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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-03
Washington Letter
BY HERBERT C. PLUMMER

WASHINGTON, July SIT cannot be denied that
the eight women members of congress have a more
difficult time of it while in Washington than do their
male colleagues.
The duties of both, in SO far as their role of rep
~resenting their constituents in the nations lawmaking
body is concerned, are very nearly equal. But when
one is required to go through the motions Of Wash
ington's politico-social game unaided-theres q diff
ference.
The gentlewomen of congress must do it. And
there is not one Of the eight members 70 the house
but who will tell you that doing double duty is most
harassing.
A representative, no matter how much he may
dislike it. is faced with certain social duties while in
Washington. If he is a man, then he usually shifts
the responsibility to his wife, his daughter or his sis
ter. This leaves him free to go about his job as a
stateman.
Not so with the women in congress. Any social
duty that may be their lot must be discharged by
them. And what a problem it is.
s*%
~LUNCHEONS ARE U
First Of all, they cannot make engagements for
luncheon, for congress convenes at noon. Neither are
they free at tea time, for the sessions usually run
well past this hour. Only recently one or two had to
send lst regrets when Commanded" to one of Mrs.
Hoover's congressional tea parties because an impor-
tant roll call was impending.
There is nothing for them to do except entertain
or be entertained at dinner. Most of them compro-
mise with society in this manner.
But even this does not take care of the calls they
are expected to make. And they must at least 90
through the motions.
1t is fortunate for them that in Washington's code
Of etiquet, except for dinner or luncheon calls, the
sending Of cards is recognized as proper.
CARS SAVE THEM
The three neutrality-suspicious. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick, Ruth Bryan Owen and Ruth Baker Pratt
hit upon this plan. They solved their problem by
together sending out an eniSSary to leave their cards
wherever calls from women representatives were ex-
pected.
Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfield is the only one Of the
group who has no social duties to complicate mat
tiers for her. The Arkansas representative still is in
mourning for the death Of her husband whom she
succeeded.
But the three Ruths, with Representatives Flor
ence ?. Kahn, Edith Nourse Rogers, Katherine Lang
ley mad Mary 7. Norton, have no escape.
OF these, and despite the fact she is one Of the
busiest Of the group, Mrs. Mccormick still finds time
for one of those well-chosen dinner parties for which
Mark Hannas daughter long has been famous.
She has entertained once for the attorney general
and Mrs. William D. Mitchell. At another time she
was hostess to the secretary Of commerce ard Mrs.
Robert P. Lamont.
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in around in the air. You'll break
your fool neck, that's what you'll
be doin'."
Vivian smiled at him wanly.
my maitland many Of my old
friends-are injured and may be
dying. What other way in the
world would there have been to get
here in less than an hour, as I have,
except by flying?"
where's your husban', he hurt,
too?" he asked, bluntly.
My husband doesn't know I came.
He probably wonders where I am"
Vivian put on the overalls and an
old coat, and waited impatiently
for the doctors to arrive. Half an
hour later a car drove into the
yard, and two excited physicians
jumped from it.
MY God, a little girl" one of
them exclaimed, when Vivian ran
toward them and pointed to her
plane.
You're not afraid, are you?" she
asked them, grimly.
And the younger one replied for
both:
Where to, sister,"
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-03
a Political Sensation in Maine

Maine was the first commonwealth to adopt abso-
lutte prohibition and it happened more than IS years
ago. Gen. Neal Dow, a native of Maine, was the first
pro crusader and he converted the majority Of the
people of his native state to the pro cause.
Now Sen. Arthur Gould Of Maine has created a
tremendous sensation in the political circles Of the
country by a written defense of his rights to have and
make and drink light wine and beer and declaring
emphatically "the licensing Of such beverages would
be a great improvement over the present prohibition
law which seems impossible to enforce
Sen. Gould of Maine forced himself into the big
picture. the little pictures, the headlines and the
homes of the ultras on both sides of the pro question
by his very pronounced utterances on what Cullen
r. Thomas designates as "the burning issue" Is there
going to be a realignment Of voters away down In
daine?
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Another Victory for Dawes

Add another tremendous personal victory to the
score of Charles c.. Dawes, ambassador to the court
of st. James. He fatty declined to wear knee
breeches on court occasions. King George surrender
ed and Hell and Maria made his formal appearance
at his first court function in long pants with his
trusty pipe and pouch of tobacco in the pistol pocket
This is not all Of the story. King Georges heir
apparent to the throne, the gallant and democratic
Prince of Wales, had his pipe handy and joined the
American ambassador in a friendly smoke. Owen d
Young had better watch out. Just the other day he
won the top notch place on both sides Of the Atlantic
for the way he handled the debt settlement question
Owen D. Young isn't spectacular, he is brilliant
and never appeals to the press agent for sustenance.
It is different with the ambassador. He dearly loves
to see his face in the picture and his name in the
public print.
He has smashed the knicker precedent Of all the
ages and now long pants has the call at the court
functions Of George and Mary.
There is a real democracy grinding out govern
mental grist in Great Britain. Charles G. Dawes
has enlisted as a member of the new democracy.
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The Once Over
DOCTOR DORAN's DRY SCHOOL

OCTOR DORANS DRY SCHOOL
Now. attention, children, please! The class viii
come to .orderI Willie Hemphill. stop chewing your
copy of the Eighteenth Amendment! Stop it, And
Emma Hawkins, if I catch you asking-Minnie Whip
pie how to spell Bishop Cannon again you'll stay after
school and write saloon" five hundred times. At
tention, now.
e
McGuffey's First Reader.
This is George.
Who is George? George is a private citizen and
the head Of a big family.
What is George doing? George is automobiing.
Where is George goingP George is taking the wife
and kiddies out for a little fresh air and scenery.
Who is this? This is Gus.
What is Gus doingP Gus is oiling his gun.
Is it a shotgun? No, it was a shotgun, but Wash
ington took it away and gave him an army rifle.
Why? Because a rifle will shoot farther.
What will Gus do with the rifle? He will shoot
George as a bootlegger.
Is George a bootlegger? Nc George is not a boot
logger.
Then why will Gus shoot George? 1t is a national
pastime.
Arithmetic.
John has three oranges, Harry has two Jumps Of
sugar and Frederick has a pint of gin. How long will
it take an automobile going 35 miles an hour to take
them to jail if they get together and pool their sup
plies.
Arthur has four horse-pistols and Charlie has
three machine guns. How many automobiles can they
search in a day "a hours long by 10 feet high?
McGuffey Lesson No. 2.
What is thisP This is a yacht.
What kind of a yacht? A small private yacht.
And what is this pursuing the yacht? It is a gov
eminent gunboat.
Why is the gunboat chasing the little private
yacht? Because it is looking for a boat loaded with
rum.
Is there any rum aboard the little yacht? No, the
little yacht is carrying only its owner, his wife, two
quarts of milk and a pound Of animal crackers.
What will the gunboat do to the little yacht?
Shell it.
Why? Who knows?
knowledge Test.
State who Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
and U. S. Grant were and give five reasons why Sena-
tor Jones is a bigger man.
Mark with a cross the right answer to the uues-
ton: Who was called the Father of His Country?
Pussyfoot Johnson. Paddock" McGinty. Mabel
Willebrandt. George Washington. W. c. Durant.
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Ruford Jester in the Picture

It is impossible to fool the correspondents all tne
time. It is impossible to fool the reporters al Ihe
time. correspondents and reporters long ago plcheu
pnford lester Of Corsicana as the successor of Mrs. II.
: oppeir on the board Of regents Of the Texas uni
versity. He has been named by the governor and
confirmed by the senate.
This makes it interesting all around
NOW viii there be a new president Of the board OF
reoents9 Buford Jester is. scion of a pioneer family
If Texas-a family whose sons have been noted IN law
and finance and politics and agriculture. He is a
raxas man. ccording to the inside workers, before
~ orno,n,ment of Jester there was a 5 to 4 board.
Nro,, the addition Of Jester to the list will make a 4
II 4 hoard with five of the nine named by Gov. Moody
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Cement Plant Bill in the Air

A proposal that the state go into the business of
making cement ais In the air" A concurrent resolu-
ton had been introduced calling upon the highway
commission and the board Of prison commissioners to
investigate the feasibility Of the plan and report with
in go days after adjournment of the legislature to the
governor on the cost Of installing sufficient state
plants and the price at which cement could be man
~ufactured.
Yes, the resolution sis in the air" 1t is safe to
predict that it will be In the air when the vote is
ordered on final adjournment. Rep. Quinn of Beau
mont, Jefferson county, speaking for the resolution,
declared "the cement trust is one Of the most power
full the people have to deal with today. The very
minute we pass this resolution the cement trust will
cut the price of cement SO it won't actually be neces-
sary for the state to produce a barrel"
Texas has many cement plants. There is a new
plant on the fringe Of the city Of Waco Of tremen-
dous daily capacity and has millions behind it. Texas
is getting to be a manufacturing state Of respectable
proportions.
A legislative COMMITTEES turned in estimates of cost
at a former session-briefly that it would cost 81 1872
1872 to 100000 to install a cement plant Of 1000 bar
rels per day capacity and, according to Purl of Dallas,
"recited the findings of the committee on cement of
A. and M. college to the effect that it is not probable
that a state plant would manufacture cement at a
lower cost than private plants"
There would be this difference: Free labor is en-
ployed by the private plants; convicts would be used
by the operator Of the state plants.
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upstairs window and a mans voice
asked who was there.
1T is Mrs. Kent Johns from Ben
der. VIZ have had a cyclone. The
town is in ruins. VIII you come
down, please?"
It seemed no more than a half
minute until the door was flung
open. The farmer stared wild-eyed
at the rain soaked girl in the torn
white skirt and tan blouse.
"How-how did you get here?"
FLEW over" Vivian pointed to
her plane, but he could not see it.
He stared at her unbelievingly,
and she had to explain it over
again to him. MY airplane-it is in
the yard. There are many injured.
J must get at least two doctors and
some supplies. Can we phone from
here?"
The farmer, still dazed, was joined
by his wife. She asked Vivian to
come in, and wrapped a coat around
her. Before the farmer would be-
lieve that she was not insane, he
went out into the yard and saw the
plane himself.
We'll, I'll be hornswoggledl" He
shook his head at the idioscyncrasies
Of human nature, and returned to
the house to phone the hospital.
Vivian took the phone and ex-
planned her errand to the %superin-
tendent. She waited about five min
utes before she heard the voice
again on the phone.
yes. Two doctors will start right
away-and I've notified the Red
Cross. They will start out imme-
diately. The doctors will meet you
at the Winton farm.
The voice was official and curt.
Vivian sighed with relief, and turned
to the farmer.
Have you q pair Of overalls you
can loan me to wear back? "A dress
Is hard to manage in a plane.''
His wife went for them, and when
she had gone the farmer grunted
at Vivian.
IF you's my girl you wouldn't
have one Of them darn things fly
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a TATTOO. The air suddenly began
to get colder, and Vivian froze with
horror when she saw how the sleet
was collecting on the wings. 1t
might force her down!
1t was pitch black. except for the
lightning flashes, and if she had
to make a forced landing, God only
knew where it would be. In going
around to keep out Of the storm, she
had lost her sense of direction, and
she realized that she was flying
aimlessly about, getting nowhere.
She was flying high, trying to get
above the storm. But she knew
she would have to drop down a lit
tie soon and look for some landmark.
Gliding down, she banked the ship
over and peered with eager eyes
through the black night. A blessed
lightning flash came, and she gave
a wild cry. She was directly over
a water tower a few miles from
the town. If she kept on a straight
path she would soon be there.
A landing place had never occur
red to her. She racked her brain
for a possible place that would serve
this purpose. Then she saw the
lights of the city. Tears Of thank
fulness came to her eyes. God had
heard her prayers, after all.
Salina had not been touched by
the storm-except for the wind and
rain. Vivian circled above the
lights, and strained her eyes for a.
landing place. "A great flash showed
an outlying farm, and she saw that
there was space between the barn
and the house for a landing. It was
just on the outskirts Of the city.
To the longest day she lived, vi
Wan would not be able to tell how
she made the landing in the mar
row, mud-filled barnyard. 1t was
a miraeleI Just as she got through
the storm safely. She found herself
thanking God over and over again,
as she felt the earth under her feet,
and stumbled ahead to the house.
She made her way to the front
door and rang the bell. A moment
later q head was thrust from an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-03
A New Job For Shaw

Gov. Moody has signed a bill regulating building
and loan associations operating In Texas. The meas
ure places such associations under the Jurisdiction
of the state banking department. Hence State Bank
Commr. James Shaw viii be given additional worry
during the dog day season Of the year. There are
many building and loan ssociations under Lone Star
skies. Comm. Shaw has let 1T be known that his
present force may be able to handle the new business
and that the provisions of the law viii be enforced to
the letter as well as the spirit.
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Dawn of a Better Day Promised

y Moody signed the new prison location bill lt
MANY , committee of senators and representatives
etyaid ~ eers OF the prison commission. and it pro-
after-offects. int commission shall recommend a site
on q limited a,eted prison by Dec. /. This is a hint
starved. " 1M1 - :.
AAs % anneeessA Tt has crawled along for years.
1pooliu = onDoN A,onths Of 1929 and develop a
and you can eat what you 4.ng ~ winter. Ans wen
rs much as you want without
s&ske sM4
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WOMAN PHYSICIAN ASSERTS
RICH WIVES SHOULD WORK

LONDON.-Dr. Winifred Cullis,
head Of the physiology department Of
the London School of Medicine for
Women, is an exponent Of work for
women-rich OF poor. There are
many wives who ought to be al
work" she said. II mean the wives
Of rich men who spend their time
amusing themselves. They defend
themselves by saying they would be
taking bread out Of mems mouths.
That Is an exploded fallacy."
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PARTED

LEEDS, Eng.-TO escape punish
ment for false statements, Mr.. and
Mrs. John @. Gilroy, 17-year-old
clippers have agreed to live apart for
four years.
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Star Lore
RELATION OF DISTANCES TO
PERIODS OF THE PLANETS
IN Arthur nav. Carnenter

~ SAA ISAAk1A
Kepler's third law Of planetary
motion is called "the harmonic law"
The law shows an unvarying ratio
Of relationship between the periods
Of the planets orbits, and their
relative distances from the SUM-.
Keplcr discovered the law by mathe-
NAUTICAL experimentation, and SO hit
upon a great truth, viz: The square
Of the periodic times Of any two
planets around the sun, Is as the
cube Of their respective distances.
To illustrate: Since Mercury's pc
Rod, 3 months, squared is g.; the
earth's period, IL months, squared Is
IA; the ratio is as I to Is. Thus
the cube of the relative distances
Of the two planets is also as / to 16.
More Tomorrow
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By ROYAL 8. COPELAND, M. I'D.
Former Commissioner of Health

down on sugar, starches and coffee.
Eat only simple food. Avoid con-
stipation.
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July 3, 1929
Who am I? What state dc I rep
resent in the senate? Whom did !
succeed?
Who is the retiring u. s. ambas-
Sador to Italy?
How many amendments to the
constitution are included in the bill
Of rights?
MAR that Is in honour, and un-
derstandeth not Is like the beasts
that perish Where il this pas
sage found in the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-03

NANIWNND " WNEAr UWLONNUNEN
!, Felix Herbert; Rhode Island:
Peter q. Gerry.
2. Henry P. Fletcher.
3. Ten.
4. Psalms, ixl. 20.
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Today'S Horoscope

Persons born ON this day are sill
ent and Independent. They are deep
seekers after knowledge and have
few confidantes.
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A.-correct the diet by cutting
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-03
ON

CONTINUED from cage one.l
tor Immediately TO the Alice terri
tory.
The presence Of the Florida fruit
at Alice. on the edge Of the Valley
citrus zone. Is viewed with alarm by
growers and producers in this sec
ton. Valley citrus already Is under
quarantine and the presence Of the
Florida fruit at Alice further en-
dangers Valley citrus, Bell stated.
A telegram urgently requesting
that Gov. Dan Moody take steps TO
protect Valley products from in
festation that might result from the
sale Of Florida vegetables and fruits
in Texas. was sent by O.. G. Rich
ardsOn. manager of the local cham
Der OF commerce. today.
The telegram follows:
Seventy-one fruits and vegetables,
including cactus and cotton bolls
are host TO the Mediterranean fruit
fly. Reports show Florida citrus
fruit still being offered for sale in
Texas. II Mediterranean fly be-
comes prevalent IN this state will
practically destroy our agricultural
industry. Mediterranean fly emery
ing nov. Is il not possible 70 effect
an efficient plan whereby all Florida
citrus fruit In and out Of storage
viii be destroyed immediately We
urge you give this matter your Sc
riouS attention.
tSigned)
BROWNSVILLE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
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Leaders of Industry
Ask Honest Trial
In Dry LawM Message

NEW YORK, June SPA
message 70 the American people.
urging that prohibition be given
an honest trial" and bearing the
signatures Of Henry Ford. Thomas
a. Edison. Captain Robert Dollar,
:. c. Penney and 20 other men
prominent II business and indus
try. was published today.
The message quoted the plea Tor
law observance In President Hoov-
er1s inaugural address and invited
Americans. whatever their prev
lcus opinions and social practices
and particularly those IN business
snd professional life, 70 JOIN Win
Us IA following the president Let
vs. unite 10 give the Eighteenth
amendment an honest chance for
complete enforcement"
The signers are: Ralph H Burn
sioe. lumber. Portland. Ore; Col
mel Patrick Henry Callahan, var
nish. Louisville. KY: Frederick ?
Chase, metals, Waterbury. Conn
". II. Crosby. metals. Buffalo, X
Fulton Cutting. financier, New
York. Capt. Robert Dollar, steam
ghips. San Francisco; Thomas =
Edison. inventor. West Orange. n.
>. Henry Ford, automobiles, De-
,-oi.. Alfred O. Fuller. brushes
Hartford. Conn. a. a. HYDE drugs
wichita. Kans: James y. Jarvie
sugar New York. Clarence II. Kel-
sev. banker. New York, r. a. Long.
lumber. Kansas City, George Z
Milton. publisher. New York; James
II post sugar New York: Fred W.
RAMSAY. metals. Cleveland. Charles
y cook. t~ypewriters. Hartford.
Conn y @. Penney. merchant New
York: George A. Plimpton. pub
fisher New York: Winslow Russell.
Insurance. Hartford. Conn; DR..
william Jaw Shieffelin. drugs. New
York. Alfred p Sloan. Jr- auto
mobiles. New York. Ambrose STa-
sew. machine tools. Cleveland: a.
A. WEIGH. insurance. Hartford,
Conn \,
A letter. expressing disapproval
az the recently organized volun-
tary committee ~ lawyers opposed
70 the Eighteenth amendment. and
an answer % II BY Joseph H..
Choate. Jr.. member OF the board
az managers of the committee.
were also published.
The MESSAGE TO the American
people and the lawyers letters
were published a day after the n
nouncement that Justice Franklin
G. Hoyt of the New York children's
court had been awarded the prize
Of S25. 900 offered by William r.
Hearst FOR a substitute plan for
prohibition.
Justice Foyt's pan called for re-
peal OF the Volstead act and enact
ment % a new law defining in
.oxicating liquors" as well as call
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that the senate group WOULD Weld on
hat point and recommend elimina-
ton a the proposal 70 their cham
Der, which voted Il into the legiSla-
ton over the opposition ar President
Hoover by n majority of three.
immigration In
While the house was called upon
TO begin discussion az the census
reapportionmcnt bin today. the SEN
ate still had before 10 the proposal
az Senator Borah. republican. Idaho.
looking to governmental regulation
Of commission merchants dealing in
~periShable farm products. with tho
resolution az Senator Nyc. rcrnih-
liCan. North Dakota. FOR repeal ~
the national origins provision OF the
Immigration law ready for conSid-
Grafton next.
The Nye resolution iS intended w
carry out the last az the five recon-
mendations placed before the Spe-
cial session BY President Hoover.
who announced his opposition ~
the new national origins immirra-
ton quota basis at the time he is
sued his proclamation 10 put II into
effect next month. Advocates w the
plan. headed by Senator Reed. re-
publican. PENNSYLVANIA. usually an
administration supporter. predict
that they will he able ~ prevent
repeal.
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WYOMING STORM
CLAIMS ONE LIFE

CHEYENNE. Wyo.. June 3.-Pl-
Swollen by rain OF cloudburst pro-
portions. Grow creek. normally q foot
deep and three feet wide. went on
its first rampage since 1903 yester-
day and took one life. flooded about
200 homes in the Cheyenne bottoms
and crumpled irrigation dams on the
Hereford ranch. Property damage
was estimated at $3.50. 600.
Mrs. Soledad Rodriguez, 10, was
drowned when water struck her
flimsy dwelling. Her body was re-
covered. "A number Of other per-
sons were rescued by firemen.
"A number Of ranch buildings along
the banks Of the stream were carried
away, and numerous houses in the
Valley through which it passed, were
inundated.