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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Polluted Wells
By Garrett P. Serviss

There is an important lesson for
people living in the country, perma'
nently or temporarily, in the results
Of the study by the United States
Public Health Service of bacteri-
illogical pollution of wells via the
ground water route
Few people have any idea of the
nature and extent of the water cir
culation under the surface Of the
ground. The facts about it can only
be ascertained with certainty
through experiment. The health
service selected a tract of ground,
far from habitations. and made
about 800 wells. Then both chem
ical and bacterial pollutions were
placed in the soil, with the purpose
Of determining to how great dis
tances from the points Of deposit
the infection, or pollution, would be
carried by underground circulation.
To tie surprise of those who
thought that bacteria can be carried
at most only a few feet through the
soil, it was found that bacterial pol
luton made its appearance in wells
as far away as 232 feet from the
nearest point Of infection, while
chemical pollution was carried Ala
feet.
That this was due to water cir
culation was proved by the fact that
the pollution was only carried in
the direction Of the ground water
flow.
1t floats. says DR.. c. W. Styles,
in a shallow band at the top of the
ground water table. During dry
weather when the water level falls,
the bacteria tend to filter out into
the soil during wet weather the wa
ter level rises picks up the bacteria
and carries them farther.
II must not be assumed that the
bacteria will be killed by these vicis-
STUDIES. IL the dry weather con-
tinues sufficiently long they will, TO
be sure. die; but says the report:
Under favorable conditions the bac-
terra have lived under ground up to
two years and eight months, and
chemical pollution put in the ground
two years and nine months ago is
still being recovered from the wells.
Common sense can, Of course, 20
very far in guarding against the
peril Of infection, particularly when
guided by the knowledge that t5e
direction in which the danger
spreads is that Of the underground
water flow. The natural way Of wa
ter Is down Hill and no one who did
much thinking would be likely to
dig a well at the bottom Of slope,
below the level Of houses or barns.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20

Few people know the name of
Charles Perrault But everyone
has heard of Cinderella and her
pumpkin coach, Little Red Riding
Hood, the Sleeping Beauty, Blue
beard, Puss in Boots and Beauty
and the Beast.
Well, Perrault was the creator of
them all. And the joke of it is this:
He was Seventeenth Century
French nobleman who wrote ponder
Gus volumes upon serious subjects
which he hoped would immortalize
his name.
As a relief from his real work
he scratched off fairy tales, con-
sidering them of little importance.
But the serious volumes are long
forgotten, while the fairy tales live
on in never-ending freshness.
The reason for this is that old
age is different in different times,
but childhood is always the same.
As the worlds wisdom grows the
serious books venerated by the de-
veloped minds of one period are
hopelessly Anticipated in the next.
But each child is born with the
age-old instincts.
What has access to childhood has
approach to the fountain of eternal
youth.
Tut-Ankh-A-Men is a real histor-
ical character, a Pharaoh of an
Gent Egypt, a man who actually
lived and breathed and ate and
slept as other human beings.
Cinderella is the creature of the
air, who never existed, who never
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
OVER LIES HURDLES
The Cost of Crime Is Steadily Mounting.
By LOUIS E. BISCH

sick and irresponsible that thereby
the expert is trying to excuse all
criminals and let them go Scott
free.
Nothing could be further from the
truth! What the expert wants So
ciety to do with the apparently in
durable types-and the vast majol.
ity are such-is to place them in
hospitals and institutions for life or
until such time as they may be
permanently cured Of their criminal
tendencies. ..... ..
failing a criminal doesn't do a
particle of good In mo time he's
out, more hardened and callous than
ever, and in no time we've again re-
peated the rigmarole Of arrest, trial
and imprisonment. That's how the
expense mounts up!
1t has been demonstrated that
well-organized and honestiy-run In
situations can be made self support
ing! Why not make criminals sup
port themselves instead of breaking
the backs Of decent, law-abiding tax
payers?
Copyright, 1925. Premier synd.. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
SIGNS OF AGING
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health, New York City.

A year or so ago / read an in
teresting article about how to keep
from slipping into old age.
In the prevention Of premature
senility it advised the virtues of
play, sleep and hobby"
The first symptom of old age is
inability TO sleep in the morning.
Some people were born old, / guess,
because there are a good many who
can't sleep after sunrise. But, IL
you have. been a good sleeper all
your life and suddenly find you can
not stay in bed in the morning,
you are arriving at the jumping
of place.
If you have always slept well and
begin to be restless and sleepless,
good sense dictates that you find
out why. There may be and prob
ably is some physical cause for the
change.
The most common factor produc-
tive Of restlessness and sleepless-
ness is some disturbance in the d.
gestive tract. The foods we take
are perishable things; some Of them
are extremely perishable. Exposed
to the air they wouldn't keep half
a day without contamination and
beginning fermentation.
These same foods taken into the
body are capable of spelling and
creating trouble. Unless they are
acted upon speedily by the digestive
and assimilative processes, they may
become poisons to the body, or else
degenerate into material suitable
for germ breeding.
The poisons or toxins produced
in this way are sometimes stimulat-
ing to the nervous system. They
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Wayside Wisdom
By S. E. Kiser

The dust of many ages is deep
where Helen lies;
Where Hector was the captain no
frowning turrets rise,
But on some swaying petal where
fragrant zephyrJ blow
There may be cleaning dewdrops
that centuries ago 3
Were tears in Helen's eyes.
No king is making merry in Baby
lon today;
No princes journey thither in gilt
tering array;
The streets that once we're crowd
ed are buried out of sight,
But where they once were splendid
gay spirits of tie night,
In silence. still may stray.
Within the great arena the light
from Luna falls;
No Caesars purple banners are
stretched upon the walls:
But in the ghOstly hours, when
Rome has gene TO sleep,
Some gladiator's spirit may have
a tryst 10 keep
With a daughter Of the Gauls.
TIE Arno still is flowing and Flor
ence still is fair,
And lovers cross the bridges and
lightly laugh at care.
But when the April twilight fades
out, and all is dark,
Two whispers that are Dante and
Beatrice may park
Among the shadows there.
Though you and she may never
clasp hands again or tell
Sweet secrets TO each other, some
breeze from hill or dell
May blow, in future cons, as bios.
som scents are blown,
The soft dust Of her fingers to
mingle with your own,
And. gee, won't that be swell!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20

From statistics compiled by one
of our well known and widely read
magazines we learn that crime piles
up more loss to the country every
year than any other item in our
national ledger.
To quote one statement made IN
this compilation "The country's
crime cost about $4,000, 100000 an
nually, is two and half times the
total ordinary receipts for 1928,
three times the national budget for
the same year, more than three
times the customs and internal rev.
cnue receipts. and at least twelve
times the annual cost of the army
and navy"
And all this enormous expense in
Cured by a small fraction of the
population-from / to IL per cent
Of the total!
If the investigations and conclu-
sions drawn by experts in Grimm
ology and penology concerning the
nature of crime do not appeal, per-
haps this dollar and cents method
Of expressing the problem will!
How long, indeed, will we pei
nit old fashioned ways Of thinking
to bind us down? How long will
precedent dominate us? When viii
we awaken to profit by what science
has given us?
All we seem to worry about are
the results Of crime! Why don't we
center attention upon the causes Of
crime?
A goodly number seem to harbor
the notion that when an expert de.
clares most criminals to be mentally
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20

set the heart to pounding, or act
in some manner which drives sleep
from the brain and eyes.
No matter what causes the sleep
lessness the loss of the refreshment
given by sleep hastens the break
down we call aging" It lowers
the vitality and lessons the resist
ance to disease.
Many persons have forgotten how
to play. Or if they do play, their
sports are as intensive and COMPEL
ing as their work. Everybody needs
real relaxation. The nervous sys-
TEN wants a rest from the stress
and strain Of life. 70
This is where the value of the
hobby is established. A friend
told me that during the World War
King George took two or three
hours every week to putter with
his stamp collection. This is keen
pleasure to him and / have no
doubt it did much to keep him fit
during the soul-trying years of the
war.
Everybody should cultivate hob
by. Whether it is blooded cattle
or old bottles, it doesn't matter.
Just now / asked friend If she
had a hobby. She seemed dazed at
the question. She has no hobby and
that creates void in her life. She
shssA have a hobby. So should
you. 1t will help to keep yoH
young.
1 am thinking what lot Of let
tiers this article will bring me.
Many of them will say this theory
is all nonsense-that life is too Sc
rious TO waste.
Copyright, 1928, by Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20

NV quite easy to be charged by competitors with
paying too much as too little
The wages paid on the ships of Henry Ford range
from so to 100 per cent higher than those paid by the
United States Shipping Board and by private American
shipowners. That startles and probably annoys the
latter
The lowest wages Ford ship are 800 month.
On the average American ship that is privately owned
the minimum wages only $40 month. The first
officer Ford ship gets 1925 monthly, which is from
S45 to $40 month than first officers other
American ships receive.
Z Undoubtedly the Ford ships will have the pick Of
officers and seamen but how is possible for Ford to
pay wages so much higher than his competitors?
a In business Mr.. Ford is not philanthropist
z He is the worlds greatest money-maker.
-. The answer probably is that overworked word
Organization" BY of that highly developed
Mr. Ford wrngs out of his business ventures every bit
of waste.
= He had his cargoes for his ships before he went
into the shipping business He faced losses due to
long waits while he drumming up freight to carry.
:. In his method of expansion may be clue to the
secret of his marvellous success.
He does not build a cart before he has the horse
to draw it. or rather he does not build before he
has the engine to make it go.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Sea Serpent Season

T HE Sea Serpent Season is us. AS far back as
Pontopiddian's Natural History of Norway in
1852 the appearance of gigantic serpent was
heralded off the coast of Norway Since then every
year has been fruitful of similar reports The captain
and officers of the ship Daedaus reported seeing in the
southern ATTITUDES creature with head eight
feet in diameter and twelve feet long and huge body
There have been other reports of those who have seen
sea serpents.
As rule most of them are believed to be typical
fish stories But knows what is in the bottom OF
the ocean That is vast place and contains probably
unknown forms of life, it is practically UNEMPLOYED by
man. Somehow these serpents never succeed in
getting themselves photographed by camera. If they
did, would have record of the fact that there
is a serpent.
Many giant lizards existed in the past and it is not
beyond the bounds of possibility that of them con-
tinue in the depths of the sea-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
At Our Restaurant

Diner-why is that woman scrap
ing the whipped cream from her des-
sert?
Waiter-She's middle-aged, sir:
they all do that when they get past
40. sir.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
YE TOWNE GOSSIP 5,K: c 3:

AND MY canary.
AND THE hundreds of people.
WHO WRITE to me.
WOULD FORGET about me.
AND OF what you say.
THAT I'M advertised.
AS A humorist.
JUST PUT it down.
WITH THE hair tonic ads.
THAT AGREE to grow hair.
AND NEVER do.
AND FORGET about it.
JUST AS l do.
FOR 1 don't aim.
TO BE a humorist.
] AIM to write.
OF THE things ! like.
AND 1 have no doubt.
THAT THOUSANDS of others,
MIGHT DO as well.
But i discovered.
THIS FUNNY way.
OF WRITING my stuff.
AND / beat them to it.
AND ANYWAY, Maggie.
THERE'S ARTHUR Brisbane.
AND BRUNO Leasing.
AND FELLOWS like that.
WHO DO the soaring.
AND THERE'D be no room.
FOR A little bird.
WHO WOULD very much sooner.
BE FLUSHING around.
WITH JUST the canaries.
/ THANK you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20

Dear K. c. Bare you trying to
enter your canary on the list of
"unusuals"? We seem to have been
fed up on the little creature lately,
and some Of US are hungry for heart
Ter food. Canary birds are all
right; but not only the woods but
all American homes are full Of them,
and they are neither a novelty nor
funny. And I believe they advertise
you as a humorist. And then you
talk of your boy-but there are
others, and each thinks his own the
smartest. ! suggest that you spread
the wings Of thought and fly further
afield for topics. Evolute a little.
Soar with the eagle instead of sing
ing with the canary.
MARGARET DAVIS.
MY DEAR Margaret.
ONE OF the reasons.
/ HAVE written.
OF MY canary.
is BECAUSE the woods.
ARE FULL of them.
AND ABOUT the boy.
WHY, BLESS your heart.
1T ISN'T my boy.
THAT j write about.
IT'S ABOUT all boys.
AND ABOUT the eagle.
WITH WHOM you ask.
THAT 1 should soar.
DON'T know eagles.
AND I'M much afraid.
I'D BE lost up there.
AND BESIDES that.
IDON'T want TO fly.
TO FIELDS afar.
FOR I'D get into wars.
AND THINGS like that.
AND THEN the children.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Maligned SaxophoneS

~ ARTS processes establishment at learning that the
saxophone was devised by Partisan musician
- who believed it to be a noble instrument of emo
tona expression. The French repugnance to jazz and
all its accessories based the notion that this
form of music originated in America.
France is used to selling ideas to in cooking or
clothing art that she could not forgive herself for
accepting an innovation from Now it has been es.
tabshed that Adophe SAKE, father of the musical d.
rector of the Paris Opera invented the saxophone
In simple truth the saxophone is maligned instru.
ment. The music lovers who condemn its plaintive
moaning usually have heard part of the dssonance
unleashed by set of trap drums. In the hands of
skilled player beauty and exbility of tone may be
developed An instrument that set feet shifting and
shoulders shaking in throng of dowagers must be
ceded to exert high pressure on the senses.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Repartee Party

Mr.. DOgbOne-Who was II said,
TOO many cooks spoil the BROTH"
Miss CatniD-I don't know, but
Il certainly was a man, for no won
an ever had too many cooks.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Bonehead Brothers

BOOb-Girls seem 10 favor the
Yolstead law; j wonder why?
Simp-It gives them a warrant
for the present one-half Of 1 per cent
skirt, ] suppose.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Daily Good Deed

Where criticism IL necessary, be
kind; where praise is possible, ac-
cord it. Thus the day will be filled
with joy and sunshine for your
self and all whom you met
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Value of Friends
y RENTER PAINLEVE recently presided at lun-
cheon of American aviators who had volunteered
for service under the French flag in Morocco

for service under the French flag in Morocco.
This illustrates of the of Frances VIC
torous record France has always had the ability to
make friends. Somehow people have been captivated
by the French and ready to fly to their defense.
Great the prestige of the French armies, it
the army of France that saved that country in
Jthe World War; efficient and brave that army was.
If she had had only that army she would today have
been German province. She had the ability to make
friends and called England and America and almost the
whole world to her assistance.
Somehow the Germans did not make many
Friends as the French.
In this incident of the Americans flocking to the
aid of the French in Morocco may be evidence
of the desire of other peoples to that nation
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Bucolic Press

Nat McFesters' lady dog con
tinues to plout around the creek,
and frequently brings out n nice
fish which she takes to Nat with
a fine wag Of her tail. proudly
stepping along with her prize
fromly held by her trusty teeth.
Washington Township corr. Bry-
an co., Press.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-20
Henry Ford's Secret

I'VE live in strange business world wherein it is
NV quite easy to be charged by competitors with
w paying too much as too little.
The Washington times., 1925-04-13
TIMES To RADIO
REPORT ON
GAME :.
Obaau~ 81
Description of Opening Con-
test of Griffs to Be Given
With Aid of WRC

The story of the opening base
ball game Of the Washington world
champions with the New York Yam
KEGS will be broadcast tomorrow,
play by play, by Station WRC.
Arrangements were completed to-
day for giving the detailed account
to Washington fans. The running
story will be telegraphed to The
Washington Times, through leased
wire, from r. D. Thomas, Of The
Times staff, directly from the Yam
kee Stadium in New York.
Charles Matson, who became pop.
ular with radio listeners through
his broadcasting of the Washing
ton clubs final games last fall,
will be before the microphone in
The Times studio, and will relay
the word, good or bad, to the fans
here.
This method Of transmission as
sures Washington that it will be
informed of how the team is go
ing, almost simultaneously with the
plays, as they are made on the
field.
Late editions of The Washing
ton Times tomorrow will contain
a. complete account Of the game,
and a. complete box score.
The Washington times., 1925-04-13

With Mrs. Coolidge were her
faithful pets, the airedale Paul Pry
and the white collie Rob Roy, and
the youngsters crowded around
them with such enthusiasm when
the First Lady descended from the
portico that she was obliged to
beat a hasty retreat.
FrOlics With Children.
Later she reappeared, when the
egg rolling was at it's height, and
skylarked with the youngsters. 1t
was new form of hospitality for
the occasion, and the YOUNGSTERS
showed their appreciation by cheers.
Taking advantage of the bright
spring day the little ones appeared
early on the scene and prepared to
make day of it. Most of them
brought large baskets, laden with
eggs and the necessary ingredients
for a monday lunch which inter-
rupted the festivities.
Although the parents got in they
and other adults were sighted for
a subordinate part in the proceed
lngs, but they were very much in
evidence and took as much interest
in the events as many Of the
younger guard.
Attendance Records Broken.
The early count taken at the
White House gates indicated appar-
emily that all attendance records
would be broken. The tourists and
visitors were much in evidence, al
though each had to procure the
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1925-04-13
8 v E.ET HEARTS
END LIVES IN
AUTO
Love frustrated by Gossip
ing Tongues, Man and
Girl Teacher Die

CUMBERLAND, Md, April 1S.-
Their love affair blighted by COS
siping tongues, pretty twenty-year-
old Erma l.. Frank, a school teach
err, of Elkins. w. Va, and James
L. Maughy,, thirty. OF Parsons, W.
Va, made a suicide pact which
they carried out yesterday, 1t was
revealed today when their bodies
with bullets through the hearts,
were found in Maughy's automobile
beside the highway four miles out
Of Elkins.
A note written by Maughy was
found on the seat of the car.
1t read! 'Erma and I can't live
apart and we will go where people
won't talk" and was signed u. l..
and E. H.D
Maughy is thought to have been
a married man, though the authorl-
ties have no. yet succeeded in lOcat-
ing his wofe, who is said to live in
Parsons.
The two had been friends for
some time. The girl was school
teaher at Harmon, w. Va. and had
returned to her home at Elkins for
the Easter holidays.
odluIudy nlSnC, authorities nave
learned. Maughy called at the
girls home with his car and they
disappeared. The suicide pact
evidently was carried out early
yesterday morning, as they evident
ly had been dead for nearly twenty
four hours when found this morn
ing.
The discovery was made by a
passing motorist, who notified the
police at Cumberland.
Miss Frank had been shot twice
through the heart by her lover,
the investigation showed. Naughty
then turned the weapon on him.
self and ended his life.
The authorities probably will
make no further investigation and
the coroner is expected today TO
reach a verdict of murder and
suicide.
The Washington times., 1925-04-13
WORKER IS.
kNLEDBY
BELT
Albert w. Tohms Torn 70
Pieces in Paper Manufac-
turing Plant

Caught in the belt Of .
machine at the District Of Column
bia Paper Manufacturing Conn
lpany' plant at 1856 K street
northwest, where he was e7n-
ployed as night boss, Albert
w. Tohms, forty-six years old,
of 171S Lamont street north
west, was killed instantly today.
The body was horribly nangled.
Tohms had a young daughter
killed in the collapse of the
Knickerbocker Theater roof three
years ago.
He reported at the plant early
today and complained Of illness,
but refused treatment at the
plants hospital and dispensary.
When the machinery was started
shortly after z O'Clock, Tohms,
according to fellow employees,
noticed a belt slipping on one
of the larger machines.
Tried To Remedy Defect.
In violation Of the regulations OF
the plant, which required that he
report the belt trouble to the re-
pair department and shut down the
machine, workers said, he went
down into the belt pit to sprinkle
resin on the belt. There were no
witnesses of the accident, but 1t is
thought that while leaning over the
guard rail to scatter the powdered
resin, he became dizzy and fell over
the rail onto the belt below.
The body was carried into great
flywheel and torn to pieces. The
largest fragment OF the body left
intact was a foot and shoe. Portions
of the body were carried by the
belt to the floor above. The belt
was broken, the heavy flywheel
shaft bent, and several feet Of the
guard rail torn away.
Employees Discover Body.
Employees, hearing the crash as
Tohms' body struck the flywheel,
shut off the machinery, discovered
the accident and notified the
coroner.
Tohms had been employed for
twelve years as a papermaker,
joining the staff of the local plant
April II, 1918. His position as night
boss was one of responsibility, as
he had a number of employees under
him.