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The Washington times., 1929-08-24
THE FIRMS KNOW-lT-ALL
-BU Herbert Kaufman

in the postage stamp department irreproac
able your showing in lead pencils and rubber bands
par; everybody admits star performance purchaser
Of office stationery and engine supplies
But when the sales counts the number Of thousand
dollar chances you let slip while avoiding tencent risks dv
dends moan at your misguided "efficiencies."
You're not force but obstruction The mirror Of
cet reflects srewd farghed CONFERENCE.-The safety
valve Of the concerthe deliberate judicial checking
partner.
But close acquaintance detects the pet under your lion
sn and accurately estimates you gauged stub
born reaconayan enervang creepe retarding the growth
of healthy businessustaned by the strength and energy
Of abler but handicapped associates.
You have voice in control but you mistake the right
judge for the ability to form competent opinion
When foresight arches the future with rainbows you de-
light to darken the prospect with storms clouds
Nothing + certain until has been achieved Zach nm
you invariably doubt that it will be finished
There's percentage Of risk in all commerce. Roads would
be broken anything anywhere there weren't
that there be short and better
not member of that club.
Time and again. confidence has turned adverse odds and
white flag the favcre banner Of your tmOrous dognthe
manger nature.
Because you are privileged discourage and defec subord
originality don't deude yourself that your decisions pre-
speck Of dust may clog the works Of watch;
stones dera the fastest express miserable little smpworms
sink the proudest schooner Marine vermn contrve to de-
stroy the mightiest dikes.
But even you would deduce thererOm that
and boulders and crawfsh superior to ockmakers
mechanics shipwrights and engineers
Any idiot can defeat the efforts Of genius.
An inventor may file away for decades at revolutionary
Device but the rasp in the grasp Of fool mange
his model in dozen strokes.
You chronicay undermine what you do not understand
Projects beyond your squirting vision are always pract
cal"
You consider situation closed because you open
to conviction.
Dumb luck elevated you to position Of Importance
but only to demonstrate your impotence
The activities of this earth manifold change
no one can safely rely upon his individual knowledge OBJ
seryaton and hope to succeed.
Experience has yet graduated . single pupil
The school of life teaches fresh lessons every hOuon the
class tomorrow morning with receptive and unbiased
mind.
Nobody requires education half much the numbskun
who esteems himself beyond its daily need.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

DRETENDING to be some
i thing different from what
you really are il one Of the com.
monest Of human frailties.
People are forever putting on,
wearing false faces Of one kind
or another. How many mis-
represent their age. for instance?
They don't like to admit how old
they are or they dress in a
fashion that they think will de,
ceive others as to their youth
or old age, as the case may be.
And why not be proud OF ones
age? Why pretend?
Why do the bald.headed wear
toupees?
Why dye the hair?
Why walk with stoop if one
happens to be tall or strut If one
is Of small stature?
Well, every one has some spe-
cial, individual reason, 1 sup.
pose-or at least he thinks he
has-but every one must admit
that such pretending shows weak.
ness. And it's rather a ridiculous
weakness because people who try
to fool others that way usually
fool only themselves.
Why not be yourself?
Why masquerade or be a slave
to the vagaries Of fashion? Why
wear a disguise Of any sort?
What matters is that YOU
should be sensible and true to
yourself. What really counts is
whether or not you are letting the
best side of you be revealed.
Don't be ashamed Of what you
are.
Run true to form and Chrow
your disguiseS away.
Then the world will accept YOU
because it will like you, and 1t
win like you because you are
truthful and honest.
Neither you, nor anyone else
Tor that matter, is perfect. We
all have faults. Therefore, it is
not necessary TO try ana make
others believe that no faults of
any kind exist.
Indeed, we often love a person
because Of his or her faults. A
fault, whether physical, mental or
even moral, may be the very thing
that makes an individual human
and endears him to US.
! do not mean to saw that we
should be proud Of our faults or
not try to correct them. But
surely we neAd not always feel
that we should hide our heads
because of them, especially Il the
fault, like the color of the nair,
is in reality no fault at all.
The best way in the end is to
be yourself. In acting naturally
the best will always outbalance
the worst.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
LISTEN WORLD!
They Left a Blaze!
BY Elsie Robinson

r WAS lost in the woods the
i other day. For hours I wan
dered about aimlessiy, growing
more and nore apprehensive as
the shadows gathered. 1t is not
good medicine to be lost In the
High Sierra.
Suddenly / came upon a 'blaze."
It wasn't n'lch-a faint, chipped
mark which someone had made on
a pine tree .ears ago-but to me
it was a godsend. For beyond,
on a larger pine, 1 could see an
other blaZe-and still another.
Cropping my way from mark to
mark found the trail again and
presently was safe in the clear.
With my relief came thought
Thought Of the man who made
those blazes long ago.
That man must have been dead
many years. do not know how
he looked, nor how he felt. sup
pose he felt about himself pretty
much as feel about myself. I
suppose he was full of plans about
getting ahead and putting himself
on record. His personal likes and
diSlikes must have seemed as i'm.
portant to him as mine do to me.
He must have been full Of con-
flicts and desires, rebellions and
ambition.
In short, he was a PERSON.
And the thought of his own PER-
SONALITY nneant more to that
man than anything else on earth.
That blaze which he made Ger.
tainly didn't seem very important
to him. 1t was only a tiresome
detail of his days work. He had
planned much larger achievements
for himself.
YET OF ALL THAT PLAN.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

|, MING AND DOING, OF ALL HIS
FUS SSING AND FRETTING,
ONLY THE BLAZE REMAINS.
Queer thought. that-queer as
applied to you and me, with our
excitement over ourselves.
We. too, have great plans for
ourselves. We. too. believe that
the development of our own per-
sonalities Is the most important
thing on earth. We, too, resent
the tiresome daily chores that
interrupt that development
AND YET, WHEN TIL e
STORY is TOLD, THE BLAZE"
WE MADE IN THAT COMMON
ROUND OF CHORES IS THE
ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS.
Our vanity and our desire, our
fury and delight, they pass with
the wind and men forget them.
But men do not forget the blaze
we made in the human record
the mark we established for
courage. and honesty, kindness
and fairness
THOSE MARKS ENDURE.
Those marks endure like the
blazes in a dark forest
And in them, men grope their
way through the shadows Of
savagery into the bright clear.
ing of civilization.
Get as much fun as you can
out of life. and as much excite
ment out of yourself. Develop
yourself as much as you can for
who knows what comes after?
But do not disdain the small de-
tails of life. They are as i'm.
portant as anything you ever
will do-they hold your record
as surely as your most spectac-
uIar achievement. They are
YOUR BLAZE.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Not all the labor Of the earth is
done by hardened hands.--Will
Nine times out OF ten the best
thing that can happen to a man
is to be tossed overheard and
compelled to sink or swim for
himself. Garfield.
People love without reason, and
without reason they hate.-Reg-
nard.
Money brings honor. friends,
conquest and realms.-Milton.
A disorderly patient makes the
nhysician cruel -SyruS.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
Danger in Petting---Any Kind

THE who tried to pet lion at the Washington Zoo
and badly ripped BY the beasts claws isn't going
to attempt to fondle wild animals any more.
Petng of any kind has its dangers many ardent
and have learned but the kind that humans practice
will go long there human beings.
distinguished teacher in Washngtons public schools
died recently from blood poisoning contracted from the bite
Of cat he was pettng and every day children bitten
by dogs and cats, deaths occasionally resulting.
you've got to take the risk of peng, cOnfne your ef
forts to humans Leave the wild beasts in the Zoos
alone.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
.ONCE-OVERS.

because they have not much
money you have never con-
sidered them seriously.
They have brains and culture,
but you have estimated them
by their ability to accumulate
wealth.
Often the person with the
greatest brain power is small
money-earner.
There is something more valu-
able than getting money to such
persons.
They have a bigger and q
nobler purpose in life than piling
up bank accounts.
Money is a good thing, not to
be despised, but not the biggest
thing in life.
If you think so, you are miss.
ing much in life.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

What harm in learning and
getting knowledge even from a
sot. a pct. fool, mitten, or
slipper.-Rabelais.
The shifting hour flies with
doubtful wings nor does swift
Fortune keep faith with anyone
Seneca.
1t is pleasing to be pointed at
with the. finger and to have it
said, There goes the man.
Persius.
Content with poverty. my soul
] arm:
And virtue, though in rags. will
keep ma warm Dryden.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

PrOclaiming Your Superiority
IF you feel superior to your
i neighbors and make no effort
to conceal your opinion, you better
move.
You will not be happy and
those about you would welcome
your departure.
How often the desirability of
your neighbors is summed up in
what they possess and what they
are able to do,
1t is a very shallow Judgment
that uses this method.
Undoubtedly. there are many
persons living in your neighbor-
hood who are far superior to
you in breeding and in educa.
ton, but they don't proclaim it.
They are far superior to you
In every worthwhile way, but
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland.
People / Love
HEAR now, my daughter, my
HI Hymn of Love.

People Love
HEAR now, my daughter, my
11 Hymn Of Love.
For. the people whom I envy
are many, and the people whom
! hate are few. But, the people
whom / LOVE are legion!
Verify, / love all those thought.
ful souls, who enclose Self-add.
ressed envelopes with their bills.
For, the blow of the debt is soft
ened by that act of generosity;
and they receive their checks by
return mail.
I love all hotel clerks who greet
me with a smile Of welcome and
forbear to serve the ice at the
desk. Yea, they are more cheer
ing to the spirit than fine linen
and much clean towels, or q
thousand brass buttons.
1 love all POSTMEN, For 10,
the postman walketh many weary
miles and carryeth q heavy load.
Yet, who hath ever seen one Of
these, that was not full for grac-
iOusnesS and good cheer? YEA
he is more welcome than the
first cup Of coffe on the morn.
ing after"
I love ali sound-sleepers, who
do not arise with the lark and
awaken me with their natin.
songs, their splashings and their
lawn-mowers; but the strenuous
soul, who arouseth the house in
the morning is q thorn in the
flesh.
I love the taxicab driver who
knoweth his way about town and
the shortest route to any given
point destination; Tor he is rarer
than radium.
I love all motor-car owners,
who forbear to invite mo upon
long and tiresome drives: for in
MY bright lexicon, a motor-car
Is not an amusement, but only
a vehicle in which to GET some
where.
/ love all people who do not
keep radios. But those who turn
on the radio at my coming, and
then start an animated converse.
ton, are the soul.tormentors of
modern life, more terrible than
that saxophone.player.
love the house-guest, who con.
sidereth my cook; who is always
prompt for meals, and who eateth
that which is set before him with
relish. But the careless guest.
who considereth not the servant
in the house causeth his hostess
tears Of anguish.
/ love all cheerful and amiable
people, whatsoever their sins and
weaknesses. But the cynic and
the critic and the high.hatter do
not Impress me. They DEpress
me. They are too much vinegar
In the salad.
I love all jolliers; and the skill.
ful flatterer is my delight. For.
howsoever patent, his lies, can
swallow them. They are as wine
to my vanity, and a sedative to
my inferiority complex.
Verify, verify. I love all those,
who praise my ways, admire my
good taste, dispel my melancholy,
applaud my cleverneSs, respond
to mine affection, and gladden.
my days!
For, the merry and the gracious,
and the kindly and the amiable
may not ALWAYS be worthy"
hut they are always WELL
COME!
sEI.AR
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

character and absolute sincerity devoted to peace and the
welfare Of the majority at the head Of the government
But war came it would push him aside as rushing tide
sweeps away floating straw.
Not LABOR not CAPITAL, not half way parties in be-
tween will save the human from poverty anxiety
selfishnesS S~3ssf.
All those things part Of human nature and human
ture must change before they can be driven away.
But every honest effort helps The victory of the Labor
party and Of Ramsay Macdonald fortunate thing for the
did the last tma apparent failure and utter collapse
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

Here you see
some Of the car
toons that labor
used, to win the
fight.
Labor is in
vited TO look at
the picture Of
the British work
III y n In In .
trenches, busy
saving his cOun-
try in wartime.
Such cartoons
as this represent
no Nv in d ow
S~nn.ss.a - MI hn~v
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Slam now has $4,000 Boy Scouts
There are more than 100000
Buddhists in India.
France has four ex-presidents
and ten ex-premiers still among
the living.
Ell Salvador is the most densely
populated republic in the western
world.
Japan has upwards Oe l,1s1
banks
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

y # 0 rtunately
FACTS will not
justify such a hope.
When war comes
labor wants it,
howls for it, as
much as capital
although labor
pays the bill in
life and suffering,
and capital gets
the profit if ANY.
!
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

represent TRUTH More than million Britishers out
OF work Prosperity had returned to the few Misery
manned with the many. n.
The picture at the bottom shows the workngmans hope
that Labor Government viii mean NO MORE WAR.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

The fact is
that the Tories
did not have
anything with
w h i Q h t o
DRESS their po-
litical window.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

In reality Russia with its labor and its other classes
ruled by few ssfChosen individuals strong in will power.
fu mentally. THEY, not the working masses, will decide
for peace or war. z1~a .t
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

No labor party,
Liberal party, or
Tory party viii
end war.
That will only be
done by EDUCA-
TIoN and civiliza-
tion gradually i'm
proving.
Russia is sup
posed to be ruled
hv 1ahnr
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
How Did British Labor Win?
with vlgorons Campaigning.

1ERNARD SHAW, who Crihcses amusingly, and rarely
- says anything constructive says the Tories lost the last
sleCion because they did not understand WINDOW DRESS
MG."
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

In Great Britain, Ramsay Macdonald, man of noble
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
"Once I was worried.

Mealfime zrds getting on my rcrvfs.
I prepared many aPpftizing diShes,
bnf John simply qvoHld not eat-inst
minced al his food. Perhaps some
fines a little erosehy. I began 70
fear he sra5 dipping Whaf sras I
70 do? LOve, home, haPtiHess, bHsi-
ness sHece5J-aH depended upon an
Improvement IN his condition. The
blood tonic idea sHggestcd itself 70
me. MY Druggisf recommended S.S-S-
He told me that SIS. sras a great
blood tonic; that 70 had been sac
ee5sfHI for cvrr 100 yfars; that 4
ssas made from fresh segffabie drugs
and qvould nor harm the most deli-
cafe System. Also that II sroEld build
up the blood and imbrove the proc
sytfJ BY srhich the body Is 'HOHr-
ishsd. I brought home a large sire
bottle. John agreed 10 try Il. We'll,
IN JUST a fczv days ! could see The
difference. His imtrOcemeHt has been
so RAPID he is going 10 take several
more bofiIes, and NOT Only that, but
he is nose telling his friends 10 take
SIS"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
Valley Arts And
Craft Guild Will
Bring Collection

SAN BENITO. May 23.-The
Valley Arts and Crafts Guild. re-
Gently organized for the purpose Of
promoting interest In art in the
Valley. will bring an art collection
to the Valley June 4. which will be
the first or many collections TO be
brought here.
This collection WI be brought
here for educn ioAnl purposes for
the public. for the benefit OF art
c.udeats. and aTt-lCving people.
The paintings in this collection
arc BY living artists. and have been
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
Memorial Service
Being Planned BY
Legion And Others

Plans for a Memorial day pro-
gram, to include a parade. are be-
ing made by various patriotic or
CARNATIONS of Brownsville.
II Is planned to have the line Of
march led by the Civil war vet
Grams. the American Legion. Boy
Scouts. etc. The parade would be
formed at the Legion hall at 9.3l
a. m.
After a march through the city.
the group would gather at the new
city cemetery for n ceremony il
honor CT the soldiers killed in the
World war. Cantain v. o. Mack
intosh Of the john Hanson post
will conduct the services.
"A committee Is now 1T work.
seeking to find graves Of soldiers,
The Legion wishes to locate all Of
these graves and the post com
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23

DC re-SuprlltteQ.
n .ge nrison bill, evolved during
tn rL;,past month, was regarded as
tn lost important measure Of
GoV~stfoody'S program acted upon
affi4 lively. though it is uncer-
tain whether this bill will be vetoed
or approved.
Gov. floody said Monday night
he has not yet read it, and can
not comment on the prison bill I'M
I'll he sees II. He cannot COM
ment on achievements OF the ses-
sion until he reads a sizeable stack
OF bills. mostly local. now on hts
desk, he said.
Lieut.. Gov. Barry Miller praised
the prison bill. 1T is a start to-
ward getting a modern prison
plant he declared. las passed, l
am for it,"
Il think the session has dcne
effective work. both in passing bills
and in killing bills" Lieut.. Gov.
Miller added.
Rep. Polk Hornaday of Cameron
county also praised tho prison bill
as a partial solution Of the prob
lem that vexed four months OF
legislative proceedings. as its au-
thors had praised the compromise
bill. This measure strongly seeks
10 keep the new prison on farms OF
the system. by providing a board to
attempt this: but iE case Of dis
approval OF the farm sites. an
other board Is authorized to recon-
mend another site for adoption BY
the legislature.
Gov. Moody submitted eight
major subjects for the session now
at its close. Of which three receiv-
ed what may be termed favorable
action.
At the head Of these Is the
prison concentration measure. with
reports both that Gov. Moody will
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23

tSpeclal 10 Inc HGr0ldD
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. May
| 28-Bill Williams. Rio Hondo, Tex
as. p~laSterer. this morning entered
the fourth day Of his goober push
ing feat up Pixies Teak. Bill. in
cidentally- Is ~prcpelling the gcober
with his nose.
Williams began his strange jour
nev from Rainbow Falls, in Ute
Canyon. His destination Is SUM-
nit House. % miles away.
Williams career as a peanut push
C. began last fall. when he rolled a
peanut from Flo Hondo to q neigh
boring town eleven miles distant
after losing an election bet.
Bill williams of Rio Hondo. who
Is essaying a peanut-pushlng trek
I'D Pixies Peak. broke into the lime
light OF the world press last fall.
when ne undertook and completed
a nasal peanut-pushing trip from
Rio Hondo. a distance OF ten miles.
The feat brought thousands of
spectators. and resulted in photo
graphs of and stories about Williams
appearing on the front page Of
newspapers throughout this country,
and in foreign countries.
Williams undertook the peanut
trek in fulfillment OF an election
wager. He bet his father-in-law
that AL Smith would beat Hoover in
the election. williams was 70 push
a peanut with his nose from Rio
Hcndo to Harlingen-his father-in-
law was to stand on the bridge at
Rio Hondo on his head for an hour.
When the election returns were
announced Williams made ready for
the job.
He threaded "A peanut on a wire.
hooked two other wires to the ends
Of this short one and made a spec
tacle affair out Of the entire thing.
crawling along on his hands and
knees. with the peanut rolling along
the road in front Of him.
Travelling at the rate Of a little
over a mile and a half a day. VIII
liams completed the ten miles In n
week. His arrival at Harrington was
made the occasion of a celebration,
blazing the Peanut Trail" from
Harrington to Rio Hondo. and the
hero was met with bands. paid high
tribute i'm speeches. and given a
watch and chain as q token OF ap-
probation on the part Of Rio Hondc
and Harrington
"A gold peanut. appropriately
inscribed. and encased in ar
J elaborate box. was sent 20 AL Smith
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
Rich, red blood builds
sturdy health

Without plenty of rich, red
blood, there could be no strong,
sturdy, powerful men, or beauti-
full, healthy women. f.
When you get your blood cells
back up to normal, that sluggish,
let-down feeling, loss Of appetite,
rheumatism, boils, pimples, and
skin troubles disappear. You get
hungry again, sleep. soundly; firm
flesh takes the place of that which
was once flabby. You feel strong.
Your nerves become steady.
SIS. i daily helping people re-
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Thousands of users have testified
to its benefits in unsolicited let
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ture build d-blood-cells. re
gives TO Nature what it needs in
making you feel like yourself
again.