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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
The Price Of Competition

Reno divorce courts are operating under force blast.
Other cities are operating marriage bureaus under the
same tempo.
There is something tragic in this. There is some
thing cheap about it. True, the machine age has brought
it about. We can not have highly organized lives and
medieval romanticism.
Yet, it would be pleasant to believe that some phases
of love and life had not been warped by the whip of COM
petition and the necessity Of efficiency. A price must be
paid, but it would pay to consider what price it is worth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
ALL UP

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 14-Billy.
an ice wagon horse owned by Fred
Rivel, Is the cynosure OF all eyes
as ne prances down the street. Two
years z he wore blue overalls.
But his whinnies Of envy when girls
clad in flashy pajamas strolled past
on their way to the beach led his
master to get him a pair. Billy now
trots along in an ensemble Of white.
yellow, red and black.
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9lo3i BY NAXETSEPWCE INC.

the marketing" she announced hap.
PLY. Il waited on purpose 50 we
could 20 together today. You-you
got your check. of course?"
Yes. I've got It."
She brought her coat and Mark
held II for her. The small hat was
damned down over her curls. All
the way downstairs and ms they
walked the two blocks to the gro
Gerry and meat market. Norma
talked eagerly.
THEY bought generously-pota-
toes. canned goods. butter. q
loaf OF bread. eggs. fresh vegetables
and fruit. There was q small roast
for dinner next day. cream and
m%acaroons from which Norma
would concoct q delicious dessert.
Not until they were back in the
apartment did II occur to her as
strange that Mark was talking 30
little. She looked az him closely.
asked II he were feeling well.
Sure. I'm all right" Mark an
swered c~arelessly.
He wasn't. however. He wasn't
at all the usual Mark and though he
strove against It and tried 70 keep
It back at last the story came out.
They had finished the evening meal.
Norma was removing dishes from
the table and Mark was b~arricaded
behind a newspaper. Suddenly he
threw down the scattered sheets.
Let's get out of here-go some
where," he exclaimed.
"A1l right. AS soon as I have
these dishes done. Where do you
want to go?"
"A%nywherei Want to get out of
this place. that's all. Here-T1l
wipe those for you"
She provided him with d fresh
tea towel and the dishwashlng be-
gan. A small task. Their entire
supply OF dishes would not ill a
shelf in the built-in cupboard over
the sink Before Mark had dried
the last plate his mood changed
| again.
Something was wrong! Some
thing that raj serious had hap
pened.
Norma put a hand on his shout
der. please, Mark" she begged.
you're worried about somethingi
! know you are. Won't you tell me
what's the matter7 Won't you tell
me what it's about?"
He tried to evade. failed. The
ugly secret was branded In the
burning brown eyes. Mark started
to deny. shifted his gaze and burt
ed out. I'm not going back to
Harris. I'm fred"
MARK"
"Oh. Brad didn't put II that way.
Of course. He didn't use the word.
fired That's what he meant,
though Asked me to 70 to lunch
with him and edged around to the
fact ! haven't made a single sale
all this week. Hinted some other
line OF work might be more con.
genial He made 1t plain enough.
all right! I didn't want to take
the lousy check for last week but
he insisted. Even said I could stay
on longer II I wanted TO. He knew
! wouldn't do thatI He knew Id
never set foot again In the damned
place"
There was more OF the anne
much more--for the next hour. At
the end OF that time they decided II
was too late to go elsewhere. For
another hour they discussed ways
and means and their financial stu.
alton After that they went to
bed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

This conclusion Is OF the utmost
importance in considering a plan
OF life because ii points definitely
to the fact that the length OF life
depends inversely on the rate OF
living.
With this fundamental premise
IN mind II Is possible to formulate
certain factors that influence
longevity. Sir william Osler said
that much depends ION the quality
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN
Author OF !,
MAD MARRIAGE"

You mean-ts IL a 1ob?'
Mark nodded He was somber.
unsmiling. wait until you hear
the rest OF H." he said. before you
begir cheering. It's a Job all right.
Floor walker az BlossomdaIe'si
Yes. Madam-infants' wear on the
third lori Indigestible chocolate
drops. two aislcs TO the right Gar
den hosef Yes. ma'am. you'll find
II In the hosiery department Step
right this wayl'"
NORMA tried 20 laugh. She knew
Mark didn't think II funny I'm
tho least. She knew he was bitter
ly resentful and the ~burlesque was
venomous. II was her duty 70 win
him from this mood
So she said with forced gaiety.
You won't sell ME garden hose or
indigestible chocolate dropsl Well.
darling, no one can deny there's q
lot or standing that goes with the
Job Of floor walker. Hail the new
merchant ~princei"
They celebrated that evening
not ut the motion picture theater
but with a dinner party Just for
two. Norma sent Mark to the store
for mushrooms and whipping
cream. She made his favorite sal
nd and topped on the meal with
coffee that was ambrosial. The
scent of that coffee did as much ns
anything 70 put young Travers IN q
cheerful frame or mind. He even
toked about their poverty ms Norma
poured the second cup.
The girl was radiant. ITS the
turning point" she told herself.
"Everything's going 70 be- all right
now" She was singing am she
cleared the dishes from the table.
Mark wiped them. The two were
as happy ms they had been on any
OF their extravagant evenings nc
Blue Springs Thirty-fve dollars q
week seemed as big as $500 had
before.
Hell get alongi" Norma assured
herself. Marks going to make
good"
He was Of next morning az eight
o'clock: tired but In good spirits
when he returned nj six. A num-
Der OF interesting events had hap
pened during the day. A huge do
partment store. Mark was 10 dis
cover. was an absorbing institution.
The first day had proved an ere
opener. Successive days were each
to hold new experiences.
IL was hard work but for the
first time Mark Travers was seeing
q side OF life he had never known.
Some OF the anecdotes he related
were amusing. Some were pathetic
and others showed how jealousy.
egotism and n dozen other weak
nesses OF the human family are
barred In their daily barter.
Each day brought Saturday near
or when Mark was 10 receive the
coveted SIS. Fifteen OF those dor
lars would 60 for q weeks rent
The major worry on Norma's hori-
ION had been removed when she
learned the rent money was secure
Nothing seemed 80 important a.
maintaining the roof over their
heads.
The sventful evening finally
came. Norma wore n OF her
prettiest house frocks. She ran 70
the door and threw n open as she
heard Marks footsteps I'm the hall
He stood before her. grinning-
-Surprisel" Travers exclaimed
shut your eyes. Norma. and count
teni"
(To he Contfnued)
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Of arterial tissue vital RUBBER
which the individual has inherit
ed" Another way of saying the
same thing was the famous proverb.
Man Is as old as his arteries"
Today the main causes Of death
are related TO the blood and its cir
culation. Heart trouble causes one
out OF every seven deaths. Diseases
of the kidney are responsible for
LAB deaths Of each 100000 persons
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between the ages OF As and "a
gears, and high blood pressure Is
given credit for l4O deaths In this
group
The conditions mentioned are
detachable and comfortable to some
extent IN their early stages. Their
onset Is insidious. They cannot be
detected except by the scientific
tests that are known 10 any well
trained physician.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
A Man With Courage

b. w. Thompson sends in a clipping from the Thurs
day morning paper of the story from TT. Worth of A.
c.. Smith fighting off an armed negro when the black
sought to attack a woman. He writes: "A. G.. Smith by
his action on the occasion mentioned stamped himself
as one Of the noblest of heroes. Do you think the women
should express their admiration Of him?"
Smith, If you don't remember the story. was fired
on by the armed negro. His courage was exceeding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

Sunday each OF them tried scrup-
ulously 10 give the impression OF
being utterly unworried. Prepare
ton and serving OF the dinner. the
bulky Sunday newspaper to be
sorted over and read. helped this
deception. Mark dropped 70 the
davenport in the afternoon and
took n nap. Toward evening they
put on wraps and went out into the
cool air for q walk
Monday morning brought the in.
evitable problem Where was Mark
to find work. He breakfasted as
usual. put on hat and coat and de-
parted. Shortly before six he re
turned. Norma, aware or his pride.
asked no questions.
THREE days passed. then four.
- Each AZ hours became a dreary
repetition OF the one before. Nor
ma. so anxious TO be helpful. 20
eager TO hear bad news as well as
the good. was wise enough to wait
for Mark 20 speak. She knew
pocketing his pride was for Mark
the hardest struggle.
A week went by In this fashion.
Presently Norma noticed that each
night Mark was scanning the news
paper "help wanted" columns. She
noticed he set the alarm clock for
half an hour earlier. What struck
her painfully in the transformation
taking place was the disappearance
or the gay alertness from his eyes.
loss OF the old brisk confidence He
talked less. fell into moody silences
that lasted a long while.
Displays or irritability we're less
frequent Marks lips were hard
ening into n firm line. Sometimes
Norma almost felt the man across
the table was a stranger.
Norma wasted not a penny these
days She walked blocks 10 save a
few cents on fruit or vegetables.
She boarded the household money.
Such things were not hardships.
Economizing was something the
grill had done all her life. What
terrified her. turned days and
nights into nerve-shattering ordeals.
was the fear of what should come
when the last OF their money was
gone. Only a little remained. What
would they do when that had van
ishedY
There was less than IS in Nor
mas purse as she stood at the meat
counter or her favcrite store me
Thursday afternoon Rent would
be due in another week. IL had
been paid In advance for the frst
month. Payment OF the coming
rent bin had been on the girls
mind all day.
Botheri She couldn't possibly
get $15-one weeks installment-
out OF that IS In her purse. II they
were to be put out or the apart
ment they would be put out. That
was all there was to I'll With un-
accustomed recklessness Norma 60
lected q choice cut OF steak She
told herself she and Mark were 20
neal the brink now that nothing
mattered.
Regret overwhelmed her as soon
rs she had paid the bill and started
home. As she opened the door or
the apartment 10 minutes later
something made her glance about
quickly.
Mark" she cried. how you
startled me! I didn't think you'd
come so sooni"
The young man was standing
across the room. Sorry" be said.
Didn't expect TO DO here myself
Int ! had q piece Of luck.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
The
Once Ooer

THE GREAT MEDICINE CHEST


EVIL
what America needs more than
anything else Is an Association OPP
posed to Home Medicine Cabinets.
Statistics gathered by this depart
ment's statistician, Prof. 4. Phoeni-
clan wogg, show that the last fiscal
year was caused by medicine cabi-
nets. Nothing has contributed more
to national nerve fraying than the
narrowing effort TO find the right
bottle In q medicine cabinet In a
hurry.
Dispositions have been ruined,
characters completely changed, lives
blighted and homes put on the rocks
by tn atetempt to locate an ointment
last seen on the second shelf from
the top. More than 70 per cent Of
the domestic difficulties in North
America between January ! and
May l Of the present year have been
traceable to the fact the aspirin
bottle wasn't where II ought to be.
How many murders, II fully in
vestigated, could be traced TO fury
at rising in the night to get some
peppermint for a toothache. only 70
upset the iodine. cut the hand on an
abandoned razor blade and uiti-
mately find the pepperminet bottle
empty. has never been established.
Professor Wogg Is at work on this
now.
Students of the situation are COM
ing to the conviction that true hap
piness Is impossible while the medi-
solve the problem by improving the
cabinet or keeping 1t in better order
have proved futile. There IN but N
thing to do: abolish the cabinet once
and for all. The American Associa-
ton Opposed to Medicine Cabinets
must stand firmly for this. No half
way measure will do. The medicine
cabinet mr1t goi
As long as the medicine cabinet Is
allowed to exist II will be SO clutter
ed I'D with walls, tubes. bottles and
boxes that the hope Of finding any
thing In a pinch will be futile. Pro-
lessor Wogg's statistics on the state
OF medicine cabinets In the u. s..
during 1880 follow:
Contents OF Average Medicine
Cabinet.
Three empty bottles.
Two bottles with one tablet In
each.
one bottle labeled aspirin" but
containing quinine pills.
IODINE:
-Four bottles with the iodine dried
into a hard clay.
One bottle with three drops in II
Two bottles marked Tine. To-
dine,r but containing nux vomica.
SPIRITS OF CAMPHOR:
One bottle with nothing In II, not
even q cork.
BORACIC ACID:
Two bottles usually on the top
shelf buried behind various complex
ion creams. cough sirupS, hair oils,
eye cups and shaving brushes.
One bottle broken.
PEPSIN-BISMUTH:
This can never be found. despite
the fact you know very well yosi
bought a large bottle only three
days ago.
AROMATIC SPIRITS
OF AMMONIA:
One bottle so marked, but con-
tanning citronella.
Two bottles with the corks out.
One empty bottle.
And so Ii goes. What's the use?
Down with the medicine cabinets
Away with haosl Let us put our 10
tons, pills. ointments. compounds
and elixirs all over the house, on
desks. window sills. tables. chairs,
kitchen shelves and chiffoniers,
Then w may be able to find what
we want when we want II.
The five-cent "all-hot" has made
its return In New England. which
would eem to indicate that the
country is getting back TO fundamen-
tails.
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NOW Go ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII


MARX TRAVERS halted on the
" fourth step below the landing.
The staircase and hall were poorly
lighted and his face was In shadow.
"Hellol" he said evenly to the girl
above.
Norma was radiant "Oh, I'm
glad you've come. deari Did you
work this afternoon? I thought
you'd be through long agoi"
Had a talk with Brad" Mark
said indifferently. He had climbed
the last four steps and stood beside
her. "Well-you're all dressed up.
aren't you?"
The blue eyes tNkinkled. DO
you like it?" she asked. Really r.
Norma looked down at the simple
crepe frock she was wearing. The
cloths sapphire shade exactly
matched her eyes. She whirled
about In a pirouette and assumed
the pose Of a fashion mannequin.
Guess" she demanded dramatical.
ly. what II cost"
Gosh. how should I know
Where'd you buy it?'
Il didn't buy It. Mark. made
II! Mrs. Tracey on the floor below
let me use her sewing machine. I
got q pattern and It wasn't a bit
hard. And the best part is-it cost
exactly S4.26!"
do you mean TT" IncredulIty IN
the young mans eyes. do you
honestly mean you can get o dress
like that for four bucks?"
Not In q store-oi course not.
But I've always liked to sew and Il
was fun to see IL I could mako a
whole dress. Tell me-do you real
ly think II looks all right? I was
sort OF worried about these tucks-"
Looks like a million dollars to
me-" There was something q little
strange about Marks voice. Some
thing unusual In the way be avoid
ed her eyes. too. Norma, excited
over her triumph as a seamstress,
took no notice.
TN get my coat and We can do
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
BEGIN HERE ID

Pretty Norma Kent. 20-yenr-
old secretary In n law Office. mar
rics MARK TRAvERS. son Of F.M.
TBANEHS. millionaire real estate
dealer. after the father hns worn
10 cut Mark on without n penny
III the marriage takes place. Nor
ma has known Mark only n few
weeks. did not know during the
courtship that he was . MIL
son.
The story opens In Marlboro.
middle WeBfcrn metropolis
CHRISTINE SAUNDERS with
whom Norma shares mn apart
ment. n BRADLEY HART. Chris
employer. nre witnessed mt the
wedding. Befor this Norma has
refused 10 marry BOB FARRELL,
young lawyer of whom b ts
fond nj u friend.
MARI sells his expensive road
ster 90 get money for the honey
moon. lie and Norma Eo 20
fashionable BIue SprInrs. There
Norma cef HOLLIS STONE.
and IL ~ evident from the girls
tiscompcsure that she has known
Stone beforc.
One night Mark loses heavily
I'm n cnrd game. The young couple
are almost penniless. Mark bor-
rows $500 from Stcne. He and
Norma return 90 Marlboro. They
stop mt nm expensive hotel and
Mark sets out on y round Of
pIenxure-sceking with his wealthy
friends instead of hunting n job.
One evening ne introduces Nor
ma 60 NATALIE PRICE, n debu-
tanfe who has long hoped 20
marry Mark. A. their funds
dwindle the young couple move 20
n furnished apartment. Mark be-
gins a hunt work seriously. lie
~ unsuccessful until Chris saun-
ders helps him get n Job - saies-
nam in Bradley Harris ndvertfs-
Ing company
Saturday afternoon Norma waits
for Mark TO nppenr with his pay
heck Al last she ear foot
steps ON the sfnfrs-
xavv CO nv urvru rurr Srouw
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

How many murders. II fully in
vestigated. could be traced to fury
at rising in the night to get some
peppermint for a toothache. only 70
upset the iodine. cut the hand on an
abandoned razor blade and uiti-
mately find the pepperminet bottle
empty, has never been established
Professor Wogg is at work on this
now.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

Dispositions have been ruined,
characters completely changed, lives
blighted and homes put on the rocks
by tn atetempt to locate an ointment
last seen on the second shelf from
the top. More than rs per cent of
the domestic difficulties in North
America between January / and
May | OF the present year have been
traceable TO the fact the aspirin
bottle wasn't where II ought to be.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-12
Burbs

The Illinois commission on pris-
ons, probation and parole went 70
Europe to pick up a few ideas and
We're amazed to discover that rrit-
ish police carry no guns. well, we
didn't know Chicago policemen had
gins, either.
"A man was hanged IN California
the other day because he murdered
somebody for $500. Everything's
getting cheaper.
MIR. Doheny was acquitted OF civ
ing the bride that Mr.. Fall was sent
to jail for receiving. Maybe Ovid
vas right when he said that giving
requires good sense.
II a movie seat had five arms.
man would discover some wav for
r. person to rest his elbows On all
OF them.
What's one mans beauty rnay
be another mans wife.
Some people should consider the
habit Of Opportunity, which knocks
but once.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-12
Quotations

I am not optimist enough TO be-
lieve that the 81 years required
under the war debts payment plan
will 20 by before the next war
comes.
Senator Willard Z. Tydinsr ~
Maryland.
or all proposals for the economic
rehabilitation OF the world I know
OF non which compares In nee
essity and importance with the
limitation OF ornaments.
President Hoover.
IL Is not I'm the cards To taxa
the nomination away from Presi-
dent Hoover.
Senator George r. Moses Of New
Hampshire.
There Is a desire 10 be on
Portable and the result Is a slack
ening OF moral fiber.
Archbishop Leng or Canterbury.
I bow 70 your authority over the
state OF Texas. You could proba-
bly, muster mere manpower than T
could in case Of war.
Governor Murray OF Oklahoma,
TO Governor Sterling OF Texas, In
the Red river bridge war
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-12
Daily Health
Talk

The interesting part OF the as
ISOLATION Of calcium with phos-
phorus is the fact that four-fifths
OF all OF the calcium in the body
is closely associated with phos-
phorus. Mothers milk contains a
very small amount OF this sub
stance, as does also egg white and
wheat germ. bat the amount that
they contain is not insufficient be-
cause the amount needed by the
body Is not evidently great. Phos-
phorus enters into the development
not only OF bones and teeth. but
also tissue OF the nervous system.
The old notion that fish is a
brain food vas based on the fact
that the tissue OF the fish contain
phosphorus as does the human
brain. The great naturalist Agas-
siz therefore decided that We ought
to eat more fish in order 10 provide
more material for building brains.
Fortunately phosphorus Is present
in so many foods that one need not
over eat fish or any other food TO
get what he needs.
Iron is n mineral which oc-
ours in the body In relatively
small amounts. but is nevertheless
highly important to body health.
The average man needs about one
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-12
Diversity to Prosper

There's a story about a grasshopper who sang and
played all summer while an ant worked. The ant spent
the summer months laying in food for the winter. The
grasshopper didn't. He greeted with a sheer the advice
of the ant to store up food.
In the winter the ant was snug and we'll fed in the
home he had worked all summer to prepare. The cold
winds came and the snow covered the ground. The grass
hopper curled up and died from hunger and cold.
There are some farmers like the grasshopper and
therere some like the ant. Some farmers diversity their
crops, raise feed for their stock, food for their own table,
and livestock. These farmers are like the ant. Then
there's the farmer who raises little, if anything, besides
cotton. He has no cows in his pasture. He has no hogs
in his lot. He doesn't raise the feed for the horses that
pillow his cotton. He doesn't have a garden and doesn't
raise food for his family. This farmer is like the grass
hopper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-12
SIS a Week

We take our adventures vicariously these days,
through novels, mystery stories, comic strips, and movies.
One Of the best comic strips is Wash Tubbs, a piece drawn
by Royston Crane, who was lazy through three years res
idence at the University of Texas not a decade ago. Wash
Tubbs is published daily in The Brownsville Herald, and if
and his pals, you should meet them right away.
Recently, Wash (back in his home town for a visit)
was listening to a lecture from Roxie, the girl he used to
court. But she married his best friend, Gozy, who settled
down to work in fathers factory.
Says Roxie: "Sit down, Wash: ! want to have a
serious talk with you. Why don't you give up this silly
drifting, and settle down? wasting life no
loved ones sort of a tramp?"
Answers Wash: Gee Roxie, l bin thinkin' that very
same thing myself hunt If Gozy'd gimme a lob at
the factory, how much'd l make?"
Roxie: About Sis a week but think of the
future. Why by the time you're 60 you may be vice
president or manager"
Wash: "? ? ?"
That's an old bit of philosophy. Seeing it reminds us
that 73 students graduated from the School of Law at the
University of Texas last June. The best information was
two of them had jobs. Wh% did the others do? work
for SIS a week and the future? We remember, too, the
panied look of journalism graduates offered SIS a week
to start and a future.
Yesterday we reprinted an item from Bruce Barton.
quoting a 40 year old business man: Our idea was that if
we worked hard all our lives, we might hope to come out
a little ahead" That's normal, says Mr.. Barton. Are
we coming back to it?