San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-08

brates its fifteenth anniversary,
and all congratulate the late
Victor Lawson and the living Mel
vile Stone on the useful newspaper
they gave the world.
The Chicago American which has
the Daily News for its only worth
while competitor, also feels cheerful,
in spite Of its youth.
Selling at three cents a copy five
days a week and five cents on Sat
urday, against the Daily News uni
form price of two cents, the Ameri-
can circulation leads the Daily News
by 10000 daily.
MR. BOX, able winning young
AVA American, born in Holland, says
this nation ought to be in the League
of Nations and finances his opinions
literally, which is right. He accepts
the World Court as desirable first
step toward the league.
Another able American. born here,
named George Washington, thought
this country ought to keep out of
European entanglements. He fought
his way through one ENHANCEMENT,
and did not want any more.
DUT Washington is dead, not clear
- Iy remembered in some quar-
tiers. Mr.. Box is alive, with money
to spend. You remember about the
Give dog and dead lion?" You will
learn from this administration what
it thinks of dead Washington, as
compared with a live Box.
TWO babies were born in Chicago
1 taxicabs yesterday. The former
emperor of Germany was almost born
in n stage coach while his mother,
daughter of Queen Victoria, was
travelling. A village doctor, fright
ened. by the announcement that he
must be- careful of the heir to Prus-
sian throne, lost his head, pulled on
the unborn baby's arm, causing a
dcformity still existing.
That stofy was told this writer by
the great French doctor, Braunse-
guard, who went to Windsor Castle,
at Queen Victoria's command, to see
the child's deformed arm, some time
later.
Braunseguard added that any one
good doctor might well have cured
the deformity. but 80 doctors were
TOO many for the poor child.
Later you will read of children
born I'm flight, five miles up, be-
tween Seattle and San Diego" and
that flying machine, landing, will
be re-christcned genuine stork."
pRESIDENT r. EDISON WHITE,
Of Armour and company. expects
10 cut ten million dollars more off
the cost Of distribution and other
overhead. this year. IL he succeeds.
that will be s29,OO0,00O similarly
cut off. in three years.
Combinations make savings pos
sible. The public should have brains
enough to encourage big combinations,
and keep some of the savings for
itself.
CHARLES +. WEIGH, grape
~ juice manufacturer, ardent ad-
yocate of prohibition, has died sud
denly Of acute Indigestion. You will
now hear the ungodly, including some
physicians, say that Doctor WEIGH
would not have died. had he taken
the Biblical hint and a little wine
for his stomach's sake"
THE greatest doctors in Europe
4 told r. II. Harriman's relatives
that he need not have died so young
bad he taken good light wine in
moderation, to help his digestion.
Other doctors said that President
Harding died of Indigestion because
he continued to eat heartily, after
swearing off completely.
. But you know that Satan always
finds arguments, and, anyhow, no
indigestion il worse than the bootleg |
poison that men take for indigestion.
THE garter bouquet" Of real
4 flowers is announced in Phila-
dclphia, forget-me-nots, presumably
worn just below the knee. Women
spcpt centuries hiding their legs,
even with dresses sweeping microbes
from tho ground.
Now they exhaust ingenuity, calling
attention to their legs. Pink stock
inss, strange carriers, slippers that
look like a set Ct gold pony harness.
40 stocking, sometimes, high tide
skirts.
II is puzzling, but you may be
sure that back Of il all usefulness
and wisdom are at work. Mans
dull dress evolution is about over.
Nyoman's is only starting.
SERGEL, So,