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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

about. touching the rosy lamps un-
I'll they glowed In spots OF vivid
color about the luxurious room.
You'll have your tea here.
Miss7"
mo. I believe I'm dress and no
down The doctor said I might"
With the maids help Lane
slipped out OF her robe and into a
black frock. In IL she looked almost
transparency fair and fragile Her
knees trembled under her.
You're still shaky. Miss the
girl said alphabetically.
I'm all right" Lame assured her.
CHE went down the great stair
~ case slowly. holding to the rail-
Ing. A murmur OF voices came TO
her from the small sitting room.
Her unsteady legs took her deliber-
ately as far as the door.
Thought I ought 20 tell you be-
forehand." Cass was saying IN a
troubled tone.
Lame stopped. She scarcely
knew why. Mrs. Cleespaugh's reply
was not entirely clear but the
young girl heard the last few
words. no surprise 70 me. I was
aware OF II from the first. + am
glad. however, you told me your
self"
Lame felt herself trembling. AL
most she I ~ ed back but the sound
Of Tressa's voice and the opening
Of the great front door forced her
onward
The two women looked ND
guiltily. she thought. at her en-
trance.
why. my dearl" Mrs. C~leespauEh
began I'm a tone Of benevolent con-
Germ. ~Are you sure you ought TO
have done this? You look quite
shaken even yet"
They made her SIT down, fused
over her. Cass said. II was Just
telling Mrs Cleespaugh that I eK-
pect 10 70 hack 70 town as soon as
the wedding IL over. I have had a
good offer in a Shapiro play. I
didn't want to tell you until you
YER on your feet"
shes ~hopelessi" Mrs. Cleespaugh
murmured. ~fiuttering over the tea
tray. -She can't be content tn sit
stIll and rest for a bit. I told her
i knew she was like that"
The two women smiled at each
other but Lame was not convinced.
In her heart she knew there was
something else afoot.
THAT isn't what mother meant"
she mused- II wonder what IL Is
nil about"
Next day Give announced ne had
to no 20 Richmond on business.
Il wish you didn't have TO CO."
Lame said.
Mothers glad to get me out OF
the house. i never saw such a
furry. Boxes keep arriving even
In the middle or the night And
caterers mem" He shook his head.
II tell you what Put on your
hat and come in town with me.
Wen get a license az City Hall and
be married today You al go TO
Richmond with me and well avoid
all the fuss" His eyes looked
bright and mIschievous.
Lame shook her head Cant
Your mother would never for
give us."
He put out his hand. touched her
awkwardly. Look here, IL II me
you're marrying? Or mother?"
"Silly." She shook him on.
You'll miss your train"
She stood on the steps. young and
flushed and triumphant. in her
riding things CliTe had been see
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28
investigators mentioned undertook ly

~ due to failure OF the breathing APP
paratus. Such deaths were not 90
frequent when the current passed
through the hind legs and did not
pass through the brain. and still
many died from failure OF the
breathing apparatus. When the cur
rent does not pass directly through
the chest or the upper portion Of
the spinal cord. the respiratory APP
paratus H. IN men, not SO likely 70
be affected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

investigators mentioned undertook
TO study the effect OF electric shock
on rats In Johns Hopkins university
and applied the electrode mt various
parts OF the body. It was found that
a continuous circuit produces more
danger than alternating current. 10
was found that no rat subjected TO a
continuous circuit survived perma-
nently. Their death was due largely
to the burning and destruction in
the place where the current entered.
Death from electric shock Is large
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

tricity. and in legal executions II is
customary to put one electrode on
the skull so that the electricity will
pass through the brain. In an analy-
SIS OF 479 cases. an industrial sur
geon found that the current in the
vast majority passed through the
body by the hands or arms and then
was grounded. Occasionally current
enters into the legs of men work
ing on telegraph wires.
In an endeavor TO determine alb
solutely the facts In these cases. the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

might put on a dark blue suit and
slip away somewhere and have II
done. But / suppose that would be
considered dreadful"
II know" Cass sympathIxed.
"But you must remember your
wedding Is In the nature az a state
function. It's OF great Importance"
L lane looked at her mother curl.
- ously. She had never known
her TO be so firmly set on anything
as she was on this formal wedding.
But it's natural" the young girl
thought ~She thinks OF IL ms a
pageant with me ms the main figure.
A drama with me In the leading
part"
"All the same" Lame insisted
aloud. Il shall hate the display and
all that fuss. I wish I needn't be
married quite this way"
"You owe II TO your new position,
darling" Cass said quietly. That's
something you mustn't forget"
She was silent q minuta Then
she murmured with apparent irrele.
vance. Miss Lord hasn't gone
south I wonder why"
Lame said. "Oh. she likes II here.
she has such n gay time. SO many
beaus. I suppose she hates to
leave
Cass's eyes were on the ceiling.
Mrs. Cleespaugh IS rather an
noyed with her. About the way she
acted the night OF your-the night
Of the ball"
Lame laughed what was it7
Did she refuse 10 worry?"
Il don't know what she said but
there's a GOODNESS between them.
Mrs. Amberton admitted TO me that
her sister lacked tact"
There was silence for a few min
utes while Lame continued TO re-
gard the landscape with languid
eyes.
"Just the same" Cass burst out
at length. "T hope she goes soon.
She's a mischief maker. She likes
Give too well for her own good"
They've known each other for
ever" Lame suggested.
Il know. That's just II. Ap-
parently she has always thought
he'd wait for her. She's been play
ing around all over the world and
now she's tired or 10 and wants n
soft BERTH You've taken that from
her. She doesn't relish the
thought"
Lame sighed, Mother. you talk
as IL marriage were a situation"
Cass said firmly. That's what
II Is for "a woman who isn't trained
to do work in the world. My life
was different. Tom and I worked
together. We married young and
we didn't have any money but we
had love. That's everything"
"And you had me-" Lane re-
minded her.
Yes. We had you"
Something In Cass's voice made
Lame glance at her. Cass stood up
suddenly. 1--WE been EARNING long
enough" she said briskly. IL must
90 downstairs and write letters. /
promised Mrs. Cleespaugh I would
send out some checks for her"
Lane longed 10 defain her and
ask the questions which had been
trembling on the tip or her tongue
for weeks. Cass' words spoken I'm
deIirium came back now with
startling force. "Luisa wouldn't
want her TO know -. she's mine
-. I've earned her."
What was the secret Cass hid?
Lame longed 10 ask but dare not.
She lay there in the half light.
Nora came fin and softly moved
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

Ing that she had lessons and she
was doing very we'll he told Der
proudly. Her coat and breeches of
pale gray cloth fitted her EARN
ingly. Her boots shOna like old
mahogany. Her casual hat was
just right She might have posed
for an illustration I'm m magazine
devoted 20 country life.
-SilIy." She put her small gIoved
hand in his. for goodbye.
"Mayn't + say goodbye 10 you
property"
-Out here with Kelly and all the
grooms standing ar0undg She shook
her head AZ him. All maidenIy prIm-
ness. "IIl c VOC Tuesday"
He rode on in a cloud OF dust
Lame. signing a little. went into
the house.
She had meant N when she said
she hated 10 have him F0 away.
Give stood as IA buIwark between
her and his mothers im~purtunata
fussing. between her and Tressa
Lords barbed hatred. She didn't
love Olive but she was fond OF him.
WHY didn't she love him7 Ha
was young and attractive. His
blue eyes could kindIa with VA dark
ening light His young mouth had
a passionate curve 20 a. She liked
HIS voice. She liked HIS sense OF
humor, his kindness. But the
spark-well. II just wasn't there.
She met Mrs. Cleespaugh on the
landing.
MY dear. such a stupid thingl
One of Christmas girls called Just
now To say your fitting IA today nA
IL instead or tomorrow. I'm nB
sorry. You might have gone in
with Give but fits too late for that
now. Kelly viii have 10 take you.
I've just rung the garage"
I'll change right away Liano
answered.
When she came down 10 minutes
later. she found Tressa Lord curled
up in one or the hall chairs.
"What-off TO town againfs
Tressa asked.
"Yes. | have 70 10. A Htting.-
TOO bad Thought we might
have some bridge"
Lame was puzzled NV thB others
change az front Tressa had scarcely
spoken 10 her for N week. Then the
car drove up and she dismissed
the matter. climbing in, waving her
hand. Tressa went down the steps
and disappeared around the rear on
the mr. Probably going Co the
stables" Lame thought
Kelly was a careful driver ao IN
was with "a sensation 0E real alarm
that Lame observed shortly that
the big car was humping and
c~areening raggedly over the rutA
The chauffeur glanced hack at her
before drawing 40 "a stop.
Its only IA fiat, Miss Barratt.g
he said diHEustndly. but Madame
said \ was t0 make time and this1l
hold us ND "a Bit"
There's no garage anywhere I'm
sight" Lame said, anxlously con-
sultlng her watch.
"Oh. ! can change II i'm n jiffy,-.
Kelly assured her
Lame took out her vanity case
and began absently t0 radden her
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

IL has now been quite definitely
established that death may result
even from 10 volts. provided II Is
passed through the body nc certain
points and under certain circum-
stances III the body Is In contact
with a moist surface and II the cur-
rent passes through portions Of the
body where there are vital tissues.
death is more likely to result than
when IL passes into the body under
other circumstances.
I'm n recent consideration OF the
subject. Drs. O. r.. Langworthy ard
w. r. Kouwenhoven emphasized the
fact that the location Of the con-
facts determines to a large extent
the pathway Of the current through
the body. For example. II the con-
facts are made with n arm or
Lee on the same side. IL seems hardly
possible that a great amount OF
current will pass through the head.
The brain Is easily injured BY cleo
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

The ". S. Coast Guard force 4
experimenting with a bomb-signa'
gun designed especially to reveal
operations of rum runners. The
gun is so powerful that when fired
TO windward 1t can be heard a mile
away and Is 50 equipped that IL can
also discharge shells with 100000
candlepcwer. which light up the
sea for miles around.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28
BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEGIN HERE TODAY
LANE BARRETT has been
warned by her actress mother.
CASS BARRETT. not 60 have any
thing 20 do with the fascinating
VAN HOBARD. who Processes 60
~ " love with her. MURIEL
LADD d~ebutnnte, her
engagement 60 Van and Lame
tries 20 forget him. Cnss In taken
seriously fn ON tour and Lame
PUSHES 10 her side. Cnss babbIes
In her delirium Of some mystery
concerning the girls bI.fh.
MRS. CLEEsPAUCH. LANES
rich p~atroness. brings CaEs hack
90 her Long Island home 20 re-
~rupermfe. Because she knows 10
Will please her mother. Lame me-
cegts Give CLEESPAUGH'S pro-
posal az marriage.
.TREssA LORD. house guest me
and tries 10 brenk the engage
ment. She connfves with black
maiiers but they fail 20 succeed
fhrouEh the intervention of
SHANE McDERMfD. police onicer
VIII b~efriendn Lame.
AZ n ball for the PRINCE OF
sLAvAREA Lame f. kidnapped.
Give, McDermid nnd m reporter
named CHUCK DESMOND, Kuitor
OF Muriei's. start IN search. AZ n
lonely house ON the shore she
struggles with her cnptorn. falls
and cuts her head. The enptors
leave her with nm old woman.
Lame escapes while the woman
sleeps. but drops her pearl neck
lace which Give nndH stained
with blood. McDermId finds the
Eirl Just before Give rushes up.
McDermid arrests the kfdnmprrm
who n planned t0 hold Lame for
ransom md Give takes Lame
home.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER xxx
CASS persisted. Il don't like H. !
- tell you. It's queer" II was a
day or two after the Hunt Ball.
Lame, stiil a little weak and spent
after her great adventure. lay hud-
died among the pillows OF her dam
ask chaise Tongue.
Cass repeated the worcs. Il don't
like It."
Lame asked languidly. "What?"
"0h. the whole business. There's
something ugly and frightening
about IT, II looks rs IL someone
particularly did not want you TO
marry Give. AS II you had an
enemy" q
Lame sighed.
Mother. please don't worry. dear.
I'm safe and it's all right and all
those wretched people are safely
behind bars. Fourth ofense. II
was. for the men and the girls been
sent 10 reform school or some plf~
like that. Give said they found
cases OF opium hidden away in the
house."
But she shuddered a little. In
spite OF her brave words. She did
not like TO think of that fetid house
In the clearing.
when I think or what might
have happened TO you" Cass went
on. shaking her head.
Don't think OF IT, It's foolish.
I'm out Of their reach"
"0h. it's not those miserable peo-
pie I'm afraid or" Cass said. They
don't count But what this man
McDermid said to Give makes me
believe that You have nm ~implacable
enemy some place."
Lame shivered but she managed
to laugh.
How siIlyl Nuns. you're play
T. --A---
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

In New York state no fewer than
one in every % persons become. at
some time in his life. a patient in
an institution for the mentally III.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

Mr.. Theodore Dreisier has obtain
ed an injunction against n moving
picture company's production OF IAN
American Tragedy" charging that
IL Is nothing like his novel. In fact
the picture version is so superficial
that he doesn't think the director
even skinned through the first 50,-
600 pages.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

"A New York restaurant Is adver-
Using: -An you can eat for sixty
cents" Here Is a great chance for
some waiter 10 barrow the Ed Wynn
gag and bring In a pair Of percher-
ons for the fellow who Is so hungry
he could eat a horse.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28
DuilyHeahh
Talk

BY DIX. MORRIS FrsHBsErN

Editor. Journal OF the American Medical
Association. and of Hygela.
h Health Magazine
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

More People Holders OF u. s. Steel
Commcn"-headline. But you'd be
surprised how loose the grip Is in
many cases.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

'StopI" cried a detected looking
man as the crooner rendered the
new song hit: Il Found A Million
Dollar Baby In a Five and Ten Cent
Store"
"Whatzamattah?" cried the star
tied singer.
I'm the fellow that lost herl"
barked the stranger. a queer wild
look in his eyes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

No more hot night OF sleeping
under sheets. No more leaning out
OF the window and gasplng for air.
No more lolling around the house
Ia shirt sleeves. When 1t seems a
little warm Pop viii go downstairs to
stoke up the ice or rap on the radia-
tor for the janitor TO send up an
immediate drop OF IS degrees.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

You will hear Mrs. Wezzeloff de-
cla-ing. with reference to a certain
apartment house, II wouldn't think
OF living there II they gave 1t 70
me. Whenever there Is a terrific hot
spell in the summer the rooms are
so warm you have to open the win
dows to keep COOL Fancy that. nowi"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

Twenty degrees cooler insidel"
may soo be the cry Of every home
owner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

Home cooling systems are being
rapidly perfected. Already for q
price q home owner may install the
necessary gadgets which will lake
1t possible for him to refrigerate the
house, and It l. only n matter of
time before the average household
er will be turning on the ice" IN
summer just as ne turns on the
heat in winter. It's q great age, hot
or cold.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

The time Is coming. boys and
girls. when people win close the
windows on q hot July day to keep
cool. During an August sizzler they
will stay in the kitchen to avoid
the heat. An invitation to go to
the seashore during the hottest spell
Of summer will bring the response:
why, I wouldn't think or leaving
the apartment during o record heat
wave like thisl"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

II Lindbergh had only thought Of
IL he might have hoped to Paris
In a ship bearing the inscription
Fair Play For The American Ham
Sandwich"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

1t Is yer possible that in the best
equipped homes an entire family
may wake up some August morning
SO thoroughly chilled that 1t may
be necessary TO "defroSt'' TX.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

Altogether now, ~pulleazel
Away at the beach breezes touch
me in vain,
Oh. give me my lovely matched
cottage again
The ice-cold apartment, the push
button which,
Gave me comfort the moment I
turned Oh the switchl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

The test or the up-to-date apart
ment viii be whether or not tn
tenants can stay In IL all summel
without remarking: ITS warm, ism
it?"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

The drive to make the Great
American Home comfortable In sum-
mer is being vigorously pushed
After the perfection of the cooling
system will come the Tom Thumb
swimming pool 10 fit n house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-28

Then there viii be nothing else
TO do except put in q line or "hot
dogs" and get some interior decora-
tor TO give the house an aroma Of
clamflats.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-23
Extension of Citrus Shipping Period

In agitating for the removal of the present federal
restrictions which limit the period during which citrus
fruits may be shipped from the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
let us not lose sight of the fact that the quarantine was
imposed on account of a very definite infestation of a
scourge of the industry which had been found in the
Valley.
Back some years ago when the first infestation of the
Morelos or Mexican fruit fly was found in the Valley, it
appeared for a time that Valley citrus shipments would
be curtailed altogether for at least a limited period while
the state and federal authorities attempted to stamp out
the pest.
Fortunately, the citrus interests of the Valley, un-
organized though these interests were at that time, re-
allied the seriousness of the situation, extended every
cooperation requested by these state and federal men and
by taking the proper precautions in their orchards sue
ceeded in securing a limited rather than an absolute
quarantine.
Now, as the shipments of citrus from the Valley are
on the marked increase, with a total of 5000 cars pre-
dicted for the present season, the limited quarantine is
becoming as irksome as the absolute quarantine would
have been several years ago.
To be forced to remove their crop from the trees by
the first of March works a marked hardship on Valley
citrus growers, inasmuch as the marketing problem of
their fruit becomes just that much the more difficult.
State and federal authorities have expressed them
selves, officially or unofficially, as favoring a removal of
the quarantine, or at least as favoring an extension of the
open season.
Extension of the shipping season now appears more
than likely, provided, and the provided is a most i'm
portant one, that Valley growers continue the hearty CO.
operation accorded these authorities in keeping their
orchards as clean as possible.
No doubt but that the Morelos fly constitutes a con-
tinued menace to the citrus industry Of the Valley.
On the other hand, we are to be congratulated that
the menace is one that can be most easily controlled.
The fly has definitely known periods during which it
lays its eggs and thus infests our orchards.
Valley citrus growers, by taking due precautions
during those periods, can contribute materially to the
lifting Of the present quarantine, or towards securing an
extension Of the shipping season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-23
Daily Health
Talk

The condition called typhus fever
was formerly considered TO be a
disease largely associated with the
tropics, war conditions and prison
life. Investigations made by How
ard Taylor Ricketts,. supplemented
largely BY those Of other Ameri-
cans, revealed the fact that typhus
fever Is transmitted by the body
louise. which explained to a con-
siderable extent its special char
acter. Recent investigations made
by Texas physicians indicate that
this condition may b. transmitted
not only by the body louise but also
by the rat flea.
In 1880. two Texas physicians
trapped a number OF wild rats in
and around feed stores IN a small
town In Texas In which a number
Of cases OF typhus have occurred
in recent years. A number Of the
fleas were secured from these rats
and investigated in the laboratories
OF the Bailey University College Of
Medicine. Some OF the fleas were
ground up into . solution and In
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-23

One of the unforeseen results of the business depres-
sion, remarks the Magazine of Wall Street, has been a
steady growth in the numbers of the "yesmen' in business
and industry. Jobs are scarce, and an employe is apt to
think twice before risking even so mild an offense as dis
agreeing with his superior. Instead he agrees heartily
with everything the boss proposes and does his best to
swallow his criticism unspoken.
All of this, as the magazine points out, is a very un-
fortunate development. No enterprise can prosper very
long if the boss gets "yessed' whenever he opens his
mouth. Most prominent business leaders would probably
be quick to admit that they have owed a great deal to
fortnight criticism and suggestion from their subordin-
ates. The yes, sir" tendency is apt to prove costly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-23
.Rdrbs

Cubans are growing boards to
show their sympathy TO the revo-
lutionary cause. Rebels in Chile
also took it on the chin
Simile: AS forl0rn as n fashion
expert In a Nudist colony.
Major Doolittle. I'm bowling to
Lowell BayleS' speedy Gee-Bee
might have felt inclined 10 dub IN
the Heeby Gee Bee.
II a mans health Is under par,
that's not news. but II IL Is his
golf score, that's something else
again.
Managers or the newly organ
lied football team mt Sing Sing
are said to be considering offering
Legs" Diamond m athletic
scholarship.
Britannia rules the waves, but
sometimes. when the king cuts his
income, Britannia valves the
rules.
III IN a nice thing about men that
II they get ID into their heads they
have married u pretty girl they
never see anything to the contrary
Mrs. Custer, widow OF the general