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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Real Estate Activity
Indicates Rapid
Growth

" HE prophet of woe-we all have heard him-who
forces himself to believe that the drouth, which
- is of the past, necessarily must be reflected
in business depression this fall and winter is lost hope
lessy the most abysmal depths of pessmism if he can
see the aacies of his arguments and the fasity
his prophecies in easily available facts and figures.
There is no better index of business conditions than
real estate values and activity And this index has been
and is being verified by construction permit totals bank
clearngs bank deposits and money order business from
month to month.
Property owners in San Antonio are fully aware
of the fact that the value of their real estate
holdings will increase and, naturally, they want the
benefit of that increase.
An exceedingly significant statement by San
Antonio real estate man was quoted in The Light re-
Gently:
at is not question of making sales, but question
of obtaining istngs at aleable prices We have buyers
constantly seeking bona fde investments in real estate
HOWEVER, IN A MARKET so WELL FINANCED,
many property owners are holding up the price of their
real estate to point where it is not readily saeable
That statement should be of some comfort to the
occasional individual who anticipates hard times"
Here is another excerpt from an admirable survey
of real estate activity:
"The last fifteen days of August witnessed S9O5,47S
worth of real estate sales PRACTICALLY ALL FOR IN
vESTMENT PURPOSES while the amount of refinan-
cling by loan companies into millions of dollars Sep
TENDER opened auspiciousy, the first week showing
1911 O36 in transfers and the second week rep
resented in small deals imposing figure when the
class of property changing hands is considered"
Real estate investments tangible evidences OF
an abiding faith in the future of a community Ihey
forecast growth and rising tide of prosperity.
Despite their rise within recent years, realty values
in San Antonio still rdiculousy low. That is because
the new era of development has just begun. Money
placed now in San Antonio real estate an investment
assuring the profits of speculation
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
WORRY SHORTENS LIFE
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator From New York
Former Commissioner Of Health, New York City.

reach a goal which $500 other men
and women now living in America
have attained?
Naturally my eyes wandered to
my own father and mother, IS and
81, respectively. Will they live to
see the century mark?
don't see why they will not.
Their plain eating, the sweet sim
plicity of their lives, their cheerful
outlook on life, their unconscious
observance of the rules of hygiene,
and, above all else, as uncle insists,
their freedom from worry-these
practices should continue to pre-
serve to them the good health they
have had through their scores Of
years.
What man hath done, man can
do" We can govern our lives so
that we, too, can live to be centen.
arians.
Copyright. 1928. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Figures Of Speech
"Sylph. "

In common usage, the word
"sylph7 has feminine significance
and is applied to a graceful maiden.
In the old mythology the sylphs
were semi human creatures of either
sex, but the English poet Pope made
them 50 beautiful and graceful that
they became associated in the popu-
lar mind with the feminine gender
only.
The olden stories make the
sylphs elemental spirits Of the air,
They eat, drink, speak, move about,
beget children and are subject to in.
firmities as human beings are; but,
on the other hand, they resemble
spirits in being more nimble and
swift in their movements, while
their bodies are more ETHEREAL an'
diaphanous than are those Of hu.
mans. They surpass the human be.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
.Life's Hurdle
Don't Let Your Children
Overawe You.
BY L. E. Bisch

1t may sound like a startling
statement, nevertheless it is true,
that children often control their
parents.
Often, indeed, the children excr-
else greater tyranny over their ell
ders than the grown-ups do over
them.
And when they do do it, they en-
ploy subtle means-not always easy
TO discover.
For example, children often hold
their breath in a fit OF temper.
And doesn't it terrify fond par.
ents?
Have you ever noticed how chill
dren will play up" when company
is around?
They often say and do most en-,
barassing things under such cir
cumstances. And why? Because
they want something, and are fore
ing you into an uncomfortable po-
sition in order to gain their point.
Have you ever been guilty Of
bribing your child in order to have
your will Obeyed!
Have you ever gained your own
point through promisesi
Haven't you really been guilty OF
allowing yourself to be ovcrawcd!
And how children can flatter!
Not by word of mouth, mind you,
but by kissing and petting and low
ing.
It's hard to refuse them when
they act that way, III admit.
But is it wise?
The child that can get results
through such subterfuges, soon be-
gins to rely on them.
In such a child's mind wrong
values are stressed.
The Fictitious and the make-be-
lieve take precedence over reality,
truth, straightforwardness, honesty.
The child unwittingly becomes
crafty.
Every child will have its own
way if it possibly can--tbat's hui
man,
But to have your own way
through means fair or foul is the
kind of character makeup that, in
an adult, sooner or later leads to
an introduction to the police blot
ter.
Don't be angry or disappointed If
you discover your child's petty
ways.
Consider them as natural.
Only be sure you bend every ef-
fort to overcome and correct such
pernicious tendencies as early as
possible!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19

A few weeks ago l went to Michi-
gan to help an uncle celebrate his
birthday. Born in 1926, he has
lived on the same farm and there
enjoyed a hundred birthdays.
purposely used the word cen
ioycd," because it exactly expresses
the emotions Of this old young man,
or should I say, this young old
man? He has enjoyed every one of
his birthdays.
In 1860, when he was A, my
uncle had a barn raising" 1t was
his fancy to lay a cornerstone. Upon
this were inscribed the usual things
and then these words appear: PAY
as you CO."
The other day Uncle insisted that
we should 20 to see this stone and
he grated to Us, the assembled fam
lily. upon the virtues Of the inscrip-
ton and the Importance of its
teaching. He made it the text of
a remarkable sermon.
worry over money has short
ened many a life," he said. IF you
worry, you can't sleep. If you can't
sleep, you can't cat. If you don't
eat you get sick.
PAY as you go and you have
nothing to worry about. One Of the
reasons / have lived to be a hun
bred is because I practiced that
rule all my life.'
As we sat out on the lawn, dis
cussing matters Of state, Of family,
of locality, Of the crops, / looked
upon the centenarian and then sur
yoyed the group gathered about the
venerable man. How many Of them
will live to be a hundred? II they
do not, why will they have failed to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
England's Way
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

England, or that it is a class issue,
are mistaken. The trouble is that
probably as many of the so-callcd
upper classes are as eocialistic as
the lower classes.
England is really a great dcmoc-
racy. 1t has been claimed that the
real founder of the British Empire,
including outlying provinces, was
George Washington. 1t was he who
taught the nation how to rule for.
eign countries, at the same time to
let them rule themselves.
1t is a mistake to suppose that
the English dominance is due solely
to her armies und navies. This
may have had something to do with
it, but the Englishman is essentially
a shopkeeper. He wants other ma
tions to prosper so that he can trade
with them. His eye is always upon
their pocketbooks. 1t is for this
reason that Great Britain maintains
her solidarity.
Whatever danger seems to threat.
en- the British government will be
avoided by the common sense of her
people, and some way will be found
to satisfy the increasing demand of
the worker without destroying the
government.
Copyright, 1925, by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Natures Gift to Us

TIT HEN Pompe Coppini, the famous sculptor was
M shown quarry by the present park commits
" sioner fifteen years ago, he remarked that
nature had furnished San Antonio with perfect setting
for an amphitheater. The commissioner also artist
and gifted with the ability to combine beauty and
utility had the possibilities of the abandoned quarry in
mind when he began to beautfy it several years ago
Now, one decade and half after the possibilities
of the abandoned quarry vsualized, public sent
ment in support of project to construct vast amph
theater in the natural setting of the abandoned rock
quarry-or in another quarry nearby-has become
crystalzed.
Considering the fact that pubc-spirited citizens
are unquafiedly in favor of the project and that an
amphitheater of a size adequate to meet all but the
most extraordinary needs of San Antonio may be had at
moderate cost, there is to believe that San
Antonio in common with Hollywood, will have bowl
that can be used twelve months in the year.
There is question but that an amphitheater,
situated amidst the scenic beauty of Breckenridge Park
would add lustre to the of this city
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Dodging Jury Service

* ITIZENS ready to criticize bitterly public officials
1 whose duty it is to prosecute and punish Grim
~ inas are themselves too often grossly unmindfu
of their duty to jurors.
That responsibility they sometimes seek to dodge
persisenty and ineXcusaby the criminal seeks to
dodge the responsibility for his crime.
Almost everybody is eager to dodge jury service.
The pettiest politicians constantly harassed by
efforts to get citizens relieved from it, Men who ought
to be glad to fulfill earnestly that high obligation of
citizenship evade their duty with the fmsest
backed up by political influence.
It is one of the most disgracefu evils in criminal
procedure that of high standing in the community
supposedly good citizens-can be and the worst
offenders The very intelligence that fits them to be
the best kind of jurors makes it possible for them most
easily to sdestep service their business prominence
gains them sufficient political influence to let them slip
away from responsibility they ought to be anxious to
exercise
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Wayside Wisdom
Mary's Miracle.
By S. E. Kiser

Mary's Miracle.
"Oh, I'm sick OF this hick village"
said Miss Mary Ann Mckee;
1T is dead, but doesn't know it,
and it's not the place for me;
Beauty here is simply wasted;
There are sweets I've never tast
cd;
In the great and splendid city there
is much want to see"
One fair morning she departed, when
the lawns were wet with
dew
Left the little town where scandals
and inhabitants were few;
Joyously her heart was throbbing;
She INDUCED in no sad sobbing
As the sleepy village faded very
quickly from her view.
From among her bags and boxes
Mary looked across the aisle
At a traveller who happened to pos
sess a winning smile;
Shed oft been warned of dam
gers
In the smiles of handsome strang-
ers.
But the man and she grew friendly
quite so-in a little while.
He invited her 10 dinner when he
thought they ought to eat,
And his line Of conversation she re-
gsrded as a treat;
She forgot to be suspicious;
Everything : as so delicious
That her honrt was filled with
gladness, though her new shoes
burned her feet.
As they parted in the city, at the
fag end Of the day.
She was told where she could reach
him when her last dime slipped
away;
Near the edge Of desperation,
She recalled his invitation,
And last Thursday they were mar
ried. Luck:
A miracle, III say.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Something to Think About
Courtesy.
By BRUNO LESSING

1t is curious thing that in this
country, with all its wealth and in
dustrial activities and eagerness for
the enjoyment of life, there should
be so little manifestation of the
spirit of courtesy. To be brutally
frank, courtesy is practically I'M
known among the mass Of the peo-
pie of the United States.
OF course, education and intel
ligence are also unknown here and
there among the mass of the peo-
pie. But that cannot easily be
helped. Where you find widespread
ignorance you also find stubborn
pride. The more ignorant a man is,
the more tenaciously he clings to his
convictions. He is proud of them.
Witness many of our reformers and
preachers and legislators.
But courtesy, in the intercourse
Of life, makes the road so much
smoother, provides such fine buff
fer to the jars and shocks Of hu-
man contact and adds so much to
the individual enjoyment of our
journey through this Vale Of Tears
that it is amazing that VIC see so
little Of it in this Land of the Free
and Home of the Brave.
The essence of courtesy is
thoughtfulness. The Golden Rule
in practice. You can apply it in
your family life, your social life
and your business life. 1t applies
to men and women alike.
Many husbands are rude to their
wives. George McMsnus drew a
cartoon of Bringing Up Father"
one day in which he showed Jiggs
riding in an elevator with his wife
and only taking off his hat when
a pretty girl entered. Many hus-
bands will sit at the dinner table
in their shirtsleeves until Mrs. De
Peyster Van Goofus enters.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19

England is at present facing an
industrial crisis.
Only the interference Of the
Prime Minister prevented tie-up
of tho transportation of coal that
would severely cripple the indus
tries and daily life of the country.
But somehow England will mud
die through.
There seems to be modicum
Of sound sense in the British public
that always restraints them from
going too far. There has doubtless
been as great change in affairs in
England as in France under the
revolution. Indeed there be some
who say there is more democracy
in England of real kind than there
is in France, and that the French
are really a more aristocratic ma
ton.
Emerson said that he found the
Englishman 10 be a man who stood
most squarely in his shoes. The
English have the science of order
ingrained in them. Whatever dis
aster threatens, the Englishmen
has always found some way to avert
it without destroying the govern
ment.
Those who think that socialism is
confined to the lower classes in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19

. Just as many wives, on the other
hand, will sprawl around the house
in frowsy attire if they are sure
that their husband is not bringing
another man to dinner.
Most people in social inter
course take pains to be pleasant to
gain something. So few of them
take pains to be pleasant and
thoughtful Of the feelings Of others
for the mere sake Of courtesy.
In business, among the small
shopkeepers and artisans, a prom
Use usually means nothing. A bit
of work, promised to a small GUS
toner for delivery on Monday, is
deliberately thrown aside for big
contract which must be delivered on
Tuesday. In other words, money
is more important than courtesy.
The keeping of promise, no matter
at what sacrifice, is an elemental
factor in courtesy.
In crisis you frequently find
examples Of gallantry and self-sac.
rifice which are the highest forms
Of courtesy. But we cannot always
live in a crisis. We live in hum
drum world, paying rent and taxes
and riding with the mob.
Watch the ordinary crowd jost-
ling one another. Watch the waiter
in your restaurant who waits upon
a rich man at the next table. Watch
the public official upon whom the
poor call for relief or justice. Look
over the number of engagements
which people have made with you to
deliver goods, to call upon you or
to telephone you.
And you probably will exclaim,
ooh, Courtesy, where hast thou
fled :"
And, very likely, you are doing
a lot of fielding yourself.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Turned Away By Reed Hss.s.

IN my heart are many soul tears
Bitter bitter custermemes burning through the years
Once little loved gave all he had one day
Rushed to me- whoopiDg, singing; harsh word
He
In my heart many wishes soul the longing CLOVIS
l shall meet that fellow God Of All Things knows
Should singing these old in Odtime way
Shall enfold m 10 my heat-and he'll forgive.
turna
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Artless Ads

Beautiful large room for refined
gentleman; strictly private, clab-
orately furnished, reasonable to
permanent party; references ex-
changed, also hot baths.--Ady. in
So. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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YE TOWNE GOSSIP s,E: ,:

AND I'LL do more.
I'LL ZEN suggest:
THAT IF it be.
NO THIN ono:
CAN BE brought to light.
AND THAT mayhap.
A FATTER one.
MAY FEEL the touch.
OF SEARCHING hand.
THAT THEN and there.
THIS FATTER one.
SHALL SERVE in lieu.
OF THINNER one.
AND 1 do this:
NO MATTER.
THAT YOU intimate.
1T WAS "boloney."
THAT 1 wrote.
OF FEEDING squirrels.
AND FURTHER.
YOU APPLY the term.
OF RACKET"
TO THE job 1 have.
FOR ANYWAY.
I'M FOR you all.
AND WHEN ! live.
IN A hotel.
HAVE no thought.
OF MANAGERS.
If I may know.
HAVE the bellboys.
FOR MY friends.
AND THIN ones.
FOR THE things they do.
THANK you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Freaks Of Nature
African Horn-bill.

Armed with a sharp bcak rcscm-
bling an enormous can opener, the
African horn-bill does not hesitate
to engage reptiles and large animals
in battle. The bird uses its beak
to stab its victims in quite the
same manner that a fcrocious bull
horns n matador. When the bloody
battle is won, the born.bill voices
its triumph by uttering a loud roar
ing wnr.cry that can be heard for
miles around.
Copyright. f915. King Feature Syn. Inc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Daily Good Deed

Mr. Employer, throw your crouch
out Of the window and wear .
pleasant face when meeting workers
or customers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19
Bucolic Press

She switched on the light
and with set lips drew the thick
sheet Of paper from the envelope.
-Kansas City CMo) Times.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-19

Dear X. c. B.: VIII you be so
kind as to say something about the
bellboys? Before YOlstead put the
kibosh on booze VIC used to serve
beer orders and trays in small no.
tells upstairs. but now there are no
bars and our trade has dropped off
considerably. Some of the boys have
tried selling booze, but they don't
get away with 1t for long.
The guest that used to put out a
thin one for little courtesies never
seems to have any change, or they
think that a bellboy is a bOotlegger
and makes lot Of dough and don't
need it. My salary is eight bucks a
week. so you see I've got to go some
to make a fair living for my wife
and kid. I've been in this racket for
- years and it's all l know, so if
you'll tell some of these birds not
10 forget that dime for the boy
you'll be doing a lot of good.
l think that horseradish you've
been serving us about the squirrels
and chipmunks you've been feeding
is a lotta "boloEey," but just the
same we read it and eat it up. Per-
sonally. think you're in a class by
Yourself. Boy, what q racket you've
got!
MY DEAR oBrien.
I'LL SPREAD your plea.
FOR MORE thin ones.
AND ADD my plea.
THAT WHOEVER reads.
THESE PRINTED lines.
SHALL SEARCH himself.
If so it be.
A BELLBOY.
is WITHIN his reach.
AND FINDING then.
a LONE thin one.
WILL SLIP It.
-
TO THE waiting hand.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08
PAINT-PLENTY OF 1T

$225 gal in gal
Weathershield have both brands
white colors, either brand Floor
white zinc 100 lbs s1O
OIL gallon, 1.20 boiled $125 turpenine 81
vanh stains gal, 1925; spirit laquer gal 50
Paint and yarnish remover quart Toe floor wax per h. 81
COors in oil @ and 5oe pound aluminium powder per pound
brushes 1Oc to $3.50, good finch brush q
Iinoeum varnish per quart I'd
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Houses Unfurnished

LOWE. THE RENT MAN
leS Navarro st. Texas Bank Bldg.
Phone Crockett 2672.
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RENTALS
SO
Apartments Furnished

FURNISHED apartment. modern. four
rooms. private bath. entrance, Kitchen
cite. garage. lovely location. 7l6 Gray
son ST.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08

SICILY Furnished tWo-room apartment,
ssrsfairs ~ private home. light fur
Wished. SO 20 couple. Mis- s7.s. 20
nrfkshirs Ave
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08

EAST half OF duplex consisting Of four
rooms furnished. good condition. located
az 42sH Queen Anne Ct. rent So per
month. Call Or. ssl. Lucchese Realty
30 eos Moore Bldg
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FLOOR COVERING

You should not miss the
square better for that Many pae}
FROM have at 60c square yard
inoleum $135; 9x2 noeum S5O same size Dunocum
fel base o rugs M am ricc eos M and 600
Deadenng linoeum yard O3
yard ceiling roll OS II
white yard 35c; hand No. and No
Toilet $3.25 and $5.O0-Mrrors cheap
60c good quality brooms ~
Rope pound I2nch and 5Snch smooth 5Sinch
ribbed cheap u
solid 6Jc it, Zoe; duplex plain 65C
duplex ringe scalp it. l2o cream and green IT,
wire 03c foot: black wire OF
We have ew furniture to sell at COST
killer, gallon
Empty oil
powder, 5b packages, package makes gallon
paint colors oo1
Dry paint yellow Csc; loo
whiting 05c Id, also dry white lead graphite
powder al
few stoves
$5O; hampers, each
and 6Oc to
pumps
15c. quarts 25 S2oq
A few bath and lavatories left, cheap
We are selling poultry netting at less than wholesale price
foot to 6 feet 2-inch mesh Get price.
20. Mail promptly filled.
SANTA FEE SALVAGE co.
416-41S East Commerce Street.
Next CocaCola Bottlng Works
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PROPERTY Owners

List your rental property with
us. either furnished or unfurnished
as. we have desirable tenants
wanting property in every section
OF the city.
GRAVES REALTY CO.,
Real Estate. Loans, Insurance.
Brady Bldg. CT. e05s.
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Breckenridge Apartments

F0ur-story brick, electric elevator frig-
idairs. high class furnished or unfur-
nishsd. s.os Broadway. TT. 55is-W.
NICELY furnished four-room apartment.
h.fh private entrance, garage. one block
1srnadrAy. Bsmherts Beach. no sick. or
chlldren. CT. a49a
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MISCELLANEOUS
For Sale. Miscellaneous 81
ROOFING
FLOOR COVERING

repairing that roof when buy roofing from
a reasonable price?
We a good supply of roofing
roll 80
three-ply smooth $780, $500
Aspha aksroof
Red paint per gallon
color
Graphite, 1.25 coo Zoe carvs oil, GAL 4d
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08

UNDER new management well located
two and three rooms private bath, Pitts
burg heater. walking distance. s2s Main
Ave.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08

ALAMO HETGHTs-New. clean five
room upper apartment. in duplex. fire
plsce IN living room. gas heat in others
garage TT go.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08

Exqusitely furnished. or unfurnished.
Located in most exclusive section of
woodlawn Hills. See US or call office. Or.
eoss after office hours. call Woodlawn
4032-w or woodlawn 145f-w. Also a five
room new unfurnished residence. same
section half block from school. G. a c.
Hagelstein. FL n. ST. Mary's st.