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The Washington times., 1923-01-14

and luxuriant appearance The hair does
not look streaked or dyed-the color is uni
form throughout. Results appear in week
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
LICENSES NOT PAID
County Collector Extends Additional
Time for Delinquents.

Automobile owners who failed to Sc
cure new license plates for 1928 kept
the telephones at the Bexar county sher'
ifs office busy Monday morning.
Il failed to secure my new license ;
will be arrested if l drive my car to-
day."
This and similar questions poured into
the ears of the deputies on duty. All
other offices at the court house being
closed, the sheriffs office received all
calls meant fer the tax collector and
county license inspector.
Deputies advised the anxious inquir-
ers that no arrests would be made Mon
day as the county tax collector had
stated that he would request Officers
to extend the time limit for payment in
order that delinquents might have
chance TO secure their license plates.
The collector made il plain, however.
that these licenses must be secured
within the next few days or arrests will
follow. There are approximately 10000
licenses yet to be maid.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
WE WON EN-
By BETTY BRAINERD.

I suppose the organizer Of the Correct
English Cub has instructed his
young members to persuade their
parents not to use even this express
sion.
If a child should not be wanted in
the kitchen the words, "Scoot," Scat. =
or the phrase, BEAT it." would regis
ter more effectively than "PIease 90 out
of the kitchen" The probabilities are
that n request of this kind had previous
ly been made without accomplishing its
purpose.
At any rate, a practical difficulty
rears itself up as an obstacle between
the club and the purpose of its founder
He must first succeed in converting the
children from slang to correct Eng
liSh."
He will not find this easy and |
imagine if he tries to force the club
down the threats Of the children a
number of interesting additions to
their slang vocabulary will come into
being
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
"A Girl of Her Time
BY CAROLYN BEECHER
Copyright, 1928. by Carolyn Beecher

Then one day she spoke of it to Mr..
Williams.
81 can't get mother to go out" she
said. Il am afraid she will become
really i'll staying in so much. She hasn't
been out since Mrs. Williams came 70
take her for ride"
That's unwise. Have you ever
thought of looking for a small house
in the suburbs? Long Island or New
JerSey?
No, what's the use? Rents are ter
rible. even for tiny flat"
you are often in the country no 6.
Look around a bit. Sometimes there
is house that for reasons has not
been occupied, perhaps out ni repair, or
for some cause can be rented cheaply.
Keep your eyes open. Talk TO the sub
urban real estate agents"
Il had not thought of anything ct
the kind; considered il i'm pLSsible-bI
il / only could! Mother used TO be Sc
fond of the flower garden IN Spring
Lake. She would putter about tnr
yard for hours" \ vision Of the beau.
tiful summer home fitted before her
and she sighed.
Il believe it is the thing Tor you to
do, but it will be hard on you, Alike.
To add committing to your Oth.r
work"
II care nothing for that. am young
and strong. Perhaps i can find some
thing. 1t might help father, too. he
could have his chair on the pOrch-if
there was a porch-and it would give
him something besides fou: walls 10
look at. l wouldn't care if place
were out of repair and far from the sta
ton, or anything if / could get them
out in the Country-Out of that flat.
Maria. too, loves the county. ] have
TO think of her, you know. | feel now
that / should be helpless without hcr--
1 would, because the business has
grown so, ] am away so much
"Well, Maria is with you and
think would stay no matter what you
did. But as l said, keep your eyes
Open l also will speak TO enc or two
agents. / think you are right about
your father. 1t might do him word
of good"
Alice left Mr. Williams cheered. CO
couraged, as she always did. In some
way she would accomplish this that had
seemed so impossible. She recalled
Kate SanbOrn's little book wriStrn
about her abandoned farm. She didn't
want a farm, just a tiny house with
little yard. There must be such q
place somewhere.
Casually she mentioned her plan to
Miss Smith.
Il know a place-perhaps it might
| do. 1t is n very small and out of 70
pair. But it is in nice nCIghbOrhoCd
and convenient to the station. You
could fix it up and make 1t very a.
! tractive."
| Ito BE Continuei)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
CONCERNING OUR BONES

Mrs. Gray was doctors wife. Ever
Saturday afternoon she told her chill
dren a health story.
One winter afternoon the story was
about bones. This was because hCl
little Jane. who was D past, was very
much afraid of the human skeletC y
which hung in her fathers study. NJ
amount of reasoning with the Chitd
seemed TO make her understand that
the skeleton could not possibly hart
her, and that it was simply an example
of the bones that every person has in
his or her body.
Il hate the way it grins. without a
mouth" little Jane would say. So when
Mrs. Gray began her story about bOI.Cs
the first thing she said was:
IF you could all take off your flesh
as You do your clothes ut night, and
stand uD in your bones. you would each
look exactly like the skeleton in faith
er's study. Only YOU would be little
skeletons. of course"
Little Jane blinked and drew near
her mothers chair. unbelicvingly.
Each human being has POP bones
continued Mrs. Gray, 'and these bones
are the framework over which the CO..
ering of skin and muscle Is stretched,
"The entire body is covered with n
padding of fat under the skin in ordrs
10 keep in the body heat, which We
make as we go along by elting. Food
is fuel tC our bodies and keeps tho
fires of energy burning. That is why
food is so very important and why we
should eat properly balanced food aid
regulate it so that our bodies do not
turn it all into fat If that happens
the body becomes a bulky, awkward
thing, instead of a straight. well-nOur
ished body that is strong and happy
and well.
''Two hundred and two bones. -
unused Billy. who was II. How mary
are there in my hand? He surveyed
10 chubby hand with interest.
Eight small bones in the wrist"
said his mother, ''five in the hand. and
fourteen in the fingers and thumb.
"Then, beginning with the head or
skull. more properly called the Uranium,
We must know about the body, which
is made up of hard and soft parts, BE-
fore we can easily picture our oTn
bones underneath the skin.
1.-THE bones are the hard part of tie
body; the muscles and heart, lungs and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
Listening In on Eve
THE DOCTOR SLEPT.

Hang it ALL" growlcd the young
doctor whose apartment was on the
second floor over the corner drug
store. 1t was > a. m, and the hours
of slumber were precious. III have
to get UP and fix the DANCED thing y"
Rat-tat-a-tat-tat. Outside the win
dow the loose piece Of metal left by
the workmen repairing the building
danced and ratified and tapped. There
had been times when it stopped long
enough for one TO sink thrce-QuarterS
deep into Slumbcr, only to be dragged
up into wakcfumeSS again by its per-
niciOus activity. 1t was maddcning
to nerves already rasped and harried.
Out into the wintry GOODNESS the
irritated sufferer swung his feet,
fiShcd for slippers and wOolly robe,
grabbed a flaShlight. some wire and
scissors and emerged upon the fire
escape. CrOuching on the extreme
edge and hanging over the iron rail
ing. he flashed his light about till he
had located the looSencd piece Of
metal attached to drain pipe.
1t takes an athlete to hang on by
his toes while he works n light with
one hand and does mechanical tricks
with the other, but college football
is good gymnastic groundwork. BY
dint of supple muscles and the addi-
ton Of several entirely new words to
the English vocabulary. the young
doctor anchored the shimmying metal.
There" he snorted triumphantly-
and dropped the scissors. They
clinkcd and rang rs they fell. With
a shrug he pCcrcd after them and
then clambcrcd back into his warm
bed and thankful slumbCr.
1t was Just > a. m, when little Mrs.
Drillcr. the wife of the dentist on
the third floor around the corner,
shook her husband awake
"Artcmus," she gaspcd. "Get up.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02

suuirms. \ fine reputation! The
Folks From Under the Earth never
meant to make wrong things wronger.
Wouldn't the rest Of them be scan
dalized?"
But | should think he'd have want
ed to stripe them," said Thunderpaws.
Look how much trouble the Biggest
Cat got into all on account of his"
But the Footless One didn't know
it," explained the pony. Besides.
there was my great-great-aunt. Hers
were a great help. Look how much
trouble they kept her out Of
Anyway, there he lay on top of his
rock. with all creation crOwding about
it and shouting. Hey, FOOtlCSs One
Stripe me first" NO. me " No, me
I'm the littlest, and it won't take near
so long NO, me. l just want a
few And so on and on. He didn't
pay any attention TO them ut all. He
just pretended he didn't hear them.
And he kept his eyes on the Far Hori-
ION and pretended he didn't sec.
"Thcn some of them remembered he
needed a little pcrsuading. So they
began to shout. Say, listen, You helped
the hyena" Weren't you the fellow
who helped out the Biggest Cat| Look
what you did for the horse" 'Aw, come
on, old squirmy-scales DO us a good
turn or two. Get a wigglc on, there 5
good fellow
They made so much noise they didn't
give my great-great aunt Il chance to eN-
plain that the kind of pcrsuading she'd
used had been her hard shelly hoofs in
the middle of him.
He did get a wiggle on him, but not
the way they meant. He rippled with
rage from the turned-dOwn corners of
his jaw to the tippest tip-end of his
tail that was dropped over the edge of
his rock, flashing its sides with pure
vcxation-just within reach Of the
camel's teeth. Those would have been
the best persuaders in the world. if
that cantankerous old critter had had
sense enough to use them. She just
walled her eyes at it and gurgled. But
the monkey saw it. too. And he hadn't
sense enough TO leave it alone
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
Home Nursing e Health Hints
BY NJ. JESSIE LEITCH

stomach. and with other organs, tGe
soft parts.
There is only one movable bone ia
the head. That is the lover jaw.
THE trunk of the body is divided int
two parts by a strong mIscle called
the diaphragm. The upper part i
called the chest
1T contains the lungs, the heart
and large blood vessels.
The lower part of the trunk j.
called the abdomen and contains tie
stomach, liver, kidneys and other or
gans.
In the trunk we find the ribs There
are twelve, all connected at the ba;f
with the spinal column, which is Z
strong pillar formed of many small!
bones called the vertebrate. The spinal
column is hollow and filled with nerve 8
| 1t holds up the head and supports tnt
ribs
And what keeps the spinal column
from slipping?" asked Mary thought
fully.
The pelvis, large, basin-shapCd
bone, to which the lower limbs are al
tached by joints.
There is also the breastbOne, Oi
sternum, and the collarbOne, or claviCe
the shOulderbOne, or scapula, and ti.c
bones of the arm, which are called TIE
humerus. the radius and the ulna.
"All the bones are bound together
by muscles and ligaments, tendons aud
sinews. And some day l shall tell you
story about your blood, and how ii
circulates."
Il wish ] wasn't little skeleton un
derneath my skim mourned little JaLc
wistfully, climbing into her mother s
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02

l went into the bathroom to get the
baby a drink-and saw it just as
plain as day Why. I'm telling you
\ burglar. He had a fIashlight and
everything and that fire escape leads
up this way
Into the fray sprang Dr. Driller.
There were all those expensive tools
Of his trade which he had just fin
ished paying for and considerable
treasure in gold, to say nothing of
electric apparatus. He hung out Of
the open window into the gray dark
ness of the family lighted street.
Right there" Mrs. DrillCr told him
cm3hatically. Il saw him as plain aS
day and he was perfectly enormous, -
Being man of decision, DR. Driller
Swooped down upon the phone ard
stirred up the police station. If you
hurry" he promised the yawning ser
gCamt, you can catch him"
In the darkness DR.. Drillcr and his
wife sat shivcrinE and waiting OK
citedly. "Anyhow. I've got two hat
pins hCrc.' exclaimed Mrs. Driller
hcTOically.
The clang and metallic tinklc Of
the scissors as they fell from the
fingers of the young doctor had
startled Miss Little. the maiden lady
who did home millinery work and
suffered from wakcfulneSs. She had
been reading an exciting detective
story in bed and the noise fell upon
kcenly alert cars. Breathing hard.
she padded to her window just in
time TO see the bulky shape upon the
fire escape turn on the flash down
ward and then disappear mystcri-
ously in the darkness before her eyes
grew accustomed to the change of
light
With stifled shrek. Miss Little
lunged out into the hall and rang
vigorously the bell leading to the
distant apartment of Oscar, the jani-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
Chapter LXXI.

SnapIer LAAl.
When her father was first stricken
Alice used to meet people or get word
from them, people who had known Mr..
Marsten in business; even others who
knew him only casually AMI who asked
kindly after him or sent messages. \
rare quality of character lad given
him standing in the world that even
his prosperity alone would never have
brought him. But gradually-and it Is
human nature-they had accepted the
fact that Henry Marsten was through
that he never would mingle with them
again. And so the kindly messages
the expressions of sorrow for his wife
and daughter and the inquiries. concern
ing his health had ceased.
"The world is cruelty torgetful, -
Alice said to herself as she thought CT
these things. mo one is really neces'
sary." And she felt a certain bitter
ness that it was so.
She spoke of this to Mr.. Williams
who with his wife were now almO Il
ss.s only old friends who either visited
her father or thought of him.
Human nature, my child, is essen
tally selfish" he told her. Especial.
-ly in a big city is this noticeable.
There is so much to do. life is so siren
nous, that it is easy for us to forget.
You must not allow yourself to be bit
ter that this is So"
81 don't care for myself. But dad
was so kind, so thoughtful, so good IA
every one-and to be so soon forgotten
1t hurts"
Il know, dear child, but your father
doesn't realize any of the seeming
neglect which isn't really neglect after
air but the pressure of the times, the
hurrying world in which we live"
I'll try to be sensible Alice re-
turned. Il know what it Is 10 be too
busy to pay attention to the amenities
1t is only for dads sake | care"
To herself Alice seemed but a part
of a vast train of events she could n I
control, that she was carried on, with
out volition, save the will to go on, to
obey.
Always she had in mind the better.
ment of her parents, wish 10 do more
for them, make them more comfortable,
Often she looked at apartments adver.
tised TO rent but the rents frightened
her. Her mother constantly complained
of the stairs. Often she would net
leave the house for days. saying she
would rather stay in than climb TIE
stairs. But an elevator apartment w!S
out of the question, so Alice believed
and her mother was too timid to live
on the ground floor, and in a walk-uT
apartment the first floors were usually
very undesirable.
1--WE will have to stay whare we are,
she said to herself after a discouraged
inspection of several small elevator
apartments.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
ABedtine Story
HOW CREATION CCRNERED THE
FN00TLESS ONE.
BY JOHN BARTON

Look here, pony protested TEUn-
derpaws. the Skunk. Il know some
thing about snakes - deed. if the
skunk folks don't, who would9-" and
you can't make me believe that the
Footless One lay right out there on the
sand in front of the cave and let all
creation come up and catch him there. ~
But that's just he point" said the
gray pony. He wasn't out on the
sand in front of his cave. He was up
on the rock above his hole-thc very
rock where the Biggest Cat had waited
the time it caught him. There wasn't
any highcr-up rock for the biggest Cat
to hide on; so the FootlCss One was
feeling quite safe - before he birds
came.
They told him how all creation
thought he'd give them stripes Tor
the asking. Well. that gave him the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
WANT 4S-HOUR WEEK
Motion Picture Actors Would Stand
ardize Working Conditions.

New York, Jan. 2.-Motion picture
actors today began an effort 10 get
4S-hOur week.
Through the Actors Equity Associa-
ton, of which many of the stars of
the screen are members, a plan will
soon be placed before Will II. Hays,
arbiter of the movies, calling for q
standard contract embOdying the hours
of limitation of work for principal
players.
The council of the Equity meets to-
day to make final arrangements
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02

The Redemptorist Fathers in charge
of Our I.Cdy of Perpetual Help School
desire to express their sincere graf!
tude to Mrs. Fred Cassiano. Mrs.
Thomas Logan and Mrs. J.. J.. Hctf
and their kind friends for the generous
supply If fruit and candy and clothing
donated TO the school children for
Christmas
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS.

4 Superintendent of public schools in
New York has begun a campaign
against slang. He has organized the
Correct English Club, made up of boys
and girls in elementary schools. The
idea of the club, among other things,
is to have the children convert their
parents from slang to correct speech.
This is an interesting experiment
and because the fathers of the chill
dren are at business during the day,
the campaign will mostly affect
women.
The inference is that the children
learn slang from their parents, but
why there should be prejudice against
slang | cannot understand. 1t seems
to me that slang is created simply be-
cause of the inadequacies of correct
English" Certainly slang is vivid and
enables us 10 express ourselves more
clearly and cmphatically.
The spectacle of a dignified public
speaker suffering in the course of a
speech while searching for correct Eng
liSh" is familiar TO us all. Less dignity
and correct English and more of jul
dicious slang. l think, would make all
public speakers more effective and in
tcresting. Mothers who use slang make
themselves understood instantaneously
because children understand And
slang is nothing more than evidence
of the inadequacy of correct English.
There is, of course, good slang and
bad slang. just as there is good Eng
fish and bad English. This distinc-
ton is matter of education, culture,
and breeding. Some very fine people
have used the expression, Tut! tut.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
PLAN BIBLE READING
Seattle Church Intends TO Complete
New Testament i'm Fifteen Hours.

Seattle. Wash. Jan. 2.-The entire
New Testament was TO be read today
in the First Baptist Church of tlrs
city. Sixty readers, each taking flf.
teen minutes, were expected to start AT
the beginning of the Gospel according
to st. Matthews and to reach the ED
of Revelations in fifteen hours.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02

To Cure Cold i'm One Day
Take Laxative BROMO UININE tab
lets. The box bears the signature of =
W. Grove ( BE sure you get BRONCO
Soc. (Ady.l
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
YO, Know a Tonic Is Good

when it makes you eat like hunghy boy
You can soon feel the STRENGTHENING. In
vigorating Effect Of GROVE'STASTE-
LESS CHILL TONIC. Coo. (Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
VARIETY of Interesting Subjects Discussed for Home Reading

Tor. She rang until fear that the
burglar by now would appear in that
very hall drove her back into her own
flat, where she locked the doors and
dragged furniture in front of them.
Then she, too, called Vi the police
station.
I'm sure it's band" She quay
cred. Il saw several Of it. Hurry ~
Gosh" gaspcd the sergeant, thor
oughly awake by this time.
Several late paSsers-by paused when
the patrol wagon silently drew up and
number of bluecoats as silently
emerged. guns in hand.
They must be breaking into the
fur store" said one man importantly.
Every fur store is being entered
these days. shall telephone Korin-
sky to come right OvCr-hc'S nice
little man. and it's a shame"
Oscar. stumbling out slcepily into
the main hail. blinked stupidity when
six policemen. grabbing him, de-
mandcd the whereabouts OF the bur
glar. "Burgar:" asked Oscar pla-
eddy.
whats the trouble" asked the
photographer, opening his door just
then inQuirimSly Doors began open
ing in all directions and people APP
rearcd in haNty apparel. Behind her
barricade Miss Little shivcrcd and up
stairs the Drillcrs sat waiting with
the two hatninS. Korin>ky arrived
at doublc-Cuick down below. Voices
called. answered, lights were flashed
in all directions After an hour of
excitement. during which forty-four
persons had their night practically
ruined. the patrol drove off growing.
Just one individual in the building
slept on swCetly. relaxed in happy
SlumberS. the reflex of knowing he
had done good job. 1t was the
young doctor.
The Washington times., 1923-08-02
HATS To CT, BUT
I WOMEN WILL
WEAR WIGS
Beauty Makers Convention In
Chicago Told OF New
! Fad In Paris.

CHICAGO. Aus. 2.-The 500
beauty makers In convention here
hint that millincrs are facing a
hoSera' strike: A hatless vogue for
women 10 spreading in all directiops
from Paris. A Parisienne present
told the women that not ak hats
. day are seen In Paris streets.
Not even cold weather, she AYERS,
viii bring hack the hat.
Bobbed hair IN going out and
false hair is coming in. but as the
price of false hair is about the same
as that OF hats. there will be no
relief for the husbands purse. In
tact. he will be set back more, for
. great array of tortoise shell
combs In antique designs and costly
plumes will be worn.
The beauty experts said wine and
song are all right, but wine and
women make a bad combination rs
tar as beauty is concerned.
Alcohol is harmful. they say, be.
cause 1t dries the skin, interfering
with metabolism and running beauty.
Men were ADVISED not to shave
with safety razors If they wished to
keep their vibrant life" properly
adjusted.
And who gave this advice? None
ether than an impartial representa-.
tive Of the Master BARRIERS As.
ISOLATION.