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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-29

had not planned The very fact
that Give was away seemed 70
make their rendezvous more sig
nificant
miss Barrett IS -Iovelyl" NUT
tered Mademoiselle. falling back a
few steps and clasping her hands
T lane glanced dreamiIy at her
- self In the long mirror. Star
tied. she beheld her own image.
She stared at herself as IN. indeed.
It were a stranger she beheId.
The dress was exquisite. There
was no least doubt about that II
followed the style OF n more TO-
mantle period. The fitted bodice.
long tight sleeves. the graceful flow
on the long full skirt suited her
exactly. Above the adroItly fitting
bodice her throat and shoulders
we're exquisite. Miss Lilly. watch
ing her. thought there was some
thing vaguely Florentine about the
girl.
She thought. IF all our brides
looked like this I shouldn't mind
raving about them" Aloud she
said. But it's too divinel Miss
Barrett. you are beautiful"
Lame eolored. thank you"
She was not used 20 fulsome com
pIiments.
MademoIselle thought with Gallo
shrewdness. The young miss IA sad
today. One wonders IL she gives
her thoughts 10 the affianced, or TO
another"
Carefully they helped Lame out
or the gown. Miss Lilly buttoned
her into the smoke colored frock.
"They treat me-" marveled Lame.
"as IL I were a princess" She
smiled at them. told them the dress
was beautiful. Miss Lilly said. inn
petuously. II should like 10 come
10 your wedding. Miss Barrett"
She always raid that 10 her brides"
and seldom meant H. This time
she meant what she said
Lame said. I'll be sure 10 send
you an invitation" Dreamily she
smiled no the other girl
She was not really thinking on
them. She was wondering what
she would say 10 Van R0bard who
waited for her in his long, low car.
she was trying ON the dress she
would wear 10 her wedding but her
love was given to another man.
OVER the table IN a quiet, Sc
- cluded little restaurant. Van
said, IL told Kelly you would be
delayed. Hell pick you up az the
Ritz M four"
Troubled, Lame looked across at
him. III anyone should SEQ W.
here" she murmured. "there'd be
gossip. / should hate that for
Gives sake"
what NONSENSE Even Eva
would not mind. Why. I'm almost
one OF the family"
Lame laughed, suddenly light
hearted and determined 10 enjoy
the intarlude. II suppose you are.
I'm foolish to worry"
He covered her hand, the one
with the engagement ring, with his
own brown IA
you're a darling even IL you
are foolish" His eyes caressed her.
you're not very polite" She
tried to appear dignihed.
do you want me 10 be-? One n
polite only 20 the people one cares
nothing about"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-29
Mew York

NEW YORK. - Each Monday
morning during the hot summer sea
son, the Manhattan newspapers re-
port some 400 children being lost
in the Sunday millions az Coney
and the Rockaways.
Now 400 children happens to be
quite a few younsters. and the job
of taking care OF 10000 OF them a
year Is not SO simple as IL seems.
C0ney has a beach mother" who
Is an old hand at keeping children
amused until parents arrive. Her
name Is Carrie Whalen and she
seems to be able to stop the most
frightened child from crying To
be sure. she promises that daddy"
and mamma viii arrive bringing
nothing less than the moon.
AS a matter OF fact, a cynical in
vestigation made during the past
few years has given the C0ney po-
lice reason to believe that a vast
percentage Of lost children are
deliberately lost. That Is to say. par
ents who want a day OF play and
release from parental responsibility
are not above conveniently losing"
the %younster. well ware that 1t will
be well taken care Of in the lost
child department Of the famous
beach resort.
The process of losing" the young
ster il staged mt a spot where no
danger Is involved, and the child is
certain to attract attention within
a few seconds. Whereupon. the child
is Immediately turned owe to the
authorities and generally speaking.
has such n swell time with a few
hundred other younsters that 1t
doesn't want 10 60 home.
The parents. meanwhile. have
their own pleasant outing In the surf
and playing about the amusement
parks. Toward the flag end OF the
day they show UP and claim their
offspring.
Those mothers and fathers, who
find that a youngster has wandered
away, somehow. are hysterical fig
ures BY the time they reach the
lost and found" department.
One OF Conveys minor problems
this season has been that OF intro
ducing neckties TO the amusement
park dancehalls.
The Coney crowd is made up Of
most all the ingredients OF New
York. a great majority coming from
the East Side, the Bronx and those
sections where shirt sleeves and no
coat. vest or tie Is worn. Saturday
and Sunday afternoons are likely TO
be hot for quite a while now, and
there have been few rules and regu-
lations for anything ave bathing
suits.
1t was Rex Billings, who arrived
from youngstown. o.. this year 20
manage Luna Park. who introduced
A bright idea. Out youngstown way
things were not quite as they are
at Luna. Wherefore, Billings first
dispensed with the free dancehall
idea and inaugurated a Decent Cd
mission policy. Finally. when the
necktieless brigade kept showing up
early In the season. Billings had a
number or cards printed. Not wish
ing to embarrass a young man IN
the presence OF his girl friend. the
card informed the bearer that IL ne
didn't happen to have a tie with him,
the card would entitie him TO a
tie II accompanied by IL cents and
presented at a certain counter.
If. at the end Of the dance. the
gent no longer wanted the tie. It
| could be turned In later on and the
Is cents refunded
SO they're wearing neckties now
at the Luna Park pavilion. which
Il quite "a feather i'm the cap for
| YnunRstoWn. q.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-29
REGTN HERE TODAY

RHAAMAN 4AA&aa1
= LANE BARRETT, who 81 beau
tifui, IS and poor. falls I'm love
with u rich man Of the world
VAN ROBARD. Her Inother.
CAss BARRETT. begs her to have
nothing to do with RobRrsE. MI
REL LADD. debufante. plays
around with many men arui pro-
fcsEeE 60 care for CHUCK DIES
mOND. n reporter, but eve ntunily
becomes engaged 20 RobnrfL Hart
and wishing 20 please her mother.
Lame promises 20 marry Give
CLEEsPAUGH. who will fnherit
millions on his wedding On q. CnEs
falls fi and I'm her deIiriu m bab-
bIes Of some mystery con .crninE
the girls birth.
TRESsA LORD. who with her
sister. FANNY AMBERT On, In
visiting old MRS. CLEEsPsAUGH.
disIikes Lame and plots 90 come
between her and Give. she on
hives with some bInckmaiiers hut
a. warned OF by SHANE MeDER-
MID. police ofHcer nnd fr iend az
Liane. At n ball for the PRINCE
OF sLAvARIA, Lame IN kihnnped
ny n gang seeking rnnsoni. Nc
Dermid. Give nnd Desms md all
pursue the kidnnprrs. Lame In
rescued without serious hEtrm.
Cnsz IL alarmed and urEes n
speedy marriage. Lame - driv-
fnE into View York for "a lifting on
her wedding gown when fhe n
breaks down and Rohard comes
along.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
CITING on that stone wall along
the quiet Long Island road
Lame stared at the man before her,
scarcely crediting her own e5es. II
seemed fate that she shoSild en-
counter Van Robard at every turn
Inwardly fiuttered but outpardly
calm she returned his saliutation,
~Kelly's struggling with a fat and
I'm late for a dressmaker's appoint
ment." she told him. Her heart
thudded in her breast. She strug'
gled for composure.
Now Van Robard said cavhlierly,
I'm going 70 town. Can'ttI give
you a lift?"
She wanted desperately to say
no but common sense forbade. Min
utes flew and still the ~rthd-faced
chauffeur tore nc the stubbot en- rim
I'm awfully afraid III lave "a
accept" she said And could have
bitten her lips for the stupid. words
Robard laughed shortly. Sorry
you feel that way about IT," ne told
her. I'm no ogre. / don't eat
little girls"
Lame was already on her rf et, all
contrition. I'm Just stupid. You
mustn't mind me-" she s~tannnered
tongue-tied as always in this, mans
presence.
Kelly came toward them wipInr
his brow. It'll be a mattcat Of 10
maybe 15 minutes more. Miss
he said, touching his cap Ito Ro
bard. whom he knew.
I've asked Miss Barrettl 70 lei
me take her in" Robard said gent
ally. Il happen to be driging u
town"
I'm afraid I must" Lame told
the chauffeur. I'm late aB " is
VIII You follow US and picks ne ur
at the dressmaker's?r
Van helped her into his car. she
wa suddenly conscious : OK hel
looks, OF her sickness and slim
ness in the smoke-colored frssck and
coat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-29

People who never seem TO have
the trick Of dressing just right for
anything are getting some comfort
out Of those recent pictures OF ex-
President Calvin Coolidge on vaca-
ton. Calvin, believe 1t or not. Is
shown trout fishing in a stiff straw
hat. double breasted business coat
and high collar. And riding a hay
rack in his rubber boots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

Some time this afternoon the people Of Indianap-
OILS win get accurate estimate of Clarence Geist
resident Of Philadelphia who thinks that 1t is only
through his dollars that the citizens OF indianapolis
are permitted to live
He owns the water system Of Indianapolis. Of
course, individual should own such necessity Of
life, but it happens that in the past the people have
been stupid enough to permit private ownership to
continue. indianapolis is the largest city in the
United States to tolerate this condition.
Some weeks ago The Times called attention to the
fact that Mr. Gest, who confines his activities in this
city to taking dividends and occasionally donating
recording photograph to political clubs and calling it
a pipe organ, was taking large sums away from the
people for water
The facts on that point are quite plain According
to the reports which he has caused to be fled with the
public service commission, he collected g. 100000 from
the people last year. paid off the interest on his bonds
paid for all the operating expenses and then put into
his own pocket dividends the rather stable sum
Of $1,225,OOO,
AL that he ever claimed to invest in this city was
100000. AS matter of fact it is doubtful if he
invested this amount in real money That was the
sum he was authorized to pay to former owners for
their equity.
So while every other business was showing de-
crease in earning power-aI except some other
OF rental property often pay to Gest than they
collect from their tenants To every home and every
industry his charges than burdensome. They
have become impossible.
The South Side Civic Club and Mayor Sullivan
have demanded a reduction in these rates. They
proceeded in the legal way of demanding justice from
the public service commission.
That body, through one of It's members suggested
that its mechanics slow and costly and that per-
haps the better way is friendly conference between
the clubs, the city and the representatives for
Mr.. Gest.
This is experiment in utility regulation, and
b may open the way to settlement of a problem that
affects all other utilities That is up to Mr. Gest.
Under present conditions refusal to reduce rates
very substantially means that he has no sympathy
with his customers, heart for Distress regard
for the future of the city. 1t that the utility
heart is hard heart. It that the utility mind
Is stupid mind.
Watch tomorrow's papers for the outcome Of this
conference 1t will suggest to you what must be
done. Perhaps it will prove that after all, The Times
has been mistaken and that Mr.. Geis and his fellow
utility barons really phlanthropsts who ready
to share in distress they had eoninely shared in
prosperity
Or it may suggest that the time has come for
determined fight for justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
The Public Dialed Out

Somewhere in New York, star chamber sessions
are in progress which may determine the future of
communication by radio
Representatives of the United States department
of justice comforting with representatives of the
companies in control of the patents vital to develop
ment of radio, which they heretofore have used for
their exclusive benefit.
Presumably, they are attempting to reach an
agreement under which the government shall halt
prosecution of the radio industry under the antitrust
laws There is every indication that an agreement
will be announced soon.
Meanwhile, the negotiations are surrounded with
utmost secrecy although if there ever subject
on which the country should be informed fully, this
is it.
The disposition of radio patents will determine to
a great extent development Of new apparatus and
industries, the price Of equipment in each home
WE'LL perhaps the future of antitrust legislation
The government has both law and equity on its side
of the argument, and the people affected have a
right to know that it is not sacrificing their inter
estS in the matter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-After listening to
Al Smith and Nicholas Murray But
Ter, I am inclined to believe there
are two men in this country really
sincere in attempting to solve this
unemployment question.
But on the other hand, why
couldn't men like Henry Ford,
Rockefeller, Schwab, Morgan, Gold
man, Pierce and others like these,
who have incomes of a million or
more a year, do something to pro-
tect the people who built up their
incomes.
Mr.. Ford says, 1.-THE depression is
good for the people and they are
making more money" A man with
a billion dollars says such things
I could say that, too, Mr.. Ford, if !
had billion dollars to back up that
statement.
Charles Schwab, eve, the people
Of the United States, must do some
thing to protect the workers and
unemployed of our country"
Since Jan. 5, 1880, the United
States Steel Company has worked
about two months and in that time
they have taken a cut in salary.
More power, Charley. Maybe by
the end of the year you will tie
the high record Of Mr.. Clifford, who
holds the record for firing people
during the depression.
Rockefeller doesn't make any state
ment, but transfers his entire estate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
The l. C. C. Report

Even before the interstate commerce commits
Sions annual report made public, committees of
congress we're shaping definite programs toward in
vestigation Of the financial plight of the railroads
These are very important and very necessary steps,
for the country and its legislators must have the facts
on what is to blame for the carriers embarrassing
condition.
We have the word of Joe Eastman, perhaps the
ablest member of the c. c. that some Of the recent
unfortunate occurrences in the railroad world might
have been avoided had the carriers accepted the
G. Cs plan to pool revenues from freight increases
Congress should determine why the railroads dilly-
dalted so long about accepting the commissions
$125,000,0O0 rate increase offer.
1t characteristic of the commission to make
determined effort to help the railroads by suggest
ing congressional investigation to determine if direct
or indirect governmental subsidies being given
to carriers inland waterways trucks and buses,
and air mail lines
1t also is characteristic of the honesty of the
c. c. to make no recommendation along these
lines until the facts about alleged subsidies known
IT, as the railroads have declared often these other
carriers are benef1ting at their expense then the
commission hints regulation of those competitors may
be necessary. ANY reasonable person would agree
with that
Heretofore, the L. c. C.s recommendations to con-
greSs concerning regulatory legislation have been
heard politely but action delayed.
In the face of this, 1t behooves the new chairman
OF the house interstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee to speed through the commissions recon-
mendations. Certainly, group knows better than
the L G. C. what amendatory legislation is needed
to strengthen the railroads and to further progressive
regulation in the public interest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
A Mandate

With more than three-fourths of all newspapers
of the country editoriazing in favor of old age pen
sons the popular mandate upon congress and the
states appears fairly clear.
nationwide survey by the American Association
for Old Age Security reveals little opposition from
newspapers OF, 1876 papers lining up on the ques-
tion $685. or n per cent, urged pension laws Only
S12 papers opposed them.
In forty-three states and the District Of Columbia
heavy majorities supported pensions such as
teen states have passed In every state except Ind-
and four others, impressive majority editorial
opinion favored the new way.
senator'>. C. Dill of Washington again will press
for his for federal aid for old age pensions
If public opinion anything in the United States
this will pass and be signed. The poorhouse must
be relegated to history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

XXTAR RACES in the Far East Every day brings us
wv news of fresh conflicts fresh blood spilled fresh
defeats victories despite after
of truce.
We may sit afar off and contemplate the scene.
It is to be hoped that will do Because whether
Japan is justified in snatching territory for her
overfowng hordeS or whether China is justified
in resisting these inroads fact energies with sharp
decisviness: The men who melted this war are not
doing the fighting.
In Toxic, in Peping in Moscow, sit those who
are ordering others out to die They remain safe
from the guns and secure from the suffering. 1t fol-
lows inevitably, too that the soldiers will reap none,
or practically none of the benefits of their sacrifices
This always has been true of war-making. 1t will
be true as long as war survives.
Those who stay at home and receive the golden
always those who are most urgent for strife.
TT is now being said generally that this Manchurian
i struggle may bring better prices for American
crops and commodities. We fatten it were, upon
nese powers. repulsve thought, it should be, but
is it2
DO VIC desire prosperity that depends upon war
anywhere for its being? Whatever the to that
may be- it Is not wise for to view this little fame
in Manchuria with the same smugneSs that we re-
garded similar one In Europe in 1914.
After the world condagration it started we should
realize that the apparently insignificant incidents IN
PARKWAY places may have sinister meanings for US
Inc assassination of Serbian archduke trivial
for notice when it happened but it marked the be-
ginning of slaughter unprecedented in history.
Let not, therefore, be too unconcerned over the
Manchurian situation. For we no longer can with
draw from the fate of foreign peoples. Nations are
linked today by unhreakable ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
HEALTH SERVICE
German Measles Highly Contagious

are much more frequent than is
commonly believed.
While German measles is likely
to attack children much more often
than adults, it is more frequent in
adults than ordinary measles.
The condition appears more COM
monty in the winter and in the
spring and is much more frequent
in city than in country areas.
Obviously the prevention of this
condition involves avoidance of
contact with any of those who hap
pen to have it.
The treatment is unimportant,
because most of the cases get well
with just ordinary hygience care.
However, it never is safe to haz-
ard a guess that a condition is Ger
man measles and to overlook the
necessity for medical attention, be-
cause quite Frequently the condition
is confused with scarlet fever, a
most serious oversight in any in
stance in which it happens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

1t is believed that this disease
is spread from one person to an
other through secretions from the
mouth and nose, probably by direct
contact of healthy person with a
patient or with articles freshly
soiIed with discharges from the nose
or throat of the patient.
The period of incubation of the
disease is from fourteen to twenty
one days. Usually it will be found
that the person affected has been
in contact with a case of the dis
ease two or three weeks previously.
While the disease is not serious,
it is one Of the most highly COM
municable of all affecting mankind.
The disease, when it begins in a
school or a home, spreads rapidly
to almost every one available.
Because of its transient character
and the relative nildnesS of the
symptoms, it is likely that many
cases of German measles never are
reported, and indeed that the cases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Tumors Still MyStify Medical
Science; Knife and Radio
ton Termed Crude, but
Effective, Control Meas
ureS.
TUMORS, to use the term which
i medical men employ to describe
all abnormal growths, including
cancer, constitute one Of the four
great groups of ills which cause
mankind to seek medical aid.
This is pointed out by DR.. Elliott
c. Cutler, professor of surgery at
western Reserve University Medical
school, and head Of the surgical de-
partment at Lakeside hospital,
Cleveland.
almost all of the ills for which
people go to physicians" he says,
may be grouped as follows:
81. Malformations or deviations
from normal structure, present at
birth.
SO. The results of injury.
"3. The results Of infection.
"a. TumorS.
There are certain other dis
orders" he continues, (which do not
fall into any of these classes, but
most of the diseases which cause
people to consult physicians may be
grouped as either congenial mall
formation, the result of injury, the
result of infection or tumor."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

ule. Ely Culbertson seems to be
the chief offender. 1t develops that
he is slow player. And so I care
nothing about his skill.
The chief crime in contract is not
the familiar reproach of trumping
your partners ace, but Of dawdling
over a bid or f1nesse.
Better by far to throw away a
few tricks than to sit in a brown
study about something which ought
to be by every right pleasant
pastime. Give me, then, no experts,
I beg of you, but people who play
with celebrity and who can smile
when everything goes dead wrong.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Politics Fit No LONGER

EDREMIER BENNETT of Canada
l. is right in declaring that the
British empire has passed as a DO
litical entity, but that a great eco
nomic union is being forged as a.
substitute.
The trouble is that politics no
longer fits economics. Trade. ex-
change, the inter-dependence of
values, all have outrun the capaci-
ties of government.
Men talk about disarmament as
though it were the one great in
ternationa1 problem, when it is but
a preliminary step to that 'reign
of law which Wilson visualized as
the one and only thing that could
Justify the World war.
The world needs a common cur
rency as much as it needs anything
some medium of exchange that
will help reduce these speculative
epidenics to a minimum and that
will open the way to straightfor-
ward, honest transactions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
M. E. Tracy
SAYS

The Foreign Bonds Problem
Is Only q Phase of the
Larger Latnacy, and We
Should Be Worrying About
the Big Thing and Not a
Probe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-What
~ bankers may have made by
selling foreign bonds is of less i'm
portance than what other people
stand to lose through buying them.
Still more important is the question
of whether anything can be done
to prevent, or reduce, the loss.
Now that the crash has come, all
Of us realize that lots of things
were bought at too high price
and that those who sold them, es-
pecially on commission, made some
very easy money.
But why assume that the crash
is over and that there is no more
difficult job ahead than to find out
who got the gravy?