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tDieltottntsiiiUeSHerald
Established July 4. 1892 As s Daily Newspaper
__by Jesse a Wheeler
Published every afternoon (except Saturday) and
Sunday morning. Entered as second-class matter in
the Postoffice. Brownsville. Texas.
THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
PUBLISHING COMPANY
1283 Adamt St.. Brownsville. Texas
MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
use for publication of all news dispatches credited
to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
Aar erroneous reflection upon the character standing or
reputation of any person firm or corporation which may
occu. la the columns of THE BROWNSVILK HERALD will
be glatLy corrected upon be'ng brought to the attention of
the management This paper's first duty is to print all the
mw that's fit to print honestly and fairly to all unbiased
by any consideration even Including Its own editorial
•pinion.
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
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Ny Mall—Outside el the Rio Grande Valley: 75c per
month gflOO per veer; 6 months. MAO
Thursday February 13 1936
A Book Can Stimulate or
Paralyze the Mind
A young woman at the University of Chicago dig-
ging around for one of those ponderous articles which
graduate students must write if they are to win Ph.
D. degrees decided to have a go at statistics on the
great reading public.
This task which undoubtedly brought her Into
contact with some very dull people and some even
duller literature resulted in the discovery that six
of every seven books which the general reader pe-
ruses are novels and that only one of these six novels
la much good The rest our student found are pret-
*y trashy.
Now all this is probably something less than the
moat Important discovery of the year; but it is worth
weighing in on briefly if only because there is more
unadulterated bunkum being tossed around on the
general subject of literature these days than on any-
thing else.
Having noticed that our great men traditionally
nourished their growing souls on books—read usually
By the light of a pine knot In some wilderness cabin—
we aeem to have Jumped to the conclusion that any
book even a very poor one is better than no book at
all; and that the man who spends much of his spare
time reading is by that token a man of keen intel-
lectual Interests.
We might ha wise to remember that a trashy book
aan be just as much a waste of time aa a trashy
movie an evening of trashy conversation or a cou-
ple of hours In an ill-ventHated beer parlor.
There is nothing magical about a book as a book.
A great book can lift you up to the stars and make
you kin for a moment to the angels; a poor book
can deaden your mind and leave you Just that much
worse off than you were before you read It.
If life were perfectly satisfactory we probably
would read no books at all. For a book after all. Is
something to which we turn when the world that can
be Imagined looks more attractive than the world that
really exists.
Either we want to escape from the life that we
have or we want to see how someone wiser than our-
selves looked at this tangled business of living.
A really good book can do wonders for us. in either
field. In such a book as “Huckleberry Finn.” for in-
stance. we can roam in an enchanted land that makes
ua forget all the aorry imperfections of every-day
Bfe; In a book like “Tess of the DUrbervIlles" we
can aee life's bare bones with innate human nobility
aomehow shining through all possible mischance and
disaster.
But in the average novel we can get neither. In-
stead. we get only a chance to waste our time and
deaden our senses. And the earnest citizen who de-
votes all his spare time to reading novels under the
Impression that he Is thereby leading an intellectual
Bte. might In many cases be more profitably employ-
ed pitching horseshoes.
A Bill That Hits Crime
Almost hidden In the mass of new bills before Con-
gress la a measure providing that in federal courts a
newspaper man shall not be required under peril of
contempt to reveal a news source.
Laws granting this vital privilege to the press are
already on the statute books of New Jersey. Maryland
and Alabama. They were placed there because If It
Is to collect and disseminate Information the press
must be guarded as to Its sources. Reveal the source
of much Important Information carried nowadays by
the press and the supply would be cut off.
In exposing crime and corruption the newspaper
must retain the right to protect Its confidential In-
formants.
Whether or not Congress passes this bill. Individual
states could lend no greater hand to good govern-
ment than to secure this fundamental right for
newspapers. In Its crusading the press today holds a
unique position and Its need here Is far above parti-
sanship.
The Truth About Diet
By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical Aaan.
and Bygela. the Health Magasino
^—mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmammmmmmmmmmmmmr
IF STOMACH OR INTESTINES *ACT UF.*
SMOOTH DIET MAY HELP YOU
The smooth diet Is usually recommended In eases
In which the stomach or the Intestines do not seem
to act normally. This type of diet for Instance. Is
commonly recommended for persons convalescing from
infectious diseases or childbirth.
Since 1932. when Dr. William Beaumont made his
study of the stomach on Mackinac Island. It has been
known that some foods pass out of the stomach
quicker than others. Dr. Beaumont was able to look
Into the stomach of a man whose side had been shot
away by a shotgun charge and to see how this or-
gan worked
Pure carbohydrates or sugars pass out of the
stomach more quickly than do proteins and much
more quickly than fats.
Gruel leaves the stomach more rapidly than dry
carbohydrates or cereals. Large lumps of meat stay
in the stomach much longer than minced meat. Li-
quid meals start to leave the stomach as soon as they
are swallowed. A soft diet moves along more rapidly
than one with much cellulose or roughage.
If you have trouble with digestion make sure that
TODAY’S HEALTH QUESTION
Q —A patient. 25. has had pneumonia three
times. What can be done to prevent or at least
make less dangerous future attacks? Can he build
up a resistance to pneumonia by means of a prop-
er diet? Would sleeping outdoors during spring
summer and autumn be of any help?
A—Whether It Is possible to build up resistance
to pneumonia by means of a proper diet cannot be
answered definitely for there Is evidence on both
sides of the question. Sleeping outdoors during spring
summer and autumn is desirable but It will not
necessarily build up resistance against pneumonia.
Pneumonia is one of the diseases to which patients
do not. readily develop Immunity: in some Instances
as a matter of fact patients appear to grow In-
creasingly susceptible.
•
there Is no serious disease present before adopting a
smooth diet. Your doctor should make certain that
you do not have heart disease ulcer of the stomach
cancer of the stomach or diverticull little pouches
in the walls of the stomach or Intestines.
Doctors know that anger or mental distress will
cause loss of appetite and difficulties with digestion.
Many a man suffers from indigestion because he
leads a eat-and-dog existence at home and always
wrangles at mealtime. Sometimes a rest or vacation
will serve much better than a soft diet to cure this
kind of stomach trouble
Stout men. once athletic who have become flab-
by and fat due to sedentary occupations will fre-
quently tmprove their digestions by fair amounts of
exercise. It is better to bring about that kind of Im-
provement than to coddle the trouble by eating baby
food.
We do know that manv foods irritate. Poods with
fibers or fats do so mechanically. Foods such as
vinegar horse radish pepper mustard pickles spices
and condiments mav irritate because of their chem-
ical qualities. Sweets—candy icings and frosting*—
because of their concentration will also irritate the
delicate mucous membrane of a sensitive stomach.
Fried and gTeasv foods and hot bread are handled
with difficulty by ?o-called "weak stomachs.” Salads
containing celery tomato cucumber and pineapple
may cause trouble. Beans cabbage onions green or
red peppers cucumbers and peanuts may be associat-
ed with what Is called a gassy condition.
These are some of the foods that should not be
eaten by those who know their digestions are delicate.
SCOTT’S SCRAPBOOK.By R. J. Scott
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No new* may be good new*~but no
luck is bad luck.
Behind the
Scenes in
W ashington
BY RODNEY DITCHER
(Brownsville Herald Washington
Correspondent
WASHINGTON Feb. 13.—The is-
sue of a constitutional amendment
Is not likely to enter the presiden-
tial campaign in any large way but
the supreme court the men who
serve on the supreme court and the
decisions of the supreme court are
sure to be thrown into the forefront.
It will be easy to get mixed up as
to the extent to which the Consti-
tution really is an issue. The New
Deal's foes will try very hard to
make it appear that Rooeevelt is a
great menace to that document and
would like to destory it altogether.
Rooeevelt policy hardly yet
evolved will be to evince reverence
for the Constitution while putting
over the Idea that New Dealers are
the Constitution's best friends who
seek to save It from the attacks of
corporation lawyers and the usur-
pations of reactionary Judges.
Both sides will have a certain
amount of tongue in cheek since
each In mapping tactics takes Into
account a popular reverence for
Constitution and court which is
based more on instinct and tradition
than on knowledge and understand-
: ing.
• • •
The Din WUI Be Terrific
You will hear Roosevelt compar-
ed with Abraham Lincoln who re-
fused to accept the Dred Scott de-
cision as final and. while promis-
ing to obey it. worked for the day
when the court would be anti-slav-
ery. f
You will hear how the court often
reverses itself how one Judge or two
can control a nation's economic des-
tiny. how the court is divided on
liberal-conservative lines closely
paralleling those of the political
campaign Itself.
You will hear how the three lib-
eral Justices have challenged the
motives of the six conservatives and
you will be urged to accept the legal
leadership of Brandels. Stone and
Cardoso—along with the political
leadership of Roosevelt.
And as you hear all that the an-
swering cry of ‘‘Communism’’ and’
‘‘Socialism’' from the republicans |
and the Liberty Leaguers will be
ringing In your ears.
You will nave to decide whether
to believe the six Justices who say
they have passed on legislation on
purely leaal constitutional grounds
or the tnree Justices who Insist
that the majority has been motivat-
ed by economic and philosophic
considerations.
But first you should check over
the backgrounds of the nine Jus-
tices to understand the argument.
• • •
Looking at Their Record*
The six who voted to kill the AAA
• and also took the conservative side
in the significant Vermont and North
Dakota tax cases! may be classified
in accordance with predominant
characteristics of their records prior
to present service on the court as
follows:
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes — Republican office-holder
and statesman presidential candi-
date and corporation lawyer.
Pierce Butler—Railroad lawyer.
Democrat appointed by Hoover.
Owen J. Roberts — Republican
corporation lawyer and Teapot
Dome prosecutor.
George Sutherland — Republican
politician U. 8. senator and corpora-
tion lawyer.
James C. McReynolds—Democrat
corporation lawyer and trustbuster.
Willis Vandevanter—Republican
politician and Republican circuit
Judge.
The three liberal justices may
similarity be classified as:
Louis D Brandels — Advocate of
public causes and legal crusader
against “vested interests.'*
Harlan F 8tone — Republican
primarily a teacher of law. but also
once a corporation lawyer.
Benjamin N. Cardozo — Legal
scholar and Jurist.
» • •
Judge foe Yourself
There is no taint attached to prac-
tice as a corporation lawyer or to
participation In the game of politics.
Moat able lawyers become corpora-
tion lawyers and many of the ablest
statesmen have been smart politi-
cians.
Yet It Is obvious that the back-
grounds of the conservative Justices
were far more mixed up with those
influences than the backgrounds of
the liberals and you are entitled to
decide for yourself how important
the respective backgrounds hue?
been In Judicial decisions.
So They Say
The British empire Is an historical
accident. It was never deliberately
planned by the will of a sovereign
residing In a distant capital.—
Hendrik Willem Van Loon noted
historian.
• • •
Had radio existed as it now does.
William Jennings Bryan might
well have become president of the
United States.—Col. Frank Knox.
kSTRANr.F CasfVJilta Craio
by N«rd Joo- ____
CHAPTER 1X1
**rpH08E papers." Woodford tal
1 torea. “If—If 1 toU roo
aboot Nesbitt will yos tat that i
gat them oaekT"
“Tea." Kemp answered. “And
If roe don't I'll nee tbe? ga to tbe
prosecuting attorney-"
Woodford eat down weakly tt
tbe nail chair Perepiratios ai
damply ta tbe tclde of ale race
“It wasn't that 1 wanted to anieid
a mnrder. Bat 1 tried to beep it
qotet on account of—oi Nasbltt'a
parents and—and certain Busi-
ness connections ne nad '
“1 don’t care aboot that." eotd
Kemp quickly. “1 want to near
wbat yon know about his death."
Woodford raised bts eye* to
meet tbe grim determined face
of Kemp. “It was Mrs. Jo-
seph " he said at last. “She was
insane)? in love with blm. and she
knew be planned to marr? Clntra
Loo."
"Where In ah* now? Do yon
know?"
Woodford oodded. “Sbe'a at
the Brookfield under the name ot
Leah Sorenson."
Kemp waited to bear no more
Slipping one arm around Julias
waist be harried oer from tbe
apartment and down to bla ear at
the curb
M \17 .whan WAsa enn tea 1X7 rvc^/4
ready out ol tbe ear oblivious ox
tbe quickly gathering crowd and
ibe shout ol tbe doorman la Croat
of tbe BrookttekL Into tbe lobby
they both ran. aad Peter aad
nardly reached tbe deek when be
cried oat to tbe startled mark.
'Wbet's tbe nnmber of ueab dor
•neons room T" Tbe re was tbe
•lightest bint of neat tat ion oa tbe
clerk's face and Peter added
‘I’m from police headquarters.
Wbat Is ltT"
-It—It's »7€.-
8enetng excitement tbe elerator
ooy was ready nod eager lifting
them to tbe fifth floor at top
speed then pointing to n door
almost directly in front of tbe ele-
vator's entrance.
Kemp knocked loudly. There
was no nnewer—and be tried tbe
door it swung open easily to ale
touch revealing a room which
looked as tt It bad been visited
by a hurricane.
Julia s bear! sank aa she beard
Peter say. "We re too Intel"
Prom tbe street below came tbe
wblne of e police ear signal.
‘Come on." Peter said. "Ton can
give them a description of bar and
they can try tbs railroad stations
and tbs airport—bat I’m afraid
we re sank. Julia."
"But Woodford can tell tbe
police wbat be told ns."
Peter shook bis need. "He cab
—but be won’t. Voa can bet be
went to bis office right away to
see )ust wbat I'd found one By
dc* bs knows I’ve found oat
nothing at all about blm."
• • •
» want HIM man—sad somebody
who wants to look oat tor nt
always."
Whatever Kemp mtrbt bare said
was to term peed by toe taxi drtmra
toad "Here we ara sir."
But they did aot go vp to Julia's
apartment tor the stork inter
cepted them with aa arrant mew
an«e from Amy "Him Sanders am
telephoned several times.” the clerk
mid "She wants eon to come to
the ebon and she said to brine Hr
Kemp with you. It seemed to be
aryent"
”IP* after «." Jails told Peter to
rarpiisa "Whet can Jolts be do-
tor at the shop—and what does the
want srtth nsf"
"Let's ftnd oat." Kemp anrwered
"Qolck! That cab to rtfll ontrlda"
Wbea the? reached the darkened
town shop the? found Am* stand
far behind the front door her face
pale with frirht
"Pee been trying to reach yon
for hoars?"
"WbsfV wTonr Am??"
"I—I don't know whether Pee
been a fool or—or not Bat IPs too
tote now • She looked at Kemn
"f—Pee rot s woman locked to
-me of the kttlnr moms’"
Both were aoeeehleea at thf« eon-
f Melon and A me went nereon«le
onr "Phe came fn tost before the
•hop rfoeed and I told Wise 1m-
moot Pd «tae and watt on her She
—she wee perron* and In an awfnl
hnrrv Afhe wanted a eomnlete new
ontflt and «he was mine to rlee
♦he efothe* «he had on te me"
"Bnt who *» the. Am?’" naked
ford's office?" sbe asked as Kemp
•bored tbe ear into tear.
“I wasn't it was pore blnff—
bat It worked. I've always sus-
pected Woodford of tboee easee i
mentioned and of a lot more too.”
"Why?"
“Because ordinary fees wouldn't
account tor tbe fabulous sums ne*
always spent" He brought the
tar to a careening stop oefore a
drug stora “I’ll be right back."
ae told Jolla and ran inside tbe
stora Tbrougb tbe wide doors
4be saw bim go into tbe telephone
oootb and guessed tbat be was
tending tbe police to Mrs. Jo-
sephs apartment
"1 thought It wouldn't burt to
nave tbe police in on this" be
told Julia resuming nit place os-
alud tbe wbeeL 'Well go abeaa
—there isn't a moment to lose
Woodford may naee already tele-
phoned ber tbat we re coming If
we don’t find ber—and Woodford
gets to bis office and discovers 1
was bluffing—we re lost."
• e •
17 BMP'S ear literally hurtled
“ tbrougb tbs traffic ignoring
•top lights and missing disaster
by inches In almost every block
Julia oeld to tbe seat with both
uanda. too frightened to say any
thing. 8be was relieved when sbe
uw a few mocks sp tbs avenue
tbe tall lighted sign which marked
tbs Brookfield. Wbetber or not
Peter saw It. bis foot did not re-
lease Its pressure on tbe accelera-
tor. They were almost abreast of
tbs pises oefore be Jammed on
tbe brekee.
"PeterI . . .“
With Jolla's Involuntary scream
tbe car skidded in a vicious naif-
circle. cams to a sickening stop
against another ear parked in
front of the Brookfield
"Are you burt. Julia?"
Bbe (book oer Dead vaguely
"J-Jnst scared. I think."
"Come on then!" He was at
rjPHEN Julia bad described Mrs
” Joseph (or tbe skeptical po-
lice. sbe and Peter pusned their
way tbiougb the crowd and
escaped into a taxicab rhey sat
wearily back against the cushions
both silent until tbe driver turned1
in exasperation and asked "Where
to?"
Kemp looked at Julia. **1 guess
there's no place to go but home
is there?*' He fitt the address
of Julia’s apartment to tbe driver
Then he said quietly half to him
self. -1 wish It were horns*
“What do you mean Peter?**
“1 mean I’d like to be able to
think of where you Uve as—as
boms"
She smiled ruefully. “That
apartment seems less like home
than anything 1 can think of.
Peter."
“I’ll get yoo out of this . . .
some way." said Kemp suddenly
‘And when 1 do 1—1 want you
to stay out of It 1 mean . .
He stopped belpieee.
“1 know what you mean. 1
think Amy said it once."
Peter looked at her oddly
“What was It sbe said?"
“Sbe said." Julias voice was
dreamy "sbe said some day l‘d
fall for a little cottage and—and
love.**
“That’s what 1 mean!" He
looked at oer suddenly bis eyes
unbelieving. "Julia after—after
all tbe times I’ve trieo to convince
you of it nave you convinced
your$eli of it new?"
"I—I don t know Peter. I’m
so . . confused now. Everything »
in a whirl and all l know w that
"T—oh. #on*re rofnr to think rm
rrar# and r*m afraid T*#e rot m#
•elf tn an awfol mena"
•Am# will roo atop babblfna and
♦an oa*“
"T think ahe*a Mra Joaenh—th»
widow who waa on tha #arht with
#oo. Jolla Anrwa# aha dropped
her rard r*ae and the? ware aP
Mra Joaanh'a oar*t« Pnt aha «afd
bar nama waa T»nt"ald and aha waa
In an awfol homr and I had a
bnnrh that—•
•And what a hnnrh Am#f"
Kemr amhrarad her ao hard that
ha laft Am# braathlaaa "Where'#
♦ha •phone*"
a • •
rT waa at Innrhenn tha nart da#
1 that Jolla «a1d “Too Waaad Am#
•ant ntrht Patar *
“She deaerwed ft." Patar lanrhad.
"tf #oo mold ran P a break"
•7 mold " aatd Jolla
Patar aafd ha wnold ramamher
♦hat And whan the# had drlreo
oot Into tha ronntr# ha did ramam
her ft too "T*m rotor to aak #oo
a rain Jolla Will #oo marr# me*"
"What a boot the dark rlrl I aaw
roo with In the White Clnb*"
Peter crfnned "Phe war the
daorhter of a effect WtP #oo
marr# me. Julia*" Re draw her
'•loner Tm openlnr m# own office
nod we wont bare morh mono#
■nd that not tare win he prett#
■man And—" he atopned anddenl#
Too dont atm wont to afnt. do
roo*"
“Only In that am a II eofture
Peter That la. If #oo promlae oot
fe Intereat rooreelf to toot el lent#
laoKhtaral"
nrp rro
Barbs
" #
It turns out that modern stream-
line autos are not perfect having
too many gadget* that Interfere
with the smooth flow of air currents
and pedestrians.
• • •
Now California's 70-year-old gov-
ernor is going to wed. What Flori-
da needs apparently U a centena-
rian Barkis.
• • •
‘ Hell Mich. freezes over.” Being
a man of our word we're determin-
ed to invite the mother-in-law for
a week-end.
• • •
A letter 10 yards long was dis-
covered In the Sultans palace at
Stamboul which is a Joke on the
youngster who thought that Santa
got it.
Factographs
The name geyser Is derived from
an Icelandic word signifying "to
burst forth with violence". Natural
springs of hot water of that kind
were first observed in Iceland and
since in the United States and New
Zealand.
• • •
Since its establishment. In 1794.
approximately 55 per cent of the
entrants at West Point have been
graduated.
• • •
The Great Eastern vessel that
laid the Atlantic cable was broken
up in 1888
ONE MINUTE PULPIT
The mouth of a righteous man Is
a well of life: but vtolenoe covereth
the mouth of the wicked.—Proveros
10:11.
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For Stamp Fans
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Austria issued this stamp in 1914
to commemorate the death of
Archduchess Sophia.
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GRAB BAG
Who composed “Iolanthe’’?
• • «
Who composed “Onward Chris-
tian Soldiers”?
• • •
What French illustrator is famous
i for his Illustrations of the Bible
Dante's ‘Inferno” and Cervantes’
“Don Quixote'?
Correctly Speaking
Avoid improprieties in diction. An
Impropriety is the use of a word to
fulfill the office of a part of speech
to which It does not belong.
Words of Wisdom
The mind begins to boggle at un-
natural substance as things para-
doxical and incomprehensible.—
Bishop South.
Answers to Forgoing Questions
1. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan.
2. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan.
3. Paul Gustave Dare.
Closeup and Comedy
by ERSKINE JOHNSON-GEORGE SCARBO
ISearneotoswim
Before she coulO
VrfALVC#
You're Telling Me
We know we dont stand a chance
for a peek but we d certainly like to
see the comic valentines exchanged
by republican leaders and the demo-
cratic administration.
• • •
It would be almost ss much fun
as getting the real low’ down on
what all these republican presi-
dential candidates actually think of
each other.
• it
Many a new idea is Just an old
one—dressed up In new words
• • •
A nation is never really on the
skids as long as one of the chief
worries of its citizens is how to take
off weight.
• • •
Noted screen star of other days
savs a news dispatch is undecided
whether she will do a comeback
What she's probably worrying about
is whether her old public will do the
comeback.
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I Answers
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Ouestions bf
_BY FREDERIC J. BASKIN
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact bj writing The
Brownsvlllo Herald. Information
Bureau. Frederick J Raskin Dlreo*
tor. Washington. O. C Please en-
close three (3) cents tar reply.
Q. Was Analostan Island In the
Potomac River—now belonging to
the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Association—ever the site of A
manor house? G. H.
A. It was originally the property
of Lord Baltimore. After several
transfers it came into the poo-
session of the Mason family. Gen-
eral John Mason built a manor
house there which was the birth-
place of James Murray Mason the
Confederate envoy captured on the
Trent with John. Slidell.
Q. How long have upright ptmnoo
been in use in thir eourtry? J.W.R.
A. Upright pianos in more or leao
perfected form have been In uso
since early in tfc 19th century.
One John Isaac Hawkins an En-
glishman and civil engineer by
profession was a resident of Phila-
delphia. and while living there took
out a patent dated February 12
1800 for an upright piano entitled
“A Portable Grand Pianoforte.'*
Q. Was Benedict .Arnold the only
prominent American traitor during
the Revolution? D. B. II. W
A. Dr. Edward Bancroft vfno
was Benjanln Franklin's friend
and associate is said by some his-
torians to hare been guilty of
treason more damaging to the
American cause than was Amp’.d’a
Franklin never believed the chargee
against his confidant but Ban-
croft’s guilt is said to have been
proved conclusively by the pub-
lished British secret service reports.
Q. Please give some Information
about pumice. L B.
A. Pumice is a light glassy rock
of spongy texture obtained by the
cooling of lava which has been
made porous by innumerable bub-
bles of expanding steam. It la
therefore a hardened lava froth
and may be regarded as a variety
of obsidian. Some of the more por-
ous forms will float on water.
Pumice is obtained mostly from the
Liparl Islands Italy though It oc-
curs also in the western United
States. Hungary Mexico and Ice-
land.
Q. Did Senator J. Hamilton Lewis
serve In the Spanish - American
War? L. A.
A. He was an officer In the Span-
ish-American War. He was on the
staff of Genera! Brooke In Cub*
and of General Frederick Grant In
Puerto Rico.
Q Who wu the first New Eng-
land woman to become a non? D.R.
A. Ethan Allen’s daughter. Fran-
ces embraced Catholicity and waa
the first worn in in New England 6*
become a nun. She was about twen-
ty-four years of age when she mad*
her profession in 1810 and she died
about eleven years later.
Q. How much did men pay U*
avoid fighting during the Civil
War? L. R. C. a
A The War Department says t£jl
when a man was called in a draft
during the Civil War and could not
respond to this call for joining th*
Federal forces. It was necessary for
him to hire a substitute to take his
place. The amount which he had
to pay this substitute was purely *
matter which had to be settled by
him and the substitute and in
somp cases amounted to thousands
of dollars.
WHIT DO IOI KNOW ABOUT
PARLIAMENTARY LAW?
Arp you alva-> *nent In a meeting
when you would like to rake part in
It* proceeding*—silent because you era
afraid of making a parliamentary blun-
der? Do you knos your rights In de-
bate. the kinds of motions you can
make and when to offer them? Would
you be able to preside if you were sud-
denly called to the chair? If you war*
named on a committee to prepare a
constitution or a set of by-laws would
you have any Idea a* to how to *#V
ha committees task? If you
were elected recording secretary would
you ?now how to keep the minutes of
your club*
These question* point to th# value
of thl* booklet. Parliamentary Law.
Send ten cent* for your copy.
USB THIS COUPON
The Brownsville Herald.
Information Bureau
Frederic J Batkin. Director.
Washington. D C.
I enclose herewith 10c tn coin 'care-
fully wrapped' for a copy of th#
booklet on Parliamentary Law.
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Street ..
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(Mall to Washington. D. O.)
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