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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12

newspaper tells of recent debate in
the English metropolis on the question
as the young woman of today any
worse than she ever was?" The gram
mar and the sentiment of the question
did not enter into the equation.
The affirmative side was upheld by
Lady Frances Bafour widow of the late
Col Erstace Balfour and daughter OF
the eighth duke of Argyle. Lady Frances
brought three indictments against the
present day girl, disappearing of her
dress, her manners and her converse
ton.
"In the past" declared Lady Frances,
"the girls led more sheltered lives and
knew less of men. A girl of II thought
a man a paragon of virtue, unselfishness
and all that was heroic. But that atti-
tude may perhaps have made men better
than they are today. 1t is good to be
believed in-especially for man.
To-day we see the young woman do
ing everything to initiate women OF the
streets. Her face is mass of powder
her red lips are gashed out of human
resemblance, and the reek of her in pass
ing makes one long for breath of air
off the heather"
Concerning the conversation of the
modern girl, Lady Frances quoted one
example which she evidently deemed
sufficient for the argument. 81 heard
one young woman remark to another
| in Bond street, Let's go somewhere and
have a real bilious lunch!"
The modern girls champion was Miss
Viola Tree, a member of the famous
theatrical family of that name. who in
sisted that the flapper is healthier and
more frank than her Victorian predeces-
sor.
"The girl Of today hasn't much to hide,
and if she had, she wouldn't hide it. -
said Miss Tree. "She is incapable of
anything except being utterly natural. A
poet in my youth wrote to his girl
friend about her complicated eyes The
young woman Of today is incapable OF
Complicated eyes,
Instead of stealing down to telephone
to young men in her nightdress, as l
had to do, the girl of today orders her
mother to have fire in the drawing
room. The stage is generally presumed
to represent great deal of wickedness.
The truth is we have no time for that.
We are, in fact, grumpy, always in a
hurry. very kind to one another. and we
like cup of tea and that sort of thing
and the higher we get the buster we are. -
The argument between the two famous
women drew fire from both sides,
which is supplying the London newspa-
pers with columns of contributed matter
for and against the flapper. All of il
will get nowhere and convince no one.
The only statement of the case which
seems to cover the ground and leave nc
point to be argued, was made recently
by Kansas editor who said:
"The great trouble with the present
generation is that it fears the rising gen.
Grafton will grow up and do the same
fool things that the present generation
did twenty-five or thirty years ago."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12
CHAPTER VII.
An Unforeseen Dilemma.

While Trevor and Detective Ser
geant Curtis was tearing city-ward
through the night. Sallie. after listen
ing with distended eyes and fast-beat'
ing heart to that midnight confer
cnce-between Mrs. Copeland, her
nephew Sloat, Bellows, the attorney,
and Doctor Qualters-turned and,
cropping her way to the hall. fled
noiselessly up the stairs to her own
room.
She closed the door behind her and
in the glow from the soft night light
located the heavy. bent hairpin and
probing through the keyhole locked the
door with the key on the farther side,
then dropped the pin out of the bath
room window before she flung herself
on her bed, her eyes filled with in
dignant tears.
"Salie Peck is dead and buried y
The brutal, unfeeling tones of Wheel
err Sloat rang in her ears. Poor Ma
Brennan! Sallie's own tears over.
flowed at the thought of the good
woman's grief, and then her heart
seemed to stop beating as the face OF
Mike rose before her. Maybe he cared
for her after all, and now he must
think her dead. Oh, but she'd pay
this crowd out before she was through
with them!
Then another remark of Sloat's re-
turned to her mind: Are you sure
you've got the right dope about her :
Are you sure you know who the girl
upstairs really is?'
Sallie sat up suddenly as an in
spiration came to her and her eyes
Travelled swiftly to that spot on the
carpet where she had palmed that
fragment from a newspaper; the para
graph which mentioned the possibility
that Diamond Bess" Hilker. the miss
ing maid in the Delapierre robbery
case, might have boarded the Gotham
Arrow at Philopolis. where she was
last seen. Then a little. soft. impish
laugh escaped Sallie's lips and. throw
ing off the robe and slippers, she
composed herself for the night.
Therese noticed decidedly unfav'
orable change in "Mees Alva" the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12
THE FOREFATHER.

Here at the country inn,
1 lie in my quiet bed.
And the ardent onrush Of armies
Throbs and throbs in my head.
Why, in this calm, sweet place,
Where only silence is heard,
Am l ware of the crash of conflict
In my blood to battle stirred?
Without, the night is blessed
With the smell of pines, with stars;
Within, is the mood of slumber,
The healing of daytime scars.
II is strange,-yet l am thrall
To epic agonies;
The tumult of myriads dying
Is borne to me on the breeze.
Mayhap in the long ago
My forefather grim and stark
Stood in some hell OF carnage,
Faced forward, fell in the dark
And /. who have always known
Peace with her dovelike ways.
Am gripped by his martial spirit
Here in the after days.
1 cannot rightly tell:
/ lie, from all stress apart,
And the ardent onrush of armies
Surges hot through my heart.
Richard Burtol
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12

next morning. There was an alarm
ing increase Of slang in the careless
speech which had seemed TO grow
coarse and hard overnight, and the
quiet docility of manner had given
place to an air of impudent assur-
ance not unmixed with derision.
With Miss Tidmarsh and the doctor,
however, Sallie was careful to resume
her manner of the previous day, al
though she evinced growing rest
lessness at being treated as a semi
invalid and insisted upon being per-
mitted to rise.
After a brief delay Therese re-
entered the room somewhat sullenly
with both arms piled with dainty, girl
ish garments and at sight of them a
sudden, hideous thought came to Sal
lie. Whose body was that which had
been buried in her place? Could it
be that she was wearing a dead girls
clothes, sleeping in dead girls bed,
using her personal belongings as
though they were her own? If not,
where was the real Alva Copeland?
A shudder shook Sallie from head to
foot but she forced herself to face
the maid calmly, still keeping her i'm
pudently assured air of the early
morning.
look here, haven't I got any new
clothes?" she demanded as Therese
spread across the chaise Tongue a
smart silk morning dress which
seemed somehow to have lost its first
freshness. ''Ain't there anything j
haven't worn beforeT"
The eyes of the maid met hers for
q fleeing moment and then Therese
drew aside the silk dress and replaced
it with a straight little frock of soft,
gray cloth.
"You have forgotten this, perhaps,
Mees Alva? 1t was among the last
of the robes purchased in Paris six
weeks ago and never have you worp
it."
"ItIl do, I guess" Sallie assented
carelessly. Can that Paris stuff.
though. Therese; we understand each
other"
She almost held her breath at her
own daring as she waited for the
others reply but none came. A mask
seemed to have fallen over Therese's
face and she proceeded in silence to
complete Sallie's toilette.
Just as she fastened the last snap.
per knock came upon the door and
as she opened it to receive huge
purple box from the hands of Fitch,
the tall young footman Of the previ-
Gus day, the girl standing behind her
caught a glimpse of his face.
He was gazing straight into Sallie's
eyes, not in bold disrespect but rather
as though he were attempting to con-
vey message. She recalled his insist
emit staring at her when he served tea
in Mrs. Copeland's sitting room the
afternoon before and impulsively she
.odded just as Therese shut the door
Il his face. ..
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12
KIDDING" THE SENATORS

A former train robber recently testi-
fled in connection with the Teapot Dome
investigation that the late Jake Hamon
of Oklahoma had said he spent 81 ,OOO,-
900 to secure the nomination of the late
President Harding.
Since then number of the friends
of Hamon have come to the front to
testify that there was never anything
in the story that Hamon spent $1,000
600 or any similar sum. They admitted
that it was barely possible that Hamon
might have made some such statement,
one of them adding "You know, Jake
was a grst kidder."
Such statement coming from man
who was we'll acquainted with Hamon
counts for much and explains great
deal. Incidentally it goes far to iden.
tify much other testimony that has been
sought, offered and accepted in the Tea
pot Dome investigation.
1t must be admitted that the state
ment of lannon's friend does not reflect
great credit on the intellectually of the
senators who are conducting the inves-
tigation. They seem to have been
"kidded" rather too easily. They should
know better than to be misled by such
stuff as Al Jennings offered to them.
AS experienced politicians, all OF them
should know and probably do know that
after such political event as nationa;
convention in which dark horse has
been nominated, there are always many
men who, when they are once more
among their friends, tell and repeat the
story of show I did it." These men
recount every experience of every dele
gate as their own and before long they
are irventing new incidents. This type
of man is to be found everywhere and
his friends understand him. They allow
him to believe he is kidding" them but
in fact, they fully appreciate the fact
that he is blowing his horn just to give
himself pleasure. Men who have at
tanned the position of senators of the
United States should be smart enough
not to let themselves be "kidded" by such
stuff.
As for Jennings, he discredited him.
self so completely that it is remarkable
that he was allowed to finish his story
He declared that he had been a friend
of lake Hamon, who had, he declared
done more for him than had any other
living man. Then, he offered to go be-
fore congressional committee and pic.
tured as briber and corruptionist the
man who had, according to his owr
statement, done so much for him. Sucf
conduct speaks for itself.
As for the senators, they went dowr
in public estimation. They were takei
in by palpable yarn when they SHOULD
have known better Men who aspire
to manage the affairs of the United State
should show more sense.
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DIES IRAE.

Day Of wrath, that day of burning,
Seer and Sibyl speak concerning,
All the world to ashes turning.
oh, what fear snail it engender.
When the Judge shall come in splendor,
Strict to mark and just to render!
Trumpet, scattering sounds of wonder,
Rending sepulchers asunder,
Shall resistless summons thunder.
All aghast then Death shall SILVER,
And great Natures frame shall CULVER,
When the graves their dead deliver.
Volume, from which nothing's blotted.
Evil done nor evil plotted,
Shall be brought and dooms allotted.
When shall sit the Judge unerring,
He'll unfold all here occurring.
Vengeance then no more deferring.
What shall / say, that time pending?
Ask what advocates befriending,
When the just man needs defending:
Dreadful King, all power possessing,
Saving freely those confessing.
Save thou me, o Fount Of Blessing!
Think, o Jesus, for what reason,
Thou didst bear earths spite and treason,
Nor me lose in that dread season.
Seeking me Thy worn feet hasted.
On the cross Thy soul death tasted:
Let such travail not be wasted!
Righteous Judge of retribution!
Make me gift Of dissolution
Ere that day of execution!
Culprit-like, plead, heartbroken,
On my cheek shames crimson token;
Let the pardoning word be spoken,
Thou. who Mary gav'st remission,
Heard'st the dying Thief's petition.
Cheer'st with hope my lost condition.
Though my prayers be void Of merit,
What is needful. Thou confer it,
Lest endless fire inherit.
BE there. Lord my place decided
With Thy sheep. from goats divided,
Kindly to Thy right hand guided!
When the accused away are driven,
To eternal burnings given.
Call ME with the blessed to heaven,
beseech Thee. PROSTATE lying.
Heart as ashes. coptrite. signing,
Care for me when / am dying,
Day Of tears and late repentance.
Man shall rise 10 hear his sentence:
Him. the child Of guilt and error.
Spare. lord in that hour Of terror!
from the Tptin ot Tommasc
Celapo by Abraham Coles.
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A Puzzle a Day

The, drawing represents a side,
seen from above. The walk
curved, in order to pass a tree.
charge of $500 was made for the
terial in each square section of
walk, each section being three
square. How much more shoul
charged for each curved section
Yesterdays answer:
The third son was called Ymra,
eldest brother, a lawyer, was 4
Rab (Which is Bar, reversed).
second brother was WAN (navy|
versed); so it was only naturt
call the soldier son Ymra, (arnl
yersed).
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MARCH CIRCULATION

Daily only average. .2sfe9
Sunday only average. .S34So
Thu above totals and averages for paid cir
cuaon exclusive OF all spoiled copies and any free
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement Of
paid circulation Is correct z,,u,,
g., ~ r. Circulation Manager.
~ y c. l.. BUCHANAN,
Business Manager
Sworn and subscribed to before me this End day
VI fssan 49, FRED J. BONNER JR.,
Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12
THE RISING GENERATION

When the passing generation runs out
of topics for conversation or argument
it can always fall back upon discus
sion of the flapper and the jelly bean
and their manifold faults. 1t is harm
less pastime and the fact that neither
panty to the argument ever "gets any
where" detracts not whit from the
zest of the participants.
A London dispatch to New York
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12
Where to Go
Motion Pictures.

Palace-Anita Stewart in
Love Piker."
Empire-Mae Marsh in "Dat
Princess-Mary Philbin in g
Highway"
Rialto-Frank Mayo in
Oranges.
Royal-"The Shepherd King.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12

S.vos course of 1,53O kilometers
t4Dout 800 miles.) The race last vea :
was 1oO ktlometers GAGS milesl. The
,acers started from here and made
lneir way to Rosario; thence To
cordoba, and returned by the go ne
route to Buenos Aires.
The Gran Premio is held annually
unoer the auspices Of the Argentine
Automobiie club. The hard service
70 which cars are subjected ia this
GRIND 10 greater than many months
OF ordinary driving.
So gruelling was the race this wear
mat nearly half the entries were
compelled to drop out, due to me-
ehanica1 difficulties brought about by
the road conditions over which the
race was run. The famous Gran
aremio Is more than a test for speed.
soutn american motorists consider
IL nnai contest for gausing motor
car endurance.
Wins For Third Time
The fact that a Studebaker. for the
third time, won THIS speed flight
against some of the most EXPENSIVE
European and American makes was
commented on by the judges.
In 1922 the race was won by An
ionic DIVIDES in a Studebaker. Wi
liam I .Burke's Special Six was the
first car over the line last year. The
Studebaker's victory here comes on
the heels Of similar achievements in
South Africa, the Syrian Desert.
Australia and Florida.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Chelsea, April live are reading
about it in newspapers and maya
zines. We are talking about it and
We even see it in the movies. &C.
casionally we think We see living
examples of it. This rejuvenation
business, it seems, is not all to the
bunk. In line with this, Maine is
not so far behind, even though in the
Bay state they claim we are on the
hair craze was late in getting mere.
But this restoring of youth arrived
in quick order.
Names latest claim to the fountain
Of youth is in the fact that Nathan
Walls of Chelsea, aged So years, has
purchased a new automobile. Is he
also hiring a driver to sit in front
to carry out orders and run errands
No, stree, because Mr.. Walls is 60
ing to be his own Chauffeur, be bis
own errand boy and do all those
things that go with running an auto
mobile. He has also secured a Gr1v-
er's license, this being his second one
since he has reached the S0-year
mark.
Mr.. Walls is a Civil War veteran
and he passes the winters at the Ma
tional Soldiers Home in Togus. But
just as soon as the frost leaves the
ground and it is good going" Mr..
Walls returns to his coZy little home
in the, town of Chelsea, short ways
from the Home. Here he passes the
summer months. He has owned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12
To Give Service
To bort Dealers

Complete service for bort owners
in Augusta and vicinity will be pro-
vided this year. Lester A. Thurlow
of Portland who had been identified
with bort interests for a number Of
years has been engaged to cover the
whole State of Maine in the interest
of bort and Kissell cars. In this
way, bort owners will be sure of
everything they need.
John d. Mansfield, general sales
manager of the bort Motor Car
Company, made a statement recent
ly in connection with the announce
ment of the new bort models that
contains a lot of wisdom for car
buyers.
Mr.. Mansfield said: you can go
just as far and just as fast and
travel just as comfortably in a car
priced at between $1,000 and $1,000 as
you can in a more costly automo-
bile. 1t used to be said that
moderately priced cars were uncom-
Portable, narrow and short without
sufficient leg room. bort, for one.
has overcome all this-the last and
only remaining objection to the
moderately priced car. I doubt If
any car can be more comfortable
than the new Dorts. You sink right
down into the cushions. Stout peo-
pie and long-legged people can now
enjoy new pleasure in riding"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12

more than one automobile and prides
himself upon being a careful driver.
When the winter came onto fall
last year Mr.. Walls packed up his
personal belongings and went to
Togus. But he endeavored to lay
something by for his next years car.
so into a coffee can be stuffed about
$500 in bills of various denomina-
tons. Thinking to keep the money
safe and sound he buried 1t all in the
ground.
With the spring time his thoughts
turned to automobile and he remem-
bered the lucre stored away in the
coffee can. Going to his treasure
trove he dug up the can. Much to
his surprise he found it was in de-
plorable condition. The can was not
all tin, as he had supposed, only the
the sides being of fiber. The mois-
ture from the earth had seeped in
and raised havoc with the money. A
riot of colors changed the familiar
greenback into all sorts Of coiors.
He was almost afraid that the auto
mobile dealer would refuse II.
1t is a rather interesting coinci-
dence to note that Mr.. Walls pur-
chased his car, an Overland touring
car, from Clifton r. Shaw of Angus
ia, Willow street. one of the young
est automobile dealers in the state.
Mr.. Shaw is in his early twenties
but is, in spite of his youth. pos
sessed of considerable business abil-
ity and is building up one Of the big
Sest agencies in the State.
AS soon as the roads dry up, MI.
Walls is planning to have some en-
joyable rips over the country roacs.
He doesn't care much about burning
up the gas. but would rather roll
along at a moderate rate-one Of the
safest kinds of drivers in this speedy
a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12
No Definite Charge Against
Noted European Swindler

Berlin. March ga. P. by MailJ-
stephan Otto, born near Brussels,
who posed as major in the Belgian
army in 1919 and decorated Major
General Henry T. Allen, commander
of the American forces at CoblenZ
with the Belgian military medal or
konor. and who has since been ar
rested as a swindIer in half a dozen
European cities. has been classed by
Berlin detectives as "habitual
criminal" Despite this, the young
man may soon slip from the German
prison because no specific charge
has been filed against him. His lat
est exploit was an attempt to obtain
a high priced car on the pretense
that he was member of the Inter-
Allied Commission of Control in Ger
many.
Otto has associated with high off,
Gals in Paris, Vienna, Constantine
ople and other cities, and the story
is even told that on one occasion he
actually slept night in Bucking-
ham palace.
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Famous Argentine
Race to Studebaker
For Third Time

Buenos Aires-Pushing ahead Of !
Aeld Of Is American and European
contestants, Studebaker Special
Six won, for the third consecutive
wear, the spectacular Gran Premio
of Argentine, South Americas fore
most racing event.
Sir, Mariana de la Fuente drove the
shIdebaker to victory over q course
twice the distance Of former years
and along roads In 80 hazardous con-
dition that only Is of the Is entries
finished the complete distance.
Distance Was Doubled
De Ia Fuente has driven in a num-
her of previous Gran Premios, but
fhis was his first year behind the
wheel of Studebaker. In the 1922
race he was beaten out for first place
by a Special-Six and last year again
finished unsuccessful. So. he con-
cluded that this year he would cast
his lot with Studebaker.
Third and fourth prizes went to
Gianinni and Ferreyra respectively,
both OF whom also drove Studebaker
Special Skies. making a total Of three
places won by Studebaker in this
Years race.
Studebaker's winning time was "a
hours and As minutes over a treach-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12
Ford Saw Future of
Auto Back in 1910

How clearly Henry Ford saw the
future of the automobile and how
| we'll he prophesied it, is shown IN an
article written by him in February.
1910, and published in Detroit
| newspaper.
In 1909, as the article states, q
| coo, 900 horsedraWn vehicles were sold
as against $4,000 automobiles. How
the prophesied reversal came ap-
pears in figures for last year, which
show the sale of approximately A.
100000 motor cars during 1923, as
compared with 100000 horse drawn
vehicles.
The article follows:
THE automobile of the past at
tanned success in spite of it's price,
because there were more than en-
Cugh purchasers to be found to take
the limited output of the then new
industry. Proportionately few could
buy, but those few could keep all the
manufacturers busy, and price there
fore had no bearing on sales.
1.-The automobile of the present Is
making good because the price has
been reduced just enough to add
sufficient new purchasers to take care
of the increased output. Supply ana
demand, not cost, has regulated the
selling price of automobiles. The car
of today is better by far than the car
of a few years ago-the natural re-
suit of experience. The price Is low
er, just enough lower to add sufficient
possible purchasers to buy the IN
creased output.
1.-THE automobile of the future must
be enough better than the present
car to beget confidence in the man
OF limited means and enough tower
in price to insure sales for the en-
ormously increased output.
The car Of the future must be the
car for the people, the car that any
man can own, who can afford a morse
end carriage, and mark my words,
that car is coming sooner than most
people expect"