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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

The instant she was out of the
room Chatty had the bottom draw
err open and the black covered book
in her hands. She was on her way
10 the front with 1t when she
heard Dave Jordan's voice:
How do you do, Mrs. Chatter
ton?"
With a groan Chatty backed into
the bedroom.
Her handbag lay open on the
bed beside the pair Of clean. white
chamoisette gloves that her mother
hid washed out for her. She had
just time to slip the diary into II
before Mrs. Chatterton came hur-
rying back into the room to tell her
that her young man" had come
for her.
AS Chatty started down the mar
row hall TO the front room, Pud
came to the door Of his own room.
He stood there, looking at her, and
as she passed him he spoke to her
in a hoarse whisper:
rs that big Whozis Of yours
here again?"
"Ssshl" said Chatty. and she
nodded her head. BE careful
he'll hear you'll"
Pud cooked his eye at her. Il
thought he was here. That's why
1 came in here instead OF goin' into
the front room-because you're
ashamed Of me-"
IN spite OF his loud necktie, his
wide-striped shirt. and his long
pants, Pud was only fifteen-anc
Chatty could see that he was hurt.
I'm not ashamed Of you-Tm
ashamed OF what you're doing down
at Ben Tomlinson's storel" she
whispered to him, fiercely. "You
were out late again last night with
him-and if it doesn't stop I'm 60
ing to report Ben to the dry
agent down town."
She went on down the hall, think
ing that Pud was the skeleton in
the closet of the Chatterton house
-. just as there is a skeleton in
every house in the world. Someone
or something that every family IS
ashamed OF.
But by the time she reached the
door OF the front room she was
smiling as if she hadn't a dark Sc
cret or a trouble in the whole
world.
She held out both of her hands
to him. It's so wonderfully nice
10 see you TWICE In one dayl" she
told him, and she gave a little sigh
that was the softest, happiest sound
she had ever made in her life.
And she was happy that night
For months afterward she looked
back on that night with Dave Jor-
dan the way we look back at the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
CHAPTER XVI

Once again the front room was in
apple pie order for the coming If
"Chatty's young man." Is Mrs.
Chatterton had begun TO call David
Jordan already.
Swelling with the pride that ey-
cry mother feels when her daughter
is having her first love affair, she
had gone to work that day to make
the little place look its very best
and it did look it now, as Chatty
stood in the doorway, taking 1t ID
with pleased and happy eyes.
The curtains had been done up
and they were white as ~snowdrifts
in the windows. The sewing ma
chine was hidden away in the
closet off the hall. There was a
strip of flowery new silk under the
lamp that glowed on the table in
the middle OF the room. A wood
fire sang and cracked in the brass
rodded crate.
And that's the very place to put
Agnes daryl" The thought struck
Chatty suddenly. as she stood there
looking at it. In two minutes it'll
be nothing but smoke going up the
chimney-and there won't be a sim
gle thing anywhere to prove that ]
took that daryl"
All day long the diary-or what
was left Of it-had lain under a
pile OF neatly-folded undergar-
mentS in the bottom drawer Of the
dresser in the bedroom.
And all day long Chatty had wor'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
Health and Right Living
By ROYAL 8. COPELAND, M. I'D.
Former Commissioner or Health

who is q years old and 8 feet A
inches tall?
A.-Proper dieting and deep
b-eathing is the secret. You should
eat nourishing foods and haVa
pie ty Of sleep and rest. For fun
particulars send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope and repeat your
question.
2.-YeS. Try taking a tablespoon
after each meal.
3.-For her age and height she
should weigh about l24 pounds.
J. M. Q.-How much should q
girl aged IA. 8 feet 8 inches tall
weigh.
A.-She should weigh about $50
pounds.
R. T. Q.-Is it harmful for girls
to smoke?
Ayes, certainly. If In excess.
g. r.. Q.-What II the cause "
my right shoulder being slightly
lower than the lett.
2.-Do you think n dozen small
oranges a day would be harmful?
3.-What should "a girl weigh who
Is p years old and 5 feet 5 inches
tall?
A.-You probably have q loose
ligament. Try wearing a shoulder
brace for a short time.
2-No. not if you eat a well-bal-
anced diet along with the oranges.
3.-For he age and height size
should weigh about $50 pounds.
5. ID. Q.-Do you advise treat
ment tor perspiring feet?
Ayes. For full particulars send
a self-addressed, stamped envelope
and repeat your question.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

READ THIS FIRST:
Charlotte Chatterton. nicknamed
Chatty, is a born gossip. She loses
her job in Mrs. Mayberry's millinery
shop because she talks too much.
Her mother, a dressmaker. has
Mugs, an old friends. Through her
Chatty gets q Job in the files de-
partment Of Mr.. Van Nuy's bond
house downtown. There she falls in
love with Dave Jordan. a young
bond salesman. and ne begins to
pay her a great deal OF attention.
Billie Langenau, in charge Of the
files, tells Chatty that Dave never
pays any attention to any OF the
girls in the office except Agnes Her
ford, Mr.. Vans secretary. When
Chatty repeats what Billie said. she
adds a lie Of her own to it-and
says that Billie told her that Dave
and Agnes we're in love with each
other. Agnes threatens to tell Mr..
Van that Billie has been gossiping
about her. and Chatty determines
to stop her II she can.
Finally she steals Agnes de5k
keys and goes through her desk,
trying to find a note she has seen
Dave hand to her. The note is in
hocent enough, but Chatty finds
Agnes diary while she is hunting
for it-and in the diary is the
whole story Of Agnes love for Mr..
Van. Chatty tears out the pages
at home that night and sends them
TO Mrs Van. Agnes does not dis
cover the theft at once.
Billie and her sister. Sara, come
to live across the hall from the
Chattertons, and Chatty learns that
she Is separated. but still married
to a man named Brewster. How
ever, no one knows this, including
George Mayhem, a bond salesman,
who is in love with Billie. Billie
insists that she feels only friend
ship for George, but one night
when Chatty reports that she has
seen him out with another girl,
Billie bursts into tears.
Chatty has a date" for that same
| evening with Dave Jordan, and Bill
lie, who is kindness itself. always
helps her dress for it Chatty Is
ashamed Of the little flat where she
lives with her mother and young
brother, Pud. She is particularly
as,lamed of Pud, who works after
moons and evenings in Tomlinson's
drug store, helping the owner sell
alcohol and gin. Chatty has begged
him not to 90 this. especially since
she knows that he sells his goods
to Winnie Talcott, a st~enographer
at the office. So far she has kept
Pud out Of the room when Dave IS
at the flat.
Nov Go On With the Story
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

Mr.. Hoover criticized Al Smith 50 vigorously in the
course Of the late unpleasanntess for believing in
state socialism that We guess the $500 600 900 farm
Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

Although the weather was cold
and somewhat backward this year,
there were many people brave
enough to venture into the water
even in the very early spring. Most
OF these venturesome ones know
how to swim, but even among good
swimmers accidents often occur.
One may have a severe cramp in
the leg, or other part OF the body;
O sudden sinking spell, or perhaps
an acute heart attack as q result
Of going into the water too soon
after eating. ANY one Of these ac-
cidentS may result in tragedy, or
near tragedy. Every summer has
its quota Of accidents from drown
ing or some other water hazard.
At the first news of drowning,
send for O doctor and q pulmotor.
You must not trust to your own
efforts, but make use Of them only
until q more experienced person ar
rives on the scene.
AS soon as a person who has
been submerged for any period Of
time Is brought from the water, i'm
mediate steps should be taken to re-
store him. Perhaps these suggeS-
tions will be helpful:
!. Do not waste time removing
clothing.
2. Place the victim face down.
ward on the ground. with a folded
coat or any other garment under
his chest.
3. Kneel at one side OF the pa
tents body. facing his head.
4. Place the hands on the lower
ribs and bear the weight of your
body forward to produce pressure
on his chest.
5. Raise your BODY to relieve pres
sure and relief until natural res
piration has been resumed.
z. When normal breathing begins
again. turn the victim on his face.
rub briSkly, always toward the
heart, give Stimulants, and as soon
as possible get him to bed. Cover
with hot blankets and surround
him with hot water bottles. BE-
careful not to burn the unconscious
person.
Harsh handling must be avoided.
AScAAAAAS ONCA a DdAICi IL lOO CTuUe
ana a rough thing to do. The gen.
tie method here described is much
TO be preferred.
Bear in mind that the purpose OF
your treatment Is to get air into
the lungs. You must be sure the
mouth is free from mud and weeds.
and that no false teeth are there
to obStruct breathing. The tongue.
should be well forward. 4
The pressure and relief should be
so timed as to give twelve or four
teen Dreaths per minute. Don't get
excited and overdo your move
mentS.
Don't give up. Keep at your
efforts for an hour or more. There
Is no greater satisfaction than to
hear that first voluntary gasp for
air. You will be amazed at your
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

girls never win. II only he would apply that reason
ing to the Caesar complex-Toronto Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

A crouch suffers in some ways, but he always
knows where his lawn-mower is.-Illinois State-Reg-
lister.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

Who am II or what state am T
governor? To what party do 7
belong?
What Is meant by "halcyon days2"
The discoveries Of what American
commercial manufacture Of alumi-
mum?
"And before him shall be gathered
all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another. as a shep-
herd dIvideth his sheep from the
goats" Where is this passage found
in the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

H. p. Q.-How can I gain in
weight?
2.-lS cod-liver oil fattening? How
much should be taken?
8. What should a woman weigh
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES

"A. Q. Q.-What foods Should De
included In a growing girls diet?
A.-Mllk, cream, fresh eggs.
plenty OF green vegetables, fresh
and stewed fruit. Meat once a day
Is essential. Drink two or three
glasces Of water between meals.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
Star LOrek
Jobs Coffin
BY Arthur Dew. Carpenter

BY Arthur Dew. Carpenter
Do not allow the summer to pass
without a good look at the con-
stellation Delphinus Dolphin). It
begins TO be in good position for
seeing in the eastern evening sky
in August. Someone long ago
named Delphinus Jobs Coffin, and
il continues to be an amusing little
group Of stars to the south Of Cyg-
nus and northeast OF Aquilla. nc has
five stars in the diamond plainly
noticeable, and a sixth star outside.
Someone has facetiously said that
from the arrangement OF the two
stars at the foot Of the coffin. Job
must have had n leg shorter than
the other, SO the coffin was built 60
fit.
More Tomorrow
Answers to Foregoing Questions
J.. John Hammill; Iowa; Republi-
can.
2. Quiet. peaceful days.
3. Charles M. Hall.
4. St. Matthew, XIV. 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13

There is no finer exercise than
swimming. For those who indulge,
/ doubt II there is a more enjoy
able one. But every swimmer
should be well versed in r~esusciat-
ing n less fortunate than him
self.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
Yep CROSSING COMFORT
FILLING STATION DIALOGUE

Motorist Whose two children want hot dogs: All
ho:s. please.
Attendant: How many?
Motorist: Fill EN- up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
TOday's Horoscope

Persons born on this day are fiery
tempered, but they Dor recapture
their good humor. They can be led,
but not driven.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

The main object of the public
opinion" course was to train the
youngsters to read new spapers in
telligently. Subsequent topics in
clude such matters as tariff, prohi-
bition, religion in politics. rcpara-
tons. foreign trade. public utility
regulation and similar problems.
The teachers are supposed to be
careful not to impose their own
opinions on the pupils, merely See
ing to it that all the facts on the
various issues are produced and all
misconceptions and illusions ban
ished.
The increased interest which stu
dents in Maryland and elsewhere
are taking in public affairs is beCom-
ing obvious TO all agencies of infor-
nation. Editorial Research Reports.
an organization devoted to furnish
ing accurate and exhaustive infor-
nation to editors and publishers, has
established a special student service
of monthly bulletins to meet the
thirst or facts.
Government depart ments and BIZ
reaus are also beSleged for intorna
ton. In answer to innumerable re-
quests from high school students
the state department last year pub
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
find Steel BREAK
BEFORE IT occurs
New Electrical Devices Expected
to Aid Railroad Safety

New York, March 10 R>- Proven
ton of railroad wrecks caused by
breaking of steel equipment is the
purpose of a research undertaken by
Elrser A. Sperry, president of the
American Society of Mechanical En-
gineers.
He has devised a process called
looking through steel" that dis
closes breaks literally before they
occur. Metallurgists recently have
discovered that breaks of properly
tested steel are not sudden, but that
they are slow growths, starting in
microscopic cracks. that often re-
main invisible to the eye until the
moment of breaking. Although the
Sperry process of looking" does not
rAnder transparent the interior of
steel and iron. it is even more effect
i've in detecting the beginnings Of
cracks. the one thing sought in safe
ty tests. 1t stops failures that start
in the middle of piece of steel,
though the surface remains perfect.
The apparatus is electrical, shoot
ing a current through the metal I'M
der test. The electrical stream is
disturbed ever SO slightly when it
comes upon microscopic interior
cracks, and this disturbance is regis
tered and located with the aid of
amplifiers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

future engage his attention will be
approached with some degree of
realism"
Among objects of the course as
stated by the department Of educa-
ton are:
ITO have pupils form the habit Of
expressing positive and confident
opinions on questions only after
critical examination of the available
evidence and after careful consid-
Grafton of the various possible solu-
tons.
ITO have pupils form attitudes.
ideals and habits of thinking tina;
will cause them to be open minded
critical in their thinking. and toler-
ant of the views of others"
The Maryland kids started off with
three month course on public
opinion" and their teachers under
took to show them how they form
ed their existing opinions and how
they ought to form opinions in the
future. Recognizing that teachers
might not always be competent to
administer such a course, Cambria
and f. Clarke Fontaine, state super
visor of high schools, undertook to
make it fool proof.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
EDUCATORS BEGIN
S7UPEND0US TASK
Will Attempt to Give Americans
Political instruction

Washington. March 22.-The
rather stupendous task of giving
Americans a political education has
at least been begun.
In a score or more states educa-
tors arr struggling with a vision OF
the day when high school graduates
may enter life with some concep-
ton Of public affairs and free from
the many dumb superstitions COM
monty supposed to afflict the aver
age American voter.
problems of democracy" courses
are being taught in New York. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and North
Carolina, among other states, and
have met with special success In
adjacent Maryland, where the state
department of education has issued
an extensive bulletin outlining the
curricula made by teachers in Queen
Anne's county. In most instances
such courses have been established
for the last high school year.
The outstanding leader in the
movement IS IIoleoooi !holi s oiH
cry Gambrill, head of the history
department of Teachers College.
Columbia University. who has ex-
pressed the hope that it might
break down some of the smugness,
cook sureness and ignorant dogma
tism so common among those who
have never heart of scientific meth
DDS and are blissfully unconscious o.
what is involved in the serious study
of social and civic problems.
Cambria was called in to advise
with the Maryland state department
Of education concerning the expert
ment in Queen Anne's county, re-
suits of which will form the basis
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
Got the Spring Fever
and Got 1t Bad

Exhausted and all run down? No
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Listen, you can't go around in this
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Don't go around feeling miserable
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you with these safe, pleasant, effee-
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22
MOROCCAN CAPITAL
MAY BE OIL town
Prospective Boom City Already
Busiest Mart in Country

Washington, D. c., March a.
Oil spots have been traced to ooz-
ing holes on a creek near Marrak-
esh, venerable capital of Morocco, a
fact which is leading to considerable
prospecting in that historic region.
Aside from oil, Marrakesh al
ready is one of the busiest marts in
French Morocco" says a bulletin
from the Washington, D. C. head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society. AN almost constant stream
of camel and donkey caravans pass
es through the city gates where
traders meet each other and also
the local wool and leather mer-
chants, tanners. silk weavers, arm
orers and manufacturers of agri-
cultural implements.
Medley OF Races Throngs Bazaars
THE baZaars in the narrow, dusty
streets of the city are thronged from
dawn to dusk. In one street deeply
sunburned Berber men in flowing,
white robes and turban-wound
heads stand in groups while others
bicker with sullen. bewhiskered
shopkeepers over the price of mex
pensive merchandise. Silent. heavily
yelled Moslem women peer into yarn
and silk shops where red. yellow.
green and blue strands form color
ful displays.
Fierce looking tribesmen from
the nearby Atlas Mountains with
firearms protruding from their
ed silk spinners and dyers plying
their trades in congeSted stalls.
Frightened black slave men, stoop-
ed under back breaking loads. stink
before the piercing glances of their
beturbaned masters. Robust slave
girls, with cumbersome jars bal
anced on their hips, cautiously come
and go without jostling other pedes-
TRANS of higher caste. Nivacious
Berber women, with homemade
blankets accost dusty camel men
fresh from the outlying desert re-
gions.
Around the corner peoples Of
many races Watcn metal workers
hammer copper silver and steel into
plate and receptacles Of all kinds.
between shelves where finished ar
ticles of their labors glisten in the
bright African sunlight.
Public Square Scene OF Trade AMI
Cheap Entertainment
1.-THE thronged streets lead the
traveller to believe that all of Mar
rakesh's houses have emptied their
100000 occupants, as well as the
city's visitors. into the bazaars at
one timef hut nearby, the jana
el-F'na. the Marakesh public
square. is also surging with humani-
ty, jostled by donkeys and awkward
camels, whose loads overhang their
sides
From the roof OF a one-story
bordering the square, the traveller
sees a group of men watching the
performance OF snake charmer
who leases reptile until it bites his
tongue. which he cures by filling
his mouth with a handful of earth.
Another group gasps as a smoke
eater chews a handful of yellow
straw and emits blue smoke from
his lips. The shaven heads OF dane
ing boys and bare legs OF acrobats
bob up from the center OF another
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

group. The native druggist squat
ting beside an array of fake healing
remedies. including disemboweled
snakes, dried lizards, and bottles Of
colored liquid. also has his quota of
the curious throng. Along the side
lines the black heads of Sudanese
negroes, behind the stand of the
fruit market, contrast sharply with
piles of purple egg plants. yellow
MELONS and pumpkins. green Gu
cumbers and sheaves of mint, pink
and violet colored onions. crimson
pomegranates and golden grapes.
IAN day long the flutes and
drums accompany the entertainers.
vendors strain their vocal cords.
husky caravan leaders below gang
way in their native tongues. beggars
feebly ask for aims and bewhiskered
singers. with wide open mouths.
loose rasping tunes as they strum
mandolinlike instruments.
Marrak esh Palace = Work OF Art
AT sunset the crowd filters into
the side streets. the professional
story tellers are on their last para
graphs. the snake charmers bag
their reptiles for the night, the
beggars stir themselves out Of their
dusty seats, and the itinerant bar
bers put the finishing touches on
their last patrons. The din of the
day dies down like an unwinding
photograph.
Meanwhile the roof tops become
populated with gossiping elders and
playing children. Before them lie
row after row CT the flat-topped
houses with cluster of lofty palms
here and there. the upper portions
of the kutubia minaret and the
palace building, breaking the mo-
notonous panorama of dried mud
buildings bordering dusty lanes.
THE palace is the city show spot,
Chiselled plaster, ceramics, mo-
safes, artistic stucco work and thing
adorn courts. garden walls, recep-
ton halls, apartments. slaves quar-
tiers. prophets chambers and LADY,
rinths of passages that stretch over
many acres. In sharp contrast to the
sun-drenched, dusty square is the
Asueda'. walled park in Mar
rakesh which was summer resort
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

for the Moroccan monarchs. There
are two immense reservoirs to tenn
per the warm atmosphere, each in a
frame of tropical verdure and fruit
gardens with orange. lemon. olive,
fig. plum, pear and apple trees and
grape vines. A handsome pleasure
house where the Sultan spent lei
sure days. now is a resort for Mar
rakesh merchants"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-22

lished a G0-page pamphlet purport-
ing to explain the American inter-
vention IN Nicaragua and giving all
reasons except the real ones.