San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
What Do You Know
About That?

THE HEIGHT of something or
other was reached the other afternoon
at Houston and Navarro streets when
a girl swathed in one of those mummy
dresses and with big fur around
her neck met a friend and started
the conversation with: isn't this
weather horribly hot?'
ONE THING brings on another.
Last week mention was made of
white sparrow being seen. Now comes
telephone message from Government
Hill saying q mocking bird with a
wooden leg was seen on GraysoI
street a few days ago. Disclaiming
that the sight had any relation to
inoonshine raids on the nil the in
formant said he believed the bird had
been somebody's pet and acquired the
wooden leg while in captivity.
TRUE SPORTSMAEsuIP has
been shown by two residents of Kerr
vile, &. u. Salter of the Mountain
Sun and Chester Henke who operates
meat market in the. beautiful hill
city. Every Sunday recently they
have spent their time SEEMING the
drying holes in the Guadalupe river
and transferring their catches to the
deep holes, Already they have saYd
thousands of fry. -
A HIGHLAND PARK bride was
given a recipe for cake by a neighbor.
1t called for twelve eggs to be beaten
separately" and the young housewife
put In big part of the morning beat
ing each egg by itself. At that the
cake was q wonderful success.
THIS ONE is from the Fredericks-
burg Standard: Louis. Kott, Alf.
Pfiester and Charles Leyendecker re-
turned from an extensive trip in the
Sonora. San Angelo, Colorado City,
Paint Rock, and Brady communities.
The party enjoyed their journey i'm
mensely, although having lost their
trailer and not noticing it till they
got ready to cat and went for the
grub. A back-trail was taken up and
after 15-mile drive the grub wagon
fortunately was recovered"
ADD TO THE "back to the farm"
movement or poignant stories in the
want ads" this one out of The Light
of recent date: "For sale, roll top
desk, typewriter, swivel chair and
other office, furniture. Sick of city
life and leaving"
ANXIOUS inquirer" noting that
there has been no recent cases of a
husband being shot by an angry wife
wants TO know if the Legislature mas
passed q closed season law on it and
says that IL it has-he is willing 10
forgive everything else it has done.
THE MAKERS of fashions for
men have been compelled to restore
the cuffs on trousers by the demand
of young men who assert they must
have an emergency receptacle for
cigarette ashes when they go calling.
A CONFIRMED devotee of the
comic strips says that when he has
looked at all those in the newspapers
he goes out to the San Pedro Park
pool and looks over the ones out there.
A BEAU BRUMMEL. who attired
himself in his gaudiest raiment receTks
ly to impress certain young woI41.s
has sworn eternal enmity to William
Wrigley. At q motion picture show
he got wad Of soft gum on his new
panama hat and in cafe later an
other one on the knee of his new
white flannel trousers.
ONE OF THOSE admirers of "the
good old days" wants to know what
has become of the old-fashioned wo-
man who carefully conserved all her
hair combings to make "rat?"
DESPITE late frosts which delay
cd the crop so many watermelons
were grown in Bexar county this sea
son that the farmers are feeding them
to their hogs. It would be hard TO
convince the average small boy that
such use of the juicy fruit it justi-
fable.
A SAN ANTONIO cattleman
broke down and cried bitterly when
he tool, Son into Lucchese's boot shop
recently and the boy inquired what
a certain wooden object on the floor
was used for. 1t was bootjack.
IN CONTRAST to what may be
seen on the Bandera road these days
is notation in a chronology of San
Antonio under date OF August 4. 1870.
which reads: give Indians are seen
on the Bandera road by Walter Ty-
man,