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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
How Many Rooms Make a Home?
By KATHLEEN NORRIS


exactly in the period. His son killed
himself, don't you remember?
"And here, this is my favorite, It's
shut up now-that's the Davis place
They're such nice people-they travel
lot, they have no children She has
three Gainsboroughs in there. and they
say the finest Louis NV dining room
set in America"
And now and then: That's the
Robinson place. They have seven chill.
dren-those are the boys on the court. +"
is Ii Ever Home?
But even then, wonder il n house
with more than ten rooms in it is ever
home!
The very Spaciousness, the number OF
servants that is absolutely imperative.
the formality that one must observe. ]
wonder if these don't initiate against
real home feeling:
/ don't suppose very rich women love
their children less, but hundred things
work automatically TO separate them
and make them Independent of each
other. There are so many things for
the parents TO do, so much entertaining
so many distractions. And the children
dress, and recite lessons, and invita-
tons to the wrong parties are declined
for them, and those TO the right ones
accepted, and beautiful portraits of The
son and the daughter are beautifully
framed
But one never hears phrases like "my
best dress, Mother" or "Mary's day
out" or Jacks very favoritc pudding ~
/ know household where they have
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

certain Philadelphia woman, who
moved to a fashionable resort in
neighborhood of Colorado Springs,
frmined to make her residence there
lmanently and therefore did exactly
BIT you or / would do under the cir.
lstances-she built herself a home.
Having almost unlimited means, she
q did what you or 1 would do--she
lnned it upon royal lines. 1t became
astle.
Ter particular choice was for the
tlor architecture, and the buttressed
ches, the mullioned windows, the mas
and simple towers that you and l
ie perhaps admired in the setting Of
old world duly rose in this newer
/, not less exquisite environment.
lSelow and about this palace stretched
and thick woods, lofty
gateways guarded it, deer moved
tbugh the leafy coverts, and the linz
3 crystalline air of the mountain
Be held it as if in the heart of al
"a. -., ,....
riolorado is only the word "colored"
plnother tongue, and even those of us
ub never saw it may imagine just
plt that mansion came to be.
d Every WOman's Dream.
or haven't we-cvery woman among
wall dreamed that favorite dream of
Dding a house with all the money we
llted TO spend upon it!
hose dream houses! Mary's is
NAL brick, with white two-story pill
in front, with polished floors and
bow mahogany stair rails, with white
odwork artfully turned creamy as #
% age, with pineapple four poster
y. and swallow pattern quilts, with
qrge III silver porringers, and chintz-
IN the sun flooded breakfast room.
lime prefers a timbcred Elizabethan
lie, spreading and hospitable among
y gardens; Margaret rapturously
Ss for Norman stone, with a wide,
hinged terrace, where the idomitablc
Is spouts up between the bricks.
! Inc millionaire of my acquaintance
, a japanese home with an enormous
4 wooden gateway and curly topped
,lonies showing through trees. and
ntzerland, Italy, France are dotted
chalets, villas, and chateauz whose
Inns have drawn Americans away
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

getting up into the thirties and even the
forties now, who can remember a very
different sort of dinner time.
They remember a house set in woods
and a garden, and a mothers voice say
ing something like this, three hundred
and ssNty-five times a year, at about
half-past five o'clock:
Better stop reading. girls, and get
your table started. And put Dicky's
chair there, because Lizzie wants to get
away at about seven, and we'll have to
put him TO bed ourselves. Some one
tell Katie that Grandma's here, and not
to forget her tea.
"We'll you'll have to wash them
again, dear, you certainly didn't get
them clean--and do your face. too. No,
YOU can't help your sisters, because they
say you just muss things-but you can
run out and get some daisies for moth.
er'S bowl.
Give him q clean napkin, darling,
that's frightful. And Brother. when
you meet Daddy don't mention that he
green lamp-shade was broken-not until
he's had his good soup, anyway. You've
harnessed already-it's nearly six,
You sit here, Ma. and hold my baby.
and I'll make the butter balls"
Where Home Is.
Crowded, confused and shabby? Al.
it was worse even than that. Some
times there was weariness there. some.
times what those children thought real
poverty and privation when it came 10
new tennis. rackets md white shoes,
sometimes youthful rebcilions and tears.
But how the setting sun shone over
it, and how pleasant it was, with
Grandmother and the baby in the door.
way, and girls in ginghams and long
braids clinking plates and spoons, and
a surrey rafting out of the yard when
the train whistled, and everybody trying
to put his own particular napkin ring
next to Mothers.
You may not find wealth. ritual. for
mality. even correctness, in such a scene.
But where you find that sort of inter-
dependence, that joyous, eager noisy
mingling of old and young that sort of
service and love, you always find-a
Home.
Copyright, 1923, by the Republic
Syndicate.)
This is one Of a series Of Woman to
Woman Talks on present day family
and social problems that Mrs. Norris,
Americas best loved and most popular
woman writer, is writing especially for
this newspaper. Another talk will be
printed next Sunday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

don't suppose very rich women love their children
ess but hundred things work automatically to separate
hem and make them independent of each other.
know household where they have five dinners;
Tut it isn't home .a..
Over and over and over again humanity makes the
anne mistake the young couple are married, and they
Ire going to have magnificent home. The walls and
ardens the rugs and chairs occupy them delightfully."- for
honths.
And then what? Well, then, if they have love and
children and sense, and prayer, and few real
fends they are safe.
And if they haven't? Then it's one more crash The
als with their tapestry papers and their loaded win
iows, prison.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07
KATHLEEN NORRIS SAYS

What woman's house and
2lgs and silver ever saved
er happiness if it was not
.afe on other counts al
'eady? What wealthy per-
pms of your acquaintance
\ re enthusiastic about their
Expensive home five, ten,
Fifteen years after building
| wonder if a house with
bore than ten rooms in it
! ever a home? The very
|paciousness, the number of
'ervants that is absolutely
Imperative the formality that
ne must observe, l wonder
i these don't m lit a t e
7gainst real home making?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

Par Plate beautiful durable siverware 1t has fine
quality lverplate double the thickness the point
of greatest wear. GUARANTEED FOR TEN YEARS.
Act be quickly exhausted Take advantage
this opportunity have the exquisite table appointments you
been promising yourself.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
GERMAN WIVES
ARE GLOOMY
HERE
Fear Future as They Wait for
Soldier Husbands
Discharges.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.--After
spending two days on American
soil sixteen German war brides,
waiting at the Hotel Rutledge, Lex
ington avenue and Twenty ninth
street, while their doughboy hus-
bands are being discharged at Fort
Hamilton, were doubtful of the fu-
ture. Seven babies, some large
enough to run about the lobby Of
the hotel, were playing with toys
given them just before they left the
transport St. Mihiel.
All were happy and smiling when
spoken to-. but they are SO fearful
they. will say something that might
offend their American sisters that
they are contented to only answer
questions.
One woman told about the treat
ment they were subjected to COM
ing over.
Conditions on Ship.
Mrs. John Clarity, whose husband
is a corporal and after two more
years in the army will go on the
retired list, said:
when the wives of the enlisted
men boarded the st. Mihiel and were
shown their quarters tears began to
flow from our eyes. 1t was bad.
So many got seasick, and very
little medical attention was given.
Il don't understand why we were
given such poor accommodations.
MANY of the girls went to one
of the officers in charge and tried
to get better places to stay. They
offered to pay more, but" nothing
was done to improve conditions.
"Look at Mrs. Helen Benesh
over there. She had an awful
time of it, She got seasick and
fell and cut a long cash across
her forehead. No, we did not like
the way we were treated coming
over"
Voiced Feelings Of All.
Mrs. Clarity voiced the senti-
ments of her sisters from the
Vaterland. But it was the military
way of doing things which her hus-
band had failed to explain to her
before sailing that hurt.
OF the thirty-eight war brides
Handed at New York, Mrs. Eliza
beth Harris has the distinction OF
lbeing the only blonde. When asked
If she was glad to leave Germany
she said:
Yes, my husband wanted 10
send me over at Christmas, but
would not go and leave him. Now
we are here in the States, and
Just as soon as my husband gets
his discharge we are going to
Montana, where his people are.
Sees T.. s. Girls Pretty.
Mrs. Elsie Swenson could no
understand why those who takes
to her any length of time shOul'
ask if she was a French girl Sh
lis beautiful brunette. Mrs
lSwenson said:
I think the American girls are
more beautiful than our German
girls. But the German girl Is
more effectionate, and the Ameri-
can soldiers say we make better
wives. / don't know why they
say SO. / suppose it is because
we are willing to work and. help
all we can. The German girl
gives her soul to her husband.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
HONORFOR
UNKNOWN OF
CIVIL WAR
"Yank" and "Reb" in One
Crypt at Arlington Proposed
at Business Luncheon.

At an informal luncheon in honor
of Lincoln's birthday a number of
Washington business men assem-.
bled at the City Club yesterday
afternoon and paid glowing tribute
to the memory of the martyred
President.
After several patriotic speeches
it was suggested that nothing could
be more fitting than to have the
body of some unknown soldier OF
the Confederacy rest side by side
with an unknown of the Union IN
a crypt in the marble mausoleum
which will soon be completed upon
the heights Of Arlington.
It is planned to present this Crypt
to the G.. A. r. and the Daughters
of the Confederacy. It will be ten
dered to these two organizations.
giving them full power to make all
arrangements and guaranteeing
funds to meet all expenses. A COM
mittee was named to confer With
the officials of the two bodies, and
It is expected that the proposal
will meet with their approval.
Among those present were +. r.
Rice, president of the Guarantee
Savings Bank; F. e. Hunt. J.
Ferry, D. Sanford, ]. 7. Ryon,
Louis Costoggini, B. Schlosser, W.
!. rogers. Max Wiehle, r. T. Ca
tor. Charles Turner, Warren Biggs.
Roy +. Carthey,% E. M. Barry, F.
Wolf, G. G. castor, L. D. Ball,
DR.. T. Moskey, Joseph Rafferty,, B.
Carfisi, ]. Fflieger. F. Stewart. D.
J. Ryon, Richard w. Downey, Lu-
Glen Vandoren and J. D. Beverage.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

damages for alleged injuries to HIM
self, $4,000 for the girl, and Sc 900
for loss of her services. The other
petitioner asks $4,000.
The complaints declare that the
three persons were struck and Sc
riously hurt by a street car st the
intersection of Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. on
July last The complainants are
represented by Darr, Whiteford and
Darr.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Motion Pictures To
Assist War On
Narcotics
BY Cosmopolitan News Service,

CHICAGO, Feb. Ia. - Illinois
motion picture theater operator
owners today Joined the nation
wide campaign against "dope,"
announcing that screens in
theaters of every member of
that organization are offered to
educate the public against the
horrors Of habit-forming drugs.
Resolutions placing the NOV
ing picture houses at the dis
posal of a Statewide educa-
tional movement have been
passed.
William j. Sinek, exalted
ruler of Chicago lodge of Elks,
stated plans are underway
toward raising of a fund suffi-
cient to conduct a Statewide
educational campaign through
the good offices of moving
picture houses by the purchase
of slides for the purpose.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
GOSPEL MISSION WILL
OPEN DRIVE FOR 100000

The 100000 campaign Of the Cos
.pel Mission, 214 John Marshall place
northwest, will open with lunch
con tomorrow afternoon at mission
headquarters.
Superintendent G. w. Cory, Of
the mission, announced today that
the Rev. David c. Bayless, Of the
Humphreys foundation Of Denver,
Col, will assist him in the drive.
Dr.. Bayless will speak Thursday
night and every night thereafter for
one week, possibly longer. The
foundation which he represents was
founded by Col. A. e. Humphreys,
discoverer of the famous Mexia oil
fields in Texas.
DR.. BAyless served as executive
officer Of the National War Work
ers Council of the Y. M. C.. A. dur
ing the war and for four years he
held the pastorate Of the North Min
isterial Presbyterian Church in Bal
timore.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
You will be amazed

This test of Pepsodent brings . new
conception of what clean teeth mean.
Present the coupon for it. Note how
clean the teeth feel after using. Mark
the absence of the viscous film. See how
teeth whiten as the hlm-coats disappear.
In week you will know what is best
for you and yours-the old ways or
the new. That decision is important.
Gut out the coupon now.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
ORCHID DISPLAY MARKS
HORTICULTURAL MEET

Orchids worth many hundred
dollars were exhibited at meeting
of the American Horticultural So
ciety held last night in the auditor
ium of the New National Museum.
Prof. Robert Pyle, president OF
the American Rose Society was the
speaker at the meeting. He show
ed colored direct-photography pic
lures of rose gardens in this coun-
try and Europe. DR.. A. F. Wood
presided.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

Pepsodent also multiplies the aka
Unity Of the saliva. That is there TO
neutralize mouth acids, the cause Of
tooth decay.
It multplies the starch digestant in
the saliva. That is there to digest starch
deposits which may otherwise ferment
and form acids. ~, q
Thus il gives manifold power to these
great natural tooth-protecting agents.
These combined results mean a new
dental era.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

known as DIR. CaldwelI's Syrup
Pepsin. That was 80 years ago,
and today over 10 million bottles
are bought annually, the largest
selling family laxative in the
world. You win find il in any
drug store you enter, . generous
size bottle costing you less than
a cent a dose.
Every member Of the family !,
from the infants to the grand
parents can use IL with safety. I
Il is gentle and mild. The form.
ula Is on the package. Nara. {
Roy Cook Of Bellefontaine, O..
has been giving it TO her 5-monfhs ]
old baby, who now weighs -
pounds; and Mr.. ]. B. Dawson
Of Brinson, Ga, declares it the,
best laxative his family has ever
found. Try d teaspoonfll Of
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Tor )
constipation or any Of its Bynp-
toms. The results win delight.
you. And the cost Is only one
cent a dose.
ssge +-G-s~.s Z
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
SPOONFUL for a Penny !. Y
Brings Quick Relief
ANT FAAaILYMAY TRYfT FRER

Thousands Of parents are 0skin6
themselves, Where can I find ., trust-
spOrthy ld1aties thai anyOns IN he
family can use aohen eosstfHaSed e
+ nil gladly provide q LIBERAL rs
sample bottle, sufficient far an adequate
test. WriGe ne ,Chere % send q.
Address DR.. w. b. Caldwell, SIS
Washington ST., MonticsllO. Illinois.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

At Local Stores This Week
A To-Day Tube. See Coupon.

Able authorities proved these meth
DDS effective. Then a new-type tooth
paste was created, based on modern
research. These two film conbatants
were embodied in it for daily applicas
ton. That tooth paste is called Pepso-
dent. Careful people the world over
now use it, largely by dental advice. 1
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
SUES TRACTION COMPANY
For DAMAGES or sos, coo

Damage suits aggregating $4,000
were yesterday filed in the District
Supreme Court against the Capital
Traction Company by Mindo Bar
sotu and Annie Lione.
:Barsotti's petition contains also
the claim Of his daughter. Mary,
fifteen years old. He asks $2S, 900
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
TWO WOMEN DIE m GAS
TRAGEDY: CAT 81 NED

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l4.-Afrs.
Viola Potts and her sister, Kath.
arine Melhan. who were found un-
conscious from gas poisoning Sun
day night, are dead at st. Agnea'
Hospital.
1t is believed a pet cat, which
was found dead under the bed,
clawed the hose connection loose.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Prettie1' teeth
seen
everywhere

You see prettier
teeth now wherever
you look, for millions
are fighting film So
it is the world over.
Careful people OF
some so nations now
use Pepsodent every
day. This test will
show you why. No
one can see the Pep
sodent results with
out wanting them
continued.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

and foul breath, cankers in the
mouth, no appetite, restless sleep,
indigestion, headache, depression,
nervousness, cramps. The blood
pressure was up Is per cent. It
is just this that DR.. Caldwell has
preached to his patients in pri-
waite and TO the public through
the printed word ever since he
began the practice of his speciality,
diseases Of the stomach and
bowels, hack In 1875.
After observing for years the
satisfactory effect Of his pre-
scription for constipation, he
placed it in drug stores in 1892.
q simple vegetable compound Of
Egyptian SIENNA and pepsin with
pleasant-tasting aromatics, now
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

test was mace Dy
DR.. Donaldson Of
Iona Linda up
on four men in
the prime Of life
who deliberately
went without a
bowel movement
for four days.
Within 40 hours
the men had
A
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
chiIdren's Feeding Discussed.

DIR. Edgar Copeland spoke on the
scientific feeding of children at the
monthly meeting of the Dietetics AS
ISOLATION of Washington at the
Children's Hospital last night. Miss
Genevieve Field, of Walter Reed
Hospital. presided and made her re-
port for the month.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
To-Day Tube Free
This week only at your store I. Il.

Insert your name and ad.
dress, then present this cou-
pom this week to any store
named below. You will be
presented with a To-Day Tube
of Pepsodent.
IF you live out of town, mail
coupon to The Pepsodent
Company, 1104 So. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, and tube
will be sent by mail.
Present
PEOPLES DRUG STORES
9TH and X SITS. n. w.
9TH and E SITS, n. w.
14th and u SITS. N. w.
eth and Nj SITS. n. w.
9Th and III SITS. n. e.
1O3 18th st. n. w. (ThOmpsOn
BraMch)
18th and G SITS. N. w.
I4th and Park Road n. w.
3lst and M SITS. N. w. George
town
18th st. and Columbia Road
n. w.
653 Pa. Ave. 5. =.
North Capitol and III SITS.
II42 Connecticut Ave. n. w.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Prove splsadid laxative psepsEtiss Of
Dr.. cuIdwsll's Syrup Pepsia BY test /

A SCIENTIFIC test has now
n proven what DR.. Caldwell of
Monticello asserted many years
ago, that constipation win slow
you up fNlly IS per cent. The
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

cupon to
LIGGETTS DRUG STORES 4
1905 F st. n. w. r,
1345 F st. N. w.
9O4 F st. N. w. $ n
1901 F St. n. w. i.,s,
Alb 18th St. N. w.
7Ol 18th st. n. W.. \.
1881 Pa. Ave. n. w.
17I7 Pa. Ave. N. w.
O'DONNELL's Drug SFORES I
6O4 9th St. n. W.. :=c Is
ills f. st. n. w. fsss*s
1873 14th st. n. w. r.
I1O5 I'll st. n. w. II
Times, Wash, d c. -.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Avoid Harmful Grit

Popsodene curdles the film and re-
moves it without harmful securing. Its
polishing agent 10 far softer than
enamel. Never use q film cOmbAtant
which contains harsh grit.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Enjoy This Now

Watch the new beauty come

It absorbs stains, then forms a dingy
coat. Tartar is based on film.
Film also holds food substance which
ferments and forms acid. It holds the
acid in contact with the teeth to cause
decay. That's why 40 in so suffer from
tooth troubles. Germs breed by millions
in film. They, with tartar, are the chief
cause of pyorrhea, now SO alarmingly
common.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Now YOU can combat it

Dental science has in late years found
two film combatants. One acts to curdle
film, one to remove it, and without any
harmful securing.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Why teeth grow dingy

You feel on your teeth viscous film.
It clings to teeth, enters crevices and
stays. No ordinary tooth paste effec-
lively combats it.
That film is the teeth's great enemy.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

Go ask for this free test.
The results will delight you. They
will show you a way which millions
have found to whittier, cleaner, safer
teeth.
All in your home should know it.
Show them at once what it does.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-01
SAYS Unit BILL
ESSENTIAL TO
TEXAS SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Asserts
That Equal Educational
Opportunity is Heritage Of
All Children

FORT WORTH. Texas. Dec. 1.-Ad-
rucaiing The adoption 0f thr county unit
bin ~ the stare of Texas. :. NJ ".
Aiarrs. state superintendent ~ public
instruction, declared .in nn address pre-
pared for delivery this afternoon be-
fore the annual convention here of thc
State Teachers Association that ~fhe
state does not owe equal money 40 each
child. but she does owe equal efuca-
tionai opportunities
The school system w the cradle VIZ
democracy Superintendent Marrs said.
and the future prosperity cf the people
and the peFpetuity Of the government
depends On iis efficiency aud itS rf-
ficieney III turn depends upon proper
administration and adequate support.
Since the organization ~ eur south
ern states. the county has ever been The
most important unit w government.
There H. No good reason. since the ad-
ninistration of civil and criminal law
j. demanded Of the county that il
should npf have the power to reach into
every nook and corner within ils limits
and. tu "A certain extent, direct and snp-
port the public schools which are organ
lied primarily for the purpose uf train
ing for citizenship
Superintendent Marrx said fhal N
study w the practice iA other states
should he made. pointing out that ex-
prrimrnts of county administrators pf
schools has been made III exactly half
of che states.
~Tbe 3Sth legislature. Snperintcnd-
emit Marrx continued. enacted local
option county unit law. but ~ w ap-
plicnhle a. only five counties: Bexnr.
Dallas, EI l'asD. Harris and Tarrant.
II has many good features and will form
basis for further legislation. The
authority granted by the constitution 10
The legislature tn create special imdr-
pendent districts practically nuIlifies amy
attempt to enact laws providing for amy
effective form w county school system.
The principal purpose Of securing lcgis-
Iutiun authorizing thr county unit IN t0
equalize the opportunity Of the. rural
children with those in the cities nnd
towns
Outlining some "a the advantages of
the county unit system, Superintendent
Marrs said rot tends 10 eunalize educa-
tionaI opportunity BY providing funds
for each school according 70 its needs,
provides school term of uniform
length and school facilities Of uniform
grad throughout the county. equnliKrs
the burden ~ school support BY pro-
riding an equitable tax rate for the
whole county school district, promotes
consolidation Of rural schools and con-
sequent better grading and Instruction
eliminates dissensicn over district
boundary lines andMpetty neiEhbUrhDod
differences, and permits the selection vi
4 county superintendent nv county
board solely on the basis NJ his train
ing and professional fitness.