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Tuesday February 25 1936
Our ‘Coin’ Harveys Help
Spur U. S. On
If you win a war for your country you will get a
great monument. If you do something for medical
science they will name a hospital for you. If you be-
' come a famous statesman you will be enshrined in
the history books; and if you are a great movie star
your face will be preserved forever on rolls of crack-
ling celluloid.
But there is no kind of fame quite as strange as
that which a man gets if he spends his life advocat-
ing some sort of change in his country's currency.
You may not be familiar with the name of Coin
Harvey but your grandchildren undoubtedly will find
It in their history books when they get around to
such things. For Coin Harvey was the finest fruit* and
flower of the old Bryanite Populist 16-to-l free
silver era.
He was the Father Cougmin and the Dr. TOwnsend
of the '90s. with some added picturesque traits all
his own.
Coin Harvey died Just the other day and his coun-
try hardly noticed his passing. He was a salty and in-
dividualistic person though and his memory ought
not to fade away too fast.
He battled for free silver along with Bryan and
when his panacea was rejected by the electorate he
prophesied dire things. American civilization he be-
lieved. would collapse because its money policy was un-
bound; some day. archeologists would come digging
around in the ruins wondering what had caused the
downfall.
Coin Harvey wanted to enlighten them. So he pre-
pared to build a great pyramid. In Arkansas in the
base of which would be deposited his written explana-
tion of the death of a nation which had rejected free
silver. The pyramid was never finished but Its base
was built and a few years ago it housed one of the
■trangest national political conventions ever seen.
This was the convention of the ‘‘Liberty Party"
called by Harvey to rescue the nation in 1931. Old-
time Populists and Free Silverites mingled with up-
to-date radicals from the cities. Adherents of Kan-
sas' goat gland specialist Doc Bnnkley were on deck;
Non-Partisan Leaguers from the northwest were
there: together with divers assorted cranks of no party
at all.
These delegates nominated Coin Harvey for the
presidency. He made the race in 1932. gathering a
total of 53.000 votes. Then the country forgot him
completely and his death recently went almost un-
noticed.
So what? Was it all wasted this unimaginable
energy that was poured into a nostrum which the
country rejected? Was Coin Harvey a useless crank
and nothing more?
By no means. These agitators are useful citi-
zens. They jar us out of our complacency force us to
re-examine things we take for granted—and in the
end. by announcing that Utopia is Just around the
bend help us to advance an inch or so on the long
toilsome Journey to our destiny.
The Railroad* Wake Up
Intelligent railroad traffic men understand that
the best way to attack the problem of l06t business
is to render such good sendee that the business couldn't
afford to stay lost.
The Illinois Central system recently announced free
pick-up and delivery freight service; and a whole
group of Mississippi valley and southwestern lines
is preparing to follow suit.
The Chicago Belt Railway also has gone in for this
form of service with the result that Chicago Industry
now has virtually free trucking service to and from
outgoing freight stations on all traffic.
Steps such as these can be counted on to restore
to the railroads much of the business they have lost
to their competitors. Customers have a way of patron-
izing the outfits that give them the best service.
Failure Spices Success
John Barrymore nearing his 53d birthday gives
the world a good bit of philosophy to mark the oc-
casion. And John's words should be worth studying—
he has lived a lot. Says the noted actor:
“Every split second of my life has been worth it.
and 111 tell you why. An event in your life is like a
gold coin wth two sides. On the other side of a failure
there’s success. To be hit and knocked down flat by
a great tragedy gives me the capacity to be lifted to
the skies by a great happiness.”
It's a philosophy that applies all the way down the
human scale. A lot of us acquired a bit of this out-
look during the last five years when men and events
generally were skidding off the easy roads. And we
can use a lot more.
The world is still crowded with folks working over-
time at the failure side of their gold coin.
The Truth About Diet
By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical Assn
and Hygeia the Health Magaslne
WRONG FOOD. SWEETS. LITTLE EXERCISE
PRODUCE NEED FOR REDLXING DIET
Wrong selection of food a sweet tooth and lack of
sufficient exercise warns a great nutrition specialist
are the primary reasons for reducing diets.
Remember that Americans consume from five to
10 times as much sugar per person per day as do
people abroad. This sugar Is not all taken as such but
usually is distributed through a wide variety of foods.
The average stewed tomatoes or other vegetables
served in a restaurant would hardly be eatable with-
out considerable seasoning.
When you are reducing you must avoid particu-
larly. rich salad dressing sugar custards candles
cakes pies rich gravies fat fish fat meats nuts
cream fried foods or creamed soup6.
Here is a diet that contains about 1016 calories. It
TODAY’S HEALTH QUESTION
Q—How do improperly fitted shoes affect one*
health? Should children have their feet examined
regularly?
A.—Improperly fitted shoes would naturally be
uncomfortable and in their worst form quite dis-
abling because of their interference with normal ac-
tion of the feet.
It would be decidedly beneficial for children to
have their feet examined as soon after they enter
school as is convenient. Examinations at intervals
of a year thereafter would be of distinct value in
protecting normal feet and in correcting abnormal
ones at a time when such protection and correction
would be most effective.
provides all the essential food substances. On this
diet you may lose from two to three pounds a week
if you keep up your ordinary work.
Remember it is not safe to reduce more rapidly.
Breakfast: One-half grapefruit one tablespoon
cream one egg. one slice bread one medium serving
puffed rice or similar cereal one slice thin toast and
one small square butter.
Luncheon or dinner: One cup plain broth one
broiled trout or other fish three heaping tablespoons
new peas salad containing one tomato and two leaves
of lettuce with vinegar or lemon one-half cantaloupe
or grapefruit one glass skim milk one cup clear tea
cr col fee.
Supper: Three slices white meat of chicken three
slices of egg plant three heaping tablespoons cream
squash four stalks celery hearts one cup clear tea
one glass skim milk one banana.
The extent of Germany’s military preparations can
have only one explanation—to terrorize the weak and
to force the strong to negotiate.—Gen. Andre Niessel
of France.
Democracy seems to be the only thing in the world
today that is unsafe.—Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York.
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Behind the
Scenes in
W ashington
By RODNEY DUTCHER
Brownsville Herald Washington
Correspondent
WASHINGTON Feb. 25 —Wheth-
er or not it was so intended Con-
gressman Vito Marckntonio's arrest
in New York for trying to lead a
parade of relief workers may be con-
sidered as something of a curtain-
raiser on the New York mayoralty
campaign of 1937 with implications
as to the presidential campaign of
1940.
There are plans for a labor or
farmer-labor party ticket in the
municipal campaign. Certain radi-
cal elements are grooming Marcan-
tonio as the candidate for mayor
and Marcantonio Is establishing him-
self as a leader of militant labor
and unemployed groups.
These facts have national signifi-
cance because they must be linked
with a general movement among
radicals of varying degree toward
a permanent third party which would
present a presidential ticket in 1940
and lay foundations In the meantime.
The LaFollettes of Wisconsin. Gov.
Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia of New York.
President John Lewis of the mine
Objection Withdrawn
Stately Mrs. Howell Moorhead
a director and leading spirit of
the Foreign Policy Association
returned home from a meeting
one recent evening and found
herself locked out of her house.
She rang the bell and banged
on the door in an effort to arouse
her maid. No response came and
eventually she was forced to make
quite a racket.
Suddenly a voice boomed from
a second-floor window of the
house across the street:
"What do you mean disturb-
ing the peace of the neighbor-
hood at this time of night?”
Mrs. Moorhead turned and
there from the window protrud-
ed the famous whiskers of her
neighbor. Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes.
She explained politely enough
what had happened. The whiskers
withdrew from the window with-
out comment. Eventually she got
in.
workers. Vice President Prank Gor-
man of the textile workers and
many other leaders in politics and
labor including Socialists and Com-
munists are thinking in those terms.
There is as yet no general cohe-
sion in the movement and there
may never be but the essential nuc-
leus for such party Is the American
labor movement and it is believed
that if Lewis obtains control of
the A. P. of L. a labor party will be
here to stay.
Probably there is more labor senti-
ment for such party now than ever
before although most exponents of
third party thought favor re-elec-
tion of Roosevelt this year to avoid
what they term a “restoration of
reactionary republicanism.”
• • •
Planning for Future
The idea of running Marcantonio
or another radical for mayor of New
York next year isn’t accompanied
by any hope of victory. But it s am-
bitious enough. Those who harbor
it—and it may or may not come off
—feel that if a labor candidate could
poll. say. 350000 votes the psycholo-
gical effect over the country would
be sufficient to stimulate organiza-
tion for 1938 elections.
The New York situation is cloudy
however (Marcantonio and LaGuar-
dia. for instance are at sword's
points and no one knows how far
the former can get) so it's silly to
prophesy.
Moat third party plans may be
considered In the huddle or hot air
stage but it is quite likely that there
will be labor party or similar tickets
for state offices this year in states
besides Wisconsin and Minnesota
where control already has been won
by the Progressive and Parmer-Labor
parties respectively.
There is a possibility that Hey-
wood Broun will run for governor
of New York as a labor party can-
didate. with the aim of polling the
50.000 votes needed to put the party’s
ticket on the ballot in the 1938 elec-
tions.
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Practicing His Preachings
Herbert Hoover’s recent recom-
mendation that because of the dan-
gers of monetary inflation institu-
tions hedge their holdings in se-
curities payable in dollars by pur-
chasing common stocks real estate
and other non-money values was not
made for political effect. It came
from the heart.
For some time the ex-president
himself has been investing his money
in real estate; and certain of his
friends have reported that he pre-
fers property in relatively obscure
placet that no mob would be likely
to reach.
ONE MINUTE PULPIT
Bay unto wisdom. Thou are my
slater; and call ^^understanding thy
cmm mowme
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accepted »a paymeat lor ike "al-
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lU inaippr. aa peatilleaa aa Jaap.
TBp trip waa a gift to hla> *ro»
tkp parpnia af a eklld wkoap Ufp
Bp aarPd
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trlpad. ■ WOWS HO KB. a deipeilTP
Otkera oa board ir*i BORA
LABE tmmomm ortrraa aad owart
ad tkp Koktaor diamond: wealthy
pppppirlr MADAME DOREMI Si
DITCH LET! aad MAAME
JACKSOK blackmallera; TIAO
ROSSI oppra alpgprs KEB MAR-
TIN aad LIBDA BAYES Moor
akow patprtalppra
Dirk aad Jaar appnd mark ot
their time together Thea a mla-
aaderstaadlaa eomea betweeo
them
Dirk meets Bora Laae aod eo-
eorta hrr to a cabaret eatertaia-
meat to wbleb tbe sblp'a paaaea-
gpra arc to take part. Mloo t-a»*
appears oa the program hot rtoo
Roaai. with Jaar. relnaea to slog
Later Dirk nverheam a romna-
tfp scene between Jane and Tlno
BOW GO OB WITH THE *TORY
CHAPTER XII
JANE did not go directly to the
bar. She went to her state-
room to repair Imaginary ravage#
to tier face and hair and Tlno
waited for her outside in the
passageway She glanced in the
mirror and stood back in won-
der. Her face had a radiance it
had never owned before.
For a moment her thought*
drifted back to the chill fall
winds in the city back to ner
Jobless state But ahe bammed
these now. as easily as she pow
dered a shiny spot off her nose
The Bahamas were right oat
there under that gorgeous moon!
She had a romantic figure in tow
Tlno didn’t seem Impatient
when she came out to Join him
Together they made their way
Into tbe Venetian Room.
Last night she bad made a
spectacular entry Into this room
alone after her quarrel with
Dirk Strom. But tonight she
felt keenly this moment of per-
sonal triumph. The heady wine
of Tino’a flattery and his flowery
words bad gone to her head!
They stopped at the bar and
Jane sat on a high stool where ner
reddish head glistened under the
lights. At her side .Tlno made a
distinguished appearance.
To Jane It seemed that every-
one had merely corue oa from the
ballroom to the bar. Looking
about the room she saw Dirk
seated with Nora Lane and the
detective at a corner table. They
seemed quiet subdued.
Dirk bowed to her slightly
and she nodded In return. it
was the first friendly exchange
they had passed since their quar-
rel last night.
• • a
DIRK had turned to Nora Lane
again. He was afraid the ac-
tress had been aware of his dis-
traction over the newcomers in
the bar
But Misa Lane was busily en
gaged in talk with Snowsboea.
Snowshoes asked ber about the
Kokinor diamond and she smiled.
At tbe same time she let a band
slip to her throat where the Koki-
nor usually nestled and she
seemed almost surprised not to dis-
cover It there. Dirk saw her
flash.
“I was so distracted I forgot to
wear It tonight” she said.
*Td feel better” Snowshoes
said “if you’d band it over to tbe
ship’s purser for tbe rest of this
cruise.”
Her returning smile was one ot
sincere gratitude. “It’s nice x>
have you both think about my wel-
fare I bare two friends on board."
she said happily “Tell me more
about that fantastic numbers
racket. 1 think that is the worst
one of them alL“
“If there were a few more tn
dignant persons we could do somw
thing about tt But w« Americans
since the Spanish-American War.
seem to bare lost the power of
getting indignant over anything."
"It’s outrageous!" the ac trees
added.
“We harent outsmarted the
mobs yet. The numbers racket
gets the little change and now the
jewel thieves are organized to take
care of our new zeal for hoarding
precious Jewels. You might be in
terested to know how carefully
they work the whole country A
diamond merchant was forced off
the road outside a small Mississippi
town last week. They found his
riddled body in a ditch. The banl
in diamonds was forty thousand
dollars The old-time diamond
salesman amiable cuss carried
them around in a leather wallet.
Just as Diamond Jim Bradv did
But that’s all changed in the last
six months Jewel salesmen make
the rounds in armored curs Worn
en won’t wear their Jewels outside
the house. You'd think precious
stones bad become the only medium
of exchange."
“To get at the Jewels which be-
long to the Sultan of Hyderabad.”
Dirk put in. smiling “yon would
have to pass through dens of co-
bras. saber-toothed tigers and
lire."
• • •
CNOWSIIOES scoffed. “One of
^ our monocled Jewel thieves |
would charm the cobras make the
tigers purr like pussy cats and put
out the fire They’d get the dia-
monds If they found the cave
They’re clever."
“And you think we have them
with us on this cruise?” Nora
I>ane smiled at him. as one always
smiles at a man's pet alarm.
“Never can tell. You see them
in Paris You see them in Amster
dam You see them most frequent-
ly in de luxe resort hotels where
the rich congregate and wear their
Jewels I’ve seen hundreds of
them In my career as a hotel de-
tective We eaugbt one with the
goods at Lake Placid last winter
He was posing as a Belgian count
He wormed his way Into every
body’s confidence and on the night
of the Carnival ball at the Lake
Placid Club when guests were In
fancy costume and naturally did
not wear their Jewels. 50 people
were robbed. A housemaid caught
him In the fifty-first room and
locked him in When he tried to
escape from a window he fell and
broke bis arm We caught him "
Nora Lane said. “I will be more
careful with my diamonds in the
future I didn’t know lewel thieves
were re prevalent Why a few
years ago. you couldn’t sell a dia-
mond! They were drugs cm the
market.”
“But not any more. People are
Jittery about gold and silver money
today—unsettled conditions Noth-
ing seems safe to some people but
a store of precious Jewels.”
“Persons 1n the public eyes are
more subject to attack than oth-
ers.” the actress advised. “They
are publicized. Everybody knows
their personal habits where they
lived and alas! where they travel
i must admit 1 was rather an
nerved by that pbotograpner os
deck this afternoon.**
“Too bad a right to be!** Snow-
shoe* pat in “Since the snatch
racket tell under G-men hiova.
blackmailing baa got its noee un-
der the wire. Every yegg that
think* he has something on an-
other person tries to pnt on the
squeese.”
“I’ve been subject to extortion
threats for a long time My name
is in the papers too much. This
person—Mannie Jackson as yon
call him—may have meant no
barm Bat 1 suppose I've become
a little Jittery on the subject My
nerves—”
Snowshoes said laughingly. “Toe
need a bodyguard Miss Lane!”
Nora Lane looked at him and
without hesitation said. “Ton're
hired!”
Snowshoes laughed out loud
“No. no!” be said. “I'm on my
first vacation in 20 years. I waa
only Joking—*
• • •
CHE seemed terribly in earnest
^ and Dirk decided to tak* her
side At the thought of protection
she seemed to he happier.
“I'd like to see you undertake
that Job. SQowshoea.” Dirk said
“Really. I'm a little .afraid about
Miss Lane’s safety myself. Maybe
I’ve got the Utters too. but—*
"Oh. please do!” she added
*Tm sure yon wouldn’t leave me
with this feeling now. I do be
lieve I am in danger. Every In
st 1 net in me warns—”
Snowshoes was weakening. He
was old-fashioned enough to be
moved br the thought of a lady
in dlstrese “I'm not getting any
rest anyway.” he said. “Gamblers
Tough-looking enstomera all
around."
Dirk laughed heartily.
"I am a woman of experience."
Nora Lane went on. “I’ve had a
bodyguard before and I am pre-
pared to discuss the business end
of tt I would be grateful to yon
if you’d undertake the Job. and I’d
like to quote yonr fee—three bon
dred dollars for the duration of
this cruise."
Snowshoes waved a hand as If
be hadn’t expected to be paid for
anything bat Miss Lane was In-
sistent “On no other terms." she
said firmly.
“If I take the Job." Snowshoes
said tentatively “the first thing
we’U do is to go straight to Suit*
AA and get the Koktnor diamond
Well take It to the purser to be
locked up In the ship’s safe for the
remainder of this cruise "
He admonished her gently smil-
ing. “Ton ought never to leave a
Jewel like that locked np In a
room hotel private or stateroom
1 can take care of any blackmail
or extort!^ threats. All right
let’s go.“
Nora Lane stood np. Already
the harraesed look on her face
seemed to have faded away. She
was no longer tense She felt safe
in his hands.
She looked at Dirk and said.
“1 hope you’ll forgive me for want
lng to retire. I’ve enjoyed the eve-
ning so mnch. and don’t m me
spoil yonr fun. I know yonll want
to stay In the bar. Goodnight."
she said and gave him her hand.
As Nora Lane and the detective
went out of the bar. Dirk crossed
the room toward Jana He ap
proacbed her smiling wondering
what kind of reception he’d get at
her hands tonight
(To Be Continued)
-- f
The Compass
BY ARTHUR DUNN
THE THRILL Of RICHES
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Feb.
25.—Four desires impel men to ac-
cumulate property—desire for se-
curity. for luxury for thrills for
power.
The average wage earner does not
get much beyond that of money in
the bank for security in event of loss t
of work accident or old age. The'
man of great wealth will tell you he |
does not add to his possessions be- [
cause he craves more but because
of the fun of the game and the seme
of power.
In 1919 I tourneyed to Texas to
actually see the oil flowing from my
first fher in an oil cempanv. Great
excitement prevailed at Dallas Fort
Worth Wichita Falls. On the side-
walks stock salesmen solicited the
swarms of people to buy oil shares.
The stores had ceased to house the
usual mercantile concerns and low
railings divided them up into spaces
about 10 x 12 each enclosure being
the office of some oil company.
At Fort Worth the lobby of the
hotel was packed and the first two
or three bedroom floors were rented
as offices. No guest could remain
more than a few days; he must give
the ever-arriving horde of specula-
tors and salesmen their turn at ac-
commodations. Even alone in his
room on the top floor one could feel
the atmosphere charged with the
fever of speculation.
The same condition existed at
Wichita Falls only more so. Empty
lots were dotted with tents where
people psid $5 per night Just for a
place to sleep Burkbumett the ac-
tual scene of the oil rush had for-
merly been a small country com-
munity. Then derricks dotted the
land for miles in every direction.
In the town there was one in every
front or back yard; e\’en church
lawns were disfigured by oil gush-
ers.
Shelter there was even at a great-
er premium—covered wagons were a
picturesque part of the landscape.
The main street was like the pic-
tures in the movies of frontier
gold-rush towns—only there was no
boore. and no shooting. The mud
was so deep that we were glad to
pay a nickel to be ferried across
the street in a tin Lizzie.
Lands which had gone begging
at a few dollars per acre were now
selling at *10.000 to *15.000. Impov-
erished owners of small farms found
themselve*. ovemieht. rich beyond
their fondest dreams and were a
harvest for Jewelry salesmen. Dia-
monds adorned fingers stiff and
knotted by toll end sealskins warm-1
ed the backs bent with the struggle
of .veers it was all very thrilling.
My own investment yielded 400 per
cent in a short time.
I have Just revisited those same
communities. Dallas. Tort Worth and
W'ichita Fails are sober substantial-
looking cities No one Is excited and
no one is selling oil stock on the
streets. Burkburnett has lapsed back
into a quiet country town; the oil
derricks have vanished; the mud has
given place to concrete.
The momory of the hectic activity
of 16 years ago makes it all seem
empty and tame. But as I approach
Oklahoma City I recapture a bit of
the feel of oil-rush days. For I see
a metropolitan sky-line in which
hundreds of oil derricks mingle with
church spires and high office build-
ings.
On arriving I find the council be-
sieged for permissions to drill near
the handsome capitol building and
the zone of costly residences. It is
a lot of fun. this making money
quickly. The derrick Is a symbol of
wealth—oil is liquid gold and can
still make people rich over night.
Then I remember my recent visit
to TV A territory—to that Wilson
Dam just now so much in the lime-
light. I recall those working at mod-
est salaries to bring security and
luxuries to the squatters share-
croppers and tenant farmers. They
are having a lot of fun too—the
thrill of building and creating some-
thing tremendous. They are sharing
in the great experiment of guided
economic development of a people on
a large scale made possible by cheap
power by government planning and
supervision; and they danced in the
'treeta when the supreme court de-
cided they might carry on with their
task.
It may be Just another noble ex-
periment which may not succeed
yet I am glad to see the two diverse
economic systems tried out In the
eame country at the same time—the
old individualistic laissez falre. get
rich quick system the planned de-
velopment of resources and people
for the profit and benefit of the
latter. Which will prove superior?
Both have their good and bad
points. But I w’ould rather discover
by experience than by years of un-
satisfying debate.
(Copyright 1936 by Arthur Dunn)
Barbs
Italy has three new submarines.
If the Ethiopian rains continue the
natives may have to keep an eye
peeled for periscopes.
• • •
Investigations indicate that all
the principal varieties of dewber-
ries are In reality hybrids of black-
berries.
i
For Stamp Fans
Austria recently issued this char*
ity stamp. The design shows Field
Marshal Josef Radetzky. Thaee
stamps were sold at double tbeir
face value.
Grab Bag
With r-hat theory are J. P. B La-
marck Charles Darwin Herben
Spencer and Thomas Huxley identi-
fied?
Whose kite-flying experiment es-
tablished the identity of lightnint
and electricity?
What causes thunder?
Correctly Speaking—
A participle should be In the sam<
sentence with the substantive it log-
ically modifies and should be natur
allv and immediately connected wltt
It.
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Words of Wisdom
Reading maketh a full man con
ference a ready man. and writing at
exact man.—Francis Bacon.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. The theory of evolution.
2. Benjamin Franklin.
3. The disturbance of air by a dls-
charge of electricity.
Dinner Stories
The Real Question
Specialist: Could you pay for ai
operation if I thought one wai
necessary?
Patient: Would you find om
necessary tf I could pay for lit
Answers
to
(Questions i}
BY FKLlibKlC 4. HAS KIN
A reader can gat the ana war to any
question of fact bj writing The
Brownsville Herald. Information
Bureau. Frederic* J Baskin Direc-
tor. Washington D 0. Please en-
close three (Si rente foe reply
Q. Does the American Dental As-
sociation approve of advertising
dentistry? W. D. L.
A. The American Dental Asso-
ciation in its national convention
in October. 1933 at Memphis. Trim.
decided to advertise. However such
advertising is in no sense com-
mercial or individualized. Instead
it is confined to publicity on a
high plan and devoted exclusively
to dental education.
s s s
Q. How many of the blind people
in the United States lost their sight
early In life? J. A.
A. There are more than 50.000
blind persons in the United States.
Over one-third of this number lost
their sight In childhood or youth
and over two-lifths during early or
middle adult life or between 20 and
65 years of age.
• • •
Q. When did the Washington
family first acquire land In the
tract which became Mount Ver-
non? D. C.
• Of
A. The title of the Washington
family to Mt. Vernon early known
as the Hunting Creek Tract dates ^
from a grant made in 1674 by Lord ^
Culpeper to Lieut.-Col John Wash-
ington and Col. Nicholas Spencer
jointly consisting of 5000 acres “In
the freshes of the Pottomeek Riv-
er. and neare opposite to Piscata-
way. Indian town? of Marlland.*'
This Col. Washington known as
John the Emigrant was the first
member of the family to come to
America and was destined to be
remembered In history as the great-
grandfather of the first President
of the United States.
• • •
Q. Please give a biography of
Brian Donlew who is playing in
Strike Me Pink. S. L. M.
A. Born in Portadown County
Armagh Ireland Mr Donlevy was
brought to this country when he
was a baby. He attended elemen-
tary’ school in Cleveland and at
fourteen ran away from St. John’s
Military Academy in Wisconsin to
join the Lalayette Escadrille. He
became a sergeant-pilot and was
wounded twice. In 1919 he entered
the United States Military Academy
but left to look for work in New
York. His first stage performance
was in What Price Glory? Subse-
quently he played in Three for One
Milky Way and Life Begins at
8:40. In the movies he was seen aa
Knuckles in Barbary Coast.
• • •
Q. What has been done with the
silent movie films? M. H.
A. Some of them are in the stor-
age houses of the production com-
panies others have been placed In
museums and many have been de-
stroyed.
_ • • •
Q. Will an electric clock be as ac-
curate as a chronometer? M. L.
A. The National Bureau of
Standards says that the fluctuation
in frequency of the electric power
circuit causes errors In the clock
amounting to as much as 15 or 20
seconds at times. In a long run ^
such as a day. these errors are gen-
erally about neutralized. For gen-
eral commercial purposes these
clocks are very satisfactory but
they are not precision instrument*
unless operated from a very care-
fully controlled circuit. Clocks of
this type cannot be regulated for
error. Chronometers are regular
timekeepers that are capable of be-
ing adjusted and regulated to keep
time within a fraction of a second
a day. The rate is generally regular
and not subject to fluctuations.
THE OUTSTANDING NATURAL
WONDER IN EtCH STATE
Trying to pick the most beautiful
natural scene In each State In tho
Union Is as difficult as trving to find
the proverbial needle In the proverbial
hay-stack In making the selection our
Washington Information Bureau haa
tried to choose the »cene most famous
most typical of the State and most
beautiful. Every one who loves na-
ture will enjoy owning a copy of this
publication. No American can read tt
without feeling a new sense of prld*
tn his country. It is printed in soft
green and brown tones and will be mail-
ed to any address tn the United States
for ten cents In coin
USE THIS COUPON
The Brownsville Herald.
Information Bureau.
Prederlc J Hailcln. Director.
Washington. D C
I enclose herewith 10c In coin (care-
fully wrapped! for a copy of Natural
Scenes of the United States.
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