San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-16

Joseph NJ. Patterson, and great
granddaughter of old Joseph Medill,
decided not to sit around, as rich
American girls usually do, waiting
for, some young man to marry her,
and thus bestow career upon her.
She chose to do something in the
meanwhile, and has achieved real
success playing the part of the nun
in "Thc Miracle
THREE things, yes, four, women
1 can do better than men-singing,
acting, dancing, and patiently study
ing the stars. There is plenty OF
room for "a career" to say nothing
OF producing the entire human race
in pain and sorrow, job that would
drive many men to suicide, after one
experience.
THE father and mother Of the AM
1 bilious, intelligent girl are con-
graduated upon their good judgment,
allowing their daughter to develop
her talent, in spite of the fact that
she doesn't need the money
Happy, busy day Thursday. in
1 little old Wall Street. Boiling
and surging" describes the market.
Two and a half million shares were
bought and sold. Even the little
curb market sold more than half
million shares. All records since 1916
broken. A scat on the big exchange
has sold for $4,000. More kinds
Of stocks were sold than ever be-
fore, and for two hours after the
market opened, stocks sold at the
rate of 10000 shares a minute
what you might call "a market"
Even expensive gambling money.
) IL per cent for call loans, couldn't
discourage it.
But keep away from gambling.
Ask the secdy ghosts that fill the
air in New street after the brokers
60 home.
7 TITLE and big concerns como
IL forward with smiling faces 10
announce increases" For the first
nine months this year Western Unisn
took in 100000 more than last
year. Otis elevator made 100000
more than a yeas ago. And the pow
srfully managed telephone company
took in many millions extra" Telc-
phone receipts are a gauge of ma
tional development.
4 TITLE things grow into big
- things. Not long ago, on the
other side Of the ocean, a man wns
giving his friends little rcd Jumps
of curious substance, saying: Use
this to rub out pencil marks" 1t
was caoutchouc, milky juice from
tropical tree. hardening when eI-
posed to the air. Because it rubbed
out pencil marks it was called "a
rubber" And to this day the caout-
chouc shoes we make for our feet
VIC call rubbers, although we don't
use them TO rub out pencil marks.
I TITLE did the man who gave
- away pieces Of rubber imagine
that nations would struggle for con-
troll Of carth's rubber supply, or that
a quiet little man from Indiana,
Harvey Fircstonc, would buy n mill
lion acres of African land in Liberia,
to invest n hundred million dollars in
a rubber plantation.
That's what Firestone is doing, to
make the United States and its man
ufncturcrs independent Of the Brit
ish rubber control.
LIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE
4 - allows il TO be known that ev-
cry day of his life he reads chap
ter of the Bible. When he comes
to the Twenty-second Chapter Of st.
Matthew he will find material for 2
whole weeks thinking. All the way
through he will realize, with pardon
able self-complacency, how gentle
modern kings are, compared with old
kings, and how very temperate in
their marriage enterprises.
DECORDS Of the eloquent voice OF
~ William Jennings Bryan will be
preserved "for all time at the Ma
tional Museum. How that voice will
interest civilized, educated race
10000 years hence. if still audible.
THE government will take cen
! sus OF "illiteratcs," Americans
that can't read nor write.
A long list, it will include extreme
~ useful citizens. If you could get
n list of human beings that can read
and write, but can't THINK, or
those that can read and write and
think, But don't want TO work, you