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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23

NIT one could see seven distilleries
in full blast.
He gasped and said he must visit
these soon. then asked me where i
lived last.
said San Antonio, Tex, he
pushed n button, an imp appeared
and was told to bring the record for
San Antonio.
The chief read it carefully. i
heard him muttering Second
in Texas" "golf courses"
Then satisfied smile crept over
his face.
He then asked the attendant If
there were any recent arrivals from
San Antonio on the register. He
said, Yes, there was a cargo just
arrived mostly Irish and few
Others"
The chief frowned and said he was
afraid the Irish had already exceeded
their quota, and if this were so they
would require to be deported to the
country of origin.
The attendant reminded him that
cruel and excessive punishment was
forbidden by the constitution, and
their last report from Ireland showed
it was worse than where they now
were. The chief considered a mo-
ment then said: "Let them stay, but
remember our MOTTO" pointing to one
on the wall which read: Keep the
home fires burning"
He invited me to visit the furnace
room, and there much to my sorrow
I saw three Light fans and one Of
them had the other two between him
and the fire.
If this dream Is as sclear as mud"
to you r. e. G. please help me in
terpret it
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
SIMPLE SUBJECTS:
To the Editor:

10 the Eultor:
Some people otherwise intelligent
will cut queer capers in order to
appear witty or perhaps intellectual.
The woman at the st. Anthony dis
cussing Creation" that a certain man
wrote about last Sunday, was merely
striving for effect. And the man who
vrcse sounds very wise indeed to
criticize God, the Father of All, and
to say that woman should have come
first because she is the giver of life.
After all is she to be praised for some
thing she had no option in! Bearing
children was the curse put upon wo-
man. Being a mother doesn't neces-
sarily mean a halo around the head.
God created man in His own image.
That is, he gave him intelligence ana
the first man, before his fall may even
have had a physical resemblance to
God, who knows? No one has ever
seen God. At any rate Adam was
created q perfect man with the full
number of ribs. Afterwards God
caused him to fall into a deep sleep and
took one of his ribs to form the wo-
man. That would in no way affect
the number of ribs in his offspring.
For example before we were married
my husband had his tonsils removed.
We have three boys and two girls and
the boys as well as the girls were all
born with tonsils. As CHRISTIAN AND
in a spirit of love let. me warn the
man who wrote and all who read "Be
not wise in thine own eyes, fear God
and depart from evil' for "The fear of
God 10 the beginning Of wisdom"
g. MRS. NANNYE A. RYAN,
40 Arkansas Ave.
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THE ONLY ROAD TO PEACE.

To the Editor:
The most difficult problem to over
come in order to secure world peace
and world unity is this narrow na-
tionalism, race and creed prejudice !;
il this bad condition could be driven
from the minds, hearts and souls of
men we could destroy our battleships
and lie down and sleep in peace and
know that we had no enemies to
fear.
We now know we are a product
Of evolution and our life has been
brought through q birth in spirit
nal world to the state in which we
live and while this spiritual power
within US has and is striving to bet
ter our condition like the plant and
the animal our present state and con-
dition has largely depended on Guilt
walton, practice and environments |;
this process within and without has
been at work through millions of
years and is still leading us on and
up to a higher plane of civilization
and it is up to our scientists and
scholars to lead us in a great spiritual
and psychological development.
Religion has black eye in the
world today by the failure to discrim-
mate between pure religion and
theology. Creeds and forms are not
in any sense religion they are young
, ana changeable while religion is as
old as the human family and is al
ways the same; it is in the hearts
and souls of all mankind. 1t is the
God power of man.
The root of religion, said great
teacher, is "Love, goodness and kind
ness" with the ultimate aim-the
brotherhood of man: not tribe of
people on this planet have been
found who did not have religion and
at its fountain, it is the same relig-
ion all people have, but many of the
creeds, forms and ceremonies are
superstitions to others.
"Travel abroad" said Plutarch, the
great Greek philosopher of tho first
century; ~and you will find villages
which have no streets, cities which
have no palaces, and tribes which
have no kings but nowhere will you
find a people who have no religion"
The earliest inscriptions on stones
back of the first dynasties of the King
of Egypt show form of religion.
: The children of Israel were slaves
IN Egypt during the nineteen dynasties
than the first dynasty of Egypt. The
kings from the first dynasty on down
to the fall of the Egyptian govern
ment claimed to be divine and sons
of God.
We have some evidence that the
Neanderthal people who lived in Eu-
rope back of the 4th glacial age more
than one hundred thousand years ago
had a form of religion. We know the
Tasmanians who succeeded them were
Seligious.
Man is growth and subject to the
same developments which are peculiar
TO the plant and animal though he is
a slower growth; it takes twenty
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
MRS. ELIZABETH MILLER,
An American Mother
lis Bots Dare Street.
MR.. WEE "BOBs UP sERENELY.'

To the Editor:
/ met with a great disappointment
in last Sundays Light fan page. /
had hoped for a reply from the Rev.
+. Sugranes to my letter of the previ-
Gus Sunday. but found two others in
stead, but whether they a.e defending
or merely covering the reverend gen
lehman l do not know. would like to
say to h. Deesa that have taken no
side in the question Marriage in Mex
ico." The writer of that article can
defend it or not, as he chooses.
What did was to comment on some
remarks the Rev. f. Sugranes made
in his attack of that article, which
were foreign to the subject at issue.
/ cited an article of his which ap-
peared in The light on or about last
Columbus Day about Columbus and
his first trip to this country and
said he made hash of it, and l re-
peat it here.
Rabbi Marks in lecture later fiat
ly. contradicted his statement, but
never mentioned either his name or
his letter.
A local paper has been running the
story of Columbus the last few days.
the story. agrees in a general way
with the Rabbi Marks.
Records prove that Jews supplied
the money and the energy behind Co.
lumbus. the Ferdinand Isabella stuff
is a fable. let us say.
The church of that day and earlier
had prosecuted Calico for daring to
say the earth was round. They could
not "see" Columbus at all.
If X. Deesa catches my drift I will
be grateful. My little joke about GER
tain. charges against the Jew he will
understand at Easter, perhaps.
But to the point, quote the writer
of the first article, Marriage in Mex
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NJ. LITTLE.
IT'S OUR OWN FAULT

Congress has gone wild with scandal
scooping. The newspapers ere satu-
rated with reports of graft, bribery and
corruption. The politicians say that
the very foundation OF our govern
ment has been shaken. The people
wonder what will happen next and
continue to pay taxes and "cuss" the
office holders. What fools we voters
are. We should not deceive ourselves.
Good government is not Knocked.
Whatsoever citizens sow that shall
they also reap. We have sown the
wind and we are reaping the whirl-
wind. We have just as good govern
ment as We deserve-and probably q
little better. We might as well get
down to brass tacks, the trouble is
with us and not with the govern
ment." The people are the ones to
blame and not the office holders.
"The people" means you and me. You
are to blame. / am to blame. We,
''the dear peepur are set of burned
fools. Amt it SO? 1t is. What are
we going to do about it?-Nothing.
Why? Too busy making a living.
What are the government officials
goind to do? Make a living also.
How? That's the question.
We pay q cabinet officer salary
of S12,500 per year which is about
enough to pay the rent on decent
apartment in Washington and leave
n little change for street car fare. As
for the balance of his actual living
expenses, it is a matter of indiffer-
ence how he gets it, or from whom.
We pay a United States Senator
a salary of $500 per year, which is
not quite sufficient to pay stenog-
raphers hire for answering letters we
write to the Senator. As for living
expenses, well, Senator should be
able TO live on hot air.
We pay the governor the stupen-
dous sum of $4,000 per year without
any extra allowance for chicken salad.
1t costs a governor not less than
$4,000 to be elected. He pays us
that much in advance to get US to
vote for him. Then during the two
year term for which he is elected we
reimburse him to the extent of $4,000
which leaves a deficit of $4,000 to
which must be added to the actual liv-
ing expenses of the governor and
family, however, there may be seri-
Gus question whether a governor is
entitled to fve-why not let 'em all
die.
But last of all, we show our great
est wisrom when it comes to the state
Legislature. We pay ISL members of
the Legislature $500 per day to 90
over to Austin every now and then to
appropriate $40,O00,O00 and devise
additional schemes of taking our
property away from us by taxation.
Stop "cussing" the office holder and
"cuss" yourself a while and probably
conditions will improve.
C.M. ID.
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HURRAH FOR RAY LAMBERT

To The Editor:
Every night seated around q huge
campfire, the tourists in Bracken-
ridge park have fine entertainment.
which affords much enjoyment ana
helps break the monotOny of camp
life. There is much talent in the
crowd and everyone is called upon to
do their "bit." Among the features
in an auction sale which is helpful to
the tourist in Kidding himself of ex-
cess baggage. Now and then there is
a kangaroo court and some poor fell
low gets a life sentence for breaking
camp rules. The entertainments are
open to the public and the tourists
welcome visitors.
The tourists as a body wish in this
manner to thank Mr.. Ray Lambert,
park commissioner, for the kind and
considerate treatment received and
for the favors he has shown, which
has made these entertainments posi-
bic and when we fold our tents and
buzz away we are going to tell the
world about San Antonio and the
beautiful Breckenridge park, where
we all enjoyed ourselves to the limit
THE TOURISTS IN BRACKEN-
RIDGE PARK"
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years to reach manhood while the
plant reaches its growth in few
months.
Burbank saw that the large ear of
corn had been developed by the In
dams from something lower, so he
went to work and found grass seed
and in eighteen years of experiment.
ing he developed the ear of corn.
our ancestors, but the life they lived |;
you owe your parents and the long
line of ancestors through which you
came largely what you are today.
1t is reported that William Jen-
nings Bryan does not believe in the
evolution of man, yet he has a
glorious record back of him. He
should fall down on his knees and
thank and praise his parents, his
great and great grand parents for his
strong body, large head and loving
heart. 1t has taken ages to produce
him as it could not be done in few
generations.
This world has made a most won
derful material progress in the last
$50 years, far greater than had been
made in all the ages of the past; so
marvellous that it has almost made a
new world, yet it could not have been
done if our ancestors had not brought
us up to the point where we could
see the light and work out these Won
derful inventions,
There has been a great psychological
development in the world greater than
ever before, so many men pleading
for pure and undefiled religion, love
your enemies, stop all wars, live in
peace and brotherhood with all man
kind yet our material development has
far SURPASSED our spiritual and
psychological development. Now let
US have $50 years of developing man
equal to the X-ray, the electric light,
the airplane and a thousand other
great improvements which are doing
SO much for the good of man.
With psychological development
equal to the material improvements
which have been made, injustice, muir
der and wars will be driven from the
globe and in their place will be SUBJ
stituted love, justice and the brother
hood of man.
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ico": 'The church is expensive, the
law is also and so they are
forced to dispense with the outward
forms Of marriage, and work out their
lives together on a basis of mutual
fidelity, with their friends approval
and respect"
This statement is a very beautiful
one to me. and covers every man-made
rite or ceremony, and my hat is off to
them, the people, Of course.
have many good Mexican friends.
I am not assailing the Mexican people,
neither do / believe the writer of the
first article is. Facts are chiefs that
wunna ding, an daurna' be disputed
the poet Burns sang.
In Genesis, sixth chapter, verses /
and ., i read land it came to pass
when men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters were
born unto them. that the Sons of God
saw the daughters of men were fair.
and they took them wives Of all
which they choose"
No church or law IL mentioned.
would ask the reverend gentlemen
to note that the Sons of God did those
things. The Mexican custom therefor
has a divine origin.
would agains ask him to answer
my questions through The Light, and
in all courtesy I do it. We meet on
this page on a common level, thanks
to the editor. Let anyone who cannot
stand fire keep off.
You saw what l got last Sunday,
but bob up serenely from down be-
low. Viva 70.
If the reverend gentleman is pleased
to answer me, X. Deesa seems 20
throw out a ray Of hope. I hope he
first reads the very able letter by c.
A. Herff in last Sundays Light and
realizes that earnest thinking men are
giving these matters careful study to-
day. without trace of levity, sacrilege
or creed. In fact, believe the most
of us would prefer your views on these
questions. / am sure we will hear you
gladly, like the Athenians of old.
Now. X. Deesa, l would like you
to produce those diagrams indicating
why God is good to the Irish. / regret
they were not produced before the
meeting in the Gunter Hotel ball room
short time ago when Irish delegates
told of conditions in Ireland, and
showed how cruel Irish were to Irish
in Ireland.
Perhaps we could have found out
who put the Ire in Ireland. God or
man. if they had been exhibited at
that meeting. How long, o Lord, how
long must this be?
Your new pal,
JOHN B. WEE
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FAvORS THE BONUS.
To the Editor /:


Relative to the bonus, will Presi-
dent Coolidge use as a campaign cud-
gel that much delayed obligation to
American soldiers, will he by a stroke
of his pen try to wipe out the most
ignominious ingratitude that has ever
been tolerated in these United States,
since the glorious Declaration of In
dependence was promulgated (which
declaration is being violated daily
more and more by men masquerading
as Americans).
My feelings of indignation are cor
relative with the many noble Ameri-
can men, whom offered their lives
that civilization may remain on the
face of the earth.
/ was pleased to read the several
letters appearing in The Light. rela-
tive to "the bonus" signed by An
Ex-Buck. Not any man who went
overseas, or gave his time and tai
ents to military service at home. did
so with bonus in view. The call of
humanity. save us or we perish"
brought them to their feet; they raj
lied to the call of their chief. and
sad to say, after the conflict was
over, with peace restored, many thou
sands remained with a little white
cross in the "poppy fields of France"
to say to posterity, "Greater love hath
no man, than to give up his life for
his friends" Many returned to have
injustice done, and opprobrium heap
ed upon them, and even now. when
an insurance bonus seems possible.
there is a clause in the article pub
lished relative to the Presidents
signing the bill, that will make the
blood of true patriots, real Ameri-
cans, rise up in righteous indigna-
ttion, when they read. The Presi-
dent was opposed to bonus bill that
the government could not afford (pif-
flel and he particularly expressed his
antipathy towards the payment of
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Port Arthur, Tex.
March 10. 1924.


March 10, 1924.
DR.. c. NJ. Rosser,
Dallas, Tex.
Dear DR.. Rosser: -
I have for consideration copy Of
your letter of February %, addressed
to DIR. A. c. Scott of Temple, Tex.
Since / did not have the editorial
you mentioned, in your letter, and
lacking information as to just what
might be expected of you on the &C.
casion Of the law enforcement meeting
at Houston, on the Sth and 9th,
have deferred writing you, until
could ascertain, in my own way, just
what this law enforcement aggregation
intended TO accomplish with reference
to the medical profession. Your letter
is not quite clear, but your subject /:
''The Medical Profession for Self
Publication and the Enforcement of
All Law" is broad. to say the least.
Our committee has gone on record,
repeatedly, that the medical profession
construed its duty to the public to
mean service to its physical welfare.
We have refused, heretofore, to con-
slider it our duty to enforce any law.
When it comes to the question of pur-
ification, you are dealing with opin-
ions and conclusions, and not facts,
too often. l am afraid.
As above stated, it is not clear TO
me just what you may get into on
this occasion. Noting that Rev. Atticus
Webb is apparently responsible for
your invitation is sufficient for ME
to readily conclude that a large num-
Der of the medical profession are ex-
pected to be attacked. / am wholly
and unequivocably opposed to the
medical profession, as an organiza-
ton officially, attempting to solve the
prohibition question. have not veri-
fled the records, but, il is my recol-
lection that the house of delegates of
the American Medical Profession, and
straw votes. obtained by the Journal
for the medical profession, is indicat-
cd that a very large number, and /
believe the majority, of the medical
profession use. or desire to use, al
coholics in their business of relieving
human suffering and prolonging hui
man life.
As l understand it, there Is a large
number Of physicians who have APP
piled for and received license or per-
hits " ptcoSiipt uiCOuOllCc. 90 luE rs
1 know, even though some abuse the
privilege according to some peoples
construction. they can not be classed
as violators of the law. Should a
physician violate the law in prescrib-
ing alcoholics, the prescriptions are
on file and would seem to me to be
the duty of the enforcement officers,
rather than the medical profession, to
prosecute. You are urged. therefore, to
be extremely careful and cautious in
what you have to say in your address
to the statewide law enforcement
meeting in Houston. that is, il you
speak as a representative of the med
ical profession in Texas. Should you,
in your address at Houston, make it
perfectly clear that you are not au-
thorized to speak officially, still. your
prominence in the state ,and your po-
sition on the council will carry an in.
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HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SHOW

To The Editor:
1t was with great pleasure tina.
we opened the section of your Sun
day paper with the illustrations, art
work and write up of the Blum-Guar-
Rntee Fashion Promenade at the EN-
pire theater.
We want you to know bow very
gratifying it is to know that your
newspaper has our interest at heart.
Truly, this page that We speak of was
one that any larger city than San
Antonio could be justly proud. In
reality it should be termed q big
Time" page.
The efficient and capable manner
in which your Mr.. Brogan handled
this, indicates his superior ability and
again we must add our thorough ap-
probation.
A, Melvin August.
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funds to able-bodied men. Did the
President reflect that the government,
Just q few years previous to his re-
gime, demanded the services of only
able-bodied men? She had no use
for imbeciles or wsaklings. Further
on in the article to which refer, is
another infamous insult to Americas
soldiers of the World War. viz: 1t is
a bill to relieve possible distress, and
not a measure that will permit the ex-
service men "to fritter" away the
funds given them, as argued by the
opponents of large cash bonus. Could
any greater insult be Haunted into
the faces of these brave men who
faced hell itself, that Presidents, law
makers and congressman might sit Mt
banquet tables and bubble over a
paltry sum that might have kept de-
spondency from many American
hearts, and want from many Ameri-
can homes.
The little yellow rats across the
seas seem Of much more importance
than our returned American soldiers.
America raised millions overnight to
come to their rescuesafte disas-
ter, whilst our poor ex-service men
walked the streets and begged for
work.
If this bill shall ~frittcr" through,
it will always have the odium of the
ingratitude of the American nation
to its noble manhood that went over
seas.
MRS. ELIZABETH MILLER,
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PHYSICIANS ARE NOT
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

To the Editor:
Your editorial, "Plot to Amend Dean
Law" in your issue March 10, is
read with much interest.
Won't you permit me to congratu-
late you on your broad vision and
keen Interpretation of the real pur-
pose of the invitation extended by
his honor" Atticus Webb, on his Sc
lection Of a member of the medical
profession to address his so-called
law enforcement" meeting?
You are evidently correctly informed
and assuming that the doctor selected
would be easily influenced. to Mr..
Nebb's way of thinking. ! am attach
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LET HIM GO HOME.

To The Editor:
have always wondered why It Is
that a genius must nearly always in
more ways than one, be 4 fool, or
something similar. If one seems to be
genius, inventive, literary and 30 on,
one must be cratic, unable to take
care of their own business, impossible
to live with and under the impression
that the world is, more or less, un-
civilized.
Robert Wilson Stevenson, cousin Of
Robert Louis Stevenson. came to this
country with the intention of making
fortune for himself and one Of the
first things he did, was to make very
unpleasant remarks about San Fran
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ing hereto copy Of letter which might
interest you.
NJ. +. BLEDSOE,
President-Elect.
Texas State Medical Association.
Port Arthur. Tex.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

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