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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
17HQ Witch Maiden 64Duldie Dearne'

Leaving the window, she moved
out into the room. The two women
and the girl still surveyed the
street. When the Young Lords
horse had halted they had been too
busy waving their hands and
throwing roses to observe the dark
rose that he had caught as quickly
as a schoolboy. When you are
sure that the room behind you is
untenanted, you don't notice
trifles.
Sidonia looked at the beautiful
cloak Of sky-blue velvet that was
cast over the seat near the table.
The silver fleurs-de-lys with which
it. was powdered reminded her of
the fleurs-de-lys on the white hous-
ings of the Young Lords stallion.
She needed a cloak herself.
1t was cold, and the rotten egg had
ruined the miserable black one she
had discarded in the lane. Quite
naturally, and without any thought
of before or after, she put her
hands on the sleek velvet. 1t felt
like a magic moss, inconceivably
short and fine--or like the supple
spoil of some lovely animal from
the regions where beasts were scar
let and lure and human-folk as
black as the flue of a chimney.
She lifted it up and put it about
her shoulders, smuggling into it.
1t fastened with two plaques of
silver little below the throat and
fell to within half an inch of the
ground, concealing her superbly
from bare shoulders to bare feet.
1t was warm as shroud of fur
it seemed, in some inevitable way,
to be as much hers as her own skin.
And yet, preposterously, it was
not hers. She must ask leave. -.
MAY l have this coax"
Her raised voice was clear as a
child's.
The three people at the larger
window jumped as if they had
been pricked, and all turned i
stantly. The plumpest woman
squealed; the eldest calculated,
Heaven save u.s." the youngest,
girl of about Sidonia's age. kept
her large, ripe, pulpy-lipped mouth
shut. She had green eyes and her
dark-red hair was caught in a
silken net.
Sidonia looked at the red-haired
girl and the girl looked back at
her.
'I know you," each said to the
other without speaking.
MAY | wear this cloak" said
Sidonia again aloud.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

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tne same age preparation i'm =
proved by the addition Of other in
gradients. 1t is known as Wyeths
Sage and Sulphur Compound and can
be obtained at all drug stores for
only IS cents bottle.
While gray faded hair is not sinful.
we all desire to retain our youthful
appearance and attractiveness. By
darkening your hair with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound. no one
can tell. because 1t does It so natural
ly, so evenly. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time: by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared. After
another application or two your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft
and luxuriant and you appear years
younger.
Wyeth Chemical Co., New York
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
CHAPTER XIV.

"HE moment Sidonia had
thrown the rose she drew
herself back, and her feet
found the rush-strewn floor. She
stood a little aside from the win
dow, her face turned from it, one
hand on the cold sill.
A light had broken upon her. 1t
illuminated an amazing landscape.
She stared at il, her hand gripping
the stone of the window-sill. e.
Gervais, the Young Lord. &.
There was power in her now.
She would be lifted above
all these people and all their eyes
would be upon her; she would have
everything of which she had
dreamed.
Her heart was beating with e.
element. 1t was natural and fit
ting that Satan's child should at
tain the luxuries of the world
pictured hangings, sleek fabrics,
spiced foods, serving maids and a
feather bed. The gaze of the
Young Lord had held her as if she
were a vision. 1t was most Won
derful!
The half dozen or so of mounted
knights with red, blue or green
dyed ostrich plumes tumbling
from their helmets, had gone by,
and now the men-at-arms were
passing, three abreast, the heads
of their long, acknowledging
lances barbed with berry clusters,
fern or evergreen leaves. But the
street was forgotten by Sidonia,
shaken by the heavy beating of her
heart. She did not think of the
Young Lord as a man; he was an
effigy-a symbol a symbol
# breathless triumph.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

added, will turn
gray, streaked and
faded hair beauti-
fully dark and lux
uriant. Mixing the
Sage Tea and Sui
phur recipe at
home, though, is
troublesome. An
easier way is to get
. 4 I., a. $50
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
COMB SAGE TEA
into GRAY HAIR
Advertisement.

Common garden sage brewed into
q heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
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Evening star., 1925-08-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

Iowler was lying in wait. But she
wasn't directly under Yowler. He
couldn't drop or jump down on her
without changing his position. He
tried to make up his mind to wait
and trust to luck that she or one of
the others would later pass directly
under him.
But the sight of Mrs. Paddy so near
was too much for him and he tried to
noiSelesSly get out on the limb directly
over her. But she heard his claws and
instantly gave the danger signal as
she dived into the pond. Yowler was
so disappointed that he felt like yell
ing right out. But he didn't. He said
nothing, made himself comfortable on
that limb, and watched Paddy and his
family work, Juggling their logs over
the dam at a point where he could
not reach them.
When the logs were over and in the
Laughing Brook on the other side of
the dam they were toWed down to
Paddys old pond. The moment the
Beavers were out of sight Yowler
moved. Down from the tree he came
and swiftly ran along the dam to
where Il great, high rock formed one
of its supports. Up on this he sprang.
lie arched his back for a moment,
stretches, then fiattened himself on
that rock. In the shadows his coat
was SO near the color of the rock that
he seemed to be a part of it.
I'll spend the rest of the night here
if necessary" thought Yowler. Paddy
will look for me in the tree where he
last saw me. Not seeing me, he will
think that I have given up and gone
away. One of those young Beavers
dragged his log across right close to
this rock. When they return they will
have to cross the dam somewhere and
perhaps they may do it right here
Anyway, I'll have two chances, one
when they are on their way back, and
again when they bring down some
more logs. Sooner or later I will get
one of them. Yes, sir. sooner or later
/ will get one of them. This is a very
comfortable spot and ] don't mind
waiting at all. a little patience is al
that is needed to bring success in this
world. If l didn't have patience and
wasn't ready to try, try again, / guess
/ would soon starve to death. 1 won
der if / will have time for cat nar
before those Beavers return"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21
In the Enemy's Country.

When the enemy begins to fall back
he announces that he is retiring TO
positions prepared in advance. The
old timers believed in catching cold
and no bones about IT. Recently they
have conceded that infection has
something TO do with it. but they fall
back upon the theory of lowered re
sistance and the weather, draught or
wet feet lowers resistance.
When competent physician buries
medical mistake that is generally
the last he hears about it. When "A
health teacher buries a popular myth
the darn thing rises again as soon as
his back is turned and comes grim
ming after him next week as hale and
hearty as ever. Nevertheless, we
must proceed with the services.
Chillness or an outspoken chill is
such a common symptom in the early
stage of respiratory infection, say
pneumonia. smallpox, scarlet fever or
coryza, that untutored laymen today
and even the doctors of an earlier
generatio have always ascribed to
cold cauSative role, whereas any in
telligent person now understands that
the chilly sensation or chill in the
stage of invasion is a symptom or
effect of the illness, not a cause. AT
least intelligent persons understand
this in the case of smallpox or scarlet
fever, both OF which diseases are
respiratory infections. But in respect
to other respiratory infections, say
pneumonia, diphtheria, ordinary ton
silitis and ordinary coryza, neither
laymen nor physicians have so much
intelligence; they still like to imagine
that the early symptoms in these
cases are the cause or at least a con-
tributing cause of the illnesses. Wipe
that error off the slate and one of the
main props of the treacherouS cold
delusion is gone.
Think of the scores, nay the hun
dredS of times YOU are exposed" to
wet, dampneSs. draft. change of
weather. change of clothing, in your
routine living-if YOU are really alive,
and of the remarkably rare occa-
sions when YOU have any of the re-
spiratory infections which pass as
colds, in spite of Your neglect of
those hygienic circumstances which
the old foggies tell US lower re-
sistance": and then think how easy
it is. when you do happen to catch
something from your neighbor, to ac-
quit him (since he had only slight
cold, or maybe concealed the very
fact that he had anything the matter)
and to recall some exposure" of yes
terday as the probable source of your
illness. That is the anatomy of the
second leg of the cold delusion.
Now the thing is left lettering pre-
cariously on two legs.
How can it stand on only two legs 4?
why. because it is braced from one
side by the old fogy who will have to
waste lot of time trying to find out
40
fusion is gone, and from the other side
by the efficient propaganda of the nos
trum makers, underwear makers, pat
ent Ventflator vendors, Winter resort
agents, heating engineers, overshoe
makers, etc, who naturally wish to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21

BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

postpone the impending tragedy. Come
on, now, let us disguise ourselves as
reasonable gentlemen and mill into the
mob and see if we cant tackle that
off leg
Data obtained from periodic health
examinations * our knowledge from
this source is as Vet Iimited-seem to
indicate that a ma jority of well per-
sons have some low grade nose or
throat trouble, trouble so slight that
, the persons do not complain of il o.
which gives such mild symptoms tina
they acknowledge the abrlNrmalit
only in answer to leading questions in
the health examination, questions
prompted by the Doctors findings
such as temporary or frequent STOP
page of one side of the nose or per
haps abnormal secretion. CommCu
findings in such health examinations
are sinusitis, hypertrophied or thick
ened turbinated bodies DETECTED ser
tum. nasal spurs, simple chronic
rhinitis, adenoids, polyp, septic tor
sils-remember the individuals hal
boring these low-grade LESSONS con-
slider themselves well.
Now when a we'll person has such
nose or throat lesion, even though
he has learned to ignore the slight
symptoms 1t produces he is very like
~ 10 be unduly sensitive to phySiolog-
zeal variations of the circulation. For
instance, he will stuff up and begin
to sniff and run at the nose or feel
desire to sneeze, cough or clear the
throat whenever there occurs one of
those normal VaSomotor reactions TO
chanSe of environment, such as 60
ing from outdoors into a stuffy the
alter, or from an overheated room TO
the open air. The diScomforts eX-
perienced by these really abnormal
people who think themselves fairly
normal are commonly misinterpreted
by them for taking cold" and be-
ing at least an influential minority
If not an actual majority in the com
munlty. the ideas of these abnormal
well persons strongly tingc the
popular belief about taking cold"
from exposure. There is no evil
dence that these persons are more sus-
ceptible TO the respiratory infections
than really normal persons are. but
they have such a way of magnifying
all their little mechanical circulatorv
disturbances into actual illnesses that
1t amounts to the same thing. Weed
out the carriers of low grade LESSONS
of the upper respiratory tract and the
poor old delusion has but one remain
ing prop under it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21

are guests at the party. These are
little favors. mere trifles. They may
be all alike. such as popcorn balls
done up in bright paper. like Christ
mas ornaments, or they may be cheap
holiday favorS, such as tiny Santa
Clauses, Christmas bells, whistles,
bonbonS with caps, etc. Whatever
they are. they must be wrapped in
paper differing from any supplied the
players. The host or hostess may act
as Santa Claus and do the presenting
of the tokens, or the guests may be
asked to choose their own gifts and
take them from the tree themselves,
first being told how to know by the
wrapping which to take.
Santa's Chimney.
Each person tries to build as high a
chimney or tower as possible in a time
given by the hostess, who blows a
whistle indicating when to start and
stop. The bricks" are playing cards
There are no partners for this game.
The player who builds the tallest
chimney should be awarded a prize
y box of Christmas candy, the con-
tainer in the form of a Christmas
chimney. with or without a Santa
Claus standing by, is suggested.
Fill the Stocking.
For this game the players are di-
Vlded into two equal groups. \ leader
is chosen, or the hostess may be it
Whoever is chosen asks the question,
What do you put in the Christmas
stocking?" pointing to some one and
counting 20. Unless the player so in
Dictated replies:
AN orange and apple in the toe
And Christmas gifts as far as they
go"
before the counting ends. he or she
goes to the other side. The leader
puts the question to players on one
side and then the other. alternately.
When either side has won all the
players the game is finished Or it
may be ended whenever the hostess
wishes. The side having the NEST
players wins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21
Who Is Good =?

When I hear a mother or teacher
say, Sonny is such a good boy; L
never know he is in the room" | have
serious doubts about Sonny. l tax e
a good look at him the first chance
/ get.
A healthy. normal child is going to
let YOU know he is in the room. If he
sits still as a mouse for hours on end,
moving only at the word of command.
I want TO know what stunted his
mind and who killed his experimental
attitude.
A child is born into the world. if he
is a normal. healthy child, with an
overwhelming curiosity, a positive
mania for questioning and an almost
uncomfortable urge to try to get out
side the rim of his world. He will
handle everything in sight and try to
put it in his mouth when is scarce
two years old. He will climb upon
everything above the floor just as soon
as he finds his legs hold him up and
his arms will do their share. He will
chatter from the break of dawn until
WEAKNESS swamps him in sleep. How,
then, did he get to be such a child that
the mother or the teacher scarcely
knows he is in the ROOM
/ should hate to guess. But if I
found such a child in the room l would
try to introduce himself to himself
and start him on journey of dis
covery. If he had not awakened as
vet to the mysteries and the joyous
ness of the world about him 1 would
put him beside a little girl whose
mother said she was strung on wires
and never gave her a minutes peace
rrom morning until night and please
keep her in school as long as YOU can
so can get something done about the
house. That kind. Something would
happen to that very good child, I'M
less he was subnormal Then he
ought to be in special school, so he
could be walked up in his turn.
1t is better to keep a child actively
employed about the room than to allow
him to sit quietly hour after hour. If
he offers no word try to get one out
of him and if he shows no disposition
to start something start him. Keep
starting him until he is self-starting.
Don't praise him for his goodness if
all he does is to sit still and keep his
mouth shut. l have heard of silent
genius, but so far i have not met it.
The active lad and lassie are very
trying to those of us who think we
have earned "a nights repose." Not
yet. 1t is not night for us until the
children have grown up and passed
out of our care and we are too far
spent to care about the morning. I'm
til then the youngsters have every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Afectionate Names.

Do you use them, readers?-those
chummy affectionate little endearing
terms originally intended only for love
scenes?
OF course it's rather the fashion
nowadays to impress a boy with the
| warmth of your feeling for him by oc-
casionally interpolating such words as
Dear, darling, honey, etc
You hear it on all sides. A young
girl rusheS up to some man in the
lobby and fairly shrieks: Have you
been waiting long, Tommy dear? I'm
so SORRY, honey, but it couldn't be
helped
You think comfortably to yourself:
There's "a happily engaged couple,
if there ever was one. Isn't young
love just beautiful"
And then along comes the Town
Gossip who informs you that the girl
is that dreadful fiirt Doris Andrews,
and Tommy" is really engaged to
another girl-but Doris rather enjoys
vamping Tommy when his tiance is
out of town.
SO there's a beautiful illusion shat
tered.
Perhaps if you're in an office. you'll
hear one of the stenographers who
ought to he at her daSk, but whose
phone calls keep her too occupied for
much work, cooling over the phone:
"All right, precious child. Tonight at
$50. I'm so anxious to see you, dear. ="
Which sounds very sweet and girlish
until five minutes later you hear her
cooling again into the mouthpiece: $50
sorry, honey, can't make it tonight
Got a sickening date with an awful
fish. Some other time if you don't
mind, dear
SO that your faith in human nature
and stenographers is rudely shaken.
In just the same way do the young
boys of the present day keep their
ears open. and listening, hear the very
same endearments uttered to others
as have already been laviShed on
themselves.
And being wise guys, with no time
to waste on ''liners" they treat those
affectionate, cooling maidens with a
mixture of goodnatured tolerance and
easy Familiarity
They are not moved to deep emotion
any longer by the casual Tommy
dears and Tommy darlings" that come
their way.
Rather are they apt to grow suspi-
ciouS and wary when these little
caressing words are thrown in just to
make the conversation interesting.
If you want IL boy to grow really
sentimental about you, don't try to
win him by Showering him with pet
names, within As hours after you've
met him.
The longer you bide your time, and
stick to straight names, the more
chance you have of making your con
quest permanent one.
Affection too soon after acuuaint-
anceShip breeds suspicion
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
BY ROBERT CULLEN

l was tawking to Mary Watkins in
frunt of her house and l sed, G.,
had a fearSe Experience yeStidday, do
you wunt to heer about it?
| don't care, wy, wat was 1t? Mary
Watkins sed.
l was out to dinner at some ladys
house with my mother and they
had fish and l don't like fish but they
didn't have enything eltS SO | took
Some so | wouldent starve to deth, and
the ferst thing l knew 1 started to
choak on a fish bone. / sed. G WIZ
it was fearSe, wat would you do if
you started to choak on a fish bone
out in publick? l sed.
l wouldent. Mary Watkins sed. Es-
peshilly in publick, she sed. and l sed,
Well G. winnickers, wat if YOU couldent
help it. wat if a fish bone got down
there, wat would YOU do?
Id pertend not to notice it. nobody
with eny politeness ever choaks in
publick. she Sed. / wouldent even
think of doing sutch a thing, she sed.
Well holey smokes, G. wilickers, if
bone got in your neck like the one
that got In mine you'd start to choak
all rite, l sed.
No 1 wouldent, either, Mary Wat
kins sed.
Yes you would, too, because you d
half to, 1 sed. and she sed. How dare
you say sutch a thing about me, I'm
going rite in.
WITCH she started to, and I sed. Do
you meen to say you wouldent choak
even if you was choaking to deth?
and she sed, Certeny not, not in pub
lick at least.
And she keep on going in and I
quick sed, o well, maybe you wouldent,
maybe some people are too much of
a lady to choak no matter wat their
sensations is.
1 except your ipology, Mary Wat
kinS sed.
And she stayed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-21
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Imitation.

Parents love to discover the power
of imitation in their children. 1t fiat
tiers and amuseS them to see a small
son or daughter apeing their move
ments, pretending he is stalking off
to work just like father while she
plays house and acts the lady" Ba-
bies initiate small movements, they
initiate words and later come to rec
ogniZe certain groups of words and
begin to initiate the reactions to those
words by what they have seen adults
do, and then we realize that they have
come to understand what is said to
them. ~
Since imitation is the "sincerest
flattery," we should provide the child
with the best models from which to
pattern his own behavior. If a child
is clever and intelligent, he may come
to the stage where he tries out his
own behavior as opposed to those
around him, and he becomes the diff
cult child to manage because he re-
fuses to do what he is told to do, pre-
ferrins to use his own patterns of be-
havior. If one understands just what
the child is striving to do and encour-
ages him to make a good pattern of
behavior and not merely be unruly.
because he wants to be different, we
can help him to become original and
develop his own personality. He must
be shown that all of us, for the good
of society, must conform to certain
models of conduct. Other than that
if he harms no one and does not
make himself a nuisance, he can be
himself"
Children are prone to hero worship
and often choose an individual of
their acquaintance or in fiction whom
they long to initiate If the rea1 Or
fiction hero is worth emulation, stim-
ulate this excellent idea. The child
will develop away from the original
model far enough to become a per.
sonality. while the child who conforms
too rigidly to the hero model will
become a mere pattern of the stand
ard mode in individualS-the person
who hasn't a thought or action out
side the ordinary.