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11 3 § ]i n (• -a -a fCWEDNESDAY CALENDAR Wednesday Bridge dab with •Hr*. Randolph Wright. • • • Guerra-Castro Engagement Invitations have been sent out an nouncing the approaching marirage of.Miss Aurora Barreda Guerra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. B Guerra of this city, to Mr Luis F Castro of San Antonio. The wed ding will take place on the evening of June 3 at the Immaculate Con cepcion church. Miss Guerra is well known and popular among the younger set here Mr. Castro is Mexican vice consul in San Antonio. • * t Missionary Society Party ' Members of the Methodist Mis sionary society enjoyed a social aft ernoon Monday in the church par lors. Hostesses for the occasion had decorated the rooms charmingly with baskets of roses and zinnias. Miss Arnetta Stewart opened the musical program with two piano solos. Miss Roberta Lee Fitch fa vored the audience with two read ings. Miss Annie Tucker sang two solos, and Mrs. Harry Faulk also gave a solo, both being accompanied by Miss Margaret Hughston About 40 members and two guests enjoyed the program and the social hour which followed, during which re freshments were served. Hostesses were Mesdames Sam Hughston, George Hiilyer, Duff Howard. M. R. Hall. O E Taylor. D. S. Wright and Hayden Hayes. • • • Guild Has Sunshine Tea The Woman s guild of the Church of the Advent. Episcopal, were host esses to the women of the parish at & **Sunshine” tea at the parish house Monday afternoon. In carry ing out the sunshine idea, decora tions and refreshments featured the yellow color theme. Each guest was given a small yel low bag. in which she is to drop a penny each sunshiny day through out the summer, the bags to be op ened at the first meeting in the fall, and the money turned into the ?;ild treasury. A large number of the women of fne parish were present at the af fair, which closes the activities of the guild for the year. No meetings will be held during the summer months. • • • El Jardin Club Picnic Members of El Jardin Bridge club entertained their families at Boca Chica on Saturday evening A swim and picnic supper on the beach was enjoyed. # • • Baptist Women Have Studv Circles of the Baptist Missionary eociety had a Joint meeting Monday afternoon for Bible study. The les son was based on the book. * Wom en of the New Testament.” with Mrs. J. F Dowis’ circle In charge Mrs. D. W Lefrwieh led the lesson and was assisted in the preservation by Mesdames Ben C. Clark. Victor Rehmet. Cabler. Laura Houston, and E. W. Marshall • • t Comings, Going?, Of Local People Mrs P K McNair is in Marfa, visiting Mrs Billy Withers Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S West are In Dallas attending the Rotary con vention Mrs E. K Goodrich. Jr., has gone to Mexico to Join Mr Goodrich. Burnell Goodrich has gone to Kerville to Join Mrs E. K Good rich at the bedside of his brother. George, who was injured in an au tomobile accident recently. Mr. and Mrs M. R Hall have re turned from Louisiana, where they have been visiting relatives. They came in Monday. Mrs E. A. Gershenowitz of High land Falls. N. Y.. has arrived in Brownsville to visit her sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larkner. Mrs. Gershenowitz and Mrs. Lackner who had not seen each other for nine years, are plan ning a summer trip shortly, going probably as far as California. They w’ill make the trip by automobile. HARLINGEN BRIDGE LUNCHEON Mrs. Glen C. Farris was hostess for an artistically appointed bridge luncheon Saturday noon at the Woman's Building Floor baskets of gladiolas and ginnias and daisies in silver bas kets were arranged about the spa cious club giving floral charm to the occasion. The luncheon tables were very at tractive in a color scheme of pink. »en and orchid with place cards , d Individual favors of Colonial t -- an lady perfume containers, decorated with bows of maline In the pastel shades. A delicious two course luncheon was served at the appointed hour after which five games of bridge were enjoyed by 68 guests. Mrs F P McElrath received htgh score for the afternoon and was presented with a lovely Dresden compote and Mrs. Prather Clark was awarded a dainty Dresden basket for consolation. • • • P.-T. A. LUNCHEON Mrs W. M. Ellison was hostess at a beautiful appointed luncheon in honor of the Parent Teachers asso ciation council at the North Ward school Friday at noon. A long table with plates laid for 15 guests was decorated with blue crystal bowls of pink roses and fern. A delicious three course luncheon was served after which H. J Goetzke. member of the finance board, discussed plans for a new bond issue. Mrs. W. M. Waterman, president of the council, called for the annual reports of the presidents of the local Parent-Teachers associ ations which were read and given to the secretary. Adjournment of the Council was taken until school opens again in September. • • • BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs J. I Coursey honored her daughter. Mary Elizabeth, with a birthday party Thursday afternoon at her home on East Washington street. A color scheme of pink and white was featured in the decorations of the home and in the dining room where a beautiful decorated birth day cake with 13 burning candles centered the table. Progressive rook was the game of the afternoon. Attractive tro phies were awarded to Nadine La Turno for high. Hassle Browning Foster, second high and Ar.ne Fer guson for low. Brick cream featuring the chosen color scheme and angel food cake was served to 16 guests. • • • IRENE JOHNSON HONORED Mrs. F. L. Britton entertained Irene Johnson with a birthday par tv at her home on East Polk street Friday afternoon. Games and contests were the afternoon's entertainment for the youngsters. A large birthday cake was cut and served with ice cream by the hostess to 12 friends of the honoree. Mrs. Joe Strickland and Mrs. Charles G Jones assisted the hos tess during the afternoon. • • • Cl ASS TEA The Junior Class entertained with a tea in honor of the Senior class at the home of Miss Shirley Waldron, a junior. Sunday after noon The senior class colors of rose, silver and green were featured in the floral decorations througho’rt the home with the use of baskets containing pink roses and corona vine mingled with fern The tea table was laid with a Maderta cloth centered with a silver basket of pink roses Mrs Billy Duckett and Miss Ellen Waldron presided at the punch bowl, assisted in serving by members of the junior class * Special guests were Miss Clara Clift, class sponsor and Mr? W. M Waterman, class mother. About 50 called during the after noon. Miss Shirley Waldron pre sided at the guest hook. • • • PERSONALS V R. Bradv has returned to Har lingen after two weeks In Eagle Pass on business Misses Margaret Elmore and Thelma Nelson left Tuesday for Boulder. Colo. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson re turned Sunday to their home after a two weeks stay in Houston at tending the State Convention of Funeral Directors. Mrs. B A. Peek and little son. Ben. Jr., left Sunday for a month's vacation trip in North Texas. Mrs. R. E. Edwards of Lubbock is visiting her sister. Mrs. R L. Les ter. Mr. and Mrs John Crockett and Mr and Mrs. H. L. Kelly spent Sat urday and Sunday at Boca Chlca. EJenor Reeves and Richard Croc kett are visiting their grandmother. Mrs Shaver of Chapel Hill. LOS FRESNOS MOTHER GOOSE PARTY Mrs. F. L. Ivey honored the fifth birthday anniversary of her daugh ter. Carolyn, on Friday afternoon from five to seven o'clock with a Mother Goose party in the city park Each little guest wore costumes ap propriate to the occasion and a group of Mother Goose games gave diversion for the afternoon. About thirty-three guests enjoyed refresh ments at twilight. • • • ENERTAIN CLUB Mrs. W. D. Palmer and daughter. Miss Geneva, were hostesses to members of the Woman's Service club and their guests on Thursday I - * . • ... at their home. A business session was held and the roll call was re sponded to by each member of giv ing a quotation in honor of mother. During the business session winners in the yard beautification contest were announced. The losers agreed to entertain the winners in the near future. At the close of the meeting a pot luck lunch was served on the spacious lawn to a large group of members and the following who were guests. Miss Maggie Saunders. Mrs. Carl Leeper. Mrs. Clinton Oli ver. Mrs. Nolan Taylor. Mrs. Gam mon. Mrs. Y. W. Dawson of San Be nito, Mrs Thomas Henry. Mrs. A. T. Oramowski. Mrs. C. C. Fouts. Mrs L. W Carroll. Mrs Joseph Kretz and Mrs. Joseph Stauffer. • • • MEMORIAL SERVICES Special services are to be held at the Los Fresncs Methodist church on Sunday morning in observance ! of Memorial Day C Morris of San Benito will preach and special music will be rendered. • • • TOM THUMB WEDDING One of the pleasantest enter tainments of the season was given at the high school building on Tuesday evening by the Dorcas Wesley class of the Methodist church. The entertainment was in the form of a Tom Thumb wedding I and wedding supper. Each person •on arriving registered end donated j the amount of his own wedding fee. There were two hundred and fifty guests and everyone had a very de lightful and sociable evening. Mrs J. C. Funk had charge of the enter tainment and Mrs George Kretz di rected the serving of the wedding supper. Master Jerry Chatelle was the Tom Thumb who wedded little Kafhleen Moses. Billy Bingey ! served as maid of honor end Sonny Pederson acted as best man. Ron ald Chase and Pauline Funk were the train bearers and Janie Stier and Rubv Jean Pederson were the flower girls. Tim four bridesmaids were B^tty and Carolyn Orr. Doris Marie Pederson and Dorothy Richey. The ceremony was performed bv Amv Lou Billue. The mother and father of the br’de were Martha Moses and Millard Svce. The groom's mother and father were La j Verne Moreland and William Dav. The bride's grandmother and grand father were Margaret Richey and Ruby NaU Cathey who sang lust before the eeremonv. “When You and T were Young Maggie.” Bessie Areola and La Vonne Moreland act ed as the grandmother and r-and father of the groom and little Billy Dunlap end Moses and Junior Brooks were among the Invited guests. Immediately after the ceremony the wedding party war sorted at a ♦able deecratAd ns a wedding table and each of the visitors were seated | at long tables where a delicious sup per was served. • it PROMOTION SOCIETY Mrs. William Knur entertained members of the Catholic Ladies Promotion society on Fridav after noon at he1* home Th° time was swot sociallv. At the close of the afternoon ice r’-eam and cake wpre served to the following: Mrs Joseoh Kretz and daughters. Mar es ret and Josephine. Mrs. George Kretz ard daughter. Lois. Misses Rubv Pederson and Mary Schmidt. Mrs. Joseph Btsuffer and children. Mrs. Francis Schmidt and son and Mrs. K"hn. Mrs R^hard Fvan will Antertain the society within two weeks. • • • PERSONAI S Mr and Mrs. W D Nunn of Wes laco. Mr. end Mrs. Arthur Nunn of Moraine. Tex. and Mr and Mrs. C. C Fonts and familv of Los Fres no* spent Sunday a* Point Isabel. Mrs Marv Young of San Benito was a Sunday dinner guest of her daughter and son-in-law. Mr and Mn* William Kretz Mr. and Mrs J. W. Potter of Los Indio? end Mr and Mrs Robert RosenkoAttAr were guests at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Wasrher Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. McCulloch Today’s Fashion I ■...By Vera Winston*. J I New Three-Piece Ensemble. FOR the Spring traveler ther* are good-locking and smart appearing ens.nnb'.es. New features are presented in many ol them. And never has there been sc wide a selection to choose from! One ultra-smart model, illustrated here, is three-piece and of navy blue wool crepe with an adorable tuck in blouse of navy and yellow polka dot. The scarf collar has a match* lug lining of ths polka-dotted ma terial. Trim rows or stitching fin ish ths smart fitted yoke of the skirt, ;/ '* A W W'.'f '■ Vf: & " -yy f ferfliim.;'. • V-'!. ... >•.. . If ' v. : . mi'.fti Modes of the Moment [ ... .. *]u^ Aiwfc luwt joictd ■wk cw d^hakin<j em&eiaiwtite. fouMj du>ian4 a iwJL fifth. wd mtf\, fiyt duh Ucki if tfvi fatim,, htetiu 4/iul ard w'd'.l ml dap wfcfc euj^d~' have left for North Dakota where they will reside indefinitely. En route to North Dakota the family j will tour California and other Wes;- 1 ern states including Montana where they will visit for a time with: friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell and family ! of Highland visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Moses Sunday, i Charley Wascher was taken to the ! Valley Baptist hospital Tuesday where he underwent a serious oper ation. This is the second operation Mr. Wascher has had this spring. Mrs. Harry Lupton has gone to her old home at Evenville. HI., where j she will visit hor several weeks. Mrs. Lupton will also spend a time in Indiana before returning. Mrs. Charley Patterson and son. Wavs*. and Mr. and Mrs Grover i C. Page and daughter. Verdell. left i Wednesday by auto for Arkansas I They were acompanied on the trip 1 by Mrs Joe Harris of Highland. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baker and daughter hove gone to Houston j where they will visit for several ■ davs. En route to Houston they! will attend the graduation of Mrs j Baker’s svtrr. Mrs. Ruth Lupton. from the Galveston Medical school, j Miss 7®11 Harris has returned to Highland after spending several weeks at. the W W. Mos*=r home. Mrs. William Krets, Mrs. Frank Kreta and son. and Mrs. Mary Young cf San B-nito visited at the home of Miss Ethel Gammon in Olmito Sunday afternoon. Mrs Charley Wascher has re- j turned to her home after spending; several davs visiting with her daugh- j ter near San Antonio Miss Grace Partain has returned to Santa Rosa after visiting with her aunt. Mrs. Jesse Moses, and her cousin. Mrs. Edd Brown Mr and Mrs Earl Mabury and small son pf Mathews. Texas, are visiting with Mrs. Mabury’s mother. Mrs. Charley Wascher. Mr and Mrs. August Pfeiffer and daughter Mae were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Richey Sun day. J. L. Mason and daughter left Thursday for Birmingham. Ala., where they expect to spend several davs. J. Steele and family are moving from San Benito to Los Frcsnos where Mr. Steele will take over the management of the Steele and Ed wards grocery store. Mrs. George Laaksa and small •=on. and mother. Mrs M. J. Ter rell of Olmito left recently for a visit with Mrs Tula Tern*1! at the Texas University in Austin, and with relatives in Tennessee. Soft water keeps clothes white Hard water always leaves clothes gray, no matter how much you wash and rinse. Hard water has something in it with which the soap combines. Scum forms at once. This scum gets into clothes. You never can rinse it all out. Soften hard water with Melo and you have a very fine cleaner, with or without soap. Scum doesn’t form in this water. Clothes washed in it are as white as snow. Melo gives soap more effect on clothes. Get a can of Melo today at your grocer's. ..a*. L. h. r»e U2 water softened with melo IS A REMARKABLE CLEANER 10 cents THE HYGIENIC products ca Canton. Ohio Jtfac ijocturers 3} Sam-Flush Hall Will Address Graduates of Pharr Junior High School <Special to The Herald) PHARR, May 28—County Attor ney M. R. Hall will deliver the prin cipal address before the junior high school graduates at their commence ment exercises to be held Wednes day at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium, it has been announced by school authorities. The remainder of the program Is being arranged. The diplomas will be awarded by the superintendent of the school. CORPORATION COURT DOES BIG BUSINESS The corporation court did a large business Monday as the week-end collection of the police force was brought before Judge A. A. Brown. Seven boys were brought 4n on charges of disturbing the peace They were alleged to have inter rupted a wedding by breaking a street lamp. One bov pleaded guilty and took all the blame. Three cases involving traffic acci dents resulted in postponement of two and the release of L. L. Watson of San Benito on appearance bond of $500. A fourth case of reck less driving resulted in a fine of $50 for A M. Vidal of San Benito. A bicycle was replaced in the hands of its owner and a youth re leased after a warning from the judge. The boy maintained that he found the bicycle._ —of dainty Sum mer Silk#— Voiles, Linens What every wo m a n needs for summer and vacation— All sizes $5.95 to $17.50 1144 Elizabeth Eschutre Ladles Apparel Winul? By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE Picnic Menu Creajp Cheese Sandwiches Meat Salad Sweet Pickles Potato Chips Vanilla Ice Cream and Strawberries Chocolate Cake Coffee Cream Cheese Filling for 12 Sandwiches Two-thirds cup white cream cheese. 1 tablespoon chopped pars ley. 2 tablespoons chopped pimentos, 1-8 teaspoon salt. 1-8 teaspoon paprika, 3 tablespoons salad dress ing. Mix the ingredients and spread on buttered slices of white bread. Salmon Salad for Picnics, for Eight One cup salmon. 2 hard cooked eggs, diced, 1-3 cup diced sweet pickles. 1-2 cup diced celery. 1-2 teaspoon sale. 1-4 teaspoon paprika. Mix and chill the ingredients. Seive in cups of crisp lettuce leaves. Meat Salad One and 1-2 cups diced cooked meat. 1 cup diced celery. 2 hard cooked eggs, diced, 2 tablespoons chopped pimentos. 2 tablespoons chooped sweet pickles. 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion. 1-2 teaspoon salt. 1-4 teaspoon paprika. 1-2 cup salad dressing. Mix and chill the Ingredients Serve In a bowl, lined with lettuce leaves. Fresh Vegetable Salad One cup diced peeled tomatoes. 1 cup sliced cucumbers 1-2 cup diced celerv. 2 tablespoons sliced onions, 3 tablespoons shredded green pep pers. 1-2 cup sliced radishes. 1 teaspoon salt, 1-3 cup French dress ing. Mix and chill the ingredients. Serve in a bowl lined with lettuce leaves. Leftover spinach stock (water in which spinach is cooked > can be used in soups and sauces. The stocks contain vitamins and min erals and should never be discarded. Brownsville Gets Only 4.55 Inches Rain In 7 Months Despite the reports of extremely heaw rains at Laredo and south of Corpus Christ!. Brownsville's lone dry period is continuing, records show in the office of the U. 8. weather bureau here. The last heavy rain recorded here was 3.41 inches which fell November 9. Since that time—some seven months—onlv 4 55 inches of rain has fallen here The normal amount over this period, based on records for 50 years, is 9.23 inches. The present dry period is no rec ord. however, for over the same span of time 1900-1901 only 2 24 Inches of precipitation fell here. SEARCH SOVIET CONSULATE HARBIN. Manchuria. China. May 28.—'.■?•'—Chinese officials searched the Soviet consulate here yesterday, seizing the consul and staff and holding them on charges which re mained undisclosed today. ACTING DIFFERENTLY A T HOME AND ABROAD So Many People Foster a Double Standard of ReHavtar, Says Famous Writer — Why Not "Company** Manners No Matter Where You May Be? \ inn..hi By WINIFRFD BLACK I want you to count them—the people ymi know wtio am Bring "double” lives. Not the "double standard” we hear so much about—or we used la hear a lot about It, didn't we? Somehow we don’t hear it so often the** days I mean—our everyday, ordinary act inns. “Not long ago.” mid a woman I know. *1 wa* at one of the week-end resorts and them were unit* a number of people in the water “Of course, as always happens some of the y''ang er folk were behaving a bit too boisterously and—«r. well, perhaps not exactly as you'd want your toy «r girl to do. “And suddenly, from the other end of the swim ming tank, came a loud warning: “ ‘Don't you know how to behave you gnat think you're at home.* "What. I want to know Is—why should there to two standards of behavior—one for home and es for abroad?' __ Of course, this started a dtoxmftm awl tot young wimfrfd HACK woman who had Just bought herself a small bungalow In one of the suburbs added her rxpectkMk “I was calling on my newest neighbor across the street the day.” she began. "She's an awfully nice little person—and everyone In the block for the good-bye. darling.' which her twatond sendr back from the every morning. ana u we re not too busy, we look through the curtain and smile to see the wave of a kiss as husband disappears around the corner. “And they've got two of the dearest little children you ever saw “The little girl ha* the chub biest. dlmpliest. roundest little face you ever want to see—and brown curls that nestle around the nape of her little neck. “And brother—well you fust ought to see little brother when he's out playing with little sister. "Oh. no. no strange dogs are go ing to come any too near to his little ulster, let me tell you that— aren't little brothers Just made to protect chubby little slsers. who** fat little legs can't carry them very fast or very far? "Well—I went over for tea. and right In the midst of our conversa tion little brother and sister came i into the sitting room. Brother had a hammer in his hand and little i sister had her fat little fingers wrapped tightly around three or four nails. “And straight for the window they went. "Like a flash mother was after them—'what in the world do you mean, you naughty little children— don’t you know mother and daddy have bought this house—you musnt put nails in the windows—it will spoil the house * ** I wonder why we should feel that we had to abuse our land lord's house—and take such good care of our own? It seems to me there ought to be just one standard—for home and abroad— And yet—It is awfully nice to slip into a kimono—and lounge In the sitting room—even if you do have to make a dash for the stairs and ' a quick change when the doorbell rings—isn’t It? R. M. A. POSTPONES CREDIT MEET TODAY The recular Tbeariay 19 am. credit men* me*' in*, held by the local Retaall Merchants* inb tlon. has been pastpuned to Wed nesday. tt has been announced if President 8am Perl At these meetings, to which all R. M. A. members art tarvtsod. the credit situation ever the city ta facta over and thorouchly discussed. Perl states that bo aspects at tendance at these sessions to In crease materially In the near future. s The June Bride selects her trousseau here It is becoming more and more every year a cus tom for June Brides to select their costume and accessories here. And this year our collection is unusually complete— tailored gowns, long pe riod gowns, and mat erials of georgette, crepe satin and taffeta are most favored this year . . . Trimmings of real old lace. Sheer, beautiful lingerie will also be found here in a very smart array. Luggage Smart black and tan bat* gage portraying the new est in luggage styles. Ov ernight cases. Equipped week-end cases. Hat Box es, etc. You will find smart gifts for the June Bride here, too