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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-05

DAD. nAuGHTER RANauET

One Of the incest affair ever 70 be
staged in Mission was the dad-and-
daughter banquet which TOOK place at
the Junior high school Thursday eve-
ming. Great preparations had been
made TO make the affair a success.
The local Y. w. q. "A. board prepared
the meal and girls from the sixth and
seventh grade, dressed in Irish cos
tunes, acted as mattresses.
They were greeted by Miss Zillah
Martin, the social chairman, who had
prepared various games for the eve
ming. When all was ready the Ii
brary Of the junior high, which had
been made into a banquet room, was
thrown open, revealing q decorative
room. The tables were arranged in a
hollow square, with st. Patrick
decorations everywhere. The place
cards were in the shape Of Sham
rocks, on the reverse side of which
we're the printed programs. Eighty
six dads and daughters we're seated
and Margaret Potter, pep chairman,
led in several songs, which were Wig
orously applauded By their guests.
At the close Of the dinner Miss
Jane Halstead, program chairman, in
commemoration of the next day be-
ing Texas independence day, led the
singing of 1.-The Eyes of Texas Are
upon You.- followed by the intro
duction of the dads By their daugh-
ters. This was done By giving the
initials of his name and giving a des-
cription Of him in words beginning
with those letters. all of which
caused great mirth. the dads each re-
spending with an Irish joke.
Mrs. Hill Cooke was hostess at a
bridge luncheon at her home on OBJ
late avenue Friday, the guests being
mostly from out OF town. Mrs.
Cooke used a yellow combination col
or scheme. ~calendulas. and nastur-
tiums being the chosen flowers. The
place cards and tally cards too. were
Of the predominating shades. An
elegant three course luncheon was
served. the color scheme being car
ried out in the menu IS far as pos
sible.
After luncheon in the games Mrs.
Z. c. McDaniels made high score and
Mrs. J.. ID. Moore, low. Table prizes
were received BY Mesdames Malloir.
Sheriff. and Griffith. Those present
were Mesdames John Cardwell. 4. G.
Mcdonald. Steve Jones, Charles Tur-
ner and Henry Griffith. Of McAllen:
Mesdames Chas. Sheriff. and Frank
Waters Of Weslaco. Mesdames Royce
Reid and Lloyd Malloir Of Harrington
and Mesdames Vernon B. Hill. John
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-05
Stock Modek-Certifed by Il. A. Il.

And these were not cars specially built for ~prodigious feats
Of speed. but strictly stock. fully-equipped Studebaker
Commanders alike in every detail to those driven by
owners all over the country. The run was made under the
supervision Of American Automobile Association officials.
After the finish, they tore down each car, examined it
infinitely and certified each to be a strictly stock model.
For one car to maintain such speed for sixteen days
and nights would be a profound tribute to the engineer
ing genius behind it. But, for three Commanders each to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-05
liz TuUeLing $4,000 Miles i'm Less Than $4,000 MINI
The Commander Demonstrates Sfxdebaker Speed and 81

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beyond all question that The Commando IS the Worlds
Champion Carl
Toyou, thefact that TheC ommanderhold all the highest
official endurance and speed records for fully equipped
stock cars, regardless Of power or price. Is highly significant.
Not only can The Commander travel at high sustained
speed, but it can stand the hardest driving and still re-
tain its youth for thousands and thousands Of miles. Only
engineering genius, combined with the finest materials and
workmanship, could produce q car of such endurance.
Drive The Commander today and experience the thrill
OF the 1.-THE, untiring power that made It the Worlds
Champion Car. Just telephone and say when and where.
Evening star., 1928-06-10

Hoe few select ladies. all care
position and income how to
master the principles by emotional science which
the old religions and philosophers
always keep mind cautions Mrs Hoye the fact that are
bodiesthe body the loud
body shabby body and the rodent body When
Il this street but
and my four delightful crossing their Then
harm bodies pleased Mrs Hoye
has been influenced by Siamese seances-and how!
Evening star., 1928-06-10

The finishing school teacher has her troubles. too
Here's Miss Miggs being interviewed by a wealthy
and daughter to the possibility OF the M'sgS
Seminary for Young ladies being fit place for daugh
ter rs there" mamma is asking of Miss Miges, "a
safe in the office for Delights pearls and her emerald
bracelet? And she, being very hystcrcal child.
have her breakfast in bed of morning.?
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
Pennington

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman w. Buell. an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Thelma Louise, to Carl Schulze,
Jr., on Saturday, November 10. The
ceremony was performed in Newark
by the Rev. Disston w. Jacobs. Miss
Buell. is a graduate of the Home
Economics course at the WOmen's
College, University of Delaware, and
has been employed as home econom-
les instructor in the Harrington
High School. Mr. Schulze is in bust
ness in Greenwood. After Decem-
ber l Mr.. Schulze and his bride will
be at their new home which is now
under construction in Greenwood.
The Ladies Aid of Bethel M. P.
Church met at the home of Mr.. A. ].
Collision, and elected their new Off
GERS for another year: Mrs. Hugh
Vincent, president; Mrs. Norman
Outten, secretary; Mrs. Harry Sauls-
bury, treasurer. They all reported a
gOou time, and we hope to meet
again with her soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hart visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vincent on
Sunday.
Ada MOrgan and friend, Joe Pat
terson, of Wilmington, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Morgan.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
GOVERNOR ROBINSON ISSUES
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

Governor Robert Robinson has issued the following Thanks
giving Day proclamation
Whereas Our Pilgrim Fathers offering thanks to the Divine
Creator for his and guidance during their
pestuous furnishes example of Christian fidelity
has long been the of the American
by setting apart day to render thanks God for the
gifts abundany bestowed
ancefor our future welfare and happiness,
Whereas AS approach the day which
observance OF thanksgiving and praise let the
state consider the abundant public
acknowledgment of the avOrs bestowed
Gver of all good and perfect gifts
Whereas 1t emnenty that should
usual duties and repair
render thanks to God for all His bOuneou blessings
Now, Therefore, Robert P. Robinson
OF Delaware do designate Thursday
November as a day of Thanksgiving Prayer.
Upon that day let not only join
to Almighty God for His blessings which
the past but ask continuance future
that faithfully discharge to us
for strength and wisdom fidelity principles
and nigh ideals without which free
and Independent ~
In Testimony Whereof Robert P of
state OF Delaware have heeuno the Great
Seal OF the said State be day of No
vember in the nine hundred and
twenyeght and of the Independence
erica the hundred ffty-thrd
By the Governor
ROBERT P. ROBINSON
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND,
Secretary of State
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
PAINTED DECORATIONS
ARE NOW FOR FLOORS
By Helen Martin

Patterned rugs and carpets are
being supplanted by the return to
fashion of the decorated floor. This
simple type of painted floor with a
stencil border is particularly appro-
pirate now, owing to the vogue of
Early American cottage decoration.
Old fashioned all-over spatter effects
and unusual painted borders, too,
combine charmingly with the hook
ed rugs and sturdy maple of that
period
Where more elaborate effects are
desired, there are the geometric pat
terms to simulate parquetry and mo-
saic-a delightful and comparatively
inexpensive flooring treatment for
the hallway of a country house
where a somewhat formal effect is
desired.
The interest in these decorated
floors, however, depends as much on
color as on design. While painted
floors in the more formal rooms are
generally done in black or conven-
tional shades of browns or grays,
the sunroom, bedchamber and other
informal interiors lend themselves
to the gayest of treatments. Coral,
yellow, rose, blue and green are not
only permissible but are a welcome
change from the neutral tones we
have used so long.
The stencil border is probably the
simplest and most effective form of
for the painted floor.
There are so many attractive de-
signs from which to choose-Persian
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16

Stanley Prouse of Wilmington
called upon former friends here re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slosser of Sur
ry, Va, visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.
Tee last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Clouser have
been entertaining the latter brother,
Mr. Dunlap, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. T. Bailey Of Del
mar spent part of last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Tee and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred S. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Swain at
tended the Armistice Day exercises
at the the unknown soldiers grave
in Washington, D. c., on Sunday.
Mrs. Warren Holston of George
town has been a recent guest of her
sister, Mrs. Harry c. Tee.
Sapp and Brown are erecting a
new concrete block building on the
site of their fire here last spring.
Tests are being made on the site
of the proposed new school building.
M. E. Church Notes
$3.50 a. m. Glass meeting, led by A.
D. McCabe
10 a. m. Church school in all de-
partments. H. J. Ramsdall, superin-
tendent. Last call for conference
claimant fund over a period of four
years. On November 25th Prof. Mack
of the Hall Mack Company will be
present to introduce the new song
books. He also will be present for
the morning service.
II a. m. Preaching. Subiect."Christ
as a Teacher"
GAS p. m. Epworth League. Sub
ject, "What it Means to be Chris
ton" Leaders, Clarence Barlow and
O'Neal.
1880 p. m. Preaching. Subject
"Christ's Mission or Why He Came"
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16

scrolls, geometric Moorish patterns,
Arabian, Egyptian, and Roman. mo-
tifs.
On the dark floor it is preferable
to use light or bright colors for the
stencil, otherwise the design will not
show up. For the floor in one of the
gayer shades, however, both light
and dark colors can be used. For
example, on yellow floor in sum
room there could be a border of
apple green, or in bedroom a bor-
der of cream or pale blues. The
dominating line of a floor border
should always be horizontal, and
with a few possible exceptions the
design should be conventionalized
A stencil border, to be most eff
fective, should be placed from about
eight to eighteen inches from the
wall, depending on the size of the
room and the size of the design.
There is little difficulty in applying
the stencil if care\ is taken in cor
rectly spacing and matching the de-
sign. The easiest way is to mark off
the border with small chalk line
which may be easily corrected if
mistake is made. This method is
especially advisable because a small
inaccuracy is not at once apparent
but by the time the border goes all
the way around the room the mac
curacy becomes obvious. Where (
the design'is a succession of similar /
figures the only difficulty in match
ing up comes at the very end.
In case the design has some
dominant figure or is broken up into |
pairs or triplets, the work should /
be started at the center of each side
of the floor and the necessary
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
Cedar Grove
Near Milford.)

A most excellent program was
given the evening of November 8 by
the pupils of Cedar Grove P. T. A.
No. III. Mrs. Pendleton called the
meeting to order. After the opening
exercises Mrs. Mum presented the
monthly topic Schools ofeToday" in
a very pleasing manner.
Mrs. Evelyn Morris, the teacher of
our school, gave a demonstration on
sight reading by pupils of the third
and fourth grades This was very
good and much enjoyed.
Just as much as possible of the
school work was brought to the par
ents' attention.
Booklets, club work, water color
work, posters, art stone work, note
book and other work were shown
and explained by the pupils.
The social committee consisting of
Mrs. PendletOn. Mrs. Sharp, Mrs.
Bennett, Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Cor
bett, served delicious cake free to
all.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16

lengthening or shortening. of. the
pattern made at each corner.
When ready to start the actual
work the stencil is held. in. place
with thumb. tacks and the paint ap-
piled through the cut-out with a
'hammer-like" motion of the brush.
By tapping it at right. angles rather
than brushing. it, the bristles. OF. the.
brush. are prevented from getting
under the edges of the stencils and
smearing the pattern.
There are other decorative treat
ments for the board floor, that add
artistic interest. Checkered. and.
diamond designs done in. ebony and
ivory, are most attractive in a for.
NAL hallway, and in colors else
where.
The return of the decorated floor
to favor is quite in line with the
popular trend in. decorations. Our.
lately somber homes are becoming
brilliant with color and design. in
which the painted floor plays an i'm
portant part.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16

Twenty years hence the man
whom the girl is proposing to may
ask her if she drinks and scatters
cigarette ashes over the carpet.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16

Nothing is so binding as a mutual
hate.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-08

REPAIRING THE LINE
Because uninterrupted phone
service is a necessity in the
Sierra Nevada mountains,
trouble shooters pay little heed
to inclement weather. Here's
4 lineman effecting temporary
repairs. International N.wsrsss
New Britain herald., 1928-12-08

TITLED SHOP,
GIRL Lady
Doria Hope
(above) worked
as salesgirl in
Fifth avenue de.
partment store
until the news.
papers found it
out. Then she
fled to WaShlng'
ton. Her aristo'
cratic father Gays
he's''ply proud"
Of her.
International
Newsrecl
The Washington times., 1928-08-09

Of the trio, is doomed to become
the embittered victim of his
own deceit.
Strange InterIude" is an
absorbing play. Besides an in
teresting and unique method of
developing and Analysing char
acter it is daring enough to
voice words that have hitherto
been barred to the speaking
stage. Still it could hardly be
called lewd or indecent. / doubt
much whether those whose
morals are susceptible to faint
would ever find their way to-
this O'Eeill drama. In the first
place it will interest only the
studious playgoer and again its
revealing words are not stressed
for their unconventional sound
but appear to fit logically into
the voiced thoughts. After sit
ting through its nine acts there
is a feeling that the men and
women who have paraded be-
fore you on the stage have no
hidden secrets. All have been
told in detail. That is one of
the reasons it measures up as
searching and satisfying drama.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09

u
In addition to making Wings"
available for general release, the
Paramount executives have also
decided to. issue the latest EMIL
Jannings picture, Patriot" and
Eric Won Stroheim s Wedding
March as regular program re-
leases. Both of these pictures
have synchronized sound effects
and were originally scheduled to
tour as road pictures with a $50
admission price.
The Paramount bookings for
the showing of these pictures in
Washington have not yet been
completed. Under new agree
ment the Stanley Crandall thea
tiers and the Loew houses will
divide the Paramount product
next season. The schedule of pic
lures has been grouped into two
divisions with the Loew circuit
signed for one and Stanley Gran
dali booked to take the other.
Paramount will divide it's choicest
Hollywood product with the rival
Washington producers, Warming
Up the new Richard Dix sound
picture and 'The Loves of An
Actress" with Pola Negri and
synchroniZed sound, being among
those ready for immediate show
ing.
The Warner Brothers all talking
pictures have been booked by the
Stanley-Crandall Metropolitan and
the Fox. The Met" has Light
Of New York" the first all talker
picture ready to open the 1929
season within a few weeks. Fox
has signed for y Warner Broth
ers talking pictures and will be-
gin their exhibition here in Sep
TENDER.
The release Of Paramount's
three best pictures on the regula-
ton program comes as n boom 10
exhibitors. Wings" has been
running for one solid year at the
Criterion Theater on Broadway AT
$1.50 top. THE Patriot" is said
TO be far and away the finest
thing that Emil Jannings has veE
produced. Won Stroheim WED
ding March" cost over $4,000, 900
to produce and two years to make
and enough film was discarded
to make ten features. Won Stro-
helm wished to have the picture
released in 20 reels and shown i'm
two Instruments. This plan was
vetoed and the film was finally
cut to regulation length and is
credited with being the greatest
thing the temperamental Austrian
director has ever done for pic
lures. Besides directing the pic
ture he enacts the star role.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
LaLE |AINlNQI l!LGS|

Through all the 95degree days of July and early August
The Ihealer Guild production OF Eugene ONel strange
nterude has PLAYED packed houses 1t the only New
play whose business has not been affected by soaring
and generally the of standees IN the back OF
the John Golden theater have shifted from foot to
another, but remained until the curtain dropped on the
ninth act.
Through the courtesy Of Robert sk was able TO secure
pair Of seats for one the July performances They
begin you probably know $50 M and five acts are
played before the nternsson curtain at 40 M There
is hour 20 for dinner and the play resumes at
p. M, with the farewell bows at IL 10.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09

I was more than ordinarily
interested in this O'Neill opus
because after the Messrs. Shu-
berts had vainly tried to have
the gendarmes close the play
as a lewd production, Columbia
University had bestowed the,
Pulitzer prize upon it as the
choicest of the 1928 dra-
matte output.
Strange Interlude" presents
O'Neill in one of his rlorose
moods. 1t is a searching analy-
sis of woman's loves and
passions. Her very soul is
stripped and laid out for analy-
sis in nine acts of period
episodes that. are frequently
brutality frank in dialogue and
sometimes raw m expressed
soliloquies.
The average man and woman
probably often think things that
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
|WHENFEATUREIS
|SHOWN0NSCREEN.

FOX-Myrna 10y in The Grim
son City " At 1887, ESQ. $50,
sos and 1905 p. m.
METROPOLITAN~Lewis Stone
in The Foreign Legion" At
11:4O. 1876. $40. 5:35, TAO and
$40 p. m. ,....
PALACE-Bebe Daniels in Hot
News" At 10:45, 1910, 2;15, AGO,
5:45, $50 and $50 p. m.
EARLE-Laura La Plante in
Home James" At 11:42. 1:46.
$3.50 Sal. 7:45 and 9:54 p. m.
OLUMBIA-Karl Dane and
George X. Arthur in Detectives ;"
At 1915. 1877. 2:22. Ala, 6, 1853
and 9:56 p. m.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
Seeks q Lead

Although Roland West has
made tests of more than twenty
actresses, he has not found the
girl he wants for the feminine
lead in "Nightstick, his next
production for United Artists.
one Of the chief characters in
the underworld story, which has
Seen adapted by West and c.
Gardner Sullivan from New
York stage success, is a police
mans daughter who rebels at her
fathers pampering OF criminals.
* young detective and a debonair
gunman, rivals for the love OF
the girl. figure prominently in the
blot
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
Some of Bebe's, Thrills

GARDENING, through the air in a
oreeches buby, a sinking ship at
one end of the line and her dead
nest rival on the other end, a
night with a jewel thief on his
yacht at sea, mad oscar ade IN
speeding automobile, a clash
with a. super-sensitive rajah at
garden party and a love scene on
The Statue of Liberty's eyeiashes'
These are just few of the things
mat happen to Bebe Daniels IN
RIOT News now playing ~
Loew's Palace.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09

would cause shudder if ex-
pressed. 0'Neill expresses
them. In the novel method of
having his characters first speak
the dialogue as in conventional
play and then recite. the mental
reflexes and emotions moving
through their active minds.
The Nina Leeds of the play
Is a most unhappy character.
Her first touch of romance was
blighted when her fiancee fell
to his death in the air fighting
of the World War. Then fol-
lows long periods. of melancholy
and distress over the happiness
which was denied. Eventually
she marries Sam Evans, an
easy-going plodder, who visions
his cup of joy as complete with
q baby. However, Nina discov-
ers there is hereditary insanity
in her husbands family and it
would be suicidal to bear him an
offspring. More periods of
melancholy and moody longings
for happiness denied. DIR. Ned
Darrell, an old friend of the
family, then provides the road
out of the difficulty. Nina has
always loved him secretly. Why
not have baby with the doctor
as its father? Sam would have
his one craving satisfied and
happiness. Nina would have
her lover. DR.. Darrell is won
to the plan. So Nina has her
baby. Sam accepts it as his
own and is never disillusioned
until stroke carries him off,
q business success but badly
deceived husband and imitation
father until the finish.
lowering around Nina, from
her girlhood to approaching
senility is Charlie Marsden. Poor
cid Charlie. A spineless charac-
ter, who loves her through it
all, but never rouses sufficient
courage to voice what is in his
heart. Charles love survives
through deceit and distrust and
the final curtain drops with the
doddering old soul preparing to
marry Sans widow and find
comfort in the twilight.
Judith Anderson plays Nina
Leeds. 1t is one of the longest
parts ever written for stage
character an the mere memoir
izing of its many speeches and
musings is a feat for any ac-
tress. Nina, suspect, never
wins audience sympathy. With
a husband, lover, a son and
n waiting handy man (poor old
CharIie), she is still discontinued
and unhappy. Her life seemed
to be one long quest for joy
that could never be realized be-
cause in the final analysis she
was utterly selfish
One of the men characters,
all spIendidly played, Sam
Evans creeps closest to appeal.
Sam was an easy husband to
bamboozIe, but through it all
was devoted and constant to
Nina, q Woodworking and ambi-
ious slave to business, a novice
in affairs of the heart.
Poor old Charlie Marsden is
Irritating in his constantly re-
pressed love twitterings. Even
tually a long suffering object Of
pity. DR.. Darrell, most manly
The Washington times., 1928-08-09

THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC
TELEPHONE COMPANY
The Washington times., 1928-08-09

would cause shudder if ex-
pressed. O'Neill expresses
them. In the novel method of
having his characters first speak
the dialogue as in conventional
play and then recite, the mental
reflexes and emotions moving
through their active minds.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
TreacInerOus Job

Suspended in mid-air from q
slender cable, with nothing below
her but the ocean and treacher-
Gus rocks, was one Of Bebe Dam
iels experiences during the film
ing of .'Hot News" now playing
at Loew's Palace.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
A Mummy Plant"

A complete mummy plant'".
to manufacture replicas Of the
Egyptian mummies. was erected
at the Metro Goldwyn MAYER
studios to- provide props" Of this
nature for shivering thrills in DE.
tectives." now playing at Loew's
Columbia.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
Polly rs DOwarer

Polly Moran. who usually plays
eccentric comedy roles. Is 80.
ciety dowager in Detectives. =
Metro Goldwyn Mayors latest
comedy hit now playing at Loew's
Columbia.
The Washington times., 1928-08-09
F St. Houses to Get
$3.50 Pictures
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Paramount Pictures today announced that Wings, its
film epic OF the air. would be released to the regulation
picture houses of the country plans for its road exhibition
at $50 top having heen abandoned.
This means that the Wings booking for the National
Theaer here will be cancelled and the feature will be shown
of the Street motion picture houses at regular