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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-19
Valley Society
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Mrs. T. A. Leonard and little
daughter. Betty Lou, Mrs. III. r.
Anderson, Mrs. K. w. Langley, Mrs.
John Crawford, Mrs. G. E. Ander-
son, Mrs. II. A. Coultas, Mrs.
George Morrison, Mrs. +. II. Dunn,
Mrs. J. I, Sutton. Mrs. E. G. Woods
and son, Mrs. j. @. Nix and
daughter, Doris, Mrs. Monte v ak
er and daughter, Elaine, and the
hostess.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Celebrating her tenth birthday
Saturday afternoon Helen Marie
Anderson was hostess with a party,
receiving many nice gifts from her
friends. After an afternoon OF hap
py games the birthday cake with
candy and fruited tea were served.
Little friends invited were: Helen
Sims, Jewell Sims, Marjorie And
rews, Violet Patty, Adele Id Jack
Tension, Cornelio Fort. Helen Marie
Taylor. Thomas Kidder, Clifford
Brasher, Eugene Vaughan, Dale
Porter, Lois Ludwig, Donald And
erson, Eddie Yates, Poland and
Chester Cooper, Allie B. Bell, and
Doris Taylor.
LLANO GRANDE CLUB
Mrs. d. z. Kirgan was hostess
Friday afternoon to the regular
meeting of the Llano Grande
bridge club. Mrs. r. Newell Waters
won the afternoon score
Nine club members were present.
Club guests were Mrs. r. d. Mack
intoSh, Mrs. r. w. Bennett, Mrs.
A. K. Richardson and Mrs. v. r..
Myers.
Marigolds In lovely colors made
the bright decorations In the din
ing room. Roses in fall colors were
other pretty decorations. A salad
and sweet course was served. Mrs.
j.. A. Knapp will be the next host
eSs.
CLUB ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Phil D. Dixon was hostess
this week to the Thursday club
entertaining at her home on Sat-
urady afternoon. Roses made the
pretty house decorations. "A salad
and dessert course was served. Miss
Ada We Williams was high score
winner for the afternoon games.
Club guests were. Mrs. VI. G.
Thompson, Miss Eu Jean Smith,
Miss Ada We Williams and Miss
Gertie Whitehurst. Nine club men,
bers were present.
BIRTHDAY COMPLIMENT
Mrs. Fretwel Gilmore was most
delightfully."- complimented on her
birthday at the home Of her par
entS, MI. and Mrs. c. Z. Anderson.
Roses and queens wreath made
pretty decorations and many in
door games we're enjoyed. The
three tier birthday cake was serv-
ed with hot chocolate.
Those enjoying the evening were
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore. Mrs. Oliver
Swinnea. Miss Agnes Avinger. Miss
Gladly Shepherd, Miss Catherine
Clark. Miss Margaret Smith. Crib
in Wilson and Ordell Robertson. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson and fam
lily.
BANQUET AT CORTEZ
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
OSteopath Association held its re-
gular monthly banquet and bust
ness meeting at the Cortez hotel
Friday evening with Mrs. Mable
Martin Gwillim as hostess.
The principal address OF the
evening was by Dr.. Brackmever Of
Harrington on foot treatment. There
were eleven present.
The next meeting OF the AS
ISOLATION will be held December 20
in McAllen with Drs. w. K. and
Ida Davis and Or. Kershaw as
hosts. DR.. W. E. Davis is president
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A Human DOOr-M0t
and Tragedy!
This Wife Stood for Everything Abuse. RidicuIe
and Hunger - but When Her Husband
Threatened to LeaUe Her

By WINIFRED BLACK

AVE you been reading about the woman out in Kansas City who
went without food 50 that her husband might eat-and then
when the husband threatened TO leave her she shot him dead?
The husband beat her. abused her and laughed ~ her. and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-19

OandIed Sweet Potatoes
BATATAS GARAPINADAS

Golden Sweets"-Batatas Garapi-
MADISON batatas escogidas, deliciosas,
doradas, que crecen en- Ell fertil suelo
arcilloso de Luisiana, en- la famosa re-
gion productora de b~atatas, y va pueden
c~onseguirse en- %cualquiera tienda dc CO.
mestibles.
Estan perfectamente c~ocisas, Y enya-
sadas en- la fabrica EN- sirope puro de
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home was adorned with roses and
other cut flowers. The children
were re m m bered with many
beautiful and useful gifts. After
an afternoon spent In games and
other amusements refreshments
were served to about sixty.
OLD FASHIONED PARTY
Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Richards OF
the Methodist church were most
pleasantly surprised Wednesday
night OH their return home from
prayer -leeting with an old fash
Toned pound party. Members OF
the church greeted them and 9
most pleasant evening was enjoy
ed.
DINNER PARTY
Mr.. and Mrs. wv. G. Taylor en-
tertained with a dinner party at
their home Monday. Guests for the
evening were: Messers and Mes
danes II. A. Baldwin. J. O. Parks
and win Petch.
ELECT OFFICERS
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Methodist Missionary Society
was held at the home of Mrs. Clare
White on Thursday with Mrs. y.
o. Fleuriet presiding. The first
hour was spent I'm Mission study,
which was conducted by Mrs. r..
=. Chambers. Mrs. "A. O.. Kennedy
led the devotional. Mrs. O.. R.
Mann. the secretary. was present
and gave u resume OF the years
work in the district
At the business session, the an
nual election or was held at which
time the following were elected;
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DONNA
BRIDGE

WEDNESDAY BRIDGE
Mrs. Glenn White was a lovely
hostess TO the Wednesday Bridge
club at her home. Roses ; | ferns
were artistically arranged about the
rOoms To form a beautiful setting
for the six tables Of players.
Mrs. Glenn Lucas was awarded
for scoring high and Mrs. Dave
Weideman Sr. for second high
among the club members. while
Mrs. Geo. Vance scored hi y and
Mrs. r. J. Webb low amoLg the
guests. Refreshments were served.
BANQUET PROGRAM
The Business and Professional
Women's club OF Donna will enter
tain with a banquet Tuesday even
ing, November 10. at the Tiffin
room for the members OF the vari-
Gus clubs OF the Valley. Mis- Mary
Jane Higgins Of Fort Worth. state
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John Coolidges Fancee Scion Of Famed Patriots

West and returned to America, but
after peace was concluded went back
to England to resume his art study.
In 1886 his first large historical pic
ture, THE Battle of Bunker HILL" now
familiar through engravings, was given
to the world. This was followed by
The Death of Montgomery Before
Quebec" and THE Sortie From Gibral-
tar" On the Inauguration of Wash
ington as President he returned to the
United States, having formed a very
ambitious art project for those times.
This was to commemorate on canvas
in series of paintings the chief per-
sonages and incidents of the Revolu-
ton.
To assist him in making such work
of historic accuracy he obtained por-
traits of leading Revolutionary figures
and various data. He could not carry
the project through at once, and for a
number of years was in the diplomatic
service. during which time he paid sew
eral visits to England Rufus King. three
times Senator from New York and twice
Minister to England. became interested
in his work and in 1917 wrote letter
indorsing his plan, as follows:
His object is to adorn the Capitol
with pictures which shall perpetuate
the great events and the glories of the
Revolution, as the Ducal Palace of
Venice and the Statehouse at Amster-
dam, by the talents of the great paint
ers of the day. have concentrated
those of these republics. He has with
him the small pictures which exhibit
the portraits of the statesmen and the
principal incidents of the Revolution"
Having won authorization from the
Government for his large project, the
painter devoted the next seven years
to making his four historic decorations
for the rotunda of the Capitol, THE
Declaration of Independence" "The
Surrender of Burgoyne," The Surren-
der of CORVALLIS" and THE Resigna-
ton of Washington at Annapolis.
The early American painters are
sometimes criticized when their work
is Judged by the standards of today.
This is not a discussion of the value
of Trumbull from the standpoint of
art, but of the value of his contribu-
tions to the education of the people of
the Nation in the history of the great
Revolutionary struggle and the heroic
incidents, wise craftsmanship and sac
rifice ON the altar of country which
prompt us to honor and venerate those
taking part In that movement for hui
man liberty.
The remainder OF Trumbulls life was
passed In New York City. He was hon.
ored with the post of president of the
Academy of Fine Arts and other dis
tinctions. He died in New York In l843
and was buried at New Haven, Conn.
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FLOWED [ NOT HONOR MORE"
By Fannie KiIb0une
They Decided the Things Life Which Were Important

before" And they say this in a tone
very different from the pleased sur
prise of your friends. They wouldn't
pine away, their tone of voice implies,
if they never again saw cupboards
painted red
Not everybody is unpleasant, of
course. There are lots of people who
rave about everything, and almost re-
store your faith. But, before long, you
notice that they're the people who
haven't the faintest idea of buying any
house They just think that going
through houses that are for sale is as
much fun as going to the movies, and
cheaper. I got so I could recognize
the people who were really considering
buying by their expression of skeptical
hopelesSness Some of them would try
desperately to be polite, and they were
the worst of all. They'd go around say
ing kind words, but looking as though
they'd just bitten the filling out of
back tooth
When a real estate man has house
of his own to sell, there's no suspicion
that he isn't working hard on it. Will
brought everybody with whom he thought
there was even the faintest ghost of
a chance. And it was like the constant
drop of water that wears away the
hardest stone. I might have continued
to like our house, if there had only
been one or two; but, after I'd heard
dozen people say that the bedroom
was too small, began to suspect that
the bedroom was too small And I got
SO 1 hated the very sight of those
Chinese-red cupboards!
In fact, the rank and file of the
lockers broke down my pleasure in all
the main parts of the house; and then
almost everybody had some special lit
tie detail that she didn't like, and /
began to take on all of Them too BY
the end of the month I wondered how
we had ever managed to exist in that
house for four years
X X
A ND then suddenly, In the very
depths of my disapproval about
our bungalow, a possible buyer came
along for the English house. 1t was
the man that J. D. Harvester Com
pany was sending to take the present
owners job, and he seemed to think
he wouldn't mind taking the present
owners house along with it. I was
nearly wild.
Will is very conservative and, at first,
he couldn't see taking the new house
until We had got rid of the old one.
But finally his business sense tri-
umphed-the little English house was
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the living room, and it had the sweetest
upstairs porch, and the most stunning
electric fixtures were in every room.
X X * X
WILL started right in to sell our
w bungalow. No human being who
hasn't gone through living in house
that is for sale knows what it is.
never had just got both the twins
in the tub, with the kitchen full of
dirty dishes and our beds still unmade,
that Will didn't arrive with somebody
to go through the house. And while
he insisted that nobody looked at things
like that when they were looking at
house to buy, knew better. The
men might be merely concerned with
the condition of the plumbing and so
on. but, believe me, Id see the women
casting their eyes about at other de-
tails.
1 tried to explain to Will that these
things have subtle effect. l am posi-
tive that couple from Detroit de-
cided against the bungalow just be-
cause they looked at it when the twins
happened to be quarreling over the
cap of a ginger-ale bottle and were
raising the roof. The man told VIII
afterward that his wife thought it
would be noisy neighborhood. She
never had sense enough to figure that
when we moved out. SO would the
noise.
But the worst of having your house
for sale is the way it begins to lock
to you Why, I'd lived in our bunga-
low for four years and thought it was
lovely. Our friends always said such
pleasant things about it-"What q
lovely living room!" and, Isn't that
a cunning little bedroom!" and, II
simply adore your kitchen: never saw
dish cupboards painted Chinese red
before And I'd have to pretend to
be modest about it. say that the red
cupboards were Just little idea I'd
picked up out of magazine, and be
pleasantly deprecating when they raved
about the porch or the dining room
I'd got to taking it comfortably for
granted that we had an unusually per-
feet little place.
But, believe me, you don't have to
show house to strangers who are
considering buying it very long to have
the conceit taken out of you. You
find out every little thing that's wrong
with your perfect little place in short
order.
This is the living room?" they'll say.
"M-mm. And, What small bed
roomi" And. out in the kitchen, why.
I never saw dish cupboards painted red
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years to build up was to start pulling
chestnuts out of the fire for r. 7.
| Moffat!"
Will got, If possible, still redder.
| And he had the nerve to suggest to
me that he could make it worth my
| while to go right ahead and sell the
rest of the land Intimating that. as
| long as I'd already sold half, I might
as we'll go ahead and clean up on the
deal. He as good as told me that I'd
already queered my standing, and that
! might as we'll make something out
of it.
1.-The worst of it is" Will went on
bitterly, that it's true. The people
who've already bought that land will
always believe that I'm either crook
or an easy mark, and one of those is
about as good as the other when it
comes to a business mans reputation, y
What can you do?" 1 asked, aghast
at such choice.
II can take over all that land, my
self, that I've already sold," Will said
promptly, land carry it so years or so.
till it's worth something. That would
give me back perfectly unblemished
business reputation, and keep us poor
for life. Or, I can go ahead as Moffat
much on Easy street"
But with no reputation at ALL I
finished.
Will shrugged his shoulders.
We'll, he said. frankly, jackson
vieriey's been mixed up In one or two
slightly shady deals over in Verblen:
but he seems to be able to keep right
on. 1 presume I'd live it down in
time"
/ said nothing.
Its a good thing" Will added, that
we haven't already signed up on ths
new house."
For a second I sat staring at Will.
At last: "You-you mean we can't
buy the new house," + gasped.
"Of course not" said Will. That is,
not unless take up Moffat's offer
THAT we've got to stay right on here
in the bungalow With that tiny little
bedroom! And no laundry! And"
There was no need to go on through
all the million things that were wrong
house! After I'd told all the girls!
After I even had the curtains almost
made!
Stay on, year after year. in that tiny
little bungalow! Already Dulcie was
saying they'd got to make change
before long, that their place was too
small And they had only one baby.
Every objection that every possible
buyer had made to our bungalow came
rushing over me all at once. When l
thought of that lovely new English
house, the upstairs porch, the book
cases on each side of the fireplace. the
curtains I had already made; what all
the girls had said about it; what they
would say now. And was so disap-
pointed. 1t seemed to me just couldn't
stand 1t.
lust don't see how I can bear
it," said. my voice breaking.
Will looked at me in the queerest-
way. I remembered that look after
ward, though didn't think much about
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Jonathan Washngtons One Two umbu
of Family Capitol Historical
Paintings Made for Rounda.

in the Revolutionary Army. In 1880 he
became secretary and first aide-de-
camp to Gen. Washington and as such
a member of his family. He served AS
Representative in Congress and Senator
and in 1893 became Governor of Con-
necticut and served in the post until
his death at Lebanon in 1909.
He had younger brother, John, who
was destined to distinction AS both
soldier and artist. His military service
qualified him to paint pictures of bat
tie scenes, with which he was familiar
from actual participation In such en-
gagements. John was born at Lebanon
in 1855 and, like his father and elder
brother. went to Harvard, graduating
in 1773. In IT'S he entered the Con-
tinental Army and few months later
we hear of him as an adjutant general
serving under Gen. Gates.
1t was in this connection that he I'M
dertook to perform a service which. had
his offer been accepted, might have
made a radical change in the history OF
the Revolutionary War and prevented
the loss of Ticonderoga, captured in
that previous chapter OF romance when
the redoubtabe Ethan Allen of the
Green Mountain Boys took 1t from the
British. lin the name of the great
Jehovah and the Continental Congress"
X X X X
THIS was on May 10, TITS. 1t was
about two years later, when the
British, under Gen. Burgoyne, were pro-
crossing down Lake Champlain from
Canada with a view to recapturing IT,
conderoga, that Col. West made a prop
osition to the American officers which,
as subsequent events showed, might
have enabled them to retain Ticon-
deroga and avoid the disastrous retreat
which followed their abandonment OF
this strong position. Walter Hill
Crockett in his History of Vermont"
says in part:
Soon after the return of the Amer
lean Army from Canada, on an occasion
when the principal officers of his staff
We're seated at Gen. Gates table, Col.
John Trumbull advanced what he term
ed the new and heretical opinion that
the position of the Northern Army was
bad and untenable' because it was over
looked in all parts by Sugar Hill, hith-
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Moffat told Will that if he wanted to
push the proposition he would let him
handle it exclusively.
1t was really very fattering. didn't
wonder that Will was pleased.
A ND by the end of the third week
was even more pleased. That
land sold like ice cream cones on hot
day. Mr.. Moffat hiked the price
little, but, even so, people could see that
for property right on the Three State
parkway it was bargain. After the
way Will had had to work to sell a
single lot in Montrose. this was almost
like finding money. He said he felt as
though his commissions were being
handed to him.
Il believe" he said suddenly one eve
ming, that this is the psychological
moment for us to bly, new house"
1 dropped my magazine in excitement.
OF course, we had planned to get a new
house some day. for our bungalow
wouldn't be big enough after the chill
dren had to have separate rooms; but
we had never mentioned this, except
as some pleasant pipe dream a million
years away. But Wills suggestion
sounded very definite and immediate.
Il don't believe in running up your
overhead just because you happen to
be making some extra money" Will ex-
planned; but this isn't. We can afford
to swing little bigger place now, once
it's paid for. And by the time I've
finished up Moffat's property the COM
missions will pay for it. How would you
like to cast the old eye about little
and see what we can see in the way of
bigger places?" ~"
How would like to! Ask any woman
that. Will, of course, knew about every
house in Montrose that was on the
market or, so to speak, even half on.
We hadn't been out two times before
we knew the house we wanted. 1t was
lovely little English-type house in
the block beyond RoSemarys. 1t had
been built only four years and was in
fine condition. The owner was with the
j. D. Harvester Co. and had been
transferred, which was why he wanted
to get rid of it.
VIII said the home was real bargain.
1t wasn't much bigger than our house,
but just enough so. There were two
small rooms across the back, with a
bathroom between that would be per-
feet for the children. There is a certain
undeniable air about house that has
two bathrooms There were bookcases
built in on each side of the fireplace in
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mitted it today when he asked me to
handle the Pike property for him. He
said he'd got a wonderful, straight
clean proposition out there that he
wanted presented to the right people.
! And his coming to me was as good as
admitting that he couldn't put over a
perfectly straight proposition himself.
That's the trouble" Will went on.
interestedly, with having one of those
taupe regulations. When you strike
something that you want to be abso-
lutely straight about, people are afraid
of you. You've got to tie up with some
body whose standing is AL"
Will was proud of having Mr.. Moffat
come to him at such time, and well
he might be. Father Horton had really
pulled out of the business-he and Moth
err Horton had goneto Los Angeles for
the Winter-and the other real estate
dealers in Montrose and Verblen and
Dawson were all older men than Will.
Horton, Real Estate and Insurance"
had always had a good standing; but
you can't support family on
standing alone, and some of Father
Horizons clients had thought Will was
too young, and had taken their business
elsewhere. A real plum like this Pike
pIUpclly CUuLNil 4ldFC COLlC dI q UCeVCA
time for us.
Along with scads of other property.
Mr.. Moffat owned about 500 acres in
narrow strip along the pike. the other
side of Verblen. 1t was mostly wood
land and not worth much. The pike
from Verblen on wasn't paved, and most
of the traffic went by the Sawmill River
road
And now suddenly it had been de-
cided that the new Three State park
way was going to take over the old pike
all the way from Dawson to the State
line. This would mean, of course, that
it would be made into beautiful, wide,
paved road.
"I ought to have seen that coming
myself" Will said to me. Its the OBJ
vious route. If they went through Mill
lertown, as they first planned, they'd
have to blast, or else go way round
those old quarries. This way is shorter.
It takes in the lake drive. Why. the old
pike is the only way for the parkway
to CO."
Mr.. Moffat showed Will letters from
the State road commissioner and the
head of the Parkway Commission, say
ing that it had been decided to use the
pike for the new boulevard from Daw-
son to the State line. This would make
that woodland strip of Mr.. Moffats
into really good property. and Mr..