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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-18
Workman, Snowman,
Leaves Sons Estate

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 49,
Maxwell, Z, and Clarence, Is, sons of
G. X. Wortham. Snowman who died about
a year ago, will have the proceeds of an
estate Of approximately $4,000. Guard
ianship papers for the two youths have
been applied for by Mrs. Belle Workman,
mother, in the county probate court.
The will of the snowman leaves the
estate to the mother and children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-18
Philadelphia Liquor
Death Rate Over 1000

PHILADELPHIA, Penn, March 18.-
Coroner Patton said today he was in
clined to believe his estimate of 1000
deaths a year in Philadelphia from
poisoned liquor as quoted by Governor
Pinchot in his address before the legis
laturc yesterday in support of an en-
forcement bill was too low, since max
ing his estimate several weeks ago Of
~ deaths a day from this cause the
coroner said he had found it was too
modest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-18
LLOYD GEORGE STILL GUARDED

LONDON, March 18.-AIthough no
longer in office. former Prime Minister
Lloyd George is still attended by de-
tcctive. says the Evening Standard.
More than once he has asked to be re
lieved of this supervision, but the gov
.ernment, mindful of what happened to
Sir Henry Wilson Immediately after
police protection was withdrawn, has
been unwilling to take the risk
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-18
MANY HOMELESS
IN TOXIC BLAZE
Fire Sweeps 5000 Build
ings Before Control
Is Gained
by The Associated Press j

TOXIC. March 18.-Twenty thousand
persons were rendered homeless when
major conflagration swept North
eastern Toxic today destroying 5000
buildings and resulting unestimated
casualties. The fire was brought under
control tonight.
The fire reported in the foregoing
dispatches from Toxic swept through an
area which was being rebuilt after the
recent fire and earthquake which dew
astated the city
1t started in factory district un-
touched by the fire that came in the
wake Of the earthquake and ran it's
course through district made up Of
temporary and reconstructed buildings.
In the area are MANY wooden structures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-18

I 1-2 to Is h. p. Fairbanks Morse and
Kreuger Atlas Oil Engines in stock
Centrifugal Pumps.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-03-18

A good wood saw machine will save you
its cost many times. All sizes for wood
yard or small private use.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
HOW A DIPLOMA MAY BE

HOW A DIPLOMA MAY BE
USED.
1. Lay out on q flat surface.
2. Procure q pot of glue and
spread thickly over surface of parch-
ment.
3. Allow this to dry and then
place anywhere flies gather.
-Notrc Dame Juggisf.
Ned: He plays a fair golf
game, doesn't he?
Ted: Yes, if you watch him.
--Denison Flamingo.
That's q beautiful birdie, Nam
ma"
Eyes, Foster, and it never cries"
That's because nobody ever tries
to wash its neck"
Brown jug.
Child (innocently): Muther, how
did dad bekum a professor at the
universiti?
Mother: SO you'v begun to won
der, too; hav w?
Penn Punch Bowl.
Interested Gentleman It's a male,
is it not?
His Wife: No, I think it's 4 fe-
male.
Small Owner: You're both wrong.
It's an Aircdale.-Cornell Widow.
Dumb Frosh: Hey. what's
chain store?
Wise Guy: A place where you
buy 4 marriage license.
Penn. State Froth.
Billy: / see that Fanny Foot
lights roped in old Moneybag in
approved fashion.
Tom: You mean she lassooed
him?
Billy: No, the lass sued him.
Goblin.
A wild and audacious baboon,
Tried to whistle a popular tune.
But he blew out his teeth,
Both above and beneath,
And they're feeding him now from
a spoon.
Brown jug
Loye-it brings heaven down 10
nth and raises hell.
Pup.
In love scenes the man used to
ie pictured on his Bonded knee, but
instead nowadays the girl is pic
rured or his Bonded knee.
Stevens Stone Mil.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
LOVES LABOR LOST.

Senior, she was ravishing. But
she was always surrounded, deluged,
by admirers.
Well, my friend, Juan, he says to
me, BE indifferent to her. That's
the only way to win EN-
So when they presented me. i
said, "Migod, what feet They rival
battleships for size" she was
charmed, and restraining her other
admirers, who would so gladly have
stabbed me. she said, you may
dance this tango with me-"
1 seized her, threw her over my
head, hurled her to the ground,
stepped on her, bounced her against
the ceiling, and finally swung her
around my head three times.
When we had finished, she threw
her arms around my neck, and /
heard q strange noise. 1t was the
many rivals splitting out all the
teeth they had ground out in their
rage.
Senior. we were so divinely happy.
would call on her each evening,
and after insulting her or throwing
a tamale at her, would spend an
enchanting evening with her.
But one night l said, "You don't
look quite as bad as usual this eve
ming" This sentimental outburst
was the end. 1t Infatuated her.
"You are just like all the Others"
she sobbed, as che drew her stiletto
out of my back.
I never saw her again-partly be-
cause she had thrown vitriol in my
eyes, the naughty little angel.
California Pelican.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Our idea Of an optimist is a man
who takes q frying pan on a fish
ing trip.
Colgate Banter.
why is lady's veil like q mud
puddle?'
They're both in the road
Pitt Panther.
Mrs. Jones. And how many even
ings will you expect off each week?
l never give more than two.
New maid: I'm afraid that won't
do, ma'am. You see I'm a debutante
this season.. Brown jug.
Judge Ito prospective juryman) /:
So you've formed an opinion Of the
case?
P. j.: Yes, your honor, one look
at that man convinced me he was
guilty.
Judge: Heavens! Man, that's
the prosecuting attorney!
Wabash Caveman.
II was a typical negro revival
service, and the minister had Just
appealed to the pent up audience to
"hit the sawdust trail"
One boxom young debutante rose
and cried, Last night I was in the
ans Of the debil, but tonight I is
in the ans Of the Lawd."
Voice from the rear: Is you
gwine The occupied tomorrow night,
sistah? Kansas Sour Owl.
One Of the differences between
liar and publicity agent is that
the publicity agent sometimes gets
paid. Ohio Sun Dial.
Virgil: Where have you been;
Dante: To heaven.
Virgil: See anybody!
Dante: Lots Of strangers.
Texas Ranger.
Who's the Speaker Of the
House:" roared the political science
prof during an oral exam.
Mother" responded the meek
looking Frosh in the corner seat.
Northwestern Purple Parrot.
You had no business TO kiss l.,
Senior Don Juan"
But it was not business, Ma
quetta. 1t was pleasure"
California Pelican.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

that was well for numberless poor
soldiers, for the cure was what was
wanted and she had proved that it
was found.
Her deed was quite perfect IN
it's scientific purity. She was q
trained observer; she knew just
what was to be done; did it with
precision and awaited the conse-
quences. There was no bysteria
about her heroism. no high talk,
no playing to the gallery, no show
manship for sympathy-none OF the
things that men so unjustly expect
from all women and too often dis
play themselves.
Surely there should be some hail
of fame, some official roll OF honor
for a woman OF such superlative
bravery.
URGES LAUREL WREATH
In the old days. the surgeon had
nothing to experiment on but the
bodies Of criminals taken from ths
gallows. or the bodies of paupeis
stolen by ghouls from the graves.
Progress was slow and was fieDd-
ishly checked by good people vile
knew oil about it and opposed tls
freedom of science as thing dSA-
gerous to their peculiar pieu.
In our very blessed day, we have
lived to see a young woman lay
her own body on the altar Of expert
ment and face with sublime calm
and serene courage the utmost woe.
Curiosity is the greatest OF mod
ern Intellectual virtues, and surel'
womanly curiosity was never more
superbly engaged.
Some morbid souls will feel that
Mary Davies was no saint because
she did not die. But since so many
others were saved from death by the
prompt application OF the remedy
that she demonstrated, pen Naps shs
may be forgiven for omit,Rs ths
melodrama. She entered tn hefy
furnace and / rejoice that she cams
out unscathed. There are hmes
when a happy ending is good art,
and her victory was certainly good
medical art.
A wreath Of imperishable laurel
should be placed upon the fine, wise
head Of that noble soul, and the
name Of Mary Davies carried high
as an example Of what woman can
do for her race.
Copyright. 1925, by the Bell
Syndicate. Incl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

unbeknownst until it was too late.
10 check her patriotism. No men in
the trenches, in the air or on or
under the sea ever did a drawer
thing.
Though she was English, our
country has some share in her
splendor, since she was serving in
the laboratories of the American
Ambulance.
Fer story is told by Elwyn A.
Barron in Harper's Pictorial Ii
brary of the World War, the tenth
volume, devoted to Deeds of Hero
ism and Daring"
As the author says, "far behind
the front with its stimulating ex-
element and without the inspiration
OF approving and emulous comrades.
she calmly, deliberately challenged
death in one OF it's most horrible
forme.p
Gangerene killed most Of the sol
diers who died in the wars IN 10
the last generation. Before anti
sepsis was discovered and the world
saved from countless horrors. gan
creme was the most frightful and
hopeless danger in the hospitals. 1t
is a thing Of peculiar ghastliness
since a part of the body dies and
grows loathsome while the rest of
the body lives aud the poor victim
watches himself die by inches.
LONG DEVASTATING.
For thousands Of wears nobody
knew how 10 fight this deyouring
horror except by amputstion, and
that was often Of no avail. Nobody
knew either the cause or the cure
Of the evil until Lister and Pasteur
provided a way to prevent it in
most of the cases and it all but
disappeared from hospital acquaint-
ance in either peace or war.
People who oppose medical and
surgical and biological research or
resist their discoveries are more
murderous than savages. A century
or so ago nearly every other per-
son was pock-marked. and thou
sands died in the invasions Of small
pox. Now a pock-marked person
is almost unknown and the disease
is under such control that it never
becomes a sweeping plague.
SO gangrene was supposed to be
practically conquered. But the
World War was on so gigantic
scale and under such novel condi-
tons that in spite Of all that could
be done by armies Of doctors and
armies Of women. lockiaw and gas
gangrene gained q terrific victory
for a time.
The serum incubation conquered
lockjaW finally, but gas-gangrene
for a time caused a sickening total
Of deaths.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

They manage these thins, better
in France.
The other day a representative
Of the French government accom-
panied by a number of eminent ply
sicisns visited a Paris hospital and
pinned on the breast Of a young
surgeon there the Cross Of the LIE
gion Of Honor.
CATCHES CANCER.
The press dispatches leave it IN
certain just how Intentional was
the deed for which this young sur
geon was honored. The fact that
his experience is Of immense value
10 enough for the French government
which pays TO art and science
formal respect that our government
has never approached.
This young man, Henri Vsdon,
was assisting a surgeon in the eI-
cision Of q cancerous tumor from
a patient; he pricked his finger
with a bypodermic needle he had
just removed from the tumOr. The
eager demon Of cancer fastened in
his finger and developed until bis
arm had 10 be sacrificed TO check
its growth.
His case is important as an an
swer 10 the doubt that cancer is
communicable, though the exact
process Of communication is not yet
agreed upon. But the French gov
eminent, realizing how vital great
science is 70 q modern state. has
rewarded The unfortunate surgeon
for adding 20 the knowledge Of de-
vastating plague. His name has
been added TO the new roll Of mar
tyrs 10 science.
SCIENTIFIC HOLIDAY.
That is the msrtyrology that ]
honor. We have saints days for
people who achieved fame for such
holiness that their very bones per-
form miracles. We have holidays
for people like Columbus, Washing
ton, Lincoln and others who have
contributed to our history or our
fame. We have a Labor Day for
the toilers.
Why haven't we a holiday for the
men who conquered smallpox, vel
low fever malaria: Why is there
no Jenner day. no Gorgas day:
no day for Newton. Darwin. Lister
o- Pnmcurs
a.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
THE B e ST
DAMP FOOLISHNESS.


Bill wrote the following note to
his dear one:
Sweetness, apple Of my eye, 1
would do anything for you; swim
the Atlantic, go through fire and
hell for you, and would face the
most terrible storm or hurricane for
your sake.
And, by the way, ! will be over
tonight il it doesn rain too hard"
Wash. Cougars Paw.
Another-Do you know Shakes
peare well?
And another Gavin. yuh can't
kid me. Shakespeare's desd.-Co-
lumbia Jester.
The Ball (angrily)-Are all men
fools?
The Chain--No. dear. Some are
bac1elors.-Scarlet SAINT
Officer. you can't bluff me. I'm
an A. B. and an A. NJ
Good. now well give you the
third degree. Colonel.
Sign on Dairy-'Try our milk
cream amt in it."
Candid. we call it.-Red Cat.
First Pickpocket-How did you
get so strong?
Second Pickpocket Lifting
characterization Royal Gaboon.
Our idea Of & hard job would be
to sell buggy whips in Detroit.
Washington Cougars Paw.
How modestly she dresses, and
how sensibly. :"
yes: that woman will do any
thing to attract attention. Go
lumbia Jester.
81 am sorry / married yos,'
sobbed the bride.
"You ought 10 be-" he replied.
you cheated some other girl out OF
a mighty fine husband."-Bison.
A thing of beauty keeps you
broke forever.-yanderbilt Mas
duerader.
After using 20 bottles Of your ia
nous remedy / have recovered ny
strength sufficiently to beat up OIL
you for ever selling me such "a fax
medicine.
-Gnnnell Malteaser.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
Goblin.

-pODifu-
Soph: II a burglar should break
into the basement would the coal
chute?
Freshs Nav, but tie kidding
wood
-whitmen Blue Moon.
She; I've got the most awful
headache. Ny heads simply split
ting.
he: Well, shut your mouth.
Denver Parrakeet.
nv wife writes noe that she is
sal unstrung what shall / dor
Send her a wire"
He: May i have the pleasure Of
this dance with you?
She: Sure. sit down.
-Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
OOOOOOOOOO
-One more crack like that and
you're through said the fellow on
shore Is he watched the ice creak
Cnder the skater.
u. OF Wash. Columns.
Il had q tooth pulled this morn
iEg."
Did you have an anesthetie?"
'No-a toothache."
Wabash Csyemsn.
Pitter: Pardon my glove.
Pstter: All right. kid.
George Puppet.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

-Ussh Ambus.
After the game is over
After the shouting IN DONE
The date that CRATES on me
Is the girl who says:
(which won?r
But far worse still 10 the wise ~
Q'll kill the son-of-a-gun).
When I tell him I've had q hair
cut
Pipes up and says:
(which one?r
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
Son: Mama, why are ION bak-
ing that cake?
Mama: I'm going to end 4 -
the orphanags.
Son: Mama. doesn't charity ~
gin at home?
.--Colorado Dodo.
why don't they have insane
asylums in Arabian
Because there are bomad peo-
pie there, you sap.
Penn. Punch Bowl.
The modern dance 10 undoubted-
ly the much talked of back to ma
ture movement in American col
leges.
MINI. Ski U-Mah.
Lady: What have you in the way
of vanishing cream?
Clerk: Two quarts Of sour milk.
Chicago Phoenix.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
Nurse Infects Self With Dread Plague
So That Cure May Be
Tested.
Tested.
By RUPERT HUGHES

A NEW word 10 needed for a new
- virtues word that is the
equivalent Of saint" without the
sanctity implied
A saint is q person, q woman a.
often az a man, who has done some
thing Of superhuman beauty and
power under divine inspiration ;
n may have been of great benefit
% humanity but its purpose was
heavenly.
What we need ID a word to de-
scribe one who does a gloriously
brave thing for the sake Of every
day comfort in ordinary life or for
the relief Of human misery By bu-
man means for humanity with no
thought Of doing Gods work for
Him or adding to His Glory.
] wrote Of Mrs. Kelly as an
American saint because Of the per
feet sef-saerifice and heroism that
led her 20 giTe her blood for the
sustensnce Of the little child that
lay for three days and nights at her
side on q cliff whence neither Of
them could escape because Of brok-
en- bones. Mrs. Kelly did q most
beautiful deed for the immediate
sake Of a suffering little girl. May
her fame be immortal!
There was another woman for
whom j feel almost grovelling HON
age; she sacrificed herself for the
sake Of nobody in particular and
everybody in general.
LEARNS NEW HEROINE.
am sorry that I learned only q
few weeks ago OOf the deed she
achieved many years ago, and I am
ashamed % confess that the world
she served seems 10 be ignorant of
her name. Edith Cayell became
household word and has a well de-
served monument in her honor. but
7 doubt IL many peopole know who
Mary Davies was or what she did.
] don't know whether she still lives.
or where; but ] honor her as one
who belongs among the great souls
81 all time.
She was one Of those more and
noro numerous human angels who.
IN tho name o. science and the gen.
erai welfare, brave the most hide
ous sufferings TO help IN the search
u DE hidden truths of earthly evil
and ~ rnnss
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

schools many myths such as the con-
fessedly stolen fable that little
George Washington committed
cherry-cide and refused TO lie out of
il; the improbable and belated ro-
nance of the champion liar, Cap
tain John Smith, about the Indian
girl Pocahontss who won immor-
tality by having a man pretend that
she had saved him twenty years be
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
Pays Homage Girl Who Risked Death for Humanity

that children ought to learn and
would love TO hear.
For grown women, it Is especially
important that the great deeds Of
women in the advancement of sci
ence and the conflict with disease
should be blazoned abroad so that
more women may be encouraged to
join the growing army of scientific
women.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

fore by checking q war-sxe that
was going to bash in his skull.
Every school child knows Of Poca-
bontas and what she probably never
did. But the books do not tell the
school children what Mary Davies
actually did. We know Of Mad
Anthony Wayne, and Molly Pitcher.
Dolly Madison. Betty Jumel, Good
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Very: i see where Doc Davis
operated on Susan Sadeye, the ac-
tress.
DUN: I'll bet be cut a mean fig
ure.-Denison Flamingo.
Old gentleman on Boston Com
mon: Whose little boy are you?
Coming young Bostonian: Well,
mothah says I'm hers-and fathah
says I'm his, but you'd think the
poor, simple deans would know
Tbelong to them both.
Dartmouth Jack o'Lantern.
Why did you strike the tele-
;raph OPERATOR" the judge asked
the darkey.
well, 20 honor" said the cul-
prit, IL hands him a telegram for
my girl an he starts readin' it.
So 1 jest nachurally up an hands
him one"
Iowa Frivol.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Whether the young French sur
geon Intentionally pricked himself
with the cancerOus needle or not,
we know that other surgeons have
made upon themselves experiments
sometimes fatal. This new saint
for science this "scient" you might
say-Msry Davies. not only offered
her body as a laboratory but did it
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
THOID STREET RENAISSANCE.

THOID STREET RENAISSANCE.
Ruff: Say, Boite, do youse know
my goil Goitie?
Turf: Nav, does she floit?
Ruff: Poicolate kid, poicolate !!
My goil Goitie woiks in de shoit
woiks in Boikly on Toity-Toid ave
moo. Toiteen dollars week OATS
what Goitie oins. Gets paid on de
foist and toiteenth, she sure's some
poll.
Turf: Say, aincba hold?
Ruff: Nav! What's de void?
Turf: For toity cents y'kin buy
toity-tree million, tree hundred an
toity-tree Goiman marks.
Ruff: Pull anudder doity one like
dat and you'll be floatin' wild boi-
dies! (Coitan. )-California Pelican.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Revolutionary War and the War Of
1872. They are not allowed 10
learn the hideous truths about those
wars. They are taught little
botany, = little physics and chem
istry, and little biology.
But there are COUNTLESS marvellous
things 10 the history Of medicine.
surgery and the anti-mierobe war
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Queen Bss, Joan Of Arc, Char
lotte Corday, and Nine. Pompa-
dour. But Florence Nightingale is
almost the only woman who is
popularity remembered for a deed
of humanity in behalf of the health
of soldiers.
Our school children are taught
number of pretty legends about the
alleged demigods who fought the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Autptst twho has Just driven
ever . pedestrian)-P me,
bat haven't ! run across your face
before some time or other?
Irish Pedestrian-No, begorro, Il
- ne left leg ye hit last time
MINI. Ski-U-Mah.
ysnys i like 20 hear that prof
lecture on chemistry. he brings
things home 10 me that / have
never seen before.
Tom: That's nothing, 20 docs
- Stndsut Laundry Agency.
-va1ar Vagabond
Il can hardly stand % do thia,-
said the college man ~ be looked
through the keyhole.
-Notre Dame Jurylef.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
WAITS TWO HOURS.

She waited two hours-and they
must have been thrilling hours.
When the germs had had time TO
circulate well in her system, she
went to the laboratory chief and
said quietly:
II injected a hundred drops of
the gangrene culture in my flesh
two hours ago. You might try the
quinine hydrochlorid on me and
see what happens?
The surgeons were accustomed 10
all the terrors Of war. but this gave
them new shock. They injected
the hydrochlorid solution and sent
her to the hospital. The disease
made a brief flare Of its symptoms,
but under a second injection sub
sided. with none Of the fierce swift
manifestations.
Mary Davies did not perish and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
Injects Germs, Waits Two Hours, Then
Offers Self to Doctors for
Experiment.

The attack on gas gengrene was
made by the usual approach. Guinea
pigs were inoculated with the bacil-
Ii of gangrene and the results
studied. The poor guinea pigs gen
orally died, till it was found that
injections of quinine hydroehlorid
were effective.
The question was, would the
same treatment help human be-
ings? Wounded and battle-shock-
ed soldiers were not the ideal per
sons for, experiment especially as
they might not be free Of other in
fections than from the gangrene.
Mary Davies. the young English
nurse, cooked ny a conspiracy If
one person may be said to conspire.
In her case the word is not 30 in
exact, for she resolved TO play
three parts, enemy, patient and
physician. She knew that II she
announced her plan. she would be
forbidden to risk her life and youth.
In order to avoid disobeying an
order she simply acted without
asking permission.
She finished her work up 10 the
day when she had earned the regu-
lar leave of absence. Then she
selected the most potent culture Of
bacilli. Two drops were enough
to kill a guinea pig. SO she drove
the needle into her flesh twice, i'll
jecting fifty drops deep in her thigh
muscles and fifty drops just under
the skin.