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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
LISTEN, WORLD!
Perfect Happiness
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Caroline doesn't want much. Oh, no
She just wants 10 be happy"
Simple little trick-being happy
Surely | must know all about it, see
in as I'm smart enough TO run a de
partment like this. So she's written t
know if won't please tell her how I,
be happy. BY return mail, il possible
And she has enclosed a 2-cent staml
for reply.
The secret Of happiness for
cents .,
Caroline. if i knew How to b,
mine. II l knew How to be happy II,
very stars would hop out OF theil
courses to hear the secret.
But l don't know how, Caroline.
And neither does anyone else.
Perfect happinesst
Is there Sucn a thing.
doubt it, I've never experienced
1t nor seen 1t. Have you?
L have seen perfect ecstasy for a
few moments. / have seen periods OF
pleasure that lasted for u lew days,
weeks or months. But l have never
seen perfect happiness.
AND l DON'T THINK 1 WANT
To SEE II.
For it seems to me that perfect hap.
piness would mean that everything
was at an end. No more struggle, nj
more adjustment, no more risk, ne
more discomfort. no more hoping or re.
belling or wondering or experimenting
no more GROWING. 1t would bt
sort of death-death with no hope
Of future change.
Stop and think how terrible il
would be.
II you were perfectly happy, VIA,
would it mean.
1t would mean that you would be
satisfied with everything just as it is,
You would be satisfied with your
own life, just rs it is.
1ou wouldn't want to be wiser oil
kinder or Drawer or more honest.
You'd never know moment OF
cleansing hate for yourself. You'd
never know the sharp lash Of revolt
against ignoble satisfaction. You'd &c
around kissing yourself ON the neck
and saying: What Wonderful
Work of God / ami"
Gosh. What d horrible fate that
would be,
But thcre'd be something even worse
than that. II you were perfectly
happy you'd be satisfied with all the
world as it is.
You'd smile complacently at the
crookedness or cruelty manifest in Ger.
tain big business. You'd be untouched
by the hopeless misery of those who'vc
never had n chance from the first Sec
ond of their sad and sickly conception
You'd never writhe at the injustice
it all-you'd never be tortured by the
thought of your own helplessness
You'd never want to give your last
cent and your last drop Of blood in
a mad, foolish attempt to change it all
Perfectly happy:
1t isn't possible for anyone with a
brain or heart to be perfectly happy.
The instant we begin to think. sad
ness wedges itself in through our
eyes and shame and revolt fermcnt
without our souls.
The instant We begin to feel, our
whole lives are shot through with pain
for others.
Unhappincss is the price We pay for
all growth, physical, mental and
moral.
The very desire to 90 onward and
see the world 20 onward means in
evitablc discomfort and the discomfort
and readjustment.
Then why should mankind have al
ways cried out for Perfect Happi
ness?
BECAUSE NKIND is
AFRAID AND ALWAYS HAS
BEEN AFRAID.
1t breads change and pressure and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10

store and brought the Vegetable Com
pound home to me. In few days |
began to improve and have often
taken it since. / am now passing
through the Change Of Life and still
stick by it and am enjoying wonder
full health. When / first started with
your medicines was mere shadow.
My health seemed to be gone. The
last doctor / had said he would give
me no more local treatments unless
i went to the hospital and was oper-
ated on. That was when | gave tho
doctors up. Now | am healthy ro-
bust woman. / wish | could tell the
world what a wonderful medicine
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is. - Mrs. J. A. JONES. 3l7
Colley Avenue, Norfolk. Virginia
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
Advice to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Does He Love Her?

he asks you to marry him if ever hc
does. The question is equally i'm
portant whether you will be able to
love a man who has habit of chronic
fault-finding.
Even if he should ask you to be his
wife you will. if you are wise, think
well before committing your heart and
happiness into his care. Remember he
will be more likely to criticise wife
than n girl friend or sweetheart.
Why not keep him for friend but
go about also with other young men
friends whom you find interesting.
This is quite permissible since you
are not engaged to him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10

the pain of realization. 1t wants
the fruits of rebellion, but it doesn't
want the labor.
SO it cries out: Let me be hap
py. Let me be freed from all this
terrible knowledge and experience.
Let me be oblivious of all this mis-.
cry. Let me be wrapped in a soft,
deep blanket Of content so that moth
ing hurtful come near me. Let me
be happy"
And yet, IL God should grant our
wish, how terrible a wall would arise
from our paralyzed bodies and atroph-
led souls.
For out of our frozen darkness we
then would cry:
MY God, why did you doom me
to this living death! ~
Copyright. 1925. King Feature Syn, Inc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10

SopytiButS ASAos W ming {
And with his farewell and assur
ance that we should meet again, Dimi
tri Ivanovitch Tarasov strobe over tt
the open easement through which HI
had come and vanished through thu
night. Jim walked over to the tabl'
and picked w the ugly weapons which
lay there. He examined them. weigh
ing them in his hands, and then witt
a gesture Of strength and rage hi
turned and started from the room.
Wait! J" 1 demanded.
Jim gave snarl that was par,
laugh.
Il hope you're satisfied now. ]
hope your sense of drama and your
longing for adventure are sated," be
said, with curt bitterness.
II don't know what you mean,"
temporized. But I'd like to know
With angry accusations on the tir
OF my tongue my voice trailed off.
was so full of resentments, jealousies
and suspicions-and of disgust with
myself for being this way-that did
not want to put any part of my mood
into words. / did not want to men,
ton Arlette Valleau's name.
What would you like to know"
Jim demanded sarcastically. "How
guessed that if yon mixed into the
game with nutty Englishman and a
brutal Cossack, who are love-crazed
and who send obscene letters signed
with a smudged red hand. you are
bound to get into some kind of trou-
ble:"
"The letters weren't obscene. They
were threatening" j objected.
Jim stopped. stared at me, put the
dagger and the knife down carefully,
and went off into peals of laughter.
Finally he got out his handkerchief
and wiped the tears of mirth from his
eyes as he said:
IF you aren't the darndest, cutest,
most feminine creature! You don't
mind daggers and guns and threats
of murder or arson or burglary-but
i do believe il there were any-dirt
mixed into this tragic tangle you'd be
hot-footing it to real estate agent
to look for another house."
AOf course ] would" / said. you
don't think I'd be submitting to get
ting-'obscene' letters. The word is
so Ugly
"Thc meaning is uglier," Jim said
drily. Then he added gently: Hon
cstly, Anne, ! forgive you for all your
nonsense and Stiffness and yearning
for excitement. because ] realize what
a child you are and how unfair it is
to judge you by n mans standards. I"
"A mans Standards" / repeated.
what are they? I'd like TO know
You've made generous ges-
ture, Jim. You act as If there were
a hatchetfor you to bury-but how
about mc?'
"How about what?" Jim demanded.
"Did Arlette Yalleau go to town
to your office--to see you today /
cried, floundering in despair because
I had to ask such a question.
@Now what the dickens makes you
ask tbat?" jim cried.
felt that this temporizing was my
answer-that Arlette had indeed been
the woman" with whom Jim had
mysteriously left his office. 1 threw
up my hands with little gesture of
despair. What was there for me to
say?
"Arlette Valleau disappeared mys-
teriously today" i said staring at Jim
with a dull resentment that the girl
had been dragged into our discussion
almost in spite of me-and surely
against Jim's wish. Everyone was
frightfully upset about her. May
thought Tarasov might have abducted
her because she is so like their mother
whom he worshipped, There was
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
The Rhyming
Optimist
For Everyone.
By Aline Michaelis

II everyone were true and good
how smoothly earth would run, with
not one heart misunderstood, one
grief, from sun to sun! If everyone
were wise enough the gift of work to
ask and though his toll were hard
and rough, to glory in his task, how
happy then all days would be, how
brimming with content, if everyone on
land or sea glad hours in labor spent !.
But no man yet has ever been with
out a flaw or stain, and faults and
follies, creeping in, bring sorrows in
their train. And neither you nor /
can hope to grasp perfection's dover,
but on our upward way must grope
still striving, hour by hour. So every
one can only play his part as best he
can to brighten earth by his brief
stay for every fellow man.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10

taken your medi-
cine byhearingmy
testimony, itwould
seem wonderful to
you. Every day
and every chsnceI
have / advise some
one to tryit TWAS
inJune, 1904, when
! had given up
ever getting wei.
that l wrote TO
you. Ny husband
went to the Drug
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
sARDINES IN LEMON CUPS.

Scoop out lemon halves, cut a slice
from botto mend SO that they will
stand firmly. Mix pulp with skinned
and boned sardines, add French mus
tard, finely chopped hard cooked eggs,
tabasco and mayonnaise. Fill cups
and garnisb with capers, lemon peel
straws and strips of sweet red
pepper.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
CUCUMBER AND BACON
CANAPES.

Mix equal parts Of diced cold broil-
ed bacon and minced cucumber with
mayonnaise, spread on toast and gar,
nish with minced green pepper and
pearl onions.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
BroiIcd Ham and Eggs
Baked Potatoes
Corn on the Cob
Apple and Nut Salad
TapiOca Cream

| have chosen for this menu only
those dishes with which all of us will
be sure to be familiar. as so many re-
quests for suggestions for company
luncheon and dinners have come in
that / want to use the entire space TO
reply to them.
The first course OF company
luncheon or dinner seems TO be the one
for which the hostess most often de-
sires to serve something unusual and
unusually attractive. She is tired of
the ordinary fruit or sea food cocktail
and is constantly searching for a
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
6 6 6

IS prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dem
que, Bilious Fever and
Malaria.
IL kills the germs.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
SICK women
attention.!
Read this Remarkable Testimony
Regarding Results from Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vese-
table Compound

Norfolk, Virginia. -"If you only
knew how many women and girls have
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-10
THE MAKING OF A HUSBAND
A SERIAL BY Ann LisIe
Chapter 81.

Copyright 1895 by King syndicate
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-02

SO5O-FouR acres bottom land; fine
steam,
sSOO-Onc-h half nero facing two
streets, GA rrld-3dlS after y. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-02
~ FOR EXCHANGE
REAL ESTATE
SUBURBAN REAL
ESTATE FOR SALE

BuY-LaTge suburban
tract. on paved street. 100 n. By
s6b II. Contractors opportunity.
city water, light and telephone.
District building up rapidly. Io-
Gated $50 n. from heavy Travelled
Victory way: minutes auto ride
north Of city limits Price only
1858: terms $G5 cash. $40 per
month. Call today go walker
Bldg, corner ~ cond ave. and
University A. FL. iot-0Is2.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-02
Rainier Ave. Snap
Geo. A. Spencer & Co.
Realtors

BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW
This wonderful l-roum bungalow
must D. nold Reduced $500 for
quick sale Interior beautifully
finished. hardwood floor. ivory
woodwork. fireplace; inland limo
ieum in bathroom and Kitchen.
wired for electric range: large
back porch. RiHHhcd In: pipeiraH
furnace: beautiful view II noun
thinn. lawn. garage. Price $4,000.
1900 down. $40 monthly. wick
man Real Estate. GzGs itth ave.
~ W. ST usrt- 0os0 We viii be
glad 70 call for you. Open even
iuEa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-02
POULTRY

WE will buy your poultry -ouc OF
thousand. n. u Shoemaker q
Co, sos Ninth ave, 8 III tOt-se9i,
BARREp RocK. heavy siso
GA rItd-Tgat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-02
AUTOS FOR SALE

LATE '2s Chevrolet touriuH. Al
condition. fine paint new cord
tlrsH. 5000, ItA nirr a6dn.
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IS MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALE
SASH AND pooRs


largest mill Ia the West selling d.
rect 20 users al factory prices,
French doors. mirror doors, garage
doors that stay put breakfast
hooks, complete with neat tables
and benches. drainboards, flour
bins. medicine cabinets. Special
cabinet work. doors aud windows
for all purposes Windshield glass
and sedan door lights replaced
while you walt. Lowest price IN
town.
Send or telephone GEL iot-es0s) for
our 6t-paEc Illustrated cStSloE OF
factory priced, lin" quality SASH
doors and millwoTk,
O. u WILLIAMS co.
1875 First Ave. So. Seattle. Wash
COMMON stars. $3.50: common
clears. s.. extra Stars. 81; extra
clears. So so,
oNBow SINGLE CO
avAf-.nEsh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-02

BIG BARGAIN 90 acre suburban
home place. Excellent Broom
house with bath. water tank.
tower. electric motor and septic
tank, Ugr acre cleared aud rulti-
waited. electric light. telephone,
mail delivery located on good
Erayrird road, bulf mile from IN
terurban station. school and
stores. in thieltIy settled district
north ~ SEATTLE Very low price
and terms. Also IMPROVED s-aCre
poultry place, 81 900 Call a. z20
walker Bldg, DDruer Second ave.
ana University 81 I'll i0t-ulh2.
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81 FOR SALE-VACANT
n nrSEN
FOR SALE
WEST SEATTLE

NEAT AND CLEAN, 3 large rooms
lathcd and plhatored bath. good
basement. view; blocks to car
line. Only S2l00; $500 down. y25
monthly Look this over.
c. 4. B1SBEE & co.
1904 California Ave, WE st-5370
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AUTOS FOR SALE

1923 CHEVROLET TOURING. VIII
trade for DIAMOND. 1t0 West
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Cheap New
10 Level

MAPLE VALLEY farms, on main
highway 8 miles from Renton.
Cleared land for 5000 por acre,
worth double. Easy terms. IL. G,
pETERS. 72G Third nYn.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-03
ONLY NATURAL PERSONS HAVE "INHERENT RIGHTS.

defending company the United States
attorneys for the Pennsylvania railroad insisted
that the right representatives
poyes to rules and working conditions inherent right
which not be consttutionaly taken from it."
The transportation act secon 301 provides that disputes be-
tween management and employees shall be decided possible n
conference between representatives designated and authorized
Gals thereof, directly interested in the dispute"
This section plainly states that the workers designate their
inherent right when refused to recognize these represent
atiyes where same are members of organized labor
The companys plea of inherent right illustrates the loose
thinking whenever industrial disputes involved
corporation is not a natural person.
corporation that operates railroad not feeexcept when
Then permitted destroy workers morale threaten
disruption of service and increase costs that must be met in the
form of higher rates.
And all the corporation inherent
right"
But all other relations the inherent right claim is not
heard.
Through the commssion)
tells this railroad how shall keep its books what shall charge
for and freight service whether issue bonds to
for equipment whether extend its lines whether
issue additional stock and finally it must return to the fed
eral treasury profits certain amount.
The distinction between quasipubc corporation and pr
vate employer is clear
United supreme emphasized this distinction
when it said (Dayton-Goose Creek rally case)
dedicated the public service
recognize that with the investment
private business he expect either high speculative
dividends but that his obligation limits him to only fair or rea
sonable profit"
the railroad corporation is not the Judge of what is fair
Why should sairoad corporation talk of its inherent RIGHT
when its employees involved when the government IN effect
says:
because create railroad corporations to serve
people, regulate their bookkeeping rates. track extensions
profits That's the they
corporate life which the state gives and without which they can
not exist"
When will be logical extend this principle?
When will it say to the railroad corporatons
Inherent right to who shall represent your
meet with the representatives. Of these employees
NIT them to do their own choosing
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-03

fraud in cotton.
Factory employment in Pennsyl-
vania gains 2 per cent in February,
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
reports.
Miners in North Wales take over
mine in endeavor to make it pay.
Thirty thousand dress and waist
makers Of New York City resume
work after stoppage in shops when
jobbbers agree to live up to wage con-
tract.
Premier Herriot of France praises
late Jean Jaures, Socialist leader, and
raps Cardinals for manifesto.
Two miners killed by explosion in
mine near Fort Montgomery, N. Y.
Great strike of Italian metal work
ers ends as men win wage increase.
Teachers Of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
form union to fight for raise in sal
aries.
Housing conditions in New York
city growing steadily worse, State
Board finds.
Steel strike in Lombardy, Italy,
ends in victory for workers.
Auto deaths reported as dropping
in % large cities as result of safety
campaign.
Textile workers in New Bedford,
Mass, and Central Falls, r. l., strike.
DR.. August Won Wassermann, world
famous for Wassermann blood test,
dies in Berlin, aged SO.
Swedish government gives official
recognition to principle of equal pay
for men and women in service of the
State.
Nationwide lockout, affecting $780,
900 workers, is declared in Sweden.
Arab workmen employed in exca-
walton work on site Of ancient Garth
age, strike for more pay.
Militia disperses bread lines in Lee
ninegrad, Russia.
Wage cut of approximately 33 per
cent goes int o effect in non-union
Connellsville, Pa, fields.
No lynchings in 38 states in 1924,
Federal Council of Churches announce.
Big fire at Palm Beach, Fla, de-
stroys two famous hotels.
Strike of prisoners in West Vir-
ginia State penitentiary last October
was justified, Legislative commmittee
reports.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way company goes in to receivership;
plans made for rapid reorganization.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-03

Interstate Commerce Commission
orders inquiry into railroad rates all
over nation.
More than 5000 persons killed or
injured by tornado in southern Illinois
and Indiana; great destruction Of
property.
Three men arrested as bomb sus-
poets in mine explosion at Fairmont,
w. Va, that entombs 81 men.
Attack on secret diplomacy made by
labor members in House of Commons.
Senate votes to make World Court
issue special order of business next
December 81.
French Socialists ask Chamber Of
Deputies to nationalist all mines.
Kansas passes law prohibiting Jap
anese from owning or leasing land in
State.
General strike in Lima, Peru, as
protest against award made by Pres
ident Coolidge in dispute between
Chile and Peru.
Reports from Europe tell of the
death of Archie Crawford, for many
years secretary Of South African Fed
Grafton Of Labor.
Senate ratifies Isle Of Pines treaty,
Postmaster General denies use Of
mails to is concerns on charges .oi
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-03

STA in the sad years which followed,
the total business last year was $780,
100000.
1t looks very much as If Russia is
destined to be the classic land Of CO.
operation, just as England was its
birthplace.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-03
CAPITAL COMMENT

Senator Copeland says the pur-
pose of government is to serve hui
manity. Some of his colleagues in
sist, and the Constitution backs them
up, that the purpose Of government
is to protect property. If this gov
eminent is organized to protect prop
erty, somebody certainly played a
joke on the father of his country.
Using government bureaus for
propaganda purposes is another good
way to create and maintain faith in
the democracy of free government.
The Washington builders who
propose to establish schools to train
workers probably overlook the fact
that the operation Of these schools
will cost money, which most likely
will amount to more than the in
creases asked by the building trades
unions.
Job seekers at the mercy of pri-.
vate employment agencies in the Ma
tional Capital is only another in
stance of the blood-sucking proclivi-
ties Of those who prey.
Depriving Senator La Toilette of
his committee assignments leaves
Battling Bob" with more time to
fight the peoples battles in the House
of Mirth.
In his home town a Congressman
is some punkins, and at the theater
is guest of honor. In Washington
he is merely a Congressman, and is
lucky if he can find a vacant seat in
a movie.
We can now understand objections
to making public income tax returns.
Every time Senator Couzen's commit
tee exposes one everybody holds his
nose.
Contrary to public opinion, the
Teapot Dome deal was perfectly hon
est. That's why it was put over
when no one was looking.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-03

Estate Board, and the Washington
Association of Building OwneEs and
Managers, representing most of the
large property owners here.
This plan is a plain, ordinary,
everyday boycott, proposing the with
holding of business from all who OPP
pose the program of the association.
The association is composed of bust
ness men and is backed by business
men. Suppose, now-of course, just
suppose-when this plan goes into
effect, the labor unions of Washing
ton should declare a boycott of all
business houses in the business sec
ton of the city and that labor and its
friends would confne their patronage
to business houses outside this sec
ton. You would hear the howl all
over the nation, but it would effect
lively tumble down the house of cards
these builders" have erected for
themselves.
The dictators of Russia--the Cars,
the Lennines and the Trotzkys-pass
away, but cooperation remains and
grows stronger, despite the most dis
couraging circumstances.
Centrosoyus, the All-Russian Cen
trail Union Of Consumers Cooperative
Societies, has sent to the All-Ameri-
can Cooperative Commission the la
test figures of its phenomenal growth
showing the amazing total Of $4,000
distinct societies, of which half are
farmers co-Ops. $4,000 consumers
co-ops, and the remainder producers
societies. Seven and q half million
families are represented as share
holders in consumers stores, while
100000 farmers have a financial
stake in the movement. A third mill
lion workers are shareholders in pro-
ductive enterprises In one short
year, this represents an increase of
100000 families who not only do
business at cooperative enterprises,
but also have invested their money in
the movement.
Not only in numbers, but also in
volume Of business the activities Of
these Russian cooperatives are strid-
ing ahead with unparalleled vigor.
Back in 1918, the year before the
World War began, Centrosoyus turn
ed over $126, 100000. Despite the
unimaginable paralysis which over
took industry and transport in Rus