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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
HOME DEMONSTRATION
EETTR

Mrs. Russell Binglcy was hostess
to the Home Demonstration club
on Thursday afternoon. Guests OF
the club we're Mrs. Harry Lupton.
Miss Ruth Lupton and Mrs. O..
Kyle.
After a short business meeting
the afternoon was spent socially
and a pot luck lunch was served.
The next melting viii be ut the
home OF Mrs. 8. K. Barr. Roll call
will be answered with q personal
experience in buying. The lesson,
buying problems Of the home
maker. will be led by the nome
demonstration agent:
SWASTTKA CLUB
The members of the 6wastika
club were pleasantly entertained at
the home CT Miss Jenevia Palmer
on Friday afternoon At the close
of the afternoon the hostess served
refreshments to six members n
following guests: Mrs. @. ID. Jen-
nings and children, Mrs. FRANK
Kretz and son, James. Mrs. Henery
and children, Mrs. ID. "A. Philips,
Mrs. r.. wv. Carroll, Mrs. George
Devers and daughters, Louise and
Evelyn, Miss Ruth Lupton, Mrs. w.
Steir.
PERSONALS
J. Z. Norman returned Wednes-
day from Arkansas.
w. l.. Scarlet and u. D.. Barr LETT
Saturday morning for Houston.
Scarlet will 60 to College Station,
where he will enter school.
Mrs. Clyde Tandy OF near
Brownsville visited with her sister,
Mrs. Nolen Taylor. Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Criss Bingley and
Mrs. 8. Baker, Jr.. returned Satur-
day from Edgley, nv. ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Greer and
son returned Friday from Dallas.
T.. M. Title returned Saturday
from Bruceville. where he has been
visiting with home folks.
Mrs. Charles Gobar and Mrs. N.
| G. ChatteIle we're guests Of Mrs. z.
Z. Ogden Of San Benito Friday.
Mrs. M. =. Orr visited with her
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Daw-
son CT san Benito Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
WEDDING

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. +. Brewer most
delightfully entertained a number
Of their friends on Saturday night
at their home on South Parker
road, the occasion being their
twentieth wedding anniversary. The
guests all remembered their host
and hostess with many nice gifts
-Four tables Of bridge were III
progress throughout the evening
and when scores were counted Mrs.
knight won high prize for the
women and Mr.. Adams high among
the men. Mrs. Ramsay and Mr..
Forbes each received consolation.
A beautiful wedding cake was a
special feature Of the lovely lunch
served.
Those enjoying this happy occa-
sion were Messers. and Mesdames
Knirht, Carl Kiester. Forbes, J. r.
Adams, Flynt, Stevenson, Mrs.
Ramsay, Misses Muriel Kiester. and
Josephine Hannah, and Jim RAM
say.
PERSONALS
MI. Sinclair Shearer and Mr.. and
Mrs. .. u. Kieffer were dinner
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. =. Han
nah Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Ellebucht left
Sunday night for st. Louis TO spend
some time with friends.
DR.. and Mrs. Hakin and family
we're dinner guests Sunday Of Miss
Margaret Oliver.
Minerva Holbert and Betty
Thompson left Tuesday morning
for Austin to enter college
Minerva Holbert and Betty
Thompson left Tuesday morning for
Austin to enter college.
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. r. Stephenson
were guests in the Davis Wade
home in San Benito Sunday.
Miss Carrie Bardwell, DR. and
Mrs. Hakin, William Bardwell, J.
ID. Wemple and y. A. Burns let
Tuesday morning for San Antonio
to be present at the fall meeting
Of Presbytery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20

Partly because or the rather light
shipments of the past two weeks,
potato prices were advancing and
the general I. o. b. level for most
kinds reached s2.l5-2.60 per 100 lbs.
Yakima Valley potatoes were selling
as high as $40 per ton at shipping
points. City jobbing sales ranged
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
A SINISTER TREND In TAXATION

Duluth HERALD
tax-burdcned public has need to watch very care.
fully trend that is visible in the legislatures now sit.
ting, including Minncsotas
ms Is the effort to find ways Of extracting money
for public spending.
The old ways Of taxing real estate and personal prop
erty the home and furniture OF the people, have been
used TO the point where further increases MIGHT exposc
tax -levying bodies to mob fury
But the temptation to spend and Ia keen n, snerds
still present; so axlevyns bodies try to find new
methods q raising taxes without increasing the aeneral
property tax rates
Fof instance the Minnesota legislature has proposal
ior constitutional amendment providing Tor state
on ciearetS. -
"a ana IS Yesterday woman member introduced Bill to
aoo yen % fifteen per cent TO the cost Of .co1etlcon
tem tnas includes many Necessities g well = xfes
1ns TAX the author figures would pruvtdo 1bo.f M
mnion dollars year for the Legislature @ spend
no doubt these proposals should uFetei there Nh
3 pans 70 tx washing machines ana vacuum cIeanars
.na raa'os Ana phonographa There 4 40 int . the
to ct started. - = 80 -. $1,000
they are not stoppsd 1t the bertnnns. rpouu,tlv
tnls country VIII b back ID the sne b a. lde 1r:
wnen po6 people couldn't afford . haye Ia ia Xsir
homes because there WAS tax On wiudoVi
Inc one way 70 head of this stream 81 nuaance faxe1
which : nov. 8 "a -ss'''''s'
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ETHEREAL INTERFERENCE

The critics Of the federal radio commission
realize that it has been handicapped from the start
Unfavorable legislation has hindered it, and pressure
from the public the broadcasting business and politics
has denied that free reign which might have resulted
in the accomplishment Of the greatest benefits for all
The commission may have erred the side Of tidity
Still. 1t put stop to jumping: 1t has ended the
chaos of the air Of the awless months during which
nobody had radio jurisdiction.
Had the commission refused and revoked licenses right
and left reducing the number Of broadcastng stations
tn, ground Of public interest convenience or
sty" 1t would have invited litigation that might have
tied its hands. The power to close stations without
compensation is bound to be adudicated so whether
postponement aggressive action has been wise OF
foolish is probematical.
When the first radio law passed congress thought
that year would be time enough to lay down definite
policies and carry them beyond the experimental stage
More than two years have and still the extremely
important question Of short length assignments
Is almost entirely In allegiance
The problems Of the other will still be in process Of
solution years hence There too much interference
between stations consequence Of which the millions
Of owners of receiving sets are discontented
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GRANTS FIRST MOVES

GRANTS FIRST MOVES
Sixty-five years ago today the Fed
eral offensive, under General U. s.
Grant, who had just assumed COM
mand Of the Union forces. took the
form which ultimately resulted In VIC
tory for the Union cause.
Roughly, this date, In 1854, saw the
taking Of the first step in the his
toric march through Georgia" for on
that day General william Tecumseh
Sherman assumed command Of the
Federal army Of the Mississippi, sue
ceeding General Grant, who took per-
sonal charge q few days later Of the
army Of the Potomac.
Sherman had been in charge of
forces In Tennessee when Grant was
placed In chief command. It was at
his own request that Grant gave him
the larger commission. Mcpherson
succeeded to sherman's old post and
Logan was given McPherson,s COM
mand.
These changes were quickly made
and q united drive against the south
began. The strategy was simple.
Grants various armies were scattered
fan-like on what was roughly the
border Of the south, and he planned
to bring them Ill toward common
center.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
WOOD.ALCOHOL BLINDNESS

WOOD.ALCOHOL BLINDNESS
Poisoning from wood -alcohol Is one
Of the most vicious Affections that
the American people are now experi-
encing. Owing to its cheapness, wood
alcohol has come into extensive use,
replacing ethyl-alcohol. Since the
adoption of the National Prohibition
Amendment In the United States,
there has been marked increase in
the number Of cases Of blindness from
this agent. Unscrupulous persons go
about the country, selling poisonous
liquors in containers bearing counter
felt labels and revenue stamps.
When taken by the mouth. or alb
sorbed through the skin, or when In.
hailed, wood-alcohol often causes
rapid, severe and permanent damage
to the vision. The menace Of wood
alcohol poisoning has been increased
by three fateful factors, namely-its
refinement from a nauseous, vile
smelling compound, to one which Is
as clear and palatable as ethyl-alco-
hol; secondly, its cheapness which re-
suited from increased output and i'm
proved methods OF manufacture;
thirdly, its unusual solvent power,
which has greatly encouraged its use
in the arts.
Mcthyl wood alcohol impurities
have been found in bay rum, lilac and
violet waters, different hair tonics,
witch hazel, pareyoric, Jamaica GIN
ger, and linimentS for veterinary pur-
poses. The so-called "anti-freeze"
mixtures which have been sold SO
freely for use in engines Of automo-
biles are almost wholly composed Of
wood-alcohol. Often these mixtures
have been stolen by employees and
sold to unwary victims.
This poison is manufactured In
enormous quantities, and constitutes
a menace to the eyes and lives of
the community.
In the great majority Of cases of
wood alcohol poisoning, the agent has
been taken by the mouth. When in
gested, It acts quickly. A single tea
spoonful Of pure wood-alcohol can
cause blindness. an ounce can cause
death. Also Inhalation of the fumes
can cause blindness.
The poisonous action " methyl-
alcohol is manifested by headache,
nausea, vomiting, dizziness, a cold
leaky skin, a slow and weak pulse,
weakness Of muscles, delirium. stupor,
and death.
The eye symptoms include loss Of
vision. which may be sudden and
complete, widely dilated pupils, pain
in the eyeball, and occasionally par
alysis Of one or more eye muscles
which results in the person seeing
double.
Early and persistent vomiting favors
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
THE SLOW PACE KILLS

The pace that kills is the crawl" Dr. A. L. Goldwater
q New York City. who made survey among American
leaders Of industry as result Of his nycst
cation.
The inquiry disclosed that men who work hardest.
With consideration for the laws Of health not only live
the longest but they get greater enjoyment out Of their
period Of labor The who relaxes In middle life is
found to b most susceptible to the ailments OF fe
The conclusion gathered from replies OF several hundred
business men, that constant activity is productive Of
longer life. better health and greater happiness than
early retirement to passive Incidence"
It Is always gratifying to see man or a woman who
has passed the allotted years Of life take an active in
tere ~ current events and In the affairs Of the
munty. Such person may b afflicted with physical
an1Em1ty. but he seems to have the knack Of LIVING
~ spte - efforts Of Father Time to make him succunab
One of the bgSest mistakes any person can make seems
q p 70 quit work ct So Some Of the finest accom-
pshnaents Of men and women have been given to thu
world after they had passed the age which SO many
regard - the limit Of useful activity the age at which
leisure should b permitted to dominate the life.
John Burroughs was fine example Of man who re.
tanned his interest In the active affairs Of life until thu
last hour Of his existence. Other men, like Thomas
1dso appreciate the benefits Of work after they have
pased the period when most men think about retrn,
and abandoning al pursuits that SAVIOR Of labor TN
man whose ambition Is to Idle in the harness" near
always has the advantage Of years OF service over tn
one who relaxes ct So
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
MODERN SHAKESPEARES

A New York minister complains that America is sadly
deficient in Of genius.
We are very prosperous, he admits, but We have no
one 10 lead us in the realms OF art.
"Show me-" he says, American Shakespeare, a
Caruso Michael Angelo Americas art has become
the stage: her music jazz her literature. the Sunday
supplement"
This Is, perhaps the most criticism made Of
our modern civilization. Any who is in any way
connected with any OF the learned professions
feels qualified to occupy lofty scat and look down,
patronizingly leaders In industry and
The ageod snobbery of Europe which holds that there
Is something essentially gnobe lin trade is still with
Men have been long time in the process OF rising
from darkness to light and they have had various kinds
Of leaders to help them They have had great poets
artists to convince them Of their nobility inspire
them to higher intellectual levcls they have also
had more materia-minded men, to take the material
obstacles out Of their way and give them the leisure
the means to respond to the spiritual leaders, And
mere fact that America produces Of the second kind
Of leaders than of the first indictment of American
culture.
Michael Angelo and the other great Of the Italian
renaissance. helped move the world into q new and
better civilization did Shakespeare and his confrercs
Of Elizabethan England That is what all great men,
Of whatever calling, always do; and precisely what
our own great men are doing today.
1929. We have Ford, Edison Miiken, Wright. Rookie
feer and host Of others-all OF them touched with
the indubtabe mark Of genius They tower above the
rest OF US precisely Michael Angelo above the
ignorant Italian masses Of his day. They have had the
vision to see kind Of world lying ahead of US;
. marvellous new world. In which matter can become
the servant Of mind and in which every soul can be
freed Of the shackes poverty drudgery that have
been mans lot since the dawn of time
T1,ovo l,s~~
It Is as fine work have ever undertaken, II
IS bringing into our modern age strong heady opti-
mism-a confidence in mans ability to solve all Of his
problems and raise himself to the full height that his
God-given powers make possible
It Is foolish to complain because we have no great
poets painters and musicians We have another kind of
work to do-work that Is equally important and, ii
understood properly. equally spiritual We have great
men just Is the bygone ages had And in the future
when our presentday leaders have prepared the way
It Is safe to predict that We shall have the singers and
the artists well.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19
Daily Lenten
Thought
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D.

Editor Of The Congregationalist)
There Is q great deal OF difference
between mere impulses Of good will
and real actions that are uplifting
and helpful. It Is one thing To have
very generous thoughts Of our fellow
men and kindly feelings, but quite
another thing to stretch forth hands
OF cooperation and brotherly assist
ance.
There Is richly symbolic sugees-
ton Of this in the story Of Peter and
the beggar who sat at the beautiful
Gate Of the Temple. AS Peter entered
into the temple the beggar looked
up asking for aims When Peter said.
silver and gold have / none," the
oeggar must have experienced I dis
appointment, despite Peters smmpa-
thetic glance and interest.
When Peter said, But such Is I
have give thee" the begoar stu
may have doubted the ability to help
him Of one who had neither silver
nor gold. But when reter took the
beggar BY the right hand and lifted
him up, the begsar must have expert
cnced new thrill and Z new Joy In
the consciousness that strength had
come to his limbs.
It Is the power Of the strong right
arm that ultimately demonstrates do
power Of the loving and gracious
heart. The strong right arm, Alas.
has been too often given to deeds Of
violence even IN the mama q civil
ixatiot1.
Tho great social task Of the modern
world q to consecrate the power Of
the strong right arm 70 lnnor purposes
Of love and righteouBness and truth.
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10000 MILLLIONAIRES

If you have been having any doubts as to the real
enduring achievements Of our country during the last
dozen years. you may lay them to rest forever now
The country has nearly 10000 millionaires!
This is on the word of Carl Snyder of the Federal
Reserve Bank Of New York. who recently addressed the
American Statistical association in Chicago
In 1914 says Mr.. Snyder. America had approximately
1000 mlionaires The number has grown to more than
five times Its original size since them is still going
up Much of the increase is attributable to the war;
much more to the recent stock market BOOM
We may have our problems. Some industries may be
sagnant Textile workers may be underpaid coal miners
may be starving the power trust may be propagandzie
our schools and the farmers may be in despair-but
have 10000 milonaes. anyway. Doesn't that encourage
you?
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d.
ALLENE SUMNER

That women do not create in the
world Of arts and science is q dogma
frequently heard. Strong men defy
women to point to the great musi-
clans, scientists! writer's of their sex.
And woman's weak explanation that
women have always been too bound
up in the personal life of caring for
those about them in order that they.
in turn, may achieve, finds little
heed.
Virginia Woolf tries to explain why
there have been SO few women great
writer's. The number of a woman's
children, her income, her servants, If
any, and, most Of all, whether or not
she has room Of her own, Eek
plains much" she says.
She reminds us that Jane Austin,
Emily and Charlotte Bronte, and
George Eliot. perhaps outstanding
women writer's, had no children all
told, and that two of them were un-
married.
X \ X
THEIR ODD JOBS
Consider, too, she admonishes, that
George Eliot had an invalid father
to nurse: that Charlotte Bronte wrote
as she could after picking eyes out Of
potatoes, and she might have re-
minded us of the domestic response
bilities Of hundreds Of other women
writer's.
And yet, we can as logically remind
ourselves Of the hundreds of husbands
ana fathers who, working their eight
or ten-hour day ut some bread-and-
butter task, and confronted with their
own domestic jobs Of furnace to stoke
and screens to put in and awnings ia
repair. and all the odd jobs quite as
imposing In their way as their wives,
stu try to write" and even achieve
It.
This assumption that it is only thu
woman who Is unable to cleave to the
straight undertaking line Of one main
Job, Is unfair. On the whole, though
when q man reaches the place where
his writing is his profession, he is I'm.
hampered by digressions which thu
professional woman writer, especially
II married, must bend the neck under
It seems possible to find substitutes
for a man Of the house when it L
c',ite impossible to get them for tn,
lady of the house.
MRS. Woolf reminds us that nothing
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-19

LITTLE SLAMS AT THE SEX
Boston Transcript)

When woman goes up In the air she usually lands
on her husband.
About the only place where woman dare not stop
70 powder her nose is In a revolving door.
Girls who are easy the eyes often hard on the
pocketbook.
There was time when to succeed on the stage all
girl had to show her ability
The modern girl would make q wonderful cook If she
could lind Kitchen that run by steering wheel
In order to eliminate curves, millions Of dollars are
spent m this country by railroads and overweight girls
When q modern girl buys spool of thread She may
not intend to mend anything-she may need a new
clotheslnc
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suits Taft wore when he was presi-
dent. and If it fits the man he sent
1t to. well, the poor mans not starv.
ing anyway.
Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Incl
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Talks 1o&&
- Parents
"GOODBY"
(By ALICE JUDSON PEALE)

(By ALICE JUDSON PEALE)
To the discerning eye the manner Of
mothers "goodby" to her little one
reveals the quality and wisdom of her
love.
A certain type of mother when
parting from her child for more than
few hours makes great scene, dra-
matizing her own emotions. She is
not satisfied until the child, who at
the outset usually Is in a perfect ra-
tional state of mind, and perhaps
even somewhat pleased at the novel
prospect of being cared for by somc-
one else, has been reduced to an orgy
Of tears which certainly hurt him
more than they do his mother.
She makes her farewell as long as
possible, gathers him to her bosom
tells him not to cry and, of course
rouseS from him the loud walls of des-
olation which she fully expects. Not
satisfied with this, she is likely to
come back several times, lust to see
If he's all right"
After this it is not strange that the
person left in charge often must re-
port that during his mothers absence
the child was deeply unhappy and APP
parently inconsolable. The wonder is
that many children possess such
healthy spirits that after mother has
actually gone they at once regain
their cheerfulness and become alb
sorbed in the occupation Of the mo-
ment.
There is, however. another type Of
mother who says "goodby' affection
ately. cheerfully and quickly. II. she
discusses the impending separation il
is in terms Of the delightful things
they will both be doing while she is
away and the many things he must be
sure to tell her about when she re-
turns.
This mother and child. although
they do not weep at parting and are
quite happy during the separation, dc
not lack love for each. other. But
their love Is wholesomely grounded II
mutual trust and affection rather
than in sentimentality and self pity
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Locomotor Ataxia

LOcomotor Ataxia
Question: H. q. r. asks: rs there
any chance for person with loco
motor ataxia to be cured with diet?"
Answer: A great deal Of good can
be accomplished in the cure OF loco
motor ataxia through fasting and
dieting. Various physiotherapy treat
ments are also helpful, including the
re-education Of the muscles through
the use OF what is known Is the
Frenkel movement cure.
Spanish Bayonet
Question: Mrs. K. J. asks: HAS the
Spanish bayonet so frequently found
in our western states any food valuc?"
Answer: The Indians frequently
used the Spanish bayonet or yucca for
food. The immature flower stalk
when baked and dried has sweetish
pleasing flavor. The seed pods while
still green may also be cooked similar
to apple recipes.
Alkalies and Gas
Question: H. H. G. asks: what
is the advantage of milk of magnesia
over dry magnesia. And what Is the
advantage of magnesia over soda to
relieve gaS?"
Answer: The hydrocfloric acid Of
the stomach is counteracted by the
use of alkalies. II this treatment
seems advisable. eith1 soda, dry
magnesia or milk of magnesia would
accomplish this purpose. The pref
erence of one alkali over the other
would depend upon the individual
case and had best be determined by
your consulting physician.
Lining Of Eggshell
Question: Miss I. w. writes: II
have craving for the inside of the
eggshell. Some people say 1t is HARM
full to eat. but I don't seem to suffer
any i'll effect. So what would make
me crave it and Is 1t harmful"
Answer: There Is nothing in any
way harmful about eating the skin
which lines an eggshell, but 1t occurs
to me that you had better consult
psychologist.