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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Gonzales Suggests
New Home Furniture

Spring house cleaning usually
calls for new furnishings. Enrique
Gonzalez, proprietor OF the Con
zaIez Furniture a Mattress com
pany. points out. Housewives in
their general cleaning up invariably
find the need Of some piece OF
furniture. rugs. window shades. 0r
other household articles. he finds.
Bargains Found
The Gonzalez furniture store at
Fourteenth and Monroe streets
holds many furniture bargains for
Brownsville women desiring 70 re-
decorate and brush up the tn
teriors OF their homes. n they DO
not need an entire set 0f furniture
for their bedrooms. dining room
or living room. they can find an
admirable selection or odd pieces
including divans. comfortable and
attractively finished chairs. table,
Of all kinds. and practically any
item OF furnishings for the home.
Prices are very reasonable. Mr..
Gonzalez points out. and ne feels
that his furniture stock can satisfy
almost any wants in the furnishing
line.
Mattress set0ry
He also operates the Gonzalez
mattress factory. which makes a
specially OF onc-day service un
mattress renovation. The factory
can take an old mattress which
apparently Is worth nothing. he
states. and make III into " com
Portable, eushiony bed good for
long additional wear. All work 0s
this nature is called for and deliv-
cred. and service IN rapid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Cornings, Goings

Misses Dorothy Dennis and Pau
line Singer spent the weekend I'M
Kingsville visiting Miss Bernice
Many. Miss Many is "A former
resident Of Brownsville and Is we'll
known here. She was very popular
in school circles.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. McByrde.
who have been in Brownsville the
past five years conducting services
OF the Four-Square gospel. non
sectarian. are leaving soon for San
Diego. California. where they will
continue their work. Mrs. McBryde
has also been active In church work
with the Methodist women during
her stay here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Lucky Thirteen
Club Entertained

Mrs. Fl. S Matthias entertained
members OF the Lucky Thirteen
bridge club on Wednesday or the
past week at her home on Morning
Side Drive.
The club trophy was awarded
To Mrs. A. K. Harper and the cur
10 Mrs. Emery Giles. Mrs. Watson
was the only guest. Mrs. Frank
Lewis Will b. the next hostess on
wednesday, February Is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

ing or correspondence, as IS the
Plea single Gothic. Plea double
Gothic comes in upper and lower
cas- capitals for loose leaf records.
and Medium Roman single Gothic
is quite q large type and used
largely for billing and shipping or
GERS Pin point is perf0rat!0n-
style. for bank checgaprotection.
Mr. Monies viii be glad To dem
onstrate the different types 10 any
one interested i'll the convenient
Royal Portables. he states. Tie
telephone number 0E his shop Is
832.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Announcement Made
Marriage

Announcement has been received
In Brownsville OF the marriage Of
Mr.. Walton Jones. son % Mr.. and
Mrs. &. Jones Of Harrington and
Miss Letha Stephens. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. "A. Stephens OF
san Perlita In San Perlita on
Tuesday OF last week
Mr.. Jones formerly attended
Brownsville high school and was
well known among students here
The couple will make their home
IN Harlingen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

d.. and Mrs. D. r. Murphy enter
tanned On Friday with AN informal
six o'clock dinner. Ivory damass
with a two tone border was used
These shades were further carried
out in the floral appointments %
shallow bowls filled with old
fashioned carnations. Covers were
laid for nine.
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m SOCIETY CRQE s--A COMPLETE PAGE FOR VALLEY WOMEN s=

Guiding a number or talks which
dealt with tho improvement Of the
school boy and girl. mentally and
physically.
Mrs. Tom Murray, president XII
the organization. made an intereS-
ting talk telling OF the life on Mrs.
Birney. the founder OF the Cong
reSs OF Mothers
Coach III. l.. Schmalzried OF the
local high school. addressed the or
g~anization IN regard To the physi-
cal work among the boys. illustra-
ting his talk with examples OF the
perfect boy and the boy with de-
fects and the treatment he was GO
ing 20 correct them. He illustrated,
with boys under hts supervision. the
boy Of perfect weight, the under
weight and the overweight boy,
the sway-back boy and the boy
with flat feet. All or which. were
being given special attention.
Mrs. Chandler read q splendid
paper on The Child's Labor Law
tn Texas"
I'm talking 10 the association.
Principal n. w. Gay asked that the
members or the organization work
individually against the bill to re-
duce school allowances.
February Is was named as visi-
tors day. mn annual affair. In the
future each monthly meeting OF the
association will be- visitors day. all
gathering later tpr the meeting
Miss Amy Cornish. ar the high
school faculty, IS chairman Of Wis
itors' day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Quilting Party AT
Community House

The quilting party given Friday
in FL Jardin AZ Community house
No. ! was well attended with twenty
one present. The quilt. a little sun
bonnet baby. viii be ready for quilt
ing az The next meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

Wisconsin spent 10000. 900 "
gasoline last year. according TO the
state OF department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

IA honey bee can Fly about 25
miles an hour, the United States
department ut agriculture cSti-
mates. but seldom docs more"
than ID.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

State Senator Patrick Il. Farnand.
OF Hiobing. MINI. once was a mes
senger In the legislative halls.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

Illinois plans a s45, GOO. 600 paving
program for 1881. a large part OF
the mileage To be in the Chicago
area.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Sncietv Calendar
TUESDAY

TUESDAY
Mardi club with Mrs. M. r. Hall.
The Learners club Is meeting
with Mrs. s. G.. Tucker.
Members OF Club Twelve with
Misses Lila and Lillian Junco.
Senior Union No. 2 OF the First
Baptist church viii have a combined
business. social and program PLAN
ming meeting at the home OF Mrs.
II. Z. Tucker. 341 Washington street
In the evening.
Rebekahs viii meet in the Mas
onic Temple parlors at 7:30 ~. m.
American Legion auxiliary az
1880 p. m. with Mrs. Harbert Day.
export.
An appeal for the return Of I'M
sold Christmas seaE in Missouri
brought stickerS dating back TO
~
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was not hurt. but at the hospital
serious injuries TO her spine and
head were revealed.
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Phone
Seven

was their first trip u the vaIIev
NIT. and Mrs. ". wv. Schultz Spent
Sunday with = X. Reese and fan
Inv.
q. G. Norris had a serious attack
Of appendicitis this week. Also NFrN
Noah Heath. Both are reported i'm
proving.
Two baby girls were born IN san
Perlita this week. One Co MIR. ara
Mrs. ". y. Thompson on Feb9 and
one 90 MIR. and Mrs. Alvin Tallev
Feb. II. Each weighed ten pounds.
MIR. and Mrs wv. WI. STOCKING MI
Lyford we're here Wednesday visit
ing friends.
e. "A. Brown was III Beeville last
week on business.
Mrs. Bertha Paine. who y teach
linz In Sebastian school visited Mrs.
Burchard one day last week.
The Ladies' Missionary society
meet Wednesday the 18th. AZ three
ID. I'M.
CLAUDE Rogers o. san Benito hiss
moved here as field man for the
San Perlita Farmers Cooperative
Society.
Mr.. and Mrs r. b. Huxley OF san
Benit0 spent Sunday at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Foster.
Mrs Lee B. Carr and her sun-in-
law. Al Wars Of St. Louis are here
- guests 0f C. IL. Johnson and fam
ily- Mr.. Carr viii be here this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Mercedes
VISITORS DAY
ON FEBRUARY Is

Mrs. Fl. r. Stotler had charge 90
the program at the monthly meet
ing or the Parent Teachers Asso-
citation Of the Mercedes high school
on Thursday afternoon. the theme
Of which was Founders Day" in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Landrum and
". H. Bauerlein OF Medina visited
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. J. Gossett Satur-
day. returning home Sunday. This
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

Every two years since 1923. state
Senator " ~. Neidl Of Whiting. Ind.
has introduced an oid-age pension
bill In tine Indiana legislature ft
has always failed 70 pass.
There were no bidders for Esther
vile. IoFa's. old city hall when ~
was offered for sale. A new build
ing replaced III.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Credit Unions Proposed for
The District of Columbia

Senator Cappers b providing for the incorporation of
credit unions the District has been avoraby reported to the
Senate
In of passage is certain to be helpful in eliminating
the scandaousy usurous rates Of interest charged by nd
viduas organizations taking advantage of lax laws
supposed protect the public against dubious loan methods
Passage of a small-loans bill seems remote
idea that credit unions shall be cooperative societies.
operated for the purpose Of promoting thrift among its mem
bers and creating of credit for them Loans would be
made members in financial need at not exceeding per cent
per month.
The unions would be under the supervision of the Commits
soners and Controller of the Currency and would be sub
tect to restrictions would make them stable and well
conducted
Congress has for years failed to settle this serious question OF
providing small loans for those need at fair rates of in
terest.
The per bill is opposed the ground that the rate is
too high The Russell Sage Foundation has found from ex
perence in many States that will not take
chances on rates less than that
While Congress quarres this borrowers OF small sums
are regularly defrauded paying rates that
run fom 60 to 100 per cent for few months
The Washington times., 1931-02-06

who fought for this country,
bringing about peace and good
will.
Relative to a question asked
in the House of Representatives
January 81, at the bonus hear
ing, one of the committeeman
asked Mr.. Kirby, of the Disabled
Veteran organization:
Was there any sentiment
among the war veterans in the
year 1929. when this country
was booming?
My answer to this question is
this: From a definite stand Of
experience, I am safe to say
that there was no boom in this
country at that specified time,
because the State of Michigan,
alone, was hit hard, being one
of our largest automotive
centers, General Motors, Fisher
Body, and Ford having thou
sands upon thousands of men
furloughed. Not only the State
of Michigan, but everyone in
the Union at this specific time
was or we're on a downward
trend. This is my confirmed
statement. The railroads at
that time we're suffering from
a general depression in business,
because the conditions of this
country were not on a normal
basis.
Being a railroad fireman and
working considerably for part
Of the greatest railroads in the
United States and travelling con-
siderable over the country puts
me in a position to realize the
naked truth in this statement.
CYRIL j. BRENNAN.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Listen, World!

R0OlnSOn--- ----i
) know, too, it's ghastliest detail.
1t means body and soul raveling
into rags. 1t means such des-
peration that you lose track sof
time and the days ooze together
into a meaningless blur. It
means gagging at the smell of
food, and going dizzy with hate
at the sight of the rich and
warm.
That's what staying straight
through months of unemploy-
ment means. How do 1 know?
Because I've been there. And a
century of jobs won't erase that
memory. It won't erase that
memory, either, for the unem-
ployed men and women who are
going through the agony of this
winter.
They Keep Straight
But they're staying straight
in spite of that. They're hungry
and cold and homeless and
hopeless-millions of them, but
they're still keeping faith with
themselves. That's the stuff
they're made of. And you're
quitting. You who are still
young and healthy, educated
and foot-free. You're quitting.
Well-quit, kid, if that's your
measure. If that's what you
want to do with the power of
your youth and the pride of
your manhood-quit. But at
least be a sport about it. Don't
alibi! Don't pull a cry-baby
mouth! You're not being forced
into a life of crime, and you
know you're not. You're turning
crook because you haven't the
courage to stay straight. Any
piker can pull trigger-but it
takes a regular man to face
days of hell on an empty
stomach.
And it's because of them that
you, and others who think like
you, are being answered. Don't
be. so brisk in assuming that
those other poor chaps are go
ing to follow your example. A
few will. But most of them will
stay steady, stay steady through
something that's harder to face
than war or death. Thank God
for their courage-and help us
to end their misery soon
Copyright 1881, King Features.
Syndicate Inc)
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Worlds Greatest Mystery
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., DEL. LID,
Famous Scientific Authority

Of all the problems and
mysteries which obSeSS the mind
of man, the deepest and most
intriguing is that of life. Every
one has some notion, clear or
vague as the case may be, Of
life-what it is and what are
its main characteristics. Yet
few stop to clarity their thoughts
on the subject, and to set down
in specific terms the differen-
tiating qualities of life. This is
one of the initial attempts
lucidly set forth in the impress
sive new work, The Science Of
Life"
1t should be noted, first of all,
that life connotes movement.
Living things move about. They
may move or stir with great
speed or with extreme slowness.
They may long remain quies-
cent, apparently dormant. Yet
sooner or later they will move
in response to some mysterious,
inner urge or impulse. This
quality it is which distinguishes
animate from inanimate things.
And yet EinStein, Rutherford
and Bohr have accustomed us
to the notion that everything
moves. Nothing is at rest,
nothing is static.
Inanimate objects, however,
are usually driven by outside
impulses, forces, pressures, cur
rents. With animate objects,
however, the driving-force is
within. Life is an automotive
force, with a dynamo the secret
of whose mechanism has not
been as yet fully understood.
Life Is Self-Feeding
In the second place, life is
not only self-moving-it is self
feeding. 1t consumes (absorbs
into itself) matter from with
out. The matter thus taken up
is subject to chemical changes;
and as a result of these trans
formations energy for move
ment is acquired. This is the
meaning of the term which
ordinarily drives us to the die
tionary-metaholisn1. Many In
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

meal-hours or his opinion, he
will have to invent a steel
riveted, waterproof alibi to "ex-
plain" it.
If he spends most Of his
spare time with you, it is
really none of your business
what he has been doing the
rest of the day. And to have
to give, an itemized account
of his daily acts makes him
love you just like a detective.
Many a girl has made the
fatal mistake of beginning the
"smothering" before the we'd
ding and lost the chance at
a perfectly good husband by
making a man "explain" every
time he happened to be twenty
minutes late.
After all, if a man is old
enough for you to lead him to
the altar, he is old enough to
know when to wear his rub
bers and when to take his
cough medicine.
How to keep his hair smooth
and when to change his col
lar.
Where to lay his cigar-stubs
and at what temperature to
take his shower.
What to eat-and when to
stop eating.
It is sweet and unselfish Of
a woman, of course, to want to
oversee a mans whole life. But
order to get a cheer-leader,
not an overseer!
after all, a man marries in
Copyright. 1881, King Features.
Syndicate. 1neA
The Washington times., 1931-02-06

animate objects grow, enlarge,
take on greater volume and
mass in the course of time.
But this growth takes place by
accreiton-the adding on OF
external particles or atoms.
without alteration of chemical
nature or release of energy.
Metabolism and spontaneous
movement are cited as the prl-
mary characteristics OF living
things.
There is another character
istic associated with life which
must not be overlooked. So far
as science has been able to de-
termine, life arises always and
only from preceding life. The
notion of Spontaneous genera
ton" is now satisfactorily eX-
ploded. The fundamental doc
trine of biology may be stated
in a Latin phrase: omne VlVum
eX vivo.
What Is Life?
This has been sucCinctly
stated in THE Science Of Life
Life presents itself as a multi
tude of individuals, which have
been produced by division or
the detachment of parts from
other individuals and most OF
which will in their time give
rise to another generation. This
existence in the form of dis
tinct individuals which directly
or indirectly reproduce their
kind by a sort of inherent ne
cessity is a third distinction
between living and non-living
things.
Waves in water or wind-rip-
Piles in sand may be said to
reproduce themselves, but not
by a detachment and growth OF
their own substance; drops OF
oil or water grow and break up
under euitabIe conditions, but
not through any innate dis
position to do so. Living things
display an impulse to reproduce
themselves even in adverse cir
cumstances.
Copyright. 1881, IuternationaI
Features Service. Ine)
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
The Primrose Path
Nothing Then But Thistles and Thorns.

The primrose path-what aLuring phrase!
All moonlight and roses pearls and diamonds champagne
and truffles mad love and thrilling romance.
when you get close enough to the primrose path to see
it as it really is prmroes to rag weed and nettes
The moonlight apt turn out to from glaring
electric light filtered through globe not overly Clean
The diamonds and pearls be bought at the bargain
counter and champagne turns out to be synthetic gin and
bootleg whiskey.
The truffles are not trues ALL but just rather frayed
ham sandwich.
The mad love and thrilling romanceoh her re cheap
the sham diamonds the mock pearls and dangerous
and bitterly cruel the synthetic gin and the bootleg
whiskey
Read in The Washington Times Alma Rubens' story of the
primrose path and how the poor girl looked for the pr
roses found nothing but hstles and smeng poisonous
weeds.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Ohio Vet Praises Work
Of Hearst Newspapers

Editor, Tunes:
Allow me to express my sin
cerest appreciation, in behalf of
your paper, for the splendid
work in cooperating with our
world war veterans relative to
the cash payment of our ad-
'justed service certificates.
I have every reason to be-
lieve that you are in a position
to know the deplorable condi-
tions now prevailing in our
great country. am sure that
if Congress will pass this great
measure it will benefit every
veteran directly and help to
stimulate the financial Situa-
tion throughout America from
every possible viewpoint.
I firmly believe that the
United States Government
should, at this 'hour of dire
need" pay the debt to our
veterans, who CALAMITY fought,
and sacrificed everything in
their power to protect, and
make safe for democracy" the
very lives and interest of the
people" of one of the great
est nations, the world has ever
known.
This debt not only pertains
to our veterans, but to their
families and their respective
mothers and fathers, brothers
and sisters, who helped make
the great sacrifice. To the
people of the United States!
How many of you from truth
full standpoint, can say that
you know of the terrible suf-
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
POPE Plus XI AT HIS DESK
Telephone, Debating Machine and Now Radio Serve His
Holiness in Shepherding His Flock.

Millions read with interest the exclusive news in this and
other telling of the radio broadcast to be
made on February 12 by his Holiness Pope Plus XII
The papal greeting will be carried through the air to all ma
tions of the world. What this will mean to the vast
Catholic congregation in this country and others cannot
be BY the miracle of radio members Of the
church will the living voice of the pontas clearly as
though they had been granted audience at the Vatican
What changes the world sees hardly knowing they
changes!
Who would foreseen thirty forty years that
1.-The prisoner of the vatican-no longer prisonerwould
speak directly his myrads of subjects in every corner OF
earh and without raising his voice moving from his
study?
Yet we are told that miracles don't happen nowadays!
The Washington times., 1931-02-06

Hundreds of men huddled idle
in the darkening rain. ragged
coats. ragged eyes
A dreadful picture. But there's
a still more sinister side to the
unemployed picture, side of
which; perhaps, you've never
thought. Here it is-in a few,
snarling lines. Yes, it's a real
letter and he's probably telling
the truth. You don't believe it?
Ask any cop.
ELSIE ROBINSON:
Here is a genuine case for you
to concentrate on. I am now
81 years old and we'll educated,
but cannot get job. I nave
been unemployed for over a year
and regret to inform you that
during the last three months I
have had to take up life of
crime.
Makes Big Money
I am now in a position where
am not sure that, were pros
perity to return, I would be
even interested in the jobs I
could get. I have found that,
by working a few hours in
month, I can make more money
than I could if I were working
honestly. However, know that
the law of averages is decidedly
against me, and, in time, I will
be apprehended. I would greatly
appreciate anything you could
put in your column for me and
thousands of others of my kind
who are forced to do this be-
cause of the times.
Very truly yours,
YOUNG FATALIST.
Oh, yes? And I suppose you
think, son, that because I'm a
woman, I'm going to snivel over
your sad plight, or because I'm
a journalist I'm going to shrek
with alarm. Don't fool yourself.
1 shall do neither. Sorry because
you haven't job? I'm sorry
for anyone who hasn't a job.
But believe that you've had to
do this because of the times?
Not for a second!
You haven't turned criminal
because you can't get a job.
You've turned criminal because
it was easier than staying
straight. Yes, I know exactly
how hard it is to stay straight.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Gone, a Mighty Good Citizen

Charles F. Carusi's death loses to Washington mighty
good citizen He long been of the citys prominent
lawyers and civic leaders, respected and trusted in every
direction.
AS chairman of the Board of Education this fine Washing
gave unstntedy of his time and talents public
schools and the city him much for these most valuable
public services always performed with tact and good udg
ment, always free from selfish motives or thoughts
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Heading Off Financial Scare

It may after ALL be useful thing to Washington that
gossip selected Perpetual Building Association as It's
target rebound quick certain to probably
end any further idle about financial institutions Of
this city
The Perpetual according every financial authority is
about the last concern the world warrant hints Of
weakness happens be Gibraltar in its particular field
is we'll too that leading fnanciers and financial estao
lshmens of Washington appear be thoroughly prepared to
meet rumors and dsspate them.