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Colonel Robert Driscoll

Death came to Col. Robert Drkcoll in the Alamo
City Sunday. He was a native Texan, he was a man
of affairs, he was widely known, he was public spirit
ed, his private charities were many. he ever had a
helping hand and a ready purse for the under-dog
who was deserving, and his friends were legion.
He was a banker Of high standing, a ranchn1an
who made the cattle business pay, an oil and gas
producer, one Of the outstanding citizens of Corpus
Christi who placed that gulf port on the map IN re-
cent years, a man quiet and modest and we'll informed
who was a glutton for work and who never knew an
idle hour until he was stricken down in the not re-
mote past. A surgical operation caused his death. He
never recovered from the final shock.
Col. Driscoll has many friends in Texas. His only
sister, Mrs. H. H. Sewer, is more widely known than
her ranchman brother, who has passed on to his re-
ward. His father was a gallant Confederate soldier.
All his accommodations were swept away in the war
between the states.
He returned to Texas penniless in pocket. He
accumulated another fortune in ranch land and IN a
few short years became a pillar of the livestock in
dustry under Southwestern skies. He won in peace
time that which he had lost in war time-that is, he
restored the fallen fortunes OF the Driscon family.
The elder Driscoll was a progressive citizen. He
believed in the development Of the natural resources
of Texas. A man of vision, he saw the time when
great ports Of shipping and commerce would dot the
gulf and the Empire state become first in agriculture
in the production of the basic materials in demand
the world over and perhaps the greatest Of manufac-
turing states.
His son carried on after the father had passed
away. He was a reader and thinker, idle chatter
never appealed to him, his closest friends through
his busy life were doors of things.
He was not a politician in the sense that the term
IS used, but he believed in the Of the
republic Of the fathers, in the constitution as the
fathers drafted and adopted it and his voice and bal
lot and purse were ever at the call Of those who be-
1ieved in honesty in government, education of all the
children of all the people and the patriotic observ-
ance Of all the laws Of nation and state.
Texas lost a useful citizen when Robert Driscoll
passed on to his reward.
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Johns could have lived to see it ALL"
He meant that old man Johns
would not have approved Of Kent
marrying her, Vivian believed.
He never would have let Kent
marry me if he had been alive"
Vivian interrupted him to smile,
brokenly. Wentworth Hillman
Johns, the third, marrying a 40
body"
Cromwell glanced at Judge Pot
ter and smiled in his tolerant,
amused way. Then looked back at
Vivian.
Hadn't you better get along with
the story, Potter? It's like waiting
for the curtain to ring down on a
hair raising melodrama to the
young lady, I'm afraid"
The judge took his pipe from the
table and lit it-thinking deeply
about the best way to go on.
Your mother" he began again,
was a beautiful woman-a dancer.
You look very much like her, Crom-
well, here says"
"You-knew my mother?" Vivian
held out cold hands to him.
He dropped his head and nodded.
Your grandfather, when your
father married your mother, dis
owned his boy because he married
a woman of the stage. He was q
narrow-minded, cantankerous old
fool, and nobody vas good enough
for his boy unless they'd been rolled
in tinfoil and kept on a shelf all
their life.
When you were three months old
your father and mother were both
killed suddenly IN an automobile
accident. Your grandfather went q
New York, and when he came back
he brought a little baby boy, saying
Kent, the seco1I, had a son. "A few
days later Bender was stirred with
the news that q little girl had been
found on Martha Matthews door
step-and that she had decided =
keep her"
Vivian had dropped her head on
her arms and felt she could not en-
dure another second Of waiting.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, III. ID.
Former Commissioner of Health

I wish little babies could be
spared the diseases to which they
are liable. But in the nature Of
things some Of these precious in
fants must suffer as babies have
from the beginning of time.
The breathing organs are the
weak portions Of the child's anat-
omy. 1t is here trouble is likely
to be found. That is why the res
piratory diseases" are so common
in very early life.
Among such ailments is what the
doctors call "acute broncho-pneu-
monia" or catarrhal pneumonia"
Another name is capillary bron-
chitiS."
The disease is really a form Of
! pneumonia, the peculiar pneumonia
of infant life. 1t is the most COM
mon Of the pneumonias or lung
fevers" met with in early life.
While the disease may be more
common in cold weather, it is seen
in every month of the year. AS a
matter Of fact, according to some
figures ! have seen, a third Of the
cases appear in warm weather.
Well-nourished, well-fed and
well-kept children are far less
likely to have it. If there is some
underlying weakness Of the system
it is more to be dreaded.
This is an ailment which is sud-
den and severe in its action. The
whole attack may be compressed
into the short period of twenty
four hours.
The temperature runs very high.
There is extreme proStration, blue
ness of the skin and rapid breath
ing. The poor youngster is dull
and may be actually unconscious.
A strong baby will rally and
throw off the disease within four
OF five days. The attack, as I
have said, may come on suddenly,
but, in spite of its severity, it clears
up speedily.
If your baby shows signs of diff
cult breathing, has loss Of appetite
and gives evidence of fever send for
your doctor. Don't wait a day or
OWO 4O4 CAHC1I EON1OC. ~ 10 d1Md1O
best to be on the safe side.
There is much to do to make the
infant more comfortable, and that
is another reason for medical at
tention. Your own anxiety and
sense Of responsibility will be les
sened if your doctor is at hand.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
M. H. Q.-What would cause the
heart 70 beat very fast? There
also seems to be swelling Of the
chest and a tearing in both breast
and chest.
A.-Palpitation due to either ner-
vousnesS, indigestion or some alb
normality Of the heart itself, may
be at the source Of the trouble.
Have an examination and then
definite advice may be outlined.
y y
M. A. w. Q.-When I eat my
throat seems to hurt me, but at no
other time; what would cause this
trouble and how can it be relieved?
A.-Have your throat examined;
it would be difficult to diagnose the
trouble without seeing your throat.
w. J. P. Q.-What causes the
knee to witch?
2.-What do you advise for con-
stipation?
A.-This may be due to nervous
ness.
Eat simple, w~ell-cooked food.
Avoid foods unduly rich in fats
and starches; eat stewed fruits and
fresh green vegetables.
y 4
A. R.. w. Q.-What do you ad-
wise for enlarged pores?
Airy using hot and cold COM
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with the tuft of sandy, grazing
beard, worked nervously a moment
before he plunged into speech.
Vivian. I've known you ever
since you were a baby. I am the
only person in this town-besides
old Martha MatthewS-Who knew
your real identity. Cromwell, here,
has known of you only a few weeks.
All your life Martha Matthews and
I were burdened with your secret,
We had to keep it because your
grandfather made a fool will, and If
we hadn't you would never nave got
the fortune coming to you"
"Fortune-to me" Vivian inter-
rupted him in a strangied voice"
He nodded and went en-.
Half a million dollars you have
coming to you. Martha Matthews
was as fine a Twin mortal IS ever
the sun set on. She hadn't o way
with her of shown her love. But
I know she loved you. 1t troke
her old heart to see you settin'
around mopin' all day long, rot car
in whether you went anyWl1eresi
not KNOWN any young folkS-be-
cause she knew you felt you were
| only a door step baby and that it
was something to feel disgraced
about"
He bent his old head as if under
a burden. Vivian, the tears stream
ing down her OWL cheeks, did not
interrupt him again. Why didn't he
get down to the main part of the
story? Finally he lifted his head
and a battling light came into his
| eyes.
you showed what you was made
Of, thank God, before you ever had
a chance to find out anything about
yourself! There amt a woman ir
the world that has shown her real
blood any more than you have In
the past fe wmonths. What you did
the night Of the storm should get
you a monument high as the Wool
worth buildin'. When Kent lost his
money you didn't turn a hair. You
went to work back there in that
little house, and you're maxim q
real home for him. I've watched
you. And the town has been watch
in you. Amt a man or woman
that amt glad to have you notice
'em on the street now. Even the
gossipin' hussies that talked about
you and that artist because they
was jealous of your pitcher bein' ir
the paper"
Judge Potter was making an ora
ton. Vivian felt her face reddenina
with his remarks and moved impa-
tiently in her chair. Finally the
old judge got up and strobe to
the window.
What I wish above everything
under the sun is that old fool Of a
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READ THIS FIRST:

READ THIS FIRST:
Vivian Matthews, shy and I'M
happy because she was a doorstep
baby, and considered a flat tire
marrieS KentWcrth Hillman Johns
III; whom she secretly loves, to help
him secure his grandfather'S for
tune, with the understanding that at
the end of a year she is to receive
500, 900 and a divorce in Paris.
She is taught to fly by Mann Bar
kow, famous artist, and when a cy-
clone hits Bender, flies through the
storm and saves q score Of lives by
bringing back doctors and supplies.
The, Johns home and business is
swept away, and Kent learns that
he's penniless, his fortune having
been swept away in the stock mar
ket. She insists upon their living
in her little cottage, where they
have taken refuge, until their year
is up. Cooking and sewing for Kent
will be heaven! But believing Kent
is going to marry his old fiancee
when he is divorced, she becomes en-
gagged to Barlow. A mysterious
stranger returns.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER XIII
Vivian became very white when
she saw it was John Crockett Crom-
well, attorney-at-law, at the door.
He held out his hand and grasped
her outstretched cordially.
"WelI, well, young lady, you've
sure been making yourself famous
since 1 saw you. Congratulations
and may 1 say, too, that I am very
very proud Of you"
Vivian shrugged her usual uncom-
Portable self when anyone paid her
a nice compliment, and led him into
the living room, her whole body
tense with the suspense of her long
wait for news Of him.
She stood looking at him, and
tried to ask if he could tell her now.
He saw this, and put his hand on
her shoulder.
She stood looking at him, and
tried to ask if he could tell her now.
He saw this, and put his hand on
her shoulder.
Run and get your bonnet, little
sister, and come down to Judge Pot
ter's office with me. Don't get ex-
cited, now. I know it's a strain.
But you are going to be very hap
py."
She swayed and held out her
hands.
Today am to know today
who-I amp"
Eyes" he nodded at her gravely
then smiled his kindly, fatherly
smile. BLESS your dear little brave
heart, you are"
The tenderness touched her. So
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Renew Your Health
BY Publication

Any physician will tell you tina
perfect Publication Of the Sys
TEN IS Natures Foundation Q.
Perfect Health" Why not rio
yourself Of chronic ailments thai
r undermining your vitalityi
Purify your entire system by tax.
ing a thorough course Of Caiotabs
once or twice a week for several
weeks-and see how Nature re.
wards you with health.
Calotabs n the greatest of al
system purifiers. Get a famil,
package with full directions. On
ly 35 cts. at drugstore. (AdF
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Where is It?
TOday'S Horoscope

TOday'S Horoscope
Persons born on this day are SYM
pathetic but determined in their
manner. Their friends come to them
with their disappointments and
heartaches.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11

OWES $50, 600, HAS $40
LEICESTER, Eng. - Charles S.
Brown was declared a bankrupt
with liabilities Of 100000 and as
sets of $40.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11

Who am I? What record did 1
once hold. Whose record did I
break?
Who built the Tai MahaI, famous
tomb?
Where is II?
For whosoever shall give you a
cup of water to drink in my name,
because We belong to Christ, verify I
say unto you, he shall not lose his
reward" Where is this passage
found in the Bible?
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| Star Lore
PtoIemy's Earth Centered Planetary
System
BY Arthur Dew. Ca

By Arthur Dew. Carpenter
Each planet in Ptolemy's system
had a fictitious planet, around
which is travelled as on the end Of
an arm extending from it, in a cir
Gle called an epicycle. The fictitious
planet advanced around the earth
on the circumference Of a still
larger circle called the deterrent.
Whenever a planet was in line with
earth and sun, its arm extended
from the center Of its epicyle, point
ed directly toward the earth or to-
ward the sun. Mercury and Venus
had annual deferents circling be-
tween earth and sun. The centers
of their epicycles always remained
exactly between earth and sun;
the completed motion of the planet
around its epicyle was the planets
period.
More TNmOrroul
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SEQUELS
NAMES THEIR FORTUNE

Speaking of beauties, neither Gamma Walska nor
Frieda Hempel stay in their beauty shops. They
merely lend their names and money to the enter
priseS-
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more Tomorrow

Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. Viola Gentry; Woman's world
endurance air record; Lady Heath's
2. Shah Jehan.
3. Agra, India.
4. St. Mark tx, Al.
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And the Axe Fell

Governor Moody welded the axe just before the
close Of the second special session and vetoed ID bills
increasing salaries of public officers in various coun-
ties.
Twelve of the measures had been introduced in
the senate and six in the house. District attorneys,
court reporters, deputy county officers, school super
in+endents sheriffs, county commissioners and county
auditors were the beneficiaries of the bills vetoed.
This EXCERPT from a veto message tells the story as
we'll as covers all the ground:
"It may be therefore said that the bills, with one
excention. are general bills but of local application.
Tbev are all salary increase bills. I do not believe
+besa salaries should be increased in this manner
The problem that ~confronts the prohibition bu-
reau is how to get the enforcement agents on the side
IF law and order.-Springfield Union.
The high cost of lifting wouldn't be such a prob
lem if the luxuries of yesterday had not become the
necessities Of Southern Lumberman.
THE debating team of a girls school has defeated
+bree teams from boys Schools, just as if they were
married-Kay Features.
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New York Letter
By RICHARD MAssOCK

oA41Oo qua
tons, attaches say, often are meeting places for pic
ture brides and their prospective husbands acquired
through matrimonial agency correspondence.
The other day an agent Of the Travellers Aid OBJ
served an over-large and scarcely comely woman, a
daisy pinned on her ample blouse, standing in the
concourse, anXiously scanning the surrounding crowd.
In the distance he noticed a man, with a correspond
ing flower in his lapel, doing likewise. At about the
same time the man spied the woman.
Apparently the camera had tricked the almost
spouse. Hastily he plucked the boutonniere from his
coat, ground it under his heel and fled.
Daisies don't always tell, but the woman did and
from her the agent learned the details Of another
match that had failed.
PARENTAL CARE
One Of the problems Of parenthood is to prevent
children from copying the more sophisticated habits
Of their elders.
The old -fashioned mother used to pIacate her off
spring with coffee substitutes and report to father
for punishment the lad who had been caught smoking
behind the barn.
Now, a tobacconist reports, the new-fashioned
mother, having herself set an example for putting
fags, can hardly deny the practice to her young hone
full. She compromises, therefore, by purchasing for
Junior denictoinized cigarets. If he happens to learn
their innocuius nature, she is advised to tell him that
Mayor Walker smokes them"
RECOMMENDATIONS
IN a Forty-second street window a vermin exter-
minating company has an insect display that would
De a delight to almost any bug collector
Pinned in graduated rows, like troops on parade
they range from the tiniest household pests to big
beetles that must, by reason of sword-like fore-claws.
be no less than ~brigadier generals in the armv If
crawling creatures.
At regular intervals the exterminators' COMBATING
FORCES visit apartment houses to fight reaches on their
own 'front.'. Some time ago a householder received q
circular letter from one Of these companies proudly
listing as references some of the first families. whose
premises presumably had been successfully raided
Heading the list of clients was the name If ono of the
country'S W~ealthiest men.
Inc recipient, being a waggish fellow. Immediately
sat down and wrote a letter asking the great ~
frankly, were you entirely satisfied with soandso,s
eAterInlnatlon OF your verrnin and Just what kind Of
Bugs were ~bothering you, anyway"
He still is awaiting a reply. F.
SEoUELS sgFsag
What becomes Of beauties:
An entrant of several years ago in a national ex-
position Of pulchritude now is waitress in a rexinoton
avenue restaurant.
Two international darlings" who came over six
months ago for an American tour of TRIUMPH. are
touring-as supers in a road-show.
And a Mack Sennett girl has just sailed for Paris
to become a mannikin.
NAMES THEIR FORTUNE
Speaking of beauties. neither Gamma Walska nor
tr1eda Hempel stay in their beauty shops. They
merely lend their names and money to the enter
priseS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
JUDGE RIGGS BURIED
AT LAYTONSvILLE
Several Mentioned as Successor on
Montgomery County Police
Court Bench.
snsc;a, Disna,cb 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md; September q
Many persons from all parts Of the
county and elsewhere attended the
funeral yesterday afternoon Of Judge
Samuel Riggs of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Police Court. who died suddenly Of
heart disease in Rockville on Friday.
The services were held at the home,
near Laytonsville, and were conducted
by Rev. Guy E. Kagey of Jockeys
Vile, Md, formerly rector OF ST.
Bartholomew Episcopal Church. Lay
louisville. Burial was in the cemetery
at LaytonSville.
Speculation Is rife throughout the
county regarding successor to Judge
Samuel Riggs The appointment VIII
be made by Gov. Ritchie, upon the
recommendation Of the Democratic
State central committee for the coun-
ty. of which Robert @. Hilton OF ROCK
vile is chairman.
A number of persons are being men
toned in connection with the position,
among them Mayor j. Roger Spates OF
Rockville, Charles w. woodward OF the
law firm of Cissel g. Woodward, Harry
S. Beall, formerly principal OF the
Rockville High School; w. Ernest o.
futt. Rockville real estate agent; Robert
L. Tolson and others.
Mayor Spates, who Is lawyer, Is
being urged by influential Democrats
and others to permit himself to be con-
sidered in connection with the appoint
ment, but is understood to be averSe to
the suggestion and may eliminate him
self. Before the State central commit
tee meets to make selection, which
will probably be in few days, long
list of persons regarded as available,
some of them active aspirants, Is ex-
pected to be submitted for considera-
ton. The position pays $4,000 year,
and there is q substantial expense al
lowance.
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DEMURRER FILED
TO STREET ACTION
Corporation Attorney Alleges
Mount Rainier Citizens Not
Injured by Contracts.
BY a Stan Correspondent of The star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Septem-
Der 2.-Contention that Rufus e. Milor
and Henry j. Mulholland, both Of
Mount Rainier, would not be injured
by the letting Of contracts for street
improvements in that town Is one OF
the eight reasons given by Bird H.
Dolby, corporation counsel, In a de-
murrer filed Saturday in Circuit Court
here, asking the dismissal OF suit
against the town for letting certain
road contracts said by the complain
ants to be illegal.
The bill of complaint, filed some
weeks ago by Charles B. Calvert on be-
half of Milor and Mulholland, claims,
with other things. that the contracts
are Illegal because they raise the bond
ed indebtedness of the town above 8
per cent of its assessed valuation as
provided by law.
Dolby's demurrer states that the bill
of complaint fails to allege that the
town intends to borrow money, that 1t
fails to mention which of the plaintiffs
would be especially assessed and fails
to mention the purpose for which the
alleged contracts we're entered into.
Four other reasons are also given for
demurring to the whole bill Of COM
plant.
the ground that it is contrary to the
general equity rules of Maryland was
filed at the same time.
Similar demurrers have also been
filed by Attorney John S. White, who
represents the two road firms given the
contracts by the mayor and council of
Mount Rainier, who are also named de-
PENDANTS in the citizens suit.
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ROCKVILLE.

4 ROCKVILLE, Md, September (Spe-
lciaD Following visit to his home
near Gaithersburg Saturday night by
Chief of Police ALIVE A. Monkey and
Privates Windsor Poole and Robert
Howes, a charge of Illegal possession Of
Intoxicating liquor was preferred against
Homer Dove. He was released on $500
bond.
Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap-
list Church oficiated at the marriage
here late Saturday night of Miss Frances
Gertrude Bockisch and Mr.. Raymond
Earl McKann. both of Richmond, Va.
Unpaid State and county taxes on
county property for the year which be-
gan July / bear interest at the rate Of
8 per cent from September l. County
Treasurer j. Forrest Walker has given
notice, and he has also called attention
to q provision OF law which requires
that Ill real estate upon which State
and county taxes are not paid by
January / be advertised for sale at
publicF auction. Bills may be paid at
any OF the banks of the county or at
the ONCE of the county treasurer in the
courthouse ct Rockville.
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THREE ARE KILLED
GOING TO WEDDING
Two Other Norfolk Folk Hurt
as Autos Collide on WASH
ington Road.
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va, September a.
Three Norfolk, Va. persons en- route to
attend wedding in Philadelphia were
killed today and two others injured, one
severely. when their automobile was in
collision with another car and over
turned several times before it caught
fire near here on the Washington
Highway.
The dead were Louis Folstein, 48;
Mrs. Sarah Rodisky, A, and Faga
Rodisky, 10.
Those injured are Samuel Rodisky, In
an Ashland, Va. hospital suffering a
probable fractured skull and body in
juries, and j. c. Kidd, driver of the car,
brought TO Richmond city hospital
with minor cuts and lacerat;ons Both
injured men gave Norfolk addresses
Three youths in the second car, WAL
lace Elliott and John Elliott, Capitol
Heights, Md, and Mark Ferris, jr., Nor
folk, Va. uninjured, were being held for
investigation of the accident, to be COM
pleted tomorrow
The Norfolk party was on its way to
attend the marriage Of Folstein's daugh-
ter late today.