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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02

Does this mean that I would advise
these parents to give the boy full con-
troll of the money he earns? Most
certainly NOT. For the boys own
welfare his spending should be super
vised and limited. But he SHOULD
be allowed sufficient control of his
own money to preserve his own self
respect and pride of achievement. And,
if possible, the rest of the money
should be saved for him against his
majority.
AND UNLESS THIS Is DONE,
THAT YOUNGSTERS GOING TO
BECOME A WEAKLING, \ BAN
DIT OR 4 BUM.
How absurd" you cry. Look at
all the boys of the past who gave all
their earnings to their fathers and yet
grew to be wonderful men. They
didn't become weaklings, bandits or
buns"
No. THEY didn't. But thousands
of others did. Stupidity and unkind-
ness have taken their toll of the fine
promise of every generation. But
never have they taken such heavy toll
as they are at present. This isn't be-
cause the boys in 1925 are made of
finer or more fiery stuff than those
Of 1925, but because 1929 offers OPP
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Who Said 1t and
Where

"None speaks false, where there is
one to hear"
Lies are for others benefit, Beattie
notes in The Minstrel
Ozark eycS--eternsl soul Of pride.
Deep life Of all that's true!"
All will not agree with this state
mcnt in "Callirhoe."
Extremes il, nature equal good pro-
duce;
Extremes in man concur to general
USE
Pope, in his moral Essays" sees
a great good in the diversity Of mems
minds and disposition.
"The cautious seldom err"
Confusius remarks in intoxicating
prudence.
in arguing, too, the parson owned
his skill,
For cen though vanquished, 10 could
argue still"
There are many people like Gold
smiths parson in THE Deserted VII.
lage."
AS VIC Advance in life we learn the
limits Of. our abilities"
Froude notes this fact in his "ShoIt
Studies on Great Subjects.
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MEDITATIONS OF A WIFE
By HELEN ROWLAND
Be That as 1t May
By HELEN ROWLAN

No woman can do anything much
with her husband, as long as some
other woman "fecls sorry for him."
1t is always n surprise to divorce,
TO discover how long it takes her TO
get over the habit of listening for the
sound of a mans key in the latch,
evenings.
When a woman gives a man up. 1t
always leaves a void in her life; but
when n man gives woman up, it is
usually because another woman is
crowding her out.
A wife has the secret consolation or
knowing that, though spring may
tempt her husband to wander little
in the Primrose Path. the Fall usually
finds him hunting for the same old
peg on which to hang his hat.
1t is sad to reflect that an old
flame who is one Of your sweetest
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

portunity for delinquency and vag-
rancy than 1925 ever dreamed of.
There amt no use trying" whines
another boy TO himself. They're al
ways bawling me out and saying I'm
not good and treating me like q kid.
Might rs well can the old job-it amt
no good TO me anyway"
Then is there no redress for the boy
worker who is being unjustly treated
at home? Legally there is very little.
He is practically the property of his
parents, and theirs to make or mar.
But if he has sufficient determination
(which few adolescent boys have) and
il he's lucky enough TO live in q city
in which there is well organized
juvenile court (which is an even rarer
occurrcnce) he may appeal to the juve-
nile court authorities and they will
take q hand in his affairs. That is
what the boy who wrote this letter
may do. But you and I know how
apt any shy. half grown youngster is
to take matters thusly into his own
hands.
And in the meantime - THE
WHOLE COUNTRY PAYS THE
PRICE OF PARENTAL STUPID
ITY AND MEANNESS.
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memories" may regard you merely as
one of his lucky escapes"
Some woman has suggested that
every woman should have at least
three husbands but. the average gin
wonders how she will manage to get
ONE husband-and what she will do
with him. after she gets him.
First, woman gets on mans
mind-thcn on his neck, then on his
conscience, and finally on his nerves.
A woman fondly kisses each of her
birthdays goodbye. and BURIES it;
but a man blythely passes his along
with n "Checrio !" in the beautiful
faith that, even ut 20, SOME woman
will find him n Don Juan.
Nothing is so hard to live up to
as a mans glorificd memories of the
woman he didn't get.
Copyright. 1925. King Feature Syn. Inc.
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Table Talks
. Weeks Menus
By Alice Irwin
BY Alice Irwin
DINNER MENU.
Lamb Stew
Vegetable Salad
Orange Gelatine Pie

Several years ago there appeared
in a magazine an article which had
as its subject "Gelatine Pies Discov'
cred" 1t was my introduction to a
whole new classification of pies
since then / have used gelatine in
making coffee souffle pie, strawberry
pie, and with half a dozen different
sorts of fruit. The one which gains
the greatest favor is included in this
menu.
The first thing to do in making
any sort of gelatine pie is to prepare
a baked pie shell. The ingredients
given here are sufficient for two of
medium size; it never seems to me
to be worth while to make just one pie
shell, as the second may be kept for
several days and used for a fresh
fruit or cream pie.
PIE CRUST.
One and one-half cups Of flour.
Threc-fourths teaspoon salt.
One-half cup lard.
One-fourth cup water.
Sift flour and salt; cut in lard
with fork. Add water, mixing with
a fork. Toss on floured board, pat
and roll out.
When baking pie shells, several de-
vices are resoried TO. The one most
frequently used is to stretch the dough
over the inverted pie shell. Another
is to fit the dough into the pan in the
ordianry manner and hold it down
with navy beans, rice or flour.
For orange gelatine pie, soak two
tablespoons graduated gelatine in
one-half cup cold water for five min
utes. Dissolve by standing the tin
cup containing the soaked gelatine
in boiling water. Add to two cups
orange juice with one tablespoon lem
on juice, one-half cup sugar, one
fourth teaspoon salt, onc-half tea
spoon grated orange rind and stir
until sugar and gelatine are die
solved. Turn into cold shallow pan
and when beginning TO set, add one
cup cream, which has been whipped
and beat until stiff. Turn. into o
baked pie shell and chill before serv-
iuU
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BREAKFAST AND LUNCHEON
MENUS FOR WEEK.

BREAKFAST AND LUNCHEON
MENUS FOR WEEK.
TUESDAY.
Breakfast.
Cantaloupe
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Luncheon.
Bacon and Eggs
Potato Mullins
Currant Jelly
Tea
WEDNESDAY.
Breakfast.
Baked Prunes
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Luncheon.
Lamb Stew
Baking Powder Biscuits
Rhubarb Marmalade
Tea
THURSDAY.
breakfast.
Cantaloupe
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Luncheon.
MacarOni Croquettes
Baked Pears
Tea
FRIDAY.
Breakfast.
Sliced Oranges
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Luncheon.
Cream of Potato Soup
Baked Apples
Bran Cookies
SATURDAY.
Breakfast.
Cantaloupe
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Luncheon.
Rice FritterS
Pineapples Preserves
Bran Cookies
Tea
SUNDAY.
Breakfast.
Grapefruit
Waffles with Maple Syrup
Coffee Milk
Supper.
Dreamed Crab Meat
Raisin Bread Sandwiches
Fruit Salad
Tea
MONDAY.
Breakfast.
Sliced Bananas with Cream
Cereal with Top Milk
Toast Coffee Milk
Luncheon.
Cream Of Tomato Soup
Apple Dumplings
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ENJOY days and nights free
II from these troublesome
pests. Spray Fit.
Fit spray clears the house in few
minutes of mosquitoes and disease
bearing flies. 1t is clean, easy and safe
to use.
Kills Household Insects
Fit spray also destroys bed bugs,
reaches, ants, and insect eggs. The
cracks and crevices where insects hide
and breed are readily reached by Fit
Try Fit IN your home.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-02
A Scientific General Insecticide

Fit is the result of exhaustive research
by expert entomologists and chemists
More than 70 formulas were tested on
various household insects before Fit
was finally perfected. Fit is 1902
effective insecticide containing no in
active CnerD ingredients.
sale l. stores generally.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
Curious Beliefs
Regarding Snakes

In spite of the great decrease in the
number, of British reptiles, many SUI
perstitions and charms regarding
snakes still exist,
The most potent charm against
snakes is said to be. a milpreve. Really,
it is place Of coralline limestone
about the size Of pigeons egg. Old
fashioned people believe that on one
night in the year. all the adders meet
together and start kissing. Their
breath forms bubble which solidifies
into the milpreve. Whoever finds it
is assured Of good luck and immunity
from snake bite.
Another superstition is that the
breath Of snake on hazel wand will
produce a hard stone ring which is an
infallible remedy for snake bite.
Many. country folk believe that an
ash tree will keep off snakes. A peas
ant couple were Mortified to find that
their baby shared its morning bowl of
milk with an adder. They tied an ash
twig round the child's neck, and the
snake never came near it again. But
the child pinned away and died, be-
moaning the loss Of it's playfellow, OF
which~it. had become very fond, says
London Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
WRITING LETTERS

TT is curious how few amen answer
= letters unless by so doing some per-
sonal advantage accrues to the writer.
No matter how courteous and gentle a
note you may write to the man who
owes you money, ten to one he does
not reply to it until he gets ready, and
that is often far hence. whats the
use?" he asks himself.
Last February i wrote, one leisure
day, "a congratulatory notes to as
many undergraduate men who had at
tanned intellectual distinction. Not one
of these was ever acknowledged either
by spoken or written word. \
Not 25 per cent Of the letters write
to fathers conforming their sons in
college are ever acknowledged, and
those which are acknowledged are
quite as frequently as not turned over
to the mans wife. Women are more
likely to answer letters than are men.
In so per cent of cases if woman
comes from city, she either omits her
street address entirely, or writes it
only on the back Of the envelope which
the office boy throws into the waste
paper basket before bringing in the
mail.
There is no better business policy
than to acknowledge every letter that
one receives, promptly, courteously,
and to the point. The time that pro-
fessional and business men give to an
swering letters widens their influence,
and adds to their business efficiency.
Men fail to answer letters from selfish
ness, carelessness, thoughtlessness,
ignorance-almost never because they
are too busy. The busy man cannot
afford to put off the duty-he answers
right away.
There is no greater social fineSse
than that seen in the promptness and
care with which some people answer
letters or acknowledge courtesies In
writing. The man who wants to get
on in business or to make and keep
friends should acknowledge every
courtesy and answer every letter
which he receives whether it seems to
his immediate advantage or not.
The best politician have ever
known, who had the strongest hold
upon his constituents, was punctllious
about his letters. He not only an
swered the purely business letters
which came to his desk, but of his
own initiative he wrote letters of con-
graduation, letters of coincidence, let
tiers acknowledging any courtesy or at
tention shown him. friendly and I'M
selfish letters; and he wrote not only.
TO people of prominence, but to people
whose influence might have seemed TO
less thoughtful observer not worth
counting. Hp was wise man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
OOOOOOOCCCOOCOOOO OOOOOOCOO
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor Of "HEALTH"
A PICNIC FOR GOOD
TEETH
oooooooooooooooooooo
"a To- Nra,,zsr.a. )

A N ANCIENT philosopher long ago
4 = observed that it is easier to stim-
ulate men by rewards than to scare
them by punishment. Naturally, this
applies to children even more than to
adults. An interesting and amusing IL
lustration of this truth is told in
recent issue of the Listening Post, the
monthly bulletin of the Pennsylvania
department Of health.
The school nurse in Hanover had
been trying for some time to have all
the school children look after their
teeth. The children were told the
dangers and discomforts of decayed
teeth. But little Roadway was made. {
Finally, it occurred to Miss Mac
Kenzie that a reward might do more
than threat. So the local Parent
Teacher association WAS interested and
plan worked out. 1t was announc Il
that there would be school picnic in
the spring before school closed. What
is there that rejoices the heart Of the
child like picnic? Would they go!
4ACy WOQlus AAC WeAo e~~
cepted unanimously.
But-as the old lady said to the life
insurance canvasser-there was a
catch in it. Only those children could
go who brought along certificate from
the family dentist, saying that their
teeth were in perfect condition.
Then followed four months OF the
busiest times the dentists in that town
had ever known. Parents were amazed.
Children who had cried and rebelled
when taken to the dentist now went
with joy and gladness. Children Who
had tried to get out of this dreaded
visit now begged their parents to take
them to the dentist at once. An honor
roll for each room, on which appeared
the name of every child who had
brought back his certificate of dental
perfection, hung where every child
could see it. The one desire of every
child was to see his name on the rcll.
The school board offered a half
holiday and the Parent-Teacher asso-
citation offered a prize Of S. to the
room which would first show COM
plete list. 1t was won by the third
grade three months after the cam
paign began.
The school enrolment was three
hundred and fifteen. When the picnic
was held, two hundred and thirty chill
dren had perfect teeth, forty-eight had
been to the dentist, but had not had
all their repair work quite finished
and thirty-seven children, chiefly in
the primary grade, had not been ex-
amined, probably because they had no
dental defects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
ALONG
EFE'S TRAIL
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean-of Men, University of Illinois.
s@assaseesssG
20. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
PEACE
PEACE

THE announcement came suddenly
= on that November day. Outside
the bells were ringing, whistles were
blowing, automobiles were honking by,
and there was the sound of all sorts of
noise-producing instruments. We had
been expecting an announcement of
some sort and were not surprised. As
hurried into the street to join the
throng. a friend grasped my hand.
"The armistice has been signed !;
peace has come, he announced joy.
fully.
1t was never-to-be-forgetten scene
the crowd, unorganized, waving to
and fro, filled with emotion of one
sort or another because of the long-ex
pected or long-desired peace.
To most of those in the throng, 1t
had a personal meaning; there were a
few, perhaps, who considered even in
those exciting moments the RESPONSE
bilities and readjustments which peace
would OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the most
stupendous, perhaps, that any nations
have had to make-but these people
were few.
There was the singing and cheering
and few brief pointed speeches, and
we turned home again through the
dim light of early morning, tired,
thoughtful, happy. We had done our
part intellectually in the war. tardy
though we were in taking up our task.
We had made our sacrifices, trifing for
the most part as they were compared
with those which had been exacted
from our allies. We had given our toll
of precious young lives to the cause of
democracy, and now peace had come.
Had it come too soon?" l asked
myself then as 1 walked slowly back
home, and l ask myself now. "The
wars over, why save any more?"
heard young fellow say. Have we
learned from the war as thoroughly
as we should the lessons which war
should teach? We had been foolish.
extravagant, wasteful nation. During
the active war we learned little of
how to give, we practiced some econo-
my. we were less wasteful Of time and
money. more generous, more unselfish
less self-seeking, perhaps.
Ecen before the bells stopped ring
ing that heralded the coming of peace,
men and women both old and young
began planning to relax the discipline
under which they had been living, to
hppin Apoir tO eot and drink and snpnd
as they used to do, to practice the ex-
travagant self-indulgence for which, as
nation, we have been notorious
Have we learned our lesson, or did
peace for us come too soon? Have the
lessons of economy and thrift and con-
servation and unselfish regard for our
neighbors sunk so deeply into our
brains that we shall have no need Of
learning them further? I wonder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
RAILROADS AND DISEASE

THE spread of disease is largely due
- to mans movements from one
place to another. Disease generally
follows travel routes. In the Middle
Ages, the Black Death, as bubonic
plague was called, always spread
along the established routes for car
avans and shipping. Cholera from In.
dia has always followed the paths
taken by returning pilgrims. The
crusaders caused an enormous increase
in disease. The East and the West
snapped diseases, European diseases
were carried by the knights, squires
and camp followers from England,
France and Germany to Palestine. On
their return they brought back the
diseases of the Orient to their own
households. Naturally, this spreading
Of disease was slow, as all travel
then was by foot or by sailing YES
sells. With our present-day rapid
travel, all diseases would probably be
worldwide If it had not happened
that, just about the time steam began
to develop as means of transporta-
tion, our knowledge of disease and it's
prevention also began to grow. So
that today, in spite of the fact that
men travel freely and rapidly all over
the earth as never before, disease is
controlled and prevented as never be-
fore.
So important is the control of dis
eases on railroads that it has become
a special branch Of sanitation and
the United States public health serv-
ice has worked out special method
OF controlling the spread of disease
on railroads, which has been adopted
by all the forty-eight states.
In Public Health Bulletin No. 129.
DR.. Thomas r. Crowder, chief of SAM
tation Of the Pullman Car company
and one of the recognized authori-
ties on railroad sanitation, tells how
this work is carried on.
Modern knowledge has done away
with many of the old beliefs and fears
about disease. Our grandfathers were
afraid of things. They thought any
object which sick person had touched
could transmit the disease. So. in
times Of yellow fever epidemics, they
spent much time and money and
destroyed much property, for fear the
baggage of travellers and the cargoes
Of ships and cars might carry disease.
Today we know that things ale COM
paratively harmless. Few disease
germs will live any length of time
outside the human body. With the
exception of those diseases carried
by insects and those carried by dirty
milk and water. diseases are passed
directly from the sick person to the
well. So the control of disease on
trains is practically the same as the
control of disease anywhere else The
most important thing is to keep the
well person from coming in contact
with the sick person.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
A. cOvINGTON, KY;
Makes Remarkable Reed
Mrs. Harry Ashcroft Tells How Lydia E. PHI
Vegetable Compound Relieved Her of
Severe Illness and Pain

Pinkham's Blood Medicine for
blood. ] was cold all the time.
would be so cold / could hardly
still and in the palms of my hand
there would be drops of sweat.
also used the Sanative Wash and Il
recommend it also. You may pub
.lish this letter and ] will gladly an
swer letters from women and advise
my neighbors about these medicines"
Mrs. HARRY ASHCROFT, 632 Beech
Avenue, Covington, Kentucky. ~c
Mrs. Boyer Also Found Help
Gilman City, Missouri was m
such condition that could not eat
nor Aeep to do me any good and !
felt draggy all the time. My head
ached, my right side and back would
almost kill me at times, and ! could
be on my feet only a short while at o
time. was irregular and so nervous,
irritableand respondent that ! thought
I could not stand the strain much
longer. Ihad been this way more OF
less for ten years, but the last two
years was Just terrible. / took medi-
cines, but got little relief until I be-
gan to take the Vegetable Compound.
I took three bottles before / could
see any change at all. ! have taken
seven in all and am improving right
along. / have used Lydia E. Pink
hams Sanative Wash and take the
Liver Pills. can do most of my work
now, and / live on q farm and there
is lots of it to do. . / wash, iron, hoe
the garden, raise chickens and tend
to the milk. +" - Mrs. 7. M. BOYER,
Gilman CITY. Missouri.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
Shuts of "Snoopers''

A device to prevent eavesdropping
outside telephone call-boxes is being
tried. at Fleetwood, England, post Of
fee. A "buzzer" has been installed
which comes into operation as soon as
the caller closes the door. 1t cannot
be heard inside the box, but prevents
those outside from overhearing the
conversation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
Wants More Rice Eaten

DR.. K. Sugimoto. a rice expert at
tached to the Tokyo Nutrition labora-
tory, one of the three special scholars
of the Rockefeller foundation, said
that one of his missions abroad would
be to teach the people of the United
States show to eat rice" He has been
making special study of the nutritive
value of rice for the last five years
and has experimental on 80 persons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
South African, Whaling

Remarkably big catches have been
made recently by the whaling fleets of
Durham, Union Of South Africa. For
one 24-hour period ~ whales were
taken, weighing approximately 1890
tons. One whaling company alone had
landed Is whales while two of their
boats were steaming into Durham with
catches Of four and five whales each.
Commerce Reports
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
Sure Method of keeping Heels Neat

Sure Method OF Keeping Heels Neat
Women need no longer have the dis
comfort and untidy appearance of
ragged or run over" heels. They now
have available toplift (bottom cap
of heeD that is absolutely fiat on the
bottom, stays firmly in place and wears
and wears. Just ask your repairman
to put USKIDE Toplifts on your heels.
has been giving such remarkable serv-
ice as a shoe sole for years. Made by
the United States Rubber Company.
Wears twice as long as best leather.
Important-you can put USKIDE Top
lifts on new shoes.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
Island in Jeopardy

The picturesque island of Mount
Saint Normandy appears to be jeop.
ardized as the result Of a landslide.
Engineers are trying to save the beau
tiful old abbey which crowns the rock
as it is feared the slide may extend
to the foundation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
Artificial SIX Expansion

One plant manufacturing rayon, or
artificial silk, in the Netherlands, en-
ploys 5000 people and plans to en-
large the output to include the max
ing Of artificial horse hair, artificial
straw and other cellulose products.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross
Has Been. Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for 25 years.
Say "Bayer'' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.