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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Helpful Hints

Who wants TO spend time shining
dirty brass ash trays when the swim
ming pool. the golf green and the
tennis courts are calling? And time
thus spent Is really wasted when
there are such charming little pot
terry bowls ts he found for a few
cents these days. They make con
venient and attractive ash trays for
the Summer home and can be washed
IN a jiffy. They also add a delight
ful touch OF color 20 the that
Is plainly dressed n Summer slip
covers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
The Home
Kitchen
BY ALICE LYNN II
Mint for Flavoring.

Mint for Flavoring.
A PATCH OF mint IN the garden
IA "a Winter box containing
some sprigs-or even a regu-
lar commercial supply from the mar
ketman-win pay the housekeeper in
IT'S fruitful suggestions. Mint isn't
always half Of a julep-it has a num-
Der OF more homely Uses. But Il does
a lot to Elorify many a simple dish.
and there's something refreshing
about the appearances OF II that
makes IL a welcome sight on a hot
Summer day.
II there's cold meat for supper,
doll II up with a mint sauce. which
car be made in a moment.
Quick Mint Sauce.
4 tablespoons chopped mint
~ cupful vinegar
y cupful cold water
Q tablespoons sugar
~i7teaspoon salt
NIX together and let stand until
needed.
"A sprig OF mint added 70 any OF
the milk buildings for children viii
make them more acceptable. Corn
starch, tapioca. rice. farina-tlavcred
with mint instead OF the inevitable
vanilla are a pleasant change.
Mint can also be added 10 any
cream sauce 20 dress cooked vege-
tahles-potatoes. carrots. turnips.
bcets and green's.
Mint Cream Sauce.
z tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
I u hot vegetable Juice
Il teaspoon salt
| tablespoon chopped mint
J tablespoon lcnon tiics
Melt butter. add flour. seasoning
and hot vegetable juice and stir IN
III smooth; then add chopped mint
and cook one minute longer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
TIN Not That Kind

An hour later. no longer drunk. no
lenger even poisoned. he sat I'D In
MS hospital cot and told the report,
ers an about II.
My girl went q the pictures with
my best friend and they neither OF
them told me a word about II. "a
what could I Go but die?"
You might have taken another
Rirl 10 another picture" said one OF
the reporters.
The nan on the cot shook hts head
mournfully and gave a deem sign
that somewhat resembied 4 bleat.
I'm NOT that kind" he said.
And just as the reporters were
putting away their pencils. into the
hospital ward walked a not unpleas.
ing young woman and with her was
a rather attractive man.
Honey" said the man on the cot.
"Tootsey." breathed the not unat.
eactive young woman.
The attractive man said nothing AZ
all
And now Il is announced that the
wedding wiz take place just as
scheduled.
But the rather attractive
man Will not be best man.
How much would you be willing 70
wager or the chance for happiness OF
this particular pair7
The woman in the case-of courses
there WAS no harm IN her going 70
the pictures with what the more old.
ti0ned novalists used 10 call ian.
Fer." but why should she and The
est man have been so s~ecretive
about Il?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Answers 10 Health Queries

W. r. NJ. Q.-How can I reduce
the legs without reducing the rest Of
the body 70 any great extent?
2-Vhat should a girl weigh who
II lis years old and 5 Il. ga IN. tall?
Aft due to fat. exercise or
sage Will reduce them IL due 20
large bones and muscle the trouble
cannot be rernedied.
2-For her age and height she
should weigh about Ill pounds.
c. z. L. Q.-what Is the differ
ence IN symptoms ar chronic appen-
dicitis and gall bladder trouble7
A-Synrtoms may be similar %
each other with the exception OF "a
yellowish color or the skin IN gall
bladder trouble
~. n. Q.-what causes pirnples
and boiis and how can they Re Grad
ic1tad7
A.-ImproPer diet and poor elm
nation are usually factors IN such
- Correcf ire Oct and keep the
system clear.
c~spy4Ett. i'as Nsvspss@ Fsstnr- ssyio.. fsa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
La bel A u
Medicine
Bottles
Know the Contents of Your
Medical Cabinet and Avoid
Danger of Accidents, Says
Authority.
By r. 5. COPELAND, Nj. ID.

u. s. Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner OF Health
Nei1 York city.
XX7E all hate to read accounts
wv OF persons who are acci-
dentally poisoned. But such
a. regretah.e occurrence may happen
IN your home II you keep unlabeled
bottles In your medicine cabinet.
Under no circumstances should
you permit a bottle or box to stand
IN your home without the proper
label. II the contents are poisonous.
have printed on n the word
POISON" IN big letters.
Often when you want "A drug you
are IN q hurry or are upset BY the
very accident or sudden illness which
calls for the use or the drug. This
makes Il easy 70 forget the location
OF the particular bottle you want.
All drugs are more or less poison
GUS. Even though some particular
drug may seem mild 70 YOU. IL nay
be harmful 10 q susceptible person.
For this reason II no other. II is
Jmwise 70 take any drug unless II
lis rescribed by The doctor.
Medicines Must BE Fresh.
Medicines 10 be OF value must pe
fresh. II kept too long they get
stale and germs multiply IN the iiq-
uid Ointments. particularly those
made with an animal or vegetable
Oil. soon become rancid. Some drugs
lose their medicinal value when ex-
posed TO light and air.
Many a housewife who IL careful
that her pantry shelves contain only
fresh seasoning and ~flavoring. will
have on her medicine shelf stale and
rancid drugs. These, too. may be
in unlaheled bottles or boxes.
I have seen terrible accidents hap
pen from putting the wrong medi-
cine in the eye. In the worst case /
ever saw the victim was a doctor.
The average household needs very
few drugs. especially drugs which
can do any harm. Have one place
where all the household remedies are
kept. This should be q dark and
dulstless receptacle located I'm a cool
place. Have every bottle and box
plainly labeled. showing the In
gredIent. its strength and the date
OF purchase.
Always. no matter what the hurry.
read the label before applying the
remedy. II you do this there VIII
never be a mistake in your home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
- by MAX TRELL
Has there ever bees
Medicine
That one could drink
In q twink"
Shadow Sayings
BY NIX TRELl

II MARI never seemed u learn.
~ Although his snqu.aitiveneza
had gotten him into troubls
millions or times-or thousands. at
least-he W grew any wiser but
continued to- be as inuuIsitivs aH
ever. Nil. Flor. Hand and Yam
the other shadow c~hildren-did heir
best 70 change him although cutie
In vain.
IL wa Just yesterday that he had
his latest miaadventure. This is what
happened. His master Frank (which
Ia just the reverse or Knnrf. you Sael
was lying IN bed. The doctor had
been there the day before and left
a bottle or medicine which was stand
ing. almost empty. on 9 little tRhia
near the bed. Every hour mother
had poured put a spoonful which the
boy was obliged 70 swallow.
"Br-r. ! hate it, he kipt sxciRin-
INK.
TITS good FOR you Don't yoa
want % get better quIckiy7"
Mold rather Be sick thar taks
this medicine"
Now Knarf was listening al this
while. for though no m paid the
slightest attention 70 him. he was
sitting on the edge or the ittlo tlhls.
right next TO the bottle or medicins.
What could he the matter with the
medbsne. he wondered. WHY ara his
master object % taking it2
Here. let me taste a BIT" r. said
TO mother. She was fMr too busy
urging his master 70 take ~ 10 listen
10 him. Very well. he'd a Tor him.
self then. with that Nv stepped uP
on the cork and looked down into
the bottle. The medicine appeared ~
be ell right, except that II was rath.
er black and thick. Still that was me
eason for dislikinE f. Syrup aD-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Secrets Are
Dangerous
At Times
Gere'S One That Almost
Caused a Tragedy, but Fortu.
nately True Lore Emerged
Victorious.
BY WINTFRED BLACK.
6kKI ARRTEDl No.
IVE Happy No.
Drunk Yes"


Drunk Yes"
These mystic words were written
;n a fine. large hand on a nice.
smooth sheet OF note paper.
4 nian stepped into a drug stor,
In a California city the other nigh,
90 handed this intriguing note 10
% nan behind the drug store
counter.
The man behind the counter gave
a nervous start.
is this for me2' he said ,remu.
lousy.
Yep" said the man on the other
SIDE of the counter. II wrote II.
I've Just taken poison"
The man behind the counter
scurrlsd 10 the telephone and called
Up p emergency hospital.
Clang, clang-it was the bel Of
b ambulance.
IN an astonishingly short time the
man VINO WAS neither married nor
happy. but drunk and poisoned. was
on his "a TO the hospital.
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II, OF course. cannot compel you
70 do this" Mr.. Veritzen said. his
voice suddenly suave again. and as
you do not wish 70 grant my re-
quest ! a DO nothing else but sub
nit. A lsdy's w!shes-especially
yours-cannot be Eainsaid- | must
try some other means OF meeting my
son. Coed night Do not forget 70
let me know about the seats for the
theatre"
He hung up the receiver quickly
and. swapping mine on the hook. 7
turned 10 Dlcky. seeing with relief
that the anger which filled his eyes
was not against me. but against my
employer"
What was ne sayinE7" Dicky de-
manded.
II haven't time TO tell you now.
But he's planning 20 meet Noel some
way in the morning. or course. he
knows what time the trains arrive
from sag Harbor."
Mary ave a suppressed little
shrek and / turned on her angrily.
Don't you hinder things by a sin
gle sound" ] told her. Wei take
care or Noel. Dicky what shall we
dor
Continued Tomorrow,
CopyriEht. 1850. Kswspape Feature Service. Inc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Helpful Advice
to Girls
By NANCY LEE
nEAR NANCY LEE:
By LEE

nEAR NANCY LEE:
am a girl sixteen years old.
Last month. while visiting some
friends. I made the acquaintance
OF 4 boy OF nineteen. whom I liked
very much. and who seemed 10
like me.
We parted without mentioning
corresponding. However. as this
young mar lives quite . distance
from me, ! shall probably loss
track Of him II we do not CORES
pond We have no telephone, and
the boy does not know my address,
although know his. Because OF
something which has recently hap
pened he could net procure II
from my friends.
As I should like very much 70
continue a very pleasant friend
ship, would II be permissible or
proper for me TO write 70 him
first? LOTTA T.
II OTTA T: Your letter indicate,
- that you and the young mar
have mutual friends. Surely your
friends a find a way o. informing
the young man OF your address anc
II he wants IL he Will never res
until he obtains Il. When writing
70 your friends you might ask then
10 convey your kind regards snC
wishes 70 the young man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

is another PROOF or the infIurnce Ok
flora and fauna upon the material
world this Summer. Here the gencr-
Gus floral pattern Is In q soft dusty
pink printed on a ground az black
crepe. The dress with It's flared skirt.
pointed yoke ana cape collar lid both
practical and beautiful for any after
noon event.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

; For q few days. yes. You prob
ably do not know that the boy has
had a serious breakdown. He Is only
Just convalescent. Mrs. Bicket. who
has been attending him. has said
that he needs 70 BE taken out OF
himself. and that the party would be
beneficial 70 him. But any emo
tional interview. such as one with
YOU. would undoubtedly be very bad
for him. | cannot take the risk.
We have been taking rare OF him
while you have been away. and we
feel ourselves responsible for him"
Let me at him. Dicky whispered
tTuculently behind me. but 7 shook
my 4ead and gestured him back.
nh wrNm -- A
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.EAR NANCY LEE:

nEAR NANCY LEE:
We are two girls N our early
teens Our parents object 10 us
keeping company with boys.
Other girls our age in this COM
munity keep company and we
would Ike TO also. We would like
10 have your suggestion on what
age girls should begin keeping
company.
QUESTIONING FRIENDS.
QUESTIONING FRIENDS: The
V wishes Of your own parents
l4-st decide what Il right for you,
rather than those who allow their
daughters more latitude than you
are evidently permitted. They know
YOU and therefors know what ~ best
for you.
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csssrssss. 1883. Ss-ssss= rssturs s.rrics. rss.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
BY Vera Winston.

VASHTON prints r turning
IN over a new leaf as can be
! seen IN the sketch above. II
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

NHE warning feuds between
many chiefs who sought sway
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

I dare do all that may become
Ca man.
Who dares do more 10 none.
Shakespeare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
MOTOR TAXES INCREASE
PER CENT OVER AUTOS
Registrations Gain But 8 Per Cent
as Levies on Cars Advance
to Almost Is.

Motor vehicle taxes increased per
cent more than car registrations during
1929, according to George z. Keneipp,
manager of the District OF Columbia
division of the American Automobile
ASSociat ton.
Keneipp pointed out that the taxes
imposed on car owners increased 14.7
per cent to a new high figure OF $685.
900 900 while motor vehicle registra-
tions gained 8 per cent during the year
Just closed.
THE great increase" he says, was
In the gasoline tax, and three States,
namely. Illinois, Massachusetts, and New
York. imposed the tax for the FIRST
time, while IL States increased the
rates
Although definite figures for 1929
are not yet available, all indications
point to the gasoline tax collections
reaching a total of 10000 600, the
largest on record. This would repre-
sent an increase over 1923 Of more than
500 ,OO0, 900. This is largely accounted
for by the imposition of the tax in
Illinois, Massachusetts and New York
where motor vehicles are particularly
numerous.
Registration and license fees are ex-
pected to total more than $685. COO 00O
for 1929, State personal property taxes
around $4,000, 900 and municipal
taxes about $40, 900, 000."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
AUTO POPULATION
PASSES e MILLION
American Road Builders
Meet to Increase Efficiency
in Service.

There Is = rumor that down in the
hill sections Of Kentucky and Tennessee
people live in such dilapidated shanties
that when it rains they are forced to
climb into sedans to keep dry, according
to z. Z. Duffy, highway educational
writer.
It Is diflcult to keep abreast of the
automobile-the writer made careful
calculations and estimated that at the
end Of 1929 approximately $4,000 900
cars, trucks and buses would be in
operation, but official figures of the
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce show 26,5OO, 5000 vehicles. The
writer made q slight error Of cne-hslf
million cars.
Although last week greatly resembled
the week before, 1T was, nevertheless,
good roads week. In Atlantic City
highway builders from all parts OF the
country were gathered at the annual
convention of the American Road
builders Association. They were there
because of these $500 900 motor cars.
The American roadbuilder, for the
most part an unsung hero, has q clearer
view Of the road problem than has the
layman. The roadbuilder must not only
keep these cars out of the mud but he
must PROVIDE Sn1OOJN bTAVeIlIlH sur
face. If he doesn't he gets blamed.
But the roadbuiIder can't build smooth
pavementS unless he has the money
and too many communities are not CIV
ing 1t to him.
The annual highway income II spent
directly on road Improvements, would
buy a lot of roads for the 80 States.
but by taking advantage of modern,
efficient financing methods it will pur-
chase a great deal more.
First class pavements are certainly
not being built fast enough now.
Progressive highway thinkers are urging
the casting out of archaic road financ-
ing methods wherever circumstances
viii permit. Countless communities
are finding this rather dif1cult to do.
largely through failure of the layman
to understand the principles involved.
The bond issue method, the most effi-
Gent way Of making money work hard,
does this; speeds the construction pre-
gram, lowers road maintenance costs,
lowers car operating costs, increases
the range of vehicle use, and adds TO
real wealth. These are i've very good
reasons.
This nation need not worry about
future highway income. The 26,500 900
cars will soon be $4,000, 900. More pave
nents means more travel and that
means more road money from the gaso-
line tax and that means more roads and
more travel and so on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
RADIOS IN AUTOS
OFFER NEW FIELD
Manufacturers Appeal to Vast
Market in Offering Enter
tainment While Travelling.

With at least one home out of every
three in the United States provided
with a radio, with instruments now 60.
ing into ofilces and places of business
with programs available while on trains
or In planes and airships, receiving sets
are everywhere proving themselves in
dispenSible. Only very recently has
there been opened new field for their
use, and that is the automobile
Though radio installed in a car may
at the present time seem to be an I'M
time is not far away when 1t may be
compulsory for every driver to have
such an installation.
It is curious that the trend toward
radio automobile installation originated
with the radio-minded car owners
themselves. few automobile enthu-
Siasts, endowed with some construc-
tional ability and an appreciation Of
the radio problem as applied to its use
in car, designed and hand built their
own FIRST receivers.
Many Problems Considered.
Specially constructed radios were the
ones that gave the real service that
these amateur automobile and radio en-
thusiaSts demanded. They had taken
into consideration and solved many
problems, including that of the aerial,
compactness of installation, speaker
tone, battery supply, tuning and many
others.
Following on the steps of these pio-
neers came enterprising manufacturers,
who saw great possibilities IN market
where some $4,000, 900 cars were riding
around sans entertainment of this free
end ethereal kind. So they set to work
and produced, after considerable work
and delay, the first commercial automo-
bile radio receivers available as extra
equipment"
This achievement was not obtained
without considerable engineering work.
And if today it is possible for an auto
mobile owner to be entertained at the
mere touch of switch on his DASH
board. 1t is because major problems,
such as ignition noises, microphonic
disturbances, aerial and speaker, have
been worked on for wears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
$4,000, 900, 900 ON CARS.
Keneipp Estimates Amount to Be
Spent for Upkeep.

Motorists of the country will spend
more than $4,000, 100000 during 1880
for maintenance and operation of their
cars. and this vast expenditure will be
reflected in every section of the Nation,
according to George z. Keneipp, man.
ager of the District of Columbia divi-
sion Of the American Automobile Asso-
citation.
Keneipp bases his statement on an
estimate of 1898 for the average pur-
chases per motor vehicle in 1880 and a
registration of approximately IS SOC, 900.
THE largest item on the list" he
continued, will be for fuel and lubri-
cantS. and the average motorist will
spend approximately 500 for this pur-
pose during the coming year.
1T is estimated that SIS will be
spent for replacement parts and sup
plies, $2l for accessories, $34 for tires
and S82 for service labor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Term Horsepower
Origin Credited
To Noted Inventor

The origin and significance of the
term horsepower" probably is lost
to the average motorist, who speaks
SO glibly of the power development
by his car.
The horsepower unit was formu-
lated in 1880 by James Watt, in
ventor of the steam engine, shortly
after the product Of his genius had
proved its ability to replace the
horses previously used at the mills,
mines, breweries and diStilleries Of
England. Watt described one horse
power as the effort of horse NOV
ing at 2Ia miles per hour. and rails
ing a weight of $50 pounds by means
of a rope passed over q pulley, the
effort being equal to raising $4,000
pounds foot in minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Have You Tried TT

WIIctE :
The sedan" he says, twas parked
at the side OF the road and as drew
near / could hear noises of a struggle
within. could hear rustic, probably
of silk, and the muffied painting of a
man. The body of the car swayed
slightly to and fro I heard a curse,
and then, again, the muffied painting. I
crept softly around to the side, looked
into the window. and saw
"A man trying to fold a road map
the same as 1t had been!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

When driving at night it is a matter
OF safety to use the far focus Of the
headlights as much as possible. It isn't
SO much question of getting better IL
Elimination as 1t is of being able to see
farther ahead. With higher speeds the
risk of "out-driving' the range of
lighted road ahead is greater. Danger
may Turk just beyond the light rays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
U. S. Imports 1882
Long Tons of Crude
Rubber Last Month

Imports of crude rubber Of all
classes into the United States dur
ing the month Of December totaled
1882 long tons, according to esti-
mates issued by the Rubber Manu-
facturers' Association. This COM
pares with imports of 40,621 long
tons in November and with $3.50
long tons in December, 1928.
For the IL months ended De-
cember 81, total imports of crude
rubber are estimated at SOL asa long
tons, as against imports of 446,42I
long tons for the corresponding
period of last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

1t may not be especially pleasant to
read the news of daily accidents hnt
there Is much to be gained from this
IN the line of getting wise to unsllspect-
ed danger points. Because men are in.
VOWED In most accidents, woman motor
ISIS usually feel inclined to skip over
SUCH news. not approaching that some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

engine running faster, under such con-
ditions or shift more speedily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
PROPERTY TAX.
Drivers in Ia States Are Free of
Assessment Like Districts,

While motorists in the District are
going through the experience of paying
a personal property tax on their auto
mobiles before they are able to secure
a license to operate, drivers OF IA other
States are free from this special tax
burden, according to George E. Keneipp.
manager OF the District OF Columbia
division of the American Automobile
Association.
Keneipp bases his statement on data
collected by the research department
OF the A. A. A., which show that during
the last 10 years II of these IA States
have imposed no personal property tax
on automobiles, and the remaining two,
though formerly making the assessment
now have done away with 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
A Fast Arrest,

From the Wheel.
A motorist driving through q small
country town was pulled up for exces-
sive speed.
Didn't you see the notice, Dead
slow'?" asked the policeman.
"Of course did, but thought 1t
meant your town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

where in the details there may be
useful warning.
Had one woman been a closer reader
she would not have suffered the I'M
pleasant experience of a bad skid on a
street where there usually was trouble
In bad weather. Familiarity with the
natural danger of the particular street
would have encouraged her to take
another route with a short cut to safety
(CopyriRht by the Russell service.I