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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03

This is Il record of personal spiri-
tual experience. 1t may interest some
who have known similar confusion.
but ] have no desire TO thrust it upon
any one as II solution. TO each man
his own mysteries.
1t was Comiluu:on Sunday. hot.
buzzy Sunday with roses pushing in
through the half opened windows of
tie little church and the smell of law
cndcr splicing all the shabby room. |
was eight years old and my legs wig
glcd to be outside that window.
bitterly resented the necessity of
wasting my Sundays in churches but
Communion Sunday wasn't quite as
bad MS the rest. There was something
exciting about that large. mysterious.
silver cup filled with crimson fluid
aud the plato Of bread cubes which old
MIR. Patton passed 50 carefully from
pew to pew. Mr.. Baton was fat and
stiff and wore pearl gray trousers
His squarc-toed shoes crcakcd and
Smcllcd Of backing. The smell of
backing. roses. lavender and cheap.
warm varnish all mingled in my sleepy
acad and the buzziug of the bees was
tangled with my own great wonder at
L all.
What was it all about? Only Grown
| ps could paTtakc of that mysterious
rcfrcshmcnt. Why did they eat that
way in church when every one of them
had frirasSc chicken aud tapioca pud-
ding waiting for them ut home? Why
wouldn't mama lot me taste it. too
And why should (lcy all start praying
just because they'd swallowed a little
piece Of bread?
Thus 7 marvellcd at eight. And at
eighteen 7 was still marvclling. Long
before then | had learned the story of
the Holy Communion. ! knew that
this WAS supposed to bc the symbol of
the Body and Blood of our Lord.
Jesus Christ-''catcn in His name
rs 2 remembrance Of Him. had
Joined the church. | had taken com
munion many times. but | was still
rs far from knowing what it all was
about.
FOR THE BREAD STILL STAY
ED BREAD AND THE WINE.
GRAPE JUICE. TO NY UNRE-
GENERATE PALATE. AND No
AMOUNT OF PRAYER OR IN
WARD STRIVING COULD ALTER
THE FACT THAT | DIDN'T FEEL
\ PARTICLE NEARER G q j.
WHEN ] WAS TAKING COM
MUNION THAN WHEN | WASN'T.
could feel tho roses and be akin
to the sunshine and the bees but God
was only Sunday Company and l
never could act natural when sitting
at His table. They might just rs
we'll have saved their bread and
grape juice as far as ! was con-
ccrncd.
Then vas no longer eighteen. And
shadows that were not born of roses
driftcd across my window sill and
filled my house with anger and dark
ness and pain. Nm one sent me 10
church any more. Sunday was just
like any other day. only perhaps a
little more sad. They said this was
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Yes or No?

Have birds as keen a sense Of
taste as humans have?
=. Did Shakespeare have as large
vocabulary as Milton?
3. Can nervousness ever cause
blindness?
4. Has serum treatment ever been
tried for cancer:
Answers TO these question may bc
found:
1. No. In birds the sense OF taste
is not SO keen rs in humans. They
will drink water much salticr than
humans drink, and are much less sell
sitivc to bitter tastes.
>. Yes. Shakespeare had n vocahu
larry of 10000 words. while Milton
used only 5000.
3. Yes. In patients whose nerves
are not normal. blindness has bean
known TO occur and disappear
again under emotional excitement.
!. Yes. In one hospital. hopeless
cancer cases have been treated by in
iccting cancer cells killed by radium
rays. II is said that the results were
encouraging.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
FOXY CRANDPA'S STORIES
How They Finally Got Cocoanut.

ing moss VIC struggled and finally
reached an open space. Right there
in the middle of this clearing was a
fine big Cocoanrt tree with lots of
cocoanuts hanging on the top of it
and right straight up the trunk Of the
tree were carved steps.
Bobby mounted the first step and
hugging, the tree with his strong little
arms went up to the top OF that tree
step by step.
When We reached the top hc picked
five big nuts and threw them down
to us. Then he came down.
How did you know about that
he asked, "and who did it,"
The natives cut those stcrs in the
tree to go up and tap the tree for
the sap 20 make drink they like
called tuba
I'm" grulucd Bobby, tuba may
be all right. but you can't beat this
cocoanut milk. can your
Monkeys love it, said Bunny.
winking his right, pink eye at me.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
LISTEN, WORLD!
Holy Communion
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Lifc-but | didn't like it. / couldn't
get used to il. | kept wondering
about things on Communion Sun
day. Surely there was an inside
meaning and some deep. everlasting
glory to it all-if could only find it,.
Surely happiness wasn't only Il myth
He have any body and blood. after
all. and wasn't it possible to become
part of Him and find contcntment:
At last | didn't have even a house
If my own any morr. was out
with them all--out in the SUNSHINE
and storm on the other side of my
window. Out with people who sworc
and swcatcd and laughed and riskcd,
and fought and starved. And ! was
near TO starving. too. Actual Sta:v-
ing. could have taken Communion
srccdily them-juSt because it meant i
little food.
But that wasn't the worst hunger.
II had never been the worst hunger.
| had always wanted something
moro than that. A NEARNESS-A
ONENESS-A SENSE OF BEING
PART OF IT ALL.
Then slowly it came to me that in
this struggling and Sharing which was
now my lot. that hunger had been sat
isficd. For we were one Mt last-we
who sworc and sweated and laughed
and riSlled and fought and starved.
WE WERE ONE AT LAST-WE
WHO GAVE no EACH OTHER
AND TOOK FROM EACH OTHER
WITHOUT RESERVE. BECAUSE
At LAST THE BARRIERS WE'RE
DOWN BETWEEN Us 4 y j
THROUGH DIR COMMON NEED.
WE HAD FOUND LOVE.
And SO, ut last | took Communion
with my Lord.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03

Couldn't possibly shiny mp that
tree" said Bobby locking longingly
NJ to the very ton of = tell cocoanut
tree over in the Philippines.
Too slippery and no boughs at
ALL" commented Bunny.
"Ccrtainlr would lik" one Of the
coccanuts, though" exclaimed the
boy.
Too bad" said Bunny. Wouldn't
mind little Of it myself"
Wish VIC could find Il monkey TO
climb tree for us said Bobby. DO
We saw that went mp the tree and
picked the nuts and threw them down
20 their masters"
Il do" said Bunny. But We may
he able to find a f,nc that YOU can
climb suggested the little rabbit
hopefully.
IT | can climb one Of these cocoa
nut palm trees, I'll be- Il monkey.
declared Bobby, stretching his little
neck to take another look at the fin.
nuts at the tca of the tree.
You don't have to climb a palm
tree 70 think you're one leased
Bunny and cave such leap as Bobby
made n grab for him that | thought
he would be halfway up the tree him
self.
Never you mind" laughed Bunny,
rs he ran back 10 us. "I'll bet you
the first cocoanut you pick that I'll
find you a tree you can climb"
You sound pretty sure of your.
self, Bunny" | said when I heard
81 ~ n
meut.
Il don't think I'll lose, either" said
Bunny. shaking his head until his ears
and whiskcrs wigglcd.
We went on our way. Bunny scout
ing ahead all the while aud dartinG
back and forth into the forest. in
search of tree for bobby 10 climb.
wish he'd never told me that,
Foxy Grandpa said Bobby my
mouth is just watering for cocoanut
now. | can't think of anything but
cocoanut candy and cocoanut pic
everything cocoanut."
] laughed and said:
Il do believe that little rascal
knows what he's talking about. Bobby.
He doesn't say those things unless
he is pretty sure of what he pre-
diets"
Il know it," said Bobby. "That
makes it worse. | can hardly wait"
In Il moment Bunny came tearing
through the thicSct to us.
Step this way, please, to the easy
to-climb cocoanut tree"
/ looked at Bobby and Bobby looked
at me. But we didn't hesitate. We
both followed Bunny through the thick
bushes from where he had but lately
appeared.
Through the undcrbrush and hang
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Meditations of
a Wife
BY Helen Rowland
Certified Bridegrooms"

Certified Bridegrooms"
Now. that Boston college has
established a course in Love and
Marriage" for girls, somebody ought
to establish course in swimmin;
for ducks.
Love and marriage come as Lat
urally to girl as tecthing to Z baby
or the Charleston to n son of Ham.
From the time she is old enough
to pull her grandfather's mustache or
maui a rag-doll. a girl begins TO
concrete on the idea Of love and mar
riagc and, by the time she reaches
The altar, She knows as much about
them rs postgraduate. It's t'i1
MEN. TO whom love is foreign
language and marriage just an incl
dent-or an accident.
It's "certified-gradc A-bridegroomss
that the world nceds-nOt certified
brides" It's the Barytonc Sex. that
needs road-map to real love and
Il line of guidc-posts to dom ,slic hap
p;ltcss.
But, where, all where. would any
mans college find a professor quail
fled To teach the impetuous young
man how to avoid the pitfalls of pet
ting parties, the lure of scented lip
sticks and the wilcs of babyyamps!
Or how to distinguish between a
pulsc-bcat and a heart beat. and be-
fx,-pp mol lat-n nd oil IS h. f,ff,.-
seven varieties of ncar-love and imita-
tons.
Il girl To marry him. in the intcxicat-
ins propinquinty of taxicab after
dizzying dance.
How TO hold onto cuddly dane
ing partner with on, ARMAND hold
onto his freedom with tho other. until
he found out whether or not her cock
ing and her character were seer
tificd.'
How to know WHAT he wanted
in a wife, and IF he actually wanted
Il wife or not.
lltW 10 ldtt Ultt IlUtnF Win HIS
eyes wide open. instead of just skid
ding into it when he wasn't looking.
or falling into it as though il were
an open coal-hole.
How 70 look pleasant at breakfast,
drink hot coffee. keep M a running
conversation. and read the stock re-
ports-all at the same time.
How to kiss his wife goodbye morn
ings. without letting his eye wander
TO the clock. or his hand wander to
the door-knob.
How to smile philosophically when
his wife bobbed her hair against his
willard how to look dignified and
cheerful when his wife laughed at
him.
How TO assume that happily
ricd-look" when the blonde stenograph-
or showed signs Of vampishness-or
when his wife's old flame showed up
for dinner.
II takes TWO to make a happy
marriage-but ONE can make an
awful mess of it. You can't dance
with a man who doesn't know the
steps-nor a make a go" of mar
riagc. with a man who insists on pull
ing the other way.
Copyright. 1928, King Feature Syn, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Some Pointers
on Manners
What Color Tie I?
BY Mrs. Beeckman
DEAR MRS. BEECKNTAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
What color tic is proper for q
wedding to be held at ) o'clock. for
both bridegroom and best man. both
wearing blue serge suits? +. S.
The gentlemen may wear any tic
that they ordinarily wear with their
business suits. If bow tic is be-
coming-it is not TO many men, |
think-thcy may wear a bow tie.
black. black-and-wbitc polka dot, and
so forth. They would be very safe
if they wear dark four-in-hand tie,
say one with black or dark blue
background and narrow white occa-
sional stripe, single or in groups.
| hope they won't wear white ties
These, with informal business suits
always look as if the groom and his
attendant were trying to register one
formal marriage note with a most in
formal ATTIRE
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
/ able alks
Dinner Menu
By Alice Irwin
Noodles with S2yory Egg
Escalloped Tomatoes
Pineapple Salad
Canned Peaches
Ertire What ErIiii Tain


Before long VIC will begin TO make
fruit cakes for Thanksgiving aud
Christmas. Many of us will feel that
the holidays will not he properly OBJ
served il We do not have the rich,
expensive and nest delicious fruit
cake-wnich is traditional. Others
ieel that they must content themselves
with something which is not only less
expensive but which is probably bet
ter for the family digestion.
Today's menu includes a simpl"
inexpensive fruit cake which calls
for the use of entire whcat1lour.
Entire wheat fruit cake is made by
Dreaming onc-half cup butter, adding
one and half cups sugar and work
ing the sugar and butter together UNI
til the mixture is creamy, then adding
one egg and beating well. Next VIC
put in one cup raisins. onc-thlrd cup
pastry flour which has been siftcd
with onC-half teaspoon soda, ono tea
spoon baking powder and one and a
half teaspoons mixed spices. Then
we add two cups entire wheat (oi
whole wheat) flour. alternating il
with one cup sour milk.
The batter is turned into a creased
loaf pan and baked in a moderate
oven $3.50 degrecs) for 45 minutes.
If you have no pastry flour on
hand use four and One-half table
spoons bread flour with which to sift
the soda. baking powder and spices.
1t seems scarcely necessary to say
that the entire wheat flour should
not be siftcd: it is through the bran
which would be retained in the sitter
that the flavor OF the flour is i'm
parted.
NOODLES WITH SAV0RY EGG.
Two cups cooked noodles, one
fourth cup chopped ham or veal,
two tablespoons chopped parsley,
six eggs.
Mix noodles with meat and parsley
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Fill
six individual molds, break an egg
carefully over the top of each. Bake
in n moderate oven (325 dcgrees) :
minutes.
This is IN exceptionally good way
20 make use Of q small portion Of left
over meat or fowl.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Who Said Ii and Where

There are calUmnies against which
even innocence loses courage"
Napoleon. fearless as hc was. is
quoted as having a dread of cal
jimmy.
Nothing but may BE- better, and every
better might be best"
Martin Upper in "Proverbial Phil
osophy' reminds us that in all our
work there is always room for i'm
provcment.
THE spiders most attcruated thread
IS cord, is cable. 10 mans tender tie
On earthly bliss; il breaks at every
breeze"
Happiness is easily driven away,
Young writes in Might Thoughts"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Why Not Be Friendly?

DEAR MRS. BEECkNAN:
know n young man who lives
in different town. He has taken
me out at different times while he Wis
tied town and upon his return home
would send me a card telling Of his
safe arrival. DO you think it proper
for me to answer this card? NJ. S.
Yes. Why not be friendly!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03

It's "certificd-gradc A-bridegrooms
that the world nceds-not certified
brides" It's the Barytonc Sex. that
needs n roadmap to real love and
Il line of guide-posts to dom ,slic hsp
u;uCSs
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
ROBERT GADDIS DIED
SATURDAY, PNEUMONIA

His many Flagstaff friends were
saddened upon learning Of the death
at 6 o'clock Saturday morning of
Robert Benton Gaddis, of pneumonia,
at the home Of his mother, Mrs. John
C. Mcneil. He was taken i'll Sunday
night and recovery from the first was
doubtful He always had good health,
so the sudden passing came as an
especially hard blow.
Robert Gaddis was born at Camp
Verde, August Is, 1901 and grew up
with the average country boys school
ing and wholesome activities. He at
tended school here in Flagstaff for a
while. He was a studious and am
bilious boy and wanted to make some
thing of his life EIe ventured into
the cattle business on a moderate
scale several years ago. Last Novem-
Der, with his brother, his mother, and
step-father, Don Mcneil, he bought
the Commercial cafe, in which busi-
ness he was engaged when he died.
The funeral services were conducted
by the Moose lodge, of which he was
member, from the Flagstaff Under
taking parlors, the services led by
Dictator J. w. Simpson. The pail
bearers were Harry Stolberg, James
Gallagher, Horace Wyatt, Jeff Wan
/ dell, ]. C. Maxwell and Charlie Priest
Interment was in Citizens cemetery
1 He is survived by his mother, Mrs
Don Mcneil; his father, Charles Cad
/ dis of Red Rock; two brothers, Joe
/ Gaddis of Flagstaff and Marion Cad
dis of Romona, Calf, and an uncle
elect Gaddis of Grand Canyon.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

tered among these islands, from Ja-
pan to Manila, Java and the rest,
leads one to the conclusion they all
came from a common family They
differ, of. course, as local conditions
necessitate, but they are all built
along the same general lines as to
size, color and disposition.
A native gets mighty stuck up when
he wears shoes, a foot equipment Of
any old variety. Consequently they
can use their feet for many more
purposes than merely to walk on, as
is the common use among the white
races. The native auto drivers are
thus capable of Using four hands in
driving car instead of two
The other day, when permitted by
accident or courtesy to occupy front
seat in an auto alongside a Javanese
driver, noted his foot movements and
he made me think of a monkey. He
reached over with his handy hand-like
foot and grasped the starter with his
toes. His toes, all wide apart like
fingers, grasped the starter and gave
it shove just about as white driver
would have used his hand.
One would naturally thiAk that a
person so equally proficient with
hands and feet could accomplish more
than the white, but nix. 1t is not so.
Continued on Page Three)
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
BUSINESS MEN LINING UP
TO REGULATE DRIVES

Several important topics were dis
cussed interestingly at the regular
monthly dinner meeting of the Flag
staff Business and Professional Mems
association at the Rotary room in the
Weatherford hotel on Monday night.
President w. H. Switzer called order.
Following reading Of the minutes by
Secretary Art Riordan, Mr.. Switzer
turned the conduct of the meeting
over to Sid Gassman, who with Ken
meth Webber had arranged the pro-
gram.
County Attorney Frank Harrison,
exalted ruler of the local Elks lodge,
was the first speaker. He told in a
general way Of the plans the Elks
have for the big three-day 49er cele-
bration here the Fourth, saying it
would be something unique and inter
esting and should attract people from
hundreds of miles around, giving
Flagstaff much advertising. He
asked for the full cooperation of busi-
ness men and all other Flagstaff peo-
pie to put the celebration over big
and make it one long to be ren1en-
bered.
P. j. Moran's topic was credits, !"
and he handled it concisely, emphasiz-
ing the necessity Of maintaining ones
credit unimpaired in order to achieve
the greatest possible measure OF sue
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
GENERAL MALAY ROUNDUP
Out Of Singapore. Feblqlarv Is


Out of Singapore, February Is
Despite the fact that we did not
run across any ferocious Malay
pirates, with long dropping mus
taches, floppy boots with knives in
em; a red handkerchief around their
necks, clanking a 40-pound cutlass,
or assist in rescuing some beautiful
fair-haired maiden from the clutches
of blood Thirsty Malay buccaneers as
they were about to bob her beautiful
long hair, said beautiful long-haired
female struggling and screaming for
help so loud that her cries echoed
from island to island, this is an in
teresting country.
Of course many of the cities / have
visited could well be sent to a laun-
dry with much profit, thus, providing
a much more stenchless atmosphere.
However, had they been smeared with
Dutch Cleanser and perfume deoder-
lied, things would not have been quite
so interesting. / find that us tourists
must have something different in or
der that we may first criticise and Of
fer suggestions for improvements
before finding out just what causes
the local smells and colors. / love to
stalk around in these places, much as
tourists do at Flagstaff, and point
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT FIRST DINNER MEET
BUSINESS WOMAN'S CLUB


At the first dinner meeting of the
Flagstaff Business and Professional
Womans club, Thursday night at 6 80
in the Rotary rooms, there were 81
members and three guests. The paid
up membership is So The song,
That's the Way in Arizona" was the
first thing on the program as an
nounced by President Ana Frohmiller
and directed by Mrs. Stevenson, who
succeeded in making everyone respond
in volume.
The highly appetizing dinner next
occupied attention. Mrs. G. b. Will
son pleased with two vocal selections.
The charter was closed and a motion
passed to make $5 the fee of all new
members. An informal talk by Mrs.
Bertha Kennedy, in which she held up
Ma Ferguson as the horrible example
of the woman in power when she uses
it regardless, giving constructive sug-
gestions, was received with applause.
A short resume by Miss Minnie Lintz
of the beginnings and history Of the
local efforts to organize, with lucid
presentation of the purposes and
methods Of procedure, was given in
an interesting and earnest manner.
c. B. Wilson gave an address which
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED HERE

National Music Week begins tomor-
row and will be observed in Flagstaff
for the time in accordance with proc
lamation by Governor Hunt. The
churches on Sunday will have special
music and the ministers will devote a
few minutes to talks on the place
music has in church worship.
Tuesday night at high school audi
torium the young musicians. of town
under the direction of the Music sec
tion of the Woman's club and assist
ed by teachers in the schools will give
a program upon which will appear the
high school glee club, the training
school orchestra, ukulele club, school
choruses and folk dancing, all in gem
eral charge of Miss Selma Aas, chair
man of the committee from the Mu-
sic section of the Woman's club.
Other events are planned which if
carried out will see the observance of
music week every day during the
week.
At the home of Mrs. Joe Babbitt on
North Leroux street on Thursday
from 2:30 to 5 there will be musical
tea. Mrs. /. r. Waters will be re
sponsible for the program and Mrs.
Babbitt and Mrs. r. j. Connor for
refreshments.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
FIRST COLONY ARIZONA
PRAIRIE DOGS WAS in
FLAGSTAFF CITY PARK

That the prairie dog, pest of the
Arizona range country, was brought
here by some of the earliest tourists,
is the statement of Ed Whipple of
Flagstaff. He and the late Nc
MILAN had threshed the natter out
q good many years ago. Mr.. McMll-
Ian said that the tourists, or emf
grants, as they were called in those
days. captured some of the small ami
mails in the Staked Plains country and,
on their way to California, brought
them here where they were liberated.
The first colony of prairie dogs IN
northern Arizona is said to have been
on the John Clark farm, then the
property of Mr. Mcmillan and now
Flagstaff Recreation park. From
this small colony, breeding several
times a year, the animals spread all
over the state.
Prairie dogs destroy grass and other
growth. Poisoning prairie dogs has
destroyed birds. Forty years ago bird
life here was extensive. Woodpeckers
were especially numerous. Now there
are few woodpeckers. With their de-
crease has come an increase IN the
number of pine tree worms, regarded
highly by woodpeckers as an essential
and especially tasty part of then
daily menu.
Thus, with the upset of natures
balance and the eradication or thin
ming out of one form of wild life
comes the multiplication of another.
We kill mountain lions; then, in our
big Kaibab game preserve soon have
more deer than the forage will prop
erly feed. With the dimunition in the
number of birds comes expensive in
crease in insect pests.
Gruesome, and something to be cor
rected is the existence of big
prairie dog colony at the cemetery.
The dogs have been killed off at least
once. But, attracted by the vegeta-
tion there, they soon reappeared. They
not only are hurtful to the appearance
of the cemetery, destroying plant
growth and digging unsightly holes,
but they dig into graves. Wooden
caskets are entered. Only recently
was found child's skull that had
been exhumed by the rodents.