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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05
Fichu Returns
In Mnnern Mode
Dinner-Bridge
AT Huitt Home

Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. IItftt were
hosts at a dinner bridg 2 at their
home in Olmito recently. Red roses
and fern made a lovely rombina-
tiun for floral ~adornmen'k
High scores for the evenings
games we're awarded Mr.. and Mrs.
Gyles.
Covers were placed br twelve
guests.
DINNER PART "
In the evening Mr.. ssnd Mrs.
Gordon Street entertain sd with a
seven O'Clock buffet di nIier also
honoring the Misses Daugherty.
Pastel tints provided "a pleasing
color fheme. Beautiful ink roses
were vsfranged on the a ming ia
hle Ed we're placed with lavender
verbena in vantage 20 ats about
the rooms.
Eighteen guests. were seated at
quartet tables and fol- bwing the
dinner. members Of the party were
guests OF Misses Cay ar a Dorothy
More at a beach outing at Boca
Chica.
Harbert Davenport. Jr !. Is spend
ing the weekend with J his parents.
MI. and Mrs. Harbert Davenport.
He IS taking some sur uner work
at the state university.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05
Birthday Is
Occasion Of
Small Event

MISSION. July "A birthday
surprise. was given for O. H.. Can
non, -, AZ his parents home Fri
day evening. with a number OF his
friends from out OF town. as well
as. local invited to participate.
The evening was spent I'm dancing
and informal amusement. Piano
music. with Gerald Decker as plan
tst and the radio and photograph
furnished music for the evening.
Among the out Ky town guests
were Misses Montgomery. Short,
Schaleben and Vendree and the
Messrs. Looney. Lipscomb and Scah-
leben from Edin !. rR: Misses Zach
AIRY, johnson. Campbell and Ailcorn
and MeSSrS. Leslie. Weatherf0rd and
Turner or McAllen.
Mrs. Cd. NV. Cannon served cooling
refreshments during tine evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05
BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY

Hoyt Hager was host 10 a group
of friends on Tuesday evening in
honor OF his birthday anniversary
at the home OF his parents. MI. and
Mrs. FL. +. Hager. The evening was
spent in dancing. Serpentines and
gaily colored caps were given as
favors, adding a festive note to the
sane
Punch was served throughout the
evening and a refreshing Ice course
served toward the close Of the
dancing.
The guests included Misses Helen
Irby, Mary Elizabeth Cope. Velma
Jane Colley. Frances Anderson.
Maudine Blankenship. Merry An
draws, Carey Ann Hadden. Bonnie
Acker. Audie Bell Mckinney. Estelle
Vann. Jackie Johnson. Mary Eliza
beth McNiel. Eliza Louise Parker.
Katherine MATTE OF La Feria ana
Bill WEIGH. Wendell Giddle. Roger
Terry. irwin Smith. Ernest Brave.
Philip Lentz. Charles Van Berg.
Randolph. Don Murray. Ferguson
Hagcr. Truett Blankenship. Law
renee and Emil Fossler. Dick Bal
lafant and Donald Barton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05
This:
an al
in
Fashion

Associated Press Fashion. Editor
PARIS-F1-Hats have Aaken q
forward tilt.
The day when smart qaapeaux
perched on the back 81 sleekly
coiffed heads has passed + q a head
gear now tits over the forehead
almost enough to cover oi.e eye
The latest hats take their i'm
SEPARATION from the days. of Lily
Langtry.
Tiny black straws with IA I round
crowns and brims which urn down
in front and up in the hack are
trimmed with a double wing In
front or a tiny crystal. feather
perced on one side.
Light straw derbies arcs finished
with a crystal buckle Slipp G d on the
crown band. and saucer hats turn
ing down all around have films OF
paradise feathers tuckf I'll under
the left side OF the brim-
The hats are WORT rake 4 forward
over the right eyebrow. i q wing the
left eye and the entire i 81 side Of
the head fully revealed.
Even the cIoches, which are
leAlOn this summer. one eye.
W. e tricorns are designfsi with a
exaggerated point Just ;l0ove the
right temple.
The smartest sports h ats have
borrowed their lines fro n Robin
Hood. Knitted caps fitte a cl0sely
to the head. turned up M The back
and trimmed with a trky stiff
feather, are the favorites..
For dressy wear the flat crowned.
broad brimmed chapea q, which
Paris calls capeline. reigns supreme.
1t IS designed with a r r. OF fab
rio and a twelve inch brin / OF straw
and is worn at an exaggt u lated tilt.
Ostrich Feathers
In Hawaiian Mode
NEW YORK,-P)-Osti A n feath-
er leis worn lightly lOt md the
shoulders as the Hawaiia is year
their flower garlands strike \ smart
fashion note for summer. .evening
wear.
The mode follows the flower leis
introduced by Chapart dlIi some
time ago and also Of thei later fur
leis for winter wear.
They come either IN s-olors to
match the gown or in { ltrasting
shades. When the same c. LsJr as the
gov they are often q Poed with
black.
Fichu Returns
In Modern Mode
PARIS-(F-The ficrn, favorite
frippery OF Marie Ante line tie. has
come into vogue for raodis h mod
ems.
Chiffon evening gowr-as in the
new Moroccan red or AL serian blue
are finished with ruff Jed fichus
draped softly across the shoulders.
A number Of black sa tin dinner
frccks have fichus Of Two - or shell
pink net caught in a soft bow at the
waistline.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05
rs HOSTESS
TO CLUB

Mrs. J. Franklin Ewers was hos
tess ~ the Neighborhood bridge club
INC her beautiful home On North
L0mita last Wednesday. with " two
table personnel.
Mrs. Ky Adkins was high scorer,
Mrs. John Waite low. with Mrs. Al
bert McHenry as high guest score.
MesdameS William r. MOwry. Ollie
Bridges. Tom Humas0n and Albert
McHenry were out or club guests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05
BALDWTN-TABER
RITES ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Taber
have announced the marriage OF
their daughter. Juanita Mae. 10 j.
Austin Baldwin, on Friday, May -
at Hillsdale. New York.
Mrs. Baldwin completed her high
school education here and then at-
tended the New England Conser-
vatory AZ Boston where she was m
Pupil of well known masters i'm
dramatics and auSic. The past
rev years she has been EMPLOYED
10y the BrOokline Trust Bank AZ
Br0oklire. Mass.
Mr. Baldwin ~ a graduate of TIE
University OF Pennsylvania. and "
connected with the Main Auditing
Company OF Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin are SPEND
ing > short time visiting Mr.. Bald
wins mother III Mansfield. Pa.
They will make their home III the
East.
Mrs. Dan Puc and children w
Laredo are visiting her mother.
Mrs. WI. ID. Mccall. and sister,
w. B Mccall, and sister. Mrs. Ber-
ME Goolsby.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05

Mrs. A. N. Mckay and two sons
OF la Porte are guests Of their
mother. Mrs. l.. X. Morris for the
summer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05

Mrs. Ada Morgan Of Austin Is
visiting her s0n-in-law and daugh-
ter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. y. It. Canales and
daughter. Miss Elizabeth. are sum-
mering in Saltillo. Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

The father saw to it that the children never
figured in the news columns. So it is today II
you want to go on really bafiiing treasure
hunt, just try to find any photographs Of the
Lincoln descs ndantS
For that matter, try to find out anything
about them. There must be family friends, you
say. Perhaps, but the friends are almost as
inaccessible the members of the family.
Just few persons are admitted to the inner
circle of this exclusive family. The lawyers who
manage the Lincoln estate are closer to the
family than any other outsiders.
These men, Norman Frost and Frederick
Towers, are frequently received at the Lincoln
homes and were even permitted to come to
Robert Todd Lincolns funeral in 1926. On the
whole, the members of this family cling pretty
closely together and go out very little.
Mary Lincoln Beckwith, Lincoln's great
granddaughter, never has made the slightest
move in the direction of the life of a social
butterfly Her mother sent her to Miss Ma
deira's School in Washington. She did not go
to college.
So much of Mary Beckwiths time for years
has been spent in Manchester, VT, that she
formed most of her close friendships there.
With few friends, both there and in Washing
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ton, she golfs, rides and walks, and sometimes
attends the theater. but in general she lives
very quietly.
1t might be said that in her lack of enthu-
siasm regarding a college career, Mary Beck
with is following the lead of her mother and
her Aunt Mary, neither of whom ever seriously
considered higher education for themselves,
although, of course, it was not such COM
mon occurrence 80 years ago for girls to go to
college as it is today.
However it is curious fact that not one Of
the Lincolns since Robert Todd Lincoln has
graduated from college. Mary Beckwith's
younger brother, Robert Todd Lincoln Beck
with never has been much of student. He
did attend Phillips-Exeter Academy for about
two years. and then registered at Dewitt Pre-
cial studies. He is IS, married, and stepfather
Until this last year. it was common sight at
the Dewitt School to see Bob" or Buddy"
Beckwith drive up in his fiivver, accompanied
by his young stepson, James Raymond Wilson.
The two are friends and constant companions.
THE MARRIAGE of Bob Beckwith to Mrs.
Wilson occurred about two years ago. and
while the family had known Of "Buddys" grow
ing interest in "the widow" as they called her,
they had scarcely expected the wedding to take
place so soon. Mrs. Wilson was living with her
son In Chevy Chase when she became Mrs.
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, Bob moved out
to Chevy Chase where he purchased q modest
home for his new family.
Incidentally Buddy Beckwith is said to be
tired with the effort involved in writing SO
many names in making out hi' SignataaSA -
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that his presence might have prevented the
assassination. The box would have been crowd
ed had he gone, and he being the youngest
member of the party, would probably have been
given O chair at the back, right up against the
door to the box-So tight up against 1t, In TACT
that 1t would have been dificult for any one 70
enter.
AS it was, however, he was at the White
House resting from his ride, and hearing the
clatter of horses hoofs racing up the avenue,
thought to himself that some one was seeking
q reprieve from a death sentence The message,
however took him to the little house on Tenth
street where his father lay dying, And there
all that night young Capt. Robert Lincoln re-
manned with the father, President Lincoln
EOR SOME YEARS thereafter, with his
mother and his little brother Tad (who
died at 49, Robert Lincoln learned to know how
ptiless the white light of publicity could be. He
suffered the humiliation of what he must have
considered bitterly unjust attacks upon his
mother, for this country was never kind in its
Judgment of Mary Todd Lincoln until more
recent years.
Robert had to work and scheme with his
mother to get money with which to meet their
expenses. Abraham Lincoln left little money,
and it took Congress long time to decide to
give the widow a pension. 1t was, perhaps,
small wonder that Robert learned how TO Sc
crete himself and his doings from the world 50
that even after he had married and had posi-
tons Of importance, he was able to live most in
conspicuouSly Many Washingtonians did not
know he lived in the Capital
Robert Lincoln was a brainy and capable
man. however Although his legal education at
Harvard had been interrupted by the war, he
studied and read law and was soon admitted to
the Illinois bar. Soon after that event he was
married to Mary Harlan, daughter of an Iowa
Senator and the Lincoln home was established
in Chicago.
There were three children in the Robert Lin
coin family-Mary, Abraham and jessie APP
parently they never had their pictures taken.
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-
be just the ones who would talk about
him. but they don't. Neither do they
have much to. say about themselves. They
shun publicity and keep to themselves, not
through pride, or snobbishneSs, but simply be-
cause they are modest, retiring family. If any
of them have ever had their pictures taken, the
plates and Aims are closely guarded.
For example, when Mary Lincoln Beckwith,
Observation-Disclosures of Abraham Lincoln, re-
Gently became interested in aviation the news
papers were able to print only the tiniest OF
notices to the effect that one Of Lincoln's de-
scendahts. was learning how to fly an airplane.
Queer that we've always had such meager in
formation about Lfncolns grandchildren and
great-gra ndchildren Who they are, what they
do and what they look like. It is largely due
to the inherent and cultivated reticence Of Rob-
ert Todd Lincoln, son Of the Emancipator.
Robert was young man. not long out of col
Iege-in fact he had left Harvard Law School
TO take captaincy in the Union Army-when
his father was aSSaSsinated He had brought
the first oficial news to his father Of the sur
render Of the Confederate forces at Appomat-
tox
It was only by the merest chance that he was
not in the presidential party in the Ford The
ater when the fatal shot was fired. In fact, he
once explained to a friend that he had always
felt that had he accepted his fathers invitation
TO go with the party to the theater that night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Flora G. Orr
and
y 100 c@
Edith Porter.

THERE are just six persons in the United
States who do not boast about Abra-
~ ham Lincoln. You'd think they would
n be just the ones who would talk about
him, but they don't. Neither do they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10

sharing expense seven months to July
81 $74504I.
Neisner Bros common share earn
ings, six months to June 80, 80 cents,
VS.. so cents.
Northern States Power gross. ~
months ended July 81, up 81 per cent.
total income before depreciation up
0.8 per cent.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric gross. 70
months ended July 81, off 1875 per
off 1854 per cent.
Pepperell Manufacturing reported op-
Grating at rs per cent; rate of OUTPUT
maintained at 70 per cent throughout
Summer.
Philadelphia Co. gross, IL months
enGed July 81, off 63 per cent: total
income before depreciation off Al per
cent.
Safety Car Heating & Lighting-No
actlon taken on dividend ordinarily
payable october l; paid 81 July /.
roster wheeler Corporation net in
come, six months to end December
81, 1881, estimated under $70828 re-
ported for six months ended June 80.
1881; untitled orders September 2 re-
ported to approximate S4,247,560, re-
ported on June 30
Lane Bryant Inc, August sales off
1872 per cent; eight months off 5 per
cent.
MacMarr Stores August sales off "a
per cent; eight months off II per cent:
august sales reported adversely affected
because usual August anniversary sales
was postponed until September.
Safety Car Heating & Lighting re-
ported 1881 sales to August 81, off about
70 Fer cent.
SaieWay Stores August sales off SO
per cent; eight months off SIS per cant.
Lcew's, Inc, net income after all
charges, but before subsidiaries preferred
dividends, 40 weeks to June 5, $685.
482 VS.. $1l,781 924.
Atlantic Refining marks up service
station price of gasoline cent gal
lon in Philadelphia
Capital City Products deficit. year
ended June 80, $44,384, VS. net income
Sl9l,555, equal to $2.13 a common
share.
Chicago, Rock Island g. Pacific Rail-
way passed quarterly common dividend:
paid 81 in preceding quarter and SIPS
SIX months ago. Cuts salaries of off,
GERS receiving over $4,000 annually
ranging from to 20 per cent
Continental Diamond Fiber passes
common dividend; formerly paid Is
cents quarterly
Standard Gas e. Observation-Disclosures
gross earnings Of all subsidiary and
affiliated public utility companies, IL
months, ended July 81, off 3.5 per cent;
total income before depreciation off
80 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
UTILITIES FEATURE
TRADING ON CURB
Inactive Shares Are Sharply
Lower as Offerings
Increase.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

opeCId4 dispatch " nc OId4.
NEW YORK, September 1o.-Soft-
ness of most of the Electric Bond g.
Share issues, due to the dissolution of
the recent syndicate that offered the
SIS cumulative preferred stock. was the
feature of a weak and active Curb EX-
change session today.
Electric Bond & Share SIS and Sc
preferred broke to new low levels and
were followed shortly afterWard by the
common shares With the market
leader moving into new low ground
for Electric Bond & Share occupies the
same relative position on the curb that
U. S. Steel does on the Stock Exchange
naturally the whole list yielded. Cities
Service was of fractionally.
Public utilities were first to give
ground. as Associated Gas g. Electric
A. United Light q Power A, KopperS
Gas e. Coke, Public Utility Holding Co.
of American warrants and others estao-
lished new low prices for the year or
longer
Some of the inactive shares then
crumbled. Safety Car Heating & Light
ing sheared of nearly points hitting
q minimum price. American Cigar Ma
chinery lost a point. Seeman Bros. at
90 was off points. aluminium Co. OF
America rose more than 5 points, but
lost all of that advance as rapidly as 1t
had attained it. :.
The oils displayed a degree of steadi-
ness. Humble Oil opened off a point,
but Standard Oil of Indiana, Standard
Ion of Kentucky and Gulf Oil moved
within a small range on comparatively
/ light trading.
Railway and Light securities, mir
roring the softness of both rails and
public utilities, lost points on few
trades A block of Is shares of Bell
Telephone of Canada changed hands
at a decline of ia points, though some
of the higher priced utilities were rela-
lively firm. Commonwealth Edison,
after its recent decline Of 10 points,
opened unchanged and Duke Power was
up more than points on a small block.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, September 10.-The
following is summary Of important
corporation news prepared by the
Standard Statistics Co., Inc, New York,
for the Associated Press:
News Trend.
The U. S. Steel Corporations I'M
filed tonnage as of August 81, to be
reported today, is expected to show
another decrease. However, it is not
anticipated that the decline will reach
the proportion of the two preceding
years, when the months shrinkage ex
ceeded 100000 tons. Because Of the low
rate of operations during August, "a
per cent of capacity, it is generally felt
that the reduction was less than 2OO,-
600 tons.
Electric output throughout the
United States during the week ended
September S recorded a decrease of o.
per cent. compared with a year ago
Because comparison IS made with the
holiday week in 1880. the figures fail
10 reveal the true trend. In the two
preceding weeks output showed declines
OF per cent and % per cent con-
trssted with the 1880 periods.
The Companies.
Addressc2raph-Nul graph Corporation
declares quarterly % cents common
dividend; previous payment IS cents.
Associated Gas G, Electric-August
electric output up 2.3 per cent, II
months up 43 per cent; August gas out
put Ccubic feet) off 40 per cent; IL
months of OIL per cent.
Cities Service Co.-State of Kansas
sues to stop sale of company's stock in
State.
Delaware & Dudson R. r, Corpora
ton deficit six months to June 80 $685.
GIT.
Endicott-Johnson Corporation official
states orders on hand and increasing
sales assured 1900 employees full-tin
work for balance CT year.
y EX-Cell-O Aircraft g. Tool dofcit six
months to June so S13E103 vs.. net in
come $63.107, equal to Is cents a COM
mon share.
International Carriers. Ltd. declares
1872 cents common dividend; similar
payments made July l.
Midland Steel Products net income
after all charges but before profit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10

Goodrich management, will prove
equally satisfactory TO the holders Of
the preferred shares of the company
Pressure against the shares Of Amer
lean Tobacco appears to be based upon
a misconstrued statement of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau. The latter ad-
vlsed that the company's production
for July showed a decline of about 10
per cent from the July 1880, figures.
CelIopkane Blamed.
While specifically these statistics
may appear somewhat disquieting, it
should be remembered that the decline
was occasioned. to a very large extent.
by the shifting on the part of Ameri-
can Tobacco to cellCphane-W wrapped
packs, which neceSSitsted installation
of machinery and miscellaneous equip
mcnt and tended to interfere some
what with the company'S production
program.
In quarters close to the copper in
dustry, a slightly more optimistic feeling
is noticed. This attitude is based upon
the belief that important producers will
shortly convene for the purpose of dis
cussing the advisability of curtailing
production 1t is expected that the
managing director of the Katanga Cop
per Co., F. Pisart, will attend the con-
ference
That the situation requires immediate
attention is evidenced by the fact that
available stocks have reached enor-
nous proportions, whereas the demand
has shown no material improvement.
With copper quoted currently at about
~ cents, there are very few mines
which can show profit. and even those
companies which produce at a figure
below prevailing prices are not likely to
report any appreciate excess over de-
pleti0n and depreciation charges
Rumors about losses which Kreuger
& Toll are said TO have incurred may
be dismissed as lacking foundation. The
company is going forward with its ex-
pansion program. The most recent move
in this direction is the construction of
the largest sulphate factory in the world
at Oestrand, near Sundsvall in Sweden.
The cost of the plant is placed at So
100000 kroner equivalent to S13400.0O0
and the annual output is estimated at
100000 pounds.
Copyright, 1881, by North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc.D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10

Is there any particular reason WHY
trade could not be made to follow the
dollar, as it does in the case of other
countries?
Weakness in steel shares is doubtless
attributable 70 the decline in steel
making operations to the lowest point
since the beginning of the depression.
Traders. however, overlook the fact that
Labor day is, in a large measure re-
spOnsible for the shrinkage and that
next week improvement may be looked
for with confidence.
No material change is, however an
tlClpated. even though some increase is
likely to occur in the latter part Of this
month, and this increase may continue
through October. AS things look today
the third quarter Of the United States
Steel Corporation will not show any
appreciate change as compared with
the showing reported in the June quar-
ter. which may, in part. account for the
pressure on the stock and apprehension
over the outlook for continuance of
dividends at the prevailing rate.
Reduction Not a Surprise.
With New York Central holding So
900 shares Of Lehigh Valley, the oElis
sion of dividends by the latter was
naturally expected to influence dividend
action by the Central board at yester-
days meeting A reduction in the pres
ent rate of Sc To 81 did not therefore
come as a surprise. On the basis Of
the lower rate, the stock gives current
yield of almost 6ia per cent.
However. the present return Is less
significant than the future outlook,
which, Judging by prevailing condi-
tons. does not appear very encour-
aging and which doubtless accounts Tor
the recent marked pressure on rail
shares.
Uncertainty in the commodity mar
kots and in general business was given
as the principal reason for the de-
ferment of the preferred dividend OF
the b F. Goodrich Rubber Co. The
MANAGEMENT adds, however. that net
earnings after fixed charges. but be-
fore inventory write-offs have ex-
ceeded preferred dividend require
ments.
It is questionable whether this eX-
PLANTATION. satisfactory though it doubt
less is from the standpoint OF the