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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-13
'CEXAS

THE Younger Generation" a
Columbia production adapted from
the stage play 1T Is to Laugh by
Fannie Hurst will be the attraction
at the Texas theatre today. The
colorful adventures Of an east side
family that rises from poverty TO
affluence. While youth struggles
for prestige and wealth, the older
generation pines away in sorrow.
Pathos. love, humor and thrills are
presented with rare UNDERSTANDING
az human emotions. One OF the
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ARCADIA HARLrNGEN

Helen Morgan, the famous star
OF Ziegfield'S well remembered
SHOW Boat" and at present the
reason for the great popularity Of
the New York musical romance.
Sweet Adeline." plays the leading
feminine role in Paramount's all
talking and singing romantic melo-
drama, "Roadhouse Nights" coming
to the Harlingen Arcadia Theater
Friday and Saturday.
"Roadhouse Nights" an original
story from the pen Of Ben Hecht,
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Beans Shipped

Especial 70 The HeraldD
SAN BENITO. March 13.-Alex-
ander Marketing company shipped
its first hamper Of green beans
yesterday from La Paloma, con-
signed to Wichita Falls.
The beans were grown by Henry
Esparza. The company paid him
$40 price and premium.
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Page, the Brox Sisters, Natacha
Nattova. Jack Benny. the Albertine
Rasche ballet, the Founders. Oliver
Hardy and Stan Laurel and many
others.
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Speaking of Texas Sulphur Beds

Texas sulphur beds furnish n per cent Of the stuff
consumed in the United States and the world for that
matter. Taxation Of sulphur was one Of the deadline
issues under the Texas legislative dome last winter
and early spring term. Now the Wharton county
commissioners court. sitting as a board Of equalization,
has placed a tax valuation Of sl3, 6,666 on the prop
critics of the Texas Gulf Sulphur company in that
county and a gross valuation OF Sal 10000 was placed
on the Boiling Dome industry. A citizens committee
sought to have a tentative tax valuation Of s~32OOO0oO
made final and the Sulphur company people at
tempted to substantiate a rendition Of sii.30o.o00.
It is said gross valuation Of the property was fig
ured by the commissioners court and one-third OF that
figure taken as valuation for tax purposes. Texas sui
phur product is known the world over. In the COM
pilation Of the gross valuation leases Of the company
were valued at $4,000. 900; improvements at S5,ooo.-
600: royalties at sS.OOO.oOo; sulphur in place. esti-
mated TO be in excess Of 100000 tons. sl2,l5oO0o.
and sulphur on ground s~6.l2o.0oo.
Gone are the days OF the long horned Texas steer
and the one crop cotton farmer. II does not require
the vision Of the seer TO predict that the sessions OF
the And legislature will be made interesting by the
sprinkiers Of sulphur for and against the 81 a ton
tax proposal. A blind man can see a legislative SEES
sion that will crowd the hotels and boarding houses
and wagon yards and tourist camps Of the Capitol
City until the windows will be crowded with the feet
Of guests who object to the trodding process while in
the arms Of Morpheus. Practical politicians may not
have corns on their hands but they do carry them on
their toes.
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The Once Over
ELMER TwITCHELL ANSWERS THE EDISON
DESERT QUESTION

Q-You are the head OF an expedition stranded In
the desert. You have with you a noted scientist aged
so. his wife, SO, chiefly interested in society matters;
their child. aged 6; two guides, aged 80 and So; the
girl you are, engaged to marry and your best friend
who gives promise Of scientific achievement. You have
food and water enough to save three. Which would
you elect to ~save?-From the Edison intelligence
test)
We'll" said Elmer Twitcheu. after studying the
problem. TO begin with / would consider the aged
scientists goose as good as cooked. He would be get
ting on toward the age where he would begin issuing
missionaries anyhow.
His wife would have to stay, too. With the pro-
fessor out Of the way, she would be getting a break,
but I would have to refuse TO save her, as she would
talk nothing but society stuff all the way out OF the
desert and would be putting us TO a great bother TO
find out what the vanderbilts were doing and II
Bailey's Beach was letting in the riff-raff. ! would
have a dislike for her anyhow. through the belief
she had married the old scientist just to get a husband
who could fix the radio and be able to make adjust
ments on the electric vibrator.
The six-year-old kid would have to stay, too. He
would be one Of those intolerably smart children with
tortoise-shell glasses, always saying "Lookit what I
got" and showing a jar full of lightning bugs and
sulphuric acid. I would give him a book on parlor
magic and leave him.
"One of the guides would save. as I am no hand
at getting out Of a strange country without good
road maps. How to shake the other would be a prob
lem but would send him away for a left-handed
m~onkey-wrench or something and beat 1t while he
was gone.
Then I guess I would have to save my best friend,
because he would probably owe me $50 or $50. which
would be as good as sunk II ! didn't save him. He
also would be wearing one Of my suits and reading
a book he had borrowed from me.
Il would save the girl to whom ! was engaged. be-
cause she would be wearing a 5000 ring I had given
her and because there would be a lot Of talk back
home if i didn't. This would make three persons but
I think I would save myself. too. This might seem
selfish, but I could get along without eating much, and
besides / would. of course. as head Of the expedition.
have a cnntract with a newspaper syndicate and the
New York Times to write a daily article on my suf-
ferings. and If I remained behind and died the pa
per could sue my estate.
We'll. I hope I have solved the problem to your
satisfaction, and if 7 ever find myself in a desert
viii let you know how It works out" concluded Mr.
Twitchell.
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Nj. c. Gains and Losses

A washington correspondent tells the readers Of his
newspaper that in the congressional apportionment
to be made states east Of the Mississippi will lose Is
members and gain eight, a decrease Of seven. States
west OF the river will lose eleven and gain Is, a gain
OF seven. He figures 1t out that this means an &C
tual gain for the West Of IA votes and that "increas-
ing population will give to the backward states Of the
West and the South much larger influence than that
which Mr.. Grundy recently deplored"
OF course the story Of gains and losses is interest
ING but will the gains for the West and the South
serve to open a wider foreign market for the surplus
grains Of the West and the South? Will it bring
about improved financial conditions for the producers
Of meat stuffs and wool and mohair? Manufactu-
ing states are the wealthy states. Agricultural states
are the Grundy backward states. There is a reason
for it. Tariff legislation has been beneficial to the
makers Of things at the expense OF the growers OF
things.
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There are a few more white
haired dowagers who have not de-
serted thir carriages and in some
sections the shadow Of the passing
horse is still markedly visible. The
old coachmen. with hacks to rent.
grow fewer AID fewer. Not 80 many
years ago. when ] first landed in
Manhattan. they were 10 be found
lined a half block deep at the side
Of Pennsylvania station, crying
Hack. sir to every surprised trans
lent and getting many a tourist
fare.
Today their old lane has sur
rendered to a new traffic expert
ment and many a day has passed
since a hack drove by the station.
One loyal old fellow sticks 70 the
theater section and a few more are
to be found near the plaza hotel, at
the gateway to Central Park.
Not many New Workers know that
two Of the very high-priced art
sections of the town are merely old
stables. Just back Of Washington
Square, in Greenwich Village, Ia
MacDougal Alley and The Wash
ington News" The l'ttle thorough
fares are cobble-stoned and the
studios are occupied by the richest
and most successful artists and
writer's. Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ne, the sculptor, lives in one. Yet
these were once the stables for the
rich folk whose old red brick" man.
sions looked ou- on the Square.
When the old-timers deserted and
moved Ut town their stables were
abandoned and artists fairly leaped
upon them. In the passing years
the stables we're remodeled and dec
Grated and now blossom forth as an
exclusive art colony.
The rentals r almost prohibit
tive TO the average creator and
colorful effects In street lamps and
tricky adornment now gives these
spots a most individual flavor. Only
Patchen Place. with its old fashioned
street oil lamp and its overhangirg
tree set in cobblestones. can match
the old stable alleys for quaint ef-
] feet
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New York Abandoned the Horse
Long Since - But a Few of Her
Citizens Still Cling TO the Old
Time Carriage.
NEW YORK. Aug. l1-There died
in this strange town the other day
a woman who left a $4,000 trust
fund for the maintenance OF her
horses.
And that. IN a city which has
surrendered to steel and motors and
machines seems to me worth jotting
down in your notebook as another
instance Of the anything which can
harper. in this metropolis.
Her name was Galway-Elizabeth
Galway-and such was her senti-
mental ATTIC -hment TO the Old tradi-
ton OF stables and Victorias that.
thoughshe occupied a brownstone
mansion in the mid-Fifties, she
would not buy an auto nor would
she ride in one unless IL was abso-
lutely necessary.
She was one Of the few grand old
ladies of yesteryear who each day.
come rain or shine, woult. step into
her carriage and ride through Gen.
tral Park in a~ristocratic stateliness.
She had a closed carriage for stormy
weather and another more elaborate
equipage for Sunday mornings when
her horses clattered down the Ave
moo 20 church.
Eyes turned about as her charm
ing old Victoria drove UP to the
smart Fifth Avenue shops. accom-
panied by a coachman and foot
man. It's a sight not TO be seen often
In this particular generation. But
Mrs. Galway took great 1ride in her
loyaltieS to the faraway nineties.
Hundreds had become used to seeing
her ride by. hundreds more asked
who she was as they craned their
necks, but few in all New York knew
her.
During the last few years. as she
| grew older, Mrs. Galway Oegan 20
| wonder what would happen 20 her
two remaining prancery when she
died. And hence the clause in her
will leaving the fortune for their
care.
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Begin e Today


Through a letter that he receives
from a friend in New York, Dan
Rorimer. Hollywood scenario writer
and former New York newspaper
man, meets Anne Winter. who has
come from Tulsa, Okla. 20 try to
get extra work IN the movies.
Dan finds her charming and takes
a deep interest In her. She learns
from him that he works at C0ntin-
entail Pictures. She has worked only
one day as an extra herself, hav-
ing been there but a short time, but
a few days after their meeting she
gets extra work al Grand United.
Her first day there she meets a
girl named Mona Morrison, and i'm
mediately likes her. Mona Is living
with Eva Harley. and Anne lives
alone, and Mona suggests that the
three occupy a bungalow that she
and Eva have seen.
They do this. When Dan calls on
Anne there one evening he learns
from Mona that Garry Sloan, the
famous director. actually has no
ticed Anne, ana she may be given
a bit. Dan, not liking Sloan, al
though he has never actually met
HIM. is a bit apprehensive.
Now Go On With The Story
CHAPTER TX
There flashed through Rorimer's
mind the picture OF Garry Sloan
and Sylvia Patterson seated at a
restaurant table; and Johnny Rid
die saving: "Sylvia's a swell girl;
but Sylvia'S ambitious-and she can
be diplomatic"
And Dan wondered IL Sylvia Pat
terson would be starring with
Grand United If she had chosen
not to be diplomatic to Sloan. Per-
haps M thought was not exactly
fair to Sylvia. though: the girl had
an undeniable talent. and a rare.
orchid-like beauty. and her fan
mail. Riddle had said. was among
the largest in Hollywood.
Perhaps, Sloan or no Sloan, she
would have gone far. And yet. re-
Numbering how she had sat there
smiling at him with eyes and lips.
listening with flatterine attentive
ness as the brawly director smoked
and talked. Dan found It easy to
think that perhaps Sylvia Patter-
son felt IL was less to her choice
than to her interests to feed Garry
Slcan's vanity.
And Dan resented him.
Anne Winter said. Il may be do
ing a bit in this picture yet. II
sounds almost too good to be true.
7 know: but Mr.. Sloan himself
talked TO me today and they may
give me q few lines"
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Alta girl" Dan said encourag-
ingly. Didn't / tell you you'd knock
EN- dead if you got a chance?"
Rather abruptly he asked, What
do you think Of Sloan?"
Hes rather wonderful, Dan"
Anne go. up from her chair and
took a few nervous steps toward
one of the front windows. There
she stood. gazing into night and
nothingness for a minute or two.
and Dan perceived. when she turn
ed her face toward him again. that
she was highly agita.ed-
He said. I'm nothing but a
clumsy idiot to be ctaying when
you should be resting. Tomorrow
may mean a tremendous lot to you.
end I'm keeping you from bed.
You're a little nervous: you ought
10 have some hot milk and go right
20 sleep"
Anne said. ooh. Dan. you talk as
If ! were a baby. I'm going to have
sandwiches and coffee. and so are
you. 1m-I'm just a little silly. I
suppose. Only. it does mean a ire
mendous lot to me: you were right.
And II shouldn't. Of course: a bit
Is only a bit. after ail-I'm only
fcoling myself IL I think Il means
any more A week from now I sup
pose / shall be looking for any kind
Of extra work and thinking myself
lucky II I get It
Rorimer smiled. Il win Dick
Charles could hear you talk, Anne.
I'm sure he'd be surprised at your
humility. He isn't used to IL. Dick
says: Give an extra a bit and he
automatically thinks he's a bit play
Grand doesn't want to do extra work
again And ! suppose he knows as
much about II as any casting direc-
tor in Hollywood"
He went over to her and took her
hand IL his and patted 1t. You're
going 10 60 over. Anne: I know
II. There's nothing can stop you,
because-well, because you've got
more ability right now than nine
tenths OF them. Wait till they hear
you sing. Have you sung for them
yet, Anne?"
Anne said. "Of course not. sillv.'
and she laughed. why. Id be
frightened TO death TO sing for
Garry Sloan"
You sang for me" Dan remind
ed her.
Il know. but I've got such a tiny
little voice. Dan
He told her that she did not have
to shout ver the microrhone. rs
there any chorus singing in the
picture?" he asked.
Anne said there was not. and she
proceeded 70 tell him the story Of
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men are equal" he felt that there
was something equally democratic
and leveling about the scene before
him.
He went upstairs presently. and
took a book with him. and read
himself TO sleep. His bedside lamp
was burning and the book was be-
side him on the covers when mar
tial strains from the Hollywood
High School band. almost beneath
his window, roudes him in the
morning.
In his bath he told himself de-
terminedly that there would be no
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more visits to the bungalow with
cut a direct invitation. TO prove to
Anne that he was interested in the
outcome of the day at Grand
United. and to satisfy his own curl
osity. he called her up that even
ing. and learned that she had been
given the greatly coveted Bit. But
he said nothing about seeing her.
Another 10 days passed. during
which he heard nothing from her
at all: and then one day. In the
restaurant on the Continental lot.
he ran into Eva Harley.
Ito BE COntinued.)
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Political High Cards in Mexico

National Committeeman r. z. Creager is the re-
publican high card under the skies Of Texas. He is
in Mexico. the guest Of Dwight W. Morrow. who is the
republican high card in New Jersey. perhaps the
choice Of the republican modificationists in 1882. he
sits in the House Of Hoover as well as in the House
Of Morgan. and he is the grandfather Of the Lind
bergh baby.
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Very Simple

Many an American fireside is being disrupted by
arguments over that Edison test question as TO which
three should be saved Of a group OF persons stranded
in a desert. Ina Dodo. for instance, was thrown out
Of the house last night for declaring the problem
wouldn't disturb her bit. Il would just sit down
and write Dorothy Dix or Arthur Brisbane" she said.
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Sunk

Willie. who was once quite bright
Now sits with an empty stare
He hasn't been the same boy since
That Edison questionnairei
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Amtorg Version Of An Old Poem
Oh. a radical ship for an ocean trip
T. the IvanoffishkoblotzI
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The father of an Edison intelligence test winner
must have it pretty soft. He can read his evening
paper in the full assurance that he will not be con-
stantlv annoyed by a flood Of questions on subjects
about which his son doesn't know much.
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President Hoover has now appointed a commission
to spur home building. 1t is to be hoped 1t will bring
some suggestions toward getting the average con-
tractor to realize he is building a home, not a COL
lapsible box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

this natural inclination for the pursuit of letters
Is due undoubtedly the fact that Colombia is
the American country which has best preserved
the purity of the Spanish language 1t is
generally recognized that the purest Spanish
on this side of the Atlantic is spoken in
Colombia. The predominance of intellectual
activities in Colombia life is illustrated by the
fact that today Colombia's greatest poet, Gull
lermo Valencia, a man who has given his whole
life to books and poetry is a candidate for the
presidency of the republic, and it seems very
probable that next year he may take his place
beside the generals and dictators who rule other
Latin American States.
Colombia has the unique characteristic,
among Latin American countries, of possessing
equally large agricultural and mineral resources.
AS a rule, the republics south of the Rio Grande
have one the other of these two types of
resources in large scale, but not both together.
Among the agricultural products of Colombia
coffee is one of the most important, only one
country-Brazil- surprising it,. However, Colom-
bian coffee does not compete with the Brazilian
product, being of superior quality, and having
an enormous foreign demand mostly for blend
ing with Brazilian coffee. Statistics show an
annual production in Colombia Of about $780,
100000 pounds of coffee. The major part of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

CoLOMBIA has territory of about 100000
square miles. The exact area cannot be
stated because some of her boundaries. notably
that with Ecuador, have not yet been definitely
fixed This area is greater than that of all
the Atlantic Coast States of the Union to-
gether. Her population, taken in relation to
her extensive territory, is sparse, although one
Of the largest in Latin America. She has $780,
600 inhabitants is, rather more than the
total population of the States of California,
Oregon, Nevada and Arizona The majority of
Colomba's inhabitants are of mixed blood,
although the proportion of white people is
higher than IN many of the South American
republics. This white population, descendants
of Spanish colonists, has attained a remarkable
degree of culture, and has made Bogota, the
Colombian capital, one of the strongest intel
lectual centers on the Continent. Colombia's
literature is proverbially rich and fine and
works of Colombian authors are read and used
as texts throughout the southern continent To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

ONE of ColOmbia's material advantages is in
- her wonderful geographical position. Placed
farthest north in South America, linking the
Central American states with those of the
South Colombia is the only South American
nation having coasts on both the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans This has greatly favored her
rapid economic development since the country
is thus afforded free and direct commercial
communication on both east and west. Her
Atlantic ports have given her the advantage Of
close communication with Europe and the
United States.
However the first steps in the material de-
velopment Of Colombia date from the opening
of the Panama Canal, the locks Of which when
first swung open united not only the waters
of the two oceans but also two other rushing
currents stronger and of wider influence than
those of oceans-the currents of commercial
interchange between South America and
Europe Before the canal was constructed the
western region. Of Colombia was farther from
the industrial centers of Europe and the United
States than any other section Of Latin America.
Lacking direct land communication, from East
ern Colombia, one had to 60 down around the
continent through the Straits of Magellan
long and dangerous voyage-in order to reach
the Pacific and ports of Western Colombia. With
the canal open, the situation changed COM
pletely and Colombia is now the nation reaping
the most immediate benefits from direct con-
nections with North America and. Europe. 1t
is very true, OF course, that she had TO pay
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Hndicaps Advent Wrought
Mail Passenger Freight and
Country Is Soaring New Heights of National Prosperity