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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

~ WOULD be difficult to convince
Il the present generation that shoes
were ever other than graceful slipper
like affairs. Most Of us have good
reason to wonder If ever there existed
such a curiosity as a pair Of common
sense high button or lace, heavy soled
shoes. Ask the salesman to show you
a pair-see what happens. He very
likely viii tell you that such have
passed into history, or he may politely
inquire if you refer to shoes for hiking
or mountain climbing. or perhaps he
win deferentially lead you to a far
corner where the sign "old ladies'
comfort shoes" win greet your eyes.
AS to that, who would have the cour-
age, these days, to make such a re-
quest, for we have learned the lesson
that to be daintily shod is fashions
fixed law. Even our grandmammas OF
today testify in the wearing, that
stylish bootery II an asset when 1t
comes TO maintaining a youthful APP
pearance.
There is such a galaxy Of lovely
shoes to talk about this springtime one
scarcely knows where to begin. In the
matter Of street shoes. there is a new
one-eyelet tie which is very fashion
able Adaptations OF the pump are
very popular. Various combinations Of
feathers and colors are the rule, and
alligator grains are prime favorites-
Fr.. Er.w1rnr,n ,-rYruo% t-rrvw. lrsI-r~8v.
pumps shown In the oval picture en-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Made Synonyms Only
By Common Consent

In popular usage the words ''thor-
oughbredH and "purebred'' are prac-
tically synonymous. The dictionaries
as a rule make no distinction between
them. In fact the word ''purebred" Is
not recognized at all by most diction-
aries. Websters International diction-
airy, which does not contain pure
bred" defines the adjective thorough
bred" as follows: Bred from the best
blood through a long line; pure-blood-
ed-said of animals" The same au-
thority defines the noun thorough
bred" as a thoroughbred animal, es-
pecially a horse" According to this
dictionary it is equally correct to speak
Of thoroughbred horse, a thorough
bred dog or a thoroughbred COW. This
undoubtedly Is the general and accept
ed usage. But scientists and breeders
usually try to make a distinction be-
tween the two terms. According to
technical usage. thoroughbred" il ap-
piled only to the breed of running
horses eligible TO registration in the
standard stud books. On the other
hand, ''purebref' is applied to pure
blooded animals in general This dis
tinction is ignored by practically all
the dictionaries and is not observed in
popular usage.-Pathfinder
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

The male ostrich is very domestic In
his tastes. When he marries he mar
ries for life The ostrich makes his
primitive nest with but little trouble.
He lies on his breast and kicks the
sand out backward and sidewise, thus
scooping out saucer-shaped hole in
the sand about four feet in diameter
and ten inches deep in the center. In
this the female deposits her eggs,
usually about 10 to Is. One egg is laid
every alternate day. An ostrich egg
weighs between three and four pounds
and contains as much food as two or
three dozen ordinary eggs. 1t Is said
that 80 minutes are required to soft
boil them. Incubation takes from 40
to AZ days, the male and the female
sitting on the nest alternately. The
eggs are regularly turned and are COW
cred with sand and left during the day.
Family Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Of Course Minister Had
to Heed Flock's Opinion

The late Odam Wagnalls, the New
York publisher, reproached a maya
zine editor one day for never printing
translatiOns in his magazine.
Here are Anatole France and
Knute Hansen and GOrky and dozen
other wells Of genius for you to draw
FROM" he said. why don't you
drawn
Because" said the editor coldly,
''the public prefers native talent"
You remind me" said Mr.. Wagnalls,
"Of the country minister who never
used the Lords prayer.
"'Wny don't you use it, manY a
friend from the city asked.
"'Well, you see, we don't need it.
said the minister.
ga sublime prayer like thatI And
you don't need it. Come, now. even
a chap as gifted as yourself can hardly
equal a prayer like that can hep
'Ah-er-nO,' the minister sim
pered, but my flock thinks otherwise T"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

body all the essentials Of a perfect
shoe. They have a medium walking
heel, high enough for grace, low
enough for comfort. The leather is ex-
quisiteIy soft.
The increasing popularity Of the OK
ford and its many variations manifest
itself in a very clever four-button
model, with an extended tab or strap
at the top. It may be a rich Havana
brown kid, or be developed in two-tone,
such as gray or tan with black.
Quite one of the smartest novelties
in spring footwear is a French tie
model Of batiked kid The short vamp
and heel are Of black patent kid, and
the quarters are of tan kidskin batiked
in various brown shades. As the pic
ture shows, over the small tongue
there is tie of light grosgrain ribbon.
Satin shoes matched to the costume
are the leading spring vogue. Coolidge
gray, penny brown, wigwam, and blond
are the popular shades, and black con-
tinues In favor
Lizard, crocodile, batik are all new
leather effects which appear Ia the
snartest spring models. Short vamps
and ribbon bows enter conspicuousIy
into present-day footwear designing.
A smartly shod foot is 20 only when
the hosiery matches the shoe, for
fashion insists on a perfect ensemble
this season.
JULIA BOTTOALEY.
CO. 1876. Western Newspaper union.l
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

often fur runs across the front only,
and this fulness-to-the-front idea is
most popular.
Not only are cloth coats fur trimmed,
but satin and bengaline silk ones also
follow this treatment. Nor are coat
colOrings confined to black and somber
shades. Corded silks in gray or blonde
are exquisitely fur embellished, also
cloth in pastel colOrings sport fur Dor
ders of every description.
Just now the styl'st has again
brought monkey fur into the limelight.
1t is used effectively as a deep fringe
at the lower edge of the coat
The new coat fashions register very
charming pOmpadOur blue cloth coats
with gray squirrel landings. This
wearing of ''the blue and the gray is
featured throughout fashiondom this
season. Other modish wraps feature
black satin trimmed with strappings of
leopard skin.
Such exquisite coat fantasies are on
fashions list as: gray crepe de chine
Is bordered with silver fox; black satin
with red fox; black and white monkey
on black satin; sprightly badger fur
bordering apple-green cashmere twill
and 50 the list Of fur-enhanced spring
coats might be continued indefinitely.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
(6. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
The LouULy Potato

1t seems rather strange that the
Irish potato, which is now such a com
mon article Of diet the world over, was
once a pilgrim and a stranger, SO to
speak. When it was introduced into
Europe in the Seventeenth century it
encountered bitter prejudice and had
a hard struggle to reach popularity.
Many people refused to eat potatoes
even In time Of famine; and at one
time some laborers rejected potato
soup, saying: I'VE will not eat this
washy stuff, that affords no nourish-
ment; we will not be fed on meal and
chopped potatoes like hogs" BY 1900,
however, II had become "a constant
outstanding dish at every meal except
breakfast. at the tables Of the rich as
well as Of the poor."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Scientific Sherlock

The Post Office department was
faced with a mystery In the continual
rifing of registered letters in the
Southwest. The theft was narrowed
down to one Of six post offices, but the
question as to which one was hard to
solve. A few weeks later an inspector
took one of the letters that had been
rifled and resealed, held it to his nose
and calmly announced that the thief
would be taken within a week. He
was. The inspector had prepared six
lots Of mucilage, each having a differ
ent perfume. This was distributed
among the six offices under suspicion.
The thief used the perfumed mucilage
to reseal the letter and gave away the
location Of the Office. The rest was
easy.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Wind Force and Speed
BY No Means Identical

How strong was the wind?' is the
question asked after a destructive
storm. The answer to this question Is
likely to be misleading, says Nature
Magazine, because it is nearly always
stated in terms of speed rather than
force, and the two things are not
identical
The force Of the wind can be indi-
Gated accurately by saying what pres
sure it exerts lin pounds per square
foot, for example) upon a surface at
right angles to its path. This pres
sure varies approximately as the square
Of the speed.
Thus a wind of 20 miles an hour
blows about four times as hard as one
of 10 miles an hour, and a wind of
30 miles an hour blows about nine
times as hard as one of 10 miles an
hour.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
His CoHegel

have just come across this story In
twenty-five Years in Six Prisons"
by that well-knOwn chaplain, Mr.. Eus-
tace Jervis: In London omnibus one
day the chaplain recognized q strap
hanger as a "client." Hello, Jack y
he said. SCOT work, see"
ooh, yes, sir" was the reply; get
ting on all right You're still at the
same college, l suppose? How are the
students? Well, sha'n't be coming
back to see you for some time, hope"
''Now / call that Art with a big a."
comments the chaplain, ''for though
everybody could hear every word. no
one could tell what the college was"
London Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

selves, and the later will form a part
OF the lives Of the young people who
Will graduate AT the completion Of
the orations, and essays He viii stand
Up in this style (?) which will ask
What next?" What doors will be
opened to these young people? Who
Will give them employment? VIII
they 60 from the rostrum TO a dance
hall that night, and ever after seeking
to be society buds and blooms? VIII
they have common sense and seek
something that is elevating, Or will
they sit down and wait for something
to turn up2 VIII the young men, Yet
behind a cigarette or cigar with smoke
at one end and fool at another? viii
our graduate young girls sell their
souls for clothes? Are we putting on
the world thinkers Or lot of dam
phules2 Time will have to answer the
question.
l am now in the aggressive city u
St. Petersburg. Got here late this
afternoon and have not been able to
get around yet. Look out for my next
letter
"A letter from Or. "A. NJ. Townsend,
informs me that the home for the
Sunday School Publishing Board will
be completed III full about June |. II
will tell you more about it later.
Charles E. Stump.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
All Plants Need Light

All plants require some light. Sun
light supplies the energy which causes
chemical reactions to take place in
side the leaves. These reactions con-
vert the raw food elements into the
food elements available to the plant,
says Nature Magazine Therefore,
such sun-loving plants as geraniums,
roses and abutilon, when set away in
a dark corner, do not thrive so well
as when placed in a sunny window.
On the other hand, plants which like
mild amount Of sunlight. and this
includes palms, aspidistra, ferns and
many Of the vines, do not thrive II
put In sunny location.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Caribou Has Third Horn

Caribou, ID addition TO antlers, pos
sess a third horn, called digger. 1t
grows from the base OF an antIer and
extends to the nose. IL Is fiat and
tapering and IS used to dig for herb
age growing underneath the snow and
Ice. American moose attain the height
OF seven Feet at the shoulders and an
antler spread to eleven feet. They are
very timid except during mating sea.
son, when they win attack any other
animal or even man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Simple Exclamation

This joke, which was recently for
warded to prove that scientific men can
be witty as well as wise, should be
read aloud: A colleague Of Or. Crun
Brown, the famous Edinburgh pro-
fessor Of chemistry, once came to him
concerning an Indian medical student
whose English was defective.
I'VE cannot pass this man." he said.
"He Is quite iIliterate; he simply can
not spell. Why, he has spelt proceed
with one en-
'From what place does he come"
asked Doctor Brown.
From Ceylon."
At once Doctor Brown flashed back !:
'That explains it That's the land Of
the Cingalese !"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
The Silent Lake

There is a lake the depth Of which
IL unknown. This Is the Great Sunk
en- lake in the Cascade mountains, and
besides being possibly the deepest in
the world 1t is also the most silent.
Sunk far below the mountain rim, It's
walls average 1000 feet down to the
waters surface, and how much farther
down the water goes no one knows.
The length OF the lake Is fifteen miles
and the breadth about four and a half.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
VXTHAT a capricious task-mistress
wv is Madame Fashion. Fur on

XXTHAT a capricious task-mistress
w is Madame Fashion. Fur on
spring and summer wraps Thus reads
the order. OF course, whether we APP
prove of it or not we are going to do
as we are told, for who would dare
defy the mandates Of fashion So, in
the spirit Of "oprs not to question
why" we are bordering the hemline
Of our coats with deep fanciful fur.
The mode, however, specifies that the
collar be not be-furred, SO we are do
ing just that. The picture shows the
smart effect Of a coat with strictly
tailored notched collar, long sleeves
buttoned nearly to the elbow, fur, in
combination of dark with light, embel-
fishing the hemline This is a new
idea of banking one border of fur on
top Of another, as the Illustration here
portrays.
When it comes to fur on our spring
and summer coats, its purpose is
merely to play an ornamental part and
not a useful. That is why novelty
cOlors and kinds are the vogue. The
long tawny furs, dyed furs, real and
camoufiage, all are accepted. if they
play a whimsical fanciful part. An
other mission of fur is to accent the
skirt-fare which characterizes the
newest coat models. In this capacity,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Most Useful Tree?

1t is appropriate that the coconut
should be the symbol Of the tropics
since it grows nowhere else. For ages
1t has provided the swarming natives
of the Pacific islands with food, drink,
shelter and most Of their other needs.
Now it has extended its benefactions
to the races Of the temperate zone,
giving them fats for cooking and eat
ing, soap to keep them clean, and a
delightful CONNECTION to satisfy their
craving for sweets, says Nature Maya
zine. The coeonut would stand high
on a list Of trees most useful to man
kind
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Euphen1isfic

Mrs. Newrich-So you've traced my
family back to great-great- grand
father How did he die?
-Well-er-he died Of
apnoae, superinduced by pendulous
illaqueation-
Mrs. Newrich-Oh, that sounds so
aristocratic. Please write It down. i
must tell my lady friends.
Genealogist-I don't think / would,
madam. To tell the truth, it means
that he was hanged. Tran
script
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
THE NEW LINCOLN GARAGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Johnston, 5423
S. Wabash avenue, have become the
owners Of the new Lincoln Garage,
4621-4623 S. State street. General
automobile storage and up-to-date re-
pairing. Day and night service, the
best of treatment to all patrons and a
square deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston, have space
for fifteen or twenty cars and their
many friends wish them the greatest
success in their new business under
taking.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
JULIUS F. TAYLOR WILL AID
DRESS THE KNOWLEDGE
SPEAKERS CLUB

Saturday evening, April 18, Julius
+. Taylor, will address the Know
ledge Speakers Club, which meets at
the Friendship Home, 3Ol5 Prairie
avenue, on The Power and Influence
Of the Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

Educated men don't say don't :"
remarked a great mayor Of New York,
now gone to rest But they do. They
did, even then. They also say -aln't'
when they are not thinking about 1t,
and may yet come to saying II delib-
erately. While they are about II, they
may even take Its me" under their
protecting wings.-New York World
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

Mrs. Sandy w. Trice, 1886 Ca1u-
met avenue, has returned to the city
from Hot Springs, Ark, where she
spent three weeks, enjoying the baths
and a much needed rest. She would
be pleased to have her many friends
cali to see her.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
MOTORS TO CITY

Ambrose H. Robinson, Of Milwau-
kee, Wis, motored to Chicago and
spent the Easter weekend with his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. "A. H.
Young, ala Calumet avenue, and
other friends.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Not Quite Useless

Man Gin English court) neigh
boFs complain OF my dog and say It's
no use. but IL bit the landlord when
be called for the rent
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

Sympathetic Friend.-Banged your
nngerf Dear me. / always think that
hurting ones finger SETS ones teeth
on edge all down ones hack.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18
Old Roman Dandies

Rich men or ancient Rome wore
sandals that were deliberately en-
broIdered and yet with precious tones.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-18

The world ID moving at the rate OF
e0,600 miles an hour, but trouble
nevertheless manages to keep ND with
her.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
FOUR LANDLORDS
HIT BY INJUNCTION
IN DISTRICT COURT

-Four more San Antonio hotels and
rooming houses were restrained from
operating as improper places and for
the sale of liquor by temporary writs
of injunction granted by Judge W. W.
McCrOry in the Ninety-fOurth district
court, Tuesday.
The iniunCtionS were directed
against Henry GambaSSi and d. Hick-
man. of 81 II Nillita street; A.
Torres, 40 North Medina street; Viii
lie Sosa. 200 Rusk street; and Mrs.
c. &. Armingcon, 3OG South Alamo
street.
In his applications for the injunc-
tons District Attorney c. NJ. Cham
bCrs alleged that the houses were be-
ing operated improperly aud that
liquor was being sold.
With the granting of the injunc-
tons Tuesday, 90 places have beer
restrained from operating in violation
of the vice laws since the district
attorney began his campaign against
immoral houses.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
GOLFERS ORGANIZE
TO BETTER COURSE

Proposing to regulate the expcndi,
ture of money for the Improvement
of the breckenridge park golf course.
an organization known as the Brack-
cnridgc Park Golf association has pc
titioncd the city to approve its con.
stitutiOn and bylaws.
The club has 300 members. accord
ing to w. l. Lighthouse, who has been
selected secretary of the board of gov
errors. The club. he said, has as it,
purpose the improvement OF the mu-
uicipal course and proposes to appoint
4 committee which will confer with
the manager Of the course on the cx-
pcnditure of money for its upkcCp.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
BIC SEAPLANE
SOME WHERE
OVER OCEAN

san FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-The
long radio silence that has ensucd
since the Pho No. ]. flagpIane Of
the San Francisco to Hawaii nom
stop flight, was sighted over the air.
plane tender Langley at 6:1O a. m.
today, is being made a matter of
speculation among flight officials
here, although no fears are being felt
for the safety of the big craft.
Captain Stanford Z. Moses, com
mander of the flight project, said:
Il am not worried by the silence sur
rounding the PN-0 No. l. There
are several reasons why long periods
of time might elapse between the re-
ports of her progress. She may have
sighted a storm and in circling it,
missed one of the station ships"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
Here Is Forbes
Suggestion
For Merger

You cannot handle big in
dustries without big banks" de.
clared b. c. Forbes, noted finan.
cial expert for the Hearst news
papers, during his visit TO San
Antonio early in July, urging n
bank consolidation of the mag
nitude Of the Texas Bank and
Trust Company-Security Bank
and Trust Company merger.
SIS there, in your midst, some
splendid, fOrceful, brilliant,
Trustworthy, magnetic, yOungisiI
banker, riDening TO bring about
the establishment in San Antonio
of a financial institution Of tow
ering strength and magnitude, 4
banker capable of doing on the
scale of today what one or two
of your veteran bankers proved
themselves capable Of doing
and did dO-with great credit TO
themselves and TO the cOmmun-
ity, on the scale in vogue when
they were in their lusty prime?"
the great finance expert asked
San Antonio in his first descrip-
tive article on this city.
The bank merger was an
nOunCed Tuesday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
RE MORSE GRIPS BANK
CASHIER, Held HERR
Cash Awaits Lucky San Antonians
Two Lucky So
Bills Are Ont;
Each Worth $40

II only takes a trip to The
Light office TO earn IS for the
holders Of two 81 bills now in
circulation in San Antonio.
Those bills arc numbered;
.9S652G0O-A
B.84OSS52T.A
Ii the holder of either or both
Of these Two.Dollar bills viii
present them TO the Two-Spot
Editor Of The Light, lie will be
given a SO bill in exchange.
There is no trick in this prop
OsitiOn. No lottery. Just dig
one Of these bills out Of your
purse and cash it for $40 at The
Light.
Watch for another LMcky
TwO.Spot tomorrow.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
San Antonian Treasures
Relic of Early
Warfare.

Modern warfare has evolved new
weapons but none so far has out
ranked in appearance at least, the old
"cap'n ball fivc-shooter," which
Frank Simmang of San Antonio prizes
as his most valuable possession.
1t is ancient beyond the memory of
the oldest inhabitant. None can recall
the period of its use.
The old relic was found by Simmang
80 years ago when a building at the
intersection of West Commerce street
and Military Plaza, adjacent to the
old Spanish's governors palace was
RACED. Simmang has guarded it jeal-
ously since.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
PING No. 3
Will Try Again
BY the Associated Press.

HONOLULU, Sept. 1.-The dis
ablcd scGplanc Pho No. 3 will try
another nonstop flight from San
Francisco TO Hawaii. The command
ant Of the Fourteenth Naval District
at I a. m. today received the follow
ing message, addressed TO Lieutenant
Allan Snoddy, chief pilot of the PN-9
No. .:
Report at once earliest date for
Pho No. : to reach Crissy Field, ef-
feet repairs, and start west coast
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-01
PECULIAR TYPE.

1t is of a peculiar type, and heavy
as two modern rifles. 1t is the nearest
approach to the magazine rifle of any
of the older type guns.
The hammer is situated underneath
the gun and fires upward. A heavy
iron magazine, about six inches in
length. fits in a slot between the bar
rel and stock. 1t has slots for five
cartridges and a spring allows it to
move from left to right as the weapon
is fired. The magazine is loaded in
the same manner as the old ''cap'n
ball" gun. Underneath the magazine
are five tiny holes in which the caps
were fitted.