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The Washington times., 1928-11-27
SECRETS OF
III HEALTH
Dr.. Louis z. Bisch

VEsTERDAY I talked of the
advantages of the daily hath.
Now, then. at what hour Of the
day should you bathe?
Most people. especially our young
athletic men. consider the plunge
before breakfast as the best time.
whether this ii always the ideal
time il open to question, how
ever.
1t must be. borne In mind that
on arising III the morning the WI.
tality Of the body Is at a low ebb.
To shock the system with cold
water Is therefore unwise. Often
the cold morning bath accom-.
pIishes little more than giving the
vital centers a tremendous jolt
and. like whipping up a tired
horse, this stimulation is. followed
by increasing fatigue later on.
If you find this to be true In
your own case, try. taking your.
bath before your evening meal. It
has the advantages OF refreshing
you; after days work and helps
TO prepare you for an evening Of
rest and recreation.
Some people have discovered
that bathing before retiring suits
them best. Others. again, instead
of relaxing have difficulty in fall
ing asleep, as the bath overstinu-
lates and wakes them up too
much.
with a few experiments you
soon discover which time of day
for your bath does you the most
good. No hard and fast rules can
be set down in this respect.
We should always avoid. how
ever, bathing directly after meals:
1t is wise to wait for an hour anu
a half or two hours. At meai
time. you see. the blood mass IS
centered I'm the so-called "splanch-
mic area near the digestive or
gans, and the blood is busy taking
UP products OF digestion and as
tributing them to the various parts
Of the body.
Therefore we do not want TO
rush the blood to skin surface
which occurs after bath. We
want to give the blood sufficient
opportunity to do its digestive
work first.
1t is likewise dangerous to jump
into a bath Immediately arter
strenuous exercise or while the
body is perspiring freely. WAIT
until the pulse calms down ana
the body cools off. :
The aged and those who surfer
palpitation, faintness or general
weakness had better he. advised
as to the kind of bath and the
time by. their physicians.
/ have often noted that women
tend to take their baths too not.
Some do it because they believe Il
reduces. Al bath should never be
so hot as to almost scald You or
make You look like q req beet.
There is no virtue in such an ex,
treme hot bath nor is there any
in taking a bath ice cold.
Avoid also remaining too long
In the water. If 1t he a cleansing
hath soap well and rinse wei and
let that suffice, IL it be 4 cold
STIMULATING bath even. q shorter
AASatioD ot time is Indicated.
The Washington times., 1928-11-27
LISTEN, WORLD!
and Fidgeters
By Elsie Robinson

play merriIy with ii, then sud.
denly tire ad throw 1t aside in
disgust. One moment he. ii.
happy, the next angry. He will
howl with fear and shrek with
delight almost in the same
breath. That child Is still at the
mercy of his moods. If he fl q
normal child and Is wisely guided
he will gradually learn to con-
troll his emotions. He will be-
come able to live a busy, bal
anced life, no matter how he
feels. Sorrow and fear, anger.
and desire may tear at his heart.
but he will not be shaken. He
win have osItgrown his jerks and
jumps, his fnmbiings and fidget-
ings.
II the child is wisely guided he
will become enotionally stable.
But IL he isn't wisely guided he
may come to maturity with the
mind of an adult but the emo
tional instability OF a spoiled
child. You've known people like
that. Women who went to
pieces" at the least pressure
men who were always blowing
up" They're a menace--they're
the greatest menace because
most OF us do not understand
what aiIs them and they seldom
understand themselves.
Look out for people who boast
that they are 'impulsive," high.
strung" "ttemperamental," super.
sensitive" They may be and
often are charming. But they
are nearly always blamed nui-
sance. They are spoiled children.
wandering through a world of
grown.nps and they raise Cain
with the furniture.
The Washington times., 1928-11-27

EvEN such mild and un-
~ yenturesome creature as
a sheep can't tell what life is
going to. bring in these days Of
fast.moving commercc. For In.
stance, he is likely to be horn
on the hills of idaho and spend
his declining days on the steppes
Of Russia.
During the past four years,
the Russian government sheep
buying commission has shipped
several thousand sheep from
America, while Japanese pur-
chases have been annual over a
period of ten years" notes the
Farm Journal IN its current issue.
Most OF the sheep purchased for
export have been Rambouillets
and Merinoes from flocl<s In Ohio.
Utah. wyoming. Montana, Cali
fOrnia and Oregon. Last year.
however, Russia showed interest
in mutton and bought 4 large
number Of Ha1npnhiroa .in Edalno.ti
The Washington times., 1928-11-27
MEDIT A TIONS
OF "A WIFE

Nso BE granted divorce for
loneliness" would seem e
many Z married man. like being
paid for kissing i blonde.
The IDEAL modern husband Is
one who Ii satisfied with raw
cereal breakfast, 4 cafeteria lunch
and d scrambled egg dinner.
Beauty. brains and culture may
make woman charming, but
most men nowadays. demand more
SOLID attractions. You never
know how irresistibly fascinating
YOU are, until you let IT. leak out
that you have come into q LOT
of money.
The results OF American higher
culture, as seen in college town,
appear to be decrepit fliyvers. hot.
dogs. wild hair. carefree socks and
accidental marriages to Broadway
cForines.
A mans love must be kept at
lust the right temperature by
woman's constant skill and care;
but woman's love is supposed
to come in thermos bottle--and
nothing on earth can cool 1t.
Al diplomat is man who can
tell a woman that her lip.rouge
is on crooked and her nose needs
powdering. and still leave her
under the impression that he re-
CARDS her as flawlessly beautiful.
Sometimes, widower's cold
storage affection makes a much
more substantial and satisfyiNg
matrimonial diet than young,
tender, unseasoned passion.
"As long as they fight, they
love each other" according to a
French philosopher. still, many
a woman would find 1t more
soothing to be loved tenderly, like
a briar pipe, instead OF violently
like golf ball.
There must be times when the
wife of "a saxophone player Sc
cretly wishes he would exchange
it for a HARP!
The Washington times., 1928-11-27
ASIA BUYS u. S. SHEEP

The Russians came primarily
for RambouiIlet blood that would
Increase the texture Of the Rus
sian national clip, which had Pc
come too fine, but large I'M.
portations were necessary 70 re-
hahilitate the country's woolen IN
dustry. While in Utah last year,
d member of the Russian sheep
commission remarked that ms
country could take 5000 breedlng
sheep 4 year for 10 years from
the United States.
Japan Is interested primarily in
developing f-slppOrting wool
industry, q task which ~ proving
exceedingly difficult Since lsSV,
the Japanese government has been
encouraging manufacture Of All
kinds. While the country has Pa
come reasonably independent M
cotton. progress igl wool has been
slow. The great handicap is lack
81 pastures sufficient to supposs
larea flccke.
The Washington times., 1928-11-27

VoU wouldn't want to hire 4
man who had no control over
his muscles-who was always
dropping things. who fidgeted
and jumped from one place to
another.
You wouldnit want to hire that
brain and the kindest of hearts.
You'd say: Yes, / know he's
fine fellow, and I'm terribly
sorry for his affiiction, but |
can't possibly work with him.
I'll have to get some one who is
more dependable"
People who have no control
over their muscles are Fortunate
" rare But people who have
no c6ntrol over their emotions
aren't. And they do infinitely
more harm than the muscular
fumbler and fidgeter.
We're just beginning to know
ourselves. A few years ago we
thought that human beings grew
aa tlirnips grow--steadily, all OF.
81 piece, from seeding to ripe
maturity. Now we know that we
do not grow all in a piece, or
steadily. Part Of us may be
quite grown up while the rest
OF us Is barely Matched.
For example. you may have
reliable, mature mind. You may
. be interested in worthwhile mat.
ters and able to think construc.
lively. Yet your emotions may
be as uncontrolled and unre-
liable as a baby's. They may
sneak up on yon and bowl you
over without a moments notice.
/ Watch a baby for an hour
observe how his moods control
him. He will clutch new toy,
The Washington times., 1928-11-27
SUBS TRAVEL
SLOWLY

That submarines travel at
comparatively slow speed is point
ed out by Norman s. Hall in an ar.
ticle in Liberty Magazine.
THE specifications for most sub
marines" explains the writer, "can
for surface speed Of IA knots
an hour, but actually. this dwin-
dies to l11a knots. Maximum sub.
merged speed Is about nine knots.
Only In cases OF extreme emer-
gency, however. would. q snbn1a.
rine commander drive his boat at
this pace submerged. because in
so doing he would completely ex-
haust his storage batteries In one
hour. Normal speed below the sur
face Is between one and two.
knots.'s
The Washington times., 1928-11-27
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

The beauty of the world. the
order of the celestial system, the
revolution of the sun. of the
moon, indicate sufficiently, at e
very glance. that ali these things
Mre not merely accidental .--C Cicero.
Honesty is the best policy. but
he who arts on that principle is
not IN honest man - Whately.
Al lie travels round the world
while Truth Is putting on her
boots. spurgeon.
The Washington times., 1928-11-27

It is curious that we should be
more anxious to conceal our best
passions than our Worsf.--Landon.
Unhappy liz he who trusts only
to time for his happiness Vol
taire.
True happiness consists not in
the. multitude OF friends, but In
the worth and choice. --Jonson.
--------
1t matters not how . man dies,
but how he Iives.--Johnson.
The Washington times., 1928-11-27
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times.

Complete these quotations:
l. ut is not best to swap while crossing the."
Lincoln
2 The minstrel boy to the has gone
In he ranks Of --- you'll him."-Moore.
3. Get thee behind me-, ---!'-Bible
Do you know:
.sr A. Who is Azrael?
5. What is forgery?
Who commanded the British battle of Bunker Hill
q What given to the religious during the
Middle Ages?
g. When was the District of Columbia established
What linked Aaron Burrs because ne killed him
a duel?
TO- When was Salt Lake City founded by the Mormons?
Match with
IL. Abridgement
IL. Ceverness Incapacity
l3. Denial
IA. Overhead
is. Abscond Beneath
ANSWERS on Magazine ragel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
Soldier Here ImUentOy
Of NesU DiyigibIe Power

he arrives here on the return trip
from Panama.
The model now being demon
strated is more than two feet in
length and made of heavy sheet
iron. Powered with a one-thirty-
second horsepower motor, and sus-
pended on a revolving standard
the model develops an estimated
speed Of so miles an hour.
Instead of using propeller,
which, Sgt Goetz explains. creates
an area Of compressed air before
the craft and tends to cause q
vacuum at the rear, the new de-
vice consists Of a wind tunnel or
tube which passes through the
center OF the gas bag with in
take and output blowers located
about the center Of the tube. This
tube is larger at the intake in
front than at the outlet in the rear.
thus slightly compressing the air
as il IL forced out. giving il great
er driving force.
The present model was financed
with the aid Of IdeI Mackels, post
barber and Sgt. Goetz hopes 70 be
able to interest someone in his
invention who will invest about
$4,000 in a working model which
would permit tests i'm actual work
inx conditions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19

A system which IL j. believed
will revolutionize the propulsion
Of Iighter-than-ai craft has been
invented by Segt. A. J. Goetz Of
Fort Brown and a model is being
given daily try-outs at the old
skating rink
The advantage of the new device,
according 10 the inventor Is that II
creates a vacuum in front of the
ship and pours compressed air into
the vacuum naturally created at
the rear Of the vessel as IL travels
through the air. Thus, he ex-
plains, the dirigible - pulled from
the front and pushed from the
rear with the same motive force.
Sgt. Goetz believes that the power
necessary for driving a dirigible
through the air will be reduced By
half with his device and that the
ship will be able 70 navigate in
proportionateIy greater winds, thus
increasing the safety Of the craft.
The builder calls il the Spirit OF
the Valley"
The model was viewed in opera
ton Sunday morning by members
Of the official staff nc Fort Brown
and Lieut.. Col. Chas. McH. Eby has
agreed to ask Maj. Gen. James Z.
Fcchet 70 INSPECT the device when
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
BULLETS HIT
MARINE
Shots Prove Presence
Of Sandino Rebels
In Nicaragua

MANAGUA. Nicaragua, March TO-
Rl-An American marine plane i'm
Nicaragua today bears two bullet
holes as indications Of the presence
or Sandino rebel bands In northeast
Nueva Segovia.
Lieut.. Frank III. Lamson- -Scribner,
while flying over the mountain re-
gion formerly held by Augustine San
dino, rebel chieftain. was fired on
yesterday by snipers hhden i'm the
rough country and two bullets pene-
trated his ship. One bullet struck
bomb which the plane was carrying
but no explosion took place and the
American flier was able to retaliate
quickly by dropping "a bomb over the
Jungle land.
Lieut.. Vernon M. Guymon. accom-
panying Lieut.. Lamson-Scribner, In
another ship. also was fired upon
but his plane was not hit. He too,
dropped bomb upon the snipcrs but
IL was not known whether any
casualties we're inflicted upon the
Sandisto band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
RELIEF Ships
SENT FLIERS
z Amphihians Leave
Panama to Pick Up
Air Chief

MANAGUA, Nicaragua. March 10
fPb-Lieutenants George G. McDon-
aid and Robert 3. Williams, flying
amphibian planes from Panama, hop
ped off this morning en- route TO Min
atitlan, Mexico, where they will join
the party Of +. Trubee Dawson, as
sistant secretary Of war for aviation,
and Major General James +. Fechet,
chief Of the American air force.
Mr.. Dawson and General Fechet,
due to a mishap to one Of the planes
in which they are making a flight
from Washington 70 Panama. have
postponed further flight until the
new amphibians arrive at Minatit-
Ian.
The American pilots covered the
distance from Panama TO Managua in
six hours and forty minutes. One
stop being made at David near the
Panama-Costa Rican border. The dis
tance 70 Minatitlan is about 1.500
miles and stons will be made in Sal
vador and Salina Cruz.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
S.P.Chief Shows
Valley to Heads
OF Rock Island

III. WI. LulI. executive vice presidents
Of the Southern Pacific Lines with
offices nc Houston. is In the Valley
today with a party Of Rock Island
officials who are seeing this section
for the first time.
I'm the party with MIR. Lull are L4
G. Fritch. vice president Of the Chi.
cago, Rock Island and Pacific with
offices in the LaSaile street station.
Chicago; a. B. Wagner. general
manager of the second district. El
Reno, Okla. and n. n. Kelly. assist
ant to the general manager, also or
HI Reno.
"A tour or the Valley is being made
during the day and the party will
return co Houston tonight. I'VE arc
very much impressed with what wa
have seen and certainly shall tell
our friends in Chicago who are look.
ing for N warmer cline about thiA
part or Texas" This ~ the expires.
sion of MIR. Fritch made early this
morning. Mr.. Lull promised u make
him like the Valley even better DUR
ing the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
dam DISASTER
DEADNOW
Reclaimable Land To
Be Searched For
III Missing

Los ANGELES. March 19.-tP)-
The total loss Of life in the St.
Francis dam disaster was computed
today ut 449 persons-272 known
dead and III missing and believed 10
have perished.
While the search for the dead con-
tinued with an army OF more than
one hundred motor tractors being
used TO tear through the big piles or
debris, authorities in the stricken
zone decided to confine their efforts
only TO reclaimable land. Debris on
the unreelaimable area occupied by
the old bed Of the Santa Clara river
will be burned.
The huge fires will serve as fu-
neral pyres for an unknown num-
Der Of the dead. Authorities said it
would be impossible to put q large
enough force at work to recover the
bodies on the unreclaimable land
within a reasonable length OF time,
and that with the available organiza-
tion the process would require SO
much time that the purpose of seek
ing them would be defeated.
The states inquiry into the case
OF the dam break was programmed
to open today, Many funerals. both
public and private, also were ar
ranged for victims.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
z BABIES DIE
NSAN BENITO;
SEEKPARENTS
Mystery Shrouds Par
ty of Four Who OBJ
tanned Service of
Doctor Early Today

SAN BENITO. March 19.--PoIice
and county officials Of San Benito
and Harlingen Monday were conduct
iSg an investigation into the mys-
tersSus disappearance Of a Mexican
family, whose two children died sud
dealy and under rather unusual cir
rumstances here early In the morn
ing.
No trace of the family, who are
said 10 have left San Benito in an
automobile. had been found early
Monday afternoon, although all near
BY towns had been communicated
with. and all funeral parlors in this
end Of the Valley checked.
The children are said to have died
in the automobile. one Of them ap-
parently while the family was in
search Of medical aid. and the other
while that aid was being rendered to
the already dead baby One was
said 70 have been an infant about
two months old, and the other n tot
OF 4 years.
Two men and two women are said
TO have comprised the party.
They brought the baby into the
office OF DR.. r. Z. Mewshaw here,
shortly after daylight. and an exam
ination revealed that life was appar-
emily extinct. DR.. Mewshaw summons
ed the pulmoter from the Thompson
mortuary and worked on the infant
for several minutes In sn unsuccess-
full attempt to restore life.
After this had proved futile. ac-
cording to the story told police, a
member of the group, going 10 the
car. discovered that the older child
also was dead.
Seizing the dead baby the group
took their departure before they
could be questioned, according "a
police, and no trace has been found
OF them.
The party was first seen in Har-
lingen shortly after midnight. and
left there later in the morning head
ed for San Benito, apparently IN
search Of a doctor.
The local physician said he was
unable 10 determine the cause of the
baby's death, as he had had time To
make only superficial examination
before the child was snatched away.
There Is no particular reason "a
suspect foul play OF any kind, police
Continued on page six)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
DENTON FIRE
FATAL TOONE
Second Man Is Sent to
Hospital; Owner of
Home Arrested

DENTON, Tex. March 19.-tP)--
One man ~ dead and another, charg-
ed with burglary and arson, is near
death in a hospital here MS "A result
of a fire which damaged the resi-
dence Of II. II. Francis last night.
Jim kelman, 70. died today Of
burns. and Lxslie Briggs, 34, was
charged with burglary and arson,
and is burned 50 badly he is not ex-
pected to live.
kelman was found in the blazing
house BY firemen after neighbors had
turned in an alarm. His clothing
was afire.
Briggs. who has orly one leg, was
found in an automobile about two
blocks from the fire. His head, face.
hands and legs. were badly burned.
After the fircmen had found a s.
gallon gasoline can in the house,
they learned that Briggs and Kelman
were supposed 60 have purchased
five gallons of gasoline at a filling
station. The can was identified as
the property Of the filling station.
j. 4. Franks. owner Of the house.
later was arrested and charged BY
complaint as an accomplice 70 arson.
Briggs is under indictment on an
accessory 70 murder charge in the
fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff r.
B. Parsons here in 1925. w. A. Mar
tin is serving a 99-year term for the
Staying.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
Santa Burglar Spends
Night Stuck la Chimney

Rescued from the chimney of the
Rainbow Grocery No. 3, Ninth and
Levee streets, at a. m Sunday
after having been imprisoned there
all of Saturday night, Guadalupe
Castillo, 10, of Matamoros, is be-
ing held in the county Jail pend
ing filing OF formal charges I'm
connection with his alleged con-
fessed attempt to break into the
store BY way Of the chimney.
The prisoner was extricated
from his living tomb by police and
firemen after residents of the
neighborhood, unable TO locate the
sounds, had been kept awake all
night BY his groans and cries.
Castillo. according 20 his story 20
officers, had entered the chimney
shortly after 10 o'clock, as soon az
v. B. Camiade. proprietor OF the
store, had locked up for the night
He is alleged TO have said that he
climbed to the roof and dropped
down inside the chimney. becoming
wedged about six feet from the
bottom.
The more he struggled, he said.
the tighter he became wedEed,
and, seeing that he would be un-
able 90 release himself unassisted,
cried out for help. These cries
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19

during the first few minutes or the
opening. but the affair soon settled
down into the regular routine Of
calling witnesses
These witnesses were being called
In alphabetical order. and at ii a. m.
the list had only been called as far
as the BIS. Indications were that If
all the witnesses summoned were
called before the grand jury the case
would drag along for days
No one could be found who would
make n statement regarding the
probability Of all the witnesses be-
ing heard. but il was unofficially be-
lieved that all those summoned would
be called before the body.
Those persons, with names begin
ming far along in the list Of letters,
we're preparing 10 vacate the court
house as noon approached and il was
seen that their names would not be
called for days il the established
routine was adhered TO.
Many Of those who were summoned
brought their families along. and one
Of the three grand jury rooms, was
.uFHeu over 10 the lUDNntIn anu ChfA-
dren and converted into an emer-
gency nursery.
A total Of sos persons had been
summoned. but many Of these for
some reason failed to appear. II was
thought, however. that most Of them
would report before the day was
over.
The case was placed before the
grand jury Thursday. In his charge
to that body Judge III. r. Galbraith.
acting in the place Of District
Judge A. w. Cunningham, who IN vi,
said that the investigation was
thought necessary after certain repu-
table persons had appeared before
him with complaints Of alleged ir-
regularities in connection with the
municipal election held az Point
Isabel on March 49,"
The body was called together
Thursday afternoon and heard the
complaints Friday morning. deciding
on the wholesale summoning of vot-
ers at that time. The papers were
prepared Friday night, and officials
Of the sheriff's office worked until
FAR into the night Saturday serving
them on residents Of the Point.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
Rail Officials
Car Wrecked By
Blast; Hurt

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Mar. 1s.-tP
-Anson VI. Allen. assistant general
superintendent Of the Tennessee
Coal. Iron & Railroad company.
United States steel subsidiary, and
his wife were injured last night
when a mysterious explosion literal
~ demolished their automobile in
which they were enroute to church.
Horace Cox. a passing motorist,
who went TO the Aliens aid. declared
he smelled a distinct odor Of powder
or some other explosive in the
wreckage Of the car.
The explosion occurred on Bush
boulevard in a fashionable resi-
Dental district. The automobile
was tossed out OF its path and onto
the street car tracks in the parkway
in the center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen were IN a hos
pital suffering from shock and
physical injuries.