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amazement. "Jim's not in his
room?"
Carson shrugged. That's how
it is"
do you think he could be"
There's no telling about two
people as crazy in love as they
are," Carson said, his face set.
"I don't know what we can do
about it, though"
Connie sprang to her feet;
a culver of Indignation ran
through her form; her face was
pale.
"I know what I can dol" she
said. "Oh, I'm broadminded as
anybody-but she doesn't know
what she's doing. 1t isn't fair
he takes advantage OF her love
~
She marched directly toward
the stairs, despite the reached
out, OBTAINING hand Of Duke
Carson. wait minute. dear.
after all it's their own affair"
There was revealed to him,
for the first time, something OF
the quickly determined streak
of conventionality that was Con-
MES heritage. Beneath the sur
face, hidden by the gloss Of the
modern age. it was evident that
she had strict and definite ideas
of right and wrong, an unSpoken
but Steel-like devotion to what
might roughly be described as
duty.
Comics Decision
"You can come with me, II
you like" she said.
Together they assembled the
stairs.
I'm going to look in Jim's
room," she said, outside the
door.
He isn't there"
Nevertheless she turned the
knob and walked In.
"Jim!" she called. softly, but
there was no answer. Touch
ing a button she flooded the
room with light. The bed was
untouched.
"I'l find out about thisI"
she murmured. firmly.
Cutting off the light, she LETT
the room. 'Not under tnlS
roof" she whispered, coldly.
In front of Kitty's door she
hesitated just a moment and
then raped softly. There was
no response.
I'm going inside" She had
her hand on the knob.
IT wouldn't" Carson pro-
tested. What good do you
think you could do? My ideas
and yours are about as i'm
portant as leaves blown In a
storm"
We'll see."
Not Quite Herself
No nicely Of scruples, now.
bothered Connie at all; she was
not quite herself; her actuat-
ing motive, Carson decided was
anger-cold, biting resentment
toward Jim Tracy. This pro-
tective feeling among women,
one for the other, obliterated
so much that was polite and
civil. In the face OF tragic
situation the little conventional
customs Of courtesy melted,
were dissipated like mist.
Connie pushed open the door
and stepped across the threSh-
hold. One head was on a pillow
and another, more closely
cropped, Jim's. on the other
pillow. They were asleep.
KITTY"
Comics voice rang like cold
steel and the sleeperS awak-
ened instantly. Kitty raised
her head and then sat up,
stretching her arms.
"Oh, hello, Connie. You
found us, didn't you? Hello
Duke!"
"Kitty-" Comics voice
stopped, inarticulate.
"Oh, don't get excited or
anything, please" Kitty'S voice.
sleepy but dramatic, COM
manded. You're just a couple
of foxes, aren't you? If YOU
are looking for the Wedding
certificate, you'll find 1T there
on the dressing table. Jim
and I didn't so to the movies
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Women Say
It's Wonderful

Poor compilations and old looking
skins lack protection. Preserve
your skin with the new wonderful
Face Powder MELLO-GLO used
by so many beautiful women. It's
special tint and finish are so
youthful. MELLO-GLO stays on
longer, prevents large pores, and
spreads SO smoothly. Purest pow.
der made and does not irritate
YOUR skin,
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YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday
Is February 12

If February 13 is your birth
day, during the coming year
you should find pleasure or
benefit through social matters,
friends, in some artistic pro-
feSSion or business that caters
to women or adornmentS. Re
frain from extravaganza, care
lessness in money matters or i'm
pulsiVe actions. Take sufficient
time in settling important af-
fairs. Important dates: Avoid
excesses of all kinds, take no
risks and maintain routine from
May 13 to IS, May "a to 80
June S to 9, July 21 to "a, Au-
gust IS to II, August 20 to %,
October 7 to %, November 20
to December IL. Good for gen
eral affairs from February "a
to 26, March l to 3, March 25
to 27, July 2 to 4, September
S to 8, october 7 to 9, NoVem-
ber 2 to 4. Contradictory
dates show two opposing in
fluencess.
A child born February 13
will be ambitious and anxious
to do great things. He is apt
to be, extravagant and could
lost through lack of judgment.
He might gain through diplo-
matte or foreign relations,
through dealing in property or
real estate.
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THE BEAUTY
BOX

What's to be done with weak
ankles? Fire out the spiked
heeled shoes, and get heels of
ordinary height. Run around
on tipto, then run around on
the heels-stomp around may
be q better term. Sit with legs
crossed and send the top foot
around in circles. Stretch the
leg out and move the foot up
and down. There will be a
muscular pull that can be felt
well up in the calves of the legs.
AS the finger nail grows out,
1t becomes dead tissue. It Is
white in color, and tranSpar-
ent. The pink glow is contri-
buted by the blood streams un-
derneath. The live part Of the
nail is in the matrix, that hid
den portion which produces
new cells.
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If you want quick relief from a
cold, go back to first principles
and use something you EnotU does
the business start trying"
a 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 WELL: to knock q
cold in a jitty, not to cure a
hundred different things.
Take two tablets now. Then
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Better almost before you knoGO il.
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 sys-
TEN. Almost before you know it,
you feel like a new person.
If it doesn't do that, your money
back. Get a box now. YouT be
surprised at the speed with which
it works. Costs only a few cents
HTHTH9C Cascara Quinine
HILL ~ Compound
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Advice to LOvelOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
We are two young girls,
18 years of age. We nave been
going with two young men for
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When he longer connected with this important back
ground individually and
his successor suppant him completely.
And 50 it is with As his wife she
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This Day in History

The United States this day celebrates the birth
day Of Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipatoS,
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Quotations

Charity Is not N rummage SALE
Bishop Charles L. Woodcock-
The man OF well-tempered char
acter Is unacquainted with lazt-
ness. or at any rate. If ne feels the
approach OF lasSitude. he never
abandons himself to It.
President Doumer, Of France.
Drink Is more important than
fooo, and beer is the most iraport-
ant OF drinks.
DIR. Friedrich vincenz Won Hahn
Charity should be as unnecessary
rs IL Is unnatural.
Henry Ford.
we need no Moses to lead III cut
OF our plight.
William Gugsenhelm. capitalist
Failure Is no defeat; it's only
learning how.
Bishop Charles Y. Wocdcock-
We're not IN the midst OF q crisis
We're in the midst or q revolution
Henrik Willem Van Loon.
Poetl do not sing OF July.
Ivor Brown
Business diSlikes the self-SAtis-
fled man.
Gordon Selfridge
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Henry Ford has passed his 6sth mile post. He did
not celebrate his birthday. It was just another day for
He spent the day in the gardens of his wonderful
estate near Detroit. Henry Ford came as the third Amer
lean millionaire. He was past DO before he came out of
obscurity as a mechanical engineer to become an indus
trial captain of world prominence and an international
financier. His annual income runs into many millions. At
%, according to a newspaper writer, much of the intense
interest the wizard devotes to everything he undertakes,
Is being directed toward the development of a huge ex-
per1mental farming project, which he believes ultimately
Will result in the coordination of farming and industry.
Is not that what Dictator Stain is attempting to do for the
Soviet Russians? They are coordinating over there and
the peasants appear to be doing the heavy work.
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MeY York

NEW YORK,-The more vicious
aspects of New York night life fin
ally have become subject to a dis
comforting check.
Manhattanites, long cynical on
promises Of city reform, have found
a most hopeful symptom in one IN
cident Of the city's more recent
vice-inquiry.
This was the finger-printing OF
several hundred owners, or direct
representatives., of DANCE halls,
shady cabarets, dimly-lit light clubs
and hideaEays.
To the jewellers in cities where
direct procedure Is the custom. the
Significance of this finger-printing
act NAV be lost. In fact, there are
millions OF New Workers who read
something about 1t in the papers
and failed 70 realize that the police
70 the first time had an edge on
the artful-dodgers Of the night
assuming, Of course, that they care
to do anything about II.
II was all very well for the COM
missioner of police to address the
hard boiled night club gents in
words that were harsh and biting.
But when he told them TO line up
and leave a finger-print behind
them; that was something else
again.
To begin with, there are many
maestros of the night life who
would Just as soon not have their
past records checked through fin
ger-print departments. Scores OF
them have records as yeggs, gang
sters and such.
But what Is more important Is
this-the question OF ownership can
not longer be lodged.
The men who appeared before
Commissioner Mulrooney came as
direct representatives Of some GER
tain resort, and so they must take
the responsibility for anything that
happens in the future.
Finding the responsible" persons
after a raid OF a complaint has long
been one Of Manhattan'S most far
cial games. Police appearing at some
low dive would arrest, perhaps, a
couple OF doormen, aticket taker
and a few flunkies. AS mere attaches
Of a resort, there was no percentage
in pressing charges against them.
Well, who was the owner?
Why. ii was a cofporationl I'LL. Made
up OF John Doe, Richard Roe and
Sam Gazool -. And so, year upon
year, things would 60 around in a
merry circle and come to no good
end; the public would yawn at the
mention Of a clean up and comment,
Yeah but they never get the
big shots! They never get the high
er-upl"
Today, the fellows who left their
finger-prints in the commissioners
office have automatically shouldered
responsibility that can not longer
be passed to a couple Of other fell
lows.
OF course, few people expect a city
OF Manhattan's bulk to be lily white
and without vice or swindle.
But certain ilnce halls have be-
come little more than brothels and
not particularly good brothels at
that. And the vicious practices Of
crooked night clubs have trapped
many m unwary visitor. The most
popular game has been that OF
check-raising. with a little attempt
ed blackmail on the side. Knock
out drops are still used and failure
to pay hold-up prices have been
followed by beatings and robbery.
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Rarbs

With the big news or the day
concerned with armament cuts,
slices In salary and dividend slash
es, future generations will proba-
bly, understand A. ID. TO NEAR After
Dissection.
What this country needs more
than a five-cent cigar Is a good
two-reel comedy.
When the good wife asks for q
fifty 70 buy a gown that, as the
nterati well know. Is also a figure
Of speech.
Banks were recently closed IN
Chile. But where Is a more appro-
pirate place 20 have frozen assets7
When the creditor nations tell
Germany 10 help herself they do
not mean. On course. with their
money
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Daily Health
Talk
Eaitor; Journal Of the American Medical
Association. and Of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN


IL has been said that all Of us
must eat a pound OF earth a day
In order to live. We must choose
our minerals instead OF picking
them blindly II we are to get the
most advantage out Of them from
the point Of view OF health and
growth. Mineral salts OF interest
to the human as they are obtained
IN foods include calcium. iron,
sulphur, magnesium, potassium,
sodium, phosphorus. iodine. fluro-
Inc, silicon, manganese and alumni
UNI.
Phosphorus is found in egg
yolk, cream and nuclei OF cells.
Iron IS found in egg yolk. beans.
meats particularly liver, and varf-
Gus organs. Calcium is found in
milk, eggs and muscle meats.
Sulphur is found in lean beef, eggs
and milk. Sodium. magnesium and
potassium are found in small
amounts in most food substances.
Iodine is found in seafoods and
also IN many vegetables and plants.
In the form OF plant life, phos-
phorus is found in vegetables.
whole wheat cereals. particularly
oatmeal, and in dried beans and
peas. Iron is found in the same
food substances. but particularly In
spinach. leafy green vegetables. and
In such fruits as apricots, apples.
peaches and raisins. Calcium Is
found in whole wheat, rice, and in
many vegetables, such as beets,
carrots, parsnips and potatoes.
Sulphur Is also found in plants OF
the various cereals and in beans.
peas and potatoes.
1t Is customary to consider cal
cium and phosphorus together be-
cause they seem to supplement each
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Speaking of Liquidation

State Banking Commr. James Shaw has been on the
Job for more than three years. His report shows that the
state banks are in sound condition and reflect a healthy
trend of business. Another feature relative to the general
liquidation of the past two years convinces Commr. Shaw
that liquidation is a helpful thing in the long run. In
other words, general liquidation, washed out specula-
ton and general OVERRIDING of things and put the country
in position for the next climb to prosperity" 1t did more.
1t placed new money in weak banks and made them
strong. 1t rid the system of many inefficienet individuals.
1t won the approval of the bankers who believe in a real
code of doing business and restored confidence as well
as courage to the people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-10

Place Russell Boardman and John Polando in the fly
ing hall of fame. They are there for all time. They made
the record flight from Floyd Bennett field to Turkey in
80 hours and IL minutes, the longest continuous flight
in the records of aviation. France may have wonderful
war planes. England may have wonderful sky planes, but
America is furnishing the wonders of the world wheri it
comes to the aces of the air. Now the Lindberghs are out
to do something handsome in the sky and add additional
laurels to the house of Scandal and the house of Morrow.
All the American world has been on wheels since 1920.
Some day all the American world will darken the skies
with their speed ships. This is the fastest moving age in
the history of the world.
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A Little Bit Late

New York City has been thrown into a frenzy of in
dignatlon over the recent gang outrage in which one child
was killed and four others wounded when an attempt to
put a racketeer ION the spot went awry. Mayor Walker
is time to call a halt" and the police are scurrying about
has announced when they start shooting down babies it
in a fine welter of righteous anger.
All of this is very well; but there isn't really, much
sense in getting so hot about it. A press dispatch on the
day after the shooting remarked that "the gun play was
an outgrowth of beer peddling rivalry; and that tells you
about all you need to know about it.
New York, like every other big city in the United
States, has tolerated beer gangs for years.
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But you don't need met" She
began to weep. self pity rushing
over her like a tide. mo one does"
When the doctor, summoned BY
Give, arrived she had collapsed.
"Just nerves. the genial man
announced. He thought ne was
used TO the vagaries OF the idle So
ciety woman. Shed be right as
rain IL she had a child or two 70
worry about" he told Give. smil-
ing as he buttoned his gloves. He
wondered why the younger man
flushed so darkly.
Nothing wrong in tina. quarter.
is there?" he asked with the medi-
cal mans casual bluntness.
Nothing that / know or" Give
muttered.
well. that's often a great rem
edy." The physician chuckled.
I'm drop In tomorrow to see how
she Is"
CASS came and had a talk with
- her and In the afternoon Lame
arose and dressed. She was strange
ly quiet. She had a good child's
docility and when Give spoke 70
her she answered with humility
and candor. She tried not 10 think
Of Vans funeral Other people
would come to pay him respect but
she would not be there. 1t was
part Of her punishment
In a week she seemed almost nor
NAL again. She was always pale
now and in some indeinable way
she had taken on an air OF matur-
ity. Give was deeply concerned
about her. He acquired the habit
OF leavig the Office early and coax
ing her to ride in the park. He
wanted to teach her to drive but
she said Alphabetically, "Not now.
Later, perhaps" Her passivity
was more moving than tears would
have been.
On a day two weeks after Vans
death Give opened the door OF their
suite with his latch key. He ex-
pected to find Lame stretched out
on the couch with a book. He came
in softly. There was no sign OF her
in the sitting room. so he went to
the door Of her boudoir and knocked
gently. There was no reply. After
a moment he turned the knob and
went in.
1t was all right. he assured him.
self. She must have decided 70 70
for a walk She would be back
directly. Through the door or the
closet he could see her frocks hang.
ing, fragile stuffs fragrant with the
scent she always used. Then he no
ticed that her sable coat hung with
the other things. Curious she had
not worn that. II was a cold day.
Troubled. scarcely knowing why,
Give went 10 his own room. On
the bureau lay a square cream col
oreu envelope. He read:
"Clive, dear, you've been won
derful to me, far better than I de-
served. but / can't 20 on like this.
! feel a hypocrite in the eyes OF the
world. Our marriage was a mis-
take from the start. You can't
make a marriage without love. We
both know that. Don't try to find
me- I've got 10 work out my own
Only forgive me. 7 feel
I have injured you past forgive
ness but / ask II. anyway"
He turned. frantic. back 20 her
room. She had left everything
her rings, her Jewels, every trinket
he had given her. He held the
pearls to his lips for a moment
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Manager Named

Garrett T. Sullivan, for the past
two years connected with the Cor
poration Aeronautica de Trans
portes as assistant to Mai. Ber-
nard NJ. Law. operations manager,
with headquarters at Torreon. has
come to Brownsville 70 handle the
post of traffic manager at this
city.
He succeeds M. "A. Bansbach. who
left the service Of the @. "A. T. lines
Sunday to open a travel bureau
here.
Sullivan Is known by many VAL
ley people.
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an adult because 1t is developing
bones and teeth. Thus a child of
three TO Is years OF age needs at
least twice as much calcium as
does a grown person. For this
reason, milk Is particularly suited
to the child's diet. II is rich in
calcium and calcium In milk is in
easy disable form.
What Is available IN milk IS III
most instances also available in
cheese. Thus a small piece OF
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cheese, about I 1-2 cubic inches.
contains 20 times as much CAL
cium as four ounces Of beef and
IL times as much as one egg yoIk.
A certain amount OF calcium
must always be present In the cir
culating blood If this amount Is
reduced. the whole body promptly
has disturbing symptoms. Among
these are c~onVulsive conditions
called tetany, and other nervous
reactions.
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other in building body tissue. They
are, OF course, concerned primarily
with the building OF bones and
teeth. The average grown person
must have about one-sixtieth OF
an ounce or GAS grams OF colcium
per day. A woman who is about to
have a chin or one who is nursing
an infant must have additional cal
cium TO supply the needs OF the
infant. "A growing child or ami
nal needs much more calcium than
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her rooms. She found herself on
the couch. face down. shaken by
fearless sobs.
After an aeon she felt q hand
on her shoulder. She opened her
eyes. Give stood over her, his face
a mask OF pity. I'm sorry" be
said.
He brought hot tea and made her
drink II. She looked with wonder
at the lighted lamps. Twilight had
fallen. She remembered and
moaned again.
Give propped her up with pill
lows. He talked to her in a low
voice. She looked at him with
great brilliant eyes.
Mother told me today" she said.
He did not comprehend. Pain.
fully she explained. "She told me
who my father was. She thought
Van was my half brother. Some
how she never had learned he'd
been adopted"
olive held her hands, stroking
= them as though she had been
q child. Don't talk about II un-
less you'd rather" he said.
Il must. / need to talk. II hurts
here" She touched her breast"
"AlI right. then"
She said. IL must tell you. When
l left here this morning I had made
up my mind. l was going to leave
with Van. / felt | couldn't endure
It here"
He frowned. That's all over
now. Forget IT,"
mo. II isn't. II was Just a.
wicked as IL I'D done IL. I was bad.
clean through. The nuns at the
convent used to tell us that intent
TO sin - Just az bad as the sin
itself. I couldn't see anything IN
life for me but Van. 1t didn't seem
to make any difference that I was
married to you. ! tried to forget
that"
Lets not discuss II now. Later"
But she persisted. IL was pun
ished for my sin. / can see that
now. God punished me by killing
Van" Horror shone in her eyes.
I'm responsible for his death. L
7" Her voice broke on a note
Of ~hysteria.
Firmly Give said. This II all
the sheerest nonsense. You're tor
turing yourself without reason. Van
drove his own car-they'd been
drinking-and the car skidded. It's
a bad curve. How could you be re-
sponsible for that?"
Il AMI ami"
He said. I'm going 20 give you
a sleeping draught. You'll be i'll"
He mixed IL for her. She drank
unprotesting. Long after she slept
he sat with his head in his hands.
In the morning she was quieter
but the look OF terror fingered in
her eyes. At breakfast he said.
Let me take you away some place
until this has all blown over"
She looked at him. She said life
you're SO good. SO kind. but
| can't let you do II. I must 20
away and not come back any more.
| have injured you enough. You
must get a divorce and marry some
girl who viii make the right sort
u wife for you. You're free now.
-FOUR mother no longer owns you.
Do what you like. / shall agree
whatever you say"
His laugh held no mirth. That's
oolish talk. You need me just now.
let me be a help. ] want to be-" !