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out corresponding increase in pro-
ductiveness. In the mechanical In
dustres higher wages reject higher
production.
1t is perfectly possible to erect
houses OF any size out OF standard
lied, nschine-prodlced clements,
which any unskilled workman can
put together under competent direc-
ton. Plastcriag is unnecessary;
many waliboarls on the market are
better and more economical. Paint
ing can be done more efficiently and
cheaper by spraying.
Some day some group OF capital
lists viii finance building project
which will utilize engineering skill
and mechanical processes as the
automobile industry does. Then
homes viii be 50 cheap that every
family can own oGe exactly lifted
to its needs,
lAARCONI
TlIr,y years ago a young man
with an iDq,iiring mind succeeded
in sending i sisns5 across the At
lant;c wicnout wires. liza. 'as the
beginnir2 OF RADIO vcrvbody
knows SOM u the tn:ncs tbs, radio
has nlpiisied since theu. but
bere is more 20 come.
k.a-eo:.i looks .or the transmits
sion Of power by radio before very
long. Teleyis:an- seeing al dis
tance-is just arognd the ccTncr, al
ready here in the laboratory. A
photograph sent across the ocean
by radio enabled the London police
10 catch an American crook the
other day. Short radio waves raise
the body temperature, SO that we
may yer keep warm in winter by
llving radio terminals on opposite
sides Of each room.
LAND
Chicago is building a new sky
scrapcr on land which. was bought
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York, N. Y, were the holiday guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Branch.
Frestley Cumber, of Montclair, N.
J., was entertained by Misses L.
ue,nice and Olivia Cumber, of n.
Iwenty-seventh Street, at a dance
on January 1st.
Joseph Goode, of West Virginia
College, was entertained at supper
dance on December goth by his
mother, Mrs. Addie Johnson, of West
Clay Street.
Miss Corinne Brown, who is now
teaching in Wilmington, N c., spent
the holidays here with her parents.
Prof. J. Jones, of Virginia Union
University, spent the holidays in
Pittsburg, Pa, and Chicago, III.
Miss Marie Ruffin has returned
after having spent the Yuletide in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dupont A. Evans, student at
Howard University, spent Sunday
here as the guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George n. Evans, of North
Fifth Street.
Miss Bertha Deans, of Mont
gomery, w. Va, is the guest of her
brother and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
G. Deans, Jr., of North Sixth Street.
DR.. Anderson Scott, of Hampton,
Va, arrived Friday to attend the
Big Fifty.
Sylvester Booker, who is mem
Der of the faculty at Ivandale In
dustrial Academy, in Ivandale, Va,
spent the holidays here as the guest
of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chiles, of West
Leigh Street, had as their guests
during the Yuletide, their daughters
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Wingo
and Misses Lucy and Fannie Chiles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sanders, of
South Meadow Street, had as their
house guests during the Yuletide
season, Mrs. Geraldine Reid, of Nor
folk, Va; Miss Helen Sanders and
Miss Thelma Ward, of Lynchburg,
Va.
Charles Johnson spent a part of
!he holidays in Baltimore, Nd, at
tending the Conclave of the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity.
Misses Salena Anderson and Rosa
lie Clarke spent the holidays in At
lanta, Ga.
Miss Gussie Cook is improving
rapidly. She is now with her aunt,
Mrs. Gussie Powell, of 312 East
leigh Street.
Miss Sydney Mayo, of West Clay
Street, is sick.
Emmett NJ. Burke is improving
rapidly after a slight operation.
Mrs. Maria Jackson, of 526 N.
Fifth Street, is sick.
December 9th, the Big Fifty
annual Yuletide dance was given at
Johnson's Auditorium. The dance
was one of the biggest events of the
season, for it was looked forward to
for some time ahead by those who
attended. Their invitations included
members of the younger and older
sets.
The ball of the Delivers Study Club
was given at the Elks' Home on De-
cember 25th.
Cedar and holly wreaths were
used for decorations.
They issued $50 invitations.
The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity en-
tertained at dance on December
26th at Johnson's Auditorium. In
each of the corners a beautiful
Christmas tree stood and in the GEN.
ter of the ball room there was a
large Christmas tree. At the ex-
treme end of the hall there was an
old-fashioned fire place.
Miss Beatrice F. Lucas visited her
parents, Deacon and Mrs. W. H. D.
Lucas, 500 E. Federal Street, dur
ing the Yuletide. Miss Lucas is
teaching in Accomac County, Va,
and while here is very active in
Sunday School and B. Y. P. U.
work at the Fifth Street Baptist
Church.
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WHERE IS JOHN BRYAN?

The Chief of Police has been asked
to notify John Bryan to come home
Immediately if he wants to see his
mother, Elizabeth Harvey.
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who is now stopping with the Flem-
ings at SEQ N. Fifth Street.
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f||I lj}!zl!!f;l!l!! .
- -
THE CHILDREN's HOUR
! By Henry WGdsror'h LOngfellop
Between the dark a"@ the daylight
When the nigka is beginning to
- lower
Epmes a pause In the days oeeupar
tions
Which Is known - bic cailasssr
Hour Y
( bear In the chamber a69VS - -
+ The patter Of little feet
Tie sound OF door that % opsneA
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study see In the k
light,
Descending the broad hail'd stain
nssve Alice, and laughing Allesra i
And Edith with golden hain
a whisper, and then q sasneA'
Yu / know By their merry syes =
Ehey are plotting and planting -
sethsr
70 take me BY surprisa. !;
a sudden rush frpm the stahwtSG
A sudden raid from the hall
By three doors LEFT unguards@
They enter my castle WALL o.
Thsy climb ue iutn ny tszsM rs
o'e the asns and hsea u Ma
chart
HI ty 10 eseape shw sarropnd ~
They ssem 10 be svesywhesa a
Thsy almost dsvcuf me with hsse4
Taeir arms about me entwins,
TN I think of the Bishop Of Blngeq
In his Mouse Tower on the Rhsnss
Do you think, o blue-eyed bandit
Because you have scaled the Wal
Such an old mustache as ] am
not match for you alp
have you fast In my fortress
And Win not let you depart,
But put yoc down into TIE dapgs@
In the round-tower Of my heart
And there will I keep you forever
Yes, forever and a day,
I'LL the walls shall crumble to ruiz
\ And maul4Af lR asst away. -.
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LAND

Chicago is building a new sky
scrapcr on land which was bought
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out corresponding increase in pro-
ductiveness. In the mechanical in
dustries higher wages reject higher
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esblGahed Ersry saSardsy - aao@ s'@S~
N al Moth F71rtA st-~t ale>Dssa "a
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vote and on the other ne must be
ever SO careful not to give labor
enough Of a break to arouse criti-
cism from employing corporations
which can be depended upon for
Eolitical contributions.
A secretary OF labor ought 10 be
able TO dig up a union card out or
his old papers. but he must have
piled I'D enough money and prop
erty to realize that this Is the best
If all possible worlds and that
changes are always dangerous.
When business ~depressions come
along ne must be able to rise up
and blame them on the Senate. the
holsheyiki, the Democrats or some
body and when several million per-
sons are unemployed he must be
able to proclaim that a few hundred
Il ousand are merely taking a vol
untary vacation and that every
thing viii be all right in a week or
two
Now the sad fact Is that not even
Miss Abbot's warmest friends can
cirque that she could live I'D to
sICf standards. They are forced
10 admit that she Is earnest. cap
able and active. Instead Of ignor-
irg or covering up labor problems
1t would be just like Miss Abbott
o try to co something about them.
She has q union card-federal
employees union-but she has II be-
cause she believes in labor unions
and not because she needed a card
10 get and hold a job. Her service
with the Children's Bureau dates
back to 1916 and she was beginning
70 administer the Child Labor act
when 1t was strangled. President
Harding appointed her chief OF the
bureau when Julia Lathrop left and
Everyone who is interested In the
bureau says she has done an ad-
m.rable Job there.
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rector for Columbia circuit.
And Monsieur Gilbert Swan. the
columnist. is-if I'm any judge
n or the most trembling-legged
broadcasterS that the air has ever
known.
Not 10 betrav any more studio
secrets than necessary-but there's
nothing more amusing 10 me than
looking on and listening as the wild
west noises" are produced during
the NBC Frontier Days number.
Having sepnt some years out where
the west begins and ends. I had al
ways been informed that that par
ticular part OF the world was noted
for its great silence" However,
the whoopee Of Frontier Days Is
something else again. whether the
scene be Cheyenne. Sheridan. Boze-
man. Calgary. Pendleton or Cody.
At any rate that imitation OF
horses hoofs beating upon the turf
Is made by a young mar who Iacon-
ically slaps a couple of pieces Of
rubber together. a cardboard box
containing some rafting marbles
or stones is converted In tumbling
OF mountain boulders. One Of the
cowboys" turned out 70 be a gent
i'm a tuxedo. John White. the poor
lonesome cowboy what never done
wrong" is perched upon a stool such
as has been identified with strug-
Cling bo~okkeepers.
Which reminds me that the most
extraordinarily versatile noise ma
chine / have ever beheld has moved
into the Columbia studios. The in
ventor was a one-time trap drum.
mer in a little movie house. Having
had to use every form Of traps in
the market. he improved on them
for the -broadcasting studios. At a
glance. the continuance looks like q
large radio set, or a portable cup
board. Yet 1t can invent rain and
thunder; it can whistle ike a loco
motive or honk like an auto out
side the house; 1t can trill like a
bird and gallop like a horse: Shrek
like a siren and make two dozen
other assorted noises.
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By RODNEY
NEA Service Writer

WASHINGTON-It makes a good
story to say that Miss Grace Alb
bolt is being considered for ecre-
tary Of labor 10 succeed James
John Davis. but everyone who
knows anything around here real
izeS that President Hoover is about
as likely to appoint the lady as he
: to send a dlamond-studded low
trg cup TO the Senate at the close
OF the present session OF Congress.
One good and sufficient reason
why the numerous endorsements OF
Miss Abbott for the job will be ig-
nored Is that II would be a rather
bolo thing 10 appoint a woman TO
the cabinet. Not rash. OF course,
ont just a trifle bold. Mr.. Hoover's
reputation for cautious. conserva-
tive craftsmanship Il well known.
She's No Stuffed Shirt
More Importantly than that, Miss
Abbott. as chief OF the u. :. Chill
dren's Bureau for many years, has
lot shown that she possesses some
OF the prime qualifications for a
secretary of labor.
In the first place. a secretary Of
labor must be something Of a
stuffed shirt. with a gift for max
irY long-winded speeches about
nothing in particular. He-or she
must have a genius for inaction.
a positive flare for never doing any
thing to offend anyone. On the one
hand. he must avoid any word or
action that might tend 10 ALLEVIATE
a segment OF the so-called labor
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You Learn a Lot at the Broadcast
ing Studio-Rudy Vallee, for In
stance. Is Becoming Quite a Fancy
Dancer.
NEW YORK, June l2-Around
the big broadcasting studios Jill.
Rudy Vallee, who used to room for
a living, has learned some dance
steps. His teacher was a young lady
who was featured in a music show
a couple Of seasons back.
Smith Ballew. who also croons
and orchestrates. comes from Pales-
tine, Texas - wherever that Is -
and learned 10 punch cattle on his
uncle's ranch 49,. Roxy. the big
movie and broadcast gent, keeps a
statue Of Dante over the entrance
to his office, although the interior
isn't really that bad. Also he has
a small statue of Napoleon looking
az him while he works 49,. Though
he hasn't n OF the well known
Napoleonic completes 49,. Or does
MT seem to have.
E~vangelire Adams. whose stellar
b~rcadcasts have caught on plenty
collects amulets. Jade. crystal and
other mystical knickknacks. 49,.
Minnie Blauman. who appears as
Professor S~uccotaSh' with the Nit
Wits once arranged music for Irving
Berlin.
Most of the tenors heard upon
the air are graduates OF small town
church choirS. Many of them still
appear in churches on Sundays and
double az broadcasting during the
week nights. One reason for their
success Is the experience in all sorts
OF part singing required by the choir
loft. Incidentally the radio has
proved a considerable boon to most
Of them, since choristers in smaller
churches are'not the most highly
paid persons in the world. .... The
Revelers Quartet. M OF the best
that the air provides. has recorded
more than 1000 photograph records
49,. They were the first to turn the
Rhapsody in Blue" into song.
The daddy OF Patricia Collinge.
well known actrss. is none other
than Channon Collinge, choral di-
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Because Love Her."
DRIAN AESTEY, making his way
II through the long rooms. eyad-
cd successfully the iDveigling eff
forts az people he knew. a good
looking chap with the right spon-
sors may not. nj such a time. reach
q given point In a given time with
out encountering all the opposition
that soft eyes. softer smiles. de-
tanning murmurs may throw in bis
way. Beyond a hufwark OF black
shoulders Daisy Featress sent n
wistful glance. She alone might
have called 10 him but she would
aot. He saw Simon. apart and
taut; less than other men in stat
ure, yet towering above them. a
personality on srilrs. He saw a
dozen men whose names and words
we're making history. and saw them
for the first time as individuals who
annoyed him nv getting In bis way.
And at last he got a glimpse OF
the man he vas looking for.
Converse was paving ponderous
compliments 10 a Brazilian lady.
He seemed n admire her olive
shoulders. frankly pasted with
snowy shellac, more than anything
In the world. His high color was
nndImmed; his small eves we're
bland and avid as ever. yet Brian
spoke "a him without hesitation.
Come with me" he said in a low
voice.
Converse looked around In sur
prise. He vas amazed 70 be spoken
70 IN that manner. But when he
saw Brian's face he excused him
self 20 his companion and followed.
They went 70 tire room that Brian
had LEFT A few minutes before. The
atmosphere Of Linda Roth still
fingered there in some strange
fashion as II over the thousand
perfumes Of the crowded rooms
beyond. her own chung intangibly
to the dropping fern fronds or
trembled somewhere in the golden
haze Of shaded lamps. II forced
them 10 admit her presence.
But they yer alone there ard
Brian could endure to see the great
bulk of Converse sprawled rpon
the frail settee where she had
rested. The faint %shattering OF n
OF the imitation pearls as IL per-
ished did not move him as II might
have done. 50 far was he removed
from the sentiment az little things.
What do you want Of mel" Con-
verse asked, curiorslv. He saw al
cnce that a change had come over
the younger man; that he had TO
do with something new and strange
in him. He vas on guard instant
lv. SO far as he could surriise
be had nothing 10 fear from this
youngster whom he could crush as
easily as he had crushed a bit Of
shell ~underfoot without knowing
hove Il came there. But he was
prepared TO be cautious, for he had
learned 10 be wary az unexpected
blows He felt in his pocket and
produced a single cigar. IL was
not q place for smoking nor a
time. ret Converse could not have
carried on without this weapon.
Behind its shelter he could think
im~rassivelr; prepare his defense I;
strike.
you are excited he said.
But Brian was not excited. and
he knew n. He asked evenly:
what have you done 10 Mrs.
EOth?'
Converse could not believe that
he had heard Alright. Done 10
herE" lie repeated. He was a lit
tie hurt. Here was a young man
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BY
EVELYN CAMPBELL
vNU Service Copyright " Evelyn carpSsnl
Copyright ~ Evelyn canpbsrL>

whom he had recommended In a
world where tact Is the most de-
sirable Of all qualities, and yet he
was being approached BY this
nrotege and a woman's name. most
subtle RI weapons. used as n bludE-
eon. He took refuge in the time
honored Il don't know what you
mean
Then I will explain" said Brian.
He was perfectly cool. knowing
that he had already ruined himself
and content 70 be ruined II this
would bring him ear his obiec-
tive. Something has happened 70
Mrs. Roth and I believe you know
what 1t Is. I am asking you TO tell
me-"
The emphasis was 81 slight that
an ear less keen than his hearers
might have missed II. Converse re-
fected. II was plain that the
younESter was a little mad
through love for Linda, doubtless.
He was the sort that love could
play the deuce with. Duels. And
after a mar ia forty his veins do
not respond N thrills az unripened
adventure. He was divided be-
tween two insrincts-that of the
p1mitive-to fight for what he still
held Of her. or 10 give her over as
useless 20 himself-knovinE that
all was past between them forever.
Her bruised wings had carried her
too Far from him after all.
Brian was astonished 70 read
sadness n the other mans eyes.
You are asking for my honor"
Converse said slowly.
"Not yours. Her honor"
Converse drawled: "Then n Il a
woman's honor I am "a give into
your hands. Why"
A vein sprang out on Brian's
forehead. He was not as calm now
rs the older man. who had the AL
vants-es Of experience and slug
gish blood.
~ an glad that rou added n
question 10 that" he said. "Ee-
cause I will tell von WHY. Because
I love her. Because ! love her as
she r.. Because I must follow her.
wherever she has gone"
Converse was firing. Their few
words had covered limitless emo
ton. He felt II surEing past him
with the dauntless wings M youth.
Triumph. Love. All that he had
lost in his success.
There IA nothing" ne heard
himself saying. she wes a little
girl I helped. and then she was a
woman I wanted. Mr. way M Get
ting what I want Il not your vav.
because nature gave me this" He
glanced. ohli1uely. ar his obese
body with a sort of sick contempt
SO he must have looked rnon
himself IL aloneness. His laughter
rurhled. II had % M
birds. But sometimes ! failed.
And this was such a time"
He stopped. astonished ~ his
own lack or interest in what had
happened. He discovered that he
did not desire Linda Roth any
longer. He had wanted her for
years, had schemed 20 win her
favor or to huv IL NJ any price.
and now he could let her 60 wear
ilv. 10 was difficult n remember
what he felt for her ven yester-
day.
He rot Up. dropping the end OF
his cigar IN a brass bowl-vishing
now that he had not smoked. for
II was bitter I'm his mouth.
"She took money from me FOR
years. you know. Then suddenly
she decided that she would not
have any more. What happens 70
women when they begin ~ split
hairs Usually the thing they are
J frrlnr 10 avoid. She was the worst
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Along
G.. w. HauSmap, in the newly
opened Kree-Mee shop sampling ice
cream. "A. A. Hargroye, arranging
the magazines in front Of his book
store. looking at pictures. WAL
lace HARDWOOD. .owner of Palm
Courts. glad that the Valley Is be-
coming a tourist mecca. Ted Ora
ham, lawyer. riding to work..
with his wife and children. Jimmy
George. talking with friends.
Mrs. Lula George. who lives on
the highway. with a a full Of
friends going somewhere. Mike
Groom, of the Rio Grande Valley
Gas company. lingering his nous
tache. and drinking a soft drink
~. j. Fox. tax assessor. up and
around after his accident not long
ago. looking thin but healthy.
his arm in a sling. Judge "A. M.
Kent, rather thoughtful early in the
morning. on his way to the court
house..
Up She Comes
Just about the time everything
was Quoted down and citizens be-
gan looking forward to a calm and
dull summer, the river decides to so
On a rampage again.
The flood that was successfully
passed several days ago was thought
10 have been the last of the year,
and weather man w. j. Schnur-
busch even went so far as to pre-
dict that the Valley would suffer
from lack OF water-maybe-in a
month or so.
Just to show him he uas all dry.
the San Juan flooded. IL began 10
rain. then up came the Rio Grande
river.
1t may flood the country, or II
may just muddy things up a little.
II remains TO be seen.
One thing Is certain-the farmers
do not need the excess water. Water
Is one thing they'd rather not hear
any more about at this time Of the
year.
Flood controls and the arroyo will
handle flood water. engineers claim.
so everything Is safe and sound.
The river has enough water In IL
to float the Leviathan.
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7M Nam STEM
Intimate Glimpses of the Valleys Alley

Conversation

Conversation
The main topic Of conversation
on the Main Stem today lis the
heavyweight scrap tonight between
Sharkey and Schmeling, premier
boxers Of the present crop OF me-
diocre heavieS.
1t is hoped that Sharkey will win
by o knockout early IN the fight,
and betting. what little there is Of
it, is in that direction. Odds in the
north are Q to 5 for Sharkey, but
this is difficult mathematics for
some sports In Brownsville and the
betting is either even or 2 to /.
The consensus Of opinion around
the stem is that II Sharkey puts up
the fight he is capable Of, he will
win; but II he doesn't. it's Just too
bad for the United States Of Amer
lea. The Allies won the war, but
Germany may win the heavyweight
championship. Which is the most
important. to some persons. Is a
moot question.
When Sharkey is good. he is very
very good. but when he Is bad he
ought to be shot.
Don't forget to come to the Her
aids party tonight and listen TO
the blow-by-blow account of the
scrap. broadcas thy megaphone.
Everyone has a ringside seat. and
there is no cover charge. The hour
the party begins Is announced BY
Sports Editor Hal Eustace in his
sport page.
Sideglances
Chambers of commerce over the
Lone Star State have decided that
this habit of paying a convention
to meet In a certain city is the
bunk. and that a convention is not
worth having unless IL pays its own
bills. Brownsville has joined the
fight. and from now on any conven-
ton that meets here will pay its
own transportation. hotel bills. food
bills. dances. shows. luncheons and
other entertainments.
A glance over the Valley, and
over the city OF Brownsville. reveals
that weeds are apparently the rage.
and that any home without a flock
Of weeds in the front yard Is not up
to date. The weather. unusually wet.
Is blamed for the fad.