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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
RUM PRISONER FREED.
Deputy Jailed in Daniels Case Re
leased on Parole.

LEAVENWORTH, Hans. July 3
P)-Nilliam j. Kinney, former
deputy revenue collector under Arnold
j. Heinrich. St. Louis. Mo, and one of
the IL persons convicted in connec-
ton with the theft OF whisky from
the Jack Daniels distillery, will be
released on parole tomorrow from the
Federal penitentiary here.
Kinney was received at the prison
January last under sentence of IS
months. He served the minimum time
necessary for parole. He was one of
the few defendants who did not apply
for bond pending appeal to the Cir
cult Court of Appeals.
Demand for opium grown in Turkey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

School children of Northern Ireland
number 202 900. according To latest
official reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

Demand for opium grown in Turkey
IS unusually great this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
TRAFFIC, POLICE COURT AND
UTILITIES BILLS ARE PASSED

Continued from First Page.)
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S5,OOO,000 Surplus Depleted.

The appropriations carried in the
District appropriation bill for new
school buildings and sites has en-
tirely depleted the nearly 100000
surplus which the District taxpayers
had piled up in the Federal Treasury.
Through these appropriations an en-
collent start was made on giving more
adequate housing TO the school sys-
lam of the National Capital.
The last 100000 of the surplus is
appropriated in the second deficiency
bill for completing the purchase Of
land for a connecting parkway be-
tween Rock Creek and Potomac
parks. When this measure was be-
fore the Senate Senator Phipps of
Colorado. chairman of the subcom-
mittee on District appropriations,
sought to have it amended so as to
require the Federal Government to
bear half the cost of completing this
parkway. in view of the fact that
pra ctically all of the previous appro.
priations for the project had been
divided between the United States and
The District. He was not successful.
however, and. rather than delay the
carving out of the plan. he agreed
10 The use OF the surplus.
The development of this parkway
will give not only an attractive drive
and recreation center through what
is now for the most part an unsightly
section. but will afford also very 1lu'
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road grade crossings whenever ap-
preparations for the purpose are made
passed the Senate Friday night, but
the House has never taken up this
npa SI1ro
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
Another Weed
By Garrett p. Serviss.

Every species Of living thing regards
the earth as its oyster. and tries to
take possession Of it. At Pocatello,
Idaho, a new weed, i. e., new in our
half Of the world, is offering an ex-
hibition of the way a war Of conquest
begins in the plant kingdom. 1t is
rather a startling exhibition, too, al
though on small scale at present.
The information comes through COM
munication from Mrs. VI. E. Soth,
Of Pocatello, to the United States Ma
tional Museum at Washington. DIR.
Paul S. Standby, Of the museum, has
procured an Identification Of the weed
as hymenophysa pubescens, a "cruei-
ferrous" plant, native of the .Altai ie-
e.on in Central Asia. And it is now
dubbed "a new United States weed
Mrs. Soth's report TO the United
States Museum, which 1 find in
Science" tells an alarming story if
in reading it you will remember that
this is just the way in which some
Of the most disastrous blights that
have ever fallen upon the fields and
plantations and forests Of our new
world have always begun.
Says Mrs. Soth:
THE colony Of this plant has in
creased greatly in extent and density
since / discovered it two seasons ago.
1t occurs at the edge of a gram held
which previously had been in alfalfa
for several years. The colony has not
been disturbed very much and has
spread among the grass and weeds
toward the ditch bank that borders the
field. until it occupies a space about
twelve by eighteen feet. / should not
expect this colony 10 be eradicated
easily by any ordinary process Of
tillage.
MY guess as TO its origin would
be that the seeds we're mixed with
those Of alfalfa, or possibly some sort
Of imported grain seed. ] have fouad
a few plants in other localities, 10
which seed probably was carried with
hay from this field. i have no doubt
that we are recording the first stages
in the establishment Of another week
that will be quite common in a few
more seasons"
Such things are not Of mere local.
but Of national concern. Read the
story Of the start Of the gypsy motu,
and Of other pests that have swept
away some Of the greatest vegetable
wealth Of our country, and you will
find the situation repeated, for such
inyasions follow the same lines and
methods whether noxious insects or
noxious weeds are concerned.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04

Feminine AgitatorS

TN HE story, started and denied that Miss Chrisabel
Pankhurst is to return to England to take part in
the feminist movement again serves mainly
reminder of what highly coored career she has had
The progress of women toward equal rights u.s. of
course, at bottom of the story of public education the
factory system, the modern office, the modern apart
ment AS far it has been fastened at all by politics
most of the credit belongs to those women who, over
half century ago. began the movement and slowly
one community after another.
At the very end the movement quckened by
small groups first in England then here who did stunts.
As the groups conceived of politics in terms of vivid
battles they have been rather at since their issue
disappeared. The Pankhursts, rather Mrs. Pank-
hurst and Christabe turned first to hunting Huns and
there sedulous discoveries of German
ogres in England.
When this fight also went back on them they pro-
ceeded to ferret out Boshevks. That issue not
nourishng enough in England for very long, and the
younger of the two gifted ladies suddenly turned around
and pumped into hell-freism. She became revivast
of the Billy Sunday type threatening her audience with
perdton they did not do something other or believe
something or other
1t is nice story, which would appeal to a really
great dramatist, because it deals with human beings
who always work to crashing finish That is the es-
sence of the highest drama.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
.Life's Hurdles
By L. E. Bisch

Efficiency is a relative term.
But human efficiency may be tested
and graded much as we grade the
efficiency of manufacturing plants.
There are psychological tests, for
instance, to test. your memory, your
powers of concentration, your speed
of performance, your accuracy, your
ability to withstand confusion, your
Imagination, your reasoning, your pow
ers Of inference and comparison, your
ability or inability as regards insight
into complicated problems, how much
you profit by experience, etc, etc.
Yes, your mind can be graded by
such tests.
But remember that one can only
test what one finds. And what one
finds is stored up in your underneath
mind, your unconscious or subcon-
scious mind.
Therefore your efficiency increases
in direct proportion to the stores you
add to your unconscious mind.
Increase your equipment, as it
were, and your efficiency increases
as we'll.
II you start, let us say, with rather
a low efficiency score you can raise
that score by your own effort.
You can improve your mind just
as methodically, and inevitably as a
manufacturer can improve his plant |.
And another thing. Make the
most of what you already have!
II each employe Of a manufacturing
plant merely does what is required Of
him--just about gets away" with
his job, the plant as a whole will
only be fairly efficient.
But il each employe does his
utmost, utilizing every ounce of his
energy, the sum total is bound to
result in superlative efficiency.
So it is with your mind.
II each brain cell that has work
to do discharges its task in accord
ance with the inherent vital capacity
Of its own unit ability, the sum total
of mind output has limitless posi-
bilities.
IT is your business, therefore, TO
make your brain function TO capacity.
Make every thought constructive,
helpful and uplifting.
You can increase your efficiency to
almost any degree Of excellence you
desire.
OF course, merely desiring it
wishing for efficiency-will never
bring it about.
You must 20 about it systematical-
iy, scientific 'ly, constantly.
II can be done!
Copyright. 1925. Premier synd. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
Laughing At Trouble

n n OST people have hard places to traverse. The
IVV spirit in which face them makes a lot of diff
ference. Some like the deepest pessimism,
in the Rubaiyat of Omar Kahyyam When they have
heard the badness of the world expressed with furious
completeness they feel better Others helped by the
heroic.
Still again there are those who find in amusement.
the most reliable tonic for misfortune. helps them
think about the Ensten theory of the centuries it
takes for light to the known universe The
sulting sense of mans littleness is soothing.
Gilbert gives picture of miserable wretch
addressing himself to the terrestrial globe In suffer
ing and poverty he observes the Indifference of nature
The wretch amplifies his troubles and again invites
the needless globe not to mind him but to roll At the
end Gilbert inserts the stage direction 1T ROLLS ON.
For the specially intelligent mind that mood of
laughing at own troubles is usually the most
tive of any.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
Some Good Books

7 DUNG people often ask about the books that will
help them most in life. If specific help is meant
it depends on what the youth is planning to do.
But if what is meant is the enlargement of ideas the
inspiration of STYLE the highest company for the mind
then the answer in English is singularly easy.
The greatest story in the world is in the New Tesla
ment. The amazing shepherd dreams that finally led
up to that story in the Old Testament The stories
and dreams of Galiee have conquered the western
world and colored its civilization. They found their way
into English at time when that tongue was at its
zenith.
In English also has been line of poets not to be
matched in the modern world: Shakespeare, Milton,
Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Byron, and-more difficult
for the modern-Chaucer and Spenser.
The best of most of these can be had in very small
books The person who is really familiar with the Bible
dozen plays by Shakespeare and the Golden Treasury
has the best that reading can give.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
FIGURES OF SPEECH

One Of the most common figures OF
speech in English, and probably in
other languages, is the use Of the
proper name "Portia" to denote or
describe a woman lawyer. Indeed. its
employment has become so common
that IL is avoided by many good speak,
ers and writers.
Portia was a rich heiress. one Of
the most prominent figures in Shakes
peare's play, 'The Merchant Of Ven
ice" She was in love with Bassanio
Her father had ordained that three
Baskets should be offered to ali who
sought her hand-one Of gold, one of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04

silver, and one Of lead-with this
proviso, that he only who selected the
casket which contained the portrait Of
the lady should possess her hand and
fortune. This is. Of course, the sec.
ondary" plot in the play, which con-
Germs Shylock and his demand for the
pound Of flesh" Portia, disguised rs
doctor Of laws, was introduced to
the duke as a person well qualified to
decide the cause between Antonio and
Shylock. BY her ingenuity she deliv-
cred Antonio from his creditor-nnd
gave to literature a much used syno.
nym for a woman lawyer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
Why docs a baby vomit?


A well nourished breast-fed baby is
not apt to vomit. The bottle-fed in
FAINT is more likely to do SO.
Almost always vomiting on the part
of an adult is due to wrong eating.
Unfit food is the chief cause for infant
vomiting, too. Tainted milk or the
feeding of some indigestible food is
sure to upset the stomach, and vomit-
ing is the symptom sure to follow.
Most Of the infectious diseases may
begin this way. For instance, the first
sign Of pneumonia, scarlet fever or
diphtheria may be sudden attack of
vomiting. An infant may have q con-
vulsion, instead Of the chill which ush-
ers in the fever IL the victim is an
adult. 1t is probable vomiting will
come next.
Obstruction of the bowel, either
from some serious cause or from mark
ed constipation is another cause for
vomiting. This possibility makes it
important to examine carefully the in
FAINT who begins to vomit without pre-.
vious sign of i'll health.
Disturbances Of the brain have yom-
iting as n symptom. Inflammation of
the coverings of the brain will produce
it. So will brain tumor. We will
put aside these unpleasant possibilities
because they are too rare to worry
about.
1t is safe to assume that the vom-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
BABY'S DIGESTIVE TRACT
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. d.
United States Senator From New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health New York City

iting is due to indigestion. Treatment
should be given on this supposition.
Most young mothers are afraid of
starving their babies. They think
nourishment is necessary and that
something terrible will happen il it is
not given regularly.
Many times vomiting is difficult to
stop just because the poor little stom-
ach is never given a bit of rest. If
there is vomiting, the mother should
cut off every particle of food, and, for
few hours, certainly, the child should
be denied water, even. A short time
Of absolute stomach rest is almost GER
tain to control the vomiting.
To sweeten the stomach and over
come the acidity which wrong feeding
has produced, bicarbonate Of soda may
be given. To glass of water add
teaspoonful Of soda. Of this mixture
give a tablespoonful every 20 or 30
minutes. Give it less frequently as
the vomiting is controlled.
The bowels should be emptied. A
carefully given injection viii accom-
plish this.
These simple measures may be tried
till you see your doctor. If the vomit-
ing is not controlled, or if the vomit-
ing attacks occur every day or two,
you must talk with the physician. He
will ADVICE more detailed treatment.
Copyright. 1926. International Features
Syndicate. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
Yankee London

IN HE German newspaper writer who bewails the
Americanization of London missed one important
item. He forgot to bewail the passing of the
two famous barmads, "Coae" and Miss Burgess, from
the little bar in of the big hotels on the Strand They
are to be replaced by male who possesses repu
tation as an American cocktail expert.
The change will be of doubtful value in attracting
American patronage to the famous little room Just out
side of which German bomb landed during the war
The two women mixed cocktails that were to the taste
of thousands of visiting Americans Furthermore their
amiabe smiles and the atmosphere of responsibility
they effectively yet unobrusvey added to their dis
pensatons formed pleasant chains Of memory that drew
thousands of American back their little counter
for another alcoholiday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
Queens Counsel
By MARIE, QUEEN OF ROUMANIl
I Should Worry.
Registered United States Patent Office.

We lose a love, a friend, a valued
position in life, a beloved work, a
home even, and straightaway we pic
ture ourselves cast into the bottomless
pit. Hopeless, helpless
At first it is bitterly hard. But It
may be in disguise the very thing we
needed for some future happiness.
At all events, we cannot help our
selves from the consequences Of "things
over which we have no control" 90
why worry? Worry changes nothing
which is inevitable and it only hurts
us and leaves us less competent to
deal with the misfortune when Il ar
rives.
One can certainly cultivate a habit
of mentally Struggling and saying II
should worry" One can say, "Now
this isn't so bad as 1t seems. re-
fuse to get fussed-up over it. I shall
relax and take what comes and do my
best with it, but calmly, without fever.
ishness, without excitement, without
fear"
Oh, yes, I like that good-natured
humorous phrase, IT should worryw
Copyright. 1895. BY Famous Features
Syndicate. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04

AND HE said to me.
Il DIDN'T see her."
AND i said to him.
"sHE CROSSED the street.
IN FRONT Of the car"
AND HE said to me.
THAT'S THE way they do.
"AND IT'S no wonder.
THEY GET run over"
AND THERE was a man.
ON THE back platform.
AND HE butted in.
AND SAID to us.
SOMEBODY RUN Over:"
AND WE said no.
AND THE car conductor.
SAID TO me.
'DID SHE want the carr
AND L said to him.
Il DON'T think so.
but If she did.
"SHE CHANGED her mind.
"AND DECIDED to run"
AND THE man said to me.
Il SAW her coming.
"AND l thought at first.
"sHE WAS chasing you
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04

erous act and expect it to be appre-
ciated, it has lost half its value. 1t
shows that we are in a measure venal;
but if We do what is right simply be-
cause it is right and we enjoy it and
have no thought of reward, it gives
better quality to our actions.
When a man quits inspiring people
and begins to scold them he has lost
his power. People like to have sug.
gested to them what to do, but they do
not like to be ordered about.
These three things may check up on
each other.
Self-respect is commendable, but
just where self-respect verges over into
self-conceit it is sometimes hard to
tell.
These three tests may assist us in
telling.
If our conceit leads us to commence
loafing and if we can find nothing to
do that is worth while, if we find that
people do not like us as a rule, and
if we find ourselves looking only to
others for our reward, we may rest as
sured that our good opinion of our
selves has passed over from self-re-
spect into self-conceit.
As a rule, say. people ought to
like you. If nobody likes you you
may well ask yourself IL there is not
something wrong with you. People
are everywhere much the same and as
a rule they are just, and il they uni
versally detest you there must be some
good reason for it.
Copyright. 1925. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
YE TOWNE GOSSIP s,K: c:a:

1 HEARD the clang.
OF THE street car gong.
AND STARTED to run.
TO CATCH the car.
AND RIGHT behind me.
THERE WAS a woman.
AND SHE would run.
AND THEN walk fast.
AND AT the corner.
THE CAR was coming.
AND j slowed down.
THINKING PERHAPS.
TO HOLD the car.
so THAT the woman.
COULD ALSO make it.
AND THE car it stopped.
AS left the curb.
AND 1 didn't run.
/ JUST walked fast.
AND THE woman came running.
AND RAN right past.
IN FRONT of the car.
AND ACROSS the street.
AND could see.
WHEN i got on.
THAT THE car conductor.
WAS IMPATIENT with me.
FOR TAKING my time.
AND i said 10 him.
Il WAS trying TO fix il.
so THAT The woman.
COULD CATCH the car"
AND HE said "WhatT
AND l replied.
THE WOMAN behind me.
WHO CROSSED the street.
II THOUGHT she was trying.
ITO CATCH the car"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
II should worry!"

Il should worry.
When I first heard this funny Amer
lean slangism it greatly amused me.
I couldn't make out exactly what it
meant. But I heard 1t so often, saw it
so often upon the cinema screen, that
at last / understood-and liked it.
Worry is one of those queer things
we all know it is foolish to indulge
in, and vet we cannot help it.
That is, we cannot until We learn
how to Danish worry, if not entirely,
certainly to a great extent, by volun-
tary act of mind.
There are times when worry helps.
By turning and twisting problem in
our minds, we can sometimes arrive at
a solution. But when the situation is
one we absolutely cannot alter by any
thought or act then worry is futile
and harmful.
Life and experience are really the
best curers of the worry habit. We
learn eventually that most Of the
events we fear and worry over, are
comparatively harmless when they act
ually overtake us. Also we learn that
nothing is as important as it seems.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-04
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

There are three bad forms Of self
conceit. They are:
One is that which makes a man quit
working and start loafing.
Another is that which makes a man
personally disagreeable.
A third is that which induces one to
look for and test his success by outer
rewards.
Self-conceit is liable to crystalline
into one Of these three forms.
In the first place, for instance, a
man may be very conceited and ego
tistical, but he keeps on working. 1t
is said that Bernard Shaw has a very
good opinion of himself, but he keeps
producing. The kind of egotism that
makes man start loafing and think
that be has done enough is bad. If
you are such a, wonderful fellow, keep
on at work and produce something.
In the second place conceit is liable
to make us disagreeable. 1 have said
elsewhere that there is just one quail
ity in men that We dislike, and that is
vanity in one form or another.
We like people to be interested in
us, and a man that is entirely wrapped
up in himself and can talk and think
Of nothing but himself is apt to be
unpleasant.
The third way in which conceit is
bad is that it may cause US to seek
our rewards in other people. That
was the trouble with the Pharisees.
Jesus said of them, "They had their
reward
If we do a kind and noble or gen.