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New Britain herald., 1928-11-14

made "A good shot, he was nightly
pleased With himself, Vet that boy
wasn't q hard hearted boy. He was
just a thoughtless boy. He didn't
understand. 1t didn't occur 20 him
that squirrel would feel pain inst
as he would. He didn't think of
Rusty as suffering dlcadfll fright
az we'll as pain. He, himself, was
having sport and that was all hc
thought of.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-14
Menus II the Famil,
BH LOUISE Bennett WEAVER
Neuu for Dinner

SinOthcrcd ham, baked potatoes
baked apple rings. bread, grape Jam.
head lettuce and celery sauce. fruit
New Britain herald., 1928-11-14
CATERED LOOK

II you want your cup cakes to
have fluted edges, like real catered
ones. slip paper baking cups into the
tins and pour your batter into them.
They peel off easily when the cake
is done.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-14
VEGETABLE; PIE

A good supper dish for children
is made OF a deep dish pie" cover
ed with biscuit dough. Use creamed
sauce over any diced vegetables,
such rs carrots, turnips. peas, string
beans or cauliflower.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-14

Peanut oil is sometimes used for
preserving fish.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
The Grab Bag

" cheated and taken advantage a..
however. They are great at plan
ming and scheming. though not al
ways successful.
Today In the Past
or this date. in 1909, the Repub-
lie Of Panama was recognized b. the
United States.
A Daily Thought
I've do not despise all those Uhc
have vices. but we despise all those
who haven't = single virtue.'-Ls
Rochefcucauld.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
Paying For Nothing

The Information elected by the federal in~vestiSa-
ton Of the so-cslled power trust, to the effect that
$4,000 is expended annually in the preparation of ed
itorial matter which is sent free to newspapers of the
country. is not sufficiently startling to warrant the in
depreciation placed thereon by certain politicians.
Practically every newspaper in the United States
receives the editorial propaganda emanating from the
press bureaus OF the power interests, but that does not
signify the newspapers use that propaganda. As a
matter Of fact, in many newspaper offices it is con-
signed to the wastebasket unopened along with the
great mass Of propaganda every daily newspaper re-
eeives from a multitude of sources.
No harm has been done by the propaganda the
power interests have attempted to disseminate through
the newspapers. IN fact, the power interests have been
victimiEed more than the public by the shrewd pub
licity men who have given the impression they had
entree to the principal daily papers Of the country and
could put Over" the propaganda. a c~heck-up of Amer
lean newspapers has revealed that only an infinitesimal
number have used any part Of the propaganda. and
that used has not been Of an Objectionable nature. The
propaganda such as the federal Investigators has
brought TO light has almost invariably been consigned
10 the vastebssket.
The newspapers Of the United States are conducted
By men who are able to distinguish between news and
propaganda. They realize that when they open their
columns to propaganda Of any kind they are betraying
their readers, curtailing the influence Of their paper
and setting the stage for = steady decline in revenues.
Publishing a newspaper today is strictly a business
proposition. and the publisher who permits his columns
to be used for tn. dissemination of propaganda of any
kind or character is in much the same position as the
merchant who tries to pass off shoddy goods on his
customers.
The row raised in regard TO the power interests
newspaper propaganda is mostly a tempest in a tea
pot The news editor OF practically every American
daily will bear out the assertion that il the power in
terests paid out such sums As the investigation indi-
Gates, the money was practically wasted so far as in
fluencing IN. public through the newspapers - con
cerncd.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
Muzzling the Press

Suppression Of the Minneapolis Saturday Press by
IN injunction secured IN the district court and affirmed
b. the supreme court Of the state, has aroused eonsid-
erahle interest throughout the United States. Colonel
n. r. Mccormick, publisher Of the Chicago Examiner
has become so greatly interested that he has ordered
the attorneys Of that newspaper to take the case 70
the supreme court Of the United States to test the
constitutionality Of the law under which the Minnesota
paper was suppressed by injunction.
The Editor and Publisher" discussing the Mime
sofa case. says: 1T is difficult for a newspaper man
to understand why honest and fair public officials Of
any state would want such = law as that which the
Minnesota legislature II 1928 enacted. or why that
states courts could uphold 4 measure which substitutes
sutocracy for the checks ard balances n the es'ab-
lished jury libel system. Il must be plain 20 I'll thai
Minnesota has been fully protected BY libel laws N
reference 20 the publication Of malicious. scandslous
and defanatory matter injurious to persons or insti-
tutions. II must he plain that existing laws protect
the society Of that state against obscene. lewd and
lsscivious publications. The Minnesota laws were
modern. The penalties we're severe. Why vas the 1873
law wanted?
"This is a tremendous power TO hand over to the
publie officials who. including judges, are after all
mere men and subject to the frailtics Of human nature.
We know how prone men are to abuse public power
We know how dangerous 10 public institutions u any
restriction of free criticism. The Minnesota law Is 50
obviously hostile to the principle of free press handed
down BY the fathers Of the federal constitution, and
retraced in the constitution Of every state, and Mime
sofa stands to lose 50 much and gain so little from ~
that VIC confess our bewilderment concerning i.
Thought on the subject among legislators must
have been very sketchy. or public officials Of Minneso-
"a must have dark reason for fearing a free press, or
the 1925 law must be explained as iu-t another instance
Of freak legislation. The United States supreme court
without question. wiI declare the law unconstitutional
The process will take time and money"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
The World and All
ANCESTORS
By Charles Z. Driscoll

The tendency to worship ones ancestors is as old
as the human race, and | don't know how old that is
When a people lives thousands Of years in one locality,
of course the tendency to ancestor-worship grows into
religion and more. 1t becomes a social custom, a DO.
litical creed and a business necessity. In China, for
instance, where the first families have been carrying
on in the same locale for six or ten thousand years, Il
is not surprising that the body sociale is rather on.
pressed by workmanship. 1t is practically impossi-
bic there for anyone to undertake any new custom OF
mode of action, since the Chinese ancestors didn't do IL
America has had almost none Of this sncestor-wor.
ship. and hence has made vast progress. Americans
arc all immigrants or children OF immigrants who
landed on this continent not more than n few years
ago. Those whose ancestors came over with Captain
John Smith haven't much Of an edge on those whose
fathers arrived this morning, since the difference in
time is negligible.
There has been some effort, or perhaps merely =
tendency, to set up The Puritan colonists who lived II
Plymouth as our national ancestors, and to do a bit OF
worshiping at their shrines. Naturally, this tendency
has not gone far, since the Plymouth colony was really
only one Of many that contributed clements to the
original nation that was called the United States, and
those elements have been blended through the years
with other elements, equally respectable and honorable
coming in from all parts Of the world.
Americans have such a pleasant sense of humor tina,
they are apt to be spared the paralysis Of ancestor
worship for another thousand years. at least. Ances-
tors naturally are somewhat funny, because they hap.
pened so long ago. before a good deal of today's light
was available. And Americans have a way of laughing
at the funnyisms Of remote ancestors. not disrespect.
fully, but good humoredly.
There Is a book called THE Not-Quite Puritans," re-
Gently published by Little. Brown e. Co, which directs
some interesting light upon the fcibles and oddities Of
the Plymouth folk. It's harmless, but IL helps 10 keer
US from falling into a Chinese attitude toward fhs
founders vho lived a. Plymouth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
Timely Views
o"NERPRoDUCTlON IN L. S. INDUSTRY DECRIED
Bv John J.. EpGERTnN

President. National Association Of Manufactures.
tJohn Emmett Edgerton was born in Johnson
county, North Carolina. Oct. :. 1879. He Is a grad
uate Of Vanderbilt college. He was the co-founder
CTenn.) Military Academy. He has been president
If the Lebanon Wooden Mills since 1912. and Il
nov president of the National Association n Man
ufscturers. In 1921 he was a member Of President
HardingS conference on unemployment. He IL a
democrat and his home is in Lebanon. Tennl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

r..r .hs looked envicusly at
L%a..ia. ard laughed r~ecklessly.
aTesrhinr YOU all his little trit
- -. she said. bitingly. Il Id
van-rc thrilled 20 death with ~
great big brute of q mani
Iarrv.s lips smiled n forced sml
hut his eyes were very disagreesei
Then ne seemed TO realize that In
| d;a's ewes we're a little glazed, AMI
| she swayed ever SO slightly. |
aMay / introduce you TO my wife -
asked Larry, gravely. "This In India
Campbell"
A mist, like early morning dew.
| appeared in India's eyes.
aI hone you'll both be very hauny'
~. said In N low tone. Lets drink
A toast to Mrs. Lawrence BROWNING
To Byrd Larry seemed just the
Least inset. but he poured out three
cocktails IN silence. This time Byrd
copId refuse IL. The tears started 20
plunge into her throat and burned
there like molten steel
She walked ahead OF them, out cf
the door. down the corridor toward
the elevators, N strange. unfamiliar
emotion tearing her. staooing ner 50
that her heart seemed to knock about
u~nsteadily. Something seemed to be
| clawing mt il like q live thing. like
a crab, gnawing. gnawing.
Angrily she denied 70 herself that
she was jealous.
Then she was aware that india
and Larry had stopped N moment a
little part Of a moment. before he
banged the door. and Byrd thought
she heard a whispered word and =
carcss.
She walked proudly on. refusing u
turn her head.
ITO be Contirued.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
Other Papers
WAR AND THE RED CROSS
Springfield Republican,.

Springfield Republican,.
The failure Of the International Red Cross confer
erce at The Hague, which closed its labors Friday. 20
reach any solution Of the problem of protecting civilian
populations from gas attacks confirms the impression
left by last years unsuccessful conference mat tne
Red Cross is attempting something beyond its powers
Furthermore, it may be seriously questioned whether
such work falls within the proper scope OF the organi'
cation. It is not for the Red Cross to devise technical
means for defending noncombatants against violence
OF any sort, and to assume any such responsibility
would be a great mistake.
To find ways to defend cities from all the agencies
81 attack which perverted ingenuity can devise would
be a perfectly hopeless undertaking. and, as was
brought out at the conference, defense against poison
ras is only part Of the problem. The same airplanes
which could gas a city could be used equally well for
dropping huge bombs Of high explosives. not to speak
Of the possibility, which receives increasing notice.
that in q future war water ~ well rs the air may be
poisoned, and disease germs used for spreading terri
bic epidemics. To foil such devilish attacks is outside
the field Of the Red Gross, which may, however, prop.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

dom of thrift and economy and saw
ings accounts.
But fathers run . bank all his
life. and it's a rule he practices
rs well as breaches" began Byrd,
with spirit.
"Sure. he has to preach thrift to
his depositors. People have to save.
or how could he run his banks"
Larry laughed outright 1t Byrd's
discontinue. But let's not worry
our heads about money tonight"
Byrd had such a firmly round and
deliciously soft. little body. that
leaned against him 50 closely. 50
disturbingly. that he was almost on
the point OF saying: Anything to
make 0 happy, darlinc!" But he
didn't.
"All those Cleveland people who
came down for our wedding are
spending the night at the hotel.
They're giving a little party for Us
in their rooms. Remember their
ramcs?" asked Larry.
mo. nor their facs. either"
laughed Byrd. THAT reception line
seems as hazy to me now as the
Milky Way. Who are they?"
We'll. there's Fred O5erman,
who's giving the party. and his wife,
Tiny. Nice people. He's in real
estate. in investments. in politics.
Everything. He's taken quite =
shine to me. and if ! can get in some
Of these deals with him. I'm made.
Then there's Chef Everson and In
dia Campbell. He's been ~razy about
her for years. but she's a little spit
fire and treats him like mud. And
Jack Duncan, a member &c the firm,
and his wife. Marcy"
Byrd always felt overawcd by the
elegancy Of large hotels, and suffer.
cd. as she thought. in contrast to
the women. elegantly gowned. who
moved with an air OF being thor
ouglhy accustomed to such magnifi-
cence. Now trotting behind Larry,
her heels clicked self-c~onsciously
along the marble floors Of the
Blackstone hotel.
Bellhops were crowding around
them. like flies over n far Of
honey. and Larry singled out two
to carry their bags. Byrd thrilled
at the air of indifferent assurance
| with which Larry managed things.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

mineral water and now, from the
bottles he had taken out Of his bag.
he deftly mixed a cocktail.
ave cant 60 down there with a
deficit" he said smilingly. We'll
begin at the bottom and work up.
Like my career. From gin to presi-
dent, eh!"
Byrd was embarrassed. They had
always been warned at home against
the evil consequences Of liquor. Her
mother continually quoted passages
from the Bible.
Look not upon the wine when IL
is red at last il biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like an adder"
Byrd shook her head. Larry con-
tinued, c~oaxingly:
This is our special celebration,
Just think. dear. this may be the last
wedding we'll ever havei Be-
sides. being married in such n strain
on ones nerves il you're not
used 10 IL! Look at me, I'm n
perfect wreck! .'. Come on. dear
be just a little reckless, Just this
once. Just tonight Our wedding
night"
She drank the tiny glassful slowly,
gulping a little.
Suddenly the door was thrust un-
tremendously open. "A yellow cloud
swirlcd into the room, dancing.
laughing. swaying this way and that,
as II blown by a breeze. IL was
India Campbell.
IL wanted to be the first to vel
come you," she said. running up 10
Larry; but she stopped uncertainty
in front Of him.
Her swift eyes darted around the
DOT and rested on Byrd. as il she
we're measuring her. weighing her.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

READ THIS FIRST: 49,. .........
A tender and thrilling omance
was woven into the marriage Of
Byrd Hamilton. the beautiful. UNI
spoiled daughter OF Jim Hamilton,
president Of the jacksonville Saw
iugs and Loan company. and Law
renee Browning. a young and sue
cessful investment broker from
Cleveland. During the ceremony
Byrd felt q little uneasiness over
Larry's glamourous personality that
had won him success so easily: but
her fears were dispelled by sheer
faith and deep love. After the
eood1bys had been said, her father
gave them a check for five thou
sand dollars. with no strings 70 it."
NOW GO ON WITH THE ST0RY)
CHAPTER III
They we're on their way to Gin
cinnati. spinning along under the
starlit sky. They were to spend
the night ut the Blackstone hotel,
and the next evening they were
leaving for White Sulphur Springs.
As they sped through the black
ness. Byrd had the sensation that
they wer flying through space with
an unfatoitabl sea all around them.
She felt rs il Jacksonville had been
blotted out. as if. in fact. the entire
world had dropped into oblivion,
leaving only Larry and herself tie
survivors Of the universe.
wasn't IL bully of father to give
US the check" a..ed Byrd. with a
little thrill in her voice. "Shall we
buy a cunning little house, or put
il in the bank"
Byrd felt. rather than saw, the
teasing smile that illuminated Lar
rvs face. Larry's smile. no matter
whether IL wa 'ronical or gay. grip
pd her like 4 den lightning, with
its SCATTERING magnetism.
you've cot the same illusion that
most people have about money in
the bank. Why. il doesn't mean a
thing. Say. did YOU eve know a
bank president who kept his money
in the bank" he smiled triumph
antly.
Byrd puckered her straight. dark
brows. that lifted her face like a
pair Of outstretched wings. All her
life she had been taught the wis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

Who am /? What is my profess
sion? What famous character did
I originate? What is my native
country?
What baseball club won the World
series in 1926.
Locate. roughly. the differential
housing Of an automobile.
What great explorer was known in
Spanish as Cristobal Colon;
Let US not therefore judge one
another any more; but judge this
rather. that no mar put n stumb-
ling block or an occasion 70 fall
in his brothers way" Where is
this passage found in the Bible.
Todsy's Horoscope
Persons born under this star srs
of 2 fiery. determined and persist
ent nature. They often are strange.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

erly use its influence TO promote international agree
ments for the protection Of ncncombatsnts
The distinction is important because IL the Red
Cross were to succeed, for example. in providing places
Of refuge for the population Of a city the city would
to that extent become q fortified place, and the exist
enee Of the defenses would be q plausible excuse for
attack. Every large city has some military Importance,
go that bombardment might be defended i, the legiti-
mate results were not overbalanced by the harm done
to noneombatants; to provide for their safety would be
inviting the bomb ~squadrons to do their worst.
1t may as well be recognized to begin with that
there is no possible means Of protecting the swarming
populations Of great cities from the terrible agencies
Of destruction which can be used against them, and in
so far as the two Red Cross conferences have empha-
sized the impossibility Of . solution they may be of
use. But having demonstrated this, the Red Cross
might as well let that side Of the question drop, and
use whatever influence it possesses in favor Of new con-
ventions for the control OF bombardment, whether from
the sea or from the air, and whether with poison gas or
with high explosives. Here the international and hu-
nanitarian spirit of the Red Cross can be useful, but
the responsibility for eivilizing war rests with the gov
ernments Of the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

There Is a great menace in the way IN which Amer
leans are allowing the nations traditions and customs
to be altered at the wish Of unassimilated immigrants.
Turning toward the economic horizon, the most omi-
nus problems which ! see are those which appear 10
have resulted from the general loss of balance between
production and distribution. or practically all COM
moditics which America can produce it is producing reg
ularly from Is to so per cent more than il has the "a
pacity and power to consume and dispose Of profitably
in other available markets.
II Is safe to say that a general average or 80 per
cent of all thu factories that are operating at all to,
day arc doing so at a loss.
Unless. therefore. through the well paid employment
Of its people the nations purchasing power is kept rel
atiyely equal to its expanding capacity for consumption,
VIC shall inevitably have an increasingly embarrassing
excess Of supply over demand. Our transcendent prob
lem is and will probably continue for some time to be
our surplus productions in factories. as well as on
farms.
As the pressures of economic law descend Cypress
lively upon larger numbers the mass demand for legis-
lative remedy will surely increase in volume. This
contingency and much destructive conflict could. Of
course, be avoided by voluntary curtailments of pro-
duction in those trades most embarrassed by the sur
pluseS. But there are too many swine in human flesh
and too much short-sighted disregard among manu-
~facturers, as among farmers. for their competitors
rights to expect voluntary relinquishment Of temporary
advantage for permanent gain or ethical considera-
tons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

An Australian actress announces her engagement to
Explorer wilkins. Mr.. wilkins says he has nothing
to say. It is a good sign when a bridegroom finds
that out that e~arly-American L~umberman (Chicago).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

Carping critics complain that Herbert Hoover is
putting up a colorleSs and unaggressive campaign, dis
playing only the negative virtues of Coolidge. This Is
a winning policy. however. for two negatives make an
affirmative.-The New Yorker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

When a politician has no time to bother with dig
sing up the facts, he can always get up and discuss
great moral issues.-San Diego Union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

A London magistrate has reminded a defendant that
the motorist is not entitled to the whole Of the road.
But all that the average motorist seems to want is the
bit in front.-Puneh-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

tin" Hermann Swimmers buttons
were won bY Eleanor Rose, Bella Field
man, Jessie Barton, Edith Hazard.
Catherine Reeves, Carol Little. Cnrnelia
Robertson, Doris Pither. Katheryn
Mull0wney, Additions To the life ga'-
ing corps we're Suddie Belle Rodicr,
Louise Burgess, Clare shumate. ARA
Marie Schwartz and Betty Craig,
Juniors going down to camp yester.
day were. Betty Lee Alexander, Sydney
Alexander, Patty Baker, Hafriette
Behriend. Helen BitunRer. Marian
Boyle. Jean Burns, Hilda Champion.
Betty Craig Virginia Champion Viz
ginia Baker, Ruth r.. Denton, Martha
T., D9dson, Frances Edelen Alice
Freeny, Margaret Freeuy, Sarah Jane
Ffochlick. Rhoda Hatton Barbara Hon
man. Eleanor NJ. Johnson. Laura Dean
Jenkins, Margaret l.. Laws, Helen Lowe
Marian Lun. Gertrude Mcikae, Eleanor
McHae, Alice v Matthews. Marion
Padgett Evelyn PIERCE, Frances PrGtc
Frances Purvis, Anna Jane Rose, Betty
Rose, Mary Rose, Winifred Rose Mar
garet Sanford. Clyde Shropshire. Ange~
line G. Smith. Marie Smith, Mar"
Iorie Stem. Louise SteyenA, Ahlgaln
veerh0ff. Amy Veerhotf Margaret Win
ters Frances Wright. Leona +, Yodef
and Elizabeth Yates.
Seniors that went To camp we're
Elizabeth Baum. Eleanor II. Ffoehllck.
Hazel Payne and Marguerite Payne,
Week enders at camp are Cornelia
Barnes, Ethel Snyder, Florence Snyder
Jessie Smith and Esther Merle Swain.