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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12
TEXAS TOPICS
Legislative Speed
Crickets, Not LOcusts-
Juvenile Tarzan-
Prize Dry Capture

Legislative proceedings. somehow
associated with the snail's pace,
may be speeded up il others follow
the example Of Rep. Jack Keller Of
Dallas.
For the first time on record. an
airplane was pressed into service for
official legislative travel. when KEEL
Ter flew OF Wichita Falls TO join
the fee investigating committee, Of
which he is a member.
Yet Rep. b. K. Quinn of Beau
mont recently beat a parking fine
by showing the law contem?lates d
legislator shall travel 20 miles a day
to and from sessions. thus spinning
out his legislative immunity from
arrest considerably.
"a fine old Spanish custom" or
crying his wares failed to save a
Texas butchers clerk from deten-
ton and "a jail cell when he is al
legged to have whistled to an attra--
tive blonde woman and called her
blonde" She objected. He told
officers it was a custom to cry ones
wares. but they didn't agree that
the ~salutation was an essential part
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12
BELIEVE SOLON
DIED IN FLAMES
RAZZNG COTTAGE
Charred Body Taken From Ruins Thought
That of Congressman O. ]. Kvale OF Min
nesota; Was Alone When Cottage Burned

BATTLE LAKE, Mimi Sept. 11-P-A chared body found In the
ruins Of his summer cottage north Of here today wa believed to be that
of Congressman O. j. KFale from the seventh Minnesota district. The
cottage was destroyed By fire last night.
Although definite Identification was impossible, Coroner j vgen said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12
NEW YORK OPENING

NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-tP-Cos-
ton opened steady: Oct. 1851; Dec.
1895; Jan. 1895; March 1919; May
1881.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12

AN AUTOMOBILE Is not so hard to
buy II you watch for the bargains Of
fered In the "Automotive" columns Of
the Classified Section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12

A SMALL AID in these Classified col
umns may bring YOU big returns AIRY
ffF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12

Texas canning work has enlisted
interest outside the home demon
stration clubs, ii was shown when
two girls from the Philippines jour
neyed to Bryan TO learn how to put
up" things.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12

NEW ORLEANS OPENING
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 12.-tP-
Cotton opened steady. Jan. 1890;
March 1904: May 19.12-5id; July
19.02-bid; Oct. 1882; Dec. 1880.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-12

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where his children had been at
tending school.
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A West Texas dry raiding squad
Of constables was resting on its
laurels after capturing and putting
IN jail a l0-year-old girl. The girl
broke a bottle of evidence" tried
to escape the officers and later bit
one of them on the hand, according
to the report Of their successful
capture.
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FOREVER AFTER

impossible, Coroner J. vigen said
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
5|tzzI#Me7JRIFH|' \ I

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q style with such extreme ex-
quisiteness as today. 1t depends
entirely upon it's line for its
smartness. It will adapt itself
beautifully to any of the seasons
fabrics. It's superb-just perfect.
It's suitable for most figures.
The girdled hips are a novelty
shirred at each side, and at either
side of front and back. The flared
skirt ripples in unusual manner
at sides. The open collarless
neckline is shirred at center
front which softens the line of
simple nodded bodice.
1t is strikingly chic in silk
crepe in capucine tones, the new
Paris daytime color theme. 1t
can be worn for street or after
Moons. This makes it interesting
because it proves so economical.
Design No. 8105 can be had in
sizes 16, IS, 90 years, So, 50, 40
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material with Is yard of 32-inch
contrast for hip bow is sufficient.
For more dressy afternoons for
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choose q flowered chiffon in PAS
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ing tone for hip bow.
Printed chiffon voile is very
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green shantung with tiny yellow
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You'll be amazed at the easy
manner in which it is made.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

your wife's dereliction pr take
legal steps to give her UP.
An occasional day or 30 with her
parents-even a week or two az an
annual holiday-wOald seem justie
fable. But four months at time,
provided she goes often, amounts
practically to deserting her own
home and husband.
Possibly IL you and she have q
serious talk on the subject, and
YOU keep your head and your :
per. you may come to an under
standing iegarding the length and
frequency of her visits to her par
ents.
A Test Of Love
Just Another Blonde" pre-.
sents just another difficult little
problem of courtship in her letter
"a problem many blondes, and
brunettes also, have had to face.
Dear Miss Fairfax" she writes.
"I am 10 years old and the fellow
I have been going with for two
years is 2l.
Lately he hasn't been working,
SO he asked me whether 1t would
be all right for him not to see
me until he was on his feet again.
Now we both love each other and
hate to go through with this plan,
as we enjoy each other SO much.
But we think it's for the best.
Do you? II not, please let me
know, as Tn anxious TO hear from
you about my problem"
Everything considered, believe
you and your sweetheart are sen.
sible and wise, my dear, in the
decision you have come to.
While your friend is out OF
work he will have little IL any
money to spend on attentions to
YOU. And even small, trifling at
tentions--car fares, movies, candy,
sodas, etc.-count up in quite an
amazing way. Moreover. IL he is
a hustler he will wish to be up
bright and early each morning
looking and feeling his best to Sc
cure the new lob" that means
40 much to him and to you.
The more energy and undivided
attention he devotes to this
search the sooner you and he will
be able to enjoy your good times
together again. 1t will comfort
you both during your separation
to know both care. .s..-.
Once in a while you will mat
urally see each other, IL only to
take a stroll or spend the evening
at your home. But the right
kind of young man does not care
to spend much time with q girl
unless he has at least little
money with which to make things
pleasant for her.
1 assume you and he are en-
gagged, my dear. Otherwise might
it not be better at all times to
divide your companionship with
other friends as well as each
other.
Your difficulty has been encoun-
tered by many young engaged
couples and has only proved a
test of their good sense, ability
and love for each other.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
FANS IN THE
HOME

II you can possibly afford 1t.
have a window fan installed In
your kitchen before the hot
weather comes. These fans, oper-
ating from an electric light soc.
ket, draw the hot air out, pro-
duce q good circulation and bring
q fresh breeze into the home
kitchen. II you cannot afford
this, at least permit yourself the
luxury of q small portable electric
fan. There are few devices cost
ing so little from which so much
comfort can be attained in one
summer. The worker in the home
needs to remember that the port
able electric fan was made move
able for the very reason that It
is needed lii many places in the
home workshop, and that It can
to any light socket 1t is as ready
to do business in the kitchen as
in the drawing room, in the laun'
dry as In the sewing room
Body coolness depends upon a
sufficient circulation of air to
carry away moisture from the
surface of the body. This evap-
oration gives the body sense Of
GOODNESS impossible when no evap-
grafton takes place. It is not nee.
essary, however, that the fan be
turned directly on the person to
achieve the desired results. In
fact, the fan has become unpop-
ular in some cases by those who
have made this mistake in using
ut. Indirect cooling il as satisfar.
tory as indirect lighting. When
the fan is turned toward a wall
instead Of toward the back of the
individual the waves of air are
indirectly distributed, and do not
give the effect of a draught on
the hack of the neck, and the re-
sulting complaints Of a cold.
The portable fan may be so
placed that with the aid of an
open window it makes the kitchen
Odorless as well as cooler. This
is done by making it draw the
offensive smells of cooking up
the hood ventilator or out Of the
open window. While the portable
fan can be pressed into this SER
vice, especial fans that may be
set in the window pane or placed
in the ventilator above the stove,
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
What DR.. Caldwell Learned
in ~ Years Practice

DIR. Caldwell watched the results
of constipation for AZ years, and
helieyed that no matter how care
ful people are of their health. diet
and exercise, constipation will occur
rrom time to time regardless of how
n,,,ch one tries to avoid it. OF next
imuortance, then, Is how to treat 1t
when it comes. DR.. Caldwell always
was in favor of getting as close to
nature az possible, hence his rem
adv for constipation, known as DR..
CaIdwell's Syrup Pepsin, is a mild
vegetable compound. 1t can not
harm the most delicate system and
Is not q habit forming preparation.
syrup Pepsin is pleasant-tasting,
and youngsters love it. 1t does not
Rripe. Thousands of mothers have
written us to that effect.
DR.. Caldwell did not approve of
drastic physics and purges. He did
not believe they were good for hui
man beings to put into their sys-
tenn. In a practice of AZ years he
never saw any reason for their use
when q medicine like Syrup Pepsin
win empty the bowels Just as
promptly, more cleanly and gently
without gripping and harm to the
system.
robs your strength, hardens your
arteries and brings on premature
old age. Do not let q day so by
without q bowel movement. Do net
siA @EA seHs. bat % 70 q druggist
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
EXTRA-LONC
SHADES

Extra length window shades.
although a little more expensive
initially. are a good economy.
according to American Home,
for they will give double the
service expected from shades of
ordinary size.
Have the window shade cut
from nine to twelve inches long
or than the window frame it.
self. Then, when the lower part
Of the shade becomes irretriev.
ably soiled as it may in time.
the hem can be cut off, the
hade reversed and reattached to
its roller and slat.
The extra length will also pre-.
vent the shade from being pulled
off it's roller. in the effort to pull
1t down or cover the window
entirely. Thus L. avoided domes.
To Era@SGSh
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
Is IT Worth
The Price
You Pay?
BY Lucy Lowell
1e Il worth thA price7


The thing you long for most,
that which holds the center Of
al your secret dreams-would IL
be worth what you would pay for
1t? Have you counted the cost?
Oh, not in dollars and centsl
Those are but symbols standing
for time, effort, youth, strength.
1.-THE cost OF q thing" says Tho
reau, 'is the amount Of what |
win cali life, which is required to
be exchanged for 1t Immediately
or In the long run"
And Robert Louis Stevenson
adds to this: 81 have been aceus-
toned to put 1t to myself, perhaps
mere clearly, that the price we
have to pay for money IL paid in
liberty. Between these two ways
Of 1t, at least. the reader will prob
ably not fail to find third defini.
ton Of his own, and it follows on
one or the other that a man may
pay too dearly for his livelihood
by giving, in Thoreau's terms, his
whole life for 1t, or, in mine, the
bartering for 1t the whole of his
available liberty and becoming d
slave till death
know man, an expert in his
line, who has position which oc-
cupies him from in the morning
till in the afternoon. At 2 o'clock
he goes to another position which
holds him till in the evening.
This In a six-day.a-week program
and In his spare" time he makes
O lively stake selling real estate.
The man has rather gorgeous
house and staff OF servants, q
high-priced motor, all the other
material things people desire.
And yet say that he has neither
liberty nor life; / say he pays too
high for what he gets.
1t is not, 1t seems to me, a mat.
ter of quantity so much as quality
which makes life happy and sue
cessful. Almost anyone may sell
himself out to slavery and be rec
ompensed by accumulation Of Ger.
tain objects, and this is quantity.
He has neither opportunity nor
the will to enjoy what he posses
ses, and 30 he does not live.
One, on the other hand, may af.
ford very few Of this worlds goods
and with them peace, which, after
all, IL the only really priceless
thing.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

Dear Miss Fairfax" writes "a
Reader" on this theme. IT often
wonder whether 1t is jealousy that
prevents my wife and myself from
getting along happily together for
any length OF time.
Her parents and / never have
been on good terms and when she
tells me she is going there / just
rage until things turn black.
have tried hard to overcome this
but In vain.
When she goes there they per-
Auade her to stay two or three
months at time and IL call her
on the phone some one OF the
family always answers and hangs
up the receiver. This time she
has been away four months, and
not a word! I am beginning to
think there may be some other at
traction.
81 would give her up for her
own happiness, although love
her sincerely. When she IL gone
all do Is pace the floor. When
we 60 out together or have com.
pany at home, am never jealous.
She says / am jealous of her
people. Is this true? Or am
just fool to keep on standing
for it?"
Well, that depends, dear Reader.
You have the right to expect your
wife to live with you. She has not
the light to divide her time be.
ween your home and that of her
D,,A 81 faA- 10
Ing this I do not know what you
can do about it, except leave her.
As it is. you are miserable most of
the time and your worry unfits
you for work or play. Only you
can decide whether it is more
worth your while to put up with
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
DRESSES OF
ASBESTOS

Shimmering dresses that look
like silk, but are insulated against
acid and fire were forecast re-
Gently by Prof. Paul @. Card, of
the industrial chemistry depart
ment of the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy and Science, who
believes we shall eventually wear
asbestos clothes.
The Romans, the first people
known to have used asbestos,
are said to have woven the min
eral fibers with linen to make
burial cloth which retained the
ashes of bodies burned on fun
eral pyres, says Popular Science
Monthly. Prof. Card believes it
win be possible to produce from
the fiberous hornblende lustrous
cloth resembling silk, but having
the wearing quality of the home
spun Of frontier days. Such ma
terial, he suggests, could be
sponged clean with a wet cloth
and would cost less than other
materials of which clothes are
now made.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
ADVENTURES
OF RITZY
ROSALIE

Being a woman, Rosalie insists
on her jewelry. even in the water,
and here she has an ensemble of
anklet, bracelet and necklace OF
carved wooden beads combined
with red glass beads. The neck.
lace has a strand which hangs
down her sun.tanned back. There
are several other styles of neck.
laces which are designed for beach
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

Write for q pattern of TO-
days style, writing very
clearly, and be sure to state
number and size of pattern.
Send coupon with Is cents
(stamps or cOin) to Washing.
ton Times Fashion Bureau,
25S Fifth Ave., New York
city. Enclose IS cents ad.
ditiOnal if you wish n copy
of our latest hook of Fifth
Avenue Fashions.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

In drying the hand wash of
clothes on a damp day when they
refuse to dry in time to be ironed
and ready when needed. the fan
may help. It may also assist in
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
Timely Topics

The Arnold Arboretum, in Bos-
ton, contains the largest collection
of trees in the United States.
Shaw's Garden, in. st. Louis, COM
tains the largest midland assem-
blage Of trees.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

"Or light or dark, or short tall,
She sets a spring to them ALL
AWs one to her-dboUe her fan
She'd make saUeet eyes at CGttbGn."
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
THE ccquette plays favorites, says the poet. Her
= domain is man, and she wields mighty seeptre
over tall snd Short fair and dark young and old It
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

may now be purchased for the
home as well 40 for the COM
mercial kitchen. These fans may
also be operated from light
socket at q small operating cost.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
Advice to LOvelOrn
Problems Of Love- Family and Ones Duty to Mankind
Are Here Discussed bv the Worlds Greatest Authority
on Ethical Problems. What Is Your Difficultyg
By BEATRICE FAIRFA1

VxYH1 jealousy is destructive and useless, yet this
wv does not mean that should, without protest
ing, let his wife drift away from him and neglect
her duty to himself and her home Marriage, like any
other partnership brings definite responsibilities, which
neither partner has the right to shirk.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

matters not to her who he is, where he from,
whittier he il bound. Once she has set q pair of
sparkling eyes upon him, the mischief begins
And who IL poor. defenseless to cry her nay?
Even il he would, glance ut her aluring tresses
and fathOmess eyes casts an rrevOcable SPELL With
entraneng smiles she beckOns with frightened glanees
withdraws. Her victims, encouraged by the smiles,
advance holding out eager arms. Yet all unsuspect
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
ParEiament's "Red Lineo

Along edges Of the carpet side OF the House Of Com
red line. By unwrten law member
these without speaking The from the days Of
the Cavaliers and R0mdheads.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

Radium is used in q rubber fac.
tory in Leningrad, Russia, to pre-
vent fires. Its remarkable fire
protecting quality is due to the
ability of radium to make the air
around it better conductor OF
electricity.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06
SeUentv-seDen Great grandchildren

resident of Horsmonden reached ninety
birthday married when only SIXTEEN and has %
grandchildren and N geagrandhen Twelve Of her fourteen
children alive.
The Washington times., 1929-06-06

wear, and other. bright colored
anklets and bracelets, some of
which are made of rubber. There
are decorative beach novelties ga.
lore to be had these days, among
which are the bamboo and natural
burlap beach bridge table with
green oilcloth trim, coral rose jer.
aey beret, gay colored straw sun
hats and the usual collection of
unusual floats and beach bags.
(copyright. 1929, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.l
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-07

All Of these factors combine to reduce or
absorb the force of every unevenness in the
road before it reaches the frame, chassis and
body Of the car. This means more comfort
for you personally and also contributes
to better performance and longer life for
every mechanical part.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-07

ONz of the fine thing. about
driving the new Ford is the way it takes you
over the miles without fuss or fatigue.
Mentally you arc at ease because you are
sure Of the mechanical performance Of the
car. No matter how long the trip, or rough
or devious the roadway, you know it will
bring you safely, quickly to the journeys end.
Through thickest traffic, up steepest hills,
along the open road, you will drive with
security and confidence because the new Ford
is 50 alert and capable and 50 easy to opcr-
ate and control.
Ease Of control adds to comfort
Of d,it;ng
The steering wheel answers to the touch Of a
finger. Gears shift smoothly and silently.
Brakes take hold quickly and firmly even on
slippery pavements.
Unusual acceleration, speed and power are
especially appreciated in emergencies. space
little longer than the car itself is all you need
for parking.
These features simplify the mechanics Of
driving and, together with reliability, add
great deal to the mental comfort of motoring.
Physically, too, you will feel fresh and re.
Taxed in the new Ford because it IS such
roomy, easy.riding car.
The resfully tilted seats are made gener-
ously wide and are deeply cushioned, with
coil springs Of straight and hour-glass type.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-07

The backs are carefully designed to con.
form to the curves of the body.
Perhaps the most outstanding feature Of
the new Ford is found in its riding comfort.
Somehow it seems to just glide along, as if
every road were good road. The rough
spots arc there, just as they have always been,
but you do not feel them. 1t is almost as if
giant hand had smoothed the way before you.
Even bad stretches may be taken at reason.
ably fast pace without hard jolts or bumps
or the exaggerated bouncing which is the
cause Of most motoring fatigue.
One reason, of course, is the use of four
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-07

The Fordor Sedan Is particularly good family not
only because Of its comfort, seety and beauty bxt also
because its low first cost and lou cost Of operation and
sb-keep Finished choice colors-1w unusual feature
IN q low,pree csy.