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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Washington
Letter
n CHARLES r. STEWART

BY CHARLES r. STEWART
WASHINGTON. May l6.-Freddie
Steiwer, All Barley. Sammy Bratton
and Billy McMaster belong IN the
senate's infant class. Porter IA. Dales
cid enough 10 know better. but he
doesn't act likt il.
All. including Porter A., are Junior
xenatorsr-in itself significant OF Of
fetal immaturity.
AZ the senate recknns years, Dale
alone can be considered grown UP,
and he's only 6l-mere early man.!
hood for the upper house Of con-
cress. or the otherr. the oldests
barely past the half century mark
lust the bad boy stage. And Sammy
Bratton!-40.-he's a baby-sena-
torially.
It's doubtful whether the more
conservative solons would give any
testimonials To Freddie and Sammy,
Billy and AL even as thoroughly well
behaved kids.
Freddie, Sammy and AL aren't
downright incorriGiblcs. like young
Bob LaFollette and Hurt Wheeler.
Yet they're three pretty independent
young squirts. Freddie has strained
e.. q. r. discipline severely several
times. Sammy and Al have worried
Aunty Democracy a good deal.
They're mischievous, 70 say the least.
Billv's worse. More than once
he's thumbed his nose nc party au-
thority openly. and threatened to
join the Progressive Gang out p
out.
Such il the crew Of irresponsible
young hoodlums that Vice President
Dawes saw fit to appoint on a COM
mittee 10 watch this years national
campaign expenses.
OF course they did something ter
rible the first thing.
Similar committees n the past have
decorously and respectfully ques-
toned campaign managers, chair
men, secretaries, t~ressurers n
such.
Who ever heard or sImmonirg the
presidential candidates themselves to
appear?-and be put personally on
the pan, for q bunch of irreverent
boy senators TO fry out ali sorts OF
information OUT
But that's what we're looking at
now-while the committee chortles
IN its glee. too, at its WORK.
It's none too dignified fer a great
big statesman. of sufficient proper
tions TO aspire TO the presidency Of
the United States. in effect to have
q bailiff tap him on the shoulder and
beckon him, like a common male
factor, 70 come along 20 headquarters
and give an account II himself.
The things general tendency il 70
take a presidential candidacy down
a peg
It's all very we'll to say that Vice
President Dawes SHOULDN'T have
named such a crowd Of cut-ups for
so ticklish a job.
But how could he hep itf
He couldn't chose senators who
we're candidates themSelves-or else
too deem in their friends candidates.
10 be unprejudiced. And that's what
they all were-all except a few
"freshies" like Fred and Billy, AL and
Sam-yes. and excepting also Porter
vi. Dale. who doesn't care . boot
who gets the presidency IL Coolidge
won't run.
Dawes simply took what he could
get. and Dale being available, threw
him in for ballast. hoping he'd keep
the committee on an even keel.
Normally Dale's n staid, sedate old
Vermonter.
He isn't doing any kicking at this
performance. though.
Can IL BE that he's n on the
rampage with the rest Of EN-, from
the contagion Of the company he's
i'm or is he so disappointed be-
cause Coolidge won't be drafted that
he Just don't care7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Brownsville Girl
Aids In Pageant

AUSTIN, Tex, MAY 16.-Margaret
Monroe Of Brownsville was a mem
Der of the pageant committee which
aided in staging the traditional wa
ter carnival OF the Turtle and
Turtlette club Of the University Of
Texas at Deep Eddy Monday night.
The carnival featured L hand-to-
hand battle between a band of pir-
stes and a shipwrecked crew for the
possession of the ship flying the
jolly Roger flag. Stage settings,
costuming and lighting effects were
arranged so as to fit in with the
theme Of the exhibition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
no "CLEAN UP" HOUSTON

HOUSTON. Tex, May I6.-tH1-
With the democratic national conven-
tion TO begin in about six weeks,
secret service operatives and pro-
hibition under cover men are con-
centrating In Houston to combat
confidence men and bootleggers who
plague such gatherings, IL became
known here Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
STOLEN MILK POIsONs THEE

MUNICH.-After her morning milk
lad been stolen for several days, Frau
Margatethe Gossein poisoned a bottle
and left IL AZ her door. A neighbor
wss the thief. He died in q few
hours
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
The Grab Bag

Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign have
a careful, well balanced discriminat-
inE mind and much executive abil-
ity combined with a strong will.
They are shrewd. inventive, cautious
and OF excellent judgment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

A Daily Thought
"Not what we give, but what ws
share. for the gift without the River
IL bare.r-LowelI.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
I. Benjamin Lindsey: j~uvenils
court at Denver. Colo; ccmpanicnats
marriage.
2. Abraham Lineoln's mother.
2. France.
a. James Abraham Garfield, Will
liam Mckinley, Warren Harding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
KING PARDONs 4 sLAYERs

MADRlD.-king Alfonso has par
doned four men sentenced to death
for murders
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16

Who am I? With what institu-
tion was / connected for many years?
What new form Of marriage have /
advocated.
Who was Nancy Hanks?
From what country was the Louis
lana territory purchased BY the
United States
Three presidents Of the United
States have died in office since 1881.
Can you name them?
JIMMY JAMS
Today In the Past
On this date. in 1925, the ". =.
government asked France, Italy. Bel
GUM. Greece, J~ugoslavia, Esthonia
and Latvia TO settle their war debts
to this country.
Evening star., 1928-12-14
Feeling Fine

It is a pleasant thing to meet the
man who claims he's feeling fine, who
has no bunions on his feet, and nothing
wrong about his spine, who says that
life is rich and sweet, and it is futile
to repine. I'm always meeting mourn
full guys who sadly tell how tough they
feel; one has some trouble in his eyes,
one has boil upon his heel: another
has to cut out pies and fill himself
with fiaxseed meal. On every block /
meet a wreck who stops to tell dismal
tale, of shooting pains athwart his neck,
of ills that make him weak and pale, OF
costly pills from Old Doc Heck, and
drugs that use up all his kale. Men
talk to me with sighs and groanS OF
fierce diseases rooted deep; they tell OF
ills. In frantic tones, of maladies that
make them weep, of Spasms in their
collarbones that rob them OF their
nightly sleep meet dozen men
like these, who talk of poultices and
drugs, of every brand of punk disease,
of remedies in TASKS and jugs; they
moan and mourn and it would freeze
ones spirit to behold their mugs. And
then I meet the sprightly jay who has
glad and buoyant air; he says, I'm
feeling fine today, and I could whip
grizzly bear; of course I'm getting old
and gray, but I have energy to spare.
I'm old, but / defy the years to put
single crimp in me; I'm active as the
brindled steers that romp and gambol
on the lea; I have no use for sighs and
tears, for any tinhorn malady. l take
him to my bosom then and clasp hlnl
in a fond embrace, and kiss again and
vet again his eloquent and beaming
face: for grow tired of doleful men
who camp around the wailing place.
WALT MASON.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-12-14
A Sermon for Today
ny REV. JOHN r. GUM.
Through Suffering.

Text: Made perfect through suffer
ing. Heb, ii.x.
It was of Christ, our great exemplar,
that these words were written And
surely that which was best for Him is
best for u.s. The path of suffering may
be a rough and tortuous one, but it
leads to the mountain summit IF we
suffer, we shall also reign
The Bible describes the testing and
fashioning of life by many types and
f1gures-the grinding process, the
scourging, the pruning the sweep of the
tempest, the keen edge of the harrow
the heat of the furnace, the sharp
cleaving of the stonecutter, the pound
ing of the pestle In the mortar and
many others similar to these.
The desert is barren and desolate. II
is without fruitage of soil; it produces
no greenness or richness of fragrance
And the desert has a maximum of sun
shine and a minimum of transforms. II
we lived always in the sunshine, If we
never had any clouds and rains, oul
lives would be as the barren and dismal
desert.
Look at the smooth pebbles on the
seashore. How were they made sc
round and smooth? They were not SO
originally. 1t was beneath the tumbling
rushing waves that they were ground
and rolled from roughness into smooth
ness, process that required thousands
of years. And thus it is that character
Is made symmetrical and beautiful
through being tossed and ground under
the rough seas of trials and Affections
Life has it's joyous as well as sorrow
full periods. There are times when every
thing goes along smoothly. But the
best things of life are attained through
hardships and suffering. It is through
hardness and stern discipline that char
acter comes to its highest perfection.
(Copyright 19281
Evening star., 1928-12-14
Buster Bear Hangs Around.

Buster Bear hung around that Curl
Gus little house in which he had dis
covered that q Bobcat was prisoner.
Buster hung around there all night.
He would wander off, looking for some
thing to eat, but in a little while he
would be back there. 1t disturbed Bus
ter very much to know that that Cat
was a prisoner in that house. 1t was
something he couldn't understand. He
felt that there was something not quite
right.
"Those men will come back" thought
Buster. "They built the house, and so
they will come back / wonder if they
will let that Cat out. I've just got to
find out. They haven't been near this
little house since they built 1t, and
that's queer"
Now and again Buster would prowl
around the little house and smell at
the cracks. Always he got that smell
of Cat. Once or twice he heard the
sound of claws tearing at the logs in
side. All of this made Buster uneasy.
Still. his curiosity wouldn't allow him
to go away. So Buster hung around.
The next morning Buster was still
over near the little house A Merry Lit
tie Breeze came dancing through the
trees and tickled Busters nose. In
stantly his head went up and his ears
were pricked forward. Some one was
coming. Some one with the man smell.
Buster retreated to q place from which
he could Watc1 without being seen him
self. Presently into sight came man,
He had an ak and he carried gun
a terrible gun. At the mere sight OF
that terrible gun Buster wanted to run
But he didn't.
AS the man approached the little log
house he began looking over the ground
very carefully. He discovered Busters
footprints and then when he saw that
the door was closed, he grinned.
Got HIM the first thing!" exclaimed
the man, and looked more pleased than
ever. THAT fellow won't steal any
more of my pigs. His coat will pay fol-
the two he did steal "
Buster watched him approach the
little house and go all around it. Then
very carefully and slowly, the man lift
ed the door, He lifted it only a little
way.
He didn't lift it enough for any one
as big as Buster to come out. Then
with his ak ready, the man stood wait
ing. It was quite clear what the mar
was waiting for. He was waiting fol
whoever was in that little house tt
poke his head out. The man waited anc
waited. But no one poked head out
Then the man raised the door little
more, holding his gun in readiness. Still
no one came out.
Il wonder where that Cat is,' thought
Buster.
Once more the man raised the dool
a little way. Then he stopped over tt
look in.
"A Cati" he exclaimed. in disgust anc
Evening star., 1928-12-14

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December IA
Waldo Frank in rediScovering America
has worked his way as far West as
HOLLYWOOD, and under the skillful guild
ance of Charlie Chaplin the Hollywood
show is being staged.
Visiting Hollywood has become a ma
tional pastime; writing about the visit,
national disease. The Hollywood
show, we'll staged, convinces most vls-
itors that dinners here do not dlffer
radically from New York dinners, or
Chicago dinners, or Kansas City din
nerS.
Inebriation seems to strike the same
average wherever you go. Conversation
in the main begins and ends with the
classic "I." And visiting hterati, gorged
with excellent food, wines and a surfeit
of blond beauty, wander away to knock
! the KEYS off their typwriters telling the
glory of it all.
Now and again some one draws a
comic picture. but delicately so. Elsie
Janis account of Movieland was home
| town week drenched in sugar s1rup.
Sherwood Anderson was convinced every
! one worked so hard that there was alb
solutely no time for shenanigans. MOST
| of the printed opinions were made after
three-week to two-month visits.
Nobody came incognito and sat
around and took In the picture. Loudly
heralded as the famous writer So-anQ-
So. each was passed along the hospital
| ity line and fed the story Wnlcn ali
Hollywood knows by heart.
| A little polite caucus, a straw vote OF
opinions. taken discreetly, revealed some
Of the HOLLYWOOD definitions from the
| famous who have lived here for some
time to be of widely differing varieties.
"Hollywood, said well known novel
ist. lis a gilded garbage can"
/ iotted the idea down because the
gentleman makes much money from
Expressing his sentiments with classic
brutality.
HOLLYWOOD" (this was another novel
ist also successful they have to be or
they don't get on the studio pay rolls) !;
Hollywood is a great Dig, luscious,
blond -shelled walnut. You crack 1t
! omen and find some worm has beaten
you to it."
I hope I haven't taken sentence out
of his next book all unwittingly. I for
got to tell him ! was lady-reporting at
the time.
HOLLYWOOD" said Robert Edeson, lis
q country village. I hate to go over to
the ClLy--LOS ALlECAcS>. \ AAAoc VAC oSAtoS
of simple living and oft weather and
peace" ,.
The only country touch apparent to
me is those ladies who make hay while
the sun shines. Aside from that, one Is
privileged to pay city rentals, city prices
for food, city hotel rates, and in one or
two places Paris prices for clothes made
in the village.
HOLLYWOOD" said a famous scenarist
and former newspaper man. sis the most
siniste-, dire spot in the universe. 1t is
the temple of blackmail, the shrine OF
opportunity, the very core of devious
ambition OBVIOUSLY achieved"
I felt myself growing faint.
Nobody" said the gentleman, has
written a book of Hollywood that even
family scratches the surface of this
!; place. They come here and see the
: outside layer, and they are too indif-
/ ferent, too childish, too satisfied with
their own importance, to trouble to peel
, of the layers"
Hollywood" said title writer "is q
Evening star., 1928-12-14
WHY WE DO WHAT WE Do
BY MEHRAN X. THOMSON.

Thanksgiving day and other special
occasions for showing gratitude are ex-
pressions of a fundamental psychology
cal human trait 1t goes back to the
self-regarding instinct of self-abase-
ment or submission.
We are grateful for many things-for
life. for health, for the common every
day necessities and luxurleS. We are
most grateful for special favorS or un-
usual bits of good luck. Our gratitude
reaches the highest point when we are
rescued from possible danger to life
or fortune.
The motive for all gratitude is the
same. 1t does not vary in kind. IL
varies only in degree and intensity. Be-
ing grateful is one way of patting our
selves on the back for being so wise,
10 lucky and so successful. Expressing
our gratitude gives us fine chance To
review every phase of our good luck.
The satisfaction consists In knowing and
realizing how we'll of We are.
The sense of justice and fair play
often leads us to acknowledge that our
success is due in part to the kindness
of some other person. We are all the
more eager to make such acknowledg-
nent to a superior person, better TO the
Deitv For at the very moment OF
humble recognition Of our dependence
upon another we are asserting our oWr
salf-importance in identifying our
selves with that person. The salts
faction comes through form OF SELF
congratulation. So that after all we
are more concerned with magnifyine
ourselves than in singing the praises
of another.
The child boasts of what his father
can do. The implication is that the sor
, of a great father is also OF some impor'
tance. Moreover, the sense OF 1alr'
Evening star., 1928-12-14
Selection of Bridge Ensemble
By MARY MARSHALL.

whom wear figured or two-toned frocks.
Todays sketch shows the ensemble
chosen by young woman who struck
me as being quite the best dressed
woman present at recent bridge party.
Bright blue was the color chosen. The
frock was of silk crepe and the match
ing hat was of felt. The pearl choker
was the only ornament and there were
no bracelets to jangle diStractingly on
the table.
The hat for the afternoon bridge
party should be chosen with especial
care. 1t should be small, of course, and
perfectly comfortable.
The tendency, think, Is for city
women to dress rather more simply for
luncheon and bridge engagements than
women In the suburbs or small towns
do, but it is possible to choose frock
of simplicity and elegance combined to
suit the taste of all concerned.
This weeks home dressmaker's help
is a diagram and directions for making
a mob cap or a boudoir cap, of muslin
or of lace. If you are interested, send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope for it
and we will send it to you at once.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-12-14
Smothered Chicken.

Prepare large fryers weighing about
two pounds, fat and tender. Split down
the back, wash well and wipe dry.
Season with salt and pepper. Rub in
side and out with butter softened, then
dredge with -four. Lay breast down
on a low rack in deep pan and cover
with thin slices of streaked bacon,
Again dredge with flour, then cover
with slices of tomatoes, sweet green
peppers shredded and few white
onions cut thin. Roll bits Of butter in
flour and dot them all over the top.
Pour in hot water to reach the rack,
or to cover the pan well If no rack
is used. Cook for one hour in HOT
oven, covered with another pan. Un-
cover and add hot water to make
gravy, then allow to cook more slowly
until very tender, but not too brown.
When serving, be careful not to break
the layers of bacon. Serve the gravy
separately. This IS delicious.
Evening star., 1928-12-14
KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY JOSEPH JAsTROW.

f, much trouble. Here the result is all the
other way. Sufferers do better WorE
when alone. and the rapid thinkers
were more intenfered with by the pres
ence of the group than the slower
| thinkers.
Though all this is but a slight indi-
cation. it is a straw that shows which
way the wind blows, and it's an III
wind that does nobody any good
Working in groups is good for some
kinds Of work and for some persons.
and working alone is good Tor otner
kinds of work and for other persons.
The more difficult work, requiring con-
centration, and the better grade or
quality of work, is better done alone.
Less exacting work is done better in
groups. But in each group there will
be some who are aided and others him
dered by working In the presence OF Q
group. The nervous individual, OF
whom the Sufferers form special
class. can think better alone. The
presence of others disturbS them as
markedly as it increases their speech
impediment.
This IS an important matter, be-
cause as the world Is organized SC
much work must be done in the pres
ence OF a group. School work Is class
work, and for years and years we have
| to learn to think with others present
and, still more embarrassing to sensi-
tive souls, to tell what We know. It's
pretty severe ordeal for some, but
we must all submit. There is nc
doubt but that there is more OF this
/ group work than is desirable. Home
work should be cultivated from the
start.
Out of school there is the Office and
the factory ard the store. Part oi
this is SO plainly a matter Of CO.
operative labor that the situation
doesn't really arise The operative at
the machine, the clerk at the counter
confines attention naturally to his OF
| her machine or customer For ofhce
work the situation arises variously, and
| in large cities where Office space Is
costly the number of persons who must
do intensive work in one Of a row OF
desks, with typewriters clicking and a
hum of business around them, and who
find that particularly difficult, must be
very considerable.
It will be easy for some, perhaps fol
most minds; trying for others. The
executives usually have rooms to them
selves, but even that custom is yield.
ing, as in banks, to the social setting
of open desks in common space. Per-
haps a way out would be to provide q
set of concentration rooms where one
and another clerk or official could re.
tire to do important work alone.
We are social creatures in the main
especially for the pleasures of life, bu
work requires freedom from distraction
and the luxury of being alone. Thu
best work of the world is individual
We must adapt the conditions of eff
cheney to human psychology.
Evening star., 1928-12-14
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
or little longer. This is a convenient
BY LOIS LEEDS.

or little longer. This is a convenient
| length
Couture One has a center part with
a small lock of hair at the beginning
that twists over to the left side. This
ARRANGEMENT is concession to those
whose front hair has a twist or cow
lick" in the center, so that the part
will not come all the way down to the
hairline. Many people have this Pc
culiarity as a result of part OF the
hair growing out at different angle,
so that it cannot be combed in with
the rest.
The back and front hair are divided
by a part running from ear to ear.
The front hair is waved down to the
ears and then the ends are made into
round curls, combed out and pinned
over the ears. The fiat waves continue
around the head in an even line from
side to side. The ends of back hair are
made into a cluster of small, round
curls and fastened with narrow clasp
low at the nape of the neck.
Couture Two is becoming to girl
with q low forehead whose hair Is
still rather short behind where it was
shingled, but long at the sides. The
hair is combed straight back from the
brow. Put two parts, one on each side,
beginning the first one above the middle
of the eyebrow and the second one
above the outer end of the eyebrow.
Between the parts is a rather narrow
section of long hair (al. Below these
two side sections the hair IS waved and
brought forward over the ears and sides
of the cheeks (b). The right hand (a)
strand Of hair is combed smoothly and
brought around the head at the back
like bandeau, and the ends pinned
behind the left ear. The left hand (a)
strand is brought back and around the
head so that its ends may be pinned
behind the right ear. This makes a
smooth band Of hair across the back of
the head which covers the short ends
of back hair.
Evening star., 1928-12-14

ness prompting the grateful attitude is
self commencing from another angle.
To be just and to be generous are
marks of large soul Magnanimity is
its own reward. 1t is expansive. It
elateS and enlargeS the ego.
We are grateful through the urge of
generosity and magnaninity. They fit
in best with our ideal selfhood and the
general standards for a good fellow But
the most important motive for express
ing gratitude is not to praise and mag
nifty another SO much as it is to con-
vince ourselves and others that we oc-
cupy a favorable position.
Being grateful and expressing graft
tude ere prompted by the same urge
that impels the boy to count his money
over and over again. In both cases the
desire is strong to boast.
Copyright, 1922