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The Washington times., 1931-11-21

This picture with its samples of "handi-
work." is for MILDRED. And all the
other youthful crew who report that
they sail gaily along ON the good ship
ART, until they reach and are ship
wrecked upon the beautiful, but diff
cult adventure called Hands" So those
of you who don't care whether you can
draw a hand or not, who do not even
care whether you ever try, but are con-
tent once in a while to casually contem-
plate those that other queer people draw,
you may just pass on for today to other
fields. And mildred" and !, and the
rest Of the artistic gang of tender years,
will hOb.nOb over the maddening en-
chanting problem of making hands.
Don't forget, before you go further,
that hands are an EVERLASTING ad.
venture. You never reach the end. You
can gather onto a lot of skill, and from
then on you enjoy yourself more max
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
By Edgar A. Guest
Just Folks
Two Viewpoints

The man Of comfort shook his head.
Had but the sinner understood
He might have saved himself" he said.
1T is so easy to be good.
mo need to steal; no need to lie;
No need an Outlawed brute to be.
Why do men live with shame, when l
Have kept from it so easily?"
"Easy!' the prisoner replied;
"Think you 1 like this cell house barred? i,
Your better ways I've often tried
And failed because I found them hard
"Some men at ease run faster than
Their slower neighbors in the race,
And never understand the man
Who fails so oft to keep the pace.
'The giant easily lifts high
Great weights before gathered throng,
And no doubt thinks, if but they'd try
His fellow-men could be as strong"
Copyright 1881. Edgar A. Guest)
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
Advice to the
LoveIorn,
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am 18, my husband is 20,
and we have been married for
two years. I love him very
much. But he won't work, says
he can't find anything. He has
only worked six months since
we have been married and he
goes out every night. If I say
anything I am ''nagging" him.
He says he goes out with boy
friends but there must be some
thing else. Some nights he
comes in early and some nights
late. I either have to sit home
with his mother or go to bed.
If I go out he gets mad. He
says he can't stand staying at
home. There is nothing else
we can do as we have no money
for amuSementS.
Yours is very difficult case,
my dear child, and I don't won
der you say you can't stand it
any longer, but, as you say you
love your husband, you might
make another att mpt to
awaken in him some sense Of
responsibility.
I take it that you are the
breadwinner of the family and
the breadwinner should have
certain considerations and
rights. Tell him that, unless he
is more Of a man, stops loafing
and staying out late, that you
will have to make a change in
your domestic arrangements,
which, indeed, you may have to.
Just try going out with him
some evening. When he says
he's going out with his boy
friends, say, "I'll go too."
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
For B0bY
Gifts

you can see the little Mickey
Mouse's design. But you'd never
guess it's on the side of a baby's
pastel enamel commode, and
you wouldn't know that inside
is a celluloid comb and brush
set, hand-painted, too. And
partly underneath this set, a
string of multicolored teething
beads! Now dare to say that's
not an ingenious set of gifts!
We were amazed to find that
all these useful things cost less
than 81 in the set.
Swan Bath
The package on the right
above is tied with hand-painted
satin ribbon, too-just like the
other. And inside is a grace
full celluloid swan, for baby's
tub. Also, a small bath towel
and two face cloths, edged
with pink or blue to match the
The Washington times., 1931-11-21

z opened contracting with 1.
Spade on a hand only a little
below strength calling for 2.
Spades. A passed; Y jumped to
3-Spades upon great trump
length, two doubletons, and
side king, hoping to shut B
out. With his rockcrusher
worth seven assisting tricks, B
made an informatory double.
trusting his partner might find
something worth a game. z
jumped into 4-Spades, but brave
little A could not be shut-out;
he bid 5-Diamonds; was dou-
bled, and made his contract.
Neither side was vulnerable; de-
feating rs contract, two tricks
doubled would have been less
profitable than going game,
even If the 5-Diamonds had not
been doubled. OF course, A did
not have to bid over rs inter-
vening declaration Of 4-Spades,
but his void spades plus his
long suit and confidence in B
made him declare.
AS shown in the next hand,
an informatory double may be
made. and partners bid may be
assisted, expecting to go down
a little, rather than allow op-
ponentS to hold an unchal-
lenged low contract that means
game at the score.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
KNOCK THAT:
COLD IN
A JIFFY
Here's Relief Almost
Before You Know It

If you want quick relief from
q cold, go back to first principles
and use something you knotD does
the buSineSS-don't start trying"
q lot of fancy ideas or remedies.
Even a little" cold is too danger
Gus to take. chances on.
Get Hills CaScara Quinine. A
scientific formula made to do
ONE THING WE'LL: to knock a
cold in jitty, not to cure a hun
dred different things.
Take two tablets now. Then
follow directions on box. Drink
lots of water, too-that's all. Soon
those mean, aching pains in head
and body begin to go; the cold
breaks up; poisons leave your
system. Almost before you know
it, you feel like a new person.
If it doesn't do that, your
: Enoney back. Get a box now.
You'll be surprised at the speed
with which it works. Costs only
q few cents.
u1IH9C Cascara Quinine
4uAL y Compound
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
The Beauty
Box

IF the permanent wave is
given perfectly it should bear a
pattern Of it's own, the finger
wave being necessary only after
the first few mpoos.
Whether or not there is a mar
Gel line present depends upon
the manner in which the hair
is wound around the metal rod.
A twist in the strand gives the
effect Of the round curl; the
flat wind produces a flat undu.
lation, more like natural lines.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21

Everybody wants to give a new
baby a present. OF course, they
all aren't being born at just this
time of year-and anyway, we
can't always get a gift there in
time for the big occasion, but
Christmas is coming, and babies
do like Christmas presents-or
at least their mothers do.
For Later Life
If, happily, you are planning
for your gift to arrive just be-
fore the baby'S birth, there's
one consideration you must not
overlook. Has the mother yet
received a record-book for baby
hood? The kind Of book that
keeps the date Of every baby's
birth, along with a record of
those definite characteristics
and the thousand-and-one occur
renceS that shape an infants
future. Doctors continue to
maintain, you know, how simple
it would be to prescribe for
adult ills if a record were avail
able of each patients first year
of life. Certainly every modern
mother should have such a book
for her baby.
Entitled ''BabyhOOd"
It's about as reasonable a
gift as one could find, too. The
little book illustrated in the first
sketch above, is covered in silk
MORE with hand-painted satin
ribbon across one corner. AS
pretty as you'd want. and in
either pink or blue, it costs just
81. Inside the cover, there's a
pocket for the birth certificate,
and all through the illustrated
pages are spaces for those i'm
portant facts Of baby days.
Made by the Kewpie Specialist
Sketched right beside this lit
tie book is the sort Of soft and
cuddly kewpie, doll that babies
love, and that's safe for them to
play with. All Of it but the
cute hand-painted face is COW
cred in the softest woolly-look-
ing fabric-in most any color
you could want. The price is
fair enough-only about 81.
Surprise!
But to prove that baby de-
partmentS do have real original
ity, just let US tell you what's
inside the cellophane-wrapped
and ribbon-tied package in the
center sketch above. OF course,
right through the cellophane,
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
. V-I-E
y A-9-7-2
= J-3
q J.1O.7.5

z passed: A bid 1-Spade at o
score Of 10 on his second game:
w had neither score nor pre-
viouS game. Y made an in
formatory double; B passed; z
bid 2-Hearts. A bid 2-Spades,
which Y ventured to overcall
with 3-HeartS. Both B and z
passed, and A allowed the dec
laration to stand. z lost two
spade tricks, two diamond
tricks and one club trick; pay.
ing a penalty of only so points
for saving the rubber.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
A Story Of the Aftermath
or the World War
CHAPTER SO

I sat at home all the after
noon and tried to do some
thing, but nothing has come
of it. For an hour already
have been roaming aimlesSly
through the streets. In the
course Of my patrolling I go
past the new restaurant, the
Hoilandische Dele. This is
the third ginshop to go up
within the last three weeks.
These things with their gay
placardS are springing up like
mushrooms everywhere among
the houses. The HollandiSche
dele is the largest and
flaShiest.
Before the Illuminated glass
door stands a porter, looking
like a colonel of the hussars,
an enormous fellow with a
gilded baton in his hand. I
catch his eye-Suddenly his
dignity deserts him and he
prods me in the stomach with
his club and grinS: "Hullo,
Ernst, you old scarecrow!
Commong sava, as the French
man says"
It is Corporal Anton De-
muth, some time our sergeant
cook. 1 salute smartly; in the
army We were always being told
that saluteS should be given to
the uniform, not to the wearer.
But this trick uniform here is
very high class indeed; it calls
for a bow at the least.
"Hullo, Anton!" I laugh. But
to get down to business, have
you got anything to eat?
Bet your life," he answers
affirmatively. Franz Elster-
mann-remember Franz?-he's
here in this syrup shop, too.
He's the cook!"
"And what time did you say I
should call?" ask, for that in
itself is sufficient recommenda-
ton. ElStermann and Demuth
were the prize plunderers of all
France.
Hush Goods
Sometime after. / tonight"
says Anton, giving me a wink.
"We've just scored a dozen or so
geese off a food officer in
spector-hush goods, you know.
You can bet your life Elster-
mann will amputate a few of
them first. After all, who's to
say geese don't have wars, where
they might lose a leg or so, eh?",
Nobody" I say. "Get much
business here?"
Packed to the doors every
night. Take a look in.
He pulls the curtain a little
to one side and through a
chink I peer into the room.
Soft, warm light over the
tables, long trailers of blush
cigar smoke floating through it,
carpets glowing, shining porce-
lain, cleaning silver. Women
seated at the tables sur
rounded by walters, and beside
them men who do not appear
to be sweating in the least, nor
are they even embarrassed.
With what wonderful Self-pos-
session they give their orders
I do not answer; this rich,
colorful glimpse of life touches
me strangely. There is some
thing almost unreal in it, as if
I only dreamed that I stood
here on the dark Srteet in the
Slushing snow and saw through
the chink Of a door this strange
scene. It enchants me
though, of course, it is nothing
merely a few profiteerS dis
gorging their money. But We
lay too long out there in filthy
holes under the ground not to
feel sometimes a passionate, al
most insane craving for luxury
and elegance shoot up in us.
For does not luxury mean to be
sheltered, to be cared for? And
that L. the one thing we have
had no knowledge Of.
A Charming Creature
Anton now has to resume his
poiSe and dignity; a car is COM
ing. A slim creature steps out
and goes in through the door;
she is STOPPING forward a little;
The Washington times., 1931-11-21

Hagerstown, Md.-"A few years
ago I was very much rundown,
weak and so nervous the least
noise would upset me. I had dull,
sick headaches and very little
appetite" said Mrs. Mary Renner
OF Is Madison Ave. Seeing DR..
Plerce's medicines advertised, my
huband had me try DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1 took
a few bottles and can say was
well again, had no more trouble.
Indeed am glad to recommend
this great tonic"
Users Of DR.. PIerce's medicines are
entitled to free medical advice. Write
to Dr.. PfeFce'e Clinic in Buffalo. n. Y,
using the symptoms blank found in
every package Of DR.. Pierce's medicines.
ASK your druggist for
Or. PIeFce'S
Golden Medical Discovery
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
When Manners
Are Correct

By Mrs. Cornelius BeekmaE
Using the Spoon
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
It is correct to eat from the
point Of the spoon? L.
No. Always eat from the
side of a spoon.
Drinking BOuilIOn
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Would you be so kind as to
tell me the proper way to drink
consomme from a bouillon cup?
After taking some with a spoon,
isn't it proper to lift the cup to
the mouth.-DAILY READER.
When consomme is served in
q bouillon cup. one takes a
few sips with a spoon in order
to test the heat, and then
drinks the rest.
The Washington times., 1931-11-21
Bv ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
Your Health
and Proper
Diet
BY Logan CIendening, M. D.

By Logan Clendening, M. u
Remember than in standing,
a plumb line along the side
of the body should fall past
the middle of the ear, through
the hip joint, through the
knee cap and touch the floor
midway between the ball Of
the foot and the heel.
Considering this, let us ana
lyze the reasons for bad pos
ture.
First, the head may be car
ried too far forward. This
throws the shoulders backward
so that the chest is too flat.
This rounding Of the shoulders
throws the abdomen forward.
All these things develop to-
gether, Of course. It is not
caused entirely by the bad
position Of the head.
Second, the lower back may
be curved more than normally,
thrusting the abdomen for
ward and fitting the pelvis
upward. This will inevitably
make the knees bend more or
less and throw the weight Of
the body forward onto the
toes and balls Of the feet.
Two exercises are especially
designed to correct these mis-
takes.
EXERCISE I
Stand against the wall.
Heels four inches from the
wall.
Hands at sides.
Hips, shoulders and head
touching the wall.
Flatten the lower. Qumbar)
spine against the wall by con-
tracing the abdominal and
buttock muscles. They should
be contracted together, keeping
the buttocks against the wall.
The pelvis rotates through the
hip joints.
EXERCISE II
Rib Stretching
This exercise Is especially de-
signed to cure round shoulders.
Note that when the shoulders
are dropping the ribs are in
clined downward.
/. Stand squarely with arms
raised and hands clasped be-
hind the head.
2. Raise the right shoulder
as high as it will go, elevat-
ing the ribs on that side. +.
3. Raise the left shoulder as
high as it will go, elevating
the ribs on that side.
4. Raise both shoulders at
the same time, elevating both
sets of ribs.
Try particularly to make the
lower ribs flare out with this
exercise. Notice that round
shoulders cause these lower
ribs to collapse. Notice also
that it is impossible to have
round shoulders with the lower
ribs flaring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
High Mexican Official
~Inspects Victoria To
Matomoros Road Work

able In the border city today, Gen.
eral Almazan will be asked to donate
the hard surfacing material to pave
the roadway between Matamoros
and Ciudad Victoria. Material for
the building Of bridges across the
San Fernando. ChorreraS, Padilla,
and Corona rivers viii also be ask
ed.
The Matamoros municipality is
willing to furnish all the labor nee
eSsary and the trucks needed 10
transport all the material for the
paving OF that part Of the highway
that serves the Matamoros NUM-
cipality. one Of the largest In the
state OF Tamaulipas." Sr. Roberto
+. Garcia. Matamoros mayor de-
clared this morning.
The Matamoros- Ciudad Victoria
Tampico-and Monterrey highway
forms one OF the most Important
links In the Mexican National Trail.
which General Andrea Almazan Is
building with the cooperation Of the
different state governments through
which II passes.
The highway IN question crosses
the states OF Tamaulipas, Nuevo
Leon. C0ahuila. Durango and
Sinaloa. When finished the new
highway viii provide a paved road
which connects with the Old Span
ish Trail and United States High
way No. 4 at Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07

General Juan Andrea Almazan.
Mexico's secretary Of communica-
lions and public works IS due to
arrive In Ciudad Victoria. state
capital today, according to word
received in Matamoros this morn
ing.
General Almazan together with
State Governor Sr. Lie. Francisco
Castellanos. Jr., Of Tamaulipas will
make a tour OF the Ciudad Victoria
Monterrey highway which is now
open to traffic and being paved.
He viii also make an inspection tour
accompanied by Governor CaStel-
lanoS and ST.. Ing. Pedro Jose Men
dez. chief OF the engineering staff
OF the state Of TamaulipaS and
federal engineers accompanying
Almazan OF the Ciudad Victoria
Matamoros highway now under
construction.
The Matamoros city government
has named two representatives who
will confer with General Almazan
on the matter OF rushing the work
and the paving Of the Matamoros-
Victoria highway. ST. DR.. Felipe
Perez Cara. prominent Ciudad Vic
toria physician. and ST.. Jesus Del
gadillo. well known Victoria bust
ness man. are persons named 70
confer with the high official on
road matters.
According 10 information avail
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
JURORS HEAR
LOVE LETTERS
Murdered Woman's Affair
With Youth Revealed
I'm Correspondence

HOUSTON. July Y. R,-The jury
that will decide Donald =. GOWNS
fate today heard his attorney read
the love letters that Mrs. Marie
Hart. the woman he shot TO death
on the Mezzanine floor OF the Rice
hotel here June I, wrote him.
The letters. with a picture or the
slain woman. married and six years
older than the 23-year-old former
bellhop. we're taken from GOWNS
pocket by L. d. Pyle. traffic Off
Ger, when he arrested Gown after
the shooting.
II love you. 7 have never felt this
way about anyone before. you are
a dear sweet boy" a letter read
Then the farewell note" received
by Gown eight days before ne shot
his sweetheart 70 death:
Dearest Don boy. MILFORD Mrs.
Harris husband) Is real sick and
wants me. I'm going TO give him
another chance and IL he doesn't
prove true. It's what you say. II YOU
still love me and want me. I'm
yours. II you don't. I'll Just be alone. ="
Then a note from Mrs. Hart ir
Houston.
-Wilford is better. II am going "a
stay here with him. I believe II ~
best for everyone concerned. We
may meet later IN life and you vii
thank me for releasing you. Don'i
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
ROCKEFELLER IS
2YEARSO old

NEW YORK, July 7=PNJohn
d. Rockefeller, emperor Of oil. will
be 90 tomorrow and his birthday
schedule viii observe the old adage:
Business before pleasure"
Arising early. the elderly capital
ist is expected TO spend an hour or
so IN the forenoon ct work with a
secretary.
Despite his age. Mr.. R~ockefeller's
health was described BY his rep
resentatives as excellent" Al
though his labors OF former years
are now IN large part transferred
10 other shoulders. he likes to keep
in touch with the multitudinous
affairs OF the Rockefeller interests.
II the weather IS fine, his repre-
sentatives said. he'll probably play
2 round OF golf and take his daily
motor ride through his far-tlung
estate at Pocantico Hills. IN the
evening there viii be a birthday
dinner for Just the members OF his
family. including his son. John ID.
Rockefeller, Jr., and the grand
children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
CHECKS
BLAZING WELL

TYLER, July Z. ia giant
charge OF nitroglycerin today snuff
fed out the fire which has been
raging for the past three weeks in
the Tulsa Oil company's No. !
O'Quinn well near Oyerton.
Floyd Kinley. veteran fire fight
er. placed the shot this morning.
The well continued to run wild.
shooting a geyser of oil high In the
air. An effort TO check the flow
was 70 be made today.
Kinley and his well shooting
crew left Immediately for Tulsa.
Nitroglycerin for the shot was
transported from Tulsa this morn
ing by airplane- Two shots were
placed Yesterday without success.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
ASK EXTENSION !
In PROM TRIAL
Dry Law Enforcement Is
Unsatisfactory Says
Chieftain

Los ANGELES. July 7-tF-
United States District Judge Paul
J. Mccormick. member or the
Wickersham crime commission. In
ar interview last night said prohibi-
ton could not be enforced at the
present time and that arcther
years trial would be required TO
determine whether II Is enforceable
at all.
Judge Mccormick has just re-
turned to his court after attending
sessions OF the commission az
washington.
Present enforcement OF the drv
law Is unsatisfactory" he said.
There should be a national re-
ferendum on the question. II the
reorganization act Of 1890 whereby
enforcement was transferred 70 the
department OF justice does not
within a reasonable time. another
twelve months. show a substantial
improvement over present unsatis-
factory conditions. II will have been
proved 10 any oDen-minded pro-
ponent OF national prohibition that
the existing law was unensorce-
able"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
Assault Hearing Is
Set for Wednesday

with Assistant District Attorney
Claude Carter unable to come here
from Harllngen. investigation Of a
32-year-old Brownsville widows
charges that she was criminally
assaulted in West Brownsville Sun
day has been postponed TO 3 p. m.
Wednesday.
A preliminary hearing in the
case had tentatively been set for
Monday afternoon.
A man arrested near the scene
Of the alleged attack is being held
In the Cameron county Jail.
Carter plans to come here We'd
nesday TO investigate the case and
II sufficient evidence IS found he
will file charges and conduct a
preliminary hearing before Justice
Of the Peace Geo. Krausse.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07
Dread Disease Is
Found in Valley

Anthrax. which almost invari-
ably results in sudden death to
both animals and human beings,
has been discovered in a mule be-
longing TO r.. Mathers. who resides
south OF Riverside drive.
The dead mule has been care
fully disposed of, and the Live
stock Sanitary commission, TT.
Worth, has been notified. II is
likely the commission will request
that Mathers' animals be quaran-
tined and recommend vaccination
Of other animals in the vicinity.
Another animal died near the
same place recently but no post
mortem was conducted.
Anthrax Is rare In the United
States and this Is the first case
known to exist in the Valley. The
disease. somewhat similar in ap-
pearance to 'black-leg.'' Is char
acterized by sudden p~rostration. 1t
usually kills within q day or two.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-07

Out OF 2789 notices Of the city
charter election TO be held on Aug
ust II mailed to voters OF the city
from the city office. approximately
sos have been returned by the post
office as unclaimed BY the adressee,
City Manager Rosenthal stated this
morning.
It IS thought that the greater
number Of those returned we're adj
dressed to transient laborers or ILL.,
terates.