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she had established a form of govern.
ment in which the people-aS such
were to be the direct governing powers
that nobody owed anything to capitals
tic interests in reality even though Rus
STA had borrowed money from those
Interests In plain words Russia at
tempted to repudiate her honorable debts
in most dishonorable manner. There
is no analogy between the manner in
which the debt proposition was APP
preached by Great Britain and by Rus
Sia. The soviet government OF the latter
country attempted TO steal the money
it had borrowed from America. What
is the reed OF offering discount to a man
who will pay nothing;
Under such circumstances the United
States would be false to itself and to the
respect it owes to itself ii it recognized
as an honorable government any agg-e-
cation OF men who acted in such man
ner. There is ample reason why Rus
STA should not be recognized by the
United States.
Even though there were no financial
reasons why the United States should
not recognize the soviet government
there are social reasons galore. No
govcrnmcnt-as the word government
Is understood today--has so soaked itself
in blood as has the soviet aggregation.
Never since the Inauguration OF govern
ments among men has any government
so lent itself to murder as has soviet
Russia. The full details OF what has
happened in that unhappy country since
the deposition OF Gar Nicholas will
Liver be known, but enough has been
made public to prove that the horrors
of the French Revolution were COM
parativcly nothing beside the long list
of human life destroyed that is directly
against the present Russian
government.
In his private capacity no man likes
to be on friendly terms with cold
blooded murderer and nations in their
sphere surely have the same right OF
social selection as have individuals.
AS for Senator Borah, he is by his con-
slant objections to everything proposed
by everybody on every subject, making
himself All object of wearisomc contem-
plation. People who never agree with
but themselves are certain to
become tiresome to everybody but them
selves and Senator Borah is rapidly be-
coming the high-priest OF this cult.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-21
Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim,

There doesn't seem to be anything
really simple in this world. There
is a catch in almost anything. Just
as you think you have worked out a
new scheme something gums il.
The ultimate meaning Of which is
that Charles Augustus Callahan has
ceased living on rabbit food.
Charles Augustus was not merely
fat. but Dubious. He overhung like
a Chesapeake Bay canoe. Then some
one loaned him a book in which it
was explained that il you lived on
string beans and spinach you would
regain your youthful contours, if you
did not eat too many beans.
He lost his fat, all right He was
undoubtedly better for it. But man
cannot live by string beans alone.
His temper became irritable and he
developed one of the finest cases of
ingrowing dyspepsia ever heard of in
those parts where most of us lived. I'M
til the hideous temptation was remov-
ed from us by law. on toasted cheese
and deleterious liquids.
But that wasn't the worst of il, -
Charles Augustus admits.
The string bean diet. or something.
made him penurious. If he wanted to
save a few extra dollars all he had
TO do was TO hurry out to the pas
ture and nibble blue grass. He be-
gan to save money in unhallowed
ways. He let his hair grow long. rath-
or than shoot half dollar at the bar
ber. and 0uarreled with his wife I'M
til she threatened to leave him. He
never saved money so fast in his life
before. Neither did any one else.
Then the doctor told him to get
back or more generous diet nr he
would not he responsible.
Automatically Charles Augustus
Callahan ceased to he miser. a
crouch. sourball And, boy. but he
looks snappy in his new clothes,
The moral seems to be: Watch Your
Step.
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| what to do. and she does it consistently,
promptly, correctly, unfailingly, rncom-
plainingly.
Has Old Jude complex mind? No.
Has she "a lot OF sense" in the gen
eral meaning OF the term: OF course
not. Is she talented? How silly!
But for mule she is fairly success
ful. isn't she: Her humarh co-workers
Will say she is. For the task required
OF her she is worth intellectually more
than a thoroughbred Arab horse from
the stables of the greatest of all sheiks.
Doesn't this story Of a mule mean
something in terms of the tasks whose
performance or non-performance spells
success or failure for human beings:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-21
DOWN BY THE RIVER

Down by the river the log hut stands
Where father and mother dwat.
And the old door latch
mat was worn by their hands
And the church where in PRAYER they knelt
But years have passed since that happy time
And the river keeps rolling along,
And the birds and the bees
And the waving trees
Keep singing the same old song
Row. row. your boat
Gently down the stream,
For all that's passed
And gone at last.
And the future is but dream
There stands the tree that we used to climb
And the, mill with its rolling din
And the old wharfboat
Where used to float
When the schoolboys went 10 swim
The high grass grows on the masters grave
! But the river keeps rolling along.
And the birds and the bees
And the waving trees
Keep singing the same old song
| Row. row. row your boat
( Gently down the stream.
! For all that's passed
And gone at last
And the future il but dream.
\ ---Iuknown
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BORESOME BORAH

Senator Borah Of Idaho has recently
delivered speech in New York City in
which he advocates the immediate rec
ognition of the soviet government OF
Russia. He claims that we have no
proper right to demand all Our money
from Russia when we have offered a
discount to Great Britain. Al 0; which
is a pretty fair quality OF nonsense.
In the first place, Great britain did
not openly repudiate all her debts to
foreign countries as did Russia. Great
Britain did not send emissaries into this
country with instructions to overturn
our system OF government. 1t did hint
that it would like to have us remit her
debt to us but that suggestion was not
conveyed officially There is small doubt
however that official Britain knew per-
fectly what unofficial Britain was talking
about when the proposition for deb
cancellation was made.
Russia, however, fatty declared that
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-21
OPEN ARMY DRIVE
Salvation Army Solicitors Get S2465
i'm First Three Hours.

In three hours Tuesday morning
mems teams of the Salvation Army
drive obtained pledges of S2IG5 to-
ward the $4,000 needed to carry on
the armys endeavors in San Antonio
this year.
No report was made of the wom-
ems collections, as they will not re-
port until Wednesday.
The mems report was made at noon
luncheon ar the Gunter. The team
captained by James X. Stuart led
with S23S. Other teams were as fol-
lows: III. V. Weise's team, 500; John
Anthony's team. SJ4.3J: Louis J.
Frankers. S74.30; +. l.. Dennis Jr.,
500: J. X. Blackstone, S4S: Robert NJ.
Watson. S51.J0 Il. NJ. West. Sj7 30 ;
George Il. Calder S43.15; Malcolm G..
Simons. $39.50; /. Mazur. $39.75: F..
+. Doyle. $66.70: w. G. Holland.
S140.45: A. i. Moon, S103.1O; c. V.
Seutter. S120.25: +. j. Moser,
S101 30; Ned A. Zoeller. 5000; j..
c. Nash. SGI.J0: Richard +. Wend-
over. $500; q. A. Hudson. S1G3. % !;
A. A. Smith. SS3.50: J. F. Strothcr.
s61.25; A. W. Arnold, $3.50: J. h.
Higdon. S2S.30; p. ii. Fennell.
S1a.T5: Judge Augustus McCloskey.
$47.50; J. Earl Smith. S1I; Rev. Ash
or Harlan Brand. $50; Ben p. Lane,
1898: +. II. Orchard. S2S.75: A. J..
Chavez. $50, Tom Petriny. So: Il. /.
Solomon. SO: Edgar "A. Rogers,
S21.20: A. +. DahrooGc. S12.7J: j.
Frank Groman. 50: II. o. McCrelcss.
$10J.J1. Total. S2465.
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Poetry's Mission
By II. Arlington Bruce.

| According to Frederick G. Prescott
professor of English in Cornell Uni
versity. the chief purpose of poetry
is to contribute in special way to
the satisfaction of mans c~aving for
knowledge, and thus to contribute to
| progress.
in every science, for example.
Professor Prescott instances. in what
may be described as psycho-analytic
| study of THE Poetic Mind" 1--WE I'M
derstand to certain point; beyond
lie the parts of the subject we are
learning, and beyond them the great
unknown.
I'm going forward over this new
country toward the unknown the
imagination always leads the way and
the reason follows. The poet sees
first and points out. the scientist then
explains and demonstrates.
The familiar country is the region
of prose and science. The region Of
poetry is always just on that frontier
where the known merges into the I'M
known.
There lies the field of greatest in
test and difficulty. There lie the
subjects which can be approached only
POLITICALLY. and the work of the poets,
This is the true apologize for
poetry. the argument by which all the
dreams and fancies, the vision and the
ecstasy of the poet are justified"
Now | would not for a moment dis
pute that to increase mans knowledge
is vertically part of poetry's mission.
But | would somewhat emphatically
insist that it is only n part. And ]
would question whether it be. in the
last analysis. the most important part.
To me it has always seemed that the
supreme purpose of poetry is to quick
en- human sympathies and sensibili-
ties. Poets are essentially people who
feel kecnly, and they write as they
do, not so much from an impulse to
impart knowledge as to inspire in
others the sentiments which mean so
much to them.
Or. stated otherwise. poetry as / see
it is meant to serve the emotional
rather than the intellectual life of
man. The poet would, and again and
again does, appeal to the mind. But
his ultimate appeal is always to the
spirit. -.
And it is precisely because Of my
belief in the sympathy spirit
charging mission of poetry that ]
have from time to time urged a more
general and more apprecative read
ing of great poems, even by those to
whom of all people poetry may seem
mOsta lien-practical men of business.
Indeed. the reading of poetry is
beneficial if considered only from n
narrowly practical point of view.
AS ] once took occasion TO remark.
in my book 'SelfDevelopment":
Business. after all. is largely n
matter of human relationships. The
smoother these relationships. the cas-
Ter success is won. And there can be
no smoothness where sympathy is
lacking. Read frequently. poetry is
bound to quicken the scnsibilitieS and
broaden the sympathies OF those who
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-21
EASY PICKINGS FOR OFFICERS

Many stories of "hi-iacking" on the
part of officers OF "the law have been
told since the advent of national "pro-
hibition." Some OF them belonged in
the realm OF fiction, while others were
only partly true Probably no one has
kept a record of those that have been
absolutely corroborated. But If al the
''hi-jacking' stories thus far. told had
been utterly fase--and this is certainly
not the case-the one recently reported
i~om indianapolis. Ind, would warrant
&c expression of grave concern for
F." future OF government in this country.
Testfyin% in federal court at Indian
lis. citizen of Grand Rapids, Mich,
,countcd incidcnS OF a motor trip
on the latter city to Gary. Ind. which
'--Dorted to show that various officials.
,"iuding sheriff and a county prose-
catirG attorney. practiced a system of
grating whereby they fleeced innocent
persons whom they charged with liquor
law violations and liberated the guilty
for a price, without the Formally of
court proceedings in either case.
One might question the veracitv Of
the Grand Rapids man. But other wit
nesses, called by the prosecution told
the same story. Neither the Grand
Rapids man nor any other witness
called by the government was testify
ing in his own behalf They were
merely trying to help the government
clear up bad situation.
Of course every decent citizen in the
land would like to see the maximum
penalty imposed upon any and all Of
ficers Of the law who may be found
guilty in this case. But that outcome
would by no means solve the problem
which national Prohibition has
created. However severe the punish
ment, if any inflicted upon the Gary
officials, the temptation is 50 strong
that officers elsewhere could be expected
to conduct elsewhere could be expected
trial at indianapolis are alleged to have
done. This does not imply that officers
IN general are INSCRIPTIONS. 1t is merely
commentary upon human nature. Men
have always stopped for great gain, and
doubtless will continue to do so-not
all men, but fairly large percentage.
Prohibition presents an unprece-
dented and Incompatible opportunity
for gain. One has only to be unscrup,:-
T. lous and an officer. Of "the law" to take
advantage OF it in the way charged
against the Indiana officials.
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explained the farmer. Don't know
lust what's the matter. She got MP
this mornin' and got breakfast for me
and the hands, at ), then she done y
washn' and baked some pies and
bread-mebbe ten loayes or sO-and
then she churned and cleaned up the
house little and fed the pigs and
chickens and weeded some of the gal :
den and got dinner and was SEWN aud
mendin' some this afternoon. like she
always does, when all of sudden she
keeled over.
Il can't think what's the matter.
sor she's been doin' homework like
that without no trouble for night onto
fifteen years"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-21
AN ARKANSAS MULE

This man is a success" That man
is failure" The first has Drains, .
or maybe he is lucky or talented.
The second is 4 'duinb-bell,' or per-
haps he is just "unlucky.'
One hears some such abbreviated
formula nearly every day. The man
who gets ahead is called successful
therefore he is assumed to have a
wonderful mind. The man who doesn't
seem to be getting ahead is suspected
of having comparatively little gray
matter"
There is an element OF truth, gcner-
ally, in both ideas; but it is commonly
misinterpreted. The man who gets
ahead may have ''lots OF sense" and
the one who doesn't may have none at
all IN the most practical meaning OF
the term. But the latter may have a
far more complex mind, while it is
possible for the former to be moron
The moron may be successful in a
limited way. A person with a highly
developed mind may be an absolute
failure at any undertaking because he
ignores little things which the moron
regards as vitality important.
Has mule any intelligence? In
the customary sense of the term, has
he any brains? The average person
would say no" and that answer would
be correct-li6ewise in the customary
sense. But what has this to do with
men who succeed and men who fail?
List to tale that comes from Ar
kansas, where mules are almost as
plentiful as grasshoppers in western
Kansas, and Just about as big. THr
LIGHT does not guarantee this story tc
be literally true in every detail; bu
there is no good reason to doubt it
because the mule described has no
d Jew counterparts. some of which, nC
doubt, readers of THE LIGHT could cal
by name. In other words, il this par
| tlcular story Is not true, there ar,
others just ike it that are. So
Old Jude works at quarry oWneC
and operated by a lime company. He
task is to pull an empty car up
grade after its load from the QUAR-,
has been dumped at the foot OF tn
gentle slope down which the car run
by gravity. The mule has no driver
She shows up" in the morning fey
minutes before the bell rings, and i
that signal she steps into her harnes
and is hooked to the car at the dunn
pile. When the car is filled sh
trudges up the hill with her load. Tha
} task completed, she returns to the dunn
pile, ready for another upgrade tril
) She knows when to KNOCK OFF, &c
dinner; she doesn't quit second to
early, either And when a blast is t
be set off in the quarry, she does NJ
have to be told to ruin for cove
When the boss says, Fire in II
= mole" Old Jude seeks protection b.
: hind a huge rock or tree trunk, an
t goes back to work immediately aft
the explosion. In fact, nobody has
t itell her anything. She knows cxacil
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New York Day by Day
By o. o. M'INTYRE.

York, the old
his trumphs the stc he retired
table, with the TILL baskd
in the that his
But it praccing dentistry.
Garden. Benny Leonard studying And it
without echo Today fighter
afternoon and Frank Moran is patron of the
room into the high hat and broad circle Carpenter came over
from France find himself sufocatd with admiration from dbb
Park Madison Avenue
exclusive picks Dempsey OF
fight said be taking
prowing about the galleries
The other night Madison
had finished
of
medicine ambitious
They well hammered spoke excellent English
The editor of rather wild
a story The writer called the telephone ask about his
Well said the editor
There is rich broker Of progressive
There al-le closely cropped head of hair
the others
to impress the wig for hair wearing
days he slips on No. L. And has all the peasurablc
pseudo hair
On lower broadway there has its wall
montrous stuffed fish gentleman slight
evening gazed little unsady remarked Th fellow who
a
Second Avenue theater the swashbuckng
"A nd
a leather lunged god yelled IF any"
counted 2f in the kwho
handkerchef and
like
Copyright 1929. by the Mcknight Syndicate, Incl
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Where to Go

Vaudeville.
ajcstic-Vaudeville and pictures.
Stock.
Royal-Edna Park and players.
Motion Pictures.
Empire-"The Flirt."
Palace" Broken Chains" =
Rialto-"A Blind Bargain"
Princcss-"The Beautiful and
Damned"
Rivoli-"H You Believe 1t, It's
So
Tourist Club. 10 East Crockett
street, open from S a. IN to IL p. m.
Luncheon Clubs.
Tl,ursdar.
Ioins Club at the Gunter.
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Pointed Paragraphs

Tie glad hand grasps the iackpot
Some men get an awful jolt when
they fall in love.
The man who has nothing to live
for can afford TO LOAF
The female bargain hunter knows
all the cOuniersigns.
What most churches need are min
iste~s who are able to waken men.
Every time man has his fortune
told he gets rid of small portion
nf IT,
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subit themselves to its benign influ-
ence."
Also. of course, the frequent read
ing of good poetry makes for a clearer
understanding of the higher realities
of life. Which would seem to be the
most important of the many services
poetry renders TO mankind.
Copyright, 1928. by The Associated
Newspapers.)
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Nobody lives here" answered the
girl. Were only staying for n short
time"
But how many are here?' per-
sisted the man.
I'm here. Fathers gone for s%KH
and mother is"
Stop! Stop" exclaimed the off
cial pimatiently. Il want to know
how many inmates are in the house.
How many slept here last night?'
well, you see," was the reply. 81
had the toothache dreadful, my little
brother had the stomach ache, and we
both look on so much that nobody slept
a wink"
Then the inspector said he would
call again.
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LOHuOH near W a
terloO station Il
public house. In
its window arriv-
ing travellers may
note the following
placard : W e
have on h a n d
some ten-year-old
Scotch. 1t is rich
and oilv. A drink
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head master, TAX
ing 4 late evening.
walk. noticed a
boy who, contrary,
to the rules, was.
out for a MKN
too. The boy took
to his heels and
the master gave
chase, just sue
ceeding in grasp
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Irf;uenza I'm San Beni.O.

San BpnitO. Tex. Narch 2I.Mnch
Influenza is prevalent in this city ard
surrounding country AMI al the nhysi-
clans are kept quite busy. The disease
seems to be in mild form. however.
and only keeps its victims in the
house few days. The schools of the
city are feeling the effect rs Il number
Of teachers are on the sick list and
are rnable to attend to their duties.
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V + II Y b o ID Y
thinks the other
mans job is pretty
soft.
It's hard to real
ize the difficulties
and hard work in
vOlved in a task
that's different
from your own.
The old farmer
in the story was an
example.
The doctor had
visited his house
and one of his
neighbors cam &
over to inquire the
reason.
My wife is sick,
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III tdlut htI ubH.
"Ah, the dear
dog" he said.
Have you taught
him any new trick
since L was here
last 2"
Yes she said
sweetly. "lf you
whistle he'll bring
your hat"
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audlence OIL a poor
chap whom | once
heard in London
Grating at the
Marble Arch. This
poor fellow got a
boy to take up a
collection for him
at the end of the
Grafton, and when
the collection vaS
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ing and tearing off coat-tail.
Thinking TO identify the culprit by
his torn coat. the master had all the
boys in the form paraded for inspec-
ton next morning. But every coat
had q cOat-tail missing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-21

" iiuhV iii'I VII lcc.
Approaching one
house. he knocked
sharply, and the
door was soon
opened by the
daughter of the
house.
How many peo-
pie live here ~ he
-g,1.nI
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of it rolls down your throat. and as it
rolls it says Christmas, Christmas,
Christmas y"
The English public schools have
their own special codes of honor. /,
1t was at famous school that the
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A Laugh or Two

Secretary Hoover said in an address
in behalf of Russia's famine victims
Give till it hurts. Don't be like the|
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CAPITOL.
A~ JOKES

BY 4. II. NELSON
5. Ex-Representative From Wis
cousin. Eleventh District
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Tho above totals and averages are for paid cir
cJation exclusive Of all spoiled copies and any free
copies OF any nature.
We hereby that the FOREGOING statement or
paid circulation is correct.
II. C. BROWN.
Circulation Manager
c. J.. BUCHANAN,
Business Manager
Of March, A. D. 1928. $3.50
- tseaD T. V. WHITE,
Notary Public.
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Perhaps it is cruel to print this in
America. Well. anyhow, there is in
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over he said, well, L ave got me at
back, any 'ow.'"
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There had been complaints Of over
crowding, so an official was sent out
70 n, al.a ino,,ir;ac
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At Second Avenue thater night the swashbuckl
cried "A horse, horse kingdom for up in IN
a leather lunged god yelled, IF any,
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II not otherwise credited In this and also thar
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FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

The rad circulation Of The Antonio Light |
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He was boring her to death. when
in ANNA bor do,
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On lower broadway there little wall
stuffed fish,
evening gazed at it little bit unsteady who
is a inr' - WV