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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
Harlingen to Haze
One of Finest HIGH
Schools in Valley

HARLINGEN, April 17-This city is to have one Of the finest high
school buildings in South Texas with the erection of a quarter million
dollar structure here, bids for which have been called for May T.
Funds for the new high school building were secured from a $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12

Nero never would have been En-
peror of Rome had it not been for the
skillful and upscrupulous Vaccinations
of his mother. Agrippina, who evaded
no crime in putting her offspring upon
the throne.
After he bscame Emperor he was for
long under her complete domination.
Bad as she was, she knew how to
make Nero popular. At first he won
the peoples regard. Later, by not fol-
lowing the admonitions of Agrippina,
he paved the way for his downfall.
Agrippina, daughter Of Germanicus,
married Domitius, by whom she had
Nero. Domitius dying of dropsy, she
decided to ensnare the Emperor
Claudius, her fathers brother, who
just then happened to be without a
wife.
Claudius had had I'VE wives. After
he had got rid Of the fifth the depraved
MesSalina, he told his pretorians: "AG
have been so unhappy in my unions,
am resolved to continue In future I'M.
leave to stab me-"
Claudius didn't have the sense e.
hold to these brave words: The WILLIS
Of Agrippina were too much for him.
She had to be a skillful schemer
She was the niece of Claudius and 1t
was unlawful for them to marry. But
she managed Claudius SO well that he
got the Senate to change the law. They
were married within "a hours. The
Emperor's doom was sealed.
Agrippina made ClaudiuS adopt her
son Nero, although he already had an
| heir, Britannicus. The next step was
to remove the Emperor. 1t Is agreed
that Claudius was poisoned, but just
how Is not known. One story Is that
Agrippina gave the dose to him in a
dish Of mushrooms, a food of which he
was very fond.
News of his death was kept secret
until all arrangements for putting Nero
securely on the throne were completed.
Agrippina overlooked nothing. She had
Nero give Claudius q magnificent flu
neral and enroll him among the gods
And he proceeded forthwith TO all sorts
of acts that would please and satisfy
the public, though he left the manage
ment Of all his affairs, public and
private, to Agrippina.
That plotter was indeed the dictator
of Rome. But 1t couldn't last. Nero,
at first cautious about wrong-doing,
eventually embarked on a career Of the
worst debauchery. Finally he turned
against his mother
He wanted to make the infamous but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Reply.

I'll admit that at 40, and as q steady
diet, this is q bit extreme. But on the
other hand it's all so well understood
and laughed at that the sting is taken
out Of it. Far from being alone, j. A.
H. is one of large company of fantasy
fans who keep life interesting by day
dreaming.
Almost all children except the dull
ones, and that's a large company, too,
indulge in fantasy: but at that age it's
a dream with hope or an expectation
in it that gives 1t its reality, and by
that route it's dangerous, too. Only
last week heard boy of IL fantasying
that he would invent fuelless motor
and reform aviation He is dreaming
of flying, but he has never flown; and
he knows very we'll that a lot of hard
work and invention goes into the maxi
ing Of all such devices. He will soon
stop this just as he has outgrown
more childish fantasies in which he
played various parts as hero.
The fantasy habit is a way Of enlarg-
ing ones sense of Importance, and the
Freudians would add that it arises in
part from a sense of inadequacy or in
feriority, by way of compensation for
not doing as well in the real world as
one should. Day dreaming is danger
GUS only in so far as it interferes with
absorption in the world of reality. Once
fully recognized for what 1t Is, 1t may
prove harmless enough and accepted as
a continuation of very youthful tend
ency. But day dreaming (and there
an interesting book on 1t by Warren
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new feminine mode and that longer
hair would come with longer skirts. The
mtlliners even gave US to understand
that they were doing something" for
the benefit of women with hair knotted
at the back.
And yet after you have visited many
millinery Shope and tried on many,
many hats you will doubtless convince
yourself that very little has been done.
and that the new hats, just as much as
their predecessors, demand shorn locks.
To be sure. some of the hats hide hair
that has grown out an inch or so at
the back. but what is the use of growing
it out, we ask ourselves, If there is no
place to put 1t once It has reached the
point where 1t must be done into q
knot?
Smoking never goes out Of favor for
children's clothes, and this season 1t is
used by smart dressmakers to finish
jersey dresses for women and young
girls. II you would like to know pre-
cisely how to smock In a simple, eff
fective manner, please send your
stamped, Self-addressed envelope to
Mary Marshall, care Of this paper, and
it will be forwarded to you.
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Seeing Is Believing.

Did you ever notice that children
can be surrounded by lovely things and
not see them? They are not blind, Of
course. They see the world about them
with the physical eye, but until the
seeing has been translated into vision
by an inner power they alone can
WELD they do not see.
Now what one sees one believes.
There is no doubt about that. Nor
is there any doubt that We believe
much that is not true because we have
not seen truly. Children's eyes have to
be trained to see. 1t is not enough
that a flower grows at his feet. He
must see that flower. You will have
to stoop and point out the form, the
color, the beauty of its growth, Snlft
its perfumed breath before the child
can see 1t.
It Is necessary to take little children
by the hand and show them the world.
Take the child In your care to visit
the animals and make certain he knows
them by name and characteristic
Show him the stars and speak Of their
glory and mystery. Point out the rare
colors of the sunset, the dawn, the
Fall woodlands, the water in sun and
shadow. What he sees he believes and
you would have him believe beauty,
for it is truth.
The inner self Of a child must have
food. The physical eye gathers beauty
and form and feeling for the inner
eye to recreate and store for the next
days living. It is not possible for
any one, child or adult. to live happily
on what the physical eye can see
There are many hours in the day when
the soul retreats to its inner fastness
and searches for food that sustains
and supports. If the cupboard is bare
the man perishes in failure and despair
What man sees he believes and II he
see nothing? If no secret store awaits
his need?
After the first early years when q
child reads the world about him aided
by your trained vision he turns to books
to gather there what others have seen
and believed before him. Again you
must stand by and point out the beauty
Read bits of fine prose and poetry
and say a brief word that indicates
where the bright place shines. Teach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPg.

Pop was sitting In his private chair
not doing anything and ma sed, Why
don't you reed the paper, Willium, your
not even smoking, what's matter with
you?
feel low, pop sed Nuthtng has been
going wrong, exackly, but then TO
exackly rite. o well, where's the paper,
maybe I can sip little solace from
the sorrows of others, he sed.
And he started to look at the paper
saying, Hello, whats this news that
greets my weary eyes? And he red 1t
out loud, saying, The days OF the
clamorous rivetter seem to be num-
bered, and noiseless steel welding, with
the aid of hydrogen blowpipes, will soon
werk, according to a speech delivered
yestidday before the Engineers Club by
Professor Aleck Shutters. Well, that's
the best news so far this year, and now
I know eXackly what was wrong with
me. Their putting UP q Is story bid
ing cross from my office and the Tivet-
tiers have been at 1t for 8 weeks now
and the accumulated racket was Just
starting to give me the canned willtes.
But this little news item has made a
new man of me, and tomorrow Ill have
my revenge, he sed.
Why, my goodness, what are you 60
ing to do? You cant do anything to
rivetters ma sed, and pop sed. . cant
I? Tomorrow at their lunch hour
when their all huddled together like 8
bunch Of towards behind their san
witches I'm going rite up to them and
I'm going to say, So, you mizzerble in
carnated internal machines, your time
has come. So, you smoochy faced
Dangers and Founders, your hour has
struck. So, you unspeekable slammers,
little hydrogen blowpipe is going to
shoot you of the face OF the map
where you've always belonged. So, good,
I'm going to say, pop sed.
Now Willyum, those men are only
doing their duty and If they had a
hydrogen thing I know they'd ony be
too glad to use it, now don't you go
and do anything foolish, ma sed, and
pop sed, Well perhaps your rite, they
are just creatures of circumstance like
the rest Of US, Suppose. I may not
say anything. he sed.
WITCH he proberly wouldent of any
ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
By JOSEPH JAsTRow.

donck) passes over with years to pipe
dreaming and planning castles in Spain.
There's just a touch of hope in 1t, a
weak belief akin to romancing and that
cottage with its trellis of roses where
homogeneous last from June to June.
Day dreaming may take the form OF
imaginative fabrication and the habit
of making plots, which Miss Downey in
another interesting book has shown to
be very common also. Goethe called 1t
Lust yum fabulieren. or making up fam
tastes. and said he got 1t from his
mother. But Goethe put 1t to good use,
and became great poet and had very
deep interest in reality, too, for he knew
much about science as well.
Consequently, where fantasy Is held
at arms length and is not permitted to
lessen ones interest in reality. 1t may
be innocent enough, though useless, and
accepted as in this case as hangover
from childhood with no serious signifl-
canoe.
If j. A. H. has no other troubles. he
may dismiss this one and just let 1t die
a natural death or survive as an inno-
cent Though not very dignifed weak
ness. If in all other respects he has
good emotional control, attends to his
Job, plays his part without interference
of mental habits, he may just as well re-
sign himself to this popularity and not
bother about it. He has long ago passed
the danger point in years at which the
fantasy habit might play havoc with the
eager pursuit of things of Importance.
We all have little indulgencies on the one
side and our compulsions on the other,
and II we each made our confessions of
persistent childhood habits we should
have a varied collection of tendencies
that do not help us to greater mental
fitness, but must either be accepted or
regarded as more or less innocent COM
pensations for what we have missed in
life Yes, it is silly. but it has been said
that everybody but fool has his occa-
sional follies.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLuAnmR.

rivers and harbors than any man Ia
either the United States or Europe.
Yet he had no peculiar taste FOR the
subject of rivers and harbors. He would
have been Just as well informed On any
other subject committed 70 his charge
and direction.
He was q master of the classics. His
knowledge of Shakespeare was little
short of remarkable. He could think on
his feet as could few of his colleagues.
And he was q ready debater.
Burton had all the qualities necessary
for the intellectual leader In public life.
To the very last he was interested In
what was going on in the Senate. His
colleague, Senator Fess, said that when
he visited him In his sick room, In
variably Burton asked for report on
the tariff proceedings. And intimately
would he inquire about each amend
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Today in
Washington History

November IL, 1S59.-The construction
of the proposed Pennsylvania avenue
horse railroad has already become q
question of time only-and very short
time at that--The Evening Star says
today. 1t is now evident that the peo-
pie of washington are unanimous in
favor of the improvement. The only
difflculty arises from the conflicting
schemes of the different parties desir-
ing to get the work in their own hands
This conflict led last Winter to GRIM
nations and determinations, which de.
feated the enactment by Congress OF
all the various propositions advanced
to insure the construction of the rail-
road The meeting held night before
last represented one group that desires
to obtain the charter. AS there will
doubtless be three or four such groups
equally anxious to obtain 1t, q warfare
on the subject, similar to that OF last
Winter, bids fair to spring UP soon.
The public is in favor of the con-
struction of the railroad on Pennsyl-
vania avenue under properly guarded
authority from Congress. without car
ing who secures the charter. so long as
1t inures to the benefit of the city by
assuring the people the use Of the rail-
road at moderate charges. and does not
give away rights and privileges likely to
prove disadvantageous, in the end, to
the general interest.
1t is now being proposed that the
Washington branch Of the Baltimore
e. Ohio Railroad be extended to Buzz
yards Point. either across PennSylva-
MIA avenue and down along the James
Greek Canal, or by way of the ravine
back of the Capitol, or by tunneling
the base of Capitol Hill From Buzz
yards Point it is proposed to make a
connection with the Orange & Alex
andTia Railroad In Virginia, by run
ming ferry boats from the point down
the Potomac River to the railroad COM
pany's dock in Alexandria.
One benefit that would come from
this extension would be the opening to
immediate settlement Of that portion
of the city lying between the Capitol
Grounds and BuzZards Point. It has
been pointed out that in the last so
years there has been paid into the
treasury Of the Corporation of WASH
ington 100000 on the property situated
between the canal and the Eastern
Branch south of N street and terminal
ing at Buzzards Point. In the course
of the whole so years, the only expen-
diture of the city corporation on this
property has been for digging three
wells and installing three pumps, the
cost of which was assessed against the
property holders as an additional spe-
cial tax
1t is doubtful, however, whether Con-
gress will sanction any steam railroad
extension through the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Here is q mother writing me about
a schedule which seems quite ideal to
me-. I sincerely trust that in a year
from now she can write as good q tes-
timonial about the advice have given
her. This is Mrs. j. DIS letter:
Il know you like to hear the results
OF your good advice, so I am going to
tell you how you have helped us to
have a wonderfully behaved baby.
Baby is 3 months old and weighs
IA pounds He is fed at 6-10-2-6 and
at 10 and at night. He gets 5 ounces
of milk at and amuses himself until
about 730, when he falls asleep and
sleeps until 9. He plays until $50, has
his prune juice and milk at 10 after
his bath. He sleeps until 1870, and is
changed and put back to bed until 2,
when he has his bottle. is dressed for
airing and stays outside until 4:30 or
o'clock. At that time he is undreSsed
except for shirt and diaper and is put
on bed where he exercises until time
for his bottle and bed. He has orange
Juice at 5.
I'VE hear nothing from him until 10
and then until 2. He is never rocked
or sung to, but is talked to and
amused when we pick him up to change
him. He was not always so good. but
thanks to your advice he has forgotten
Recently the American Dental As
ISOLATION at washington published the
reports of DR.. Samuel j. Lewis Of De-
troit, Suggesting the use OF q mirror
before a child's face as the best cure
for thumb sucking But even before
I received the clippings Of this report
one Of my readers, DR.. M. L. H., wrote
me this note:
great knowledge Of babies suggestion
for breaking a child of the pacif1er:
sucking habit It Is to show the chilu
how he looks in q mirror every time he
sticks q pacifier In his mouth. You
would be surprised to know how much
vanity and pride there is in a child OF
3. I have cured quite number in this
manner"
I think this Is q most interesting
method and worth any mothers enort,
though I hope no mother will persist
so far as to try to shame the child.
Just show him how he looks to others
with q thumb or pacifier thrust into
his mouth, so that it is apparent with
out undue lecturing that this is @ silly
habit. Adults do not do 1t, so why
should growing child?
Because of the sad effect on jaws and
teeth from persistent thumb or pacifier
sucking, it is comforting to have MEM
bers OF the medical profession assure
us that resulting malformation Of the
teeth will correct itself If the habit is
stopped before the fifth year. am
wondering II DR.. M. L. H. finds this
true in practice. It sounds almost too
optimistic to me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo patri

him why this word is so lovely and
that one SO cheap. Read poetry to
him so his soul steps to the music
of the spirit of beauty. Do not fear
to sing II 1t sings itself. DO not be
timid about laundering 1t If there Is
the voice of the gods within it. Read
him the great writing, the beautiful
songs, for seeing is believing and q
loving voice opens wide the ears and
the eyes of the sleeping soul.
BY the same token omit all that is
unlovely. If 1t must come explain
it. Tell the child it is ugly and why
it is so. for 1t is as necessary to believe
against ugliness as 1t is to believe In
truth and beauty. Usually beauty is
so positive that 1t crowds out the ugli-
ness and leaves it no space. Dwell on
truth and beauty.
Teach q child TO see with his inner
eye, for what he truly sees that he
believes. And what a man believes,
that he Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Celery With Cheese.

Boil until tender two cupfuls Of diced
celery in a small amount Of sailed
water. Add one cupful Of milk and
thicken it with two tablespoonfuls of
-four and two tablespoonfuls OF butter,
or butter substitute, creamed together
Cook until thick and smooth. Place
the dish over hot water and add half
q cupful of grated cheese and one
beaten egg. Cook for two minutes.
Serve on dark bread toasted and gar
nish with a dash Of paprika. This
makes a simple, inexpensive luncheon
dish and uses parts Of the celery, such
as outside stalks and tops, that cannot
be served on the table. --.-------a-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
BY J. r. GLASS.

beautiful Poppaea Sabina his wife and
Agrippina objected. AS she had rem
dered him sulky by constantly repri-
handing him as If he were q mere
child. she paved the way for open re-
bellion by this opposition.
Three times Nero tried to poison his
mother, but he failed because she had
previously secured herself by antidotes.
Next he contrived that the floor over
her bedchamber should collapse as she
slept, but the plan went wrong. Then
holes we're bored in the hull of ship
On which she was travelling but though
1t sank, she swan ashore. He gave ur
the idea of secret murder and had heI
aSsassinated.
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Date.Walnut Dessert.

Beat two eggs to foam with one cup
full of sugar and one-fourth teaspoon
full of salt When very light and thick,
add tablespoonful of flour mixed with
half teaspoonful of baking powder. a
cupful Of finely chopped walnut meats,
a cupful of chopped and stoned dates
and a teaspoonful Of lemon extract
Mix we'll and pour into creased rame-
kins. Bake for about IS minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12

fAO 10 uSdd2 AS O
first session Of the
Senate only q few
minutes are con-
sumed before ad-
iournment. But
Just before the mo-
ton was proposed,
from his seat in
the second row on
the Republican
side next to the
wall, the grand old
man from Ohio
arose and adj
dressed the chair.
There were lines
of genuine sorrow
in Burton'S face
that morning. For
l1-- &Svran ha had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Braised Sweetbreads.

Parboil and skin one pound Of sweet.
breads and place them in a shallow bak'
ing dish. Sprinkle with salt. pepper
and flour. Pour over them half cup.
full of melted butter, one teaspoonfu
of lemon juice and one teaspoonful OF
worcestershire sauce. Broil under a
flame for 80 minutes. When done,
pour half a cupful of cream over them,
and heat thoroughly in q moderate
Nyan
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DaY.Dreams.

VIII you please dnStDer the tollo,D-
ing questions? Just trhdt Is fantasy
ing? Is there a cure for it?
Here is q ran OF 90 tCho in his
1Ddketal hours is forever ptcturtng
himself leading great armies into
battle. knocking Gene Tunney cold
NTH one punch, fnveRti1g some
thing that brings him millions, fH-
ing the shoes OF the late CdruSo as
singer, being elected to the Office
OF governor. etc, and so on day in
and day out. OF course, am the
man, and all thSi rot giDes me a
StUell pain in the neck. Just iDhdt
Is tt all about, and am I alone in
this Indulgence? J. A. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12

DERHAPs the United States senate'
= most indelible picture Of Thecdor'
Burton was drawn by the Senator him
self lust q few months before his death
The special session Of Congress hat
inst been convened. The news hat
come only q few hours before tina
Mvron r. Herrick, this countrys Am
bassador to Paris, had died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12

long time he had
looked fatigued, but at the moment he
looked even more so than usual. And
his fine voice was just q trif1e UNI
steady.
He had arisen to speak of Herrick-
his friend and companion from boy
hood.
There was an almost death-like si-
lence in the chamber as lie spoke.
There was not a Senator on the floor
but who was familiar with the feeling
that existed between these two.
Burtons eulogy was simple but pow
erful. His was the tribute Of friend
to one who had passed on.
I'VE were boys together In the
County OF Lorraine, Ohio" he said.
Through long stretch Of years there
was no one in public life with whom I
was quite so closely associated :. Each
was a.friend and supporter Of the other
In numerous political campaigns"
Here the Senator paused. Then he
went on:
"Only five days before his death he
wrote me lengthy letter couched even
in affectionate terms which I shall
prize as long as I live. Four years
Younger than I, it would have seemed
appropriate that in passing to the Great
Beyond he should have survived me.
But the ways Of Providence are in
scrutable."
His voice broke at these words and
tears came to his eyes. It was in an
almost inaudible murmur that he con-
cluded his tribute:
How truly can say:
MY boyhood friend has fallen,
The pillar of my trust,
The true, the wise, the beautiful,
Is sleeping in the dust
Burton was certainly one Of the most
profound students that ever sat In the
Senate. When chairman OF the rivers
and harbors committee, 1t was said that
he was familiar with all the details OF
every stream asking for consideration.
Some say that he knew more about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
MOTHERS
Thank-You Note.

One mother says:
Children can be taught very early
In life the value Of appreciation and
gratitude. Whenever our little girl OF
8 received gift, no matter how simple.
I wrote a short note Of thanks and let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-12
Hair Length and Millinery
BY MARY MARSHALL.

II tried on no less than three dozen
hats" heard q woman say the other
day, and not one of them was large
enough. So just stopped and had my
hair cut of. I have been letting 1t grow
for nearly year, and it did seem