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Capital Should Act
On Billboard Plague

Continued From First Page)
to advertise comparatively at just one
place on each approach road. A frame
work has been designed to hold a num-
Der of removable slabs Of uniform size,
each giving the name, location and
rates of a particular hotel, and erected
at each of the city approaches. In this
way the motorist has all the informa-
ton readily available and many scars
are removed from the countryside.
6. Interest others in joining the
movement through lectures. radio talks
and informal conversations. Mrs. Ed
ward II. McKeon, State chairman OF
the Garden Clubs of Maryland, tells an
interesting story in this connection.
For many months she has been stress
ing over the radio during period de-
voted to matters of interest to house
wives the desirability OF faVorlng prod
ucts not advertised by roadside signs.
Not long ago she called at neighbor-
hood store, one OF great chaln OF
groceries. The manager asked II she
would be interested in a special sale OF
canned goods then in progress. Upon
her replying that 1t depended upon the
brand he named a nationally known
product. She told him that she GER
tainly was not interested, since the
manufacturer advertised through signs
along the highways. Leaning forward
confidentially, the store manager SAID
earnestly, MY gosh, lady, do you know
all Summer long I've been hearing that
same dog goned pledge" He went on
TO say that at first he had attached no
Importance to such statements, but
that as time went on he was beginning
to realize the tremendous power behind
the movement.
If such billboard war could be car
ried on by our citizenry throughout the
country 1t would not be long before our
rural highways would stretch for num-
dredS of miles in unbroken beauty.
Already much has been done by some
States at least to abate the Landscape
leproSy" plague which has spread over
the land, and more will be done in the
way of State and county remedial legis-
lation as the wishes of the people be-
come Enthusiastically clear.
An interesting type of corrective legts-
lation has been suggested by Charles
Park and Planning Commission. His
thought Is that some type of scenic
easement, with right of condemnation,
be worked out to control the erection
Of signs, filling stations and various
other types of roadside use.
Perhaps other suggestions, either In
the way Of proposed legislation or OF
public cooperation, will occur to Eve
ming Star readers. If so they will be
welcomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Where Is America Going?
W. Anerbuy

standing in many thoughtful quarters that adj
iustment of transportation In keeping with
modern industrial development cannot much
longer be delayed, would appear to point to de-
velopments so far rail and motor traffic
concerned, as suggested by Gen. Atterbury. When
they will come it would be impossible to say, for
there are many things to be done to clear the
Way Gen Atterbury believes that patient adj
herence to the logic of the situation will bring
success.
Optimist About Rail Future.
"Let me say" said Gen. Atterbury, that am
Q greater optimist than ever about the future of
the railroads
eve have had many problems to meet. Some
have been natural developments of the modern
industrial era. Such has been the competition
of motor trucks and omnibuses on steadily
increasing scale, not to mention the tremendous
travel in private passenger cars. Such has been
the reduced coal haulage, due to more economical
methods of using coal and the Introduction Of
other fuels. And so on. But do not think that
we are opposed to these or other legitimate ex-
pansions. AS far as the Pennsylvania system
is concerned. it taps the greatest producing Sec
ton in the country. Its continued development
along modern lines means our continued de-
velopment."
Gen. Atterbury said he saw no reason why the
problem of rail-motor coordination could not
be worked out with satisfaction to all. Trans
poTtation was a key industry. Its sterilization
would be reflected in general good.
Increased efficiency is the basis upon which
we are proceeding" he said. I'VE are developing
methods now by which we perform certain
functions of the truck more economically than
the truck itself can.
Would Eliminate Duplication.
"Our plans call for motor deliveries to rail
terminals, rail transportation between terminals,
and finally motor delivery at the delivery end
But we would eliminate all but one loading and
reloading
Let me illustrate: You are living in Chicago
and you have to move to New York. Nothing
could be more ideal, could there, than for truck
to call at your apartment in Chicago load in
your household goods, haul them all the way to
New York and unload them in your apartment
there?
Our plan would provide that sort of thing
A motor hauled container would come to YOUR
apartment In Chicago and receive your shipment.
rms would be brought then to our tracks and
the container placed upon which would be
hauled by rail TO New York. There a motor
would convey the container to your apartment
to be unloaded
We can do this cheaper and quicker than the
motor truck alone can do it. It indicates what
can be accomplished by scientific coordination
OF rail and motor transport"
Copyright. 1sSO)
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TOR quite a while it has
- been fashionable to de-
cry religion as an enemy
= of joy.
Macaulay asserted that the
PuritanS were opposed to
bear-baiting because 1t gave
pleasure to the audience, not
because it hurt the bear. That
clever comment has been
quoted threadbare and APP
piled to all religion.
Is it q fact that faith is
destroyer of cheer? Do those
who free themselves from reli-
gion find happiness in their
freedom?
Read the sophisticated lit
erature of recent years; see
how through it all there runs
a note of hopeleSSneSS.
The atheists have had full
opportunities to demonstrate
their offering. And it proves
to be only an intoxicated
udllCC III Tile SrdVeydru-IHe
application of rouge and lip
stick to a grinning skull.
The Child, whose birthday
we celebrate this month, grew
up to be a happy man. He
moved through life surround
ed by the laughter of little
children. His first miracle
was performed, not to point
a moral or to preserve a life,
but to save a hostess from
embarrassment. He was never
criticized for being toe
gloomy, but for eating and
drinking and enjoying life too
much.
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Of a truly American league, but this
confederation should not be formed
simply On the principles of an ordinary
alliance for offense and defense; It
should be much closer union than that
recently formed in Europe (the Holy
Alliance) against the liberties Of the
people. It Is necessary that our league
be society OF sister nations, at present
separated in the exercise of their SOW
ereignty, by reason of the course of
human events, but which must be
strongly and powerfully united in order
to defend themselves against the ag-
gressions of foreign powers"
And then, setting forth the ideal of
a continental congress which should
discuss such union, he instructed his
secretary of foreign affairs: 1T is
necessary that you shall henceforth in
cessantly urge the necessity of laying
the foundations of an amphictyonic
body, or assembly of plenipotentiaries,
that shall advance the common inter-
estS Of the American states and settle
the misunderstanding which may arise
in the future between peoples who have
the same common destiny" He also
warned that such misunderstanding if
not properly attended to and solved
may perhaps kindle lamentable wars
such as those which have deSolated
other less fortunate regions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Tidings of Great Joy
BY BRUCE BARTON

His Joy was not dependent
upon money. He did not
make His followers presidents
or treaSurerS or secretaries,
or increase their deposits in
the bank. They were fisher
men when He found them
and fishermen when He left.
But what different fishermen!
There was some times a
touch of princely extrava-
gance in His attitude toward
material things. Mary must
have forgone many necessities
for the luxury of that alabaS-
ter box. He commended her.
Matthew, called to disciple
ship. gave a feast. He did not
rebuke the expenditure. He
spoke of Himself as a bride
groom and said that while the
honeymoon lasted the friends
of the bridegroom were en-
titled to celebrate without
counting too carefully the
cost.
If He were here this
Christmas. the home would
echo with laughter where He
was a guest. Even in a year
when times have been hard,
He would encourage a bit OF
extravaganza in the gifts OF
love.
It would shock Him to dis
cover that religion should be
regarded by anybody as a
diminisher of happiness.
The angels proclaimed it
good tidings Of great JOY"
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and every one of its parties between
the signers of the treaty. (Article j
OF the treaty.
5. Defensive and, If necessary. often
SlVe common support of the sovereignty
ana independence of each of the con-
federated powers of America against
all foreign domination.
4. Immutability of peace and har-
mony between the confederated Ameri-
can peoples, or between them and the
cltizenS OF other nations of the world.
(Article KILL
5. Impossibility of declaring war
among themselves without previous con-
clllatory intervention by the Assembly
OF PlenipotentiarieS. (Article XVIII
3. Agreement to settle amicably and
by direct means the differences that
might exist between the countries of
the league, and in the event of being
unable to arrive at an agreement to
give preference to conciliatory methods
rather than to warlike ones by bringing
the question before the Assembly of
Plenipotentiaries for decision, (Article
XVII
z. Impossibility of going to war with
nations not members of the league ex-
cept in the case of failure of the good
offices which should be requested of
the other members of the league, who
would be obliged to offer them in or
der to prevent conflict. (Article XVIII)
3. Mutual guarantee of territorial in
tegrity OF all the contracting parties.
ARTICLE XXII)
g. Facilities for the acquiring Of
citizenship among citizens of the con-
tracing countries, and alienation of the
conditions imposed upon aliens among
them, there being stated here for the
f1rst time the principle of recognition
of professional titles (Article XXIII.)
10. Retention of the sovereignty of
each member of the league for its own
determination, even in the case of for
eign relations, in so far as the same was
not in conflict with the provisions of
the treaty. (Article XXVIII.)
And for the carrying out of all the
details Of this program the treaty pro-
v1ded for the establishment Of the
Assembly of Plenipotentiaries of Amer
lea, with supreme power over the re-
lations of the confederated countries.
Such maSterfully conceived plan of
an American league of nations, the first,
is still the most ambitious and the most
complete one ever drafted. Advanced
political ideals which today are chang
ing the course of international rela-
tions-such as the societies Of nations,
the outlawing of war, the arbitration
of disputes, the pernanence of unions
are there mentioned for the first time.
Bolivar was the first ever to speak
of Pan-Americanism And after Boil
var no one has spoken so clearly, so
forcefully. so intelligently. His was a
Pan-Americanism of facts. political and
obligatory, not a mere theoretical one,
Of promises and ''recommendationS.7
(copyrisht. 1850
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Lakes On the same terms on which steamship
lines operate.
Give the railroads the right to operate trucks
and omnbuSes
Regulate interstate omnibus and truck move
ment.
Naturally Gen. Atterbury ventured no opinion
as to the ultimate fate Of the proposed legisla-
ton. But 1t requires no expert to perceive these
two things
First, that the railroads seem to be conscious
that their own houses are in order, and so do
not fear to submit their to public opinion.
Second in the regulation Of motor transport
tation they likely to draw strong support from
q great section of the public
These considerations, with the growing under
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The eighth attempt to recover the
treasure ship Of the Spanish Armada,
the Florencia, has failed after months
Of effort by British engineers. The ship
sank beneath the waters Of Tobermory
Bar In 1854
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of even the great, and great in suffer-
ing, in abandonment and death, the
tragic expiration of greatness"
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Coopy4isht. 1900
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
Seventeen Goes Bohemian
Winifred Blacks Topic Today

and Seventeen's h~igh-schooi pal
stared at him with wide eyes and
didn't know whether he was the
1uckiest kid in the world or the
biggest fooL.
Everybody knows now.
II was all in the papers this
morntng-taey had n party In Bo-
hemia and the Married Woman
went off with the Best Friend.
Seventeen followed them and he
had a carving-knife in his hand
he snatched Il UP from the kitchen
where he was setting out a little
Bohemian lunch. and he cut Tho
Other Man 50 badly that they had
TO send for the ambulance.
And nov Seventeen is out on
bail. and he's going TO be tried in
the Juvenile Court.
How he does hate that word
Juvenile-it's 50 sort OF misleading.
he says.
The Married woman?-oh, abe
IS quite pleased about il. It's so
thrilling. don't you see. But when
you saw her picture in the paper
you wondered what IL was all
about.
She isn't in the least pretty, not
in the least intelligent.
Oh, we'll, she probably had "a
way with her" Ike poor Seven
teen"
You never can tell. can your"
Copyright. l3se. NevIDapss Feature ssrviss. fne
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
Reawakening =
By Adele Garrison

returned, and spoke no for
several miles. indeed. not until We
had traversed the wider road OF
which he spoke and come out
upon the main thoroughfare above
Tarrytown. ! wondered II there
were something besides his close at
ton 10 the road in his thoughts, II
he was remembering. as I was, those
hectic years Immediately following
the war when he had been the puts
SAINT leader OF a gang on bootleggers
and underworld men. We had
known for a long time that his lead
ership had beer but a clever blind
for his unofficial ecret service work
and hat II was solely through his
efforts that the gang. which he'd
been used BY n dangerous plotter
against the Government. had been
broken up. But those years had
given him a familiarity with the ter
rain around New York which 1ustl-
fled Mary's sally.
We were well past tho historic old
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
Period Designs Are
Featured in the
Late Mode

Tto 20 back TO b~eauteous yester.
days Is the latest forward step
OF fashion today. Through our
modernistic bathrooms move gowns
with gracious lines that bring forth
memories OF crystal Chandeliers,
gold and red velvet "tete-a,tete''
chairs One expects mcmentarily 10
see the ladies' swinging 20 the
rhythm OF the fox trot, bow 10 their
partners and take position for the
gavotte. The rustling OF taffeta and
the gentle whisperings OF soft
crepes. satins, dIaphanous chiffons,
nets and laces mingle with the
strains OF the Jazz music that fills
the air. There Ia about these new
gowns a sentimental feeling for ira
dition that brings an atmosphere OF
romance TO the evening mode OF this
season.
II is slight wonder that feminine
hearts are all "aflutter" over the
prospect OF selecting a gown 20
wear beneath the first crescent
moo OF Spring. Now there Is In the
occasion something OF the same
thrill as that which comes Il select
ing a costume for a fancy dress ball,
for you may represent any period
from early Greek through the En-
pire and D~irectoire and ante-bellum
days. yet be sure that II IN Pari.
sian 1880. White shoulders and
lovely backs are peeking forth with
fashionable allure as some gowns
are cut to slope off the shoulders
and omit even the slenderest OF
straps. others have narrow jeweled
shoulder straps and deep Tide
colletes which are more expansive
than the popular V OF the past
season.
Two gowns that reflect the mood
of the evening hour are sketched
here today. The one shown at left
with the girlish cap sleeves speaks
~eloquently OF youthful daintinesS
in pale cream organdie with bands
OF point d'spirt dyed the same
shade. or a slightly more sophis-
ticated charm Is the pale blue crepe
de Chine patterned with darker blue
IN q leaf design. Incidentally. leaves
are unfolding novel patterns on
many OF the new silks. oak leaves
and fern fronds appearing most gen
orally at present. The long train Is
held by a narrow band attached 10
the skirt and circlirg the waist Yes.
romance and beauty ~ in the eve.
ming air.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07

the Worm Said.
first worm. They're seeds. This In
what In keeping us 60 busy. We have
10 get all the seeds ready for the
Spring sproutinR-"
Cant they get themselves ready?'
Mi wanted 70 know.
"Oh. no. each M must be cracked
open 80 hat the leaves can have
room TO aprout. Seeds nave shells,
like nuts. except that I don't SUP
pose you've ever noticed them"
Naturally. they were curious 10 see
just what kind Of seeds they were
and what they looked like after they
were cracked, and most important OF
all where they were carried to. for
they saw that as soon ae they were
cracked they were carried or by
some OF the worms through an open
ing mt the back OF the room.
Come. I'll show you everything
the first worm said.
Unfortunately at this instant the
footsteps OF the realchildren-the
masters and mistresses Of the shad-
ows-couh b plainly heard moving
off in the direction OF the house.
and an shadows obliged. in sunny
weather. to accompany them when
ever they 70. they had TO leave &C
once.
Wen 30 back tomorrow they
shouted as they left
cspyrirht. isss. Newspaper Frsturs ssrvsa. fn&
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
Words Of the Wise

For tre that Hre 10 please
must please 70 lire. johnson.
re ~ easier 20 give advice
than to bear sufferings man
fully. -Euripides.
Care 10 our coffin adds q naiI,
no doubt,
Ard ereyT grin, 20 merry. drerce
n out. -WoTcot.
II Slighted, slight the slight
and 1--we the slighter.
-Spurgeon-
Authority Is q disease and cure,
Witch men can neither rant
nor relI endnre.-ButIer.
Second thoughts are admis-
sible in painting and poetry
only az dressers Of the first
conception. No great idea was
ever formed in fragments.
-Fuself.
Erery baby born IN the roYld
rs finer than the last one.
Dickens.
Re would have BEEN greater
to ~posterity II he had been VIII
ing TO DO smaller.
-MlraauA
An not ts H~cowftru5 shofI code.
All that " base shdlI de.
-BvchGnan
Desire OF greatness II "a god
Ike sin Dryden.
The prosperous cannot easily
form a right idea Of misery.
-QHtrtiliomL
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07

curly blond hair and lace over his
amor, who was madly in 1--we with
his child wife.
Under the trees OF Chantrly she
lived ont her idyl or love. Her
praises were sung by poets. emonS
them the wild Theophic, who found
a sanctuary IN her home where the
arm OF the Paris executioner could
not reach him.
Then sorrow struck her. Mont.
morency. her brave husband. was
betrayed and executed for high
treason.
Maria FeIce Orsini became a nun
IN the ascetio order OF the Holy
Chantal. There God found a place
in the heart OF the lonely Ursuline
sister. beside that OF her beloved
Henri And she lived for many Ions
years frequently visited by the man
who betrayed her husband.
She let him speak. She herself
ever spoke a word.
Yet her voice had been like the
voice the stars had when they sang
together. ..."
The most EiartnE voice faults Of
the modern age are: Speaking In toe
high a key; speaking too rapidly,
speaking too loudly and harshly. and
speaking through the ose
Your voice Is a violin-divine II
correctly played. frightful II not. And
there Is hidden beauty in every
voice.
Determine today 10 have a peauti.
full voice that VIII echo ever IN the
memory OF those who love you
Commence by carefully and conscs.
ously watching for Just the faults
you have been warned against.
Olive skin Is very attractive. but
sallow skin never. In an effort to
get rid OF that resort tan which you
perhaps unwisely acquired and now
find bleaching into u~nattractive sal
lowness. try having your druggist
prepare the following:
2 OF. Bay rum
80 grains salicylic acid
. drops altar OF roses
Apply with absorbent cotton and
leave on overnight. Regular atten,
ton must be given 20 this q make II
effective Save this formula for the
Summer months TO come.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
Harry, BY a CIerer REse, Succeeds
in Shaking OF the Trailing
"Nysfery Drirer"

Village. with its Washington Irving
memories. when Mr.. Underwood
spoke again.
"Now were IN the clear" he said.
and ! knew that the relief IN his
tones was not due alone x The sat
isfaction any motorist feels AZ know
ing that a broad. smooth road lies
before him for the remainder OF his
journey. but 10 his conviction that
he had been successful in shaking
Off the persistent driver OF the black
coupe whom he had told me was a
private detective trailing Us for some
unknown
Then. please NAV J speak," Mary
asked demurely. and MI. Underwood
chuckled.
II don't need three guesses 10
know what you're going 10 ask.
Mary he said. ITS a simple In
terrogative sentence OF tour words
When do we eat?'"
Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1880. Newspaper Feature Service. Iae
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
Seen Along Fifth Avenue
By LOUISE DUNTLEY

Material evidence OF the coming
Spring IS found IN some interesting
innovations in the fabric world. The
new chiffon prints designed with
different kinds OF vegetables are
really delectable. Then there IS an
amusing print with the pattern COM
poeed OF photograph records. with
pecSe-shaped high lights on them
Another designer seems 70 have gone
90 the bottom of the Q for his
inspiration. offering a fragile chiffon
nat+erned IN shells. coral. and fishes.
Pictorial effects reminiscent OF the
hunting scenes on Greek vases, and
fern fronds particularly on lame. are
quite original. Flowers IN patterns
both large ana small Of all the vart-
aties that ever doomed are festoon-
snr the mode. Lsly-of-thevalley.
geld flowers. large and small roses
are being cultivated with the great
eSt enthusiasm by Partisan couturiers.
N would seem that we are getting
hack to Nature in a material way.
/ It's a short game for the tennis
costume this Summer. With a high
score FOR bare legs. Neatly tailored
shorts in plain. striped. or figured
silks and cottons have had an active
season on the courts OF the South
ezn resorts this season. which pre-
Z a busy Summer for them else
where. One costume that had dash
an dots was OF shorts OF blue and
white polka dotted crepe. A fitted
halt held two inverted pleats in place
IN the middle Of the front and the
trousers were cut of well above the
knee. sufficiently wide TO provide
ooolness and freedom OF action. The
shorts were TO be worn with a short
eleeved white Isle blouse finished IN
the front with two buttons and a
tailored collar. Blue Isle socks with