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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
SOL DISCRETION
PUTS FEAR IN !
HEARTS Of ]
zoo FOLK ].
Sight Of Snow Causes
CONSERVATION Among
Birds and Beasts. :, Z,

An air of tense excitement prevailed
in the Breckenridge Park zoo yester-
day.
Rumors were current that the world
was coming 10 an end, that no more
nuts would grow on the trees. that
all living creatures would shed their
fur and lose their tails, that Park
Commissioner Ray Lambert would
stop feeding them and more than
score Of other disasters that struck
fear in the animals hearts. ~
Mother Bear kept her cubs close to
her throughout the dreary day as did
the parents of the other young ami
mails.
SLEEPY 'Possum didn't show up
at his office. He pleaded Il headache. :
telephoned his secretary she could
have the day Off and remained behind
closed doors. ~
BECAUSE 1T SHOWED.
Milk was not brought in off the
front porches. the newspapers laid on
the ground where they were thrown
unread. ~.
Not even the bold monkeys ventured
out of their homes to cat choice fruit
thrown to them.
All this
Because it showed in San Antonio.
A brisk north wind was blowing
when the animals retired Sunday
night. Some, perhaps, threw extra
blankets on their beds. but that was
all.
Until
The next morning when they awoke
to find Sunny San Antonio carpetcd
with snow. And Old Sol. which for
months had come up in the east just
as they woke up, was nowhere in
sight.
Frisky squirrel ran TO his window.
"Oh! Oh, oh" he shrieked. "There
amt going to be any more nuts =
MRS. SQUIRREL FAINTS.
Alarmed at his queer actions, his
wife ran to the window-everythin
was white-she tainted.
Bachelor Tapir then blinked his
eyes. crawled out from under a bed
of hay and rubbed his eyes.
Great Pole Csts"' he grunted.
Surely everyone will shed his fur,
Others heard him aud the rumor
spread like wildfire.
An inQuisitive monkey who awoxe
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
STATE TAKES OVER
ROAD MAINTENANCE

Maintenance work in Bexar, Comal,
Kendall, Medina and Kerr counties,
formerly done under contract by the
Hoffman Construction Company, has
been taken over by the State High
way Department, according TO Major
W. f. Huston, division engineer.
Authority was given Mr.. Huston
Tuesday TO begin work on the eight
miles of the San Antonio-Seguin high
way. Asphalt will be placed ON the
present gravel base.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
WANT TO THINK OR STUDY?
GO TO SEE A GOOD MOVIE

Local business men do not agree
with the statement Of DIR. Sanger
Brown, chairman Of the State Com
mission on Mental Detectives Of New
York, that indiscriminate going to the
movies weakens the development of the
normal mind.
Instead, they say that attendance,
even frequent attendance such as DIR.
Brown berates, is beneficial and slim
ulates the mind to thought which would
not be suggested if the movies; were
not attended. .-gS-s9 ''
The men interviewed on the queS-
ton were a merchant, motion picture
man and lawyer.
DIR. Browns principal argument
against constant watching Of the silver
screen was that to witness a movie
one did not have to exercise his mind
to visualize the surroundings. as is
necessary when book is read.
s. A. MEN DISAGREE.
The following is what San Anton.
ians had to say on the subject:
"There are certain scenes portrayed
in almost every movie shown which
make one think as much or more than
any book, if he is to get the full
significance" R. NJ. Michael, jeweler,
said. o..
when criticising the movies, it
must be remembered that they are
made for all classes, while writing, or
anything else, can be made for any
particular class of intellect desired"
The effect which good movies have
upon thinking minds was spoken of By
Jack Jackson Of the Palace theater.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30

People who see picture shows are
given an opportunity to visualize
things which often arc truer to actual
conditions than are painted in books, "
Mr.. Jackson said. "Movies nowadays
are made only after careful research,
SUBJECT FOR STUDY.
Continual moving picture attend
ance is ne more liable to thwart nor
nal development or to encourage de-
vclopment along criminal lines, than
continual reading of current literature.
The movies have several censors, while
seldom is a book or magazine cen
sored."
Things seen in movies which suggest
something for person to study was
touched upon the attorney.
Frequently see something in a
movie with which l am not familiar,
and am thus set to thinking and study
ing that particular thing.
another thing about a movie which
causes the theatergoer to use his mind
is the desire to predict what the next
step in the action OF the play will be.
Novel customs in foreign pictures,
which We invariably compare with our
own customs, also provide food for
thought.
people who go to pictures continu-
ously and who do not think, are OF
such mentality that they perhaps
would not put in the same amount Of
time in such manner as to think or
study. Busy people who go to pictures
occasionally perhaps do not have time
to go more, but do think when they
see pictures" the attorney concluded.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
BOY SCOUTS HONOR
LADS FROM SCHOOL

Troop 4, Boy Scouts, entertained
members of the troop who are home
from school for the holidays with q
banquet at the tapestry room, st. An
thouy hotel.
Assistant Scoutmaster NJ. f. Staley
was POSTMASTER. Guests included Scout
Commissioner \. NJ. Michael and
Scoutmaster u. w. Read, Galveston.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
FIRST POST-XMAS
PICKPOCKET VICTIM
REPORTS SIS LOSS

NJ. Cuezneske, COG Victoria street,
is the first post-Christmas victim of
pickpockets, according to a report to
detectives.
He was robbed Tuesday night of
S25. The money was taken from his
pocket some time during a walk on
South Santa Rosa avenue, he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
PARIS SAVES DAY.

Paris has undoubtedly saved the
day and also the trousers for the men
of the world, by decreeing that wo-
men shall be feminine again.
For with the "boyish bob" the
"boyish silhouette" square-toed shoes
and cigarettes, tin stuff of man has
indeed been seriously threatened. 1t
wasn't more than a step-or tuck
from the tube frock to trousers. In
fact, if styles had got any narrower
the natural law of evolution would
have made it necessary for skirts to
become trousers-else the feminine
world wouldn't have been able to shop
or Charleston or even stand alone.
And if frocks had become trousers,
of course men would have had to wear
skirts. Otherwise, how would you tell
an ice man from a debutante?
It's a long way-five yards, at
least-from the slender frock of few
weeks ago to the flaring, full skirt
of now.
But Milady has renowned clingine
lines for ruffles and frills and plaits
and godets. The first hint of change
in lines came with the godet, a re-
vised version of grandmother's "gores. +"
Now the skirts of nearly every type
of dress are full, with massed fullness
either in the front or back or on the
cid,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
SHOW GREATER GAIN.

1t will be noted Director Brewer
points out, that the girls showed a
greater gain in distance in the six
second dash over boys. but less IN
throwing the baseball. This is account
ed for, Director Brewer states, by the
difference in tho muscular construc-
ton and articulation of legs and arms
of girls and boys.
Eleven per cent Of the girls could
throw a baseball 102 feet in 1924.
This percentage grew TO 11.2 in 1925.
Five per cent Of the girls could
throw ball III feet in 1924, while
10 per cent were able to throw it
this distance in 1925. One per cent
Of the girls could throw ball 49,
feet in 1928 while the same number in
1929 threw the ball $50 feet, gain
Of five feet during the year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
GINNINGS IN BEXAR
TOTAL 1908 BALES

Bexsr county ginned SS0s bales Of
cotton up TO December Is. 1925, as
compared with papa bales in the
same period last year, according TO
o. +. Pridgcu. special agent for III"
Department Of Agriculture.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
S. A. MASONS PLAN
INITIATION OF 100

More than 100 candidates are ex-
pected to take advantage of the con
ferring of degrees in Scottish Rite
work between now and April, accord
ing to an announcement made We'd
nosday. The class is scheduled to
convene January IL for the exemp--
fication Of several degrees.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
A Narrow Escape

Asked to compose a sentence with
tho word "pasteurize" in it. Johnny
said, according to our friend, Gjuro:
81 shot spit-ball into the air and It
flew right past your eyes
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
Clean Pickup

ST. Louis authorities are going TO
test the feasibility OF using a huge
alectro-magnet suspended under
truck to pick up nails, tacks and jag
ged fragments OF metal in tho street.
Whatever the city gets will be
pickup.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
Would Be Curiosity

Now than Congress is in session
we would like to see something
happen exciting enough to cause the
Congressional Record to get out an
extra edition.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
Peril in Whiskers

London police have warned mon In
that city that they must wear whisl-
ers at their own risk. We surmise from
this that in some of the pea, soup"
fogs in London, when nothing can be
seen, men have been pulling each
others whiskefs by mistake. ~
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
We Understand

When a Pittsburgh man arranged
an evening Of checkers and was
beaten every game by his wife, he
committed suicide. Nothing could
be more humiliating than that.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
How Excitingi

Paris on his reutrn from explorations
in the Horgar region In Africa, he aud
his companions treated the natives
courteously there and taught them to
sing college and Rotarian songs"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
OBSERVE HOLIDAY.

All San Antonio freight depots will
be closed Friday, according to the an
nouncement made by W. f. 0'Donnell.
secretary OF the San Antonio Freight
Agents association.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
HIPS ARE BACK
IN FASHION
AGAIN
By BESS CARROLL

Women aren't going to follow the
straight and narrow" any more.
At least, not in the lines of their
clothes.
Curves have come back. Hips are
going to become part Of feminine an
atomy once more.
With this news the price of steak,
ham and eggs and chocolate sodas
probably will soar-women need no
longer starve until hats can be hung
on their elbows, in order to preserve
a telephone pole figure.
And men won't have 10 wear
dresses. after all.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
Knocking "Red"

Glendale, Cal, has named street
Grange" in honor of "Red"
Grange, but it only runs block,
and Red" is good for longer runs
that that.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
F ORD REV|VES
OLDSTEPS To
SELL CARS

We read in current papers that
Henry Ford will try to popularize the
dances they tripped in days gone by.
One hundred modern" teachers We're
hidden recently to see dance steps as
Henry believes they ought to be.
We welcome this idea and hope that
it won't be in vain. There's much to
say in favor of the old time waltzes
plain. Each year we seek new dances,
and jazzy hearts forget the good old
hop-skip polka and stately minuet.
STEP WITH PEP.
In by-gone days at parties the
youths, and maidens shy, were easy
in their movements, as they went
swinging by. And when the ball was
over, they wandered home at dawn,
with not a thought Of shmber, for
pep" was not all gone.
But now when dance is ended, the
"steppers" usually steal home to bed
and mother, as weary as can be-
From labor like the Charleston, lot
Of rest they seek. and latter every
party" they're limping for week.
It's even been reported that some
are laid up" so, their lower limbs
are idle, for they just can't make
them go. Most folks who do the
Charleston are certain TO decide that
sleep is far more vital than even a
flivyer ride. So in his latest venture,
Ford's wisdom we don't doubt, for
some steps" must be taken TO keep
his statesmen out.
And now old timers wonder if he
will quite succeed in bringing back
those dances which Henry says we
need. While through the land the
bidders" are starting out anew, on
jokes about the flivver, with which
they're never through. One said
"Ford's scheme is dandy and ought
to work out right, but he should
watch a flivver sometime upon its
flight. He talks of olden dances,
while all his cars today are very mod
ern creatures; they 'shimmy' all the
way"
REST Is BEST.
And yet, despite this joking, Fords
plan is all o. X. and it will please
the flappers who want a change each
day. While those who do the Charles
ton, and YEARLY seek rest, will find
the old square dances a remedy that's
best. So mothers heart is happy and
dad is smiling too, at thought Of this
revival of steps they used TO do.
And Henry, while they guy him,
still Henry's pretty Wishes will
ing to take the guying of all these
wise-crack guys. He loves to have
them kidding his queer, eccentric ways
for Henry knows, and knows he
tnnrs that AnVERTISING PAYS
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
OF Course

Might one say. in view of the
outcome Of the RhineIander annul-
ment suit, that the outlook for
Leonard Kip Rhinelander is still
dark?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
PRICES MUST GO UP.

With the bodice waist and the nor
NAL waistline gaining favor, hips are
at the same time coming into style.
In fact, they are even exaggerated by
a gypsy girdle that is very popular.
It will be much easier for every
woman 10 look her best at all times
now. for the full frock hides a multi
tude Of sins-and pounds. Skinny
women will no longer look picked.
and stout ones will not have to say
their prayers every time they run to
catch street car-as they did when
glove-tight dresses were in vogue.
But the price Of living is bound to
increase now that women can eat
three meals a day.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
Experienced

Tony Fuente. pugilist, admitted
at Yuma that he faxed fight. His
career cOnvinces us that Fuente
knows fake when he sees il.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
MISS MODERNS
BETTER GIRLS
THAN Bic SIS

Girls Of San Antonio today ara
better women, physically, than their
sisters OF twenty years ago. They en-
joy better health, a fuller, freer life
of sheer physical enjoyment in those
sports which heretofore have been in
dulged in exclusively by their broth
ers. Such possibilities and privileges
have come about through the teach
ing of rational physical exercises as
taught in the public schols, is the
statement of Richard III. Brewer, di-
rector of physical and health educa-
ton Of the public junior high school
system of this city.
Not only does rational physical ex-
ercise develop the body properly, but
it also leads to better personal hab-
its and these two in turn lead TO
greater mental abilities and moral
character, Director Brewer states. Di-
rector Brewers statement followed a
survey of 500 junior high school girls
covering the years 1924 and 1925. The
average age Of the girls was IA years.
THREE TESTS.
As showing the gains made by girls
during this period in their physical
ability in three tests, running. basket
ball and baseball throwing, Director
Brewer has compiled a series Of
graphs, one for 1924 and one for 1925,
compared them with each other and
with the records of boys in similar
tests.
The mean average Of the girls in a
six-second dash for 1924 was found 10
be 80 yards. That of 1925 to be SO
yards, gain Of four yards or twelve
feet in six seconds. The mean ave.
age Of boys in 1924 was 81 yards IN
a six second dash and in 1925, 80
yards, gain of only two yards or six
feet.
In throwing basket ball the girls
in 1924, mean average, made a dis
lance of 81 IL feet, and in 1925, 30
feet, a gain of three and one-hale feet.
The mean average distance to which
girls could throw baseball in 1921
was GO feet and in 1925, 6S feet.
gain of five feet. Boys in 1924, mean
average, threw the ball 11S feet and
in 1926 a distance of 40 feet, a gain
of "a feet as against the girls fiye
feet.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-30
WEDNESDAY

S TO 10 p. NJ, Corrine Pay
Toe, viOlinist and assisting art
lists.
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CONTINUED On Page Is, Part 81
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CONTINUED On Page is. Part 2.)
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
TEN COMMANDMENTS
OF MAIL ORDER FIRM

/. You shall sell your farm pro-
duce for cash, where you can, for we
buy nothing from you.
II. You shall believe in us, and
lest because we do not know you
personally.
III. You shall send your money to
us in advance, so we can buv the
goods from the factory with your
money: you NAV have to wait few
weeks, but that is our business meth
cd.
". You shall get help from your
nearest city or village to build good
roads, so You may easily haul our
goods from the depot, but do not ask
help from us, we will not help to
build good roads.
V. You may buy church bells and
altar utensils from us, and send the
money in advance-that's our rule
VI. You shall get all the help you
can from the business men in vour
neighborhood although we may have
more profit from you than they have,
it is against our rules to give to your
churches.
VII You shall convert your neigh
bors also to your faith in us, for we
have room for more money.
VIII. You shall look at the pretty
pictures in our catalog as often as |
you can, so as to strengthen your de-
sire for things you do not need, but
which you may order with other
goods to save freight. Send us all
your ready cash so that you may not
have any left to buy necessities from
your home dealers. if
TX. You shall believe us rather
than your home business men, for
we want your trade. We get to be
on your support. Don't
be bluffed. 17pa sUa
x. You shall call on the business
people of your own vicinity for help
and credit if you meet with hard luck
and sickness. It's your money we
want; we don t know YOU unless your
orders are accompanied by cash.
Contributed.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Old School of Science

Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute Is
the oldest school of science in America
founded in 1924 by Stephen van
Rensselaer,, PATRON of RensselaerwicK-
It was dedicated by him to the COM
mon purposes of life. 1t was also the
first institution to offer a course IN az
riculture leading to degree.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
indiana Well Named

Ihe Snake Indians were so-called7
Became of the characteristics of these
natives In quickly concesllng them
selves when once discovered. They
seemed to glide away in the grass,
AAeebrush and rocks and disappear
Win oil the subtlety of serpent.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
ANGELS Bothered Him

zone night I seen De angels settin'
round ter keep company Wild me"
said Brother Williams, "but dey had
SIGH inquirin' ways bout 'em, ] lowed
dat de bes' thing l could do wuz ter
head fer de highway an give 'em dc
whole house l"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Legal PhroseoIosy

Escrow Is writing which has been
FUZZY executed but which has been
pldted In the keeping Of a third party.
70 be held by him until such time as
me specified conditions under which
tho instrument was prepared have been
fuihlled.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09

SWELL how's trader inquired an
cid merchant Of young man who
eed Just been taken into partnership
With his father. "Very. good" re-
y1i6d the young man. II think father
WI soon be earning enough so can
pstlre."n
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
First Requisite

70 Won have mind to adorn your
o,ty nv consecrated monuments, nrs'
consecrate in yourself the most beau
.ifuI monument. of gentleness ana Jus
lice and observation-disclosures
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Era of Good Feeling

The "era of good feeling" In this
country is the name given to the
neriod from 1916 to 1924, which was
marked by the absence of bitter party
strife and the presence Of general In
formal harmony and contentmeHt.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Five Sundays in Month

The month Of February, 1920, had
Ave Sundays. 1t began on Sunday
and 1920 being leap year, had 20
days. This strange fact will occur
again In 1913 and 1916 If the pres
emit calendar continues.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Twin Statistics

The American Genetic association
says that In 1917 it was estimated that
LOT per cent of the number Of babies
born In the United States were twins.
Twenty per cent Of these are said to
have been twins of the identical type
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09

The word "cameo" Is NOT 'n ',,a na' ~
Inc com IT is merely a method OF
c cu In other words any mar, ,',, sun :
e c.anca or gem can be made INTO =
cameo cameo. although usually onyx, sur
enlnsV .gate and ivory are used.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Seals Once Land Animals?

Seals are probably of land origin,
but have become almost perfectly
adapted to life In the water. They
seek land or Ice foes only for breed
ing and rearing of young.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Canadian Industries

Pulp and paper represent the largest
Of the manufacturing industries IN
Canada Flour and grist milling comes
second, and the production of lumber
and forest products stands third.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09

There are 52,7lS volumes in the Ala.
oamn s..lfe 'e court library. 1t is suia
10 oe one OF he n'nsi complete legal
ibraries in tn, nrs.'ry
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Odd Cause of Lepro.v

The ancient Hindus are said 10 have
looked upon ieprosy rs mans newt.
ahl punishment for killing a serpent
H,s ell
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09

Learning makes young men TEMPER
ate, is the comfort Of old age, stand.
ing for wealth with poverty. and
serves as an ornament to riches-Ex-
change. 1
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Had Her Cinched

She-"The cook says she won't
cave the house without recon.
nendation" He-"Good! Then she's
iere to stay.'-Town Topics.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09

II old people Will make fhemselv.~
jolly md good company to vornp ~"
pie, the young people viii hstan =.
some of their advice Exchange
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
English Royal Motto

aD,eu ct Mon Droit' cGod ana my
n,nhtsS which is the official motto OF
the kings of England, was adopted as
. royal motto by Henry W. VINO was
Ting from 1922 to 1851.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Confidence Means Much

Confidence is the very basis of all
achievement There Is tremendous
power in the conviction that We can do
thing.-Orison SWEET Marden ~
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Games Bring Reuen,,.

During the football season the Ri,
ish government benefits Il, tbc 60
of about s100c0O wee' from .,u
taxes paid on games 'ne
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
Finally Fell

A Cardiff. Wales. policeman, after
serving 20 years on the force. was re-
Gently sentenced to six months hard
labor for stealing chickens