San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-29

chuscits Institute of Technology,
finds a substitute for white of egg,
ln.de from beef serum.
Harvard scientists read the arr
cient Maya calendar and learn that
in Central America, 600 years before
Christ, there were excellent astrono-
mers able to calculate time by the
movements of the planet Venus.
EASCISM says Italy doesn't want
\ airy elimination OF arms" com
plctc disarmament might appeal to
Italians, but they have learned les
SONS in the last war, and will not
put themselves in the hands Of pa
tcrnal regulating powers.
Italy lost many men and good
deal of money, but not her fighting
spirit, and proposes to keep in shape
to fight for her rights if necessary.
There is no nervous breakdown about
Mussolini.
I'll SOL, Of Madrid. hopes and be-
~ Iicves that America will not
annex Cuba" That's a reasonable
hope. United States people would
not care to- brand themselves thieves
and murdcrcrs to add little to their
property. And it would take much
fighting and killing to make the brave
cubans give up. What America
wants is to see Cuba prosper as
good neighbor. And the United
States ought. by reasonable tariffs,
TO encourage Cuban prosperity.
AETHEN the kaiser left Germany in
w hurry. imperial moustaches,
f'ointing to the sky became unfash-
ionable.
81 Now the moustacbe returns, AMI
IGprman moving picture actors com
plain that actresses. more important
than men. viii not have actors with
in love scenes. because
lie moustache scratches.
j(F Germans want TO initiate a sol
III der. why not initiate Alexander
lffo Great? lie never ran away. and
Mad he been alive in 1924 he would
Nave taught the imitation modern
'ls'iicral's something about war. IL
ffas he who made the smooth face
lfashional,le Caesar and Napoleon
Initiated him. That trio ought to b.
good enough.
4 POOR old woman. aged II. j.
found dead in wsctchcd tonc-
mcnt. no furniture, few dry crusts
and $4,000 to ler credit in three
banks. Unjustly this old lady is
called "miser.T Interest on $1,000
would give her less than so cents Il
day. You can't live on that. although
you can keep going if you rummagc
in garbage cans and pick up fruit
dropped by peddlers as Mrs. Deutcher
did.
nUR standard of living has
" changed. About 100 years ago
one workman in the United States
could earn 81 a day all the year
around.
NHR. GREEN of the American
AVA Federation of Labor, predicts
an early end of the coal strike, now
distressing the East and other parts
of the country. The thermometer at
zero may help. Americans are
"dociIe,' as Northcliffe said. You
must pinch their fingers with the
cold or pinch their pockets hard to
make them take action. And, unlike
mine workers and owners, the people
are not organized.
W7ISE officials of Silesia order cats
w ns well ms dogs muzzlcd. a
good idea, but it isn't enough. Cats
aih dogs should be shaved MS we'll as
muzzled to make them safe for chill
dren that play with them. If
Iaoihcr allowing her child TO play
with cat had microscopic eyes, and
would see the disease germs that
thrive in the cats fur, she would
shuyc that cat and wash it in weak
!ution OF carbolic acid.
I EOSEPH S. DONOVAN, OF Bos-
~ ton, when young, vowed he would
come day be worth million. He is
now worth the million and retires.
How. with his million can he make
l'nlsclf really happy?
lie won't find il easy in his retire
Ilcnt to be as much interested in
life. MS those that still have their
million to make. 1t is striving that
IS worth while.
TROOPS CALLED OUT
TO HALT UPRISING