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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15

All Of us have met the gentle
man who knows it all.
You find him everywhere, in all
walks of life.
Nor is it a state Of mind peculiar
m men alone. There are also wo-
men like that.
The fellow who knows it all will
invariably tell you that you are
wrong, and invariably, too. he Will
rraciously confide to you the right
way.
He will tell you you're reading
the wrong newspaper or the wrong
book.
He will tell you how TO play golf
and completely put you off your
game.
He will tell you how to run your
business.
He will even enter the sacred
confines of your home and tell you
how to run the servants, or reduce
the gas bill.
But have you, in turn or in
desperation, ever tried TO tell such
know-it-all something?
If you have, you have been met
with argument, statistics, expert
ences, past performances and what
not-but all for nothing.
1t is simply an impossibility 70
make an impression on such per-
son.
Now then, this very inability to
change the supcrlatively egotistic
attitude that these people have is
the reason they never get any
where.
They cannot advance because
they refuse to learn anything.
No person living can always be
correct.
Even experts make mistakes.
Hence you find, if perchance you
have the opportunity of analysing
such an egotistic mind that they
really know very little and are more
or less back numbers, so far ms
knowledge goes, because they stop
ped learning years ago.
People who know il all can be
avoided easily enough.
The trouble is, however, that
there are various grades Of know
it-alls and often We. ourselves, I'M
Willingly fall into one or another
Of the classes.
For instance, suppose you are
having a pleasant discussion, per-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
TALKS TO MOTHERS
Cause of Baby's Cry When 1t Is Lifted.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator From New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health, New York Citg

somewhere. In any event, II the
child cries every time it is picked
up it is a sign which should lead to
a careful examination Of the body
and limbs TO see il anything is
wrong.
Not every baby Is exactly angelic
in its nature. 1t may have a bad
temper or bad manners. 1t may
have become the victim Of a bad
habit.
For instance, theer are plenty Of
babies who are as fond of being car
ried about as their fathers are Of
riding in an automobile. Such babies
learn to weep and wall and TO keep
it up till their tired mothers pick
them up. They want to be amused
and this is their way Of demanding
attention.
It is amazing how very young
infant will seek attention. remem-
Der one tiny baby who would cry
for a minute or so and then stop,
listening for the footsteps of the
parent. He was as tricky about it
as a decoy duck with an artificial
squawk.
The young mother must never
give way to the baby. If the crying
is clearly due TO the desire to be
carried, the whim of the child must
not be INDUCED. Persistent crying to
be picked up is an absolute evil
dence Of the lack Of proper training.
This Is the third Of series OF
articles. one being published weekly,
for the benefit Of the new mother.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
The Electric Maid

T coos ice chest cooks your food, washes your
dishes lights your house, cleans your rooms, washes
and irons your clothes, messages your face, and
curls your hair-electricity.
If you let it.
The advance of electricity in housekeeping has
been made gradually that not everybody realizes to-
day how complete is. The genius of science has got
under the dead weight of home drudgery, but good
many housewives not yet of its lifting power
Electricity has done wonders on the farm, but they
have been big scale. Because each home is small
it works in the home small scale But its there
at present are than the farm It
serves woman, today, completely than it serves
man.
Look up the possibilities of modern electrical appli-
If you think them expensive ask yourself
whether your cleaner is expensive compared
with broom, your electric light compared with
oil lamps
This is not an advertisement merely statement
Of facts.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
Wayside Wisdom
BY S. E. Kiser

There always comes in early fall
A coaxing pensiveness to me;
seem to hear some spirit call:
Turn backward to the Used-to-Be
Return to those October days
That were so peaceful and so fair
The hills again are yelled with haze,
And dreaminess is in the air."
The cricket chirping in its nook
Reminds me of a bygone time
When happily l turned to look
Deep into eyes that were sublime.
In fancy 1 return to stroll
Along a winding lane once more,
With one who had not learned 20
roll
The dainty stockings that she
wore.
We slipped sweet cider at the mill,
And sat beside pebbly stream;
The trees were crimson on the hill;
1t was a day TO love and dream.
Beyond the misty valley rose
A spire that bore the sacred
sign;
The world seemed sunk in soft re-
pose;
Her hand, somehow, slipped into
mine.
There's magic in the autumn days,
And clearly comes a call to me
To wander back along the ways
That wind 10 far-off Used.to-Be.
In fancy, when my eyes are shut,
hear a maiden whispering.
And pensive longings haunt me, but
They get me nothing - not
thing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
OVER LIES HURDLES
BEWARE of Those Who Know II All.
By LOUIS E. BISCH
1925. Premier synd.. Inc.

haps about the tariff. You may be
absolutely sure of one point. Yet
your opponent may be better adj
vised than you about several other
points.
What more natural tendency,
then, than for you 10 insist and
fume until, in order to add weight
to your single point, you make
broad and positive statements that
are scarcely justifiable.
We tend to exaggerote and over
emphasize when we get into tight
corner or want to make an impress
sion or win an argument.
It's 50 easy to fall into the
habit Of overstressing and over
emphasizing.
It's 30 easy to get the reputa-
ton Of knowing it all.
You know how obnoxious It Is
to have to associate with persons
of this type.
BE careful you don't undoserved-
ly achieve such a reputation your.
self.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15

A new edition Of Uncle Tom has
been prepared for English theater-
goers.
Uncle Tom shoots the villainous
Legree and comes in at the end of
the show bearing big wedding cake
for the marriage of Lucy Rivers.
Eliza with her hounds and ice-cake
scene has been eliminated.
A comedy character by the name
of Jim Crow has been introduced
and we are treated to the spectacle
of Uncle Tom himself doing the
Charleston across the stage to the
tune of Them Cotton Pickin'
Blues"
About the only pathetic portion
of the play left is the death of Little
Eva, who dies and disappears at
the end of a rope, as she has al
ways done.
This illustrates the influence of
modern ideas upon classic story.
In these days we insist upon a
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15

Last week I told the young moth
er something about the cry of the
baby. Hunger, thirst and earache
are causes of persistent crying.
II the cry comes from the needs
of the stomach, food or water will
satisfy the infant and do away with
the wailing. But the pain of ear
ache is so terrific and so unceasing
that nothing will control the crying
until the ear trouble is controlled.
Every cry due to continued pain
is like that OF earache. 1t may be
the child was dressed carelessly and
a pin was so placed that it stuck
into the delicate tissues Of the baby.
You can readily believe there will
be no letup in the screeching until
the offending pin is removed.
The invention of the safety pin
grew out of the need Of protection
against this cruel accident. No other
kind Of a pin should be used in
dressing the baby.
The mother may observe that the
infant cries whenever it is lifted.
This means that in picking 1t up
some sore and painful spot or region
is pulled or pressed upon.
The trouble may be traced to
pleurisy. Pressing upon the chest
causes the inflamed lining to pro-
test.
It may be due to ricketts,. In this
disease the ribs are tender. Pressing
or pulling upon them causes pain
and crying results.
There may be sore or a bruise
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
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Uncle Tom Up to Date
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

happy ending and the elimination
of tragedy.
But we forget that children love
scenes of blood. They like to have
peoples heads chopped off and moth
ing short of plenty of gore seems
to satisfy the infantile mind. 1t
is a curious fact, but fact none the
less, that our sweet little children
love tales of blood. They enjoy it
when the wolf in "Little Red Rid
ing Hood springs up and devours
the heroine. Probably the new YER
sion will change the wolf into
lamb and the heroine will sit down
at the end to a dish of lamb chops.
Primitive stories and poems, as
one can see by reading Percy's Ere
liques," specialize in death and ca
lamity. Just how far they will be
improved by the substituting of
Pollyanna endings is a question.
Copyright. 1925. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
Coquetry Dying
By "The Spectator"

The other evening I read a few
words in sentence in Gamaliel
Bradford's The Wife of Abraham
Lincoln in Harper's Magazine that
contained an interesting thought.
As part explanation of Lincoln's
lack Of success with the ladies, he
says:
For dealing with women, he was
too sincere
These words are taken from
longer sentence but the meaning is
not changed.
Women have been the great enig-
ma on earth.
More insensate balderdash has
been spilled about them than about
any other subject in the world.
To tell the truth, in handling
them, men have never had any
great success 70 brag about. And
ever since the first gallantry. when
Adam admitted that Eve was 70
blame for all his trouble. women
have been shouldered with the re-
sponsibility for the troubles Of the
human race.
For centuries women have had 70
get along the best they could in the
face II the stupid. laundering, self
assurance Of the Superior male.
Lacking force she has had to rely
upon other means TO gain a sem
blance Of equality.
One was coquetry, or the lure Of
the uncertain.
The other day in Paris a pro-
postcrous little man arose in the
Chamber Of Deputies and declared
the lessening Of marriage in France
was wholly due to the decline Of
cgquetishness in the fair sex.
Today. he eaid, women are too
frank and aboyeboard. They have
lost the art Of bsntering persiflage
that helped make the amorous days
Of Louis XIV and Napoleon no
torIous.
His statement is true, although his
deduction is inconsequentially abb
surd.
Women have lost the art Of POI
turing coquetry.
1t is part Of the profoundly po-
tent changes taking place.
In the past mans mastcrful idea
Of superiority encouraged treating
women as pampered children. Get
ting along with them was consid-
cred a light and flippant game Of
wits. Women played up 70 the
idea.
Coquetry was the trump card in
the feminine hand and polished
words Of honeyed insincerity that
Of men.
It is true that the Lincoln type
Of man was out Of place in such an
environment.
But after some centuries Of
pounding it has been partially driy-
en- into the understanding Of tho
male Of the species that his divine
right 10 rule is on no saner basis
than the divine right Of kings.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
.ONCE-O LOVERS
By J. J. MUNDY
5000 - In.ernatonal ~ Ineorporaed

You say you are tired Of the
same old thing
But it is the only business that
you know well and if you did lose
out in this job you would have TO
nunt another along the same lines.
Try to got 10 like your work and
assume a cheerful manner.
Your complaining disposition
works against you.
Harmony makes life easier wheth-
or it be 81 home, at the office or
shop. Get Yourself in tune with
your job and keep that attitude.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15

Why are you out Of tune with
your job:
Is is that you do not feel recon-
pensod for your services,
or is il that there seems No
chance for promotion?
Why place yourself into the to-
bogRan slide that spells your DOOM
This "out Of tune stuff is plain
iy visible 10 all concerned.
II does not enhance your value 20
your employer 10 see you gloomy
and depressed slovenly and slack
booking.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
YE TOWNE GOSSIP sZK: ,:

THAT THE thing to do.
is TO take everything.
THEY'RE GOING to serve.
AND FIX it up.
AS FAR removed.
FROM IT'S first state.
AS THEY can get it;
AND FORCE their guests.
TO EAT the stuff.
AND ALL the guests.
KNOW VERY we'll;
THAT ALL they're doing.
is PUTTING on dog;
AND NEVER in the world.
WOULD THEY serve such dishes.
If THEY were alone.
AND WE'RE. most of US, guilty.
OF THIS very thing.
AND IT'S all 50 foolish.
AND I think: perhaps.
IT'S JUST a reaction.
TO WHAT used TO be.
WHEN WE were kids.
AND LIKED to dress up.
AND PLAY at something.
THAT WE really weren't.
AND If it is.
THEN 1T may be all right.
But 1T sure does dirty.
4 LOT Of dishes.
But THEN again.
WHAT'S THE Use Of a party.
IF YOU can't show off.
YOUR CHINA and silver.
I THANK you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15

Dear X. c. B.: Almost all the
articles on cooking say that to be a
successful wife and please the MAN
the meals must be different, and
that the wife who knows the most
ways 10 cook potatoes will be the
most successful wife. / can cook as
many things in as many different
ways as anyone, but my husband
doesn't like different things. He'd
rather have a plain steak and mash
ed potatoes and a piece of pie than
all the fancy dishes in the world.
Are those who write these articles
on cooking all wrong, or is my hus-
band different: BETTY.
MY DEAR Betty:
THE MAN you have.
is NO whit different.
FROM MOST Of US.
AND l am sure.
THAT IN most homes.
WHEN THEY haven't company.
YOU'LL FIND plain food.
THOUGH, OF course, I know.
THERE ARE some people.
WITH Buffers and things.
WHO HAVE trained thmselves.
TO EAT, for instance.
WHAT WAS at first.
4 GOOD tomato.
AND THEN was taken.
AND ALL scoop,d ont.
AND IN the hole.
THEY'D Put in a mess.
MADE OUT NJ green peppers.
AND \ lot Of goo.
AND THEN again.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-15
To Study New Laws

r n ARTlN LITTLETON, experienced lawyer, makes
lVI sensible suggestion to the American Bankers
Association to relieve the congestion of litiga-
ton He urges that the House of Representatives and
the Senate appoint standing committees to inquire into
the constitutonaity of proposed Federal legislation
The judiciary committees Of both branches may con-
slider the consttutonality of all bills presented but
these committees lack the time and resources to give
proper attention to that phase of legislation.
Eminent jurists have said that our legislators are
too to try to remedy evils by rushing through laws
many of which fail of their purpose crowd court caen-
dars and cause waste of time and money The
ideal method of government is through the enactment
Of few laws necessary and the impartial enforce
ment Of every law enacted. Mr. Litetons suggestion is
a gesture toward that desirable condition.
Evening star., 1925-09-12
INTEREST CENTERS
IN FOREIGN BONDS
All Recent Leaders Strong as
Week Ends-Home Is
sues Are Quiet.
~BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 12.-For-
eign bonds continued to attract the
most attention in the bond market at
the close of the week. All the recent
leaders were strong. and some of them
made new highs for the year, among
the latter being Department of tEe
Seine rs.
French rs equaled their previous
high, established Friday. French
Cities IS were all in demand around
the best Of the week. Elsewhere in
the European group, Austrian rs
again touched par. and City of Copen-
hagen 512s gained "a point on strictly
investment buying. Czechoslovak IS
of 1851, at 101, were within % of the
years high. In the South American
list Brazil IS added to their advance
of Friday and Bolivia IS held the
ground gained recently.
In the general list the only features
were the specialties. West Virginia
Coal and Coke 6s advanced a point on
single string of transactions. Selling
at go, they were up Az points from
the low of August, being Influenced
by the anthracite strike. Anaconda
Is crossed 103 to within less than a
point of the record high of January,
responding to the better sentiment
toward the copper trade.
There was little change in the high
grade group, although United States
Steel sinking fund 5s at 1854 were
down a point on the week-a large
fiuctuation in a bond of that class.
Evening star., 1925-09-12
BUTTER MARKETS FIRM.
Weekly Review Shows Half Cent
Advance in Prices.

CHICAGO, September II G0.-So
far as a ready demand for fresh ar
rivals and the statistical position were
concerned, the butter markets during
the week were in a firm position. This
was especially true at Eastern mar
kets, where prices advanced a half
cent.
AS the week progressed, however,
buyers became more cautious, due un-
doubtedly to the general BELIEF that
prices had advanced too rapidly and
would not soar much higher. AS
result, in spite of the fact that fresh
supplies on some of the markets at
times were not sufficient to take care
of the needs of regular customers. ad-
vances were hard to maintain and the
markets late in the week showed
signs of topheaviness.
Reviewing the week as a whole,
however, supplies of all grades were
disposed of, and at the close the mar
ket tone appeared steady.
Evening star., 1925-09-12
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, September IL (SpeciaD.-
Hog trade was little slow to start
today, but after the first hour or so
all kinds Of animals were steady COM
pared with the best time Friday.
Sorted light butchers sold to $3.50,
which was equal to Fridays top, and
the high point for the week. Most
good packing hogs went over at s1o.75
to S11, while few choice heavy butch
ers went above $3.50. The fresh sup
ply was 1000, with the total for the
week 10000 below week ago. Sellers
had only about 5000 unsold at the
close.
Fat native cows and heifers were I'D
25 to so cents, with some spots more
Bulls closed easy after an early gain,
but calves were higher, with choice
lots at $14.
Few sheep and lambs arrived. The
run was only 500, but they were slow
to arrive and quality was plain
These lots sold steady. Fat lambs gen.
orally were Is to 25 cents higher for
the week, with choice lots at 1855
and bulk of choice natives at s15.25 to
$15.75. Feeders also were higher at a
top Of s14, but aged sheep showed lit
tie change.
Evening star., 1925-09-12
HIGHEST
IN STOCK HISTORY
Low Money Rates Help Bring
About Rise in Averages
Never Before Equaled.
By the Associated Press.

bJ the ASADCidteO TTCES.
NEW YORK, September 12.-Relax-
alton of money rates provided the
stimulus for another sharp advance in
stock prices this week, which carried
the Industrial average to the highest
level in history. Rails started for
ward with the fndustrials on the an.
nouncement that all freight traffic rec
ords were broken in the week ended
August %, but they slowed up later
when directors of the Southern Rail
way failed to increase the regular SIS
annual dividend. shattering the hopes
of the speculative element
Motors gave one Of the most impress
sive demonstrations OF group strength.
Nearly dozen issues in that group
smashed their previous 1925 high
prices on buying obviously Influenced
by reports of unusually large sales
as a result of recent price cuts.
Stocks OF the so-called quantity pro-
ducers made the best showing, with
General Motors. Studebaker and
Chrysler as the outstanding strong
spots.
Steels improved on further reports
of expanding mill operations and the
announcement of a relatively small
drop of 26,664 tons In the August un-
filled tonnage of the United States
Steel Corporation. Increasing in
quiries for cars and locomotives were
reflected in the steady accumulation
of the equipment issues.
Oils developed temporary outburst
Of strength on buying influenced by
the belief that the gasoline price
cutting war was about over, but they
sasged later on the publication of the
weekly report of the American Pc
troleum Institute, showing another
large increase in crude output last
week. Coppers also sagged@ behind
the rest Of the list, although the mar
ket for the red metal showed some
Improvement.
Evening star., 1925-09-12
T0DAY's CHICAGO PRICES.

CHICAGO, September IL CP.-With
rainy weather in the Canadian North
west likely to interfere with the crop
movement, wheat prices averaged
higher today during the early deal
ings. Smallness of worlds shipments
tended also to strengthen values Of
ferings here were readily taken, and
downturns in the market were brief
The opening, which ranged from Il
decline to Is advance, December,
1.49s to 1.4913. and May, 1.52 to
1.531a, was followed by numerous
changes with December reaching
1908
Corn and oats were firmer. Com
mission houses were fairly active buy
ers of corn, taking the ground that the
corn market is low, compared with the
general level of commodities. After
opening unchanged to q higher, De-
cember, 864 to S615, corn scored fur
ther gains, December reaching 81.
Oats started unchanged to "A up,
December, 42h. Later all months
showed some advance.
Provisions were steady, governed by
Of 1oe l1,ne,
Evening star., 1925-09-12
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE. Md. September II
tSpeciaD.-The barn, silo and corn
house on the farm of Willis B. Bow
ers burned yesterday, when a tractor,
which was being used to grind ensi-
lage, caught fire as its supply of gas
oline was being replenished. Neigh
bors and members of the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department fought
vainly against the spread Of flames.
A horse also burned. The loss is
placed at about $1,000 and is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The farm of the late John H. Bog
ley, near Halpine, has been sold to
Miss Small of Washington for S33 900.
The place contains around 100 acres
with two dwelling and numerous out
buildings.
The Ward farm on the Rockville
Norbeck pike. opposite the Manor
Club property at Norbeck. has been
bought by p. J. Hannah. Washington
business man. for about S20.0 900. The
place contains around SO acres.
The Maryland State Employment
Commission has given notice that an
examination will be held at Rockville
September Is for stenographers who
desire employment in State service at
salaries ranging from $500 to 81 200 a
year.
William A. shipp of Potomac, this
county, and Kenneth Bell of Thur
mont, w. Va, are under arrest here
on charges Of the larceny OF automo-
bile parts belonging to Julian Rick
etts of the Potomac neighborhood.
Their arrest followed a brief inves-
tigation by Deputy Sheriff Stanley
Gingell and Policeman Roy Bodmer
Work that is well under way on the
Rockvtlle-Norbeck pike is expected to
make that five-mile road one of the
finest thoroughfares in Maryland. Con.
crete shoulders are being constructed
on both sides and 1t is being resur-
faced with asphalt its entire length.
At the State fair at Timonium this
week Ralph Walker of Gaithersburg
was among those selected to represent
Maryland at a cattle judging contest
at the national dairy show In Detroit
October 10 to II. The others selected
at Timonium were Arthur P Dunni.
gan of Pylesville and Stanley B. Sut-
ton of Chestertown. The Montgomery
County team at Timonium-Ralph
Walker, Thaddeus Bussard and Grover
Walker-scored 1920 points, or 40
points behind the Hartford County
team, and finished second. There We're
nine teams in the contest.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the Circuit Court here for the
marriage of Anthony L. Montague, %,
and Miss Helen Jones, IS, both of
Washington; Clarence G. Clark, 80.
and Miss Frances M. ellison, "a, of
Steubenvtlle, Ohio; Roy A. McClung,
A. Jennings, 20, of Potomac, Va, and
Louis E. Ritenour, %, of Catletts, Va,
and Miss Mertie Hefiin, 10. of Mid
land Va