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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Ons Of the
shrewdest lads has ~corcocttd "A
scheme which does away with the
expense Of sending gifts, cards and
other Yuietide flapdcJdle. He writes
70 friends: Dear Pal: ! have looked
All over the city for something good
enough to send you for the holidays,
IN vain. So | gave a charitable or
ganization the money | would have
spent on you. instead"
Ten days later the same friends
received letters. on his own special
~ prepared "Charity Group" station
cry. which read: I'VE thank you 50
much for your kind and thoughtful
contribution. Your $500 will keep
many a child alive"
BY Way OF Report
The local drama o~raclcs are cffer-
ing theories why the current theat-
rical season is slumping To a lower
level than ever before. The Worlds
Mr. Holmesdsle argues that II il not
because Of the poor list Of attrac-
tions. o because the tariff il 70
high, nor because there are too many
theaters. II is the traffic situation.
Playgcers are fed up. he says, with
fighting their way 70 the rlayhouse-
or from them, and decide not TO gt
nj all.
Mebbesc. mebheso. But the com.
motion pictures. III seems "a ". IRE
doing more to stifls the lezis bus
mess than anything else. And a ws-
sums up the situation in these pert
words:
"Reuben'r restaurant, where The
celebs 20. has q slogan: From a
sandwich to an institution So the
show business probably will invent
a slogan 10 read: From an i~nEtitu-
ton 10 a sandwich"
Incidentally
There Is some chatter about the
excessive fees demanded by the
ticket brokers for tickets to Ziey-
fields "Whoopee., n smash hit. They
are asking for. and getting. SO a
pair. Pretty stiff prices but the
"inside" II that the specs are max
ing the particular playgoer pay not
only to sec "whoopee." but f5r the
tickets the suecs had "to eat on
the army of flops. One broker "ate-
s1s5 worth Of tickets last night 70 >
local musical, BY the way.
Would You Believe IT.
An incredible story. but a fact.
they saw. was told yesterday. II an
pears that sunny" D~illingham's
great hit. starring Marilyn Miller.
which PLAYED 10 an average ri s4n.-
r weekly FIR n year here. and
clicked IN the provinces. TOO. wound
up costing the sponsor a $4,000 loss.
The terrific wages demanded by
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28

New York traffic officers were somewhat chagrined
last week when they sscertsined tina. for several year,
that had been "%bluffing' the motorists whose slow cars
threstened traffic jams.
An auto driver commended he had The right to drive
as slow as he wished. He came creeping" down one
Of the main thorouvhfares, leaving in his wake a jam
of traffic. Traffic officers tried the old-time bluff,
sdnonishing him to get a move on" He persisted in
Creeping" and an irate officer finally haled him be-
fore q district magistrate.
The charge OF obstructing traffic was lodged agsinss
him, but the driver asserted his vehicle was moving
until stopped BY the officer, The magistrate searched
the statutes. He found all kinds Of fines and punish
mcnts set out for drivers who broke the speed limit,
but not = word respecting the minimum speed. TIL,
driver. assured nc could not be held, stated that he
merely desired to test the bluff o. the traffic Of
fircrs."
The New York legislature will be requested to rem
edy the defect in the traffic laws, and il is probable
that other states will fix a minimum limit for motor
vehicles on streets or highways. In discussing the
ease the magistrate pointed cut that the creeping"
driver Is 4 greater menace. especially in heavy traffic.
than the speed demon who is subject to a heavy fine.
Traffic on all major highways is rapidly becoming
40 congcstcd that in tho not far distant future every
state will be required to set a minimum speed limit.
and possibly advance the maximum speed limit to 10
or As miles an hour. Practically none Of the states
have taken legislative cognizancc Of changing condi-
ticns. and traffic laws passed four or five years ago
are already obsolete. A speed Of 30 TO 50 miles on the
average highway is perfectly safe. and the real menace
TO motor traffic is the horse-drawn vehicle. or the
Creeping driver who persists in holding up traffic
while he demonstrates how slowly his car can cperate
"ip high"
Radical reforms in the traffic laws are expected 70
be enacted this year in scvesal states. and Texas il
among the number that would profit by cyerhauling al
traffic statutcs and amending them to conform with
mere modern conditions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
The World and All
THE RIsks OF SOVEREIGNTY
By Charles r. Driseon

Whoever takes the job Of king or queen, emperor
or empress, accepts some little risk. It's true that the
rest of US accept risks when We accept a job or a hus-
band or a wife or an honorary position. But the ruler
is a highly specialized craftsman, and there il no job
open to him in all the world, once he loses his throne.
And he can hardly hope to be happy choppiug down
trees or contemplating the world from a quiet island
or country estate. after Ringing it for several years.
Always, there have been deposed emperors. kings
and sundry royalty living on Their relatives or on the
bounty Of republican governments, scattered about the
world. There are more royal and noble Ioafers "at
liberty as the setor-fclk say, now than ever before.
Empress Eugene, wife Of Napoleon III Of France.
lived one Of the most interesting and tragic OF royal
lives. She was born in 1926 and died in 1920. She was
the daughter of a Spanish count and a Scotch girl
whose maiden name had been Kirkpatrick. Napoleon
iii, who was doing his best to make the republican
French like imperial rule. married her when she was
27 years old.
Empress Eugene Cyou pronounce il You zhay-nccl
lived to see her country beaten BY the Germans. She
lived to flee before the French rcvolutionists, out the
side door Of her palace, into a cab, and away to Eng
land. She lived in exile; her husband died when she
vas a.; her son was killed, fighting blacks in Africa
for the English king, when she was 50. The ex-em-
press lived on, always hoping that she would get back
her throne IN France. But the French had Rad enough
of kings and queens and emprcsses, and forgot all abou,
her.
She lived through the World war. saw the earth
dotted with the hsbitations or rulers exiled Is tragic
ally as she. and died at the age of 81.
see kings and queens through the eyes OF an Amer.
lean, nourished upon hatred for royalty and its pre.
fences. But Of course there is another side. Every
empress has a case to present to the bar of public
opinion. Empress Eugene now presents hers, after
her death. through a book published BY Harpers unde.
the title, "The Tragic Empress Maurice Paleologue
does the writing, and he makes the story fairly inter
esting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
T'iinnel y Views
LIVING STANDARDS ~ CITY ~ COUNTRY
DECLARED INCOMPATIBLE
By DR.. c. J. GALPIN
Principal L. s. Agricultural Economis

AHNfa - - iva
(Chsrles Josiah Gulpin was born at Hamilton.
\. y, March IS, 1854. He Is a graduate or Colgate
university and has studied at Harvard and Clark
university Of Wisconsin. From 1855 to 1891 he was
professor Of history at Kalamazoo college. The
following ten years he was principal Of Union acad-
envy at Belleville, y. Y, and then Baptist univer-
sity pastor at the University OF Wisconsin for six
years. He was professor Of agricultural economics
there from 1911 TO 1919. Since June. 1919. he has
been the economist in charge of the division Of
farm population and rural life in the United States
department OF agriculture. He has studied rural
problems abroad where he has received distinguish
cd awards. and has written several books on rural
life. His home ID IN Falls Church. VsD
Standards or living in the country and in the city
will never be the same and are Incompatible.
In all controversies over the farm and city, it is
well to get the underlying facts. TO understand the
issues involved. Modern socializaticn or the farming
Immunity would place farm life in a position Of high
advantage for all persons who love nature. outdoor
life. and children. Rstionally organized suburban res
dencc communities for all city workers would make
city life and labor not only tolerable, but in large
measure save it from its own despair.
Theirs Is a distinction between the population o.
cities and Of farms by a comparison Of the census fig
ures of 1890 showing divisions by age groups. Per-
sons between 90 and 81 years Of age constitute 53.a
per cent Of the population Of cities, is.l per cent =.
Ntfihgcss M aus per cent on Idims. N aSeu ~ ~
about the same proportion in cities and villages and
somewhat fewer on farms. Children up to 10 years
Of age. constitute 35.s per cent OF the population n
cities, "a per cent in villages. and on farms iS9 per
cent.
1t is plain from this count. that the outstanding
character Of the city population is the predominance
of the young adults from 25 to 81 years Of age. aud q
the strong middlcaged adults from 81 to A. years "
aEe. The child is relatively lacking in cities and his
place is occupied by young adults. The aged are in
doors. quiet on doorsteps in summer. Children are a
reduced quantity IN the streets. houses. yards AMI
parks. Adults fill the picture in the working day time
and in the rush hours when work is over or changes;
and in the leisure evening in streets. and in show
scutes.
The farm is not tn place OF adults. but H.. Is the
place Of children. The place Of adults on farms ia
taken by children. In cities the place Of children Is
taken By adults. IN 1870 there we're on the farms VI
the United states 1900 GOO more children than in any
equivalent city population, an excess large enough 20
q small nation like Switzerland. or Norway AM
ncn1rrk.
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@ 1925. CENTRAL PRESS ASSN nc

Still, like a person in ! dream,
she vent upstairs to their bedroom.
She went to Larry's cl1sct and
took out his largest bag. one that
no seldom used because il was al
most rs biz as a trunk. She stood
wondering III il would hold all his
clthes. II would take most OF them,
anyway.
She emptied all the dresser draw
ers ard laid all his things out on
the bed.
With hands that seemed no part o.
the rest Il her body, she laid out
suits and suits Of y. n. BIS. shirts,
every last necktie. AMI she thought
there must be a hundred OF them,
the sheerest linen handkerchiefs
that were embroidered and initiated
like = woman's, everything
She went down into the living
room for his pipes, DO. Ks and a few
ash trays that he had had before
they we're married. She went into
the attic and hauled down his ten
mis- racket and his golf brE and
sport clothes.
Then she packed everything care
fully. She luFgcd the heavy thing
downstairs, dr.ppirg ii from step 10
step until it finally gave a hollow
thump on the floor. She piled his
winter overcoat and hats and golf
things beside IL.
Then she sat and waited. Hours
flowed by like a current OF water
carrying thoughts back 10 the day
they me- at a dance.
Their eyes had met, ard before
they had eve said a word. Larry
had stopped rive and kissed the
cHhwn Of her golden hair. softly. rev.
crently. timidly.
Because Of that moment. when
their souls were naked and the mo-
ment bad held them alone. their
spirits and their flesh had melted
together in an eternal promise Of
love and fidelity.
She closed her mind t. that mo-
ment. putting it away with a hard,
bitter smile.
The whole panorama az their mar
ricd life unfolded again before her
eyes.
Suddenly she started out Of her
chair.
With = bleatinz Of brakes, n taxi
had como to n stop In front cf the
house.
(To BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
Harlingen Youth
Arrested on Gun
Carrying Charge
Especial 70 The Herald

aCpsCfai TO ins nFFdlul
RAIM0NDVILLE. Dec. 2s.-Charg-
ell with unlawfully carrying a pis-
tol. Cordell Goldman. IL year old
Elarlingen lad. was given the alter
native here Thursday or paying a
800 fine. or spending thirty days in
the county Jail. So far he has not
decided what he will do.
Earlier in the week. Goldman was
overtaken in the road by Constable
Forrest Henderson of Raymondville,
precinct No. 2, while driving into
town from Hargill, and given a ride.
Car trouble developed, and Hender-
SON returned on foot to Hargill,
leaving Goldman in the car, and a
Smith & Wesson IS special lying on
the seat. When he returned, both
Goldman and the pistol were gone.
Henderson telephoned TO Deputy
Sheriff Lee Durham, who almost inn
mediately apprehended Goldman.
with the pistol in his possession.
Goldman told County Attorney
Roger r. Robinson that he did not
mean TO steal the pistol. but just
wanted to shoot some doves along
The road.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
RaymondvilIe Is
Quiet Christmas
isnecisl to The Herald

ISnecIaI 70 n HefaIdI
RAYMUNDNlLLE. Dec. 2S.-Ray-
m~ondvillc and vicinity have had y
or the most orderly Christmases IN
years. according 10 County Attorney
Roger r. Robinson. Robinson states
that no arrests have been made for
drunkenness or other misdcmeanors,
end that from the peace officers
standpoint the community has been
unusually quiet.
Whether the Selling Of a still A.
Lvford by officers just shortly be-
fore Christmas had anything to do
with the unusual sobriety, Robinson
was unable to state. but he declared
that the citizens here had been mod
els this season, 50 far as conforming
10 the Volstead Act was concerned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
MERGER NJ DENID
ELUSIVE FLU GERM DODGES
SCIENTISTS
By CHARLES p. STEWART

~ -
WASHINGTON Dec. 2s.-Give In
fluenza it's duet Ii a democratic
malaise.
No class can claim TO be any more
subject TO it or any freer from II
than any other class. IL In ar liable
20 lay a multi-millionaire low as the
garbage manor vice versa.
-. Or. X. c. Williams of the u.
y. public health service tells me.
Not that DR.. Williams made any
attempt, as I have done, to give "flu"
credit for its freedom from social
prejudice. On the contrary, he spoke
Of II very disparagingly.
But | know what makes the doc
sore-science can't find the flu
germ.
Until found. il cannot be effective
~ fought. The health service can
only warn-it car promise nothing.
Treatment amounts merely % a doc
toring Of symptoms. Their cause is
pure guess w~ork-until bacteriolcgy
spots that germ.
"A disease" grumbled Or. VIII
liams. "as old. some say. m Hippo
crates (B. 4. 46O-35D!-and its
germ a mystery yeti"
A scientist 81 the name Of Pfeiffer
once thought he had the culprit dead
10 rights. They even named II after
him-and then the suspect proved an
abb.
So medicine is rropinz in dark
ness again.
rr. William WIS no. adverse "a
sre -rlating concerning the unknown
germ.
He surmises that IL IA OF the plant
larlir---. 81 80 nal. Frcm tile
l-et that It is 80 elusive, he ccEiec-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
Washington Letter
By CHAKLES 4. STEWART
By CHARLES r. STEWART

lures that il 10 too snail for the
hishest-powered microscope to see.
Some equally minute germs are
recognizable, after n fashion, in that
they yield 70 the same treatment
every time. Not so the flu germ
or. IL there Is a sure method Of s1-
terminating ID. the doctors have not
discovered 1t up TO date.
Sometimes flu is very bad and a.
other times much worse.
DR.. Williams suggests that there
may be variations in the germ.
Just" he explained to ne. "as all
grass is grass-but there are differ.
ent kinds Of grass"
IA IL possible that the germ az the
common cold and the flu germ are
members OF the same family ?-that
FLU is a glorified eold?-like A field
Of rank timothy versus n n~iceIy-kept
lawn.
DR.. Williams was not prepared to
say "No."
How could her The common cold
germ never has been caught and tax.
ged any more than the flu germ
Veal as ordinary an affair a. IL ~
that cold in your head in one of the
medical puzzles Of thn ages.
o
The health service makes many
recommendations in connection With
the present FLU epidemic-or pan
demic-but they all simmer down "a
this
For rcte's sake. don't catch n.
II you do. 20 TO bed and try &c
survive.
For the life al a.. we don't know
what the darn thing ".
From rll accounts this epidemic ~
quite mild-mild in quality. | mean
not in quantity. But may it not
simply be getting Hp steam for a
higher mortality -ate-
Dr.. Williams said he hoped LII
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
K COOGAN TAKES
FLU XMAS IN BERLIN

BERLIN, Dec. 2s.-tPl-Too much
Christmas excitement proved the IN
loin~ cf Jackie Coogan. youthful
tm~ can film star. and he was in
3 : tclsy with a cas- Of influenza.
Jaci.ie contracted the illness in rur-
ming ~barefooted about in his hotel
room in his JOY over r steam engine.
electric train and toy aiIplans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28

Who am r. what position did !
formerly hold in New York City?
Who succeeded me IN office?
What are peanuts often called in
the South;
How vide N a standard EuaEe
railway in the ". 81
Vanity Of vanities saith the
preacher. all IN vanity Where IN
this passage found In the Bible?
JIMMY JAWS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
Other Papers
THE RIGHT OF sELF-DEFENsE


As eli too frequently among the pescemskers, the
Norst enemies Of the Kellogg treaty are its most vocal
friends. It's latctt band az petitioninE supporters think
20 aid II b. orpcs ~ the crui-cr tiFi on TIE ground tia.
the two me- uscs are contradictory.
As a matter Of fact, the fifteen-cruiser bill il an
dscuestionabls measure Of seif-deferse. When these
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28

Today in the Past
Tn 1856. on this day. Woodrow
Wilson. twenty-siEhth president az
the United States, wa born.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born On this day are fear
less. courageous and also diplomatic
They never offend those vhot. II ].
not wise 10 offend.
A Daily Thought
The great man is NJ who does net
lose his child's heart."-Iencius.
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
n John II. Hylan: mayor of New
York City; James J. Walker.
?. Coolers.
3. Bay State.
4. Four feet, eight and one-half
inches.
8. Ecclesiaste, XII. =.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
Three Recovering
After Car Wreck

iSpeciai 10 Inc nefdtui
RAYMONDVlLLE, Dee. 2S.-Mrs.
u. l.. Bull and Miss Caroline Lang
hammer are recovering from injuries
received when their automobile
turned over while coming up from
Harrington. Miss Langhsmmer had
three ribs broken. besides suffering
bruises aud cuts. while Mrs. Bull and
Miss Marjorie Sue Grayson we're
bruised considerably.
The accident occurred when Mrs.
Bull started 20 rass n truck. but IN
cn-coming car compelled her to take
10 the ditch In order 10 avoid a col
lision. The car made a nose dive
and turned over three times. landing
IN the fence. Bull II manager Of the
Willscy County Motor company. and
recently moved here from Houston.
MERGER RUM0R DENlD
NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.@tFl-Re-
ports current in Wall street that con-
solidation Of the Texas Corporation
and the Msrland Oil company was
planned were denied today by Prcsi-
dent r. II. Holmes, Of the Texas
Corporation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09
SAFETY IN AIR,
|. BOARD s PLAN

Rear Admiral r. Fl. Leigh. chief.
bureau Of navigation, yesterday de-
MED that the bureau Of aeronautics
or any of its officers are under in.
vestigation in connection with the
inquiry being made by a special
board of line and air officers having
for its purpose to reduce naval
aviation accidents.
Admiral Leigh stated that the in
curry is directed toward promotion
of safety in flight and explained
that neither the air bureau nor its
officers could be held responsible
for AVIATION accidents the results Of
disobedience Of instructions against
''stunting." He referred to q sur
vey by the aeronautic bureau.
which disclosed that so per cent OF
all fatal accidents were caused by
failure OF aviators to obey orders.
Formation OF the investigating
board, which II headed by Rear
Admiral william III. STANDBY, bu'
reau Of operations, Navy Depart
nent, results from an analysis Of
aircraft sccidents In 1877, showing
there were as crashes and q
fatalities, ana 1S3 crashes and 81
fatalities In the first nine months
Of the present fiscal year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09
DEFEND CRUDE
DRUG IMPORT

The petition OF Howard Armbrus-
ter, Now York drug importer, to the
District Supreme Court for an in
junction to restrain William M. Jar.
dine, Secretary of Agriculture, and
Andrew w. Mellon. Secretary of the
Treasury, from allowing the importa'
ton OF substandard crude ergot OF
rye, was answered jointly by the de-
PENDANTS today.
Armbruster liz reported to be one
of the country's foremost drug i'm
porters. and liz said to practically
control the Spanish L:oduction Of
crude ergot OF rye. The drug itself,
when manufactured into q fluid ex.
tract, is noted for its oxytocic prop
critics, but is d dangerous drug to
use except in the hands of compe.
tent physicians.
The plaintiff had charged that i'm.
portations of the crude product had
been allowed that did not meet the
pharmaceutical standards prescribed
by statue.
In the answer filed today by
United States Attorney Lee A. Rover
and James B. Horrigan the Cabinet
officials denied the allegations Of the
plaintiff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09
Don't Let Sentiment
Override Good Judgme

This the of standardized You simply would not
tolerate business anything below Standard" YOU
hardhaded manwho have accumulated
money by and good Judgment
appoint wife, friend relative executor-to be
BUSINESS MANAGER of the guardian of
chldr ms patrmony?
though your choice wholly qualified has heor She
perpetual lease life? Will he go away vacation
become insane? Is he not subject to all human
weaknesses temptations? Why chance when
have available the STANDARDIZED EXECUTORSEIP of
the department of a bank?
Every point of personal service will appeal to bust
Judgment
You Are Listed Be1o
Bmk
FaInN airaBan Nhona Saving
Cnhne Trust Company
district ahn
h
Membe OF District of Columbia Bankers Association
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09

American Security & Trust Company
Commercial National Bank
Continental Trust Company
District National Bank
Farmers g. Mechanics National Bank
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09
F. O. Mastin Settles
5000 Damage Suit

settlement and dismissal of .
SIS, 900 damage suit which Frank @.
Mastin, OF the 500 block Gales st.
NJ. e.. had filed against William 8.
Hardesty. .. the 1900 block Colunl.
bia Rd. N. W., as the result Of
alleged injuries when he WAS struck
by the defendants automobile, has
been entered in Circuit Court.
Mastin was represented by Attor-
news Newmeyer, King and Jacob
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09

Fedcral-Amcrican National Bank
Franklin National Bank
Liberty National Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Merchants Bank & Trust Company
Munsey Trust Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09
Arbeiter Ring School
Will Present Plays

The fifth annual concert OF the
Yiddish Arbeiter Ring school OF
washington will be held at $50
o'clock tonight at the Jewish Com
munity Center, Sixteenth and Q
Streets, Northwest.
Children OF the shool exclusively
viii take part in a program OF
music, Rotations, two Yiddish
plays and choral numbers by q
chorus of IS children. Irving Lean,
violinist, and Louis Rather. pianist,
also will be heard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-09
10000 AIDED CATHEDRAL

The Book OF Remembrance" in
which are kept the names of
donors, shows that more than 5000
persons have contributed nearly
81, O00, 900 to the National Cathe-
dral since 1898. The name Of each
donor IL written In India ink.