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The Washington times., 1929-03-18
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

-Dy LIZ LOUIS 1s DlSCu-
0CARCELY a man or woman
~ exists who does not har5or
a fear of some sort or other. And
as for children! Why, the truth
of the matter is we adults delib-
erately put fear into them.
Children are by nature free
from fear. But with our 'Don'ts"
and seedlings and threats we
soon make them timid and afraid.
II we did not develop fear
in childhood we would remain
practically without fear through
out life. Adult fear is, in effect,
merely an outgrowth of our child.
hood attitude.
A child is too trusting as well
as too ignorant to be afraid.
Take fear of the dark by way
of example. A baby, in its earliest
days, sleeps quite peacefully in a
dark room. But sooner or later
somebody tells the child that hob
goblins, or a man with a big bag,
or bears hide in the dark, and
that they will catch the child II he
Is naughty. And such talk, Of
course, breeds fear.
There are mothers and faith
ers who often are actually to
blame for a nervous disorder In
their children. Fear usually is at
the root Of the trouble - fear
planted in an impreSsionable and
immature mind.
1t is astonishing how many
adults fear the dark, and it is all
a remnant Of child days.
To them the dark remains a
place of mystery, place of all
kinds Of possibilities.
Adults also may develop certain
fears that become veritable obses-
isfons to them. That is, they realize
how absurd the fears are, yet do
what they will they are abso-
lutely unable to rid themselves
Of them.
Such fears also have their be-
ginnings in childhood, although
often it requires specialized meth
DDS or mind analysis to dig out
the cause, which is lodged in the
unconscious mind anC may not be
realized by the sufferer himself.
Often. also. the fears are only
signs or symbols for something
else.
For instance, person may fear
small. closed-in places. This may
be caused by having been locked
in a closet and frightened as a
child. 1t may, on the other hand,
stand for an entirely different ex-
perience or emotion. In one Of
my patients such a fear started
when knowledge came as to how
babies are born, and, to be sure,
the knowledge was not learned in
the proper scientific way.
Ignorance accounts for many of
our fears whether of actual or
symbolic variety.
There are scores who fear that
something Is wrong with the heart.
They are afraid even TO consult a
physician and lind out the truth.
Such q fear may arise because
they do not know anything about
the anatomy or physiology of the
heart. And when the heart beats
or palpitates or whatever, and the
fear is explained to them, the fear
promptly vanishes.
There are so many different
varieties OF fear that column after
column could be written about
them.
But whatever you do, don't be
afraid to think about your fears.
Face your fears. Don't run
away from them.
When you dare not think Of
them you increase their I'M
portance and make them worse.
Try TO face the cause OF your
fears. Then they III disappear
like masA "
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Hearst Papers Advocate:

/. An agreement Of EngLishspeobng peoples to pre-
seTOe peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the gUorld
q Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than taOo Senator's
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionnsent IN the House of Representatives
8. separate Department of the Army, of the NGvy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense
4 Federal action to the limit of Federal poaOers to
abolish aterGcy IN the United States under Secre
tGTy of Education.
5. Election of Congress in November Installation on
the 1st of JGsudry fOlJoaOing. Inauguration of the
President 1st of January neat after NOVember
election
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
ONCE-O!VERS

G6TF girls would be willing to
i spend an evening at home
with fellow, instead of insist
ing upon going somewhere, it
might be possible for US to get
little money saved"
This statement was made by
young man.
He voiced the sentiments of
many others interviewed.
Some thought they would like
to have conditions what they
were when their fathers and
mothers were young.
Then the girls entertained the
boys at home and served refresh
mehts after the games and a
pleasant evening resulted for all.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
l. What nationality first settled Delaware?
2. Who a lyric poetess of ancient Greece! !.
Who the last Democratic President OF the United Sates
4. What is Eskimo shelter built of snow called!
s. What is dodo?
6. What is a tramp, at sea?
T. What woman's is always associated with Samson?
Fill each blank:
g. Australia is large island belonging to the -- Empire
9. San Antonio is Of the largest cities OF ---.
10. Georges -- is known the Tiger.
IL Shakespeare's first work.
H. -- invented the hydroplane.
Complete these quotations:
13 "Who feeds himself with his aims feeds three
HmseE his hungry and me'-LoWeH
14 There is a- in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood leads Shakespeare
Answers Fiction Page
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
To Live in History
The Vatican Agreement with Mussolini.

KTUssoL1 tells great gathering of Fascist truly that
AVA his agreement with the Vatican restoring limited
poral rights to the Pope will make his (ussonis) regime
live in history
What the full results of the relations between the
Church and the Italian Government be- only time
tell That they will be important, there is question.
The arrangement will doubtless be relief to pous ladies
OF the italian royal family to whom the accommodation
placed upon the King Of Italy by the Pope time the Pope
temporal terminated must have been great
row.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

But this custom has been
almost entirely abandoned.
If a fellow is known to favor
such procedure he is dropped
say some Of the young men.
Even the most inexpensive sort
of amusement at the present time
requires an amount which II
multiplied by two or three times
each week becomes a considerable
sum of money. -
Young men can't start a home
and.savings account and play
around with the gold-digger girl
who insists upon such an expen'
sive good time that some men
become thieves to satisfy her and
spoil their own futures
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
Manning.


The International Exposition,
which opens May Is, win offer all
sorts of amusements. The best
orchestras and choral singers Of
Europe will be on hand, interna-
tional' athletic events will be held,
and typical Spanish fiestas are be-
ing arranged.
For those who like to. seek
amusement off the beaten path.
Barcelona is dotted with tiny
music halls and theaters of the
Partisan type, where native sing
ers and dancers perform nightly,
and where almost every kind Of
refreshment may be had from
powerful liquors, matured with
herbs, to mild sherry, celled in
Spain distilled sunlight"
Picturesque restaurants, where
the gourmet may find exotic and
unusual dishes, are to be found
everywhere.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

with flashlight recently looking
for that much exploited creature,
the "can-opener wife," who has
been inspiring all the humorfsts
with pointed paragraphs.
And I can't FIND her! She
simply doesn't exist-outside of
the imagination and the comic
strips. She is as mythical as the
rolling pin wife!
I have not run across a single
woman-or even a married one
who could not turn out serious
meal, with broiled steak, French
fried potatoes and homemade bis
cults as a basis. have not met
a single "delicatessen husband"
who meekly munched canned
baked beans and cold potato salad
in place of food. 1t has been an
awful shock!
Ali this flutter over the failings
OF the modern wife is apparently
just a masculine FEAR-COM-
PLEx. Man has seen the arrival
of the vacuum cleaner, the cleo
trio cooker, the patent dish
washer and all the ready-to-serve
things that come in cans; and it
has filled him with an appalling
fear! Some day he may corno in
and NOT find a woman BUSY!
And mans pet pleasure, his one
grand passion, is to see a woman
BUSY around the house!
Some day he may zigzag home
from the office, only to find his
wife lolling on a chaise tongue
reading the latest best seller, in.
stead of hustling and bustling
about the place, getting things
ready for his grand entry.
Breathless, flushed and painting
with excitement!
Not that the modern man really
LIKES the heavy, gravy-soaked
dinners with which his mother
stuffed him. He doesn't. He
hates to wear darned socks and
patched underwear and cravats
that have been cleaned with gaso-
line.
He secretly loathes a house
that is so spick and span that he
can't throw his things around
in 1t and put his feet on the
furniture and drop his ashes any
where. He much prefers a dog
tent to a "home" that is kept
going like. boiler factory half
the time in order that it may
look like mausoleum the other
half.
It's just the IDEA Of the thing!
The mental picture Of ''the busy
little woman" fussing. and rush.
ing around dolling up the land
scape for the coming of her royal
lord and master-THAT'S what
appeals to him!
It doesn't particularly matter
what she's doing, just so she's
DOING something folding and
unfolding his newspaper, pretend.
ing to dust the walls, or rear
ranging the flowers. If a woman
should ever actually stop DOING
things she might THINK-or
something. That is why the aver
age man spends half his time
thinking up things for a woman
do DO.
The modern wife who runs a
house so easily and efficiently
that you don't hear or see the
domestic wheels go around Just
spoils the whole picture for him.
He wants to smell the dinner
cooking and hear It sizzling and
see the family rushing around
as though something were really
HAPPENING when he makes
tha royal entrance.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
MEDTTATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
The "Can.Opener" Wife

I have been tip-toeing about
with flashlight recently looking
for that much exploited creature,
the "can-opener wife," who has
been inspiring all the humorists
with pointed paragraphs.
And I can't FIND her! She
simply doesn't exist-outside of
the imagination and the comic
strips. She is as mythical as the
rolling pin wife!
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
MISS MEYER
APPEARS lST
Born at 1910 A. NJ;
May Win Herald

Little Miss Esther May Meyer, who
was born at 1910 a. m. Tuesday
morning at the Nettie Camden ma
ternity hospital at San Benito. was
the first to be reported to The Her
ala as a candidate for the Valleys
first 1929 baby. If she is not beaten
out later, she will receive long
list Of valuable presents from Vsi-
ley merchants and The Brownsville
herald.
Baby Hinojosa Of Brownsville ar
rived considerably later, at 2:10 a.
m. These were the only two re-
ported up to IL noon Tuesday.
Miss Meyers parents reside at OIL
mito, where Mr.. Meyer owns a farm.
lie is also connected with the Al
Parker company. DR.. @. M. Cash OF
San Benito was attending physician.
She weighed seven pounds and Is
the fourth baby in the family.
Necessary information in the con-
test was mailed by DIR. Cash to The
Herald Tuesday morning.
The Hinojosa baby was born at the
family home on Ringgold street be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth. DR..
Castillo delivered the child.
IL is necessary that all informa-
ton, including birth certificate, be
in the mail addressed to The Her
aid. Brownsville, by 6 v. m. Tues
day in order to be in the running for
the prizes. N,
winner is to be announced in the
Wednesday issue of The Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
BANKSOF CITY
PAYDIVIDENDS
Capital and Surplus
Increases Also
Announced

Cash OF stock dividends were de-
clared by the directors Of each OF
the four Brownsville banks at their
regular annual meetings Monday
December 81. Two Of the banks
added to their capital stock, third
adding $4,000 to its surplus fund.
Reports indicated all institutions IN
excellent condition at the conclusion
of a prosperous year.
The First National Bank declared
s per cent cash dividend, and the
Texas Bank a. Trust Co. declared 2
a. IS per cent stock dividend and
increased its capital stock rom
$4,000 to 100000. The State Ma
tional declared % per cent stock
dividend out of the years profits,
and increased its capital stock from
5000. 900 to s250,00o. This increase
has been approved by the comptrol--
ler of the currency. The surplus OF
the institution was also increased
FROM S57.500 to 100000 out of the
years profits.
The Merchants National Bank de-
elared a 10 per cent cash dividend
and added $4,000 10 its surplus,
making its surplus fund s250,000,
the same as its capital stock. This
places the bank in the "roll Of
honor" a position accorded banking
institutions with surplus equal to
capital stock.
All bank officials declared the
past year very satisfactory and ex-
pressed themselves as optimistic
relative to the outlook for 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
SEE INTENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT
OF RESOURCES
Progress of Rec ent
Years to Gain Mo-
mentum in Coming
Year Is Forecast

Brownsville and the entire Lower
Rio Grande Valley can look forward
to a prosperous year is the forecast
of Valley leaders, all of whom pre-
dict that the progress of recent
years will gain momentum during
1919, and make it the year of great
est development in Valley history
= Following are the expressions OF
some prominent Valley business and
professional men, all of whom take
a very optimistic view of the situa-
ton nd the outlook for the coming
year:
L. Manautou, Brownsville m,r-
chant: "The outlook fo rthe year is
very bright. believe 1929 will bring
prosperity to Brownsville and the
entire Rio Grande Valley. And II
the port is secured, as now appears
assured by the result of the recent
bond election. there can he no doubt
that Brownsville will come to the
forefront as an industrial communl-
ty where every citizen is doing his
part to its upbuilding and progress"
". r. McDavitt, Brownsville pio-
neer produce dealer: THE coming
year looks good to me. The grow
rs are receiving good prices for their
products, and there is every indica-
ton that the present favorable mar
kets will be retained throughout the
shipping season. / look for extensive
development of the agricultural
lands in this section this year, and
believe 1929 will prove record year
in that respect. OF course, this de-
pends to a great extent upon secn-.-
ing a port, which, in my opinion, Is
essential to development Of the Val-
ley's resources"
Lee B. James, Valley realtor:
Conditions throughout the entire
Valley never looked better. can
see nothing but progress and pros
perity for Brownsville and the en-
tire Valley in 1929"
o. C. Dancy, Cameron county
Judge: Progress the past year has
been wonderful, but l believe It will
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
Jury Adjourned
After Indicting
Ohio Treasurer

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Jan. 1.-tP-
The federal grand jury which re-
turned indictments on which Sta.s
Treasurer Bert B. Buckley will be
arraigned Saturday stood adjourned
today, and although federal Off
cials said the % jurors might be re-
called for one days work some time
next week, there remained small
possibility Of further indictments.
Buckley, John Il. Schrimper, A Gin
einnati attorney, who formerly was
2 state legislator, and Joseph :.
Perber. Cincinnati brewmaster,
were indicted yesterday on ten
counts charging them with conspir-
ing to offer John +. Eckhart, acting
assistant federal prohibition admin
istrator. $500 month 70 tip off pro-
hibition agents when raids were to
be made on certain Cincinnati brew
cries.
Buckley said he was the innocent
victim Of "cold blooded' frameup.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
Ban on Whiskey
Prescriptions
Off in Flu War

WASHINGTON, Jan. i.-tPl-Re-
strictions on physicians prescrip--
tions for whiskey have been lessened
bv the prohibition bureau in the face
Of the continued spread Of influenza.
ANY doctor wishing larger num-
Der of medicinal whiskey prescrip-
tions to care for his patients can
obtain them, the bureau said, by
applying at the prohibition office IN
his territory. Under the law doc
tor is allowed to prescribe pint
of whiskey for a patient every ten
days and 100 such prescriptions can
be made monthly.
Prohibition officials said there
was no letting up in the liquor laws
and that the announcement was
made to inform doctors that they
could obtain more prescriptions IL
they needed them. 1t was said that
1t was practice to give a physician
more than 100 prescriptions monthly
III necessary.
Reports indicate no lesseninE Of
influenza
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
FROST
ALONG VALLEY
FOR TONIGHT
Temperature of From
"a to 40 Degrees
Predicted Here; Is
Third of Year

Frost, with temperatures of 81 to
40, was seen for the Valley Tuesday
night by U. S. Meteorologist W. J.
Schnurbusch in his forecast.
Freezing weather gripped other
sections Of the state Tuesday morn
ing.
This prediction fell in line with
the one issued from the New Orleans
bureau that called for frost to the
coast; freezing in south portion ex-
cept the Lower Rio Grande valley
and the west coast"
This will be the third time frost
has touched in the Valley this year,
il the prediction is fulfilled. The
skies were forecast as clear tonight
and this would make frost almost
certain in view Of tn drop follow
ing the coastline from east Texas.
Predictions for the Valley We'd
nesday were fair and continued cold.
DALLAS, Jan. 1.-tPl-After bask-
ing in warm sunshine for more than
a week, Texans awoke today to find
sub-freezing temperatures in the
north and west half of the state,
with prospects of older weather to-
morrow.
The weather bureau advised pro-
lection against a minimum tenn
perature of 20 degrees early tomor-
row, after which the mercury Is due
to rise slowly.
Amarillo and Abilene, with p de-
gress we're the coldest reporting
points. The border town of Browns
Vile was the warmest, thermome-
ters registering 4s. At Dallas the
low was q degrees.
CORSICANA, Jan. 1.-(Pl-The
New Year was ushered in here to-
day with a temperature of % de-
grees at z a. m. A brightly shining
sun indicated a rise in temperature.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.-(Pl-For-
gotten by the weather man in the
kind of meteorology needed fo- an
ideal Christmas, the Southwest
awoke today to behold the first day
of the New Year glistening in
snowy frock.
The snow ushered in yesterday by
mild temperatures in Missouri, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Colorado and parts
of adjoining states, was the forerun-
ner OF a cold wave from the North
west expected to strike today and
send the mercury tumbling. The
weather bureau reported the wave
would be short lived and that some
moderation could be expected by to-
morrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
3 MORE HURT
IN CAR CRASH
ATHARLINCEN
Byron Herring Gets
Broken Neck When
Auto Overturns; His
Pal Escapes

lSpeclaI TO Inc herald1
MERCEDES, Jan. 1.-The first ia
tality Of the new year in the Valley
occurred on the highway about
miles south Of here u few minutes
after 1928 had been ushered cut,
when Byron (Baby) Herring. is, suf-
fered a broken neck as u car he was
driving overturned.
The accident happened when the
Herring car collided lightly with
another automobile, the other We
hicle receiving only a slightly bent
fender. Bob Buck, the only other
occupant Of the car which over
turend, was uninjured.
Young Herring son of Mr.. and
ms Ed Herring here, was able aft
er the crash, to walk to the other
car which figured in the collision
and ask il anyone had been hurt. He
turned and walked to a third ear in
which he was to ride to town but was
unable to climb into it. This was
the first intimation that the boy had
been injured. He was rushed to the
Mercedes hospital, where he died
about 1880 a. III.
Herring ard Buck had been to Rio
Rita, new Mexico town just across
the new international bridge fran
here, attending a dance and were on
their way home when the accident
happened. Earlier in the evening
they had attended a dance in Wes-
laco. friends said.
The deceased is survived by his
parents and one brother. Edward
Herring, Jr. The body was mt Stat
Ter mortuary and the funeral was to
be held Wednesday afternoon from
the family home. The exact hour
had not been set late today and pail
bearers had not been named.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
Detroit Home Of
Italian Publisher
Wrecked By Bomb

DETROIT, Jan. 1.-tF9-The FAM
ily Of Vincent Guiliano, Italian bank
er and newspaper publisher, escaped
injury today when bomb blew out
one side of the house, wrecked tie
basement and broke all the windows
on the first two floors.
Police recalled that Giuliano was
defense witness recently in the trial
Of an Italian acquitted Of the shoot
ing of another Italian in a Colum-
bus day parade.
Giuliano said he believed an an
archist organization against which
his newspaper has been npaiguing
was responsible for the bombing. He
deprecated suggestions that the
Columbus day shooting trial had any
connection with the affair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
1929 IS GiUem
LOMdROUYS of
Welcome Here

been at home oiling up all manner
Of shooting arms.
Evidently someone with a bad
chronometer showed tie old and bent
form of 1928 over the brink Of etern-
ity before his allotted time had ex-
pired. About five minutes until mid
night a provocative little shot rang
out on the outskirts Of town.
1t was picked up by one here and
there over the city until a roar Of
.22's, horsepistols, shotguns-in fact
all kinds of shooting irons with the
exception OF those equipped with
silencers-was churning the atmos-
phere.
Added to this din was the crackle
and explosions of fireworks and the
loud reports Of automobile exhausts.
A few roman candles added to the
spirit of the occasion.
Shortly after the opening crack
and the increasing roar sprang up
over Brownsville. an answer was
soon going full blast from across the
Rio Grande.
Cars raced down the streets with
horns and exhausts open, occupants
firing guns and yelling out their
welcome to the New Year.
One visitor, listening to the blast
Of gunshot and whine of bullets,
ss:E; ss:s;ssssltsf ssitsa slassai'sa .'
The Campo Ebano 1904 W. o. W.
bugle and drgE corps paraded thru
the business district doing its bag
Of tricks. The blare and ruffle Of
the organization could be heard all
over the city through the heavy, still
atmosphere.
Crowds piled into the Capitol the
ater for a thrilling mystery play
presented after midnight. Few-very
few-were returning from Matamor-
os and the opening Of the Casa
Grande cabaret, for the bridge re-
mained open throughout the night.
Spasmodic shooting occurred to
ring out for hours after the stroke
Of midnight.
From approximate figures at the
Gateway bridge is apparent that
about 5000 crossed the Rio Grande
in automobiles to welcome the New
Year. Figures were not available on
the turnstiles but it is thought these
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