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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

~ OF marriage she q overheard
Eleanor Lincoln make to Noel
Verit-en. ! wondered how long II
would be before the girls keen wits
would discover something I already
knew. This offer. 50 astounding to
American ears. could have come In
Just that way from but one type or
girl. a royal princess who considered
that in b~estowing her love upon a
con1moner. she was comforting upon
him so inestimablo a privilege that
IL WIS her right 10 take the initia,
tive in the affair.
I did not wish her TO make ~ tx
discovery just yet, not until ! hi
the complete story OF the proposal In
my hands and | put a hurried ques-
ton.
What did Noel say7'
There was a struggle in her ayes
between anger and n sort OF con-
temptuous tenderness But her voice
was hard.
What could no say? You know
Noel. He's Don Quixote come 70 life
with q windmill always on either
hand. He couldn't be djscourteous
or hurt anybody's feelings TO save
his hfe- He wouldn't even squash
an insect and that's what she is
tust q big June bug
! got my laughter muscles under
control Just in time 10 hear her
70 on.
IF she had the brains OF a MOS
quito. , would have seen that Noel
wasn't al all popped over her mag
niflcent offer. But the poor g0Of
made ss good a showing a. he could.
and he finally ierked out something
that sounded ~ In he'd copied IL
from an old etiquette book.
Why my dear Eleanor he said.
i had no icea-you have honored
me-mads me very happy. I shall
do my best 20 make YOU happy
Honest 70 Agnes. Auntie Madre.
that was the sort or spiel he handed
her III Y hadn't been feeling Just
then an II lid been bounced ort on a
fourteenth story window and was
just passing the second story. Id
have enickered my fool head off.
Il guess he kissed her then II
sounded Ike IL. and OF course she
dldnt waste any tine IN clirchinr
The bargain after shed struck X.
Eut little Mary wasn't STAYING 70
hear any more. She turned around
the other way n went about n
quarter Of n mile Il OF her way 70
get back 20 her car
had a sudden vision os n heart
sick girl stumbling through the
wooded paths or The I-arrhe#. and
my throat was suddenly dry with
sympathy for the child who was 30
brzvely c~oncealing her pain under a
mask Of fliprancy.
IF Noel had been ANYBODY else IN
the world but himself 10 never
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

covered with tiny copper shingles.
Upon each OF these shingles tn en-
graved the name OF some citizen
who contributed IS kroner fs6) 70
the construction o. the building.
Iherein. one SUSPECTS. lies the key
10 ths national character.
Virtually al municipal ceremonies
are held I'm the massive rooms CT
this building. among the most pic
turescus being the annual judging
or farm ard garden products. FOR
which muisiffcent and beautiful
prizes ara awarded BY the city.
Thousands OF women, IN colofful
native costumes. bring roses, pansiee.
dahiiss. v~iolets, fruits and vegetables
to this affair. proudly displaying the
results OF their Summer recreation
and diversion IN fs a sight which
should not hs missed by the tourist
who finds himself in the North dur.
ing the warm months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
Advice to Girls

2-The young mar should take
care OF his own hat and coat. as does
the young lady.
3-The girls parents should meet
the young man before she goes out
with him. II they have not, then
by all means. take him home that
your parents may meet him and
know with whom their daughter is
going out
4-You and your parents must be
the judges OF this. my dear.
DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ lis Il correct for a girl
10 receive her boy friends in her
room at a hotel7
2-Is 1t correct for q girl 70 see
q boy in his room on business
matters?
81 am sixteen years OF age and
80 with a boy twenty-five years
old. Is there too much difference
in our eges7
Al 90 places with a young
married roma and her husband
does not know that we have
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

nEAK ANNIE LAURIE;
~ There Ii a boy In u certain
town that ] think very much OF
and / wish to win him. When we
e each other we speak and prob
ably talk a little while. He is
real nice for no more than I know
OF him. ! have not really been
with him but have been around
him u great deal.
] have not treated him exactly
right on account OF some other
girls. They have talked me into
IL and now / arm sorry. Please,
Annie Laurie, tell me how ] may
be able TO tell him why I aave
treated him az I have. Please do
not tel me TO forget him.
JUST WAITING.
lust WAITING: Why not have
% a few OF your friends to spend
the evening and include the young
man IN your invitations. This vii
show him that you feel friendly
toward him and win break the
strained feeling which now exists
You can show him by your friendly
attitude that you regret your former
treatment. and I am sure that thing.
VIII turn cut as you wish them
DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ lis 1t right for a boy 20
put his arm around n girls neck
In the shown
lis II right for a girl 70 hold
q boys hat in the show?
3-lf a girl goes with a boy and
bar narerfa hzva ravar mat him
would you take the boy home
with you and introduce him to
your parents7
4-This boy IN lots older than Y
am. Would you continue going
with him?
will take your advice.
BROWN HAIR
DROWN HAIR: Quite improper
n A public display OF this kind Il
not In good taste.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

catarrh. It comes, TOO, from the Irritating
effects Of dust or a smoky atmosphere upon the
tissues of the throat
Have you ever thought that the habit OF chew
ing or sucking the cigar may produce constant
irritation OF the throat?
At this time / shall not discuss smoking, as to
its harmfulness or otherwise I desire to con-
slider merely TIE manner of smoking.
Every smoker has ais particular style. He may
smoke a pipe, a cigar or a cigarette. He may
use n holder. He may Be N dry smoker and
hardly moisten the emo Of the cigar or cigarette.
He may be d wet smoker and have the cigar
butt or even half its length. soaked with saliva.
All folks with sensitive threats should avoid
chewing the cigar.
To permit the cigar to get wet and then TO
.rheU ~ rraa-@ that +ha r,nuth - rnrsfnr+1v
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

the last Iuea ~ perIume, on, yes, sara HVes
to be Smart" but she also lives to be bossy.
She wants everybody to be "smart" too,
and up-to-date, and "flossy," if you know what
/ mean.
Now there's Aunt Jane-Aunt Jane Is more
than middls-aged, she's a good, comfortable
soul with a big waist and a broad smile and
bodies of friends, she lives in a big house in a
little town, and her scalloped oysters are al
ways the star feature at the Ladies' Aid suppers.
She can make a chocolate cake that will melt in
your mouth and make you ask for more-and
what she doesn't know about children at the
school age and babies in the cradle, and how
to make a tired man comfortable and coy
isn't worth knowing.
Every once in awhile, Aunt Jane comes 10
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

TIME charming black satin model
illustrated here VIII appeal %
the woman who knows smart
clothes. II 10 a youthful. aim sIlhou.
cite that suhscribss 20 circular fioun.
ces in diagonal movement which
ieng;hens ones lines The slightly
bioused bodice emphasizes the tight.
fitting belt and chic scarf neckiine.
A definite preference 10 shown In
fashionable circles for long. tight.
fitting sleeves fitted with darts below
the elbow 20 give the arm N lovely
slender appearance. A rnother-of
pearl buckle adds a bright touch Il
the belt and a matching pin Is worn
az the shoulder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
Words of the Wise

Work Without hope drGrs nee.
tar IN a sfcrc.
And hope tcifhout an object
cannot Hre.
-Colcridgc.
III we wish % b. Just Judges
OF all things. let W. first per-
suade ourselves or this: That
there Is not one of us without
fault. Seneca.
Ccnfd-nc- ir that feeling Nv which
th- mind rmbarkr in great I'D honor
able courses with q sure hope asd
trust IN lissf. cicero.
To kRoD the pains o. potCer.
re rKst % 20 those frhc hare
M; fo krotg ne pleasures. rrs
must 90 10 those UhD are seek
ing it. the pains or p0Eer are
real. as p~TcdBHyes Imaginary.
-C0fton.
A benefit is estimated accord.
Ing 10 the mind OF the giver.
Seneca.
Thar IN a GOOD book. W a--na \. m-.
~hich 10 opened With s1p-riHri,a hnd
closed with profit. -alcolt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

shrimp. drain and split each one
down the back. Dip them In chutnsy
sauce. arrange them on hot buttered
toast rounds. and mask with hot
boiled dressing. Garnish with parsley
and spoonfuis OF mint jelly. Serve
with boiled fish.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
WHY 10 LET OTHERS
LIVE AS THEY LIKE
Winifred Black Writes of a Smart" Young Lady, a
Failure Herself, Who Insists on Showing Folks
How Things Should Be Done.
BY WINIFRED A

~ ARA-nc, don't put on the - It wouldn't be "smsrt" spelled
that way, and Sara Is nothing IL not "smart"-Sara is a fashion
plate from head to toe, smart shoes, smart hat, the very latest
things in costume beads. earrnzs-if they, are wearing earrings
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
HOW DO YOU SMOKE?
ASKS DIR.
1t Would Be Well for the "Wet Smoker" Who has a
Sensitive Throat, to Learn to Smoke Less Ener-
getically, Warns Famous Medical Authority.
BY ROYAL s. COPELAND, nj. ID.
Unlted states Senator from New York.

JUUFu oIaIts cTndIO TO 2 1Uk
Former Commissioner Of Health. HeuD York City
NLEARNESS Of voice is important to you and to the people with
whom you converse. But sometimes there Is hoarseness, IL not
- actually loss Of voice.
Hoarseness or haskiness Is frequently the result OF chronic
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

filled with tobaccoinfiltrated saliva which trickles down the tnfoat,
producing irritation a. 1t proceeds Little particles or flakes Of con-
siderable size break away from the cigar butt and reach the throat, to
irritate and inflame it, exactly a any other foreign substance would.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

MS flCSo oDdCCO tANlltS lUe ltot
OF saliva. and the more IL produces
irritation OF the throat. the more
certain you can be that your manner
az smoking - harmful III this con-
tinues you must give IL up entirely.
or learn TO smoke less energetcally.
/ assume that smoking Is a sooth-
ing and agreeable practice TO those
who indulge IN II. Or they would not
smoke. X is important, however, 70
reduce 10 the m-nimum its possible
evils. To this end II Is important 10
get complete combustion or the
tobacco.
All our habits should be temper.
ately INDUCED. This is Just as true
OF tobacco smoking as II is Of every
thing else. Under no circumstances
should you indulge n practice TO the
detriment OF your health. Good sense
and moderation should govern your
acts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
The Home Kitchen

BY JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON
Simple Entrees TO Round-Out The WeIl-Serred Dinner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
Loves Awakening "A: s,. .;s.. s ~... : .
BY Adele Garrison

Mary, Learning that Eleanor Is Really Princess Dina Of
Transrania. Concocts a Daring Scheme.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
Answers 20 Health Queries

II. II. Q.-Do high blood pressure
and kidney disturbances so together
or is the latter merely a result OF
the former7
A.-Not necessarily. although the
Kidneys are often productive or the
trouble. Examination win determine
the exact source OF the trouble and
then definite treatment a be ad-
vised.
@. II. Q.-What causes "a pain
across my chest? / have had X-rays
made. What causes my ears 10 itch
and become sore?
Ali the X-ray does not show
trouble with the lungs. your trouble
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

4 5 Mary told me OF the proposal
n OF marriage she had overheard
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

uary 1881, the Governor said only
S4,OOO,OOO or $4,50O,OO0 in bonds
should, under the present plans of
reduction, be outstanding. He point
ed out that $2,O00,0O0 of State
Highway Department bonds had
been cancelled on June 80, last,
100000 more are to be cancelled
on December 81, and that it is hop
ed to cancel 81, 100000 next year.
He said during the past fiscal had
81 ,50O,0 900 average balance in bank
drawing 2 IL per cent interest, or
S25, 900 on each 81 100000, while at
the same time the State had S12,-
500,0 900 of bonds outstanding on
which interest averaging 1-2 per
cent of $4,000 on each $1,000,000
was being paid. This saving will
amount to $4,000 a year on the
$7,0O0,000 of bonds being cancelled
this year, and would mean a saw
ing of $250,000 a year if all the
State bonds outstanding should be
retired. In connection with the
work of the State Highway De
partment, the Governor was en-
thusiastic.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

to meet our lost selves in that
way. Returning to the Home
Town is, in a way, a rendering
of the account of ones life
One goes back to old, familiar
places to find oneself haunted
haunted by insistent re-
minders that one had once
planned to lead a life far more
noble and significant, haunted
by a sense of failure and de-
feat.
.This isn't really fair. No
man ever quite becomes the
magnificent figure of his boy
hood dreams. Yet it is ines
capable. We are all failures.
Once we have a very high and
shining goal, and now we see
that we can never reach it.
We are not the men we might
have been, not the men we
planned to be; and the visit
to the Old Home Town re-
minds us of it, all too forcibly.
"Yet, after all, that is good
for us. Failure is bearable if
one can only remember that
at least one aimed high. We
can never reach the distant
peaks of boyhood - but at
least, once and for all, we saw
them. We know they are
there. And that is some
thing"
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

thankful if God has given us
the heart to share our plenty,
to lift the fallen, to support
the weary, to comfort the
comfortless, and feed those
who famish.
Only that we may be the in
strument to help our fellow
men has the patient Father
put us here, in Smyrna, Della
ware, U. S. A., in 1929.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

The movement of Smyrna
merchants and business men
to make the coming Christ
mas one Of the brightest from
a decorative standpoint ever
attempted in Smyrna, is meet
ing with instant success. The
Financial Committee is meet
ing with encouraging respons-
es from the business interests
and private contributions as
well. 1t is fine spirit to "Do 1t
for Smyrna" Along with
more and better lights a COM
munity Christmas Tree and
brightly decorated business
center, Smyrna merchants
will take on the holiday spirit
with better and larger stocks
of Christmas goods and win
dow displays that will be the
most attractive ever. In
practical way it is well to re-
member that the chief festi-
val of the Christian world IS
only a little way down the
road. Santa Claus outline is
almost visible over the Chin
neyed horizon the sound Of
the tinkle of his sleigh bells is
nearly audible. 1t is a time
for doing what there is to be
done in preparation for the
holiday. Shopping early is
good piece Of business, early
in the morning of each shop
ping day. 1t will be to the
advantage Of the buyer to the
pleasure of the seller and for
the relief of the overworked
store forces.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27
GOV. BUCK TELLS OF WORK
His Business Administration Shows
a Reduction i'm State Debt and
Saving of $4,000 Annually


Saving of $4,000 Annually
The plans of the present admin
istration of the State of Delaware
to greatly strengthen the financial
retirement of millions of dollars
worth of outstanding bonds during
the next two years, was outlined
by Governor c. Douglas Buck in
addressing the ninth annual lunch
eon-meeting of the Delaware
League of Women Voters last
week at the DUPONT Biltmore. AS
result of this the Governor point
ed out the State Highway Depart
ment is expected to be able to f.
nance itself, after this year, on
current income alone, and it is
likely that no more bonds will be
issued for road building. The ad-
ministration's plan the Chief Ex-
ecutive said,is to reduce the States
present bonded Indebtedness of be-
tween twelve and thirteen million
dollars on which it is now paying
an average of four and one-half
per cent interest, to approximately
81, 100000 OF S4,500,0Oo. The bonds
outstanding he said will be cancell-
ed with millions in State cash
funds now In the banks on which
the State is only receiving two and
one-half per cent interest. When
the next Legislature meets in jan
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

Founded by Robert D. Hoffecker. July 5.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary TO- 1907.
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which it
is a part. 1t also gives the items of
Importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
is the business medium not only for the
town it represents. but for the outlying
district of which it is the center. en-
bracing the towns of Clayton, Kenton.
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Subscription price. s1.5o per year. strictly
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Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

On one-acre tract of ground, Mr..
Virag claims to have gotten COW
beets that weighed as much as 25
to % pounds each. This statement
was made a few days ago at the
conclusion of the storing of the
beets in the barn. Mr.. Virag, no
ticing the huge size of some of the
larger beets, became interested
and weighed several of them. Many
farmers from the surrounding
country viewed the beet patch with
much interest. These beets make
excellent feed for cows during the
Winter months.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27
RAISES GIGANTIC COW BEETS

Alex Yirag of Near Smyrna Grows
Them Weighing as Much as 2S Lbs.
Alex Virag, a farmer over in
New Castle County, near Smyrna,
has just housed his crop of COW
beets, which he believes is a record
crop for lower New Castle county.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27
The Smyrna Times
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, by
r. ID. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware, as Second Glass matter.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

10y pCopiC III LllClI IlOlllCio, III
churches and in various per-
suits, will give thanks to God
for His manifold blessings
vouchsafed unto them during
the year just passed and in
woke Divine Providence that
His blessings will continue
thru another year. We, as a
community have much to be
thankful for. Be thankful to
be alive, in 1929, in Smyrna,
Delaware, u. S. A. You could
do a lot worse, both in time
and place.
Thumb the history books,
and pick a page at random.
What is there that was in the
lot of the average man that
you would trade for the place
Of the freeman of today? The
old civilizations, magnificent,
glittering, were but a thin,
transparent crust. Better q
self-determining fiivver-driv-
ing American than a newer
and a hauler for Nebuchad-
nezzer. Better a stage-hand
for democracy than a gladia-
tor for 3 Caesar. The glory
that was, Greece rested on the
wearied shoulders Of the sill
ver-digging serfs of Laurium.
Thumb your geography, lat
est revision, wet from the
presses of November, 1927.
Pick out the happier spot than
Smyrna. Ships sail every
where, but there is no rush
for passage.
No postwar Maeterlinck is
needed to convince us that the
blue bird of happiness is here
and now.
of course Smyrna in 1929
isn't perfect, far from it. Be
thankful, then, to know with
Carlysle that "here is this
poor, miserable hampered, de-
spicable Actual wherein thou
even now standest. Here or
nowhere is thy ideal; work it
out therefrom, and working
live, believe, be free
Because, measured by the
yardstick of time the Actual
wherein we now stand is
neither poor nor miserable,
nor despicable, our working
should be militant and conf
dent. And if the Actual be
hampered, it is harnpered
alone by our own shortcom-
ings, misgivings, Incidence
and lethargy. We should be
thankful then, that the cure
for these lies within ourselves
If we see sorrow about US
and grief, let US be Thankful
if our heart warns with yea
to assuage it. If we set
wrong, let us be thankful i
our spirit grows hot with will
to right it. And whatevel
there is OF error or failure, le
us be thankful that recogni
tion is the first step to correc
ton.
And, lastly, if we be thank
ful that our lot is happie,
than that of others, let us b.
Smyrna times., 1929-11-27

means to get the Home Town
Newspaper" There is lots in
the article that is true to con-
ditions all over the United
States. Quite pertinent to
this is Back Home Visits of
Native Sons" as recently pub
lished in The Easton Star
Democrat. Commenting on
this it says:
Sometimes it is really a
mistake to go back and revisit
the Old Home Town. The Old
Home Town is one of those
American institutions in
which nearly everyone seems
to share. Now and then it
seems as if no one, in all the
country, has chosen to spend
his life in the town where he
was born. Scratch the urbane
New Yorker and you will find
a transplanted Iowan; uproot
a Chicagoean, OF z. Detroiter,
and you find a man who be-
gan life on a distant farm or
in a small country village. So
each Of US has his Old Home
Town. In memory it takes on
a color and an atmosphere
that it never really had. The
longer we have been away, the
more entrancing it looks. Fin
ally, after years of absence, we
summon our resolution and go
back to see it again. And
there, usually we make a mis-
take.
"To begin with, the town is
never so large, so attractive or
so picturesque as we recalled
it. Everything seems to have
shrunk. The apple orchard
on tbs hill, to which we used
to climb, painting, with stubby
legs, is no longer an Olympian
height; and the old swimming
pool is become a dried-up,
rather muddy pool instead of
the wide delightful retreat
that it used to be.
''The returning native son,
accordingly, is shortly beset
by melancholy. Gilbert Swan
the New York columnist, af-
ter making an extended trip
through his childhood haunts,
reports regretfully that the
Home Town is, after all, best
revisited in an armchair, on a
winter evening, in the secur-
ity of ones own living room /;
and he seems to be in the
right. Actually going back is
too apt to give one a case of
the blues.
''The real trouble with the
Old Home Town, however, is
not that it looks smaller, dust
ier, and less exciting that it
, used to. 1t is peopled with
ghosts; wraiths that stalk up
and down every street and
| that drift across every field,
| unseen except by the return
! ing wanderer from distant
{ parts. And chief among these
! ghosts is always the ghost OF
: the wanderer himself the
t ghost of the lad he used to be
attended by the magic shapes
: of the glamorous figures that
he dreamed, boylike, of one
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DESK-Phone services; best location down
town: only $l8 month. Ii. $3.50.
DESK SPACE-Union Title Bldg. Services
II desired; reasonable Ri. 6717
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