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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

rs this the City Welfare Depart
ment? I've come for my baby"
"What7"
IF you'll 60 back behind the
counter" the woman said. "and
wait your turn Miss Eberhardt will
consider your case. You'll have 70
wait on the other side OF the coun-
teri" The woman accepted her
words harshly.
"But you don't understand"
Norma exclaimed. I'm not here 70
wait. / tell you I've come for my
baby"
The man az the far desk had
come forward. Everybody in the
room was cycling Norma.
Perhaps I'd better talk to her."
the nan said quietly. With a nod
toward Norma he said. viii you
come with met"
Mrs. Carey clutched the girls
arm. They went through another
door, following the man.
1t was a smaller Office. The man
dropped into the desk chair and
waved Norma and Mrs. Carey to
seats. Now then" he said. what
is II you're so excited about?"
NORMA and Mrs. Carey tried 10
talk at once. In the end II was
the older woman who got out the
more coherent story. The man lis
tened silently. nodding occasion
ally. When he understood what
they were trying 10 tell him be
pushed an electric desk button. A
girl appeared az the door. Bring
Miss Clinton's report" he told her.
In a moment the girl was back
with some cards. She laid them
on the desk and departed.
"Now then" said the social
worker. after studying these cards.
"Tm sorry 10 tell you. Mrs. Travers.
that you can't take your son home
this evening. AS our investigator
explained 20 the-er nurse-when
she took the child a complaint has
been made. This complaint calls
for complete and thorough Investl-
cation. Pending such action We
must see that the baby Is cared for
properly. You have been charged
with neglectlng the child. being
away for long periods OF the day.
Now. now-don't interrupt mel"
he went on. nor severely. These
charges must be investigated.
Your child is being given excellent
care but II IS impossible for you 70
see him. There Is nothing for you
to worry about. We have the IN
fant's welfare az heart and yours
too"
II won't col" Norma cried holly.
Il won't 90 until you let me have
Mark You've no right 10 take him
away from me. You've no right"
The h~ysterical outburst lasted
several minutes. At the end Of that
time Mrs. Carey found herself IN
the corridor with the sobbing
Norma in her arms.
We'll 70 home" Mrs. Carey
tried to make her voice ~consoling.
Well 20 home. honey. and come
back tomorrow Maybe Miss Saun-
ders will know what 10 do. There,
therel You mustn't carry on this
way!"
IL taxed all Mrs. Carey's re-
sourcefulness TO get the girl into
another taxicab and headed back
for the apartment. II was after five
when they arrived there and Chris
Saunders had come ahead OF them.
Chris heard the afternoons
events Indignantly. And imme-
diately she had a solution. Wen
call Bob FARRELL" she exclaimed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
AFRICAN PLANE ROUTE

LISBON-Portugal Is planning
three air services TO furnish fast
transportation between principal
cities in Portuguese colonies in At
RIGA. A Portuguese mission has been
studying the feasibility Of estalisbh-
ing these lines since last year, a
group having been dispatched to the
colonies last fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
BEGIN Il ID

Pretty NORMA KENT. :O-yenr-
old secretary, mnrries Mark
Travers, mlIIionaire's son I'm
spite of the opposition of Marks
father. II. M. TRAyERs.
The story per I'm Marlboro,
middie-western metropolis. After
nm extruvagnnt honeymoon nj
fashionable Blue Springs the
couple return TO Marlboro. soon
they face poverty and hnr times.
MARK a job. loses Ia. and
then becomes n hoorwnIker I'm n
department store. The young
couple are Just beginning 60 mas
ter their problems when Marks
father sends for him and offers
him a place I'm his w business
organization az the SON will prove
he cnn make good. Marks hrst
assignment involves a business
trip 20 France. Norma must re-
main nc home.
Norma, rudeiy treated at her
In gone, slips away, leaving mo
trace of her whereabouts. CHRIS
SAUNDERS, NOrma's r. e r
roommate. helps her ind a Job.
Marks father employees detec-
I've to trail the girl. They un-
earth records showing hat Nor
ma three years before had e
Va - G
spite OF evidence that h charge
was framed Trnvcrs sends his
lawyer 10 Paris to engineer n d.
vOrce. Weeks later Norma re-
cefves n letter telling her the de-
cree has been granted.
I'm August N0rmn's son fs born.
when the baby Is six months old
Norma returns 60 her former Job
One Sunday Marks mother sees
her with h baby. A few days
later she In called home from the
oface. The baby IN gone.
NOW Go ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLIII
NORMA leaned helplessly against
- the door. "Gone?" she repeated
as though she had not heard cor
rectly. why. what do you mean?'
Mrs. Carey nodded. THE baby's
gone." she said. Il couldn't STOP
them. ! did everything I could but
the woman came back with a 20.
liceman-"
White. wild-eyed. Norma seemed
suddenly to clutch at the other
woman's meaning. where's he
gomez" she shrieked. where Is
Mark7 oh. what's happened?" She
grasped Mrs. Carey's arm and
would have shaken her.
The other woman stepped back.
Mercy. Mrs. Travers. you mustn't
carry on like thisi It's terrible
know. but / couldn't stop them
You've got to get hold Of yourself
I'll tell you just what happened II
you'll listen"
Norma ran 10 Marks bed. The
little blanket was rumpled and
brown back but the bed was empty
Norma whirled.
where is he?" she cried. why
ion't you tell me what's happened!
Oh. Mark, Markl-my little baby
where is he?"
1t was all Of five minutes before
Mrs. Carey could get the story out.
rhe woman was pathetic In her
a~elplessness. Mrs Carey said she
was washing dishes from her noon.
lay lunch when there was a knock
u the door. She opened II to face
Z woman who said she came from
The city welfare department. She
wanted to know II Mrs. Norma
rravers lived in the apartment and
hen asked to see the baby.
Il thought II was queer Mrs.
Carey said. but I let her come in.
Mark was in his bed. not asleep.
out Just lying there with those big
eyes vide open. The woman looked
at him and asked how old he was.
Then she said there'd been a CON-
plant about a six-monhs-old baby
being neglected and that she'd
come to take the child / told her
she'd do no such thingl said /
was taking care OF the baby and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN
Author or
MAD MARRIAGE"

What You need Ia lawyer.
Normal Why. the idea on coming
into a persons home that way and
taking a baby. I never heard OF
such a thingl You need a lawyer
who knows how 70 90 after such
things. I'm going 10 call Bob this
minutel"
She ran downstairs. Ten minutes
later she was back TO report "Bob's
coming over right away. I caught
him just as he got I'm the house. lie
said he'd start right away"
HALF an hour later-and for the
IL third time-the story was 70
viewed for Farrcll's benefit Mrs.
Carey was called in and the young
man questioned her. She and Chris
had poured forth sympathy for
Norma and berated the welfare de-
partment.
Bob's attitude was quite differ
ent. Norma's face was red and
swollen from weeping but she was
dryeyed now. Her lips pressed to
gether In a line that strove 10 70
main firm. Eyeing the girl soberly.
Farrell said:
We've got 10 get AZ what's back
OF this thing. Norma It's not the
welfare department. you know.
They have plenty TO do without
going out OF their way for work.
or course when a complaints made.
as they told you. they have TO 20
after IL Now who do you suppose
made that complaint"
IL don't know"
IT'S someone who evidently has
q grudge. Spite work, most likely"
"Who could want % hurt
Norman" Chris asked Indignantly.
well. that's the first thing 70
find QUIT ! know a couple OF fellows
In the City Hail. Farrell went On
speculatively. who might know
something. I'll tell you what IN
do. Normal I'LL get 20 work tomAr
row. Marks all right. You donsf
need 70 worry about that. And
we're going TO get him backi"
He telephoned az noon next day.
Norma was at tho Office. He prom
ised 70 call for her al five o'clock.
Yes. I've found out N few things"
Farrell said. Tell you about II
when | see you"
The girl cheered slightly, but the
afternoon hours dragged. "A few
minutes before 1--WE o'clock Bob ar
rived. Norma put on coat and hat
and they left the Office.
Tell me what you've found Quit"
she begged.
Walt until we get into the car"
Farrell said. I'VE can't talk here
He was not willing 20 open the
subject until they were out or down
town trafic and driving along N
quiet side street. Then. without
looking al the girl. Farrell said:
." found out a lot OF things.
Norma. ] think | know who engi-
neered that business yesterday. I
think I know who's back on IL"
"Who?"
"The Travers family And I'll
tell you what else I found out
They mean to fight the thing.
Norma They're after the boy"
But Bobl Oh. how can theyf
There isn't any way they could
take him from me. is there? Oh.
there can't be-"
Farrell was still cycling the road.
Il don't like 70 say this. Norma.
There is a way. Yesl But IL you
feel the way I think you do-if
you're willing 70 40 ahead with tt
I know a way you can fight them!-
Ito BE Contlnued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
Quotations

There are no longer distant
countries.
Col. Charles "A. Lindbergh.
In another generation or 50 these
United States will be SO fabulously
wealthy and their wealth and in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

I'D tell her I could see shc had
travelled much and ask her what
she thought Of MuSSolini, Of course,
and she'd probably reply Gin view
Of that running start Of herS),
Let's not talk Of Mussoliri; let's
talk about YOU I'd be pretty
nervous and I'd counter with. How
did you like Geneva? There's a
picturesque spot, eh?" If / know
the type she would put her hand
on my arm and say: You have the
most honest blue eyes, baby
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

such cases, provided that the opera
tive risk is not increased by this
work.
Thousands OF patients have been
treated by this method with remark
able success. The mortality is not
great from the operation, and IN
the vast majority OF cases, the
Patient-more than IS per cent-are
relieved permanently Of symptoms.
A night football game at the
Hague recently was q great success.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

Then / guess I'd ask her what
she thought Of Hoover. Probably
I'd bring in the gold standard and
the depression and ask If she saw
Yale play Harvard last year I'd
need al this time TO catch my
breath, understand, being as how
/ have not had any sedate, we'll
poised and attractive women flung
at me from that distance in many
years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

More than 100000 men will be
employed on Italy's public-works
projects.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

IT should blush, stammer a bit
and then ask the sedate, well-poised
lady, Would you mind going over
that again, pleaSe'2' says Elmer.
Then I guess I'd ask where she
lived and make certain she wasn't
a Mrs. Klopmeyer who used TO visit
the Hoofles in Cos Cob.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

ct would be a tough spot for any
man, and even If / had a picture
Of three children I doubt that I
could whip 1t out. show it. tip my
bonnet and say, We'll, goodby, I've
got to be off to the convention Of
iron stove designers like Bruce
Barton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

One OF the most heartbreaking
cases of unemployment is that OF
the wardrobe trunk salesman who
lost his Job because he couldn't sell
Mahatma Gandhi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

In answers submitted and pub
lished in the above book. Mr.. Bruce
Barton says: II should show her
the pictures OF my three children,
raise my hat and be on my way"
Elmer Twitchell's answer Gun
sought) was obtained today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

Probably the chatter would run
something like this from this point:
"Me-Were you ever in CALI
polls?
Shells funny that I should
make such a fool Of myself over
you. q man / never saw before.
"Me-Of course. Hoover has made
his mistakes. Now, you take the
wheat situation. Nobody could.
"She-You're my dream boy,
that's what sou are, my great big
dream boyl
Me- know the chairman OF the
Farm Board personally. and he told
me what agriculture needed was...
"She-Kiss me, my fooll
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

AS the bridge player with the
fiery-tempered partner said: MY
life Is IN my hands,"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

The gold standard has now been
suspended in nearly all countries,
including the Scandinavian"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

Those Brooklyn legIonnaIres who
are clamoring for beer apparently
aren't men about tow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

Anyway. wine bricks make excel
lent foundations for certain cellars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

well, this would be the point
where I'd have to quit hedging. I
can't be certain what I'd do. but 1
certainly would make a brave ef-
fort to think Of Mrs. Twitchell, the
twenty-Seven little Twitchells and
Grandma Twitchell. Then, If /
didn't weaken, I'd get out Of that
parlor a chair, draw myself to
my full height and say: Lady, IL
isn't fair to let you go IN with this.
You don't know who / am"
WHO are you?' she would ask.
Tin a member OF the Wicker
sham committee I would answer,
leaving her in a sWoon.'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
The
Once Ooer
ANSWER TO A DILEMMA

Az IN
you are a married man away
from home on q transcontinental
railroad journey. You strike up q
haphazard acquaintance with a wo-
man who Is old enough TO under
stand life and who seems to you
contented, sedate, well-poised and
attractive. On the second day she
informs you that she is Unmarried
and that she has been hoping to
meet some man who appeals to her
as much as you do. In short, she
has flung herself completely at you.
And yet she has been absolutely
frank and sincere with you and has
done what was to her q difficult
thing.
rs there any curse Of action or
your part which viii seem COM
pletely satisfactory to you as YOU
look back on II afterward? II 50
what is it?"-The Book of Dilem-
mas by Leonard Hatch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
DERRINGER PITCHING

The boy stood on the burning deck
And watched the seekers drop;
The sight surprised the lad so much
He up and fell kerflopl
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
When Feature Is
ShOWn on Screen

R-K-O KEITH'S-"A Woman Of
Experience. At 11:08 a. M,
1:15. 1922, 5:29, 1885 and 9:43
p. m.
FOX-"Annabelle's Affairs" At
IL noon. 2:15. 4::3O, 7:35 and
$50 p. m. Stage shows at 1912,
3:57, 1902 and 9:17 p. m.
"Ubangi" at 11:10 a. m. and
5:45 p. m. only.
COLUMBIA-"Five and Ten"
At 11:15 a. M, 1:15, 3:20, 500,
7:25 and $50 p. m.
EARLE-"Night Nurse" At
1880 a. M, 400, 4:32, 1881 and
1902 p. m. Stage shows at 1903,
3:35. 6:33 and 9:04 p. m.
PALACE-"The Man in Posses
sion." At IL noon, 2:10. 4:35,
7:20 and $40 p. m. Stage shows
at 1870, 1855, $40 and 9:03
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-"The Girl
Habit" At 11:10 a. m. 1852,
2:36, 4:20, 6:04, 7:48 and 9:32
p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
National Books
Seasons Premiere

Leonard Bergman will present
''Peter Flies High" comedy by
Myron c. Pagan. Mr.. Pagan.
author Of "Nancy's Private AT,
fair" "Jimmie's Women" and
other pieces that achieved long
Broadway runs. has just returned
to New York after a years alb,
sence in Hollywood, where he was
engaged in writing and dialogue
direction for Pathe.
Peter Flies High" will have its
first performance at the National
Theater, Washington, D. c., on
Monday, September Il, followed
by an engagement of two weeks
In Philadelphia. The New York
opening will occur during the
week = October S. Among sew,
eral other productions that Mr.
Bergman contemplates for au,
tumn and winter display is "Hol.
lywood Be Thy Name" a new
play upon which Mr.. Pagan Is
now working.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
New Concert Maestro

Listeners to the Stadium con-
certs series in New York, portions
of which are being broadcast by
the WABC-Columbia network, will
hear the orchestra of the New
York Philharmonic Symphony So
ciety under a new baton Thurs
day, July 80, when Fritz Reiner
takes the conductors stand.
Succeeding Willem van Hoog
straten for a spell of two weeks,
before Albert Coates arrives, Rein
er will lead this famous orchestra
in a number of works seldom
heard at these concerts and his
preference for Richard Strauss is
indicated by his choice of the
tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's
Merry Franks" for this program
to be followed in other concerts
by several Of this composers
works.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Ames Is Lucky,
Now In. Studio
Preference
By HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July %.
Anyway you look at it, Robert
Ames is a lucky man.
The studios all want him to
make pictures and he is the prime
favorite of the gay Ina Claire.
His immediate destiny, as far
as acting is concerned, will be to
play George Bancroft's business
rival in Rich Mans Folly" This
is a story of shipbuilding, and
Bancroft, along with Director
John Cromwell and a camera
crew, now is on his way to
Quincy, Mass, in search of au-
thentic atmosphere.
AS he doesn't appear in these
scenes, Ames will not join the
company until it's return to Hol-
lywood. BY this time a leading
woman also will have been Sc
lected.
Rich Mans Folly" is Ban
croft's first picture since Scan.
dal' Sheet" a matter of ten
months ago.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
NewsGossip
or Radio
World
BY BROADCASTER

The largest radio hook-up ever
attempted will take place on
Sunday, July 26, from IL to /
p. M, Eastern standard time, in
what is known as the Watch
Tower program over radio sta
tions in every State jof the United
States and foreign countries.
An address by Judge J. F.
Rutherford, president of the
Watch Tower Bible and Tract
Society, will be given from the
Coliseum at Columbus, Ohio,
where members of the above
society will be assembled in an
international convention.
Believing that an understand
ing of the Bible prophecies is
valuable today to the people in
every walk of life, this man and
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
An Eye For an Eye

Malibu has it's servant problem
The other evening some of Al
Boasberg's friends remained quite
late. Before going home, they
went out into the kitchen to for
age for a midnight snack.
About 9 a. m. the next morn.
ing Mrs. Boasberg heard the
sound of furniture being rousted
about in the living room. She
discovered it was the colored maid
cleaning up.
will you wait a while Annie, u
she cautioned, you'll wake Mr.
Boasberg?"
And if I does," flounced An.
ME, didn't he wake me up last
night?"
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

his associates have arranged to
send a message of good news into
all the earth. Judge Rutherford
will use the interesting subject,
The Hope of the World"
In addition to a number Of
stations in every State in the
United States and Alaska, sta
tions in Canada, France, Cuba,
Mexico, Hawaii, British Guiana
and Australia are among the
foreign countries broadcasting
this program by short-wave trans
mission
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Pan-American Concert

Consuela Garcia Cara, Mexi-
can lyric soprano; Leopoldo Guti-
errez, Chilean baritone, and the
United States Army Band, under
the leadership of William j. Stan
nard, will be featured in the
fifty-seventh concert of Latin
music arranged by the Pan-Amer
ican Union next Monday eve
ming, on the Esplanade of the
Union from until II o'clock.
The entire program will be
broadcast over station NAA, and
the last hour, from 10 until IL
o'clock, over the Red network of
the National Broadcasting Sys.
TEN,
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Stars Kin Is Extra

One of the $1,000 extras in Hol'
lywood is Ariane Eagels, cousin
of the late Jeanne Eagels, star OF
Rain" The actress who closely
resembles her famous cousin, has
been out here a year and a half,
but she has never revealed the re-
lationship. She even changed her
hairdress and arched her eye.
brows because people remarked
on the likeness. Il don't believe
in trading on anybody else's fame, u
she says. Jeanne was the first
one to advise me to go on the
stage, and it would be poor way
of repaying her to make capital
of my name"
Before coming to Hollywood
the actress played in stock in the
East and did few small parts on
Broadway. She now rates in the
first ranks of the extras.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
About Miss Lewis

Vera Lewis. who plays the part
of Miss Dillon in Might Nurse, :"
the Warner Brothers production
starring Barbara Stanwyck, now
at Warner Brothers Earle The
ater, was born in New York city,
where she first went on the stage
with Julia Marlowe and James
K. Hackett in the original
Madame Sans Gene" After
playing stock in Columbus, Ohio:
Milwaukee and Los Angeles, she
entered pictures in 1914.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

ldSC nlSQC at LQe C6OT86 M. 20"
han Theater. Mr.. Broun was in
the cast.
A production of Frank Craven's
comedy, Salt Water" with Fiske
O'Hara and Taylor Holmes in
the leading roles, will be shown
at the Playhouse, Chicago, on
August %.
Peggy Wood will appear in
Candida" at the Playhouse, Lo-
Gust Valley, L. l., on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. In her
supporting cast will be Pedro de
Cordoba, Dorothy Sands, Edward
Rigby and Burgess Meredith.
Miss Wood last week was seen
at the County Centre Repertory
Theater. White Plains, in the
Shaw play.
Reri, the Polynasian dancer, has
returned to the cast of the Fol
lies" at the Ziegfeld Theater.
Joseph Urban is designing the
settings for the forthcoming edi-
tion of George Whites Scan
dal," now in rehearsal for a late
August opening at the Apollo
Theater.
The Three Slate Brothers, aero
batic dancers, will be in the new
"Vanities," also expected on
Broadway late next month.
"The Death Ray" James W.
Elliott's first production of the
season, is scheduled to go into
rehearsal next week. Lynne Over
man will be starred in the play,
which Frank Merlin is to direct.
Tim Moore and Dusty Fletcher
have been engaged for Fast and
Furious" a negro revue sched-
uled to open out of town on Aug
uSt 3,
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

"ClOth and Fur Coat for
Fall" is the title of Wilma
LaviIle's talk over station
WMAL tomorrow morning.
If you're planning to buy a
coat in the August sales, be
sure to hear Miss Laville'S
outline of fall fashions.
This is part of the weekly
program entitled Keeping
Up with The Times in Fash
IONS" Thursday morning at
11:l5, over station WNTAL.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
One Movie House Closes
With Frank Statement
About Reason Why
Bv A. M. JAMESON

The movie industry is finding several crumbs of comfort in
the fact that the for which not the
chronic opmss of flmdom had good word to say few
weeks ago. has turned out be not bad and despite
undoubted slump productona quality business has been
sufficient to keep the wheels going.
Compared with last for instance the satsteians
find that 400 heaters country closed during the 1880
torrd spell against 300 during the present
almost unprecedented streak of hot weather.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Back in Pen
Added Attraction

AS a special added attraction to
'"Annabelle's Affairs the Fox
Theater will present on it's screen
"Ubangi," which is desrcibed as
one of the rarest treats in African
life and the saucer-lipped people.
This picture will be run at the
morning show and at the $50
show in the afternoon.