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.........................-rrrrrrrrrrrrj I It «I I j > HARLINGEN HOSTESSES AT BRIDGE Mesdames W. L. Beckham. Jessie K. Liddell and Miss Frances Beck ham were joint hostesses for a large bridge party given at the Woman's building Saturday afternoon. The spacious club room was made very attractive with tall floor bas kets containing pink roses and co rona vine Mrs Joe Matthews received a beautiful boudoir lamp for high. Mrs H. H. Burchard was awarded a dainty vanity for second high and Mrs. W. M. Waterman was present ed with a deck of cards for low. Mrs C. A Macey received a beau tiful basket of cut flowers for high cut among the tea guests. A delicious frozen salad course w as served to 100 guests. • • * MRS. DAGUE HONORED Mr and Mrs A. V Brown enter tained a number of friends with bridge Thursday evening at, their home on East Filmore street honir ing Mrs. K. I. Dague who is leav ing for the summer Spring flowers in varied colors adorned the living rooms. Mr H. H. Schander and K I. Dague were high players for the evening. Iced watermelon was served to eight guests. • • • ENTERTAIN WITH BRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. Schander enter tained with bridge at their home in Paradise Citrus Grove Friday eve ning complimenting Mrs. K. I. Dague and Mrs. V. M. McClintock r— ■! ■■■■" 1 ' ——■ i i i Before Baby Comes Needless Pain Avoided ■■■.- Doctor finds tear - A Marvelous Discovery That Relaxes the Skin and 31uscles—Preventing heedless Pain—Absolutely 3Vi!hout I’se of Harmful Drugs—Somethin? Every Expectant Mother 3Vants. IT Is called Mother's Friend. You apply It to the skin. It in vigorates and gives tone to the muscles, makes the skin soft and pliable, keeps the breasts in good condition. Nervous ness. twitching spells, backache and Ye* apply it to the strain 13 avoided. •Am. Act* instantly to There 13 less cause *.£»,Mia,. covery is natural and speedy. Results In thousands of rases make it stand out as a great achieve ment to motherhood. In use for over three generations. Begin the use of Mother's Friend tonight—the sooner the better—and experience the wonderful relief it will give you. Mother’s Friend is sold at all drug Btores. Send name and address for bro chure "Things to Know Before Baby ■Cones.” It will be mailed in plain Envelope, free. Write for It now. Bradfield RcgulxtorCo., Desk 4. Atlanta, Ga. who are leaving soon for the sum mer. Tall floor baskets of lilies mingled with fern were used throughout the rooms where the players gathered for the games. High score trophies were awarded Mrs. Grand Rader and Mrs. K. I. Dague. The honorees were also pre sented with attractive gifts. Ice cream and cake was served to 12 guests. • • • WILLINGHAMS HOSTS Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Willingham en tertained a number of friends Fri day evening with bridge. Red rose buds and fern in attractive laskets were artistically arranged alxiut the living rooms. A delicious salad and sweet course was served to 16 guests. • • • | EASTERN STAR INSTALLS The local chapter of the Eastern Star held a special meeting at the Masonic Temple Friday evening to install the new officers for the year. Mrs. E. C. Bennett, retiring worthy matron, acted as installing officer, wtih Mrs. R. B. Hamilton acting as marshal, escorting the officers to their places. Following the installa tion. Mrs. Bennett thanked the of : ficers and members of the qhapter , for their cooperation and many j courtesies extended her during her i term of office. She then presented j to the chapter a beautiful set of salad forks and to the officers and past worthy matrons present, she presented lovely bouquets of roses. John T. Thompson, the retiring worthy patron presented a set of sherbet glasses to the chapter. Mrs. Edna L. Thompson, associate worthy matron, on behalf of the, chapter, presented to Mrs. Bennett, j the retiring worthy matron a past j worthy matron's pin and to Mr. ( Thompson, a past worthy patron's; watch charm. The following officers were in-; stalled during the evening: Mrs ! Myrtle Letzerich. worthy matron.: Leonard Smith, worthy patron, Mrs. Edna Thomnson. associated ma tron: J. E. Fitch associate patron. ! Mrs Helen Smith, secretary, Mrs. Lucile Chatfield. treasurer, Mrs.} Sylvia Weed, conductress. Mrs. Norman Hand, associate conduc-! tress: Mrs. Lois Brow, chaplain. Miss Marian Copenhaver, marshal. Mrs. Zee Fristoe. organist. Mrs. j Stella Anglin. Ada. Mrs. Irene Lewis. Ruth. Mrs. Mabel Lee Perry. Esther. Glandice Grimes. Martha. Mrs. Minnie Listonu, Electa. Mrs. Ada Bell Koniakowsky. warden, and Ocie Fristoe. sentinel. The hall was decorated with pink i and red radiance roses cluttered! with fern in baskets. Pineapple j 'herbet and cake was served hv j Mesdames R. B. Hamilton. Rov Hand. L. G Nithols. and P. H Maxwell. * • • • DANCE HOSTESS Miss Mildred Hedge entertained a number of'her friends with a dance Monday evening at the Woman's building The club room was eiaboraHly; decorated with zimas and cart*-as mingled with fern in tall floor bas kets. Music was furnished by Eddie Werner's Serenaders. Punch was served throughout the evening irom a beautifully decorated table. Forty guests enjoyed this hospitality. Mesdames Joe Matthews. W. T. Hodge. C. W. Lelzerlch and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lovelace were special guests and chaperones. • • • W. C. T. V. MEETING The Woman's Cnristian Temper ance Union held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. J. C. Schuepbach on East Madison street Monday afternoon. This meeting was in observance of one of the •‘,*ed letter days*’ of the organization it being “Flower Mis sion Day.” Sweets and flowers werj brought by each member to be distributed in the late afternoon to the shut-ins of Harlingen. After a short program 4ced water melon was served by the hostess. • • • PRENTISS-WALK Miss Audrey Prentiss of San Be nito and Elmer Walk of Harlingen were united in marriage by the Rev. C. S McKinney, pastor of the First Baptist church at the home of the bride's brother. John I. Prentiss. M nday evening. The bride is a former i'udent cf the Harlingen Business college and w’hile In attendance the_e was very active in its social affairs. Following the ceremony and re ception the couple left fo*- a short trip after which they will be ac home to their many friends in Har lingen. • • • RECITAL Mrs. Floyd Smith presented Wil bur Atchison in a repertoire recital at her home on Pierce street Mon day afternoon. John Cocke Atchison assisted his brother on the program with several violin selections. Punch and cake was served by Mrs. Smith at the close of the pro gram to 15 guests Intimate friends of the Atchisons. • • • PERSONALS Charles Behfe a student in A ft M. College returned to Harlingen Sunday morning. Mrs. A. B. Waldron left Monday night for a few days visit in Hous ton. G. O Woodruff. Carey Wilson. A D. Easthan and C. L. Penn of Waxa hachie arrived in Harlingen Tues day on a business trip. Anson Alderdice and daughter Ada Reeves left Wednesday morning for San Antonio to spend a few days before going to the Gills Summer Camp out from Kerrvllle. Texas. Mrs. W\ M. Hartman who has been visiting her son B B Briar and family returned to her home in Rankin. 111.. Tuesday. W. D. Woodruff and son Don from Waxahachie are in Harlingen on business. Mr. and Mrs. J D Kirven and daughter Mary Ellen from Waxa hachie arrived in Harlingen Tues day on a pleasure trip. Mrs Claude Lee and Mrs Charles Wood are leaving Wednesday for Corpus Christi to spend a lew days later going to Colorado to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smi’h and daughter, Margaret Ann, will leave Thursday for Corpus Christi to '•oend a few days later going to Kerrville and Junction for a two months’ vacation. Mr and Mrs G. W. Springer -have returned to Harlingen after a ten days trip to North Texas and Hous ton. Mrs J. P. O’Leary of New Or leans. Ia.. and Mrs. L FI. Campbell of Birmingham. Ala., sisters of Mrs. S. R. Jennings are visiting in Har lingen this week Mr. and Mrs. George Pletcher have returned from a two months tour of the Pacific coast and the northwest states. Mr. and Mrs. J. C Tom and son. Calvin, left Monday for an extended tour of the western states. T. H. Harbin, vice president of the Trinity Farm Construction cctr. panv of Dallas. Waxahachie and Harlingen, is in the Valley on busi ness. Mrs. L. R Hollingsworth and children are visiting relatives in Beeville. Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Eubank left Saturday for an ex tended vacation trip to Jacksonville and other points in East Texas. Miss Margaret Thomnson re turned to her home in El Carino after spending the winter in Har lingen. Mrs. Jrhn A Crocked !eft Satur day night for Chrnel Hill. Texas, ti the ruest of h«r mother. Mrs. Shaver for a few da vs. Mr and Mrs W. M. Hund’ev re turned Saturday morning from a month's trio In the East. Mrs Caude F. Carter leff Th"rs dev ni<”ht for Sen Angelo and other no<nts In West Texas. She experts to be ewmv sever®! months. Miss Mildred Brindlev returned home Saturday morning from Tenv^e Tchf"" -h® h®s been rttend. *n«* Fivlo- College during the p-.st sehnal vear. Ch®rle« Wood *s <n TV,1,as ettend *i— the Convention Fra o'* Abbrft returned hor*® e®t dav from Aus»<n where lie has b~*n in sob®oi tv,o "ev, Mr and Mrs Ct. w. wicknx ’«®ve to He”**n•»***» f-o"n m**. **: «?*b the Mor O ~rp -»- -* ** Re*', and Mm. R L. T*®4cb'»1w end daughters. Th*’ma nrd Tmogen®. ’eft Sunday nf^reem for a t?n d’VS OUt’n" in Vorttl Trxi*« JT' fT1-»4n f'n'* J a« Xfo«*n«ei JesTf d®v #or e visit of ten d2ys in Aus tin Texas Mr and Mrs Hugh Ramse- re turned horn* Sunday from where y- Ram-*v has »®e*n altend ir~ *he pot® nr c^nn^nt*®" Mr ar*t Mrs J. w yewin Sunday for a vacation trip t-j »heir o’d home in Indian®nobs. Tod*®r.a Their son who has been attending state university the past year will join them in Austin, Mrs. Moody Cunningham and daughter arrived in Harlingen Sun day from Gainesville where they have been for the past six months. Jess Wilson left Sunday on a business trip to Cotullea. Texas. _ j Modes of the Moment ! ° /y (M/ * alih^ptopkuHo fiticfo -fe A'fyMjM'ttnM) omL eummA Aitimfob M& a Met, wen£ e*&du2an, ©vtv d fijktwfobb fcso $kA* dMM- , Qfa ['Advice "to Girls I By ANNIE LAI RIE DEAR ANNIE LAURIE: I have been going with a fellow for nine months. Last week he wanted to see me on Thursday eve ning, but as I had made a previous engagement I refused him. He wanted to see me on Friday eve ning but I gave him my excuse for not wanting to do this and suggest ed seeing him either Saturday or Sunday evening. I saw him on Saturday night and he told me I was too indifferent and that he was through with me. I have not seen him since. Now’, Annie Laure. I love this fellow dearly and have reasons to believe he likes me. Can you advise me how’ to wdn him hack? BROKEN-HEARTED Broken-Hearted: Mv dear do simply nothing at all! If the young man is so selfish and so unreason able. Iam sure you would never hr very happy with him. He has no right to attempt to limit your friendships as you are not engaged Try a big slice cf indifference to him and go about with your other j friends. Don't let him see bv any "action of yours that you are pin ing for him. If he cares for you at all. he will come back to you. hu? in the meantime, pay no attention to him whatever, except, to be friendly as ever when you meet. DEAR ANNIE LAURIE: I am a girl and will soon be 17 years of age. For about a year and a half I have been keeping company with a man who is twenty-seven. We seldom go out twe have gone to one movoie this winter) but about once a week he calls at my home. I am too young to know whether I am In love with him or not. I have always told my parents I would never marry him. although I en joy his friendship and we get along very nicely. My real problem is this: Mother told me if I didn't intend to marry him at any time I should give him up. I realise this as he has no home of his own and it would be fair to him to tell him that we can only be friends. A few days ago T mentioned this JUST AMONG US GIRLS | ! "Cbt&O*— \ \ 1 ViCVl d'd VOU nnd cub harojd 15 OC-nqtO t>rca< / \cv?f* cndaocmcn^. read in the , caper \st\CrC ''C^ -t*o marrv 3n other Oh -tenibhb /f •Ok * & -.. - J fact to him. He said that was all right, he didn't care to get mar ried. We agreed to be merely friends, and see each other once in a while. Still mother thinks I should not allow’ him to call at all ' Please advise me. quit, not to quit or limit ourselves. MARIE. MARIE: Of course, you will have to be governed by your mother's wishes. But. personally. I can see no harm in being friends with the young man. If you enjoy his com pany. there Is no reason under the sun why you should not see him I occasionally. Only In this way can you find the one who will eventual ly be the real Romance STEFANSSON SPEAKS LONDON. June Dr. Vilh Jalmur Stefinsson. noted explorer, told the Royal Georgarphic Society that within twenty years the Arctic regions will be criss-crossed by daily aviation services. He said that Wil kins and the aviators who worked at rescuing survivors of the Italia dis aster proved that landings could be made on the ice with skids. >fenus of the Day By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE Sunday Dinner Menu Roast Limb Browned Pctatoe* Vegetable Salad Bread Currant Jelly Kenwood Strawberry Tarts Coffee Yeffciable Salad. Serving Six (Blends with meats) 1 cup diced cucumbers; 1 cup diced cooked or canned asparagus; 1-2 cup diced rooked cirrots; 3 tablespoons chopped green peppers; 1 tablespoon chopped onions; 1-4 teaspoon salt; 1-4 teaspoon pap rika; 1-4 teaspoon celery salt. 1*2 cup salad dressing. Mix and chill (he ingredients and rervb in lettuce leaves. Kenwood Strawberry Tart* • Other fresh fruits can be used> 1-2 cup lard; 1 1-2 cup flour; 1-4 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons cold watrr; 2 runs strawberries; 1-3 cup sugar: 1 pint vanilla Ire cream Mix th» flour and salt. Cut in the fat with a knife. Mixing with the knife, slowly add the water un til a stiff dough forms. Divide into 6 balks and roll out each to fit into de°p muffin pans. Bake in a mod erate oven for 15 minutes Mix and chill the berries and sugar. When ready to serve, place por tions of the berries In the baked tart shells and top with the ice cream. Serve at once with a fork Wedding Breakfast Menu Chilled Strawberries and Sliced Pineapple Rings Veal and Chicken Patties Potato Chips Heart Shaped Rolls Curran* Je'.ly Ice Cream Fancy Cakes Coffee To brighten gold braid on gar ments or hanging-, sprinkle with powdered slum and let remain for 3 days. Brurh cut with a stiff brush. To loosen lime in a teakettle, boil 1-2 cun of vinegar and 2 cues of water. The lime will lor»«cn s'* that It can be removed quickie. Now more than a M: !LL. ON FRICIDAIRES have been built With every department of the Frigidaire factories run ning at maximum capacity, with orders greater than at any time in the history of the business, on Thurs day, May 16th, the Millionth Frigidaire was built In both the Household and Commercial fields Frigidaire leads in sales to customers THERE are definite reasons why more Frigidaires are in use than all other makes of electric refrigera tors combined; why it is the choice of borne owners, of builders, of apart ment owners, of commercial refrig eration users throughout the world. Beauty, poicer and convenience Frigidaire has surplus power that meets every emergency in the hottest weather, and yet operates economic ally always. Frigidaire cabinets are beautiful— they are finished in gleaming porce lain enamel, or white Duco—clean and easy to keep clean. The mechan ical part is completely enclosed and so quiet that you don’t hear it start, stop, or run. Food shelves arc elevated so that stooping is unnecessary. The famous “Cold Control” And in addition to the standard tem perature regulator which automatic ally maintains an ideal temperature in the food compartment, Frigidaire is equipped with the. famous “Cold Control*’ that speeds the freezing of ice cubes and makes possible dozens of new and delicious desserts and salads. Low Prices Because Fripidaire has achieved the million mark—because it is the over whelming choice of the majority— the economies of quantity produc tion have made prices so low that every model represents a tremendous saving to the buyer. The AP-4 Frigidaire equipped with the "Cold Control Only $235 complete, delivered mnd operating in your home FRIGIDAIRE PRODUCTS F. R. REYNOLDS, Dealer Phone 276 — Mercedes JOHN H. HUNTER, Representative Brownsville, Texas — Phone 585J 1___1 17D WTk \ Is r& I I B >4 X r^r SPECIALS % 11 $1.00 Heavy rough pongee. . 78c $1.10 Good quality radium. 86c $1.25 Fine 39-inch sport satin. 92c $1.50 Glitterglo satin, all shades.$1.07 85c Rayon satin. 6/c $1.35 Washable crepe chine.$1.20 $1.50 Heavy washable crepe chine.01.37 $.165 Heavy quality georgette.$1.28 $1.75 Fine solid colors crepe chiffon.$1.53 $1.85 Fine sheer quality georgette.$1.43 $1.98 Heavy quality flat crepe.$1.67 $2.25 Print crepe chines.$1.79 $2.25 Mallinson’s indestructible voile.$1.58 $2.25 Satin crepe or flat crepe.$1.65 $2.50 Quality black flat crepe.$1.83 $2.50 New print flat crepes.$2.10 $2.5C Black satin crepe.$1.96 $2.75 Print crepe chine.$2.19 $2.98 Fine crepe romaine.$1.90 $4.50 Mallinson’s new print pussywillow.$3.50 $2.50 New print crepe chiffon.$1.97 $2.75 New print crepe chiffon.$2.20 $2.98 New print crepe chiffon.$2.52 $3.50 New print crepe chiffon.$2.90 50c and 35c Children's socks only. 30c $1.00 Ladies’ silk hose only. 80c $1.50 Odds chiffon end light service hose.$1.20 $1.50 Pointex light service silk hose.$1.22 $1.50 Pomtex all silk chiffon hose.$1.28 $1.95 Pointex lisrht service silk hose.$1.42 $1.95 Po:ntex all silk chiffon hose.$1.54 $1.95 Van Raalte all sill; chiffon hose.$1.59 $1.98 Gordon lace clock chiffon hose.$1.64 $1.98 Dexdale 3 point heels chiffcns.$1.70 $2.00 Claussner chiffcns.$1.58 $2.25 Gordon V-lino chiffcn hose.$1.95 $2.50 Claussner lcleer sheer chiffcr.s.$1.75 $2.50 Black points V-Iinc chiffcns.$2.15 $3.00 Logan fine chiffon hose.$2.10 $3.50 Claursnor end Van Raalte lace clocks .... $2.59 $3.95 and $4.50 Van Raalte chiffcn hese.$3.92 Odes stock linens lace ornaments only. 5c 35c V/hitc Inert hemstitch nankins. 20c 65c Natural color embroidery linen. 33c $1.CC Natural color embroidery linen. 49c 75c White embroidery linen. 43c 83c Fine novelty linen buck toweling. 55c 93c Ncvelty card table covers. 59c C5c Fancy berder luncheon covers. 59c 88c Stripe barter linen luncheon covers. 52c 98c Hemstitched vrhit® iinen scarf. 59c $1.50 Hemstitched white linen scarf. C5c $1.75 White hemstitched linen scarf.$1.15 $1 .53 Hemstitched v/hlte linen covers .... $1.03 $1.89 Hemstitched v/h*te linen table co* era /. . . SI.10 $2.50 Hemstitched white k’ncn ta.lc covers .... 5.1.45 S1.3C Cream color cmbrc’dertd guest tev/efs . . . Cl.22 $2-98 White linen huck embroidered guest towe's $1.39 $3.25 White I'r.en huck embroidered guest towels $2.15 55.09 Linen damask 158-Inch tah*e cloths.$3.13 $6.95 L’Vcn damask 7f*-:reh fiH® e'eth .*.$d.64 $17.50 Linen damask 72-inch table cloths ..... 311.93 $1.00 Ladies’ rayon bloomers. 76c $1.25 “Kickernick” nainsook combinettes, sizes 2 to 12. .... 99c $1.5C to $1.98 Odds ladies' rayon bloomers .... 95c $2.75 to $2.98 Odds ladies* rayon bloomers .... $1.85 $6.95 Ladies’ new style bathing suits, only.^$5.05 $2.98 Ladies’ odds stock bathing suits.$1.45 $3.75 to $6.50 Odds stock ladies’ bathing suits . $2.25 $1.00 Ladies’ embroidered batiste gowns. 74c $1.69 Ladies’ embroidered batiste gowns.$1.29 $1.75 Ladies’ embroidered Philippine gowns . . . 31.41 $1.98 Ladies’ embroidered Philippine gowns. . . $1.61 $2.25 Ladies’ embroidered Philippine gowns. . . . $1.81 50c Children’s dimity check underv/aists. 20c 69c Dimity check misses union suits. 3Cc 35c Fancy figured and solid colors oil cloth .... 22c 75c “Formfit” moke brassieres.. 44c 85c Assorted makes brassieres. 54c $1.GC Assorted makes brassieres. 64c $1.69 V/hite ripplette 63x90 bedspreads.$1.29 $4.98 Raycn colored bedspreads size 72x105 . . . $3.35 Odds narrow val laces, yard. 1 Vac Odds lace stock reduced to. 15c 25c Steel sewing scissors. 15c 35c Steel sewing scissors. 24c 45c Steel sewing scissors. 33c 55c Steel sewing scissors. 42c 25c Wosh-en Ready crepe. 13c 85c Silk and cotton prints. 59c 75c Print light o’doy. 39c 59c Solid colors rayon cloths. 35c 45c Fast colors soisstte prints. 50c 40c New dimity prints. 3Ce 50c and 59c Fast colors print linons. 95c Printed cvergjadet chiffon veile. 57c S5c Everfast Copenhagen pique. 73c 90c While everfast pique. ^7c 75c Rose colcr cvcrfas* gabardine. *»3e 69c White everfast gabardine. 45c White beach point pique. 50c Fast colors beach point print pique. 38c 93c Everfast print pique. 79c Everfast print gabardine only. 57c $1.25 New everfast print epenges cn!y. b7c 59c New everfast print ba ske weave. 37c 33c Truth bleached 7-4 sheeting cnly. 27c 25c to C9c Lc.cc gown yokes. ]^c 49c to 59c Lace gown yokes.. • • ■-*^c 75c and 85c Lace gown yc!.cs. 54c 51.0T to $1.25 Lace gev/n yokes.. $1.45 to $1.50 Lc.cc gewn yokes. $1.75 to 52.25 Lace gown yokes.*4 9Sc Children’s “Jiffy” pants, only. 59c 1- 4 inch While lisle clastic yard. 2- C in While lisle clastic yard . . .. 5c Dozen 4 hole butter.?, dozen. .... 1 = 5c Dozen black and white nep fasteners, oozen. 10c Men’s toft cotton handkerchiefs. JSz 75c Eox men’s linen hc-dkerchicfs. * 8 Yard Tra il domestic fer. . .. 7 Spols Cca’.s black ar.d white* thread for. -2c #