San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-31
FLYING CHIPS.

N& SNJ
Written for the LIGHT.
Keep lookout for your nose.
What's become OF "Devirs Slide"
Brer. Craig?
Would Jose like to make friends
with the A. P. A?
San Antonio suburbs all need
better fire protection.
Has Denver Bill really any
mayorality aspirations?
The ice wagon driver may be
said to have a "cold snap" .
The teacher who reprlmands the
child is not always at fault.
Girls who attend moonlight pic
MICS should not leave their chap
erones.
The Lantern does not shine on
the court house crowd as bright as
at first.
His loudness the dude, is now
in all his glory and white duck
trousers.
Policemen, who clear the side
walks, should watch out for eight
in coons."
What's the matter with local
politics? Is each fellow afraid of
the other one?
The brethren seem awfully anx.
ious to visit the "Rescue Home" to
offer consolation.
The "open air" preachers seem
to enjoy holding services on the
west side OF town.
Moonlight picnics are quite pop
ular-msybe the red bugs stay in
their lair at night.
Boys who send bouquets to
another fellows girl had better
keep their weather eye peeled.
Two or three Sunday schools in
one neighborhood are sure to raise
the devil among the neighbors.
The average politician is like an
old maid-wants to get his man,
and will use all means in his power
to do so.
The Epworth Leaguers havn't
yet adopted resolutions against
the Sunday picnic, but that may
come next.
The fellow who gets stuck on
himself, because he imagines he
has "pretty face" Is fool of the
first water.
The man who attends Sunday
school in the morning and brushes
the can" in the afternoon expects
to go-where?
The Scoops" must like the "cross
the creek" beats, from the many
Interesting conversations they have
with "the girls"
Boss Quincy will find his in
fiuence about as strong at the Ma
tional convention as glass OF
lemonade at church festival.
Little would-be dudes, who stand
on the corners and make remarks
about passing ladies deserve to be
wsllowed in the street cutters.
A San Antonio city council
meeting might be likened unto a |
Salvation army service-a b
of a lot of noise with poor results.
The fellow who takes a front
seat in church and says "amen |"
the loudest is not always the one
who contributes the most to
charity.
The old saying at is cheaper
to move than pay rent" can now
truthfuliy be reversed il you have
to hire transfer wagon to do the
moving.
The man who stops his paper be-
cause one issue appears on Sunday
morning, is too good for this world.
He needs a pair of wings and a
golden harp.
The man who is too stingy to
subscribe for newspaper, but bor-
rows his neighbours as soon as it
arrives, is considered nuisance by
the neighbor.
Maybe the plous 1olks VIII let
up on the ice cream festival a lit
tie now that they have caught on
to the trolly car party. They'll |
rush 1t for while.
By the average person, police
man who will not take glass of
beer is considered fool, especially |
when he has six months back sal
airy due him, and needs consolation |
of some kind.
The police would do well to keep |
a watch on Goliad street, near the |
Santa Clara school, about o'clock |
in the afternoon, where the schol-
ars line up against each other la |
Quincy convention style.
Parents who allow their five and |
six-year-old children to gather on
the street corners at night to
smoke cigarette snipes and "cuss,n
need not be disappointed lif those