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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
The Stars Say
For Tuesday. January %.
By %CENEvIEvE KEMBLE

HHERE are very suspicious signs
Of much movement. initiative
and stirring about In this days
stellar activities. Events OF far
reaching and radical importance are
foreshown. with many prospects Of
excellent advantage and desirable
opportunities. Although these ad-
ventures may lead to high places,
they should not be embraced too
precipitately or without calm and
controlled elaboration. Also be con-
sentative in handling moneys.
Those whose birthday il Is are as
suned a year OF splendid opportunity.
with probably abrupt and u~nplanned
change OF radical Importance. These
may lead TO high adventure and to
q place in the public eye. but al
should be handled without impulse.
turnult or extravagant or hazardous
use OF funds. Prudence and conserv-
atsm should hold sway over rash
ness and excitement. A child born
on this day should have many
marked talents for success, progress
and high adventure in its career
which may be a public one. It should
be schooled in discipline, thrift and
sS z.szaAs~-~
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Helps
By ELEANOR ROSS

-and Is eve more trouble. When o
can buy n comparatively cooked
dinner from soup TO dessert at a rea.
sonable price. it's due to volunteer,
unpaid service In the main. And
volunteer service Is VIGOROUSLY IN
dependable.
Wholesale housekeeping, as we
know II. doesn't seem the final
answer TO the overworked home
makers problem. That is. II she
wants a home different from the
other twelve on the block. One can't
have individuality IN the home anu
the benefit OF large quantity pro-
duction. There's the rub.
But fortunately there are a num-
Der OF women-in fact. the majority
who find not only recompense for
great effort in the charm OF An in
dividual home. but even delight in
the labor Of planning and cooking a
good dinner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
A Fashion Models Diary
Nv GRACE T~HORNIIFFE
Some School Friends Drop In and Oracle Sells a
Southern Ensemble
GRACE THORNCLIFFE

CAN hardly wait 10 write to1
Pam! I have something 50 ex-
citing % tell her. This morning
Helene and I were going through the
stock at the shop. arranging the new
models 50 that they'd show UP TO
best advantage. Things were rather
dull, and we were a bit bored with
existence. We were wishing for the
end OF the day TO come. I hate not
being busy when I'm AT the shop.
We were Just about u 20 10 lunch
when the door opened and two very
stunning girls walked in. We looked
at them and they looked at US and
then there was a grand reunion with
all the usual gushing and talking at
once that takes place when women
meet after a few years separation.
The girls were sisters and had gone
TO school with us.
Their dad had some kind OF a gov
eminent post abroad and they left 10
meet him right after graduation.
After we al got through the mutual
preliminary surprises-our surprise
az finding them In this country and.
more remarkable. in the shop. and
theirs at finding US here-they told
US they had decided TO come back TO
their own country 10 live.
They had been recommended 70 the
shop by some friend in Paris and had
dropped in to get some clothes for
the South where they intend TO 20
for a few weeks before settling in
town.
They were so glad 10 see us that
they plan TO stay in town a week
before leaving for their Southern
trip. Helene and I were delighted
because we were always very fond
OF them and are still.
o. course. we had lunch together;
but before we left one OF the girls
was attracted by a sports suit that
Madame had on display and insisted
that she was coming back 70 get IL
And she did It's really a darling
model in robins egg angora jersey,
with a tuck-in blouse OF paJe-flesh
crepe. The vest OF the blouse Is
tucked and stitched In blue. Cunning
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

MhRS TIGERS query concern
NJ ing Mary unconsciousiy ac
An cused and convicted me OF
,nexlec1ful u~nobservance OF my hus-
hands lovely young niece. After de-
dnctng n large percentage for Mrs.
TScer's known pesStmism. I found
ample reason for worry in her stric-
lures upon Mary's appearance. She
had not seen the girl since our de-
parture for the city. for while Mary
had run out 10 e her grandmother
for an occasional weekend. she had
spent all her limited time at the
farmhouse. Thus this good neighbor
would be able TO contrast the young
girls APPEARANCE in the Autumn
with her present looks without be-
tng hampered BY seeing her in the
interval.
II was imperative. ! knew, that ]
answer my neighboTs good-hearted
query with a definite affirmative Or
negative, and as ] had no intention
OF discussing Marys emotional woes
with her, I made my answer q
shocked agreement.
.'Oh! / am afraid she Is III. and I
haven't noticed it." I exclaimed.
sTYou see we've been seeing her every
day. and
"Of course ycu couldn't see the
ehange in her like ] would. who
haven't set eyes on her for weeks"
Mrs. Ticer replied. Then. having
gratified her naively dramatic sub
consciousness. she hedged s~oothingly.
Maybe it's only because she's
extra tired. and she'll be all right
yghen she gets rested UP out here.
i always do say the air here would
bring back a dead man"
she laughed comfortably. and
turned as her lanky husband. Sam,
mlouched through the door
.sTu 70 and get Junior some Of
NV ginger cookies while you talk 10
sam" she said. did you say you
was Eoin' to take a lunch 10 the
woods for the Christmas ~greens?"
Eyes, and your Goodies viii make
the day perfect for Junior" ! told
her.
mitted and hustled off while her
husband looked at me with tranquil
expectation.
Sam T1cer Accepts.
Mother said you wanted to see
ma about some work." he said at
last. and I hurriedly gave him an
entIine OF the work ! wanted done.
emphasizing the fact hat If IL were
not completed by Christmas. nv
rlans for the children's holiday would
Re spoiled. He listened quietly. and
his face gave no indication that he
was even interested in the plan. But
-when / had finished he stretched out
nis hand for the lists / had made
and looked them over.
ssReg'lar architect, you be, MIS-
Graham" ne said looking up when
he had finished and ] saw that his
eve. though they held amusement.
were approving a. well. "An' these
viii be all III need. You kin jes'
so home, an not worry nothin'
more. III get the materials and III
vet the man, and III have the work
al done two days before Christmas"
There was a ring OF sincerity n
his voice which set al my appre-
pensions ut resi- ! had not been
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except after they have been made.
absolutely clean by thorough wash.
ing.
Germs OF disease and dirt are car
Yied to the mouth in biting the nails.
Goodness knows enough OF these
miserable germs get into the system
anyway. Fortunately. the body is
capable Of taking care OF most hac-
terra and germs. but IL we can make
sure OF keeping them we should
do so.
Think Of the people who wet their
fingers to turn a page. and TO count
filthy money! The hands cannot
possibly stay clean all the while
You should not place these soiled
finger tips tc your lips.
Break this habit IL you have IL.
Teach every child to shun the bad
practice OF biting the nails. The
finger nails. as well as the nails OF
rhe toes. should be given attention
You are judged a great deal by the
appearance you make. Wen cared
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ways. For instance, a man may tap on the floor
with his foot. He keeps pattering away. hour
after hour.
Your next neighbor may pound on the table
with his fist to give emphasis to his thought. An
other crosses one leg over the other and swings
bic music.
Perhaps you have the habit Of making mar
velous geometric figures as you telephone. You
may make pictures on a pad as the President
does. AS you talk business over the telephone
you may gesticulate with one arm.
Sometimes we are driven nearly distracted by
somebody who clicks his tongue, or cracks his
joints, or keeps doing some other foolish thing.
Everyone has some bad habit of this sort.
Among such wrong performance is the biting
of the nails. 1t is one of the things that no one
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Words Of the Wise

No man writes a book with
out meaning something.
Addison.
IN matters or human prudence,
re shall find the greatest dd-
rGntdDe by making riSe observe
tons on III conduct.
DIR. Z. Watts.
Party is the madness of many
for the gain of a few.
Pope.
Admiration is n Short-liUed
passion. that Immediately de.
Gays upon grotcin0 familiar Nth
IT'S object. unless u be stiH FED
With fresh discoveries.
Addison.
Nothing Is so impudent as
Success; unless it be those she
favors. blanche.
-
Adrersity bo-rops its sharp
est sting from OHr mpatience.
Bishop Horne.
II Is not enough 70 DO good;
one must do ii in q good way.
Morley.
~ Is 1lircyS safe 70 learn. eren
from u eHemieS-seIdom safe
70 instruct, sreR OR friends.
Cotton
Ii many times falls out that
we deem ourselves much de
ceived in others. because we
first deceived ourselves.
Sir p. Sidney.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

NV ~ GpNu NueN stu. 10.
MI. Flor. Hand. Yam and
Knarf-the five little shadow
children with the turned-about anne
They were sliding on ice. on smooth
slippery ice inside ar ice-box. Yes.
my dears. inside AT ice-box.
They had discovered Master Jack
Frost, whom you may know. hiding
In the centre or a cake OF tee. Wish
ing TO talk TO him they had squeezed
themselves into the ice for shadows
car 20 anywhereL. then started rum
ming down a long. high. narrow cor
ridor that seemed as though II werp
made all OF glass. CnluCkily. the cor
ridor did not bring them carer to-
Master Frost. To make matters ors
linda, the maid. began d@ ging at the
ice with a sharp ice-plck. which
frightened them greatly When this
danger was past they continued down
the corridor. Soon they found a mar
row crack in the wall they hadn't
noticed before. Looking through the
crack they could see Jack Frost
plainly and they knew hat was the
right way. Letting themselves in
they proceeded cautiously step by
step until all az once Yam slipped
and all five OF them went sliding
down. higgledy-piEgledy.
Suddenly they dropped sharply ard
landed all OF a heap In o. comfortable
glass room. Someone was helping
them TO their feet-someone with ex-
ceedingly cold hands IL was Jack
Frost.
"Sit down" he said warmly, "sit
down" And he waved his hand in
the direction or a bench cut in the
ice. It was surprising how warmly
he spoke. They had expected a cold
greeting from him. They sat down.
IL was a very pleasant room In
spite on the fact that II was 80 icy.
II stay here during the day when
it's too warm outdoors" be ex-
planned. During the night I'm very
busy. indeed. I have 10 put a cover
OF ice on the pond. freeze over the
puddles in the neighborhood. bite all
tbs toes and oses that / find stick
ing out Of bedcovers. draw some de-
signs on window-panes. turn milk
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

It is possible
to coax a pink
or white skin,
that has be-
come dark in
color, back TO
its ri a J
shade by h
judicious use
Of bleaching
p~reparatio n S.
A skin that is
naturally Of a
cream or olive
tint, however,
c n I b @
made lighter
by any method
whatever.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

for finger nails, good habits OF all
kinds. all tell the tale OF cleanliness
and good health. They help your
social standing.
You cannot quickly overcome
nervous practices OF long standing.
but watch yourself and see what bad
habits you a eliminate. To do so
will make you more efficient, give
you sounder physique and improve
your well-being generally.
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landings on the h~ip-length Jacket fol-
low the lines OF both the blouse and
skirt.
Helene and ! are planning TO give
a party for the girls before they
leave. and they're coming into the
shop again, too. to set some more
things
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Answers 10 Health Queries

A READER. Q--What should a
girl OF fifteen. five feet seven and a
half inches tail weigh?
2-What are the outstanding symp-
toms Of goitre?
A-She should weigh about 13s
pounds.
2-Nervousness. possible palpita-
ton OF the heart, swelling OF the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Bleach for
o. Natural
Skin Tone
Don't Strive for a Lighter
Complexion Than Nature
Intended, Warns Expert.
BY JOSEPHINE HUDDLESToN.

"HERE seems to be quite a
little confusion, judging from
letters ! have received. about
bleaching the skin. One point in
particular should be cleared up at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

RITA: Jo that's the best looking morning dress I've seen. Green alpaca
to be our special pride and the quaint collar and cuffs of tan georrete
ute you to a ST"
10: The same to you, darling! Your junoesque beauty is certainly enhanced
by the flowing line of that black flat crepe afternoon fock. And you would be
original with your ogandie collar and cuffs, with the georgete petals, wouldn't
YOU?
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Or1cing Pictures While 'PHoning, Cracking Joints
n Tapping the Feet and Biting the Finger Nails, Are
Nervous Habits, Says Authority.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. ID.
United States Senator from New York.

UMWI D~T5 SCH1V0T IIWI -"
Former Commissioner Of Health. NeU York. CITY,
RI IS WELL to form good habits. To acquire bad ones, hard TO
get nd of, is most undesirable. Most Of rs have q lot Of miser-
u able habits. We admit the truth in our modest moments.
Nervous people give expression to their feelings in a number Of
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should do. It is a nervous habit. Girls have this habit more than
boys 1t may last into adult life.
Not only is this habit offensive in taste, but it & a violation Of
the rules Of hygiene. The fingers should never be put to the mouth
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
eesReauakenin
zhestayssfsaiwfs:s;ETfiam

The Screens Expedition Gains Another Recruit as Mrs.
Ticer Joins the Party.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

No man writes a book with
out meaning something.
Addison.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
GOODNIGHT
STORIES
The Shadows Slide TO Jack
Frost's Apartment in the
Kitchen Ice-BON.
BY Max TreIl

NOWN. down they Slid. Who?
MI. Flor. Hand. Yam and
knarf-the five little shadow
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Party is the madness of many
for the gain of a few.
Pane
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
Dam Work Bids To
Be Opened Toda y

DENVER, Colo, Sept. 90. UP
Bids received on the first of the
Boulder Dam projects advertised will
be read at the office of the Federal
bureau of Reclamation here today
starting at p. m, MIST.
Bids were asked from approx
matcly 20 corporations and were t.
include quotations on the cost of
building Il line and supplying power
ut the dam site for operation of
construction equipment.
COL \. NJ. Brooks, purchasing
agent for the bureau, said after the
bids are received they will be taken
under adviSemcut and compared
with government figures to deter,
mime whether it would be cheaper
Tor the government to build its own
power station.
Colonel Brooks estimated it would
be several weeks before tinal allot
mcut of the contract would be made.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
CHICKEN COOP
FAILS TO HELP
CHECK ARTIST

An attempt to cross the state line
TO safety in chicken coop was
foiled when state traffic Officers
pulled the chicken coop from the
truck and discovered Albert Kaplan
wanted on charge Of passing a
check with insufficient funds in the
bank, according to testimony at 4
preliminary hearing in Wcstmorland
this morning.
Thereafter Albert kaplan was
taken into custody and \. +. Zap
ian, his brother, arrested on charge
of attempting to aid a prisoner %
escape. Preliminary hearings Of
10th cases were held before Judg2
+. 7. Cook this morning.
Albert, alleged bad check artist
was held to answer to the superior
court on $500 bail. \. f. kaplan
was represented by Ray johnson
and when he entered demurrer tG
the complaint the case was con
tinued until 1850 p. m. October y.
Another preliminary hearing held
IN Wcstmorland was the case of j.
G. Thompson, charged with Lee Mar
tell with passing bad checks. The
ease was continued until November
"A. when Thompson promised to IN
troducc further evidence. Martcll
las not been appfehendcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
BY ELWOOD SQUIRES
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Sept. %. UP
Definite assurance that the Califor-
mia Democratic party will be W.T.
when the 1882 presidential campaign
comes around, was seen today by
state political observers.
Election here Saturday OF Zachary
Tavlor Malahv Of Pasadena as chaic,
man of the state central committee,
along with complete slate of wet
committee officials after Il battle
between the vets and drys, has
thrown control of the party to the
vets.
Sharing equal interest with this
development was the reputation at
the central committee meeting here
Saturday of the committees : support
by Milton X. Young, pmocratic
choice ut the primaries for governor.
The old timers claim that Young
has made political history by being
the first candidate for governor who
informed his party organization thar
he "Would run the campaign with
out their assistance.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
HEARST DEFENDS
HIS ACTIVITY IN
TREATY MATTER

NEW YORK, Sept. %. up
William Randolph Hearst, speaking
over national radio hookup last
night denied that the secret Anglo
French treaty his newspapers OBJ
tanned and published two years ago
were obtained by theft or bribery,
or that he intended iniuring France
in publishing them.
Commenting on his recent eXpul-
sion from France as result of the
incident, he explained his failure to
make more active protest by init
mating he had believed there was
some official at Washington with
independence enough and backbone
enough to defend the rights of the
law-abiding American citizens So
iourning abroad, and to vindicate
the validity of an American pass
port. and to maintain the liberty and
dignity of American citizenship
Hearst pointed out that the two
Frenchmen from whom his repre-
scntatives received copies Of the
treaty were acquitted by French
courts of having committed any
crime
of the French gentlemen who
gave us the treaty committed no
offcnsc how could we Americans
who received the treaty have com
mitted any offensc' he asked.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
MORROW GUEST
OF PRESIDENT
AT WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. UP
ambassador Dwight w. Morrow re-
turned here today from Mexico to
submit his resignation and confer
with President Hoover and Sccre-
tarv Of State Stimson ON intcrna.
tional relations between this country
and Mexico,
The effective latc Of the Ambas-
sador'S resignation will not bc de
tidcd until aftcr conferences with
President Hoover and Secretary
Stimson, hut it wa learned he will
give up his office soon in order Ia
begin his active campaign for the
Senate in New Jersey,
Morrow called first at the state
Department to talk with Cndcrsecre.
tarv Cotton and then went to the
White House. where he was to b,
the luncheon guest of President
Hoover.
Morrow has been informed that
Representative Franklin Ford Of
New Jersey, his dry Republican OPP
poncnt in the primary race, will sup
port him in his general election cam
paign.
Explaining he WAS still an ambas'
sador and not free to comment as Il
private citizen, Morrow declined Ia
discuss the issues involved in his
forthcoming campaign, nor would he
comment on the status of various
negotiations with Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
ARIZ0NA'SLECAL
CHIEF ENR0UTE
TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. Sept. %. (U.P) -
Attorney General X. Berry Peterson
Of Arizona is due to arrive here Wed
ncsday to begin his states legal OPP
position to the Boulder Dam project
1t is expected Peterson will file
an injunction seeking to start
further action on the project, al
though the exact form the complaint
will take is not known here.
If the suit is filed it will take
its place with 20 other so-called orig
inal suits on the supreme court :
docket The United States may bt
named defendant, as Arizona has
contcnded the Interior Department
in its agreement with California had
not observed the provisions of the
Swing Johnson bill.
Arizona s attitude toward Boulder
Dam has been one chiefly of antag
cnism to California. Arizona claims
California will get too large share
of benefits considering Arizona con
Stitutes Is per cent of the Colorad1
River basin and furnishes so pc,
cent of the rivers waters.
Arizona also contends California
contributes practically nothing to
the Colorado Rivers water supply
and has sufficient potential irriga-
tion and hydro-elcctric resources OF
her own and does not need 3S per
cent of the water supply of Boulder
Dam.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATSSPLIT
WIDE OPEN ON WET-DRY ISSUE

The wet-drv question brought
about Young's breaking away fron
his party organization, and althD Dugh
il was not anticipated that any such
result could come from the dispute.
the choice of Taylor aS chairman
over Milton Bryan of Los Angeles
Goung's selection, was the factor
which split the party in two.
So the dry Democrats have CUB
ornatorial candidate and their wet
brethren have the party organiza
tion.
Harmony still rules the Republi.
can party after its central commit
tee meeting here Saturday. Mar
shall Hale of San Francisco was
named chairman, rs advance reports
predicted. In the "ntereSts of par
" harmony, Louis Mavcr of llol-
lyWood, RoPh 5 choice for first vice
chairman, was elected after two
hours of Suhrosa discussion among
party leaders.
All of the other officials of the
committee were elected as pro.
orammcd and not murmcr of dis
content marked the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
Ends Life After
Shooting Woman

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Sept. %.
U.P)-After shooting his sweetheart,
Miss Bora Davis, 3s, here early to.
day, W. f. Stocker of RoscVille com
mitted suicide ncac his home in that
city today.
Stockcr evidently had driven Iii,
rectly to Roseville after shooting
Miss Davis, who - near death in
the county hospital, and fired Il shot
through his head with the same gun
with which he attempted to murder
the woman.
The body was found in his auto,
mobile in front of his home.
Miss Davis informed police Stock,
cr called at her home last nigh.
Recently laid off by the Southern
Pacific Company at Roseville after
. service of 20 years, Stocker had
been drinking heavily. When she
told him she would have nothing to
do with him so long rs he was drink,
ing, and tried to force him to leave
hcr home, Stockcr suddenly drew IA
revolver and shot her three times.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
PRESS TO GIVE
BIG SERIES ON
ELECTRIC BOARD

Take your pick-Athlctics or
Cardinals-thcn watch them do their
stuff on the Press PLAYER board dur
ing the world ) series The board
was placed in position this after
noon.
BY means Of tine United Press
leased wire, the Press will receive
the play by play account of the
Game almost as soon as the occur
on the ball field
The same crew Of loyal fans who
lave operated the board in past
years will he on the job and snapps,
service is assured.
Fans are reminded that the
games in Philadelphia win start at
1880 n. m, FL Centre time, and
those played in St Louis will start
an hour later or ll:30 Fl Centre
time
The Press extends cordial iuvi-
tati0n to all fans to attend the re
production of the games here.