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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
THE MAKING OF A HUSBAND
A SERIAL BY Ann Isle
Chapter 1876.

res Syndicate. Incorporated.
and forever changed the status Of his
relations to me. He had in a way
turned on himself-and had turned to
Jim with friendliness / rather ex-
pected to have Jim meet with sus.
picion and GOODNESS.
$50 Ralph cabled you," I said
fatty.
"And I rushed home to save you
from the pain it might have caused
you to feel that he isn't worthy. For
of course he u.s." Jim said.
"Why should / think him IN
worthy" I asked.
"A sick man-a man struggling in
the throes Of a nervous breakdown,
might we'll send you q letter that
isn't in keeping with Ralph Lacy's
standards of right and wrong" Jim
said in an odd voice.
you've always objected to my
friendship with Ralph" 1 said plain
lively. "You made me choose between
his friendship and your love-"
THAT was long ago." Jim muir
INJURED.
But 1t is months since I've seen
him. And that was your doing" /
urged.
Are you sure?" Jim asked.
Sure of what?"
"That your not seeing Lacy was
my doing, as you just said?"
Whose them" / demanded.
"His perhaps"
Those two words were like pebble
dropped into a deep well. I felt as
if they were going downtown,
plumbing depths of my mind, plung-
ing into actual darkness, where the
sunlight of clear thinking had never
gone. I lifted my eyes to Jim's
face to read what was there.
you think he-didn't want to see
me?" asked childishly.
Il think Lacy is an honorable
man." Jim said. Then he repeated
whimisically and half to himself.
For Cassius was an honorable man. I"
"You haven't got that quite right, :"
/ said. referring, OF course, to the
Shakespeare.
ave got it right about Lacy,
though Jim said firmly. "The
question Is about my wife. Waltz"
as ] started about to protest. II
know your actions are and always
have been above reproach. But how
about your thoughts, Anne? Have
they been-honorable? Have they
been honest?"
ITO Be Cortinued)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Copyright. 1875,

Copyright. 1875, King Feat'
"How could you know what is in
my letter without reading it?" L
demanded childishly, almost petulant-
ly.
Jim stared at me. There was a
strange look in his eyes. / wondered
why be should be hurt. But when
he spoke it was evident that he was
angry-not hurt.
You've made up your mind" he
said grimly. AS far as you are con
cerned circumstantial evidence is
enough. You are sure I've read that
letter. When 1 tell you I know it is
from Ralph Lacy you will be more
than ever convinced that 1 must have
read it."
But how could you know if you
hadn't read it," 7 asked. Doesn't it
stand to reason--"
II might have glanced at it, and
still have refrained from reading it,"
Jim said gruffly.
We stared at each other for a mo-
ment in grim silence. 1 was wonder
ing why Jim should ask me to believe
that. Why he had gone to burn the
letter? Why had be changed his mind
about that? Why? My mind whirled
beneath its confusion of questions.
II had a radio message from Lacy"
Jim said at last gruffly. "Here it is"
He handed me the radio, but l
could hardly read for the tumult in
my heart seemed to send the blood
pounding to my head at a rate that
dizzied and blinded me. At last l
manage to focus my eyes and to de-
cipher this message:
Sent letter to Annie before leav-
ing. Written by sick man who didn't
know what he was saying. Don't let
it affect her. Hope to prevent her
reading it. Good luck to you both.
Lacy" af'
1 started at the message for mo-
ment, and then L said Historically:
"Why-people don't do such things
Whoever heard Of a mans cabling
such a message? How could Ralph
send you this? He wouldn't"
"He did," Jim said grimly. II didn't
contrive to send this to myself"
We stood facing each other quietly,
but / suppose we have never known
more intense and stirring moment.
/ have never felt so far away from
Jim-so utterly alien to him. And l
had horrible sense Of humiliation. l
began to realize that in sending a radio
message warning Jim against the letter
I had just read, Ralph had completely
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Some Pointers
on Manners
Table Etiquette.
By Mrs. Beeckman
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

DEAR Mrs. BEEChMAN
Is it correct to change your fork
from the left hand to the right and
place your knife on the plate, or along
side Of it latter cutting your meat /,
and then resume eating, or does one
keep the fork in the left hand dur
ing the entire meal?
(Is it correct TO have the mother
of the bride leave the house just be-
fore. the bridal party and arrive at
the church before they do, or does
she follow alone in a car in back of
them? should think the former
would be correct. r. A. r. =.
Either form is correct. Most Amer
leans prefer the mode Of putting the
knife down after cutting a piece of
meat and transferring the fork to
the right hand. This method of eat
ing seems to me full of unnecessary
motions. Personally ] prefer the con-
tinental fashion Of keeping the knife
in the right hand and the fork in the
left. During the resting periods, Z"
both the knife and the fork are put
on the plate.
The knife is never put "along the
plate" after it has been used. Once
the knife has been used the knife or
the handle Of the knife is not again
rested on the tablecloth. This rule
makes for greater neatness and con-
venience. observation-disclosures.
(2) You are right. The brides
mother leaves before the bridal party.
She Is the last guest to be seated be-
fore the bridal party enters.
Copyright, 1925, Premier synd.. Inc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Meditations Of
Wife
These Married Men.
By Helen Rowland

These Married Men.
Nothing makes a man feel quite so
married" as to discover that he smells
of moth balls.
Some men observe Christmas-and
some just close their eyes and cross
their fingers until the danger is past.
A man goes to his lawyer for ad-
vice, to his mother for sympathy, to
his stenographer ror comfort, to MS
pals for diversion-and then expects
his wife to understand" him.
One thing a divorce misses "be-
tween husbands" is that crumpled
newspaper he brought home evenings;
somehow it always had more flavor
than fresh newspaper picked up at
the door. a.
The devil may be the father Of lies,
but any husband will tell you that ne
cessity is the mother of most OF. them
and the telephone booth is their
birthplace.
An "idealist" is man who Is con-
tent to worship q woman from afar-
and let some gross, unselfish material
ist marry her and support her.
A thoroughly married man is one
who takes an umbrella or the closed
car, according to his wife's Intuition"
or the warnings of her neuritis.
Somehow, even a tardy husband
punctuates a woman's day and gives
the clock meaning for her.
When a woman reaches the point
where she can take her husband as
an abstract quantity, like the weather,
and not expect him to be dependable,
nor his devotion 10 be the same tenn
perature two days in succession, she
can manage to be reasonably happy
and contented.
A woman may give man credit
for all the virtues and nobility in the
calendar before marriage-but she
wants her. alimony cash
Copyright. 1925. King Features Syn. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07

Constipation is dangerous for anybody.
Nujol is safe for everybody. 1t is neither
afood nor medicine. Itdoes not gripe. 1t
is gentle and natural in its action and is
prescribed by leading medical authorities.
Nujol simply makes up for deficiency
temporary or chronic-in the supply of
natural lubricant in the intestines. 1t
softens the waste matter and thus per-
mits thorough and regular elimination
without overtaxing the intestinal muscles.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Eating on Fifty
Cents a Day
By Hannah WinR

Eating on fifty cents a day? sIm-
possible" you say. 1t cannot be
DONE But it is possible and il 10
done. To plan three attractive we'll
balanced and nourishing meals daily
and not spend more than fifty cents
per person is not a simple task but
neither is it very burdensome.
One must know how and where 10
buy; TO buy enough but never too
much and always keep close to dietetic
rule of two fruits and two vegetables
(beside potntoes) daily, meat but
once and more whole than refined
cereals and at least a pint Of milk
per person daily. Cheese, eggs snd
fish are important supplements IN the
weekly menus.
In some localities Il ID found
that one may buy food cheaper ct
cash and carry stores and thereby
save money. At the same time one
may make her own selections Of goods
purchased. On the other hand one
can market much more quickly over
the phone and have the order de3iys
ered-trusting the judgment Of tie
clerk in selecting the food. This
method is quicker but at the zane
time more expensive. It ID therefore
up to the busy housewife to choose
between economy of time or monsy.
To be sure, this fifty-cent food a.
lowance does not permit q re4ulaf
planked steak dinner every other
night nor q strawberry shortcake IN
midwinter. Cheaper cuts Of meat
and ordinary fruits in season arc Inst
as nutritious and can be served quite
as attractively as the moro expensive
dishes.
The following menus may BE- served
within the limits of the dfty-osnt
food allowance:
BREAKFASTS. 80
Rolled oas ''s' Too M
Coffee tSs.e IN
Grapefruit
Bacon
Graham Mullins and Butter
Coffee
.LUNCHE0Ns. s%
Spanish Rice
Lettuce Salad-French Dressing
Bread and Butter
Baked Apple
Hash -
Cabbage Salad ~
Baking Powder Biscuits and
Butter
Honey =
Milk
DINNERS.
Pot Roast with Vegetables
Drowned Potatoes
Whole Wheat Bread and Butter
Apricot lee
Baked Ham and Scalloped
Potatoes en- Casserole
'+fe Spinach
Bread and Butter
Prune Whip
Milk
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07

If wall paper persists in peeling off
despite re-pasting, 1t can be secured
with flat-headed carpet nails, on the
heads of which pieces of the paper
have been gummed to make them I'm
noticeable. Again, doors and floor
boards often shrink, causing draught
under the door. Such a gap IL easily
got rid Of BY inserting pieces Of paper
to build up the carpet or inoleum.
Take half a dozen potatoes, peal
and wash them, and Crate them into
a pail Of water. Let the mixture
stand for half an hour. Strain snd
use with flannel. Finish with clean
water and another flannel.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Who Said II and Where

Not In the motley mob or throng,
Not In the crowded street,
But in ourselves is triumph or de-.
feat"
Triumph or disappointment de-
Ponds entirely upon our own efforts.
Longfellow declared in "The Poets. =
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07

It's every business faces Long the desk
shortened hours of seephy irregular measlck of
the vitality of the strongest body.
Guard
against method that absolutely
NajoI CorTects Constipation in Nasues Wsy
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
LEMON SAUCE.

tNEaM UF' CELERY SOUP.
One cup of celery.
Two cups water.
One cup milk.
Two tablespoons flour.
Two tablespoons butter.
Wash celery and cut in one-half-
inch pieces. Cook in boiling sailed wa
ter 20 minutes. Drain off liquid and
mixed with milk. Melt butter, add
flour. and when mixture bubbles add
liquid slowly. When heated add one
fourth cup cooked celery, season and
serve.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Table Talks
Dinner Menu
BY Alice Irwin
Pot Roast
Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Salsa
Glazed Carrots
Apple Dumplings
Lemon Sauce
BY Alice Irwin

Perhaps food budgets too high and
you ara casting about for some ways
TO economic. Why not try the above
menu in its entirety? 1t has been
carefully planned and if you buy a
good sized roast, enough for two days,
you will again have economical in
time and fuel.
POT ROAST
Buy your favorite cut for pot
roasting. / like shoulder clod, or
rump cut. Shoulder meat is usual
ly less expensive than rump and
equally as juicy, and, since you are
cconomizing buy the cheaper. Allow
one-fourth pound per person and get
enough for two days. Wipe the edges
of the meat with q clean, damp cloth.
Rub it all over with q cut Glove or
garlic.
Now, don't tell your finicky fam
lily recommended garlic, for if you
keep still they will never know it,
and yet they will remark on the good
flavor of the finished product. l even
scrape the garlic and spread it on.
Dredge with flour and pound it in
with the edge of plate or a meat
FOUNDER. Scar till brown in the ket-
tie in which you pot roast, having
previously "tried" out a piece of kid
hey suel. II you iossu. y 80 ~. e
outcner ior s9e.' use "' ie"'' WV
loIrnn cup VI ia. Ill ..s ;,,,
nneh neae - WI D.o IN n soi. "nd
oareiy cover WIN water; auu say a snn
pepper anu SIMMER, wen eosereu al
lnree 70 i've houts. ine sie u
pends on the toueh1esS ol tne mea.,
Dut remember rns1 the tousn.st eu'
p pim &C. Sc s;u rn +bo mot NO. IN The morn.
ing while doing your homework so
that your afternoon will be free and
Won can reheat it at dinner time, if
that meal comes in the evening.
During the cooking II NAV be neces-
sarv 70 replenisb the water and to add
more flonr. Either dredge in some
more or mix with cold water before
adding. / always darken the gravy
with Kitchen bououet.
caYc.
Nj rs h n ~ at
etables inst suited 10 accompany the
NOT roast.
ON he'll penper.
Four stalks of celery. Y ....E
One medium onion.
Chon .,no.hou .;,, f;,. 49, do,;-ed
Aop 'o r I'll - noI,
nuo o"' If a ~, o t tho tonao+o also
. Iii hoans ~ .HUp 10 o.Orr Go.
sor WIZ LEI = i;t.,o E,a anu sras.;rs ~
ona tna 49, III, '.;u,r "a u US tsh,e.
ohe leaspoon vinegar anu oHe .ep,e
your prettiest howl and mass tn each
guest after meat is served.
GLAZED CARROTS.
~. a.. -: ,o..hs.
po;I ;,st = To- to ,aftan thero
h,t i ~ Us an lem s ~ SUI 20. L.,
Dra;n d.. A tehIaIua. h,tta,
IN frr;r ~ ~ '"o poVnS S,.. ue.S,
suoor 1,hpa pa, Auu pne ~
so,sta g. n sn,;l put IN tne carro'S anu
A variation is to add one-fourth Gun
Of cream just as you serve, but, OF
course, this adds calories and cost and
deliciousness.
APPLE DIJMPJJNGS.
Male . r;oh h;..,.;. -.
ron IA 80 .nn" S uousn, " "n M
cnr, 81 IT, 80 p III S.s ~ a. -
fat ;s.,aaJ &c any 'nLee 'easpoohS III
Ia. ins..au o. the usual TWO: no, !,
-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07

Nujol can be taken for any length oftime
without Ill effects. To insure internal
cleanliness, it should be taken regularly,
in accordance with the directions On
each bottle. As Nujol is not laxative,
it does not form habit and can be dis
continued at any time.
Ask your druggist for Nujol today and
begin to enjoy the perfect health that .
possible only when intestinal eliminates
is normal and regular.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26

WE were driving along the
w coast near Santa Barbara
on the California coast and were
on our way toe see just what
the. earth had done to that charm
ing old town when it decided to
do a shimmy and upset things in
general.
was at the wheel and Bobby
was curled up beside me Watcn-
ing the speedometer. You know
Bobby is a speed fiend, and any
place where the road is clear he
always whispers in my ear:
"Step on it, Foxy Grandpa.
Let's see what she can do"
Look out there on the water,
Foxy Grandpa" exclaimed Bunny,
pointing excitedly with his little
white paw.
I shaded my eyes with my
hands and was just about to ask
what It was Bunny wanted me to
see when Bobby shouted:
ST see it! It's a big bird!"
land a little one, too" added
Bunny.
'As I live. a pelican de-
clared.
pelican is right" echoed
Bunny. But look at her baby"
At first I didn't see the little
fellow as it followed it's mother
as she tapped her wings and
then planed gracefully above the
calm waters of the Pacific.
They're diving" said Bobby,
standing up on the seat Of the
car.
They're not diving" said
Bunny, decisively. 'tShe's div
ing"
''But the baby's following her"
insisted Bobby.
But the baby hasn't made one
dive yet" said Bunny. Now
you just watch"
Sure enough, there was the
big mother pelican soaring above
the sea and then suddenly she
would make a dive and go
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Foxy Grandpa's Story

straight as an arrow into the sea
and come up to the surface with
a fish in her mouth.
THAT young fellow has some
appetite laughed Bunny, as we
could see clearly the mother give
her baby the fish.
Its a funny thing how that
little one follows his mother
around and around in the circles
which she makes but never makes
a dive" mumured Bobby.
That's the idea,' explained
Bunny That mother pelican is
trying to teach her baby to- dive
and do his own fishing. But he
hasn't quite got the nerve to try
1t yet"
ST wish he would do it while
we are here" said Bobby.
The words were hardly out OF
Bobby's mouth when what to
our surprise the mother pelican
gave a great circle in the air
with the baby Tapping after her
as fast as his little wings would
carry him. Then she fluttered for
a moment above the water, ap-
peared to remain perfectly sta
tionary and then like shot into
the water she dove. We all
cheered as the little fellow did the
very same thing and made a per-
feet dive into the water and came
up with a fish in his mouth.
Good boyw shouted Bunny
at started the engine and we
went on laughing" I'll bet that
mother pelican is as proud as
was when Bobby made his first
dive"
''Of course" said Bunny. ut
will save her lot Of trouble now
that he can do his own fishing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26

in the newspapers and had me take IT.
regained my strength and never felt
better in my life. It completely re-
stored me to health. / had practi-
cally no suffering when my baby boy
was born and he is very strong and
healthy. know that the Vegetable
Compound is the best medicine wo-
man can take before and after child
birth for health and strengh. would
be willing to answer letters from wo-
men asking about the Vegetable Com
oound. - Mrs. VIM. j. LEE, Route
e, Box 648, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a dependable medicine for
II, these troubles.
For sale by druc=ists everywhere
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26

work at that hour.
Dallas had already voted itself
dry, but Fort Worth, thirty-five
miles west, readable on fast in
terurban cars was still wet. South
ern men had always been noted for
drinking-not drunkenness, but
sociable drinking. I learned 1t
was a custom for members Of the
club to journey to Fort Worth on
Saturday nights for little week
end parties. Repeatedly I was
urged to join them and repeatedly
declined, stating that was too
busy.
On September 8 our baby was
born at st. Paul's Sanitarium. /
had been out there at 6 a. M, but
had been driven off by the doctor
and nurses. It was about $3.50,
while I was at work in the office,
that the telephone rang and I was
informed by Doctor Means that
I had a big, healthy son." /
TAXED out to St. Paul's, but was
told I could not see Mildred "just
yet" No one seemed tO-pay much
attention to nor accord me any
Difference. and felt hurt.
Row Of Babies
I wandered down the wide cor
ridor Of the maternity ward and
presently came to a half open door.
In passing I glanced in and saw
a white shelf. about four feet
from the floor, running along the
walls of the room, all the way
round. On the shelf there were
babies lot of them-and
stepped in. I was appalled, at
what seemed to me like rank
carelessness. The little tots were
wing on a quilted covering, but
there was absolutely nothing to
nrevent their rolling off the shelf
and falling to the hard floors.
knew nothing about babies-espe-
cially newly born ones-and I'M
aeined they could roll and move
about. OF course, they couldn't
but didn't know that.
There were about a dozen
babies there, including a set OF
black.haired twins. but I instantly
passed by and walked straight TO
mine. was standing, gazing
down at him, wanting to toucn
him, but not daring to do SO,
when I heard the ffcufrou OF
a starched uniform behind me-
an dthe private nurse engaged Ivy
Doctor Means the day before, and
to whom I had been introduced,
was beside me.
How did you get in here
how did you know him?" she
asked.
1.-THE door was open and I
walked right to him." I replied.
Isn't he a beaut?"
He certainly is-he's a oarl'
ing" she said. taking the mite up
into her arms and pressing her
cheek to his head. 1.-THE doctor
says he will be big man."
big MANI" I questioned. How
does he known"
by his feet" said the nurse.
"See how large they are"
/ looked and ventured to finger
the tiny toes.
Go Be Continued Monday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
Carrot Jam

PARIS.
CARROT jam is probably a new
u one for grandmother.
Prepare a pound of carrots and
cut into fine slices.
Reduce one and one-half pounds
of sugar with a little water and
the rind of three lemons cut into
thin pieces.
PUT into a basin a layer of car.
rots, one of the sugar and so on
until one-half Of the carrots are
used. Squeeze over the juice of
the lemons and then begin again.
Add enough water to cover it all
and let cook slowly for four hours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
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