San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15


young breeze besides the breath of
spring; it is alive with excitement as
it sweeps down the busy thorough
fares billowing banners and flags, al.
draped up exactly as they shouldn't
be- For, of course, it is wrong to
drape the American flag, but it is al
ways done and it looks well, so it al
ways will be done.
<a-nisSl season, the very name has
such picturesque meaning that il fills
the air with confetti. The plazas will
be covered with side-shows and the
young folk are again looking forward
20 seeing Baby Edith. the 400-pound
wonder, and Lola. the shocking cleo
trio girl, and the motorcycle dare
devils. They are looking forward to
the hair-raising thrills experienced in
the houses, where yop go through
dark halls and walk over electric
fans, and book up your best shoes.
and get down on your all tOurs to-
crawl through the fat mans misery.
And, of course, there are the hot dogs
and the pink lemonade and the bal
looms.
And speaking of the balloons,
Americans don't raise their children
right. The balloons prove it. They
are one of the reasons that a French
doctor had to cross the Atlantic to
show us how to be optimistic. We
have the optimistic idea but we use
! 1T the wrong way. We say, "See
no bumps on it." And so we ride
down the road real fast and have two
1 or three teeth shaken loose, and are
completely Jared and disappointed.
While If we said. THAT road is very
bumpy, but it's fun" we wouldn't ex-
pect anything, but we'd get lots of
bumps and we wouldn't be Jared be-
cause we knew they were there; we
would have braced ourselves and
could laugh it off. From the very
first we deceive the children, We say,
''See that great round gorgeous red
balloon? Could anything be lovelier
and wouldn't you like to have it for
Ieyour very own? And the poor delud- |
ed child, thinks it is delightful, and
that he can have it all of his life,
and maybe put it in his memory book
/ when he gets too old for toys. And
he gets the balloon and perhaps seven
minutes later. but more than likely
less time than that. his lite day
dream is blasted. But every time the
/ child sees a balloon he forgets the bit
ter experience of the past, and feels
that he can keep it for his very own,
only to be so cruelty reminded later
in the day. We should say. There
| is nice balloon and you shall have
it. There are three things you can
do with it. You can let it go the
minute you get it, and it will go up
and up and up into the blue sky to
/. the land where all the balloons with
I strings live. which babies have turned
loose. Or If you don't like that you
may take it home. and tomorrow il
will be a funny wrinkled, shriveled
little bit of bolloon that can't run
away from you. Or if you prefer
! you may walk into the crowd and
some one will obligingly put their Gig
arctic on it or stick a pin in it, and
it will make delightful pop" And
he'll love balloons because then they
will not only be beautiful and ethe-
. real looking. but they'll have a thrill
that American children adore.
But IL is carnival season and we
should not fag our brains wondering
how to raise children. We have so
many lovely things to do this coming
week Monday evening there is the
Pioneer Ball. at the st. Anthony.
and then Wednesday evening. there
is the Coronation at the Majestic.
and in between times the parades
and informal dinner parties, and
luncheons and teas.
~ - ~ g.
@Well, when was a girl"
What young, frivolous and seeming
ly so sophisticated young lady of '23
has not heard these familiar words
and with what familiar sound they
/. ring in the ears of the new thinking,
free acting young men. And they have
Wondered and pondered if they have
thought at all. Well, were things so
different when mother was girl? In
deed, the quaint hoped skirt and the
tight wasp waist and the funny fash
, 4 ionable hustle were different from
the long, straight slip-on of today, and
the stately minuet, polka and the old
fashioned waltz bear as much re-
semblance to the jazz dance of today
as a cool, refreshing slightly wicked
mint julep does to a "tequila sour"
oh, one could name a million sur
face differences and still feel that
these things are all incidentals and
times have not changed SO greatly
after all.
At any rate we predict that when
the Oluer generations anu the younger
generation get together on the night
of the Pioneer Ball the differences
will be forgotten and the dances of
grandmother's day, mothers day and
daughters day will be enjoyed huge
sly by the three generations. Will
there he q parent there who will not
beam on their offspring and feel "She
or he is like / am, after ALL" and
the same impudent offspring will prob
ably be saying impudently, "Gee, she
must have been whz in her day."
This ball is to be the social event
Of the year for the Texas Pioneer
Association and will be the fourth an
nual reunion of the old settlers and
their families. An interesting pro
gram has also been arranged for the
meeting on Monday, which will be
open TO the public.
The meeting will be called to order
promptly at 10 o'clock, with the fol-
lowing program
Meeting called to order by the pres
ident. DIR. Frank Paschal.
Invocation, by Right Reverend j. S. |
Johnston.
Presidents address.
Music
Annual address to the Texas
Pioneers by Chaplain j. Stuart
Pearce.
Reports of the secretary, treasurer.
the board of trustees and the board of
director of thp stntp ayoSriation