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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-15
WANTED TO BUY

HENRY A. ROGERS HAS A NEW FUR
nlture shop; repairs. males and refin-
ishcs all classes Of furniture: will take
your old furniture as payment for work
done: We sell new and second-han nd furni-
ture, cash or credit. Henry A. Rogers
Furniture Co.. e39 W. Commerce. Travis
4422.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-15
HELP WANTED FEMALE

GIRL OR WOMAN WANTED TO HELP
along with 2-year-old child. 507 San
Pedro Ave.
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
A Thrilling Story of the Running Down
of a Band of Master COunterfeiters
!. By the Secret Service

mediately beyond the north-front-
ing windows.
When the miniature.painter and
her youthful sitter re-entered the
room they saw this same old lady
doing heavily in her armchair.
The child resumed her pose in the
mellow side-hght from the north
window. The nurse went back to
her Sudermann. The painter once
more took up her brush. But those
repeated Interruptions seemed to
have taken the zest from her
touch.
She bent over her work for sew
eral minutes. Then she suddenly
pushed back her chair, stood up,
and announced that the sitting
would have to end. There could be
another appointment, If necessary.
But she could not go on with the
picture that day.
The old lady in black, pulling
herself together after being shaken
out Of her sleep, fumbled with
scratchpad and ear-trumpet and
finally came to an understanding
of the situation.
She was by no means willing to
be put off. The miniature was
begun, and there was no reason
why it should not be finished, and
finished before they started North.
''Then it will have to be in the
evening" announced the owner OF
the studio, ''for my days for the
rest of the week will be quite
taken up"
To this the old lady in black
eventually agreed, provided the
work could be properly done by
electric Light. On being treasured
Of this the group moved brokenly
toward the door.
But for one brief moment the
eyes behind the amber-cloured
lenses searched the face of the
woman So inhospitably ushering
them out. Still again about that
self-contained and ascetic face the
searching eyes seemed able to dis
Germ some vague sense Of the
pathos Of isolation, as though
once ardent and buoyant spirit had
been driven under protest into a
shadowy underworld of solitude.
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

F" Kings al home had gone
hopelessly wrong with Bag
- ley and he and Make had
decided that there was nothing
left but divorce. He was to begin
that day to arrange for the final
settlement, giving her half of
everything; then she was to go
to a State where divorce was
easy, and - well, that was all.
They had arranged all the details
at the breakfast table; it was
the first matter he reflected bit
terly, upon which they had
agreed for months.
He had loved Make; he loved
her still. He thought of their
wedding five years ago; of the
little grave in Roseland. He held
his newspaper closer, and as he
did so one sentence forced itself
upon his comprehension with a
kind of shock. 1t was the head
line of an advertisement, and he
read it with sudden, eager inter-
est: -.. .-.-.-
you have trouble at home, or
in your business affairs; you need
my advice. I teach you how to
work with the constructive prin-
ciple of nature. Every act Of your
life is either constructive or de-
structive; learn to make them all
constructive, and you cannot fail
to get what you want. Mug
gridge, Teacher of Constructive
Science, 544 Blank street.
AS the tram rolled into the city
he tore out the advertisement
and put it in his pocket, and an
hour later was climbing thu
stairway at 544 Blank street.
Muggrldge proved to be a quiet
gentleman, of refined appear.
ance; his manner invited conf
dence, and Bagley frankly told
him all his story.
THE happiness Of marriage"
said the dispenser of advice, de
Ponds upon the presence of mar
riage love, love which trans
cends the mere attraction of the
sexes in that it is personal draw
ing the one woman to the one
man, and vice versa. Marriage
love is created by the process
called courtship, and the thoughts,
actions and mental states in
your home.
You courted your wife and
maRiage love existed between you,
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
NOW, THE NEW
EDUCATION

10y "ulo "A. NuCheeVef-
II n subtle manner none could
have foreseen year ago, the
- education OF our children is
swinging from the eye to the ear
as the chief instrument.
We are now receding from the
movie age and catering to the
radio age of child and Juvenile
culture.
The radio is quieting, arouses
the reflective moods and inspires
the creative imagination. This
instrument is destined to become
as common in the ordinary home
as the sewing machine and the
monograph, and it is quite as
helpful in the family scheme of
existence.
Out. of this radio age there
should come a race of thinkers
and philosophers, men and women
who will take what goes into the
intelligence through the ear, and
through the imagination, clothe
it with life and movement.
1t is the creative. as against
the created imagination of the
film picture. 1t is a case OF the
mind put to work as compared
with he ia
tended paths.
The radio is bringing back the
refined essence of the old district
school, where the small group
listened and the listeners thought
and planned. Out of the old
country schoolhouse came the
rugged. aggressive performers of
the work of society.
Here, for example, is a man in
the fifties, the manager of a
great national organization, with
a large office in a towering build
ing in the biggest city in the
world. This man was born in a
sod house and went to school in
a little sod building on the west
ern prairie. He had time to
think and TO act on his own ini-
tiative and to organize his own
imagination.
Let us parents and teachers all
hail with joy and high expectancy
the age of the radio. If we can
make it an instrument of general
inexpensive service, as now seems
assured, the problems Of disci-
pline and management will dwindle
more than half.
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

think" said he
And you say that you intend
to keep this house." she asked.
Yes"
"You-you-think that you will
marry. again?''
She. too, was looking steadily
at the fire, and her lips were
twitching as If she wished to
laugh.
at may do so,'' he replied.
How soon?"
II shall wait a reasonable time
after you get your divorce
''And have you any one in
mind?" she asked sweetly. Ignor-
ing the impudence of the ques-
ton, he answered calmly, still
gazing at the fire:
'Well, not exactly. haven't
said anything to her, of course;
but 1 had thought of the merry
widowAyou know, Mrs. Plum
leigh"
Make turned on him with flash
ing eyes, and a red spot on either
cheek.
Jack Bagley," she said. don't
you dare think of bringing that
brazen thing here! Do you sup
pose I would let her have my
lovely homeland you? I'm going
to stay myself" She slipped from
her chair and fell on her knees
beside him, hiding her face on
his breast. And oh, Jack" she
sobbed in muffled tones, "if
you'll promise always to be as
nice to me as you've been the
last six weeks, I'll try hard to
be, good to you; I will indeed,
Take me back and love me again,
Jack; please take me back!
don't want to be divorced at
ALL"
BLESSED be Muggridge and the
constructive principles" said
Bagley, as he lifted his wife to
his knee.
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

other just as any two well-bred
people might who should live for
a time under the same roof. We
will make no reference whatever
to the past, the future, or to the
business 1 have Gin hand until it
becomes absolutely necessary. Will
you join me in this?'
YES" she said. "It will be
better than quarreling, and prefer
able, 1 suppose, to continual
silence
From that time on he managed
matters SO that they were seldom
alone. He obtained invitations to
all sorts of social functions, and
this made necessary the giving of
many little dinners and parties at
the Bagley home. In all these
affairs he played a conspicuous
part; he was very gay, but he
never failed in his courteous atten-
ton to his wife.
A week later, he brought home
a box of roses for her to wear at
a party. She dressed before din
ner; and as they sat at table
he conplimented her on her ap-
pearance. She blushed like a
girl; it had been two years since
she had heard such praise from
him.
Later she asked him, trying to
be casual:
"Can you tell, now, just when
you can make your final settle
ment with me?"
"In about three or four days,
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

GLANCE tightening of hands-the
"A stamping Of tiny footwhat worlds meaning
- \ thing discloses
Consider the problem Cupid strives correctly
CuDds clinical Thermometer must fly boiling
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
Second Cou1tship, Story of Quarrel

; then you ceased to apply the cause
and the effect gradually subsidized.
You must institute a second court
ship at once.
Before marriage we attract
each other by making the most of
ourselves, and by being blind to
each others faults; and the con-
tinuance of marriage love depends
upon the continuous operation of
the causes which produce it.
Courtship is constructive of mar
riage love and Of welded happi-
ness. That is all, l think, Mr..
Bagley."
Bagley paid liberal fee. and
went out with frightened face.
He thought over it all day, and
went home at night with his
plans fully formed. Make was
silent at dinner, and he made no
attempt at conversation until bed
time; then, as she sat musing be.
fore the fire. he laid aside the
paper he had been pretending to
read, and said quietly:
1T will require some weeks
time to arrange the business
matters of which we were speak
Ing this morning. Meanwhile we
must keep up appearances. in
order to avoid gossip. And since
everything is now understood be-
tween US, there is no reason why
we should not have the semblance
Of friendship at home as well as
elsewhere. Let us forget that we
are married, and treat each
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
= I am twenty-one and en-
gagged to man twenty-five. We
were engaged two years ago, in
tending to marry this summer. But
as he is learning trade and will
get his license next year, we have
decided to wait another year, as
we both want a nicely furnished
home and money for a rainy day,
and as he won't permit me to
work after we're married, he
thinks it best for us to wait until
next June
Now. it's quite emharra ssing
for me-. for, as the time draws
near every one is asking me ques-
tions. | have received many gifts
for my hope chest, and a few
girl friends want to give me
showers as soon as the wedding
date is settled Do you think to
avoid embarrassing questions we
should get married this year and
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
BY Ann Isle,
Whose Present Serial Has Scored
q Big Popular Success.
copyright 1923, by King Features
Syndicate. Incl

<[T UNDERSTAND" said,
quietly. I'm trying to
be sensible, Jim. But
I've missed you almost be-
yond endurance. There were
times when thought I couldn't
go on bearing the uncertainty. I
didn't know where you were and
what you were doing. Hard times
came along and had to find my
way out alone. Danger caught up
with me. and / had to meet it all
by myself. / had no one"
You managed to enlist a few
helpers. didn't your laughed Jim.
And I'll say it was darn clever
Of you to pick such able-lieuten-
ants. A newspaper man is a fine
choice for one. And you made
good with Mabel and stood by her
through thick and thin. She
adores YOU. That's some big ac-
compIishment I'll tell you-for IL
ever there was reserved Lone
wolf of a womAn it's Mabel
Storrs. We can't afford to start
romancing now. The days ahead
with a lot to be dones I've got to
hang on to myself. Don't make 1t
hard for me please be merciful
Lilac Princess
Jim, dear." I cried, my heart
singing at the hint of emotion in
leash and struggling to be free.
"Of course I'll-be businesslike
and--conservative, I'm glad you
approve of my friendship with
Mabel"
Another thing I approve Of
and o. K. all along the line, is
this Lacy affiliation," said Jim.
That's all to the good Where
can get hold to this Lacy chap
if / need him?''~ ~
He's at the Star. He's adver-
Using manager" replied.
He came to my side with an
air of possession that was too
taken-for-granted to be fraught
with emotion. He put his hand
under my chin and lifted my
, face. I was ready for his kiss
longing for it, when a knock
sounded at the door. Jim smoth-
cred a laugh and strobe back a
step or two, folding his arms in
a most business-like way as I
called: "Come."
Frank, the clever young office
boy Ralph Lacy sent to me, APP
peared in the doorway with a
sheepish grin on his face which
suggested that he might have
caught a telltale silhouette
through the ground glass upper
part of the door.
There's an awful important
telephone m sa ge coming
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
HE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur STR
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES


through for you, Mrs. Harrison
announced Frank. Miss May
says do you want her to handle
it or will you come out into the
main office and take it, or What?"
"I'll take it right here" I re-
piled, with no premonition OF
what was to follow.
Miss May said to tell you it's
Mr.. Norreys asking If you want
him to get in touch with Mr..
Fairbrother for you" the boy
went on, with something astonish-
ingly impressive in his voice. Il
realized with a start just what
must be coming, and inyoluntar.
lily I exclaimed:
What date is this?'
CURLY Jim told me the day and
date.
Please get Mr.. Fairbrother
himself on the wire," I said to-
Frank, "and tell Miss May 10
ring me as soon as she has him
And ask her to tell Mr.. Norreys
I'll ring him later
AS the boy left my office, clos
ing the door after him, 1 turned
to Jim with an apologize smile:
you said I'd have affairs to,
attend to. See - how right you
We're"
II see" s4td Jim. griTnly. $50,
then, it's understood that you get
Phoebe and JEANNE together for
the family reunion and that you
realize that can't see you until
the clan meets. Since I, too. have
affairs of a secret nature calling
me-
Why, Jim, I've no secrets, 2 Il
began, nervously facing my big
Phoebe and JEANNE together for
Phoebe complication.
MOP" asked Jim with sudden
eagerness. '"Then-I'n stay"
There was. something tense and
harsh in his manner as he sani
into chair, his eyes dark an6
challenging. and resting on my
face with something felt rather
than saw.
Then the telephone rang. AS
I answered its summons pulled
myself together and tried e
gather every faculty for tn.
crisis knew was imminent.
AS picked up the telephone
to talk to Mr.. Fairbrother, trie;
to forget that Jim was there
But even while / made the effort
/ knew how futile it was. Every
word said must be colored by
the fact that Jim sat across the
room from me struggling with
the old resentment he has always
felt at the merest mention of
Anthony Norreys' name.
Good morning. This is Mrs.
A. L. Harrison. My note is due,
believe, and without waiting for
my three days of grace, I'd like
to take it up"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
By Arthur Stringer,
Famous Writer Of Novels and Short
Stories of international Fame.
PART /.


PART /.
-HE tilt of the chin as the
head was thrown back to
observe through dropping
lids the effect of the first hurry
ing brush-strokes seemed as UNI
studied and adorable as before.
Yet the watcher did not fail to
observe the facile and quick-finger-
ed hand as it worked, and the
thought that this hand belonged to
the, most skillful forger in all
Europe suddenly robbed the face
of its inherent loneliness. The
mere memory Of it sent witch
of revolt through the dowdy old
lady in black. 1t seemed incredi-
BILE. A look of shadowy bewilder-
ment troubled the eyes behind the
amber lenses. But the painting
went on in silence.
This silence was shattered by the
sudden shrill of. a call-bell. At
that sound, however, the old lady
In the armchair neither. stirred nor
blinked.
1t was the younger woman at
the drawing-desk who started,
looked apprehensively about,
paused moment, and tfen quickly
crossed to the table where the
telephone stood. There, placing
the receiver at her ear. she listen
ed intently, speaking back an oc-
casional guarded monosyllable or
two, in Italian. 1t was. plain that
she was receiving and not deliver
ing a message. When she return
ed to her work she did SO with
somewhat heightened colour and
with a more energetic movement
of the fingers as she bent over the
little oval of ivory.
A second interruption to this
work came in the form of q per-
emptory knock on the entrance
door. Again the woman who call
ed herself Miss Heating stopped
in her labors, looked from the
novel-reading nurse to the slum-
berous figure in black, and then
promptly answered the knock.
1t turned out to be nothing
more than street peddler, selling
sponges. So eager was he to
make a sale, so eloquent was. he in
his talk, that the preodcupied
woman apparently purchased a
sponge as the most expeditions
way Of ending his opportunities.
That young woman, however,
had scarcely reached her chair be-
fore the knock was repeated, more
peremptorily than ever.
This time she was greeted by the
Siciliaa sponge-seller with fire in
his eye and indignation in his
voice. He loudly proclaimed that
the silver coin she had given him
was spurious. This, once she had
comprehended his dialect, she firm
~ but gently denied, only to be
04et with a louder storm of abus-
I've anger. So persistent were his
outcries that first the child and
then the uniformed nurse follow
ed the miniature-painter into the
hallway, where, apparently by
accident, the door closed behind
them.
Yet in the few moments during
which that alteration took place
the dowdy old lady in black was
the most active figure in Palermo.
She had fitted keyblanks covered
With coloured wax to each of the
doors leading from that room.
She had experimentally lifted. the
telephone receiver and heard a
voice answer from the other end
Of the wire. She had examined
the desk drawers, and bad traced
out the wire-circuts, and had even
made careful note of what lay i'm
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

YOU aren't marrying to please
your friends, but to estab-
lish your own happiness. You
owe no explanations. But if you
feel embarrassed at questions,
why not tell the truth. 1t is an
honorable truth. You want to
wait until your marriage is es-
tablished on a firm basis. You
don't want to plunge into matrt-
mony before you are prepared for
it. There Is no reason why you
shouldn't tell the absolute truth
But there is no reason why any.
one should pry into your affairs
or embarrass you in any way if
you merely say with quiet and
assured dignity that you have de-
cided to wait another year.
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
les Children Starts Monday
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the BIRTH in 1896 Of Mar
= shall Soult one of Napoeon's ablest generals. He
did much to neutraze Wellngtons strategy Banished
after Waterloo he died honered in France in 1851.
The Washington times., 1923-03-29
A PythOn's Long Fast

A MONSTER python at the London zoo recently broke
a two and half years fast by devouring pigeon.
He celebrated thefeat by eating three at meal
Snakes have VIGOROUSLY erratic appetites
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

sink depths-a in
passinghe sometimes thinks that she fingers the
mentally temperate
But who monotony? Certainly loves her
andas he watches her wonders
really
would to show All, THAT'S question!-POPINI
The Washington times., 1923-03-29

; economiZe, or wait till next year
and have a nice wedding, honey
moon trip and bank account?
ELEANOR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
DAILY BUSINESS EDITORIAL
Alabama Iron Making Advantages Periodically Show
 Themselves
By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

overdone and where opportunity advedy call for of early ovedong natural companions The makers ot have drawn inspiration from the open spaces of relative position of countrys and steel The Birmingham iron dis of the sold condition of furnaces and furnaces idle which could be blown n This is say Alabama having her filling books third make and the Alabama makers may phoophcay graions without 'hurry Alabama symmetrca produc merchant for mills The developed materially by and they take That the the competition of abama chief of foundry has become comparatively negligible factor
  feature in Tennessee operations
 merchant iron the south has rapidly the grow pipe neighborng pipe this The country grows the industry demand for mingham pig iron.
 
 mand for product Eastern iron weak at this time account of much marketed The least suffering from congestion
  first half of the tonshav
  of unmarked iron on hand and very little order books
 In of the and steel trade Alabama has faed there domestic market Alabama dcoverd the Glasgow Trieste Copenhagen Bremen Hamburg I2OO,OO0 tons of her iron to these ports.
 There much profit this but kept the hom overhead work During Alabama keel fof other sections.
 advantage there which acute situations in iron and steel graphically point the finger at advan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
PACE QUICKENED. AFTER USTLESS. OPENING OF CURB

NEW YORK, July 1S.-Trading In todays curb market started off in q. rather listless manner, but tht pace qulckened as the day progressed and q good rally was in progress at the close. The days volume of sales was on considerably reduced scale, as indicated by total transactions Of only 7S00 shares in Standard Oil of, Indiana as against a normal daily average of 25,000.
 Maracaibo was one of the strong spots of the oil group, closing 1 12 higher at 219s. Gains of point orr more also were recorded by Stan dard Oil of Kentucky and Continental oil, while other Standard and inde-. pendent shares improved fractionally.
 Midvale Steel and Rec Motors, each up more than a point, were the stron points of the industrial group. Two3 hundred and fifty thousands shares of no par common stock of the American Multigraph company were admitted to trading and a few trans. actions recorded at $23, the subscrip- tion price.
 Few important changes took place in the mining group. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
BONDS ARE DULL WITH UNDERGONE
 SEEMINGLY FIRM

NEW YORK, July 1J.-Today's bond market was dull affair. Fluctua- tions generally were very small, but the undertone seemed firm.
 There was some selling of public utility bonds, losses of a point each being recorded by Utah Power and Light 6s, Northern States Power 5s and Columbia Gas 5s. International Mercantile Marine 6s also yielded A
 Railroad mortgages were quiet with most changes fractional. New York Central Consolidated As and Minneapolis and St. Louis refunding 4s each gained a point.
 New York, West Chester ana Sos- ton 412s lost points. Chicago Rail-a way 5s were in demand moving up a point.
 United States government bonds, with the exemption of the tax-exempt' 31as, which eased slightly, were inn proved moderately. Foreign govern ment bonds were steady. ss
 Total sales (par value) were S7,664, 900. *
 There were reports of q s1o,000,0Oo intermediate credit bank 4-s bond offering next week.