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3hc Brownsville herald
Established July 4. 1892 As a Dally Newspaper
by Jesse O Wbegler
Published every afternoon (except Saturday) and
Sunday morning Entered as second-ctosa matter to
the Postoffice Brownsville Texas
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PUBLISHING COMPANY
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also the local news published herein
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by any consideration even including tta own editorial
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Tuesday December 8 1086
SALARIES WONT SOLVE
COLLEGE GRID PROBLEM
Along about this time of year when the last loot- ;
ball player's last bruise has been put away for the
winter in a solution of arnica the nation always gives
itself over to an argument about the ethics of blg-
Urne college football.
Juat now the argument is going off on a new tack.
It Is being arr.ieti that college* ought to put their
loctbcll piayers openly on the payroll to get away i
from the hypocrisy of an “amateur ' s;«rt in which
the bulk of the star* nr^«ecretlv retting paid for their
services.
Such a step would at P-ast have the virtue 01 trank- i
nt*e. But before we get too enthusiastic about it. we
might pause to reflect that It would leave the biggest
problem of all completely unsolved.
That problem is the almost insoluble one of try- i
mg to reconcile a nullion-doilar sport with that cloist-
ered and intellectual atmosphere which is supposed
be a college* reason for existence
A college or * university is a place for inteller- ;
»ual inquiry for advanced stud} for the pursuit of
pure learning To exceptionally able young people It I
offers a chance to Imbibe the learning of the past
to get the habit of unbiased Inquiry to approach life's
problems reasonably instead of emotionally.
That Is Its sole excuse lor existence Marry it to a
great professional entertainment enterprise and you
get a hodge-podge that will be out of joint no matter '
how relentlessly you work *o striu it oi hypocrisy
And college football .*■■ it exists today is a great
professional entertainment enterprise. If has thrown
tip downs of ball parks taraer than those built by the
professional baseball leagues. It has taken a major
place in the nation* amusement program It counts i
ft* gate receipts by tnr million.
It relies for Its support on the public at large bids
for that support precisely as do boxing baseball and
wrestling and maintains an elaborate organization of
well-paid roaches trainers scouts managers and pub-
licity men to keep the w heels turning.
A venture of that kind is a professional sport no
matter what we choose io call It. Unquestionably the
air would be cleared If the college* admitted the pro-
fessionalism. openly paid the performers according to
their drawing power and - 'op^d talk!: g in muted
terms about amateurism
But the tail would •'till be wagging the dog
College football as it exists today is merely a symp-
tom of our f.ulure t«- understand what * college jg
supposed to he If we continue to look on the college
as a gloriUed country oiub w here raw youth Is taught
how to wear clothes la gpen an urbane polish and
Is nr e pa red for a bond -desmans success we can't
hope to take the contradictions out of the college foot-
ball picture
a
Broadcasting mars what the artist produces
and what the public gets is not the artist s con-
ception but tlie radio operator's conception —
Fritz Krelaler. noted violinist
Family Doctor
By DR. MORRIS F1SHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hyfeia
the Health Marasino
HARDENED WAX EASILY REMOVABLE; AVOID
TOO FREQUENT EAR SYRINGING
A witty Irish doctor once said that there art
two kinds of deafness—one due to wax In the ear
which can be cured by syringing and the other
not due to wax and not curable.
Medicine has advanced considerably since this
statement was made 100 years ago but we hsve
progressed more in determining the presence of
trouble In the external ear and how to eliminate It
than we have in analyzing and controlling condi-
tions which cause progressive deafness. We have
nevertheless made great progress in eliminating
many of the causes of ear infections.
Most people nowadays know enough about hy-
giene to provide the necessary cleanliness for their
ears. Boils and pimples still occur and there still
are cases in which the removal of hardened wax
is necessary. This Is done easily with an ear syringe
and slightly warm water but need not be done
often. Needless or too frequent syringing can be
harmful. The syringe should be sterilized by being
boiled before using end the water should be prev-
ious}- boiled and used warm but not hot
• • •
Cases are on record in which living insects have
entered the eardied and gradually been surround-
ed by hardened wax so that eventually the external
canal became blocked and hearing was lost entire-
ly. Except for loss of hearing no damage is likely
to result In such instances. More damage results
from attempts to remove material from the ear
than from the material itself.
It is not advisable for anyone to try to remove
h foreign body from the outer ear If It cannot be
washed out unless he has had special training
in this style of work.
The person whose ear ut to be syringed should
sit in a good light A towel should be put around
his neck and tucked inside the clothing so as not
to soil it A pan Is held at the edge of his ear so
that th** fluid will run into the basin and not down
the iwtient's neck.
The ear then is pulled slightly upward and
backward to straighten out the passage. With the
rar luid In this position the nozzle of the syringe
which has been filled and had all the air expelled
is placed just inside the outer opening of the ear.
Hie water is then permitted to flow along the
l»ack wall slowly and without too great pressure
so ts to permit return of the excess flow as the
water goes In.
• • •
After the ear has been washed the head may
Ik* turned on one side so the extra fluid will run out.
Pounding the head will not cause the water to come
out any quicker. The canal mav be wiped with a
small wisp of cotton but never with any hard
object or under pressure
Several Instruments have been developed for
removing foreign objects. A bean or piece of chalk
has been removed by the use of a probe with some
adhesive material on the end This sticks to the ob-
ject. which i* then gradually withdrawn Such per-
formance* are however best left to experts
A simple. boll or any other Infection in the tis-
sue lining the external ear canal will cause Inter e
pain Inflammation swelling and aome fever
and should have prompt medical attention
- - .—-—
After Dinner _
EFFICIENT
Mary in her first situation listened intently to
her mistress' instructions
"And alwejs remember to change the serviettes."
she was told. "Don't give the guests the same
ones they had for breakfast. Understand?"
Mary nodded.
After dinner the girl was summoned by an
alien mistress.
"I thought I distinctly told you to change the
serviettes" she snapped. "The guest* had those
that were used at breakfast ”
‘Oh no ma'am.” asserted Mary. “They didn't
have the same ones. After breakfast I gathered
them all up and shuffled them well and gave the
guests s different one each "
Scott’s Scrapbook-by R. J. Scott
TIb fkn.SiA.rt ABOJ.I4H <fe
Draymam Poes the pillory —l
NoT' BALK AT"A <HE PlLLORy WAS
LITTLE Til I Nq LIKE A LtCAL punishment* mTfiE
carrying The state of Delaware unTIl 1905
Body oF a defuncT but* NO °ne Has been pilloried
automobile on n ^e ^tXTk for a century
His back
Pineapples
were
/J'k \7 successfully
rf20FE20jJ cultivated
N EKGLAND
Irish Pos<marks of t&e year nio
l8c8 showed various tVpes __
OF ^RISH HARPS copyright. iW6 cc^tral press association /a-a
! On Broadway
with
_ Winchell_
Portrait of a Man
Playing the Typewriter
The New York American an-
nounces a new senes about the
heroism of the local police....The
editor of that esteemed newspaper
Is welcome to this aggravating fact
about them...The New York radio
car patrolmen are now permitted to
have heaters In the radio cars tn
this North Pole weather—on one
condition however...That they buy
the heaters with their own money.
....Until recently It appears heat-
ers were not allowed to be put In
the crime-chaMnt
autos the reason
aeing mast ap-
palling too... The
heaters someone
decreed might
wear out the bat-
teries too quick-
y!!!.... And the
American's editor
t is hoped will
not forget to in-
_:lude these amaz-
ing ta'ts: That a cop must pay fo
evcrv.hlng. except his badge!....If
he jump* into the icy river* to save
J a life and his uniform Is stained—
; he must pay for the cleaning and
pressing of It... And get this and
I groan; Cops must pry for the bul-
lets three cents each!
Mark Twain is doing nip-up* and
' handsprings in his grave right fins
minu'c He must be!....At a din-
ner commemorating hi* 101st birth-
day the other nlgnt the president
of City College spoke and said: -He
was to humor what Walt Whitman
i was to poetry and James penlmorc
Cooper to the novel!*’.... Twain
once indicted Cooper in a piece
called: ’Fenimore Cooper’s Literary
Offense* a terrific panning.
Cooper was one of Twain's pet
hates and he took issue with lead-
ing critics over the merit of Coop-
er's works.Today according to
authorities opinion seems to con-
* firm Twain'* estimate.
% friend of Johnny II.iu-.fi just
returned from a mid - west city
where lie had played an engage-
ment which lasted two weeks. Be-
cause the place did a most dis-
couraging business .. "It must have
been terrible playing to so many
empty tables" said Hauser .'.Say*'
was the retort it was so empty
the second week that the waiters
were getting snow blind from the
glare of the table cloths!"
Pruple I'm glad I'm Not The
phoney who was nabbed by the po-
ire for posing as a eo.umnisf
The columnist w ho hasn t been
nabbed yet although he's guilty ol
the same thing.The dramatic
critics who hate to sit with first
nigh'its instead of oh them The
n* .v: paper per-.. who meet
many mtea\ ting people—when they
get home which Isni often enough
. The night club entertainers who
have to mix with the customers and
be pleasant to people who aren’t
. The doormen ot night clubs
buildings apartment houses the-
aters. at this time of the year when
It's awful to tv* anything but in-
door men The victims of vicious
blackmailers who bring their trou-
ble-. to this columnist instead of
going directly to the District At-
torney!
The Herald Tribune which !« a
stickler for the use of the word
••theater” ithey use the e before
the r» ran a full page ad from Es-
quire in which it was spelled
theatre throughout!...Gypsy Rose
Lee iwho ha* such a way with
columnists tch!> and Allen Gilbert
the prouucer. may reconcile at the
Beaux Arts Ball. Tr.ey are trying
to show great similarity in the
tunes. "Chapel in the Moonlight"
and "If We Never Meet Again’...
Oshlns and Lrasy at the Caliente
have an amusing routine—a new
note in idiocy... Backstage at the
Center Theatre a Rockefeller owned
theater the bulletin board states:
"No food allowed in dressing rooms'
... .Fearful of mice roaches or
competition to the Wain bow Woom.
Mr. Rockefeller?... A* a result of
one line here about Kay Picture
dancer in “Red Hot and Blue-' <Kav
Picture is the onlv girl on Broad-
way who knows algebra but what
rood does it do her’i she has been
deluged with letters..From teach-
ers all over the country comforting
her and denouncing us for sich
iggerincel
--
Helen Gleason calls our atten-
tion to the fact that December 5th
is the 154th ann'y of the birth of
Martin Van Buren. but nobody
seems to care for there has been
practically little or nothing written
or said about him _Van Buren
was merely the 8th pre ident of
these United States.. What Price
Patriotism?... .The shortest career
j of a night spot in New York; The
I Bou’evardier (Erskine Gwynne a
new venture) opened last Friday
Ulht and closed the next evening!
... Helen Wills Moody wears red
J underwear while tennising at the
Button Tennis Club—The long
argued matter of: * Who’ll Get the
• R. values?” from the song. 'The
Musk Goes Round and Round"
' has finally been settled_ Ernie
I palmquist and Re. Hogdsen are to
j receive 70 per cent of the • ransom’’
and Riley and Farley «who got
famous from the tfittv* will gc the
other 30 percent. ..Palmquist. it is
said orlcmated the song and Hogd-
t n worked It out with him....A
smile and nod and a pattycake to
the genius who thinks up Marv’s
ris for coinine new word:
"MaryelbFtie*.**... The steam ani-
mated J.v. a outdoor ad. at Broad-
way and 47th. now has icie’es ha:
ing from the bottom of the steam-
ing cup.
“Miami. Fla.: Dear W. W.: This
is just to let you ’ ow that the
statements about conditions in
Venezuela in your column (why
people should be thankful they are
tn this country) are no longer true.
Such things w:ere erded in Vene-
zuela last December with the death
of the dic.itor for 27 How*.
Things are different now. For com-
plete details read my book; “Go-
mez. Tyrant of the Andes’ (Wm.
Morrow & Co. publishers). Sincere-
ly T. Rourke.”
Although Pennsylvania and West
Virginia have been coal centers of
the United States for a long tune.
Hu- first coal in North America was
discovered on Cape Breton island in
1875.
•
LOOK OUT-HERE SHE COMES!
FASTEST
MOUTH IM
I Trt£ YfAR
(•ItPiVU) CK/
Caroline
Chatfield
Says—
Wife Can t C ure a Heartache With
a Clandestine Love Affair. The
Cure l« in Making Her Marriage
thv Satisfaction of Success.
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD
It isn't easy to explain heart-
aches on paper but I will do my best
as I expect to abide bv your ad-
vice I was married when I was
eighteen to a man who was neither
dood nor bad—Just average. From
the lust I was discontented feeling
all the time that something was
licking Our natures are different.
He is rough and sometimes abusive
I tried to correct his worst fault:
ut—ro good I don't believe he can
..elp himself. No matter what he
says or does he never will admit he
*s sorry. If I argue with him he
ells me to go yonder and fare bet-
.'r if I can So I started going out
*th my girl friends for good clean
un But fate is funny and so is
nature and being unhappy I was in
a mood to be pleasant with a man I
met on one of those occasions We
ell in love with each other. I told
him the whole truth and he said he
couldn't ask me to divorce my hus-
band to marry him as he was not in
position to take care of a family W»>
resolved we could not see each other
again and we meant it but we can't
eem to stick to our resolve. W'hat
.n the world shall we do?
CHEATED
iNflwm
Answers to Questions
Q. llow many convention* aie
held In the I nited State*? C. H
A The United States has approx-
imately 18 000 conventions a year.
• • •
tj Have any village* been built on
the land reclaimed from the Zuider
/ * A. C..
A. Two new villages hjve grown
i|> as a result of the drainage name- ■
ly Slootdorp and Middenmeer.
<}. Who are the American* ap-
pointed bv the I’ope as member* ot
the Pontifical ttadcmv of Science*?
J tv.
A The Americans honored are as
| follows: Alexis Carrel of the Roche- |
iOller Institute. Georg D Birkhoff
s;>{ Harvard Robert A Millikan of;
the California Institute of Technol- \
ogy Thornes Hunt Morgan of the
California Institute of Technology
George Sperti of Cincinnati and
Hugh 6 Taylor of Princeton Uni-
versity.
• • •
Q. W ho instiluted the u.w of lat-
itude and longitude? R. F
I A Latitude and longitude were
1 first laid down by Eratosthenes a
Greek mathema*. mn and geometer.
who lived in the 2nd Century b C.
...
<| What la the origin of th# word
fan a* used in thp sense of an en-
thusiast-’ J R
A. The word la beloved by gome
authorities to be an abbreviation for
.auntie.
• • •
Q. AtTiere la Will Rogera Park?
II W-
A It Is at Oklahoma City Okla-
homa.
rntsu i p to
THE FIREPLACE
When President Roosevelt first began
hi intimate diiRUMlona of public »J-
air* with the American people h# call-
'd them fireside talk* He realised that
the fireside la the center of tha Aroer-
can home.
With the chill of autumn in the air
irnh the first snow* falling the fire-
place once again becomes the family
ahering place the hearth become* the
ymbol of home
But the ingle-nook lose* it* charm If
he chimnev smoke* CONSTRICTION
OF CHIMNEYS AND riREPLACES 1*
an Illustrated handbook which tells all
shout faulty design and how to correct
the fault*. This la one of Dncl# Bam *
booklets
Order vour ropv today tncloae Pvt
sente to cover cost and handling.
I
L'SK THIS COUPON
rhe Brownsville Herald
Information Bureau.
Frederic J Haste a. Director.
Washington D C.
T eneloee herewith FIVE CENTS in
-om icarefully wrapped) for a copy
^ the booklet. CONSTRUCTION OI
CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES.
Same ....
Street ..
City .....
State ..
(Mill to Washington. D C)
Q. Who were the members of the
Kansas crowd said to have advocat-
ed Governor l.and«n's candidacy for
Prrsidrnt? h W
A. They are as iollows. Oncar
Stauffer. Roy Roberta Lacey
i Haynes. Fred Brtr.kerholf. Henry J
i Allen. William Allen White. John D
U Hamilton. John P Harris and
Fred Ham
« • • •
Q. llo* fa«t d<H v Paderewski
play? S. W.
A. In tire fastest pan of the Hun-
g man Rhapsody. Paderewski plays!
_!6 notes per second.
Shake }*are remarked that prom-
ises were straw to passions fires
and so they are. Now see what a
bonfire you are starting and see
a hat you are going to get out of It.
Probably disgrace and a suit for di-
vorce filed against you by your hus-
band. Maybe Lothario loves and
maybe he doesn’t. If he didn’t love
you he would talk to you Just as he
has talked urging you to stay where
jou are. get your bread and meat
.our clothes and shelter from your
usband and meet him clandestinely
lor love and kisses. Making the big
assumption that he cares for you.
what fort of happiness can any
woman expect from marriage with
a man who steals another mans
wife? Not much. No lady a man s
love Is no better than he is and
when he is up to the sort of tricks
that your lover is up to there* a
question about his being able to
make a woman happy were she di-
vorced and free to marry him.
By the time your husband had
named him core pondcnt he would
je out and gone and you couldn’t
re him for the dust of his get-away
•Fate is funny and nature is too.”
Nine times out of ten one of these
nature love affairs between a mar-
ried woman and an unmarried man
ends with the woman holding the
empty bag. her husband gone and
the lover gone too. Thrn she can t
*et much satisfaction out of saving
It’s fate."
i Bridge — by McKenney
__ -. .
K> W>l. E. KENNEY
Secretary. American Bridge liragae
Rare indeed are the hands at the
contract table where one of the de-
fending players holds five trumps to
the 10. 9. and 8 and the partner
holds the queen that the declarer
can get out with the loss of a single
1 trump trick.
However that was the situation
which Sam Naiman faced In a re-
cent rubber game at the Mayfair
Bridge club in New York City.
Naiman was the declarer and his
: partner's wholly unwarranted Jump
jhad placed on him the task of ful-
! filling a contract which appeared
i impossible. Strangely enough. It
i would have required almost double
dummy defense that is. a sight of
all the cards to have permitted East
to defeat the contract
North's bidding was far too opti-
mistic. Naiman had denied strength
; by passing and then responded with
two no trump over the opening bid
of two. He had merely showm his
heart suit when his partner bid
again and the b d of thre eno trump
over three spades should not have
given any encouragement. However
nothing succeeds like success.
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Rotation to Previous
Contract Problem
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V A6
♦ A
A AK75S
A 9 8 3 2 m I A J 6
VQ W CV109I»4
♦ K 8 7 6 W c fc ♦ Q9
54 A 10 764
A Q 2 Dealer
A 10 7
V K J 7 3 2
♦ J 1032
A 9 8
Rubber—AH vul.
South West North Rest
Pass Pass 2 A Pass
2 N T. Pass 3 A Pass
3 V Pass 3 A Pass
3 N. T. Pass 6 ¥ Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead—V Q. 8
Every woman wants to find con-
tentment and fulfillment in her
marriage. And when she doesn't *he
still has a golden opportunity to
make her marriage yield her what
she wants: not by trying to correct
her husband's faults (that can’t be
donei but by trying to adjust herself
to them by tiklng him as he is and
liking him in spite of a few lrritat-
ng habits.
CAROLINE CHATTIELD. .
Problem* at general interest sub-
mitted b; readers will be discuseed in
this column. Letter* unsuitable tor
publication wUl be answered person-
ell; provided the; contain stamped
selt-addreesed envelopes All names
are held In confidence Write M;sa
Chatlieid. in car* at The Brownsville
Herald
: - 11 .
Factographs
Contrary to common belief com-
mon garden mole* seldom eat vege-
table food of anv kind Their diet
consist* chiefly of earthworm* grub*
and various thMcta.
%
I ■ _
Today’s Contract Problem
South is declarer at three no
trump. F. .st held the first club
trick with the jack and re-
turned a club. Should South
now take the diamond finesse?
A J 6 4
♦ ' 10 i
A 9 4
N
fBlindt W f fttlmd)
Dea’er
A A 10 5
V A 10 9 7
♦ QJ9
A A K 3
None vul. Opener -A 5
Solution in next usuc. X
— 11 ■ 1
The opening lead of the queen of
hearts was won with the ace and the
six of hearts was returned. East
played the eight and Naiman played
the jack. West failing to follow.
Two rounds of spades were led
and when East dropped the Jack
dummy led a small spade upon
which East discarded the nine of
diamonds. Declarer ruffed with the
three of hearts.
A diamond wa- let. and East drop-
ped the queen. Now the queen of
spades was led. East discarding a
club and declarer a diamond
Dummy's last spade was led and
East dropped another club South
let go a diamond
The ace and king of dube were
cashed and. when .he Jack was led
East who now held the 10 9 and 5
of trumps ruffed with the nine and
South discarded his last diamond
East then was forced to lead Into
South's trump tenace. and the hand
was made East's best defense would
| have been to discard cluba and not
1 diamonds on the spades
Behind the
Scenes in
Washington
By RODNEY DLTt HER
The Brownsville Herald Washington
( or respondent
WASHINGTON. — Present New
Deal strategy is to undermine the
presage of the U. S. Supreme Court
to prepare the public mind for what-
ever Roosevelt deckles to do about
curbing the court—If and when ha
decides to do anything at all. >
The court not for the ftrat time
has helped the administration by
a performance at which its critics
point a finger of scorn.
Just before the political conven-
iens. wnen ii appeared that repub-
..cans would make preservation of
.lie courtk powers a campaign l sue.
:he Justices handed down a S to 4
decision against the New York mln-
mum wage law. a ruling so unpopu-
.ar that the republican candidate
.hereafter publicly suggested a pos-
sible constitutional amendment.
Court and Constitution faded away
as big political nsues.
Now the court Is on tha pan
again bed use It split even four
jUstlccss against four on the New
York unemployment Insurance act
approving as if by default a favor-
role decision of the lower court.
If the lower court had held the
act Invalid the supreme court dead-
.ock would have had the effect of
denying states the right to provide
.or unemployment insur nee. tearing
away * New Deal cornerstone.
And the fact that no opinion was
written on either side gave the crit-
ics additional opportunity for ridi-
cule.
Action Called Abourd
Chief Justice Hughe* once said:
"The Constitution is what the
Judges sav it U" Thua wnen the
jiidg*** cf the highest bench fall to
ay anything at all on a vitally Im-
portant constitutional issue New
Dealers are given a chance to say
that the court's procedure in the ut>
enipi<>yment insurance case m tl
the ultimate tn absurdity.
Of course It is assumed that U
Justice li’rian F S:one hadn't been
ill the decision would have been 9
to 4 In favor of the New York law.
General supposition is that Justices
.lushes and Roberts moved over
.rom the conservative side to Join
.he two other liberals Brandels and
Cardoso
There is no assurance at all in this
decision—as some writers seem to
think—that the court will uphold
the federal Sorlil Security Act. iho
Hughes-Rooerts shift came In tha
easiest po stble kind of a case for a
justice who wanted to be temporari-
y liberal.
The “no-decision decision" proved
that there are still four die-hard
Justlr>s— v a nDe vaiiter McReynolds
Sutherland and Butler—who not
only refuse tn •'follow the election
returns.” but flout them.
The attitude of this quartet Is in
Inter** ting conti st with the recent
conciliatory attitude of Big Businssa.
which heretofore has regarded 'he
court as Its bulwark against social-
economic change
• • •
Great power for One Man
Another extremely important
phase of the New York decision Is
the fact that it again makes clear
how the future policies of the nation
may hang on the beliefs of one man
who has a life job and is not subject
to censure by the electorate.
Right out In the spotlight is jus-
tice Roberts who has been known
to vote with the three liberal Jua-
‘ices but has done so less frequently
nan has Hughes. Assuming that
Hughes were to ••follow the election
| returns’* at all times you would hav*»
I Roberts as a one-man balance Hi
oower on the court in a position to
validate or invalidate all legislation
arsed by congress and endorsed by
1 he president.
Roberts wrote the opinion which
ossrd out the railroad retirement
act on the ground that It viol*ted
he Constitution s due process clause
>y taking money from one group for
he benefit of another He said mat-
ters pertaining only to social wel-
fare of workers were '‘obviously out-
tdc the orbit of congressional pow-
er '*
How he could have approved New
York's unemployment Insurance lew
after voting against her minimum
vage law and how. more Important-
.v. he can susequently okay the fed-
eral Social Security Act after hie
railroad retirement opinion are
questions of ab* orbing Interest to
all students of the operation* of the
legalistic mind.
Roberts at 1 is the voungeat and
apparently the healthiest member of
the court. Presumably he will be
In the picture for many years to
come.
There were influential republicans
who wanted to make him a presi-
dential candidate this year and by
1940 they mav be thinking that It**
a better idea than ever.
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test
1 What are the points of an
rnchor called?
2 What disease Is known ss tht
-white plague“
3 Who is Homer 8 Cummings?
Hints on Etiquette
If therr Is no olive spoon on tbs
serving plate the dinner guest may
take olives with the fingers
Words of W isdom
Pam Is no longer pain when it la
pa.st —Margaret J Preston.
One-Minute Test Answers
1 Flukes.
2 Tuberculosis
3. U. 8 Attorney general.
_Barbs_
A new-type carburetor is said to
allow autos to get 300 miles on a
gallon of gasoline making It un-
necessary to fill the tank while seek-
ing a parking spot.
• • •
"There are 18 CCC girls’ camps to
peratton.” The “CCC." Incidental-
ly will have no reference to ex-
lam? tlons of curious males.
• • •
A St Bernard do? was found to
the driver's seat of a Deiroit auto-
mobile. He probabli will not be
booked since no cask of brandy was
found cm him.
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