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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Danger Signals
Copyright. 1895. by star Company.
BY Royal S. Copeland

You never had an ache or pain
without wishing it might be exchanged
for an ache or pain in some other
location. You are always ready to
trade your misery for somebody else's.
1t seems to me | would rather have
any other kind of ache than n head
ache. Almost the only thing to do
for that is to 90 to bed and try to
sleep it off. Many other aches can
be controlled by local application or
other treatment.
Headache has many causes. Like
most other ailments, headache Is the
result of doing something you ought
not to do.
1t is amazing how many things We
do, knowing all the time that discom-
fort or suffering will follow. Was it
Rip Van Wrinkle who excused every
drink he took, after promising TO re-
form, by saying: swell, We wont
count this one:"
That appears TO h. our attitude. We
think we will indulge just this one
time. Or else we pray 1t won't hurt
US this time.
Headaches are almost invariably the
result OF an indiscretioD. Over-in'
diligence is the chief iuse.
1t need not be over-indulgence in
drink. observation-disclosures in eating is
almost as bad. Too long In a poorly
straining the eyes byoverreading, too
strsiining the eyes by overreading, too
much worry, all these are common
causes for headache. A little imagina-
ton on your part will permit you to
add 20 this list OF oyer-indulgence.
Nature is long suffering and very
forgiying. But there is a limit to
what nature will endure.
have said TO you many times that
the time is sure to come when men
will be ashamed TO admit they are
sick or IN pain. Human misery is so
often the direct result of physical in
discretion that there must come a
realization that to have suffering or
illness is proof Of weakness or self
indulgence.
Next time you have a cold, a head
ache, a backache, indigestion, collie
or some other disability, make a sur
vey IL what you did the night or
the day before, or last week. Nine
times out Of ten you will be able
10 point out exactly when you made
q mistake.
The wise man learns from his e1'
periences.
copyright. 1925, by Newspaper
Feature service, Incl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Understanding Music

% NJOYMENT of good music is not necessarily an
II intellectual pastme possible only for those who
~ have the natural or acquired ability to under
stand music. We need not follow the ntricacies of
classic composition, and we do not need "ear" for
music to experience emotional responses.
The public has been the victim of the suggestion
that it not appreciate music classed good"
namely, the works of recognized composers There is
music than good music badly played. Good
music well played too expensive luxury for
the average pocketbook Hence the public thought it
had proof did not like good music for heard only
through interpretations by incompetent musicians.
Nevertheless the public does enjoy good music,
and it is no longer expensive luxury With our pop
concerts recitas by advanced classes theaer orches
tras, church musicians, radios, mechanical pianos and
monographs, it is within the reach of all.
The public enjoys jazz, but also it appreciates
grand opera even if it can not understand" it.
flower is as fragrant to the housewife as it is to
the botanist.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23

age. But before that we had nothing
to do with IT.
This is not written to condone any
weakness or bad habit.
1t simply points out that taking
unto yourself full credit for your
good habits is putting yourself up
unwarrantedly.
Because you have better habits than
some one else does not always imply
that you are q better man.
The real test of mans worth Is
not his comparative value TO those
around him. 1t is the ext, ut to which
he has developed the stuff he was CIV
en- to work with.
The more advantages you have. had,
the more you must show in return.
Nor can you judge others wholly
on the basis Of their present habits.
1t was Emerson who said, Man is
applicable by nothing less than ALL
his history"
The habits make the man; but m
til you know ALL his life you never
know whether his habits represent adj
vancement from where he might have
been or descent from where be should
have been.
Not where you are, but whether you
have climbed as far as you should is
the thing that matters.
Copyright, 1895. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Symbols of Success
r HAT happens to the child before

VHT HAT happens to the child before it is ten is of
Nv the utmost importance. Formerly discipline
w according to fixed standard, emulation and
knowledge of few selected subjects what
aimed at. Now, in many educational movements,
the reaction is away from these things toward finding
out what the individual child desires and following that
Also, it is away from marks and other tokens of
petition toward knowledge for knowledge's sake
Life would be comparatively simple if we could
pick out one truth and merely follow it, Experience
shows US, however, that judgment requires keeping
complex and conflicting truths in mind Marks in school
may be inadequate tests of fundamental understanding
They may increase the competitive spirit rather than
the dsnterested search for thorough knowledge. Yet
they may be- and probably are useful stimulan to the
young person at certain ages
Probably put too much stress on them. Probably
we carry them far into college education. But
lation and credit marks will be found necessary much
longer than many other elements in social fabric
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Queens Counsel
Love Your Home.
By MARIE, QUEEN OF R0UMANIl
Registered United States Patent Office.

When was In England one Of the
old pages who bad served me during
my official stay in Buckingham Pal
ace, asked IL ! would honour his lit
tie home. 1t was, he said, in Bueky
Park, where be possessed a tiny COT
tase through the kindness of the king.
] went there.
Such IN adorable place. The roof
was matched and roses, honeysuckle
and jasmine running riot all over it
from ground to chimney tops. Before
it was q little sweet old lavender-filled
garden in which gray and white pig.
cons strutted Importantly about.
Inside, it was home indeed, loved
little habitation. And how the old
man and his just-ns-old wife loved tell
ing about their masters goodness.
"Apd just see these" he said proud
ly, Il had those spoons copied from
the spoons our Queen used as a girl,
so that when she comes to see us
it will feel like home.'
They had il, that old couple--the
dear and joyous feeling for ''home!"
Copyright, 1885. BY Famous Features
Syndicate, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23

incidentally remarked: II find the
boy most companionable ! take a
walk with him every Sunday morning
and he takes great delight in telling
me how he puts it over his teachers.
OF course. l don't let him know I
pay any attention TO 1t, but ] can't
see why they can't get back at him |;
he never undertakes anything like that
with me-" Not yet, possibly, but
bide your time for your turn is COM
ing" 1t did.
Clever father No clever son. He
knew full well father enjoyed his
escapades at the expense Of his teach
ers and it inspired him TO renew them
every Monday morning.
The following Summer, the boy, who
was passionately fond Of candy, ran
up a bill for candy to the tune OF
Sl2 in the village grocery near their
summer home. When the bill arrived
July /, there was a scene:
"But father you never told me NOT
to charge up candy to you"
well then. tell you now, never
again charge up $40 worth Of candy
10 me or TO your mother" This was
most agreeably consented to.
On August 1 a bill for $3.50 for
candy was rendered from the same
store. "Wbat do you mean by this !:
l told you not to charge up candy and
you agreed to H."
Father you are quite mistaken,
you said not to charge up $40 worth,
and this bill is much lower"
Then tell you again: do not
charge up any candy to me for any
amount at any store anywhere in this
village. Now let that hold you"
September next, a bill for candy
amounting to SIS was rendered BY
grocer doing business in the ad-
iacent town.
The bill was paid without comment,
and now both are prscticing law 10
the same office.
Copyright, 1928, International Feature
sedVice, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Rivers and Habits
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

The water OF river digs the chan
mel, and then the channel contains
and restricts the water.
4 man makes his habits, and then
the habits control and restrict the
man.
This seems simple.
But behind it looms this question:
Why did the water dig the channel
just where it did?
Why didn't it dig it fifty feet or
mile one way or the other?
The answer is that it followed the
line of least resistance, the line of
the lowest point oil the way along its
course.
The question. Why did the man
make the habits he did, may almost
always be answered In the same way.
If you will think over the good
habits you have, you will note that
most of them are due TO the conditions
under which your early life was spent
and to the fact that you chose the
right parents" for which you deserve
exactly as much credit as does a fish
for breathing under water.
Any thoughtful person looking back
over his life can see points where the
whole course Of his character would
have been changed IL events outside
his control bad not been as they were.
The fact that We are out OF Jail is
due 10 our own efforts after a certain
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Make EN- Laugh

n n OTION PICTURE producers report the two out.
MI standing features of the past year to be the
49, increase in comedy pictures and experiments
in color photography.
Elaborate thrill pictures reported to be the
decline.
The movie has become the favorite resort of people
for convivia amusement and relaxation.
The public cares most for good laugh. 1t wants
humorous situations and folk who can make it laugh
The producers realize this and are adapting their
productions to the demands of the public.
They have adopted the slogan, make EN- Laugh"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23

Sometimes I am afraid that with
the rush of modern. life people are
beginning to give up their homes for
hotels and pensions" clubs, etc., in
order cternally to change places and
be free of the cares of house.
Yet what a sweet word borne is,
however tiny that home may be, how
ever simple, modest, even ugly.
Home. II am going home" The
man says it after hard day Of work.
The careworn mother, toiling to keep
that home together, says it. The child
shouts it when the school hours are
over.
Home. Home
And it is especially in woman's
hands to make home, homo She
can fill it with her taste, her love,
her thought, her fun, Der wit.
love going to anybody's home. new
er matter if it be simple or grand
the peasants cottage, the old servants
little house, the rich mans stately
mansion, the palace of II king. Each
is home in so FAR as the possessors
love it, peace reigns in it. and il its
door is opened with joy and a kind
wish.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23

Dear Brother: THAT is a fine way
TO begin a letter. II reading and study
ing and thinking do not cure your
consequences, you must consult an
other doctor.
Perhaps Coue could help you. He
would advise you to say TO yourself,
II am not a bit lonesome. ] am get
ting liyelier and livclier every min
ute"
II you cannot find happiness with
out contact with other human beings
you might as we'll 30 out into the
street at night, wander about as Ha-
round Al Raschid did, rubbing elbows
with the crowd and taking the chance
that an adventure will turn up. Sooner
or later it will turn up. But is bet
ter TO arrange beforehand to give
bail.
In your letter, dear brother, you
use the word 'think" five times.
Why do you not 90 upon the stage
Of the opera house and sing a fine
tenor solo! II you we're another Ca
russo you would have thousand
friends overnight. But says you
"What do | know about singingg
Dear brother, what do you know
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Something to Think About
Lonesomeness.
By BRUNO LESSING

"Dear Brother: read your ar
ticle about people being lonesome and
advising them to read and study and
think, and | think it's all lot Of
rot. When I'm lonesome I don't want
to read or think; ! want to go out
and have a good time. You think
you're smart. What do you think
| ought to do TO get away from that
lonesome feeling? ] don't know any
body in this town and I haven't got
any money to spare. Come across,
brother, with some good advice"
That's the letter that came in the
last mail. The writer regrets that
he wrote rot and hopes his CORE
spondent will forgive him.
But what advice can one give a
lonesome person who thinks only OF
a good time" as an escape from lone
someness? The obvious answer is,
go out and have n good time" But
good time" in the evening so often
produces a regret or a headache in
the morning. And, as one day fol-
lows another--a habit which days
have-lonesomeness comes back, again
and again.
1t is much as il a physician gave
you O powder for a pain in your stom-
ach when the pain is caused BY chron-
ic inflammation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Slang and Progress
LANG is sometimes tn
scientific progress.

~ LANG is sometimes the unconscious forerunner of
scientific progress
- Future generations reading the expression
of the street. Isnt that the cats antenna may give US
credit for knowledge do not possess if recent pre-
dicton comes true.
British scientist phopheses that in time we will
be able to hear radio concerts by using our hair for
antennae.
The cats whiskers then in all seriousness may be
termed the cats antennae
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
ALL SETTLED By Reed E.s.,i.

THE weather Fair; the hills are cesr-and green;
upon world with bright and shining
The breezes whisper soft, they hum a roundesyj
nodding bright and
The weather says. %Fair"i but very well know
That something's due IL can't help but be
fathers sore, they acne with angushed pain;
says, Fair" but dsddys predict
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Bucolic Press ]

In last weeks paper we stated that
Guy Hargraye's baby had swallowed
a safety pin. 1t should have been Guy
Bryant's baby.-Baxter (Ark.) Bulle-
tin.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23

cutus II sOu w NV We thc pcdu-
tics and the allurements OF the pleas.
ure of the mind, who can enlishten
you?
A really intelligent person would be
bored to death by going to a cabaret
a prize fight, six-day bicycle race,
horse race or by attending the average
party" and listening to the average
piffle that fills the average evening.
IL you feel, dear brother, that you
just want to be an average person and
want to do what the mob does, you do
not need advice. If the gregarious in
stinct is so strong in you that you
cannot find happiness alone, go out
and bore the rest of them. As you
get wiser, they will bore you.
Lonesomeness is a state OF mind
difficult to cure. Intelligent people
seek solitude. They seek it for pleas
ure. The weak and the ignorant seek
the crowd and lights and lively music
and contact with others who are in
the same boat. How can you give
them advice? What can you say to
a person who addresses you thus:
~ am just a common person. /
am not as much interested in improv-
ing myself as ! am in having a good
time. The pleasures Of thinking and
of literature and art and music do not
appeal to me. Ny own mind is such
poor companion that want TO get
away from it and get in contact with
other minds.
II am unhappy when l am alone.
! am lonesome. i want company.
What shall ] do?'
The writer is willing TO give a prize
for a really satisfactory answer to
such n question.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23
Muses.

Pesgy-I played golf yesterday.
Glory-What did you 90 round int
my white flannel skirt and bright
green sweater"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-23

about thinking? What have you
read? What studies have you pur-
sued? If you do not see the beau
tics and the allurements OF the pleas.
ure of the mind, who can enlishten
you?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-18

ments are bequeathed to the Library
of Congress under the terms Of Rob-
ert Todd Lincoln's will. on file in
Probate Court here. The papers are
believed to contain valuable data on
the Civil War President. Under the
terms of his sons will, however
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-18

at 9t''q tSo city e han. 10 Write him at The
Times
Weeds. weeds, weeds! Mr., Ffxit's
mail is filed with requests from
readers for assistance in getting
weeds cut on vacant lots near their
homes.
There Is now no official machinery
for obtaining cutting of weeds ex-
cept in cases where the complainants
provide Mr.. Fixit with the names
and addresses of the owners of the
weedy lots. In those instances, the
board Of health will order the
cutting.
In all other instances, the COM
plants are referred to the streets
.superintendent's department and
turned over to a private citizen, who
charges a fee for the work to the
lot owner.
At the request of the streets de-
partment, Mr. Fixit is giving the
name of this weed cutter. He is
Foster Bell. 2542 Columbia Ave-,
phone Kenwood 4271.
The following weed Complaints
have been placed in his hands: One
Of the Neighbors. 1901 Speedway
Ave: Times Reader, 1892 to 1914
N. Dearborn St. A Citizen, Boyd
Ave. and e. Tabor ST.; and 1916
e. Tabor St.; 1900 block w.
Thirty-F1fth St.; Arsenal Ave.
Residents, Arsenal Ave, between
Thirtieth and ThirtyFourth SITS;
Times Reader, Shelby and Tabor
SITS; Resident. w. ThirtyThlrd
and Harding SITS; Alec C. Arthur,
lot next to 1916 w. Jones ST..
EMBER - GIVE THE
NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
+ PROPERTY OWNER.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: When Eng
lish Ave. was paved they made
ditch on both sides Of the street with
an outlet to Pleasant Run and Dear
born ST. Now the city has made a
dumping ground out of the space
between Southeastern and English
Ave. stopping up our drain. Now
when it rains the water stands for
days filling up our cellars and MAX
ing it unhealthy for all of us. We
would like to have a sewer, but
guess that Is impossible, so we would
like them to reopen our drain.
GEORGE w. SHERMAN,
1922 English Ave.
The street department will in
vestigate at once and also will at.
tend to the following complaint;
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: I am writing
to you about some large mudholes
in front of our house at 333 N.
Bellevieu Pl. They have been there
all summer and every time that it
rains they are made much larger by
automobiles. c. K. KEPLER,
333 ". Bellevieu Pl.
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they can not be made public until
1947.
Robert Lincoln left his entire es-
tate to his widow. A portrait Of
Abraham Lincoln, now in the Lin
coin home here, probably will be
given to the Government for the
White House, it is understood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-18

Total fatalities in the United States In 1925 voIv-
ing automobiles amounted to 1854. Of these,
1.784 occurred at railroad grade crossings. Almost
one-third of the total fatalities were children ac-
cording to information recently given out by the
National Safety Council
The Standard OIL Company 1ndiana) because of
the remarkable SUCCESS Of its safety campaign be-
Geves that It's experience may be interesting to the
public.
Twelve thousand motor vehicles belonging to the
Standard Oil Company Qnfana) were IN opera
ton during 1925 They crossed 36,840.OO0 railroad
crossings during 1925 with but one fatal accident;
and 81 100000 crossings IN 1924 with no accidents
"a total IN years of 1916 900 railroad crossings
with but one fatal accident.
The attitude of personal responsibility assumed tv
Standard Oil Company Q1diara) drivers has been
the chief factor contributing to this remarkably
successful record. A.
4AswAN
Every driver of a Standard Oil Company Gndiana)
truck considers himself personally responsible for
the lives of other drivers and their passengers,
pedestrians who cross the street, and children play
ing near. He has higher concern than merely to
keep within the Law.
Standard OIL Company Qndiana) drtversare taught
to do more than stop, look and listen" They are
taught to stop and think before they undertake the
grave responsibility of driving.
The Standard OH Company Qndiana) has based
its educational campaign for safety ON the belief
that any man who takes time to consider the con-
slant dangers Of modern traffic, must realize the
necessity for extreme care and extra caution at all
times.
Because, in America we boast car for every SIX
persons, the possibilities of motor accidents are
worthy of serious consideration This cor1siderar
ton is part of the training of Standard Oil Com
pany Qndiana) drivers They know that to avoid
accidents they must do more than obey traffic laws
to the letter.
The population of city the size Of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, was needlessly killed during the last year
by automobiles. Standard Oil Company Gndiana)
drivers know that the record for 1926 is being made
now--and they realize that they are among the
many who are personally responsible for it.
The promotion of greater safety is part Of the
Standard Oil Company Qndiana) conception Of
service
All the vast resources of the Standard OIL Company
Qndana), the collective energy and intelligence of
its personnel of $4,000 men and women are at thu
service of the individual and the community.
Standard Oil Company
(Indiona
General Office: Standard Oil Building
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-18
LlNcoLN's WILL FILED

Six Trunks of Martyrs Letters
Given Library Of Congress.
| BV Cnitpd Press
WASHINGTON. Aug, 1S.-Six
trunks of President Lincoln's docu-
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MR.. FIXIT
Send Names, Addresses
of Weedy Lot Owners.

Let Mr.. Ftxit present your case to city
officials. He Is The Times representative
at tho city hall Write him at The
Times.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1926-04-22
Sappien pntte SynferisiG.

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mat Snterinmom iuomalaiiet lelt.
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bett11 Otostomaan eritoiien Ieura.
tuntalGbetpst0n anomaan neupoS-
toballitlltIelta lllpaa iielllnpaine.
MEN paGst1miiefii SuomeSta Snfe.
rim. WtillG taluollo neuuoStobollis
tus tlllee aiiaan ilrbtalltllmaan on
e0eltGtGiin maifeo orlpoto, nlltta
nGbtGwGSti rajantnfaiiiSia piireisId
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nistltmiieen nGboen.
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toimenpioe on bppin pnlmGrrettG-
mG. &llten tieoGmme, olpot bolibe.
mitit tllfobouttoneet SSnferin leltro,
fltnnalliien elGnGn fofonaan. @n.
nen Observation-Disclosures toi-
mi SSnferiSlG iollfon neliGtt1fpm-
mentG iuomalaisto pappia, nrltta
npt ount foiffi entilet popit Snfe-
riStG farfoitettu poiS ia ieurotltn-
tien omoillulS rD0Stettp. SnferiSiG
toimii tGllG tertoo oinooStaan fatii
poppio, iotta eip6t pDstp foto SSn-
ferinn1oan iuomenfieliien luterilai-
len lu1eSton uStontarpeito tpDoDtt1
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firffofonio pGGttGnpt f66ntp6 neu-
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porontomiiefii.
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