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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
OPPORTUNITY

There is a lesson for young America in
the story of George Pierocaco, age 49,,
who arrived in America aboard Greek
liner the other day as storage passen-
ger with but 60 cents in his pocket.
A year ago, this man left America a
millionaire. He went to Smyrna, where
he had extensive interests. Then the
Turk came and destroyed his business
over night. He was so poverty stricken
that he could not even bring his wife to
America again. Yet confident of the flu
turc, he turns to America, the land of OPP
portunity, and confidently expects to re-
build his fortunes and again attain the
financial independence that he had before
Greece lost the war against the Turks.
Doubtless the average man would be
inclined to surrender to fate after such a
reverse so late in life The country is
full Of agitators today who tell the Ameri-
can worker that he is crushed under the
heel of the capitalist and that opportunity
is denied him to better his own fortunes.
Nothing gives the lie to such twaddle bet
ter than study of Ellis Island. Nothing
could impress upon an American more
deeply, the opportunities that America has
to offer than to witness the incoming En-
ropeans who view the opportunities of
this happy land through the eyes of
stricken Europe's poverty, hopelessness
and instability.
There is no spot on the globe today
where there is better opportunity for
success in the best meaning of the word
than is offered the American in America.
Annually thousands and thousands of pen
nlless Europeans come to Our shores and
multitude of them already here, attest to
the affluence to which they have risen by
careful living and hard work
True, many of them do not have the
American standard of living. They can
save money on an income that the aver
age American could scarcely live on. But
that is why the case of George Pierocaco
is different. He had attained to the stand
ard Of living prevalent in this country. He
had made million dollars and lost it.
| Now, he steps again on American soil un-
daunted and with the firm conviction that
he can do over again what he did before
! At the age of 40 he is starting again
where he started as a younger man, pen.
nlleSs and without job or business. Ger
tainly il he can view the future with com.
Placency, America is indeed land of op,
Iportunity and promise. ...
1t is not pretended that conditions are
perfect in this country, that our economic
and industrial system is all that it should
be nor that the worker in America re,
ceiycs his due proportion of profits, but
lit must be apparent to all that nowhere il
| the world are conditions one-half so good
There is not a country in tho world today
aside from the United States, that is moi
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

center of the pearl trade. Today, Paris
| London and New York vie with each
other for the honor All the fine pearls
eventually find their way to one of these
points where they arc sold for fabulous
sums.
Few people perhaps realize the fact that
fine pearl is esteemed more than dia-
mond and is far more valuable and more
difficult to obtain. In fact, there are
some pearls in existence that arc price
less. Not even kings ransom could buy
one OF them because they never again can
be duplicated in the opinion of experts.
Fine pearls are decreasing in number.
Now and then one is brought to the SUR
face and usually makes its debut by a
murder or two for its possession before
it arrives upon the market.
A number of years ago, the Japanese
with usual ingenuity, sought to create
pearls by artificial means. While very
fine artificial pearls are made by purely
mechanical processes, yet the experts have
no difficulty in detecting them and they
are not worth much in the market The
Japanese, however, were too wise TO un-
dertakc the mechanical manufacture OF
pearls to fool the experts. They took the
mollusc from the sea, placed it in huge
watts, inserted small grains of sand, tiny
bits of mother of pearl and other sub
stances inside the shells and in four or
five years the oyster formed a pearl with
a marketable value. However, it is said
these artificial pearls were dead white IN
color lacked the rose-colored hue or deli
cate pink standings OF the pearls taken
from the beds of the sea and the experts
soon placed the Japanese nutured pearl in
separate class and gave it a much lower
price. When worn on a necklace, how
ever, the Japanese pearl is said to DEFY
detection if it is a we'll selected specimen
and many wonderful chains of pearls arc
made up of these semi-artificial pearls.
However the real pearl shortage is to
be found only in those brought up from
the sea- chiefly those from the Indian
ocean They are in such demand that the
divers and traders cannot supply the or
ders. Annually, crop OF pearls comes on
the market but out of the lot in these
DAYS, only dozen or so, can be classed
as very fine pearls and they are immed-
lately bought up at handsome prices.
There is some comfort in the fact that
the pearl shortage will not affect most
of us to any great degree. Few OF us
are in the market Tor pearls particularly
of the kind that bring such fabulous
prices. But it is interesting to know that
the pearl supply is running short and
the prices are advancing. 1t looks like
a long, hard winter on the multi-million-
aires
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
Pointed Paragraphs

He's a stingy man who will not give
you smile.
Marriage is failurc-as any spin
stpr will tell you.
Time will tell-unIess the gossips
beat it under the wire.
Too many men try to build a sky
scraper on one-story foundation.
Some of his Satanic majesty's lieu
tenants go about handing out free adj
vice.
A good story IS better than solid
facts-from a literary point of view.
Sometimes n mans warm love melts
girls heart, and sometimes it is his
cold cash.
Now the strenuous furnace begins Ia
draw about seven-eighths of a mans
salary.
Fools in glad rags are often per.
mitted TO rush in where unlaundered
hohoes. would be knocl.ad down and
dragged out.
When some people get busy 1t is nj
ways in connection with something that
is none OF their business.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
APART"

Dear heart, / love thee so,
l turn my face
Again, again each day
Toward thy far-off place;
| even note the way
OF cloud, il thitherward they go.
] love thee SO.
The time, not by my sun
l count, but thine;
L keep the reckoning
By many a precious sign;
] know so well each thing
Thou dost, my thought can swift forcrun
Thy later sun.
Oh. why arc we apart?
No atom can
From atom in the earth
Remove but pass the plan
God fashioned in its birth.
How dare we break true loves tue heart,
Going apart?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
A FEW WORDS WELL PUT

In his farewell speech to the Texas
Senate, Lieutenant Governor Lynch Dav'
idson made some remarks that will
doubtless be widely recognized as foil
to the grandiloquent, pompouS, behold
Iyour-governor addresses that Mr.. Neft
has been delivering over the state Some
times it requires just few words to
put the correct appraisal upon the work
of those who make great pretensions.
Mr.. Davidson's brief speech to the Sen
ate last Tuesday performed that service
admirably for those who had wondered
just how much longer the Neff admin
istration could hold its pose.
Criticism of the Senate OF which Mr..
Davidson was the presiding officer would
be praise of the Neff administration, and
vice versa. SO, the retiring lieutenant
governor had only to indicate what the
Senate had not done, to pay his respects
to everybody concerned. That he did in
a temperate and therefore very effective
way
One of the things that the Senate
did not do was to get all het up" about
reforms" Another of its acts of omis-
sion was its failure to empower admin
istrative officials to GUST officers from
positions given to them by the voters.
In short it was the Senate that threw
a monkey-wrench into the cogs of the
great scheme devised by Governor Neff
for destroying local sclf-government and
making himself 4 dictator to all the coun-
ties and cities of Texas.
Mr. Davidson gave the members OF
the Senate credit for having acquainted
themselves with the proper functions of
''the law" long before Governor Ncff be-
gan to make his primer-class lectures on
that subject. Law enforcement? Yes, 3"
said Mr.. Davidson, "all of us are for
that and will be found doing Our part.
But there is such thing as straining at
a gnat and swallowing a camel"
There certainly is. and cases are not
far to seek, although the retiring presi-
dent of the Senate cited none specifically.
They are too obvious to require concrete
designation.
Realizing that even though he had
spoken only in generalities his remarks
were rather unusual, Mr.. Davidson said
that perhaps he was breaking precedent,
but implied that in such case he would
be consistent inasmuch as he had been
trying mighty hard" during his term Ito
break away from several precedents." If
anybody knows so little about political
and governmental tendencies in Texas
as TO miss the meaning of the quoted
words, he should devote as much thought
as possible to Mr.. Davidson's concluding
recommendation to the Senate-that it
undertake the contructive work awaiting
it in West Texas. He referred, of course,
to the problem of saving the Orient rail
road to the people of that section.
What Texas needs is not series OF
lectures on the functions and outraged
dignity Of "the law" but really construc-
tive legislation-and very little of that
as an Irishman might say. If there was
constructive administration OF laws al,
ready in the statute books, the people OF
Texas could worry along for quite a
spell without any law-making, and Ger.
tainly without being in vital need of a
tailored while-you-wait constitution such
as Governor Neff has been proposing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
FRUITS OF INTOLERANCE

1t goes without saying that lhe ueCl-
sion of the Lausanne conferccs concerning
the population OF disputed territories IS
highly important. Moreover, the agree
ment NAV mark a step toward peace;
But whatever its political Importance ana
desnite the possibility of its being the
hest wav out of a dangerous situation,
il affords a very sad commentary upon
modern civilizations.
Millions of Dcoplc Moslcms in one terri
torv and Christians in another, will have
TO abandon their homes and go forth
in search of new place of habitatlon
Why? Simply because the two peoples
cannot. or will not, live in the same re-
pion without making trouble for each
other. Naturally Americans think that 1t
Is the fault of the Moslems exclusively.
But the Moslems have different oprn-
ion. and some OF their representatives
al Lausanne have not been timld about
expressing it.
In final analysis, the troubles of the
Near East, in so far as religion IS lac
tor in them-and it is evidently large
factor-are explained by one word: IN
tolerance The most profound teachings
of the Christian and Mohammedan re-
lipions have been violated, time and time
again through the ages, for selfish pur-
poses. Selfishness itself is contrary to
the spirit of every great religion known
to man. Religious fanatics have become
so selfish, so intolerant, so contemptuous
and have let hatred gain so great mas
terv over them that they have murdered
PEOPLE who did not see eye to eye with
them in matters of the most abstract ma
ture.
The inability or failure, of the Chris
tians and Moslems of the Near East tc
get along" finds a counterpart in the
intolerance of people more fortunately
situated-people with better tradition:
than the Near East affords, and people
of greater opportunities. The intolerance
of the Near East is different from that OF
other parts of the earth only in degree
Intolerance is intolerance, wherever il
may exist it may express itself in the
shedding of blood, or in nothing more
tragical than mean gossip.
If Americans assume that the Christians
of the Near East have been in nowise
to blame for the troubles there, and the
full measure of condemnation be heapec
upon the Moslems, then there could be nc
objection in this country to the state
ment that in leaving their homes, in &C
cordance with the decision of the Laus
anne conference, the Mohammedan in
Eabitants will be paying a penalty fol
the intolerance which their race has prac
ticed through the ages. If one is utterly
without prejudice, so that he will consider
the possibility that the Christians of thu
Near East have contributed to the trou
bles from which that part of the worlc
has suffered so long. then the entire mat
ter may be regarded in light necessary
to the establishment and preservation
of peace.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

The state of Minnesota is trying to
prosecute a dealer who sold old potatoes
for new and made 5000 per cent profit.
Have we deterioratcd to a point where
the average purchaser doesn't know a new
potato from an old one?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

10 nm ; the past
becomes the pres
ent, and he is a
part of ii.
The other day a
citizen hailed him.
"B e en- reading
French history, /
see. Uncle Tobias"
"Sho' have"
"And what do
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

Thomas asked for a rise"
Vat is your present salary" asked
Fingelstein.
Nothing. sir" said Thomas.
Mr.. Fingelstein contemplated the
lad. 'Vell, my poy, your wages is
doubled"
And Thomas was quite satisfied
until he had had tinze to think over
the generous offer.
Don't you find it awfully hard to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

"Oh. about three
miles," replied the
skipper.
only t h re e
miles" said the Gu
rious passenger.
Its funny we
can't see it,
"Oh," returned
the skipper, that's
because the water
isn't clear enough
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

Congressman Upshaw of Georgia says
bootleggers ply their devilish trade among
too many public officials in Washington.
We opine that it the congressman will in
vestigate further. he will find that under
the Volstead act, everybody can get Ii
quor except the poor man.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

At last a bright
idea occurred to
him. He would
offer his services
free for two weeks.
On these terms
key Fingelstein
engaged him.
The two weeks
having expired,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

the hostess at a
party. Would you
mind dancing with
her instead of me?"
"On { h @ con
trary," ass G r t ed
II a W k h e a d. 81
should be delight
ed, indeed"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

place"
You have" the house surgeon an
nounced, "been badly injured in an ac-
cident on a street car, but you will
recover"
Recover" said the man, bracing
IN. Recover. How much:"
How far are we from land. Cap
tain?" asked the nervous passenger.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13


rushed to a hospi-
tai in an uncon-
S cious condition
and was operated
on at once. After
the operation, still
dazed from the an
esthetic, he said
feebly:
What is this
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

elongated and sol
emn as that of a
rare old fiddle.
"What makes you
I h ink so?" we
S k epti lly in
quired.
Because" he an
swered, although
| am aware that
| am not appreci-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

persuade servants
TO stay out here in
the count ry?'
asked the week
end visitor.
Hard to keep
them ?" was the
answer of his host.
why we h ave
hard work to per-
suade ( h e m to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

you thing OF French histOryW
az likes it. But / don't like the
way Mistah Napoleum been treating
Mis- Josephine hyur lately"
IL am philosopher" admitted the
gentleman whose frontispiece was as
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
Slight Variation.

First Suburbanitc-Do you have 10 run
very often in the morning TO catch 70 Ir
train?
Second Suburhanite--WeIl il vnr'os.
Sometimes I stand at the stanton when
the train comes putting in. Aud tion
again sometimes the train will stanG at
the station when 1 come putting in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

A valued old colored barber in a
Virginia town reads history. He
reads considerable history. 1t is real
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
The Once Over
BY n. 4. Phillips.
SEEING AMERICA WITH
DIR. COUE.

DIR. Emile Coue of Nancy, France,
land not with Nancy France" as re-
ported in some of the newspapers), is
now in America. Every day in every
way his publicity is getting better and
better.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
A Laugh or Two

A railway lawyer tells of a malin-
gerer who finally got into a real
wreck, He was
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13


for DIR. Coue TO land on American soil
munching pills in wheel chair and de-
manding more hot water bags.
He was unable TO WILL himself past
the customs inspectors, but whether
after reaching his hotel in a taxicab.
he was able TO fool the driver with that
famous Il cannot open my hands
speech is not definitely known.
DR.. Coue is plump little man. He
has goatee, dresses entirely in black,
and wears cape and a high hat He
looks strangely like the magician who
used to close the show at Hammer
STEMS years ago by whisking white
rabbits from silk chapeau.
And the doctor is no mean magician
at that. The keynote of his theory is
that perfect health can be drawn from
the folds OF silk handkerchief, and
that with the usual pistol shot and ap-
propriate music happiness can be pro-
duce1 from the trick cabinet at left
center.
DIR. Coue started life as a drug clerk
He was one of the few drug clerks who
quickly realized that there was a great
er future and more front page pictures
in rolling your own ideas than in roll
ing your own pills. just as the boss
was about to give him a white suit and
put him behind the soda fountain he
bought book on hypnOtism. This gave
him the original idea for his doctrine,
What is amt unless you admit that
it is
Thus the world lost a great soda
clerk and gained a great newspaper cir
culation feature.
Aristotle advanced the Coue theory
centuries ago, but there were no news
paper syn1icates to put him under con-
tract at so much per word.
We are slaves to. suggestion. says the
doctor We think ourselves into Span
ish influenza, bad debts, and office diff
ficulties, and should think ourselves out
of them. The brain is the seat Of
thought. If there is standing room only,
enlarge your brain. Thought controls
the nervous system. The pervous sys-
tenn controls the body. The body con-
trolls the hat. shoes. coat, vest. etc. Very
simple. If the body can take off the
brown derby and place it on the piano,
the brain can take off the chronic
headache and throw it down the dumb
waiter. Removing the grip is as easy
as removing a four-in-hand tie. Easier,
in fact.
Copyright. 1928. by the Associated
Newspapers
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

DR.. Coue pronounced KOo-ay. with
the accent on the sub-conscious syllable }
likes this country very well, and his
followers are confident it will be very
well when he gets through with it.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

ated, it does not hurt my feelings in
the least"
Thomas was not the brightest speci-
men on earth, and, try as be might,
he could not succeed in obtaining
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

He arrived in splendid health. This
is in the contract. 1t would never dc
for DIR. Coue TO land on American soil
munching pills in a wheel chair and de-
manding more hot water bags.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

"N1iSs Robbins has no partner said
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

come out over Sunday"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

He was unable TO WILL himself past
the customs inspectors, but whether,
after reaching his hotel in a taxicab,
be was able to fool the driver with that
famous Il cannot open my hands"
speech is not definitely known.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13

Don't you. find it awfully hard to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-08-10
PROFIT in LoW-GRADE ORE
Mining Engineers See the Possibility
but Enormous Capital VIII Have
to Be Employed.

Radium-bearing pegmatites In varl-
GUS districts In Ontario, Canada, win
eventually be probably exploited, ac-
cordlng to writer In the Engineering
and Mining Journal-Press of New York.
He states that the pegmatites Of the
province undoubtedly contain In the
aggregate relatively enormous amount
of radlum and thorium minerals. but
these occur In widely disseminated
condition. Lowgrade ore containing a
pound or two of uranium oxide to the
ton might, under certain conditions,
prove workable, the taillngs esnstitut-
ing a refined ground feldspar product,
for the pottery industries, that would
be the main source Of revenue, while
the uranium minerals would be by
product obtainable probably at a little
extra expense. The application of u
concentration process would remove
not only the radlum minerals, but also
various impurities, such as magnetic,
ilmenite. pyrite and tourmallne, thus
improving the quality of the feldspar
product and enabling deposits to be
worked on large scale. Such opera
tons, however, could probably be sue
cessfully carried on only by company
with sufficient capital to produce and
market ground feldspar in large guam
titles. mine mica and recover and re-
fine the rare mineral by-products.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-08-10
TURN OUT MUCH BAD MONEY


Although Shanghai Is in China and
Is more or less ruled by the English,
the money In use Is Mexican. The
Mex" dollar is the common tender. as
1t contains a larger percentage of pure
silver than any other money. 1t is
worth about II cents In American
money, but its value fiuctuates with
the market price Of silver.
The moneys Of China are very com.
plicated. Each city or province. has
Its own currency and the money of
one city is not always acceptable In
another. AS result the money
changers reap harvest.
Counterfeitlng is an art with the
Chinese and bad money Is common
particularly where travellers are con
cerned.
In the stores the counter is usually
the cashier rings up the money re-
ceived. He never makes mistake
If the coin gives forth a brassy sound
It is placed In shallow basin, GOV
cred with alcohol and set afire When
the flame dies down that dollar will
be found to have melted into three
pieces. That is the famous three
piece dollar" and its existence offers
a striking commentary on the cheap.
ness Of the labor of skilled Chinese
artisan who finds II worth while to
undertake such tedious work as to
scoop out the center Of 77-cent coin,
fill 1t in with brass, and solder the face
back In place again.
What head