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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
"AcreS of Diamonds"

Tv HE Rev. Russell H. Conwell author of the widely
J known "Acres of Diamonds lecture, died at
Philadelphia last week at the ripe age of 80,
after having earned and given millions to charity and
various phianthropic enterprises.
Although, according to reports, he had mortgaged
the roof under which he died to provide funds for
hospital in which he was interested he probably did
greater service for his fellow through the method
he employed to accumulate money than through his
philanthropies. AS inspratonal platform lecturer
he opened the eyes of hundreds of young and
men to the opportunities offered at home for self
advancement
The Rev. Mr. Conwell told men how to help them
selves, and in his business of inspiring them he
muated millions of dollars The most effective phian-
thropy works indirectly.
This does not mean that aims giving is not neces-
sary for the alienation of the immediate suffering of hui
manity. But almsgving is merely opate and act
neither preventive curative for human ills
The who makes it possible for men to help
themselves is great philanthropist the who
gives his goods to feed the poor.
The who creates an opportunity for another.
or who calls attention to existing opportunities is truly
phlanthropist who reaps material reward as we'll as
a spiritual for his good work.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
Chile and the League

~ HILE'S appeal to the League of Nations over Gen.
Z era Pershings head turns out not to be an appeal
- at ALL 1t is nevertheless gesture that will not
help Chile.
The row over the border provinces of Tacna and
africa had been boiling for forty years when Chile and
Peru asked President Coolidge to settle it by arbtra-
ton The President decided to base his award popu-
lar vote Of the disputed provinces He sent General
Pershing to the election.
1t was not as simple as it might seem. The whole
proceeding mixed with angry feeling Only an
outsider could have produced conditions approximating
fairness
Neither side has helped General Pershing in his
task. Now that Chile appeals over his head, in the
most informal manner Possible, to the League, the
problem viii be further complicated.
But what the League do about it? Nothing.
In the first place the United States and the vast
bulk of Latin America would invoke the Monroe Doc
rine just effectualy against European Intervention
by league as by individual nation.
In the second place the Leagues powers to enforce
decision whether against Chile Peru, are puny in
comparison with the power of the United States.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
OVERRIDING Generosity
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

makes back into the business instead
Of giving it away.
At first sight this may seen the
very antithesis Of charity.
But in reality it is the finest kind
of generosity, for it is constantly pro-
viding honest work at fair wages 10
an eyer-increasing number of men.
IL comes far nearer helping the world
along than large donations made by
men who have accumulated the money
by paying employees less than a living
wage.
The man who gives beautifully TO
charity but sends his children TO work
before they have the advantages of a
good education deserves little praise.
The man who gives freely to every
cause that comes along during his life,
but at his death leaves his wife and
children unprotected for and in want
because he did not keep up a reasona-
BILE amount Of insurance has failed to
understand the first principle Of char
ity.
Generosity" that deprives those de-
pendent upon you, and for whom you
are responsible, of their rightful sd-
vantages in life is an evil and not
virtue.
Copyright. 1925. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

Are we not all more or less Of dual
personality? The side we present to
the world-and the side we keep for
our intimates, or perhaps only for our
very own self.
Often we read in the newspapers
Of tragic cases of dual personality
DIR. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde personality +.
But dual personality need not always
be definitely bad and definitely good.
1t may be merely different.
For example, suppose l say / am
queen and / am a woman. know
exactly where the queen leaves off and
the woman commences. And some
times / may even stretch the woman
side of me, since 1 like being
woman even more than being a queen
Yes-I believe it is often good TO
have a dual personality. Some of us
have a triple or even quadruple
personality. And I have known per-
sons who were as many-sided as they
had friends, so that each OF those
friends, IL asked to describe that per-
son, would give quite a different
Characterization. Each friend brought
out a different side Of him.
The more sides we have TO us, the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

There is an old saying that the man
who is known as generous is really
only half generous.
He is the one who insures the pro-
lection Of himself and his family from
want and then helps others.
The wholly generous man would give
away everything and deprive those de-
pendent upon him of their rightful adj
vantages in life and later become an
object OF charity himself.
Recently / read a novel, the story
Of which brought out this truth.
1t is "Bread Givers," a vivid story
Of the Ghetto by Anzia Yezierska.
In reading it you get the feeling as
you do in few books Of having touched
actual life and met real people.
The old father, Reb Smolinsky, is
one of the wholly generous.
Engrossed in his "Holy Torah," be
religiously gives one-tenth OF his daush-
ter's wages to charity.
He deprives them of r,gbtful advan-
tages in life, sends them out at an
early age to work, and compiacently
lives upon their earnings, but is in
flexible in his observance Of charity.
At the other extreme is a man like
Henry Ford, who puts the money he
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
REBELLION By Reed Heu.ti.

7 DO not housecleaning making beds, what no
L feel L a chambemadish bent;
1 dust varied whatnots with certain delft finese
In fact n most hosewfey gent.
can soothe a crying baby, chase away the tears,
change the whoops to glugs Of baby glee
/ can wrcstle with the grocer, pick tender cut
No butcher yet has outmaneuvered
can any salad my dressings those things
That make folk roll their eyes in fervent Bliss
But thing am lacking, and purpose do 1 lack
One thing scom TO do-and that is this:
When dinner been finished the guests gone way
And leave behind their thanks and best of wishes
bubble into ire and wrath l my jaws and say,
al will not, will not, will not wash the dishes I"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
Illumination
By Roval s. CopeIand.

Not long ago Richard Washburn
Child told a story about a man who
worked for an electric light company.
1t was this mans work TO install
lighting fixtures. A young lady cx-
pressed her wonderment that any
body could be satisfied with such n
job.
Jimmie Birch made a wonderful re-
ply. Ii reminded me of that other
book where the Master proudly ex-
claimed, Il am the Drain Man.. jim
mic said:
Most people don't realize how
much light affects life. Why, I've
lighted dining rooms in this city in a
way that has prevented divorces. /
can put lights in the front parlor of
a workingman's cottage in a way that
will keep his daughter off the streets.
/ can light a night school so that stu
dents can actually think in it. And
/ am sure that have lighted churches
SO that people could actually feel the
worshipful atmosphere OF the place"
Good for you Jimmie. I'm with
you.
How anybody can founder around
in a dim religious light and feel re-
ligious / could never understand How
anybody can imagine q dining table
is made more seductive by the dim
light Of a half dozen red candles, is
beyond me.
Man loves the sunshine. He wants
the light to flood the very corners OF
the room. Nobody can be happy 10
live always in the twilight.
i have told you many times Of the
economical trustees who built blind
asylum without windows. Since the
inmates could not see, the trustees
thought it was n sad waste Of money
TO put expensive windows in the build
ing.
OF course the poor inmates sick
ened and died when they were de-
prived of the beneficial rays Of the
sun. The healing and growing quail
tiles Of light are just as important
as the Illuminating powers. We must
have light TO be all we want 10 b..
Neither can we escape the psyche
logical effects Of light. We have al
ways associated gloom with sadness
and darkness with evil. Children
readily learn TO fear the dark and
the animals seek the sunny spots.
There is cheer in the glow Of an
open fire and hospitality in the bril-
liant lighting Of the rooms. The
shadeless windows which permit the
rays Of light 10 cross the lawn and
TO dance out over the snow, are the
certain signs Of real welcome to. a
happy home.
Health is influenced by the sur
roundings. Things which add cheer
and promote happiness, make the
heart beat more rapidly and strongly.
They stimulate the body and give
vigor to the brain and nervous sys-
ten.
] think Jimmie Birch has the right
view Of life. He states a solemn truth
when be says light affects life" IL
docs. Let Us have light,
Copyright 1895. by Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc.J
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
Writing in Slang

VXT ALTER PRICHARD EATON says you cannot
Wv write things that will last and write them in
slang. He cites in proof of this the eternal
freshness of Sheridans humor exemplified in "The
School for Scandal"
Not that Eaton is scorner of slang. He is obvi-
ousy lover of it. He worships at the racy shrine of
James Gleasons is Eat So?" and rolls upon his tongue
the laundering neatness of Ring Lardner He positively
regrets that these two worthless write in water"
He is right. Ten years from now people won't
know what SOS your old man" means much less think
funny They will still be chuckng over the polished
droleries of Mrs Maaprop who is already ten genera
tons old.
The dull and correct Latin Of Julius Caesar is read
more today than the sparkling but obscure cooqual
sms of Terrence and Piautus. Everyone knows that
Homer was poet and most people think that Sappho
YVES a French actress
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
FIGURES OF SPEECH
"Salt of the Earth. {"

To say Of a man or woman that
be or she is "the salt Of the earth" is
to bestow very high praise indeed;
Christ applied the phrase to His dis
ciples.
Salt was used in sacrifices by the
Jews, as well as by the Greeks and
Romans, and it is still used in Bap-
tism by the Roman Catholic clergy.
It was an emblem Of purity and the
sanctifying influence Of holy life on
others. Splitting the salt after it was
placed on the head Of the sacrificial
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

Instead OF reading about bricks in
his spare time, he might have gone to
a SHOW" or TO tho movies. There you
have TO figure out whether it does
more good, in the long run, TO read ten
books or to 20 TO ten Shows"
He might have studied something
disappointing, music. cartooning, for
instance. He might have succeeded in
any one Of these and raised his life TO
a higher plane. On the other hand, he
might have been a dub" in these de-
partments. Whereas he was a success
as n brickiayor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

victim was considered a bad omen,
hence the very old superstition that
ascribes i'll fortune to the spilling Of
salt. in the famous picture Of Leon
ardo da Yinci. The Lords Supper"
we may recognize the figure of Judas
Iscariot by the salt cellar knocked
over accidentally by his arm.
a covenant OF salt" was one
which could not be broken. As salt
was q symbol Of interruption it sym
bolized pcrpetuity.
Copyright 1925. King Features Syn. Ire.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
BucoGc Press

Felix Borowski in the symphony
program says: Strauss came TO
America accompanied by his wife and
a poodle. The latter was not only a
companion but was Of considerable
service 10 Mme. Strauss in fulfilling
the requests Of innumerable ladies who
wrote ardent letters to the great man,
in which they begged for lock Of
his hsir."-chieago Daily News.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
YE TOWNE GOSSIP aykc:a
RICH LITTLE girls.

RICH LITTLE girls.
so VERY much.
AS THE little girls.
WHO AREN'T quite sure.
THERE'S A Santa Claus.
AND WHO perhaps.
MAY WAKEN early.
ON CHRISTMAS morning.
AND But for you.
AND ALL the others.
MIGHT LOOK around.
AND JUST find gloom.
AND BURY their heads.
TO HIDE their tears.
AND ALL the time.
so MANY of US.
GO on our way.
WITH NEVER a thought.
OUTSIDE OF our homes.
AND THE joy that we bring.
TO JUST our own.
AND so I'm GLAD.
THAT THE neighbor woman.
GOT A radio.
AND THAT out Of it.
THERE COMES your gift.
AT CHRISTMAS time.
FOR SOMEONE else.
AND I'M very sure.
SHE WILL be glad.
THAT OUT Of the joy.
YOU GAVE to her.
THERE WILL come some joy.
TO ANOTHER one.
I THANK you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

There you have a modern fable.
You can sympathize with this lone
some bricklayer or you can call him
fool.
He might have been better off IL
he had paid more attention 10 making
money than to laying bricks. He could
easily have fulfilled the letter Of his
union contract without bothering his
head about the spirit. But his bricks
would not have been laid so well. And
whoever lives within brick walls is
vastly more interested in whether the
bricks are well laid than in what hap
pened to the bricklayer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

In thinking about II, also. you may
find it worth' while to apply the fable
to cooks who are supposed to cook, TO
servants who are supposed 10 serve, 10
plumbers who are supposed to plum5,
and to clerks who are supposed to do
clerical work. They are all in the same
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
Stolen Commandment

r n these degenerate days the Ten Commandments
are not only ignored, but they are stolen
Thieves entered synagogue in Berlin and car
RED off the silver tablets bearing among Others the
Commandment Thou shalt not steal"
This seems the last word in depravity.
But, after ALL the sin is the act of stealing, not
what is stolen.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
FREAKS OF NATURE
The Cannot.

The gannet is the champion high
diver Of the maritime birds. Flying at
. great distance above the water, it
carefully scans the sea for a shoal Of
fish. Upon spying It's prey, the gan
net dives directly down, increasing its
speed as it dives. 1t hits the water
with terrific velocity and triumphant
ly appears shortly afterwards with a
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

Dear X. C. B.-Recently a number
of 'Assassins of Gloom" contributed
to a fund with which to purchase q
radio for little neighbor who for
twenty-seven years out Of a life OF
thirty years had been confined to her
bed. An ocean of joy and happiness
was waited into the life Of this worthy
woman.
After the installation we found that
we had a small surplus OF money and
are dividing this among those whom
We feel sure will be able to do some
good with it. W. F. B.
MY DEAR W. F.B.:
I'M SURE you'll forgive me.
FOR PRINTING your letter.
But IT'S getting along.
TOWARD CHRISTMAS time.
AND THE Christmas Fund.
THAT is yearly gathered.
HAS BEEN started again.
AND TO that Fund.
/ HAVE added your check.
AND so it will be.
THAT AT Christmas time.
THE "AssAssINs of Gloom"
WHO BROUGHT such joy.
TO THEIR neighbor woman.
MAY PERHAPS bring a doll.
TO THE hungry heart.
OF A little girl.
OR MAYBE something.
SHE NEEDS still more.
THOUGH TRUTHFULLY.
WHEN CHRISTMAS comes.
1 LIKE to think.
OF LITTLE gir'S.
AND GREAT big dolls.
AND i don't mean.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09
L0nes0meneSS
By Bruno Leasing

Once upon a time there was brick
layer. He felt that his mission in life
was TO lay bricks. He loved TO lay
bricks. He loved to lay them accurate
ly and. as he put each brick into place,
he patted it with an affectionate
touch.
From time to time he stepped back
to take in the proper perspective OF
his work. If he was dissatisfied with
the position of a certain brick, he
would take down all the other bricks
and begin his work over again. Moth
ing in life interested him as much as
laying bricks properly.
He became splendid bricklayer.
Unfortunately, he had no executive
ability. He had not the slightest in
terest in bossing other bricklayers. He
paid no attention to what other brick
layers did. He was consumed with a
passion for laying bricks we'll.
One day he discovered that he was
lonesome.
He found that the other bricklayers
disliked him. The other bricklayerS
were not interested in laying bricks.
They were interested only in their pay
envelope. When he talked bricklsying
to them they told him that he gave
them a pain. They preferred TO talk
about baseball.
The boss did not like him, because
he did not work as fast as the other
bricklayers. He fused too much over
each brick. The boss was in hurry to
finish the job in order to get his
money. So the bricklayer had nobody
TO talk to. He spent his leisure time in
Inc public library studying the history
Of bricklaying.
Eventually the subject went to his
head. He tried to eat a brick. They
locked him up in the huge house and
gave him a lot Of flour and water so
that he could make toy bricks and eat
them whenevere be liked.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-09

fish in its bill. Some fishermen like
to amuse themselves at the cost Of the
sannet. When one Of the birds IS
near. they fasten a fish on board,
and place it in the water. When the
gannet dives after II, It hits the board
with such force thar the shock Of the
impact kills Il Immediately.
Copyright. 1875. King Features Syn. Inc.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-09-03
la Cdmara de Conner
clio dirige una COmuni-
CaCi0n al GObernadOr
"Se ha eStabIeCido un pri-
viIeglo intOIerabIe con eel
concrete extranjero"
Nd
''Un estOrbO en- ell negocio.
Una MEDIA tiranica de- CO.
rruptOra Influenza"

En- la manana de aver, una CO.
mission de la Camara de Concrete
de Puerto Rico hlzo entrega al
G~obernador Towner de una impor
tantfsima communication protestant
do contra Ell impuesto del 29o so
bre las ventas que dispone la nue.
va Ley de Arbitrios.
En- sus parties mas importantes,
dice 10 siguiente, ell referido escri-
to:
"Al Hon. Gobernador de Puer-
to Rico
"Selor rs nuestra opinion, que
cualquier clase de tribute impuesto
Il las ventas del concrete, no i'm
porta su cantidad Y los productos
afectados, es una seria amenaza a
nuestro negocfo. Porque a pesar
de. todas las medidas legaIes que
han sidO dictadas a fin de asegu-
rar ell secreto absolute necesario. no
parece que esta dentro del poder
y habilidad humans Ell prevenir
que Sc hagan pdblicas informacio-
mes y detallcs de n~egociaciones Gu
yo exclusive cOnocimiento solo per-
tenece Il los concentrates respec-
tiyos. Particularmente cuando Sc
(Continua en- la pag. g.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-09-03
La COmiSi6n de SerViCiO
PdbIiCO SuSpenderd del
trdfiCO a tOdOS los pOr-
teddOreS que no Sdquen
liCeNia
0tros importantes acuer-
dos del refetid0 ORGANISING

La Comisi6n de Servicio Pdblico
celebr6 session con asistencia de los
Comisionados Butte. C~hard6n, Es-
teves, Figueroa. Ortiz Y Sire. ha-
biendo rrsuclto los siguientcS asun-
Sc custig6 con trelnta dfas de Sus
pension del trifico a dos de las
guaguas que prestan SerYicio en-
la ruta de San Juan a Rio Piedras.
pertenecientes a Enrique Acosta
Calder6n Y z. Landrau por habGr-
seles encOntrado ell regulator al
terado.
Sc do orden de publican I'm avi-
SO en- los peri6dicos al efecto de que
todos los porteadores pGblicOS por
yehiculos de motor dNberan soil
citar de la Comisi6n Ia licencia CO
respondents para traficar como
tales porteadores pGblicos durante
TODD Ell mes de setiembre. asi como
los chauffeurs de los mismos debe-
ran proveerse de las licencias CO.
Responsiveness.
Sc deneg6 el endoso favorable a
la s~Olicitud de !. f. Saldana al Sc
cretariO de la Guerra para ell per-
misc correspondence para una ca
sa vivienda en- la bahia del Conda-
do.
Sc acord0 endosar favorablemen-
tie la solicitud de Q. NJ. Wood al
Secretario de Ia Guerra para un
permiso que lie autorice Ia cons
(Cont1nda en- la pag.. g.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-09-03
UN NUEv0 MIFMBRO A
la JUNTA INSUIAR De
FLECCIONFS
Sc DICE QUE Ell SIR. MAR
TINEZ DAviLA SERA SUS-
TITUIDO
El nOmbramiento Sera re-
puhliCano de acuerdo con
ell DeptO. de JuSticia

La demanda interpuesta por el
Lcdo. Bolivar Pagan contra ell go
bernador Towner, para obtener que
este lie nombre miembro de la Jun
Ia Tnsular de Elecciones en- susti-
tucion del Lcdo. Jose Martinez Da.
villa, Representative del Partido Re-
publicano, viene a dar nuevo inte
res a esta question.
Lo cierto es que a estas altu.
ras Ell escrutinio de los precintcs
e~lectorales de Yauco y Fajardo, a
pesar de existir una decision ter.
minante y final del Tribunal Supre
mo en- ese sentido, sigue en- Ell tin
tero. No sabemos las azo que
hay para clio, pero 81, sabemos que
hay una gran lucha al margen lie
Ia Junta Insular de Elecciones. y
que esa lucha hs surgido precisa.
mente cuando Sc debe practicax 81
eScrutinio. De todos modos, 81 Su-
perintendente Keith manifesto q1e
est$ nsto para empezar tan pronto
como reciba una notification off
dai.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-09-03
Ell REY DA LAS GRACIAS
A LOS REPUBLICANOS

En- un peri6dico espanol, que AGA
.ba de llegar a Puerto Rico, leemos
10 siguiente, que nos completeness
en- reprOducir
"Con satisfaction nos enteramos
que por X. q. de 4 de julio del pre-
sente ano, S. NJ. el Rey Sc ha ser
vido disponer que Sc den gracias a
los senores don Jose V don Fran
cisco Arrivf Lopez, pOr ell cello Y
entusiasmo demostrados en- pro del
P6Sito de esta villa.
Los senores Arrivf, como saben
los lectores, gozan de grandes sim
patfas Ell Puerto Rico, no solamen-
tie por 10 muchO que han propendido
(y propenden adn) a la cultura V al
progrcso de este pals, sino tambi6n
por las bellas cualidadcs que les
alderman.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-09-03
FL CoTOneI del Regimen
TO de PueTtO Rico Sc (i.
rige al dlCalde de San
Juan SODre Tdteria de
tTdfiCO
iTieRe derecho ell EubIico
d eStaCiOnGr vehIcuIOS
Cerca de los tTIbunaIeS de
San Juan?

Entire las comunicaciones dirigi-
das a la Asamblea, estas son las
mas ~importantes:
Solicitando autorizacion para ven
der I'M aparato, propiedad del Mu-
nicipio, (Multigraph) fuera de uso.
Enviando carta del Director Els
collar, sobre tr~ansferencias del De-
partamento ~escolar, n~ecesarias para
poder empezar las classes ell dia 8
de setiembre.
Informando a la Asamblea con re
laci6n al c~ontrato de los %seiores
Fernandez y Co., para Ell suminis-
tro de leche a los establecimientos
benehcos del Municipio g inc'uyen
do carta referente a este asunto
Communication enviando convenio,
debidamente irmado por Ell Alcal-
de y ell secretario del Concrete
Accidental, para suplir un sitio don
de instalar ell observatorio magnets
co sismol6gico de los Estado3 Uni
dos.
Fueron referidas al Comit6 de
obras P1blicas, las comunicaciones
siguientes; del senior Alcalde.
Enviando solicitud, e infornIes del
Director de obras Pdblicas, de va.
rios vesinos de la Gale San Ra-
fael, de santurce, en- la que sOlici,
(Continda eh "a Ga. pagina.l