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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
THE LIVES AND LOVES OF
GREAT A i
RobinSon-FarOrite of Roynily
Bv RUTH MORRIS

1this time there was a daughter. but
z Spartan wife. moved into the
prisoners abode and cooked.
scrubbed and drUdged for the worth
less F1binsr1-even writing poetry
for ths Slight remuneration It
brought. In return she received
horrid treatment and abuse.
Released At length from debtors
prison. Mary was sought after by
Sheridan, who remembered the great
promise shown by the child actress.
Garrick. now retired. offered to
coach her as Juliet. The result was
instantaneous success when the
Eeronese tragedy with its new star
was presented to the public.
Success Comes.
For four years this success con-
tinued. Mary became a belle Of fash
ion. driving her stylish pair OF horses
through the park. holding morning
%levees. spending MISUNDERSTANDING
unWittingly toward disaster.
When she appeared as "Perdita,"
the OF George III. the spend
thrift Prince OF Wales. enaited wild
love notes to her beauty, begging To
be chosen as her ''Florizel." Mary
fought off these advances for "A time
but eventually surrendered. History
gravely records that in 1850 Mrs.
Robinson accepted the protection"
Of the Prince Of Wales.
After this, life became even more
high geared for the Royal favorite
who retired from the stage to be
feted and fawned upon by V c
plants Of the court. Perdita's dis
play a gaudy and tasteless. The
bubbles OF adulation intoxicated her
beyond belief.
One day the blow descended.
Wales, whose affections had shifted
to Dora Jordan, dismissed his Per.
dita with a yearly allotment ~ 500
pounds. Return to the stage was i'm
possible. The public would have
none Of the beauty who had dis.
carded it for q princes favor.
Perdita. with her daughter, went
TO Paris, where she was to be per
mitted Il mOre brief triumph. She
was taken UP by the Duke Of Orleans.
who took pleasure in showing off her
beauty to the envy or the French
court.
Returning to England, she was
stricken with rheumatic fever, which
developed into paralysis Of the lower
limbs. The crippled favorite turned
once more to her flare for writing
and produced Groves OF perfectly
frtghtful literature, not guessing that
her own story-not any that she
would pen-would bring her inmor.
tality. IN 1900. just when Dora
Jordan Ger rival in the affections
Of the future George IV.) was at the
heighth Of her fame, Perdita Robin.
son died, heart-broken and penniless
IN an isolated cottage in Surrey.
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without any idea of copartnership.
How shall we begin with our boys
some may ask. We began by teach.
ing a small boy the Joy Of usefulness.
He learned early to help mother.
She looked for it and ne, rising 70
the occasion. helped He did the
errands, keeping account Of expendi.
lures. change and purchases. He
soon became a good shopper. His
mother took him to buy clothing
and taught him something OF goods
and why selections were made to
come within the economic needs.
The boy was instructed In plain
cooking. the kind q man is OFTEN
called upon to do in case OF emer-
gency. Because he knows how to 90
about such things Is no reason that
he Is expected to do them all the
time. but he may become an ex-!
pert helper IN case his helpmate
is I'll or is holding down a job that
may pay almost as much as his own.
And after all the home is a Joint
possession.
Young men should be taught what
II means to rush into marriage un.
prepared. They should understand
the care and repair of modern uten.
sis that represent an outlay OF con.
siderable money. Their upkeep IL
as much q question OF good man.
agement as the care Of an auto
mobile when once it Is purchased.
In the school classes the students
are asked to discuss the value OF
woman as q business partner. as a
consumer and her ability to share
the spending Of the family income
and other questions OF as vital i'm.
portancs in the making Of a home.
With this attitude abroad among
educators we mothers should be
more than willing to cooperate in
teaching u boys the kindergarten
end of their future education, and a
good way to do 1t is to let them
learn their lessons side by side with
their sisters.
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II the little town Of Bristol III
zT58. as Mary Darby. there was
born one of the worlds most
celebrated actresses, destined To play
tPerdita" in "a Winters Tale" both
IN the stage and off. and have at
her feet the real as well as the mimic
son Of a king. Mary. rs the stage
''Perdita," was 10 find happiness and
enduring love; but there was no
happy ending provided by the
Eternal Playwright for the "Perdita'
81 life.
Mary Darby was gently born and
Feared IN her fathers beautiful home
at Bristol. At Is she had grown into
a lovely, sad-eyed girl. beautiful, but
given TO melancholy. This morbid
strain in her nature was apparent
ut an early age-when she first be-
gan to read, she adored deciphering
the writings on tomb stones. The
picture OF the large-eyed child avidly
spelling out solemn inscriptions, IS
amusing, but it is also significant
almost az though she sensed the
grave unhappiness and bitter misfor-
tune that fate held in store.
When Mary was 10 the FAMILY
wealth was lost. forcing its mem.
eerS to trek to London in search OF
cheap lodgings and employment.
rFrs. Darby shines through this
episode with brave strength, she
was determined that Mary should
finish her education.
Mary's dancing teacher, who was
also ballet master a Covent Garden,
suggested that Mary earn a lveli-
hood on the stage. Mrs. Darby at
<---N downward Of E71Rh CCl-
tility," was finally won over and
Mary was taken to recite her verses
for the eminent Mr.. Garrick. Garrick
was charmed-more BY the youth
and beauty Of tho applicant, It may
he suspected, than by her art. He
offered to coach her himself, de-
termined that she should play Cor
della to his King Lear.
Illness Hats Career.
This remarkable stage apprentice
shin (which might have led to i'm
mediate success and removal from
r~overtv) was interrupted by illness.
THE theatrical prodigy was taken
down with ignoble small pox. Dur
ing her illness she was waited upon
nv a young Mr.. Robinson. who so
Incurred the good graces Of Mrs.
Darby by his gallantries that she in
+ fluenced Mary 10 marry him after
her recovery.
a delightful ne'er-do-well was
Robinson, with whom Mary had q
perfect whirl during the first months
Of their marriage. Life was r say
and expensive until his patrimony
gave out. Then there was debtors
prison. ~whereupon Mary. turning
ato not only a Spartan mother Thy
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IHS GISllE 10 STOOL, SLralDlnR ana.
other familiar symptoms, are COM
mon signs Of diarrhoea.
Increased peristalsis may be ex-
cited by Jumps or other masses Of
undigested food in the bowel. The
muscular contractions are intended
to drive out the offending substances.
This form Of diarrhoea is due to
mechanical causes. There may be an
Irritation OF the intestine from a
chemical cause. For instance. if fer
mentation occurs in the bowel, the
acidity may be 80 pronounced that
the Intestinal walls are excited into
pronounced reristalsis.
The usual cause for fermentation
Is found in the taking OF too much
sugar There is similar disturbance
due to the failure OF the bowel to
tolerate The fat OF the food. particu-
larry If there is an excess Of the fat.
1t is difficult TO determine whether
the diarrhoea Of the chemical type
is Gus to an excess of sugar or Of
fat. II fat IS the exciting cause OF
the trouble. this fact may be estab-
lished at time. by the appearance
of the stools. They are anywhere
from gray to brown in color and oily
in appearance. The stools may have
the consistency Of butter.
No matter what the cause Of the
diarrhoea may be. the mother Will
wish TO know what should be done
about it.
The first thing Is to stop giving
food for a whole day, or even two
days. in a sever case. OF course,
this seems pretty severe treatment.
The mother will be fearful that the
child may starve. but certainly 1t
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Loves Awakening "a. s.. s;s. , @sss q
in the Sand Tell a Strange Story OF Prince Georges
nisnnnonrnnca from His Car
By Adele Garrison

A S Mary's frantic cry rang out.
IA I saw that her terror was
~ justified. The car upcn which
her shaking hands were laid was in
deed empty. Whatever fate had be-
fallen Prince Georges. whether he
was alive or dead-the answers to
somewhere beyond the black cur
tain Of mystery which had dropped
between US and the hapless young
Hurrying after her from Noel's
car. ] had reached her side just as
she made the discovery that Prince
Georges was missing. and | held her
tightly as her knees crumplcd under
her in the first shock Of the dis.
covery. But only for a second or
two did her dauntless spirit yield to
the exhaustion due to her grueline
race for aid. Then she Strengthened
herself in my arms. and spoke
crisply.
I'm all right. Come on! Views
got to find him. Oh! why did !
leavs him?"
Her voice rose shrilly in the self.
accusation which. when I had see
the empty car, / hao known would
be hers. But my heart was filled
with q deep thankfulness that she
had run to the nearest habitation
for aid when she found herself I'm.
able to revive Prince Georges. What
ever had happened to him could not
have been averted by Mary's slender
strength. but l knew that she gal.
lantly would have risked death or
manning in his aid.
You did the only possible thing,
dearest" I assured her. You were
sure that the man who shot him
had gone with his companion, and
what else could you have dQne?"
Self Accusations.
That's what / thought" Mary
returned dolefully. but they must
have come back again after I heard
them running away through the I'm.
derbrush. But where can they have
taken him."
Her eyes were travelling the space
lighted by our lamps and that Of
the wrecked car as though she
could wrest the answe- to her fran
tic query from that tiny Illuminated
space. For a second no one an
swered her. I think the others
shared my feeling Of helplessness.
Noel's face, clearly outlined by the
lamps. was white and set, and !
knew that something more than
chivalrous concern fer his rivals fate
was gripping him. TO his keyed-up
imagination, Mary's grief was that
OF a girl for a lost lover. and I knew
that it would be difficult to convince
him Of the truth that her renorse
and wild anxiety would have been
as great If Jerry Ticer-to naIne the
humblest Of her masculine admirers
had been in the car with her.
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A RE you teaching your son to
IA os q good husband when his
turn comes, It LIZ a matter
Sone mothers have not taken seri.
ously into consideration. But now
that schools and colleges ere adding
this instruction to their other classes
1t is time to sit up and take notice.
Our girls have always been taught
the a. B. and C's OF home-making
by old-fashioned mothers-to cook,
and sew and bake.
Too Ions society has taken Il for
granted that all q man had to do
was u marry in order to become a
successful homenaker. We find this
is not true. If he approaches the
problem u~nprepared he does not
make a success OF his end OF the
bargain.
Man must learn something about
interior decorating, budeeting and
using his income to the best ad.
vantage, and a general idea Of home
economics. Though he does not have
to Go the marketing. still he should
inform himself upon the main points
Of home buying-provisioning. per.
haps. would be a better way Of ex.
pressing It. He should know some.
thing OF the cost Of equipment and
its economic use and selection.
The man should also know about
buying clothing, not only for him
self but for the family in general.
a mar who has such general knowl.
edge Is much fairer IN his judgment
OF others who 90 attend to the buy.
ing. A perfectly honest and square
manner OF dealing with all these
problems between husband and wife
undoubtedly insures a much happier
home. Partners in home-making are
the same as other business partners.
they are attempting to carry on sue
cessfully. 1t is a tragedy when 0
realize how many homes are run
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child, it is drilled into the mothers mind that
scientific feeding is essential to its welfare. If
anything happens to upset digestion she is a
nervous wreck until it returns to normal.
l have said a thousand times that the mother
job is the most e~xacting in the world. 1t is a
well-paid job, because there is no other reward
baby develop day by day. But it demands
accurate knowledge Of many things.
What are the signs of imperfect digestion?
The common symptoms are diarrhoea, con-
stlpation, vo2clting and loss Of weight. OF course
the last named condition may be associated with
one or more of the other symptoms.
Suppose we say a few words about the diar-
rhoea Of infants. This is due to IN increased
peristalsis.
By this | mean that the stripping movements
of the intestine are more powerful than usual.
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Seen On SHAVE.
By Florence W. Ross.

Quilted calico. in a reversible coat
cut on simple lines. made It's ap-
pearancs at a well-attended style ex-
hibit here last week. It was worn
over a white cotton frock which was
belted with n OF the calicoes used
for the coat. Patterned shoes and
a swathed turban completed the
costume.
The most important novelty which
is being placed on sale for Summer
dresses Is a printed cotton tulle
which Is showing every evidence OF
gaining popularity.
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will grow weak from lack Of food.
she will say.
Don't worry about that. The i'm
portant thing is to stop the diar.
rhoea, or there will surely be great
weakness. The only thing to give is
boiled water. Sometimes rice water
may be used, but your doctor viii
advise you about this.
When the usual feelings are con
tinued. assuming that the child is
bottle-fed. the amount OF cream in
the milk mixture must be materially
reduced. Some infants do not toler-
ate fat and they must be fed
accOrdinglY.
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She hates that, because she is
a sociable little thing and likes
to make friends, and besides, it
IS not good for Jacks business
for him to live like 2 hermit.
But they cannot afford sweet
breads and mushrooms and elab-
crate salads and frozen desserts;
it would take them a whole
month Of sciimping to pay for
these things. So Betty Jane,
like a sensible little woman, has
dropped out Of the bridge club.
l am not sorry for Betty Jane
at all. l am not even sorry for
Jack.
am sorry for the bridge club
and the women who belong to
it. Poor things, they don't know
anything about the real things
that make real happiness, 50
they just try to buy happiness
in the market, like a jade brace
let-more foods, more clothes,
more parties, and all the time
getting sad results, Disconnected
heart beating underneath.
| hope Betty Jane will stick
to her common sense. The first
thing she knows she will find a
few other women who feel Just
as she does. and then they Will
have some real evenings.
Show. display, vanity-what
ugly sisters they are, and with
them they always bring their
poor relations, envy. jealousy,
and Discrimination.
I would keep the whole crowd
out OF my house for good, if l
were Betty Jane. Wouldn't YOU?
Copyright. 1922. Newspaper Feature SsrEice. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
Words Of the Wise

Men use thought only to jus.
tify their WronG doings, and en-
ploy speech only to conceal their
thoughts. -VoHdire.
Nature has always had more
force than education.
-Voltaire.
As order Is h~eGUen1y, Uherr
quiet Is had.
So error Is he'll, " o mischief -
bad. -Tusser
Being myself no stranger to
suffering, ! have learned to re-
lieve the suferings Of others.
-Vergil.
The nature Of all mel Is 81
formed that they see and dix.
criminGte in the crutrs ~
others, much better than in
their oUn. Terrence
Turning the other cheek Is .
Kind OF moral jiu-jitsu. Lee.
BeUdre as long as you lire. by
judging people By their 1ppear.
onces. La Fontdine.
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1-la-I FOWI-I UFEI IUI 1GC5, JIIUaI.
shoulders and arms to give them a
pale golden hue. With this ensemble
the eyes are shaded a lovely violet,
and a thin film Of cold cream rubbed
over the upper lids. Altogether a
complete and beautiful picture No
one would suspect her Of wearing a
wig. for il Is arranged in soft ring
lets that hang low on the nape OF
her neck, ana the soft curls in front
come cut quite far on her cheeks.
However. when the silver gown is
worn. the natural hair Is waved and
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dressed IN the same manner as when
the wig is worn. She covers her skin
with a pale fl~esh-colored liquid pow.
der. The violet shadows are toned
down by the light application of a
pale gray shading. The color effect
gained is a soft, silvery gray. Thus
another beautiful effect is achieved.
Brunette girls. with brown eyes.
whs have q yearning for a bright
red gown, will find the sunhurn hue
equally flattering. When gold is
worn BY the brunette. however. the
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delightful little city. Her cottage is just big
enough 50 she can take care Of it herself. She
has a pretty garden and a hedge around it,
and a kitchen porch and a rail around it, and
a little living room that is a darling-Indian
prints, don't you know. and one or two real
pictures-wedding presents-and some real
books, and, best of all, q real fireplace, with
real wood in it and a real smell Of burning
bark when night comes on.
And Betty Jane has a dog, a police dog, of
course, gray and gaunt and terrifying, and
very, very faithful. Betty James husband
would not think Of leaving her alone in her
little cottage without the police dog, and that
is rather funny, for Betty Jane has been all
over the world alone and looked after herself
al her life, but she rather likes to have her
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Earring the sound OF a louf5
quarrel in the garden, Nip
Flor, Hand, Yam and Knare
the five little ACKNOWLEDGMENT :"
to Investigate.
1T must be the cat fighting with
a mouse" said Yam.
SILLY" cried Flor, 1.-The cat doesn't
fight with a mouse-it eats it. It's
the hornets fighting with the
wasps-"
." over a drop o. honey" com.
pleted Mi. who was Flor's twin.
Exactly" agreed Flor.
Its only a robin" Hand put In,
"quarreling with a worm. 1 recognize
their voices
Just then they turned the corner
and sure enough II was a robin quar-.
reling with a worm.
"Of course. that's who II is"
Knarf exclaimed. Anyone can see
that"
1T is easy enough for you to say
that now" Yam protested. However.
no one heard her as the robin and
the worm were shouting at each
other 50 loudly that they drowned
every other sound out. The robin had
tuggad the worm half way out Of its
hole. 1t refused TO allow itself 10
be tugged out any further, which
made the bird angrier and angr:er.
Come out" it shouted, pulling
with all its might: come out and be
eaten"
II won't" retorted the worm;
mot for you, anyway
why not for him?" asked Knart.
Because he's not the bird I'm
supposed to be eaten by"
At this the robin grew quite beside
itself with anger.
Not supposed to be eaten BY"
he exclaimed. VINO is supposed to
catch the worm" he demanded, ad.
dressing the shadow-children.
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BY JOSEPHINE RUDDLESTON.

p RI ORE attention to the color ensemble is
1879 being shown now than ever before. Not
alone MUSTs shoes, hat, purse, gloves and
Ike accessories harmonic, but the ~coi1feur. both
n color and arrangement must blend with the
eral coloring OF the skin and frock if the perfect
effect is to be gained.
Many Of the newest creations in beauty fash
ions call for strict attention to the most minute
details. This holds true whether one naturally
approaches a mark Of perfection or whether one
is merely clever enough to adapt only the modes
that enhance the general ensemble.
Delightful effects have recently been achieved
by the deft use of cosmetics, newest among
them Is the matching or harnonizing of the
complexion to the frock.
One LArtIcularIy brilliant young lady Of nv
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
Answers to Health Queries

MIR. T. Q.-What is the cause Of
q red nose?
A.-Poor circulation. indigestion
and constipation are usually at fault
for this trouble. Sometimes it is
associated with stoppage Of the nose
from catarrh.
JOHN 3. Q.-What should a boy
weigh who is II years old and 5
feet s inches tall?
2.-How can the tobacco habit be
overcome?
A.-For his age and height he
should weigh about 1879 pounds.
2.-You must learn to exert a lit
tie will-power. Sometimes painting
the throat with a go solution Of sill
yer nitrate. and smoking immedi-
ately after will help.
Copyright. 1929. Newspaper Festurs Service. Inc.
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INFANTS DIGESTION
DEMANDS GREAT CARE
Feeding Is L Important, Says DIR. Copeland, in
Outlining the Symptoms of Various Disturb
ances-HeT Tells How to Take Care of Them.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.

United States Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner OF Health, NetD YORK CttH.
r y VERY mother is concerned about her baby's digestion. Indi-
~ geshon and feeding are so closely related that disturbance in
49, one IS always associated with the other.
From the time the baby is born until it becomes a well nrnun
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REAL JOY CONES OF
LEADING SIMPLE LIFE
Famous Writer Warns Of Heartaches Sure to
Follow "Bluffing" with Fine Clothes and
Parties Which One Cannot Afford.
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

Y BETTY JANE is a bride, a pretty bride, a happy bride. She
a is dead in love with her husband, and her husband is dead in
love with her, SO the two essentials are there.
Besides that, Betty Jane has the cutest little cottage you ever
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husband worried about her-Just a httIe-so she is very fond Of the
police dog.
Betty Jane has flowers in the living room and flowers in the
dining room, and she has pretty dishes and pretty lunch cloths
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acquaintance, VINO has ashen blonde hair, appears extremely smart
IN either gold OF silver evening clothes. There wouldn't be anything
50 extraordinary about this but, when a gown of gOd is worm. she not
only. wears q goden-blonde wig, but smooths sufficient golden-tan
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1nese movements are Y tO the contractlons OF the muscular walls
Z the intestinal canal, rhythmic movements known as "peristalsis."
Anything that causes the peristaltc activity to be markedly in
creased, whether In baby or adult, is likely to be followed by diarrhoea.
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Copyright. 1929. Newspaper Fssturs Service, Inn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
Home-Making Helps
BY WANDA BARTON.

4 RE you teaching your son TOT without any idea of copartnershi
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GOODNIGHT
STORIES
49, BY Max Trell IS
The Shadow Children Stand
BY as the "Surly" Bird
Catches the Worm.

Earring the sound OF a louf5'
quarrel in the garden, Mill
Flor, Hand, Yam and Knare
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A S Mary's frantic cry rang out, =
"A I saw that her terror was
n x,S+iFio5 T1,o y ~, {oh l