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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

DRY. Reproductions serve the grown
up as opportunities TO graphically
pncpetuate in his home the impress
sive bits Of scenic beauty or .fascina-
ton encountered in travel. The very
soul of romance turks in their repro
duction. Also. prints serve as q
means Of carrying out ideas reflected
III the room; they may be selected
with the idea of having their context
conform with the period of furniture
used in decoration. These are but a
few Of the possibilities afforded by
the use of prints. Because of their
variety Of many subjects. because Of
their accuracy Of expression. and be-
cause of their moderate cost. several
good reproductions should be PLACED
in every household for the aesthetic
cultural and educational effect that
they exert upon every member o. The
human family.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
HINTS ON HANGINGS
Rug Should Be Considered in Select
ing Curtains.

In deciding upon a material for cur
tains or portiereS, let it be plain il the
rug is figured, and vice versa. 1t may
be the same color or a contrast, but
lighter in value. To be one with the
wall, the background of printed linens
or cretonnes should be the same color
and thus make the design stand out.
The length of overcurtains (those
that decorators dislike to hear called
OverdrapcS) depends upon whether
your ceiling should appear higher or
lower. Overcurtains to the floor make
rooms seem higher. and to the bottom
of the casins ('the apron"), seem
shorter. Only the curtains next TO the
glass escape the sill. These glass cur
tainS," il cut longer. are .'Dutchy,"
and overcurtains cut that short are
bobby"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
QUALITY HAS CHARM
1t Is Desired by All But Realized by
Few.

Quality, which has charm all its
own, Is Desired by all, claimed by
many and realized by few. Quality is
always comparative, therefore varies
according to our standards. 1t rarely
results from accident and is achieved
only through understanding. and by
persistent effort applied with unway-
ering fidelity 10 details. Especially is
this true in the manufacture of furni.
t9re and home furnishings.
Quality, like virtue. is frequently
its own reward, which accounts for
much that We see about US.
Quality is not found on the bargain
counter, because the demand for it ex-
ceeds the supply.
Those who appreciate quality,
search it. They seek to buy--they do
not have to be sold. ,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

all which
think that there other place handy and spoil its effect The
things That when
away in place you really see and enjoy it. -
off everything What relief Put
things Too appropriate various tables Now Of all thai
what shelf fireplace!
Ask yourself the chosen object is beautiful in line form and color simple
beautiful clock for between the cadc: Try paired OBJ
odd possibly
them balanced 1t what remains won't the test Of
and think less Of using it, il.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
Three American Follies.

President Harding hopes TO have a
look next spring at Alaska. The terri
tory interests him, and he wants to
see development there quickened.
Alaska was once known as Stewards
folly" Popular opinion at the time Of
purchase was that Russia had over
reached the New York statesman; that
seven and a half million dollars was
enormously too much for frozen en-
pire. That sum today considered in
connection with Alaska's known re-
sources and how they may be handled
is a mere bagatelle.
At the time the Louisiana territory
was purchased Napoleon was thought
to have overreached Jefferson. That
territory was known as "Jefferson's
folly" What did we want of. what
could we do with, an empire Of
swamp? The purchase price-fifteen
million dollars-was regarded as hav-
ing been thrown away. Look at that
swamp today, and consider what it
has become under the touch of Amer
1ca'S magic wand.
The Philippines were. "McKinley's
folly" What possessed him to take
them over and pay Spain twenty mil
lion dollars as a balm? What good to
anybody could possibly come of the
transaction? In little more than a
score of years the archipelago under
American rule has been transformed
into one of the most promising coun-
tries in that quarter of the globe, and
the natives are impatient to take
charge. And to us, while VIE remain
in charge, it will continue an invalu-
able oriental outpost.
jefferson, Seward and Mckinley
were f1rst-class realtors as well as
first class statesmen.
Evening star., 1923-01-19

sistently sought by enforcement OFF,
dispensers Of the stuff is caught, but
usually the law lays it's hand only on
the small fry, the retail ''dope dealers"
who ''serve" regular customers. AS a
rule these delivery agents are them
selves addicts who have been so af-
fected by the drugs that they have no
sense of right and wrong, and no con-
ception Of the enormity of their Of
fense.
Recently in New York a large guam
tity Of morphia was seized in the form
of cubes packed in cans concealed in
casks labeled fish, entering from a
fforeign port: This evidences the mag
nitude Of the traffic, which is so
profitable that it appears to be worth
any risk on the part of the promoters
to get the stuff into the country. or, if
manufactured here illicitly, into the
hands of the peddlers.
The stiffest penalties are deserved
upon conviction, especially of those
who are at the head of this horrid
trade. which is really trade in life.
/ These drugs are not merely injurious
to health, but they are actually deadly.
As in the case of Wallace Reid, they
deplete the forces of the victim until
death may come. A cure is difficult.
Through the weakening of the will by
the influence of the narcotic the suf-
ferer has little or no capacity to help
himself.
Yet the drug habit is durable. 1t
can be corrected and the sufferer
brought back to normal health if the
use has not gone too far. The trouble
always is to find the victim and to per-
suade him to submit to treatment.
Concealment is an initial instinct on
the part of the drug addict. The family
of the California actor has, in the pub
licity given to the circumstances Of
his suffering, rendered a valuable
service to the American people by
stimulating interest in and demand
for a systematic warfare against this
evil.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
The Drug Evil.

The death OF Wallace Reid, the film
actor, gives renewed impetus to the
public demand for q crusade against
the drug traffic in this country. This
young man, who had achieved a re-
narkable success in the movies and
was universally popular, fell a victim
to the narcotic habit a couple Of years
ago while in a depressed state due to
overwork. Finally the drugs "got
him" He collapsed recently, and when
later the news Of his illness and its
cause was given out, purposely by his
family to aid in arousal Of the forces
fighting this great evil, the country
vas shocked by the accompanying
revelation Of the extent to which this
peruictous habit prevails among the
people OF movieland.
Those who suffer from the drug
habit are to be greatly pitied. They
are victims OF a curse that is delib-
esa4efy Sostered for profit by dealers
Voc e IL believed. have an organized
Syskem Of making addicts In order to
Increase the volume Of this criminal
trade.
In every city the drug evil Is evi-
Gent Addicts are being continually
dstected In some dereliction or other.
Ebes sssasrb g sRe axpply b psfng per
Evening star., 1923-01-19

one. Again factionism interfered, and
the going was made heavy. The elec-
tions took place within few weeks
after adjournment, and so judgment
on the record was based largely on the
heated debates that had marked the
proceedings on Capitol Hill. :
The second special session was
short, but served a good purpose, and,
followed as it was by the canceling of
the usual Christmas holiday recess, it
contributed to the improving Of the
situation.
Nevertheless, within less than two
months of final adjournment day, a
jam impends. and the outlook is for
the bequeathment of much important
business to the next Congress, which
will be crowded with business of its
own.
While jam impends, by industry
and good management from now on
Congress ought to be able to avert in
some measure its threatened destruc-
tiveness.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
Mr.. McAdoo's Smile.

The Star of yesterday carried a pic
ture of former Secretary McAdoo in
conference with three of his personal
and political friends-Senators Glass
of Virginia, Walsh Of Massachusetts
and Harrison Of Mississippi.
Messrs. Glass and Walsh are serious
minded men, who at all times take a
serious view Of public questions. Mr..
Harrison allows himself periods of re-
Taxation. AS chief of scouts on the
democratic side of the Senate cham
ber, he must in the line of duty chaff
the opposition when occasions are
tempting, and this gives to his address
and face the suggestion of light
heartedness.
Yesterday, however, as the picture
showed, Mr.. Harrison was quite as
serious as Messrs. Glass and Walsh.
1t was a serious-appearing trio.
It was Mr.. McAdoo who relieved the
situation. He wore a distinct smile.
Now, as is asked, what did that
smile signify? A bit of amusement
that three Of his friends were cocky
about his prospects for next year this
far in advance Of nomination time?
Or bit Of appreciation that they
were?
But, anyhow, whatever the explana-
ton, there were the four men seated
together at table, and the only smile
worn was by the man under discus
sion all over the country in connec-
ton with next years democratic nom.
ination for President. 1t will prove to
be a popular picture, and be widely
circulated.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
The President and Congress.

In the matter of spring session Of
the Sixty-eighth Congress, the Presi-
dent has the final word. Unless
he calls, Congress cannot assemble. If
he does call, it cannot refuse to as
semble. He possesses the authority,
and is responsible for his use of it.
There seems no warrant for the
suggestion-emanating, Of course,
from the opposition-that the Presi-
dent will play politics with the ques-
ton; that If he sees republican advan-
tage in a special session he will call
one. Otherwise, not.
The question is bigger than that,
and as President Mr.. Harding has
proved to be as big as the biggest Of
the questions presented to him.
Nor is it likely that the President
will consider his personal comfort in
the matter, and decide according to
that. If he feels the need of q rest,
his feelings may easily be understood
and excused. Since entering the White
House he has had to buckle to hard
work continuously, and has performed
a good deal of it.
But he works with will. He does
not soldier" on his job, but keeps at
it early and late.
This was one of Mr.. Cleveland's
characteristics, and it explained in
part the hold he established on the
country. The charge that he made a
drudge of himself did not injure him
in the public estimation. On the con-
trary, the people applauded his dill
gence, and his desire and determina-
ton to go to the bottom of all meas
ures laid upon his table
Evening star., 1923-01-19
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

Early last April Washington man
named Smith called up his regular
coal, dealer.
'T want you to deliver ten tons of
anthracite to my home sometime
within the next week or ten days. Can
you do it?" he asked.
Yes, we can do 1t. Lots of coal in
the yard and we'll send it up tomor-
row. if you want 1t. But don't think
you do. Do your"
why not?" asked Mr.. Smith.
Well" said the dealer, dyou know,
of course. that the miners are out on
strike. And you know that the price
of coal is high"
'Yes, what of it?"
We'll" the dealer went on, 'I think
that the strike will end before long
and that the price is coming down.
Why not let us deliver about two tons
now and wait awhile for the rest
say, month or so, and get it cheaper
when the strike is settled?"
I don't want to take the chance" !"
replied the customer. Besides,
think your information is wrong. 1t
looks to mo as If we were going to
have long strike. And | doubt If
the price comes down."
Just as you say" the dealer re-
piled. We've been serving you for a
good many years, you know, and we
just want to save an old customer
some money"
Now this Smith happened to be the
head of the Young Mems Christian
Association and he was quick to rec
ognize the effort ON the dealers part
10 do him favor. Nevertheless, he
wanted his coal
Send the coal up, just the same"
he ordered. And the next day the
coal came up.
Head of the Y NJ. c. A. did / say?
Yes; also director of the United States
geological survey, that branch of the
government that knows more about
coal than all the other branches put
together. To be exact, George Otis
Smith
A few months late President Hard
ing selected DIR. Smith to serve on
the new finding coal commission
and get at the bottom of coal troubles.
The commissions report is now fresh
In the hands of Congress.
DR.. Smith knew that there would be
trouble IN getting coal this winter.
He knew it as long ago as last April,
And he preached then the doctrine
Buy coal now" He practiced what
he preached, and il others had
practiced it. too. there would not be
today quite so many empty coal bins
in Washington and it's vicinity.
But he was not the only man who
sensed impending coal troubles.
The dealer who supplied DIR. Smith
with coal also had a customer named
Neill-Charles p. Neill. A day or so
after DIR. Smiths coal was delivered
Mr.. Neill telephoned the dealer.
Send up ten tons of coal, please"
Mr.. Neill requested
"All right, Mr.. Nef1l. If you want 1T;
but"
Evening star., 1923-01-19

from place to place. until he was di-.
rected to the largest saloon. He went
inside, ready to drop from fatigue,
and was informed by the bartender
that he could sleep on the pool table,
and II he didn't like that to get out"
Mr.. Brandenburg looked at the other
occupants of the saloon and at some
at the pool tables which were already
occupied and was just about to take,
in desperation, the only thing offered
when he was slapped on the back
and hearty How are you, Branden-
burg? turned him around
He recognized a man he had met
some years previously in St. Paul
and whom he had entertained at
lunch on brief visit to that city.
Needless to say the lunch. given with
no thought of return, gave him that
night comfortable bed in a private
house.
The most terrifying experience oc-
CURED, said Mr.. Brandenburg. the
same year in a small town in North
Dakota. A period of outlawry had
broken out and many had been held
up and robbed by rowing bands. The
only place in town that he could find
In which to sleep was a barren room
over an undertaker's shop. The place
was "spooky" in the extreme. Soon
after retiring, he heard sounds that
indicated that some one was climb
ing up the long sloping roof. which
was directly under his window. Ter
rif1ed by the twin fears of ghosts and
robbers, Mr.. Brandenburg said that
he felt absolutely paralized. He finally
mustered courage to call out, Who's
there?" No answer! Finally, after a
period of waiting, which he said was
the worst in his life, he arose eau
ttously out of bed and approached the
window, expecting TO be attacked at
any minute
There was no one there; but a piece
of paper, blown gently by the breeze.
was sliding over the roof, causing the
noise which had almost scared him
to death.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
Bringing the Troops Home Was
Only Possible Action.

Inasmuch as the differences be-
tween France and the United States,
as a result Of the Ruhr venture, could
not be reconciled there was nothing
for this country to do but to bring
the troops back home editors agree.
"All the entente powers, as well as
the German government" the Rich
mond News-Leader holds, expressed
the belief that the presence of the
American troops on the Rhine re-
duced the friction due to the oc-
cupancy and had a general salutary
effect. Now that complications may
arise it is proper that America with
draw" The action also was COM
pelled, the New York Herald is con-
vinced, despite the fact that there
is nothing in international relations
that could be more distressing to the
American people than to find them
selves at odds with France on any
question. America cannot under
stand the unwillingness of France to
accept the advice of or to welcome
the Judgment of the United States on
the far-reaching questions confront
ing her." Expediency, however, is
the only reason given for the with
drawal, the New York Times points
out in criticizing the action at this
particular moment, and 1t feels that
there is something sardonio in the
fact that 1t is the Army transport
St. Mihiel which Is to bring back our
soldiers. Our first independent and
successful battle in France is thus
linked up with our final and unex-
planned withdrawal"
The Philadelphia Public Ledger re-
fuses to indorse this opinion, agree
ing that the action "opens a breach
between France and America" but
insisting that at has been coming a
long time. France has repulsed her
best friend, America She is
estranged from her comrade, Great
Britain. She has put aside the re-
straining hands of all the world to
gamble her future, and it may be the
future of Europe, on the turn of the
German card" The general socialist
view is voiced by the New York Call,
which asserts that the "mad1nen of
Paris are plungins ahead into Q chaos
Evening star., 1923-01-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Illogical Laugh.

The Illogical Laugh.
I wonder why it makes me laugh
To see the comic picture chaffI
I'm not by nature harsh, trust,
Yet when I see them, laugh ! must
The people with misshapen feet,
With faces wry and incomplete
AS If surgeon getting gay
Had chopped and then thrown some
away;
With turnip noses, unkempt hair
And saucer eyes whose vacant stare
Is matched by vacancy of mind
Where phrases wild are intertwined;
With monsrous figures, fat or lean,
In which deformities are seen
That make US dream in discomfort
OF Frankenstein's experiment,
Producing so grotesque a man
That cen his maker turned and ran!
Marked by affiiction everywhere
There strange sprites flutter through
the air.
know ought to sympathize.
I don't. gaze with glad surprise.
I haven't told the worst by half
And yet they always make me laugh!
Evening star., 1923-01-19
EDITORIAL DIGEST

that may yet swallow them up. Peace
then may be possible" In bringing
the troops home the President admits
that the Senate outplayed" him, the
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch feels, but in
addition, France has been given by
the United States the same sort of
warning that Great Britain gave her
when the British delegation departed
from Paris. This country is in SYM
pathy with reasonable, even a rea-
sonably revengeful France; but It Is
not in sympathy with a France that
seeks to bring about, for national,
partisan, factional or individualistic
reasons, the destruction of another
people-even though that other peu-
pie may be the Germans. OF course,
our troops are coming home"
1t is the opinion of the Brooklyn
Eagle, however, that "the withdrawal
brings to a dramatic climax a long
series OF puzzling moves on the part
of the Harding administration. 1t is
clear that the administration, if it
has a policy, is employing the worst
possible method of putting it in eff
feet. The course it has pursued in
the last fortnight, and continues to
Pun o0CI Letll 10 0AdSp6raL6 the
country and add to the confusion of
Europe, where every day seems to be
bringing new catastrophe nearer" :"
There can be no question that the
Presidents action was WISE" the
Lafayette Journal Courier, holds, as
well as the part of prudence. COM
mon sense and honest ypeace-time e
policy SO far as America is concerned.
AS a matter of fact, while we were
trying in all possible ways to avoid
getting entangled in European poll
tics, the presence of our troops, bri-
gaded with French units, on German
territory, constituted in itself an ac-
tual hazardous ENHANCEMENT. 1t is
this snarl out Of which Presid ent
Harding prudently and properly with
draws our government by issuing the
order to Gen. Allen to come home"
There likewise is a belief, voiced by
the Springfield Union, however, that
much of this apprehension is unnec-
esSary because there was little rea-
son to think that our little army
would have gotten into difficulties if
1t had been allowed to remain, but
the original reasons for it's remaining
lapsed some time ago and reasons for
it's immediate return plainly ap-
peared."
The recall sewers another of the
visible ties, which have bound US to
our late associates against the i'm
perial German government, the New
Orleans Times Picayune points out
'.As inspired and timed 1t symbohzes
n parting OF the ways which will be
regretted both in France and Ameri-
e<AS I.-.-.-1A.---...
Evening star., 1923-01-19

And the de&fer repeated what he had
told Or. Smith.
"AIl very good, but send up the coal
Just the same"
President Harding, looking about
|, for longheaded men to delve into the
coal situation, also picked Mr.. Neill to
sit on the new commission.
The chairman of the commission is
John Hays Hammond. Mr.. Hammond
also ordered his coal early in the sea-
son.
Those three members of the COM
mission-the supreme court of the coal
ndustry-suffered no hardship this
winter for lack of coal. The writer
is told that the other four members
also ordered coal far enough ahead
of cold weather to have their bins
stocked.
Now ii may he that there is moral
in this story and it may be that there
isn't. Whether or not. 1t is worth
remembering the next time you have
chance to get all the coal you want.
When the commission met to or
ganize, it found that some of it's mem
bers knew virtually nothing about
the business of mining and market
ing coal. Their affairs had all been
along other lines.
I'VE ought to learn the elements of
coal mining and marketing before we
start our Investigations" said one of
the number.
In a way. we are like doctors at
tending a sick patient. And no doctor
should practice until he knows some
thing about medicine"
So they began to study coal They
started with a moving picture of coal
mining. That picture was taken by
a government engineer, Mr.. Leopold
of the bureau Of mines, and it was
accurate.
After that other government engi-
neers coached them. Then the stu
dent commissioners learned the no
menclature of coal.
When they sat down with operators
and miners not long afterward they
astonished their witnesses by their
knowledge of the industry.
The union miners came before the
commission.
1--WE are underpaid," the miners COM
planned. I'VE have been underpaid for
years.
'Is that so?" asked the commission.
''We seem to remember that you have
said something about that before
ITS true the miners said. VERY.
very true. It's the cause of the present
trouble
We'll" said the commission. wen
look into it
ne COIhilisSloi liu looh iHto II. w Hit
it did was to order all the pay rolls
copied and sent in from the coal fields.
The rolls are coming in now. They
go back three years. They cover the
earnings of every union miner in the
United States. There are about 400. 900
such miners. When the commission
gets through it will know how much
money every man made during the past
three years.
"a good many pay rolls" one opera
tor dryly remarked. Quite so-1fteeu
solid carloads.