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The, Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

dead attitude is diminishing wherever
sergeants get together.
X X X X
The other day an intrepid gentleman
entered the North woods, unattired and
with a bow and arrow as his weapon
He intends to demonstrate that a man
is still capable of providing his own
food and raiment without resorttng to
the corner grocery or his favorite tailor
not believe there are many who would
care to emulate his example.
X X X X
It was / o'clock in the morning. The
cop was speaking.
Eight fellows have just moved on
my beat" he said, land I don't like
their looks. I'm goin' to watch those
guys. Every moving season we have
to keep our eyes open for certain I'M
deSirables.
ordinarily, this beat of mine is re-
garded as a quiet one, but when things
do happen here they happen in big
way.
epidemic of sneak thievery around.
The victims were partly to blame for
their losses. One apartment house In
particular was chosen as a field Tor
operations. Across the street is small
park The thief made a practice OF
sizing up the intended victims from his
vantage point in the park. He would
carefully watch them. 1t was his Gus
tom to follow them home after they
had visited the stores. He usually
found that the minute the woman ar
rived at her apartment she would lay
her purse on the first table she came
TO and then carry her purchases to the
kitchen. The door to the hall was fire.
quently left open, if her arms were fill
ed with packages, and it was but a
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Value of Olive Oil.

DOCS olive oil have any food or medi-
ciral value? How can its purity DE
tested in the homeo H."
Olive oil has no medicinal value. IL
will not dissolve gallstones; nor Will any
other oil, for that matter. Recently
had letter asking me to give my. olive
oil treatment for gallstones that the
writer cut out and lost! II 1t was my
article she was referring to, she hadn't
read it carefully. The "stoneS" pro-
duced after consuming any food oil in
large amounts are nothing but soapy
concretions made from the excess oil
and the alkali bile in the inteStineS and
can be demonstrated as such, for they
will melt.
olive oil is liked for its characteristic
flavor, but as far as its food value is
concerned, it has no ADVANTAGES over
other vegetable oils. All edible oils add
richness and high energy to the food,
for they average 100 calories to the
tablespoonful For instance. your salad
dressing may have 200 to 300 calorles,
while your Salad-say, of lettuce-can
be composed of as much as one-quarter
pound of the leaves-this makes good
sized salad-and only amount to 20 c.!
This point is to be thought of by those
who are overweight and have to limit
their calorieS.
plicated chemical and physical methods,
which can be done only in a chemical
laboratory, H. AS for home testing Of
olive oil, the only thing you can depend
on is its characteristic flavor.
The adulterants of olive oil are usu-
ally cheaper vegetable oils, but these
would not alter the food value OF the
mixture in any way
"In one of my breasts there seems to
be a lump which is not painful at all.
Am afraid to see doctor for fear he
might say I need to be operated on. Is
there anything you could advise me to
do? MRS q.
Certainly. every doctor thinks of an
operation for a lump in the breast that
isn't due to an acute Inflammation,
Mrs. G.
If you could only realize how unin-
telligent it is not to go to doctor
because you fear he might advise an
operation! You don't have to submit
to an operation If you don't want to,
even if you need it; you can let the
lump go on until, perhaps, it develops
into a cancer and reaches the inoper-
able stage, If you prefer!
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KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
By JOSEPH JAsTROw..

blue ink and bound In blue cloth. He
could see nothing but blue. People
took out their transparent window glass
and substituted blue, and lots Of people
got well by that means.
Today we know something more
about the effect of different rays, and
there may have been actual benefit.
Why one set of ideas, or one prac-
tice, should find large following and
another a small one or none at all, Is a
pretty large question to answer: 1t
would take book to do 1t; for the idea
must somehow fall in with the spirit Of
the times. Fads and follies, hobbies
and fashions come and go by virtue Of
the same shifting changes of human in
tereSt and belief. We recognize the abb
normal element in some of them by
calling them, when they are past,
"crazes." People lose their heads just
a little about them. The. interesting
fact about cults is the cult habit OF
mind that starts them and supports
them while they last. That habit OF
mind is not helpful to mental fitness.
But there are cults of all degrees Of in
nocence and menace. Human nature
being what It is, we shall always be
exposed to cults.
(Copyright. 1929,
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Cults.

One of the many good ways Of defin-
ing q cult Is to say that 1t Is carrying
good idea too far. There are or have
been cults based on complete erros;
but many of them have a grain or a
core of truth. The tendency to magnify
that mole hill into q mountain is re-
sponsible for the cult habit Of mind;
and that is what makes cults.
Another approach to cult Is by way
Of fashion; it's a social product. 1t
gathers Roadway because at the time
everybody's doing 1t. Fashion Is eff
fective by the attraction Of being in
the swim; the human herd is gre
garious; cults are an expression OF that
gregariousness.
A third reason Tor the prevalence OF
cults is that people as a rule are not
very critical; the thing seems or sounds
more or less plausible and they go in
for it. And again the individual is dag
zled by the support Of the public, the
authority of the many intimidating the
few. Put all that together, and it's easy
to understand why at all times, and IN
every human interest there have been
those passing devotions that we call
fads.
More or less, people lose their heads
a bit. They accept what in more
thoughtful moments they would reject.
or they pursue 1t more intensively, go
in for it with greater force than they
ordinarily would.
These little departures from the usual
measure of nationality may be serious
or innocent: they occur in all human
activities There are cults in education.
in politics, in religion. perhaps most of
all in health. When they are over and
past and we have recovered from the
effect of their social prestige we can
see them in their proper light, and they
look foolish. So it's best in order not
to step on anybody's toes, to take ex-
amples from other days.
About fifty years ago there was a
Blue Glass cult. A Mr.. Hazleton
thought he discovered that plants
thrived better under blue glass; then he
tried 1t on animals and then on men,
He wrote a book about 1t printed In
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DIET AND HEALTH
BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. d.

Any lump in the breast had best be
removed (unless it is due to an acute
inflammatory condition when other
treatments are remediaD. 1t there Is
no cancerous change now, the operation
will be very slight and leave practically
no scar. If you wait until later, when
there is a cancerous change. then your
whole breast will have to be removed
with some of the chest muscles, and all
the glands under the arm. A very
mutilating operation.
Not all Jumps in the breast are can
cerous, by any means, but the con-
sensus is that all non-inhammatory
Jumps should be removed on account OF
cancer possibilities. Not having any
pain does not mean there are no can
Ger possibilities. 1t is really unfor-
tunate that these potentially cancerous
Jumps are not more often associated
with pain. (They are associated with
good deal of pain later on.)
If you are interested in literature on
the subject, write to the American
Society for the Control of Cancer, Is
West 43rd St., New York City.
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there is no doubt that prizef1ghters
kiss. They have been heard to say
I'll sock that guy on the kisser," so
1t is evident that they are familiar
with the location of the lips.
The pugnacious Sullivan was in the
habit of entering strange Joint"
and announcing to all and sundry, II
can lick any blankety-blank blank in
the place" Those at whom the ter
rifying challenge was hurled unani-
mously agreed that Mr.. Sullivan might
pick up the marbles, as he won.
Personally, we know of no reason
why prlZefighters should not kiss; and
we have seen them do it. The world
is not as tough as it used to be. The
pioneer and his covered wagon no
longer penetrate the vast wilderness
of the West.
Knute Rockne, the famous coach of
Notre Dame, once complained, or
maybe a half dozen times, that the
foot ball players are a decadent outfit.
Mr.. Rockne ought to know. He went
so far, if we remember correctly, as
to recommend that some of them wear
ribbons in their hair and train OH
fudge and caramel creams.
Knute was probably spoofing, for
any one with the price OF ADMISSION
can witness startling scenes of near
carnage any Saturday afternoon on
American gridirons.
X X X X
Foot ball players frequently weep in
sincere fashion when withdrawn from
a hard-fought game, even though they
may have sustained decorations, a
broken collarbone and a fractured wrist
during q Scrirnmape II has often been
observed that boxers who are about
ready to fall from weakness or punches
weep when sagacious refree parts
the gladiators to save the victim from
useless punishment. Usually it is the
loser who bawls.
The passing of the tough guy is i'm
minent, if not already accomplished
Even Army top sergeants are softening
toward their charges. The knock-'em-
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LITTLE BENNY
BY.LEE PAPE.
By LEE PAPE.
Lucky Thirteen.
A PLAY
Scene, the inside of a train.

/
Scene, the inside of train.
Fred Feernot Who are these guys
with black masks on their faces? Good
mite I bleeve their going to hold up
the train. Yes that's just what their
doing, my ferst impressions are always
correck.
Ferst train robber. Up with your
hands, everybody that don't wunt a
bullet hole where they leest expect 1t.
Fred Feernot. Hay fellows. what kind
of way is this to be making honest
living? Why don't you be sports and
CESS weather its heds or tales you can
| 60 rite ahed and rob the train, but If
| you don't CESS rite why that means you
| half to reform.
The train robbers. Sure, toss her up,
nobody cant say we amt sports. All
| rite, heds.
Fred Feernot. Its heds, all rite, you
gessed it.
End train robber. All rite, lets 60.
Joolry and watches ferst.
Fred Feernot Well let me appeal
| to your honesty. Don't you realize that
all these people had to werk hard for
| their money, and If you come in here
and take it away from them its nuthing
but plane steeling?
Ferst train robber. G wiz, I never
thawt of that.
End train robber I bleeve the boy
it rite. What do you say If we both
reform, Al?
| Ferst train robber. Sure, Ill reform
with you. Herray, we're honest men.
The conductor. Then show me your
tickets or eltz get off the train.
The train robbers. Just for that we
won't reform. Up with your hands
everybody.
Fred Feernot. Well, I did the best
I could. Its lucky ony have Is cents
with me.
The end
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Flavor in Vegetables.

When you want the flavor to remain
in vegetables or meats, put them on in
hot water, and in foods that you want
the substance of the vegetable to be
absorbed in the water or sauce be sure
to put on in cold water. Foods that are
put on to cook in hot water retain their
substance, while those that are put on
to cook in cold water boil the substance
out into the water. White potatoes will
not crumble to pieces If put on to cook
in boiling water. This is especially
helpful when preparing new potatoes in
cream, as well as various other potato
dishes. This also applies to okra, beets,
carrots and other vegetables. A couple
Of teaspoonfuls Of sugar added to the
water in which green peas or corn Is
to be cooked will greatly improve the
flavor
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1t is of taffeta, quilted in lattice de-
sign. The taffeta has beneath 1t a
layer of sheet wadding and cheesecloth,
the three pieces being basted firmly to-
gether and quilted with fine running
stitches, preferably by hand, although
the machine may be used. The bottom
and front edges (the skirt being sep
arated to allow for storage beneath the
top) are trimmed with bands of bro
caded ribbon, and the top Is covered
with plain taffeta and equipped with a
plate-glass top.
The frame Of the mirror is shirred
taffeta to match the skirt, and the
candles are in a color to match the
predominating shade In the brocaded
banding.
(Copyrieht, 1921
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Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not confuse
absolute" positive or completely with
"obsolete" (no longer in use).
often misspelled: Secrete; etc, not
eet.
Synonyms: Babble, chatter, prattle,
gossip.
Word study: use word three times
and it is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day. Todays word. Pigment; some
thing imagined; a fiction. ut was a
mere Pigment of a poets fancy"
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Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA Inland.

There are all shapes of skirted dress
ing tables, but here Is one which seems
just a bit different. being semi-circular,
with glass which appears to have been
lifted up and placed against the wall
like a tilt-top table.
The skirt As something out of the
ordinary and should interest the home-
maker who takes pleasure in sewing.
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IIldlGeE VI SCGO1Abo
to sneak in, grab
the purse from q
table and escape.
"Cf course, the
astoniShed house
wife wondered how
it had all happened
so rapidly. The thief
usually carried a
package so that in
the event he was
seen by the VIC
tim-to-be he could
give a reasonable
excuse for being al
the door. He would
ask if Mr.. Smith
was in.
I" No, he didn'I
1.-Two there Well
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| he WOULD Ask If
| Mr.. SMITH WAS IN.

that was just too bad, for he had a
pair of shoes he was delivering This
line erased any suspicious the lady
might have had, and the crook was
able to pursue his nefarious job"
X X 4 X
what is your nationality" inquired
the girl friend.
"Oh, half Scotch" replied the boy
friend.
whats the other half" she asked
"Ginger ale," said he.
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dlI IlSLlI, uldliAiihu'
I'm not h u r t .
Here's a kiss"
Until then we
never knew the
emotional proc
esses of prizefght-
ers, even though we
had associated with
them for m a n y
years for the pur-
pose of obtaining
news.
That rem a + k
S h ould indicate
that the world is
getting better all
the time. Imagine
John L. Sullivan
throwing a kiss to
any one. of course,
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than to have to tumble for the electric
light switch. and I don't arouse the rest
of the sleeping family by flashing a
strong light in their eyes or stumbling
over furniture in my search for the
light. Often I sit up in bed and flash
the light over to the corner of the room
where the crib is and can see If the
little one is properly covered without
getting out of bed. I also use my flash
light for examining the children's
Threats when they have colds.
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MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

One mother says:
When I retire always put my fash
light on the bedside table. 1t is of i'm
mense aid when am aroused by some
emergency, such as the crying of baby
II is quick and efficient, far more SC
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A few nights ago after boxing bout
for a class title the announcer called
the winner to the microphone. A young
fellow, breathing heavily, said, I'm
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Washington society has had its full
number Of witty ladies, but the Presi-
dents wives. in the main, have been
serious ladies. This is not true of Pres
idents' sisters and daughters or Of some
cabinet officers wives.
The sister of Grover Cleveland made
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-28
JUNIORS SHOW
AMPLE TALENT
l6 Remain in Running For
Title in New York
Tournament

NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-tF-The
National Junior and boys indoor
tennis championships have prog
ressed far enough 40 that n handful
Of youngsters stands out as possess
ed Of tennis talent.
Whether any young players now
on the courts Of the seventh re-
giment armory will yer scale inter-
national heights, IL Is certain such
racouets-swinEers as william
Jacobs NJ Baltimore and Sidney
Seligson Of New York In the junior
division and frankie Parker, Nil
waukee. and Bernard Friedman,
PHILADELPHIA. In the boys class have
possibilities for a bright future II
thew continue improving.
This annual experiment III III
tfresY rs reached "a Skage where
l6 PLAYERS remain I'm the running
FOR each OF the singles crowns. Inc
Junior affair IS for youths under ~
and the boys for youngsters not 10
In the opinion Of Clarence H. Low,
az New york. whose sons. Bobby, 8
and Stuart, IL, entered the boys
event. II Is only by starting n
Younger generation nc tournament
NAV early in life that the United
states can regain the Davis cup
Bobby and Stuart, though show
ing promise. were eliminated IN the
first round yesterday.
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MAESTRO BEATS
BUD TAYLOR
Terre Haute Terror Hurti
Back in 9Th and Loses
On Technically

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s-gP-- Earl
Mastro. Chicago contender 15r
the featnerweight championship OF
the world, today held q technical
knockout victory over Bud Taylor,
Terre Haute terror. Taylor. victim
or one or the most peculiar ac-
cidents III ring history, nursed a
sprained back
The incident. which threw l7.2ll
spectators into hysterscal excite
ment. terminated the second meet
ing OF the pair In the ninth round
or their hereunder last nj NC.
OutpoInted for eight rounds. but
stlll waiting X ID chance co end
the fight with u knockout, Taylor
almost Accomplished his purpose ln
tie ninth round when he floored
the Chicago italian. When Mastro
regained his feet after a coui 2 Of
three, Taylor tore In foI the finish
and fell through the ropes wrench
Ing hts back.
He carried Mastro with him. and
~ looked like a double knockout,
until the Chicago sharpshooter
managed 10 regain bis feet at the
count Of five. Taylor apparently
paralyzed. could not arise, and
referee Collins awarded the ver-
dict I'D Mastro.
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EGHTS LAST


NEW YORK-Jerry fluffy"
Griffith, Sioux City. Ia, outpoEnt-
ed Johnny Risko. Cleveland. uO).
Larry Johnson, Chicago, knocked
out Joe Sekyra. Dayton. o., ID.
Paul Cavalier. Paterson. N. j.. outs
pointed Harold Mays, Bayonne N.
j., d0.
CHICAGO-Earl Mastro. Chicago
stopped Bud Taylor, Terre Haute.
Ind, 90. Helm Mueller, Germany
outpcinted Elzear Rioux, Canada.
uO).
DIES MONIES. Ia.,-Joey Phalen.
Omaha. stopped Ray Michaelson.
Minneapolis, "a. Henry Fele1ano
Des Moines, outpointed Urban Lib
erty, Minneapolis, Ci0).
TORONTO-We Willie Davies
Chartered, Pa, and Steve Rocco
Toronto. declared mo contest" I'M
sixth when Davies was injured.
Jackie Phillips, Toronto. outDoInf.
ed Johnny Sarco. Buffalo, II. y.
I6).
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HELEN
y 4 y
HONEYMOON FOR
= = y
TENNIS COURTS

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Dec. %
Rl-Helen Wills Moody main
tan..s ner keen interest IN ten
MS.
She and her husband. Fred
erlck S. Moody. Jr., were back
aboard their honeymoon yacht
Galatea after an interruption Of
their cruise yesterday. during
which Mrs. Moody played two
matches and won.
Slipping into San Diego har-
Dor yesterday, the newlyweds
temporarily abandoned the sea,
and while Mr.. Moody kept a busi-
ness engagement, his wife play
ed a few sets Of tennis at the
Naval hospital.
Mrs. Moody first met Allen
Blade, local clay court cham
pion, defeating him 6-3. She
then teamed with Dolf Muehlei-
sen. San Diego county champion.
to administer defeat to Blade and
Bob Muench, University of CAL
ifornia net player. 6-3, Ga.
The matches were arranged as
a private affair. but the news
spread until 200 surrounded the
court.
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eagle OBJECT
OF INTEREST
cardinals Favored TO Beat
First Cadets to Cross
Rockies
by RUSSELL J. NEwLAND

HsS0ciateu Press Sports Writer
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calf.
Dec. 28-R9-Army's Cadet and
Stanford'S Cardinals. football riy-
ais from the extreme Eastern and
western sides OF the country. meet
mere today in one Of the years
mtersectional classics. but the TO-
GOO spectators will attend mostly
% witness the gridiron antics Of
christian Keener eagle, Army
halfback.
The Red knight" Of West Point
has been one Of the most widely
publicized young men OF football.
Much has been written Of his abii-
ity 10 elude would-be tacklers: his
brilliant passing from the dead
run, and his all-arCund Lon Chan
ey" maneuverings on the field His
far Western audience will not be
surprised today II he changes into
a football and makes the winning
touchdown.
A year ago this month, Stanford
Iodrneyed back 10 New York City
and soundly trounced the Soldiers.
goo. That beating has been rangl-
ing for a tWelve-month. and the
West Point squad not only will be
seeking intersecti0nal laurels to-
day, but good old-fashioned foot
ball revenge as well.
Grand Finale
The two best known members OF
the Cadet squad. Red" eagle and
Coach Laurence "Bigg" Jones, will
make their final bows and strange
enough, the football finales will be
witnessed three thousand miles
from home and IN the forst ap-
pearance OF an Army team west OF
the Rockies. eagle will be gradual
ed. and Jones. the man who devel-
oped him, goes back into active
service.
Those who study the game. how
ever. favor the Cardinals to win.
Where Stanford has but eagle
and Johnny Murrell. fullback. to
stop. the Army will be called upon
t. halt the advances Of nine back
field threats. The Soldiers offenSe
is built almost entirely around
eagle and is supplemented by Muir
rell's %infrequent work. Coach War
ner charges all his behind-the-hne
men with gaining yardage. His
various combinations r trained
IN deception and function on speed
and power.
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Southwest Stare
Hold ScrirnTnage

DALLAS. Tex. Dec. 2s.-fF-TTo
scrimmages which will make all
star football squads relish their day
Of rest Sunday we're in order toby
for Southwest and Midwest squads
preparing for a benefit game Nrw
Years Dav. Since the opening Of
training. coach Raw Morrison of
Southern Methodist University has
drilled his huskies in the passing
attack for which his teams are
famous. while Jimmy Phelan. for
mer Purdue mentor. tuned I'D the
Midwest team with the determine
tion Of nuttiug the S~outherners 20 q
sefdom-faced test.
Phelan's team probably will ne-
ncnd mostly on n harf running
attack. The Southwest line will ~
strong. however. excent rossiblv an
enHe. Both teams are shaping I'D
well.
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Sweeping through their eight
game schedule without a single re-
verse. the Troop "A cagers have
captured the Hargrcve Trophy.
emblematic Of the Fort Brown
championship. This team is COM
posed Of wirey young players not
far removed from their high school
day. T.-n his teammates feeding
him consistently. Adams was high
point man OF the tournament, ring
ing up AZ points. Mayo and Matt
son Of the same quint were not
lar behind leading scorer.
Headquarters troop coasted IN
second, having been beaten only
twice and then by the league cham
pions.
Machine Gun Troop and Troop
y tied for third place by winning
three and losing five. The regim-
entail Band team failed to get In