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, 1935-09-24
Veterans For Peace

It Is an encouraging thing TO see the men who did
the fighting in the last war providing a forum for
anti-war speakers. The annual ~encampment OF the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. at New Orleans. was ad-
dressed by a number Of speakers who demanded that
America stay out OF the next war. Chief among them
was that old irTepresSible, Smedley Butler.
Every war;" said General Butler, from the time
Of the landing Of the Pilgrims. has been fought be-
cause somebody wanted to make something out OF it,
and somebody always did"
No one should have more interest In q statement
Of that kind than men who have actually gone TO
war. The Veterans OF Foreign Wars do all OF us q
service by reminding US that it is possible to have q
sturdy patriotism and at the same time remain fully
aware Of the evils OF war and Of the great Importance
Of keeping America at peace.
, 1935-09-24
Legislature To Act On County
Officials Salaries

Hidden behind the present headlines relative 10
legislative efforts to pass laws which will set I'D an
old age pension machinery and control the dispense
ton OF hard liquor in Texas. is the legislation to be
enacted setting up salaries to be paid county Off
Gals, according TO the terms Of the amendment
adopted August "A which takes al county officers off
the fee basis and puts them on a straight salary.
Just how the legislature will work out this prob
lem Of the proper recompense for county officials
remains TO be seen. but it is certainly to be hoped
that compensation will be fixed in horizontal steps,
depending upon population Of the counties within
certain brackets. One Of the main objections to the
amendment as passed rested on the fact that moth
ing was said in its wording that would insure off,
Gals Of one county receiving the same compensation
as received by officials Of another county Of the
same population. This lack. 1t was claimed. laid the
way open for local bills favoring the officials Of one
county at the expense Of another.
At the present time officials Of Cameron county
and Of Hidalgo county are limited to a maximum SAL
airy Of s4750 per year. a sum which would seem to
be adequate. The county treasurer. an exception to
the rule. receives s2.75O per year, while the county
commissioners receive S2.400.
A compensation law holding salaries at the same
level as now paid will, We believe. meet with general
approval. County officials are not overpaid. espec-
tally when one considers the peculiar demands made
upon those who hold public office. On the other
hand. they are not underpaid. They have RESPONSE
bnities. it is true. and on the other hand there are
privileges accruing to a public official not enjoyed by
the general public.
1t is to be hoped that the legislature viii succeed
in working out q salary scale that VIII be fair both
to the officials involved and to the public that pays
the bills.
, 1935-09-24

Industrial fruits are those pro-
ducts Of the soil which are sown
and planted and upon reaching
maturity are garnered. or harvest
ed. such as grain. vegetables and
other crops. as distinguished from
natural fruits, such as trees. grass,
etc.
IAN Old Sweetheart OF Mine"
earned royaltil o. for James Whit
comb Riley amounting 70 $500 for
each word. This Is said to be the
most profitable bit OF poetry ever
done.
In some form. hockey has been
known to most OF the northern peo-
pie OF Asia and Europe. The Ho-
mans played O game very similar to
hockey.
Submarines can send a radio
message when submerged. However.
this can only be- done when the
boat Is submerged 70 a depth OF
not more than 80 or 20 feet.
The first carpet mill was started
In the United States BIZ William
Peter Sprague In Philadelphia in
1871.
, 1935-09-24
Women Gain Security
In Last IS Years
BY De. MORRIS FIsHBEN
Editor, Journal Of the American Medical Association
and Of Hygeia. the Health Magazine

Editor, Journal Of the American Medical Association
and Of hygeia. the Health Magazine
Women. and mothers especially. may thank med
zeal science Tor the greater security it has brought
them in the last Is years. especially when 1t comes to
childbirth and diseases that affect women.
The remarkable progress in this field Of medicine
was pointed out recently by DR.. John 6. Fairbanks.
president OF the British College Of Obstetricians and
Gynecclogists. Most pronounced Of all. Dr. Fairbanks
believes. is that concerned with the care given
mothers before the birth Of their babies.
In 1910 little more than a beginning had been
made In this aspect Of medical work Since then.
however, steady progress has continued. and today
every woman who has intelligence enough to get In
touch with a doctor as soon as she knows she Is go
ing to have a child can get all the attention necessary
to avoid the dangers that come with uncontrolled
progress Of this function.
ss
True, scientific medicine has not yet solved the
cause OF eclampsia-that form OF poisoning OF the
woman with child which gives her convulsons-but
much has been learned about the nature Of the
changes that take place in the body under these con-
ditions, and there are methods Of treatment which
are lfe-saving.
In overcoming infection Of women during child
birth, the methods OF the surgical operating room
have been introduced into the process OF care Of the
mother, and many cases Of infection are thus avoid
ed.
In the care OF women. specialists have learned to
recognize the Importance Of treating injuries as soon
az possible. to prevent secondary i~rritaticns which
frequently result In cancer.
Certain forms Of cancer affecting the organs Of
women are known to be especially amenable to treat
ment If they are caught early.
Probably one Of the most significant features Of
medical advancement has been the application OF q
system Of health education to al the people through
newspapers, periodicals.. lectures. radio talks, and
similar methods. AS a result, more and more people
realize the empirtance Of regular examinations, par
ticularly after middle age. to detect dangerous con-
ditions at the earliest possible moment.
OF course, all discoveries made In the field OF dag
nosis by study OF the blood and by use Of the x-ray
have been applied to the care OF women.
Moreover. much has been learned about relation
ship OF glands Of internal secretion to the process OF
childbirth. and out OF that has come one Of the most
interesting developments-the possibility BY means
Of gIanduIar studies to determine at q very early time
whether a woman Is going to have a child.
, 1935-09-24

and made them Ike 1t. HIS ADMIN
Lstratlon OF security restrictions
suggested that perhaps many New
Deal laws are not 50 bad II properly
administered. His departure may
stir ancient suspicious.
Mr.. Kennedy's success also had
an unadvertiSed influence on the
president. IN choosing men TO in
augurate experiments set up bv the
last congress he has sought the Ken
nedy Expectations and sensible
fellows. You can put in this class
Joseph Warren Madden and John
q. Winant@hiefs, respectively. OF
and the Social Security board
and the Social Security board
Freckle-faced Joe" Kennedy was
human witness 10 the fact that this
may be a government OF laws. not
men. but that a lot depends on the
men.
Baiting-Despite the jibes at the
American Liberty League lawyers
trial or the New Deal Chief Just
ice" Shouse maintains that he Is
satisfied with the legal and popu-
lar verdict. washington Is divided
into two opinions over this extra
legal exhibition.
Even many antI-New Dealers
characterize the proceeding as pre-
sumptuous." especially In view OF
the fact that the jury has received
handsome fees for representing cor
porations which seek Co upset new
laws. Some lawyers point out that
the best lawyers don't do IT, But the
leaguers answer privately that adj
minlstrationites past and present
MeSsrs. Richberg. Johnson. Cum
minns. Internal Revenue C0ur ' \
Jackson etc-have tried legal cases
in the headlines.
Chief Justice shouse also asks
why Secretary Ickes' reply TO an
embarrassing query got as scant
notice as II did. Few reported his
handling OF a request for his opin-
ion OF a high Official president
Rooseveltl who criticized the SUI
preme court after II rendered an
opinion. Fact OF II Is that Mr.. Ickes
had no answer 10 that one. He
simply shrugged his shoulders.
observation-disclosures 70 Senator
Johnson OF California as q candi-
date for reelection in 1885. was an
error I'm Sundays dispatch-by
Just four years.
Notes-Tckes and Ding Darling
have made up and Ickes viii see
that wild ducks get a fair show.
Lame ducks Is another question. I. !.
Ambassador Rosso OF italy calls on
Undersecretary Phillips to explain
again that Abyssinia Is a mere geo
graphical expression. State depart
ment chiefs ARE loaded for bear"
against career men who kick AZ
assignments. Credit Harry Halves
former senator from Missouri. with
pulling the biggest junket Of all
time as agent OF the new Philip
pine goTernment-A large slice OF
congress goes out with wives and
daughters, everything de luxn and
order what you want.
, 1935-09-24

by leaps and bounds as the men Of the American Ex-
peditionary forces came home from France. Ger
many and Russia
Community service has featured the workings OF
the Brownsville Post Of the organization. II led
the move for the establishment OF a naval air train
ing center in the Valley for example.
As they celebrated the seth birthday OF their O.
eanization Monday night. ". r. w. members had On
honorable career Of service In war and In peace to
review on behalf OF their organization.
May that service continue.
, 1935-09-24
G'BLUE. DOOR
Pa-hal HAack ~ ps n@A s~aM

Il thought this was standing
OPEN" she told herself. idly sur
prised.
She entered the room and NET
her candlestick on the long read
ing table that stood near the
bookcases The table was OF
blackened oak. heavily carved and
looking Rs An AZ had seen service
IN some English castle long be-
fore finding its way into this
room. It's TOP was worn smooth
BY use. Ruth thought. Maybe
some knight sat here long ago.
reading an IIlumined manuscript
before he went OF 20 war
maybe some wealthy squire kept
his accounts here or an ex-
travagant young nobleman may
have had 10 part with AZ 20 raise
money for taxes or debts All that
could have happened before Silaa
Hunter bought II for this room
In this house,"
A SHARP little rustic cut into
= her thoughts and she Jumped
nervously. "A el- abe
breathed with q shudder.
The noise had come. apparent
". from the bronze waste basket
under the table. She gingerly
pulled II ont TO investigate.
There was no mouse there.
There was nothing nc all I'm the
basket but n crumpled piece or
heavy writing paper.
1T must have been the paper
moving" Ruth decided. Some
times Il does when it's erumpled
into n knot that way"
Then her mind came alert with
"a sort OF jerk She thought
Paper only makes that noise just
after It's been crumpledi"
~ seemed as NJ every hair on
her head was prickling now. She
knew Bertha was I'm her bedroom
She had heard the old servants
asthmatic Bnores as she passed
through the hall ... Yet someone
had been in this room so recently
that paper still cracked from an
unknown hand
I'm being silly" Ruth told
herself firmly. Whats all this
scare about. anyway" She took
the crumpled paper fBom the big
bronze hasket and laid ~ on the
table. She sat down IN a chair
which was conveniently placed
there. and with fingers that shook
hardly At all she smoothed open
the sheet These are the words
that her astonished eyes read:
When N person decides to end
his or her life AZ 10 no concern
OF the worlds. Yet Il Is gener-
ally advisable 20 leave M letter
behind IN order that no suspicion
may fall unjustly on any human
being. Therefore. in going out of
this wretched and highly over
rated world. | pause 20 say that
my going Ia entirely a matter on
my own choice and my own ac-
complishment- 1 am going merely
because life r. no longer worth
the struggle and the effort 20 sus-
tain o. Somehow I have missed
peace. Perhaps / shall hnd Il
beyond.
Concerning my family. I have
this TO say"
The sentence ended in IA large
blot. at which Ruth stared IN fas-
cination- Its Just been writ
ten!" she breathed shakily.
Into the great. dark drawing
roo the door stood open Ruth
looked az the dim void ~intently.
The person who wrote it went
through that door when l came
in from the hall. Oh. I've stun
bled on something terrible
ITO Re Continuedl
, 1935-09-24
Florida Favors A Third Citrus
Grade

BY an overwhelming margin citrus growers and
shippers Of Florida have gone on record favoring q
third U. S. Grade Of citrus fruit, as against the obi
gatory Gull designation Of all fruit that does not
grade either No. / or No. 2.
Floridas state citrus board Is apparently set to es-
tablish this third grade, but is waiting to hear from
the u. s. Department Of Agriculture on the subject.
The department authorized the establishment OF
the third grade for the Valley and there is every
reason to believe that q. 8 No. 3 viii be added to
the NO. l and NO. 2 grades shipped this season from
Florida.
, 1935-09-24

Behind the
News

@ @~ - @ @ @
Capital and world gossip evants
and personalities. In and out OF
the news. written By o group OF
fearless and informed newspaper
men OF Warrington and New YORK.
This column In published by The
Herald u q news feature. Opinions
expressed are those OF the writers "a
individuals and should not ne n
terpreted ~ rejecting the editorial
policy Of this newspaper.
, 1935-09-24

best numbers on the clock III It's
clear III b. Ann the garden K "
rains III be m the big room (her
name for the drawing room) and
have q FIRE In the fireplace" She
had felt ms certain Of his coming
a. n they had put NJ Urn writing
And NOW II was after s and he
had not come. "A few lights shone
from the lower floor OF his house.
and yet she fancied an unusual
stiffness about the place His car
was not in the driveway where he
usually left 49, Could he have been
detained nc the ofhcef Could be
have forgotten 10 come
No. not that Ruth went into
the old drawing room and waited
with her hands Nm her lap. trying
not 10 be tense or impatient or fear
ful. until she heard the courthouse
clock strike nine strokes Indoors
they sounded less booming. but still
she could count them clearly-one.
two. three. and on 70 the inevitable
nine.
she rot up from the stir old
haircloth sofa and covered over the
FIRE carefully. Then she swept the
hearth with the hearth broom and
blew out the two candles that
burned on the mantle. After that
she went upstairs. In the upper
hall Bertha accosted her. almost rs
IL she had been waiting. The old
servant said. Are you going to bed
now. Miss Elaine7"
Ruth said. Eyes. Bertha
Bertha said. wen be missing
Mr.. John now. Seems like when
him and his mother get to Wash
ington they never want 60 come
home"
Washington repeated Ruth
blankly. did you say Washing
ton, Bertha?"
THE old woman nodded. That's
a where his sister. Florence. lives
She's got two or three children and
e fine husband. He's . lawyer
there
Bertha" said Ruth. holding her
voice tight and steady, why do you
say John McNeill has gone 90
Washington"
II saw him Ieavin'.- Bertha TO-
piled. Him and bis mother,
catchin' the evenin' train Just be-
fore supper. 4 thought IL was
right mean OF him 70 20 away
before you got your visit out"
Ruth took hold or the stair rail
and steadied herself before she
turned 70 10 into her room
She undressed mechanically and
went 20 bed Al first she could
not think what this meant II
was too sudden and too amazing.
And then. after an hour or two
OF tossing. she thought she knew:
John had found her ont and had
left In anger and disgust Not
Just John alone. John and his
mother.
she protested bitterly into her
pillow. II didn't think b. would
end like thisi-
Lying there In the d~isarranged
bed. Ruth knew 1t would h. hours
before morning. She could not
face that eternity of sleeplessness
and despair. She must have n
book TO read. She got MP and
put on slippers and robe and tip
toed cautiously down the stairs,
carrying her candle
Her efforts to move silently
we're defeated. for half way down
the stairs "a board creaked loudly.
Then the tall door into the library
stuck. and not until Ruth had
hurled herself against Nc several
times did II Yield.
, 1935-09-24
F. w. Celebrates Anniversary

The Veterans Of Foreign Wars IS an e~x-service
mans organization. to be eligible for membership I'm
which one must have served his country IN arms on
foreign son. Organized shortly after the Spanish
American war, the v. r.. W. gained in membership
, 1935-09-24


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, 1935-09-24

BEGIN HERE TODAY
RUTH W0ODgoN. pretty. hhwh-
apirftea girl 81 IL In search 81
work. seeks refuge from a storm
en- mm ola stone house with n blue
door An the little tovwn Of worth
BERTHA GIBBS. mlBo known mm
PENNY, ahlnkn Ruth Am ELAINE
CHALMERS, whose grandfather
built the house. Ruth falls I'm
Iowe with the young man nexf
door. JOHN McNEILL. and re-
selves 20 stay on = while. posing
mm aEiaine.~ Elaine nc Grnycma-
meeting 10 win che love % her
childhood hero, Jehn MeNellL she
mlmmm 40 NO CO. Worthwhile. and
writes John u letter telling on her
intentions. she goes 20 New York
for N weekend and learns from
her mother. Gwen DEL. tnaI
her umele. DUNCAN HUNTER. has
escaped from an insane asylum
John worries about aElaIner be-
Fnm alone An the old Hunter house
with Penny. ne receives Elnine's
letter and realines that the Girl
ne NINA beer calling ~ElmAme~ I'm n
fake. However. NE loves her mno
plans 20 tell her %. but receives
n telegram telling Of nm accident
I'm hin sisters family in washing
ton and asking him 90 come. John
departs for wnshinEfon. nrst
leaving with Penny a note nd
dressed 60 Ruth and asking her
90 wait for his return.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
old Bertha stood in the kitchen
- with John McNeill's letter In
her hands. staring At It. She said.
-Going away. Is her
without conjunction she drew
the folded paper from the unsealed
envelope and applied herself TO
reading H. The kitchen was light
and the writing on the paper was
large. She made Il out They were
going TO Florence's because Flor
ence's husband and two OF her chill
dren had been hurt in M accident.
wait for mel she read the last
sentence aloud. "Your John" So
they talked to each other that way.
did they? Like sweetheartsl Ber-
tha muttered. Il don't want her 70
wait for him j want her 70 20.
She struck q match and burned
the letter in the oven Of the stove
After dinner Ruth went out into
the tangled garden The day had
been mild for late October. dry and
still and hazy. These qualities lin
gered on into the evening.
At first Il was a sort OF happi-
ness just 70 be waiting. She could
imagine how II would be- when she
heard John McNeill coming to her.
First the door would bang: then
she'd hear him coming down the
porch steps and striding across the
lawn 10 her. Tonight she'd let him
put his arm around her . . . and
before he left she'd LEI him kiss her
goodnight " would be their good
by, only be would not know that.
Tomorrow morning she was going
away. She must 90 because II was
almost time for the other girl 20
come. No more fa~int-hearted lin
gering after tonight She
would leave about 10 o'clock Az
10 o'clock on a morning. she had
heard. the world Ia busiest Penny
would be busy at the hack on the
house. Mrs. McNein would be at
ner Housekeeping John at the fac
tory. But first there would
be tonight and John beside her.
0R would there be7 When the
clock on the courthouse doomed
eight times Ruth left the garden
and went indoors through one OF
the library windows She was puz-
zled. Last night when he had
brought her home from his house
he had said 10 her. would 7 o'clock
be too soon 10 start the evening to-
morrow
She had said. ~Seven's one OF the
, 1935-09-24

How did you (America) push your frontier back2
You took possession or u by force from the Indians
and Mexico. - Mussoiini.
, 1935-09-24
BarbS

II Duce RACES nc leagues peace
offer Of two African deserts. Il Is
possible the Geneva statesmen mis-
interpreted the phrase. lust des-
serts."
Vermont writer locks himself up
on hts farm 90 write a book III it's
poetry. we'd suggest he also post an
armed lookout.
There Is q widely shared belief
among Italian people in the exist
ence or q war chest. III the one IN
question is tfpt of II Duce. 1T has
been thrown out.
Culinary cruelty" is basis or o.
WorcestN. Mass. divorce suit. May
be the bride should be given a cook
book and another chance
, 1935-09-24
One>minute Pulpit

I have been young. and now I am
old; yet have I not zen the right
eouS foresaken. nor his seed beg
gLnF bread.-PSalm 27.25.
, 1935-09-24

Correctly Speaking
Bunch" Is slang for group" or
party"
, 1935-09-24
Answers
Questions

BY FREDERIC Nv HAShAN
-
A reader can set the answer % any
question nf fact INV writing Ito
brownsville Herald. Information
Bureau. Frederick ,. HAskkn. pirec-
tor. Warrington. ID e.. Please nn-
close three t3l cents fur reply.
, 1935-09-24

Q. DO children Arm New Orleans
speak French with the fluency ana
frequency of the children Of the
last generation? M- R-
A. They are not speaking French
with the frequency that 40 waa
spoken in the home a number 0M
years ago. Il Is significant that untl4
about twenty-five years ago le8aI
notices were published in French
as well as English. In New Orleans
now such notices are published only
III English.
, 1935-09-24

"a. How long has President Ebert
0f Germany been dead? NJ. K.
A. Friedrich Ebert the first
president or the Reich. died Feb. 2Gu
1925.
, 1935-09-24

a. What iB the largest single
shot ever used in construction
work? Il. C..
"A. The Du Pont Company says
that the largest shot Of which III
knows was the Flood Rock Exca-
vation at Hell Gate, East River. N-
Y, on October 10. 1885, IN which
28B.g36 pounds of high explosives
were used.
, 1935-09-24

Observation-Disclosures 70 Senator
Johnson Of California as q candl-
date for reelection ln 1885. was an
error In Sundays dispatch-by
Just four years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-08
SISTER MARYS
 KITCHEN

Dissolve gelatin in warm water. Add pear juice, lemon juice, salt and ginger. sWhen slightly thick ened, fold in three pears, pared and cut in neat dice. Turn into indiv- idual molds and let stand in the ice box until chilled and firm. Un- mold on 8 bed of curly endive and cress and garnish with pear halves filled with cream cheese blended with cream. Serve mayonnaise in a separate sauce boat for each per- son to help himself.
 Another interesting fruit salad is a stuffed banana and peach com- bination. Allow one banana and 1-2 peach for each person to be served. Peel bananas and cut in halves crosswise. Make boat of each half and roll in lemon juice. Fill each boat with mixture of cream cheese and salted cashew nuts finely chopped. Put half a peacb-either fresh or canned-on a bed of lettuce and fill with 8 ma raschino cherry or peeled and seed- ed grapes. Put half a banana at each side of the peach and serve with French dressing in a separate sauce boat.
 TCmOrrOw's Menu
 BREAKFAST: Honeydew me-
 lon balls, cereal, cream, creamed
 dried beef on toast, milk, cof-
 fee.
 LUNCHEON: Baked spinach
 and rice with mushrooms, gra-
 ham rollsF Imperial pear salad.
 milk, tea.
 DINNER: Rolled stuffed flank
 steak, okra and tomato sauce
 broccoli, autumn salad, plum
 tapioca pudding. milk. coffee.