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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

Warden r.. Z. Davis nerve stopped a prison mutiny
in Utah that might have claimed many lives and done
damage running into the thousands.
The outbreak was well under way, the prisoners
had gained the upperhand and had even kidnapped two
guards whom they threatened to strangle. Then the war
den acted. He walked into the prison courtyard, alive
with rebellious convicts. They might have killed him
easily enough but they didn't touch him.
Such lack of fear awed these frenzied convicts into
submission and at his command to "get back to your cells,
you men," they scurried for the cell house.
How much better was this warden's plan than stand
ing on the prison walls aggravating the mutiny by pour
ing q stream of bullets at those convicts. Men the world
over respect a brave man. And when it comes to bravery
and to handling men this warden certainly knows ha
onions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
Burbs

That prisoner that sawed hts
way out OF the Philadelphia jail
as his comrades sang TO drown
the noise. probably proceeded bar
BY bar.
The depression hasn't hit col
leges yet. They can pay as much
this season as last for q fullback-
Gov. Huey Long wants 10 legis-
LATE against growing cotton Whatn
we do for WOODEN underwear next
winter
The heart expands al high alti-
tudea Big heartedness that doesn't
help anybody but the undertaken.
Horses may be replaced by au1-
mobiles. but did YOU ever try'to
get serum out Of a Ford7
Having "it- these days is no ad-
vantage II the dry agents find out.
A teacher showed her divorce pa
pers and got a Job. Just the person
to teach domestic science.
with these new Empress Eugene
hats cooked up on one side Of wo-
mems heads It's getting SO you
can't tell unless you smell her
breath.
while brains grow. scientists say.
teeth rest. and n mar pays for bad
teeth with a better brain. Maybe
that's why movie actors have such
good teeth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

| Sunday each OF them tried Bcrup-
~ulously to give the impression OF
being utterly unworried. Prepare
ton and serving OF the dinner. the
bulky Sunday newspaper 70 be
sorted over and read. helped this
deception. Mark dropped TO the
davenport In the afternoon and
took q nap. Toward evening they
put on wraps and went out into the
cool air for q walk.
Monday morning brought the In
evitable problem. Where was Mark
to find work? He breakfasted as
usual. put on hat and coat and de-
parted. Shortly before six he re-
turned. Norma. aware OF his pride.
asked no questions.
THREE days passed. then four.
= Each AZ hours became d dreary
repetition OF the one before. Nor
ma. so anxious TO be helpful. 90
eager 10 hear bad news rs well as
the good. was wise enough to wait
for Mark 10 speak. She knew
pocketing his pride was for Mark
the hardest struggle.
"A week went by IN this fashion.
Presently Norma noticed that each
night Mark was scanning the news
paper help wanted" columns. She
noticed he set the alarm clock for
half an hour earlier. What struck
her painfully In the Transformation
taking place was the disappearance
or the gay alertness from his eyes.
loss of the old brisk confidence. He
talked less. fell into moody ~silences
that lasted a long while.
Displays OF irritabilIty were less
frequent. Marks lips we're hard.
ening into a firm line. Sometimes
Norma almost felt the man across
the table was a stranger.
Norma wasted not a penny these
days. She walked blocks to save a
few cents on fruit or vegetables.
She boarded the household money.
Such things were not hardships.
Economizing was something the
grill had done all her life. What
terrified her. turned days and
nights into nerve-shattering ordeals.
was the fear or what should come
when the last of their money was
gone. Only a little remained. What
would they do when that had van
ished?
There was less than S. IN Nor.
mas purse ms she stood at the meat
counter OF her favorite store one
Thursday afternoon Rent would
be due I'm another week. II had
been paid In advance for the frst
month. Payment OF the coming
rent bin had been on the girls
mind all day.
Botheri She couldn't possibly
get $15-one weeks installment-
out OF that IS In her purse. II they
were 10 be put out OF the apart.
ment they would DO put out. That
was all there was to It'll With un.
accustomed recklessness Norma sc.
lected d choice cut OF steak She
told herself she and Mark were 90
near the brink now that nothing
mattered.
Regret overwhelmed her as soon
as she had paid the bin and started
home As she opened the door OF
the apartment 10 minutes later
something made her glance about
quickly.
Mark" she cried. how you
startled mel I didn't think you'd
come SO sooni"
The young man was standing
across the room. Sorry" he said
Didn't expect 70 be here myself
! hut ! had a piece OF luck
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
The Price of Competition

Reno divorce courts are operating under force blast.
Other cities are operating marriage bureaus under the
same tempo.
There is something tragic in this. There is some
thing cheap about it. True, the machine age has brought
it about. We can not have highly organized lives and
medieval romanticism.
Yet, it would be pleasant to believe that some phases
of love and life had not been warped by the whip of COM
petition and the necessity of efficiency. A price must be
paid, but it would pay to consider what price it is worth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
TO-DAY IS THE
Anniversary


On sept. IA. 1877. Elihu Root.
speaking To the National Security
League OF Chicago. denounced war
opponents rs traitors to the United
states.
Roots address was quoted from
coast to coast and commented on In
the foreign press
On this date also the italian army
reeained the summit Of Mount
Gabrielle.
Germans entered the French
trenches ON the 500-yard front
north of C~aurieres wood. and Rus
SLAMS. On the Riga front captured
KronberE. Keitzen. Sisseral and
Ppine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

the marketing" she announced hap
PLY. Il waited on purpose 30 we
could 20 together today. You-you
got your check. Of c~ourse7"
Eyes. I've got It."
She brought her coat and Mark
held It for her. The small hat was
damned down over her cErla All
the way downstairs and On they
walked the two blocks to the gro
Gerry and meat market. Norma
talked eagerly.
THEY bought generously-pota-
toes. canned goods. butter. q
loaf OF bread. eggs fresh vegetables
and fruit There was O small roast
for dinner next day. cream and
m%acaroons from which Norma
would concoct a delicious dessert.
Not until they were back In the
apartment did II occur to her as
strange that Mark was talking 90
little. She looked az him closely,
asked II he were feeling well.
"Surs. I'm all right" Mark an
swered carelessly.
He wasn't however. He wasn't
at all the usual Mark and though he
strove against II and tried to keep
II back at last the story came out
They had finished the evening meal.
Norma was removing dishes from
the table and Mark was barricaded
behind a newspaper. Suddenly he
threw down the scattered sheets.
Let's get out OF here-So some.
where." he exclaimed.
"All right As soon IS I have
these dishes done. Where dc you
want to go?"
"Anywherei Want 10 get out OF
this place. that's all. Here-I1l
wipe those for you"
She provided him with q fresh
tea towel and the dishwashing be
gan. A small task. Their entire
supply Of dishes would not fill a
shelf IN the built-in cupboard over
the sink Before Mark had dried
The last plate his mood changed
again.
Something was wrongi Some
thing that was serious had hap
pened.
Norma put a hand on his shoul
der. please. Mark" she begged,
you're worried about something!
l know you are. Won't you tell me
what's the matterf Won't you tell
me what It's aboutT'
He tried 70 evade. failed. The
ugly secret was branded in the
burning brown eyes. Mark started
to deny. shifted his gaze and blurt.
ed out. I'm not going back 10
Harris. I'm fred"
MARK"
"Oh. Brad didn't put II that way,
OF course. He didn't use the word,
fired That's what he meant,
though. Asked me to 70 to lunch
with him and edged around to the
fact ! haven't made q single sale
all this week. Hinted some other
line Of work might be more con,
genial He made II plain enough,
all right! I didn't want to take
the lousy check for last week but
he insisted. Even said I could stay
on longer II I wanted to. He knew
| wouldn't do thati He knew I'd
never set foot again In the damned
place"
There vas more OF the same
much more-for the next hour. AT
the end OF that time they decided n
was too late to 20 elsewhere. For
another hour they discussed ways
and means and their financial stu
alton After that they went to
bed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

OF arterial tissue vital RUBBER
which the individual has Inherit
ed" Another way Of saying the
same thing was the famous proverb.
Mar IL as old as his arteries"
Today the main causes Of death
are related TO the blood and its cir
culation. Heart trouble causes one
out OF every seven deaths. Diseases
OF the kidney are responsible for
148 deaths OF each 100, 1000 persons
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
A Man With Courage

B. w. Thompson sends in a clipping from the Thurs
day morning paper of the story from TT. Worth Of A.
G. Smith fighting off an armed negro when the black
sought to attack a woman. He writes: "A. G. Smith by
his action on the occasion mentioned stamped himself
as one of the noblest Of heroes. Do you think the women
should express their admiration of him?"
Smith, if you don't remember the story, was fired
on by the armed negro. His courage was exceeding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

This conclusion Is OF the utmost
Importance In considering a plan
OF life because 1t points definitely
TO the fact that the length OF life
depends inversely on the rate OF
living.
With this fundamental premise
In mind ii Is possible to formulate
certain factors that influence
longevity. S.r William Osler said
that much depends ION the quality
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
The
Once Ooer

THE GREAT MEDICINE CHEST
EVIL
What America needs more than
anything else Is an Association OPP
posed to Home Medicine Cabinets.
Statistics gathered by this depart
ment's statistician. Prof. 4. Phoeni-
clan Wogg. show that the last fiscal
year was caused by medicine cabi-
nets. Nothing has contributed more
To national nerve fraying than the
narrowing effort TO find the right
bottle In q medicine cabinet in q
hurry.
Dispositions have been ruined.
characters completely changed, lives
blighted and homes put on the rocks
by tn atetempt to locate an ointment
last seen on the second shelf from
the top. More than rs per cent of
the domestic difficulties In North
America between January l and
May / of the present year have been
traceable to the fact the aspirin
bottle wasn't where 1t ought to De.
How many murders, II fully in
vestigated. could be traced to fury
at rising in the night to get some
peppermint for a toothache, only 70
upset the iodine. cut the hand on an
abandoned blade and ulti-
mately find the pepperminet bottle
empty, has never been established.
Professor Wogg Is at work ON this
now.
Students Of the situation are COM
ing to the conviction that true hap
piness Is impossible while the medi-
cine cabinet exists. All atttu pts TO
solve the problem by improving the
cabinet or keeping IL in better order
have proved futile. There - but one
thing TO do: abolish the cabinet once
and for all. The American Ass0cia-
ton Opposed to Medicine Cabinets
must stand firmly for this. NO half
vsy measure will do. The medicine
cabinet mist goi
AS long AZ the medicine cabinet Is
allowed TO exist IL will be so clutter
ed I'D with walls, tubes. bottles and
boxes that the hope of finding any
thing in a pinch will be futile. Pro-
fessor Wogg's statistics on the state
OF medicine cabinets in the u. s.
during 1890 follow:
Contents OF Average Medicine
Cabinet.
ASPIRIN:
Three empty bottles.
Two bottles with m tablet IN
each.
one bottle labeled Aspirin" but
containing quinine pills.
IODINE:
-Four bottles with the iodine dried
into a hard clay.
One bottle with three drops In It.
Two bottles marked Tine. To-
dine but containing nux vomica.
SPIRITS OF CAMPHOR:
One bottle with nothing in II, not
wen q cork.
BORACIC ACID:
Two bottles usually on the tor
| shelf buried behind various complex
ion creams, cough sirups, hair oils
eye cups and shaving brushes.
One bottle broken.
PEPSIN-BISMUTH:
This can never be found, despite
the fact you know very well YOU
bought a large bottle only three
days ago.
AROMATIC SPIRITS
OF AMMONIA:
One bottle so marked, but con-
tanning citronella.
Two bottles with the corks out.
One empty bottle.
And 80 II goes. What's the usef
Down with the medicine cabinet
Away with haosl Let us put our To-
tons. pills. ointments. compounds
and elixirs all over the house. on
desks. window sills. tables. chairs
kitchen shelves and chiffoniers
Then we may be able TO find what
we want when We want It.
The five-cent "all-hot" has made
its return In New England. which
would seem TO indicate that the
country Is getting back to fundamen-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

between the ages OF As and "a
years, and high blood pressure Il
given credit for l40 deaths In this
group.
The conditions mentioned are
detachable and comfortable to some
extent In their early stages. Their
onset Is insidious. They cannot be
detected except BY the scientific
tests that are known to any we'll
trained physician.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
LAURA LOU
I BROOKMAN

"Ycu mean-is 40 N job1"
Mark nodded. He was somber,
ursmiling. wait until you hear
tie rest Of IT," he said. before you
begir cheering. It's a Job all right.
Floor walker NO Blossomdals'si
Yes. Madam-infants' wear ON The
third --oori IndigestIble chocolate
drops. two eisles 60 the right. Gar
den hose7 Yes. ma'am. you'll find
Il In the hosiery department Step
right this wayi'"
NORMA tried 10 laugh. She knew
- Mark didn't think IL funny I'm
the least. She knew he was bitter
ly ~resentful and the burlesque was
venomous. II was her duty to win
him from this mood.
So she said with forced gaiety.
You won't sell Me garden hose or
indigestible chocolate dropsl Well.
darling. no one can deny there's a
lot or standing that goes with the
Job OF door walker. Hail the new
merchant princei"
They celebrated that evening"
not az the motion picture theater
but with q dinner party Just for
two. Norma sent Mark 10 the store
for mushrooms and whipping
cream. She made his favorite sal
ad and topped or the meal with
coffee that vas ambrosial. The
scent or that coffee did as much MS
anything 10 put young Travers I'm n
cheerful frame or mind. He even
joked about their poverty nm Norma
poured the second cup.
The girl was radiant. IT'S the
turning point" she told herself.
"Everything's going 20 be all right
now She was singing as She
cleared the dishes from the table.
Mark wiped them. The two were
as happy as they had been on any
or their extravagant evenings at
Blue Springs. Thirty-fve dollars N
week seemed as big AZ $500 had
before.
Hell get alongi- Norma assured
herself. Marks going 70 make
goodi"
He was OF NEXT morning M eight
o'clock: tired but IN good spirits
when he returned at six "A mum
Der OF interesting events had hap
pened during the day. "A huge de-
partment store. Mark war TO dis
cover. was an absorbing institution.
The first day had proved an eye
opener. Successive days were each
to hold new experiences.
IL was hard work but for the
first time Mark Travers was seeing
n side or life he had never known
Some OF the anecdotes he related
were amusing. Some were pathetic
and others showed how jealousy.
| egotism and q dozen other weak
nesses OF tho human family ARE
barred I'm their daily barter.
Each day brought Saturday nea
CIR when Mark was 10 receive the
coveted SIS. Fifteen or those dol
lars would 20 for On weeks rent.
The major worry on Norma's horf-
ron had been removed when she
learned the rent money was ecure
Nothing seemed 20 important 40
maintaining the roof over their
heads.
The sventfui evening finally
came Norma wore one on her
prettiest house frocks. She ran 10
the door and threw u open as she
heard Marks footsteps In tina hall
re stood before her. grinning.
-Surprisei" Travers exclaimed
shut your eyes. Norma. and count
tent"
(To he Contfnued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
ALI DRESSED UP

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14-Billy,
an ice wagon horse owned by Fred
Rivel, IS the cynosure OF oil eyes
as he prances down the street. Two
years ago he wore blue overalls.
But his whinnies OF envy when girls
clad in flashy pajamas strolled past
on their way to the beach led his
master to get him a pair. Billy now
trots along in an ensemble Of white,
yellow, red and black.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

nE1aN AaA1k&1 AO0A
Pretty Norma Kent. 20-ycar-
old secretary I'm = law onice. mnr-
rIes MARK TRAvERS, son OF I'm.
TRAvERs. millionaire real estate
dealer. after the father has sworn
10 cut Mark OF without n penny
~ the marriage takes place. Nor
mn has known Mark only a few
weeks. did not know during the
courfship that ne wns mill
fionnfre's SON.
The story e in Marlboro.
%'nsis 'ssuSDERR:s.. for Win
whom Norma shares nm apart
ment. M BRADLEY HART, Chris'
employer. nre witnesses nj the
wedding. Before this Norma has
refused to MARI non FARRELL
young lawyer OF whom size IL
fond NJ IN friend.
ster 10 get money for the honey
moon. lie and Norma go 90
fashionable blue Springs. There
Norma meets HOLLIS STONE.
and n T. evident from the Eixf'n
discomposurc that she has knovvn
stone before.
One night Mark loses heavily
On n card gnme. The young couple
are almost pennIles~. Mark bor-
rows $500 from stone. lie and
Norma return Ia Marlboro. They
stop mt nm expensive hotel md
Marx sets out ON a round OF
picnsurc-seekinE with his wealthy
lends instead OF hunting n job.
One evening nc introduces Nor
tanfA who has long hoped 10
marry Mark. A. their funds
dwindle the young couple move 10
n furnished apartment. Mark he
gins 60 hunt work seriously. Tie
IL unsuccessful until Chris Snun-
ders helps him yet . job M sales
man In Brndley Harris advertise
Ing company.
Saturday afternoon Norma waits
for Mark to appear with hts pny
cheek. At last she hears foot
steps ON the stairs.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
MARX TRAvERS halted on thu
Az fourth step below the landing
The staircase and hall were poorly
lighted and his face was in shadow
"Hello!" no said evenly TO the cir
above.
Norma was radiant. "Oh, I'm
glad you've come. dear! Did yor
work this afternoon l thought
you'd be through long agol"
lilac a talk with Brad" MARI
said indifferently. He had climbed
the last four steps and stood beside
her. "Well-ycu're all dressed up
aren't your"
The blue eyes twink1ed. dc
You like it," she asked. "Really?'
Norma looked down az the simple
crepe frock she was wearing. The
cloths sapphire shade exactly
matched her eyes. She whirled
about IN a pirouette and assumed
the pose OF a fashion mannequin
Guess" she demanded Grammatical
~. what IL cost"
Gosh. how should I know,
Where'd you buy it7"
Il didn't buy It. Mark. 1 made
itI Mrs Tracey on the floor below
let me use her sewing machine. |
got a pattern and II wasn't a BIZ
hard And the best part is-it cost
exactly s4.26i"
do you meal fl" Incredulity In
the young mans eyes. do you
honestly mean you can get q dress
like that for four bucks?"
Not In a store-of course not.
But I've always liked to sew and II
was fun 70 see II I could make q
whole dress. Tell me-do you real
ly think It looks all rightf 1 was
sort Of worried about these tucks-'
Looks like q million dollars 70
me-" There was something a little
strange about Marks voice. Some
thing unusual In the way he avoid.
ed her eyes. too. Norma. excited
over her triumph as a seamstress.
took no notice.
IN get my coat and we can do
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

THE GREAT MEDICINE CHEST
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

Dispositions have been ruined
characters completely changed, live,
blighted and homes put on the rock
by tn atetempt to locate an ointmen
last seen on the second shelf from
the top. More than 76 per cent o
the domestic difficulties In Nortl
America between January l ant
May / of the present year have beer
traceable to the fact the aspirin
bottle wasn't where 1t ought to De
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-14

How many murders, II fully IN
vestigated. could be traced to fury
at rising in the night to get some
peppermint for a toothache, only 70
upset the iodine. cut the hand on an
abandoned razor blade and ulti-
mately find the pepperminet bottle
empty. has never been established
Professor Wogg Is at work on this
now.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-26
Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post Office, El Centre,
Calf, as Second-Class
Matter.
A REASONABLE Law

The state senate has passed a bill re-
quiring any person who wishes to teach
school in California must first swear to
support the constitution of the United
States.
There should be little or no objection
to this from the great majority of the
states teachers 1t is not asking any,
thing difficult of them and pledging ones
loyalty to the United States of America
should be pleasant affair.
Some may possibly object on the
grounds that it questions the loyalty of
the teachers to enforce such law. This
is a hair-splitting attitude to take how
ever. Every civil officer of the munich
pality, county, state and nation is re-
quired to take such pledge.
School teachers are state officers. They
may not think of themselves as such but
they are, the state paying a portion of
their salaries.
There have been instances in Califor-
MIA where radical teachers were found.
Again this is no reflection on the teach
ers for radicals and black sheep will be
found in every trade or profession. If
the proposed new law will aid in ferret
ing out those having red tendencies, it
should, and undoubtedly will, have the
fullest support of all teachers.
Our public schools are about the last
place we want to have radical doctrines
expounded. 1t is to prevent any such oc-
curence that the new law is designed.
Viewed from this angle none can OBJ
iect to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-26
Lose Fat
SAFELY and QUICKLY

Kruschen Salts-(a perfect COM
bination of the six mineral salts
your body should have to function
properly purify your blood OF
harmful acids, md aid the kidneys
and bowels to throw off waste ma
terial-the continual formation of
which is probably the cause Of your
fat.
In this modern age of living, its
impossible to get these salts from
the fancy foods you eat-but don't
worry just as long as you have
Kruschen Salts.
Take a half teaspoon every morn
ing before breakfast in glass OF
hot water-little by little that ugly
fat disappears, you'll feel better
than ever before-yearS younger
more energetic. Youll soon possess
that enviable beauty, clear skin,
sparkling ,eyes, superb figure which
only perfect health can impart.
An Csc bottle (lasts A weeks at
Clements Drug Store, Valley Drug
Store, Shirer Drug Co, or any pro-
Pressive druggist in America. Money
back if Kruschen doesn't convince
you that it is the safest, quickest
easiest way to lose fat.
A Hartford woman writes: I'll
tell the world Kruschen Salts is
wonderful stuff to reduce" Ar
Ohio woman lost 10 pounds witt
| one bottle. Adv