davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07
The NeW Cross Word Puzzle

S5-Slight hurried meals.
37-Who is the heroine OF Shake
speare's las You Like IT.?
So-Hawk-like bird.
"A suborder Of insects with thread
ike, many-Jointed antennae as in
gnats and mosquitoes.
4o-Plot.
ga tile.
50-Corroded.
51-Cause to be poured forth.
63-Stem Of the East Indian palm.
5f-Who was the mother Of the gods,
and wife Of Kronos1
56-Brflliance.
5S-Maritime force.
o9-What battle was the turning-point
OF the Franco-Prussian war?
61-Who was hurled from Heaven by
the archangel Michael7
63-Cut down.
64-Alternative.
6J-Mottled streaks in wood.
6l-Newspaper paragraph.
69-Egyptian deity.
7~O-Complete: San Juan Is the capital
of - Rico.
71-Of what South American republic
is Montevideo the capital?
fS-What part Of Palestine lies be-
tween the Jordan and the Medi-
t~erranean7
11Color of a chestnut.
VERTICAL.
What Arabian Nights hero pos
sessed The Wonderful Lamp?
2-What state tabbr.) is called THE
Mother Of Presidents'2
S-Short for Abraham.
4Boys.
@What city IN Nebraska Is called
the Gate City?
6-Nominatiug.
7-What protectorate OF Franc and
Great Britain 10 Africa was cap
tured from the Germans in Feb
ruary, 1857
SCrude metal
e-Lubricates.
1o-What Russian car built the city
now called L%eningradf
n-Hebrew name for God.
l2-What large manufacturing city Of
North France was held for twelve
days by the Germans in 1914. and
thereafter unsuccessfully be-
siesed?
1AIn what city OF q hundred
mosques did the good Harun-al-
Raschid hold swayi
lS|Gompound found in the purging-
2o-Celebrated opera by Verdi.
22-An affluent of the Rhine.
2NAfter what son of Jacob was the
third book of the Old Testament
named?
26-FoldS under.
2S-Item in ones assets.
31-Omits.
33-One who domesticates.
S6-Stalk or support.
So-What Indian chief was known as
THE friend OF the White Man?
4O-What Swedish engineer built the
Monitor?
42-After what trapper and explorer
was the capital OF Nevada namedf
43-Not the same.
4-Necessitate.
4@Girl's name.
Ain what state is the Great Salt
Lake located?
4S-What French physician discovered
the plasmodium that causes ma
larial fever?
49-1n n event
52-What ancient country was the
home of the Latins?
55-What brother of Moses was the
first Jewish high priest7
57@Complete The highest peak IN the
Carpathian mountains is called
High -?
60IGirl'S name.
ga nerve; combining form.
6f-Greek letter.
6S-AIonsiGRor (abbr.)
10IChild's name for father.
72-Upper Ontario (ab5r.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

HERE is a trick Of balancing a coin on the edge Of a glass which
III will enable the amateur magician to impress his audience with
his accuracy and steadiness Of nerves.
All the apparatus the magician needs is a glass. a coin and a
strip Of paper. He puts one end Of the strip Of paper on the edge
Of the glass, and, holding it on a level, balances a coin on il.
Now the conjurer challenges any one in his audience to remove
the strip of paper without disturbing the coin in any way. This
appears to be SO easy that the challenge is quickly accepted. AL
though many attempts re made, all of them usually result in failure,
for, as usual, there is a trick to it, with which the audience is not
familiar.
Now the conjurer shows his spectators how easy it really is He
takes hold Of the loose end of the paper and holds the strip up until
it is in a vertical position with the coin, which is still balanced on
the rim Of the glass and weighing down the other end Of the strip.
The magician gives the strip a light, sharp blow in the middle with
his disengaged hand. If the blow is accurately struck it will dis
lodge the paper from under the coin, which still remains balanced
on the rim Of the glass.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

places nominal consolation prizes.
If the cards are to be dealt
and not auctioned, it is obviously
only fair that the turn to be
banker should rotate, one turn
for each player, and that a limit
be placed on the prizes, the same
for all bankers. The three high
prizes may, by agreement, be
given a value higher than one
dollar, but not more than three
dollars for the three, while the
three consolation prizes should
have a value of less than one
dollar for the sum Of the three.
Of course, the value Of the prizes
need not be high, but there
should be a great difference
maintained between the first
three prizes and the second three.
If the cards are auctioned off,
which is the way to get the
most fun out of the game,-it
need not be played more than
once, and a good auctioneer will
see that the bids aggregate q
high total value. Then. the six
prizes should equal in value the
total amount Of the bids made
by all the players for the cards
IN the blue deck. The bids are
written down on a piece Of paper
by the auctioneer or an assistant;
the names Of the bidders are re-
corded, with the amounts bid.
When all the bids are added up,
the prizes may be placed on the
six cards in any way that will
use up all the money that is bid
for the cards in the blue deck.
There should always be a wide
difference between the value of
the three grand prizes and the
three consolation prizes.
After the blue deck i disposed
Of, the banker takes up the red
deck, which minus the six cards
laid out as the lottery prizes, con-
tains now forty-six cards, and
n by one he turns them I'D,
quitting them in a pile face up
before him and calling each card
as he does so.
The players holding the blue
cards which match the red cards
discard their blue cards on the
red cards as they are turned up
by the banker. When the red
deck has been run through. all
the blue cards have been dis
carded by the players except the
six blue cards which are still
held. These d the lucky win
ners Of the lottery. But which
wins the grand prize?
The banker then turns up the
red card, which has least prizs
value. The player holding the
blue card to match it wins this
prize. Each one Of the remain
ing lottery cards is turned UP un-
til at last the one remaining lot
terry card is the grand prize and
remaining blue card matches il
and wins the highest prize Of all.
1t is a tremendously exciting
game, especially when the blue
deck is auctioned in a large
party.
One by one the red cards are
called out as they are turned up,
and one by one the blue cards
fall beside their mates until all
but the prize cards are turned
up.
The excitement grows intense
when only two cards remain, I'M
til finally the last. two prize cards
T turned up and the decision as
to who is the luckiest Of all is told
by the cards and by Fate.
Copyright. 1928. by Simon & schuster.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

Copyright 1929. rrcmls, syudlcats. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

alphabet can be used to describe
a man of great knowledge?.
5. Which is the left side Of a
piece of pie?
6. What is the highest sky
light?
z: What makes the earth
quake?
8. Why is a doctor in good
temper when he is busiest?
3. What purchase is always
sure to be a sound investment?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07
A Jumbled Word Square

WUKD squares are always IN
w teresting puzzles which any
one can make. Added interest
can be given to such a puzzle,
however, by re-arranging alpha
betically all the letters that spell
the words forming the square.
Write down one "A, two BIS,
one D, three Els, two Ms, four
Ms, two O's and one S and then
see if you can re-arrange them to
spell the words Of a word square
consisting Of four words, each
having four letters.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07
Guess These Brain-Teasers

HOW good are you at guess
IL ing? You can easily find
out by timing yourself in solving
these brain-teasing riddles.
/. What word of ten letters
can be spelled with just half that
number?
2. What kind Of trees are used
to pack things in?
8. What is the difference be-
tween a jeweler and a jailer?
4. What three letters of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

THIS drawing of the young lady
Il whose chief diversion is writ
ing to her many friends who live
at distant points, is a rebus, the
solution Of which consists of
guessing her name.
Study the picture and see how
quickly you can correctly guess
her name.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

no you see anything strange
IL about this simple drawing of
a box? Perhaps not at first.
Gaze at it steadily for a while
and then blink your eyes and see
what happens.
What a queer box It Is! It
seems to change form in such a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07
An Optical Illusion

way that it appears to be with
out a top. Then before you
know it the bottom disappears!
Right before yourseyes the box
appears to change its position.
You know, of course, that it does
not, for the lines of the drawing
are fixed. The whole thing is just
an interesting optical illusion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-07

TO solve this problem in pic
4 torial arithmetic write down
the names Of the eight objects in
the order in which they are
shown in the accompanying
drawing and then add or sub
tract the letters of each word,
according to the plus or minus
signs which separate the pictures.
The remaining letters, reading
from left to right, will then spell
the name of a very famous man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08

Gene Buck: Don't kid yourself"
Bill Fields: "Never give sucker an
even break"
Boy Fitzsimmons: "The bigger they
are the harder they fall
Dempsey: Never underestimate your
adversary"
1t may arouse protest from the older
folks to observe that we are living in a
more cheerful period. A few days ago
we saw an I'm Memoriam." It was in
frame White scroll against a black
background eXtrolled the virtues OF one
who had gone. Youth was surrounded
apparently by many emblems dealing
with LIES shadows. For example, little
girls made samplers of which the fol-
lowing is one:
1.-THE WITMERED LEAF
20, bark the withered leaves that fall
In silence to the ground:
Upon the human heart they call
And preach without a sound.
They say, so passes mans brief life,
Today his green leaves wave;
Tomorrow, changed by time and care
He drops into the grave.
Mary Alice Savill. aged IL years.
1854"
Little 12-year-old Alice today would
be turning in for dance music.
X X X X
A man whose prosperity Is of recent
date has asked a friend to choose a
flock of books for his (the prosperous
one'S) new library. 1t is safe to say
that most of the books will not be read.
A half dozen books devoured are better
than library of undigested literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
Coats May Be Related to Figures
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Few women, suppose, are entirely
satisfied with their figures as nature
designed them. Those who are not
convinced that they are too heavy above
the waist are usually concerned with
the problem of Disgusting the fact that
they are too heavy below the waist.
They accept slight irregularities of
feature far more complacently, knowing
that perfect regularity of mouth, lips,
eyes and chin is so extremely rare as
hardly to be normal, but they seem TO
feel that a perfectly proportioned figure
Is theirs by right.
The coat shown In today's sketch was
designed for woman whose nrst
thought in choosing frockS or wraps Is
to hide the fact that her hips are
trifle too broad and that her shoulders
are too narrow-for perfection. the
coat is lined with fur from shoulders
10 a little below the waistline, thus
providing protection in cold weather
across chest and back where it is most
needed without adding at all to the
bulk of the garment about the hips,
Almost as thrilling as finding the
first woodland violet of the season is
noting the first flower-trimmed hats.
This season it seemed quite likely that
there wouldn't be any hats of that sort
at all. Because artificial flowers seem
now to belong almost anywhere rather
than on the crown or brim of hat.
But now they have really appeared
these Powered hats-only those that
have seen seem more like caps than
hats The flowers are mounted on
flexible hair foundation in all-over
ARRANGEMENT. Sometimes the hat Is In
Dutch cap shape with small flowers like
violets or forget-me-nots arranged all
over the crown, with the little ear tabs
made of straw or braid.
From a little narrow white or cream
lace and a few inches of pastel colored
ribbon you may make the most attrac-
tive decorations for little girls frock.
If you are planning any children's sew
ing this late Winter or in the Spring.
am sure you will appreciate this weeks
circular as it describes how to make
this lace and ribbon trimming. On
receipt of your stamped, Self-addressed
envelope will gladly send it to you,
without charge.
(copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08

egg recipe. Aunt Nancy found that a
simple butter cake was less apt to upset
the digestion than a sponge cake. On
the cake was pale pink icing made of
raspberry juice and confectioners'
sugar stirred up with bit of melted
butter. And on the cake were four
lighted candles. Aunt Nancy would not
let the child blow them out, however,
nor would she let the grownups do it.
who wants to eat cake that has been
blown upon by every one?" quoth she.
and who does? But the browning part
of the birthday was Uncle Peters pres
ent-a velocipede. Joan stood speech
less. But she was not too upset and ex-
cited to go to sleep that night, and she
did not have Nightmares "All thanks
to partyless day." again quoth Aunt
Nancy.
Child care is serious matter. Write to
Nancy Page. care OF this paper. inclosng a
stamped. self-addressed envelope, asking for
her le4det on Child Care"
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
Everyday Law Cases
MAJ Conditional Vendor Reclaim
Goods After He Has Sued
for Purchase Price?
ny THE COUNsELLoR.

The Brown Refrigerator Co. insti-
tuted an action of replevin to recover
possession of q refrigerator which it
had sold on a conditional contract to
John Chapman, grocer. The COM
pany alleged that Chapman had made
only one payment of $40, and had
failed and refused to pay the balance
of $3.50 due on the purchase price.
Chapman contested the action of re-
plevin on the ground that the COM
pany had sued him and recovered a
Judgment against him for the $3.50.
BY such action, he contended, it had
waived the right to recover possession
of the refrigerator as stipulated in the
conditional contract of sale.
The court, however, permitted the
company to repossess the refrigerator,
explaining:
although it was the general rule in
most States that the recovery Of a
Judgment for the price was a waiver
of the right to repossess the article sold
on conditional sales contract, this
rule has been changed in several States
by the adoption of the uniform condi-
tional sales act, which provides as
follows:
Neither the bringing of an action
by the sellor for the recovery OF the
price, nor the recovery of Judgment ir
such action, shall be deemed inconsist-
ent with later retaking of the goods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
Have You Liquid Assets?

Have you liquid assets ready for any
urgent need you may feel? BY liquid
assets we mean of course possessions
that may be quickly changed to cash.
For example, you may have $4,000
in this world. If it is invested in
securities or property which will not
readily find a market or buyer, con-
siderable sacrifice might be realized
from a forced sale.
What are liquid assets? In woman's
life liquid assets are her bank account,
her securities that are listed on one OF
the exchanges and any loans that she
may have made over a short period OF
time.
OF course property or holdings not
easily salable may be offered as collat-
eral for loan, but money borrowed in
that way to meet an emergency costs
one 8 per cent, and its cost is need
less or should be.
For what purpose would one need
LIQUID assets? To make an advantage
Gus purchase OF house or other prop
erty. to pay q surgical or hospital bill,
to meet the expenses arising from a
death in ones family. and to seize one
of the many opportunities for profit
offered continually to women with
money to lend or invest.
A daughters wedding may produce
an urgent need for cash. and cash may
be required to pay off mortgage, re-
pair ones home, or for anything else
for which cash is requisite.
How much Of ones capital should
be in liquid form? At least 20 per cent
of a modest principal, and less If ones
means are extensive. Another 30 per
cent at least should be in semi-liQuid
form IL one's means are limited.
Money Iisd san't inde anltelY1sp ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

February 8, 1S65.-The interesting
ceremony of opening officially the sealed
States certificates and counting the
electoral votes for President and Vice
President took place in the hall of the
House of Representatives today. At an
early hour visitors commenced coming
to the Capitol and before noon the gal
leries of the House and the corridors
we're crowded almost to sutfocatlon by
the great number of persons eager to
catch glimpse of the proceedings
within the hall.
The floor of the House itself was
thronged with visitors, introduced by
members, much to the dissatisfaction of
some. Representative Harrington of In
diana complained that strangers were
being admitted through window by
House barber.
Several attempts were made to have
the hall cleared Of visitors, but without
success, and strangers continued to slip
in during the whole proceedings. NO
gentlemen were admitted to the ladies'
gallery, but members of the feminine sex
were to be found in many places not or
dinarily assigned to them. In the rush
for good seats crinoline collapsed most
extraordinarily. Even the reporters
gallery was occupied by the fair SEX
much to the distraction of the members
of the press.
Although, of course, the reelection Of
President Lincoln was foregone con-
clusion, the crowd wanted to see the
constitutional ceremony performed. The
Senate, preceded by the Vice President,
entered the hall few minutes before
l O'Clock and the Senators took seats
on the right of the Speakers chair.
The official vote was as follows:
Maine, Z; New Hampshire, 5; Vermont,
5; Massachusetts,, IL; Rhode Island, 4;
Connecticut, 6: New York, SO: New Jer-
sey, Z; Pennsylvania, %; Delaware, 3;
Maryland, z; Ohio 81; Kentucky, IL;
Indiana, 10; Illinois, IS; Missouri, II;
Michigan, 8; iowa, 8; Wisconsin, 8;
California. S. Minnesota, 4 Oregon, g.;
Kansas, 3; West Virginia, S. Nevada, 3.
The total number of States voting
was Is and 234 electoral votes were cast.
Of these Mr.. Lincoln received from %
States 213 electoral votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08

whose name was famous on the stage
appeared In a minor role at local tne-
ater. The younger geenration didn't
know the lady save as supernumer-
airy in the show.
Just the other day We saw Keen
looking man in one of our hotel Hobbies
He had once represented his district IN
Congress- Something happened and he
was defeated.
It takes a heap of philosophy. some
times. to keep keeping on. Fame is as
fleeing as it is Elusive. There were
two brothers who came out OF the West.
One became a great boxer, the other a
clerk. The clerk envied his brothers
skill and even sought to follow In his
footsteps. but the game OF fistlcuffs
proved to be too grueling and he
abandoned it for job in a steamship
Office.
The boxer brother rose to the crest
of his trade and shared thousands OF
dollars. At the height OF his success
he was shot and killed and Is now for
gotten by all save those who lived in
the era of the mans popularity. The
brother has risen to an executive po-
sition in the steamship business and Is
the happy head of household.
Who can recall off-hand the Vice
President during Roosevelt's admins
tration? And yet the merry pursuit OF
fame goes on. We know a former
Broadway queen who takes in washing.
Not so long ago the widow OF a former
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, February B.
Irene Bordoni will make movie and
give the cinema ladies active rivalry in
sartorial matters, both of and on the
screen.
This importation is decidedly the re-
suit of the sound picture, for musical
comedy comes into its own In the new
medium. even If drama becomes DRAM
mer and the tout ensemble is decidedly
out of can. -
Bordoni comes to the cinema with a
background of musical comedy sue
cesses. She comes with beauty un-
questioned, photographically as well as
actually. She is Partisan to her fnger
tips. and her command of clothes is
divine. And as the sound film IS giving
musical comedy, theme songs and dane
ing de luxe to the world in general
what better exponent of 1t could be
found than this actress?
She has been beyond the reach of the
more modest purses and a name only
to the inhabitants of smaller cities OH
the beaten path.
Gertrude Lawrence Is another must
cal comedy beauty to enter flns In
talkie shorts. 1t is amazing to as
cover how many movie girls can sing,
or at least to hear that many of them
are going to sing in forthcoming pic
lures.
Carmel Myers is said to have an ex-
cellent voice. Lupe Velez sings. Dolores
Del Rio has made records and sings
very well indeed. Corinne Griffith sings
In her latest production.
After all, movie ladies are getting
even with those vaudevillians who,
trained to trapeze work, open their act
with soft-shoe dance, a bit OF Jug
Cling, whistling number, some high
dives into a glass tank, recitals of
maudlin poetry and an operate aria
thrown in for good measure.
Any audience that has kept from the
screaming meemies in the two-a-day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08

theaters ought to be able to bear with
our cinema beauties until they get a
song apiece off their chests.
For the moment one star sings the
whole armament bursts into song.
Sing a. song Of cinema,
Hip TASKS full of rye;
-Four and twenty movie stars
Bidding us good-by.
When the talkieS started
You could hear them cry,
eve no speakie EngleeSh;
America, good-by!"
Movie stars have put one over on
studio executives by refusing to have
telephones installed at their hide-away
houses, where they go to escape. the
megaphone and the mike
Jack Barrymore always stole of on
his yacht for week ends. That is a
sure-fire but expensive way Of evading
the studio telephone. Harold Lloyd
bought 80 acres in the Santa Monica
Mountains, where he has what he mod
estly calls cabin. Lloyd just doesn't
do things on a small scale.
Evelyn Brent sneaks off to ranch
in Kern County, where the farmer and
his wife aren't bothered by telephones.
Malibu Beach is safe from interruptions
because there are no telephones there,
and it is the most popular colony in
Movieland. There is a secret bother
hood also among beach-house owners
about dropping in. Nobody comes un-
less especially invited, nor is any one
criticized for refusing an invitation
1t is tacitly accepted that this is a
place of rest.
The beautiful young Malibu lady to
the eager young man who has just
asked:
MAY give you ring?"
ooh, suppose SO, If you must. I
prefer baguette emeraldsw
Copyright, 1929, by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
NANCY PAGE
Joan Has a Happy Birthday
Without a Party.
ny rr 0rrA,rU "a rANxr
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

1t was Joan's birthday, and for the
occasion she was dressed in a new
frock of handkerchief linen in apple
green, with collar and cuffs of fine
white handkerchief linen. Aunt Nancy
was considered queer among her friends
because she did not believe in birthday
parties for little children. ut does
nothing but upset them. They are told
to be on their good behavior. They are
all dressed up. They play games where
certain popular children are chosen