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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Judges Say Educated Men
Do Not Make Good Jurors

he believes the American jury sys-
tenn is as near perfect as a system
can be.
. Qualifications Of a Juror.
Approximately 10000 names are
placed in the jury wheel in Bexar
county each August and from these
names the jurors for the regular
terms of court are drawn. Each citi-
zen and qualified voter is subject TO
a jury service of eight days in the
year or four days each six months.
The names are drawn from the wheel
in the presence Of the district judge,
a representative of the sheriffs de-
partment and the clerk of the court.
These names are placed in an en-
velope and sealed, the cards drawn
from the wheel being placed in an
other envelope. The clerks are sworn
not to open the envelopes until the
time required by law which is not
more than 80 days nor less than ten
days before the term for which they
are drawn. A copy of the list is
furnished to the sheriff in order that
he may serve the Jurors.
In the case of regular jurors and
special venires, the names may be re-
turned to the wheel when the jurors
so drawn do not serve.
Qualifications of juror are as
follows: He must be citizen,
free holder in the state or a house.
holder In the county, must have been
q resident of the state for one year
and of the county for six months, a
qualified voter, must read and write
English and must be between the
ages of q and 60 years old. Although
a man above GO is not disqualified
from serving as juror, he can claim
exemption on account Of his age.
The following persons also are ex-
empt from jury service: Lawyers,
physicians, peace officers, firemen,
pharmacists. postoffice employees, rail-
way mail clerks, mail carriers. All
jurors must be of good moral charac-
ter, must have visible means of
support, and must never have been
convicted of felony, unless they
have been subsequently pardoned.
Many Oppose Death Penalty.
Ordinarily, district judges believe,
men had rather serve. on a civil jury
tuuh vi CEilhiuut jury, prluClpaliy
because they are allowed to go home
at night to their families and are not
locked IN as is the case in a criminal
trial. Others prefer criminal cases,
however, because they are usually
fraught with more interest.
There are many men who do not
want to serve as jurors in either case
and many are the excuses offered.
The most frequent excuse all agree,
in a capital case is conscientious
scruples regarding the infliction of
the death penalty. The majority of
those offering this excuse, jurists be-
lieve are really opposed TO capital
punishment and do not offer it in
an attempt to evade jury service.
These objections are not confined to
any particular race or creed but dis
close a growing tendency of the world
to do away with capital punishment.
The selection Of a jury in a Grim
inal case, attorneys explain, is a mat
ter which requires deep thought and
the exercise of rare ingenuity. For
instance the state endeavors to secure
jurors who will most likely favor
conviction while defense attorneys
want jurors who will be lenient with
their clients. They look up the records
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
M. Krueger Tells Experiences
of Collecting His Pictures

The old class of painters had died out,
and the Cubists, Expressionists, and
Euturists had replaced the old mas
tiers, and when arrived in Europe
in March the art market was bare.
Whenever there was an auction by a
well-known collector, there appeared
bidders from all countries of Europe
to divide up the last there was, and
in competition with the art dealers of
Europe, the prices ran high. l knew
it was my last and only chance to
buy the class Of paintings that 1 ad-
mired. The exhibition of paintings in
the Frost building is the result of
three months of hard work, but / am
pleased.
Pictures Not for sale.
"Now as to the value of the paint
ings. This is delicate question which
L would rather not answer. Since
none OF the paintings are for sale, as
l wish to keep the collections together,
it should not matter to the visitor
what cash value the paintings have.
As a general thing, fine .aintings are
valued in art markets at the first
purchase price, plus 100 per cent added
every ten years.
81 have bought some Of the best
pictures at very low prices. For in
stance, / bought the portrait of a
girl by Edouard Bison, the great
French painter. i bought 1t at auc-
ton for only $500, while Bison sold
it many years ago for 10000 francs,
or $4,000. The fine painting by Ach-
enbach, showing a night scene at Ma
pies, / bought from a public gallery
for $4,000. Achenbach himself sold it
for 10000 gold marks in the nineties.
A committee of art lovers from Frank
fort-on-the-Main followed me all the
way to Hamburg wanting to save this
picture for Germany at a price of
$4,000. So you see the '.;fficulty to
say just what the collection is worth
in money.
San expert in art matters, who
studied the collection very carefully,
told me few days ago: This exhibit
is worth $1,000 but you could not
replace It for $20U, 060.' / assure the
inquisitive that my expenditures for
all the paintings is less than $50, 900,
and as none If the pictures are for
sale please do not ask me to price each
painting by itself.
Public Is Welcomed.
"The collection is now turned over
to the Art League of the city, of
which Mrs. Henry Drought is presi-
dent, who will take pleasure in well
coming the public TO see the pictures.
If our efforts in getting an art ex-
hibit for San Antonio are appreciated,
we ask as favor, public assistance
in getting a permanent home for the
collection by voting for a bond issue
which will give the pictures suit
able gallery in the new auditorium.
The first afternoon of the exhibit.
which was Friday, attracted about 300
persons to the galleries where the
pictures have been adv1ntageously
hung under Mr.. Krueger's personal su-
pe-vision. Catalogs of the pictures
have been provided. The exhibit will
be kept open from . in the morning
until > 80 IN the afternoon of week
days, and from 9 until 3 on Sun
days. All visitors are requested to
register with Mr.. Cowdry, the Gus
todian.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
WOULD AID RANCHERS
Bass Confers With Tax Officials at
Washington to Help Texans.

Washington, ID. C., Sept. 15.-C.
L. Bass, collector of internal revenue
for South and West Texas, is in
Washington for conference with
officials of the income tax division.
Merely routine business" said
Bass.
Il want TO see il We cannot obtain
something of n modification of de-
partmental rulings under which we
can compromise some of the cases
against the West Texas cattlemen.
"Some of these men have been hit
mighty hard and if we press them
to the limit might be compelled to
60 under.
81 do not feel that the government
wants to drive these men into bank
ruptcy and IL we can settle their cases
most of them will be able to get back
on their feet again.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
BUSY AT BROWNSVILLE
Border High School Squad Pledges a
Winning Team.

Brownsville. Tex, Sept. Is
Brownsville High school will have
winning football team this year." was
the prediction made at banquet at
tended by the football squad, coach.
faculty and a number of fans. The
banquet finally resolved into a pep
meeting, and every member of the
football squad pledged TO make every
possible effort to again carry the
Brownsville banner to victory this
year.
Short addresses were delivered by
s. G. Tucker. Harbert Davenport.
Superintendent zoe. Del Perkins, Jonn
Galbraith, Coach Smith. L., B. Win,
ans. Rev. Marshall and W. A. Rasco.
Trimming is already under way, IN
der the direction of Coach Smith.
who states he has excellent materiai
this year with which to build up u
winning team.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

ar often excuse him. also excuse
farmers at the busiest time of the
year when their crops need attention.
Where a family is i'll i also consider
that as good excuse"
judges and attorneys alike agree that
an ignorant person makes the best
juror. Ordinarily he is n man of
limited education. This is explained
by the fact that they are closer OBJ
servers and are inclined to depend
upon their memory whereas business
and professional men usually have
some one else to remember these
things for them or depend upon notes.
That is what makes an attorney an
unusually. poor witness, one judge
said. One judge believes that a
negro and a child make the best wit
nesses because of their custom of
close observation.
Aside from the subject of Jurors
and witnesses the courts furnish an
interesting study and Judge Ander-
son, during his leisure moments, en-
tertains San Antonio attorneys with
stories of the bench. His worst ex-
perience, he declares. came in the
trial of a divorce case.
Both Had New Job.
A woman appeared in court with
four small children, ranging from 4
to 10 years. They were Dright-eyed,
clean cut boys. The evidence war
ranted the granting Of the divorce.
"And Madam" the judge said, II
am going to award you the custody
of the children"
"But Judge, don't want them"
came the reply.
-Why note"
II am offered q position in a
nearby town and am leaving to-
night"
"Where is your husband?" the
judge asked.
The man out there with the blue
shirt on" she replied.
"You with the blue shirt come
here the judge said. "Is this your
wife," =,
at is Your Honor" the man re-
piled. ,.-s
; @Are these your childreni'
"They are"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

Il award you the custody Of
them"
But ] don't want thon. ] also
have job offered me and / am
leaving tonight"
The outcome was that the boys
were left on Judge Anderson's hands
and later placed in orphan homes.
Two of them subsequently were
adopted and given good homes. Judge
Anderson never heard from the par
ents.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Houston Centenarian Dies.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 15.-Funeral
services for William H. Fleig, aged
100 years, who died at his home at 2
a. m. Friday, were held Saturday at
10 a. m. Burial was in the Washing
ton cemetery, Rev. IT,. Windham off
ficiating. Captsin Fleig is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. l.. d. Fetch
err. Mrs. L. II. Rueckert and Miss
Elizabeth Fleig of Houston; three
sons, A. G. of Orange. Texas, r. v.
of indianapolis, Ind. and w. n. ira
of Houston.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not
graveyard, a beautiful well kept
lrial park. Crockett 16SS.-(Ady.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26
BY MARIAN HALE

NEW WORKMAN, conqueror of
the modern era, may give up the no.
ton of gaining complete sway owe
the populace.
For so long as there is art and
literature, there Will remain many Of
the old school even in wicked New
York who care more for these than
for cocktails and trombones.
One of the strongholds of this old
school is Miss Anne Parker Miners
unique book and handicraft salon.
This is a fast growing club with
artistic, social and commercial am
billions. Its headquarters is Miss
Miners charming, roomy apartment,
right off Fifth venue in the most
fashionable section of New York.
One of its aims is to give the au-
thor and his readers a chance to
meet.
OBVIOUSLY an author cannot go
out in the highways and byways and
urge people to read his books. But
he should have a chance to be heard,
we think Miss Miner explained to
me.
so we have weekly book review
~luncheons to which we invite a pub
Usher to send US one of his best au-
thors for a talk. We also ask the
publisher TO send a consignment of
his books so the members may pur-
chase them afterward if they wish.
People are always more interested in
an author after they have heard him
talk"
But this is not all. From litera-
ture it is a mere step to handicrafts.
Those who make beautiful things
with their hands should be able to
put them before those who will APP
preciate them.
80 artists are encouraged TO bring
their pictures, needleworkers their
handwork and culinary artists their
choicest jams and cakes" she con-
tinued.
Naturally we accept only the ex-
c%eptional. foe there would be no OBJ
ject in promoting those things al
| ready sold in other shops. We take
orders for table linens. lingerie and
all things needed for the home"
Children are not overlooked at the
salon. They have a special corner
in one room piled with attractively
bound books, and every Saturday
morning entertainments are provided
for them showing national costumes,
songs, games and folklore of other
lands.
Another service offered is a guide
to art lectures. Men and women
qualified to instruct escort groups to
the museums and private collections,
where they hear lectures on painting
and sculpture.
1--WE hope to make the salon a CEN
ter for those interested in any art"
Miss Miner concluded. "Our aim to
fill a social, intellectual and cultured
lnaad-"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26
HOUSEHOLD

"Tell me some more of your culinary kinks, you old deal"
said the Young Bride to her friend the Experienced House
keeper. "I've made a list of all the different things you have
told me and I can't begin to tell you how helpful they have
been"
"All right, here are a few more hints to add to your list.
Tomorrow when you boil eggs for Johns breakfast be sure
you put some salt in the water. They will boil much quicker
and positively not break. Speaking Of breakfast, did you
ever try putting salt instead of sugar on grapefruit? 1t
doesn't sound good but just try it sometime. You and John
seemed to enjoy so much the shrimp | served you the other
evening. Let me give you a hint about that Always put a few
drops of vinegar in the water you cook the shrimp IN. And
remember to put plenty of salt in the water when you cook fish
of any kind. -.
Her. is a kink I just heard about the other day myself
and it works s%plendidly. Perhaps as yet you haven't lost
valuable time as well as you temper, trying to open a new
box of baking powder, but every experienced housekeeper
knows what an aggravating task it is. When you have to do 1t
put the box on the floor, put your foot on it and roll 1t over
two or three times. Pick it up and presto, the box will open.
Ihave proved it SO don't smile at me in that doubling way, my
dear. Prove it for yourself. "
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26
YOUR BABY AND NINE
The Temperature
az MYRTLE MEYER ELDHED

Liz
A baby has a variable tempera-
ture normally of from 9S to 80
2-5 degrees. One need not be I'M
necessarily alarmed if at times it is
even higher. A slight rise in tenn
perature may follow any number
of minor causes and the mother who
watches her child's temperature
daily will be surprised that she can
always find something to worry
about.
This is not a case against taking
the baby's temperature-but only
when the mother is certain that he
has a fever. The clinical thermo-
meter-which one can learn to read
easily with a little practice-should
be a part of the medical equipment
of every household where there are
children. So many mothers are firm
In the conviction that they know"
when their children have tempera-
tures-oh, yes, they can tell just by
feeling Of their foreheads. All we'll
and good-most people can do the
Isame thing-but there is no particu-
lar advantage in knowing when a
child has fever unless o know ex-
actly how much he has. The degree
is the important thing and that can
not be told by feeling in fact,
children with extremely high tenn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26
T OF FAMOUS MEN
THE MOTHER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
A Stern Woman, She Helped to Make Him Great, But Greatness
Alone Was No Merit in Her Eyes
By MARY ADRIAN

ligent understanding. She offered
him guidance and counsel, wise and
tempered with humor. He always
accepted her opinion. and usually it
was right.
Mrs. Washington foresaw her
sons greatness while he was com
handing the Revolutionary forces
and predicted that he would be the
first president of the United States
She did not worship greatness, how
ever, as the following little incident
points out:
On his way to the first Inaugural
ton it is told. George Washington
stopped at his mothers home to pay
her a visit. Mrs. Washington, talk
ing to a neighbor woman, said that
she would make a great concession
to her son by wearing a new cap
and a clean apron.
These great folks" she explain
ed with an amused air." expect
something extra"
Next: The Mother of Charles Oar
win.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26
BROADCASTS
BY LORA KELLY
The Superiority Complex

The Superiority Complex
Man still loves 20 play the sturdy
oak.
Nearly all of the ellnging vines We
know have turned into hardy peren-
malls, guaranteed to survive all kinds
Of weathers.
But man goes on complacentlyt
still thinking of women in the same
terms that Adam thought about Eve
Women, on the other hand. by nc
means share Ewes opinions about
men. They have progressed many
centuries from the first m others
habits. Naturally. not having been
permitted to devote much thought
to anything else out men, they show
the usual results Of specialization.
Any gathering of women, whether
to concentrate on what to do with
the vote now that we've got it or to
lay plans for a new sorority house,
usually brings forth a sniff or Nv 0
from a man.
Not so long ago a group of serious
minded women, most Of them with
college degrees, met to discuss Ger
tain political and welfare measures.
Virtually all of them were women
who had touched life at many points
| through travel, books and associa-
ton with the best that old and New
World cities have to offer. Most of
them had reared families which re-
fected creditably on maternal train
ing. the spinsters were women of
high professional standing, round
ing out successful careers TO match
the achievements of the women III
the homes.
In all the group was highly repre-
sentative of Americas most intel
ligent womanhood.
A youthful messenger, on duty 10
fetch and carry copy for the report
ers, was contemptuous of the whole
proceeding. He had voted once,
having reached the age of twenty
one.
"Ah, whatta them hens know
about politics. anyway" he observ-
ed. as he listened in for a moment.
Verify, even in their cradles they
begin to strut
Copyright. 1923, by Public Led
ger Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26
Mrs. Edward Franklin White
BY Marion Hale

BY Marion Hale
NEW YORK, June 26:-Uniform
federal marriage and divorce laws
are the first step necessary to correct
the present divorce evil. according
to Mrs. Edward Franklin White, dep
uty attorney general of Indiana.
She has the distinction of being
the author of the new proposed mar
riage and divorce law to be enacted
by Congress after the adoption of an
amendment to the constitution au-
thorizing Congress to enact legisla-
ton on the subject.
"At the present time" she ex-
plains. mo two states in the United
States have the same laws a ding
marriage and divorce.
Grounds for divorce vary from
none in South Carolina to one in
New York to IA in New Hampshire.
North Carolina recognizes two auses
and Tennessee, the adjoining state,
recognizes 10, but neither state rec
ognizes the laws of any other state
with regard to the marriage status.
Discrepancies Noted
To-day a person may be legally
married in one state and a bigamist
in another. A child legitimate in
one state may become illegitimate If
it goes into another"
She points out also the disparity
in marria1eable ages.
"They range upward from IL for
the girl and IA fer the boy 30 &c and
81, respectively. Seventeen states
fix no age.
I'm many states the qualifications
Of good health, mental fitness. finan-
cial independence and The absence of
relationship are not insisted upon.
yet if those subject to transmits
sible diseases or epilepsy marry, dis
eased children are the result. The
union of mental detectives increases
the number of public dependents"
Mrs. Whites Bill
The registration of marriages is
as important as that of births, Mrs.
White believes.
Her uniform marriage and divorce
bill recognizes five causes for
divorce: Adultery, cruel and in
human treatment, abandonment, in
durable insanity and conviction for
an infamous crime.
1t provides for divorce DEGREES to
be introductory for one year, during
which time marriage with another is
prohibited. 1t provides that children
born out of wedlock may be legiti-
mated by subsequent compliance
with the law.
But" she concluded. ut contains
no provision which is not in use in
some state and contains many that
have been demaHded by various
states as a remedy for their particu-
lar ills
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26

Look at the child" runs an an
cient truism. land you will know
the mother" And if every child is
a reflection of its mother, this is
particularly true of the great of the
earth. A brief study of Mary Ball
Washington, for instance, serves tc
give US an insight into the char
acter of the Father of His Country.
George Washington was a stern
man, ~inflexible in his devotion to
duty. These qualities grew out of the
inherited tendencies and the early
training of his mother. She was po-
ssessed of sterling qualities. She was
a sturdy Spartan type of woman who
held with no soft sentimentalities
She cooked, wove, spun, washed,
made the family clothing. Her
children obeyed her every command
without the slightest thought OF
question.
In addition to the industry. fru-
gality and strict honesty with which
she endowed him, Mary Ball Wash
ington gave her son a real, intel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26

bows once more, while men ard wo-
men in dealing with 4n attorney are
obliged to be direct. Hence L have
two excellent vantage points from
which to study human nature.
when 1 say marriage must be
on a firm financial basis, 1 10 not
mean that the commercial element
should dominate marriage. / mean
that both must be On the alert to
save money for the dead sure rainy
day.
The woman who budgets her
household accounts well shows i'll a
| small way what her ability rs a bus
mess woman might he. There IS nc
logical reason why a woman should
remain in the home, though. if she
can help her husband more by work
ing outside, helping him perhaps in
his business.
mo one, man or woman, wants
to make all the money and watch
the other fellow spend it. \ wise
wife tic my mind, spends her hus-
bands money for a good purpose In
which he shares.
Nor do l know of any reason why
a oma with a good earning cap
acity should not buy her own ward
robe"
The successful wife, Mrs. Yerger-
T!agan believes, is one who - IS a
personal interest in the ups and
downs of her husbands affairs. par
ticu,arly his downs And the happy
husband is one who shares with his
wife II community of interests.
She believes in early marriages.
81 don't have much faith in these
late marriages. she concludes. Il
believe they are one of the bad
phases of modern life. The early
marriage, in which the mutual pro-
erosion is an ideal, is the successful
marriage"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-26

One New York debutante has
p~opularized the fad of wearing an
inch wide velvet band tightly about
each wrist, fastened with pink satin
rose She wears these with sleeve
less frocks and the effect is charm
ing.
Another fad is for corsages, worn
directly in the front. made of cas-
cades Of flowers and colored ribbons,
almost resembling the bridal shower
bouquet.
The matching jacket and hat of
gay cretonne is a very smart aces
sorry to any costume, and If one
makes the coat sleeveless the ques-
ton of fit is greatly modified
Handpainted Hats
Handpainted hats are very smar
and easy to make. Simply buy a
white or colored felt and, with a
small water color brush and a little
oil paint or dye, transpose thereon
your favorite flowers. If you prefer
conventional designs, stick to angles
and lines To show your interest in
the recent Egyptian excavations. you
can copy an Egyptian motif.
If YOU are afraid of your free hand
efforts, stencils will make the worA
much simpler You can make your
stencils or buy them
Slipper buckles are made of lace
and ribbon arranged rosette fashion
about clusters of lowers or buckles
set with brilliants. Beaded stock
ings are quite a fad and are easily
made. steel beads are very effective
as well as colors to match the frockG.
Dame Fashion is we'll equipped 20
furnish work for idle hands