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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24

So now they're going to be dl"
vorced. After all she'd tried to 10
for him!
But you can't make a silk purse
out of sow's ear, Elsie" she
stormed. with catch of angry self
pity in her voice. Everybody warn
ed me-but | wouldn't believe. l
thought it wouldn't make any differ
oncc that 1 had always been a laly
and he was only an auto mechanic.
l was sure / could bring him up 70
my level. He seemed bright-and of
course he was awfully good looking.
But it's no use
"I've tried and TRIED. But it
seems as if the more l tried the more
he tried to aggravate and humiliatc
men. He actually takes pride in
making me ridiculous. don't dare
ask my friends in any more. because
l know he'll seize that opportunity TO
sneer at me.
Hes coarse and common-common
all through. For five years I've work
cd to make him into gentleman and
you'd think he'd be grateful for all
I've done. But he actually hates me
now. SO there simply isn't thing
left OF do but get a divorce
Is it true? Yes. it's true. She did
try. just as she says. From the day
of that first mad infatuation, she mas
struggled constantly to make him over
His terrible grammar, his loud laugh.
his amazing table manners, his rough
jokcs-shc has fought constantly TO
change it all. She has told him over
and over how Real Gentlemen should
think and talk and act. She has
pointed out Her Friends to him as
models of decorum.
She even got him n position in a
wonderful architects office. He liked
to plan nasty, messy automobiles
but there was no class in work like
that. Buildings-they were different.
she could say that she had married an
architect. And think of the wider.
more interesting life he himself would
lead.
So she urged and exhorted him.
She spared no pains to make a good
job of him. She picked his friends.
She chose his books and socks, his
shaving soap and neckties.
But he would have none of it.
He wouldn't take the position in the
architects office. He wouldn't min
gle with her friends or wear the
socks she bought or read her books.
He was stubborn at first, then re-
bcllious and finally openly insulting.
Let me alone!" he storms. Keep
your nose out of my affairsl"
They're MY affairs" she retorts.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEEChMAN
What is the proper attire for TIL"
groom and brides father at n church
wedding to be held at ) o'clock?
90 When having 4 maid of honor
and one bridesmaid should ono of the
ushers walk down the aisle with the
bridesmaid!
go In what order does the wed
ding procession walk down the aisle?
Are the ushcrs included in the pro.
ccssion?
BRIDE-TO- BE.
Getaway coat and dark striped
trousers.
CD No. it is not good form for the
ushers and bridesmaid to walk to-
gether. either in the professional or
occasional.
ca First come the ushers. walking
together, two by two. If you have
one bridesmaid, she walks next, alone.
Following her comes the maid of hon
or, also walking alone. Then come
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
MEATS TO FIT THE PURSE
By HANNAH WING

economical day when this savory
dish will be served. For this get
four pounds of rump, shank or
chuck, and have it cut up as for
stew. Douse the meat well in flour,
and brown well in bacon fat or drip
pings. Do not use too much fat
and be sure to brown well. ms this
brings out the rich roast flavor of
the meat.
Place in a Scotch Ciron) kettle
and add two cups Of canned toma-
toes, a Spanish onion. two green
peppers cut in thin slices, a cup of
finely chopped carrots, and three
fourths cup of chopped celery. Add
two cups of water and salt and pep
per. Simmer on top of the stove for
three and n half hours. Thicker
the gravy and serve the vegetables
with the meat.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
LISTEN, WORLD!
Uplifting Hubby
By ELSIE ROBINSON

"And it is my duty as your wife to
help you make the best of yourself -
you've got your nerve." he roars.
Hate yourself, don't you? I'd like
to know where you get that big
bunch that you're the best judge of
what's best for me. The real truth
about you is that you're ashamed of
me and so darncd stuck on yourself
that you want to boss everything in
sight. You haven't tried to help
me for my own good or because you
cared for me. You just wanted to
rub it in that you were better than
me"
And there he hits the crux of the
whole matter. She WASN'T trying
to help him out of love: she was try
ing TO change him because she felt
ashamed of him, and her shame and
conceit ate like acid into both their
spirits and corroded all the good she
might have done.
But isn't it the duty of a wife to
manage her husband?
NO, IT ISN'T!
It's her duty to love him and help
him-or pack up and leave him. But
it's NOT her duty to make him over
to suit some ritzy pattern of her
own.
If a man is fit to marry he's fit
to live with while he does his own de-
veloping. And if he proves unfit, it's
up to the lady to pick herself another
environment.
Then you don't believe a wife can
have a helpful influence ON her hus-
bands life?"
| didn't say that. I most certainly
do believe that a wife can have a
helpful influence on her husband.
And I've yet to see the man who
won't accept suggestions and help if
they are given with love and respect.
But no man worth the name will al
low his life to be maulcd and mani
pulated by woman who secretly
Sncers at all he is or desires.
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24

SSPyhibhts AoSot " eAAhR
Virginia Harrison-Dalton, go to
bed" I surprised myself by saying
in calm scorn of her accusations
against Jim-and Pat.
Go to bed?" she repeated, ques-
tioningly. rs that all you have to
say when I tell you Jim was Pats
go-between in that horrible Brooke
De Courcey ecandal?"
mo, it isn't all have to say" l
answered. "But my remarks will
keep. / don't want to disturb you
now. l want you to go to bed"
And what have you to say that's
so very disturbing?" Jeanne scoffed.
"This," 1 replied succinctly. pat
was an idiot. He let Brooke ensnare
him. 1 believe he was weak and
foolish-but not faithless. However,
Brooke was so infatuated she was
bound to make it look black for him
so you'd divorce him and he's have
to marry her. Then Jim stepped in
and protected you"
"Why!" sneered jeanne. "When
did my brother Jim turn into such
a Don Quixote as all that?"
Family pride did the trick" I
said CURLY. Jim trusted me to stand
by. He measured you accurately,
however, and felt that you'd be so
maddened by self-centered, selfish
pride that you'd do everyone irrepar-
able harm. So he made himself the
goat as you call it. And you
were tided through your time of sick
ness and hysteria. Now you're infat-
uated with a handsome young giant
of an artist. You're afraid your
Viking will be captured by little
Arlette. So you make lady-vil-
lainess out Of the child and try to
turn me against her by insinuating
things about her and jim. You try
to believe the worst of people so you
can do what you like"
How dare you insult me so?"
Jeanne broke in furiously.
"I'll insult you still more IL you
Ike" l said CURLY. "You are the
most ungrateful woman I've ever seen.
Jim sacrificed himself for you. He
flirted with the electric chair to save
you a moments worry. But you
went on condemning him long after
the rest of the world had forgotten
TO judge. You wouldn't even meet
him and have it out"
Il was right, too" jeanne cried.
"Lucie told me enough"
you choose to believe Lucie-not
me-" | demanded.
she had no motive in lying to
me-"
Malice Is no motive?"
"Why should Lucie be malicious?"
Jeanie asked pettishly.
Isn't she outside the pale of good
society just now?" ] asked.
why should you say that?" Jeanie
questioned.
Didn't you say she showed bad
taste about parading Bert Frothing-
ham around the Country Club while
her divorce with Johnny was still un-
settled? Didn't you say it caused q
lot Of talk when Bert turned around
Just after she was free and married
someone else. Didn't you cut her?
Didn't you feel she was forcing her
self on you when she got her entire
to -FOUR house in terms of being Mrs:
Matthew Hawley?"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
How to Address a Letter.

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Would you kindly advise me which
is the proper way to address Il letter
to Il woman whose husband is still
alive and also to a widow.
f. S.
Yes, ma'am, l am delighted to an
swer this question, for 1 am most
anxious to have every letter address
ed properly. l think that Il well
addressed and correctly addressed en-.
velope is one of the most important
details of etiquette. A letter TO 4
married woman with her formal nam,,
the name that she uses on her visit
ing card: Mrs. Theodore Mann. And
the envelope addressed TO widow
should be addressed in the same way /:
Mrs. Theodore Mann.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
Who Said 1t and Where

There is a time to wink as well
as 20 see."
We must learn TO overlook things,
Franklin declares in Poor Richards
Almanac.
1.-THE conscious utterance of thought
by speech or action TO any end is
art"
Emerson gives this comprehensive
definition Of art in his Essay on
Art"
Copyright. 1925. King Feature Syn, Inc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24

fered dreadfully with my back. My
doctor said / would have TO worry it
out and | went through this for three
years before began taking the Vege-
table Compound which / saw adver-
tised. ! think it was eight bottles
that took. 1t has been two years
since | took any and / haven't had a
doctor since for that trouble. / do all
my washing and ironing and / have
gained from lie 10 1873 pounds. adj
wise all women who suffer physically
and mentally as did TO give the Veg
etable Compound fair trial. i hope
it viii do as much for them as II did
for me. - Mrs. T. A. SAUNDERS,
III E. Depot Street. Knoxville,
Tennessee.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24

One is always besieged with re-
quests from budgeting housewives
for ways Of cutting the meat bill.
Tn answer to these earnest requests
there is always one answer and that
is that it is easier to cut the meat
TO fit the purse than to cut the
bill after it has grown to n prodigi-
Gus size with the daily toll Of num-
erous steaks, chops and other It'd
bits. But when one suggests that
flank and chuck and round steak
make perfectly delicious meat dishes
mt less than half the price-cOunt-
ing the number of servings rs well
as the price per pound-one always
meets the plaintive question But
how do you cook them?"
There are numerous ways OF
making these tougher cuts of meat
tender and savory, but they do take
slightly more time and thought than
the steaks and chops which can be
simply fried or broiled, and that is
all there is to the preparation ques-
ton. The cheaper cuts require
longer and slower cooking, but at
n lower temperature, SO that extra
fuel is not used.
One can always use fireless meth
DDS with them, too. The addition
of vegetables helps to bring out the
flavor Of the meats and acid veg
ctablcS such as tomatoes Canned or
fresh), or tomato soup help to make
the meat tender because Of the acid
in the tomato.
After telling the anxious ones all
these interesting facts they still
clamor for recipes such as these
which are especially intended for
the woman who has discovered that
meat is taking far too large a share
of the food budget.
STUFFED FLANK.
Buy two flank steaks and score
them with sharp knife in crisis
cross fashion. Make a dressing of
two cups of bread crumbs, minced
onion, three tablespoons Of fat and
n half teaspoonful Of poultry sea-
soning. Spread one steak with this
dressing moistened with little hot
water. Place the other steak on top
of this one and tie them securely to-
gether. Scar well in hot fat and
place in casserole with a cup of
hot water and bake in a low oven
or fireless cooker for two and one
half hours.
DUTCH POT ROAST.
A Dutch Pot Roast is so good
that one quite looks forward TO an
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24

gong through the
Change Of Life. l
was very nervous,
couldnotsleepand
had melancholy
spells. In fact, /
was nearly insane
at times and my
memory was al
most a blank. /
was so weak 1
could not do my
housework half of
the time and snf-
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6 6 6
is a prescription for

is a prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Den
que, Bilious Fever and
Malaria.
IL kills the germs.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
Table Talks
Meatless Menu
Sweet Potato and Nut Croqucttes
Dreamed Celery
Cucumber Salad
Apple Charlotte Russo
BY Alice Irwin

Nv idea of n meatless meal is an
abundance Of simply cooked vcge-
tables; the sort of combination which
is served when one orders meatless
plate in restaurant. This sometimes
includes potato, beans, spinach with
perhaps a poached egg in the center
of the platc). buttered beans, peas and
cauliflower. Some of us might consider
such an array of vegetables as too
expensive for our food budget but !
doubt if the whole list would cost
more than a good portcrhouse steak
or lamb chops for six persons.
Other people like 10 have one dish
which is intended to take the place
of meat in the diet. These dishes often
include nuts or cheese. Among these
'instead-of-meat" dishes an attractive
substitute is sweet potato and nut
croquetteS.
To two cups hot mashed sweet po-
tatocs add one tablespoon grated
onion. two tablespoons minced parsley,
one cup ground nuts (pcanuts or wal
NUS as Nuul tdNlt anu luNhfNbuuh
may dictate), onc-quartcr teaspoon
salt and One-half cup thick white
sauce. These ingredients are mixed
well and shaped into croquettes. They
are rolled in crushed corn flakes,
dipped in slightly beaten egg and
again rolled in crr she'd corn flakes.
They are placed on baking sheet
and baked for 20 minutes in a hot
oven 400 dcgrecs).
To make thick white sauce, melt
two tablespoons flour and when it has
all disappeared add one-half cup milk
This should be coolsd over low
flame until the white sauce is smooth
and as thick as paste; some persons
take the prccaution of cooking it over
hot water.
The plan of using crushed corr
flakes instead of bread or cracker
crumbs to roll the croqucttes in is
a new one which affords a delightful
crunchy crust.
Apple charlotte russo is a light but
delicious dessert; dainty enough Il
be served at a luncheon or dinner oil
for afternoon refreshments. Here i;
rho rccinp.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
Do You Know That

Hewn out Of solid rock, the basin
Of the new craving dock at Esqui-
mault, Vancouver Island, is 1850 feet
long and will, when completed, ac-
commodate the largest ship afloat.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
Helpful Hints

A marble placed in the jam when
boiling acts as an automatic spoon,
obviating the necessity of stirring.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
HOT.WATER SPONGE CAKE

Four eggs
One and onc-half cups sugar
Onc-half teaspoon salt
One teaspoon flavOring
Two cups pastry flour
Three teaspoons baking powder
Thrcc-fourths cup boiling water.
Beat eggs, adding sugar gradually
until very light and smooth. Add salS
and flavoring. Fold in sifted flour and
baking powder and add boiling water.
Mix lightly but thoroughly; do not
beat. Pour into INCREASED tube pan
and bake in moderate oven 1925 de.
grecs) for 40 minutes.
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POINTERS ON ETIQUETTE
The Order of the Wedding Procession.

the bride and her father. or whoevC
is to give the bride in marriage.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
NEARLY INSANE
At times
Mrs.Saunders Tells how Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Relieved Troubles of Change
of Life

Knoxville, Tenn.-'I took Lydia E.
Pinkham' s Vegetable Compoundwhile
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
APPLE CHARLOTTE Russo.

One cup heavy cream.
White of one egg.
Three tablespoons powdered sugar.
Onc-half teaspoon vanilla.
Eighteen lady fingers.
Apple sauce.
Lady fingers.
Whip cream until stiff. Beat egg
white, add sugar and vanilla and fold
into whipped cream. Line glass cups
with lady fingers or strips of sponge
or angel cake. Place one tablespoon
ample sauce in bottom of each cup and
fill with whipped cream mixture. Gar
nish with shredded cherries.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
REQUESTED RECIPES
LEMON TARTS

Onc-half cup butter.
Four eggs
Three lemons
One cup sugar
One cup finely chopped almonds
One-fourth teaspoon salt
Six teaspoons raspberry jam
Melt butter over hot water. To
beaten eggs add juice and grated rind
of lemons, sugar, almonds and salt.
Beat for ) minutes, then stir in melt
ed butter. Place onc-half teaspoon
raspberry jam in each of Il tart tins
lined with crust, and divide lemon
mixture among them. Bake in mod
crate oven $3.50 degrecs) % minutes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-24
DREAMED MEAT PIE.

One cup shredded dried beef, boiled
ham or cold chicken
Two tablespoons flour.
Three tablespoons butter or oleo-
margarine
Two cups milk
Melt butter or oleomargarine in
FRYING pan. add meat and cook until
dried beef is crisp or ham or chicken
is heated through. Add flour which
has been moistened to paste with a
little cold milk. When flour is blend
ed, gradually add remaining milk.
Pour mixture in baking dish. Cover
ton with baking powder biscuits rolled
TO one-half inch thickness. Bake in a
hot oven 400 dcsrees) for 10 min
utes.
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STUFFED FLANK.
DITCH POT ROAST.

A Dutch Pot Roast is so good
that one quite looks forward TO an
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-18

the black pearl ring these repre-
sonted her whole fortune-these.
and the $4,000 she had signed over
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-18
JlAl6WG E1W2GSI
.y!9S FG5 FWOGScT |
u u y Olive Poberts Bartor>
NO. 22-SoME FACTS ABOUT BIG BEN

What do you think OF Big Ben
now. children7" asked Tick Took,
The clock fairy. isn't he big7''
Bigger than all tho other clocks
in the world put together. / guess. =
said Nick.
They were up In tho clock tower
OF the parliament buildings in Lon.
don, the Twins were. Big Ben was
the name OF the clock there.
''I'll try to tell you all can re.
member" said Tick Took. Let
me see.-his face is q feet across
and his minute hand IL feet long.
II sticks out a little over the edge
OF the face, so that is why it is
r1ore than II feet long. as II really
should be.
THAT long iron bar that swings
down in the tower has weight
on the end that weighs $50 pounds.
That Is the great pendulum and IL
swings back and forth to keep Big
Ben going.
BY the way. my dears, Big Ben
has four faces exactly like this ono.
He isn't two faced, either, for no is
as honest as Old Abe. I'll take
you along this little hallway and
we can paSs behind all OF tho faces.
There! Didn't / tell you? The mum.
bers are all two feet long and the
space between each minute mark
IS Il inches. Look on your clocks
at home and you will see that tho
spaces are usually smaller than the
top OF lead pencil.
Now. come and I viii show you
the bells"
The Twins followed tho clock
fairy into another sort Of room. and
there hung Big Ben and all his
brothers. from wooden beams bound
with iron. Great chains held the
bells in place.
DO they ring like dinner bells?"
asked Nancy. Does someone shake
themT'
mo. indeedF' said Tick Took.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-18

Moreover. she owed large bin
AZ the hotel She hadn't even paid
for the orchids that were pinned TO
the soft. scented fur OF her coat.
Nor for tho dinner aho had given
last night In honor u her engage.
ment 10 uerblc.
"oh. what fool I was 20 part
with that money! she thought
Wildly. Women arc such mmps-
they ought nsycr 70 bo allowed 10
handle their own money Some
lawyer or other ought TO do u for
them-or guardian"
Sho stopped suddenly. Where had
abe heard someone say that be.
fore?
Then nho remembered. Water
bury. himself. had said II the night
ahe had dropped her bag with It's
roil OF $500 bills!
II was not tho Kind OF thing
n dishonest mau would have said.
was Il?
oh. don't know I'm 50 MIXED
mp I can't think straight" May
finally decided
Only ono thing was clear 10 her
mind She would have 70 60
strnlght 10 Hsrbio and ask him 10
give her money back 10 her.
But. n / DO that, tho chances
arc he'll get sore because don't
trust him. and refuse to marry me, !"
she thought. shh could sre that
Hcrbie wasn't half so anxious to
marry her a. she was to marry
him.
Wasn't that why he had told her
that his young daughter was on
posed TO tho idea OF his giving her
stspmother7 And yet Cariotta
had said that no had no daughter
that he was n bachelor like DAM
OF course. Carlotts might
have been mistaken. That was high.
ly possible; she had u way OF only
half-listenins 70 what was said TO
her
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@szIzANGIsE
LETTER FROM MELVILLE SAR.
T0RIS TO LESLIE PRESCOTT
-GONTINI1 ED

II was rather confusing to find so
many Of those little statuettes, when
| thought there we're probably only
five pairs in the world-at least 7
have only known OF four pairs and
a half that have been accounted for.
But they make everything nowadays
by wholesale, especially in the
movies; and they have such wonder.
full artisansI II seems that Miss Per.
rier went to one of the artists who
works on her lot and he made the
statues first in plaster Of Paris and
then nodded them in silver
IT'S the way OF the world. expect;
either the thing that fsscinates you
or entertsins you or fillips your emo.
lions Is repeated so many times that
ell the romance is extracted from the
original, or else II Is touted and
talked about so much that you come
10 regard It az very cheap.
Do you know, ] am beginning 10
hink that my quest, which /
LHouRht 30 1ull Oh romance, 10 unique
which thought had almost tlrse
Of Sir Galahad--is rather banal. But
unfortunately. when once make up
my mind 10 do q thing. II Is almost
impossible for ME TO unmako It. II
/ were never 10 hold that little Jade
woman in my hand ! know should
haye an unsatod desire AS long as ]
should live. 50 I'm going on this
lime, where you'll not be able TO find
mo With letter or telegram
Don't think that ! was not over
ioyed TO get that one, but you can
never write mo another as you did
that, for IN tho meantime you know
bow / feel toward you.
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I'm very glad, lady dear. that you
did not get the letter sent you be.
fore you found out that 1 had
stopped in Los Angeles. IL you had.
Of course would never have
received a message; II you had.
should have been heartbroken TO
have received a message. Now I
have n message that you have sent
me TO read over and over-somethlng
l never hoped TO have--and yet I
haven't lost one Of my illusions or
dreams about you. You are still my
Madonna of the Shows.
BY the way. my dear Leslie. I en-.
joyed my party in Los Angeles much
more than expected, for Miss Per.
rier when she heard me remark that
] knew you. spent the rest Of the
evening eulogizing you. According to
her, you arc a woman dlvinely hu.
man, and humanity divine. She says
you have a sympathy as wide as
want. and like the heaven above, II
bends over a pleading world.
That's an exquisite way TO put It,
Leslie. ! would have said that you
had an interest In everything and
everybody, and would have added
that, understanding human nature
80 well. you know what few OF us
ever VIII acknowledge. that no man
or woman is wholly bad.
Most of us want our heroes sans
peur ct sans reproche, md almost all
Of US, I think, want our villoins 10
have horns and tnils and clovcn
foot.
That YOU do not want this that
you do not think that humanity is
either wholly good or wholly bad, ls
perhaps your greatest charm for nc.
because, whether you know II or not.
my doar. my reputation ", II not
blnck. decidedly spocklod.
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