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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-14
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
The Water Question

Associated Press dispatches from Washington In
dicste that a meeting Of the American and Mexiesn
sections Of the international water commission will
Be held at an early date for the purpose Of reaching a
basis for negotiation Of a treaty between the two
countries relative to utilization OF the waters Of the
Grande, Rio Colorado and the Tia Juana in Lower
C~alifornis.
Surveys Of the various streams have been under
way the past two years. Numerous conferences have
been held between individual members Of the two sec
tions, ard q joint investigation Of water resources and
uses was made last year. Both the Mexican and Amer
lean members OF the commission have expressed the
opinion that sufficient data on the various streams
and all pertinent facts relative thereto have been Sc
cured to bring the problem Of international streams TO
. focus.
1t is believed that the conferences between the two
groups will he held. at Washington within a few
months, and from these conferences will emerge a
rough draft Of a treaty. Both American and Mexican
leaders have indicated their desire to secure ratifiea-
tion Of the proposed treaty at an early date in order
10 hasten development dependent upon the waters CT
these streams.
The American section is composed of Or. Elwood
Mead, head Of the reclamation service; General Lam
sing Beach, former chief Of the army engineers, and
W.. Z. Anderson, San Benito engineer, widely known
throughout the border country. The Mexican section
IL composed Of four Of the most able engineers OF inc
southern republic who have made an intensive study
Of irrigation and are familiar with every phase ana
condition in connection with the three international
streams which will be the subject Of the conferences
President PoFtes Gil Of Mexico and President-eieet
Hoover also have made a study Of the border rriga-
tion vroblems. and each Is fully eognizaHt of the me-
esssity Of early accord and ratification Of a treaty
that will protect the interests Of both countries.
Thu Lower Rio Grande Valley will receive with con-
adorable satisfaction the advices from Washington
which indicate the water question 50 far as It relates
ts Mexico and the United States will soon be settieo.
- -o-f.Io,t that when a treaty is neC0tiateu
81 v.,;fi.s 4. viii assure ample protection for valley
Interests, and that it will be followed by an inter
national conservation project that will make possioi@
the development of the entire area on the no Df"nus
susceptible to irrigation.
u..-r.4;or ~ Rio Crande waters will, to a great
sx,ert solve the irrigation problem Of the Lower MO
crands Valley. Until that is achieved more OF iess
friction will exis. between the various interests ~
r,nd.nt uucn the flow Of the Rio Grande' and fuh de-
,---au. &c +ba acrieultural resources of the most Ter
lille lands in the United States will be delayed NH
.hsv. q assurance Of ample water supplies
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-14
The World and All
LONGER LIFE
By Charles y. Driseell

ONUEh LEI
We are sorely in need Of more years In which to
live. OF this ] have long been convinced.
We do not live longer now than did our forsfathers,
although misinterpretation of medical statistics often
leads many people 10 believe that we dc. More Of Us
live through infancy than formerly did, and that fact,
digested into statistical tables, gives US what Is called
a longer average life, but the fact is that the average
adult has no more years to look forward to than his
grandfather had.
Miss !. A. R. wylie, in February Harp.r's, depiorss
the shortness Of life. She thinks, as do. that we
could learn something about living II we had about
three hundred years each in which to live here.
Miss Wylis doesn't think the doctors are going 70
do anything about It. ! disagree in this hoping era.
Msny things ] don't hspe for. 7 don't hope for any
Improvement IN the human animal by reason Of stat
utory Laws. I don't hop. for much Improvement Of the
intelligence Of the race by reason of the spread of
.literaey.
But | have very lively hopes for the real and sub.
stsntisl frightening Of life BY reason Of medical re-
search, development Of dietary knowledge, and greater
freedom OF the individual from economic ~drudgsry.
The common cold, heart diseases. ard cancer are
the factor that need to be eliminated in order to
lengthen the average human life apprsciably.
If these three diseases. or classes Of diseases. were
taken care Of as well SIS diabetes is now checked bv
insulin, the average adult could actually look forward
to a good many more years Of life. The person who
has reached maturity could. I believe. reasonably ex.
pect to live a century. What a difference that would
make with ones plans on leaving eollegel
4 hundred years Of life would be a term worth pre-
pairing seriously for. As it is now, the educational
system Of our most civilized lands is based upon III.
presumption that the student hasn't time to prep.re
very Thoroughly for life, since he hiss only about sixty
years altogether. and certainly not more than half q
that time can be spent in preparation and education.
Let's turn over a few thousands If murderers to tn.
kocketslier institute. Johns Hopkins university and
the American Medical society. for use in experiment.
tnat may result In elimination Of colds. heart disease
and cancer. That would help.
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washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. Il.-For quite
. while after the apple beaned Isaac
Newton, the law Of r~ravitation was
considered rs nutty an idea az many
folk of today consider the Einstein
theory Of relatively.
l quote DR.. william Bowie. head
Of the seodesy division Of the u. s.
coast g~eodetic survey.
had consulted the doctor a. the
likeliest savant in Washington to
explain RELATIVELY to me. All | knew
was that the theory is infinitely
mathematical. Geodesy Is superla-
lively a mathematical science, and
DR.. Bowie is the worlds highest
authority on il.
"DoctCr," asked, humbly, lis IL
possible for an ignorant layman 20
get any glimmering OF q notion what
Professor Einstein Is driving att"
II q say rs TO a layman,' re-
MS a scientist Im accepted as such
by a considerable number Of learned
societies), my answer Is that
haven't been able to get the slight
est inkling as to what he's driving
att
Yet in the next breath the doctor
related that story about Newton.
IL Gems that Isaac's mathematical
formula was a new one on the wise
mel of his time, and until he worked
the problem out for them in a longer
way. put in figures they could under.
stand-"Whyl" said Or. Bowie, they
thought he was crazy"
So maybe. surmises the doctor, Elm
stein also will clarity himself In due
season. /.
Then perhaps his theory will lool
as simple rs Newton's law does now.
However, we must remember tina
that law OF Newton's isn't really
law. either-onIy . theory, and under
! attack. too.
Einstein attacks IL for one-witl
reams Of mysterious mathematics.
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to run over 60 Paris. the face Of things will be ehsnxss
greatly.
So great. indeed, has been the opportunity that our
own Development Of the Caribbean air routes seem,
to come rather late. The Germans and the French
begsn pioneer work upon the South Amsriesn cont.
nent long age, and at the end Of last year some ninety
planes were being flown regularly over more than
10000 miles Of air routes in South America. II wss
partly owing to the attitude Of the American govern.
nsnt that fereign-finsEssd lines we're not extended intc
the caribbssn-a Circumstances which increases oui
own obligation to supply the service. The Kelly for.
eign air mail act and the sound and efficient organi.
cation Of Pan-American Always. Inc- have now made
IL possible for us to do this. The two routes from
Miami TO Porto Rico and to cristobal have an srrre-
gate length Of nearly three thousand miles. VI
The p~ostoffiee department hopes to extend the
cristobsl route TO Santiago. Chile. within six months
while further extensions which will ultimately com.
pletely ring the Caribbean and extend the Santiago
line across the Andes to Buenos Ayres are planned. A
foreign air service is as essential to this country in.
teret as overseas cable or a merchant marine.
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NEW YORK. Feb. i4.-ons Of the
mob would have you believe that d
raeksteer 10 getting away with this
stunt. He Ia supposed to clean UP
from $3.50 TO $500 a week challenging
the spcrtsmsnship OF owners or cigar
lighters. He operates around the
Penn Terminal or the Grand Central.
When he sees Q likely looking ehump
PULL out one Of those lighters, he
chirps:
"Betcha five bucks, stranger, Ii
won't work the first time you try"
The stranger usually IL . good
sport, and accepts the challenge.
with the result. OF course, that he
invariably loses. III he wins, how
ever he ~ rheerfully paid.
SHOW BUSINESS
According 20 those whose racket
II Is 70 rrowl Broadway and learn
things, last week was the most pros
porous theatrical week In many sea-
sons. II there Is q slump, IL was not
felt In most Of the plsyhouses where
the better grade OF entertainments
are revealed.
Some heck IL up 20 the Whslen
traffic plan, which has been most
successful, while others contend
that ~piayEcers are In the mood for
diversion again and that the stage
menu In better.
But the recent depression ruined
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BARRING JUTE

dallas Ti~mes-Herald).
A tariff on jute. which is sought by certain Texas
representatives' would, undoubtedly increase the price
Of the product. In all likelihood there would be it'll.
room to reduce the cost Of production.
Whether the increase would be sufficient 70 fore.
ne g'nnsrs, compress men and the makers Of bags and
upholstery to use cotton is uncertain. For some uses
iute 10 superior to cotton. II seems 10 he much less
susceptible to rot in damp weather than cotton.
The most extravaRant estimate is that II all lutte
were barred from the United States room would be left
for the consumption Of 100000 additional bales Of
cotton. In a crop If 100000 bales this increase IN
demand would be rather small. II mast be remem-
hered that such a tariff would not necessarily force
the use Of cotton.
AT the most a tariff on jute could not be expected
to make room for more than 100000 bales of cotton.
The demand might not be sufficient to make up for the
increase the farmer would face In the cost Of ginning.
a high tariff on iute might help the cotton farmer but
there is ample room to doubt the value Of the remedy.
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"Whst did he "a ~" she asked, anxiou.ly.

yul" They both laughed good hum
oredly.
Betty bit her lip at what she
realized was an err. These sophis-
ticated girls were not fooled. She
had only made a bad matter worse.
Really, Andy and ! were in the
same class nc school,"
ANDY and I have nursed out Of
the same bottle of GIN" agreed one
Of them. Listen, Vassar, don't try
to pull things in the dressing room.
If Andy is your sweet papa, whose
business is IL but yours? There
isn't a girl here who hasn't at least
one"
Realizing how helpless she was to
make them understanding, and that
they intended no unkindness, there
was noting for Betty I do but laugh
and run downstairs with them.
Again she got a round Of applause
befre she had danced a step. She
located the SURGE at one side OF the
room, ard smiled in that direction.
but the spotlight in her eyes was so
strong that she could not make out
a single face. The applause spread
from this table TO the rest Of the
room. however, and she was glad
that Andy had come to help her on
her first night.
Her second dance was well re-
ceived. She rushed out on the floor
with the others for the finale. She
~irnprovised some dance steps 20 the
music the orchestra was playing,
and followed the song they sang to
the best Of her ability.
Back in the dressing room she
found the other girls slipping off
their costumes and putting on their
street clothes. and did likewise
Just as she finished a waiter rap
ped on the door, calling "Miss
Brown. Miss Brown" and thea
showed his hand through the door
with a note.
Betty took it and looked around
q bit helplessly. 1t was q scrawl
from Andy, asking her to join him
at his table. as soon as she was
dressed.
what is Il. kid" asked the cir
who had suggested she was Andy'i
woman.
'Mr. Adair sent me a note asking
me to come 10 his table. Is IL al
right
"Tt's very much all right Bill
likes you better the more Of then
that ask for you. Order an ice Of
something"
People wers dancing when Bett,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-14

VIVA an I, Who Is my husband
What book Of mine stirred up "a con.
troversy over blondes and brunettes
How many persons are members ot
President Coolidge's cabinet?
What American author, awardet
the Pulitzer prize for the best move
written in 1926, declined il?
What is the capital OF New Zea
landf
"God is our refuge and strength
n very present help in trouble.
Where is this passage found in tn
Bihle7
Today In the Past
On this day, Arizona was ADMITTED
10 the Union in 1912, the last stat
10 be admitted.
Todsy's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are low
able and interesting. They frequentIs
are r~ampered BY their families.
a Daily Thought
"0n paper curiously shaped
Scrihbler today Of every sort.
Tn verses Valentines yrlsp'd
To Venus chime they annua
court" Henry G.. Bahr
Answers TO Foregoing Questions
=. Anita Loos; John Emerson
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
2. Ten.
g. Sinclair Lewis.
4. Wellington.
y. Psalms iyl, 4.
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row night, Ill tell YOU what else TO
do"
When the girls finished dressing,
they went down stairs to the unused
part Of the kitchen, where the swing
ing door admitted them to the empty
square OF dining room floor which
was used for the show and for dane
ing by the diners afterwards.
The young mar in the dinner coat
lined UP the chorus girls and. ut
their head. began to mark time as
the orchestra broke into the opening
chorus.
"Now! Every head up Smile,
darn you. smile! Tum, tum, tum!
Come on!"
They danced into the dining
room. He began the popular open
ing son. When he finished his sad
lament about the departed mint ju-
lep. Betty heard the prelude TO her
dance. She ran out on the floor
with her best business smile. The
dining room was we'll filled, and
she was surprised TO hear a hearty
clapping Of hands. She did her aero
batic number. followed up with q
soft shoe dance. and was well re-
paid by q burst OF approval. She
took bow after bow. As the APP
plause continued, the orchestra play
ed her music again. The young man
with the dinner jacket led her back
saying to the audience, Miss Vas.
sar will dance again in a few min
utes.v
Betty watched the pony ballet dc
its next number. and then went tc
the dressing room. As she opened
the door she heard a girl say:
"Yeah. it was Andy Adair and q
gang Of college Johns. She's hi:
woman, I guess. Well, he's got the
Jack"
Betty's impulse was 10 resent ths
remark. but when she came into the
room the same voice said, "You got
'em, kidd Wait till the tanks pull
in for the last show. The sinner
crowd is easier than the dinner
crowd
THANK YOU very much" Betty
was tight-lipped to keep from let
ting them know she had overheard
AS they went on dressing Bett,
tried to be crafty.
II saw Mr.. Adair, one Of my old
schoolmates, In the dining room
There was a moments silence. The
girl who had not spoken before said
slow wonderful your Eyes must be
II Is 80 difficult TO see people a
] the tables when the spotlight is OF
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There's likewise u theory sup
plemented DR.. Bowie, "that thinrj
are not held in place BY n pull, bul
kept in place by q pusn-that tn
pressure Of n cosmic bombardmanl
prevents my desk. for instance, from
flying off into scsce."
"In the past" reflected the doctor
considering the proposition fron|
another angle. 1--WE have been IN TIA
habit OF regarding everything abou'
US In accordance with the eviden
afforded 10 us by our five senses.
Recently an unknown quaint /
has entered into our calculations.
Our senses tell US nothing abosI
electricity, radio activity, the ethe
"When primitive man encountered
a new phenomenon. he invented
new god to account for IL. The Eli
stein theoryl-is that our new sc
entific god7-to explain these man
festations concerning which oil
senses are no guide to as"
E~instein, US I understand II, pul|
limits on time and space. Now.
would nave supposed both, In the
very nature. obviously infinite-ar|
that any ordinary mind could see It'll
let alone N scientists
l asked DR.. Bowie and he noddx|
agreement
Time and space, yes" he al
guessed, but not necessarily ma
ter. | should incline 90 believe al
universe OF matter limited"
Cor course" ventured the doctu|
cautiously. "Einstein may Be
super-man. who has pierqxa. \
nearly pierced. the secrets Of hfinFt|
But yet" a strong doubt ev
IDENTIFY fingered.
The fact is," he said, finalI
when anybody tells me that
straight line IL not the shortest df
lance between two points. II strait
my imagination terribly.s
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one man who planned another pro
duction- He was one of the sponsor
Of Bank" q few years back (which
incidentally, was among the frs
found guilty by the police censors1
He will be seen in Broken Chain,
o forthcoming show. Hn IN IN en-
east 6 some Of the "extras.'
FLIP QUIPPING
tBy w. w. Scott)
Once there was . college prnfe
who forgot 10 be abssnt-minded ~
Chicago Saying: Excuse me 10
living" ! Then there's the Scotch
man who buys kits and insists on a.
extra pair Of trousers Give !
S~cotchran enough rope and he'll
hang onto IL!
FOLLOWING AUTHORS
SUGGESTION
Not more than 100 week ends arc
in the msgazine section Of a N. Y
journal, Fulton 0ursler prepared 4
most diverting argument which nigh
have been headed Are Critics PEG
pier i'm 10 the author cf severa
nossnsno pays eommenteo rioni
fore, are the real judges cf the plays
yet one seldom finds their reaction,
In the various reviews"
And 40 nj the Fulton theater, wher,
Mr.. Ousler's most recent manu-
script. "All the Kings Men" wai
played by q small but excellent
troupe, we plotted the first night N
follow the authors suggestion.
The sffabls auditors, let il be 70
corded, appeared necessarily enter
tanned by "AlI the Kings Men" There
wsre frequent demonstrations of en-
thusiastic approval win hhndclarpinE
or lusty laughter route. and when tn
attendance was not demonstrativs
they seemed pleaAed with the less ro-
bust dialogue. In brief, the first su.
dience enjoyed the new entry at ths
Fulton. which Lew Cantor sponsored.
The Oursler theme II different
from the familiar stage recipes. w
aims 70 reveal the umerou prob.
lens that y not easily solved when
n weds a second time.
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reached the dining room. She Slip
ped around the edge of the dance
floor to Andy and two other men.
He made a place for her, introduc-
ing the others.
Betty. Bill passed here just now.
He said a lot. for him. He gets
mighty laxative when he sees A
great artist"
What did he says" she asked,
anxicusly.
1T was just one word. As nearly
rs can pronounce IL, IL was Keep
iner'I"
You are the best they have had
In this joint since somebody stuck
. knife in that Polish dsncer," said
one of the men. admirinEly.
IF that is the penalty OF fame
here. would rath'r not have it'll"
laughed Betty.
"Oh, IL was the old story. She
tried to gold-dig two Of them nj
the same time and one Of them
broke the rules. He called when
ne wasn't expected. Stick 10 Andy
and you'll be all righti"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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Other Papers
FOREIGN MERCHANT AIR SERVICE
New York Herald-Tribune).

Az Colonel Lindberrh and the air mail pass south
~,vs down the isthmus II is superfluous to point ont
that they are making history. That Is q manufacture
IN which Colonel Lindbereh has fer long been a spe-
eialist. although it is doubtful whether any Of his
previous flights, in their effect upon the lives and
thoughts and interests of whole peoples will prove
quite 90 historic as this one.
TIE geography Of the Caribbean-ike that q a
great deal Of South America-seems TO have been de-
xirned by Providence with the airplane expressly IN
view. Those wide seas, impenetrable jungles and tow
erinr mountain ranges, which have proved so forbid
ding to railroads, highways and other means OF rapid
communication, are. Of course. an invitation to the air
transport companies. The air liner there IS not a
luxurious novelty. arriving an hour or two in advance
Of the train schedules, but a necessity Of free travel,
without which one would very often never arrive at all.
The air mail lines in the United States have proved
valuable. although scarcely revolutionary. But air
mail and passenger lines to the Caribbean and South
America are bound TO have a profound effect upon the
daily life Of the countries to the southwark Of Us and
upon our relations with them.
When the Canal Zone is only four days from New
York and the West Coast ports not much farther away;
when the inaccessible little republics have become main
stors upon the erest in.ercontinental passenger. mail
and express routes; when Buenos Ayres business men
win find It ~ quick to fly up to the United States as
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KNEW HIS

Amusing evidence OF the bold
which the Olympic games laid upon
the British public mind IL furnished
by this little yarn. "A careless pedes-
trian. incoming in t.Ae Strand. found
a bus bearing down upon him. by
m inspired series Of leaps and hops
he gained the refuge Of an island.
The bus driver. having drawn up his
vehicle. shook a r~eproving finger at
the adventursr and said, "Nah, then,
Lord BurFhley "
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DINNER
Stories
A VERY SICK MAN

Two seotchmen decided to become
teetctsllers. But McGregor tholght
II would be best IL they had one
bottle % whiskey 10 put in the cup
board, in case OF ~illness: 20 the
bottle was bought and placed in the
place mentioned.
After three days Sandy could bear
Il no longer, and said, "McGregor,
I am ILL"
Too late" says MeGreEor. 81 was
III all y~estsrdsy!D
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HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS

A tourist stopped az . c.bin far
M in the Tennessee hills. Noticing
four Rood-sized holes in the door he
said to the anky mountaineer. who
sat whiting near the cabin. "r don't
like to Be induisitive. but what's the
idea 81 having four holes IN the
door,"
The nountaineer replied. I'VE rot
fosh eats"
But why didn't you cut out one
lsroe hole?" dueried the tourist.
stranger" snanped the native.
when ! says SCAT I means
'SCAT'!"
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TIE SOD ITSELF

A gentleman visiting some rels-
tives In Scotland was persuaded to
try a game % golf. AZ his first
stroke he aimed a terrific blow AZ
the ball. scattering the turf to right
and left.
"whst have I hitt" he asked.
looking around for the result.
Scotland, sir" answered the
caddie.