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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-05
WILD PARTY.

His voice trailed away to a conf
dental whisper.
II don't mind telling you that it was
the widest party we've ever had in
Velhalla. The ambrosia, y'understand,
was not up to the usual flavor since
Jupiter and Mars forced prohibition
on us, but it was potent stuff, young
fellow, potent stuff even il it did
taste slightly of wood alcohol and old
shoes, ETC."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-05

A NCIENT religious instruction,
"A imported into Russia from the
East, gave exact direction for wife
beating and taught men to suspect
and despise women, what is wo-
man? A net to tempt men, with her
clear face and her high set eyes, she
works spells-what is a woman, a
viper's nest"
The Russian was warned to keep
his wife shut in:
"She sits behind q locks-she sits
locked in with q keys-so that bold
comrades may not see her."
Bold. comrades saw her occasion
ally however, and rather intimately
in spite of the 81 locks, as you may
also learn from Waliszewski.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-05
WILL BE COOL.

His Majesty the Sun then waved
The Light reporter away and went
into conference with Weather Obser.
YER j. H.. Jarboe. After the confer
enee Mr.. Jarboe announced that the
sun would shine again Wednesday but
that the temperature would be colder
Wednesday morning and San Anton
ians would need little extra cover
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-05

an his wedding night the Russian
~ husbands first present was a
whip. This he fastened in his belt,
saying to the bride IL hope I shall
never need it." When the bride and
groom retired, she pulled off his
boots and he struck her across the
shoulders with the whip, gently, to
prove his authority. He was less
gentle later.
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HERE TO LIVE.

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Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

Mrs. AddisOn's for breakfast at
eleven. How original of her to in
vite him for Christmas breakfast,
and at eleven, too! He appreciated
those extra hours of sleep. She GER
tainly was dear.
Breakfast at eleven! Why, that
meant he would not have to eat
again till night, and then just a
simple supper And THAT meant
he saved the price of a Christmas
dinner-another dollar! But two
dollars-what could he do with that,
and all the stores closed? His en-
thusiasm waned as. quickly as it
came. And then, suddenly, his eyes
saw the beautiful flowers he was
watering. They were paper white
narcissus he had bought a few
weeks before at the five and ten. .
The four bulbs and the bowl had
cost only quarter, and here they
were with two beautiful sprays of
fragrant bloom and one fat bud Just
ready to break its covering. Their
beauty would grace any home; yes,
even hers. His Christmas shopping
problem was solved He would buy
some candy at the corner drug
store, and give it with the flowers
he had grown himself. Oh, what a
jolly breakfast party they would
have!
GO. 1928, Western Newspaper Union)
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

TT WAS his first Christmas in the
i city. He could not afford to 90
home, nor could he have gone if he
had had the money. He was clerk
in a store, and had to.work Christ
mas Eve till ten o'clock. TIE last
train for his home town :ers at
three in the afternoon. Ard there
was no use going up on Christmas
day for just an hour; five hours
each way on the train, total fare
over ten dollars, for one hour at
home one-third of a weeks pay
No, that would be extravaganza. SO
he had sent his mother two pink
silk nightgownS as q Solace for his
first absence from home on Christ
mas day. He thought the night
gowns would delight her; she had
never had silk one, and from the
way that silk ones were displayed
in the city shops, he was sure they
were the thing to wear. The night
gowns he had sent her, the hankies
he had sent his sisters, and the ties
for his brothers, had completely
emptied his pockets. He always
had been generous, but he enjoyed
depriving himself for the happiness
of others. His generosity this time,
however, had gone too far, for he
had nothing left with which to buy
gift for Mrs. Addison.
Mrs. Addison was q young widow
whom he had met recently in the
city. She was q very beautiful WOm-
an, and had been most kind to him.
He had already been to her small
apartment several times to have
supper with her and her jolly, for
eign-acting father, and sometimes
they had all gone to a movie" to-
gether afterwards. But she had
never let him pay for their tickets,
and he had never done anything to
recompense her for her Kindness to
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

made tiny snortings Of pleasure,
wriggling and squirming with de-
light. The Christmas tree was for
gotten.
Don't get him to barking or it
will wake up the other kids !"
warned Susie.
For half an hour the two children
played with the small stranger. Bill
and Susie had never seen such
friendly little creature. They be-
gan to think of him as their own
as a Christmas gift come especially
for them.
A loud rapping on the door. 4
rapping as of a cane knocked
smartly against the panels.
Mercy. :" said Susi e, who's
that?" And she flew to answer it.
"Have you SEEM" asked d mans
voice, a deep, businesslike voice, "a
small dog about here?"
"Why-" stammered Susie, "why
-eh-"
A sharp little bark from the other
room.
All, SdlO lliS SlI l. per
ceive that you have. Allow me to
enter and retrieve my property"
Before Susie could, say a word
the big man had pushed by her and
was in the room where the Christ
mas tree stood.
Bill had the dog tight in his arms.
There was an expression on the
boys face of dogged determination.
He looked as though nothing in the
world could separate him from this
new-found happiness.
"Yes," said the stranger, "that is
the little fellow. He got away from
me while l was giving him a walk.
The mistress would be wild if I lost
him. I'll have to teach him a les
SON." He reached for the dog.
mo, mol" cried Bill. "We found
him and took him In. He's ours ~
"Why, Bill" said Susie, "you
mustn't speak that way!' o
The man laughed. Il don't Won
der you want him-he's a cute lit
tie tyke. But l must take him back
home. I'm to drive the family to q
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
Singing Christmas Carols

Christmas carols will, Of course,
add beauty to the holiday season.
Also they will bring about an in
crease in communal singing.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

she forgave. And it took her only
few minutes to make this big young
est brother Of her husband very
much at home. ks 9s 4;3y
"You was always his favorite,"
she said, "and he used to worry
about you a lot. Are we married?"
NO, confessed Tom Grady, mot
I. And by the livin' soul Of st. Pat
rick, III, lend a shoulder in this
house,. We've had a hard time,
Norah and you've done, a fine Job
by the kids. It'll be grand to- come
here my nights off. 4 was feelin'
terrible lonesome this Christmas. I
have mostaaf heday tomorrow and.
yeu bet I'll luke it over here as fast,
as Iscan.s VA. y invite me?" y
Susie slipped azshy hand into her
new uncle's big fist. Bill moved
nearer, his eyes round with bewil-
derment. He still held the. little
dog tight in his arms. ssCan, you
bring the dog to visit, too? he
asked. 80 M
Il don't know about that, but /
do know that / can buy another.dog
just like him for lad I've just
found-a boy by the name of Bill"
The Gradys had merry Christ
mas-the merriest Christmas for
years. Big Tom romped with the
children like boy. And barking
away with all his exuberant might
was brown and white dog with
large eyes and a plume of a tail
ITO Bill with a Merry Christmas
from his Uncle Tom" had been on
the tag that came with the new
puppy.
"Bedad, a fine day." sighed Mrs.
Grady. "Tis maybe I can give up
dozen washin's or so and tend to
me family. That Tom is whale
Of lad for helpin'."
(@.sl926. Western Newspaper Union.)
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

months careful saving for Christ
mas. The GradyS were poor and
there were seven of them. Pa Grady
was killed in an accident three
years ago, since when Ma Grady and
Susie and Bill had worked hard to
keep the family together. But all
the hardships in the world could not
dampen the spirits Of that fighting
family.
Susie Grady was plucky fifteen,
and got small jobs of looking after
the neighbors' babies, or coming in
as a mothers helper. Bill Grady
was twelve. He picked up odd quar-
ters in all sorts of clever ways. Ma
Grady, that rosy, smiling, battling
woman, had her big arms in the
suds from morning until night. She
did the washings Of, half the town.
And so Christmas Eve came. And
Ma Grady stepped down to where
the stores were and expended her
two dollars and a few coppers on
gifts for her family. In the mean
time Susie and Bill were busy about
a Christmas tree. Bill had bought
it at a great reduction because it
was so ugly.
Susie paused in draping bit of
tinsel on branch. Don't you hear
a crying" she asked.
Haven't got time to listen to the
wind" growled Bill, who was feel
ing too important to be bothered
with trifles.
Susie went on with her work.
Then-'But I do hear something,
sure as the world" she insisted.
Bill grunted and stood off. to squint
up his eyes2at some cotton he had
just arranged like, snoW. sE33 55::t3
t'sIPs a scratching sound and a
whine. Pm going to see" Susie
slipped into the hall. / She opened
the door. There, shiyering on the
sill, was the celdest, littlest. dog She
had ever seen in her life. IT had
long, sill1eh ears, and the biggest
brown eyes Imaginable. 534};, 9s. Y
!. "Why, you poor little beastie,w
Susie gathered him supsin ,fler arIns;
a grateful pink tongue tapped her
face. A cold little body pressed
against her warm neck. She hur-
rietl back to the Christmas, tree.
'Look! Look what I've found r.
Bill came over ito examine the
dog. ''Cute little feller, amt he?"
he conceded. "Guess he's one o.
them newfangled kind a Chinese
Pekingese. Wonder why he came.
to our door?"
The children stood patting the
new treasure. And the wee dog
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

him. "YOur companionship is all
we want, dad and l." is what she
always said, and he believed her.
But he really wanted to take her
something nice for Christmas. If
only he had kept one Of the night
gowns he had EeEt his mother. But
no, that would have been too pre-
tentious and TOO personal.iHe. must
give her something very sbeaptiful,l
to be sure, but nothing extraya-
CANT, even If he could. She would
not like that. What was he to do?
For lunch the day before Christ
mas he had a sandwich and soda.
at Ia drug store. That left him. 20
minutes to gaze longingly in the
shop windows on the avenue. Such
pretty things, he thought he had
never seeh sbefore-jeweffsss el0tli-s
ing, novelties for the delight of
women. They seemed just made
for Mrs. Addison. But a dollar was
all the money he could spare, and
what could you get for that? The
boudoir lamp he wanted cost; five
dollars, the desk set eight and
even a decent box of candy would
be two dollars and half.
The jewelers. clock warned him
he must get back to work, so weari-
ly he turned the corner and hur-
ried to his own store to so grudg-
ingly dole out to others the things
he could not buy himself-for her.
That night he returned to his
room empty-handed and mournful.
But his fatigue was so great, sleep
soon quieted his sorrow.
1t was late Christmas morning
when he awoke, but there was still
time to slick himself up and get to
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

party tonight and I'm late now"
But Bill relinquished his hold OF
the dog not a whit. You can't
have him! He's mine"
AS the big man in drivers liv-
cry took a step forward his glance
fell on a framed photograph. For
an instant he blinked very fast.
Then he scrutinized the picture
more closely. His formal speech
lapsed into natural expression. by
gorry if that amt the spittin' i'm
age Of me oldest brother Tim. TIN
Grady, or I'm liarp' -
Bill and Susie stood spellSuund.
The little dog made q snuffiing
sound with his nose.
Just at this moment who should
came. putting in the door but Mrs.
Grady herself, her arms laden with
packages, her face rosy with the
cold.
"Mothersl" screamed Bill and Su-
sic at once, mother! Here's a man
who lost a little dog"
Mrs. Grady set her bundles on
chair and came In. The very breath
of clean outdoors came with her.
"AIrs. Grady" said the man,
"could your name be Norah Finne-
gan?"
Mrs. Grady smiled. "It could
and it is"'
"Well," said the man, and a queer
shy look passed over his face, "may-
be you won't be welcoming me-but
Tm-I'm Tins youngest brother,
Tom. / ran away from home when
was sixteen. I've been pretty near
all over the country. Just came to
work for Mrs. Platt in October
right here in this town. 1 lost track
of my family-but did hear about
Tins death. I was in California
then. I'm awful ashamed"
The heart Of Mrs. Grady was a
large one. She forgot as easily as
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
TOney

The young woman society report
er had seen the newly rich matron
from another town come to plunge
into the social vortex.
would YOU" the reporter asked,
like me to insert a half-tone por-
trait of yourself?''
Certainly not" was the reply.
81 don't wish to look as if the
question of expense was considered
in the least. Let it be a whole tone
or nothing"
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
HEY did not have

HEY did not have
very much MON
ey. In fact, they
had very little.
If you h a d
peered into Ma
G IA d VS. worn
pocketbook you
would have seen
only a tWo-dol-
lar bill and a
few stray cop
pers. This rep
resented tn + e e
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
CHRISTMAS HOLLY

! THERE are four kinds Of
! l. Christmas holly, two OF
L which are not in reality
|, true holly. First, native Amer
! lean holly, grown along the
4 eastern and southern Allan
\ tic coast from Cape Cod to
Texas for about 80 to 100
4 miles inland. Second, Eu-
!: rOpean holly (more glossy
I. and larger leafed), grown in
! Oregon for Christmas dec
4 grafton. Third, California
|. holly is known as toyon or
b Christmas berry. The leaves
4 are nearer like the mountain
: laurel, and the plant is
\ grown along the coast of Cal
i ifornia and in the foothills.
7 Fourth, Oregon holly. or Ore
y gon grape; the leaf is similar
4 to the true holly, but it is not
!: holly. 1t is the native bar
y berry.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
An I'LL Omen

In the Balkans it is believed that
TO die on Christmas Day is of i'll
omen as regards ones place in the
after-death life.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
A Christmas Dish

Eels baked and rolled in laurel
leaf are fayorite Christmas dish
in Italy.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
GOVERNOR SMITH TO GET
 DATA IN SARATOGA CASE
An Facts Brought Out At Hearing Are To Be Turned Over To
 Him

Balston, Spa, N. Y, Aug. 14. P, All of the testimony taken in the Saratoga gambling investigation which was brought to a close here yesterday, today was being prepared for the hands of Governor Smith within the next month.
 Supreme court Justice Christopher ]. Heffernan of Amsterdam, who conducted the inquiry by appoint ment of Governor Smith. will have the testimony transcribed immediate ly and then will go over it care fully with a view of determining what recommendation to make to the governor.
 ' Every Iota of the evidence taken here will be sent to the governor, Justice Heffernan said at the con- clusion of the sessions yesterday. ! have been shocked at some of the things that have been shown here" !"
 Justice Heffernan made 1t plain tat his duty in the gambling in vestigation ends when he has trans mitted his conclusions to the gover- TOT. Any further action is then for the governor to take. If the gover- nor considers the evidence sufficient, he may convoke special session of the Supreme court, with a special grand jury. to consider the possi- bility of criminal prosecution.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
DEMPSEY WILL START
 HIS TRAINING TOMORROW
Champion Now Weighs 1so Pounds And Feels Fit to Defend Ills
 Title, He Says,

Saratoga Springs N. Y, Aug, fl lPl-Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion of the world, who has taken up his training quarters at White Sulphur Springs hotel in preparation for his fight next month with Gene Tunney. plans to begin intensive training tomorrow, accord ing to those in charge of the cham pion's camp.
 Whether 1t was a bit of supersti- ton over Friday the thirteenth, or whether it was a bit of weariness after his session with the boxing commission in New York City. Dempsey did not inaugurate his training yesterday. as was first planned. Instead he went 10 the races, where he occupied a box in the club house with his wife.
 Dempsey weighs 195 pounds which experts believe is too light m view of the fact that hel is about to begin training for what promises to be one of the greatest tstic en- counters of all time. However. spirit of supreme optimism prevails in the Dempsey camp, and his crowd of handlers declare the champion is in the pink of condition for this tim and at the very height Of his srasr
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
BETTER EAST-WEST
 RELATIONS SEEN
Students of Various Nations
 Have Peace of World

Chicago, Aug. 13 P-"Burden of the worlds peace rests on the youth .of the nations-the students"
 Coincident with the expression of this thought by Harry F. Ward, secretary of the Methodist Fedora tion for Social service, on his return from year in the Orient, it has been announced that the Student Conference held at Evanston last Christmas will have two outgrowths this year in an American student gathering at the University of Illi- nois, September s to g. and a meet ing Of foreign and American stu dents in New York, September 10 to IT.
 Added significance to the Student movement in America, which has a counterpart in the youth movement in Europe and the student move ment in the Orient, was given by Mfr. Wards appraisal of world pos abilities.
 After year Of work with the students of the Orient" he said, 'I come back with the conviction that that gravest menace to the future peaceful and cooperative develop mert of mankind Is the growing tension between the peoples of the East and those of the West. Unless this can be checked; it will lead mankind, in a generation or two, into a worse catastrophe than the late European war"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
PERSONALS

Ethel Johnson of this city and Virginia Mover of Hartford will spend the next two weeks at Lake Sunapee, N. H.
 Leroy Fleischer. son of Mn. and Mrs. C. H. Fleischer of 19 Black Rock avenue. left last night for New York, where he will sail for Eng land today.
 Miss Eurith Wachter, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. F. J. Wachter, 104 Harrison street, is visiting her par ents for two-Weeks stay, Miss Wachter is with the Y. W. C. A. and is located in Pennsylvania.
 Mrs, Elizabeth Russell of Fair view street will sail today for Ire land.
 Mrs. William Greener Of r Di- vision street will sail today for Lon- don.
 An anniversary mass for Cajetan Capitano was celebrated this morn- ing at o'clock, standard time at St. Mary's church.
 Mrs. Walter Burke and family of Monroe street will spend the re- mainder of the summer at their summer home at Hazardville.
 The Misses Catherine NJ. Grace, Mary Hughes, Mary E. Kennedy and Catherine Kehoe are spending the weekend at Crescent Beach.
 Frank Kelly, John Coffey, Mich ael FitzGerald and Charles Coffey have motored to Saratoga for a weeks vacation.
 Miss Winifred Kelley and Miss Helen Brennan are spending the weekend at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
 Raymond Unwin of 12 Wilson street and John E. Butler of 4 High land street will leave Monday for Lake Balmezeine, Vt. where they will spend their annual vacation.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
BUSINESS GROUPS
 BUILDING HOMES
Concerns in Common Field Are
 FlOcking Together

Chicago, Aug. IA P-Chicago business interests in a dozen differ ent fields believe that just because they are competitors is no reason why they should not also be neigh bors.
 Therefore, just as fast as their buildings can be put up, concerns in a common field have been flocking together here until hardly a week goes by that some new project to bring all units of a trade under a common roof Is not announced.
 Jewelers-aFa Farmers Furniture
 A pioneer" in the move for cen trallzation of activities was the fur niture trade, which erected the worlds largest building in the "bil- lion dollar triangle" on the near north side. Here scores of dealers and manufacturers of furniture es- tablished offices and display rooms in what is known as the Furniture Mart.
 The next to follow were the in Soi diNO NNiiilolilCs " hllO bttdul- neighbors in the huge American Fore building.
 Then the farmers and farming in terests, always leaders in the coop erative idea, announced plans for a building which will wrest from the Furniture Mart the honor of being the worlds largest. This structure will be given over entirely to organ izations in the agricultural field,
 Next the jewellers decided to con- gregate and their imposing tower, one of the tallest buildings west of New York. is nearing completion,
 Others Making Plans
 Since then the building contrac- tors. the doctors and dentists, the butter and egg" men and a num- Der of others have announced plans of getting together in buildings of their own.
 But probably the most interesting development of all may be expected from the architects, who also have the "get together" bug. Leaders of the movement believe that the architectural craft should be repre- sented by something very exception al in building design. and the final plans probably will be selected by competition among the draughts- men who plan to make the struc- ture their common home.
 Most of the new buildings have been planned in or near the neigh borhood of Wacker Drive, the mag nificent new double decked boule- ward skirting the south bank of the Chicago river.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
LESS WORDS, MORE
 ACTION IS SOUGHT
Three Bills Designed to Aid
 Govt, Aviation

Washington, Aug. 14 (P-Aviation choice subject for extended debate in Congress two years ago was sighted in words but rewarded in more action at the last session.
 Three bills designed to build up aviation were enacted into law. one each for the Army, Navy and the commercial industry. They created additional assistant secretaries in the War Navy and Commerce De partments 10 supervise and promote aviation development.
 Fix Age of Plane
 In the two acts dealing with the Army and Navy air services. Con gross also declared a policy that for the next five years no airplanes could be classified as of the first line of defense if more than three years old Other provisions included:
 For the Army
 For the Army air service.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-14
WATER PEDDLARS
 SEE TRADE RUINED
Object to Modern Methods ln
 City Of Picking

Peking. Aug. fl P-In China the conflict between the old and the new is continually going on. Now It is the water pedler. whose screetch- ing barrows are one of the com monest relics of the old order, mak- ing a desperate fight against the modern method of distributing water through underground pipes.
 Having failed to frighten con- eumers into refusing 10 Use the city water by causing terrifying reports to be published on the unsanitary character of the Picking water works, the peddlers' guild has talk en 10 sending gangs of coolies out to beat up workmen engaged in laying the pipes,
 While the new system slowly Is being extended, the water barrow with its big wheel flanked by two wooden tubs, still plies the streets delivering water drawn from shall low wells that dot the city's thor oughfares.
 Although sixteen years have since piped water was es- tablished. the war goes on un- .hstfd