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Ftelieve School Congestion
ville public schools at present are so over
that half-day are the rule in the lower
ooxns are overcrowded and many pupils
r to make unnecesarily long walks to at
ses.
to remedy this situation that residents of
Let on April 6 voted a $75,000 bond issue,
of the board of trustees express the belief
added class rooms will care for the ex
lcreased enrollment and permit a return
.y classes for the entire system.
: just hew long the present contemplated
will be effective, members of the school
use to hazzard a guess. The scholastic cen
1929-30 revealed 4833 prospective students,
ise of 312 over the 4421 enumerated the
re.
w Texas law’ permitting 6-year-old child
iter free public schools will add from 300
ore pupils. These 6-year-olds are to be
sd for the first time in the census taken
ch.
vnsville continues to grow at its present
census for 1930-31 should show a gain of
ore students, or approximately 4500 in the
plans include the building of a modern
m, one story structure in the Alta Vista
m Harrison between 23rd ando 24th streets,
delling of the old grammer school into a
Dom structure.
wildings will increase the desk room of the
' abcut 550 at the beginning of the 1929-30
f the 321 additional scholastics enumerated
ine jirst time this year are believed to be al
Ijady attending school. Hence the actual increase
l enrollment may not be large until the folowing
The school board has pointed out that it would not
f necesary to increase valuations in the district or to
illect a higher tax in order to provide the interest
id sinking fund on the new issue.
The new buildings are to be ready to be put in
;e when the 1929-30 session opens next September.
I Texas Guinan Has An Alibi
;xas Guinan fell into the clutches of the federal
“rnment. She went on trial for operating a
it club. She testified. She swore she did not
the night club. She had no interest in the
it club. She was paid $1,000 a week as hostess
the night club.
ie never sold whisky in her life. She never drank
sky in her life. If the night club is a nuisance
declared that she is not responsible for it. She
an under cover pro agent tried to mash her.
sent her orchids. He remanded an explanation
A) why she did not wear the orchids,
be refused to permit the girls to make dates
1 undercover agents. She protected her ;,chil
1” from their advances. She was a star witness,
admitted that she was mercenary. She said
quit being the hostess of a night club when a
ing movie concern ofered her $6,000 a week to
:e history on or for the screen. She was acquit
exas is sure enough Texan. She first saw the
t in the city of Waco in the county of McLen
. She was a vaudevile artist in the long ago.
broke into the screen as a wild west girl, made
ory as well as money as a wild west favorite and
,i retired for the modern kings and. queens of
wild west screen thrilers.
exas has a history. Che could write a book.
could break into the Saturday FIvening Post,
lot into the Saturday Evening Post into Liberty
;asine. If she is unable to write It she should
i a ghost writer to hammer her memoirs into
for the reading public.
host writers are found on every comer In the
of New York. They do the work, the principals
[ their names to the stories and pocket the most
die money received from the publications which
in for that sort of personal pabu’um.
host writing is a great game, r.lmost as hectic
,he life of the first lady of a niefbt club on Man
tan island. >
An Indian For Commissioner
A Minnesota congressman demands the aepoint
ner»t of an Indian commisioner to handle the afairs
if the wards of the government. An Indian is the
'hief humorist of the United States. An Indian is
rfce president of the United States. Why not an
Indian for Indian commision.*r? Isn't it nearing
he time that the Indian should come into his own?
Uato Sells is not an Indian, but Cato says he is
net seeking the job of commisioner.
Hence if an Indian is appointed the Texan will
iot be disappointed.
Problem of A11 the Ages
Sec. Henry L. Stinison has been asked by the
iiplomatic corps of Washington for a definite ruling
on the social status of Mrs. Edward Everrett Gann,
sister and oficial hostess of Vice President Charles
Curtis. No, the diplomats did not ask—they de
jmanded a ruling. Now the secretary of state should
Ipass the problem on to the president. Andrew
Jackson faced a problem of like nature. He was a
carrier and he solved it.
Ambitious Oklahomans probably in the future will
tepire to the office of lieutenant governor.—Louis
Ule Courier-Journal.
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By ILL PHILLIPS
MR. COOLIDGE’S NEW JOB
Ex-President Coolidge has become an insurance
man. He has agreed to accept office as director
of the New York Life. This will mark the first time
in history that a man of few words has ever r ^
anywhere in the insurance, business.
Of course, they’ve put Mr. Coolidge where he won’t
have to say much, but the mere selection of the
world’s outstanding Man of Silence may be signi
ficant. It may mean that even the solicitors will
be less argumentative in the battle for new policy
holders.
Can you imagine Calvin Coolidge prolonging the
visit? Certainly not. The entire conversation would
be something like this:
“Morning."
“Morning." /
“Could I interest you in a 20-year endowment?"
“No.”
“A straight payment life?"
::Not at all.”
“Good day!"
“Good day!"
None of the average insurance agent’s sales argu
ment. No questions like, “But, my dear man, have
you ever stopped to think what would happen to
your wife and family without adequate insurance?”
or, “Don’t you think you owe it to your children
to take out another $25,000?”
And no “Where will you be at 65?"
Probably thousands of insurance talks fail every
day because the agent doesn’t know when to stop
talking.
That’s where a man like Calvin Coolidge can be
of great service to the entire insurance business.
His very presence on the board of one of the coun
try’s biggest life insurance companies should result
in an enormous conversation of natural gas.
Having accepted the nomination, Mr. Coolidge will
be elected a director very soon, but it is still dif
ficult to believe that this is the job the former Presi
rent had his eye on all last summer and fall. It
doesn’t call for any glass ball, clay pigeon or turkey
shooting whatsoever.
Unless, of course, they’re going to put Cal In
charge of the collections.
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HER MISTAKE
Imn Dodo thinks a clipper ship is a towboat full
of barbers.
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The trout season is on and what a good many
anglers would like to join is a Brook of the Month
Club.
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IS SHE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW?
‘*Miss Helen Morgan, night club hostess, was
among those awaiting court action. Asked if she
thought the Jones law would kill night clubs, she
replied in all seriousness, ‘What is the Jones law?”’
—Iffews Item.
Well, Miss Morgan, the Jones law is a law that
prohibits the big oil producers from raising the sub
way fare outside the 12-mile limit except in such
crises as it may be shown that the owner did not in
tend to park his car longer than 30 minutes and that
the dog was muzzled and in leash, the offering of a
bribe to Mr. Harvey notwithstanding, or something
like that. The matter could be explained in more
[detail, but there are a lot of things an unsophisti
cated little girl shouldn’t know.
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WASHINGTON, April 16.—Washington gossip
picked up at random.
With the special session of congress on the imme
diate horizon the new women members are digging
into Washington.
Rep. Ruth Baker Pratt of New York has leased
Evermay, one of the historic estates of old George
town. Several years ago the owners spent $75,000 ui
restoring the house and developing the gardens.
Rep. Ruth Hanna McCormick has bought the
greater part of a block in Georgetown. There are
three houses on the property, quaint, old fashion
ed structures, which she proposes to throw together.
The surrounding “yards” will be converted into a
spacious garden, with rolling stretches of lawn.
Meanwhile she is living in the home of Warren De
lano Robbins, United States minister to Salvador.
Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen has elected to make her
permanent home on capitol hill to be near her of
fice, and has taken an apartment in the Methodist
building.
JOHN'S FIANCEE LEFT OUT
Washington thought it rather odd that the first
wedding present went to John Coolidge instead of to
his fianffee, Florence Trumbull. The bride-to-be was
not even mentioned in the gift preset: ted by chiefs
of diplomatic missions in the capital.
The gift, a great silver bowl with four matching
candlesticks, is inscribed:
... ... PRESENTED TO MR. JOHN
COOLIDGE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
MARRIAGE BY THE
HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
IN WASHINGTON, 1929.
Every morning a handsome bouquet of flowers
comes to the ofice of the director of public buildings
and parks from the white house greenhouses, which
are under the supervision of that office.
Every evening the flowers are given to an em
ploye of the office. The distribution is on an alphia
betical basis. If an employe is absent when his or
her turn comes, the next in line gets the bouquet.
DOG INTO REBECCA’S HOME
One of President Hoover’s dogs has been given the
home at the White House formerly occupied by Re
beca, the Coolidge’s pet raccoon.
Rebecca's heme in the south grounds is still in
tact. It is a stout circular wire fence built around
a tree with a little house perched on one of the
tree’s lower branches.
The wire enclosure now is used as an exercise pen
for the Hoover canie possesed of a nasty disposition.
While strolling around Washington one is likely
to encounter the highest government officials in the
most particular places.
We are over in the neighborhood of the state, war
and navy building at noon recently and stopped in
a “hot dog” stand for a bit to eat. There wc saw
Secretary of Labor Davis eating a slab of apple nie
and drinking coffee.
The proprietor told us the the secretary lunches
there frequently when he is in the neighborhood.
Wouldn’t it have been great had we but known
in time that all that was needed to win the W’orld
War was the right brand of clgarets?—Marion Star.
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from Mr. Ripley, in care of this paper.
A LOVE AND
MYSTERY STORY
By J.Jefferson Farjeon Copyright. 192?. by Centra) Frcss Association, let.
READ THE FIRST:
The plot concerns some weird
noises beneath a supposedly haunt
ed house in Bylord Moor. One day
Brown, a romantic young clerk,
heard a rough-looking fellow say to
another: “After her! And—if she's
troublesome—don't be particular
what you do to her!” Brown trails
the girl to the haunted house, and
mysteriously disappears from his
companions, Rupert and Charlie and
a laborer named Ted, who has been
investigating the sounds. Rupert
decides to go to the house at night
to find out what has become cf
Brown.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER XVII
Rupert stared in through the
window. His mind was baffled. It
was also irritated. He had been
peroared for an astounding sight,
and now he was astonished at the
absence of anything astounding.
About to climb in, he paused,
and turned. The laborer was at the
gate, standing outside, watching.
Was this an elaborate joke on the
laborer's part? For an instant
Rupert concluded that it must be,
and his regard for the laborer de
scended to zero. The next instant
however he dismissed this theory
as absurd. The laborer was obvious
ly genuine. He was as obviously
genuine as the floor of the lounge
hall wras corpseless. Then the only
1 explanation could be hallucination.
He postponed his entry into the
house, and returned to the laborer.
“Look here,” he said, bluntly.
“Have you been drinking?”
“That's right.” nodded the laborer.
“Found a case of champagne in
the shed and tossed orf a couple
o’ dozen.”
“Shut up! I'm serious!”
“Are yer? Well, if yer serious,
wot’s the good of arskin’ a queshun
like that? ’Corse I ain’t been drink
in’! Hopportunity's a fine tiring,
ain't it?”
“Right. You’ve not been drink
ing. But have you been dreaming?”
“Ah, that's more like it. sir. I
dremp a bagful in that there ditch!”
“Perhaps you dreamt about a
bodv lying on the floor in there?”
“Wotcher mean?” demanded Ted.
“Nah—that weren't no dream.”
“Well, your dead body has got
up and walked away.”
“Wot’s that?”
The irony of Ted’s eyes disap
peared. What was that? Dead body
walked away?
“I say your dead body has gone
for a joy ride.”
“Go on!”
“And your door by the grand
father clock has closed itself. You
told me it was open.”
**It/ W£tS!’*
“It’s not any more. What's your
explaantion?”
Ted applied his mind to it. Ru
pert’s own doubts entered into him.
“P’r’aps yer right,” he muttered.
“’Ave a look in the shed, sir.
Brown’s there orl the time.”
But Rupert shook his head. He
had examined the shed himself, and
he knew that Brown was not there.
“Well, there yer are,- said the la
I borer, although he really had very
little idea of where they were. “ ’E's
gorn. And the corpse ’as gorn
That’s about the size of it. If one
pops orf, why shouldn't t’ other?”
The logic was faulty, as Rupert
pointed out.
“Brown could pop off because he
was alive,” he retored. “A dead
man can't pop off. Don’t be a silly
fool! You know, it’s really much
more likely that Brown’s nerves and
your nerves got the better of you
last night—and Brown ran away
and you saw things.”
This was the theory that Ted
wanted to accept. It was a nice,
comfortable theory A pleasing, sim
ple explanation. He struggled hard
to accept it but finally gave up.
“If that deader wern’t lyin’ on
the floor when I looks in larst
night," he said, “and if that door
wasn’t hopen, I ain’t standin’ ’ere,
The door was locked. “Now what?” he muttered.
and you ain't standin there. Why,
didn't I tell yer,” he went on, with
slight indignation. “I went oil ho
ver the ’ouse? And when I come
out again, the deader was still there,
and the* door was still hopen. This
weren’t no dream, sir. Dreams is—
fuzzy.”
“Righto,” responded Rupert, re
signedly. ”1 believe you. Like to
go over the uose again with me?”
‘‘No. thanks,” answered the labor
er. "But I don’t mind waitin’ ’ere,
jest ter make sure yer come out
again.”
‘‘That’ll do,” said Rupert, with a |
smile. ‘ If I don't come out again, i
say, in half an hour, you can come
in and collect the pieces.”
The grim joke was not appreciat
ed.
“ ’Ere, don’t tork like that,” mut- |
tered Ted. “I ain’t made of con- i
crete!”
Nevertheless Rupert was con
vinced that, if he did not come out
again in half an hour, the laborer
would follow him, whatever he was
made of. Spiritually speaking, Ted
was made of something better than
concrete.
Twenty seconds later, Rupert was
in the house. He stood for a mo- j
ment in the lounge hall, to get the!
configuration of the place. The
lounge hall was large and roomy.
Behind him was the open window.
Also behind him, a little to the
right, was the front door. Ahead he
yond the large, faded square carpet
that covered the floor, were the as
cending stairs. A door on his right,
near, the front of the house, led to
a large room Assumedly the dining
room. The locked door was nearer
the back of the hall, just before
the silent grandfather clock. On
the left was a door to another re
ception room, while a passage at
the rear led to the servant’s quar
ters.
He searched the ground floor, and
then the upper floor. He found
nothing. The only spot he could
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not search was the spot beyond
the locked door by the grandfather
clock. He examined the door with
special attention.
The lock appeared to have been
tampered with, but he imagined one
of his own party had been respon
sible for that on the night before.
On the other hand, he did not re
call having noticed two long cracks
in the paneling. Tne worn paint
work was badly scratched, and the
door seemed to have been recently
mended. He quelled an impulse to
try and smash it in. He did not
yet feel quite justified in breaking
up other people’s property.
He returned to the staircase, sud
denly attracted by a door he had
not noticed. There was no gap un
der the stairs, the space being
walled off by stout oak. and this
door suggested a cupboard. Or, per
haps, descending stairs?
He tried the door. Locked.
“Damn!” he muttered. “Now
what?”
He became oppressed by his im
potence. Well, well, if he could do
no more at the moment, he would
certainly do more later on. Mean
while he would return to the Yel
low' Stag and debate the matter
with his fat lieutenant over bacon
and eggs. Yes. the police might
have to be called in, after all.
Yet what would the police think
of the story? You cannot handcufi
shadows and there was not a scrap
of evidence which a country inspec
tor, anxious for his dignity, would
condescend to consider seriously
However. Rupert could not see yet
how police interference would ben
efit the particular personalities in
whose interests he was supposed tc
be working.
True, Brown had disappeared. Sc
had the girl. But there was noth
ing yet to confirm the theory that
they had r.ot disappeared voluntar
ily. on their own initiatives, and
(Continued on page nine)
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL 8. COPELAND, M. D.
Former Commissioner of Health,
Your poor old liver is a much
abused organ. It is called upon to
take from your system great quan
tities of poisons, some of them
perfectly natural and, in that sense,
“proper.” But unfortunately we
are careless of our highest welfare
and are inclined not to guard the
liver against unnecessary demands
upon its powers.
An important part of the Wood
vessel system of the body, is a
group of veins beginning in the
lower intestine and bowel. The
blood is carried from here into
larger veins, all part of what is
called the “portal system." In this
way it reaches the liver.
The portal blood is filled with
bacteria and poisons which have
originated in the waste materials in1
the bowel. Of course, Natuie has
adopted wonderful protective mea
sures and, under fairly normal
conditions, will prevent the escape
through the portal system of more
such agents than the liver can de
stroy or modify without undue
effort.
The liver is a laboratory where
wonderful things are done. It is its
function to “work over” the poi
sonous things and feed them into
the general blood circulation so
slowly, or so changed, that they do
us no harm.
.™ere not f°r this remark
able action, these poisons would
h?iimmedl,ately lnto the general
blood supply and life would be
pretty doubtful. As it is, however,
this much-abused liver does us a
good turn many times a day. It
is one of our best friends.
. 01 the faults of modern life
o the consumption of foods that
™ak? i0r constipation and fer
mentation in the bowel. Germ ac
lon goes on and poisons are de
veloped which are bad for us.
th? lliin0LweF for t0 overlook
ThproV1 eflects of constipation,
rrf!?. can, be no doubt that it is
of domg us real harm.
hverPinf fufth® '7atchful care of the
« m,Jiltenng out these poisons
than we do.ertainly SUffGr far more
12ger d0 we telk of “bmious
JJf* J°“r ancestors did, but it
cannot be denied that many a per
son is hampered in his work by
Th "n£erCtr0f intestinal cleanliness.
The poor liver has been overwork
fhTSeqUenuCe and has failed to
keep the overabundance of poisons
from reaching the vital parts
cvSnt^™hVVhe most familiar
oymptom. Sickness at the stom
ach sleepiness, unwillingness to
appetlte- irritability,
lental dullness, coated tongue,
brown spots on the skin, unclean
complexion, dark circles around th«
*hes.e are signs of a ne
g^cted intestine or an overworked
Each of us should be careful
about the diet. Roughage to
cleanse the intestinal walls, fruit
and vegetables and proper eating
habits generally, are essential for
our general welfare.
Life depends on the liver!
ANSWERS TO HEALTH
QUERIES
C. A. N. Q.—What causes dizzy
spells?
A.—Dizziness may be due to a cir
culatory disturbance, to an eye or
ear condition, or to some intestinal
disturbance. An examination will
determine the exact cause and
then definite treatment can be
prescribed.
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R. C. T. Q.—What should a girl
of 14, 5 feet 1 inch tall weigh?
A.—She should weigh about 108
pounds.
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JAS. A. B. Q.—Does working in a
dusty place affect the lungs?
A.—It would be wise to avoid this,
if possible.
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MRS. G. W. P. Q.—What causes
dreaming?
A.—This may be due to some in
testinal disturbance or nervousness.
Eat a light evening meal and do not
eat before retiring. Avoid constioa
tion.
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J. Q.—What should a girl weigh
who is 16 years old and 5 feet 4
inches tall. 2. How can I reduce?
A.—For her age and height she
should weigh about 120 pounds. 2.
Weight reduction is merely a mat
ter of self-control as regards the
diet.
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ANNA G. Q.—What should a
girl weigh who is 12 years old and
4 feet 10 inches tall? 2. How can I
gain weight?
A.—For her age and height she
should weigh about 98 pounds. 2.
Proper dieting and deep breathing
is the secret. You should eat nour
ishing foods and have plenty of
sleep and rest.
Who am I? What is my middle
name? Which of my plays Is pro
duced in two parts?
In the old legend what town did
the Pied Piper rid of rats?
In mythology who raveled out by
night what she wove by day?
“I can do all things through
Christ which strengthened me.”
Where is this passage found in the
Bible?
Star Lore
DAWN MEN
By Arthur D. Carpenter
Most all prehistoric races abe
known by their fossil remains, but
the two oldest known races—the
Foxhall dawn man and the Bram
ford or sub crag dawn man of
East Anglia—give evidence of hav
ing lived only by the survival of
the flint tools which they made.
The Foxhall man made five kinds
of small flints, and the Bramford
man produced the rostro-cadnate
flints. Rostra-carinate means
beak-keeled, and the worked flints
have the appearance of the prow
of a boat turned up at the feel.
Geologists place these “dawa
at more than a million yearr^lR},
before the first glacial period.
(More Tomorrow)
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Eugene O’Neill; Gladstone;
Strange Interlude.
2. Hamelin.
3. Penelope.
4. Philippians i7, 13.
NURSE STEALS $30,000 GEMS
BRUSSELS—A nurse employed
by Mme. Jeanne Lorchette stole
jewels worth $50,000 and escaped
to Hungary.
Eat a Real Game Dinner at
The Matamoros
Cafe
Mrs. Emma Leonard
When In Matamoros
Stop at The
Matamoros Hotel
For a Clean Room.
It Is Safe.
Mrs. Emma Leonard
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