San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

physical condition. Headaches and
pimplcs and prickly heat and poisons
and infections all start in the soul q"
"Oh. but that's a pretty large or
der" protested voice.
What about the Browns poor
little baby with administration?
What about dear old man Smith
and his gout:"
Sins OF the Fathers.
"Well. as to the baby" unused the
Wisest Woman, "of course the baby
is demonstrating that the sins of the
fathers are inherited by the chill
dren.
II don't mean that Molly and Joe
Brown aren't ordinarily correct young
persons. but just as baby physical
ly inherits weaknesses and pays for
them, mightn't he spiritually inherit:
And govt is gluttony-anyway you
take it. Everyone admits that"
"Myra and her eternal dyspepsia"
somebody murmured. "Myra scOld-
ing and complaining and criticizing
everything and everybody. and stuff
ing rich food at the same time-itS
interesting to think about, whether
it's true or not"
Now you remember Mrs. VIII
son." argued the older woman. "who
had that miscrably notorious divorce.
and that long fight for her children.
The way she used 10 talk about Jim
Wilson was really frightful to hear.
And she went from one physical all
ment to another. finally settling down
into complete heiplesSuesS.
Mental InvaIids.
"It's my personal opinion" she
went on. as everybody appeared to
be thinking too busiy 10 speak. THAT
half of these dear old chronic in
valids with which every family in
the world used 10 be burdened were
simply mental cases.
"YoN can't remember them; they
don't belong to your generation. But
when ! was little girl / was al
ways paying calls with my mother
upon Aunt Susies and Cousin Claras
and Old Mrs. Watkinses. in stuffy
rooms full of canaricS and books and
flowers and cushions and gathered
rubbislI-calls upon beirilled. frail-
fingered women who had lain pris-
onerS for years and years.
And ! declare. as | look back
at it. that they all had grievances.
they had been cheated out Of property.
Annie Mason hadn't been to see them
hut twice in all this time-Wllly
was going TO marry that awful wo-
man, and they just hoped they'd both
be wretched as they deserved to be
that was the tone.
They weren't out in Gods open
sunshine loving and serving. and
worrying about no shortcomings ex-
cept their own-not they. They were
crippled and pimpled and poisoned,
soul and body"
Typical Cases.
81 remember woman who was
once head of our office" said young
woman suddenly. She was without
exception the most unplcasant-well.
she was trial. Everybody dislikPd
her and she hated everybody: she
never would warm IN TO her work
until after lunch, and that kept us
all late.
she felt that she had had an I'M
fair deal in life. and she used TO
score her pretty sisters love affairs.
and her mothers management. and
her fathers unsuccesS, hour after
hour
"She always snapped. she always
whined. she never was TO blame for
anything, And now that l remem.
Der it. she had cold hands and cold
feet. and headaches. and erisvpelass
and she was eternally taking pills and
powders and sippin. hot water"
There's something in it." another
voice conceded in the pause.
Il was thinking of a woman we
knew last winter. at the hotel. l
always knew that Id have two things
from that woman-the report of
some small illness. and the report of
some petty quarrel. She fought with
every waiter and chambermaid in the
place. And she had sites on her eyes
and the most fright'ul liberated
tooth / ever heard of. and sDider
bite that almost cost her her life,
II mean things that another person
could have and never notice she would
have so badly that she almost died.
She said she poisoned easily"
No. what really happened was
that the little natural accident, the
scratch or bite or trifling infection,