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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Loves Awakening
Clouds Gather Ocer TUo Families That Seemed to BE Near
BY Adele Garrison.
Final Happiness.

mr. STOOD still in the center OF
Dicky's room. with the sound OF
- the door he had slammed still
sounding in my ears. So this was
the result OF our first difference OF
opinion since we had pledged each
other to pick up the pieces OF u
shattered happiness, and try 10 tune
our tangled bells into harmony a
muttered oath, a slammed door, hot
anger in Dicky's heart-and in
miner was not sure whether
wrath, tears or laughter was the
chief emotion swaying me. but that
all three were present In my soul l
was sure.
There had been n time when a
scene like the one ] had Just ex.
perienced would have sent me TO bed
for hours with a nervous headache
But years OF marriage with a man
OF Dicky's temperament-and tenn
per-are an effective shock alb
sorber. and my first resentment al
his outrageous introduction OF Philip
Veritzen's name as IN issue In u
disagreement merged itself into
mirth al the recollection OF his
childish outburst almost before the
sound OF another door-an outer
one-closing. told me that Dicky
had flung himself out OF the house.
That he would exercise his anger in
some form Of violent activity ] was
sure. and wondered whether his
horse or his motor al would serve
as the outlet for his anger.
A sudden mirthful realization
that I was In his roo effectually
preventing his taking sanctuary
there. sent me hurryin9 out OF IT,
There was no N in sight in the
hall. but as ] passed the door OF
Marion's room. ] saw that Il was
slightly ajar. and I had gone but a
few steps beyond It when the soft
voice OF Lillian's young daughter
called TO me:
-Auntie Madgel Have you q
minute for me2"
ANY number OF them" replied.
lrnIng back Immediately. Indeed.
/ welcomed the interruption. What
ever Marion wished OF me. II would
help me 10 drive from my mind the
memory OF the unpleasant scene ! n
which / had been a participant
She drew me into her room with
hands which ! discovered al once
were cold and shaking. iooked
sharply at her and saw that ner
iovely color was gone. and her eyes
filled with pain and b~ewilderment.
Despite my loving sympathy for her.
a muffled warning tocsin sounded
deep In my consciousness. ano
Was suddenly. defensively alert IL
her summons meant an appeal to
me for sympathy in her silent rebel
lion against her stepfather's return.
/ must be careful to say no word
which she could interpret as crit.
c,sm Of Harry Underwood. On the
other hand must not aniagonize
her by defending him too warmly.
/ had the curious OF facing
n stranger. as With m~annerisrns un-
cannily like her mothers she drew
forward a chair, put me into II and
sat down herself in n facing me.
surely this young girl. as tall as /.
with some strong emotion giving
her face and eyes a pathetic ma
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IL ne , poor, she III save Tor MN a.
be clever, she may be dull, she n
may be old, she may be young,
but she's always living for some
man.
"And after the mar come her
children. She lives for them.
She breathes when they breathe,
sleeps when they sleep, laughs
when they laugh, and sobs when
there's a tear in one Of their
eyes.
me for the dark woman-if
] were a man.
Blondes - they're fine
friends-for women.
"a blonde woman likes other
women, she likes to be with
them, she likes men, too-well
enough, she likes to flirt with
them and she wants them to
make love to her and she makes
them give her money and
jewelry, and dresses and motor
cars.
"Her mind is never fixed on
any one man for very long.
"She loves her husband
maybe, but she doesn't exist just
for him. She reads and she likes
music, she likes the theatre, she
likes to play cards and she's
fond of her children. But she
doesn't spend night and day
thinking about them. She thinks
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Famous Composers
By E DOUGLASS
Gust1Ue Albert LOrtzinq.

~ USTAV ALBERT LORTZING
r was-and still is-one OF the
most popular Of the German
opera composers. hat IS. his operas
have survived him and are sun per-
formed throughout Germany.
He was born in Berlin on October
%. 1901 OF actor parents. When he
was a child. he travelled with his
parents but the wandering life led by
his family did not permit him to
seriously pursue hts musical studies.
AS a child he took children's roles
on the stage and received the train
ing which stood him In such good
stead In his later years. As a player
and also In composition. Lortzing
was almost wholly self-taught.
In 1928 he married Regina Ahles.
an actress and In 1924 brought out
his first opera -AH Pascha Won
Janina." In 1895 he joined the
Court Theatre at Detmold and In
1882 produced two vaudeville sketch.
es which me with immediate
success.
From 1888 20 1874 Lortzing was
engaged as tenor singer by the Leip.
zig Theatre and while here he pro-
duced die Beiden Schutzen" which
also proved immensely popular.
In the same year. LcrtzIng pro-
duced Gar und zimmerman" an
opera which II still a favorite in
Germany. This did NOT meet with
great success In Leipzig. but when
IL was produced In Berlin was
warmly received. II is said that on
its production in Berlin IL met with
such a tempest OF applause that Il
was Immediately placed in the roper.
toire Of most OF the German theatres,
and in addition has been translated
into eight other languages. I. e..
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BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. ID.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health. Eeo York Cit

VT is a good thing to be sleepy at the right
time. but it is embarrassing to be sleepy at
a time of day when you should be wide
awake. 1t looks ridiculous If you nod your head
in your chair and nearly break your neck when
you actually drop into slumber. | saw a senator
sound asleep at his desk the other day. He
appeared very sheepish when he woke up and
realized what had happened.
Why do people get sleepy when they ought to
stay awake?
Scientists argue a lot over what causes sleep.
Some hold to the idea that it il due TO lessened
blood in the brain. Others think it may be due to
the effect Of some agent generated in the body
and capable OF narcotic effect on the brain and
nervous system.
There can be no doubt that the circulation
of The hlnnd Is related 10 the nrnducfinn of slnan
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
The Heart Story OF a
Sfe0dfasf Woman

turity. could not b the laughing
merry child who. during the years
OF my friendship with her mother.
had been as dear TO me rs II she
were my own blood.
"Auntie Madge.r she began with
a little catch Ia her voice which be-
trayed how near she was TO tears.
you do love me. don't your"
very much. Marion" ! returned
gravely.
II want 10 tell you a secret" she
raced on. "and give you something
10 keep for me until ] come hack
from school,"
do you mean" | asked slowly.
that II is a secret which your
mother does not know. and which
you wish me to keep from herr"
For answer she burst into stormy
weeping.
MY mother isn't my mother first
OF all any more" she sobbed. shes
that mans wife. He comes before
everybody"
cnDyriEht. 1928. Ss~s1aD~ Fsstur. Services. inc
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Answers 20 Health Queries

p. L. Q.-What should q girl or
thirteen S It s in. tall weight
2-What can he done for oily hair7
3-Is there any way to stop grow
ing. and win ! grow after ! reach
fourteen years Of agel
A.-She should weigh about 1873
pounds.
2-Keeping the hair and scalp i'm.
maculately clean and using q good
hair tonic should be helpful. For
further particulars send a self-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope and 70
peat your question.
3-You may have reached your
full growth and will not grow any
taller. In most instances. however.
one continues to grow up 10 the age
OF twenty-One.
j.. r. Q.-SeveraI years ago I had
my appendix and a small tumor re
moved. Since then ] have had severe
backache.- Is albumen ~dangerousf
What are the symptoms and is back.
ache serious? Have tried many
kinds OF massaging and electricity.
A.-Have an examination 70 get at
the ource OF the trouble. A care
ful u~rinalys!s will determine whether
or not the kidneys are causing any
Of the trouble. Whether or not albu-
men Is dangerous depends upon the
amount found in the kidney elimina-
ton. Application ~ heat should
give temporary relief.
Copyright ta3&. NewsDapw Feature Service. Lnn
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10 c or write. To your despair
you find the words running together
and the stuff you are trying to write
Is a stupid mess. The blood Is busy
digesting the food and your poor
brain is In a muddle. There Is MOTH
ing left but 10 20 10 bed and submit
to your sleepy impulses
Because you are sleepy doesn't
mean always you are tired. You may
nod and doze Just because your sys-
tern IL clogged with an enormous
meal. n you would only wake UP
you could do a days work and be
really interesting.
When you have mental work to do
or want your mind TO be alert and
ready. starve yourself a bit. Take
your big meals when you have time
to digest them without interfering
with your mental machinery.
To stay in a temperature at body
heat is enervating and sleep produc-
ing. We need the gusts OF cool air
which strike the body like 9 gently
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie
nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
- am a boy 10 years Of age and
have been going with q girl one year
my senior for over a year During
that time ! have known Of her going
out with other boys but said nothing.
The other day she saw me with an.
other girl and has refused to talk
10 me or let me call on her since.
And ] think very much OF her. So
] am writing you for advice.
. BABE.
DABE: Sauce for the goose Is
- sauce for the gander. Babe.
You are not engaged 70 the young
lady. therefore. you are privileged
n go out with as many girls as you
choose.
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Some Odd Facts

Kew Gardens. England. have been
the means OF creating industries. as
by the introduction OF rubber grow
ing In the East and tea and coffee
cultivation IN the West Indies.
Five men work what Is doubtless
the smallest coal mine in England.
This il a tunnel. two miles long. dug
into a hillside al Tan Hill. on The
North Yorkshire moors The coal is
retailed at S. q ton. but the GUS
toners have TO fetch IL from the
mine for themselves.
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interested in both sorts.
The woman whose hair used to be red was
laying down the law-it's a habit red-haired
people have. even when their hair has changed
color. Have you ever noticed it?
"If / were a man" said the woman whose
hair used to be red, "Id get a dark woman for
my wife. Dark women are born wives and
mothers-they're daughters and sisters, too
before they begin to be women. A dark woman
always has TO have some man in the world
either a father or a brother or a sweetheart or
a husband or a son.
And whoever that man is she'll love him
and she'll work for him, she'll take care Of him,
she'll pet him, she'll spoil him and she'll breathe
and live for him.
eff he's rich she'll dress for him. and
scheme for him and help him in his business.
- e. L;~. - 80, - n.-L LIZ. aho.1 Sho rnov
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wholly proflts by such moral Teaching and that
everybody more or less lies.
Some. of course. would not class so-called
white lies as lies. Fibs and lies are not even
cousins. according to others.
Some salespeople admit that gross exaggera-
ton Is ~practiced in unloading their goods and
wares upon a credulous public.
Ticket spectators don't vince when they sell
a person a theatre ticket at an advanced price,
said good" seat only commanding a view Of
half the stage.
Do husbands always tell the truth to their
wives7
And do wives never lie to their husbands?
Do children lie?
Do parents prevaricate to their children?
The list Of lies that we indulge in il endless.
We meet prevarication everywhere. Sometimes
it Is deliberate. Often it il done with good in
tar+ione Ike fha LITTLE Iirfor+iore @ha+ 1o~to~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

applied whip lash. This keeps US
fresh and wide awake.
Uniformity OF temperature IL dead
ly 10 mental activity. Opening the
window means more than getting
fresh air. II seems thai your body
Is stimulated by the change Of tenn.
perature. You are refreshed nv the
affect upon your circulation.
BY moving about. you stir into
being some gentle air currents which
excite your blood flow. and pretty
Dor you are wide awake and ready
for useful service. Don't permit
yourself to grow stupid and fat by
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

ing them back TO the center OF the
body; inhale while swinging them as
Tar TO the left as possible. exhale
while coming back to center again;
inhale while raising the arms high
over the head. exhale while bending
over again and continue In this man.
ner until you have gone through the
exercise twenty times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
z ANNIE LAURIE:


~ | have been going with q boy
for some time. and we are engaged.
He says he loves me very much and
says he thinks Of me all the time. I
have a girl friend. She IL a friend
OF his also. He takes her places all
the time and takes his sister along.
so. as he thinks. her parents will
not suspect anything. l love him very
much He acts as though he doesn't
love me. I'm asking you to please
ten me what to do.
BROKEN HEARTED.
DROKEN-HEARTED: Ii you are
~ engaged TO the young man. he
is not acting very fairly toward you
in taking another girl out. Have q
nice heart-to-heart talk with him and
explain this. and ] am sure that he
win mend his ways. Be careful,
though. that you do II In a nice way
and not a ~nagging way. IT 10 tacitly
understood that when a couple are
engaged they do not 60 about as
freely as they did previous to the
engagement. However. under GER
tain circumstances II may be quite
all right.
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Words of the Wise

The years, as they come.
bring with them many things
TO our advantage. Horace.
This Is our chief bone, that zoe
lire MT according 20 the Ti1hf or
redsoa. but after the fashion Of
others. Seneca.
Those are necessarily the greatest
virtues which are most useful to Others
&c. a.. justice. courage, moderation.
magnanimity. Eberality. g~entleness, rea-
sonAblenesS. wisdom. Aristotle.
With patience bear, with
prudence push, your fate.
Virgil.
The deed Is everything. the
fame Is nothing. Goethe.
The chief fault or man u that
he has 50 many small ones.
-Richtet
IL - twice eonqueror who rcucurrs
himself IN the moment Of victory.
-Syrus-
We may concede any man A
right, without doing anv man a
wrong; but we EAR favor no nv
without injuring someone.
Cotton.
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giving In TO your sleepy mood. Grow
strong and healthy and vigorous by
avoiding the manner OF life which
makes you nod at your work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
LIES, LIKE CANCERS,
KILL PERSONALITY
Habit of Fibbing and Evasion Eats Itself Into the
Character and Manifests Itself in
"The Shifty Eye"
BY DIR. LOUIS e. BISCH
The Eminent Psychologist.

YEyHERE is no use denying the fact that prevaricaHon of one type
or another Is fairly common practice.
Although we have been brought up to believe that lying
should never be INDUCED in. one might be tempted to say that nobody
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RED-HAIRED WOMAN
SITS IN JUDGMENT
Dark Girls Are Born Wives and Mothers, Best of
Sisters and Daughters, Says Critic Who
Stands on Neutral Ground.
By WINIFRED BLACK

YE7 HERE they were in the pleasant living room, the blonde and the
brunette and the elderly person who was once red-headed-and
- sitting behind a newspaper pretending to read was a man.
He's neither a blond nor a brunette, but, dear me, he's terribly
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

Strong coffee or other stlmuIant IN the right amount viii send the
heart TO pumping. This causes the blood to go bounding on its way
to the brain. Then the desire for sleep disappears
You have q big dinner in delightful company and then O home
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tenuons. X n little dlstort1on that doctors often have to tell
patients for their w good.
If lying is o common Is it normal?
Lying and the instinct Of self-preservation are closely related.
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II he's poor, she'll save for him and try to push him ahead. She may
be clever, she may be dull. she may be pretty. she may be ugly, she
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

cOD5rsht. 1878. SswsDaD~ Feature s.rvics. Ina.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-08
AICnterO Addresses
Fourth M ard PIT. A

~. Lo.lz --ortcro, Mexican consul,
address el the I0A.h Ward PIT. "A.
at their first meeting. held Friday
afternoon. He was introduced h-
the principal ot the school, Mi
Emilia Fernandez. During his talk
be stressed the Importance of rcgu-
lar Attendance. and urged the moth
ers to sac .lat their children were
KEEPS constantly in school. AZ pro-
gram wa5 pre- ented by children oi
tr1 alo,l, ana refreshments ~ ice
..aam art cake were served during
tl social hour which followed.
The remainder ct the afternoon
wa devoted 10 organization and bus
irass. The following officers were
elected. Mrs. Hcrminia Cisncrls,
presidents. Hiss Francisco Ochol,
first vice president; Mrs. Hinojosa.
second vice president; Mrs. Felipa
Caldcroni, secretary; Mrs. Justa Pa
TcGcs, treasurer.
Meetings Of the association will
be held on the first Friday Of each
month.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-08
Finance Drive
Opens Today

Ire finance drive Of the local Y.
". c. A. opens today, under the di-
rection Of Mrs. Katherine String
fellow, chairman Of the finance COM
mittee. A definite budget has been
outlined by the district executive
board. and the executive committee
is anxious TO attain this goal during
the week of the drive, according 70
Mrs. Maurice Brulay, publicity
chairman.
The membership drive will also
continue through this week, although
ii was scheduled TO close with the
tea given for new members on Fri
day If last week. No figures on the
number enlisted are available, rs
workers in various parts Of the city
have not yet completed the campaign
in the territory assir.~d TO them.
indications point 10 such salts
factory results. however" declared
Mrs. G. Pengilly. membership chair
man, who is conducting the drive,
"that we feel il will be we'll worth
while 70 continT- through another
week"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-08

Mrs. Kidder's mother near Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. ~. H. Hoge return
ed Saturday afternoon from a four
weeks trip in Arkansas, Louisiana
and northern Texas.
Mrs. r. ". Bennett returned Sat-
urday morning after visiting two
months in Cincinnati. Ohio.
Mrs. NJ. F. Armstrong. Jr., was a
guest of Mrs. r. VI. Hargrove and
Mrs. T. II. Armstrong OF Mission at
Il bridge luncheon at the Casa de
Palmas in McAllon Saturday after
noon
Mrs. J.. I. Darwin and daughter.
Edna Mae. and Mrs. W. VI. Jenkins
and children visited in the Thorn
ton T%rousdale home in Mercedes
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Potter left
Saturday morning for San Antonio
where they will visit Mrs. Potter's
parents and attend the American
Legion convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Reeves return
ed home Thursday from Houston
where Mr.. Reeves has been very i'll.
lie is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monte Stone and
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Mrs. J. Wilmuth spent Thursday in
Brownsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. klingman ard
son have moved here from Kansas.
~veeE-end guests az the ". T.
Tanner home were Misses Nada
Wheat and Edyth Tanner who are
teaching in Edinburg crd Miss
Guida B. Mickle. a teacher in Nc
Aller.
c. L. Perkins returned Friday aft
er spending three weeks in kerrville
where Mrs. Perkins is staring for
her health.
Mrs. Irwin Beers returned Friday
morning 10 her home in Clemscott,
Okla. after three weeks with her
mother. Mrs. c. +. H2lman.
Mrs. /. X. Stahl has returned after
several months absence.
CLYDE Ham returned Thursday
from San Antonio where he has been
En months undergoing
n --o 'mcnt in a sanitarium.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Richcreek and
a-. Da4e and Burdette, and Mr.. and
'r-. Monte Walker and daughter,
Elaine. returned Friday evening
from a two-dav vacation and bus
iress trim to Mathis and Dinero.
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z Slain in Battle
In kiichoacan Town

MEXICO CITY. Oct. s.-LPp-Dis-
patches from Hujtamas, state Of Mi
choacan. today said that Lieut.. Adri-
an Castillejos, four soldiers and two
volunteers were killed when q small
garrison resisted an attack by 200 in.
surgents on Friday.
The insurgent casualties we're be
lieved TO be heavy. but they could
not be determined SINCE they carried
off their dead and withdrew before
achievements arrived.
A young woman was killed by a
stray bullet.
Dispatches from Caxaca stated
that a business man had been killed
during a combat there and govern
ment offices were looted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-08
Mrs. Hill Elected
To Zone Office

Mrs. G. ". Hill Of Brownsville was
unanimously elected president Of the
district organization Of Methodist
missionary societies at the quarter
~ zone meeting held at Santa Rosa
Saturday. Other officers were Mrs.
r. c. Hodge, Raymondville. vice
president, and Mrs. Ed Cable, la Fe-
ria. secretary and treasurer.
The meeting was well attended
with sixty-five women present, and
every society in the county repre-
scented. Seven members Of the
Brownsville society were there, in
GLIDING Mesdames J.. +. Lovett, Viii
lie A. George. c. ". Colgin, Mar
shall White. Sam Hughston, L. r.
Black and J. X. Bull.
The session opened with a well
come from the Santa Maria society,
followed by a devotional led by La
Feria. Mrs. ". :. Fairey Of san Be
nito, district chairman, who pre-
sided. then gave a talk on Let Us
Take Stock Mrs. Willie A. George
of Brownsville conducted a brief
parliamentary drill. Mrs. X. A.
Mann, district secretary, spoke on
care We Meeting Our Jubilee
Goal?" a topic Of great interest 70
the missionaries, as this IS their
fiftieth, or jubilee year, and certain
standards are required for the so-
cieties TO obtain credit. Mrs. A. NJ.
Cunningham Of Harrington, who is IN
charge of the compilation of a his
tory 81 the district, gave q report
on the progress being made IN this
WORK. Her assistant in Cameron
county is Mrs. u. III. Bull ~ Browns
Vile. Another number AZ great in-
tersst was Mrs. Fl. III. Trimhle's talk
On China. Mrs. Trimtle, who noT.
resides AZ Point Isabel. lived for
six years In China, and hence was
able to tell the women many thlnEs
about the country and people.
The Methodist Week ot Prayer
viii open the first Sunday in No
vember, ana Mrs. IA. u. Eable dis
mussea Id in her talk. Mrs. n. N.
PIt.man az Donna, who is dIstict
supeirtlnacnt 0t young peoples
work, gave q number Of helpful sug-
ges.ions III regard 10 the particular
phase Ut church work, while the Ly-
ford society spoke on children's
work. Plans for social work were
offered by Mrs. Marshall Ncllhcnny
OF EdublrE.
In addition 90 the special program.
reports were made by each society IN
regard Co the work done during the
ur-l quarter. 4 social hour was en-
joy-d at noon, lunch being served
AZ the school house. The meeting
was held ln the aiga school audito-
rum.
$500.