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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
Watching the Parade
BY John PilTim.

An old poker player once called to
my attention one of the most important
facts in nature.
"You can bet your hat" he said,
"just as high as you want to bet
it-and with perfect safety unless SONG
one calls"
Putting that thought in less recon-
dite language should say be meant that
a little bluffing is a good thing, but
that one should make certain not TO
over-bluff. One should always have
something with which to make good.
This came TO my mind the other
day when l contemplated the plight in
which is TO be found the scion OF a
, well-known and honored name. He is a
youngster of a fair amount Of ability.
No one knows, in fact, now much
ability he really has, for he has never
stepped out on his own. He has al
ways been under the shelter of some
guardian wing. But he likes to pretend
that he is really on his own. He has
inherited, to to speak, an important
position in a large business of which
he knows almost nothing. Now and
then he is called upon to decide course
of action.
1--WE will do so and So" he always
says.
If he were a really bright boy he
would ask the elder employees, men
who have grown up in the business.
what they think about The propositiop,,
The chances are that any one OF them
is as naturally intelligent as is he. The
certainty is that they have experience
and knowledge. They are buttressed by
precedent. If, after informing himself
on all the facts, he then decides not
to take their advice one must yield
him some admiration. Right or wrong,
he has shown courage and enterprise.
But to decide without knowing the facts,
merely to save his face before employees
who know more in a minute that he
does in a year about his job-well,
that is folly. ,
Hence he is little by little slipping
backward. He knows it, but because he
is puffcd up with an entirely false pride
he is more insistent than ever on hav-
ing his own way. I'll grant that he 10
employing his spare time in trying to
find out which end of the boat is the
front end. TO use a figure of speech,
but that isn't enough.
He has been caught bluffing so often
that he has lost all of the face he has
been trying so hard to save.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
INVISIBLE EXCHANGE"

1t was Herbert Hoover, secretary OF
commerce, who first called the country's
attention to the fact, which has since be-
come somewhat notorious, that there is
a great hiatus in the trade records of the
United States. His report for the fiscal
year l92O-l921 shows that during that
period this country exported $2,80OO00-
900 more than it imported, but in terms
of concrete commodities it accounts for
less than half of that difference. What
became Of the remainder of that enormous
sum?
Mr. Hoover's attempted explanation is
almost naive-as, indeed, are all official
efforts to dodge plain facts pertaining
to the discontinue which has been
brought upon the government through
the operation of the national prohibition
law. In trying to account for the missing
Sl,5OO,OOO,OO0 the secretary of commerce
lists various items which he says consti-
tute an Invisible exchange" He had to
resort to the indefinite, because for the
$4,000, 100000 sent abroad in excess of
the amount brought in from foreign
sources, this country received, so far as
the governments records show, precious
metals valued at something over half a
billion dollars In other wor,is. only
about eighteen per cent of the exchange
is accounted for on the governments
books.
OF the remaining 80 per cent, Mr.
Hoover estimates, about half must have
been spent by tourists abroad, in specu-
lation in German marks, and by immi-
grants DESTROYS Of helping relatives in
their native lands. But after having made
this estimate-and presumably the usual
method Of calculation was employed-Mr.
Hoover is dissatisfied with his own figures,
saying that perhaps he undcrshot the
mark. The items listed under invisible
exchange" would have to be multiplied
by two if Mr.: Hoover's explanation is to
account even theoretically, for the entire
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
The Poets Corner
THE DOUGHB0Y's HOME.

All! l long for a home on the mountain
side,
Just n place to rest at even tide
A little old cabin way back IL the trees
Where the coon dog barks in the cool
night breeze
Where the woodsmen ak has louo
echo,
Down in the valley far below.
Where the frost sparkles bright on tue
autumn leaves -.
And troubles there that never grleVe'
A home like this till my life is through
A home like this with a woman true.
Where the leaves are green in the early
spring,
Where the birds in the morning may
flutter and sing,
Where the smoke curls high through
the trees,
And the squirrels bark out in the morn
ing breeze;
A home like this. where e'er it may be-
That nature alone has prepared for ME,
But poverty and disability depriyes ne
of that home,
So l am left alone, -
&C. ?. FOREMAN,
Disabled Veteran.
1910 South Flores st.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
NOBILITY.

True worth is in being, not seeming;
In doing, each day that goes by,
Some little gOOd-not in the dreaming
Of great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in blindness,
And in spite of the fancies of youth
There's nothing so kingly rs kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our mete as we measure:
We cannot do wrong and feel right:
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,
Far Justice avcnges each slight.
The air for the wing of the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren,
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the children of men.
We can not make bargains for blisses.
Nor catch them like fishes in nets,
And sometimes the thing our life misses
Helps more than the thing which it gets.
For good lieth not in pursuing,
Nor gaining Of great nor Of small:
But just in the doing--and doing
As We would be done By, is all.
Through envy through malice, through hating,
Against the world early and late,
No iot Of our courage abating
Our part is TO work and to wait.
And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who Is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
THE CONQUEROR WORM.

Lo. It's a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years.
An angel thrOng bewinged, bedight
In wells, and drowned in tears,
Sit in a theater to see
4 play of hopes aud fears,
While the orchestra bresthes fitfully
The music of the spheres.
Mines, in the form of God on high,
Mutter and humble low,
And hither and thithcr fly;
Mere puppets they, who come and 20
At bidding of vast formlcss things
That shift tho scenery to and fro.
Flapping from out their condor wings
Invisible Woe.
That motley drama-oh, be sure
1t shall not be forgot.
With its Phantom chased for eyermore
By crowd that seize it not,
Though n circle that ever rcturneth in
To the self-samc spot;
And much of the Madness and more Of SIM
And horror the soul of the plot.
But see amid the mimic rOut
A crawling shape intrude:
A blood-rcd thing that writhes from out
The scenic sOltudei
1t writhes lit wrthcs with mortal pangs
The mines become its food
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbucd.
Out--out are the lights-out all.
And, over each quivcriag form,
The curtain, funeral pail,
Comes down with the rush of storm,
While the angels, all pad and wan,
Uprising unvciling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, man."
And its hero, the ConQuerOr Worm
Edgar Alaa Poe.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
Pointed Paragraphs

A profile photograph Is merely a
sidcshOw.
Marriage is sometimes a failure and
always an assignment.
If a spinstcr keeps her birthdays
she keeps them quiet.
Marriage is the one thing required
to complete girls education.
A jackknife is dangerous thing,
but it's less dangerous than a jackpot.
II the husband foots his wife's bills
she should at least foot his hosiery.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
Oat of the Mouths of Babes

Mamma" said 4-year-old Howard,
"that mean little Smith girl called me
a monkey today"
Then what happened?" asked his
mother.
Well" replied Howard, "you see l
couldn't slap a girl, 50 l gdve another
little girl half of my candy to scratch
her."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
FRANCE GOES ALONE

= France is to have free hand in deal
ing with the German reparations ques-
ZION. Just at present there is no telling
whether the situation will eliminate in
immediate wars. 1t is almost certain,
however, to cause wars in the future, as
there is little doubt that France will as
sumo a dictatorial attitude and will en-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

The governor is urging the establish
ment of more industrial factories in Tex
as. Maybe it would be easier if people
with capital to invest could be convinced
that Texas had fewer pigmy statesmen.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

More troops have been placed on duty
at Mer Rouge, La, where the bodies of
two men were taken from lake. Some
times outlaw communities like outlaw ma
tons, must be taught their place.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

DIDN'T CARRY IT ON THEIR HIPS of
prohibition officers the big public New
desired drink of
under the table and then brought forth the flask from
Silk National Bank.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

Our idea of the way to enforce the pro-
hibition law is to begin in Washington
and gradually extend enforcement to the
remainder of the country.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

CERTAIN office force who does not own a
the prices announced by the auto
tonow will be place for pedestrian.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

Low-grade gasoline and low-grade
bootleg whiskey form bad combination
for Joy ride.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

CHARLES A. CAMPBELL of has achieved
greatest
Every day he a 100 of them.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

THIS IN THE CLIMATE advertising
the December hunting
had
to o their
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
What Do You Know About That?

MEN DIDN'T ON THEIR HIPS of
search by prohibition officers the big public New Years parties According
the table and then brought forth the flask
Silk National Bank.
A. CAMPBELL has achieved
Of the Misunderstanding mosquito has another claim to at least local r
Every day he consumes at least 100 of them
PASTE THIS ONE CLIMATE advertising book party
spent December a
thing to relieve the sunbun on their faces and necks
ehinaberry trees were planted on
the nberry trees in the city have been pagatd from these
numbers the thousands
THE PROPRIETOR the smaller restaurants saws he
many
the celebration just passed that his profits wiped then
spilled liquor which the plating off the verware
off the table tops
posofce say that on
they cannot
make change for nickel dime and have relieved moments
after walking about and thinking of something else besides making change
are fit for duty again.
WHILE EDUCATION ADMITTEDLY the by path to wealth. as we'll
fame and other things nevertheless fact uhed for by San Antonio
but dealings with
sign his with
THE NORTHEAST CORNER FrOstbu building the
Antonio Formerly the of the Wolff
building held the record
THE PEOPLE hOspabe entepsing
sign leading
highway-Hurry - Beevile."
AN ARCHITECT HAS DISCOVERED beautiful
San Antonio is use because is the edge of the city
beautiful of the city and surrounding
territory to be found on any of the hills
PEOPLE ON THE talking
Mexican "fres las eas"
NEW YEARS EVE according
into the big Kansas City hotels for the nights He
plainly music of the orchestra the rattle of the dishes and
shouts of the dancers
MORE their poll
taxes early this time but only percentage The usual rush
of IN payers will begin in a few days
ALMOST HUMAN IS claimed for his dog by J. who
teponed insists along when j. j. goes forth in his
Ford but makes no big out
NJ B. HUTCHINs MANAGER OF the
exchange girls supply of unused wrong numbers
THE MEMBERS OF guests of the Ghad
Chill Powder company at luncheon Friday products
nsv were served Although majority present seasoned San
twelve mattresses busy hauling aqua to them
after partaking of the chilli
Is enforced Limit %
miles hour limits of the nwyncopoed village
Antonio the north And they it. as many speede
have discovered
THE ONLY MAN N A office force who does not
alarm the prices announced by the auto
manufacturers He figures keep getting cheaper San An
tonic will be no place for pedestrian
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

THIS speed law is enforced Limit 70
the city limits of the newyncporad village
adjoining north And they it. many speeders
ha discovered
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
SIXTY YEARS AGO Z,

SIXTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK chinabery
North Flores street by L. Lege 1t is
numbers thousands
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

THE MEMBERS ROTARY CLUB guests of the Gebhd
Friday which products of the com
those seasoned
twelve mattresses hauling aqua to them
after of chilli
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
THE PROPRIETOR OF ONE OF the smaller restauran


spilled which plating off
the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

HUTCHINS MANAGER OF THE MENGER hotel says the reason
automatic system here is because
supply Of unused wrong numbers
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
ALMOST HUMAN INTELLIGENCE rs claimed for his dog by

ephoned insists along when j. goes fort
but in when his master takes the big
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
CLEAN KIDNEYS
BY DRINKING
LOTS OF WATER
Take Salts TO Flush Kidneys
If Bladder Bothers or
Back Hurts

Eating too much rich food may
produce kidney trouble IN aome form.
says n well.known authority, because
the acids created excite the Kidneys.
Then they become oVerworkrd, get
sluggish. clog up and cause all sorts
OF distress. particularly hacknchn and
misery In the kidney region, rheu.
matte twinges. severe headaches. acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver.
siceplcssness. bladder and urinary lr.
ritatlons.
The moment your back hurts or
kidneys aren't acting right. or n
bladder bo,hers you. begin drinking
lots OF good water and also got about
four ounces OF Jnd salts from any
good pharma cy; take Tablespoonful
IN a glass OF water before breakfast
for n few days, and your Kidneys
may then net fine. This famoua salts
is made from tho acid Of grapes and
lemon Juice. combined with llthin,
and has been used for years 20 flush
clogged Kidneys and stimulate them
to activity. also 10 ncutrailzo tho
acids in tho system, 30 that they no
longer irrltatc, thus often relieving
bladder disorders.
Jnd Salts cannot lnjuro anyone:
makes delightful cfferycscont 18th.
ia.watcr drink. which millions OF
men and women tako now and then
to help keep tho kidneys and urinary
organs clean, thus often avoiding NO.
rious kidney disorders. BY all means.
hayo your physician examine your
Kidneys at least twice ycar.--Ad.
vortiaement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04

49, WHAAl HfHa
20 any extent,
but the In.
genious gard
sner can Of
ten outwtt
nature an a
p z Rtcically
create space
for these
crops SUM
ucr sqnaahea
owing 20 their
bush habit Of
growth. take
little room
Gu eumbers
and musk
melons may
10 supported
on a trrllls
W atcrmelona
"a "a a gntwWW
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04

Arthur Abbot IN his clever epic OF
PRIV Volstead dhys. which he n pre-.
srntinE AZ tho Palace IIip thcater this
week. n proving very popular with
tho audiences. Abbot n making HE
nth appearance IN Seattle on this
occasion. lie hhH been on the Amsri.
can vaudeville stage Tor 10 years and
has earned a reputation well worth
having, lie credits tho fact that he
has never deserted the variety stage
Tor stock drama, or the legitimate
stage. with hls success ia sketches
and playlsfa when this type Of enter.
tsinment has become hcarrer and
acHfutr
We study our paru. change our
offerings 20 keep up with the times
and Introduce novelties such a. our
medley q lines from current popular
songs which closes our present mum.
beers. no said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
SCOTCH TO ATTEND
PALACE HIP REVUE

seotchmen viii have their innings
at the Palace Hip thester Thursday
when tho local Caledonian society
and Clan Mckenzie turn out at tho
evening performance OF stuarts
Scotch Revue, which is featured on
tho new program.
Haillng from Renfrow and Dunoon,
Argylshire. Scotland, these people
sing and dance their way thru one
OF the mcrriest hcndlincrs seen ut
the Second ave. house this season.
Their routine includes folk and char.
hcter dancing, popular and national
songs. comedy, and lastly, pipe band
music. There arc seven people in
the organization
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
NEW OFFERING AT
OLYMPIC TONIGHT

With the new program starting
"Wednesday night ~ the Olympic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
South America Divided
BetWeen US. and League
Conference Now Under Way in Chile Dis
closes Interesting Political Triangle

Secretary HuEhea IN his message
20 tho conference. did not refer d.
rectiy 20 the isagus. Tho conviction
which has led % these gatherings
no said. Ia that Of a distinct com.
nunlty q interest AMONG the fepuh-
lies % this hemisphrrr. Il II no
prejudice 10 other interests wisely 90
concern our own These republics.
each appropriately safeguarding It's
sovereignty and Independence. yuico
the sentiment which - the sssTu.r u
Pan -Amricanism The sentiment OF
mutually beneficial operation"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
Bureau of
Mis- sing
Relatives

The star Invites iis Frsdsss 20 sss thi.
department. ss an aid is flHding tnlasins
Fslsfirss sF frisstsis. The dsfsartHssai Is
ts help IN rsaniiipE thee uhs have bssn
separated. The@. whose relatives %
friends are uiissinr are iasiisd 20 repsrs
the dlsappeafpnse directly To The star.
Headers uha 6aay knsu the whsf-a beats
81 fs~Fsors mshiieurd in this esiusaa q.
Tpissinr are requested ai~s 10 Fsf,srt 10
The star othsr newspaper ere lhyiisd
70 fvpspdaes saeh iisma 80 VII; latsr~st
their rtAdsrs.
JOHN MoCUTCHE0S. For she
past II years this man has been
missing and has finally been located
al Friday Harhor. Wash. Relatives
seeking him should address him az
itsh, place.
RICHARD LEY. Tho mother Of
this boy "a 81 years Of age and ia
very ~ and feeble. She last heard
from her son Ia 1914. AZ the begin
Ming Of tho world war. She has
tao aons who were injured in the
war and sbo IL without funds To
care for herHelf Anyone Knowing
Of the whereabouts Of her son n
asked TO write TO MTa. witwo Ley.
t.lbersufer II. Hagen. wcs,phaiia.
Germany.
JOHN WILSON. shipwrecked be.
tween Seattle and Alaska. many
years ago tho fate Of this man Is
s'lli a myAtcry. lie went 70 tho
Klondlko in tho early gold rush
days and u thought 20 have sailed
from there many years aEo. Tho
vosacl on which no returned was
reported sunk and he Ia believed to
have been drowned. Anyone know.
Ing whether or not no II alive Is
asked TO communicate with w. II.
Roach, box asa. Renfrow. Ont.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
BY ". H. BEATTus
Extension Horilrulturlsi, 4. s.
Department ~ Agriculture

Limited space foFblds growing
vine crops including cucumbsrt.
melons. aQuaahes and PUMPKINS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04

arc vaudeville spcolaitiss. beauti.
Sul girl revue. an interesting photo.
play feature and comedy drama
entitled little Miss Virginia. The
comedy drama al the bis feature OF
the BIZ promises unusual entertain.
msui. II depicts In a picturesque
and comic way life in "rousi.and.
ready" mining camp in Idaho. ana
tells the story OF a little Missouri
waif who Is suddenly cast among
a group Of people whose lives are
no entirely different from her own
that her future seems uncertain
But ~ Is usually tic case. Tho end
y q very happy one
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
Cucumbers Not Good in
Limited Garden Space

permit their being grown. They
mature late and may BE- stored Ia
a warm. dry room Tor winter use.
AZ a rule winter nquauhoa are
baked and served with butter. like
sweet potatoes.
or all things grown IN the gar
den cuoumbers probably have tho
least value. Tho danger from
their Use. especially by children.
- great This. however. FREE
auently comes from stale cucum-
bcrs Or those picked from a dis
easod or d1ins vine Strictly fresh
eueumbors. used IN moderation az
an ingredient OF salads by EroYn-
UPS may 10 permissible. but by
children. never.
Muakmeioun are one 81 the
most uncertain crops Tor tho
small garden Tho variety 20
plant depends upon locality. II IL
best 70 ask tho advice of some To-
cal scotsman Muskmelona can
DO grown upon a tfcllis. like cue
eumbsrs. bat they have 10 be sup
ported In little sings
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
NEW BEAN
GOOD CROP

Another vine crop that has at
traetsd wide attention recently
under tho nHmo Of New Guinea
butter hean. belongs 20 The
Eourda Tho vine grows rapidly
and h useful Tor covering a trcllls
over tho hack door II may ~
cooked and eaten Ike summer
squash, bat n inferior IN flavor
when IL comes 20 watermclona.
tho less faid tho better. for they
really have no place In The small.
garden and can usually be piir-
chased cheaper than they can bc
grown.
TOMORROW Permanent