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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-29
BUREAU OF
MISSING
RELATIVES

The star invites Its readers 10 use this
drps rtfnent ns mn aid Ia finding missing
relatives or friends. The department IN
to help In reubiiing those who have been
separatsd. ThoSs whose relatives or
friend. are missing nro Invited TO report
the disappearance directly 10 The star.
Header. who may know the whereabouts
Of prrsoif4 mentioned In this column ~
missing are requested also to roget to
The star. other newspapers nrs Invited
10 reproduce such items as viii Interest
their readers.
EDGAR FRANK GALE, 1926
18th nve.. was 10 have sailed on tho
president MCKINLEY March rs, 1925,
but he did not make the trip. His
pareufetg seek some trace OF him.
Phone EAst-7s20.
HENRY JOHN THOMPSON has n
mother IN England 81 years old,
who In anxious TO hear from him nj
once. Ills brother, Dixon + Thomp-
son. 1447 Wilson ave, DeB MolneB,
Iowa, In seeking him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Patching Up
Cracks
BY Hannah Wing

There are many kinds of patching
in n woman's life. On aprons ana
dresses and fathers suit and Willie 5
Knockers she uses needle and thread
and matches the patch with care. She
has recently discovered dozens OF ne"
uses for surgeons tape--sucklng
plaster-fOr temporary patching. nhG
must always be more or less Skllliul
with a light hammer and wrench 1or
emergency repair work. But even
with all this equipment there is still
another evidence of wear and tear
which soon makes a house look shah
by. Bits of plaster knocked Off by
the childrcn's toys, by grandmother
rocker. by the moving of furniture oil
the driving, of nails. -,
Cracks appear in the fireplace tiles
and in those in the bath room floor
Cracks come in the plaster from tho
steady vibration of the passing o,
trucks, the floor cracks with the neal
which shrinks the boards.
For all these purposes the mouse
keeper or her husband-it he doe
the patching-has been obliged to US
MASTER of paris which hardcnS 81
quickly that it is difficult to do
smooth job. or putty which dries on
quickly and cracks or chips off. Some
times women have rcsOrted to a hom'
made concoction in which well -soake'
newspapers formed the principal IN
grpdiCnt.
To this problem the evCr-thoughtfu
manufacturer has turned his atten
ton and there are today several read,
to-mix patching plasters' on tn
market. These may be used for out
side patching as well as inside. Tn
first cracks or breaks in the stucc
or cement house or in the side wall
should have attention before moiS
ture and freezing start their destruC
| tive work.
Directions for their use advise
finnish mixture for small cracks
This may be applied with a brus'
Larger breaks require a sitter mix
ture rud the use of trowel. Car
should always be pSed that the NIX
turc is not TOO thick, as 1t thicSen
lquickly.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Yes or No?

1. Is it good TO wash silk fabrics
in water softened with soda?
.. Is orvalic acid poisonous!
3. Can a baby be hungry before
il has ever tasted food?
4. Can dogs ever be trained to dive
for fish?
Answers to these questions may be
found
1. No. Dilute alkali weakens SILK
and destroys its lustrc.
=. Yes. Oxalic acid is extreme-
Iy poisonous and is dangerous TO
use if the skin is broken on the
hands anywhere.
3. Yes. 1t is believed that hum
ger contractions begin in the stomach
even before birth and they have been
certainly observed before any food IS
taken. The baby might be said to
| De born hungry.
4. Yes. The Fuegians train their
| dogs to dive for fish.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax.
In Love at Sixteen.


am 16 years of age and attend
Fhigh school where / am in. the senior
year. 1 have numerous girl friends
but few boy friends.
Now, there is one young man whom
| have known for four years. During
all this time I've loved him. l may be
romantic. l know that this love is
not the best thing for me, yet l can
not extinGuish it.
He comes to see me occasionally
when he is in this ncighborhood and
stays usually for half an hour. He
never comes to see me Saturday or
Sunday. He has enjoyed my hospi-
| tality very often and takes my friend
shin for granted. ! don't want much,
since he attends college and needs his
money, but he takes other young Ia
dies out. Why an I left out? | be-
lieve that if he is my friend at home
he should also go about with me.
For instance, his club gave dance
IN which no expense whatsoever was
involved. yet l wasn't asked. I'm not
bad Looking and have various interests
outside of school, such as tennis, read
ing. thcatCrs and lectures. And through
these l try to forget, yet it seems i'm
possible.
As l have high ideals, l do not in
dulge in kissing. Perhaps this may
be the cause of my failure.
Should l let the young man know
my feelings? If / do l fear l may
lose him altogether.
My feelings may be infatuation, but
would infatuation last so long?
MATHILDA y.
You've done all you can do with
dignity to interest the young man
and win his affection. Mathilde. You
can't force him to love you, can you!
To tell him your feeling for hin
would do no good and might mean
sacrificing the pleasant friendship
that now exists between you two.
So all l can suggest is that you
continue to face the facts bravely
and interest yourself in other young
people and in the various enthusiasts
/ that fill your life. Refuse to permit
your thoughts to dwell continually on
this young man, who evidently regards
you as just n good friend.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
DINNER MENU
Chicken Patties
Rice
Green Peas
Lemon Jelly Salad
Marshmallow Peach Tarts

MarShmall0w Peach Iafis
Each of the three main dishes in
this menu presents an old and familiar
dish in n somewhat novel form. Since
the preDaration of the meal begins
with the making of tarts, the tlrSt
thing to consider is piecrust.
For half q dozen tart shells and n
baked pie shell to be reserved for to.
morrow'S dinner, use one and hait
cups flour and one teaspoon salt. with
n fork work in One-half cup lard until
the mixture looks like meal. Add just
enough water to hold the dough to-
cethcr-about one-quarter cup. Turn
and roll out. Fit onc-half over an III.
verified pie tin. Cut the other mar
into four or six pieces and fit them
over the backs Of tart or muffin pans
pricking small holes in them with
| fork. Bake in moderate oven (jio
dcgrees) 10 to 20 minutes:
The tart and pie shells are re-
moved from the tins as soon as they
come from the oven, and when the
tart shells are cool they are tilIed
with fresh sliced peaches, uncookcu'
Then they are sprinkled with sugar
and covered with quartered marsh
mallows. Into n hot oven they GO
until the marshmallows puff ana
| brown.
The pie shell we will keep over uIn'
| fiji the next day, TO be used IN max
ing one of our luscious strawDerr!
pics. - =, 7.
Now for the lemon jelly salad. 1t
is quite the simplest sort, OF dish |"
prepare it we use a package OF any
of the sorts of gclatine which come
already Favored and sweetcned. rms
is made according TO the directions
on the package. and just as IT De
gins to set one sliced banana is added
r. looks most attractive when pre-
norcd in individual molds, which, arc
turned out on beds of shredded head
lettuce and served with mayonnalS'
or boiled dressing. -, -,
Perhaps you may think that yoI
cannot possibly have chicken pattles'
without going to the bother of COOK
inc n whole chicken. But that !
ouite too expensive and too long 4
process for a mid-week meal. ] nearl;
: always use canned chicken. of whlcl
, there are several excellent brands oil
: the market. All that need be dom
with it is to make white sauce
add the minced chicken Ga small cal
. Yields one cup), cup of canned o
, cooked peas and, if you desire,
t minced pimicntO or green pepper
Shrimps or boiled ham may be use
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
LISTEN, WORLD!
The Reckoning Trail
Bv ELSIE ROBINSON

1t was wonderful out in the woods
this year, wasn't it, Pal? Dim and
cool-full of the healing smell Of sap
and tangled fern and the slow breath
ing of the warm, soft earth. Mother
Earth"-You thought of that Old
phrase often, as you lay sprawled
head down and felt the peace and
strength flood slowly through your
being. like some mysterious, natural
nourishment.
After a little. you felt all made
over. AS though you had whole
new set of instincts. You laughed
harder. You were hungrier. Your
heart opened wider under the stars.
Little things quickcned your curiosi-
ty and delight. That tiny chipmunS
that came every day to eat the
crumbs. The sunlight slantinG
through the pink and copper of the
pine trunks. The scores of little bub'
bling voices in the chorus OF the
brook. The hidden wood trails you
stumbled on
There wasn't anything in all the
vacation more tempting and delightful
than those wood trails-was there
Pal? Those little paths that turn
their backs and run away from you
and dare you to foilow-were yor
ever able to resist the dare?
l never pass one without my spirit
tagging behind, longing to forSake thu
safe, scheduled highway and follow
that uncertain. shaGowed trail. Bugs
Snakes? Pitfalls? Surcst thing
they might all be waiting on that
trail. But they never seem to mat
ter. / only wonder where ii goes
after that first turning by the oak
What scented valley does it tread
what brook shares its small gossiping
what sunlit supcr-land does it entei
on the other side of the hill?
And now that you've passed it by
and left that reckoning trail forever
UNEMPLOYED. what haunting regret il
yours You might have met such ting
ling adventures if you had turned from
the stupid, beaten path and FOLLOWED
| through the trees. That plain, SAT-
road would do for common people VIII
lack the imagination and are afrait
to take risks. But you-YOU-neet
not have taken that humdrum way
You might have treated yourself t.
better things. And if there were dan
gcrs-what would the dangers hav
nattcrcd if you had claimed that diff
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07

"For about 20 years." says Mr..
P. A. Walker, a well-known resi-
dent Of Newburg, Kentucky, zone
of our home remedies has been
Black. Draught, the old reliable.
We have been married 81 years,
and in all that time We have
never found a liver medicine that
save the satisfaction that Black
Draught has given.
81 use it for colds, biliousness,
sour stomach and indigestion
was subject to headaches when my
liver would get out Of order.
81 would have binding headaches
and couldn't stoop about my work
Just couldn't go. used Black
Draught and 1t relieved ME.
About eight years ago my wife
got down with liver and stomach
trouble. We tried for a week to
help her. but she didn't get any
better.
"One day | said to the doctor, I
believe / will try Black-Draught
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Meditations of
a Wife
Flavor to Taste.
By Helen Rowland

Flavor to aste.
Somehow, a girl feels that a maj
has no right to save her life, when
TO make the REST of it worth while,
by falling in love with her.
The only woman, who is immune to
a second attack of matrimony, seems
10 be the one who is still suffering
from the effects of the first.
The greatest miracle Of marriage is
the apparent ease with which it turns
a 10 o'clock lover into o'clock hus-
band. r.
As an instrument for keeping father
at home evenings, and at the same
time making him feel as though he had
not missed anything" the radio y
certainly an angel in a terrible DIS
guise.
So versatile is n woman, that she
can string beans and keep an eye on
the oven, while she mentally works
out the sort of life she would lead, il
she "had to do it all over again.
TIE average girl pictures her ideal
husband as one who will be as hard
working as a Kansas mule, as depends
able as a mountain burro, and as de-
voted and fond Of play as a circus
pony.
The girl. who will cheerfully plunge
into the breakers and sink or swim
beside n man. somehow, never gets a
husband quite so quickly or easily as
the one who is looking for "a Dig,
strong man" TO lift her over the waves
of lifc's troubles, and tell her how cute
she looks.
Some men wait to be tempted into
n foolish love affair-but most of then,
lust fall naturally from the force OF
Copyright, 1928. King Feature Syn. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Fashions Fads
and Fancies
By Mildred Ash

Betting on the ponies is sure to be
be a winning bee this winter, for
Russian ponyskin coats are going to
be very smart for practical, general
utility wear. Brown ponyskin, with
fox trimming, is very smart combl-
nation for the coming winters snug
ly warm wrap.
On a dangerous footing is she who
adopts the Partisan style of wearing
the black satin sandal that is so COM
plctcly cut away that practically only
heel and toe remain. Not a very Sc
cure support for Maynard ankle
but an extremely smart model when
the toe and heel are cncrustcd with
brightly colored stones.
What's up her sleeve can never be
discerned, for long sleeves remain Ms
strongly in vogue as ever. Full and
heavily trimmed, many sleeves arc
tied at the wrist with graceful stream
ers. while others are gathered into
embroidered bands.
Bringing back the bOlero is a def
mite sign of the continued Spanish
influence on our present fashions
The bolcro effect is used on many
dresses of velveteen. cloth or Sill
crepe, and is being accepted by many
of the most smartly CARRIED women
and girls.
Collegiate coats are most striking
when fashioned from typical Navajo
blankets, such as Indian squaws
wrapped around themselves. Goats
intended for college girls wear are OF
brightly colored blankets and are
styled along straight, box lines anC
have straight throw scarf collars.
Gone to their heads has the habit
of wearing expensive pins of precious
or semi-precious stones, for it mas
become the fad to wear ones finest
brooch as trimming for a velour OF
felt hat. Stylishly dressed womer
are pinning their most valuable
breast-pins upon their fall millinery
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07

fcrent, secret experience which those
stupid, timid people could not know!
Do woods make you feel that way,
Pal? Yes? Then l wonder If you
haven't CHANGED on n secret thcrc-a
secret that might explain those strange
" tangled lives we find so hard to
understand.
MAYBE WOOD ROADS LURED
THEM, TOO.
Maybe they, too, tired of the beaten
highways and could not deny that beck
oning path of secret, strange delight.
Maybe every new chance for de-
parture from the hackneyed code set
their blood atinglc with that hunger
for adventure which you felt, in a
smaller way, the time you faced that
little path that led beyond the oak.
Did you ever think of it that way
| before?
There's that watery eyed, flabby
fleshed, slack footed old drunkard that
mas come to be the office pest. Used
TO have a fine job on the staff.
The forgiVable prank of boy-cu'
rious, eager. reaching out for man ex
perience-that's what the first drink
was. Nothing very disgusting about
that reckoning young trail. The pitt
full attempt of a tired man to drive
himself harder or escape his worry
and rsgret-you could hardly call it 9
besotted life when he entered tina
Swallowed trail, which seemed to leat
to peace. Yes, the result is terrible
But can't you look back to the be
ginning-you who entered tip-tOc Of
so many trails, or sought them blindly
to escape some heartache?
Or there's that bitter, hardened
woman. You've a vile name for her
But have you forgotten the CLEAN ant
glamour of those woodland nights tina
loosed you from the dragging, solit
earth and led you mazed down silver!
winding paths, with soft. delicious
madness in your veins? Look ono
again into her SCARED, scared face
Can you not still see there the faint
lost image of = mOOn-mazed girl tina
took a path that beckoned-to he
doom?
Wood trails. Dim paths, that clutc
and call and lure us from the dreary
ordained road. If you have found de
light in such trail, can't you b
fricndlier to the sad ones who fOllowe
their dim trails until they lost thei
way?
Copyright. 1925. King Features Syn. 1nc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
TABLE TALKS
Menus for Week
By ALICE IRWIN

in place of chicken il you prefer.
And an economical substitute for
pattic shells comes in the form OF
large flat rolls scooped out and
toasted.
The rice called for in the menu
is Just plain boiled rice, more APP
propriatc accompaniment for patties
or creamed fish than potatoes.
Breakfast and Luncheon Menus For
Week.
TUESDAY
BREAKFAST
Bananas with Cream
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee MIX
LUNCHEON
Clipped Beef on Toast
Raisin Bread Sandwiches
Orange Marmaladc
Cocoa
WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST
Grapes
Cereal with Dates
Toast Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON
Bacon and Eggs
Orange Rolls
Chocolate
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST
Cantaloupc
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON
French Toast with Peach Sauce
Tea
FRIDAY
BREAKFAST
Watermelon
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Mix
LUNCHEON
Tomato Salad
Cheese Biscuit Pears
Tea
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST
Cantaloupe
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON
Macaroni and Cheese
Baked Apples
Tea
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
Peaches with Cream
Waffles with Maple Syrup
Toast Coffee Mix
SUPPER
Combination Salad
French Rolls Maple Mousse
Gingerade
MONDAY
BREAKFAST
Sliced Oranges
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON
Scrambled Eggs
Fried Potatoes Nut Bread
Tea
GRAPE JELLY.
Grapes should be picked over. was
cd and stems removed before puttil
into a preserving kettle. Heat to bo
ing point. mash and boil 30 minute
then proceed as for currant jelly. Wi
grapes make the best jelly.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Binding HEADACHES
Liver OUT OF ORDER

for her. II helped my liver. He
said that l might try 1t and TO
follow directions, which did
Before she took Black-Draught
she suffered pain in the lower part
Of her body, and soreness, dizziness
in her head, and just wasn't able
to sit up. She was nauseated and
couldn't eat or rest
She began taking Black-Draught
and in two days she was greatly
improved, and in a week she was
up.
st didn't think It possible for
anyone to improve so fast as she
did. She has taken Hlack-Draught
ever since and It keeps her up and
going"
Made from selected medicinal
roots and herbs, and containing no
dangerous mineral drugs, Thed-
ford's Black-Draught Is nature
own remedy for indigestion and
constipation, due 70 a torpid liver.
Sold everywhere. JAIL
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07


Then L recalled how once upon a
time May had helped herself to a
few trifles which she cravcd for Ar
lette. 1t is possible that her prlml-
tive sense of honesty and of mine
and thine" made it possible for May
to read our letters. She may have
ferreted ont the place where jim and
| hid the ugly anonymous letters.
What ever she knows she ism
going to tell" L reflected. She
smelled burning prunes in order to
get away from me and a possible
third degree I'll forget May and
20 telephone Mrs. Stratton our re-
grcts."
$50 you're going to have a nice trip
to Canada" was Mrs. STATIONS reply
to my information. isn't that jolly
/ know you'll have fun every minute
of the time. I'm so glad you're go
ing-I mean I'm so pleased you're
not one Of those wives who get left
behind while friend husband goes off
on business trips. I'm really so
pleased for you. that I'm not going to
say we're sorry you can't be with
u.s."
In Mrs. STATIONS tone there rang
the same unmistakable relief that
had sounded in May Valleau's voice
Evidently each of them knew some
thing-if not all--about the threaten.
ing letters signed with the smudged
red hand. Evidently each of them
thought we were needing the warn
ing and running away. And it waf
clear that they considered ours thu
wise course.
But why? What are we running
away from? And if we avoid the
red palm and its threats today, won't
we have to reckon with il later?
ITO BE COntinued
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
The Rhyming
Optimist
For Happiness.
By Aline Michaelis

Only the ancient lOngings playing
their ancient part, love and the thirst
for happiness filling the human heart.
Only a share of kindness, smiles and
a humble goal, these are mans needs
on his daily way; these are the food
of the soul. Nothing of wealth to
hamper pinions Of pure desire; moth
ing of fame to check and choke flames
of the spirits fire. Simple and kindly
living, joy in another's joy, these are
the riches no thief can steal, bliSses
without alloy. Learning the worth OF
patience, treading with willing feet
over the road Of honest work, so does
mans life grow sweet. Shilling the an
cient longings ever astir in his breast
uuenching the thirst for happiness
these bring nan peace and rest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-07
Foxy Grandpa's
Stories
Rabbits Must Think to Live

L had noticed that Bunny's appc-
tito was getting larger and was
glad of it, because that little rabbit
does look cute when he is plump, al
though he says too much weight cuts
off his wind and he can't run as fast.
But, this time of which l speak,
I also noticed that although he was
taking more rad;sheS and carrots than
usual that he wasn't getting any rat
ter as result.
So then / started to watch him.
And after a few days 1 discovered
that he didn't cat all of these radishes
and carrots at the table, but would
often walk out of the dining room
with a couple under his arm.
Now what was going on, l won
dered?
| knew it would come out sooner
or later and / knew that Bunny had
something on his mind. Because he
had q strange expression on his lit
tie face and often his whiskers would
twitch in the most nervous manner.
Sure enough. it was not long be-
fore he told me.
One evening he came in just as il
was growing dark, jumped up on my
knee and started.
Foxy Grandpa!" -.
"Yes. Bunny" l said, stroking hi
soft white head. what is it,"
Foxy Grandpa" he repeated anC
then hesitatcd. Il would like to tall
TO YOU about something"
Fire away" I laughed, giving hin
another carcss. for / saw it was hare
for him to tell me what was on his
little rabbit-mind.
I'm worried" he finally blurteC
out. I'm afraid I have been doing
something dishonorable."
Bunny" 1 exclaimed; "Io'
couldn't. Tell me what is botherint
you"
"I've been taking food from the ia
bic to feed some friends of mine, wht
live down in the garden. You see
was afraid they might eat your fruit
and flowers and vegetables and xii
the plants, so l thought it was bette
to give them vegetables that alrcad
had been cut.
you know. Foxy Grandpa" plead
ed Bunny, that it is so difficult TO
: us to find n place to live where thCr
are not men and boys with guns, o
dogs and cats and Skunks and weasel
and foxes and hawks and owls an
eagles, that when we do find n plac
where it is safe to live and bring II
families, it is pretty hard not to ca
what is handy
| why, you dear little fellow" sal
I. Il do not consider that dishonol
able at all. 1 just thought you wcr
! hungricr than usual and l was gla
! to see what fine appetite you had.
Il knew you thought that and thG
is why L felt bad about it, l didn
like to deceive you"
We'll have to take care Of you
friends. Bunny" said 1. You jus
r tell the cook how much you nee
8 every day in the line of provision
She will give them to you and the
we can have the pleasure of havin
! your friends with us. Have you tOl
! Bunch the cat about them? You kno'
: Bunch might forget her loyalty
you. on account of her natural tender
cy to like your family"
YES" answered Bunny proud
! "Thcy were scared to death at fir
q about Bunch and hesitated about Ii
= ing here. But 1 fixed it wi
! Bunch"
i Its surprising that any of yoU
family endure" 1 said.
: We do it, Foxy Grandpa" sa
;, Bunny, by using our brains al
!. thinking hard how to do it, althou,
. lots of people don't know that '
can"
Copyright, 1925, International Featur
" SnrNirn- Inc 1