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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-17

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bers of the various
churches and the fol-
lowing business men:
ALAMO PALACE CLEANERS
AND OVERS
Avenue A and James Street.
ERNEST BROGGI
ts5 3. Santa Rosa Ave.
CALVIN TIRE GU.
so Third street.
r. A. CHAPA
SIS ". Commerce st.
CAALkLEY BROS.
Heating q Plumbing
THE SILK HOUSE
2o9-1I z. Houston Street.
DOYLE DECORATING co.
Ioe ". Commerce Street.
GUARANTY STATE BANL
s1t z. Houston st.
nAGY 4 a'CoLLUM
Avenue c and Pecan Street
J. T. HAMMER
100 ". Pecan Street
). G. HARDIE
us Gunter Bldg.
HERMAN A. HESTER
san Antonio Laboratorir
LURE 4 HOLMAN co.
The Paint People.
MERCHANTS TRANSFER co.
Travis 1000
SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY
SAN ANTONIO LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY
MILBURN DRUG co.
SOC W. Houston ST.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
NEWTON SHOE COMPANY
OLD SOUTH CAFE
IAN That the Name Implies
PERFECTION BAKERIES
Ill Ave. D-14o Ssiedad Street
rOTCHERNICKs HARDWARE 80.
PRESTO BATTERY SERVICE CO.
KOGERs-HLL COMPANY
cot Navarro Street
YANTIs-HEkPEL NorOR co.
Sci Ave. C.
WASHER BROS. co.
wROTEN-BUNDLEY MOTOR co
Dodge Brothers Distributors.
wINERICB MOTOR SALES 90
W. X. Winerich
JOHN WILLIAMS
Clothier.
.. g. IRISH
Homesit~s
MORGAN Woodward AUTO 90.
Fords
BLUE FLAG INDUSTRIES
1910 W. Ashby
LEONARD BROWN
eoo Kampmann Bldg.
WHITE STAR LAUNDR,
:. G. BechteI. Mgr.
y.
,,rsnite Monuments y Heads su'-
JOHN T. CARL
Grocer.
PERRY L. KING
Auditing and General AceouHi,n-
MORALES TRANSFER CO.
1888 Monterey Street
BARLEY DUPLICATING SHOP
ll9 Ave. D.
BANKERS RESERVE LiFk
9. T. Biggs. Gen. Agents
FOMBY CLOTHING co.
GERODErTI BROS.
Groceries and Merchandise
ALAMO ICE DELIVERY
SCHNEIDER PRINTING CO.
Church and School PRINTING
rRUITT COMMISSION CO.
Z. sPiER
Grocery
PROSPECT HILL BAKERY
e3ll W. Commerce st.
WEST TEXAS MILITARY
t.. BEDELL MOORE ESTATE
I'D. l.. BfEsENBACH q CO.
Bear Brand Candirs.
JOSEPH earnest
JOHN kENNEY
Grocery
z. r. JENNET1
UNION CENTRAL LlFt
INSURANCE COMPANY
BedeIi Buiidinx.
A. TANK q COOPERAGE WORKS
LANCE SOAP co.
CITY NATIONAL BAsk
HUGO FENzL
TRAVELLERS HOTEL
rRICH POULTRY co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
NAVY TO ENFORCE THE Law

The use of the navy to put an end to the rum smuggling off
the Atlantic coast is what the Evening News has been advocating
sor some time. 1t is plain that it can never be stopped otherwise.
There is not enough money appropriated for prohibition enforce
ment to put the necessary vessels in commission and the rev.
enue service is not adequate to cope with the situation along with
all the other duties that it has to perform. A fleet of eagle boats
and high speed submarine chasers would do the trick, however.
While it might be impossible to drive away the booze fleet an
chored about twelve miles off shore, it could make it very un-
healthy for the small boats that operate between this fleet and the
shore.
And why shouldn't the navy be used for this purposes When
the laws of the nation cannot be enforced by civil authorities and
order cannot be maintained in any other way, force is used. In
ease Of riots which civil authorities cannot cope with, the army is
called upon. In the present case the lawlessness is on the
water and it is beyond the control of the civil authorities. What
is more logical, then, than to have the navy act?
Under existing conditions liquor dealers find it very easy to
keep up their stock in trade. 1t is understood that dealers IN
England and Scotland, in filing orders from the United States,
guarantee to have the liquor delivered direct to the warehouses
Of the American dealers who are not required to pay a cent until
the liquor is safely stored on their own premises, this includes
even the trucking to the warehouse. All is done at the foreign
dealers risk. No wonder prohibition in America is looked upon
as a joke in Europe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
HONK! HONK!

uonrv Ford breaks his record again-turns out 1913
passenger cars and trucks in one week. All Inese are lr SAFE
y y country. The figure does not include production OF
Ford's plants in Canada and abroad. Nor does lt inciuoe'cars
= sixty three hundred machines q day Thirteen a minute
on the basis of an eight1hour day!
From the first Of the year to April ], American factories
made S67 y628 passenger cars and trucks.
The auto industry is estimating that AL factoxaes thus
year win manufacture between three and four nllion cars.
Over II million private motor cars and nearly o mllnon
and a half trucks and commercial cars are now In service.
Experts say that the "saturation point" OF the auto IN
America will be 20 million machines. That 10 the potential
market ahead Of the makers, scheduled to be reached IN 1881.
Twenty million cars will mean one for every six Americans.
Ry crowding, the whole nation will be able to 90 motoring at
the same time. "a :,,..
Whether auto registrations will ever exceed 70 millions
in onr country will depend on what happens to average pros
nerity. also on how quickly the inventors perfect Inexpensive
fooLproof airplanes that will take us off the road and INTO the
air. 49,
Sky in the future will be literally black with airpianes.
Auto makers at present are handicapped by shortages
of various materials, especially plate glass. Inc plate< glass
famine is due to the rapidly increasing popularity. OF the closed
car. which unquestionably will be THE car OF the future.
About half the people who are in the market Tor new cars
want the closed models. Ford this year will make 50O,OO0
closed cars.
aKeeps out the rain is the big reason.
On the other hand, the closed car also keeps out the fresh
or for the owner develops a tendency to lower the windows
inst enough to keep ventilation below the reeRing point.
Better for the health in the old days when oxygen rushed IN
at the cars open sides or around the curtains.
Maybe, though, the closed car IS sent along 70 get u
gradually used to the closed compartments that will be neces-
sary in ~fast-flying airplanes OF the future. \
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
COMMON SENSE FOR SPEEDING

Automobile speed has come to be a matter of Judgment and
common sense in spite of the limitations fixed by law. The New
ark Evening News points this out in commenting on the order
Of Commissioner Dill of the Motor Vehicle Department that any
one convicted of speeding should have his license revoked.
speeding says the Newark News, sis not entirely a ques-
ton of legal definition, but of Judgment. Ten miles an hour might
be unsafe in one situation where thirty would not in another. We
take it that the commissioner means that the proper penalty for
fragrant and deliberate driving of a car at a rate likely to result
IN injury to others is speeding whether or not such consequences
occur. Under such circumstances the license ought to be revoked
and kept revoked. Exceeding the technical speed limit may be
quite another matter. If ninety per cent. of the machines on Broad
street did not exceed the legal speed limit, that traffic would be
almost at a standstill."
It is a joke to ride up to some country village and find a big
sign reading: "speed Limit u Miles an Hour. Strictly Enforced, .
There isn't one car in a thousand that throttles down to twelve
miles an hour either in town or city. AS the Newark News point
cut, if cars crept along Broad street, Newark, at the rate of twelve
miles an hour, traffic would be at a standstill. The only time auto
mobiles run at twelve miles an hour is when they get into a jam
and when there is a jam the only way the police can s~traighten
it out is for the cars ahead to speed up and get out of the way,
and this they are encouraged to do. What, then, becomes Of the
speed limit fixed by law9
It is said that in England all speed laws have been repealed
The matter is left to the judgment of the traffic authorities and
the common sense Of the drivers. This is as it should be. The
English common law, which is the foundation of all law in Ameri
ca, was based on common sense and it is a good thing to get back
to it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
THE REFEREE
Venus
IBy Albert Applet

Venus
Girls, your standard of beauty has
changed. The ideal American FEM
inine form is a perfect 34,' not Q
IS. Costume designers have deinite-
ly accepted the change, says j. X.
Bolton. New York fashion expert.
What has brought about this
change? The modern girls tenden-
cies toward athletics and outdoor
life. cs
Our women are becoming slender:
It's o natural evolution. FASTENED
by the abandonment OF the stir cor
look like an hourgiassr
The normal girls figure, Bolton
observes, ;s nearest perfect when
she is 20. Thereafter. a struggle.
Beauty Il
The modern American Venus 70
ave feet seven tail. bust "a, waist %,
hips "a, eight inches around n
ankle, weight not more than il0
pounds. These measurements are
announced by the fashion expert, J.
r. Bolton, Of New York.
How close are you to perfection,
ladies'? - A s
Get out the tapeline. Trifes like
the foreign situation ean wait.
Jul
Women voters ana their national
organizations are properly showing
intense interest in our foreign rela-
tions. They should be on guard,
however, against cunning politicians
who might keep their attention toe
much abroad, not enough at nome.
Foreign affairs are very important
ladies. Give them y fair snare OF
your time. But don't forget that
the most important situation need
ing your housekeeping are right
here at home--chiid labor. minimum
wage, prohibition grafters, better
schools and others of a list too long
to print. TIN be time to attend to
the neighbors after we get our own
national house in order.
Astrologer
Professor William H. McCabe Is
buried in New York City. He died
on the exact late he predicted a
month previously. Figured II GU by
the conjunction of plants and oc-
cultism of astrology, to which he de-
voted his life.
The superstitious will never forget
it.
The simple truth is. McCabe's
death was either a coincidence or
the result of imagination. He was
in good health until he predicted his
death. 'Fs fst As So
Payday
Germany is enforcing it's law that
compels husbands to give a third OF
their incomes to their wives to main
tain the family table. Rent and
other household expenses do not
come out of the third.
How much of fathers pay is spent
for food in your household?
Forty-three cents out of each 81
spent by the average American
wage-earner's family of five goes for
food, according to the National In
dustrial Conference Board. leading
expert in such matters. The humble
stomach is nearly half of our prob
lem of existence. fe3
Pirates
Rum pirates off the Atlantic TOAST
must make the shade of Captain
Kidd envious. Hooch-smuggiing
schooners are found occasionally de-
serted at sea liquor gone. decks
strewn with empty cartridge shells
and other evidence of a fight to the
death.
In effect, these pirates are hired
by their customers ashore to commit
murder. The money planked down
| by thirsty consumers in indirectly
| the lure that incites to the killings
Not a pleasant thought, but ethical
ly true.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

Q. Why is Easter so called?-
C. E. McC.
A. The name 'Ostara" or Easter
was the name given by the ancient
Norsemen to that season of the year
in which the Festival of Ostara,
Goddess of Life and Spring was cele-
brated. Although since the time OF
Christ, Easter has come to have q
very different Significance for n
majority of people, the old name has
held.
@. How did Lord c%arnarvon get
his title IA. G..
A. The present Lord Carnarvon 10
the son of the fourth Earl, and in
herited the title at the death OF his
father. The earldom is in Wales.
hence its name.
@. What part of the family in
come Is handled and spent by wom-
en- "a. L. 80
A. An investigation of household
budgets showed that 80 per cent OF
the money spent for home mainten-
anee in this country is spent by wom-
en-. The housewife Is usually the
direct retail purchaser for the fam
lily.
@. Where is the original of the
mas Chimes?'-S. H. ID.
A. Mr.. Blashheld says that the
canvas referred TO Is in his studio
| at Carnegie Hall Studio. New York
City.
q. Is 1t possible to identify any
of the entertainments built at Val
ley Forge at the time of the Reyolu-
tion?-F. J. .
A, The entire field at Valley
Forge Is much the same today as 1t
| was when evacuated by Washington
in 1878. The trenches thrown up by
the ragged C~ontinentals' may still
| be seen. The old stone house which
| Washington used for his headquar-
| tiers Is still standing and is in a good
state of preservation.
@. How wide should toweling be
for face towels IN. l..
A. 1t depends upon the length
the towels are 10 be made. A towel
81 inches long should be is inches
wide, I yard long, Is inches wide;
1 is yards, 20 inches wide. Hens
vary from one to two and one-half
inches.
@. Relate Abraham Lincoln's
connection with the Black Hawk
wars. e.
A.. In Brooks True Story of Abb
raham Lincoln 1t says that in 1882,
the Indians were on the war path,
and a call was sent out by the gov
| ernor of Illinois for volunteers to
| fight them. Observation-Disclosures
kiah was chief of the Sacs who made
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
An UNFINISHED SURFACE

Auteists who use the M~etuchen Highland Park road are be-
ginning to wonder when work will be resumed so that the surface
ing win be completed as far as the road is built. There are sew
eral stretches where the concrete foundation has been laid, but the
patented top dressing is missing on one side of the road. AL
though it is possible to ride over this rough concrete, autoists
in both directions persist in crowding onto the half of the road that
is finished.
Possibly the contractor is waiting until the rest of the founda-
ton now being laid at either end of the highway is finished SO that
enc complete JOB can be made of the whole business. But as it will
be well into the summer before the road from the bridge into
Metuchen and through Highland Park is read" for the top dress
ing it is congestng traffic unnecessarily to let the unfinished
stretches remain as they are.
Incidentally, there is very little improvement on the detoul
through Metuchen over which all traffic on the Lincoln Highway
Is directed. Surely something can be done to make easier riding
over this short route.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

before many months by increases in
tho cost of almost everything the
consumer buys. During the Febru-
AIRY price of copper ose from 14.62
cents a pound to 1912 cents a
pound. Corn from 70 cents to 1875
cents a busher. Cotton rose from
.27.50 to 1850. Lead advanced from
7.67 to $40. oil from 3.25 to 400,
rubber from about SO to about So,
sugar from 5.34 to 6.53. silk from
8.45 to .8.65 and wool from 1.42 to
1.43. These rises may seem small,
but it should be remembered that
they to~k place in a single month
and that they are probably the be-
ginning of a rise that will continue
for some time. The wholesale price
table of the National Bank of COM
meree in New York shows only one
price in February. That was cattle.
which sold at $3.50 in January and
at 8.35 in February. Hides remain-
ed stationery at 30. Everything else
went up.
Production Near 1920 Peak
The Department of Commerce
finds that there is steadily increas-
AA6 oNl4fAiy III MI LiAS it0dcbNACo
many of them showing production
figures which are close to those of
the peak in 1920, The building ma
terial industry leads them all. An
enormous amount of construction ia
under way. Manufacturers orders
continue to show large gains, and re-
tail stores are doing about twenty
percent more business than they
were a year ago. The production of
gasoline set a new high record in
December Of $4,000 gallons.
In a word. everybody is out shop
ping, driving his flivyer, making
money. And these things mean an
inevitable rise in prices. The ques-
tion is whether the country can
maintain a steady rate of sound in
dustrial expansion, or whether it will
stretch its credit until 1t pops and
throw US all into the doldrums again.
Man is peculiarly the victim of
his industrial machine. He has
created a monster which Is greater
than he and he can not control II
or even understand 1t. Ask the ex-
perts what prices are going to de,
and they will give you man, sage
opinions, but ask them why prices
are going to do 1t and they shaks
their heads. They don't know.
You can find the explanation In
some cases. Take the case Of rub
Der for instance, which Is just now
much in the public eye. Your auto
mobile tires are going to cost YOU
more in the future than they have
been costing you for some tins
past, because the British producer,
of rubber in the Far East have form,
ed a combine to boost the price an6
hare boosted it most successfully
from about 10 cents to 80 cents
pound, to be exact.
Your new suit Is going to cost YOU
more, too, and probably your mex
fall suit will cost you still more
Part of this you can blame on TIN
tariff, to be sure. Raw wool cost
in this country Just about 81 cent
more than 1t does in London, ant
that is about the amount of tariff
which Congress levied on II. Blu
from that, raw wool has recentl
risen about SO per cent in price ii
the world market. All sorts of fac
tors enter into that rise. 1t is sal
that the whole world faces q woo
shortage. At the January OPENING
wooden goods were about twelve pc
cent. above the price level of las
year. They are sure to go highe
than that and to keep on rising unit
the buyer begins to eurtail his buy
: ing. t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

fierce war on the border white mens
In Sagamore county. two men were
nominated forScaptain Of the volun-
teers. BY a large matoraty. Lincoln
one of the two. vas elected. His
regiment never had an encounter
with the Indians. Lincoln Had q diff
ficulte time with his men whom at
last, he brought into some kt-e OF
discipline. When the time OF their
service expired, and the men de-
manded to return home, Lincoln
would not return with them. 1--WE
came to fight this thing out" he
said, I'm not going home until It
Is over" So, when his company
was disbanded and went home. Capt.
tain Lincoln re-enlisted al a. private
and served to the end of the war.
@. Is Great Britain making an
effort to combine her railroads in a
few systems as this country Is at
tempting ?-J. 8. A.
A.. The reorganization of approx
imately 120 systems into four Is be-
ing attempted. The major groups,
known as the Southern Railway Co,
the Great Western Railway Co, the
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Co, and the London g. North East
ern Railway CO., we're practically
formed at the close Of 1922.
O. What coloris best to attempt
to dye a tan coat?-LssM M. =
A. Fabrics dye q darker shade "a
the original color more satisfactofs
lily than they do an entirely different
color, For example, a tan-colored
garment will have a clearer color y
dyed a darker brown than 1t will
IL a red or blue dye Is used.
@, What city park has the iarg-
est acreage in the United statese
H. D. 80
A. The largest city park ID FAIR
mount Park. Philadelphia. 1t CON
tains 2.648 acres. 5i
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

The lark is an. early riser anon,
birds; not proving. however, tina
Using early is a lark.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

Never blow out the gas. Think
of the gas bill.
Hotel bed bugs don't mind sleep
ing with strangers at all.
Once they danced a minuet. Now
they dance a few days.
Wouldn't it be great IL you could
train hens to lay carpets?
The lark is an early riser among
birds; not proving. however, that
rising early is a lark.
Pienics are with us. When
spreading your coat for a lady to sit
on, take it off first.
Never use laundry soap in wash
ing fresh vegetables.
These Strawberries grow SO fast,
even getting bigger while they are
filling the box. s see
Never ask a girl what she is
thinking about. There are enough
lies in the world already.
"A DdLHlHB suit ID me lOE SddHb
soup. Add goggles and you have q
grapefruit eating costume. W
A salmon leads a hard life. The
poor fish, he never sleeps.
Swee. peas fade very quickly
when put withAother flowers, which
Isn't acting sweet at all. b.
ettHs -
A garden is a great convenience,
for neighbors' chickens.
They say a new plane may fly A.
900 feet high. We say it may churn
the milky way into butter
A father Is a man who thinks the
Most important step in his life is
the baby's first step. {
Sing Sing announces none of Its
prisoners are professional men. OF
course, they are amateurs.
A doctor is a man who charges
so much for advising you to take a
trip that you can't go.
Battleship caught two Atlantic
rum runners, which is setting a bat
tleship to catch a bottle ship.
A highbrow Is a man who thinks
nineteenth of the people are below
the average.
A bunch of business men In Phoe-
nix, Ariz., have put their heads to-
gether to make cement. =
A cheap guy is one who asks a
girl to meet him at a movie, inside
Manila is shipping Los Angeles
snakes, elephants and humminl
birds. without mixing them vi
hope.
Trouble with these long distance
dancers is every time they break 4
record they make a new one. F.
Jumping at conclusions Is said K
be bad exercise.
If a slap In the face doesn't work
a slap in the hack will.
1 A boy who doesn't want to ca
things that make him sick is sick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

Wouldn't it be great IL you could
train hens to lay carpets?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
The Old Town
Street by Street-Know Yonr City
Cedar. Street,

Cedar Street
This street is shown on the ola
maps of the city and is listed among
the streets in the city directory. but
it is not shown on the later MAPS.
1t originally extended from the
Sound west to State street. It Is now
private property. '' .
Central Place
Central place extends from Pu-
laski avenue north and is the site OF
many comfortable homes. The
street has been graded. but there
are no curbs or sidewalks. Sewer
connections with the houses in this
street are made In Pulaski avenue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
Oueaions-Answer

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medicinal and financial troubles.
does not attempt to settle aomess,c
troubles. nor to- undertake exhsus-
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your question plainly and orietly'
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

Pienics are with us. Wher
spreading your coat for a lady to 81
on, take it off first. E
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23

NATIONAL Cash AEaIsTER co.
'KREBS'.. and "PoWELL" authorized
agents for Mlddlesex County: new and sec
ond hand Cash Reglsters on monthly pay
ments. Repairs, Supplies. 2S9- North
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-23
Bible Thought For Today

HOW TO CONQUER AN ENEMY:-Whena mans ways
please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with
him-Proverbs 1871.