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’ “Give Light and the People
will Find Their Own Way
A Thought for Today
THUS aalth the Lord God unto these
1 bones; Behold,'! will cause breath to
enter into you, and ye shall live.
— Ezekiel, 31:6. .
York Bar Association carefully answers
pr
y
1
s
agaux Amon Ivor sdott reform and
the birth of th# Republic.
To th# well-worn states rights argu-
ment the committee replies:
“Just as slavery, altho primarily a so-
cial and economic problem, became a na-
tional question requiring national action,
so the control of child labor ha# become
a national question. It is impractical to
have child labor permitted in some states
and prohibited in other#."
The states’ are realizing this. They
see that the amendment offer# them free-
dom from a disgraceful interstate com-
petition in which the states hiring chil-
dren’s cheap labor will win.
So far 20 state# have ratified, and
next winter and spring, when 44 legisla-
ture# meet, th# required 16 additional
doubtless will follow.
“The real question la this,” says the
committee. "Are we willing to give Con-
gress the power to make permanent the
child labor standards now Incorporated
in the N. R. A. codes, or do we wish to
permit the states to return to child ex-
ploitation and th# consequent lowering of
adult wage levels when the codes expire!"
FUNNY—AND SAD '
POOR Dr. Wirt started his publicity
E stunt by saying that a member of the
brain trust told him that the President
was “the Kerensky of this revolution."
Put on a Congressional investigating stand
. he has changed his story: It was not a
brain truster but a newspaper correspond-
ent never connected with the government.
Those at the dinner where Dr. Wirt
says he heard the Kerensky statement,
deny that it was made. Indeed, they say
1 MR. ALLRED STARTS WELL
$ A TTORNEY-GENERAL ALLRED has so
: ■ % Arar been franker than most of the
■ candidates for Governor. The long speech
with which he formally opened his camet
■ paign in Bowie Monday afternoon con-
. tinues his record in this respect The
• four men he quoted: Franklin D. Roose-
1 velt, James Stephen Hogg, Woodrow wil-
e son and Justice Brandeis are good po-
• lines! sponsors for any young man.
• The more confident a man is that bs
• may be called upon to perform, the mor#
A chary he is of promising miracles. This
It may In part account for Mr. Allred’s
i pointing out that if all state property
( taxes could be eliminated, the average
• relief to be obtained by the average per-.....soberly—at any rate, apparently soberly-
~ . son would be only about 12 1-2 per cent.
His indictment of Texas today “as the
national government was before the re-
, .peal of Herbert Hoover, a cold and cheer-
4 household filled with people sleeping
a . on their right#," and his confession of
d shame — no rare in a candidate!—at the
* record of slipshodness and lack of prog-
ress made by the state governmentally
from hi-however, expressions of gratuitous
box. ess. ′
"Well, whaently he is thinking of Mr. Roose:
eaptain inquireecedent when he promises. If
called th# laugh take th# people into his con-
ety of names 1 the mutual problems of the
that no one else could express any opin-
ions because Dr. Wirt made an uninvited
and uninterrupted four hour speech on
his pet hobby in favor of revolutionizing
the American monetary system.
Describing Mrs. Roosevelt's project for
Texas’ Progress Can
Not Be Stopped
oprom an mastortal la Tbs Texas weekin)
PROGRESS and development are normal
A to Texas, and th# return of normality
to Texans must mean the resumption of
progress and development. This 1# not
said in any hip hurrah or ehambar of
commerce spirit. Believe u#, when we in-
sist upon this. We say it deliberately,
and with frank facing of realities.
We know our region too well, we
know the extent and variety; of it# rich
resources too well, and we-know its rela-
tively undeveloped condition too well ever
to imagine that any overbuilt or malad-
justed condition in other region# can have
the effect of arresting for very long prog-
ress and development here.
We still have unemployment in Texas,
to be sure; we are curtailing production
of many of our basic commodities; we
hgve many deserving families "on relief."
There is nd intention herein to minimize
these things, and certainly no Idea of
denying them. *4 *
But, as we have said, progress and
development are normal in Texas, and be-
cause they are normal It is to them we
look as the cure of the lingering effects
of the depression. It is the resumption
of progress and "development which will
wipe out our unemployment and reduce ′
our relief rolls to the vanishing point.
We shall again produce normal crops
in Texas, and then expand the acreage un-
der cultivation. To say that we shall
not is to assume a condition of stagnation. .
There are too many millions of acres of
rich virgin soil in Texas, which have never
known the plow, land that is richer and
more fertile than other millions of acres...
elsewhere still under cultivation, to thinkT
otherwise. And the other natural re-
sources are too varied and too rich to
imagine that we shall not resume the task
of developing them.
No, in spite of all the oracular de- -
3*
pounce’s
CAMIROM
BACK HO
As I see it. President
Roosevelt has practically
completed the plan of his
strategic campaign.
_ By M. E. TRACY - 4
QUR recovery program to en-
U tering a second phase.
Without being flippant. It can
be described as the sobering-up
phase. If we are not quite so
scared a# we were a year ago.
we are not quite so-hot as we
were six month# ago.
There 1# evident a disposi-
tion to moderate some of the
more drastic remedies, to put on
the brake# a bit and settle "
down to a steadier pull. With
the assurance that we can make
progress, cornea a clearer un-
derstanding of ita cost and re-
sponsibilities.'
We are not #o revolutionary •
as some of us *wpposed.” Most
of the radical Idea# found tem-
porary lodgment, not because of
any deep-seated radicalism but - -
because they seemed to prom-
ise a quicker return of good
times.
crees of the economic planners, the pathc
unemployed in West Virginia. Dr. Wire L of Texas lies forward for a long time to •
----come.
homestead-factory development to save the
Council Action ‘Just What Public Expected’
GENERALLY speaking, we
U have been moved by a des-
perate desire to get back on our
feet and have allowed certain
theorists and reformer# consid-
erable leeway thru loss of faith
| in the old, leadership.
It was a question of changing
| leaders, however, rather than of
changing the form of govern-
| ment or even the form of our
basic industrial and social in-
1 stitutions.
There are a certain number
of people who believe that the
American system has become ob-
solete and that it ought to be
replaced by one which 1# rad-
ically. different. But that num-
ber is relatively small. - __
Naturally enough, these peo-
ple have accepted th# New Deal
as a ■ ve on which they could w
ride to glory, and recognition
The captain’s Phe government,
barrassment w a * * *
enough without r. Alired for, as indicated in
vision of the V campaign document, which
and he said he 1 • latere
more than half a to amplify later?
out his pistol and-seconomy in government in-
lous resentment. semwbe accomplished with-
vine, a news reel.z the state’s obligation to
marked, brushite budget, to prevent citizens
[rem,/A Warving. and to support the public
F school system with st least as much sen-
y erosity asnow and possibly more.
He Is for a reorganisation of the state
government along business lines, to cen-
tralize power and fix responsibility, such
as 19 other states have adopted and
; 7 which politics has prevented in Texas.
He- is for a tax system which will
I actually collect taxes from the immense.
I amount of wealth now escaping taxation.
and specifically for the constitutional
amendment which would permit the legis-
lature to classify such wealth and collect
L taxes upon It.
He Is against a general males tax as
“a tax on poverty" and will veto such a
tax if passed.
He is for more effective war on crime
__thru centralizing and strengthening the
state police force. He is for a real par-
don and parole policy, which shall not
cease to be just and liberal, but shall be
taken out of the hands of politicians by
being placed In those of a parole and
pardon board appointed non-politically. He
Is for reform In the criminal laws to per-
mit quick trial and quick justice.
He is for the strongest laws to con-
trol the Austin lobby which can be sus-
twined; and he is for making every can-
didate for th# Legislature, and for state
office, file a list of hi# employers for the
year before announcement. And he would
make every member of the Legislature
and every state official file monthly a
list of retainers, if any, received.
called this a "Communistic effort." We
shudder to think what he would call the
Hoover R. F. C.
Dr. Wirt has not harmed the Roosevelt
administration. Mrs, Roosevelt and Sec-
retary of Agriculture Wallace, who seem
to he his particular hates, are more se- .
cure in the esteem of the country than
when he began his low comedy;
He has succeeded merely in making
himself a national laughing stock. We
are sorry. Because, before he went off
on this strange mental tangent, he was a .
great man in his specified field. For 20
years he had the courage to lead in
educational reform..And, curiously enough
in the light of his present cheap publicity
parading his behavior was marked by
modesty and humility.
So, however much Dr. Wirt now in-
vites us to ridicule him, we can’t get fun
outoftt.--------—
And so we are turning our thoughts,
to the future again. We are preparing
to take up again the task of developing'
this rich region, the task of progress, and
we shall not be deterred by those who
seem to think the end of progress has
come.
The truth is that the development of
Texas is only beginning. No matter what
may be the economic and governmental
future of the country, taken as a whole.
In Texas progress will continue.
** *
Editor's Note: Heywood Broun’s col-
umn will be resumed In this space when
he returna from his vacation later this
week. U: —-
THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP
TACOB OOVLD SCHURMAN, former U.
• 8. Minister to China, returns from a
trip to the Far East with the comment
that the only important friction between
Japan and America comes from our im-
migration policy that excludes the Jap-
anese as racial inferiors. We doubt "that ,
this la the only point of friction, but cer- |
talnly it is a major one.
In a Paris speech Mr. Schurmanurged
that this friction be removed by putting
Orientals under a quota.
"From the diplomatic viewpoint,1.' he
said, "whatever our Oriental relations, in
the future they will not grow out of our
position and territories there, but out of I
our trade and social relations In Eastern ]
Asia."
VTE are not committed to Mr. Allred
W for governor, but we believe that
this speech shows he has devoted real
-• work and study to the problems of the
state, that it shows a disposition to place
the campaign debate upon the plane of
real issues, and a willingness to speak
forthrightly regardless of rousing the op.
position of the powerful, which we can-
not help admiring.
As we said some months ago, Mr.
Allred is pretty universally conceded to ba
the leading candidate, and as such he
can force other candidates to debate
along the lines which he chooses.
We are happy to add that if he keeps
up the pace set in this opening speech,
the coming campaign will deal with issues
rather than solely with personalities, and
with issues many of which are vital to
, the future of the state.
This will be a healthy thing for Texas,
and if it cornea about, Mr. Allred, win or
lose, will deserve the state’s thanks. We
look forward to seeing the discussions
which he has promised upon issues not
touched Monday,
—This is I rue. Our prospect Ive with-
drawal from the Philippines “ under the
Tydings independence law is conclusive
evidence that we have no territorial im-
perialistic designs in the, Far East.
There remain for us the far-more
civilizing relationships of commerce, travel
and general international intercourse. It
is trite to say that this relationship must
be founded on good manners and mutual
respect. Our present exclusion policy is
neither good diplomacy nor good manners.
The quota alternative does not mean
an Influx of alien cheap labor. It means
just the opposite. Under a quota only
185 Japanese and 105 Chinese would enter
annually, and none of these would be
laborers.
In a survey of the Japanese situation
in California recently Prof. Edward K.
Strong Jr., of Stanford University, found
that 3.4 times the quota allotment of
Japanese have come Into continental ports
each year since the 1924 exclusion act
was passed.
The average between 1925 and 1932
was 632 a year. There is no doubt that
the troublesome problems of smuggled
Orientals, would tend to solve self
the spirit of the gentlemen’s agreement
were written into law. Japanese officials
would cooperate. The quota act has op-
erated satisfactorily in restricting Immigra-
tion from Europe. It can operate the
same way in the Pacific.
In improving our relations with Japan
an intelligent immigration policy la the
next step.
----AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT —---
Adolescent Attitudes
--By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON _
"SAVE the Grown-ups," says the head-
• line in an editorial in The Nation.
The writer views with alarm—as well he
may—the tendency to make all moving
picture# safe for chil-
drem. "What then,” he
want# to know, “I# go-
ing to become of the
men and women? Chil-
dren eventually do grow
up, but the state of the
adult who lies perpet-
ually in a childish world
is a serious one."
No doubt you've all
been struck by the same
thought as you have sat
thru seemingly endless
films which were sim-
_____________plified to the point of
Mrs. Ferguson complete witlessness,
and created evidently for those who
couldn't make it thru' the fifth grade.
Still, it seems to me, it is not the
infant attitude we need fear. It's the
adolescent one into which we have some-
how gotten. Curiously enough, the good
things that are done for children—books,
pictures, songs—are also entertaining and
amusing for grown-ups. Witness the in-
stantaneous success of "The Three Little
Pigs’’ and Mickey Mouse.
Texas In The Record
CHILDREN are sensible beings, quite
U level-headed, and their humor is quick
and broad. They live in a real world and
occupy themselves with actual, tangible
amusements. It is the interlude be-
tween childhood and the grown-up period
that is so unreal and, as a permanent
pose, so dangerous.
The continued adolescent approach
to life-well, it may be great fun in it-
self, hut it does keep the world and all
our affairs in a dreadful state.
The idea, for instance, is prevalent
in moving pictures that if passion has
waned the tenth of a degree, husband and
wife shouldn't be expected to live to-
gether. There's another Idea even more
dangerous for, the girls—the idea that
men are forever preoccupied with women.
Truth compels us to disillusion the
maidens on this point, altho most of
them,' I feel sure, realize its falseness.
The fact is that men, even young men,
do not spend hours brooding over the
favorite Fair, nor ache with love in their
offices.
The feminine invasion of the business
world has taken away much of the mys-
tery and glamor from the girls. They're
just competitors now.
HOLD THE GAIN
PRACTICALLY all of the N. R A. codes
I of fair practices forbid the hiring of
children under 16 years of age. The pro-
posed simple 53-word Child Labor Amend-
ment would permit Congress only to
“limit, regulate and prohibit ths Isbor of
persons under It years of age."
In view of the fact that industrial
self-reform In this case has outstripped
legal regulation, it seems incredible that
eminent lawyers find it necessary to de-
tend a proposal so logical and humans as
this. 1
(Yet a reply to legalistic opponents Is
neplesary. So in a statement urging
Fofleation by the New York losigature, I
(From The Congressional Record)
. , , The clerk called the next resolu-
tion, H. J. Res. 10, requesting the Presi-
dent to proclaim October 12 as Columbus
Day for the observance of the anniversary
of the discovery of America.
MR. BLANTON, of Texas: “Mr. Speak-
er, I reserve the right to object. Is this
to be snother national holiday? If it is,
I am against It. We have entirely too
many already,"
- MR. FITZPATRICK: “No; this is just
to order the flag to be placed on all pub-
ile buildings.” 1
MR. BLANTON: "It is distinctly un-
derstood that in the passage of this resolu-
tion It in no way even- attempts to es-
tablish a new national holiday?"
. MR. FITZPATRICK: “No." . ;
MR, BLANTON: "We do not want any
more national holidays. I have been stop-
ping them for years."
The Daily Nosegay
Dr. William A. Wirt,
Superintendent* of Schools,
Gary, Indians.
Dear Bill:
I read with avid interest.
Your Red scare testimony.
And I shall have to thank you
For making my day sunny;
I knew it would be futile, ef
But not that it would be
Yours, ete.".
LESTER (Justice
© 1
Editor. The Press: s
Heat generated from recent
council meetings with reference
to elections on municipal own-
ership of utilities, no doubt dis-
closes just what the public ex-
pected in Fort Worth
After months of discussion"
and bitterness on the subject,
the final meeting April 4, ter-
minating in a decision from all
visability to protect $2,872,000
in locally owned stock, discloses
in the second place they didn’t .
want municipal ow nership in the
first place, which characterizes
| the situation in practically all
, Texas cities and towns
Whether or. not $2,872,000 lo-
cally owned stock carried by
- 3,000 Or 4,000 people should be
guaranteed or fortified against
the future welfare or decisions
of 160,000 population, is founda-
tion for considerable thought
Procrastination seems an add-
ed defeat to municipal owner-
ship, which is borne out by the
various postponements, contest-
ing of petitions, etc., w hether in-
tentional or not.
The idea of electing our coun:
cilmen by vote, for some rea-
WHAT OUR READERS SAY .
I cry that Fort Worth newspapers
have raised about Mr Spratling
and a petition circulated in our
city recently and to which many
thousand residents affixed their
names, plainly indicating that
they, along with thousands of
others, (who were not even call-
ed on by the way), desired a
radical change in the handling
of utilities here.
But as charges and counter-
charges were hurled back and
forth, 1. and undoubtedly thou-
| sands of others, began to ques-
| tion the real reason, and to
wonder what was going on be-
I hind the scenes What was the
.1” given some of them because of
him credit for it and help him" special knowledge or adminis-
keep them awake oi kick them | trative ability caused others to
F N. HUBBARD
3971 Lafayette St
Has Mr. Roosevelt
Taken Easiest Way?
Editor, The Press
The present administration
| seems to dealfe to get by' and
"get away with it," likpa shirk-
| ing student who crams ‘to pass
• his examinations. Mn Roosevelt”
is taking the easy way, the path
of least resistance
| over-estimate the prospect.
| TN my judgment, most-of the
, 1 ref . ming is over, except that
which goes with the moral
I clean-up or. If you prefer an-
| other way of saying it, law ed-
I forcement.
As I see It, President Roose-
velt has practically, completed .
- the plan of his strategiccam-
paign ’ The problem now, is to
carry It nut. 4
He seems to think that cover- | . As he.has explained over and
ing dirt removes it and that al- over again, that plan it in sirlete
laying pain cures the disease accord with th American way
that Ciumes Main By recognize - . - .
ing Godless Russia, he strength- of doing things For on* I think
-he means H. •
communist rots In Austria This country was in a des-
great urge to make an issueout
of whether somebody was going
to get some money out of some-
body else if a municipal plant.....-
was voted for in—Fort Worth? ened communism, witness the
Are the acta of Mr Spratling to |
be used a. a "rod herring’ to ■ He now proposes to drop the 1 perate state of mind whonhe—
divert our citizens from their L Philiing bone.which walting-ook-office.—14- anything.Hs-
expressed desire for a change and watching Japan will prompt mental condition was worse
in utility regulation and a re- ly seize, mA what will happen t than its economte condition
duction in rates’ -= { then: England governs . wuar- I Something had to be done to
stir, arouse and Inspire those
spiritual instincts without .which
1 must say that the propo-
sition seems very simple to me
insofar as the petition is con-
cerned. The fact that many
residents of our city are dissat-
isfied with the present setup of
.utilities and petitioned for re.
lief from these conditions, should
| ter of the globe but we cant
handle a group of Islands
| My mother, a woman of rare
' judgment, says that Roosevelt
son doesn't seem popular within
their ranks, which I, personally,
regret, as on observing the pro-
ceedings of meetings from time
to time decided I would be 1 seem to be sufficient reason for
glad to vote for two of them— ! Council to call an election, and
Mr. Burton, and the other does - give the people a chance to state
not own utility stock either. | their desire by their ballot
For at least two decades unl- | Why do the newspapers and
versal resentment against util- | even some non political organi-
ity rates has existed, and even zations feel so concerned over
with municipal ownership a , some mythical contract and feel
reality In Fort. Worth it would 1 called upon to protest thehar-
probably result in reduced rates assment of Council’ •
for commercial and none for do-
mestic consumers, which would
not end resentment
And, m concluding, as I see
It, the Tennessee Muscle Shoals
project is very encouraging in
that it promises possibility of
revolutionizing the entire power
industry.
And that Texas representatives
are now in Washington con-
ferring with reference to the
Brazos River water power proj-
ect, which ia so very near our
very door, and being a similar
project, la also extremely en-
couraging: and if and when per-
fected with permanent inexpen-
sive power, and whether feder-
al, state or privately owned,
should sound a death knell to
coercive methods so long applied
to the consuming public
GEO. F. ECHOLS,
Some Questions For
Newspapers to Answer.
Editor. The Press:
As one of your readers. I was
at first amused by the hue and
Why doesn’t Council want to
call an election’
Why is it Council has just now
found out the gas company puts
IS per cent of non - burnable
junk thru our meters’
people are helpless, especially in
a crisis.
' is rushing his ideas so fast, he - -______
n ay rush himself out of the 1 . President Roosevelt did that
White House. She is usually in the only - possible way. He
CHARLES HOOPER 1 struck out boldly on s new pro-
Couer d’Alene, Idaho gram, with , ust enough novelty
, - — ----------------1 — in it to intrigue the imagina-
This Is Life But be had no notion of
By 1 making an Italy a Russia-
Hy ACE MAXWELL . out of the United ‘States, or
HELLO and howdy-do: even changing it more than was
1 For instance If YOU and I necessary to do a thoro job of
would devote a bit more time to house-cleaning.
endeavoring to find the underlying 1 —— -----——-----% ---------------
CAUSE, the WHY, our fellowman mi. D
does those things which run con- ASK 1110 1 reSS
trary to the Laws of Society, and
-LESS time to criticising his or her.
Why should we pay for this behavior—— this would be A.
15 per cent?dern sight more happy world In
Why shouldn't “the Lone Star which 10 dwell.
Gas company be compelled to | Thousands of persons are doing
deduct 15 per cent from our gas things they really and truly had
bills? rather not do But, owing to the
Where are th. reduction In quirks of life and the environment
utility rates that were promised "‘ which they find themselves it
ua long a go? is almost impossible for thefn to
Who la the “nigger in th. follow thru and do the RIGHT
wood nils’" thing. Many a man or woman, to.
Why not get a new Council day, have violated a law, one that
and start over "♦ or she would much rather have
PoamblyoT newspapers spend conformed , but FATE
as much time answering thesestepped in and dealt that soul a
questions as they have spent in Low.Card in the Game of Life.
attacks on Mr. Spratling and land thus is played the age old Sys-
some of his associates, they'll be item of the survival, of the fittest, |
doing a real public service, with the critics sitting on the top
I hold no brief for Mr. Sprat- rail of the fence.
ling. If he has committed any -------------—---------------------------------
criminal act, let the law take
You can get an answer is any an-
swerable question of fact of writing
to FrederickM Kerb, Question Edi-
tor. Fort Worth Prems—Wasmington
Bureay 1323 New York,Avence wash-
ington, 0 ( enclosing three centa ta
starips for reply Medical and legal
advice cannot be given
- Q What material is the
spark making element in cig-
aret lighters’
A Certum-tron alloy containing M
per cent er more or cerium.
• • •-
Q Is liquid helium colder
than liquid air?
A Yes '.
--*--•-*--
Q How long do apes live and
when do they mature?
A Apes mature at the age et 10 to
12 years, and their average span of
life is from 35 to .40 years.
charge of him, but if he has
been responsible for the tardy
awakening of Council, let’s give
The Bluebonnet Breaks Its Boundary
By C. L. DOUGLAS___________"
SIDE GLANCES - By George Clark
THERE is a saying that the |
I bluebonnet, state flower, is |
- a home-loving plant and never
crosses the Texas line to visit in
other states and other lands—
and so the Broadway of Amer-'
ica Highway Association is ad-
vertising far and wide that the
* convention set for Dallas May a
- and 9 will give outsiders an op.
1 portunity to see the “famous
, Texas bluebonnets in full"
bloom."
The bluebonnet doss seem to
: be a flower peculiar to Texas
| alone" but why this should be
nobody seems to know, altho
originated — if you want to
stretch your imagination a bit
and temporarily embrace an ole
legend. -1
For the people who once lived
about those same pyramids, the
Alters, furnished one of the
prettiest of the bluebonnet leg-
ends.
TT WENT something like this -
1 A maiden of the Altec people
had voluntarily offered her life
as an atonement for the sins of
her race, and the priests, having
accepted the offer, had sharpened
their knives for the sacrifice.
She was led to the altar, but
numeorus legends, nearly all as- ___
sociated with Indian lore, tell of L-as she went toward the
the flower's origin. -* •
GOES 1
10114 sensrevkont.
0
ime to explain ft all to you.
Whatever the case in regard
to its homeloving Inclinations,
the fact remains that you can
look all day on the north aide
of Red River and never see a
specimen ... but in some man-
ner unknown to botanists and
historians a few seed have man-
aged to slip over the barrier of
the Rio Grande.
* * *
A ND unless some Texas dele-
A gallon is appointed to slip
down to Mexico and root up at
least on# patch of the blue blos-
■omi th# state no longer can
make the boast that it has a
true monopoly.
For there’s a right nice little
patch of bluebonnets growing
on a plain near the shadows of
the great pyramids tn the valley
of Teotihuacan. Mat a large
field—but .quite enough to
make the visiting Texan look up
in surprise and exclaim: Why
there’s a patch of bluebonnets;
I thought they only grew in
Texas!"
But it may be that it was
there, and not in the Lone Star
State, that the flower really
death her blue
head-dress fell
to the ground
... and in the
place where it
fell the great
spirit of the
Aztecs, In com-
passion for her
sacrifice', caus-
Place of
edthousands Ml
of bluebonnets dl
to bloom InASss
commemoraI
tion of her act. ITEON
it is a leg. TA
end wall fitted see B
to the place— A
for a sacrifi- Douglas
cial altar once stood atop the
greater pyramid. } /
But there is another and sim-
ilar story that seems to have
originated among be Indian
tribes of early. Texas. It is that
of a little girl who offered her
doll as sacrifice to save her tribe
from starvation.
The doll was burned, and in
the following Spring the first-
bluebonnet bloomed from the
ashes of the offering." :
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