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by Jess* a Wheeler
J. M. STEIN . Publisher
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Thursday, August 1, 1935
A Comprehensive Road
Program .
In event the expected federal relief funds for road
construction come through as expected, Cameron
eount7 will not be caught napping.
If Texas gets the amount expected, which will run
Into the very considerable millions, this county and
other Valley counties may well expect to have a
substantial amount earmarked for the construction
of lateral roads
Cameron county commissioners’ court has already
outlined a tentative program of road construction.
Other counties will do well to follow suit, for in
this distribution of funds, if the experience of the
past Is a criterion, the race is to those who have
their goal ready for presentation to the state high
way commission
in other words, those that have a definite list of
definite projects and submit that list, get the money.
That was the experience when the so-called NRA
funds were allocated by the commission, it will un
doubtedly be the experience when these Works
Progress Relief funds are distributed.
Willacy And Irrigation
For years Willacy county has envisioned a great
Irrigation system. *
Twenty-five and more yean ago the gravity Irriga
tion proposal found some of its strongest backers in
Willacy county, men who saw the possibility of the
county utilizing the overflow and excess waten of
the Rio Grande to bring moisture to the fertile
acres of Willacy county.
As gravity irrigation gradually loot out in support,
the Idea of the utilization of the flood waters of the
Rio Grande as they came through the flood aay
north of Mercedes, placing them in storage and dis
tributing as needed, gained supporters.
Then the Willacy County Water Control and Im
provement district was formed and bonds voted.
The depression came on. and the bonds were not sold.
Through the PWA the necessary funds were prom
ised. Internal dissension bid fair to wreck the dis
trict and its project.
But, headed by directors who place the welfare of
the county above personal feelings, the project now
seems to be about to go through. Yielding to the de
mands of Secretary Ickes, the present board has
submitted its resignations. New directors will be
named. The work will go on, and new prosperity
will come to the county that annually produces the
first commercial onions in the United States.
T
The Valiey Pulls Together
Community provincialism, except in rare cases, is a
thing of the past in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of
Texas.
"One for all and all for one" is the new order of
the day.
The Valley Joins bands from Brownsville to Rio
Orande City and north to Raymondville and cele
brates the opening of deep water at Port Isabel, and
loud the plaudits for San Benito and Port Isabel.
McAllen and Harlingen men promote the move to
establish » /alley historical museum at Brownsville.
A centennial committee headed by an Edinburg
man works with the support of every community.
All communities join In the successful fight for
lower freight rates.
And as we learn to work together, we learn that
we get things done.
Sex Mad Sightseers
There seem to be a good many people In Peoria. HI.,
who feel chat getting a look at Gerald Thompson Is
by far the moat Important task of the day.
Thompson Is a young man who la accused of a
peculiarly atrocious murder. The crime Is one of those
miserable affairs whose very commission makes one
inclined to lose faith In human nature; bis defense Is
tha. he is “morally Insane” and completely sex mad.
and the trial Is Inaugurated to bring out a vast wealth
of morbid and unprintable details.
And there are some people who will get up early
and stand In line for hours in order to have a share
in It! News dispatches tell how the courtroom at
Peoria is jammed the minute the doors are opened.
Some 3000 people stand In the street below waiting
for a chance to get In. And the bulk of the specta
tors are women.
If the crime Itself Is sickening, what can be said
about the antics of the people who Insist on Jamming
their way Into the courtroom?
Remove Causes to Rid
Your Feet of Corns
I_ _)
By DL MORRIS FMHBE1N
Uttar. Journal ot tb« iwrtan Medical Association,
and el Bygoia. the Health MtftriM
Removal o:' corns alone will not cure the corns.
You must also correct the cause from which corns ore
developed.
You can get corns on your hands, as well as you
can (» your toes. In playing golf. If you hold the
club too tightly or In the wrong manner, you con get
callouses on your hands from the rubbing. In the same
way, a workman will develop a callus from the way he
holds a hammer.
And sometimes the center of a callus will develop a
corn.
But It is on the feet that corns give trouble. They
are found most frequently on the toe Joint when there
is a hammer toe. or between the toes when they are
crowded into tight shoes.
Shoes that are too small, too large, or shaped poor
ly are bound to produce corns.
• • •
A callus may be removed by using a sharp razor
blade and If the source of Irritation Is stopped the
callus will not return. In the same way a corn may
be removed by any one of a number of means, and If
the shoes are changed and the pressure removed the
corns will n«t return.
It is difficult, however, to change the style of a
person's walking or to cause him — and particularly
her — to change completely the style of the shoes.
Therefore corns usually aqe seen returning again and
again after removal.
Most com removers that are sold in drug stores
contain salicylic cadi. Usually it is best, before at
tempting the removal of any kind of a com by a com
plaster or any chemical substance, to soak the feet
in hot water for at least 15 to 30 minutes.
Then the material for removing the com should
be applied to the com only, for it is very irritating
and will destroy the normal skin.
Soft corns usually occur between the fourth and
fifth toes. They are due to pressure and friction be
tween the first small bone of the fourth toe and the
head of the first small bone of the fifth toe.
The wearing of short and narrow pointed shoes
serves to bend the little toe backward far enough
to produce this pressure. Usually these corns may
be removed as others are removed, but if they are
very tender It may not be safe to treat them with the
chemical mixtures.
Specialists in diseases of the skin sometimes treat
these corns with radium, and occasionally also re
move them with deasication brought about by the
electric needle.
It Is pleasanter to know that you would like to have
me for* president than It Is to contemplate being pres
ident. — Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
I have been poor so long. I couldn't get used to
so much money. — Mrs. Abraham Starr, part heir
ess to a diamond fortune.
I am content. I have earned the right to rest. —
Colleen Moore.
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WASHINGTON
By Rmy Tucker
Turmoil — Muffled explosions be
hind the doors of conference com
mittee rooms are having heavy re
percussion» in congressional cloak
rooms and corridors. Members
charge that the really Important leg
islation lor the rest of the session
will be manipulated by a handful of
legislative managers.
House and senate representatives
are supposed to take a vow of se
crecy on all matters discussed In con
I ere nee. But nobody is respecting
that these days. Legislators sus
pect that administration spokesmen
allowed in on the deliberations are
reporting to interested superiors
downtown. The atmosphere is blue
with charges and counter-charges.
The calm, deliberative spirit pre
sumed to influence settlement of
con traversal questions has been sup
planted by bitterness and recrimi
nations.
This unusual situation has pro
voked dema|ls lor re.*.m of this
branch of congress. Both democrats
and republicans propose that all
conference discussion be reported in
shorthand and made available im
mediately to all members after each
conference. The big idea is to pre
vent Inside trades and outside ma
nipulation. *
Spotting — Hugo Black is poking
his lobby searchlight into congres
sional crevices with consummate
skill from the White House view
point. Not even the men he seeks
to place in the spotlight are wise to
his game.
In going over the house roll call
on the "death sentence" in the utility
bill, downtown experts noted that
three preponderantly democratic del
egations — New York. Pennsylvania
and Texas — lined up against the
administration. Their attitude was
a great surprise to the White House.
If enough of these democrats can be
forced to switch on the final ballot
ing. Mr. Roosevelt will get the kind
of a bill he wants. He needs a shift
of only 36 votes.
So Mr. Black arranged to summon
witnesses who would testify to skull
duggery in those three states. He
has dug up fake telegrams from
Pennsylvania cities, a Texas mem
ber who bought $3,000 worth of baby
bonds on a $3,000 income and ex
penditure of immense sums by As
sociated Gas and Electrical officials
headquartering in New York. Al
ready they’re talking Black-f or -
Vice-President if Jack Gamer does
not want to run again.
Handy — Footballer ‘ Ham’’ Pish
of New York has already made it
hard for the GOP to deny him the
vice-presidential nomination. Con
fidential reports to republican head
quarters say that he has sold him
self to the people in the 36 states
where he has hoisted the banner of
“Pish for Vice-President.”
The New York congressman, who
represents Mr. Roosevelt's district,
makes no secret of his desire for na
tional honors in 1936. He is delight
fully frank in admitting his ambi
tions. He has the heaviest mail of
any house member — largely from
remote admirers who have followed
him in the headlines. He never
dodges publicity. Although his col
leagues don’t regard nim as a poli
tical heavyweight, they concede that
he might be a secondary asset.
Upstate New York is said to be
cooling toward the New Deal, and it
is to voters above the Bronx that
Mr. Pish would direct his appeal
Should first honors go to a Middle
Westerner — Frank Knox. Senator
Vandenberg. or Governor Landon —
the GOP may find Mr. Fish to be a
husky handy man.
• • •
Taxation — House democrats'
WTithlngs over the tax bill have pro
duced an unexpected shift in senti
ment on Capitol Hill. Their ex
perience may silence “soak the rich
slogans for a while.
Ways and Means experts studied a
score of rate setups against reports
of large incomes in recent years.
Although admittedly a conservative
body, they experimented with the
highest rates possible in their execu
tive sessions. But the most they
could uncover In additional revenue
through extremely high taxes was
$450,000,000. Beyond that point
they figured that rates would prove
confiscatory and cripling to recovery.
The politically minded dared not go
beyond Increases which will yield
from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000.
The result of this “soak the rich*’
venture may be ironic. It will
strengthen the LaFollett* demand
for much higher rates in the lowest
brackets It may have Just the op
posite effect from what Mr. Roose
velt wanted when he proposed that
• •
Since seeing a believing, there is little
Wonder people believe in Inc Bodm gid
wM«.
n6w go on
CHAPTER XXI
TJ^ORDLESa the two
at each other.
At last Jo'a roloa
*He'a—he’a simply Insane.'
-Yeah ' replied Tubby with
tie sarcasm. **1118800 about yoa
She stood up and to rood to tbs
» ^
nurse. "Miss Cooley, would you do
something for me?**
“Why. of coarse. Miss Darts."
**I wish you'd find Mr. Fragonst
and tell him that Jo is too wsak to
answer his note. Ton know, make
him think that she's so weak It
would be Impossible for her mo to
write. Do you see what I mean?**
“Perfectly* said Miss Conley,
smiling.
The nurse wu gone but a few
ssomenta When she reappeared
Tabby pounced on her at onee with.
"What did he n?P
“He wanted to know If be eenld
eee her. and when 1 told blm abe
wasn't baring visiters be bad me
wait while he wrote another note."
Miss Conley held out a second
square envelope toward Jo. but
Tubby adroitly intercepted It.
“1 think I'd better reed this one
first,” she said, slitting tbs en
velope with a chubby finger When
she bad finished reading the note
she beared a relieved sigh. “We’re
saved!* she told Jo. “Look at this.”
Jo took the notepaper on which
the Ink of Fragonet’s bold strokes
was hardly dry. and read:
"Dearest Jo: The nurse says
yon are unable to answer my
note, and that no one must see
you now. 1 bare word from
the studio that I have to take
the night plane sooth—bat the
company will be on location
here at Crest I^ake within a
few weeks The nurse tells me
that by then you will be com
pletely well, which 1 hope and
pray may be true. Until then
yon must believe tn my love
for you.—Peter*
“I'm afraid." said Tubby when
Jo had finished reading Pragooet't
letter, “that you're going to bare
trouble getting rid of that man.”
• • •
I>Y the following week Jo Darien
U was np and about again, look
hoped that ah* eoaM haw a talk
with Douglas Marsh taamsdlatstr
bat ha had ion fnte tha hflla aa
•notbar of his periedle haattac
trtpa His aotba aaa stadtana ta
bar eon tempt hat aha aiada ao
opaa ramark aa aba
making 8a he'
tlona to tba
that aha still
boatear at
ing bar asrta — especially Todd
Baratoa alio aaaarad bar that ha
bad bald back Croat tba baattaa
party last ta be aria—t whoa aba
Baba Montgomery »— cordial. aad
aba aaamad genuinely relieved so
Vbr two days Jo avoided JaAatng
the troop who went down to tba
lake sack afternoon tar a swim
and during tboas two days aba did
not aas Brat PaaJ except at die
taaeas too treat tar raaosattloa or
conversation. Bat Anally aba could
no longer make excuse* for avoid
Ing tba lake, aad one —nny after
noon found bar and Tabby plant
ing la tram tba shorn.
Jo made directly for tba ewfia
float thinking. *1 might — wall
gat tt over with*—and when Tabby
—w Jo striking toward Brat Paul
the tactfully altered bar eonran
Just before reaching the float Jo
kicked bar lithe body beneath the
surface and emerged not a yard
from Bret Paal’e tanned toga Hie
eyes equinting against the bright
aunlight reflected sp from the lake.
Bret eeemod not to nodes the
white bathing eap so dose to hha.
Finally Jo asked, “Could ywa save
a lady. Mr. Lite Gaardr*
e e e
DRET looked at her. broke fate a
U slow smile of recognition. Bet
It wasn't the old smile of Bret
Panl'e It wasn't. Jo aodeed with
a little pang, the special smile he
bad always had for Jo Darien. This
was the smile Bret Peal had for
anyone who came along.
“Hello. Jo. I'm glad to see yon
oet again.*
"Whit do you me*n_‘iiciIdT*
Jo asked treading water by the
float. “How long hare yen been
at Crest Laker
He seemed faintly astonished at
the question, and when he an
swered It was In an odd. cold tone.
‘Tre been here long enough to get
used to it"
His manner angered Jo and
when she attacked again her refee
was flippant and cart. "Saved any
body yetr she asked.
"Just one.” Bret said.
“A girl. I suppoeer
He nodded, his eyas still scan
ning the water far beyond Jo'a boh
blng head. Jo ’’Joked toward the
float and grasped Its edge, while
Bret aasisted her In n fashion tbst
was nothing It not perfunctory
More angry than ever. Jo Boated
herself facing him. and said quiet
ly. "Is there any particular reason
for yon to act like this. Bretf Un
less. af course, yon came down here
for the express purpose of Insult
ing ms."
“1 came down here for last one
reason." Bret replied, not looking
at her. "That was because your
i friend Douglas Harsh oflarad ms
hardly
1
Oaty la my
ban carlo* u
to* dtffersne*
vail
to support my
myaolf. and of
la rapport my
swerad shortly.
“Do yoa moan to tutor rm aotr
Ba gjaaaod at bar, than lookad
away agatii. ''Swimming around la
a bathing oattt that a daerat baaeb
wouldn't allow—walking around la
track pant*- rtdlag with guya Ilk*
Wagons* la a sailboat — do yon
call that worldngT”
Jo laapod to bar toot “It** my
job.” aba ratortad qalekly. hot
•ole* choking with rag*. “If*
quit* as macb work as sitting her*
la tbo ana all day. looking ale* to*
fWKtpCibi|
Brot was si tone
still with hi* *y«*
reached for Jo’s bane
bar down hssld* him
Jo." bo said
facing bar. “lot's not quarrel Ilk*
tbta. We're—we're been toe
darned done to hare this hopper,
to as now. I guess wo both
changed a little, and—wall, what
ever It was. things didn't pas oot
as wo need to plan But that's at
reason why ws bars to act Ilk*
a couple of peered cubs. I'm *orr>
for what I sald.“
Jo’* eye* *en lowered, wer*
Diming dangerously She thought
fantastically. "1 mestn't cry 1 It
wo a Id be *o attar ly allly to cry!’
She blinked hard and bald th*
tears bach, saying, “I’m sorry
too. Brat. . . . There’* no re*
soo why w* ehonldn’t ha trlaads '
Than, sat trusting berssli
farther, she squeezed Bret’s band
stood poised os the edge of the
float for a second, and plunged
ones again Into th* taka. She
swam rigorously for a good dis
tance parallel with th* shore be
fore she Joined Tabby who we«
paddling a bo at safely la shallow
er waters.
“Well." greeted Tabby. “I no
ticed that yoa and Brat had a lit
tin reunion. Did yoa daelda Is
bury the hatchet?"
Jo nodded. "We’re good
friends."
Tabby smiled approvingly. “1
think that’s swell. Jo. 1 was sort
of worried there for s while, be
cause It wasn’t Uk* yon at ell to
keep on being angry with Brat
under tbs circumstances."
Jo didn’t realise then the en
act Import of this remark of
Tubby's, and It was to be a con
siderable time before she did
realise It.
"Come on. Tubby. . . , I’ve
had enough lake for one day.
I’ll take you on at singles.”
"All right" grinned Tubby
"bat It’s not fair to yoa. beeaaae
I’m a doablea team ad by my
self!"
As they waded shoreward Tab
by whispered to Jo. "Here eome’s
Douglas Marsh. He looks as It he
wanted te talk to you. I’D duck
and meet you at the tennis court
la half as boar."
Jo aoddad. watching Marsh
coming down th* path toward th*
lake. H* still wort his hunting
elothas and evidently had Jaat
come ta from the hills behind the
lake
(To Bo Ooatlaoed)
Mom Numskuu.
taxation be utilized (or social pur
poses.
Busy — The report that New Deal
ers contemplated a special campaifn
against Bill Borah of Idaho gave
shivers to the democratic high com
mand. Jim Parley telephoned from
Salt Lake to deny that he had sing
led out the distinguished Idahoan for
slaughter. To Mr. Parley the man
from Boise Is just another senator.
There is no news in the fact that
the democrats will strive might and
main to retire Mr. Borah from pub
lic life. It would be news if they
pulled their punches against him.
But what they fear is the effect such
a premature announcement will
have on pending legislation on Cap
itol Hill. They don't care to an
tagonize Messrs. LaPollette, Wheel
er, Johnson, Nye, and Borah him
self while so many major Mila are on
the griddle.
Of course the democrats will fight
Mr. Borah. Three months ago even
he thought that his foes had a fair
chance to defeat him with Governor
Ben Ross as a candidate. Now the
senator thinks he's sitting prettv.
w'th the “constitutional" issue made
to order for him. But by giving him
a hard tussle Mr. Parley may be able
to keep him too busy at home to
take part in the presidential cam
paign.
• • •
Conwniwi — Carter Glass is still
chuckling out of the comer of his
mouth at Federal Reserve Governor
Eccles’ excitement over the inter
locking directorate provision of the
banking bill.
Mr. Eccles opposed the idea be
cause It permitted some banks — the
Morgans, for Instance — to extend
their sway over too large a portion
of the financial empire. Then Carter
pointed out that present law permit
ted this same arrangement provided
the Federal Reserve Board gave Its
consent. More than 3,000 bankers
have taken advantage of this loon
hole, and moat of them are In the
large financial centers.
Reserve officials have found It
hard to say "no” to these requests.
They have grown more numerous
recently. What the senator seeks
is to restrict the system by bringing
It within legal limitation. The board’s
behavior In die boom years convinces
the Virgihian that the less discretion
It has, the better .
• • •
Noes — The cafeteria In Ickes’
new Interior building will provide for
5,000 quick-lunch munch era at one
time . . . Governor Nice, Rep., of
Maryland, was elected over Ritchie
by championing the New Deal —
and now he calls it "Insane,” and
hopes to run for vice president . ..
Corner Cummings Is putting on extra
lawyers to handle AAA processing
tax suits.
Things got a little too hot In the
state of Tabasco for even the presi
dent of Mexico to stomach them.
An Argentine senator was killed
The company operated by one of
the New Deal's most violent critics
reports a net tncome for the last
three months almost three times that
of the corresponding period last
year. What hurts Is being obliged
tc take it from the New Deal.
A, Todays
Almanac:
Amlu»t
lTJO'Firsk national
census begun*
lWfrNeKart defeats
French fleet in
Battle of the Rile.
l%lS*t5ichard Henry
Pana.vln, American
author, born
H1874' Icdand. ode- #
brates 1000* anni
versary of settle
ment*
Flashes
-Of
Life
(By tae Associated Bran)
Loyalty
PHILADELPHIA —Peter Flne
gans mongrel dog stood in front
of the police station and howl
ed and howled. The only way the
Slice could stop him was to put
n in the cell with his master.
More Unemployment
NEW YORK — The National
Divorce Reform League has
commenced a campaign to abol
ish the ‘unknown blonde” from
divorce suits, and to provide a
$500 fine and a year in prison for
the co-respondent in every suc
cessful divorce action,
Job For Him
TOPEKA. Kas. — If Oov. All
M. Lan t i of Kansas ever be
comes p .sident of the United
States, i fond republican friends
here hope, he has one particular
job ready.
Steve O'Rourke, Detroit Tigers
"ivory hunter,” visited Land on
and sought a promise from him
he would outlaw so ft ball.
“It’s mining too many good
prospects for the big baseball
leagues,” complained O’Rourke.
Barbs |
New York banka are trylnt to sell
Instill collateral they held cm loans.
The Jurors who freed Samuel In
suU may be good prospects.
• • •
“Money in Demand In Paris." reads
a headline. Well, no city In the
United States will turn It down,
either.
• • •
Hendrick Willem Van Loon, the
writer, says he has read everythin*
that he has ever wanted to read.
Now he can turn to the funnies.
• • •
Utilities executives deplore this
idea of sending fake telegrams of
protest to oongress — if congress can
prove the telegrams are fakes.
• • •
Anyway, the question isn't who
burned up those utilities telegrams,
as It Is who would be burned up by
them.
• • •
Government officials boast of car
rots three feet long In Alaska, as
though that would entice anyone
except parents ct growing children.
. QUESTIONS
rid Jl Hatlii*
A reader can ret the answer «•
anj question of fact by writing M
Brownsville Herald Information Bo*
reau. Pmieric J. Hsakin,
Washington. D. C. Plea*
three (3) cents for neplv.
N. H
b the
diving
t fad ef
A, Fred Mills, National Director
of Health and Safety, Boy
of America, says that the
dangerous. Home-made
brings an added perlL Only equip*
ment approved by the United States
Government should be used,
then only by persons who have
properly trained.
• • •
a Under
Grace Moore’s
McG.
▼ok* trained? M.
A- Miss Moore reoelved the malar
portion of her musical education
from Dr. Mario MarafiotU in New
York City. Of course, she has dona
some work and coaching with Eu
ropean teachers, but she owes her
splendid knowledge of music, oper^
and the proper use of the vocal
chords to Dr. Msrafiotti.
Q
nd
J. G.
wUl the National Blflo
Matches take place?
A. These competitions will be held
at Camp Perry. Ohio. September I
to IB.
Q. What became of Mrs. Patrick
Campbells has band? E. H.
A. Patrick Campbell was killed in
1900 In the Boer War.
Q. What Is the eigntfiranoe ef
Bull Moose as applied to
■ooeevelt? c. P.
A. The name was applied
Theodore Roosevelt in 1911 * rising
to
from his remark. “I feel as fit as a
bull moose.” Through oonstant use
of this animal's figure by the car
toonists in connection with Roose
velt's political campaign as the pres
idential nominee of the Progressiva
Party, he became known as tha
Bull Moose candidate and the oartv
as ths Bull Moose Psrty.
_ • • •
Q. What is stratigraphy? A. O.
A. That branch of geology that
deals with the arrangement,
and succession of rock strata m
ly as revealed by the contained
main*
ed fos
Q What was the Book ef fpavtof
I* f.
A. This waa a popular name for
the proclamation issued in 1618 by
James I. and ordered to be read in
all churches, wherein it was declared
that dancing, archery. May-games,
morriee-dances, leaping, vaulting
and other such games were lawful on
Sunday, but prohibiting bear-baltln*
bowling, and interludes.
Q. Where la Tennyson bartedf
M. P.
A. He Is burled beside Robert
Browning In Westminster Abbey.
• • •
Q. What b the derivation of the
term. Must, as applied to legblatiow
before Concrete? L. S.
A. It oomes from the newspaper
office and was first suggested to
President Roosevelt in the spring o4
1934 by a newspaper man's question
as to the relative importance of art
era! pending measures. In news
papor parlance. Must, as the head
of a piece of copy means that the
story must appear In the next edi
tion. regardless of space available.
• • •
Q- Is the fanny bene really a
bone? W. A.
A. It Is not. The name is given
to the ulnar nerve. It is so sllghtlv
protected by the Internal condyle of
the humerus that Its Is easily af
fect'd by blows on that part.
• • •
Q- Who Is the ruler of tho Tonga
Islands? R. C.
A. A British protectorate over the
Tonga Islands Kingdom was pro
claimed May 18. 1900. The pree
ent ruler Is Queen Salote, who has
ruled since 1918.
• • •
Q. What b stone coal? M. t.
A. The name Is used to some ex
tent In the United States and In
England for anthracite coal to dis
tinguish it from soft or bituminous
coal. On the continent of Europe U
is more frequently used to dlstiiPif
gulsh the older (Carbonic) coals*
from the later Mesoaoic and Ceno
solc coals and lignites.
Q I>o “falling stan* oririmlc tn
our solar systrm or rntrr It from
outside space? T. M.
A. A large percentage of Uio
meteorites come from interstellar
space.
• • »
Q. Row long has still-life paint
ing been known? C. J. S.
A. This branch of art flourished
from the earliest days of color deco
ration and was at Its highest per
fection ** ng the Alexandrian aga.
The pai igs at Pompeii and the
Roman mosaics furnish, many fine
examples of It. The ancient Greek
painter. Pausias, was especially skil
ful In the representation of flowers.
WHY ARE CLOTHES
MADE AS THEY ARE**
Did you ever notice that the bow an a
man’s hatband Is always on ths left!
That the sleeves of bis coats havs but
tons and are opensd a little way upf
That molt men’s coau have a part is
the back?
Perhaps you never paid any attention
to your clothes, for they’ve always ‘
But these details of fashion had •
romantic beginning in ths swaggering
days of knights and sworda. gallants
and adventure. They wore originally
net fashions, but necessities whieh grew
from the life of the times.
Ths Brownsville Herald service book
let. CURIOUS CUSTOMS, contains in
teresting facts about intriguing cus
toms from many lands—expressions,
words, weddings, funerals, superstitions,
and ceremonials.
To obtain your copy mall ths ooupow
below enclosing six cents to cover
postage, and handling.
The Brownsville Herald.
Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D. C. _ _
I enclose herewith BIX CBHTS tn
c—*— (ceref’PIv -rrenocdl for s eepv
of the booklet CURIOUS CUSTOMS.