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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22

Heretofore this church has been
served by the pastor from Harlin-
gen.
Rev. and Mrs. A. c. Hakim left
Tuesday morning for Goliad where
Rev. Haki will conduct a special
Evangelistic service in the Persby-
terrain church. They expect 70 be
absent about three wcS,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22

CLUB

OUTSTANDING among the winter af-
fairs lhs the reception on Friday
afternoon, when the Twentieth
Century club members were hos
tesses TO the Woman's Culture club
Of San Benito. at the home Of Mrs.
l.. j. Starkey.
The reception rooms were decor
ated ~profusedly with red American
Beauty roses. sweet peas and ferns;
and two lovely fruit displays fur
there added to the beauty OF the
rooms. In the receiving line with
Mrs. Starkey were Mesdames An
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
RECEPTION GIVEN
FOR NEW PASTOR

The members OF the st. Frances
Catholic church held a reception on
Monday evening at the home OF the
priest honoring their new pastor,
Rev. II. Schmidtner.
The members have built a beau
tiful ley parsonage during this
past summer and are delighted that
they now have a resident pastor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
Airrnail Gains

Airmail through the local post
office is showing considerable in
crease since the diverting Of western
mail through this port, accordic
10 Postmaster Wilbur bennett. A
ruling was recently made by the
p~ostoffice department sending az
airmail directed to South America
or Central America originating west
Of the Mississippi through this port,
instead Of through Miami, as for
merly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
La Feria
AUXILIARY MEETS
ST HOME

The Presbyterian Woman'S Aux
iliary met on Tuesday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. c. G. Frazier with
Mrs. Carl Faust as co-hosteSs.
Mrs. II. T. Anderson was the
leader of a most interesting pro-
gram on conditions in China. Mrs.
VIII Coleman con- cted the after
Moons devotional. followed by a
duet The Old Rugged Cross" by
Mrs. j. K. Hannah and Mrs. s. d.
Kieffer. Papers were contributed by
Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Grove and Mrs.
Forbes.
During the So hour delicious
refreshments were served to twenty
members.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
BRIDGE PARTY
PONORS Guest

Mr.. and Mrs. Concrad Roitch
and Miss Lucius Sharp entertain
cd Saturday evening with a bridge
party at the Roitch home. honor
ing Mrs. Luther Smith of Quanah,
who is the guest Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D.. It. Haden.
Sweet peas were used in the
decorations Of the home.
The personnel included Mrs. Mel
lie Frizzel. Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
Sneed. Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard Cook,
Bob Collins, Scott Ford, Jimmie
Hester. and the honoree.
Mrs. Bernard Cook was awarded
the high score for the women and
Jimmie Hester for the men. The
honoree received a pretty gift.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
O. Z. S. Members To
Go to Harrington

A large group Of o. K. S. men,
bers OF local Hope Chapter will go
to Harlingen Thursday evening TO
attend the meeting Of the o. E. s..
chapter. Invitation 20 the affair
was read at the regular meeting
OF Hope chapter Monday evening,
and accepted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
ROYAL SERVICE
PROGRAM GIVEN

The W. NJ. S. Of the First Baptist
chhrch met Thursday afternoon at
the church for a Royal Service pro-
gram, with Mrs. z. p. johnson as
leader.
The meeting opened with a song
Jesus Calls Us" Devotional was
lead by Mrs. w. B. Pierce. taken
from Matthew, eleventh chapter,
tWenty-fifth and twenty-sixth
verses. which was followed by a ra-
do program. the general subject
Of which was "A City -Four Square"
Mrs. Whit Rogers gave a solo, ac-
cOmpanied by Mrs. r. G.. Villers.
The meeting was dismissed by a
prayer by Mrs. w. 3. Pierce. There
we're thirty-five members and two
visitors Mrs. A. p. Harris and Mrs.
LaFevei Of Waco. present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
SOCIETY INSTALLS
NEW OFFICERS

The Catholic Ladies Aid Society
met Thursday afternoon at the
rectory 10 install the new officers,
A. follows: Mrs. Bertha Kleekamp.
president: Mrs. John Makers, vice
president: Mrs. r. p. Leary. secre-
tary: Mrs. August Allen, treasurer.
The next meeting will be a social
at the home of Mrs. II. o. Ber-
set on Wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22

Lane. M. L. McMinn. K. r. Heslett,
Of Donna; Z. I. Morgan, d. l..
HARRISON and Misses Grace ziebell,
Louise Evans, Thelma Reynard,
and the honoree.
High score prize was awarded
Mrs. Meredith and second high to
Mrs. Fenwick. Miss Rockwell re-
ceived a dainty gift.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
COMPLIMENTARY
BRIDGE-SUPPER

Mrs. z. c. Hall was hostess
Thursday evening st a bridge-sup-
per. honoring Miss Margaret Rock
we'll, a bride-to-be.
The home was decorated In a
pink and green color combination
with candles and flowers carrying
out the color scheme. The supper
was served by candle light.
The guest list included Mesdames
Robert Fenwick, {. A. Irwin. r. T.
McMinn. W. II. Meredith. c. o.
Rockwell. j. c. GrissOm. James
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
Mardi Hospitality
Honors Guest Group

a charming club hospitality Of the week. including a large group Of
guests in addition to its membership. was the Mardi bridge party given
by Mrs Lynn Kecker Tuesday afternoon at the home OF Mrs. Robert
Ernst. Mrs. Ted Burns was named Mrs. Khecklers honoree, ard a num-
Der Of out-of-town visitors were also especially honored.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22

Of men, women or children were
sluggish. 1t proved successful in
the most obstinate cases. So men
liked it. Old folks liked it because
it never gripes. Children liked its
pleasant taste. And everybody is
pleased with the gentle way It
accomplishes its purpose.
BY 1888, the demand for this
laxative was 50 great that the
doctor permitted it to be bottled
and sold by drugstores. Today
you can obtain DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin from any drugstore
in the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
MEMBERS
WITH BREAKFAST

Members Of the McAllen Business
and Professional Women's club
were entertained Sunday morning
at a waffle breakfast at the home
Of Dr. LULA NJ. Troug. club presi-
dent. Club projects were discussed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22

The 25.O00-ton battle cruiser
Seydlitz. one OF the vessels in the
German fleet Scuttled in Scapa
Flow, Orkney. during the World
war, has been recovered after be-
ing towed upside down $50 miles
= hour
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
STERLING BRIDGE
CLUB HOSTESS

Mrs. Niles Esrey entertained the
members OF the Sterling bridge
club Friday evening a home.
The personnel included three
tables Of players. Mrs. d. c. Perk-
ms received the sterling silver COB
let for high score.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
Large Attendance At
Tourist Bridge Party

Forty-eight visitors IN the city gathered in the club rooms OF the
chamber Of commerce Tuesday afternoon for the weekly tourists bridge
party given by Mrs. Ada Nolan Mayer, hostess, and spent several en-
toyable hours in games and informal entertainment. Players constituted
the personnel for eight tables. the remainder Of the guests participating
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
Society Calendar
THURSDAY

City Federation meets at Baptist
church, $3.50 p. m.
Thursday bridge club with Mrs.
Louis Bauer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22

Despite the havoc caused by the
tornado last year nearly as many
automobiles are being sold III Porto
Rico this year as last.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
PERSONALS

KEhSONALN
Mrs. Marilou Nisbct Of Arkadeli
phia, Arkansas. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Britt and daughter. Miss
Marilyn, Of Morrilton, Arkansas,
who have been the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. p. d. Frisby. left Friday
Tor their respective homes.
Mrs. M. p. Baker has rs her guest
her mother, Mrs. w. A. Boulan OF
Tenaha.
G. w. King and wife are visiting
IN the home Of Mrs. A. A. Cornell.
Mr.. King IS a brother Of Mrs. Con-
nell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Cox attend
ed a dinner-dance at the home OF
Miss Vera Barry. ir Mercedes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
X TRYER LEADS
LEAGUE AUXILIARY

Mrs. L. M. Tryer was elected
president of the Hidalgo County
Good Government League Auxiliary
at a regular election OF the club
Wednesday afternoon; lirs. ]. r.
Ragland, first vice-president; Mrs.
I. ". Burkhart. second vice-presi-
dent: Mrs. f. G. Hall. third vice.
president; Mrs. Ida Lage, fourth
vice-president; and Mrs. NJ. A.
Kuhn, secretary and treasurer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11
LABOR SPORTS

worlds champion! Ach, mein lie
Der!
Now, Comrade Babin is thru with
professional sports and pledges his
support to workers sports.
The coming National Convention
of the L. S. U. will launch national
campaign to bring workers sports
to the workers of the factories and
trade unions. The feature in sports
in all trade union halls will be box
ing. This will train the workers to
defend themselves and will build
strong, powerful Workers Defense
Corps recruits who will defend the
workers from the attacks of the bos-
ses and their government. All trade
unions are asked to cooperate with
the LSU in organizing trade union
sport clubs and are asked to send
delegates to the National Conven-
ton which will be held in Cleveland
on November 1873. Address Labor
Sports, West 18th St, New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11

The little Red Bear said in a
little, low voice: THAT'S what you
think, but just wait until / grow
up"
The Black Bear burst into huge
laugh: "Ho-Ho-Ho. Listen to the
little blemish. You threaten me, do
you, you pinch Of pepper? If !
wanted to, I could step on you and
make an ink-spot Of you in less
than ten switches Of lions tail"
ooh, you think so, do your"
leased the little Red Bear. Gust
you try it. Just you try it."
The Black Bear thrust out his
gigantic leg, meaning to squash the
little Red teaser with his mighty
Black foot. But the little Red Bear
was as elastic as a rubber ball, and
he bounced out of the reach of the
Black Bears foot and giggled.
"You can't put an end to me, old
boaster," the Red Bear tainted.
"I'll get you yeti" Numbered the
crowned bear. "No one is going tc
stand in my way"
"In your way?" snapped back the
little bear. "What have you beer
doing all these years? What Of
the way you have treated all the
other animals? You cut off the
Lions beautiful tail, and pulled the
horn out of Rhino's nose, and
plucked needle after needle out Of
the Porcupine, and you starved the
Eel to death, and the little Balloon
by the light Of the moon saw you
steal the Three Bears porridge. Oh
yes, you're kind to some folks, to
the bloated Pigs-the Hog and the
Sow. You think you're king, but
the Hog and the Sow tell you where
to get off when you go riding, AND
they tell you where to get on, but
you'll never know, because you're
too stupid to care. But one Of these
days you'll find yourself in the pud'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11
Vote Communist!
|TheOld and Neav
By P. NJ. CHAFFEE.

In Russia church bells are melt
ed down, poured into moufds -
cast into ploughs soon to furrow
the black, wheat, ground of the
Steppes.
In an old church were the tat
tered garments of an epileptic
saint were once the prime relics,
men are singing and dumping
grain. Like a golden flood the
grain rolls in to cover the inches
and affairs forever. 1t has covered
the aureole of holy Peter and is
already well up into the second
tier of saints.
Part of the bronze of iconized
saint Nicholas, patron saint of
the fishers, is now a shaft-bear-
ing on a great ship whose prov
bites clean, and swift as an ar
row, through the menacing waves
of the Baltic.
Another part is a whistle on
A great steel comet that roars and
lunges across the vast brooding
Russian plains,-waking an old
peasant woman who starts to
cross herself and then laughs at
her weakness.
Lie still, old grandmother, lie
STILL" rings out a young voice,
Russia is alive with the future;
She is a mother, pregnant with
great children!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11
John Reed.

was inevitably so. The great spirit
of adventure that was in him drew
the placid people on the front porch
in their rocking chairs. And the
gift of telling the things he saw
and heard was his. Soon we find the
bourgeois press bidding and paying
high for the work of John Reed.
In Mexico, he got to Villa, the
first American correspondent to
reach this general who was for
years a pain to U. S. imperialism.
Villa took one look at Jack and
now brigadier-general appeared
in this ragged army. General Reed
dipping into his pockets for pea
nuts. He lived and fought with this
army, and when his articles ap-
peared in the metropolitan Maya
zine" the sensation they created can
only be compared to the Stephen
Crane war stories in the nineties.
The European war and the story
repeated itself. In the trenches with
the soldiers of a half dozen coun.
tries. Fifty or sixty times under
arrest. Riding the rods to freedom
Again sensational war stories. This
was Reed the adventurous journal
list.
But at the same time another
Reed was coming forth. In 1918,
he saw the great strike in the silk
mills of Paterson N. ]. Life at
a low ebb for tens of thousands
of workers. The struggle for
small increase in wages, a few
minutes day less work. One bat
tie in the war of the machine age
for the mastery of the machines
and life itself. In 1914, out of
Mexico into Colorado, a miners
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11

A big fellow walked into the La
Dor Sports Union office. He re-
sembled Dempsey, Schmelling, and
a Sharkey put together. 81 am thru
with professional sports and want
to join the Labor Sports Union.
He filled out an application card
which read: ''Vincent Babin, age %,
occupation-auto worker. While he
was filling cut the card somebody
noticed his huge hand and fist and
asked If he had ever taken up box
ing. He replied:
II was sparing partner of Max
Schmelling at Endicott, N Y, when
he trained for the Sharkey fight but
! was fired. They told me l was
too rough with Schmelling."
We refer our readers to
the daily papers of N. Y. of this
date and facts and pictures will
prove out that Comrade Babin gave
Schmelling some real proletarian
punches and was fired from camp
r he was too rough with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11
Revolutionary Writers
and Artists Join in
Working Class Fight
John Reed Club, Formed in 1929, Active on
Many Fronts; Center of Proletarian Culture

onstrations. The vivid caricatures
and posters made by the artists
of the club were a striking fea-
ture of the May Day demonstra-
ton in New York. One of the
features of the Independent Ex-
kibition held at the Grand Central
Palace last March was huge
canvas, IAN American Land
scape," painted comparatively by
members of the John Reed Club.
satirizing the brutal police attack
on the Katovis protest demonstra-
ton at City Hall.
The John Reed Club is also spon-
soring a number of pamphlets, to
be part of the series of Interna-
toinal Pamphlets now being issued.
The first of these, the story of the
life and death of Steve Katovis,
the courageous Greek worker who
was murdered by a Tammany cop
last January, has been written by
Joseph North and A. b Magil and
will appear shortly. The second
biography of John Reed by Jo-
seph Pass, is now being written.
The future activities of the club
will undoubtedly receive a great
impetus as a result of the Second
" orld Congress of the International
Bureau of Revolutionary Literature
which will be held at Kharkov, US.
S.R., shortly before the celebration
Ct the thirteenth anniversary of the
Bolshevik Revolution. A delegation
from the John Reed Club is sailing
shortly, including Michael Gold, ed
( itor of the New Masses; William
Gropper, staff cartoonist of the
Freiheit and internationally famous
revolutionary artist, and Harry
Alan Potamkin, movie critic of the
New Masses, and A. B. Magil.
Greater tasks await the John Reed
Club, more intensive participation
in the struggles Of the workers.
John Reed was soldier of the
Revolution. Working in his spirit,
waging war against the capitalist
system and capitalist culture, broad
ening its activities and strengthen
ing it's ties with the toiling masses,
the John Reed Club will march for
ward with them to the conquest of
power for the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11
THE MARCH OF THE RED BEAR
A Story for the Working Class YOUTH

Story for the WOrklng-ClaSS YOUTH
die with the Pigs, and they'll be
too lean for pork and you'll be too
frightened to wonder what it's all
about"
"That's big speech from a little
worm," barked the Black Bear. He
was mad.
"But the worm will turn" the
little Red Bear sent the words back
quick as lightning to the Black
Bears thunder.
The Black Bear was wild with
anger. He stepped on Grasshop-
per and called the Haywood Bruin,
his jester, the funny honey-bear.
Bruin came in fat and soft. make
me laugh, you sloth!" Kissed the
Black Bear. The clown saw that
his master was enraged, and he
guessed that the Red Bear had
tainted the Black Bear again. He
strummed on a guitar and chanted:
animals, animals, big and little,
Tumble them, crumble them, crisp
and brittle"
The Black Bear guffaw.i and
handed the Haywood Bruin honey
comb which the funny bear licked
greedily, getting himself all sticky.
The clown licked his masters boots
and sang:
bend them-rend them!
Break them-shake them!
Trumble them-crumble them!"
The Black Bear beloved: "Call
in the Weasel and the Skunk, the
Rat and the Snake, the Leech and
the Shiny Worm, the Beaver and
Grover the Crocodile, the Vulture
and the Stool Pigeon!"
The Haywood Bruin fetched the
henchmen Of the Black Bear, all
those who served him for brides.
They all entered, touching their
foreheads to the plush carpet as
they approached their master, the
Black Bear.
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hack journalist to "play Reed
down."
The article, which is served up
as a personal record" of John
Reed, is actually a melange of
truths, half-truths, falsehoods, in
accurscies, vague rumors and con-
lectures, most of them gotten
second and third hand, and sea-
soned generously with personal
bile.
Reed, in the hands of this man
Street, is presented as q trifling
dilettante, a perverse youth. Claw
lessness fascinated him. He was
for the underdog even when it was
a mad dog" Reeds burning zeal
in the revolutionary movement this
Philistine treats as something path
illogical. "Radicalism was running
like a poison through his system,
and was not to be thrown Off"
WHO is this Julian L. Street :?
W What are his qualifications for
evaluating John Reed, American
revolutionist?
Street has written almost a score
of books, most of which can be
found on the bargain counters of
the Liggett drug stores. They In
clude such stirring volumes as
"Ship-Bored," alleged to be a book
of wit and humor; "The Most In
teresting American" (Roosevelt)
"Welcome to Our City," with illus
trations by James Montgomery
Flagg; and "Merely a aMtter of
Matrimony: A Short Story of Love
and Society" On the latter vol.
ume it became necessary for the
Saturday Evening Post author to
seek the collaboration of another
writer, Mr.. Frank Finney.
Mr.. Julian Streets latest achieve
ment is, "Where Paris Dimes
With Information About Restau-
rants of All Kinds, Costly anc
Cheap, Dignified and Gay, Known
and Little Known, and How to En-
joy Them, by Julian Street, to-
gether with discussion of French
wines and a table of vintages."
Mr.. Streets 10,000-word article
for which he was paid as much as
a coal miner gets in ten years, is
written with a purpose, it is pointed
out. "a mist of tradition has al.
ready formed around Reed, and al
times goes on it becomes increas
ingly difficult for those who die
not know him to penetrate the mist
and gain picture Of the man."
tTOR much of my information
! concerning Reeds performance.
In Russia, I am indebted to Edgar
Sisson, who was there at the tim,
rs a special representative Of Presi
dent Wilson, and who is now writ
ing book on the Bolshevik Revolu
ton"
Isn't Mr.. Street rather indiscree
In handing out this bit Of informa
ton? For this is the very SAM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-11


viets. Land to the Peasants. Fac
tories to the Workers. Peace and
Bread" The Bolsheviks with a sense
of reality never before equaled in
human history are hammering their
program into the consciousness of
the Russian people. A great mass
movement is taking place and Reed
watches this spectacle, this living
pageant staged so often in his i'm
agination, now concrete fact.
September, October pass and now
the great days of November 1917.
He is no longer here as a reporter
for the capitalist press. Those days
are in the dim past. He is now liv-
ing ten days shaking a world. He
is now the accredited representative
of the American workers press and
has entered to all revolutionary
fronts and councils. Reed receives
his initiation into Bolshevik ways.
He soon returns to America to tell
If the revolution and organize its
defense.
Now his great period of revolu-
tionary writing and organizing COM
mences. Month after month the
"Liberator" carries his stories of
the uprising in Russia and explain
ing its functions and technique. He
covers the I.W.W. trial in Chicago.
He interviews Debs in Terre Haute.
He plants the seed of the future
Communist Party in America. His
meetings with left wing labor lead
ers will be told by some future his
torian. Now they cannot be told.
Sometimes his movements become
obscure. He is trailed everywhere
by monarchist spies, Department of
Justice operatives. He is arrested
and indicted during the last three
years of his life more often than
any other man in America. He is
restless, but finds time to write
his last and most important book
"Ten Days That Shook the World,
great epic OF reality.
In Russia again, propagandizine
the Red soldiers fighting the whites
His leaflets are distributed by the
million. His writing is simple
beautiful one syllable words under.
stood by all. He helps edit English
papers for the English trenches
His words stir the German soldier
Back to America, he helps organize
the first Communist Party here
He edits the Communist" and Other
Bolshevist papers. Goes to the mos
forbidden places to speak. Hi:
courage has at, last found a prac
tical outlet. To Russia once more
as a delegate to the first meeting
of the Third International. All ovel
Russia starving, dirty, hungry, do
ing work for the movement, work
ing eighteen and twenty hours +,
day, getting thin beyond recognition
sleeping with the poorest in DO,
cars, in barns, in sewer pipes, fac
ing a white guard firing squad, il
Jail in Finland for weeks.
|
On October II 1920, the Ameri
can press carried this dispatch:
Moscow-ohn Reed died here
Of typhus today.
Fourteen soldiers of the Re,
Army watch beside the young mai
out Of the West. In the chambe
where he lies it is quiet. But in tn
capital of Soviet Russia the worl
from which his hand fell when h
died goes forward in a manner tina
would please him.