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The Washington times., 1931-09-26
WAVES,
FIRM AYERS

From a modest beginning back
in 1920, the firm of Cauthen &
Slocum, Inc, at 1918 N. Capitol
ST., has grown to a highly mod
ernized, fully equipped machine
shop.
This live and progressive Or
ganization consists of three promi-
nent Washingtonians and every
penny of it's stock is held by these
three-R. S. Cauthen, L. H. Slo-
cum and Frederick w. Strobel.
Each of these devote their en-
tire time to the business. all en-
deavoring to increase the eff
cheney of their work and to obtain
and deserve the confidence of
their patrons.
If this organization specializeS
in anything, it is in service and
satisfaction, for no job leaves the
shop nor is completed at any time
without first being carefully in,
spected by the management
Their 24-hour service has often
proved very advantageous to many
contractors of this city and has
aided in proving the value of this
concern to the city.
Speaking of business conditions,
L. H. Slocum, secretary and treas
urer of the business. said:
eff our business is any cri-
teriOn, the depression is cer-
tainly on the wane, for we are
now working almost at capacity
and the outlook for the future
seems to be better than ever"
The Washington times., 1931-09-26

Home seekers who want to estab-
lish themselves in a home of their
own will find a timely home selection
in the Real Estate for Sale Columns
of the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26

Transportation worries can be over
come economically through the pur-
the many COOP BUYS listed in to-
days Classified Section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Quotations

The duty Of national defense will
remain basic until civilization has
reached a higher level.
Secretary OF State 6timSon
Fear Of nature a. an instrument
OF divine wrath has given way 10
a new fear-that or the complex
mechanism Of modern life-
DIR. IL. p. Lockhart-
The barber shop has eve beeflI
a public forum where vital q~uestio-1s
OF local and national Importance
have been thrcshed out IN general
debates. the echoes Of which are
often heard IN the chambers OK MI
state legislatures or the halls OF
congress.
Sen. James y. Davis
Industry IN the United states
never was I'm a better or sounder
position 10 take care az itself In a
depression than II Is today.
Eugene G. Grace. steel magnate-
I have never been late 10 any
thing 7 wanted to attend.
NV loir cloth IL mn organic evo-
luton OF my life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

Talk

Sixty-five per cent Of the human
body IS composed or water. Sug-
gestions as 10 the proper amounts
necessary for internal use to keep
the body well supplied vary from
six to 10 glasses a day. Humorists
insist that Americans have all been
thirsty for the last 10 years.
The necessity for water in the
body is far more pressing than the
necessity for food. A healthy hu-
nan beisg can live without food
and with decreasing physical eff
cheney for some 40 to so days. He
can do without water for a much
shorter time. without this cooling
and comforting fluid he gets un-
comfortable after tao or three DAYS.
feverish u from four 70 seven days,
and he usually dies in from eight
TO Il days. That Is what happens
to a man lost at sea or in a desert
without fresh water.
So necessary is water 20 the
continuing OF the chemistry OF the
tissues that the blood begins to take
II from the tissues OF less impor-
lance and transport II 10 those OF
more Importance very promptly
when the supply frc 4 without be-
gins TO fail. When a human being
becomes unconscious. a physician
or those in attendance must make
certain that water is put into his
body If he Is TO live. II may be
injected by a stomach tube into the
stomach or II may be injected with
a needle under the skin or directly
into the blood.
When a person becomes exceed
ingly thirsty. his tongue. throat
and mouth get dry and burn. Be-
cause OF the anxiety, he becomes
restless; because of the lack Of
evaporation OF water from the sur
face Of the body. he becomes fever
ish- The sensation OF thirst can be
lessened somewhat merely BY wet
ting the lips and tongue. but this
Is a satisfaction only to the sensa-
ton and cannot satisfy long.
There Is one portion or the brain
which Is particularly interested IN
seeing that the needs OF the body
for water are satisfied. Obviously
this is important since the water is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

Texas may have started on the right track to get
something out of its natural resources as they are used up,
but it hasn't gone very far with natural gas.
AS a result of Texas letting its natural gas go out Of
the state at practically no return to the original owner,
and infinitesinal return to the state, the following news
dispatch originates in Chicago:
Natural gas piped from the Texas fields will bring
q 31s per cent reduction in domestic and % per cent re-
duction in heating rates in Chicago, the Peoples Gas,
Light and Coke company announced
Texas natural gas, a fuel supply for cook stoves, for
heating and operation Of industries that would serve Tex
as for two centuries if conserved, is being produced in ex-
cess of half a billion feet a day Much of it is wasted
outright. That which is sold brings the owner from one
to two cents per thousand feet. while Texas onsumer are
paying up to one dollar for it at the cookstove.
That means the states two per cent tax is giving the
state forty-milionths of one cent per cubic foot for this
resource.
And there's no real assurance that the owner will get
two cents or the state that microscopic amount. Records
Of the oil and gas division show that some of the pipeline
operators taking the fuel out of Texas, to give Chicago in
dustries a % per cent reduction actually, have refused the
free gift of so, 900, 900 cubic feet a day, delivered at its
pipeline.
When you read news like that above, about Texas re-
sources. YOU may be sure that Texas citizens, through
lack Of an adequate severance tax policy, are paying for
the benefits the other states are getting, as well as the
profits the firms taking the Texas commodities out are
making.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

There is something tremendously significant in the
manner in which men and women have raced across the
sky together in the Santa Monica-Cleveland derby
Women have not asked for a handicap. They are pilots,
taking the storms of the sky with the men. Their dangers
are equal. When the ships left the western airport tney
were ready.
Only a few years ago woman's ability to soar to the
same heights that her brothers did would have been ques'
toned. Now that is over. Patient Elaines no longer wait
in dim gardens for dashing Launcelots to come back.
They get their own steeds and ride along.
Now and then someone deplores the fact that women
are no longer as demure and beguiing as they used to be.
Perhaps not. But they are exceedingly more interesting
and considerable, since they are playing in the show, in
stead of watching from the wings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
CHAPTER XIV

MARX dug one hand down into
his waistcoat pocket before he
spoke again. He drew cut a box.
A very tiny box OF dazzling white
ness He snapped the lid back and
a cleaning circlet OF diamonds ap-
peared- They we're st in a band
OF platinum.
almost forgot about this be
said. lets see If il fits"
He slipped the jeweleG band
over the third finger OF Norma's
left hand. The ring twinkled up
at her like star-dust. The tiny dia-
monds became a disc of fire. They
flashed white heat into the dusky
train compartment Or were they
tear drops frozen and strung like
beads?
"How-how beautiful"
Words were such useless things.
They failed Norma completely.
Something hot and choking gath
cred In her throat. She could not
speak. Almost she could not
breathe. Never had she dreamed
anyone could be so frighteningIy.
ecstatically happy
And so because she could not find
the words 10 answer the girl raised
her two hands. one to either OF
Marks cheeks. held his face closely
for a long instant. and then
pressed her lips 10 his.
Oh. these two we're 50 young. 50
very much In love,
But the ring does fti See-it's
Just right" she was insisting a
little later.
Mark disagreed. He held up the
encircled finger to prove the band
slipped about too loosely. There
was the possibility OF losing the
ring. He had not realized what
slender. delicate fingers his bride
had.
I'VE can have II made smaller at
Blue Springs" he suggested.
Fear that she might lose the we'd
ding ring made Norma agree al
once. Words came easily now. Over
and over she told Mark how beau.
tiful the diamonds we're. She
meant this. yet II was not the
beauty or the stones and their set
ting which awed her III was the
significance Of the ring. This band
on her finger was the symbol or
marriage. II told the world she
was Mark Travers' wife.
Good Lord-it IS late! You'll
be starvedl" Mark made a lunge 4
the electric button which sum
moned the porter. Within Is min
utes they were being served din.
uer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Churches in Business

Religion has grown very practical in the last few
years. It is adjusting itself to the economic pressure of
q hurrying age. The 500 members of the congregation of
the South Bellaire Methodist church at Bellaire, Ohio,
have agreed to patronize a gasoline station. owned BY the
church, and operated by their pastor, Rev. Joseph b.
Edie. An elder assists him.
It is too bad that it is necessary for a minister to
have to devote such a large percentage of his time to what
might be called extra curricular work. But when it be-
comes necessary to choose between such a mission or let
ting the church suffer financially, it is much the wiser
choice. After all, Jesus Christ was a carpenter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
New York

NEW YORK.-On the very eve
OF my vacation. all the contem-
plated joys OF a fishing trip into
Canada have been shattered.
I have just learned. to my end
less humiliation. that 1 am a
~"bourgeoise fisherman I'm quite
sure that isn't %flattering.
It came about accidentally while
I was admiring some excellently
reproduced flies IN a current issue
OF the magazine, Fortune !
stumbled over this paragraph:
"Canada-In slightly de luxe edi-
ton, the ~bourgeoise fisherman Is TO
be found In eastern Canada and
Nova Scotia where he fishes streams
too easy for his more puritanical
brothers"
OF course I WOULD have picked
out Nova Social
And see what that makes me! I
might as well bend a pin, dig up
an angleworm, cut off a willow
branch and join the bare-legged
kids down BY the old mill.
To think that ! n fished the
Hell Roarin' in Yellowstone. and
the Gardner and the Bechler, and
the rapids OF the Feather River In
California, and the historic Gold
Lake belt In the Sierrasl
That's what you get by coming 10
New York; You get "c4tified," soft
and almost sissyl They told me II
would happen TO me. And here ~
Is. I'm a bourgeois fisherman
or I'm likely to be any day now
What will ! tell the old folks
back in the herman west? How can
I face my friends?
I can say. or course, that I meant
well.
But now that I come to think OF
IL. | didn't receive much encourage
inent from those ! consulted
I wrote a note TO Ben Deacon, OF
the Canadian National Railroads,
who doesn't pretend 10 be any kind
o. a fisherman. And he said some
thing about the L%aurentians or
~Laurentides Park. At his recon-
~mendation, I went TO call on his
New York assistant. George Lash.
and he got out a vast number OF
maps. I ike looking at maps when
I'm not going anywhere. But when
I actually threaten 70 start, they
befuddle me. Lash had a swell
idea that had to do with meeting a
guide somewhere. packing a lot Of
provisions. and going by canoe FOR
II days.
II being the fifth day Of the great
heat wave, I went dizzily out into
the street-still uneertain-when !
met Harry Keller. who IS connected
with William Morris show boat
| cruises of the Belganland.
why don't you ride up 70 Hall
fax with me next trip" he most
Hospitality inquired. "Fishing-say
all you've got % do Is get off the
boat and 60 in any direction and
! the trout send out a reception COM
| mittee.. Nova Scotia the fisher
mans paradise"
SO I called up Lash. He said ne
had never fished In Nova Scotia
and small wonderl He probably
has a fisherman's reputation 10
maintain. But he would give me
some letters to fellows who knew
all about tie streams.
That. my friends, is the sad story
Of how I became a "bourgcyise'
fisherman. And now that / am. ]
can't say that I give a continental
hang-so long as I catch some fish
Considering how simple the
magazine writer said 1t was. I al
most fear 10 start. Suppose l don't
catch any fish? Then what?
"Ah. we'll" my friends will say
with a sigh, hes become a New
Yorker"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
TO-DAY IS THE
Anniueruu

80
On Sept. 4. 1917, the Hamburg
Chamber OF Commerce passed o
resolution assaillng President VIII
son and declaring that Germany
was not responsible for the war
The resolution said:
with indignation we protest
against the ~hypocritical criticisms
by President Wilson. who nc pres
ent governs the United States with
~autocratic power. .
I'VE strongly reject the repeat
ed attempts 70 hold Germany re-
sponsible for the war, which IN
gross contradiction To inccntru<
vertible facts. and we shall most
decidedly oppose efforts by the
enemy 10 create dissension be-
tween the Gernin people and the
German government.
The whole German people are
firmly determined 10 fight 10 m
victorious end for the preserva-
ton or the German Empire TN
bodied IN Kaiserdom. and for the
removal OF the arbitrary despot-
ism exerted by England over the
free seaS.......'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

necessary TO the conditions OF life.
Some people drink a great deal
more water than do others. Ex-
co5sive thirst is brought about by
excessive loss Of water from the
body.
Sometimes this loss Of water Is
due TO disease which puts a great
deal more water through the kid
neys in order TO relieve the body OF
concentrated salts that are the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

Pretty NORMA KENT. cO-year-
old secretary In n law ONCE. mar
ries MARK THAyERs. son of n.
NJ TRANERS. millionaire real Is
tate dealer. after the father has
sworn 10 cut Mark on without "a
penny III the marriage takes place.
Norma has known Mark only n
few weeks. did not know during
h courtshfp that he was n mil
1fonaire's son.
The story opens I'm Marlboro,
middle wentern metropolis.
CHRISTINE SAUNDERS. with
whom Norma shared nm npnrf-
ment. and BRADLEY HART,
Chris employer. are witnesses NJ
the wedding. Before this Norma
hns repeatedly refused 20 marry
ID FARRELL. young lawyer OF
whom she IL fond as a friend.
Mark sells his expensive road
ster tn get money for the honey
moon trip. He and Norma depart
for Blue Springs. fashionable re-
sort. A. the train speeds south
Mark tells her there il something
he has forgotten 60 mention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN

slickers were produced They were
yellow. voluminous. exactly alike
except that Norma's was a tribe
smaller. She pulled her old brown
beret over ner head.
Mark laughed al her. You look
like a brown-eyed susant" ha de-
clared. you know-those biz yel>
low wild flowers with brown GEN.
ters?"
And you look like n sun
fower!" she rallied.
They went out ON the portIco
and down the steps. The breeze
was cool and sharp. lnvigoratlng.
The trees were dripping from the
rain and pools Of water stood in
low places on the walk. "A strong
gust OF wind sent a shower from
the leaves across their path
Mark took great. striding steps
and Norma danced 10 keep up with
him. They were heading directly
into the wind.
Great. isn't it?" be asked, grin
ming.
-Oh. yes. I love IT,"
Color shone I'm the girls face.
Her blood was racing low. The
fresh odOr ~ the outdoors after its
drenching was like a bracing draft
This storms not over" Mark
warned. inspecting the gray. cloud
hung sky. Were liable 10 get
soakedl-
who cares7"
well. II you feel that way about
IL. young woman. let's go-l"
He caught her arm and they
raced like children. Pell-mellx
laughing. they ran until the III
was helpless from lack OF BREATH
and from laughter. Then they
went on more soberly- Though the
wind was cold they were warmed
by exercise. They reached a part
or Blue Springs neither had ever
seen before. Small homes far from
tho fashionable resort section. Rain
had frightened even the duIIest.
cleaned II and made IL almost re-
spectacle.
Time 10 turn back. Norman
Il suppose So"
They retraced their steps but be-
fore they reached the Inn lightning
flashes and a sharp crack OF thun-
der sent them running again. IL
was raining. not heavily. when
Mark and Norma made their final
dash ID the steps OF the hotel.
-Oh. that was FUN. Mark. Funi-
Norma leaned weakly against 4
heavy porch chair.
II vas AZ that moment a tall mar
IN brown approached the pair.
"Traversi" he exclaimed. Il
didn't know that you we're here.
When'd you arrIve?"
Mark was returning the energetic
h~and-shake. -Glad 70 see you~
Stone" he said "Oh. we've BEEN
here almost a week Eorma-" h.
turned toward the girl. heres
someone I want you 10 know. Hollis
Stone-old friend Stone, this Il
Mrs. Travers. my wife"
Norma offered her hand. How
she managed IL she never knew.
She raised two blue eyes beneath
fiuttering lids. Her face had gone
paper-white.
How do you do.- she said firm n
voice that was certainly not her
own She tried to- meet the new
comer's eyes again.
I'm that glance she knew hs had
recognized her.
tTo Be Continucd)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

been taken away in this summer.
In a recent review, Frof. Carlson
points out that the thirst appetite
has not yet oeen properly named.
This appetite. he insists. Is never
theleSs a real factor in life" as II
Is apparent that many people i'm
bib, s0-called soft drinks without
being thirsty or drink one-half Of
n per cent beer without either
thirst or hope being present"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
WHERE VERSATILITY Is A
VIRTUE

Wanted general manager for
expanding storage and moving bust
ness: executive type: must estimate
on storage, furniture moving: do
Grating. packing in warehouse,
drive van, hoist and carry pianos.
X 2504 Tlmes."-N. y. Times.
And IL you can dig wells. land
scape a lawn, do a little house
painting and play the piano, so
much the better.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
products OF disease. Sometimes the

products Of disease. Sometimes the
occupation Of the person or the
character OF his sweat glands l.
such that he loses a great deal Of
water by way OF the skin In some
instances, much water Is lost from
the body by the intestinal tract.
Following hemorrhage with
considerable loss OF blood. a person
Is usually intensely thirsty because
OF the amount Of fluid that has
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
.Burbs

Anyway. the depression has hit
the workingman with everything
but the lunch pail.
Jimmy walker threw a party for
officials in Czechoslovakia. His
Czechs were probably equal TO 1t.
Flat Broke is a mans name out
in Arizona. Might be anybody's
nowadays.
Fiction Is turning TO idealism.
And just when the kids we're get
ting a working knowledge of rack
eteering.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
IA q, LIPS
9I95l BY NEANNTSEPVlCE INC.

or tennis. She gave no thought 20
the fact that q dozen young women,
clad I'm smart habits and boots and
accompanied by escorts. rode regu.
larry on the bridal trails.
She did dance beautifully and the
ball room at the Inn. opening onaa
~sky-roofed terrace. was 20 renal
In Norma's memory as a fairyland
Not once did II occur 70 her that
all this which was so new and won
derful was to Mark an old. old
story. Mark had visited Blue
Springs many times before. Days
OF idleness. tramping and motoring.
were no novelty 10 him. Norma
should have thought OF these things
She sent on a hurried postcard
to Chris. There was no time 10
waste at letter-writing. Mark did
not ever bother with postcards.
Four perfect golden days were
followed by dark clouds and a
drenching torrent. Norma and
Mark breakfasted late In their
rooms. They dawdled about, put
or dressing until nearly lunch
time. When they finally arrived
down stairs a log fire was blazing
in the lounge. Bridge games were
in progress
a matron with gray hair whom
Norma had chatted with the day
before hustled up TO the couple as
they stood In the doorway.
"Oh. do join our table. you twol"
she trilled. mir. Clark's disap-
peared and Madge and 7 must have
a third and fourth"
shall we" Mark asked hest
tating. Il suppose it's contract"
"But 7 don't play contract.
Mark"
Really MY dear child. how
quaint"
Mark Erinned. Afraid you'll
have 10 count us Quit" he said.
Good thing. / guess. I never have
luck on a stormy day"
The woman left them.
you can play. Mark. IT don't
mind I can amuse myself" said
Norma
He shook her arm playfully.
Nonsense. Did | say l wanted TO
play bridget Well. / don't Some
OF these days. though. youTl have
TO have some lessons Everybody
plays contract Half the women |
know eat, drink and breathe II.
Young ones AZ bad a. the Old"
They wandered through the lobby
into a reading room. Norma could
see that Mark was restless. She
had been 80 contented that this dis
turbed her.
"A new magazine-one Mark liked
particularly-saved the day. He
sighted IL on n newsstand. re-
turned a moment later with the
gaudy-covered periodical.
Look. Norma-look az Bard
wells latest."
Bardwell's latest was a drawing
in highly satirlcal vein. Having
shared this prize Mark sank back
into a huge club chair and forgot
everything else. The girl found "a
book she had glanced through the
day before and settled down 10 read
also.
TT was past mid-afternoon before
the young man reused himself.
He discovered the rain had ceased.
Like to take a run out and zee
what the day Is like?" be demand
ed
Norma threw aside her book.
From some mysterious source