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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Working Students

nut in the University of Chicago they have organ
u lied club whose aim may be described as
Weird Ways to Work Your Way Through COL
lege"
The bureau supplies detectives walters, opera
ushers movie actors bouncers in dance halls butchers
and bakers and candlestick makers
Instead Of looking down upon this effort il should
be encouraged.
There ought to be department in every university
to teach people how to make living how to apply
some Of the learning they get some of the other de-
psrtments of the school
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Just Like Your Own
NE of the largest automobile concerns in New
York gets out an advertisement in which it says

~ NE OF the largest automobile concerns in New
York gets out an advertisement in which it says:
you may not own car, but sometimes you may
want to straight eight touring limousine with
uniformed chauffeur. Such is waiting for you in
our garage. In every way it will appear as your own
and charge accounts eliminate obvious payment at
the end of your trip"
This is pretty clever appeal to the vanity Of
many people.
There is no harm in charging 81 hour, SO to the
theater and return the company get it, but ad-
versng that they will make the look though is
your own shows that the is aware of human
vanity.
The price is not so bad the reason given for pay
ing IT,
should not be-but often is-appraised by
the kind of automobile he drives. But any man who
pretends to what he doesn't fraud whom no uni
formed chauffeur and make of automobile can save
long
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Undue Exposure
By Royal s.. Copeland,


A few weeks ago / took a drive
with successful doctor, a longtime
friend of mine. 1t happened to be one
OF the first cold days at the beginning
Of winter.
Ny doctor friend growled: well,
wen be hearing now about the health
fuiness Of cold, snsppy weather! Most
folks no to the idea that such wealth
er is good for rs and that we thrive
in consequence of it"
He went on with his TRADE against
the "idiotic popular ideas" "Show
me a temperature chart with one day
of zero weather Immediately follow
ing another zero day, and I'll show
you a marked fall in the health of the
community" Such was the verdict Of
my friend. -.-....
What can we do to prevent such
results?" I asked.
Have everybody dress according to
the thermometer, guard against e1-
posure-indoors and out-and never
go 70 bed with cold feet. That is the
remedy" be replied.
One reason dread the coal famine
is because the houses go cold. It is
just as easy to get a terrible cold
indoors as out in the weather. To
get chilled, whether in your own par
lor or on the street, is not good for
you, and one place Of exposure is just
as bad as the other.
Lots Of persons, women particular
~. have naturally cold feet-that il,
they feel cold 70 the touch. But
do not refer TO coldness Of this degree.
Whei / speak Of cold feet ] mean
the uncomfortable or painful chilli
ness which follows exposure 70 con-
tinued low temperature.
You must use your head On all
such matters. Don't 20 to extremes.
Guard against the very dangerous ex-
IRENE Of extremely cold weather. Ny
friends long experience has taught
him a thing which everybody should
know.
Indoor workers who spend but a
little while each day in the cold out
of-doors should have heavy oyercoats
or wraps, and other means Of protec-
tio1 against that terrible chilling
which cuts TO the bone. II may seem
unnecessary 10 take precautions
against few minutes or an hour Of
cold air. On the contrary it is very
foolish not TO do it.
Please don't 80 to the other extreme
and get no fresh air at all. That 10
even worse than the chilling. You
need the oxygen just as much as in
tho sumner-rhore indeed. But in
getting fresh air, day or night. keep
the body, the feet and the hands
warm. Then you will avoid illness.
Copyright. 1875. BY Newspaper
Feature Service. Ine.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Queens Counsel

Registered United States Patent Office.

an immense fireplace. Ike q room
within room.
Opening from this large room 10 q
vaulted logsia overlooking the inner
court with the many-shaped roofs of
towers and buildings projecting cut
beneath.
The whole castle b curiously squat,
and solid and all the stone walled
rooms are whitewashed like q convent.
The windows lie 20 deepset In the
enormous thickness Of the walls that
each has q little seat. OF IN evening
my children and gather round the
cracking fire and feel, Oh, 10 far away
from the busting, rushing, noisys mod.
ern, over-busy life of everyday.
It Is vertically q little fortified re-
treat. The poetry. the atmosphere, the
spirit Of the place IL extraordinary
different from anything else. any
where else. full Of soothing charm.
Don't we all feel at times that We
long to fly from this prosaic age Into
4 little bit Of 'Oncc-upon-a-time"a
I know ! do. .../
Copyright 1s3k Famous Fsetusss
Syndicate. mo
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22

call my precious dream castle
"Brana the Beloved" although to be
strictly correct, it is called "Bran."
wish you could climb with me up,
up the many stone steps Of its outer
stairs-up, up till one reaches a for
bidding-looking door leading to a small
hall with huge fireplace. This was
formerly probably a guard-room. Then
on, through another door with a beau.
tiful old stone framework, and you
step into a small inner courtyard en-
circled by high thick walls.
The castle is built according to the
rock beneath. None of its rooms are
straight, and disconnected, steep little
stairways lead up into quaint-shaped
towers opening in turn into twisty
passages which bring you to complete
little apartments. Each one is al
ways unexpected and different to
anything you have ever seen before.
One big, dark loft with q heavy
beamed ceiling, I have turned into a
long, low library full of books. had
windows pierced into the six-foot-
thick walls, and built as eenterpiece
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Long Distance Shining
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

Yet such long-distanes shining ear
ries on down through helpless sub
ordinates with a. real q cruelty % ~
suits from individual inhumanity.
There is an old saying that much
less meat would b eaten II tho tn-
dividual had 10 kill the animal be
ate.
Few people would think Of killing
. lamb, though they eat lamb chops,
thus from distance causing the thing
they would shrink from doing thcm-
selves to be done.
In lynching no one person Is com.
hitting the act, but each individual is
removed by q diffusion of response
bility. If the individual were mono
he would hesitate in extremes Of
cruelty, but the feeling that he Is not
alone in doing the deed spun him on
to the inhuman.
Tender-hearted women who CRY over
poodle dog that trips over q carpet
will wear furs that were obtained by
the most ferine tortures TO far-away
animals. and feathers procured only
by heartless cruelty to distant birds.
Those who commit the actual dee'ls
of cruelty Justify themselves as mere
cogs In the machine, by saying as long
as the demand lasts IL they do not do
them someone else will.
A person is responsible for his per
sonal acts and also to a certain ex-
tent for his long-distanee SHINING.
Copyright, 1925. by The Mcclure
E.,nAicaAa
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Life's Hurdles
By L. z. Bisch

Man is largely master of his own
destiny.
Therefore he can set out to choose
for himself the plans on which be
wishes to live!
One can live a tramp-like existence,
no ambition, no plan Of work, no CO.
herence Of thought, no worry over to-
morrow.
What would be living on low
plane?
Then one can live on the plane Of
the average!
Average means to be snug, COM
placent, content.
The average is glad he's living and
he's thankful for what he's got.
The average does not bother to in
quire whether he could better himself
il he tried.
The average pays the premiums on
a small life and disability insurance
and feels that then his duty is ended.
The average thinks its wrong to be
hoping and wishing for better things.
But why not live on a plane Of life
above the average?
Why not seek life that Is inspir-
ing and uplifting?
Why not keep company with the
few and exceptional who have vision,
who are dissatisfied with their lot,
and who are forever planning and
working to make things better for
themselves as well as for all man
kind?
No life is smooth and easy all the
time.
All life has hazards.
Everybody has ups and downs.
You're bound to be down in the
mouth at least part of the time no
matter at which level you may live.
Then why not live on the highest
level you can?
Why not make life thrilling ad-
venture?
Why not make your life varied and
rich in experience?
You can II you will
You have only to choose and work
harder and better than the next man
Life at tho top Is rare and piquant.
At the top your panorama Is far
flung.
At the top you possess tremendous
advantages over those at the lower
levelsl
Then why not try for Il?
Copyright. 1875, Premier synd., Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Where the Blind Win

|" HE National Institute for the Blind in London re-
Gently issued bulletin giving information of the
work of blind masseurs
Massage, it pointed out, is pre-eminently the pro-
fession In which the blind compete with the sighted
In anything to do with the touch" says the report
the blind are not only equal but better than those who
have their sight"
Long practice has developed the sense of touch to
superior degree, and massage work is profession til
king that kind of skill
The handicap in line has forced the attainment
Of extraordinary ability in another.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
THE CHEF By Reed Heu.,i.

FATHER often boasted should mother quit her job
OF cooking meals for us, that he could take
Her place without huer and could lead golden heights
From ham and eggs TO fluffy angel cake
&c. suddenly mother packed her clothes TO take trip
To visit for week 50, and dad
Was filled with exultation the chance, he explained,
To show kids the stuff he's always had.
We have eaten, yes we've eaten. but really wish that
Would come back home when she this poem
She'll know that we've living well enough but Oh pals
To live, day after day, from of cans!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22

In Southern city recently garbage
collectors have found q number of
live kittens wrapped in the paper they
were taking to the incinerating plant.
At the plant when an employe was
about to throw a bundle Of wrapper
paper into the crematory he felt q
movement and found q live kitten in
one bundle.
Few people in America are 80 lost
TO human kindness as to throw .
trusting, soft-furred kitten into a
blazing fire. None of the women who
put the kittens in the paper would
have thought of throwing them into
the fire themselves.
They were put in the paper, they
disappeared, and that was the last
seen of them. Because they went
through several hands. the women did
not feel full responsibility for the
act.
1t was a case Of long -distance sin.
ming.
Most Of the inhumanities and cruel
ties that occur in modern life may be
traced to long-distance SHINING.
When q board of directors of big
corporation decides upon a policy mat
will grind down employees to less than
a living wage or puts children to
work at a time when 1t stunts both
body and mind, no one man feels Who'll
ly responsible. Also they are SO far
removed from the human suffering
that Ii donx mt tnnch them
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
YE TOWNE GOSSIP ayK: CO.

SHE STOOD at the corner.
WITH A black suitcase.
AND SHE asked me.
IF could tell her.
OF A street car line.
THAT WENT down town.
AND I said to her.
THAT Up the hill.
ONE BLOCK away.
WAS A cable line.
AND SHE looked at the bag.
AND THEN at the hill.
AND IT was steep.
AND SHE was young.
AND QUITE attractive.
AND / hesitated.
TO OFFER aid;
AND WAS just about.
TO GO my way:
WHEN SHE reached down.
AND TOOK the beg.
AND 1T seemed quite heavy.
AND I said to her.
"IF YOU'LL allow me.
I'LL CARRY your bag"
AND 1 reached for it.
AND SHE let me have il.
AND WHATEVER it was.
SHE HAD in the bag.
I'LL NEVER know.
But I think it was bricks.
OR MAYBE fiat irons.
AND i know very we'll.
SHE COULDN'T have carried y.
UP THE hill.
AND I had an idea.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22

SHE KNEW all the time.
WHERE THE street car was.
AND ALL she wanted.
WAS TO find someone.
TO CARRY the bag.
AND ANYWAY.
I STRUGGLED with it.
AND CHANGED hands with it.
AND REACHED the top.
AND PUT j. down;
AND THEN she smiled.
AND SAID to me.
BEFORE YOU came.
Il WAS told four times.
WHERE THE street car was.
"BUT NO one offered.
ITO CARRY my bag.
"!AND / just couldn't take it.
"ANOTHER STEP"
:
AND so waited.
D
TIL THE street car came.
AND PUT her on it.
Q
AND WENT on home.
AND THE nine year-old.
e
HAD JUST rushed in.
AND WAS busy telling.
HOW HE'D seen Daddy.
PUTTING A girl.
ON A cable car:
ALONG WITH her bag.
. o
AND THIS is the story.
o
THAT I then told.
IN EXPLANATION.
RIGHT OFF the bat.
AND I'M going TO stick TO il.
I THANK you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Bucolic Press

There has nothing ever yet been
invented that created more idleDess
and lessened the cause Of religion than
automobiles. Yet they are very useful
10 those who really need then. and can
afford them.-Dahlopesa (Ga.) Mug
get.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22
Something to Think About
By BRUNO LESSING

Here we are treading upon sacred
ground. Mr.. Wayne B. Wheeler, gen.
eral counsel Of the Anti-Saloon
League, is a veritahle watchdog Of
prohibition enforcement. He watches
everything that goes on.
When a bootlegger is sent TO Jail
he makes a statement to encourage
the official who sent the bootlegger to
jail. When someone suggests that the
volstead law is a failure he makes a
statement denouncing the unfortunate
one who made the statement, produces
figures to prove that the statement is
false and suggests-more or less indi-
rectly-that the maker Of the state
ment ia in the employ of or in sympa-
thy with the liquor interests or the
criminal world.
Well, as long as we have taken the
first plunge and encroached upon this
sacred ground, let's jump on it with
both feet.
The laws of the United States are
not dependent for their enforcement
upon private individuals, no matter
by whom they are employed or how
much money they receive for their eff
forts. Mr.. Wheeler gets salary from
an organization which is deeply in
terested in the force m n
of the eighteenth amendment. The
violation Of other amendments does
not interest him so much.
The volstead law is being violated
upon every side. This is wrong. Ev-
cry law should be obeyed end 1t Is
the duty of public officials to enforce
every law. That is why we elect and
appoint and pay public officials.
Sometimes, however, the wide
spread violation Of law assumes the
nature Of a silent revolution against
the existence Of the law. II then be-
comes the duty of the government to
give the utmost serious thought 10 the
situation, to decide whether it is wiser
to enforce the law at all hazards and
with ruthless disregard Of the conse-
quenees or whether it is wiser to modi-
fy or repeal or change the law.
In the former event it may
eventually become necessary to call
upon the army and the navy to en-
force the law, to shoot those who dis
obey it and to stamp out individual
rebellion with an iron heel, be the cost
what it may.
In the latter event, clear, painstak'
ing and unbiased thought is necessary.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22

A referendum may be desirable. 4
balancing Of population in the varioul
states may be worth while. A careful
scrutiny Of the history Of drinking
and non-drinking nations might sven
help.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-22

One thing, however, IA certain.
Mr.. Wayne b. Wheeler does not help.
His approval or condemnation of pub
lie officials does not help. II there is
sufficient merit in absolute prohibition
to enable it to survive the onslaughts
against 1t, Mr.. wheelers flood OF
statements and criticisms and attacks
merely postpones the day Of prohibi-
tons victory.
Temperance in all personal habits
is a legitimate subject for churches to
preach. Their field is the pulpit, edu-
cational systems and personal contact
with their believers.
Prohibition Is 4 political and eco
nomic question. 1t involves so many
people who do not belong to any
church that no church has the right to
coerce them. 1t is matter for all the
people to settle, through their organ
lied government. Propagandists, for
both sides, should be compelled to keep
their hands off.
The writer will make an honest con-
fession; he has horror of all forms
of prohibition because they are tyran-
nical. He loves freedom and fears
that tyranny menaces 1t. He has an
equal horror Of the saloon, Of de-
bauchery in liquor and Of those brew
ers and distillers who, through poll
tics, fattened upon the public appetite.
He does not know how to provide
an innocent glass Of beer or wine for
those who want il, without opening
the flood-gates OF excess and dishon-
orable revenue. He thinks that this is
a problem worth studying because he
thinks that a glass Of beer or wine is
better for those who want il, than a
glass Of ice water.
But, in the study Of this problem,
he does not believe that any church or
creed should take a hand. Neither
should any brewer or distiller. Above
all, he believes that people like Anti
Saloon Anderson and Mr.. Wayne b.
Wheeler, who ascribe criminal or sell
fish motives 10 all who differ with
them and who abuse and harass pub
lie officials. should be suppressed.
There are good people on both sides
Of this question.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03

WE had watched our bees build
w their hive. with the cells
for nurseries, drones and for
storehouse for honey. Now the
next thing was-who or what was
going to arrange about the use of
these beautifully constructed six
sided cells?
"Now what is going to hap
pen?' asked Bobby as we walked
down to the hive.
"The most important thing
about swarm of bees" 1 an
swered.
What, Foxy Grandpa?" asked
Bobby.
Now is the time when the
queen-bee takes charge" re-
FILED.
There she was, the queen-bee
with her attendants. First she
examined each of the nursery
cells carefully to see that they
were properly sbuilt. Then she
laid an egg in each.
All the while the neuter bees
accompanied her with food, so
that she would not be hungry.
MY" said Bobby. Wont she
have a lot Of children to look out
for? She's just like the old
woman who lived in the SHOE
Not exactly" l laughed. al
. though the old woman who lived
in the shoe had SO many children
she didn't know what to do, she
washed her children and fed
them, and put them to bed"
Yes" agreed Bobby. And
spanked them all soundly. .....'
But this queen is strange anu
would seem unnatural as far as
her many children are con.
cerned," l said.
How, Foxy Grandpa?" asked
the inquisitive Bobby.
although the queen-bee gives
up her entire life to laying eggs
and the whole future family of
bees Of her swarm depends upon
her, after the eggs are laid she
loses all interest in her future
children"
How strange!" murmured
Bobby.
But the workers make up for
her neglect" l continued. They
are very faithful nurses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03

in 1t at sixty than twenty-five"
"A double chin is a sign of lazi-
ness. Fat is a crime. Wrinkles
are unnecessary Worry Is non
sense. You cannot be well or
young with hate In your heart.
Never be sorry for yourself" adds
the same young philosopher at
Eixty-three.
Women are proving that years
have no power over the person
who thinks harmoniously and
lives simply and sensib1y.
Old age is to a great extent a
habit-a bad habit in which
through laziness and ignorance
we INDUCED in former genera
tons.
"Grow old along with me-"
wrote Robert Browning. 1.-THE
best is yet to be-the last of life
for which the first was made"
This fine philosophy Is being
literally lived by thousands Of
women today. .s
Isn't it Bernard Shaw who
prophesies that the time is at
hand when men and women will
live to more than twice the three
score and ten years allotted by
Scripture and win never look
aIln,s &I-a-.
Certainly old age should be,
and can be, beautiful if a woman
wills to make it so.
Time does not age US. Wrong
or ignorant living is generally
responsible for our wearing out.
Modern science has banished
the gloomy outlook on life. In,
stead Of living with our eyes on
the grave we try to make heaven
right here today. We want life
to be beautiful and bright and
long. And it can be.
Ugliness, sallowness, scrawni.
ness are no longer tolerated. We
keep our bodies agile and supple
and strong regardless Of years. !
OF course, in order to. bring
about prolonged youthfulness, in
order to make middle and old age
the happiest, most beautiful time
of life, it is necessary to live
sanely. Otherwise, this strenu-
Gus age is fatal.
Learn how to live or you'll die
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
OLD AGE
FOR EVERY WOMAN
Think Youthful Thoughts, Not Silly or
Kittenish Ones, But Thoughts That
Are Strong and ENROLLING.
There's no middle course

young. There's no middle course
nowadays.
First and last and most i'm
portant, think youthful thoughts
IL you wish to remain young. BY
this don't mean silly or kitten
ish thoughts. but thoughts that,
are strong and ennobling, vital
and happy. Forget the unpleas-
ant happenings Of the past. Live
in today. Send out good will to
every one whether or not that
good will is returned.
Live simply. Exercise every.
day as regularly as you take your.
meals. Ten minutes a day de-
voted to exercise will be enough
If you take your exercise sys,
tematically. Any one can find
time for exercise by getting up.
ten minutes earlier. This exer-
else will make it possible for.
you to eat all the nourishing food
you need without fear Of grow
ing stout.
Most Of US eat more than we
really need to keep US happy
healthy and looking our best. One
hearty meal a day IL enough. Sub
stitute whole wheat for white
bread, include fruit In your daily
diet as well as green vegetables.
Avoid too much meat, especially
red meats. Fish and chicken may
be eaten freely. Milk is good.
Avoid stimulants, including cot :
fee and tea. Take them, IL at all,
sparingly. A warm bath every
day is beneficial.
Drink two glasses of water be-
fore breakfast and eight glasses
in the course Of twenty-four
hours. Walk every day-walk
with your back and neck straight,
your chest leading. Stop slump
ing. It's no more necessary at
sixty than sixteen and is always
ugly and detrimental to health
Walk with the feeling that it's q.
prtvilige and joy to do q beauti-,
ful thing. beautifully.
Use cold cream and good
skin food, together with a gentle
astringent to keep. your face.
neck and ears smooth, rosy and
young. ]
If You follow these simple, sem
sible rules, there's no reason why
you should not live to be one
hundred and look beautiful every I
minute of your life.