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©if BnmutsulDe HcrntO
Extablixhed July 4 1892
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Brownsville Texas.
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A Valley Label
Several yean ago the proposition of adopting a
Valley label to be used on all shipments of fruit und
vegetables was discussed and the plan received general
approval. However like many other plans it was
allowed to fall by the wayside for lack of some organ-
isation to keep it before the public.
At that time the Valley was shipping lest than 50
per cent of the fruit and vegetables now moving each
year and if a Valley label would have proved bene-
ficial then its value would now be doubled.
In many sections of California and Florida the
products carry a commtnity or section label in con-
nection with individual or firm labels. The Imperial
Valley of California is one of the large winter vegeta-
ble producing areay which has developed the label to
their advantage.
A Valley label the use of which w*ould be permitted
firms and individuals adopting a certain specified
tandard of quality and pack would prove of great
value not only in advertising the Valley hut also in
establishing and maintaining markets for Valley prod-
ucts. It would have a tendency to promote standardi-
sation of pack among shippers and would also tend to
improve the quality of production. It would be neces->
sary to guard jealously the use of the label and this
fact alone would prove an important factor in creating
greater interest in better quality production better
pack and co-opcration among ihe principal shippers and
growers in maintaining the high standards.
While practically all shippers in the Valley use
label which emphasize the fact they are shipping Low>-
er Rio Grande Valley products these labels do not
indicate that any certain standard of quality or pack
has been accepted. But if the same labels were used
in connection with a Valley label a permit for the use
of which was granted after the shipper has satisfied
a Valley board that the quality and pack of his ship-
ments comes up to certain specified standards the
label would in itself be a guarantee to the purchaser
that the package contains Valley products of the best
quaity.
The Valley is facing sharp competition from Flori-
da California and other citrus fruit and winter vege-
table producing areas which are utilizing every possi-
ble method of establishing and maintaining markets.
They are stressing the high quality of their products
and their production and pack is so standardized that
the labels are accepted as a guarantee of quality. The
great majority of Valley shippers are shipping fruit
and vegetables of standard quality well packed and
their respective labels are accepted as a surety of qual-
ity. But there arc other shippers who pay little at-
tention to either quality or pack. Their labels also
carry the information that the products they ship were
grown and packed in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of
Texan and as an advertisement for the Valley and
Valley products they are anything but valuable.
If the Valley growers are to meet and overcome the
competition of other fruit and winter vegetable pro-
ducing sections it is essential that quality and pack
be standardized; and a Valley label be adopted (t <
will not take many months to popularize the label in the
market centers if the standards are naintained and it
weuld tend to eliminate the handicap of poor grading
and pack with which many Valley shippers are forced
to contend in the fight for markets.
Poor Economy
The state tax on gasoline dropped from 3 to 2 cent*
per gallon on the morning of September 1 and the
news agencies announced that It would mean a saving
of from $6000000 to $8000000 per ver for the opera- !
rs of motor vehicle?-
While it is true the operators of motor vehicles
tvill save a large amount in the one-cent reduction in
the price of gasoline they will lose far more than the
„ ■ saving as a remit of the curtailment of highway con-
struction financed by the gasoline tax. Reduction of
the tax resulted in a direct saving but also resulted
in a heavy loss by increasing the cost of vehicle up-
keep and reducing the efficiency of motor vehicles.
The three-cent tax. which went into effect M;.rch
16. 1927. replacing a one-cent levy has produced $27.-
490.598. Under the 75-25 per cent division the highway
department received $20617949. end the schools of the
state received $6872649.
The schools have been well taken care of under the
three-cent tax and now have sufficient funds available 1
for the maximum $15 per scholastic apportionment
liut with the highway department conditions are dif-
ferent. The department is in need of funds to carry
out it* programs to meet the requirement* of coun-
ties that have voted bonds and are requesting state
aid on state highway* projects. The three cent levy
provided sufficient to meet the most pressing of these
demands but the loss of some $6.WM>.oon during the
next year will me.in thjif many of the most important
projects in which the state is interested must be aban-
doned until the commission has more funds at its dis-
posal. Increasing consumption of gasoline will in-
crease the .revenues to some extent but will be wholly
inadequate to meet the demands for state highway
financing.
Incidentally in many sections of the state thf re-
duction was not passed on to the consumers press re-
ports indicate. It is understood that the reduction of
one cent in the tax was seixed upon as an occasion »o
increase the price one cent thereby wiping out the
saving that was expected to accrue to consumers.
Wherever this has been done the operators of motor
vehicles not only lose the funds necessary for financ-
ing the state highways but also lose the saving that
was expected to materialiie when the th -cent tax
was reduced.
It is not often that the public complains about tax-
reduction. but throughout Texas there are thousands
of motor vehicle owners who are not enthusiastic over
the reduction in the gasoline tax. They realise that
financing of the Texas highway system is vital to the
interests of the state; that the wide gaps in the sys-
tem must be closed; and that redaction of the gaso-
fne tax will not only delay highway eonitruction but
brill result in a direct loss to operators of motor ve-
hicles in every section of the state.
U A political candidate talks about public opinion until
he’s defeated then he begins to speak of herd ignor-
agee.—Cincinnati Enquirer j
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HOW MUCH MUST GERMANY TAY?
(Beaumont Enterprise).
At the end of the four-year transitional period pro-
vided for in the Dawes plan Germany having already
paid a huge sum of money or its equivalent in goods
does not know the balance due. Germany for four
years has been “paying bindly.”
The uncertainty is bad for Germany and it is not
helpful to the allied nations. It is time for the allies
to decide vow much more Germany must pay. tor an
individual debtor to be placed in the position Germany j
has occupied since the adoption of the Dawea plan
would be positive torture. It is not easy for a nation
to administer its affairs and maintain its economic
stability while an unknown indebtedness hangs over
its people like a sword of Damocles.
S. Parker Gilbert American agent of reparations
has suggested that the allies fix the total amount to
be demanded of Germany and If this suggestion ia
adopted by the allies it will most assuredly do more
than any other move that could he made to further
stabilize economic as well as political conditions
throughout central Europe.
Germany encouraged by the Gilbert recommenda-
tion. wants a definite reckoning with her former enJ-
mies. This is a reasonable desire. Getmany has made
surh progress in regaining her former position of in-
fluence among the world lowers and has won so many
favorable opinions by her foreign policy and her solu-
tion of the political economic and industrial problems
that confronted her at the end of the World war that
the allies can not much longer refuse to come to terms.
When Germany kno#s exactly how much more ehe
will be asked to pay she will have a definite objective
in view and will be able to arrange her finances so
she can take care of the obligation without injury to
her economic fabric.
Following the acceptance of the Kellogg-Briand
treaty by many world powers a new era of good feet
ing seems to have begun. In such a favorable atmos-
phere the amount of reparations still to be exacted
could be settled to the satisfaction of Germany and the
allied powers.
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\ Tk© World! surad All
By Charles V. Driscoll
MEMOIRS
H. H. Asquith's autobiography has been published
by Little Brown and Company under the title “Mem-
ories and Reflections.’* It appears in two volumes
with a sort of postscript added hy Vivian Phillips.
Mr. Asquith who. when given a peerage V»y the king
as consolation for being beaten by the electorate in n
campaign for a seat in Commons adopted the awkward
Hnd resounding name “Oxford and Asquith." died in j
February 1028. when his memoirs were almost com- j
pleted.
Mr. Asquith was a man of considerable learning and
culture. He was happiest apparently when he could
get away from court and parliament to some quiet spot
and loll at case with a copy of “Antigone” or Swin-
burne or Coleridge. As you read his brief notations of
s day's activities you can’t help wondering how many
of our American lawmakers could quote Greek and
Latin and French poetry and philosophy with the read-
iness of Asquith.
There’s an idea in this book for autobiography
writers. Asquith never kept a systematic diary but
he did for a time make dated notations of engagements
deas and sometimes diaristic records. These he uses
in his autobiography and pieces out the records with
Extracts from letters he wrote to his friends.
Here's an excellent device for writers of personal
memoirs. It is a labor-saving idea and makes the nook
more interesting than a mere recital. When Asquith
went in for writing his own story he got permission of
Friends to use extracts from letters he had written
:hrm. He doesn’t say whether he had kept copies of
Ihese letters or whether he had to depend upon hii
Friends to dig up their originals and return them to
hint. Probably being a statesman he thought well
enough of his personal letters to keep copies.
A persons who has letter-writidg talent docs some
»f his best work in his personal letters to hit friends.
If these can be collected and edited by himself they
jught to make fine memoirs for public* consumption
rhe idea works surprisingly well in this autobiography
>f Asquith.
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Tiinra®Iy Vb®ws
AMERICANS NOW ( AM.ED FINE AIRSHIP
BUILDERS
<Anton Hcinen. a German citizen is one of the
world’* leading airship authorities. His airship ex-
perience began in 1911 with the Zeppelin company
in Germany. Several years ago he was selected by
the United States navy to supervise building of
the ill-fated dirigible Shenandoah the only large
rigid airship ever built in this country. He was
in the control car when the Shenandonh broke away
from the mooring mast at Lakewood. N. J. while
being tested during a gale)*
Europe in spite of its long practical experience has
nothing to te^ch American* in regard to building and
designing lightcr-than-air ships. I went abroad to see
if there was anything I could learn to help in the
American design and came back to discover that 1
might have stayed at home. The Americans have noth-
ing to learn from Europe about airships.
The new airship designed for the United State* navy
is far ahead of cither the British or German airships
in simplicity and strength. It -will be easier to handle
ami to take care of than any airship I have ever seen
and it has a high degree of obvious efficiency.
Its design ha* an enormously high factor of safety
in point by point comparison with the European air-
ships now nearly completed.
All the weaknesses and troubles which 1 have en-
countered in seventeen years of active airship expe-
rience have been overcome in this all-American pro-
duct. I would rather command this irship than any
! have ever handled in flight*
The latest German Zeppelin the LZ-127 built for
transoccan service between Spain and South America
shows no substantial advance over former Zeppelins.
This is probably due to the international situation
which hinders airship development work.
The British ship R-lftf) on the other hand contains
a number of interesting and mgnficant developments.
It is a distinct improvement over the past. The R-100
is designed for service between England and India. Its
designer Captain Burney ha* made some notable con-
tributions to the science of lighter-than-air engineer-
ing-
The longer the flight the more certainly can the
schedule of an airship be maintained because the ele-
ments. contrary and favoring will balance themselves
over a long period of flight. Airplane* are always sub-
ject to the reliablity of their motors for they must in-
evitably come down Immediately their power is cut off.
Airships however can hover in the air and remain
safely aloft though all their motors may be under re-
pair simultaneously. The useful load of an airship
moreover it infinitely greater than the useful carry-
ing capacity of airplane*
THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY
It Can’t be Done ~§i
RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSN (copyright)
“Mr. Kessler says I need some big romance to wake
me up.” .
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READ THIS r IKST:
Jane Dare of the Davidson Pro-
ductions Co. has hopes of advance-
ment. because the picture concern’s
star Alice Carroll is admittedly
slipping. Lew Davidson the pro-
ducer who seldom lets sentiment
interfere with business notices the
aging appearance of Miss Carroll
and is already looking about for
someone to take her place. Tony
Hull a likable director secretly
loves Jane and believes that her act-
ing ability should eventually make
her the star’s successor. While mat-
ters are thus hanging fire Irene
Shirley a girl from Broadway with
a past that might not bear too
close inspection but who cleverly
feigns unsophistication decides to
vamp Lew into giving her the job
as Alice Carroll's successor Through
watching her opportunity at a par-
ty given in honor of Lew by his old
friend Sam Kessler Irene meets
Lew Davidson.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
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CHAPTER VII
“Say. Miss Shirley” he remarked
tossing the cigar he had beer smok-
ing over the veranda rail “haven’t
1 met you somewhere before?”
“No. Mr. Davidson. I don’t think
so. I’m with the Inter-Ocean and
have been on the coast two years.
Before that I was on the stag#. I
haven’t been in New York since I
was a child isn’t the moon beauti-
ful tonight? I can’t understand why
people want to guilcp around a hot
room all the evening and fill them-
.s elves up with cigarette smoke and
bad gin when they could sit quietly
here and look at a picture like
that.” Her bare arm in indicating
the picture in question brushed Mr.
Davidson’s cheek. It wms a cool
arm smooth round firm. Mr.
Davidson's eyes followed its grace-
ful contours to the point where
they melted inperceptibly into the
tenderness of her breast.
“Say Miss Shirley.” he asked sud-
denly. noting her perfect profile
“what you doing with the Inter-
Ocean?”
“Secondary parts” Irene said
simply. “I played the school teach-
er in our last picture ‘The Triumph
of Love.’ Have you seen it’”
“Sure. Kressler ran it for me
this afternoon. I guess that was
why I thought I had met you some-
where. You did a nice piece of
work.”
“Do you think so? That means a
lot coming from a man like you.
I’m just a beginner of course but
I have ambitipus hopes. Some day
I mean p H i star.” She did not
look at him as she said this; her
giuc was fixed mistily upon the dis-
tant line of hills.
"No reason you shouldn't” Da-
vidson said heartily. This simple
earnest young girl had begun to in-
terest him.
Irene flashed her eyes into his.
They were no longer misty; instead
hot green fires flamed in them sin-
gularly compelling against the dull
pallor of her face.
‘‘Isn’t there? People tell me that
I can never he a great actress until
1 have experienced some great emo-
tion—love 1 suppose they mean.
And. so far. I haven’t. That's
against me. isn't it? Mr. Kessler
says I need some big romance to
wake me up."
Mr. Davidson sw»pt her with a
keen cautious glance. Her affecta-
tion of girlish innoncenee approach-
ed perilously the danger line; only
the unsophisticated guileness of her
expression the slender youthful
lines of her figure saved the situa-
tion from pathos.
“You mean you never fell in love
with anybody?” he asked sharply.
“Yes. Of course I’ve hud lots of
little love affairs—cases on men I’ve
admired—you know what I mean.
But maybe I'm different 'rom most
girls. 1 don’t know. 1 don’t say I
am. But somehow those little
school girl romances never meant
much to me. Not anything rcrious.
Young men—the sort you meet now-
adays—don’t seem to interest me.
Not that I'm pretending to he any
smarter than they arc. Maybe I'm
just the other way. But when I
speak of books I've read pictures
lautiful worth-while things like
that they seem bored. And so I’ve
always found older men—-p.en who
have done things—more interesting.
To me. that is. Whether I’ve inter-
ested them or not I don't know.
But I’m a good listener. I like to I
hear brainy men talk. Tell me about
[ yourself. Mr. Davidson. I’ve seen so
many of your pictures and loved
them. Alice Carroll is such a de-
lightful actress. I’ve always ad-
mired her.”
Mr. Davidson settled back comfort-
ably in the swing and drew a fresh
cigar from his pocket. He no long-
er fglt irritable bored. The soft
feline purring of Irene had sooth-
ed disarmed him. He had grown
infinitely tired of women who ex-
ternally challenged the chip of sex
on their shoulders.
“Yes Miss Carroll is a great ac-
tress” he agreed fumbling with a
match “but I been thinking for
some time that Davidson Productions
needs a new star.” The remark so
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casualty aueron was a imp; ni*
watched Irene keenly wondering u
she would fall into it but ner
shrewdness t;ived her.
“That should be a splendid oppor-
tunity for somebody” she si-id with-
out the least show of personal in-
terest. "Miss Morosini is beautiful
isn't she?*’ Davidson had expected
her to ask for the position at once.
“1 wish 1 had her eyes. Do you read
much Mr. Davulson?”
Lew whose literary experience:* did
not ex.end beyond the trad• papers
of the stage and screen made a
commendable bluff.
”1 read a story called * Desert Stars"
last year.” he said “it’s got a great
picture in it. but the anchor wants
too much for the film right*.”
"I don't think I know it” Irene
cooed her eyes on the moon. ' “But
I’ve just finished a perfectly mar-
velous book by Lawrence called
Fantasia of the Unconscious.* Of
course I didn't quite understand it—
it's supposed to deal quite fransly
with questions of sex—I thought
maybe if you had reed it you ought
explain it to me.”
Mr. Davidson cast the ashes from
his cigar with a grunt.
“Sex” he declared “ain’t a thing
to write books about. Ail you*got to
do is pick a woman snd a mfcti sup-
posing. of course they like each
other and let nature take its course
That's all there is to it. These high-
brows who try to make a mystery
out of it give me a pain. What’s tfte
good wasting jour time on such
things? They don’t get you any-
where. Ain't you got nothing better
to do than read fool books?”
Irene with swift intuition realized
that she had struck a false note.
"I suppose it’s because I’m lonely"
she said. “I don’t care about drink-
ing and smoking. Or dancing either
unless it's with just the right person.
Somebody I really care about. So
there isn’t much for a girl to do is
there? Except flirt. And that
doesn't get you anywhere. So I just
—read."
“Look here” Mr. Davidson said
suddenly blowing a stream of smoke
through his nose “what’s the matter
with you and me getting in Sam
Kessler's machine after breakfast to-
morrow and going for a long drive
I guess I’ll need a little fresh air.
about tfien.”
"Why- nothing if you mean early.
I’ve got to show up at the studio by
noon. They’re shooting some re-
takes before that so I won't be
needed. If you want to start about
nine—”
“Suits me. One thing I don’t do
is sit up all night. Not any more."
At that moment Sam Kessler ap-
peared in the window. “Look here
Sam this little lady and myself are
figuring on taking a ride tomorrow
morning—early. Any objection to
mv turning in pretty soon?”
Mr. Kessler swept the two with a
shrewd glance. Irene he admitted
was something of an enigma to him.
"What time are you aiming to
start T*
“Oh- around nine.”
“That’s about bedtime for this
bunch. But if you’re anxious to get
up with the chickens go to it. I
won’t he around myself hut you'll
find three cars in the garage. Take
your choice. What's the matter
Lew? Sleepy!"
“I didn't get much rest on the
train last night. And I'm a whole
lot older than you Sam Just tell
your friends I'm tired will you. and
pretty soon I’ll sneak quietly up to
bed. This is a great little girl you
got Sam.” he went on. turning to
Irene. “She’s going to show rat the
sights. Will it be ali right if I get
her hack by twelve?'*
“Sure. Irene’s a pretty early bird
herself when it comes to turning in.
Always insists on getting the well-
known beauty sleep. I just came to
tell you that there’s some supper
ready in the dining room—sand-
wiches and creamed lobster with
mushrooms—other junk. Miriam's a
great little provider. Better come
along and put on the feed oag. before
those wolves in there eat it all up.”
Mr. Davidson rose nodded toward
the French window.
“After you. Miss Shirley” he said.
Irene went into the hall a tri-
umphant light in her eyes. In the
first round of her battle with Lew
Davidson she felt that she had
scored.
(TO BE CONTINUED*
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Who am I? Who was my father?
What post did my husband hold when
1 married him?
What three European nations were
organized as a result of the Work
war?
Name the IT. S. Senator who was
succeeded to the post by his son aft-
er hii death.
The state of Virginia is regarded
as “the Mother of Presidents.” Who
was the last president from that
stat?
“And he said. Verily I say unto
you. Except ye be converted and be-
come as little children ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of Heaven."
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this date in 1813 Commodore
Perry won the battle of Lake Erie.
"We have met the enemy and they
are oura!” ♦
Todays Horoscope
Per«ons born under this sign are
very thoughtful of family and friend*
deeply interested in their welfare and
are apt to load themselves with re-
sponsibilities which prove a source
of vexation to them. Their advice is
not always appreciated and with the
best intention they often become an-
noying.
Jmr-ij Jams
A Dolly Thought
“Constant attention wear* the act-
ive mind biota out it* power* and
leaves a blank behind.'*—Churchill.
•Answers to the Foregoing Questions
1.. Mrs. William <"»ibbi McAdoo;
President Woodrow Wilson; secre-
tary Of the 1. S. trra ur\
2. Poland t zcrho-Slovakia: Jugo-
slavia.
3. Robert M. I.aFollette of Wis-
consin.
. Wsiskimgteim Letter !
By CHARLES P. STEWART
KELLOGG PACT MAY FAIL TO
PASS l\ S. SENATE
WASHINGTON Sept in.—ft was
a good thing that Secretary Kellogg.
.M „ Bnand H err Str r se ;nan • t: 4
their fellow foreign ministers of
the original 15 "multilateral anti-
war treaty” nation* did not delay
•igntitg their «*itp*tci another day
or two.
Otherwise the newspaper* could
hardly have finished their atom* *»J
the Versailles ceremonies in time to
have their front pages free to de-
vote to latest developments connect-
ed with the Washington administra-
tion's "big navy” program.
Indeed according to dispatches
from the Wisconsin wood..*. President
< oolidge is still somewhat worried
lent discussions of the peace bar-
gain ard warship-building plans con-
flict when congress meets next win- j
ter. Try as he may to reconcile
‘hem. the president is raid to rec-
ite that the two ideas can be t be
considered sc parately.
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The truth is that the newest peace
agreement either has bad its im-
portance decidedly exaggerated or
clsc~~if it really is ail that the state
department has cracked it up to be
—» will be exceedingly difficult to
persuade the senate to ratify it.
Like nearly every other treaty
the preser t one is wrgpfi d up in
such «n amount of diplomatic ”l*n-
CU*re ’ that it is next to impossible
to tell exactly what it does me n
without a vast deal of "interpreta-
tion.”
On the face of it. however it
look* very much as if everything ex-
cept "defensive war" is outlawed —
which. *of course means nothing
whatever inasmuch as no power on
’ earth ever admitted or engaging in
war that it was doing so otherwise
than defensively.
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Secretary Kellogg himself com-
plained of this weakness in the pro-
po ed compact early during the ne-
gotiations Later after.it had been
considerably fused over he pro-
fe■ "•ed himself satisfied and when'
the powers finally signed it recently
it was advertised as the most won-
derful document in history.
In point of fact unless it was
greatly strengthened while the diplo-
mat* were tinkering with it it sim-
ply is an -ti er “ge tur -"—harmless
and maybe mildly beneficial. but
nothing to get violently .excited
edbout.
In ihe other hri’*d if it really hid
a kick put into it—
Doss it slide the United States
perchance into the League of Na-
tion*. via a rear entrance?
And does it puncture the Monroe
Doctrine?
• • •
Secretary Kellogg answers ‘'’no*'’ to
both of these questions.
Hut if not—
Why such a delirium of rejoicirg
on the part of the other signa-
tories?
Possibly they intend to “inter-
pret" it to -uit themselves at their
own convenience. To he sure we
can "interpret” It to suit ourselves
likewi«e but such a ela-h in “inter-
pretation-” might bo pretty embar-
r.T.in* nevertheless At hast it
might easily he used to make os
look like “quitters.”
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Needier* to say to old world
statesman will raise either of these
points until some serious interna-
tional rfiffmrg'tice of opinion involv-
ing America arises.
It would be foolish on Europe's
p: rt to start to scare now on our
side of the ocean.
Several European newspapers
however have spoken quite planly—
welcomed us. out-and-out to the
League of Nations and informed
thir renders in so manv words that
the Monroe Doctrine has gone to the
scrap heap.
My personal Impression Is that
the treaty's importance merely has
been exaggerated—with some little
thought of politics probably mixed
up in it.
It is a safe prediction that it will
rot f#t past the senate while there
is a bit of doubt about it at any
rate.
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NLYV YORK Sept. 10.—There is •
only one hotel in New York in which «
women are forbidden to smoke the
.Martha YY'a&h.nglon. Smoking by
women is not commoni but there are
still persons who stare every time
they see one puffing a cigaret in
pubiic. I am ore of those persons.
* * *
.Such woman as are glad there is
a "new freedom” owe a lot to Irene
( asllc whom Broadway has about
forgot ten. She is now a Chicago
matron. Mrs. Castle was the first
woman conspicuous in the public eye
to bob her hair; and she was one
of the first to smoke unashedty as
if she had a right to if she liked.
She also had considerable to do with
changing dancing into what it is to-
day although the graceful creations
of the Castle* are far from the gym-
nastic "Black Bottom” and “Charles-
ton.”
• * *
Speaking of dancing there is a
distince trend hack toward the ro-
mantic wait* in "Roseland” and other
Broadway dance palaces.
And the biggest sellers in sheet
music are sentimental songs.
Youth seem* to be recovering from
.It* jazt jag and finding that the steps
mother and dad liked when they
were young are nice to dance after
all.
• * •
Frank McLearn Central Press New
York writer. after seeing "The Front
Page” a comedy of newspaper life by
Ben Hecht.and Charles MacArthur
reports:
“There remains yet to he written
a newspaper play that gives a truth-
ful picture of what goes on in the
city room of a metropolitan daily.
Perhaps and this because newspaper
men delight to dramatizing any sit-
uation one never shall he written.
But for an approach for the picture
of the inside workings of a gaily
sheet as most newspaper men would
have it this play Is the best yet.
And it will be a success Broadway
is talking about it.
ONION SEED ARRIVE
HOUSTON Texas Sept. 10.—
There will not. be a shortage of!
onion seed in Texas this year—at |
least for a time The French tine j
steamer Niagara from the vagary -
-_. I
“Here is the press room in the
criminal court* building Chicago
with a group of swearing poker-
playing. cynical reporters gathered
about. They are smart their wise-
cracks. and these fcBows should
really be working for a humor mag*
Mine keep the audience on its toes.
What new.’ you wonder.
“Everything considered this is an
entertaining play. It’s virile. There
is no lack of swearing no lack of
action ncr oT plot.”
• • e
A lot of readers of this column
indicate in letters to me that New
*°rk can be seen in one day. And
it can.
.Here’s a tour of the biggest city in
ihe world that can he made in less
than 12 hours for less than $4 and
gives the visitor an intimate and
comprehensive idea of what it's like:
1. Take Broadway-South Ferry sur-
face car from Times Square to Bat-
tery Park.
2. From park take all around Man-
hattan Island steamer trip
3. Returning from this trip walg
north on Broadway to Wool worth
building and go up to the tower
4. From Woolworth building go to
rity Hall park and take taxi to
Washington Square Get some
glimpse* of Greenwich Village and
return to square.
5. From Washington Square take *
Fifth avenue-St. Nicholas avenue
bus. Get out at 58th stret peek
into pobbies and lounges of the
Fherry-Netherland or Savoy-Plaza
apartment hotels most expensive
apart merits In the world. Then walk
past tw Park avenue for a glimpse
of the “Gold Coast** and on down to
Hast River to see the tenements.
Return by taxi or foot to Columbus
Circle *nd walk down Broadway as
the great electric signs begin to
blase.
8. Take B-M-T subway from Times
Square to Coney Island. Return by
boat.
Islands recently docked at Port
Houston with 22000 pound* of the
onion seed worth nearly 9100000.
Fhe Canary Inlands are famous for
the quality and site of their allia-
ceous onion*.
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