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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Advice to
Girls
NANCY LEE

nEAR NANCY LEE.
~ Reading your column | saw
a letter signed nv Brown Eyes"
Her case is the very same ~ mine.
and / would like 10 know IL IL IS
the same girl. VIII you help me?
III. III.
iii 1.-THE letter TO which you re
h fer was signed with the nom
no plume. Brown eyes" Sorry not
10 be able 10 help you.
NEAR NANCY LEE.
~ What would YOU do or say
% a fellow who disappointed you
when you were the hostess nj n
party and he did not let YOU know
that he was not coming? lie has
had several chances 10 explain. but
has not. BLU EEYES.
DLUE EYES: ! would do as every
~ sensible girl would do under the
circumstances. I would totally ignore
such a bOorish person. Even II
apologies should W. forthcoming.
which I doubt. please don't be in.
fluenced by them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

TITH fashions calling for
N femininity in costume. our
' makeup must be in keep
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

A.-Over-activity OF the thyroid
gland is called goitre. The treatment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-14

bility. Usually these are covered in
tapestry or mohair, with reversible
cushions.
For while back it's been the
fashion for suites like these to show
no. wood frame at either top and
bottom-but to be fully upholstered.
Now some Of the newer ones are
showing a bottom frame again,
usually with little carving that
gives it a. slightly elaborated, more
formal feeling.
Another new idea in two-piece
suites is to have sofa and chair
covered in different fabrics, but
harmonizing colors. For instance,
an English lounge sofa could be COW
cred in a brown tapestry with rust
and green in the design; with the
accompanying lounge chair in a
plain rust or green.
Copyright. 1881. by Amos Parrish)
Next: Amos Parrish writes on fall
costume color schemes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-14
OUiC Theater
Directors to
Hold Meeting

MIR. and Mrs. George M. Bailey,
1712 North Pennsylvania street, will
entertain members of the board of
directors and team captains of the
fall membership campaign of the
Civic theater at their home tonight.
Bailey is president of the Civic
theater guild.
A business meeting will be held
when plans for the coming season
will be discussed. The membership
campaign will begin Sept. ii, and
will last one week. Mrs. j. A. Good
man is general chairman, assisted
by John L Kautz, business manager
of the theater, and Bailey. They
will appoint thirty captains to head
teams Of ten members each.
The first production Of the new
season will be held the middle of
October. Hale MacKean, the new
director, will direct.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-14
KELLER WILL
Be PARTY HOSTESS

Mrs. P. A. Keller will entertain at
her home, 1925 Balsam avenue, with
a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Jesse
Evans, VINO will leave next week for
Franconia, N. H., for several weeks.
Guests will be:
Mesdames David Williams, H. c. Fisher,
Enos C. Carsten, Walter J. Slate. E. Earle
Williams. F. Byron Carter. Herbert R.
Evans, Merlin C. oliver. and Samuel Hen
sley of Noblesville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-14

2-Piece Living Room Suites

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.--Like the
peas-porridge game the chill
dren play, where some like it hot
and some like 1t cold"-some people
like three-piece suites in their living
rooms. some like a sofa and an
odd chair.
But most people nowadays, so our
checkups on fashionably furnished
homes show, like the two-piece
suite. A sofa and chair to match.
Why? For one reason it's easier
TO fit just two pieces into many
modern rooms. For another reason,
people like to introduce the fash
ionable and decorative contrasting
note in their second chair. For a
third reason, so they say, it's less
monotonous.
For rooms where space and the
proportions of the other furniture
permit, there's nothing more COM
Portable and luxurious looking than
the two-piece English lounge suite.
Charles of London Suite
You probably recognize the names
Of the two most fashionable Of these
the Charles of London suite and
the English Club suite. A Charles
Of London, with its fiat arms and
massive lines, is pictured in one of
tie accompanying sketches.
They go well not only with Early
English furniture, but with the later
English furniture Off it's not the
very fragile-looking type) and with
the so-called "non-period" furniture.
That word non-period, by the way,
only means that it has no particular
details characteristic of historic pc
RODS, but is just good-looking, solid,
comfortable furniture of 1881.
The fashionable upholsteries on
this fashionable heavy, comfortable
looking furniture are the heavier
kinds that look well with massive
lines. They have a decided tex
ture, both soft and rough, such as
you feel in tapestries, friezes, heavy
brocatelles, mohairs and antique
VelvetS.
Fit Suites to Room
Now if your living room isn't the
size that such large pieces can fit
into without seeming to crowd the
rest of the furniture out, you can
still be fashionable-and very COM
Portable, too with one of the light
er weight suites.
And tho rrrolI- Z Il
Queen Anne types are the two most
found in fashionable homes.
The Lawson has simple, straight
lines that make it suitable in any
setting, period or non-period. 1t can
be very dressy covered with damask,
very practical in denim or very
quaint in a chintz with box pleated
ruffle.
Queen Anne Type Graceful
The Queen Anne is one of the
most graceful types of suites there
is and there are several versions,
some delicate looking and some
quite heavy. Some, in fact, are so
heavy and chubby looking that it
takes two looks to recognize their
Queen Anne features.
And these features are, as you
can see in the other accompanying
illustration, the curved lines and
Gabrielle legs
Lighter weight coverings look best
on the Lawson and Queen Anne
suits. Finer tapestries, brocatelles,
damasks, mohairs and friezes. Some |
OF the medium weight novelty fab
RIGS are effective on these, too.
TwO-Piece Suites
In addition to these good types
there are many two-piece suites
without any of the period features,
but plenty of comfort and dura- |
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-14
Democrats IN Picnic

First Ward Tom Taggart Demo-
cratic Club will hold a picnic for
members and friends at Brookside
park at 2 Saturday. A basket sup
per will be served, and a program
presented in the evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28

In the grand scale of human events it is unlikely
that the literary works of the late Sir Hall Caine, Brit
ish novelist, will be immortal, but his life was a glem-
ing example of confidence and courage.
His difficulties were the difficulties Of the average
man of the great masses Of the world. Similar Difficult
ties are discouraging people in every walk of life every
day. Yet, he has the confidence in himself and the courage
to surmount them.
He was left an orphan at an early age. He spent
his life in poverty with relatives. When he died, at the
age~of 7s, he was said to be one of the wealthiest novel
lists in the world. His home was a castle.
But these achievements alone are not extraordinary.
Many men have gone from rags to RICHES.
The important point is that his early literary works
were ridiculed and laughed at. He was openly derided.
1t took a great soul to transcend that. But his confidence
did not finch. Nor his courage. He knew what he want
ed to do, and continued in his faith until he achieved it.
But the going was hard.
He studied architecture. He tried journalism. Then
he became secretary to Dante Gabrielle Rossetti, the
great poet-painter. This association fired him with the
determination to carry on his fight for recognition.
Then, he arrived" His first book. 'The Shadow of
Crime" was still being widely read when his second,
"Son of Hagar," appeared. It was acclaimed, and widely
distributed.
poured in by the thousands. New stories, new novels, and
new plays followed. Because of the peculiar construc-
tion of his novels, they were easily dramatized-
This continued throughout the rest of his life. Today
there are few persons who have not heard OF Sir Hall
Game if they have not read him.
Whether his works will survive the aggression Of
lime is Of little consequence in this sense. He was a great
writer. if not an immortal one, and became a great writ
withdrawn into oblivion when he wa ridiculed. Sir Hall
yaine might have tried to make a living out Of archi-
lecture.
His life was a prototype. 1t Is a hint Of the countless
other geniuses who perhaps will never be discovered be-
cause they cannot face ridicule. Society is ~skeptical of the
man who lacks courage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
TODAY Is The
Anniversary


OEMMANx
On Sept. 70. 1917, Dr. Richard
Won Kuhlmann. German secretary
or foreign affairs. addressed the
main committee of the Reichstag
on the pope's proposals cf peace.
saying:
The German people and the
German government, whose con-
seriousness or their strength and
internal security always rnahe AN
easy for them 10 emphasize their
willingness TO conclude an honor
able peace. have reason to wei
come gratefully the initiative OF
the Curia. which made w possible
for them To- set forth again their
national policy in a clear unnn-
btguous manner 7 shy intention
ally national policy as I hope
and believe the reply OF the Ger
mar government. both as regards
its form and contents. embodies
the desires or an overwhelming
majority Of the Germans.
~ believe I can say WITH
full right that all attempts OF the
enemy to drive a wedge between
the German people and the Ger
man government on the uestion
the basis or our foreign pol
icy and by the propagation or the
that the German people do
not stand behind the kaiser ana
the imperial chancellor viii he re-
pulsed by the support given 10
document
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
Daily Health
Talk

Human beings are not All Quilt
according TO one model. They are
all and short, fat and thin, broad
and narrow, robust and slender.
An analysis Of various types of
body build indicates, according to
DR.. Robert p. Osg0od. that the
more serious and significant faults
OF body mechanics are found among
people OF the slender type OF build.
This no doubt represents the a O.
citation that invariably occurs be-
tween poor nutrition and slovenly
posture
Among other reasons WHY spc-
cialists IN the diseases or children
and orthopedic surgeons believe
there is an intimate relationship
between body mechanics and health
are the following: hen no actual
change in x body tissue can We
found. failure to gain weight and
digestive disturbances. even with a
good diet. are frequently associated
with poor posture. Furthermore.
the weight tends to increase and
the digestive disturbances to stop
when the poor body mechanics Is
changed to good body mechanics.
When the action Of the bowels is
sluggish and irregular a change
from poor body mechanics TO good
cody mechanics brings about more
active action OF the bowels and
greater regularity.
People who tend to vomit at fair
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
When Met regor Speaks

The eloquent, oldish gentleman from Travis, T. H.
Mcgregor, won his place, beyond a dispute, as the great
est orator of the 12nd legislature, in his philippe against
Huey Long. delivered twice Tuesday. His appearance be-
fore the house was acclaimed a masterpiece, and the
senate invited him to renew his invectives before it in a
public session during the afternoon, that no little honor
in itself. The Masterful T. II. poured it on as the gal
leries urged him to do, and again he was the hero of the
hour. His speech was framed with all the tricks of pas
sionate oratory, and whether his argument was valid or
not cannot b emeasured by its effect on the audience. The
hour was ripe for a denunciation Of the Louisiana COVER
nor; and it seems entirely likely the enemies Of Huey
will declare the McGregor portrait a lifesized picture
of the man who would hold two offices.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
Quotations

The CWickershaml prohibition
report drew brickbats from both
sides which convinced US Of its
fairness.
Judge Kenneth Macintosh.
1T Ia inevitable that the entire
banking system must be ~s0cialized
In the public interest.
Professor ColSton Warne.
r don't know anything about
banking because L have not enough
ice water I'm my veins.
Gov. Murray on Oklahoma
What is the good Of a mas In
high office III he sees the truth
and will not tell IN n the people?
Gov. Clifford PinChot cf Penn
You owe whatever degree OF
prosperity you may have in these
times Of depression to the Repub-
lean party.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
LONDON-Distresspd Nv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by d letter
from her Norwegian lover breaking
off their engagement, May HoeSt,
former secretary TO a celebrated Nor
Weglan research worker in England,
stole some stockings from a store. Shr
believed that we're she arrested and
IN trouble, her lover would rush ~
her aid The sympathetic Judge con-
CURED In her lawyers opinion that
she should be acquitted and Sc II
back 70 her people In Norway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
GUILT. T. Ia "a IL i! / pS
BROOkNAN
Author o.
MAD MARRIAGE"

Just before Chris extinEuished
the lights she paused beside Norma.
TRY 10 get some sleep now. honey"
she coaxed. Things win be q lot
better In the morning"
She heard a sob. bent down 10
the other girl.
Norma whispered convulsively,
-Chris-do you think he-doesn't
love me any more?"
-Of course he loves youi Every
things going 10 be All right To-
morrow"
In spite or these assurances none
OF them got much sleep. Norma.
whose eyes had not closed until the
sky was grazing. was the last To
wake. She sat up. startled To find
herself I'm the old apartment and
then remembered
The fragrant odor OF breakfast
reached her nostriIs. Dorothy was
putting dishes on the table Splash
Ing In the bathroom indicated that
Chris was having her shower.
Good morningi" Dorothy said
brightly. breakfasts almost
ready"
Norma arose. I'm ten minutes she
had washed and dressed. and came
to the breakfast table. There was
an argument about whether or not
she should 20 10 work. Norma In
sisted she was going.
You ought not 10 leave this
housel- Chris objected. You're
sick and anyone would know IL To
look at you"
Anyhow I'm goIng.- Norma
said firmly I'm not sick I
couldn't stand II 10 stay around
here all day-I've rot TO be doing
something"
Il don't think you're wen
enough" the other girl repeated.
There's no use trying to stor
me. I'm goinG!-
All three set out together half nm
hour later. Norma bought N morn
ing newspaper but she did not open
II. Chris watched her uncertainty.
The younger girl was paler than
usual.
Remember Chris said as they
separated on the tenth floor or the
Office building. "I1i talk 10 Brad
as Don Is he comes In. He'll know
the best thing TO do. Promise me
you won't 40 or say anything about
the letter until 4 SEQ you at Iunch--
"I1l promise
"See you at 1880. them Chris
flung over her shoulder as she hur.
ried down the corridor.
She was far more serious hair nm
hour later when she faced Bradley
Hart in his private Office
Then it's truei" Chris said
heavily. There isn't any way to
fight back?"
Hart shrugged Nothing much
you can do without money" Ne said
c~arelessly. I'm sorry for the kid
Heard about II az breakfast Nor.
mas had q tough break"
But It's uniusti It's not right!-
There was "a rap ON the door and
n boy appeared Miss Saunders.-
he said There's a call for you 10
come over 10 Room 1016. They
want you right away"
Chris few down the corridor.
The door or the Office was open and
she rushed In
Frederick Stuart met her. Hs
said anxiously. Miss Travers faint
ed She's In there and I've called
a doctor. Will you O II there's
anything you can dot"
(To Bc Continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28

GENEVA. O-Capt. 7. ID. How
ard. walking in a pasture, noticed
his dog, pigs. COW and cat running
about and kicking I'D th-ir feet in
a riotous dance. The captain X
pected they had consumed some
liquor which might have been
dumped In a spring from which
they drank. He hurried to the
spring to investigate. just as he
got there he leaped into the air and
started to dance himself. He had
run into a score Of angry bees.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28

DENVER, Colo.-After Clarence
Rhodes, Jr. is. driving his fathers
automobile. had struck and injured
a child, the Judge before whom ne
was arraigned ordered him not to
drive an automobile for one year.
He added that failure to live up 20
this or6e- would mean a 30-day jail
sentence for mis- father.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
Oio5l BY NEAN@SEPvlCE INC.

Tell me II isn't true. Christ Tell
me II can't be. Mark wouldn't do
a thing like that to me! He-he
couldn't"
Had any word from him at all
since he left?"
mo. But he didn't know where
to write to me- Oh. I'm sure he's
sent letters 10 his fathers home
only l couldn't get theml I'm sure
that he's writteni Even IL he did
know ab0ut-ab0ut Mount Florence
how could there be m divorce when
I didn't know about II? lit isn't
fair! They've told him lies. Christ"
"Of course they have. lamb. No
doubt of H."
Then II they did that isn't there
something I can do?"
Laws q funny business, Norma.
You know that Especially when
people who have money start out to
get what they want I've heard OF
Paris divorces but I don't know
much about them. You say you
haven't heard a word from Mark
since he's been gomez"
Norma shook her head negatively.
Il know he'd have written IN he
could," she insisted She stared at
Chris and suddenly O frenzied look
came into her eyes. What am I
to do?" she cried Historically. Il
can't live without Mark. Oh. what
am I to doF"
She fell back In a M OF tempestu-
U 'obbing- IL was useless for
Chris 10 try TO comfort her. 10 re-
assure her that the whole thing was
a trick Chris said these things
with a lack OF conviction but she
kept at her task. She begged Nor
ma not 10 believe the letter. 70 keep
up her courage. she made rash
promises and predictions.
At last she saw all this was in.
e~ffectual. Norma had not even
heard what she said.
1--WE got 20 20 nowt" Norma said.
i've rot to-to do something."
Chris put a hand on her shoul-
der. "You can't go anywhere to
night. Norma It's too latel You're
going 20 stay here III make "A
bed on the davenport and you can
take mine
i've got TO go," Norma insisted.
"But you can't, It's nearly mid
night and IT'S storming out. There's
nothing In the world that you could
do until morning.
The younger girl looked vaguely
troubled. Midnight" she repeat
ed.
Dorothy. clad In n yellow striped
flannel robe. came into the room
Hello. Norma" she said casually.
"Going 10 spend the night with us?"
Tim just going"
"0h. don't do thatl Why Tia fool.
fish. We have plenty Of room-"
Norma doesn't feel very WELL
Chris said p0intedly, and I've
been telling her its ridiculous for
her to leave. Won't you make some
coffee. Dorothy? I believe II would
do US all good
-Of course" Dorothy disappeared
behind the screen that concealed
the gas stove.
1t was this other girls presence
as much as anything that quieted
Norma Somehow she could not
bare her troubles before a stranger.
When the coffee was served she
scarcely tasted hers but consented
TO remain In the girls apartment
for the night. She even docily
took Chris bed when the other girl
arranged blankets for herself on
the davenport
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28

~ regular intervals and who have
a dizzlnes and nausea sometimes
are greatly improved when their
body mechanics is improved Final
ly, people who are l-ckadaisical,
easily fatigued. round-shouldered
and depressed, and who seem to
lack what psychologists call body
toner and what the quacks call
vim, vigor and vitality. -eem TO
show great improvement in alert
ness endurance and yigor when
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-28
@s Hsti xs'F

NEW YORK-Scattered notes
from a Manhattan ramble- After
midnight In Sophie fuckers suite
Ia the Park Central. three OF
the most famous old troupers gath
cred for a sentimental reunion,
celebrating sophie's return from
her London music show success.
Fannie Brice. Blossom Seeley and
Sophie.
They fell to singing the tunes
that have figured in stage history
Each OF them had created .
definite style Of entertainment.
Years ago, when the old Barbary
Coast was San Francisco's uncen-
sored ahot-spot," Mile. Seeley was
nutting the Grizzly Bear and kin
dred numbers on the map Fan
ME Brice was doing her great
Monkey Rag number and, after
that. My Man. Sophie was doing
such songs as "Yiddisher Mamma"
So until dawn began TO break
over the river. the three sang ana
chatted. What an all-star castl
They fell TO talking about old
Reisenweber's cafe on the Circle
This was the first OF the night
clubs as they nov exist And here
ii was that the first jazz band got
It's break. "A small cover charge
eventually appeared for the first
time. And all the stage folk whose
names have since flashed over the
world went there to play and eat
and sing. There "a no fee Tor
their services. AL JOls0n or a Cam
tor ar n Berlin or a Brice would
sing, play or dance just for the
fun of it-or to amuse their COM
panions-
Struggling composers would rush
In with some new hit. hot from the
pianos Of Tin Pan Alley, and would
dash 1t off To see what the kibitz-
ing show folk thought Of H.. Some
OF the most spectacular hits the
nation has. ever seen were thumped
out there by ambitious young mel
ody scribes.
When the Original Dixie Land
band arrived, a sensational change
came over the place. Here was an
aggregation OF youngsters from
New Orleans out of Chicago No
n could read a note But how
they could fake and interpret
The very greatness or their play
ING brought Jazz into being.
They had been hired first for a
southern political rally. Their only
instruction was 10 make a lot OF
noise" They had gone to hook
shops and secured their horns and
fiddles and such. The noises con-
sisted OF cof-bells and drug CAD
gets and e~ar-deafeners In general,
all OF which eventually were adopt
ed for regulation baEds-
AT the time, IL seemed a freak
ish cacophony, a melange OF as
sorted and weird sounds.
In later years, many who had
contributed talent found them
selves getting their start as enter
t2iners.
Nor have these old songs ever
lost their flavor. To this day the
crowds call upon La Brice TO sing
My Man" And Sophie fuckers
Red Hot Mamma -. Well. just a
few weeks ago. Ruth Etting revived
Nora Bayes' ~favorite. Shine Har-
vest Moon and it's the song hit
Of the Follfes after all these years.
Sophie told me that while visit
ing In Vienna she went into a
monograph store to see II her
records were on sale. She intro
duced herself to the store--eper.
who almost stopped traffic by
running into the street shouting
to all pedestrians: pleading with
them to come into the store and
see his distinguished visitor.
incidentally. she's going 10 take
another chance with the talking
pictures If she can get a story 10
suit her.