's organiza-
ton committee were to meet at 3 D.
m. Monday 10 discuss plans for
floats to be entered in the parade
which Is to be one Of the features Of
the Fourth of July celebration to be
held in this city.
II is believed that practically every
school in the Valley will be repre-
scented in the parade as we'll as every
woman's organization in this city.
The commercial floats committee
will meet at 1880 p. m. Monday to
discuss the commercial entries in the
parade. approximately six Browns
vile firms have already announced
that they would be represented in
the parade and many more are ex-
rected to enter. according TO G. G.
Richardson, manager of the Browns
vile Chamber of Commerce.
II IS possible that some other VAL
ley city firms would be represented
by floats, he stated.
Both committees will meet in the
Chamber Of Commerce building.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Hour Scores
Dramatic Smash

Brilliant in its action. and dra-
matte in its conclusion, Mad Hour
a First National picture adapted
from Elinor Gyms story THE Man
and the Moment" which opened at
the Capitol theater yesterday. is
unique in Its entertainment value be-
cause it makes no effort TO sugar
coat the situations.
mad Hour" is a lively story,
true to life. which pictures a group
Of youths trying TO leap the hur-
dies Of experience with a fast-travel-
ing young set. Any thinking per-
son will see behind the gaiety and
glamor a decided warning against the
tactics Of jazz-mad modern youth.
Sally O'Neil appears as the daugh-
ter Of a taxi-driver in an eastern
college city. where the sons of the
wealthy, attending college. are won't
TO make merry with working girls
who see in their attentions an es-
cape from drudgery and a way n
obtain many az the good times and
Injuries Of life which might other
wise be denied them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
WeslacoD Defeats
Brownies 7 to )

Hsines proved ineffective in the
first two innings at Weslaco Sun.
day and the Weslaco beys laid in a
five-run lead that the local Legion
fly chasers could not overcome and
consequently were counted out, 7-5.
Mersky took over the mound al
the third frame and held the oppo-
sition to four hits for the remain
ing seven innings.
Errors behind Mersky to the total
Of s.. accounted for the two add
tional runs. High wind was said
to have hampered the fielders. Both
teams garnered nine hits.
Anderson, heavy hitting catcher OF
the locals, slapped out a three-bag-
ger
The game was protested BY both
teams on alleged irregularities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Auspicious Start
Made on Sunday

TREPASSEY. n. r.. June 1s.-Pp-
Miss Amelia Earhart and two men
hoped off yesterday morning at
1851 eastern standard time on a
transatlantic flight. They hoped to
reach Valencia, ireland, in is hours.
While the people OF this sleepy lit
tie harbor on the southern end Of
the Avalon peninsula intoned their
prayers az church the big pontoon-
equipped Fokker %monoplane Friend
ship roared across the harbor. rose
into the air to circle over the village
and then headed east into a cloud
less sky.
The takeoff was made only after
five unsuccessful attempts and the
dumping Of 30 gallons Of gasoline,
200 pounds. which reduced the fuel
supply to about ZOO gallons-less
than 20 hours consumption for the
three 220 horsepower Wright whirl-
wind motors.
The same confidence which Miss
Earhart had shown during the Is
days she and her companions await
ed favorable weather prevailed as
she took her place in the cockpit with
Wilmer Stultz. the pilot and Lou
Gordon, mechanic.
I'VE are going today in spite Of
everything" she said as she rose
early in the morning and scanned the
weather reports indicating favorable
conditions with following winds for
all but TOO miles OF the almost 1000
mile journey. And we'll make it."
KALI an hour later they were
started on their great adventure.
They were reported by a steamer
as they cleared the tip of N~ewfound-
land and started our along the steam
er track toward their destination.
Through the day and early hours
Of the nigh. other steamers report
ed them. either BY sight or through
the medium Of the Friendships
radiocasts. Stultz was acting as
both pilot and radioman and when
he was sending Miss Earhart was
at the controls.
Mrs. Frederick Guest. wife of the
former British secretary Of state for
air. is hacker Of the flight. Mrs.
Guest, the former Amy Phipps of
Pittsburgh, said that the flight was
being made in the hope IL would he
another link in the friendship chain
between England and the United
States and truly helpful TO avia-
ton"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
To Ask Bids For
Clearing Airport

j. VI. Van Law. manager Of the
city's municipal airport. announced
Monday that bids would be adver-
tised for the grubbing and cleaning
of the property. construction Of the
hangar, field lighting. water and
gasoline equipment and paving.
Tuesday. and that the bids would Be
opened and referred to the city COM
mission ten days later.
The municipal airport IL located
five miles from the heart OF the eity
on the Boca Chico road. When com
pieted. the airport will have cost
approximately 100000. and will Be
one Of the most modern municipal
airports in the south.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
DON'T TOLERATE ITCHING
ECZEMA ANOTHER DAY!

Thee is no need Of enduring the ter
rible. itching torment of eczema and
other skin infections. Don't suffer the
annoyance and embarrassment il brings
you another day.
Go TO your druggist. ask for Black
and White Ointment. use it according
to directions and your skin troubles will
quickly yield TO its remarkable effects.
1t is pleasant TO use. highly beneficial
and scientifically safe.
For best results use Black and White
Skin Soap with Black and White ONT
ment. All dealers sell them az small cost.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Hits Pole:
Two Recovering

HARLINGEN. Texas. June IS
Harry Merchant and 0rville Jones,
both Of this city. were recovering
Monday from injuries received when
an automobile in which they were
riding crashed into a telephone pole
Sunday night when they attempted
TO avoid q collision with a fast Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad train at the
fair grounds crossing.
Both men suffered cuts and
bruises and were given first aid
treatment in the Harlingen hospital.
The car hits the pole as the driver.
0rville Jones. attempted to swing
the car into and down a ditch in an
attempt to avoid striking the train.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Tariff fight
MEET CALLED
Shippers Meeting To
Select Representa-
tive TO Hearing

SAN BENITO, June lS.-A fight TO
secure adequate tariff potection on
Valley tomatoes will be launched at q
meeting Of Valley shippers to be held
here at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.
J. 4. Bell, manager Of the San
Benito Chamber of Commerce, and
chairman Of the Valley tariff COM
mittee, has sent out wires to ship
pers in all parts of the Valley, asking
them to contribute to a fund TO send
a representative to the tariff hearing,
which will be held in Washington,
June %.
In his telegram he brought out the
fact that the Valley is nov attempt
ing to compete with Mexico in the
growing of tomatoes on an unequal
basis. because Mexico can produce the
tomatoes more cheaply, and asks all
shippers to help.
1T is a case of protecting the de-
velopment we have put in in the VAL
ley, az a huge expense" Mr.. Bell said.
I'VE have spent thousands and mill
lions of dollars in improving Valley
lands, on the assumption that the
only competition we would have to
meet would be from other states in
the Union, where labor is no cheaper,
and where developments are on the
same scale. or approach il. and the
standards Of living near the same.
Nov We find, due 70 the bitter ex-
p~erience OF the past two years, that
we were apparently must meet COM
petition from sections where labor is
not half 50 expensive. where the
standard Of living Is much lower. de-
velopment much less, and values have
not been built up by development and
expenditures Of money.
This is what constitutes unfair
competition TO this section, and we
feel sure that il the Valley takes
energetic action TO protect its in
terest. that the tariff commission
will place a tariff on tomatoes"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
". O. W. Members
Attend Funeral

The funeral Of Eugenio Lopez. who
died Saturday afternoon at his home
here. was held from the Church Of
the Immaculate Conception NJ 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon under the
auspices Of the local lodge Of the
Woodmen az the World. Of which Mr..
Lopez was a member.
A large number Of members Of the
order attended the funeral in regalia.
and the body was laid to rest IN the
old cemetery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
GIRLS MOTHER THANKFUL

MEDFORD. Mass. June is.-tPl-
Mrs. Amy Otis Earhart. mother Of
Amelia Earhart. the first woman 70
fIy the Atlantic. was too wearied by
her nights vigil 70 meet reporters
today. A night spent in prayer be-
side a radio receiving set had taxed
her nervous endurance 70 the utmost.
Friends. speaking for her. said that
Mrs. Earhart received the news Of
her daughters safety with the deep
est sense az thankfulness and that
she was very glad"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
All-Kiwanis Night
Is To Be Celebrate

Throughout the United States 4
Canada tonight the Kiwanis clubs
every town and city where they
chartered will observe what is KIN
~ All-Kiwanis night
The local Kiwanians will obse'
this occasion with a program
banquet mt the El Jardin hotel N.
s W. ~. An elaborate musical pre-
gram has been arranged by Travis
Jennings. chairman Of the entertain.
ment committee. The orchestra from
the Queen theater will play through.
out the evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

WASHINGTON, June Is. -tP)-
Emilio Carrsnza. Mexican flying ace.
took off from Boiling field today at
Z a.. m, for New York. He was sc-
companied by an escort Of three
army planeA
With a small ~coterie Of spectators
at the edge Of the field, the Mexican
roared into the air continuing his
flight from the capital OF his coun-
try.
From New York. Captain Carranza
planned 70 fly later in the day to
West Point. to present 70 the cadet
corps a picture Of the Mexican Mill
tary academy