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Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Mexico Uses 2 Languages
in Crossword Puzzles

Mexico City.-It took radio some
time to invade Mexico, and mot until
the fad had firmly established itself in
most countries of the world did
Mexico City accept the entertainment
which is now popular to an extreme
The American crossword puzzle
found at once a most lucrative field in
Mexico, although foreign residents
were the first to become addicted to
the complex tangles.
The leading newspapers now publish
a daily puzzle in Spanish, but in this
respect a weekly magazine in English
has started a novelty by making the
solution of the puzzle more difficult for
it prints it's weekly puzzle composed of
English and Spanish words.
Needless to say, if the crossword
puzzle presents a difficult solution, it
is the more so if it's words are divided
into two languages, and it requires
much more subtle mind, and a wider
scope Of knowledge. o
1t has captured the public, however
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Birds Courageous in
Facing Bad Weather

At six o'clock one July morning
1000 homing pigeons belonging to the
Yorkshire Federation of Pigeon Own
ers were released at Arres, France, to
race back to their home in Lancaster,
a distance of little more than 300
miles.
In midchannel they were enveloped
in heavy storm; in the south of Eng
land worse storm was encountered
and in the Midlands the weather was
no better. Yet at 3 80 p. m. the birds
were arriving home.
The breast feathers Of most of them
were gone. as the result of the head
wind, and some were so exhausted
that, having alighted in the yard, they
were unable to fly up to the loft. The
winner of the race had nevertheless
managed to make the long journey at
a pace of 900 yards a minute.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
School Lighting
Serious Problem

or the installation Of adequate arti-
fetal lighting"
Advantages to children of good light
ing, experts assert, are reduction of
eyestratn, greater capacity for work
and for concentration, greater accuracy
and neatness, and greater comfort and
cOntentment, as result Of more cheer
full surroundings.
"Eyesight conservation Of school
children" Mr.. Henry said, "is a prob
lem of great national Importance. Im-
proper lighting is one Of the direct
causes of eyestrain which in turn pro-
duces harmful results. Every effort
should be made so to improve the light
ing facilities of our schools that all
children will enjoy equal advantages
of normal physical and mental devel-
opment. 1t is highly essential that the
lighting, both natural and artificial, of
school buildings be in accordance with
approved standards.
Recently there have been greater
demands in schools not only for i'm
proved daylight facilities, but for mod
ern systems Of artificial lighting.
Schoolhouse construction has not kept
pace with the increase in the school
population and the extension Of the
curriculum.
TWO Sessions a Day
"As a result many schools have been
forced to conduct two sessions day
In order to take care Of classes. In
the winter months especially this
means that artificial light will be used
several hours each day. Also school
buildings are being utilized more and
more extensively for public gatherings,
entertainments and night-school pur-
poses.
"On cloudy days and in classrooms
where it is not possible to secure suf-
fcient window area, artificial illumfna-
ton should be available to supplement
the daylight. This Is necessary as
safety measure in dark corridors cloak
rooms and stairways.
"The improved standards Of lighting
established as a result of the rapid
development in the art Of lighting In
recent years must be considered. Sys-
TENS and facilities that were consld-
cred adequates few year ago are
now regarded as obsolete, even though
the equipment may be in good con-
dition.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
PART OF FRISCO IS SLOWLY
SLIPPING BACK INTO THE SEA

1.57 inches has been noted in the last
six years.
The building rests on a foundation
OF 5000 piles, which are set in a Sc
r1es of piers made up of concrete to
the amount of $4,000 tons. 1t Is at
the westernmost boundary of the big
FILL
When the fill was made a sea wall
more than mile long and running
through substrata Of mud 150 feet
thick was constructed to keep the
flled-in land, which is now the lower
end Of the city, from slipping into the
bay. The sea wall was made by dredg-
ing channel so feet wide and 20 feet
deep, and then filling up this channel
with great granite rocks.
The land behind the wall subsided
and it was necessary a year ago to
raise the foot of Market street, where
the ferry Is located, and several con-
meeting streets by several inches
Skyscrapers as high as 16 stories
have been built on the fill, almost
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Little Corn Wasted

Remarkable progress in utilizing
the waste products Of the corn crop,
such as corn cobs, stalks and leaves,
has been made during the last few
years, says the Des Moines Register.
A list of products made from corn,
published by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, reads like an
industrial catalogue The list contains
14S commodities, including such items
as axle grease and face powder, shoe
heels and chair cushions, cigarette
holders and gun powder, incense and
punk, photograph records and shay
ing soap, shoe horns and varnish. The
list of commodities ranges from alb
sorbents for nitro-glycerin in the
manufacture of dynamite to xylose, a
kind of sugar.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25

"Business interests have found 1t
worth while to provide lighting install
lations according to the latest ap-
proved standard for industrial work
ers; it Is certainly even more impor
tant to give consideration to the work
rooms Of children"
The lighting of school buildings, 1t
was said, is far below the standard
prevailing in industrial establishments.
In Cleveland, Ohio, the school board
made q survey of 1913 school buildings
and found that "A buildings were in
adequately lighted
Correct school lighting is said to be
accomplished by controlling daylight
by proper artificial light, and by avoid
ance of glaring reflection. Diffusion
of light is called the most difficult
problem confronting lighting experts.
Design and location of buildings are
regarded as vital factors.
The new code of school lighting is
said to represent the combined efforts
of lighting building, educational,
health, and social agencies. The pop
ular version of the code just issued
by the Eyesight Conservation council
was prepared by a subcommittee Of
the sectional committee of the Ameri-
can Engineering Standards committee.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Dinosaur Eggs Found
Near Garden of Eden"

New York.-More dinosaur eggs have
been found on the reputed site of the
Garden of Eden.
In addition to these petrified re-
mains, say dispatches from Urgc
Mongolia, DR.. Roy Chapman Andrews
and the expedition for the American
National History museum have discov.
cred in the Cobb desert human and
animal skeletons of the Stone age.
Ostrich eggs also were found, to-
gether with thousands Of stones labort-
ously polished by hand, and estimated
to be from 10000 to 10000 years old
Half the expeditions discoveries must
be turned over by which the explorers
were permitted to penetrate the vast
plateau, which Doctor Andrews has
termed ''the archaeological Garden of
Eden and mans probable place OF
origin"
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
All of Migratory Territory Is on Made
Land and No Uneasness
Is Felt.

San Francisco.-A vast area of San
francisco is slowly but surely slipping
into the sea, but this particular earth
movement is occasioning so little
alarm that the general opinion seems
TO be "1et her Slip"
All of the migratory territory Is on
made land, and 1t was figured at the
time that the vast fill was made that
1t would continue to settle
The great Union Ferry building, one
of the biggest and showiest railroad
terminals in the United States, has
settled Ia inches since its construc-
ton in 1893, engineers estimate. The
settlement has been so gradual and
even, however, that no crack is ap-
parent anywhere in the vast structure.
Also the rate Of subsidence is growing
gradually less, as a depression of but
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
u. S. Tests Toughness Of
Beef and Strength OF Egg

Washington.-At the instance of the
Department Of Agriculture, the bureau
of standards is devising tests to show
how tough a given piece Of beef may
be; the strength of an egg shell, and
the comparative strength of the leg
bones of hogs.
Determining the toughness Of beef
has SO far proven the harder task. In
struments now in the laboratories are
being used to measure the tensile and
torsional strains which the beef fbers
can take, and then expert beef eaters
try the old test of the teeth to check
the findings. In requiring the expert
ments, the department pointed out
that tender meat is worth more than
tough, and that experts who judge
meat quality by its appearance are
frequently deceived.
Egg shelF strength varies consider
ably, according to the amount of lime
in the diet of the hen and determining
the crushing point quickly shows up
the facts. The durability of hog
bones, which is believed to be con-
trolled by diet, is an important eco
nOmic question because many pigs are
rendered unfit as pork because their
legs break while on trains enroute to
market The bureau of standards will
determine the breaking strain Of
number of sample hog legs, Whose
owners were given different feed
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25

bottles and at the end of the first month
/ was much better, so kept on taking
it until | had no more pains. When ]
got married and had my first child was
in terrible pain so that it was impossi-
BILE for me to do my housework. |
thought of how the Vegetable Compound
had been of so much benefit to me when
Twas a girl, so I went to Perier's Drug
Store and got six bottles. It sure did
help me and still take it. l am well
woman today and can't say too much
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Twill answer any letter that
comes to me to answer about what your
medicine has done for me. = Mrs.
WILLIAM CARVER, R. Ed. No. 2, Ellens-
burg, Washington.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
improved Standards Need
ed in Both Cities and
Rural Districts.

New York.-Dimly-ligh school
houses hinder child progress and swell
the ranks of the nations eye defec-
tives, Guy A. Henry, general director
Of the Eyeslght Conservation Council
of America, said recently. Poor IL
Elimination is general In the school
buildings of this country, according to
Mr.. Henry, disclosing faults common
both in the large centers of popula-
t1On and in the rural regions. Sur
prising defects he said, were re-
vealed in the cities.
st Is conceded" he declared, that
unfavOrable school lighting is con-
tributory source Of defective vision.
While the measure of damage thus
inflicted cannot be determined with ac-
curacy, still it is possible to say that
in itself 1t is sufficiently large to war
rant remedial action"
For the guidance of school and home,
the council has just completed a pop
ular Interpretation of the American
Standard Code of Lighting School
Buildings prepared under the joint
sponsorship of the Illuminating Engi-
neering society and the American In
stitute of Architects, and approved by
the American Engineering Standards
committee.
Facilities Need improving.
Surveys of the physical equipment
of school systems made in different
parts Of the country show almost in
variably that the natural lighting ia
cffities need improving and that ade-
Quate artificial illumination is almost
entirely lacking" Mr.. Henry continued.
"The principal reason for this condi-
tion Is that many school buildings were
built years ago when the Importance
and value Of proper lighting were not
appreciated, and the science and art
of lighting were very imperfect This
is particularly true in rural school dis
tricts, but exists to surprising ex-
tent in many cities Even some of our
more modern school buildings have
been planned without giving proper
consideration to the arrangement Of
windows, the amount OF window area
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Needed Information

The shopWalker approached the
rather Notwithstanding young man
just inside the entrance of the big
store.
-''You look as though you wished some
sort of information, sir Can be of
service to yOu?"
81 don't know" said the young man.
Il was told to buy either a camisole or
a casserole, and l can't remember
which,"
"Well," said(the shopwalker, patient
Iy, eff you'll tell me what kind of a
chicken you propose to put in it, per-
haps I can help you."-London Tit
Bits.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Simple Remedy

Brother Johnson" solemnly began
the presiding elder, desirous of i'm
pressing a valuable lesson of some
sort on his parishioner, 'if your sins
were written on your forehead what
would you do?'
''Wear my hat all the time" prompt
ly replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge-Kansas City Star.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Buys Vergil's Tomb

Rome, Italy.-The tomb Of Vergil at
Naples has been purchased by the gov
ernment, and large sum will be ex-
pended in restoring the ancient Latin
poets resting place as part of this
years celebration in his honor.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25

fered terribly every
month. My mother
did everything she
could think of, so she
took me to several
doctors and they only
helped me a little.
Mother was talking
toanother lady about
my condition and she
told mother of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Co m p GU n d.
Mother got me six
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Don't Forget cuticura TaIcum

When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisite face, skin, baby and dust
ing powder and perfume, rendering
other perfumes superfiuous. You may
rely on it because one of the Cuticura
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum) j,
25c each re.-Advertisemen
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25

within a stones throw of the Ferry
building, on foundations of piles driven
to bedrock. These piles run into the
thousands for each building, each vast
structure resting on forest of them.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Auto Horns Banned

Automobiles in Jerusalem are being
made to replace their horns with
bells, due to the dislike of the au-
thorities for Understanding horns.
The change has been ordered by gen.
eral government decree and a limited
time is allowed auto owners to install
the new warning devices
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25

Some women swear like men, while
others are so pious that they won't
even darn socks.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
Gr0uch's Note Book

The community is always finding
fault with me, when Pm in no way
different from the rest of 'em, since
all l want, in addition to what I have
of the earth, is the gold of the sun
and the silver of the moon and stars,
not to mention a harp and a golden
crown in the hereafter.
Arizona state miner., 1925-07-25
TWICE IN This
W0MAN'S LIFE
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her
frora Sickness to Health

Ellensburg, Washington. -" "When I
was first coming into WOmanhood | suf-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
PRAISES Of s. A.
ARE SUNG BY
VISITOR
Hotel Receives Novel
Answer to Greeting
From Stranger.

Service and personal contact have
come to be the watchword in many
of the larger businesses. As a part of
this program, the Baker Hotels give
to each guest a greeting from the
Alamo City Booster service.
This greeting contains much infor-
nation of interest to a visitor, con.
corning what to see and how to find
it. 1t concludes with: "Glad to have
you with us-Why not come back to
stay?"
Considerable comment has been
caused by the system of extending
these greetings, one of the latest be-
ing from a guest with a penchant for
poetry, who wrote:
Dear Alamo City. Service-Boostcrs
included, too:
l thank you for your greetings-here's
my 'howdy.do.'
San Antone's beauty, true-a dandy
place to roam,
But I'm pledged to do my durndest
for the place 1 call my home.
Why not come back to stay you say :?
I'D like to and I may.
But in an undulating valley, a mile
above the sea,
Where mountains break the skyline
in beauteous symmetry;
Where summer fools the iceman, and
December is like May,
There's a hill-spirited village, where
I'm satisfied to stay.
Though like your dazzling city-in
fact, she's also mine;
Her missions and the Alamo-each
one, Texas Shrine
I'm welded to the highlands, half a
league above the sea,
Where long they formed barrier to
harder men than we;
Where leisure-loving natives from the
Mexique border near,
Still linger in the twilight in a pass
ing frontier
Where live oaks shade the mesas, and
crowd upon the pine
That struggles IN the canyons, toward
the light, Divine:
There, midst craig and peak and val
ley, where the white-faced cattle
roam, ....
Ill stay and do my durndest, for the
land / call my home.'
The only signature to this reply to
the greeting was, "a Departing
Guest"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
ANCIENT CLOCK
ANTE-DATES
REVOLUTION

Longfellow's Old Clock on the
Stairs has a worthy counterpart in a
remarkable old timepiece, ante-dating
the American Revolution by at least
half a century, which is owned by
Mrs. II. L. Lathrop, 101S West Craig
Place, San Antonio.
In spite of its advanced age, the
old clock might be said to be strictly
up-to-the-minute, for it is still in serv-
ice in the Lathrop household.
According to NJ. A. Post, San An
tonic matchmaker, who recently clean
ed the clock, it is still in perfect con-
dition. Mr.. Post stated the clock is
one of the most remarkable speci-
mems he has ever seen. Mrs. Lathrop
also possesses a watch, more than
100 years old.
The exact date Of manufacture of
the clock is not known, according to
Mrs. Lathrop, but it was made by
her grandfather, Simeon Danforth, in
the days when New Hampshire was a
colony of England.
The face of the clock was hand
beaten out of steel. The numerals
were painted on.
Only two screws, these handmade
were used in the work. Steel pins
were used to hold the parts together
The weights were originally tin cans
filled with rocks, and until eight
years ago, the original rocks were in
the cans. Deterioration. through
moving, made it necessary to chang,
the weight system, and the original
cans were encased in lead. The case
for the clock is of mahogany, more
than seven feet in height.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
VICAR
263 MefeTS-8:OO p. NJ.

ARMISTICE DAY will be-
celebrated ~ hours in advance
over the super-radiophone station
OF the Southern Radio Corpora
ton Of Texas and the San An
tonic Light, when members Of
Alamo Post, American Legion.
and several officers and men
from the Army Post give a pro.
gram arranged by Ralph II.
Durkee.
A feature of the evening will
be . number Of bugle calls play
ed by Bugler Sergeant w. H.
Nolan Of the 18th Field Artil.
lery. Others on the program
include the Rev. NJ. S. Garriga,
Chaplain Of Alamo Post; General
w. s. Scott; Captain j. s.
Pearce, Miss Mabel Norris, Mrs.
Grace Wheat, Miss Dorothy
Speers and q quartette composed
of Ray Keck, tenor; A. w.
Stapleton, second tenor: Man
ford Geheart. first bass and l.
Ii. Stoner, second bass.
The quartette will sing some
Of the World War camp and
march songs, featuring such old
favorites as the Long, Long
Trail" Over There" ""Mr. Zip"
katy" "Tipperary," etc.
Following the Armistice pro.
gram, which is scheduled to last
until about 0 o'clock; Louis Ar
better, basso, and assisting art.
lists will give q program Of popu-
lar vocal and instrumental selec.
tions.
The station may be reached
during the period Of broadcast
by ,telephoning either Crockett
4041.X or Travis 539s.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
Predict New Fad to Last
as Long as Bodied
Hair Remains.

Since winter has come, winter hats
are here. And with the new chapeau
brand new idea-scarfs to match.
Not long ago from Sunny Spain
there came the great mantilla-a
vertible shawl of a wrap, long and
wide and very brilliant. But winter
winds will not permit the wearing of
such great amounts of silk-mantillas
would be sails in Texas norther.
So, after wrinkling their puzzled
brows for a successor to the shawl,
fashion experts evolved the winter
scarf-a wooden or velvet or plush
creation with stripes and plaids and
dashes of color in them. They were
made to match the Oriental coloring
of fall frocks.
The,str hat is always small, this
season, and it always has its scarf
to match.
1t has been predicted that the. hat
Ind-scarf-to-match idea will remain as
long as bobbed hair is in vogue.
Velour scarfs are made to match
velour sport hats. Heavy materials
will not permit a scarf to flow, SO
many times it is simply a broad neck
tie that is tied in a bow which is
fastened to the left shoulder.
Colored facings are often used on
street hats to match or contrast the
colors of the scarf.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
HAYMARKET PLAZA
MAY GET COVERING

Haymarket Plaza merchants soon
may have a roof over their heads.
Commissioner of Parks Ray Lam
bert has had this in mind for sew
eral months, he told a committee
from the Women's Club wE1 requested
the improvement Monday afternoon.
He figures covering the plaza would
cost approximately 100000.
Approximately $4,000 is on hand
and may be used towards some means
of shelter, however, Commissioner
Lambert promised.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
SLIP ON SOMETHING,
HE'S TOLD, AND HE
DID-THE STAIRWAY

"Slip on something or you'll freeze
to death out there in the hail." land
lady advised one of her hotel guests
Tuesday morning.
The guest complied with her i'd
vice, but it proved painful.
He slipped on the top step of the
stairway. The fall to the bottom re-
suited in an injury to his head.
The hostess then decided that her
patron was intoxicated. She called
for police aid.
ayes, I'm drunk" he admitted to
Detectives Golf and Carver.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
THIEVES STRIP HOUSE
OF ITS FURNISHINGS

Using n skeleton key to enter, a
burglar Monday night stripped the
residence of Mrs. Nora O'Brien
Sanchez, 1876 San Fernando street, of
its furnishings.
The thief also took some articles
of women's clothing.
Among the missing articles are a
bed, three mattresses, a dining table
and chairs, an oil stove, number of
pictures, five pillows and the limo
UNI from the kitchen.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
TO EXHIBIT CLOTHES

breckenridge high school will hold
style show Friday night when girls
of the sewing class exhibit dresses
made by themselves. Not only dresses,
but hats made by the girls also will
be exhibited and judged.
In order TO win one Of the prizes
offered. the girls must wear the dress
es they have actually made it was
announced bp Miss Jean Harwell,
who. with Misses Elsie Jonas and
Golden Lacy, are. putting on the show.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
HAIR AND FISTS FLY
AS WOMEN BATTLE

Stove-wood, fists and hair flew in
a thrcc-ornered fight among women
on South Leona street Monday. As
result one woman is in the Robert
Il. Green hospital suffering from
bruises and two others are in Jail.
According to the story told Officers
Hardcastle and Shipp, two women
failed to heed the warning of third
to cease making remarks about her
and the fight began.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-10
GRAPEFRUIT "CULL"
FIGHT GAINS HELP

Papers in the Rio Grande Valley
arc giving wide publicity to San An
tonio's fight on the sale of inferior
Texas grapefruit in this territory.
Following action by the San An
tonic Chamber of Commerce recently
and letters written TO officials of the
Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Com
mcrce protesting against the sale of
Gull fruit in this territory, practically
every newspaper in the. Valley has
come out with reproduction of the
protest, according to Fred NJ. Herr
don.