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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-28
'Peek-A-Boo' Frock
Stages Come Back

PARIS PA new version az
the old peek-a-boor frock has
swept into the style parade.
Lace evening gowns shading
from light brown 70 blue az the
waist and back to brown AZ the
hem are worn over blue Sins
which reach only I'd the knees.
Another version OF the style
IS a black and white printed
chiffon dance frOck. worn over
a bright green foundation which
consists OF a bodi-- and fun
knee-length trunks.
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PIC

Friend: How does your husband
ever get hts meals II you're never
home 10 cook them?
Butterfly Wife. That's funny.
The same thought came into INV
head the other cay-Smlth's Week
IN. sydney.
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every shop at prices varying q &C
cordance with the neighborhood.
Not All AppropIl.e
Perhaps you know that many OF
the clothes which are appropriate
and correct In Paris seem out w
place IN America. This applies IN
American cities as well. for the
varying climate in different states
makes il necessary 10 have differ
ent clothes. How can France know
all this and provide for Ill?
America has begun tO realize its
own irt viduality and it, own needs
An excellent example or this * the
popularity OF printed fabrics in this
country. In spite OF the fact that
frenchwomen never wear prints.
they arc exceptionally smart in al
most every part Of the United States.
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A CHILLY DREAM

He. I had a dream Of you las.
night.
She. tcoldlvl Really.
He: Yes; then I woke up. shut
the window, and put an extra blan-
ket on the bed.-Tt-iBtS.
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NEEDING SLIPPER
MID CLUB
IN

Mrs. J. r. Wllimoth delightfully."-
entertained the Mid-Week club
wednesday afternoon al the home
of Mrs. +. w. Anderson. Cut flow
ers were used in the decorations.
High club score favor was o by
Mrs. John b. Lane. high guest TO
Mrs. T.. r. 81. John and low to
Mrs. s. b. Ballard.
A salad course was served to six
club members and two guests. Mes
DANES z. r. ST. John and Seth
Duncan.
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FOUR GUESTS

Mrs. w. It. KlneSbury entertain
ed the Contract Bridge club We'd
nesdavs afternoo'. Cut flowers were
used in the decorations. High club
score favor was presented 10 Mrs.
Blake williams. high guest 20 Mrs.
w. G. MacKay and low 10 Mrs.
Clifton Davenport.
A salad and sweet course was
served 10 four club members and
the following guests: MeSdames w.
S. Ray. Geo. Heron. Clifton DAY.
export and w. G. MacKay.
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Should Adapt,
Not Adopt
Modes
BY COUNTESS DE FORCENILLE
Written for NEA Service

NEW YORK. June 20.-AmeriCsn
fashions need the art of thinking
applied TO them.
Thought. applied 10 clothes. would
impress upon American women the
necessity Of adapting French fash
ions 10 their needs. rather than
adopting them IN their entirety.
We have had many fashion GEN
fuses. But We have had few who
could teach lis ne art OF wearing
clothes that they created. In other
words. the art Of thinking applied
70 fashion. And so fashion to most
Of us IL a great confusion. a con-
slant change.
When ! first started TO serve as
a New York fashion advisor. I was
amazed al the attitude Of most 0i
our women clients. The first thing
that struck me was the fact that
American WOmcn-WhOm / con-
slider the prettiest in the world
had only idea IN dressing. and
that waS to lose their individuality.
She Wanted Copies
/ particularly remember Mrs. 81.
who always wanted 10 look like
the actress or moving picture star
who was the current rage. Or, Ii
she had a friend who was tall and
blonde, and saw her wearing an
outfit that made her look vera
smart. she wanted IL copied exactly
for herself.
Now. Mrs. =. was plump and dark
and the costume which looked s0
smart Oh her tall. blonde friend
looked quite different on her, and
not the least bit smart. But she re-
fused 10 see II.
To a FrenchWoman. OF course,
such a VI -Wpoint Is utterly prepOs-
ferrous. The French arc a nation
OF individualists. and nothing Is s0
abhorrent 70 a FrenchwOman as
to look exactly like someone else.
In France. models are created by
couturierc only as a basis for us
toners 20 work on. Each customer
who rs on the model must have
certain changes TO suit her individ-
Ual type. No two women are built
exactly alike, and the French rec
ognize this.
Demand Same Materials
In America, in an exclusive dress
making establishment. women clients
review French creations and muir
muir. Yes, | will take this dress III
YOU can give u 70 me In the same
material as the original" and Can
1 get the exact lace?' and VIII you
be able TO make the dress Just exact
" like the original? Because If Il
Is not. ! prefer To buy the French
model
Never shall 7 forget my amaze
ment and horror at seeing a woman
slip the gown she had ordered over
the original. in order TO ascertain
whether every line and seam was in
exactly the same position.
Fortunately. this Is an isolated
case and most American women
realize that III order 10 Be individual,
they must adapt and not adopt
French fashions. We are beginning
to realize here in America that every
country with its different climate,
its different habits and activities,
It's different types OF people. has
different needs. And more and more
American women arc coming 10
realize this and to break loose from
tho hypnotic influence OF the French
collections.
There are two reasons that I can
see for this change. One Is that
the American designers are devel-
Oplng fashions 10 suit the type NJ
the American woman. The second
IS that when YOU buy a dress Of
American origin or adoption. you
run less risk OF seeing it copied in
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Raylnondville
MARRIAGE
OF

Mr.. and Mrs. ". T. Baker an
nounce the marriage Of their daugh-
ter Tommie. TO Jack Scott. The
wedding was solemnized at the Bap-
fist parsonage in Edinburg on June
18th. The attendants we're Misses
Martha Miller and Mildred Arnold
and John Coulter and Robert Nc
Charen.
Mrs. Scott is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Baker and Is a
former resident Of Mississippi Mr..
Baker is the owner and proprietor
OF the NJ System store in Ray
mondville.
Mr. Scott is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Scot and has
made his home in Raymondyille for
the past five years. coming here
from San Antonio. Both young peo-
pie we're members Of the Raymond
Vile High school this past term.
They plan on making their home
in Raymondvil'e.
PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Manning and
daughter. Ruth will leave Sunday
on A two-wecks vacation trip
through North and East Texas. Ar
kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma
During thei~ absence CooDCr Smith
will be in c'-a-ze Of the Raymond
viii, store Of which AIr. Manning is
manaTc~.
N-rs. I~~~-t, tones ana rnn 10"
go T- r'-~rh- Fl Houston
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Brownsville Club
and Social A cfiBitieS
Muptial
Unite Couple
From Weskaco

WESLACO. June 27.-The mar
rage Of Miss Ruth Brandon and
Mr.. r. G. Rancier was solemnized
Tuesday. June %, at six o'clock at
the first Baptist church, with Rev.
Z. w. GosS, pastor, officiating.
The choir loft was banked high
with ferns making a lovely back
ground. Tall candle holders with
pink taperS graced the altar Of
ferns and queens crown. A beauti-
ful white wedding bell hung from
n center of the altar. Further
emphasizing the bridal colorS or
pink and white, were floor baskets
fllled with pink roses and daisies
and tied with huge bows OF tuIle.
On either side OF the altar was a
white lattice with pink roses ana
ferns attractive.y entwined. The
pews were marked with bows OF
mallne and corsageS Of roses and
ferns.
William Paine Of McAllen sang
Because, accompanied on the
organ by Mrs. Paine. Mrs. Gilbert
Ramsey played the wedding march.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father, S. V. Brandon. She was
beautiful in a blue lace imported
gown, long lace mits and picture
nat Of eggshell horse hair braid
She carried a shower bouquet OF
brides roses and ferns.
Mi. Richard Wayne Cole OF
Temple accompanied the groom as
o best man.
Mrs Ctarbnn Ao--r4og H.
ton was matron Of honor. The
bridesmaids we're Misses Mary Lou
Use Hensley Of Fort Worth. Ada Wee
Williams Of Houston. Google May
Couch and Pauline McCalip OF Yves
hco. They all wore pale yellow
organdie with accessories 10 match.
and carried shepherds crooks
tied with large bows of yellow maj
Inc and daisies.
The little flower girls we're Gladys
Brandon OF Texas City and Eileen
Andrews. They wore shepherd
dresses ana also carried the shop
herd crooks.
The uShers were MesSrS. Stepn-
en- Moncrief Of Houston, FREQ Tur-
ner. Herbert Weary and LOUIS
Drake OF Mercedes.
Immediately. after the ceremony a
reception was held at the home OF
the bride for a number OF close
friends and relatives.
The bride is a graduate OF the
Weslaco High school and Of Baylor
University. She spent the past two
years with her brothers III Chicago.
The popular young couple will be
at home 10 their many friends N
Dallas.
WEDDING SUPPER
After the rehearsal Of the Bran
don-Rancier wedding Monday eve
ming, Mrs. J. II. Couch and daugh-
ter, Miss Google Mae. entertained
with a wedding supper. The table
was laid with a beautiful center
piece OF roses. queens crown ana
daisies and ferns.
"A two course supper was served
TO the bridal party and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. v. Brandon. parents OF the
briN Mrs. S. c. Rancier. mother
OF the groom, Rev. and Mrs. z. w.
Gnrc
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rer.s. I-r. ara Mrs. J. II
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Not All AppropIl.e

every shop at prices varying y &c.
cordance with the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

far ahead? Apparently we have forgot
ten how her heart beat when there was
question as to whether she was going
to be able to make the weekend battery
last until reaching her destination.
The lady in the electric was pioneer
in every sense, and radical as well.
Men preferred gas cars. Today woman
at the wheel is just one of the crowd
She isn't even eccentric.
Topsy of the stage duo, the Duncan
, sisters, says that when she goes to
heaven she desires just three things:
Two horns and a propeller. The joke
of it is that most of i1er earthly sisters
in these United States already have two
horns and plenty of propulsion. The
combination is indeed fast and furious,
unless wisely used. 1rs
Some people use the dual horns. to
give greater expression to the cars
p<wer and speedability; others use the
horns to camoufage insufficient per-
formance. In the one case the driver
is always going too fast for conditions,
relying on the advance notice the horns
may give the street public to get out Of
the way. In the other case the excessive
horning is just plain nuisance and
occasionally means of Soaring persons
who would not be unduly alarmed If
allowed to judge for themselves the
danger OF the approaching car.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
CONGRESS TO ACT
ON BUS CONTROL
Need for Federal Regulation Seen
by Association of OPP
orators.

With maximum efficiency of all trans
portation agencies essential to busi-
ness recovery, the forthcoming Con-
gress is expected to take up in earnest
the need for Federal regulation of in
terstate bus lines, according to the
National Association of Motor Bus
Operators.
The bus association pointed out that
while intrastate bus lines are now con-
trolled by the State and the District
Of Columbia, there is an unhealthy
condition as regards interstate lines.
Proposed legislation" said the or
ganization of bus operators, provides
for control of interstate lines by joint
boards Of the commissions in States
involved, with right of appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Commission on
disputed points. Such legislation has
the approval of the 1. c. G. and is sup
ported by operators of all important
bus lines.
"At the present time, some bus lines
cross State boundaries solely for the
purpose of escaping State regulation as
intrastate lines. The result is that
State commissions have little authority
over these companies in Cen anding rigid
enforcement of the factors which have
made buSSeS the Saf est means of high
way transportation"
While definite program for legiSla-
ton to be submitted to the Forthcoming
Congress will probably not be drafted
until early in the session, members of
both the Senate and the House, who
have been impressed with the need for
Federal regulation of bus lines, are al
ready giving considerable thought to
the problem, said the association.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
TRANSMISSION CHANGES HELD
MAIN STRUCTURAL ADVANCES
1882 Models to Be a Combination of
Synchro-Meshing and Free
Wheeling Principles.

145-inch Lincoln chassis, which Is to
be among Is others in the salon eX-
hibit. The door mechanism was found
in Italy by Hermann Brunn, dean of
the custom body builders, whose coach
work is famous both in America and
Europe.
The body on which it is shown II
the salon is a sport cabriolet type,
which has two doors of unusual width.
Other Lincoln cars entered for salon
display include a coupe and two-win-
dow Berlin by JudkinS, town cabrio-
let and convertible roadster by LIE
Baron; a stationary coupe, convertible
sedan and sport Berlin by Murphy of
Los Angeles. a town car by ES7iSton
and a victorrS. by Waterholis5.
On the Pierce-Arrow chassis there
will be four lie Baron body types and
one Brunn town car with new roof
conversion feature, providing an en-
closed drive limousine transformation.
The Pierce-Arrow models are to be
mounted on the new 147-inch Wheel
base chassis, which has the 150-horse-
power 12-cylinder engine.
Engine Construction.
A detail of engine construction pio-
neered in one General Motors model Of
1881 is to be utilized in other new
models to be revealed prior to the Ma
tional Automobile Show in New York
early in January. This is a General
Motors development. which consists of
electro-plating cast iron pistons with
tin
Tin. of all the metals, has had only
slang application up to the present
in reference to motor cars, but its use
in the new way is nevertheless definite
and by all accounts effective.
The plating process is credited with
giving the driving members in the en-
gine longer life and improved perform
ance. The plating material is a soft
alloy that makes possible hand-fltting
of these parts more closely by thou
sandths of an inch than formerly.
These pistons also provide a self
lubricating surface that is protection
| against scoring and piston slap. In
case an engine overhaul may be neceS-
sary, they can be replated by dipping,
| making the surface as good as ever,
even if it has been worn out of true
shape.
Pistons with tin-plating and of cast
irCn material are an alternative for
other pistonS of aluminium alloy, which
are lighter and therefore less noisy,
although their durability as compared
with iron is a debatable point among
the engineers.
Copyright. 1881. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1931-11-29
LEFT-HAND TURNS
CAUSE MORE ACCIDENTS
Three Times as Many Occur, Ac-
cording to Aulomotive
Statistician.

That three times as many accidents
occur to drivers making left-hand
turns as to those making right-hand
ones, is one of the findings reported
to the Society of Automotive Engineers
by Victor w. Killick, California high
way StatiStician. In making a left
hand turn at an intersection, driver
may put out his hand in the proper
way and look backward to some ex-
tent, but the angle of his clear vision
is such that he cannot conveniently
see very far backward and he frequent
ly does not observe the rapidly ap-
preaching car following him. This Is
a primary cause of large number Of
intersection accidents declares Mr..
Killick, land one which should be OBJ
waited by standards set up for defining
the safe dimension of side and rear
windows in all cars. In cars where
window openings are inconveniently
high. the driver is -unconsciously COM
PEELED to give a right-hand turn signal
when he intends to give left-hand
turn signal"
An analysis of 41,000 traffic accidents
reveals that the largest percentage are
collisions that occur at railway inter-
sections or highway crossings.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
LOS ANGELES PROTECTS
CHILDREN BY TUNNEL S
Reduction in Accidents Seen as
Subway Construction Is Com
pleted Near Schools.

Last year some $4,000 people known
as pedestrians were killed through va
rlous combinations of aimless and
careless motoring and pedestrianism.
what the toll will be for 1881 is not
entirely a matter of conjecture, for
records OF recent years show that the
hgures Tor the previous year may be
taken as a minimum.
Los Angeles several years ago recog-
nlzed the responsibility of city to It's
school children and after experimental
WORK 48 pedestrian tunnels were in
stalled under busy streets near s-hools.
Last Spring money was made available
Tor the building of an additional so of
these underground passagewayS.
Since the installation of the first
tunnels there has been a gratifying
reduction in motor vehicle accidents
to school children, according to infor-
nation received from E. B. Lefferts,
manager. public safety department,
Automobile Club Of Southern Cali
fornia. -- ,
Evening star., 1931-11-29
ALWAYS RIGHT TO KEEP
TO RIGHT, SAYS DEALER
In Going to Left Around Circles
Motorist Ignores Funda-
mental Principle.

Washington motorists frequently wit
ness the phenomenon of tourists driv-
ing confusedly to the left around the
city's many circles. This occurs, says
Oscar Coolican, local automobile dis
tributor, because Tia stranger has I'M
thinkingly ignored a fundamental rule
of the road, an error which the Wash
ington motorist might commit under
the same circumstances in another city
with which he was unfamiliar.
IF every motoriSt always bore in
mind that it is always right to keep to
the right" says Mr.. Coolican. this dis
concerning, confusing blunder would
not be made. 1t is not always easy to
see a sign warning the driver to keep
10 the right at circle or a square
However, if the driver goes to the right
he never will be wrong.
AT squares there may be times when
it is permissible to go to the left, as az
the point where sixteenth street runs
into H street at Lafavette Square
But even under such conditions as this,
If he has the slightest doubt, the
stranger should keep to the right until
he knows the way"
Evening star., 1931-11-29
OPPOSITION LESSENED
BUS SPEED IN MARYLAND
Automobile Club of Maryland Off
cial Holds It Unfair to
Differeutiate.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, November 28.-Strenu-
Gus objection to the proposal of Harold
E. West, chairman of the public service
commission, that passenger buses and
other large commercial vehicles be
limited to a speed considerably less
than that of private automobiles was
expressed this week by the president
of the Automobile Club of Maryland
and by the director of the Baltimore
Safety CoulScil.
H. N. Abercrombie, president of the
Automobile Club, said:
Il don't see how you can differentiate
between the two classes of vehicles as
to speed limit. 1t is better to place
them all under the same restriction and
see that they obey it.
The day is coming when the ques-
ton of speed will be eliminated in the
consideration of traffic problems, and
the driver will be placed under the
obligation of determining for himself
what he considers a safe rate of travel. &"
John p. Rostmeyer, director of the
Baltimore Safety Council, made similar
protests against Mr.. Vests proposal.
Mr.. Rostmeyer declared that compe-
tent driving, with automobile bus and
truck operators safety minded" Is the
best way to eliminate accidents.
Evening star., 1931-11-29
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, November 28.-Combina-
ton of synchro-shtfting or meshing
with the free wheeling principle rep
reSentS the main structural advance in
the transmissions Of forthcoming 1882
models. Union with "syncro" is being
made with the aim of eliminating GER
driving for which free wheeling has
been blamed.
Concessions Made.
Proponents Of both syncro-mesh and
the free wheel ideas, thereby are max
ing mutual concessions to each other
in the acceptance of features which up
to now have found individual favor.
United in single ensemble as the 1892
cars are to embody them, silence and
smoothneSs in deceleration will be joined
to ease and simplicity of shifting in
the forward gears.
To compensate for the changes, the
braking of the 1882 jobs is to be more
positive in operation and will require
brake lining better able to withstand
added friction, together with larger
drums to give the shoes more grip.
One plant in the Michigan area is
being turned over to the production of
new type of drum lined with cast iron
of iron with the lightness, smoothness
and strength of steel. 1t is to be built
for cars in which free wheeling is
standard.
Enhanced by Steamlining.
Syncro and free wheeling operation
in new models is to be further en-
hanced by steamlining both bodies and
parts. In the parts it will apply 70
such small items as door and hood
handles, with the object of saving en-
gine power. Such economy distributed
over the entire exterior of an automo-
bile becomes effective around As miles
an hour and upward no longer un-
usual speed for the average machine
Removal of visors from windShields
gives a like result and owners are to
find that the steamlined models will
cost less for fuel because wind resist
ance is less at almost every point.
An innovation new to America Is tc
be shown for the first time at the au-
tomobile salon opening in New York
on Sunday. This is a door which can
be opened two ways. With two han
dies on it instead of one, it swings
out either from the front or the rear
on hinges that latch and unlatch auto
matically whichever handle may be
used
The new type of door has been built
into Brunn custom body on new