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®|p Hnramsuflk Herald
Established July 1 MK. Aft s Dmuy Newspaper
by lease O. Wheeler
J 1C STEIN . Publisher
RALPH L BUELL . Editor
Published every afternoon (except Saturday) and
Sunday morning Entered as second-class matter tn
the Postoffice. Brownsville. Texas.
THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
PUBLISHING COMPANY
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use of for publication of all news dispatches credited
to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By earner—In Brownsville and all Rto Grand* Valley dues.
ISc a week; 75c a month
By Mall—In The Rio Orande Valley tn advance: one year.
97.06; six months. 13.75; 3 months. S2.
By Mall—Outside of the Rio Orande Valley: TSe per
month; |8 00 per year; 6 months. 14-50
Monday May 20. 1935
Oil Activity And Valley Port*
That the oil fields of Hidalgo and Starr counties
're already reacting to the benefit of the Valley as
a whole was amply proven out during the week end
when two oil interests announced their {Mans for
building pipelines to the ports on the coast.
Of course both the ports of Port Isabel and
Brownsville will benefit materially from the busi-
ness brought to thier ports from the western end of
the Valley as oil means tonnage for ships and ships
mean profits to the ports they patronize.
On the other hand it should not be overlooked
that the ports mean additional business and addi-
tional profits for the operators of flowing wells In
the oil fields.
Present prices paid for crude oil in the Samfordyce
field are far from satisfactory and it is predicted
that a substantial jump in the price will imme-
diately result from the operation of a pipeline to the
ports. In fact pipeline representatives right now are
contracting so we understand for oil at price
ranging from 25 to 50 pe rcent higher than is now
being paid.
It’s a very satisfactory outcome of two important
phases of Valley development The oil is helping
the ports the ports are helping the oil.
Revolution In Rubber
If experiments now being conducted at the Uni-
versity of Illinois pan out as successfully' as the uni-
versity's Prof. George L. Clark expects them to one
of those unexpected and incalculable revolutions in
large-scale industry may presently be thrust upon
us.
Professor Clark has been able to isolate a molecule
of the rubber plant under the mlcroecop and have
a good look at it—something which science had sup-
posed to be quite impossible. The research thus be-
gun. he says may well lead to synthetic production
of rubber as good and as cheap as the natural prod-
uct
It is not hard to see the industrial upset that
would take place if this became a fact. A tremend-
ous new industry would be developed in this coun-
try—and presumably in other countries as well;
simultaneously the enormous rubber plantations of
the tropics would stagnate
Hundreds of millions of dollars in investments
would be shaken the destinies of huge areas would
be changed—all because a scientist peered into a
microscope l
Weather Relief
During these days of a low pressure area over the
Valley and the consequent sweltering atmosphere
and oppressive humidity* Valley folks appreciate just
horn- fortunate they are to have relief from the
weather right at hand.
Any one who has journeyed to Boca Chica during
the past few days knows that relief from the weather
Is right at hand and such a welcome relief as it Is.
Sunday for instance the folks who had spent the
week-end at the beach were surprised to hear of how
uncomfortably hot It had been in the Valley proper.
The Gulf breeres had continued to blow Saturday
night and all day Sunday bringing the refreshing
coolness to the shore.
Use the Valley beaches this summer as an antidote
to that tired feeling and keep your nerves calm and
collected.
In political campaigns. It Is hard to beat money.
Men with money can make the most noise and fool
the people — Upton Sinclair.
The Critics Are Blushing
When a genius sets out to hate a little Joke the
Joke is apt to be so profound that no one but its per-
petrator even knows about It.
Consider the Joke of Flits Kreisler famous viol-
llnist.
For 30 yean Mrs. Kreisler has been playing com-
positions supposed to have been written by various
old-time masters in the world of music.
His programs credited them to such composers as
Vivaldi Couperin and others and gave Mr Kreisler
credit merely for arranging them.
Learned critics occasionally remarked that Mr.
Kreisler. in editing these pieces did not follow the
original as well as lie might have: others compli-
mented him for interpreting the true spirit of the
composer.
But now It develops that Mr. Kreisler wrote them
all himself! For 30 years he has had a Joke on the
critics—and no one would have known It if he had
not. at last admitted it himself
Doctors Still Seeking
Causes of Lame Back
tty DR. MORRIS HSHBL1N
Editor. Journal of tbc American Medical Association
and of Hfftia. th* Health Mtpalni
The lame back you may get at times isn’t something
you should pass oti merely as somewhat of a nuisance.
All sorts of causes will explain this trouble and yet
there are many cases which just can t be explained
by any of the modern points of view.
Your doctor may take X-ray pictures and make all
the usual examinations known testing your ability to
move your back into various positions and still he may
be unable to determine exactly why your back hurts
you.
Recently some Boston investigators found that
a certain ligament connecting the large bone of the
pelvis with the bone of the leg is very tight in some
people.
Soma of these people complain of a snapping sen-
sation of the. hip when they move the thigh and leg.
Thi* snapping sensation they claim is due to the
pulling of this tight ligament over the head of the bone.
Because this ligament is tight the sufferers com-
plain of pain in the back and they describe it as a sen-
sation of strain in the lower part of the back. Occa-
sionally they have sciatica or severe pain in the rear
of the thigh along with the back pain.
The Boston doctors have worked out some testa to
show whether the pain m any certain cases is due to
a tight ligament of this character. Of course the
condition is treated by doing everything possible to
release the tension on the ligament stretching it grad-
ually by use of certain exercises.
The simplest exercise is one in which you stand with
the side that is affected about 24 feet away from a
table or some other convenient object which you
grasp with one hand. Then bend the hip that is af-
fected toward the table as far as you can. Hold this
position for a few seconds and then after a rest re-
peat the exercise
Do this five times the first day and increase once
each day until the exercise is done 25 times twice a day.
Some cases are so severe that they are not bene-
fitted by this exercise and in those cases in which
there is pain in the sciatic nerve along with the pain
in the back operative procedures may be necessary.
It should be pointed out again that not every case
of pain in the back is due to this cause Sometimes
pain in the back is caused by flat feet: sometimes by
bad posture; sometimes by conditions of the organs
within the abdomen
It is important to know the cause if that can be de-
termined. and to treat the condition accordingly.
Man is such a creature of mental habit that in the
midst of prosperity the common thing is to predict
continuance of prosperity and now it la usual to pre-
dict continuance of the depression —Charles O. Dawes
What are we doing what have we been doing all
through the ages except punish women for some-
thing that some man was responsible for?—Anna M
Kross. New York magistrate.
Music occupies a very great place in the lives of
the people of this country. I have a deep conviction
that people who love music strive also for the best in
everything—President Roosevelt.
Instead of more laws and arrests the way to reach
women is not through force but to show them hu-
manity and help care for their bodies and minds —
Anna M. Kross. New York magistrate.
Where the schools are not covering students over
with the dust of dead things but are giving them the
here and now of current events we have the beginning
of self-education — B H Darrow. P -T. A executive.
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and paraonalltlaa. in and out 01
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men of Washington and New York
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expressed are those of the writers as
individuals and should not be in*
terpreted as reflecting the editorial
policy of this newspaper
WASHINGTON
By Ray Tucker
Crippled—You can chalk off the
excitement about the NRA as a
tacc-saving maneuver. The presi-
dent seeks to preserve the most
valuable portions of this experiment
—Us ban on child labor and its
establishment of minimum wage
and hour standards. But everybody
else agrees that the Big Blue Eagle
fc a fairly dead bird.
Its administrators are making no
attempt to enforce it pending Su-
preme Court and Congressional ac-
tion. Many manufacturers are
chiselling on hours and wages with-
out any check. They even refuse to
pay their code fees figuring that
the high court may demolish it
within a few days. Only Don Rich-
berg. who has an uncanny faculty
lor making enemies urges its re-
enactment In pristine form.
Democratic senators' opposition
lo extension in accord with presi-
dential olans is almost unprece-
dented. In the end almost any kind
of prolongation will satisfy the
White House so long as It does not
constitute too disastrous a retreat
from the front Hugh Johnson es-
tablished with so much flag-waving.
It is the most sensational New
Dea’ experiment to blow up. even
tliough it may create permanent
repercussions in a social and Indus-
trial way We have not heard the
end of it. no matter what may
happen on Capitol Hill
• • •
Effective—Through western rath-
er than eastern windows the ad-
ministration may look for political
relief in 1936 While the NRA tot-
ters the president turns his eyes
toward the West and South—the
two sections which reelected Wood-
row Wilson in the turbulent year of
1916
Mr Roosevelt's hospitable recep-
tion of the farmers who trekked
here to back up the AAA was the
tip-off. For a while AAA officials
protested that they were trying to
block off the march. Suddenly it
appealed to them as a movement
which had political possibilities and
the President unexpectedly consent-
ed to address them in his own back-
yard. His aides prepared a purely
statistical speech for him. setting
forths the gain In farm land and
commodity values but he tossed it
aside for a politically pointed talk.
It was one of his best—a fighting
*peech.
Whether inspired and financed by
the administration or not the farm-
ers’ pilgrimage has changed the
rtmosphere on Capitol Hill. West-
ern and Southern Senators no
longer sneer at the pending AAA
amendments. They now have a much
Letter chance of passage And the
nresident thanks you. gentlemen of
the soil.
• • •
Handicaps — The 64.000.000 work-
relief program mav turn out to be
a handicap instead of a help to
the administration Cynical politi-
cians have suggested with refer-
ence to 1936 that "you can t beat
64.000.0*0000" but its administra-
tors are not so confident as they
were a few weeks ago.
It is almost two months since con-
gress enacted the bill. It gave the
president full authority in the be-
lief that a program of spending
and construction was ready. But
there has been no sign of action so
far The key men are squabbling
o\er their function^. Comptroller
General McCarl is ruling out va-
r ous projects a* fast as they reach
him and Messrs. Walker. Hopkins
and Ickes are stymied Democrat-
ic politicians are complaining and
the republicans are beginning to
criticize
Mr. Roosevelt's insistence that
the funds be spent for "useful and
permanent works" doesn't help any.
So far the president has steadfast-
ly opposed free spending for poli-
ces] purposes and that handicaps
the politicians.
m • •
Realist*—The White House and
treasury have received many re-
quests for the lowdown on its gold
policy since Secretary Morgenthau
told why we went of! the standard
and how we might return to it. But
local and foreign interest* which
think that the administration means
to "stabilize” right now are fooling
themselves.
1 lie secretary's pronouncement
had been in preparation lor weeks
Leiore bonus inflationary fears aroae
and it was okayed by the White
House Mr. Roosevelt knows that
one ol the great isues in the 1936
campaign will be his monetary pol-
icy. and he seeks to keep the record
as e'ear and as plain as possible.
Secretary Morgenthaus statement
vs an explanation not an invita-
tion
The British Foreign Office wras
no received The Britishers are sup-
posed to have sounded us out on
i he pospect* of a stabilization con-
.erence. and their interpretation of
the treasury’s attitude was undoubt-
ed.y based on inside Information.
T.iev say: "Mr. Morgenthau apoka
lo. home consumption.”
Breach—The president's aides are
growing suspicious of the many
anti-administration books and mag-
asiie articles which make mock of
iht New Deal. They think that
certain interests have leagued to-
gether to destroy Mr. Roosevelt as
some did to tear down ex-Preal-
cent Hoover in the last few years
oi his reign. They would like to
know who ‘Mr. Anonymous’’ really
is.
The latest anti-Roosevelt gesture
Is a political chain letter that re-
cently reached Washington. It
quotes many of the president’*
campaign statements on financial
and business problems which he is
charged with repudiating. It urges
the recipient to send the anU-New
Deal indictment along to ten other
friends.
The Whit* House notes that the
strategy of quoting the Roosevelt of
1932 against the Roosevelt of 1935
was first utilised by several speak-
ers at the chamber oi commerce
convention. Despite friendly offers
on both sides the breach between
the administration and big business
stir wider every day.
• • •
Central—The O.O. P. is heading
lor an oid-faahionad party fight if
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CHAPTER IX
A FTER the (og Um morning tu
crisp sod cool sod tnvigorai
ins. Thar* was s Mm sky. nigh
raffled etoada sod s tarssss Moo-
Ins otm the harbor.
Katbsrtna dr as sad hurried lj
After bar tbovar eager to bs ost
and sway. Bilan bronsbt bar a
tray oecauM tba other* vara sot
rot stirrtns- There vaa crisp toast
and door coffee and strips of bacon
under a silver bell.
“Ob. El lea. this is a divine
breakfast.”
“You've sot your appetite back.
Miss That's what it la.*
“Dr. Kays packing?*
“1 think be la tfisa 1 beard bln
moving around in tba gunroom ~
Bert in* bad put John la tba gun
room half a flight up. bacauae she
said It was quietar. Wall. Katb-
arlne had aald good by to John last
night; it would spoil things—be an
anti-climax—If aba saw him again
now. Better slip away without
saying a word
“Oh. beautiful day!* Katharine
almost sang it aloud.
Her car purred under bar touch.
Funny soma days the motor ran
batter than others Cars ware like
people—moody!
“Good mdrning. Michael!*
“Mornln Miss 8trykburst!* Be
stood smiling at bar easily one
hand braced against the rail fanes
which bordered tba meadow of the
old Rogers place
“1 thought I’d rids” Katharine
aald demurely
“Oh. splendid. Fury’s rartn to
be off Tips!” be called to the boy
whose steps eould be beard on the
■table floor. “Bring Fury out. will
rou*“
“How do you think l‘m doing?*
Katharine inquired of her prowess
as horsewoman There bad oeea
many animated convoraations be-
tween them all spring concerning
bar progress; ehe was determined
now to have the relationship back
upon Its old. safe footing—that of
pupil and teacher
“Oh. you're grand.” he said aim
ply
They rode together as before
Katharine chatted lightly and
Michael Heatheroe answered. Once
or twice bis greet laugh rang oet
Ha want ahead whan the bridle
path narrowed glancing back over
hie shoulder to eee If Fury behaved
welL
“She's a bit skittish today.*
“Oh. she's all right really.* Katb
■rlne protested.
CHE thought of Zoe and the fever
^ she bad suffered the night be-
fore. She thought of Gibbs Larkin
with bis bold exploring dark ayes
and the thickening line of his
waist his too-eoft too-Inti mate
votes.
“All right?* That was Michael's
It wa* pleasant Katharme thought having Stic hod to warned about her. Now he wouldn’t be
able to ride with SaB$ Moon.
volet fit bad coot on rmtbtr far
ahead and aba had loaf tight of
him. 8ha hallooed back reamer
lngly.
“All right back hero . • .**
Ha waited at the turn of tke
path glancing at the watch
strapped to his arrtst
“We’d better tarn back. I hart
an appointment at nine.”
Sally Moon! Well what of It?
But Katharine’s exaltation was
gona for Lha Instant The morn-
ing had a cloud upon it
“Watch out for that dog.'
Michael warned as the path wound
again Into the open clearing far
Ing which one Iona white honst
stared down into tha fertile valley
The terrier which bad ootborod
Fury on the ride down was sitting
on the bank watching sharp-eyed
for bis enemy. At first eight of
tha riders the small brown dog
burled himself Ilka a streak down
the precipitous elope. through
thorn and berry busbee to yelp
frantically at Fury's very boa la
Tha little mare began to dance
She bad dona this before and
Michael at soma pains had quieted
her But now her nervous gait In-
creased and she deserved her name
Michael wheeling Prince Charlie
made for Fury's bridle—missed It
Katharine was not conscious of
rear. Fury plunged forward at *
violent rate rearing and kicking
and the girl elung desperately
-Whoa. Fury! Steady there girl!”
Then the sickening consciousness
of burtllng through tha alT at In
credible speed; the damp earth and
tha grass rising up to meet one
From a long way off. a voice
reached her.
“My darling!”
Michael's voice Michael's strong
arms lifting har. carrying her.
Katharine felt aore all over—not
broken she assured herself only
dreadfully aore and shaken.
She opened her eyee
• • •
DEOPLB were running toward
* them; a truckman whose vehicle
was ballad near the field people
from tlM white bouse *b*r* the
dog belonged. a woman to a striped
dreea and two little glrla
“Oh. Is abe bediy ho rtf
The woman. Katharine thoogbt.
had a aloe sort of faoe with wtee.
tired eyea The little glrla stood
staring all flyaway blond hair and
bare sonbrowned lega
“Bring her op to onr house." the
woman said. To the dog. who had
ceased to bark and now cowered
naughtily In the hedgea she said
scoldingly; “Bad 8andy! Bad boy!”
“Hell be punished for thla he
knows that." she told them lead-
ing the procession Katharine oloeed
her eyes again The trackman bad
gone to bold Prince Charlie's brl
dla Some men down by the Riser
Road bad stopped fury It was
eery pleasant to bs carried thus.
Michael's arms were strong and
gentla
Katharine opened her eyee again
They were going op the steps of the
white boose now Michael was
passing through a doorway. The
remodeled farmhouse was com-
fortable to a homely way. Michael
went up a flight of steps and the
woman directed him to lay Katha-
rine on a bed.
The women bent toward her eni
tously. "IH eel) my doctor." she
said in a gentle volca “Are you
wery much bortf
“1—I don't believe so." Katharine
said faintly.
"Tour bead's all right?" Michael
knelt down by the bed when Mm
Merser went to telepbona They
could bear her calling Dr Cart
wrlght down la the village
“My boots will soli the spread.”
Katharine whispered It was pleas-
ant. having Michael so Worried
about her Now be wouldn't be
able to ride with Sally Moon it
was such a silly Idea that Katha-
rine smiled and Michael Heat her oe
watched that smile as a starving
man might gaze at a loaf of bread
• • •
THE children lurked In the door-
A way. They were sweet little
girls. Katharine thought.
“How about Pnryf
“He’s aU right." Michael told
bar. Bat bit toot bodtd Ml tar
Fury. Maybe aba hadn't dream*!
It after all; maybe ba bad actually
called bar ~my darling.”
Preeeotly Dr. Canwrtgbt came
aad examined bar.
“She a bad a natty abock” be
•aid. “bat the aeema to have come
through It all right lou’re a vary j
lucky young lady." be told Katbe
line. "Too moat stay In bed ''
today and tomorrow m run in aad
aee you again."
"May 1 go borne doctor?” Katha-
rine knew the little pbyatclan well.
To bar secret delight be shook
hit bead negatively. “I'd rather
yon stayed right here." be said
with an Interrogative look at Mra
Merser
“Of course the shall. Of course!”
cried bar hostess delightedly. “That
will relieve me of anxiety. 1 should
be terrified to turn her out now
without being certain she was all
right . . ."
So Katharine divested of bar
muddled riding things spent the
day In tbs little manaarded room
of the Merser bousa It was de
Uctons to ba fussed over this way.
The stout colored maid helped bar
to uudreaa. and her hostess Brought
pajamas and gown of many tlmea
washed striped silk. The children
tolled up the stairs with offerings '
of flowers and shells
They’re enchanted.” eald Violet
Merser to Katharine later. “They
do so love a guest—and such n
charming one."
Benina bad come and gone
clucking and murmuring and <
rather averae to the arrangement
until she. too. fell under Violet
Mercer's quiet charm.
“But at course we don’t know
her.” Benina complained In a half-
whisper. when aha and Katharine
were alona j
“Does it matter r Kath
closed her eyes Here It was eo
quiet and peaceful. Benin# war-
ned her . . .
But after she bad gone away la
the quiet of nightfall. Michael
Heatheroe came again . . .
(To Be Continued)
the managers subscribe to John
Hamilton's dictum that fair-wea-
ther republicans need not ask for
the presidential nomination next
year. National Committeeman Ham-
ilton. supposed to conciliate the lib-
eral West as Chairman Fletcher’s
aide has angered the Borahs. Mc-
Narys. Nves. Etelwer* and even men
o! the Vandenberg type.
The conservatives have won the
behind-the-scenes fight. The party
is In the hands of the old-time
bosses and they will not liquidate
their mortgage on the old home-
stead. Mr. Roosevelt may win In
1936- most agTee to that barring un-
foreseen accidents and experiments
—but they swear that the political
pendulum will swing back When
It does they mean to be there to
£>rab on and ride soft with it.
Liberal republicans in the senate
; re keeping quiet these days. Large-
ly to enhance their power In future
trades over legislation. But most of
ihem will undoubtedly line up for
FDR next year if Mr. Hamilton
keeps talking.
• • •
Eats— The two embassies which
heve won the most good will in
Washington represent nations wltg
which our relations are most mud-
died. They are the Soviet and the
German. Ambassadors Troyanovaky
and Luther can boast more lnflu-
entia’ friends and well-wishers In
Washington than all the other diplo-
mats combined.
Even cynical cliff-dwellers and
bored officials enioy the musicals*
at the red-and-gold Soviet embassy
and the beer parties at the gloomy.
barr-Uke German embassy. Ambas-
sador Troyanovaky has presented
such artists as Zlmbailst and Mar-
unelli during the winter season and
Ambassador Luther has served
flagons of bock beer to Washington
correspondents.
• • •
The embassies which could profit
tram hospitable promotion — the;
British. Japanese. French and Ital-
lan— don’t Indulge in It. Which may
explain why there la more of a
friendly feeling In Washington for
tfw "Bolshevik*" and the "Huns'* of
some years ago than there la for
oui former allies. The path to a
nation’s heart as well as to a man’s
ina ’ be through the stomach and
Russian caviar Is a very fine dish.
The tune of "We Won’t Oo Home
Until Morning’’ was a favorite at
the time of the Crusades and the
Crusaders often made It sound
through old* Jerusalem. S
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu-
reau. Frederic J. Haskw. Director
Washington. D. C. Please enclosa
three <3> cents for reply.
• • •
Q. How many persons witnessed
the first Kentucky Derby and what
was the parse? A. W.
A. The first Kentucky Derby was
attended by 10.000 persons and the
purse was only $2 850.
• #
Q. When were the first Negro
newspapers published? Are any of
the early ones still published? H- B.
P.
A. The Negro Year Book says: -In
1863 there were only two news-
papers in the United States pub-
lished by colored persons The first
Negro newspaper published in the
South. The Colored American be-
gan publication at Augusta. Oeorgia
the first week in October 1865 J. T
Shut tin was editor. Only one of the
Negro periodicals now being pub-
lished. the Christian Recorder was
established before 1863. There ars
now some 250 peridoicals published
by or for Negroes '*
Q. Is there any alloy In sterling or
•olid diver? R. L. C.
A. Just enough copper Is used to
make the metal substantial. Silver
is too soft to use alone Sterling all*
ver must be at least 925 parts of sti-
ver to 75 parts of copper.
• • •
Q. What proportion of the people
of the United States are without
public library service? A. N.
A. About 37 per cent. Naturally
the people In large cities have such
service smaller cities are usually
provided for. but rural population
suffers. New York. New Jersey. Ver-
mont. Rhode island. New Hampshire.
Massachusetts. Maine. Iowa Connec-
ticut. and Delaware have publle li-
brary service In every county.
• • •
Q. What om is made of geometry
after one leaves school? W. C.
A. Geometry is used extensively in
the professions principally in all
branches of enataeertng architecture.
astronomy as well u In machamcal
drawing carpentry and building.
• • •
Q. What la a rushlight? p. F.
A. It is also called a rush candle
and Is made of tha pith of rushes
dipped In tallow.
• • I
Q. Into how many continent* la
the world divided? J. L. L.
A. Into seven. North America.
South America Europe. Asia. Africa.
Australasia. and Antarctica. The
last is the most recently named.
• • •
Q. How many copie* of John Eliot’s
Indian Bible are In existence? E. V
A. About fifty are accounted for
It was published In IM3 and about
one thousand copies were printed.
• • •
Q. What la a putlog? H. E.
A It is one of the short horizontal
pieces of timber supporting the
flooring of a scaffold.
• • •
Q Pleut give some date about
puppet show*. J. B.
A. Puppet shows were common
among the Oreeks from whom the
Roman received them. Xenophon.
Aristotle. Gelllus. Horace and oth-
ers mention them. Such exhibitions
which are so pleasing to children
and the uneducated have naturally
passed through various degrees of
perfection in different ages and even
now exhibitions of puppets are com-
mon in small countries which dis-
play great mechanical ingenuity. In
1874 there was a puppet opera at
parts which met with great applause
and there are shows today In many
European cittaa. especially Italy In
America they are sometimes includ-
ed in vaudeville bills.
• • *
Q. When and where wa# the ftawt
railroad rail relied in this eenntry?
T H M
A. The first rail mill was erected
In this country at Mount Savage.
Allegany County. Maryland and the
first rail was rollsd in the summer
of IM4
• • •
<$. How long will a thatched roof
last? M. L.
A. If well laid straw thatch will
last from twenty to thirty years.
There is however the ever-present
danger of fire.
» • #
Q. Why was the CokMaeem In
Rome given this name? P. W
A. It had been called the Flavian
Amphitheatre but came to be known
as tii® Colosseum from the colossal
statue of the Emperor Nero which
was near The statue of gilded bronxe
was 117 feet In height.
• • •
Q Is ice cream popular in Eng-
land? T. R.
A. In the last few years it has be-
come quite popular and vendors sell
it along hundreds of miles of Eng-
lish roads.
• • •
q Where did Gatti-Casern gw
after his retirement as director of
the Metropolitan Opera? F. 8. W.
A. The famous director has re-
turned to his native country. Italy
to spend his last years at his home
on Lake Maggiore.
• • •
Q. Please name some member* of
Congress who are naturalised clt-
iaena. J. L.
A There have been a number of
naturalised citizens who have be-
come members of Congress. Among
them are: Senator Cousens of Mich-
igan. Senator Davis of Pennsylvania
*nd Senator Robert F. Wagner of
New York; on the House side of the
Capitol are Representatives Kop-
plemann of Connecticut. Vincent
Palmisano of Maryland. Johnson of
Minnesota and Adolph J. Sabath d
Illinois. t
j m i Toduy^S
Almanac:
May 20*.H
I$A6* John Stuaxt
| Mill* En^isH
political Peoria-
F* mist born
l*62'Hc«n^stead 4
‘act approved by
President tincoln
rttT.Coiwstaneof
Leland Stanford
(University laid.
]O0'is U-S* turns Cuba
over to the new
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