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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01

You get something Of a conception Of the extent to
which the American people go touring about in their
autos every summer when you learn that hot dog and
soft drink stands along the roadside do a total bust
ness OF around 100000 900 a year.
This figure is furnished by DR.. Julius Klein. assist
ant secretary Of commerce He finds that there are
now between 10000 and 1875 900 roadside stands; that
more than half OF them keep open all the year around
and that new ones are being added at the rate of 5000
a year.
Half a billion dollars is a stable turnover for any
business. The hot dog stand Is pushing its way up
into the rank of major industries. Some organizing
genius probably viii come along presently and loop
a few thousand Of these establishments into one vast.
coast-to-coast chain; meanwhile the industry. unique
in a land of great mergers. is composed of innumer-
able small. one-man concerns-a new field for indi-
vidualism in the business world.
1t isn't the size Of this business that is interesting.
however. so much as it is the meaning back of it.
The number Of tourists must be simply stupendous for
the hot dog and pop sales to rise to half a billion dol
lars. That sales figure reflects a spread Of the vaca-
ton habit greater than anything the world has ever
known before.
The surface Of the earth has been pretty well fur
rowed. in the course of history. by the migrations of
its peoples; but was there ever anything like this
annual migration OF Americans and Canadians? Mil
lions of men. women and children 90 rowing every
summer. They make wanderings Of the romantic gyp-
sizes look puny. They cover a whole continent.
Dwellers in the interior 90 spinning off to see what
the oceans look like: coast folk swing over the noun
tains and have a look at the midlands. Mountains
and lakes and rivers and sea beaches and deserts
slide under the wheels Of a million cars. and provin-
cialism goes out Of existence under a million sets OF
rubber tires. The whole nation shuffles itself each
year, and Mr.. Average Citizen. perched behind his
steering wheel. does more travelling In one month than
his ancestors did in sl their lives-and does IL In in
cornparably greater comfort
And-just 70 set the picture in It's real proportions
the incidental food and drink bill OF these rowing
tourists comes to half a billion dollars.
There never was anything remotely like it before.
It's ultimate effects can hardly be estimated; but you
may be sure they will be profound. The American
spirit, so years hence. will be infinitely the richer be-
cause Of this background Of wandering.
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Too Many Regulations

Modern life, being a pretty complicated affair. re-
nuires a good deal OF organization. There have to be
a lot Of rules. a lot Of files, a lot Of formulas and a
lot Of set ways Of doing things. II there weren't, every
city and every business or public concern in it would
be a madhouse.
But sometimes II looks as If our organization were
a bit too much for us. We are tangled UP in red
tape and take a spill every so often. and it isn't
pleasant.
The other day a Cleveland youngster set out TO
hop q ride on a railroad freight train. Climbing up on
a moving box car, he slipped and fell TO the track.
One leg was badly mangled.
This accident took place in a suburb on the ex-
IRENE eastern edge OF the city. The train crew picked
the injured Lad up and took him TO the nearest hos
pital.
At this hospital there was a physician in the en-
ploy OF the railroad. He gave the boy first aid meas
ures: then, when he learned that the patient was
penniless. was not employed by the railroad and was
injured when stealing a ride on a train. he refused 70
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FWMCRK

one Of the famous sextet. but she
was a sextetter with a road COM
pany.
And while travelling she was in
discreet-oh, very. veryl She talked
with a strange man on the train
and this man was Caesar Young.
Young had a wife and family, but
at the moment he was on the road.
following the ponies around a
middle west circuit.
When his light Of love had burn
ed down a bit, he vas back in the
bosom Of his family. content TO be-
Gin all over again and get away
from II all" Wherefore. on a GER
tain day In 1904, the gay blade was
about TO sail for Europe. But he
didn't sail. For he was found dead
In an omnibus. a bullet through his
head and a gun cooling In his
pocket. In that cab was Nan Pat
terson. She said he had committed
suicide. The Law said she had muir
dered him.
And so came the great, pulse
NiiIIllE tilct VI tAADcC C1AAJ FC0Ao
when Victorianism was on its way
to modernism. Astute lawyers shed
crocodile tears and pointed to the
poor little girl".
The poor little girl" sat in court
and found chivalry hiding In every
corner. Elocution circled and swayed
through the courtroom, and all the
country waited for the next edition
Of the newspapers.
There we're. II you please. men
tons of beer saloons and hundred
dollar bills tossed upon the bars.
In the court room was a younger
David Belasco. jotting notes for the
press and for future dramas.
And one day IL was all owe with
and Nan Patterson had been turned
loose for a second and final time.
Then. as now, the more lurid drama
tic producers sensed sensation and
sent her upon the road Then. as
now, it was a transient sensational
ism that trailed her to a quick cur
tain. SO she vanished. And has re-
NAMED vanished eve since.
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But Linda looked straight AT
Converse. and explained cruelty.
II satisfied some inner nrge OF
shame to bare her shame before
this satyr who had bought as much
as he could OF her and paid 80
small a price.
Some of us spent the night at a
little country hotel when they told
us that the train could not 20 on
until next day. I went with the
others because I thought IL would
be more comfortable, but IL was
really horrid. And then in the
morning. when we were all hurry
ing TO get back. I found that / had
come away without my purse. I
had nothing to pay the hotel. and
the other women were not-nice.
Not the sorl you could ask favors
OF. So l had to borrow from Mr..
Anstey." She paused. Brian An
stey was puzzled by her expression.
Her eyes were cold and hooking
and her lips we're drawn into a
thin red line. She looked az II she
were torturing somebody.
Converse was turning his familiar
shade OF purple. You spent a night
az some godforsaken hole and
Anstey was there" he cried in his
wheeling voice. His face was alive
with suspicion as he watched their
faces.
"You haven't heard the worst"
Linda went on smoothly. When
we finally got back to the a and
] looked for my poor forgotten
purse, / found 1t on the floor, quite
empty, except for my ticket check
and a few letters. Not a penny to
buy a bun and already In debt 70 a
stranger for board and lodging.
Could you imagine anything more
tragic!"
Her fiippancy struck Converse
like a whiplash. He knew, liz the
other man did not. what lay be-
hind her words. He had forgotten
that Anstey was present.
MY Cd. Linda" he stam-
mered- but she silenced him by
turning the hard brilliance of her
eyes away.
Brian's party was sending impa.
tent glances from their table OBJ
posite. There was a pretty blond
girl and a bored couple who want
ed TO dance, but could not leave the
girl alone.
II must 20" said Brian in N low
voice, but you will let me see you
tomorrow, won't your
Surely" she asselated lazily. Il
have not forgotten nv debt and all
the thanksgiving / eve you. You
may telephone me at eleven"
The senator contributed a grum-
BILE TO the conventional good-bys
and then he and Linda were alone
again.
why didn't ycu tell me ron
were as hard up as all thats' he
demanded harshly. He was gen
timely alarmed. Anything might
have happened. why, good Cd!
girl to think Of you running about
over the country without n dollar
in your pocket. borrowing from
strangers"
"Tricking them she finished.
Her face had become muted. She
ssumped YEARLY In her chair. 1t
IN nothing new. i have lived that
way. done things like that 30 many
tines. But he doesn't know. He
has no idea"
Have you returned the money
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X@ETfE&fE Ss@
To time down through the years,
elderly and obscure women leap
suddenly out of anonymity for q
moment as herds of reporters de-
scend upor them breathlessly with
information that they are the one
and only longmissing Nan Patter-
son.
For In all the histories Of senSa-
tional and provocative murder cases,
no heroine SO suddenly and COM
pletely vanished into space as the
notorious Nan.
Some three years ago. word went
about New York that an aged wash
erwoman up White Plains way was
none other than Nan. But when she
was found, the poor frightened crea-
ture was at least three other peo-
pie.
To the youngsters. the Nan Patter-
son murder trial may provide some
thing OF a study In that Iate-Vic-
torian era OF Is years back when
cabbies drove their fares about IN
hacks; amplitude was still consider
ed beauty; lovely ladies wore large
hats perched high upon piles OF
puffed hair: champagne corks pop
ped IN the fancier cafes and when
one was very, very naughty, one
went TO Turkish baths.
It was. the old-timers may recall
references to Turkish baths whics'
helped give the Patterson case its
piquant and spicy flavor.
Just to help your memory out a
bit-Nan Patterson. to some extent.
set the styles for future pretty maids
who may or may not have done
away with the particular sweeties.
That Is to say. she found two juries
quite unwilling to find her respon-
sible for the shooting of Caesar
Young. rich and chubby young gam
bier and horseman.
Nan was an actress-aye, even a
chlorine and had achieved the sta
ton Of a chorus girl IN one of the
No. 2 companies that took to the
road with "Floradora." She wasn't
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Linda H~averhill's father. impecu-
NOUS ne'er-do-well, dies when the
girl Ia seventeen. leaving her 20
face the world with little money or
prospects. Her sole possessions are
some worthless stock certificates,
which her fathers old friend. SEN
ator Converse. agrees TO dispose az.
She instinctively dislikes the sen
ator. Linda marries Courtney Roth
and finds he is a penniless ad-
venturer. He lives by his wits and
Initiates her into the game. They
live u~rharpily until Roth dies In
Switzerland. Linda continues 70
live like a ona OF wealth. The
senator supplies her with money,
keeping up the Action that her
stock II yielding A.. She meets
Brian Antsey, q young lawyer. Con-
verse reveals why he has befriend-
ed Linda and she regards her ulti-
mate surrender as almost inevita-
BILE. The senator resents her friend
ship for Antsey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
An Ousted Governor Out For
Senate

Oklahoma is the cockpit OF f~actional politics as far
as Oklahoma democrats can make il. Former Gov.
Henry S. Johnston, who was thrown out Of office by
the legislature on the ground OF general incompet-
ency, has announced as a candidate for the United
States senate. subject to the action Of the democratic
primary. General incompetency does not disquslify
a man for a seat in the American senate or any other
legislative body. General incompetents. which means
complete inconpetents, are often selected by freeborn
American citizens to make the laws for the aforesaid
free-born.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
We fER

legislative assistance 10 enforce
ment of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. In reply United States patrol
men stalk their prey on Canadian
soil and shoot 20 kill. American
traders wares dominate the shelves
of every Canadian shop and home.
while American legislators pile brick
IN brick along the tariff wall raised
against Canadian products.
Stirring Up DiscOrd
"Amity and concord are sung at
banquets and the christenings Of
international bridges-and Yankee
politicians urge the restriction Of
Canadian immigration. Canadian
commoners are engaged in passing
a law TO illegalize the export Of
alcoholic beverages To the United
States. American legislators in
Washington are engaged in banning
the importation Of Canadian maple
products 10 please the farmers OF
New Hampshire and Vermont.
Add TO such major items as
the-e the petty annoyances suffer-
cd by Canadian al the hands Of
immigration officers. customs Off
Gals. state policemen. border pa
trolmen. and humble traffic GODS
with the manners Of longshoremen.
and only one result can be looked
for. a complete evaporation.
among Canadians. at the thought
lessness and intolerance of the
United States towards its northern
neigllbors."
If Roberts is correct President
Hoover may have TO consider
making a good will tour through
the Canadian provinces.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
CHAPTER V
Brief Happiness.


TT WAS exactly eleven when she
i heard Brian's eager voice over
the telephone.
"rve been waiting for two
hours"
"WaIting7 For what?r
"F'or eleven o'clock. You said
eleven"
She laughed. Are you always
50 obedientT When you were a
youngster. did you get all the cards
marked For a good boy'?"
His voice sounded stifish when
he replied, and she remembered
that men never Like to ba teased
By the absent.
Il did not want to disturb YOU
earlIer,E
Linda laughed again with sudden
gaiety. This was so different from
the way men usually talked 10 her.
She told him TO meet her at the
Ritz at four, and presently the con-
versati1n was over and she had
turned away with cheeks that
glowed family ami . light In her
eyes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
ARADF
BY
EVELYN CAM REKL
wNu Services Ccopyrsh, by Evelyn canpbenl
tcOpyrisht By Evelyn campbsn.p

he loaned your Converse demand
ed suddenly.
She shook her head dumblv. HUI
initiation could strike no deeper
than that.
When they were IN the taxi he
took n Of her hands in his hot
palm and filed il with bills. And.
loathing his touch, she must let her
own hand lie there inert.
Presently he said. II am glad II
was Anstev. He's a decent chap.
not likely "a take advantage N such
an experience
"Who Is he? How well do YOU
know him."
The senator leaned back and
lighted a cigarette. He was COM
Portable again. feeling the situation
in his hands.
"A promising youngster. but poor.
He's after q diplomatic Job, and
has asked me 20 help him. Per-
haps | will-perhaps not. De-
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penGs." He gave her a narrow
glance. but her long lashes lay I'M
Quivering upon her immobile
cheeks. he added Ia a lighter tone:
by the way. Ill tell Stevens to
take this out Of your check when
he forwards it"
She began 10 fold the money into
a neat little square pocket. do.
please. IL will be less awkward
Already the wall Of pretense was
swung magically between them,
and she sheltered thankfully be-
hind X. licking her bruises. but
the senator, looking over. was well
content. II had not turned out so
badly after all. Hurt women are
weak women always.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
~SPARE-TTATE GARDEN

Everyone with ven a few feet Of
yard should have what one old-fash-
Toned woman calls her "spare-time
garden" She maintained that hoe
ing, wedding. planting. shrinking
and picking the flowers, all done in
fifteen minutes here and fifteen
minutes there when her work was
done, gave her the health and hap
piness which was her wealth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
CONSOLATION

Condemned Man: Have you got
me a pardon?
Counsel: I couldn't manage that
but I've good news for SOU. You're
10 be executed on THURSDAY in
stead OF Friday-Friday is such an
unlucky day.-Nebelspalter, Zurich.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01

Woman at Masked Ball: Here
comes that man who has been fol-
Loving me around all evening. How
can / get rid Of him7
Companion: Unmask.- Passing
Show.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01
Flashes of Life
tBy the Associated Pressl

10y Ait AccOll0NCQ GICSSi
NEW YORK - Just married az
city hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kra-
men started their honeymoon with
a motor trip. They had gone a few
blocks when they drove past a traf-
flc light. Alfred had 10 20 to court.
He told the magistrate il was be-
cause he could not keep his eyes off
his beautiful bride. The magistrate
fined him SIS and suspended SEN
tence on the condition that he buy
his bride a new hat. But" said
Alfred. where car you buy a girls
hat for S."
OTTAWA 49, Plum lam buried ~
years is delicious. Ottawa university
students have found IL so Forty
quarts came to light in excavating
for a new university building.
NEW YORK - August ". Lam
bert, who in SO years in business
sold 10000 wedding rings. is dead
al ~. Recently he offered a prize
for old customers and received let
tiers from some folks who had been
married 90 years.
GROSSETTO. Italy 49, Mussolini.
who has been on a diet, recovered
his appetite in the sea air on a
recent visit here and. ate a big meal
Of rice. boiled fish. roast pigeon.
strawberries and coffee.
NEW YORK - George Francis
Yamasheta desired a name more
BETTING a New York policeman. 90
with permission Of a court he has
changed IL TO O'Connell. That was
his mothers name. His father was
a boxmaker at Osaka, Japan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-01

Now That Canada's Reply TO the
New u. 5. Tariff Law Is Begin
ming TO Hit the American Pocket
book. Washington Wonders II
More Consideration Isn't Called
For
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-04

Mrs. John Henry Dwight, who is
spending the Winter and Spring In
washington and has taken the house at
1901 Twenty-1lrSt street, win entertain
a company at dinner. followed by
dancing, this evening, at the National
Woman's Country Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-04

Mrs. Fremont has given up he
Saturdays at home for the season.
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Syosset, Long Island: Mr.. Ronald p.
Boardman of Lake Forest, HI; Mr.. B..
Burnham Harris of Champaign, Ill, and
Mr.. Robert Clark of st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutland Duckett Beard
entertained at dinner last evening in
honor Of their house guest, Mrs. william
Mansfield Clark, wife of Prof. Clark Of
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
the company included the chancellor
OF the italian embassy and Signora di
Gtrolama, Capt. and Mrs. Louis 3.
Montfort, Mr. and Mrs. Fernando
Cuniberti and Mrs. Frederick Lewis
Pittman.
Admiral and Mrs. Andrew r. Long
entertained at dinner last evening at
the Carlton.
Mrs. Fremont has given up her
Saturdays at home for the season.
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sued invitations for q private cello
recital at his home, 2935 Normanstone
orlVe, next Sunday evening ut o o'clock,
by Hans Kinder, concert celloist, who
Will appear as guest conductor Of the
Matlonal symphony Orchestra at its
third concert In Constitution Hall on
April 8.
Mr.. Kinder, who will be recalled as
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The charge d'affaires Of Egypt, Ali
Ismail Bey, entertained Informally at
luncheon today in compliment to Mr..
and Mrs. Glenn Stewart.
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ture and Mrs. Renick w. Dunlap were
the ranking guests at dinner last eve.
ming of Miss Florence Ward, who en-
tertained at the National Womans
Country Club in compliment to Mr.
and Mrs. Milton e. Danziger Of SPRING
field, Mass, formerly Of Washington
Others in the company were DR.. and
Mrs. G. B. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. George
f. Farrell, Mrs. o. B. Benson. Miss
Gertrude Warren and DR.. and Mrs.
Robert q. Foster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Danziger have many
friends here, made during the formers
service in the Department Of Agricul-
ture. He is now assistant manager of
the Eastern States Exposition, at
Springfield.
The Misses sedgley will entertain q
company at q musicale this afternoon,
followed by tea, in their home, on
Massachusetts, avenue. Miss Zenaida
Hanenfeldt will give the program on
the theramin. familiarly known as
ether music" and will be accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Hanenfeldt, widow
OF Gen. Hanenfeldt Of the Russian
Army.
Mrs. John Henry Dwight, who is
spending the Winter and Spring In
washington and has taken the house at
IoUl TWentysf1rSt street, win entertain
a company at dinner. followed by
dancing, this evening, at the National
Womans Country Club.
Niece Of Former Secretary and
Mrs. Frank b. Kellogg to Wed.
A wedding Of more than unusual in
terest Will take place In st. Paul April
26, when Miss Laura Frances otis.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis j
Otis Of st. Paul and q niece of Mrs
Frank B. Kellogg, wife Of the former
Secretary OF State, will become the
bride Of Mr.. John Hammond Brad
shaw, jr., son Of DR.. John Hammond
Bradshaw Of Orange, N. j. The cere-
mony will take place In the evening
In the Church Of st. John the Evan
gelist.
Miss Otis has many friends in Wash
ington, where she visited former Secre-
tary and Mrs. Kellogg. During one of
her first stays in the Capital Mr. and
Mrs. Kellogg entertained at q brilliant
dancing party, which was in the nature
fete was given at the Pan-American
Union Building.
The bride-elect has selected Miss
Roberta Galloway Of st. Paul as maid
Of honor. Mrs. Robert Clark, sister Of
the bridegroom elect, as matron Of
honor, and the bridesmaids will be Miss
Mary Blair Of Toledo, Miss Mary Dris-
coll, Miss Elizabeth Irving and Miss
Elizabeth Bend of st. Paul.
Mr.. Frederick c. Whitney of New
York will be the best man and the
ushers selected include Mr.. William
Thayer Field and Mr.. H. Thompson
Woodland of Orange, N. j.; Mr.. H.
Jackson Starke of Oscawana- on Hudson,
Mr.. Rowe B. Metcalf of Greenwich,
Conn; Mr.. Gouverneur E. Smith of
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Col. and Mrs. William r. Gibson have
as their guests at the Wardman Park
Hotel Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Dove Of
Baltimore, who will pass several days
here.
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, the
well known speaker on current events,
will give a talk on why the New
Biography Is So Popular" Saturday.
April IL, at the Mount Pleasant Public
Library. The program is sponsored
by the department of education Of the
D. G. Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Howard takes the place Of Mrs.
Harvey Wiley, who will be unable to
give the book review which was
scheduled.
Mrs. George Alfred Kicker Of Chi
cago, formerly of Washington, will ar
rive this morning to be the guest until
Monday of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank 3.
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Continued on Third Page.)
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Steele, on Sixteenth street. Mr.. Kicker,
who has been In New York for q few
days, will join Mrs Kicker, and together
they viii be at the Mayflower next
week for the American Engineers Con-
vention. Mrs. Kicker will be at home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Steele Sunday aft
ernoon ut 1927 Sixteenth street to
friends who wish to greet Mrs. Kicker
after her absence from Washington
during the past year. No cards have
been issued.
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Mrs. Gardiner Philip Orme will be
at home tomorrow afternoon from 4 to
o'clock for the last time this season.
Mr.. Frank Frost, president Of the
National Symphony Orchestra, has Is
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Senator Simeon D. Fess entertained
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Mrs. James r. Mann left Washing
ton yesterday for Old Point Comfort,
where she will spend week or two at
the Chamberlin Hotel.
The Assistant Secretary of Agricul-