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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19

When Justice Selsh b. Strong, OF
the New York State Supreme Court
issued his recent protest against in
discriminate granting of alimony, he
threw a disturbing monkey wrench
into the whole domestic machine,
From all parts OF the country have
come answers which touch every angle
of the married relation and every
grievance, real or fancied.
Mrs. Anne Kennedy. connected with
the American Birth Control League,
in answering Justice Strong's state
ment that "childless wives should not
receive alimony," says:
st is all nonsense to say that q wife
is a parasite unless she has children.
She gives up the best years OF her life
10 build her husbands success. She
grows old before be does. The di-
vorce generally occurs because the
man, confined to business in his
younger days, suddenly feels 1t is
time to begin 10 enjoy life, but the
woman who has made his home is toe
worn out to accompany him in his
amusements."
This answer will doubtless be greet.
eu Win euIuusldstlC tiCoieS AiVn Sapo
Cod TO the Golden Gate. 1t is the
feminine retort. par excellence, sane
toned by tradition and approved by
convention. But here is one alimoni'
less, self-supportins female who be.
lieves that the answer is the bunk and
resents the reflection on her sex.
II may be convenient for us ladies
to pose as nitwits and martyrs, but
I'm hornswaggled if it's compliment
tary.
Let's analyze that answer and sec
just where it let's us off.
In the first place, no one said that
the childless married woman rs q
parasite. She sometimes is-as is the
woman with children. But that's not
the fault of her situation. Any wife
has a, honorable and interesting job,
il she wants to fill it.
But that job is no sacrificial stake,
as Mrs. Kennedy would have us be-
lieve in her second sentence. No wife
deserves a martyrs crown for giving
up the best years of her life to build
her husbands success" She'd have to
give those years up anyway. How in
heck is she going to hang on to them
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19

grees Fahrenheit and bake one hour
For the rank and file OF moder-
ately rich butter cakes begin by bak-
ing at $50 degrees Fahrenheit for ter
minutes, then increase heat to 800 de
grees Fahrenheit and bake for 30 to
80 minutes longer.
Gingerbread is best baked in a shall
low pan with the dough about one
inch thick. Begin baking at $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit for ten minutes, then
increase slightly to $50 degrees Fab.
renheit and bake for about twenty min.
utes longer.
Baking is an important process in
bread making. The baking should be-
gin in a hot oven, then the tempera.
ture should be gradually decreased. The
length Of time for baking depends on
the size Of the loaf. For a medium
loaf--that is, a pound and half to
two pounds-begin by baking at 40C
degrees Fahrenheit for fifteen min
utes, then decrease to $50 degrees Fab
reiheit and bake for 45 minutes longer
Rolls, baking powder biscuit, muf.
fins and cornbread should be baked
in a hot oven ranging from 400 to
450 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 to %
minutes.
Double-crust pies with uncooked fill.
ing, as apple, cherry or berry, require
a relatively high temperature-that is
$50 degrees Fahrenheit-for the first
ten minutes to bake the crust and
prevent it from shrinking from the
edges Of the pan. Heat should then
be decreased to $50 degrees Fahren-
heit for the remainder of the period
TO cook the fruit.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19
LISTEN, WORLD!
Why Is an Old Wife?
By ELSIE ROBINSON

And she is giving thsn up TO earn
her own three squares, quite ~ much
as TO help him earn his. Why not?
There's no Divine Grant which gives
wives free board. It's Just as much
up to the wife to earn her keep q it
is TO any other woman. Then why
act as il her husband had taken sd
vantage of her youth and innocence?
Moreover, the work which the child
less wife does for her board il the least
srduous in the world of industry. She
can complicate that life by q thousand
fripperies and fusseries il she wishes.
but the actual labor involved In being
wife and partner to q man il ehild's
play in comparison 70 the work re-
quired Of . woman in any other N.
dustry. f
For this reason, the piteous paes
that a wife grows old before the hus-
band" and is "too worn out . accom-
pany her husband in his smusensnus
falls fiat.
1t is true that a woman becomes -
fecund sooner than a man. But thia
need not affect her general health or
mental condition. The keen edge Of
her zest for living will be dulled jss:
as his 10 after the menopause; ~
woman who has kept hersek 1T can
find just a. ripe enjoyment in 4 eaH1
of golf, a fishing trip, a fine bod, q
interesting play, 4 civic issue, Z hn.
manitarian problem or q good JOKE -
any man.
There isn't half the excuse for ~
average childless woman Of. 30 b b
worn OUT as there 10 for the average
man. No matter how devoted she has
been, she has never faced a quarter Of
the strain and responsibility which be
has had to endure.
As a matter Of fact, the worn ost'
condition of most middle aged wives
is entirely due to their own mental and
physical laxiness. They allow both
brains and bodies to become hahby
and then try to pose as martyrs T.
marriage. 4,
But any woman who respects tn
strength and intelligence of her evn
ser, feels bitter contempt for ssoh
posing. To such q woman alimony il
mark OF shame and defeat rather.
than a reward of merit.
Copyright, 1925, King Feature Syn. fae
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19

Go to. my Son. How long wilt thou
cry. Beware OF the Widows! For
they are seekers Of prey and hunters
Of husbands. :"
Behold. it hath come to pass that in
a world full Of wise women and know
ing damsels, WIDOW, alone, is
simple and unsophisticated.
Then. fear her not. nor cast con-
tumely upon her. For the widow is not
the seeker of prey but the prey, it.
self! Nay she is not the hunter but
the game-not the angler but the
poor fish"
Lo, every man knoweth that
widow is lonely and the gate of her
heart standeth wide open.
Every man knoweth that her heart
is easily touched by sympathy and her
pocketbook easily touched by pity.
Every man knoweth that her heart
is an empty shrine, wherein a man
may enter by the key Of flattery. For
her vanity hath long been starved in
the silence of matrimony; and a little
compliment goeth to her head like
wine and maketh her dizzy.
She misseth the presence Of a man
in the house as she would miss a de-
parted front tooth. She sigheth for the
scent of cigar smoke in the curtains
and listeneth for the sound of key in
the latch.
She feeleth so sorry for herself!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19
MEDITATIONS OF A WIFE
By HELEN ROWLAND
A Little Widow.


Verify. q happer may eAsertShy
paddle her own canoe but widow
is as a saiiboat In the wind, without
a compass or rudder.
A f1appsr knoweth an tie 'fns"
Of men and can sift the truth from
the jolly. But a widow hath 30 long
dwelt in the shadow Of one mans
life and the sound of ono mans voice,
that she knoweth not applesasce from
real ardor nor a pink fib from honest
rapture.
A damsd that sarnetA her tvn
money is no mans Florida invest
ment; but Q widow, unto whom thu
dollars have been doled out - SeAar-
ity" may be any fortune hunters
treasure-and his treasury. And fool
and her money are soon coarted.
Verify, verify, when q woman ieetA
her husband, she is ss Aliee-aA-Wob.
derland, who believeth all thiASs md
awakeneth in q brand new world.
Then, let not spinsters and dausdk
envy the widow, saying, "6he II Z
man-trap and full of viles and snsrel
and Establishments and experienced" :.
For, alas. 4 hath come 10 pass IA
a little widow is no longer Q "danou.
Gus thing" but a GOOD thing"
And at sight Of her, ths Fool E5fs3
cryeth, "Ha, hal"
SELAH. ",
Copyright, 1895, King yssturs -. he
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19

quickly put the milk into the bot
tie, snapped on the rubber nipple
and put it to the kitty's mouth. But
the poor little thing didn't have the
strength to drink.
was suck. was afraid the poor
little thing would die right there in
my hand. Then i had a thought.
Bobby" said i, "run to the medi-
cine chest and bring me down a medi-
cine dropper."
Bobby brought me the dropper and
I filled it with the warm milk. Then
/ opened tie kittens mouth and drop
by drop. poured it down his poor little
throat.
The kitten gasped and then started
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19
POINTERS ON ETIQUETTE
How to Seat Guests.

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Please let me know the proper way
to seat guests at a dinner party.
(2) Is the man seated at the right
or left Of the lady whom he takes in
to dinner?
81 If a man and wife are both
guests of honor, how do you seat them
az Do you begin to eat as soon as
served, or wait for the hostess to be-
gin?
(5) Should hostess continue to
eat until all her guests have finished?
MISS PERPLEXED.
The hostess is at one end of the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19
FOXY GRANDPA STORIES
The Night 1t Rain ed Cats and Dogs.

to breathe regularly. Finally he
opened his little blue eyes and then
cuddled down and fell into a natural
restful sleep.
He'll live" I sighed.
Live. That little kitten grew up
on the medicine dropper and then
the bottle, and now he eats about a
half pound Of liver day. He is a
very handsome Persian cat, with a
fat tail that sweeps the ground.
Bobby named him Meteor" be-
cause he says he must have fallen
from the sky that night it rained
cats and dogs.
Copyright, 1926. International Feature
Service, Incl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19
Helpful Hints

Do not let soup boil, but allow it to
simmer slowly. Much Of the liquid
lis wasted in evaporation. and the best
of the flavor is lost if the soup boils
or in heated too quickly.
y
If windows are very dirty, wipe
them first with damp cloth. Then
wipe again with a cloth dipped in
methylated spirit. No polishing is re-
quired.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-19
TABLE TALKS
Oven Temperatures
By MILDRED KITCHEN.

MENU
Baked Fish Creole Style with
Dressing
Combination Salad Baked Potatoes
Green Tomato Relish
Cheese Biscuits
Pumpkin Pie
You will find many recipes which
require knowledge Of oven tempera-
lures. Many a fine cake has been
ruined in the baking, perhaps be-
cause of poor oven. but more often
because the beginning, middle or fin
ishing temperature was wrong. A
cream puff mixture, for instance, can
be a dismal failure and source of
discouragement if started in too cool
an oven.
Just to generalize let us take few
of the temperatures most often used.
I assume of course that you have
provided yourself with portable
oven thermometer (they cost about
S2) if you are not one of the fortu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
Cotton Values at Noon.
BROKER CASE HEARD.

NEW YORK, December "a (P).-
Fifty creditors. who represented claims
of approximately 100000, crowded
the courtroom yesterday at the ref
eree's hearing into the affairs of Will
son & Chardon Co. stock brokerage
firm, which failed for more than ST.
600 900 last October.
Murray Hubert, representing the
creditors, announced that his clients
would contest Il rule of the CONSOLE
dated Stock Exchange. which, he said.
in effect. makes any creditor member
of the Stock Exchange a preferred
creditor of any member who fails.
A motion to enjoin the exchange
from obtaining certain cash and secu-
rites held by the banking house of
+. r. Belts. seized in the Wilson &
Chardon failure, now is pending be-
fore Judge Knox in Federal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

PHILADELPHIA, December "a
Department stores here are conclud
ing the greatest period of selling
they have ever experienced. meas
ured both by number of sales and
dollar volume. The more expensive
holiday goods sold with exceptional
freedom.
NEW ORLEANS, December "a
Retail stores are crowded with buy
ers and reports indicate the holiday
trade will run s to 10 per cent ahead
of the 1924 period. Purchases have
run to better grades of merchandise,
with housefurnishings a feature.
WHEELING. w. Va. December "a.
Pay checks as high as 500 for
two weeks work by miners in the
eastern Ohio and West Virginia
fields were fairly common this week
and merchants Throughout this dis
trict benefited accordingly.
DETROIT, December 24-The cost
of the airplanes furnished by the
Ford Motor Co. for use in the
Jacksonville, Tampa Miami Service
is und erstood to have been S22,5OO
each.
MINNEAPOLIS, December "a
Starting as one concern in 1860, the
Wholesale grocery firms of Winston
Harper-Fisher and the George r.
Newell Co. will be merged. effective
January /. 1926. The firms do
general wholesale grocery business
running up into many millions an
nually throughout the Northwest
States. They had been separated for
SO years.
MONROE. La, December "a
Work of constructing pipe line from
the Bastrop natural gas fields to
Baton Rouge to supply that city and
points between with natural gas fuel
is well under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
Exchanges Will
Close Saturday;
Banks Stay Open
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December "a P).-
All the principal securities and
commodity exchanges of the coun-
try, with the exception Of the Chi
cago Board of Trade, will observe
"A triple Christmas holiday.
The New York Stock Exchange
late yesterday voted to remain
closed from Thursday night to
Monday morning, and following its
lead the New York Curb Market
and the Consolidated Stock EX-
change decided to close on Satur-
day. The Cotton. Coffee, Sugar and
Cocoa Exchanges also will suspend
activities for the three-day period.
1nasmuch as Saturday is not a
legal holiday. the banks will open
for BUSINESS on that day.
The London Stock Exchange also
will be closed on Saturday Boxer
day..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

eign company has orders on it's books
amounting to S43 100000.
The distribution to stockholders of
the old Foundation Company, to be
made i'll the new foreign stock, will
amount to approximately 40 per cent.
Foundation Company old, advanced
sharply on the Stock Exchange.
Nizer and kelvinator again fea-
tured the electric refrigera tor
shares. both changing hands most
of the session at SO.
The market closed the week
strong. but with the demand sub
siding as the session drew to an end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
EARNINGS UP S6,877,944.
Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey Has Good Year.

NEW YORK, December "a P-
operating revenues of the Public
Service Corporation of New Jersey for
the l. months ended November so
totaled $685. ,OS9, an increase of Sc.
sr,s44 over the corresponding period
a year ago. The net increase in sur.
plus before dividends amounted to
S9,512,624. against S7,425.676, for the
same period of 1924 Revenues for
the month of November alone showed
an increase of $S7T.O0G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
SEES KEEN FOREIGN
COMPETITION AHEAD

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 24.-Amcr-
lea in the next decade or two will
have to meet severest commercial
competition from foreign nations. un-
less it prepares itself. Morton NJ. Prem
It's. president of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, declared in a recent
speech here.
"ForeiGn nations by that time" he
said, will be prepared to take away
American foreign markets by under
selling America With goods produced
at "A lower cost unless there are Amer
lean men prepared to meet this com
petition by paralleling all foreign in.
ventions, discoveries and lower cost
of production
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
20 ISSUES LISTED
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
Foreign Securities Among Many
Shares Admitted To-
day to Trading.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 24-Twentv.
eight new or additional securities of
corporations and foreign governments
have been admitted to trading on the
New York Stock Exchange. Initial
listlngs include bonds of the Repub-
lie of Peru. the Copenhagen Telc-
phone Co, Grand Bey Consolidated
Mining Co. and National Dairy Prod
uctS Corporation and stocks of the
Gotham SIX Hosiery Co., the new
West Penn Electric Co. Christie
Brown & Co, Motion Picture Cant
tai Corporation, International Match
corporation, Safety Cable Co, and
the General Gas and Electric Corpora
ton of Delaware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
OIL MEN TO BUILD.

HOUSTON, December "a (SpeciaD.-
Contracts have been let for the cree
ton of 21-story petroleum building,
which will be occupied largely by Of
fees of oil companies having head
quarters here. 1t is expected the 1925
building program here will total S32,
n0n nnn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
Are You q Sucker?

Too many people put their money
in day dreaws and make up broke.
Never put your name on the dotted
line until you have inquired of some
one in your bank what he knows
about some stock issue that is offered
10 NoI privately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
midas COTTON CROP.

The first estimate of the 1885 cot
ton crop Of India, indicating a produc-
ton of 100000 bales Of 47s pounds
equivalence was received by the De-
partment of Agriculture today from
the India department of staticts,
This compares with a first forecast last
year of 5,O69, 900 bales, which was the
largest crop of record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

Capital Traction 5s->20 900 at u.s.;
Ss =. $500 At aSss 81 500 at aSa4
Potomac Electric Is l95j-Sl 900 at
W. Washington Ga. o. 33-Sl 900 1T 1903
Capital Traction Co at 1851. 10 at
Va Washington Gas Lizht-lo at 80. . at -.
. ~ - = AZ -.
WASHINGTON Loan & Trust Co.-lO at $50.
Lanston Monotype-Io at SAL. 40 at
Merchants Transfer and Storage Co.-l0
at Oh 10 at %.
National Mtge { Invest. pfd.-@0 at SIS.
AFTER CALL.
Mer-enthalcr LInotype-l at 1914.
Capital Traction $500 at %
Anacostia G. Potomac r. Z. 5s-S1 600 at
03ls.
MoneY-Call loans at 8 and per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
COTTON IS HIGHER
IN MARKET TODAY
Shorts Forced to Cover at
Advance-Good Buy
ing Abroad.
By the Associated r@.

DS tnS Associated
NEW YORK, December 24.-Cot.
ton futures opened steady: January.
1865; March. 1898: May. 1858: July.
1885: October, 1875. Shorts in the
cotton market were again forced to
pay higher prices this morning to
replace sales previously made and a
strong undertone prevailed through
out the first hour. Opening to 10
points higher, the market rapidly
advanced until active positions were
fully 10 to % points above the previ-
Gus close, March selling at 1909.
There was further good buying of
October for foreign account and Liv-
erpool also bought both March and
May contracts during the first half
hour. Notwithstandin the fact that
practically the entire stock of certifi-
Gated cotton at New York was re-
rendered today through the issuance
of January notices. aggregating be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 bales. January
contracts acted fully as firm as the
rest Of the list. creating an impress
sion that there was competition among
some of the bigger houses for pos
session of the local stock.
The South. commission houses and
Wall street were moderate sellers on
the early advance.
New Orleans Quotations.
NEW ORLEANS. December e.
Cotton futures opened steady. Jan
uary, 1884; May. 1913, May. 1918;
July. 1890 asked; October. l7.43. The
cotton market had u good opening
duo to better cables than due in the
absence of all January notices in the
market here. First trades showed
gains of to s points and prices
continued TO advance after the call
owing to the generally better under
tone prevailing on covering for over
the holidays and because of the aEita-
ton in favor Of reducing acreage for
the next crop.
January traded UP to 1895, March
to 1857 and May to 1927, or IA to
~ points above yesterdays close.
Cotton Values at Noon.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Cot
ton futures 11:45 a.m.-Bids steady;
January, 1905: March 1912: May,
1872; July. 1888: October, 1861.
NEW ORLEANS, December "a
Cotton futures, noon-Bids steady:
January, 1895; March, 1851; May,
1928: July. 1904: October, 1I43
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
Potato Demand Light.
GERMAN POTASH SALES.

BERLIN, December n R)-The
German potash syndicate has reported
that its sales of potash for the year
1925 amounted to l 100000 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, December 24.-The oil
shares were prominent in the upward
movement on the curb today With a
stock dividend amounting to % per
cent expected on Standard of New
York, these shares continued 10 be
actively taken above 46la, and there
was special buying in Standard of In
diana. South Penn Oil and Humble.
Trading started for the first time in
the foreign shares of Foundation Co.,
first sales taking place at 81 4. fol-
lowed by active trading at advancing
prices. 1t IL understood that the for