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The Washington times., 1926-03-24
By ELSIE ROBINSON


can change yourself and your
situation because do not know
you or your circumstances wall
enough. but I can tell you sew
eral different methods any one
Of which might apply 70 your
case.
It may be that the hest way
to live with both your family and
yourself is to pack your suitcase
and seek new quarters. Many Of
us are too tiYnid and lazy 70 go
out into life alone. and then be-
wall the Inconvenience OF living
In too close contact with our re-
lationS. think that's really
your trouble, Ida. You and your
sister and brother are all OF
age-you could all be living Ply
yourself, making your own lives
But you cling together ana raise
Cain under the sentimental prs
tence OF holding the family 70
gether." What's the use q noad-
ing the family together II your
only desire is to scratch eacn
others eyes out?
Or it may be that YOU should
face the issue where you stand.
Dads bullying might cease II you
staged one good spunky come
hack. Mammals headaches might
be greatly allayed if she WASH :
SO sure of a sympathetic audience.
A sister can always be manageG
bv a little rough technique ana
no brother can borrow II there's
nothing to borrow.
Whether you go or stay, your
happiness is up to you, IDA. ana
mis- YOUR OWN FAULT If
YOU REMAIN UNHAPPY. IN
not saying that unkindly l am
stating a profound. psychological
and spiritual truth.
You've expected other people to
make you happy. You've blamed
them when they didn't make you
happy. But. in reality. you've
been expecting them to attend to
something that wasn't their Job
at all.
LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITH
YOURSELF AND YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO LIVE WITH ANY
FAMILY ON EARTH.
The Washington times., 1926-03-24

shall it be said of us that We
didn't tackle anything on note
paper. so lets 60.
How can you live with your
family, Ida? Tell me first: HOW
DO you LIVE WITH YOUR.
SELF?
That's the really important
question.
Your letter has told me all
about papa's bad temper and
nnana's sick headaches and Sis
ter Peggy's meanness, apd the
SIS Brother Jim. borrowed and
never returned. But It doesn't
say one single word about the
qualities or lack Of qualities in
Ida, herself, which let her be
the victim of all these misfor-
tunes.
'But II I have to live with
them I can't possibly help being
the victim Of their unkindness,
Ida cries.
Oh, yes you can, dearie.
No one can ever make you a
VICTIM UNLESS YOU. YOUR
SELF, AID AND ABET THE
CRIME. 4
NOW OOn MISUNDERSTANDING AhC'
I'm not saying that you can cure
papa of his temper, nor mama
Of her headaches, nor Peggy of
her meanness, nor Jim Of his
mooching. 1t isn't your job to
cure them, nor have you the
ability. To each man his own
cussedness and the working out
of his own salvation. But you
can cure yourself of the attitude
which let's these things devastate
your life.
can't analyze that attitude OF
yours because your letter tells me
little about yourself, But it does
tell me a, few important things
1t tells me that Ida has little
sense of humor-
It tells me that she has Guilt
waited her sensitiveness into an
abnormal growth. under the i'm
preston that sensitiveness is
somehow mark Of distinction
1t tells me that she's a little
fond of being abused, because it
allows her to feel that she's an
Important Martyr
1t tells me that Ida herself
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest

Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest
Where is the Yerxes OBJ
servatory? How many giant
telescopes are there in the
country. Where are they? |
do a bit of travelling off and
on, and / could perhaps visit
them when make an extended
trip. What books would you
suggest buying? Books that
give a general and thorough
outline of the subject. Also
books on the ancient astrono-
mers, Calico, ETC.? Where
could a man purchase q teIe-
scope? How do the prices
range?--A Reader, Chicago.
p. ST. am a college man.
go NEAR and yet so fart"
~ When you are In Chicago
the Yerkes Observatory il only
about seventy miles away. at
Williams Bay, in the State OF
Wisconsin. Belonging to the
University of Chicago, most per-
sons not astronomers appear to
think of it as being actually
within the limits of the great
city.
AS to reckoning the number OF
giant telescopes in this country,
much depends upon how big
telescope must be before it can
enter the giant" class. When /
first became interested in the
stars. the 15-inch telescope of
Harvard College was considered
a remarkable giant; Yale was
content with 5-inch, the Naval
Observatory at Washington had
9.6-inch, while General o. M.
Mitchell's 12-inch at Cincinnati
the price of which he had won
from the public with popular lee
lures, was still encircled with a
halo of admiration.
No Novelty
At present a 24-inch is no
novelty, and there are in the
country many exceeding that
size. You must know that
there are two sorts of telescopes
the rerractor, whose power
depends upon an "object.gIass"
placed at the upper or outward.
end OF long tube; and the re-
Hector, which instead of a glass
lens at the upper end of the tube,
has a concave mirror at the
lower end, which serves the same
purpose as the lens in forming
an image Of the object.
Each kind has its advantages,
and all large modern observa-
tories, have both kinds. The size
of the telescope in either case, is
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
Little Baby Octopuses
Doing NICELY. Thanks

In old days when MILLION dollars was taken seri
ousy shuddered and the Government got busy much
agated by the that Standard Oil first supposed
be worth BILLION dollars Fiercey the socalled Octopus
chopped up into many little pieces But healthy
octopus is not killed easily.
The little pieces doing very well Each has grown
head and tail for itself.
Standard Oil of New York now absorbs the Genera
Petroleum Company after having recently absorbed the Mag
noia Oil Company That little fragment Of the old octopus
worth close to billion all by itself.
Standard Oil California owning literally billions of bar
res of oil stored away the ground worth heaven only
knows how much Standard Oil of Indiana of the
powerful oil corporations in the world and incidentally
of the best managed.
Outside of Standard Oil there other gigantic oil
panies, Texas, Tidewater many
You can't keep good octopus down.
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
No Need to Lack Rubber
Treat Britain's Monopoly Gently, But Firmly

investigation shows that rubber
the Philippines for fifteen cents pound less than
quarter price that tire pay
monopoly.
million, five hundred thousand available
Der plantations in the Philippines could supply
quarter of all rubber used in America
And, without going far the Philippines rubber
grown plentfully and cheapy Mexico
where rubber trees grow wild
American tire manufacturers plan invest $40
year for five years in American rubber plantations
That the way to British rubber competition
British rubber trust Crying eyes doesn't any
good
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

AAAhSAA 49, ~ $500 (.
Oh, the Difference to Thee!
/ no to. my Daughter. Let NO
VI man persuade thee that court
ship 10 but rehearsal for matri-
mony!
For verify. since the first kiss
in the Garden of Eden. every
lover hath said, Others may
change-but OURS shah be an
eternal honeymoon.
And the sleeves of the cynics
have been filled with laughter.
For. alas, between being q
fiancee and being q wife, there
are ninety and nine differences!
Yea. even the difference be-
tween lingering cigarette kiss
and hasty coffee-kiss.
And the difference between or
dering from the a-la-cart side OF
the menu-and ordering from the
table d'hote side.
The difference between sending
a man home at IL p. m.-and
FRYING him out Of the house
at a. m.
Between watching him, tip the
waiter a dollar-and lending him
a quarter to. make up the change.
Between being told that thou
art dazzlingly beautiful-and be-
ing told that thy shoulder strap
is slipping or thy back hem is
ripping.
Between knowing that a man
is filled with impatience to SEE
thee-and knowing that he is
champing with impatience be-
cause he must WAIT for thee.
Between holding hands and
watching the moon-and holding
thy breath and watching the taxi
cab meter.
Between putting up thy face
to see how nice and smooth a
mans cheek is-and putting up
+ thy hand to see "if it is rough
enough to require a shave"
Between being tenderly helped
across a busy street-and being
anxiously PUSHED across 1t.
Between putting flowers in a
mans coat-lapel-and putting
patches in his pockets.
Between listening for his ring
at s p. n.--and hearkening for
his latchkey at IL g. m.
Go to. Unto a man, there may
seem no difference between the
glamour of romance and the
sweet complacency OF marriage.
But. oh the differeHce to THEE!
.SELAH,
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
INTRODUCING
A DOCTOR
J. Cornelius Beeckman

NAA - OOAAA@AAAS A~~\AAAAAs~Aa'
A Married Woman as Bridesmaid
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Kindly advise me II 1t Is
proper for q married woman to
act as bridesmaid. She IL sis
ter of the bride.
A READER.
Yes, indeed, It is proper for a
married woman to act as bridal
attendant, either as bridesmaid
or as the natron of honor. Now
adays no distinction is made be.
tween married or unmarried peo-
pie as wedding attendants, wheth-
er Of the bride or the groom.
And, indeed, why should such q
distinction be made? The point
is that the bride wants her to
serve as her attendant, and that
she is married Is iInmateriaL.
The fact that she is the brides
sister is very important, for It
is customary for the bride to ask
her sister to be her attendant
introducing a Doctor
WHEN introducing q doctor "a
w young boy friend of mineD
/ am quite undecided as to what
! should say. Is it correct TO
say Doctor Blank" or should it
be just Mr.. Blank?
r. e. 3.
A doctor should be introduced
by his professional title: Mrs.
Allen, may present Doctor
Bryan%'
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
Easy to Stop Waste
Tax the "Tax Exempt" Securities

The Administration worried about reckless spending of
money and selling of bonds by cities and States all over this
country
While President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon pay off the
national debt and down expenses States
many of them running wide open Government cuts one
billion off the nations debts States and cities add billions
their debt. And the people deeper debt than
Let the income apply to all income Stop the
undemocratc unjust system that allows the very rich to
escape taxation by putting money into State and municipal
bonds Then won't be easy for States and municipalities
to borrow recksssy and there won't be much reckless
spending.
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
nor, page Mis-
ter solomon

nor, page Mis-
ID ter Solomon
There u B problem
that's guaranteed
to lower that wise
gentleman j bat
ting average or
I'll eat my own
sob column
ELSIE, HOW
CAN II LIV r.
WITH NY FAM
IL.Y?,' cries Ida
and expects me
TO come across
with q sure cure
recipe for doing
the same
And right there
you see one Of
the reasons why
the rate of NOR
tally a m o n & = I
Bob-sisters is sim
ply e n or m o u 8.
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

NVHoSE friends thou hast, and
their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with
hoops of steel:
But do not dull thy palm with
entertainment
OF each new-hatch'd, unfledgd
comrade. Shakespeare.
A genius for hard work helps the
town more than a genius for
poetry,
The follow-up system works just
as well in marriage as it does in
business.
The Washington times., 1926-03-24
LISTEN, WORLD!

goes into all sorts
81 internal tan
tru1ias and depres
sions when things
90 Wron
II tells me.
above al that
she has the false
idea that happi
ness il sonnet hing
others ought 10
give ua instead
Of something for
which we should
fight ourselves
GbWAY III ISL
Ida Haven't /
told you the
TRUTH And aren't
you blaming your
family for our
own faults as
well 40 for their
own cussedness?
It's impossible
for me to tel you
$3.50. "a -. = sr4R rrrsas
The Washington times., 1926-03-24

Penny wise, pound foolish.
Burton.
Man lie created free, and H.
free, even though born in chains.
Schiller.
A fault confessed
Is new virtue added 70 man.
Defoe.
Mind moves matter. Vergil.
Self-trust is the first secret Of
success. Emers0n.
a mans home il his ca le.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
GENTLEMEN BANDITS
ROB TWO VISITORS
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was the acquaintance" of the
Gucnther robbery appeared. His meth
cd did not vary from the one used
In duping his first victim until after
the walk started.
At Sycamore and Commerce streets,
Mr. Adams and the new acquaintance
met the elderly man of the first rob-
berry.
Greeting him, the young bandit said {:
Just taking short walk before
train time: won't you join us:-
He did and the three walked to the
Alamo Iron Works, where talk fell to
the probability Of bandits. Each of the
pair showed large rolls of bills and
bemoaned its possible fate in case OF
robbery.
my roll has just $13O in it but !
would hate to lose it, Mr.. Adams
said. pulling it from his pocekt.
No sooner had he taken it from his
purse than the elder Of the bandits
jerked it from his hand and the pair
disappeared in the darkness.
Mr.. Caballo. the third bandit victim,
was held up five miles from the city
on the Frio City road after he had
started to Laredo by automobile early
Tuesday morning.
Rather than run chances Of being
shot" he said, Il stopped my car
when lone man appeared in the mid
die Of the road with a gun pointed
at me-"
As the car drew to q standstill. two
mote men, all armed and masked. ap.
peared on each side Of the car. After
cautions. one OF the three
pocketed his gun and searched their
victim.
Thank you They told Mr.. Ca
ballo as they took his $3.50 and dis
appeared into the darkness.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
|,-G.N. YIELDS.
TOCROSS|NC
DEMAND
West Elsmere Place to Be
Extended Across
Tracks.

Promise to construct a grade cross.
ing at the intersection of its tracks
and West Elsmere place, was made
by p. J. Neff, assistant executive vice
president of the I.-G. \. TO Street
Commissioner Paul L. Steffler Tues
day.
Recently Mr.. Neff asked Commits.
sioner Steffer to withdraw his reques.
for the crossing at this point, declar-
ing it would be menace to public
safety.
West Elsmere place residents re-
newed their petition for the opening
of the thoroughfare. however. which
resulted in the commissioner demand
ing that the crossing be built.
-The street will be opened across
our rails as soon as / can obtain per.
mission from our board" Mr.. Neffs
communication read.
He also stated that materials to be
used in the construction of grade
crossing on West Kings Highway have
been purchased, and that work will
be started shortly.
The I.-G. n. has requested the city
to have automobiles observe the
boulevard system" at certain cross
ings in the city. This would require
automobiles TO come TO complete stop
before passing over the tracks, it i.
eyplained.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
MOTHER Tells
POLICE SON
SLAIN
Man Admits Killing But
Declares He Was
Exonerated.

Grief-stricken and in tears an aged
mother appealed to police to arrest a
man on board a labor train Tuesday
a it rolled into the Katy depot from
the cotton fields of Mississippi, de-
claring the man had murdered her
son before leaving.
Others aboard the train also told
police that her son Stcvenas Lopez,
80, had been shot and killed in Mis-
sissippi and buried on the edge Of a
cotton field.
Officers arrested the man. He adj
mitted the shooting but declared he
had been exonerated of the charge
prior to embarking for his home in
Floresvillc. ...
The mother denied he had been ar
raigned for killing her son.
The man is being held until auihori-
ties of Ittabena. Miss. furnish a de-
tailed account of the shooting and the
following procedure.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
CENSUS REVEALS
WOMAN, AGE I46

LONDON, Jan. 19.-GPD-A dis
patch 20 the Daily Express from Te-
herip says that the first census in the
history of Persia recently taken. re-
vealed a woman 146 years old living
in the village OF Mochin with her son
aged III. The census was ordered
because DR.. Arthur c. Millspaugh, the
American financial administrator. was
unable to estimate the revenue of the
country owing to the absence Of sta
tistics on population.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
COMMISSIONER
ASKED TOF|X
STREETS
Petitions Roll In as Time
for Delivery Of Bond
4 Cash Nears.

Realizing San Antonio's 81 ,000, 000
Improvement bond money will be avail
able within the next few days, resi-
dents Tuesday petitioned Street Com
missioner Paul Z. Steffler for street
Improvements and new sewer mains.
Residents requested the graveling Of
Dawson street between st. Martin and
Covers streets. Property owners also
asked the commissioner 10 grade and
gravel Prado street. Numerous other
requests came into the department by
telephone.
: Residents petitioned the city 10 lay
new sewer lines on South Flores street
between the city limits and Pleasanton
road, before this stretch Of the street
Is paved.
This request probably will be grant
I'd n the city will pave South Flores
between these two streets shortly, Mr..
Steffler said.
One Of the petitions was twelve feet
long. It was signed by the entire
student body Of the Milan school. The
school asked that its Fairgrounds be
Improved.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
SOLDIER ON STAND
AT Staying TRIAL

Taking the stand Tuesday in his
own defense, Private Thomas White
described the killing of Corporal
Harry Stedman, for which he is on
trial In United States district court
before Judge DuVal West.
Character witnesses placed on the
stand by the defense Monday after
noon and Tuesday morning included
superior non-commissioned and com
missioned officers OF both White and
the deceased, Stedman.
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KEY RATE CHANGES
WILL BENEFIT S. A.
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tons and its fire losses. Mr.. Ludolph
said. il must be understood that in
surance companies doing business in
the state cannot be allowed to become
bankrupt. In other words, he said.
Texas as a whole must pay for the
losses Of the worst fire areas.
If the fire commissioners at any fu-
ture time, Mr.. Ludolph said, should
decide 70 reimburse the insurance
companies for their losses during the
last five years by applying a horizon
tal increase in rates, it would mean
that all sections alike, both the ones
which have developed a low fire loss
and the others which, through losses,
have caused the companies to lose
would have a pay.
The penalty system. however, in Mr..
Ludolph's belief. would adjust this SO
that those cities and sections which
have the losses must pay the costs.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
Brown Eyes,
MyAre
You Blue !?

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-CR)-
Brown eyes are better than blue
eyes because they last longer.
DIR. H. S. McCray, Of the Hill.
nois state Society Of Optomet-
rists, said so ut q clinic for post
Office workers. The brown irises
operate like dark curtains in
shutting out light and protecting
the eye. But the blue eyes. "Are
usually an exception to the rule
that . perfectly normal eye will
not feel the need of glasses until
II is IS years DID," he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
SEEK INJURED MAN
AS THEFT, SUSPECT

A man whose right foot is seriously
cut is sought by the sheriff's office
as the suspected robber of w. s. Hall
of Boerne.
Sheriff Ed Bierschwale Of Bocrne
notified Sheriff Stevens to look for
the man, stating that he was last>seen
limping down the road toward San An
tonic.
Mr.. Hall discovered Tuesday that
his watch and a large sum of money
lad been taken and his suspicious were
aroused when he could not locate his
hired man.
He told Sheriff Bierschwalc that
the man, while chopping wood Mon
day had cut his foot wish an axe.
Later the man was seen headed for
San Antonio.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
Mow You See I'm
Then You Don't
On Greek Streets
By Universal Service.

ATHENS, Jan. 10. - The
sliding skirt" has become all
the rage in Athens as one method
Of beating the decree Of tho
Greek Dictator General Pangalos
who has prohibited the wearing
Of short skirts
Ladies now appear on the
streets with IN ultra-fashionable
extra short skirt. As soon how
ever, rs a policeman comes in
sight the skirt drops suddenly
a foot or SO covering not only the
calf but even the ankles.
An arrangement with a rub.
Der band suspended from the
waist enables the woman TO
make the transformation. As
soon rs the policeman disappears
the skirt goes up again.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
FASHIONS FOR WOMEN
BECOMES ART in PARIS
By c. F. BERTELLI
TniyersaI Service staff Correspondent.

pleatings give the wearer plenty Of
freedom.
Slightly WASTED just below the nat
ural line most of the dresses arc made
in successive tiers, the last Of which
is wider than the top one TO provide
case for dancing.
SHELL-PINK CHIFFON.
One of the loveliest models was
worn by Miss Vera Victoroff, whose
statuesque beauty and family connec.
ton with the Romanoffs have made
her one of the most popular girls in
Paris society. Her Caret gown was
made OF shell-pink beaded chiffon
with three Romncy-blue ribbons at
regular intervals around the skirt.
Practically backless, as are all the
new gowns today, it reached well be.
low the knees, thus marking a step
towards more conservative lines for
evening wear.
Another startling model was worn
by the Baroness De Meyer, whose
Vionnet creation was entirely made up
of long silver fringe wound spiralwise
around the body from the shoulders
dow. The gowns silver effect was
enhanced by the deep blue rvsor,n,
Of the hair which was altogether off
ferent from the usual blue used in
America for white hair inasmuch as
it actually showed pastel tone.
Hibiscus color, especially for Pail
lete' gowns, is also popular. An ex-
cellent example was worn at the same
party by the Countess Bernsdorff who,
however, complained TO a friend that
the particular model had too short a
skirt. a feature decidedly spelling the
line for novel, elaborate gowns.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
RAIDERS SEIZE STILL
IN SHADOW OF JAIL

An audience exceeding $50 persons
gathered Tuesday morning when GUS
toms officers made a raid on a house
within q stones throw of the Bexar
county jail.
One arrest, confiscation of a quart
Of whiskey in a gallon jug, and seizure
Of a bottle Of whiskey coloring was
~ net result of the raid.
The house, within the shadow Of the
3sil. showed signs Of having been oper-
ating a. a bootlegging headquarters
for q long while, custom officers said.
Many empty quart bottles and gallon
jugs were found during the search.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
MYSTERY MANIAC
CHASES S. A. GIRL
Continued From Page One.)

beau street, was the first girl at
tackled by the mysterious maniac. AZ
ter struggling with him at Beauregard
street and Dryer avenue, she tainted.
This turn of affairs evidently fright.
ener the attncker. who fled.
A week ago Sunday morning and
three days after Miss vick's expert
ence, the screams of Miss Paulina
Aguirre, 112 Fannin street, brought n
patrolman to Pecan and Solcdad
streets. The attacker fled.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
RAIL ROAD MEN GET
TOURIST INFORMATION
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Antonio is today more beautiful than
ever.
These men came to San Antonio TO
know the city to feel its wonderful
weather and admire its beauty, So
when they get back TO their offices
scattered throughout the United
States they can tell the people of the
whole country, what San Antonio
really is" declared Mr.. Whitehead in
explaining the visit of his men here.
The party will spend the day visit
ing the missions. Alamo and other
historic and beautiful places and will
leave for the North at midnight.