San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
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Sharks, Two Kinds.
Busy Appo's Ghost.
Not a Girls Smile:
When Japan Flies
BY Arthur Brisbane
Copyright. 1875 by Star Co


Copyright. 1875 by Star Co
XYYHILE the plucky crew of the
! wv United States seaplane, sent
to Honolulu without enough
gasoline to carry them there, floated
on the Pacific, they were followed
by sharks, stalking them, day and
night, not pleasant experience.
But there are no sharks in the
Pacific ocean as dangerous as those,
that some day may come flying
ABOVE the Pacific or above the
Atlantic to visit this country.
nUR opera comic air force, with
~ its breaking dirigibles and drop
ping airplanes, is constant invita-
ton to air sharks of all kinds.
And the sharks in the ocean of
air will be more deadly than any
sharks in the ocean of water.
NEW YORk'S Chinese are wor-
~ ried by the ghost of Quimbo
Apo, sentenced long ago to be
hanged for numbering white wife
whom he took from the slums. He
got" what Chinese call tomb prison
Christianity" escaped with a ten
year sentence, and was released after
five years. Then he killed a Pole,
went to Jail for two years more,
came out, married Cork Mag" an
other white lady.
She threw him on hot stove. He
stabbed her and went to Jail again.
Then he killed another white lady,
not married to her this time. Finally,
he killed Mrs. Fletcher. Finally,
prison and died there, insane. Now
his ghost is haunting Chinatown.
You would think that Chinese,
= SO busy in life, would be content
to rest in the grave. But not so.
Chinese, intelligent enough to run
q store, or a tong, smile at Appo's
ghost, pay no attention TO it.
Not so many years ago whites and
Chinese alike would have worried
about the ghost. We have passed
that, thanks to newspapers, radio
and gradual dwindling Of supersti-
ton.
hHARCONI says the radio began in
VA prehistoric days with some
girls first smile on some man."
No doubt Adam, in spite of the
pain from his rib, recently removed,
felt thrill at Ewes first smile.
The really powerful smile. the one
that influences the world lie most.
is not the smile of any girl it is
the first smile with which tooth.
less baby rewards its mother for her
suffering and care. That smile. next
TO religion, has redeemed this world.
JAPAN is preparing a sham battle
~ ut sea, attacking the isle bay
region, near Toxic.
For twelve days airplanes will
operate above japanese waters and
It is safe to predict that they will
stay in the air. When japanese
want to establish a flying force, they
improve on the United States meth
cd. They hire from France, Eng
land, Germany, Italy. men that
know about flying. Then they learn.
And they put riers, not stockholders
or senate judgesin charge of national
flying operations.
THE wise japanese are different
1 from many Americans in another
way. They have deep respect and
veneration for age.
The japanese Prince Saionii, near
death at the age of 76, has been un-
iii now, consulted on all important
questions affecting the government
of Japan.
He was one of small group that,
in the second half of the last CEN
tury, remodelled japan on western
lines, making of the shut-in island,
great power in the world and the
ruling power Of Asia.
----
THE distinguished and able saionji
lives simply, content to be
great japanese patriot and states
man. Intellectual power, not money,
interests him, and japan respects
him, from the highest to the lowest.
Whom have we in this country &c
compare with him?
ELIERS over the desert of Sahara
4 prove that sirships can pay
their way, surveying the great Afri-
can desert. Regions once the most
fertile on earth are now covered
with sand, including the Kalahari
desert, a vast region of dried up
lakes.