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considered the cleyerest fortune
teller on the Mississippi River, and
there had never been tSple when
she had failed to give complete sat-
isfaction.
Madam Schriyer was a very state
" colored woman. At the time OF
her death she was sixty years old.
Her white clients numbered as
many as the colored, who believed
in her strange powers: she charged
five dollars for simple clalrvoyant
reading, and got it. Some days she
gave as many as twenty readings.
It was said when she died, that she
left fortune hidden somewhere
about the anceint frame house in
which she had spent the last fifteen
years Of her life, although no trace
of the money has ever been I'M
earthed ..l..a.
lust how the rllmor spread that
the presence Of Madam Schriver's
four black cats meant disaster, is
hard to say, but that sort Of rumor
began years ago and once it had
started, there was absolutely no way
of stopping it.
Madam Schriver occasionally kept
he. four black cats locked securely
in the kitchen. She was we'll aware,
without having to be told, that
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-22
Are Black Cats a Sign of Bad Luck?
Well, Here is a Blood-chilling ~
Story that wil Make ~
You Think So. Msf
By Paul Bryant @YH

T<HE strangest case in
the history of crime
n in the state of Mis-
souri,, perhaps, was the case
of the woman with the black
cats. 1t was rather difficult
to catalogue the strange for
tune teller as a criminal
merely because her four
huge black cats brought
misfortune to all those peo-
pie against whom they lazily
rubbed themselves. Those
enormous black cats appear
ed sinister in the orange
reflections from the fire of
the crude stone fireplace in
Madam Schriver's consulta-
ton room.
Perhaps it wasn't the aged
clairvoyant's fault t h a t
Mabel Fisher, pretty and
twenty, shot herself in the
left breast because h e
sweetheart took an auto
mobile ride with another
women. =. Regardless of
the ouiltv person. the four
black cats, once during the
reading the clairvoyant ac-
corded to Mabel Fisher,
emerged surreptitiously from
the low kitchen of the frame
house,x passed through the
orangGreflections, and cere-
moniossly paused to rub
themselves against Miss
Fishers shapely limbs.
Then ,and there, the ener-
getic and nervous little lady
knew that the presence of
those four black cats and
the fact that they had re-
pestedly rubbed themselves
against her meant that dire
misfortune was not f a r
away.
Pretty little Miss Fisher knew
well this omen so she did not need
Madam Schriyer.s to tell her.. Per-
hapS, Madam Schriver would not
have told her, anyway if the girl
had not already known. She was
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many of her patrons were supersti-
tious and that they were firm be-
levers in the so-called, unlucky
sign of the black cat; moreover, she
was aware that the presence OF her
four black cats made her customers
nervous. This situation hindered
her ability to concentrate on the
fateS of her numerous clients. 1t
soon rev to be. unusual to see one
of Madam Schriver's black cats.
When one appeared, it was time for
serious and quick thinking.
This was the belief of many peo-
pie and no doubt they had ample
ground upon which to base their
opinions. In the first place, there
were many dire misfortunes that
befell those women, both colored
ana white, who though reluctantly,
had visited Madam Schriyer'S five
room frame house on dark nights.
1t is true that many OF Madam
Schriver's clients went to her place
virtually against their own wills;
because, the misfortune of those
who encountered the four black
cats was notorious in that section
Of the country.
Pretty Miss Fisher was not super
stitiouS, but she knew when the
black cats emerged from the kitch-
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en-, pushing the door slightly ajar,
that something dreadful was going
to happen to her. She didn't know
what, nor when, but she felt pre-
sentiment of approaching doom, and
could not escape the unnerving
emo.;on that kept stern clutch on
her. ..
OF course she had heard all the
strange hair-raiSing stories regard
ing the bad sign of the notorious
four black cats. The moment they
pushed the kitchen door Slightly
open and paraded in single file from
the warn kitchen, from whence
came the aroma Iof cooking cab
bages, the Fisher girl clutched spas
medically at her throat, whitened
under Madam Schriver's steady
stare, and exclaimed: ooh, my God,
drive those terrible creatures out Of
here!"
But Madam Schriver feigned sur
pris' that anyone should be SO ter
rified by four black cats. Conyinc-
ingly she tried to explain. that four
black cats were no different from
four white cats. Anybody with suf-
ficient intelligence to capture and
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hold brave mans love, as. Miss
Fisher had done; was intelligent
enough to forget all about the nom
sense commonly heard about black
cats.
This sort of talk treasured Miss
Fisher, who knew all about the cats,
consequently, she thought that ev-
erything would be all right. Madam
>Schriver had given her several hints
about how to make good Roadway
with Captain Rupert, the married
man whose attentions she wished to
win; and after Madam Schriver had
penetrated her secrets to this depth,
there was no possibility of ill-feel->
ing. Moreover, who was suppos- 1
to know more about black cats than
fortune tellers? Was there any in
disputable evidence that those cats
had ever brought hard luck to their
owner? This appeared to be so much
bunk. and the strange stories of
Madam Schrivers patrons dying and
being tragically disappointed in love,
proved to be the Pigments of highly
imaginative minds.
Pretty Miss Fisher went home that
evening after the clairvoyant had
enlightened her as to certain proceed
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Bryant story attracted to
surrounding the mysterious Madame
Schriver.
The reputation of this known the state OF
wild deaths
followed the spuac readings of Madame Schriver
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r<HE strangest case in
the history of crime
N in the state of Mis-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13
The Uses of Adversely

II the business depression that has been riding us
for the last few months has done nothing else, II at
least has provided a stopper for a lot Of the bunk and
hot air that had been i~nfesting the land in brighter
days.
The easy optimism Of the old days Of prosperity Is
gone. and in It's place there is emerging an attitude
Of selfcriticism and skepticism that is a great deal
more wholesome.
Up TO the stock market disaster OF October, 1922,
the sky was the limit. People who we're old enough
TO know better went around assuring everybody that
we had entered into a new era, in which depression
panic and disaster would be no more. All tears were
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13
The Real Objection to Gas

The use Of poison gas is generally listed as one
Of the supreme horrors Of modern warfare. 1t Is in
teresting. therefore. TO note that the surgeon general
Of the y. S. army points out that poison gas killed
not more than 200 American soldiers during the
World War. in comparison with the 3s.147 who were
killed by projectiles-
OF soldiers sent TO hospitals, some 10000 had been
gassed as compared with more than $4,000 who had
been wounded. Obviously. poison gas has not come
close to replacing bullets and shells on the battle
field.
What causes the agitation against gas, OF course,
is the way 1t can be used against civilian non-com-
batants. A sustained gas bombardment from the
air might easily destroy half the population Of a big
city in half an hour. II is for this reason that gas
looms as the deadliest weapon In the modern ar
senal-despite these figures from the last war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13
The Idealism of Youth

People who address college students usually begin
by assuring their audience that it is nothing less, COL
lectively. than the light Of the world. The hope OF
the future is mentioned freely. and all hands are told
that they will do great things when they plop out into
the world.
The other day. however. the Rev. Elmore NJ. Nc
Kee. chaplain OF Yale University. sounded off for
Yale undergraduates by declaring bluntiy that to-
days youth has no idealism, clings to outvorn con-
ventions and shows no desire TO lead It's generation
TO any but the conventional wares OF Main street.
g~littering externalism."
Mr.. McKe followed this by advising his hearers
10 cultivate the old-fashioned virtue Of humility. and
begged them to develop at least one thinke. who
could show US the ~vulgarity Of our sophistication.
All In all. this is strange and refreshing doctrine
for college students. Humility and Yale are not often
mentioned in one breath, and a reference to the vul-
garity Of sophistication sounds strange when Il comes
from the glittering New Haven campus. One can only
wish that the speech might be repeated on every
campus In the land. and that the rising generation
would think about it a little.
The world Is a much more d~istrusttul and confiding
place than Is often realized. And year after year it
goes on looking to its young college graduates for
some sort of guidance that will be a little bit clean
er and higher than the sort it ordinarily produces
for itself. But that sort OF guidance proceeds only
from high ideals, and high ideals. as Mr.. Mckee
points out, are not popular these days, with youth
or with age.
SO it is that leadership of the right sort Is lacking
Hands that reach out for bread find themselves
c~lutching stones. Our most hcnored thinkers. our
most exalted writers, wrinkle pessimistic brows. ss-
sure US that mans destiny Is low and his nature evil,
and moan d~olefully over the inherent cruelty Of the
Cosmos: and youth accepts the cue and sets forth.
diploma in hand, to get what is gettable while the
getting IS good.
Youth. indeed. is not TO blame. II takes its tono
from the world around It. and it is hardly youths
fault If that tone has gone a bit sour in recent years
And the rest Of US, being blind. pat youth on the
back for conforming and rejoice that there is no
heresy on the campus.
What is needed is more talking like Mr.. McKees
Let youth be reminded that our sophistication is
vulgar and our eye for the main chance is ~jaundiced.
Let IL be urged to rise above our level and discover.
once more, that the soul is something more than ap
outworn word. II It does we shall begin by being
vastly alarmed-but We shall wind up by falling in
line and regaining our lost hopes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13

I'm driving back into town immv-
dtately. but you're to stay on and
she'll bring you up Wednesday or
Thursday. Give you a chance 70
swim and drive and fool around thu
garden TO your hearts content. Like
the idea7"
"Why-I think it's wonderful"
II thought you would. Wouldn't
stay In town myself IL there was
any way TO avoid IL. I'm glad Eve
lyn made the suggestion"
Celia was relieved. 10 was so
much ~pleasanter al Mrs. Parsons
home than in the dreary Grammer-
CIV Park house. She went to tell
her hostess how pleased she was.
One by one the weekend guests
departed. There was not another
opportunity for Jordan to talk TO
Celia alone. She avoided him pur-
poselv. There was only his formal
good ri-ht' as they shook hands.
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H7MNtW'YSORk vs.

keeping with the general idea now
flooding the night club market. Ven
cradle straw hats take the place Of
lamp globes and cartoons adorn the
walls. inches are enshrined to the
various gents who write about New
York events - particularly those
Broadway columnists who have just
sprouted up in the past few years.
I am informed that sucn local fame
as attaches TO this display will be
given. among others. 10 my favorite
author, Gilbert Swan. III this be so
wait until the boys from Califor-
MIA, Michigan and way points come
TO town again. Imagine finding
their home town product b~urlesqued
at 53rd and Broadway!
For one reason or another un-
known to myself, there is a tremen-
dous vogue among the night lifers
for young men who walk with four
fingers at their hips.
The Club Abbey, which packed
them In during the summer season,
boasts Of a certain Jean Mallin, a
female imperSonatcr OF no small
ability who acts as master OF cere-
monies and who Just a few years
ago, was just another shrinking vio-
let. Mallin has been a WOW" as q
box office attraction and Is mention
ed almost daily by the out and out
Broadway photographers.
The success OF Mallin may or may
not be responsible for the presence
at the Club Chalais OF one Jackie
Maye. AS one who never went in
for female impersonators with my
great degree OF applause. still and
all this Jackie Maye appears the
most incredible of them all. ! have
yet TO note q person who, without
advance notice. saw through Maye's
disguize. And. as all Manhattan
FOUNDERS know. La Belle Rose starts
his third season at the Nut Club.
with other concerns looking about
for runners-up.
Funny town-funny vogues-never
can tell what will click next. Which
Is why we like It.
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and Eve came up on the porch.
They were laughing and casual
now.
Music from a distant radio stu
do began to pour forth from the
living room. Two couples began
dancing. Celia arose and started
to enter. but Walter Carr detained
her.
Dance this one with me, won't
you?" he said.
They danced and Celia carried
her head very proudly. She laugh
ed more al Carr's Jokes than she
had before. Then Courtney Brooks
came from somewhere and asked
her TO dance with him. Brooks was
an expert at the tango. He showed
her some Of the steps and Celia.
though she was slow az learning.
was laughing and her cheeks were
flushed when at last she gave up
the attempt
Tod Jordan stepped beside her.
I've been waiting for you" he
said.
For a moment Celia was about TO
frame an excuse Then she thought
better Of Il, raised her arms and let
him lead her into n fox trot. She
was glad II was a fox trot instead
Of a waltz. In particular Celia did
not want to hear again that mel
ody about stars and steel guitars"
That vas the song she and jordan
had danced 10 the night before.
They danced without talking. Jcr-
dan watched the girl c%uriously. she
seemed di~sinterested.
"Tired?r he asked.
mot az all. DO 7 look tired7"
oh, ! just thought you might
be"
IL "a not very exciting onver
sation. Presently he tried again.
Celia. what have 7 done7"
What do you mean7"
you know what I mean Some
things wrong. You're different IL
night"
II didn't know it,
But you are! Listen. II I'VE
said o done anything that offenu-
ed you. I'm sorry. I didn't mean 70
do anything like that. Honest, I'm
terribly sorrylr
1t was almost too much 10 feel
his dark eyes imploring her. But
Celia bent her head. She had seen
him with Eve Brooks with her own
eyes.
Il haven't any idea what you're
talking about" she told him rlibly.
IF you've done something you're
sorry for It's too bad. but I don't
see what I can do about u. Sorry.
but I must run now and see when
father wants 10 drive home
II was a somewhat disconnected
Young Mr.. Jordan who watched Ce-
las blue chiffon back disappear
through the French window.
Celia met John Mitchell In the
living room.
II was Just coming for you. Ce-
la" he said. Mrs. Parsons has
persuaded me a few o DAYS here
in the country will be good for YOU.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13
Traffic and Health

Faro Agha found conditions for life in his native
Turkey highly favorable. and reached the age Of i5d
years without trouble: or so, at least, his press agents
insist. However, visiting America to see and be seen
he promptly falls victim to modern traffic congestion
and gets hit by an automobile before he can get pas:
New York.
It doesn't do TO inspect each incident OF daily
life too closely. in the hope Of finding a moral. New
ertheless. there is something rather apt about FARO
Agha's mishap. The ordinary conditions Of health
sanitation and medical care in this country are al
most infinitely better than they are In Turkey; but
a centenarian is likely 10 find that we have raised
up new perils TO counterbalance things. FARO Agha
may be freer from the menace Of disease here than
at hone-but II he had stayed at home he at least
would not have been endangered by automobiles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13

And Now-the Dollar Bill Night
Club, Where Meters Click Off
Charges at So Much Per Hour,
Just Like Taxis.
NEW YORK, Oct. l3-One winter
ago the night club swung back on it.
self. and the accidental blow left
the gay resorts slightly dizzy well
Tito the spring and summer.
But with the autumn leaves be-
ginning TO turn scarlet and saffron
once more, the smarter gentry have
locked feveriShly about for novelty.
Take for instance, the new Dollar
Bill resort. This newest arrival on
the Mazda highway has stumbled
upon the trickiest of ideas. They
have gone TO the taximeter for their
particular innovation. Even as this
meter ticks off the amount one Is TO
pay for his horseless carriage ride,
so the Dollar Bill will charge for the
time spent by a cash customer. The
overhead TO a patron will be exactly
one dollar per hour.
During that time he is invited to
eat anything the pantry provides;
r. dance and to look on at the en-
tertainment. The cover charge idea
Is tossed out the windows and the
expense of walters is dispensed with.
One goes TO a counter closely re-
sembling the old free lunch bars.
There are pretty little Chinese maids
in attendance. One orders and
helps himself.
Upon entering. the guest is pre-
sented with a numbered ticket and
the time Of arrival is stamped upon
II. The house keeps a duplicate.
Upon departure the time is checked
and the charge is in accordance
based upon the dollar an hour no.
ton. A huge. amusingly contrived
clock issuss warning from a central
rwah and there are several alarms
handy in case the patron wishes to
be reminded. Hour glasses. II is
said. will be placed on tables 50 that
no one may overstay the limits of his
purse.
The spirit of "mad-house" to be
found with the decorations Is In
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13

10 NC WlAEQ away h4 dCCuulL uDJko WOu1u UdlaEGG
eternally. and prices. wages. production schedules and
the spirits Of mankind were to keep on rising forever.
There was almost an apocalyptical character to these
prophecies and revelations.
We are a little bit wiser now, apparently. This
kind Of talk Is not heard quite 50 freely; and in that
fact lies the one great benefit which this extremely
unpleasant depression is bringing.
It Is impossible to make much progress when you
discount al obstacles In advance. Success OF any
kind Is only to be had by hard work and deep thought.
Providence. in its inscrutable wisdom, has not We.
reached the point where 1t is going to hand the sons
OF men all the riches OF earth on a silver platter
not even In the United States.
But hard work and deep thinking, oddly enough,
were not very popular In the period that ended with
the great Wall street crash. Instead, we gave our at
tention to the glib talker, to the buffer, to the man
who could see nothing ahead Of us but a clear track
and green signal lights.
Right now we are paying for 10.
OF course. II we simply sit back now and wall about
the cruelty OF fate, the depression is not going to do
US any good. But If we realize that the buffer ani
the high pressure artist have outlived their useful
ness. we shall be able to buckle down and pave the
way for a real return to prosperity.
The field Of economics Is one OF the most compli-
Gated fields there Is. 1t holds out tantalizing posi-
b~fities. now and then; the last half-dozen years. for
instance. came fairly close to fulfilling ell Of the
gaudy promises that the boosters were making. To
find out Just what the margin may be between the
promise and the reality. and to learn how this mar
gin may be wiped out-these are tasks calling for the
hest brains the country has.
Our present attitude is favorable to the impartial
study that such tasks require. The old attitude
wasn't. In the long run the hard times Of 1880 will
probably be recognized as a salutary experience
even though they are pretty hard to put up with
right now.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13

Admiral Moffetts suggestion that the United States
share It's helium gas with other nations. 50 tina. d.
rigibles overseas can have the safety features which
previously have been exclusively American, sounds
like a very good idea.
Helium can be produced In quantity only In the
United States, and the Law now forbids its export
However, the supply here seems to be great enough
so that we could spare all that is needed overseas
and except in war time it is hard to see how there
could be any objection to such step.
Here would be a humanitarian act; it would also be
valuable as q goodwill gesture, 1t is to be hoped
that the government will give the admiral's sugges-
ton full consideration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13
MERCY BULLET

WASHINGTON. Oct. IA hypo-
dermic bullet has been invented by
Capt. Barnett Harris. big game
hunter. for use In capturing animals
alive. The bullet Is fired from q gun.
but instead OF q leaden slug fore
ing its way into the tender flesh OF
the animal. a needle Is forced into
the skin by contact. This needle in
lects a sleeping potion into the
animal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13

Kate Duncan and MRS. Parsons
were nearby.
Celia went upstairs as soon az
she could excuse herself. She I'm
dressed and got IN bed Immediately
she was awakened by q tap on the
door.
Ito Be Continuedb
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-13

The football season Is here again, and for the
next six weeks there will be the largest and finest
showing OF TASKS In nearly a year.