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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

A woman's age and how she got
her husband to propose-are strict
ly her own business!
But it is quite safe to say that
all women lie little about both
especially about the PROPOSAL
Happily married ladies are de-
cidedly unfair in not confiding the
actual campaign they carried out
so successfully to capture the de-
lightful husband they are married
to-!
1t would be such a help to single
young ladies matrimonially inclined.
But the average happily married
lady loves to lead the single Miss
to believe that from the moment
her husband laid his two eyes on
her it was a fiery pursuit of ro-
mantle love, in which she was al
ways trying to avoid him! But he
was constantly at her heelsi That he
proposed at least two dozen times
before she even gave him the least
encouragement is her very pet state
ment! And each of these times she
would have you believe that he fell
to his knees and laid his life at her
feet!
That she ever kissed him, or gave
him the slightest encouragement ac-
companies the whispered confidence
that the fact of the matter is at the
very time he was pursuing her so
madly she was being proposed to by
at least four other men twice as
handsome, twice as rich-who never
married! Two of them died shortly
after her wedding.
Naturally, this makes the single
girl wonder what can be wrong WIN
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
By FAY KING

her! No army Of ardent admirers arc
at her heels, and the men she does
know are inclined to get fresh and
never seem to speak of marriage!
Don't worry, my dears, in nine
cases out of ten a man suffers some
kind of silly suggestion about Slar'
riage that can De turned off in a kid
ding way if she doesn't like the idea
and can be taken seriously if she
does!
And in nine cases out II ten a girl
brings up the subject of engagements
and marriage in such way that il
he responds with tIG correct answer
it's all settled!
There is a girl who treats a man
very nice, and when he is terribly in
love with her and has said nothing
of marriage, she tells him she can't
see him any more because they are
being talked about! People are telling
her. if she isn't engaged to him. she
ought to be. and-"what can I say
says she! That's his cue TO say, "Well,
we are, aren't we?" INT match is
settled.
Then there's the girl who swears
she thinks every girl ought to give
back an engagement ring and free a
fellow at once if he meets someone he
likes better before they are married
She gets the engagement ring and the
fellow!
That's the way it's worked-in q
hundred perfectly nice ways-so don't
stay single all your life because none
of the men you know propose the
way your married friends tell you
their husbands di6!
That's all applesauce!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

Can we set back the clock Of Time?
Superior Judge Kirby S. Mahon
thinks We can.
The last thirty years of history may
seem important to some folks, but
Judge Mahon is going to ignore them
as long as he sits on the bench in
Yuba county, California. Which fact
causes considerable dismay in the
chest Of Mrs. Francesca Eleanor Rob
ertsOn.
Mrs. Robertson wants divorce.
She testified that her husband has re-
fused to kiss her, accused her of af-
fairs with other men and contrasted
her, to her disadvantage, with other
women. In short, Friend Robertson
seems to have been anything but a
domestic treasure. Evidently the de-
sire to separate was mutual, for the
husband did not contest the case. All
seemed plain sailing for the Robert
sons since judges seldom refuse to
grant a decree in uncOntested cases.
But amazingly, that was just what
Judge MahOn did do.
II am trying to hold to things as l
was taught thirty years ago." he says.
Marriage means nothing anymore. If
every judge in the United States were
like l am, this would stop.
Il am getting old, and I am going
to get off the bench pretty soon, and
some young fellow more in harmony
with modern conditions will take my
place. But while 1 am here l am
trying to hold things as they were 80
years ago, / don't believe in divorces,
except under conditions where people
must be separated.
IF l had my way divorce laws
would be strengthened instead of
weakened"
Which sounds fine and will win a
lot of applause from the other reac-
tiOnaries but will it work? Can Judge
Mahon, or any other judge, "hold
things as they were thirty years agOT'
No he can't.
Judge Mahon is sincere in his fight.
He believes certain things about mar
riage and if those things were cor
rect, his stand would be justified
Judge Mahon believes that husbands
and wives really loved each other bet
ter thirty years ago-that they held
marriage in greater reverence-that
their outer loyalty was the sign Of an
inner content with wedlock.
He also believes that a blight has
fallen on this fine love and loyalty
and that too much freedom has bred
discomfort where there was peace and
joy. Naturally, if that were so, the
situation could be cured by curtailing
the freedom. CLAMP the lid on as il
was clamped on 80 years ago and
you'll stabilize the home once more,
says the good judge in effect. And
many will agree with him.
But the argument won't stand be-
cause the premise is wrong. Husbands
and wives didn't love each other bet
ter 80 years ago. They didn't stay TO,
gether because they had a greater
reverence for marriage. They stayed
together because women had no place
/ else to go!
Then do I think there are better
! places for women to go than into
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
Foxy Grandpa's
Stories
The Funny Little Skipjack.

Bobby and Bunny were out on the
front lawn doing all kinds of acrobat
ic stunts. / think at that time Bobby
had some idea of being a circus per
former because the circus had just
been in town and he had been doing
stunts ever since.
The particular feat which he was
trying to do on this particular even
ing was to lie down flat on his back.
then raise himself on his head and
/ feet and try to jump up to standing
position as he had seen an acrobat in
pink tights do at the circus.
just then Mary came to the door
and told me that supper was ready. l
called out: ..-t
"Come Bunny, come, skipjack, sup
per's ready"
Bunny and Bobby came running
in and during supper, Bobby was too
busy to ask any questions but when
we went out on the porch and / was
lighting my cigar, Bobby asked:
/ Foxy Grandpa, why did you call
me 'skipjack?"
Because you're just like one, I
laughed.
/, "what is skipjack?" inquired the
boy. ..'.
III show you one sometime L
said.
/, Are they in the circus" asked
Bobby.
mo" I answered. 81 may he able
to show you one this evening"
Now Bobby's curiosity was aroused.
He asked me a hundred questions, but
leased him, and to all OF his ques'
tions ! merely replied:
Just you wait"
1t was very warm evening, and
just before it was time for Bunny
and Bobby to 80 to bed l suggested:
How would you like to go up to
the corner and get an ice cream
sodaT'
Fine" shouted Bobby, jumping
up and down and rubbing his little
tummy at the thought OF a cool drink
We started out the gate and up the
street, and as we went diagonally
across to the opposite corner Bunny
gave big jump and Ieapcd over some
dark objects wriggling there on the
asphalt pavement under the electric
light.
look at them wriggle. shouted
Bobby as we saw dozen big beetles
stranded on their backs and trying
desperately to get right side up.
Click, went one as ne landed Cd
all his little feet, spread his wings
and flew up to the light.
Now watch this one" cried Bobby,
leaning over.
There he was stretched ont and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
Yes or No?

I. Can n goat eat tin cans:
>. Does the green color sometimes
seen under the skin Of potatoes inju"e
them for food?
2. VIII silk wear as well at the SEA
coast as it does inland?
Answers to these questions
/. No. Goats cannot cat tin cans
but do sometimes nibble the paper
labels from them.
2. Yes. The green coloring often
seen on potatoes is caused by the ac
ton OF light on the tuber. The potato
belongs to the night shade family and
green parts Of these plants often con
tain poison.
3. No. Silk, especially that which
is weighted with tin, is so weakened
by salt in the atmosphere that it falls
TO pieces very quickly. Silk garments
can wear out completely, even though
never taken from the closet in which
they are kept.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
LISTEN, WORLD!
Turning Back the Clock
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

homes? ! do not. I believe wife
hood and motherhood are the greatest
jobs on earth for women. | believe
turns and the fullest development for
women.
But what marriage should give and
what it does give are two entirely
different matters. Marriage can be-
heaven. But given the wrong combina-
ton it often proves TO be quite the
other place.
Thirty years ago there was no re-
lief for Henrietta, nor for Henry,
when the combination proved wrong.
But now when Henrietta feels that
her romance has fizzled she has her
choice of a thousand jobs outside the
home. Which naturally affects her es-
innate of what she'll stand from
Henry" And likewise affects Henry 5
estimate of what he'll stand from
Henrietta"
That's why we have more divorces
in 1926 than in 1926. Not because
peoples hearts have changed, but be-
cause industrial and political condi-
tions have changed. The world has
moved, and all the Judge MahOns on
the bench can't move it back again.
To deny liberty now to unhappy mar
ried people, is to envoke dangerous
license. What they can't get by the
law, they'll take without the law-at
considerably more risk to their coun-
try and themselves.
Then is marriage doomed? No, for
the first t.mc in history marriage real
ly stands a chance. We're just begin
ming to realize what marriage should
really be.
One modern home built on the new
ideal of equality and fair play is
worth a thousand old-faShiOned homes
which endured because there was no
place else to go.
DOWNRIGHT. 1925, King Features syn. Inc
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

res syndicate, Incorporated.
"You mean you accept Pats philan'
dering now?" 1 demanded.
Il mean the minute I got so 1
didn't see a glance at some pretty
woman we met on the street, or an
animated conversation with charm
ing one we met at dinner as a menace
to my marriage-it wasn't. Now when
Pat meets a girl who gives him a tiny
thrill, he knows he can come and tell
me. And I see to it that the tiny
thrill isn't smothered to burn with
dangerous smouldering, but that ii
gets up to daylight where the first
shower that comes along can put 1t
out"
I shuddered.
That's horrible. 1 won't have mar
riage on those terms"
"Then what's the use of all the
agony?" jeanne asked. "YOu see jim
thought a lot of philanderings. You
almost got him trained to do his phil
andering honestly and right out where
YOU can share his amusement and
then you quit on the job. You stop
believing in him at the one moment
when your believing in him might
count. You're a gutter, aren't you
Anne?"
I've quit this time" I said coldly
There is nothing more to be said"
"Oh yes there is" Jeanne said. Il
was telling you 1 had seen Nick. But
l haven't told you what we said to
each other. Don't you want to know
how much it concerned yOu-snd
finland Arlette?"
ITO Be COntinued.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
MEDITATIONS OF A WIFE
Are You a Moron?
By HELEN ROWLAND

The newspapers are continually Civ
ing us Intelligence Tests"
But, dear me! Life, itself, is full
Of Intelligence Tests.
Falling in love. for instance, is an
intelligence test, in which most of us
register about acknowledgements
cent mental efficiency.
Choosing wife or husband is on
other intelligence test, in which most
women and all men prove that they
need an alienist. The former never
get anything they want - and the
latter never want anything they can
GET.
The Charleston is still another in
telligence test. If you WANT to
dance it, you are sub-normal. If you
TRY to dance it, won are a Moron.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
"OH, what a beautiful skin! Not

HNH, what a beautiful skin! Not
Va pimple not a blemish.
Perfectly rounded shoulders and a
venus-like back! No wonder she's
popular.
IF / could only get rid Of these
ugly pimples, my skin would be
clear and soft and dimpling. Ike
hers-maybe people would call me
lovely, too"
You're right! The only thing
that mars your beauty are those
unsightly skin blemishes. Clear
them away and watch reyes full of
admiration turn in your direction.
wherever you go. ''But how can ]
get rid of them?" you ask. What
will drive the wretched things away
so they won't come back?
Why. that's Just exactly what
s. 8. S. helps Nature do. It's been
clearing away pimples, blackheads
and blotches for a century. S. S. S,
helps Nature build up the blood to
where it's pure and healthy-then
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
Some Pointers
on Manners
Never Take a Lady's Arm
By Mrs. Beeckman

Never Take a Lady's Arm.
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
When walking on the street, On
what side of lady does man walk:
(2) 1t it proper for a woman TO
take her escort by the arm, or should
be take her arm?
(3) When leaving a street car,
which one of the two should go out
first? 4. A. a.
The gentleman walks on the side
of the pavement nearest the curb,
whether he is with one lady or two
ladies'.
~ A gentleman never takes a
lady'S arm. And she does not take
his, unless she needs assistance. Then
he offers his arm, and she takes it.
CO A gentleman goes first, to make
passage for the lady, if the car is
crowded. aud to alight first so that
he will be in position to help her to
alght from the ear.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
TABLE TALKS
Something on Budgets
By MILDRED KITCHEN

One-eighth teaspoon paprika.
One teaspoon salt.
One third cup canned or fresh
milk.
Two-thirds cup water.
One-eighth teaspoon pepper.
Melt butter, add flour, salt, paprika
and pepper. Mix well, add the com
bined milk and water slowly and bring
to the boiling point, stirring constant
ly. Add shrimp and peas. Heat thor
Oughly and serve on thin slices of but
tered toast.
ENGLISH MONKEY.
One cup stale bread crumbs.
One cup milk.
One tablespoon butter.
Half cup soft mild cheese cut in
small pieces.
One egg.
Half teaspoon salt.
Soak bread crumbs two or three
minutes in milk. Melt butter, add
cheese and when cheese has melted
cook but minute, add soaked crumbs
egg slightly beaten, and seasonings
Cook three minutes, and pour over
toasted crackers which have been
spread sparingly with butter.
MEAT PORCUPINES.
One pound hamburger.
Three-quarters cup uncOoked rice.
One tablespoon fat.
One minced onion.
Three-quarters teaspoon salt.
One-quarter teaspoon pepper.
One tablespoon minced parsley.
Work all together. Shape in balls
one and one-half inches in diameter.
Press firmly in shape. Brown in a
little fat. Partially cover with water
or canned tomatoes and simmer gent
ly till meat is tender and rice is done
about 40 minutes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

Ana II you DO dance II, you should
call In Psycho-analyst.
Cooking good dinner, and serving
It all HUI, IS the highest lntelll'
renee test Whlch any woman can pass
yet thousands OF women do pass 1t
but, the greatest intelligence .est
oil the age is the petung party!
- -,
rash' al over the world, is not an
accidental thlng. 1t is a result OF
the low rate OIL present-day ntelll-
gence.
reasons sometimes because he really
10 IN love.
but When man PETS II is las
L nave smdl etner because ne Is TOO
stupid to thlnk Of anything else or be,
cause tine girl Is such a dum0-bell
thing else.
Mhen TWO heads are peretectly va
cant they just naturally droop TO-
sether' Petting nils the vacuum!
When a man ana girl nave moth
ing 10 talk aOout' they use their lips
lor klssihE.
-,
An attractive and interesting girl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
april Supper.)
Blushing Bunny.
PimOlas.
Celery Hearts.
Gingerbread.

gingerbread.
In this article I am giving you
part Of my collection Of recipes with
peculiar names. How they came to be
named what they are / have moi
learned in all cases, but they are in
triguing and add interest to the JOY
Of food preparation.
BLUSHING BUNNY.
Melt two tablespoons of butter in
a chatting dish Tor frying PAM Add
one tablespoon of flour and one can
of tomato soup, plus One-half can OF
water. Stir until smooth and thick
ened. Add one-half cup of American
cheese cut into bits. Cook with little
heat until cheese melts. Too long will
make it stringy. Season as desired.
Serve on hot crackers garnished with
parsley.
PIMOLAS.
Roll large pimolas (stuffed olives)
in slices of bacon, securing each roll
with a toothpick, place in n saute pan
in the oven. turning often that all
sides may brown evenly; when well
Drowned, remove from the pan, drain
on paper, remove toothpicks and serve
hot.
SHRIMP WJGGLE NO. I.
Make the same sauce as for Blush
ing Bunny. Instead Of cheese add one
can of shrimps, washed and pulled
apart. Serve on crackers.
SHRIMP WIGGLE NO. 2.
One cup shrimps, fresh or canned.
One cup cooked peas.
One tablespoon butter.
Two tablespoons flour.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

these ugly things dry right up. And
that's the only way you can keep
the skin clear and unblemished.
S. S. S. puts the blood back TO
where it can fight the impurities
that get in your system and kills
them off before they break out
through the skin. You can't stop
skin eruptions from the outside.
You've got TO get down underneath
where the trouble is-down In the
blood.
Begin taking S. S. S. and watch
how quickly you get that skin beau
IL that belongs TO you.
S. S. S. will charge
your whole system GCC
so full OF strength AANI
building pure, /
healthy, red blood
that you'll be sim
ply brimful Of new life and energy.
All drug stores sell S. S. s. Get
the larger bottle. It's more eco
nomicaL
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

When n girl can't think, talk, write,
read, cook, dance. sing, play or he
interesting. she tates up petting, calls
it "liying." Frce-for-all kissing is
the "TO Let sign on her mind!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

Petting is the first symptom of SEN
timental paresis-the intelligence test
that proves that there is vast vac
uum, where the brain ought to be
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15
THE MAKING OF A HUSBAND
A SERIAL BY Ann Isle
Chapter 247.

Copyright. 1925. King syndicate incorporated
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-15

An intelligent man may, now and
then, slop over, under spring moon (;
but he doesn't have to be slushy, in
order to keep from boring the girl
to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07
CURB RAD|I FOUND
GENERALLY SHORT
Planning Committee Wants
Increase Beyond lO-Foot
Minimum at Present.

Curb radii at street intersections
throughout the city are in general
TOD short to best meet tina demand Tor
present-day vehicular trafic. accord.
ing to "A, decision reached yesterday
by the city and park planning COM
mittee Of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
The committee passed d. formal res
olution requesting the District Com
terSectionS with O. view to increasing
curb radu beyond the present 10sfoot
minimum at such times as streets are
paved, reSurfaced or widened and at
such other timesaS traffic conditions
at certain definite points make It de.
sirabie
The COMMITTEES has had the subject
of curb radH under discussion for sew.
eraI months, and the last three meet.
ingS have been given over entirely to
this problem. Al number OF inspec-.
lions were made Of g. number OF
points on the ground. and these will
be included In the recommendations TO
the District Commissioners.
Among the changes which the com.
mittee believes should have imme.
QtaL0 aIIeuLt0u are the uOIIuW6SL
corner Of Fifteenth street and Treas
ury place. the Washington end Of the
Key Bridge, at main arteries inter-
secting Wisconsin avenue, where It
was pointed out that the acute angle
would need q maximum cut: all of
the corners at Eighteenth street and
Columbia road and two corners on
the south side OF Park road and
Mount Pleasant street.
The committee also decided to send
q communication TO the District Com
requesting them to hold
public hearings on highway widening
plans which have been recommended
by the committee before August /
90 that the whole matter may be sub
mitted to the meeting OF the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion on August 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07
CATALAN LANGUAGE
BANNED IN SCHOOLS
Church Digpitaries IN Spain Pro-
test Against Recent Gov
eminent Order.
Nv The Associated Presn.

BY the Associated Press.
PORT-BOU. Spain, July 7.--Trav-
elers report that rumors have spread
throughout Spain of q religious move
mert In Catalonia against the orders
Of the Spanish government prohibit
ing the use Of the Catalan language
In schools and legal documents.
The, chief opponents OF the gov
ernment's orders are declared to be
the Archbishop Of Tarragona and
Bishop SEQ v Urceli. Both Of these
men are understood to have declined
to recognize the authority Of the gov
eminent to issue orders against the
use OF the Catalan language and to
have declared themselves to be under
the sole authority Of Rome In such q
matter.
"A report. circulated in this little
town. which is just across the Span.
ish border, said that both preIates
were under surveillance In their re-
spective palaces. but this could not
be confirmed. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07
VAN FLEET WOULD QUIT.

Judge Vernon ". Van Fleet Of the
Federal Trade Commission informed
President Coolidge yesterday OF his de-
sire to resign from the commission
and return to the private practice Of
law.
At the request Of the President he
has deferred action, however, and
will reach o final decision at some
later date.
Judge Van Fleets home IL at South
BEND. Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07
Democrats Plan
Campaign A against
@. z. SIush Fund

Republican campaign expendi-
lures win BE- one Of the central
planks In the Democratic platform
In this years political campaign,
Representative Oldfield Of Ar
kansas, chairman OF the Demo
cratic congressional campaign COM
rnittee, said yesterday.
toward the heart of the evil, !"
OIdfield said, ''by electing at least
10 Representatives to Congress
from Pennsylvania. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07
Ton Charge Ends Today.

The one.half.cent toll charged pas
sengers on the Capital Traction Co.
cars crossing the Key Bridge win be
removed today under an order issued
yesterday afternoon by the Public
Utilities Commission. Congress au.
thorized revocation Of the tar ct the
session Just closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07

The '.moon" is feminine in German
because in Latin mythology Luna"
was the goddess of the moon, says q
writer. The sun was masculine be-
cause Phoebus was the god Of the
sun (Sol1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07

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