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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
APOLOGETIC ANfERICANISM.

The text for this editorial is writ
ten by a man in the American Con-
sular Service. The editorial itself
might well be written by him, too.
Let him speak for himself.
with our prohibition laws, our
necessary immigration laws and vari
Gus other repressive statutes, there has
come into being a type of American
who travels abroad and delights in
running down his country before for
cigners. These individuals believe
that they will ingratiatc themselves
with foreigners by so doing. But the
result is quite the contrary-for no
man who runs down his own coun-
try is respected. 1t is all well ana
good for the people at home to have
free speech and pick flaws in our So
cial and political fabric. But such
things should be confined to the home
atmosphere. Any other rule embar-
raises our prestige abroad"
"Apologetic Americans" might we'll
take note of this suggestiOnn 1t is
one thing to contend among ourselves
in our own forum over statutory cues
ton marks. but it is qn-,c another
thing to take our criticisms abroad
with us and "tell the world: just
as it is one thing to have family
difference at home. but quite another
thing TO run batting to the neigh
bors with these quarrcls. When all
is said and done-when all possible
debts are entered on the record-it
still remains true that the United
States is the greatest land on Garth.
and that American citizenship is the
worlds priceless privilege. Under
such circumstances. it i'll becomes on"
who possesses this boon TO become n
foreign missionary of peevish discon,
tent. "Apologetic Americans" should
leave their grouches home-Grand
Rapids Herald.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
CHAPTER XIV.
Home.

nome.
Out of concern for her charge, Mrs
Dallows at once dispatched the watch
man for DR.. Beamish, and, when the
physician arrived some little while lat
err, she acquainted him with the
colonel's evasion and the consequent
partially stunned condition in which
Miss Sylvester appeared to move.
The good doctor, who had come to
conceive some measure of affection
for those two, rooted, perhaps, in a
certain, pity which their mysterious,
but obviously unhappy, relations
aroused in him, went at once in
deepest distress to seek Miss Sylves-
ter.
This is terrible, my DEAR" he
said, as he took her hands. What
can have driven that unhappy man
to so so unfortunate a course?"
He must be sought. You will
order search to be made for him?"
she cried.
He sighed and sorrowfully shook
his head: There is no need for me
to order that. My duty compels me
to make his evasion known. Search
for him will follow: but, should he
be found, it may go very hard with
him; there are rigorous penalties"
So, rejecting the chance to case by
confidence the burden that she car
ried. she continued to move, white
faced and listless, under the load Of
it during the two remaining days of
her detention. Nor did the doctor
come to her again until that third
morning. when he was once more &C.
companied by the examiner, who pre-
scented her and her nurse-keeper each
with n certificate of health that per-
mitted their free departure.
Bearers were procured for her, the
Waterman himself volunteering to
act as one of them, and the chair in
which she had been carried thither.
which had been bestowed in the
house itself, was brought forth again
at her request. to carry her away.
"But whittier are you going?' the
doctor questioned her in solicitude.
They were standing in the doorway
of the house, she with her light hood
ed mantle of blue taffetas drawn
over her white gown; the chair stand
ing in the sunlight, waiting to. re-
ceive her.
"Why. home. Back to my own
lodging" she answered simply.
"Where is your lodging?" he asked
her.
She told him, adding that upon
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

People go, on the general ASSUMPTION
that child is better off with its own
mother than any other person. but there
is no general assumption that holds good
in every case as a recent one showed.
A twelve year old girl in Chicago had
been in the home of foster parents and
separated from her mother since she was
three months old. Not long ago, her
mother instituted suit to gain the control
OF her daughter. and the court. following
its general procedure. would have hand
ed the daughter back to her mother had
not the child decided her future for her
self.
After living with her mother on trial
for a while, she urged the Judge to al
low her to return to her foster parents.
81 tried to love nv mother" she told
him. 81 cannot and I am very sorry.
She never kissed me when | went to
bed. She said I was too old for that
She said | wasted time making doll
clothes and that I was too old to play
with dolls. She was never interested
when | tried to read stories aloud to her
anu Sdlu litN were silly. Make De
lieve games she told me were foolish"
And so she wanted to go back to her
foster home.
Tli,. conflict would have arisen IN their
natures had the child been with her
mother, for the mother belonged to the
practical type without sympathetic I'M
Outstanding. and the child was magma
tive as arc all children in greater or less
degrees. This longing for make-bclievc,
for play. for creation had been devel-
oped in her foster home instead of being
suppressed as it would have been with
her mother While the development OF
this faculty made it possible for the
child though not more than twelve, to
put her finger on the trouble between
herself and her mother. the conflict might
have been more bitter had they been as
sociatcd longer, and Ultimately might have
led to separation even il mother and
daughter had been together since the
child's birth
Tics of the flesh are given precedence
in many legal decisions. but there arc
times when the ties of the spirit prove
stronger than all else.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

above. and by that windOw-which
was the window of Nancy's room
sat Nancy. driven to that vigil by
thoughts that rendered sleep impos-
sible.
Her attention aroused by those fur
tive sounds below, she had leaned far
out from the easement and peered
down into the darkness. She had
heard the soft thud of feet as HOLES
dropped to the street, and Immediate
~ thereafter the patter of his retreat
ing footsteps. Very family she thought
she made out at the same time the re-
ceding figure of a man, a deeped sha.
dow amid shadows. But however little
she may have seen with the eyes of tire
flesh. she saw all with the eyes of her
Imagination. She was on the point of
crying out, but suddenly checked her.
self. fearful of rousing the Waterman
and setting afoot pursuit which, if
successful, might be attended by d.
rect consequence for HOLES.
With trembling, fumbling fingers
she kindled light. Then with a rug
wrapped about her over her night
rail, she made her way below. Thus
she descended the stairs for the first
time, and as she went she blamed her.
self bitterly-in her conviction that
she would find things as she feared
for not having earlier taken this step
and gone to seek him who remained so
obdurately absent.
When on the following morning an
anxious Mrs. Dallows entered the din
ing room in fearful request of her
charge, she found her there. at once
to her infinite relief and infinite dis
tress. Nancy sat on the daybed under
the open window. Beside her was a
candlestick in which the single candle
had been burnt to the socket, about
sheets of HOLES, letter, which had
slipped from her nerveless fingers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
A Puzzle a Day

Two men entered race OH cir
cular track. The first man ran
Ground the circle once, starting at
point A, and ending there. His op-
ponent started at B, ran straight
across the circle to A; back to B.,
and over to. A again. He traversed
the distance across just three times.
The first mans speed was slightly
lessened, as he was running on a
curve; but his opponent had to make
two stops. The result was that their
average rate of speed was exactly
the'same. Which man won the race?
Yesterdays answer.
John and James were half-brothers.
John married a widow who had
daughter, Mary. who became his
step-daughter. Therefore, Mary was
the half-step-niec of James.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
CENSORSHIP

In recent open discussion upon CEN
sorShip' at the Republican Club in New
York City, John s. Summer, secretary
OF the New York Society for the Sup
preston OF Vice, spoke in advocacy Of
censorship, not alone Of moving pictures
but of plays and books. Walter Prich-
ard Eaton, author and dramatic critic
took issue with Mr.. Summers contention
that the present books and plays were
deleterious. lie maintained that there
had never been time in twenty years
when there were so many stimulating
and worthwhile plays as were running in
New York, and that there had never been
a time when American literature was as
stimulating and interesting as it is now.
Mr.. Eaton stated his case against CEN
scrship briefly. "All progress in the
world is the result of experiment and
speculation. 1t results in challenging
existing institutions and ideas and in
substituting different institutions and
ideas. In the creation OF new ideas and
institutions, the writer, artist and play
wright play an important part The en-
tire history OF censorship shows that it
always ends by defending existing ideas
and institutions and putting the lid on
anything new. Censorship is always, a
foe TO progress
One may easily ask at this juncturc
what he means by progress and be in
volved in endless quibblings, but bet
ter way to attack the problem is to see
what censorship has already done From
the aspect of absurdity and superficiality.
the Nation recently assembled examples
OF film censorship. One board objected
to the title Kick the dog and Brulet
will fight as tending to incite to crime
Still another board objected to picture
of marriage by radio as "sacrilegious"
although such marriage had in fact
been performed. In Illinois picture
was barred because a delegation of min
listers who had never seen it protested
that they had heard that it reflected upon
the clergy In another place film was
censored because it reflected upon TIE
lawyers. Texas barred fantasy ba5ed
on Aladdin's Lamp as medieval, fan
tastic absurd. and fit only for the dark
ages" Pennsylvania will not permit the
word anarchists in film. Ohio would
not allow a parrot in an o. Henry story
to say give him hell y And so on with
absurdity upon absurdity.
Another example OF the way censorship
strikes at the very root of creative in
tegrity even before a work is finished
is the recent film productio:, of the
"Hunchback of Notre Dame" In This
Victor Hugo masterpiece. the character
istics OF the central figure were changed
Though this figure. the book presents
the stimulating idea that an individual
may use all the trappings OF religion and
still rot be truly religious, this being a
question of individual valuation and nc
criticism of religion as such. But that
idea was destroyed in the film and the
milk and water one of the complete
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
Family Jobs.

''How would you like Job beating
rugs this afternoon, Bobby" asked
Bobbv's mother.
"All right" replied Bobby. angelicallv.
but I'm afraid / can't take II, because
dad gave me IS cents TO do something
for him tiSs afternoon"
what was that"
mot make lot OF noise."--Every-
body's Magazine.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
A Good system.

Early one morning a negro came into
a clothing store in Chattanooga and
said: Boss, 1 want to pay little on
that stuff you got for me-"
The same afternoon he bounded IN
again and said he had "a couple more
dollars to put down" The merchant re-
marked. Business must be pretty good
with you. Sam"
Sam responded: mo, boss, Use just
workin' faster"-Forbes Magazine
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
A RED. RED ROSE.

o. my luve's like red. red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
.. my luve's like the melodip
That's sweetly played in tune.
As fair thou art. ICY bonnie lass,
So deep in 1--we am /:
And |. will luve thee still. my dear.
Till a the seas gang dry.
Till n the seas gang dry. nv dear,
And the rocks melt wi the sun; b..
] will luve thee still. my dear.
While the sands O. life shall run.
And fare-thee-wecl. my only luve.
And fare-fhee-weel q while,
And | viii come again. my 1--we.
Though it we're ten thousand mile.
-Rol
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

Daily only aNeraEe.
Sunday only average ..3s076
The above totals and averages for paid cir
eulation exclusive OF sil spoiled copies and free
copies OF nature.
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement OF
PAID circulation 10 correct
II. C. BROWN,
Circulation Manager.
c. L. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
Of March. A. D., 1924.
fseaD FRED J. BONNER JR.,
Nniarv
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

Another growing national problem is
what the politicians will find to rave.
over wi en- all of the farmers have finally
moved to town and abandoned the farms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

Have you heard Browns story OF
how he scored off a taxi driver this
morning."
Yes: I told It to him last night"
Boston Transcript.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

"I.ove Is woman's best cosmetic"
'To the wise philanderer each woman
Is all woman"
Mature is full OF tricks for the sub
iugation of man to woman. and the low
ers' quarrel is one of them"
"a man keeps his kisses locked away
with his best cigars. and only likes TO
enjoy them when the mood Is upon him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
The Answer

Barr-Do you believe that the sins OF
the father are visited on. the sons?
Carr-Well, how else can you explain
prohibition New York Sun and Globe.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26

She-"Youd think she would he more
grateful to Lydia, wouldn't your"
sense of favors yet to e"-London
Mall.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
Where to Go
Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big Time Vaudeville.
Motion Pictures.

Palace: Corinne Griffith in "Lilies
Of the Field"
Empire: Florence Vidor in MAR
riage Circle"
Princess: Lon CLANCY in "Ths
Next Corner
Rialto,: Colleen Moore in Through
the Dark.
Royal: "The Man Life Passed By"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

The paid circulation OF The San Antonio Lgh,
,ur,nr the month of February. day by day. was as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11
mayor DODGES
PARENTS WAR
ON M ANDREW
DeUer Says He Has No
Influence on Board

Two hundred mothers and
fathers accompanied by their
little children waited on Mayor
Dever yesterday morning to lay
before him their side of the
fight between 700 parents of
EngIewood and the Chicago
board of education.
And in answer to their plea
thru Alderman Byrnes, ''Mr.
Mayor will you help u.s." the
mayor replied, 81 have no club
over the school board. In fact
] have not a particle Of in
fluence."
He'll Speak to ModerweII.
However, he offered to speak to
president Charles Moderwer, who, he
said, is friendly" and always willing
to listen"
But tho Mr.. Moderwell is outwardly
f'friendly" and good listener, the
parents of Englewood are getting a
taste of his greatest accomplish
ments. They now feel his autocratic
club which he let's descent upon his
victims.
The parents Of the Englewood have
been negotiating with the board Of
education, in the persons of Moder-
well and McAndrew, for the last six
weeks over the changing of the
Harper school, at 652O S. Wood St,
into Junior high school.
Children Promised PortabIes.
The board of education promised
them that portables would be put in
the school yards to take care of the
surplus room needed and that the
children would not have to be trans
ferred to other schools at long dis
tances from their home which was
the objection raised by the parents.
After six weeks of waiting a notice
was sent to the parents by the board
that the portables are now completed.
On Monday of this week the children
returned to school they receied their
new books and homework and were
about to leave school at o'clock
when the teachers were called out of
the room. When they returned they
collected the childrn's books and told
them that they must never come into
that school. "Stay away from this
school and go to the school you were
transferred to-" With these words
they dismissed the class.
Calls It mot Political"
Alderman Byrne was the first
speaker for the committee and opened
his remarks with, "This is not a DO
litical movement, Mr.. Mayor, but a
movement started by the parents of
Englewood in the vicinity Of the
Harper school. The parents have been
meeting with Mr.. Moderwen and Mr..
McAndrews. But they broke their
word to them and as you're the only
man who has any power in the city of
Chicago we come to you to ask you
to find way to rectify this matter"
Delving into the cause of the
trouble with the board of education.
Mr.. McCarr, president of the West
Englewood Business Mems Associa-
ton said the school accommodated
1900 children and they were small
children in the elementary grades.
For six years we have waited for
the board Of education to put in the
8 portable buildings which would do
away with the necessity of transfer
ring the children to schools one mile
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11

parents were keeping their children
at home for the same reason zone
day l stood on the corner of the 69th
street crossing and counted as many
as 700 automobiles passing in one
hour. The portables promised were
put up but will be used only for the
LIST, End and Srd grades. The 4th, 9Th
and 9Th grades, children 9 to II years
Of age, have been thrown out"
Warns Against Strike.
The mayor did not offer much hope
to the committee in his promise to
do "the best he can" and adding that
he did not know whether there was
much he could do.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11

and a half away from their home and
with many dangerous boulevard and
car crossings. Monday we sent the
children to school and they were
turned out"
Keep Children at Home.
Mrs. Edna Seaborg spoke next.
She said she is compelled to keep her
nine year old boy at home because
she couldn't think Of sending him a
mile and a half to school. She in
formed the mayor that all the other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
SENIOR CAMPERS < 'TOLEAYE MONDAY
High School Boys Are To Spend Ten Days At
 Winnataska

Monday afternoon high school boys will leave Birmingham to spend ten days at Camp Winnataska. This is the annual outing for senior boys pre- ceding the opening of school. Registra- tions are coming in rapidly, camp off cials say.
 Dr. l.. B. Brubaker, pastor of the Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church, will direct the camp, and has arranged an exceptionally fine program of rec reation and leadership training. Bible work will be in charge of Dr. William H. Mansfield, pastor of the Ensiey Methodist church. Dr. Brubaker will deliver series of character talks. Leading pastors and business men are scheduled to have charge of special top ics which are of paramount interest to high school boys.
 A number of new features will be introduced into the night programs. A special coach is being secured to have charge of football and baseball. Ten ais, volley ball, horseshoes and aquatics will enter into each days athletic ac- tivities.
 Charles Wood, Clarence Fossett, Mitchell Burns and William Bancroft will be the junior leaders. Roman Speigle, star athlete of Oberlin college, who has been at the camp all summer as assistant business manager and life guard, will be assocaite athletic direc- tor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
IF SICK, TODAY!
 TAKE NO CALOMEL
"Dodson's Liver Tone" Straghtens You Up Better Than SaINatng Dangerous CaIomeI and Doesn't Upset
 You-Don't Lose aDaysWok- Read Guarantee

tongue, ague, malaria, sour stomach or any other distress caused by a torpid liver as quickly as a dose of vile, nauseating calomel, besides it will not make you sick or keep you from a days work.
 Calomel is poison-it's mercury-it attacks the bones often causing rheu- matism. Calomel Is dangerous. It siekens-while my Dodson's Liver Tone Is safe, pleasant and harmless. Eat anything afterwards, because it can not salivate. Give it to the children because it doesn't upset the Jtomacn or shock the liver. Take a spoonful tonight and wake up feeling fiae. and ready for . full day's work.-ARv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
ENSLEY MAN GETS
 I4 MONTHS TERM
Convicted Of Shooting His
 BrOther-In-Law

MERIDIAN, Miss, August 30.- Especial. )--Daniel Ormond, 35, of Ensley, Alabama, convicted in the cir cult court here on charge of shoot ing with intent to kill and murder in connection with wounding his brother in-Iaw, Colan Butler, 17, at, the Butler home in this city several weeks ago, has been sentenced by Judge 0. c. Miller to @ term of 14 months on the county roads.
 Ormond, according to the testimony, followed his wife to Meridian when she left their Ensley home for the home of her parents here, and after few words with her drew his pistol, fired one shot at her, the bullet clipping a strand of hair from her head, then as her young brother sprang to her assist ance, another bullet fired by the hus- band struck him in the side, inflict- ing, however, only flesh wound. When the jury returned a verdict of guilty the mercy of the court was asked and instead of a penitentiary sentence Judge Miller gave the defendant road sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
The WeLI- Dressed Man .E By BeaunGsh CORRECT CLOTHES oCCAsHO
Planning Your Wardrobe.

-
 Dou you plan your wardrobe? Or, do you acquire q suit, or q shirt, or q scarf, or any other article of dress, need it? The wardrobe of gentle person of brains and breeding, deserves the same forethoughtful consideration as his business, his home, his invest ments, his pleasures, his clubs and hi ports. To be sure, not all of us can boast Newport villa, and an Andiron- dack camp, and a Florida houseboat, and California bungalow and name blazoned in the Social Register" but within his sphere, each of us has peo- pie to meet, respects to pay and a po- sition to maintain.
 The possession of wardrobe means always to have on hand clothes of suf- ficient quality and variety to conform to the obligation of every occasion, from field to function and from backwoods to ballroom. It means that each ar ticle of dress fills place and full fills a purpose and should be chosen with this thought uppermost. 1t means that all articles of dress have a definite relationship to one another, like the parts of an automobile, and should be purchased together, rather than sepa- rately..
 Therefore, plan your <all wardrobe before the season starts. Cheek it over and find out precisely what you need to replenish 1t and round it out. Woman, sharpest of shoppers, does not need to be told to do this. With her, it is first thought, second nature, sixth sense and, sometimes, Seventh Heaven. Man, slower-witted, keeps putting off what he should be putting aside, until flogged by necessity, he rushes in to buy, rushes up, rushes through and rushes out. It's the wrong way. Dress ing well is worth all the time and