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Evening star., 1925-01-01

and faithfully we have a great and
prosperous year ahead of US as ia
nation. The immigration policy of
the country is being placed on
workable selective basis. We are
seeking to educate the aliens who
come here to live with US and become
good citizens. To do this successful
ly we should be permitted to enroll
the aliens who are in our country
this to ascertain who of them are en-
joying all the privileges Of American
citizenship and yet neglect to becoms
citizens and bear their share OF re-
sponsibilities as the rest of us do.
I'VE should also try in the coming
year to make industry less dangerous
to the life and limb of the worker
See that every worker has a place to
work under good conditions Of em-
ployment. Every step forward along
these lines will bring better and
steadier production, thereby improv-
ing business conditions, which means
substantial prosperity to all This
is the promise OF 1925"
Evening star., 1925-01-01

Industrial problems peacefully, rather
than have a bitter contest, unprofit-
able financially and industrially to all
concerned.
THE American business genius and
the skilled American craftsman are
surely progressing toward the goal of
peace in industry. The spirit of real
cooperation and mutual good will
she uld be the inspiration and guide
in Industrial relationship So we are
endeavoring to emphasize the fallacy
OF settling trade disputes after
period of idleness when the strike or
lockout could have been adjusted
through negotiation. which is the
way the controversy is ultimately set
tied.
Better immigration Service.
While this has been a good year
generally for American business and
labor, the New York promises
still greater progress, and am
confident that II we all work Loyalty
Evening star., 1925-01-01

"One OF the by-products hitherto of
this lower movement of commodities
has been the continued depression of
shipping. With the general strength
ening of the economic fabric of the
world, with the gradual growth la
movement of commodities which is
now taking place, together with the
fact that there has been but little new
ship construction during the last four
years. and that the existing shipping
Is becoming more and more obsolete,
II is fair to expect a recovery In the
shipping world. The usable surplus
tonnage at the present time in the
world is probably not in excess OF
100000 tons. as against 100000 tons
year ago.
Tax and Debt Reduction.
"The year has again been marked
by decrease in Federal taxation and
by a large discharge OF Federal debt,
which will amount for the year to
something in excess of $500, 200. 900.
Time and demand deposits in
member banks show an increase Of
about $2.800,00O,000, and bank clear
ings for the year were higher than in
1929. The gold reserves have not in
ceased, despite imports. because of
the larger circulation given to gold
continue dt a
very high rate, as indicated by the
increasing savings deposits, the large
absorption of bond issues, and the
extraordinary expansion in insurance.
thus demonstrating that there has
been maintained a high state of eff
cheney throughout industry and COM
merce, with little evidence Of waste,
extravaganza and speculation.
I'm fact, the most far-reaching
movement in our economic life today
is the larger understanding of it's
broad problems, the better apprecia
tion OF the factors Of stability, and
the definite progress in the elimina-
tion of waste, through more stable
employment. through better admins
trative methods and through the
rapid march of scientific discovery.
That we are able to maintain wages
at 100 per cent above pre-war, while
the cost of living is 72 per cent and
the average wholesale price of COM
modities about so per cent above pre-
war is the very definite proof OF in
creasing efficiency in production and
distribution and of the free flow of
competitive action.
Dawes Plan Praised.
I'm the foreign situation the settle
ment of the conflict over German
reparations through the Dawes plan.
with its stabilization Of German cur
rency and the German budget and the
recuperation of employment and pro-
duction in Germany, is having and
will have a far-reaching effect upon
the whole of Europe. and 1t has ia
vorable influences reaching to our
shores. Great Britain shows consid-
erable Improvement in all phases of
it's economic life.
The commercial and industrial
Evening star., 1925-01-01

cause of the insistence of a popula-
tion on rising standards OF living, for
more elbow room and better housing
generally.
Auto Effect on Building.
Zone striking factor in mainte-
nance of increased construction ac-
tivities is the effect which the auto
mobile is producing In increasing the
demand for road construction and In
causing migration of population In
many of our towns to new housin &
In the suburbs. Another effect of
these forces Is to maintain rents out
Of line above the general price levels.
with our high real wages and little
unemployment, there 10 no reason to
expect any material change in the
course of this industry.
Our railroads have shown con-
tinued increase in efficiency during
the year, and have now proved them
selves equal to any burden which is
likely to be thrown upon them. Motor
transportation continues to develop
and to enter more and more into the
vital economic life of the country
in fact, almost imYerceptibly our
road improvement programs are TAX
ing on the complexion of new trans
portation systems.
Our foreign trade has shown con-
siderable expansion during the year
in exports, and some decrease In i'm
ports. The increase in export figures
has been due in some degree to the
higher prices of agricultural produce,
though chiefly to general expansion
in all exports the decrease in I'M
ports has been due in large part to
lessening activity in production lines
at the middle of the year. thus re-
a ,,{1 he ire 60
of raw material The total of our
exports for the year will show about
$4,000. 100000 and our imports about
$3.60o, 100000. The merchandise bal
ance will be about 1000. 600. 900 in
our favor. The net gold imports for
the year in partial liquidation OF this
balance amounts to about s2so, 900, 600.
Tourist Travel Cited.
Our invisible exchange will show
larger balances against US than in
1928 because of tho greater volume
OF tourist travel, increased freight
charges paid foreign shipping and,
above all, the largely increased vol
ume OF loans and Investments to for
eign lands. which Will probably
amount to as much as one billion, as
against one-third of that amount for
1923.
international trade in the world as
whole shows a larger movement of
commodities during the past year
than at any time since before the war.
But international exchange of goods.
measured in quantities, is probably
still 10 or IL per cent below pre-war,
although the United States is unique
among the large combatant nations
in having recovered it's foreign trade
to point Is per cent to 20 per cent
above prewar on a quantity basis.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Plant 5000 Vines a Day.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
One OF the most ingenious uses for
the porta BILE electric drill was demon
strated recently in the fruit CROWN &
rritory of California, where a pair
Of automatic augers operating from
one motor mounted on a small truck
bored holes for $4,000 grape vines in
ten days. This resulted in a saving
of $400 "a day over hand labor. Six
thousand holes inches in diameter
and IS inches deep were dug each
day
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Welcome Change to Him.
rom the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
aleslady-Really, madam, this
evening coat makes an entirely diff
ferent woman of you.
Madam's Husband-That settles it.
Take it, Madge-never mind the price
A British explorer is now on his
way to British Honduras to study
the pyramids there.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
CABINET OFFICERS SEE YEAR
OF PEACE AND PROGRESS IN u. S.
York Recounts Solid Prosperity IndusfrialIy.
Davis Says Labor.Capital Relations Are I'm
prored-Other Optimistic Vie,cs.

Continued from First Page.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09

THAT dull, "off-color" teeth can
be lightened amazingly, even
given dazzling whiteness. now is an
accepted dental fact. You can work
a Transformation in your mouth.
Leading dentists now tell us how
to clear grimy teeth, and at the
same time. give firmness and healthy
color to delicate gums. A new method
that supplants old-type dentifrices.
1t removes the grimy film that covers
teeth and hides their natural beauty.
Just run your tongue across your
teeth. And you will feel that film.
1t is the great enemy of pretty teeth
and healthy gums.
1t clings to the teeth, gets into
crevices and stays. 1t forms a breed
ing place for germs. 1t lays your
gums open to bacterial attack, your
teeth open to decay. Those germs.
with tartar, are the chief cause Of
pyorrhea.
Old-time methods failed In sue
cessfully fighting film. So ugly teeth
were common. You must remove IT..
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
Simple Plumbing
Repairs
BY Hannah Wing

There are many simple plumbing
repairs that can be done successfully
by home talent if one learns there lit
tie tricks.
Faucets are constant sources of
leaks, rafting, raucous noises or
strong vibration. A faucet handle in
good repair should stop flowing or
dripping when moderate force is APP
piled to it. Most of the trouble with
faucets can be overcome by replacing
all worn or leaky washers with new
ones which can either be bought or
cut from rubber or leather. Leather
washers wear better on cold water
faucets and rubber on hot water fau-
Gets.
Rust and dirt in water pipes can
often be removed by tieing a small
stout cord to each end of two-foot
length of small fine chain. Each
piece Of cord should be little longer
than the piece of pipe to be cleaned.
Attach the free end of one OF the cords
to n stiff steel wire and push the wire
and cord through the pine. BY means
of the cords pull the chain back and
forth through the pipe and then flush
the pipe thoroughly with water under
pressure:
A rubber force Gun known as the
plumbers friend" which costs about
30 to so cents, will often force OBJ
structions out of clogged pipes by
handle.
Where dirt and grease are allowed
to collect in the trap of sink, the
trap may be opened with almost any
wrench and the waste removed with
stick. Such greasy, clogged pipes
need a thorough cleaning with I've,
strong soap suds or a dilute CONNER
cial solution of muriatic acid which
should not be left in the pines too
long and strong flushing with clear
water to rinse out the acid and re-
move the loosened rust or dirt.
Emergency treatment for small leaks
in water pipes may be stopped by
placing a flat rubber or leather gasket
over the leak and hammer stiff piece
Of metal. such as picture hook, to
fit over the gasket; secure both to the
pipe with a wise or clamp Obtainable
at hardware or 3 and 10-cent stores.
A small leak under low pressure is
sometimes stopped by Embedding the
pipe in richly mixed Portland cement
mortar or concrete. 1t is necessary to
shut off the water from the pipe and
build a boxing around it to hold the
soft mortar closely against the pipe.
A wrapping of wire netting embedded
in the mortar or concrete increases
its tensile strength. A small hole in
cast iron pipe may be tapped and q
screw plug inserted to close the hole.
Sometimes a crack or hole can be
cleaned out and then plugged and
calked with lead, tinfoil. or a COM
mercial iron cement mixed to the con-
sistency of stiff putty.
There are several good inexpensive,
ready-made pipe and joint repairers
obtainable of manufacturers and deal
ers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
Yes or No?

Is there any reason why a person
carrying a heavy load on his back
cannot walk as erect as one who car
ries the load on his head?
2. 1t is said that the Alaska
moose is in danger of becoming ex-
tinct because of the increasing num-
Der of rabbits. Is it known how the
rabbits injure the moose?
8. Does the banana tree bear more
than once?
4. Has the money value of col
lege education ever been calculated!
Answers to these questions may be
found
1. Yes. A person with a heavy
load on his back leans forward in
order to keep the center of gravity
over his feet.
2. Yes. Rabbits live on the same
food as the Alaska moose and the
diminished food supply, in addition
to the ruthless hunting, is rapidly
eradicating the moose.
3. No. The banana tree, which is
really n giant herb, bears once and
dies down and new shoots come up
from the base.
4. Yes. The money value Of a
college education has recently been es-
tint >ted at about $4,000.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09

work and scallops and drawn work
I've tatted and knitted and crocheted
and made French knots on everything
from the linoleum to the tarred rosf.
If Fancy Work will get you a free
pass to the Pearly Throne, I'll romp
right in with the front row.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ON THE
LEVEL THAT 1T NEVER ADD
ED TO MY WOMANLINESS OR
INCREASED MY WISDOM OR
DID A THING FOR MY GEN
ERAL IMPROVEMENT. BUT II
DID KEEP ME FROM DOING
ALL SORTS OF PRACTICAL,
NECESSARY THIN GS AND
LEARNING MUCH USEFUL IN
FORMATION.
Every woman should know how to
do plain sewing and how TO make sim
pie. serviceable clothes.
Every woman should be able to ap-
preciate the exquisite craftsmanship
of fine laces and tapestries.
BUT AS A REGULAR PURSUIT
FOR ADULT FEMALE HUMANS
FANCY WORK IS ABOUT ON A
PLANE WITH CUD CHEWING.
The world has paid a heavy price
for its frillcd lamp shades and beaded
antimacassars. 1t has paid the price
of feminine ignorance and helpless
ness. Stiffness and intolerance.
THERE ARE TOO MANY seal
LOPED EDGES ON WOMEN'S
BRAINS.
There are big books to he read
papers to be scanned, a thousand
problems TO be discussed, a millier
sights of beauty or pity to be seen
By so much is The Fancy Worker
cheating her mind. And there's ten
mis- or golf to be played, hiking. riding
and swimming to help her build bet
ter body for her future motherhood.
But instead. Mildred sits wondering
whether she'd better do the breakfast
set in blue or PINK or orchid and
green.
Which maybe is YOUR idea Of
being Womanly Woman.
But it isn't MINE.
Copyright, 1925, King Feature Syn, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
LISTEN, WORLD!
Fancy Work
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Mr.. Samuel Fennell comes in to
work on the s :15 every morning. So
do about 81 delightful young ladies
who live along Mr.. Fennell's route.
Their fresh faces and their merry
chatter does much to start Sans day
Alright. Most of all is he pleased by
their Womanly Occupation.
Have you been thinking that the
Modern Flappcr is never at ease save
when she's swinging a Gig or rolled
sock? Then get over that rude and
erroneous idea. For, according to Mr..
Samuel Fennell nearly all the young
ladies upon his train carry dainty lit
tie bags and the minute they are seat
ed they extract from said dainty bags
some still daintier fancy work and
proceed to do their stuff. Before they
reach the city, the whole train is filled
with embroidered guest towels, step
ms, breakfast sets, cushion covers and
score of other delicious decorations.
Which Sam declares to be a most
charming and comforting sight.
So he wants me to write nice
magnetic letter exhorting all the other
girls to do likewise. Thus filling
the world once more with Womanly
Women, each intent on her tatting.
Will /?
No, I won't!
L WON'T
I WON'T!
I don't think it's a beautiful and
| comforting sight to see dozens of our
young women intent upon their fancy
work.
I think it's a most depressing
sight.
1 don't think that the world will
be saved by resurrecting the crochet
hook and embroidery hoop.
think the world came darned near
being lost because women's strength
was harnessed to such tommy-rot.
Now get me straight. I'm not as
one who .gropes in darkness and know
eth not whereof she squawketh. I've
embroidered wild roses and forget-me-
nots on every kind of dodingus that
was ever woven. I've done punch
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
FOXY CRANDPA'S STORIES
Bunny Solves a Mystery.

saw Immediately that he had bad
cash in his ear and that it must have
hurt him very much.
This is too bad" / said when we
returned from our ride. There must
be n nail in his stall and he has
caught his ear on it. Ill look right
away"
Into the stall 1 went, but 1 could
find no nail, and as / finished my ex-
animation of the stall noticed Bun
ny leaning up against the feed box.
His eyes were shining as bright red
as the tail light of an automobile.
81 didn't think a nail did that"
said Bunny very emphatically.
rs that SOP l asked. What do
you think did it,"
Il don't like to hurt anyone's repu-
tation or say anything until l am
convinced, Foxy Grandpa. But l
have my own ideas on the subject"
Knowing Bunny as do, it was use
less to question him any further. So
sal dnothing. But Bunny did.
Give me until tomorrow morning,
Foxy Grandpa. I'll work on the case
tonight. Perhaps j can give you a
report in the morning"
Now, if there is anything which
Bunny likes to do it is to act as Il
detective. That night he could hard
ly finish his lettuce, he was so anx-
ious to get out to the stable.
Good luck :" / shouted as Bunny's
tail disappeared through the doorway.
I've got my left hind foot work.
ing" laughed Bunny.
When we came down to breakfast
the next morning there was Bunny
munching away on big white radish.
and L knew in a moment he had
solved the mystery, for his whiskers
and ears had an air about them which
showed n victory for Bunny.
Ready with your report, Bunny
asked very seriously-just as seri-
ously as if l had been talking tc
Sherlock Holmes.
Yes, Chief" replied Bunny. swal-
lowing the last bite of the radish.
Its very simple" $3.50
Tell me about it." I said. sitting
down and starting my grapefruit.
"Simply let Bunch, the cat, sleep
out in the stable for a while, and
there will be no more bitten horse
cars in our family"
Bitten :" / exclaimed. "What did
itF"
Zone of the largest rats I have
ever SEEM" replied Bunny quietly.
'He ran right over Peter Pan again
last night when he was asleep. but l
made a noise and scared him off be-
fore he did any damage"
won't Bunch have a good timer
1 laughed as Bunch came purring up
to my chair and rubbed herself
against it, as if she understood every
word we had said.
Copyright, 1925. international Feature
Re~sLea Laal
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
Who Said II and Where

"Men are but children Of larger
growth"
We are all only grown-up children,
Dryden affirms in "All for Love-"
at costs more TO revenge injuries
than TO bear them"
Revenge is as costly as it is unsat-
isfactory. Thomas Wilson points out
in his "Maxims."
Kindness Is wisdom. There is none
i'm life
"But needs IL and may learn"
Kingness is trait all should cul-
tivate, Bailey asserts in "Festus."
HE that departs with his own hon.
esty
For vulgar praise, doth il too dearly
buy"
We should never try to gain praise
by dishonesty, Ben johnson tells us
in his "Epigrams."
ut is the cause and not the death
that makes the martyr"
The cause is what makes a mans
death notable, Napoleon issquoted as
saying ...--.-.--~---.---.---.--------
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
Meditations of
a Wife
BY Helen Rowland

These Modern Lovers.
Those whom jazz hath Joined to-
gether are forever asking the lawyers
to put them asunder.
The heart Of a man under 25 is
like punching bag; it's easily started
going" but it is almost impossible TO
make any lasting impression upon it.
There never yet lived a man who
didn't think that he could nonchalant-
ly "cut the wire" of romance-and
then come back and turn on the cur
rent, at his own sweet will.
The first sign of a fading infatus-
ton is when a man looks irritated in
stead of pleased when you brush your
feather fan in his eyes, rumple up his
hair or leave powder-marks on his
coat-lapel.
A hard-boiled bachelor Is one who
stops to take his temperature and
looks around for an antidote, the mo-
ment he discovers that a girl has stir
red his pulse.
A man drops down from the flights
of romance to the hum-drum Of mat
rimony as easily and gradually as
e-performer-bus, somehow
woman always feels as though she
had taken a nose-dive and the motor
had stalled.
Yes, Precious, when a man says, II
think I'm falling in love with you'll"
these days, it's just as well to wait
until he confirms his suspicious, be-
fore ordering your trousseau.
After thirty, woman discovers that
happiness consists largely in being
satisfied with Substitutes the
quiet coffee-kisses of matrimony for
the impassioned kisses of courtship,
balcony seats for orchestra chairs,
and the vicarious thrills of a movie
play for the emotional outlet of real
love-scene.
A wise man is one who PUTS OUT
the fire. before he discards q woman,
n filtration, or a cigar.
Copyright 1925. King Feature Syn. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
The Rhyming
Optimist
Heirlooms.
By Aline Michaelis

They have come down to us through
dusty years still limiting of the grace
of other days, still touched with ro-
nance of forgotten tears and bright
with loneliness of other ways. This
faded chair, this bit of yellowed lace,
this gold-framed ringlet from a baby's
head. are lights along dim regions
where we trace by paths obscure the
way of feet long fled. This piece OF
china and this cobweb veil have long
outlived the hands that held them
dear; but by such trifles. colorful and
frail, old days are quickened and the
past draws near. They give us Gimp
SEES for a little while of things no his
tory's pages ever show, of brave mems
dreams. of ancient beauty's vile and
looks of lovers in the long ago.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09

peter Pan is very nervous, Foxy
Grandpa" said Bobby, as we stood
OH the porch and looked at the horses
which were grazing in the paddock.
What makes you think so, Bob
by?" I asked in surprise.
do you notice how he keeps throw
ing his head and shaking his right
carr?
NO" I replied, II hadn't noticed
it, but I'll watch this afternoon when
I ride him. He never did that be-
fore. must say for Peter Pan that
his manners are just what you would
expect from him. You know he is al
most a thoroughbred and comes from
fine line of ancestors"
1t didn't take me long to find out
what was the matter with my beauti-
full horse. because as soon as | had
mounted him and was on his back L
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
A Simple Way
to tighten cloudy teeth
This remarkable new way, urged by dental
authorities, also Firms the Gums. removes
the grimy filth that clouds and hides the
natural beauty of your teeth.

Ordinary brushing won't do it sat
isfactorily. Under it are the clear,
winter teeth you envy in others.
Now modern science has perfected
an effective film combatant. called
Pepsodent. 1t acts TO curdle film
then removes it--no harsh grit dan
gerous to enamel. II firms and pro-
tects gums; beauties teeth quickly
and correctly.
Mail coupon for full Today tube
to try. Or purchase large tube at
any drug store. Note the amazing
difference in your teeth. =. in your
whole appearance.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-09
Married Sister as Matron
of Honor.

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Will you please advise me whether
it is proper to have my married sis
ter as matron of honor at my we'd
ding, instead Of having an unmarried
girl as maid of honor? IL l have
her as matron of honor, is it compul-
sorry to have also a maid of honor
at the same time? I want my sister
to assume the entire duties of the
maid of honor.
2. Will you please tell me how
old flower girl should bef
LILLIAN.
1t is correct for you to have your
sister as matron of honor at your
wedding, and indeed this would be
the best taste. 1t is taken for grant
ed that the bride will invite her sis
ter to be her attendant, and it does
not make any difference that the sis
ter is married. IL is not necessary to
have a maid of honor. Your sister