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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31
SOCIETY
First Lady of the Land Assisted In Receiv-
ing Guests for the Dance at the
White House Last Night.

tn HE First Lady of the Land
beamed and smiled upon more
than a hundred young guests in
Il the White House last night as
she and her younger son, Mr..
Allan Hoover, stood side by side in the
green room to receive visitors, who. with
but few exceptions, were selected from
the younger members of Official families.
Some Harvard students enjoyed the
Christmas cheer, most of them school,
mates of young Mr.. Hoover. Mrs. Hoo
yer made special effort to so arrange
the list for her son that none of the
several other hosts giving young folk
dances would be entrenched upon, as
an invitation to the White House, even
for young people, is considered a COM
mand.
The several Christmas trees that
adorned the state suite of drawing
rooms were still in jul holiday dress
and lighted, and in the drawing rooms
and in the great marble hall, as well as
in the State dining room, were gay
poinSettia plants and crimson flowers.
Mrs. Hoover remained with the young
guests the greater part OF the evening.
Mr.. Allan Hoover opened the dance
with Mrs. Amen, the daughter of Mrs.
Thomas Jex Preston, jr., and the late
President Grover Cleveland, who is
spending some time in Washington,
Many of the young men and girls
asked to the dance were new in Wash
tngton society, most of them still in the
student class, and the event was
revelation in the way of a comfortable,
old-fashioned party.
Supper was served at midnight at
small tables arranged in the state din
ing room.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam will be
honor guest at Valentine party to be
given by Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode
Andrews
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

The Third Assistant Postmaster Gem
ersl and Mrs. Frederick Tilton have re-
turned to their apartment, in the
Wardman Park Hotel. from New York.
where they passed a few days. Mr..
ana Mrs: Tilton passed Christmas at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

Mrs w. S. Donnelly and Mrs. e. o.
Esmond Of Saratoga Springs. N. Y, are
at the Dodge Hotel for several days
while en- route south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

Lawrence Shafer, Mrs. Louis G. Gibney,
Mrs. Mark Devine, Mrs. Julian w.
Cunningham, Mrs. Stewart F. Miller,
Mrs. Robert v. Maraist, Mrs. Ward H.
Maris, Mrs. Stuart Mcleod and Mrs.
William A. Worley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

Judge and Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel
will return in short time to their
apartment at the Hotel Roosevelt from
Nebraska, where they have been passing
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Compton will
have as their guests over New Year Mr.
and Mrs. william w. Cumberland Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

The Bishop Of Washington and Mrs.
James E. Freeman will be at home to-
morrow afternoon from 8 to 6 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

Miss Louise Cochran of Baltimore IS
as the Carlton for brief stay, having
come over to attend the supper-dance
given by Mrs. Frederick A. Parkhurst
at the Carlton last evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16

Disregardng threats and defying a band which kidnapped them from
an Ehzabethton, Tenn, hotel and then released them with a warn
ing, two labor leaders active among southern textile strikers have
returned to Eliabethton- A third labor leader, j. 3 Penix, above
lett, was saved from kidnapers when his sister, Betty, above right
fired at men attempting to drag him from his home. Pair who were
United Textile Workers of America, and Edward McGrady, right,
American Federation of Labor vice president. w. +. Solomon, CEN
ter, has been appointed their body guard by local union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
DRESS CONTEST
VICTORS NAMED
Three Girls Awarded Right
To Compete In State
Meet AT Dallas

Winners in the girls clothing
contest of the Brownsville high
school were selected late Monday
after two hours Of judging 40 can
didates, and Mary Jones, Cherrille
de Bardelehen and Corrine Walker
were selected to go to the state
meet in Dallas.
The winners in three classified
tons, school dress, travelling cos
tune and street or church o
tune, were selected from 40 r
trants who previously had been
chosen from an original class Of
lis.
The work Of a number Of girls
not chosen as winners will be sent
to Dallas TO compete in an exhibit
where workmanship will be judged.
Entries in this contest Ire to be
selected later.
1t was announced by Miss Anna
Mary Small, teacher Of the class,
that in the event any Of the first
place winners are unable to go to
Dallas. second place winners will be
permitted to represent the school.
The party will leave for Dallas on
the night Of April 80, the contest
there being on May 2, 3 and 4.
The winners were:
School dreSs-Mary Jones, first;
Helen George, second; and Mar
garet Euffaker, third.
Travelling costume-Cherrille de
Bardeleben, first; Maria Robinson,
second; Eta Carol Thomas, third.
Street or church costume-Cor-
rine Walker, first; Shirley Slower,
second; and Dorothy Ann Schmidt,
third.
The judges we're Mrs. A. H. Fer
nandeZ, Mrs. John Hunter and
Miss Mary McCollum. Physical n.y.
giene of the entrants was consid-
cred along with the costumes.
Funds with which to defray the
expenses Of the contestants and a
chaperone were realized from a
benefit picture shown at the Queen
thater here last Friday. Miss Small
and Miss Myrtle Jennings, who as
sisted with the arrangements, ex-
pressed appreciation to John Fan
ming, manager of the theater for
his liberality in permitting the
school to raise the fund.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
PLUMBERS AT
M'ALLEN MEET
Election of Officers Seized
uled Wednesday; Rey-
nosa Dinner Tonight
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The Herald.)
McALLEN, April 16.-The Texas
Association of Master Plumbers, in
session here today, opened their
conference with a report from dele
gates to the last national conven-
ton at Memphis, Tenn.
Immediately following this was
an address by DR.. j. r. Malone,
president of the Texas Association
of Sanitarians.
". M. Ehlers then spoke, after
which correspondence kilograms
and announcements we're read.
A short adjournment for lunch,
held at the Cafe de Palmas, came
next.
The afternoons program was to
be featured by committee reports
and talks by the Hon. H. 0. Green,
member of the national board of d.
rectors Of the association, and John
r. Denning, representative of the
Plumbing and Heating Industries
bureau. Tuesday night, a Mexican
dinner at ReynoSa was to be one Of
the outstanding events of the ses-
sion, along with the election Of Of
| ficerS Wednesday afternoon. Ses-
sions are being held at the First
Baptist church.
The first day session closed Mon
day night with a dinner dance at
the McColl club house east of town.
All the attending delegates and a
number of Valley friends attended
the function.
The session was opened by Frank
Dawson, president of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Association of Mas
ter Plumbers, who called the con-
vention to order. Following the in
vocation, A. F.. McClain, president
Of the state organization, was in
troduced.
Welcome to McAllen was extend
ed by Mayor F. E. Asborn and A. j.
McColl. he responses were by
| Geo. w. Winburne, Jr., president
Of the Wichita Falls zone associa-
ton end Mrs. H. E. Hertner OF
Amarillo, vice president Of the aux
iliary.
Routine business was attended to
and Joseph F. Leopold, manager OF
the Southern Central division of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce delivered an address on Pres
ent Day Business Problems" He
urged continuous and united efforts
for the betterment of business con-
ditions.
Only s. delegates were present,
| the attendance having been reduced
by heavy rains in upstate points.
Nearly all Of those present drove
here in automobiles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
WOMAN FINED SIS
IN ASSAULT CASE

Grabiela Sanchez, charged with
aggravated assault upon Constable
John Martin, of Precinct No. l, was
found guilty in the county court
Tuesday morning and fined SIS.
The assault occurred April 8 when
Martin called or the woman in an
attempt to settle the affairs of an
aged relative. She was alleged to
have cursed and attacked Martin
when ne had asked her to act as in
terpreter for him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16

new post, Is conducting q drive on
illegal use Of dealers license. He
points out that the law requires
that they be used for demonstra-
ton purposes only.
He states that there is consider
able laxity in regard to this reg
ulation and he hopes to obtain the
cooperation of dealers along this
line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
Potato Shipment Is
Expected to Reach
It's Peak Tuesday

Brownsville shippers expected the
potato movement to reach its peak
Tuesday with 100 cars rolling. This
would better the mark set up last
year Of 81 cars or May ID.
Prices are holding up well. grow
ers receiving $3.50 per hundred.
Shippers state that cabbage. beans
and potatoes r in big demand.
Shipments from other sections
seem to have fallen off due to
rains and nearly all the cars are
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16

sold before they are started rolling
from the Valley now.
The potato movement is despite
a large stock OF old and cheap pota-
toes stored in the large centers. it
is said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16

state contest to be held at Texas
A. and M. college April o.
This team viii enter the state
meet as a result OF their victory az
Kingsville Saturday Il the district
events. A silver cup was the tro-
ply OF this contest, 1t being award
ed Saturday night at q banquet.
Members of the team are Royal
Bates. Frank Allen and Melvin
Dunbar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
NEW CHIEF
WARS ON LICENSES

Fred Hickman Of Corpus Christi,
who has succeeded j. F. Kneitz as
chief highway inspector in this
section, was in Brownsville Tues
day in connection with the use of
dealers license.
Hickman, recently named to the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
GIVEN 80 DAYS

Vicente Morales was sentenced to
80 days In Jail for carrying a pistol
Monday afternoon in a trial held
before Judge John I. Kleiber Of the
county court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16
BOGUS N CAUGHT

BERLIN-Posing as a refugee
Russian prince, Otto Gloerchen was
arrested for swindling business
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
DOROTHY DIX's LETTER BOX
How Can Widower of 20 Escape the Affectionate
Nagging of His Daughters?

DEAR
thinking
children want just as kid
horse I'm old clothes they are not the right
deciding think
independent Of
bank doesn't fail. advice please. BARNEY
better not Of
would rather risk being peced than But why stand
don't let alone, and let do please
cnatons anything
being crafty
Of the little habits
they should allowed criticism
everything children
spend penny OF the money they had made without their direction
people because the children actuated
the
influence In his life To add another simply out to hunt for
BESIDES 20 too old change and adapt yourself to variety
nagging Better let bad enough alone. DOROTHY DIX.
YEAR MISS DIAre
- w. w.
AnswerI should they
faithful
than
patient and unsh and sacrificing there
their husbands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY JOSEPH JASTROW.

phere like the air we breathe. But i'm
portant as are the preSsmen and the
reporters, the real brains of the plant
are in the editorial Office. That's where
the mental fitness is decided, whether
a high-grade output or low-grade one
We call that matter of policy, the
highest kind of mental function.
Now the interesting point. when we
consider the changes that have hap
pened to the brain, is that the biggest
changes are precisely in those highest
editorial functions. Ages and ages
ago, ever so long before there were any
newspapers, there were eyes and ears
and muscles and the entire body plant
was much the same as now. But that
big brain of ours. and the most deli
cate portions of it represent the parts
where the greatest changes have taken
place.
In a large part we do today what
the caveman did; but We edit our con-
duct very differently. We have a diff
ferent policy about the way we should
live. The equipment is the same, but
the use that We put the human plant
to has changed nightly. There's more
thinking and different kind of think
ing that goes into the management Of
living. The newspaper becomes rec
ord of human interests. There's a
sporting page because there is sport
ing instinct kept alive; quite otherwise,
when men lived by sport. And as the
world is less dramatic and safer and
saner and duller, We get our thrills
by proxy in the movies; we earn our
living in such complicated ways that
there is a financial page, and the
psychological difference between the
stock market and a racing event Is
often slight.
But most of all there's the human
interest story of big people and ordinary
ones, and the thrills of life itself
crime, accident, war, breaking records,
scandal, divorce, intrigue, tragedy and
comedy all jumbled, and for relief the
sense of humor and the jokes and the
comics to prevent ourselves from taking
ourselves too seriously or tc get a little
fun out of our neighbors. The brain
feeds the newspaper and the news
paper feeds the brain,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
AUTUMN
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

AS the rose may have an Autumn
blooming, as in the soft, deceptive In
dian Summer airs we almost dream
again of Spring, so the ornithologist.
who has been, all through August AMI
much of July, a gentleman without
job, who feels there is little excuse for
existence, comes back triumphantly into
our midst in Autumn. And II 1t Is
only in Spring that he really holds the
center of attention, he is back now, even
If in a minor role, pointing out the Fall
migrations, and he will manage to hold
the stage from now on all through
Winter, for hardly will the Autumnal
birds be gone than the Arctic birds Will
descend for the Winter.
The real excitement in Autumn migra-
tons comes with the great duck family,
but they are story in themselves. Be-
fore the ducks are really plentiful, We
Summer birds on their way South. Not
only do the birds that were resident
here begin to gather into little flocks
preparatory to seeking Winter homes,
but, more interesting still, species that
mostly nest to the north OF us begin
coming through in bands. Among these
are Wilson's Snipe, the semi-palmated
sandpiper, the kildeer plover. the least
fiycatcher, the redwinged blackbird and
WUIL6-CTOWn6u SpdITOW, lIlc 1OA dllu
tree sparrows, purple fincheS, the en-
chanting little, black-throated, green
warbler and three of our most fascinat-
ing little birds, the redstart, the ruby
crowned kinglet and the red-breasted
nuthatch. You will also see more blue
jays and towhees or cheewinks now
than you have since June.
The great difference between the Fall
and Spring migrations of these Sum-
mer birds is that, for the most part.
they fly silently. The ruby-crowned
kinglet, whose voice few people ever
hear, as his elaborate and delicate love-
song is delivered to his mate on the
tundras of Ungava, fits through the
trees without a word to say to bird
or man. Sometimes the kildeer gives
his romantic cry, or the towhee emits
a call-note, but not his mating song.
The leisurely journeys, starred for the
feathered lovers with blossoms, bios
SONS all the way. are no more. The
young are Matched and well grown now
and IN their patchy, adoleScent plum
age. Only one business remains, to
travel as expeditiously as possible, to
keep quietly hidden from the Autumn
gunner's eye, and to eat every fruit, wild
and cultivated, that meets the quick,
intelligent little eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED

The cult of sun bathing usually ends
when Fall winds blow bitingly and the
baby is protected in heated rooms, then
is taken out of doors bundled so effec-
tually that not stray violet ray can
possibly squeeze through to his hungry
skin.
This is a crucial period for small
babies too young to run out and play
in the sun. for 1t is this lack of sun
light, as well as lack of proper food,
that causes so many babies living their
first six months in the Winter time to
end up thisaperiod with definite case
of ricketts,
Instead of dropping the sun-bath GER
emony, one should continue it through
out the Winter season. There are al
ways some days, if not every day, when
the sun shines. and If baby is dressed
in his sun suit or left entirely naked
and summed in front of an open window
in a warm room. he will not catch cold
because of sy>h seemingly careless
treatment. The time to do this in Win
ter would be in the middle Of the day,
when the sun is warmest. Two. three,
five or ten minutes spent turning him
back and front and sides in the sun
that pourS through the open window
will be sufficient to give his body the
benefits of the violet rays which have
such a medicinal effect in preventing
ricketts,.
And because there are so many days
when the sun refuses to shine and baby
needs even more than 1t is always pos
sible to give him, We add cod-liver oil
to the diet of every child under years
of age during the Winter months. The
dosage of this should be left to your
own doctor, though preSent-day opinion
favors smaller doses than previously
was thought necessary. Large quanti-
ties of cod-liver oil are not well borne
by all children; in fact. fats. valuable
as they are in the diet. may cause loss
of appetite because of the length OF
time it takes for them to leave the
stomach and because Of their highly
nourishing qualities.
The concentrated oils should be used
with great care, for experiments and
investigations into their usage are still
going on. Plain oils. favored and
tastelesS oils are favored about equally
for the tiny baby. and small doses three
times a day are given in preference to
a large dose once daily.
Whatever the type of oil or the dos
age given, mothers will just have to
stop their noses and mask their dis
taste and keep a bottle of cod-liver oil
in the medicine chest this Winter, using
it in addition to sun baths to prevent
the development Of ricketts, in the small
child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
SUB ROSA


Once I attended an opera called
"Cosi Fan lutte" and imagined it
would be something about a fan or
tutti frutti ice cream, but it wasn't.
No, the Italian words meant so do all. "
The~question is whether this is a good
rule to follow.
Everybody's eating and breathing and
sleeping, but these are necessary things
which require no choice on our part.
Everybody's smoking and dancing and
bridging, so why shouldn't the girl
light up, join In the light fantastic and
shuttle the cards?
The reason for doing things is found
inside you, in your brain and heart, not
in the gang Of people around you. Your
desires and tastes may run parallel to
the lines of the crowd. but that Is no rea-
son for your doing what the crowd does.
That would amount to being a parrot
in speech and a sheep in action. It
would be only thoughtless imitation.
The gang spirit Is more for men than
women and it's the deep voices which
sing Hail! Hail! The Gangs All
Here" Women are sensitive to styles
and like to dress in the prevailing
mode. but they preserve individuality
in all that they do. They make the
frock over to suit their personality and
trim the hat according to their own
taste, or they did when hats were trim
med with flowers and birds.
The privacy Of a girls life Is such
that she doesn't lend her personality to
the crowd. She isn't peculiar when she
does things in her own way. Shed be
peculiar If she didn't. No two trees, or
no two leaves on the same tree, are
alike. They come to look alike when
they are cut down and sawed up in the
lumber yard.
It's a strange thing that, when we
have Cur new freedom, we should be
in danger of FORGETTING it by imitation
and the gang spirit of men. I don't
mean that women should go back to
the days of Egyptian bondage, no. but
think that they should keep the inner
freedom better than they do now that
they have external liberty.
Naturally, a girl doesn't want to be
different in the sense of being odd;
she wants to be something like her sis
tiers. But she shouldn't want to be diff
ferent from herself.
You know how it often happens when
you have your photographs taken. You
pose your prettiest. but when the proofs
come they look like lot Of distant
cousins. For goodness sake, do I
look like that?" you say. THAT isn't
Sally in our alley" your relatives re-
mark. The picture does not resemble
you closely, and yet at the time you
must have looked that way.
It's best and prettiest to look Ike
ones self. It's worst and ugliest not to
be like yourself. 1t may be unpleasant
to be different from others, but it's
simply horrid to be different from your
self.
tCopyrieht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
FAMOUS LADY WISECRACKERS
Phoebe Cary Was Called "The West Woman of America
J.. r.
BY J. r. GLASS.

P. T. Barnum once discussed with
Alice and Phoebe Cary his New York
museum and circus-"the greatest show
on earth"
He gave them intimate little details
Of some of the curiosities he displayed.
did you know" he asked, that the
skeleton man and the fat lady are
married."
mo! Really?" said Phoebe Cary with
whimsical irony. And then she added
II suppose they are devoted through
thick and thin"
Alice's poetry gained more fame than
did Phoebe's. but after the sisters had
established their famous Sunday eve
ming reception in New York it was
Phoebe who attracted the greater notice,
because she was the more brilliant con-
versationalist.
Mary Clemmer Hudson. who wrote
wittieSt woman of America" but la
mented that the flavor of her sharp
restortS and comments was lost in the
retelling.
I'VE read over the few remaining
sentences which attempt to embody the
repartees and bonmots of the famous
wits Of society, such as Beau Nash, Beau
Brummel, Nine. Du Deffand and Lady
Mary Montague" says the biographer
land we wonder at the poverty of these
memorials of their fame. Thus 1t must
be with Phoebe Cary.
"Her most brilliant sallies were per-
fectly unprecedented and by herself
never repeated or remembered. So this
most wonderful of her gifts can only be
represented by few stray sentences
cleaned here and there from the faith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03

full memories of loving friends"
The following anecdote of the poetess
seems to the present writer a good sam
pie of the humor prevalent through the
middle portion of the last century. Let
those who can laugh at it do so.
At a party where fun grew fast and
furious one person remained obstinately
| gloomy and silent.
why don't you laugh?" lady asked
you sit there like a post"
| Upon which Miss Cary interjected:
"She calls you post. Why don't you
rail at her?"
Mr.. Barnum narrates that once he
| was escorting Phoebe through the mu-
scum, when she became greatly inter.
ested in big anaconda which occupied
a case at the top Of a stairs. So intent
was she in observing the serpent that
she walked of the stairs without MOTTO
ing them and would have fallen had not
the Snowman caught her with his am
pie arms.
"Ah," said Miss Phoebe. IT am more
lucky than the first woman whom a
serpent caused to fall
A noted actor, more known for his
dramatic skill than his morals, died.
I'VE shall never" said some one
''see Blank again."
Not unless we go to the pitt" OBJ
served Phoebe"
Phoebe Cary's parodies contributed
largely to her fame, but she is best re-
membered by her hymn, Nearer Home, .
which begins with the words, lone
Sweetly solemn thought
| She died in 1871, q few months after
Alice had passed on. The sisters had al
ways performed their literary labors ir
company, and Phoebe mourned incon-
! Solably after the older one departed.