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THE SAN ANTONIG LIGHT
(Founded January JO. 1881 )
romprlF.r.g The San Antonio Light and the San Antonio
Gazette.
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( IRC I I. A TION FOR M \RC H. 1916.
The total dally average circu atlon of the dai’y edt- I
tion of The San Antonio l ight during the month of .
March. C 916 v a* 22080 copies and of the Sunday edl-
tion was 26.742. Omitting a er n over. uW.d. •
returned. f! »d samrl's advert.s rs and ex . ar.grs. the.
total net paM average of :.;e <!.». > * t n "as 20430
copies and cf the Sunday rd-L.n 24865 copies.
The circulation of The San Antonio l ight hie b*en t
certified to by the Audit Bureau of C.c. at lon. The
audit ot this bureau which embraces In Its membership
every lead-ng newspaper magazine and advert ser 13
the United Suites and Canada is regarded s authorita-
tive and final by the advertisers of America and Europe.
The San Antonio Light as a result of the above audit
car. guarantee its advertisers 5u per cent more paid ;
circulation direct to the home tn San Antonio than any :
other rewspaper.
CARING FOR THE SOLDIER.
Colonel Roosevelt hits the na:l squarely
on the head in his vigorous attack on the
criminal t'Cx of the I mte-l State' tn neg-
lecting to prepare itM'.t tor po—:ble war.'
He state.' the exact truth when he says
that lack of preparation will mean the loss
of many thousands of x aluaU'e lives that'
can ea.'t’.y be saveL airi n-r the loss of
which there a: -■■':;o A it" excuse.
If the tao r< gar imc the c ittf n of
the small number of tr- p~ we hate -ent
into Mexico were known the American
people w o;;M bv. ■ < -h'.;:! i he overwhelm-
cd with shame. Ihe number of men is
less than one divi-ion an insignificant
number wM n w .r ■ • a 1 r ev 'cale •- con-
sidered a: : \ct •' - • ' -1 : • t . .a '. number
of tro'.p- - a •.? -t tir ■ "t < eretitinc
it i ' ■- rc-p' : "■ c-.moment
the • . r - ■ ■ c e-x •/•....n a .
g-ace • • ' ■ ■ : •
It has me 1 veil pub': iy announced but
the ■■■ ar./ '; .a- i h'-tea-y. • '•."wn in
put'mo th> -ma! f. tee :n :' ■ t’eid ha-
in re-pcct to equipment. been monumen-'
tai. F r several day- the pub?..- was fe I
with giowirg rep • f the efficiency of
fe V. ..r 1 >. • a: • " -e". ' n oo.r
trucks to Mcx: ■. Much parale was
mad< .f the great -pe< 1 with which these
truck- wcr. _ • : rwar ... The
dispa:<. c - i. ■: -’a’’.. r.'.we’ er. that
when tl t- ' - rea ■ 1 the hex . .narte-'
of the < xpc'h’ :;a'v : - c. :•■ • ..
truT: b'.. wa- v th tl'.en ■ was
n/.tLrj hut w'-h A t r.c < xi’:'.:t:on
that wa-.
I hen when '..me of the tru .k boTcs ar-
rived. robod' wa- -cm t . ftx them. An
automc-h/e - 'otnewhat of a b-chnicai
machine an ■ not e- cryo. . ;y can a i".:- -
them or -hoT : be ai’.ow< d to tinker with
them. I n- a" ; - at. h."W i • < r. the \\ a '
Department calmly dmmpei down ail t'-e
pieces—after it had waked up to the fact;
that no bodies tor the trucks bad been
sent- ami <i:d nothing more. It wa' ap-
parent!} the idea of ti e r]uartcrma-’er''
department that the trucks would a'-em-
ble themselves.
In order to get the trucks together
some of the men connected with the at la-
tion a uad neglected t'o — own bu-im ."
and did the work that -' onld have bc< ■
done by the (marterma-'er'- department.
Truly a fine exhibition of competency thi.'
was.
burther fian that a great number r.f
the sohFers now in Mexico arc ill. The'
government does m- announce that fact
but it ti e tint!) none the les-. And
they are - . h b< . au-c b is great and ru b.
government has rm taken care of them
by giving them the ihm-- that would en-
able them to take care of themsedves.
If that is the sorry exhibition we make
of ourselvc- m <uch a comparatixclv trifl-
ing matter a- the . ha-c alter \ ida. what
sort of a spi’ta h W'-m 1 wc pre-ent in a
great war- It '-.mm ring to think of it.
There are '<.im. people wdio scent to be
lieve that when a naton has called tt>
young men to arn - am! 'em them out to
fight its cm nm ■ > as d'me a' that
should be don< . I he ’.ruth i- that the
duties of the nation ■ a . e just commenced.
It should exhaust every means in it' pow-
er in the effort to render those '■ T . m
capable of making efficient war. And
they cannot make efficient war unless thev
have proper munitions arms and all
things necessary to keep them in gom!
health and ready to fight.
A soldier who de<erts his countrv after
war has begun is a traitor and accordin'’
to the articles of war. deserves death
1 here is no greater obligation resting
upon the soldier to serve the nation than
there is upon the nation to serve the so]
djer. If it deserts him by failure to prop-
erly support and care for him it is just
as great a traitor as the man wdio turns
TLESDAV
his back upon his colors. Treason in the
face of the enemy is not the only variety
of treason.
oo
A LIMERICK WAR.
These * jounr undent ramed Fan
Who went fratornity
Ar.<! <L : r.p dance
He ht« pantu
An. 1 had t p home in a ehaw .
This limerick is causing all sorts of
trouble in Fmpona. Kansas which you
may recall is the home of \\ illiam Allen
\\ hite ami \\ alt Mason and admits itself
to be the center of culture of all Kansas.
I'.niporia is somewhat of a college town
and recently one of the colleges staged
a limerick contest. The limerick printed
above was selected as first prize winner
and immediately thereafter the trouble be-
gan.
It developed that the limerick was writ-
ten by the wife of a grave and dignified
member of the faculty assisted by the
wife of another equally grave and digni-
fied member of the same faculty aided
and abetted by several students. The
judges who awarded it first place were
wives of three of the super-ultra dignified
members of the same faculty which
would seem to make it about unanimous
that wives of the faculty- approve of sueb
limericks.
Not so. however. Came a loud wail from
a woman who is another equally grave
and dignified member of the faculty. Her
limerick by the way was awarded sec-'
ond place in the contest. The first prize
winner she said was "horrid" and she
expressed the hope that it would be sup-
pressed immediately. Kansas and espe-
cially that portion of it embraced in the
limits of Emporia should never permit it
to get out that Emporia college people
approved of any such undignified senti-
ment as expressed in that limerick. So
the war began and at present it threatens
to split the college and the town wide
■ pen. Everybody is taking sides and the
- ontroversy may spread over the state.
I k: s being the off season in Kansas;
when the Legislature is not in <e--sion. it
may be that F.mporians felt they just nat-
•. raky had to do something to keep the
-tate 'ii the public eye. Rut whether that
be true or not. most people will sympa-
;■ e w.’ t the lady who won second prize.
Her limerick could not have been mttcli|
worse than the one that was awarded
first place.
no ]
POLITICS ÜBER ALLES.
A -harp contrast between partv and na-i
ti<>nal obligation- as felt by politicians is
a” - led l>y consideration of the present
-tatu> of two of the dependencies of thej
I ntted States—the Philippine Islands and
Porto Rico. A recent news item calling
:.ttent'"n to the fact that April of the pres-
ent year marked the sixteenth anniversarv
■ ” ■ signing of the act giving Porto Rico
civil government ob-erved that the "eiti-
c:.- of Porto Rico" are -till waiting to be-
:ome citizen' of the United States. The
measure was called a "temporary act." ami
lie genera! under'tanding was that Porto
R: o would be admitted to citizenship just j
a- soon a- its revenues should become large
r r.ough to make it.' government a going
I T- _T the revenues of Porto Rico have
:- •< a-r.; beyond all expectation during the
.a-: ‘-■-..teen years and though the coun-
•- I as implied with all the requirements
• ;. :<■■ by the 1 nited States commission ap-
T'intc-' t ' draw up a permanent organic
• i ..iigrc-s has not interested itself tn
any m'v.e to fuliill the agreement to grant
fil'd i :- /cnship to the people of this de-
pendency.
At tile -ame time < ongre" is bestirring
••-c ' to -rant independence to the Philip-
pine I'iand-. Ihe diilerence between the
two i a-e- i- that the promise to make the
I’ qipines autonomous was of political
'.-■irin. ha- been revived again and again
t" j itiea! rea-ons and i- now being
1 '• ' a- an obligation of a jxditical party ;
•a .erea-. the promise to grant citizenship
l’' i ’'to Rio wa' r.f national origin and
: a- never become involved in bi-partisan
contra-t typifies the manner in
w oh public affairs in general arc conduct-’
e 1 II the cases had been reversed the
promise to grant citizenship to Porto Rico
originating as a political measure and the
promi'e to grant independence to the Phil-
ippine.- a--uniing the character of a na-
tional pledge the party that male the
; romisc to Porto Rico would now be pro-
le--ing a conscientious regard for dutv. and
bttlc would be heard of “the Philippine
question."
oo
THE “HIGH SEAS."
k.v er since the beginning of the great
war there ha' been much talk about the
"high seas." Diplomats have rolled the
phrase glibly oft their pens and lav men
have talked of the "high seas" as though
it was something like the high price of
meat with which they are all entirely
familiar. And yet the fact is. that there
are few people who know what is meant
by the "high" seas. Small shame to them
a’ that because of their ignorance for the
excellent reason that the "high" seas docs
not mean anything at all.
From where the expression came is not
known but it is one of those things that
happened to strike the popular fancy when
j first uttered and mankind has gone along
i talking to itself about the "high” seas
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
ever since. The word "high” as applici
to the seas means nothing whatever un
less the waves happen to be rolling a bit
In the general sense in which the won
"high” is used in connection with the sea:
it has no meaning. Some authorities con
tend that the phrase means "the highway
of the seas" and that the word “high” i«
an abbreviation of the word "highway
d'his. however is merely surmise am
there arc no facts behind it. "High noon
is another bit of jabber beloved by society
editors the world around that means noth
ing.
The expression “high seas" has been
used so often however that it has by
popular usage become a term used to de-
fine the open ocean stretching bey ond the
limit of territorial jurisdiction of nations
having a maratime coast line. I sually
territorial jurisdiction has been held to
mean the low water mark although a cer-
tain jurisdiction may be exercised three
miles from shore. W ithin the territorial
limit the local courts have powers but
beyond that distance the sea is free and
open to all. subject only to the rules of
international law.
The recent declaration of Great Britain
that she. through Canada intends to take
from ships on the Great Lakes all men if
belligerent nationality brings squarely to
the front the question of what is deter-
mined by the phrase "high seas." The
lakes bey ond the three-mile limit are cer-
tainlv as open as the ocean and Great
Britain has just such rights four miles off
Cleveland or Port Huron or Duluth a*
she has two hundred miles due south if
t ape Horn. Incidentally. she has no more
rights on the lakes than she has on the
ocean and the United States has as many
rights in both places as Great Britain or
Canada. Great Britain therefore cannot
exercise privileges on the lakes which she
cannot lawfullly exert on the ocean. In
other words the open lakes arc the open
sea. They are just as "high" and no
more "high" than the occttns.
oo- —
The newspaper reports from Mexico are
reading like real war news these days.
General Pershing's troops are in the
trenches say latest advices. Now the
peace advocates in the United States can
do like those in Europe start a movement
and call it "Out of the Trenches by
( ? I"
no —
The Russian government has just placed
an order in the American market for a
million woolen blankets. As soon as the
clothing stores heard the news the half-
price winter suits came out of the show
windows and went back on the shelves to
wait for the rise in prices next winter.
Of)
Here's another view of the German note:
The price of paper and ink has gone up so
materially that the State Department has
decided that it is just about as expensive
to write the lengthy diplomatic notes as to
use ammunition.
—oo
The pen may be more mighty than the
wvord but President Wilson has come to
the conclusion that he can use up all the
note paper in Washington and the little
German submarine won't even hesitate.
oo
\ Thin. Thin Claim.
Whatever the merits of the captain as an
irtist. it will have to be allowed that In the
present relation it is as irrelevant as the cut of
his beard. What appears by his own account of
his activities is that within a very few minutes
"f the time at which the Sussex was fired upon
md in precisely the same place he torpedoed a
vessel of some kind This admission is what
constitutes the partial acknowledgment of guilt
and it would be conclusive if there were no
other evidence. To escape from this conclusion
it would bo necessary tn believe that within five
minutes nf the time when the Sussex was at-
tacked and. as already said at the same spot
another ship of which nobody has ever hoard
anything was sunk a conclusion so wildly at
varianro with common sense that tn entertain
it would bo proof of imbecility. Wo should do
the German government an injustice if we
charged it with holding so low an opinion of
American intelligence as an expectation nf cre-
dulity to this extent would imply.--Brooklyn
(’itizen.
on —
Tav Is Increased.
W W Astor who already wis paving $l-
4h<ijiAo in income tax to the British government
is called on to pay $28u000 more under the new
budget increase. This in interesting to Ameri-
cans because it is assumed that by far the
greater part of the Astor income in still de-
rived from th** family’s enormously profitable
.New York investments Through Mr. Astor
alone this country will he paying $1 GSo ono to
help England carry on the war. besides great
sums through other persons. Senator Kenyon’s
bill putting a large surtax on profits sent abroad
has much to commend it. If the British gov-
ernment takes this huge slice from the Astor
American income why should the American
government hesitate to take a much larger pro-
portion than it now takes” To do so would
only leave less for the foreign tax collector.—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
oo —
Guarding the Prisoner*.
The stockade to hold the Mexican prisoners
at Columbus. N. M . will be 'of barbed wire
hanging to which will be hundreds nf tin cans
partly filled with pebbles Guards will be
placed at intervals along the fence and will be
notified of an\ attempted escape by the rattle of
the pebbles in the cans.” However the same
news source expresses the fear that owing to the
good regular meals tn be served inside there
will be accessions to the prisoners' ranks rather
than attempts to get out the difficulty will be
to prevent hungry greasers from sneaking in
We apprehend that the whole state of Snnnra
if net all of Mexico would like to board with us
nn the same term*. Which suggests a rather
obvious use of the cans toward a different cud
if somebody will invent a means of tying cans to
tailless canines St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
on
Increase* in Murder Rate.
The murder rate in America Is going up
Europe leads the way in legalized killing; the
I’nlted States is setting the pace in illegal slay-
ing. An average of 8.6 persons are killed each
year to every IOO.OOn o f population in this
country according to Frederic L. Hoffman. The
highest murder- rate for one year was in 1913.
when 8 7 persons per 100.00 A were slain:
Memphis heads the bloody list There were 72.2
murders in the Tennessee city during 1914 to
each 100.000 inhabitants. Charleston. R. <’.. js
second with 33 3 Manhattan and Bronx dis-
tricts of New York are given a rate of 6 1. while
the average in Chicago is 93. Boston's figure
is 4.8 Brooklyn 4 5. Philadelphia 4.2 Milwau-
kee is the lowest of all. with a ten-year average
‘of 2.4. —Galveston Tribune.
The Light's Daily Story
TRAPPED.
(By Mlvluicl Wlohr.)
It was Saturday just before dusk.
Robert Hazell was working alone in
the office. He was standing at hil
(desk lost in thought. There was a
.wild expression in his eves and the
slightest sound startled him and
made him stare around as if afraid
that somebody was watching him.
The fire had gone out and it was
I getting chilly In the office which
everybody also had left hours ago
| For a moment he stood toying with
ihe heavy bundle of keys lying In
front of him then he suddenly
picked it up and sneaked out into
the hall. He had locked the outside
door but had forgotten to lock the
one loading from the hall to the in-
ner office. When he hac locked it he
sneaked stealthily back into the ot-
. flee.
For a moment he hesitated then
with a sudden resolution he walked
over to the big safe put a key into
the old fashioned lock turned the
solid brass handle and the sate
swung open.
His hands were trembling visibly
as he took from the safe the heavy
bundle of notes which represented
i the cash receipts of the firm for
i the day. Th*-n he quickly locked the
safe lushed out into the hall picked
up hi<? hat rnd coat and went out of
the building.
The first thing that struck hi? B eye
as he mingled with the crowd was a
newspaper placard with the words.
"Famous Burglar Gets Seven Years
in Penitentiary.” He bought the pa-
per and quickly slipped it into his
pocket. an<l as ho looked at his own
reflection in a large shop window he
’nctired that his face was ghastly
I p- - . If-
Ho entered a restaurant which
[seemed rather deserted and ordered
some ham and eggs and a enp of
। coffee. He was shivering all over
and must try to get warm or his
paleness might be noticed and give
him away. Then he took the paper
from his pocket and began to read
about the burglar who had got
uneven years imprisonment. Seven
years stricken from a man’g life'
And that from the best part of his
manhood'
The idea made him shiver and
after hastily swallowing his coffee
he arose and hurried nut. At mid-
night he would bo outside the country
and safe. But when he came outside
he Stond as if dazed. Why didn’t he
go to thp railroad station right away?
M hy did his feet suddenly fool as [
heavy hr lead? Was he afraid nf
being caught as he bought his ticket?
Had thp theft perhaps been discov-
ered already? For more than an
hour he wandered aimlessly about
in the streets In continual fear of
feeling a heavy hand nn his shnulder
Suddenly ho happened to think of
the false k* y ho had in his pocket.
He must get rid of that at any risk.
He took it fmm his pocket and turn-;
ed into a small side .street where he I
carelessly dropped If Into the gutter.!
But just as ho had done sn bo saw
a man looking at him. Perhaps he!
had seen him drop the key in the!
gutter. At last he found it an<l wh^n
ho looked up he saw that the man |
had gone. Evidontl.v he liad seen
nothing strange in the incident.
But Robert Hazell had now com-'
pletcly lost control of himself. Hol
felt like a hunted animal. Perhaps.
he was on the point of being arested '
and sent to prison for seven ypar^.
Was it too late yet to save himself? •
No. whv should if not be possible
to put back the mom-v into the safe?
No living being would then have the
slightest suspicion of what had hap- 1
poned. . Yes. this was his onlv sal '
ration. Ho turn^.l on his heels and 1
hurried back in the direction of the
office deciding to spend a pleasant
evening after he had put back the
money. Nothing in the world should
r\cr a^ain tempt him tn become a
thief. He would spend the rest of
his life making his old nv thei- com-
fortable. The thought had the
knowledge that hT son wa s a thief
would have killed her made him
shudder.
Thank Hod’ Ho was back in the
office onec more. He dared not
switch on the electric light but for-
tunutelv it wap not necessary. He j
found th" poyhole. opened the safe
and was feeling for the proper shelf I
on which to put the money when he |
heard Steps behind him and a voice
which was only too familiar mut-
tered :
"How fortunate that I came here." |
The next moment the electrf.' light ’
was on full and lb.bort s.a v. the
manager going towards the tele-1
phono. Ho felt that he was lost.
Mr. Manners' Mr. Manners' ' he
bogged. "Have pity on me. I stole
these papers throe hours ago. but
' am. here to put them hack "
' '>b. Is it you. Mr. Hazel. " said
Mr. Manners wi'h a strange smile. I
So y..u came hero to put back the
l.ap.Ts have y<m? A most likolv
story which the police will un-
doubtedlv accept right nwav.'
He pl.-ked up the receiver Hazell
tbr.-w hlms.’lf down on his \n-os. I
wringing his hands and sobbing like 1
a child.
I* "t t.od s sake" he begged. '
don t do it. 1 swear 1 camo here to
return the papers. M conscious left
me no peace. Think of my mother
Mr. Manners."
"It is only a more formality "
said Mr Manners Icily with a look
Which set Hazell mad.
"You mer.ibss scoundrel'" he
roared nnd made a leap f or his
throat like a wild beast. The receiv-
♦ r foil from Mr. Manners' hand as I
ho began to fight for his life. Hazell.
I who was fifteen years the younce’-
I had the advantage from the start 1
'His hands held the older man « I
thront In a vice-llke grip and eve-v |
j so. ond the resistance of the other
grew weaker
I swear that T mrue tn put the
papers bark. It is God’s truth ” Ha-
zoll muttered but ho never b.oseno.l 1
his grip. Sudrienlv ho noticed that
| the other was struggling no longer'
land a nameloss terror seized him Hoi
let go his grip and his vimim fell
| back lifeless on the floor.
Mr Manners was dead.
; Tete by the fnhod states bnrenn of .
■ •fndsr.la bee rr nc.a thM ronrrrl |
[rends expand most In sinter nnd contract
-n^Ff In wninKr hre; cf lncr*asrs nr
^crease. Jn^-nnj^» that th*y cnntnln.
| th* luirent cnrrlcd frnm
*l*rtrlc wires by str*«ms nf T»nfr r f r rrr
I fire hnge an Italian srlentist fourd that
j '■betnlral extinfuishera were the mnst dnn-
c*rous fir* f^httnc equipment tn use 1
around lb* wires
Ar Inwa Inventor has patented a liquid
; to b* pnur*d Intn auf<.mobile tires tn d’s- j
[solve the sulphur and mak* the rubber
.softer and more elastic and. so he claiiik. I
jlesa liable to punctur*-
Daily Fashion Hint
Already the smart shops are feat-
uring dainty midsummer frocks and
judging from the number and varied
styles milady will have little or no
difficulty in selecting the one or
more for her summer wardrobe.
Among the fabrics in these dainty
and smart creations are net. batiste
lawn organdy figured voile and all-
<»ver embroidery is ; gain being fav-
i ored for it has be“n some little time
since it was extensively used. Wide
flouncings with elaborately embroid-
ered edges are among the most fav-
ored. Most of these fabrics lend
themselves beautifully to the style
and silhouette of the season and if
necessary to accentuate the tenden-
cies. the various forms of boning nr
horsehair braids may be successfully
used. To illustrate the suitable use
of net in connection with the sea-
Letters to the Light
AH lctt*rB to this paper that nr*
Intended for üblication must be
f gned by th* writer. Th* name of
th* writer will not bo publiahe< un-
less It Is desired. The paper must
know however from whom the let-
ter comes. No attention ill be paid
to anonymous communication’ Type-
written signatures and those maui
with a stamp are classed as anony-
mous. The publication of a letter does
not necessarily mean that the policy
outlined therein is endorsed by the
publishers of The Light.
To the Editor:
A most regrettable shame and a
crime to future generations in San
Antonio is being permitted Ly the
mayor commissioners and the pt<>-
ph: of San Antonio in allowing the
Water Works Company to rut into
lots the strip of land on River ave-
nue adjoining Brackenridge pirk.
This land is now being sululixidod
into lots upon which cottages will be
constructed and Brackenridge park
will have no stinet frontage.
What kind of a park can be cx-
pe. t< d of Bra< kenridg. park'? <)iher
<-ities would laugh San Antonio to
scorn.
Large bodies of land in cities
available for park purposes in scarce
such land is usually secured when
cities are in their infancies and it is
unbelievable that a city would think
so little of its park with the beauty
an 1 proportion of Brackenridge
park as to allow its street frontage
to be turned into a strip of cheap
lots and cheap little houses.
Dallas. Fort Worth and Houston
would give millions of dollars for a
park like Brackenridge park and
these cities wouhl spend millions of
dollars on such a park to make it a
place of beauty and pleasure for Its
citizenship. The people of < ther cit-
ies would raise up in wrath at such
a desecration as is now going on to
Brackenridge park.
Our mayor and commissioners may
say that the city has n<» monev to
punhase this strip <»f ground but
this does m t exeusp them in not
finding a way. Our mayor is losing a
golden opportunity t» perpetuate
himself in the minds ami hearts of
the people in not doing something to
find the monev to bin this strip <>f
land from the Water Works Com-
pany. He could start a movement
f<»r a public subscription and every
many woman and thild would ion-
tribute their small portion We have
many people of wealth and people in
comfortable circumstances who
would contribute liberally
The Waler Works Company could
have presented the city with this
strip of land in consideration of the
last franchise given them which was
worth not less than one million dol-
lars cash. The liberality of the
terms and concessions of this con-
tract or fram hise would have been
cheap at a million dollars but an
easy council and a disinterested peo-
ple gave it away.
Every association. organization
and club In the city of Ran Antonio.
I should call a meeting of its mem-
-1 be.ship and start an Immediate
SIMMER FROCK OF NET.
Ison’s tendencies the gown shown has
| been selected. A charming skirt with
idrop ami two tunics of white net.
are bordered with bands of very ef-
fective cotton embroidery. The full-
' ness in each of these tunics is accen-
i tuated by the use of boning which is
concealed in the narrow facing. This
। lends a certain amount of dash to
* the frock that is most attractive. The
bodice is extremely simple save for
1 the long narrow revere collar and
.cuffs of the cotton embroidery. A
rather deep girdle that hugs close at
(the waistline is also elaborately em-
। broidered. Black velvet in inconspi-
cuous bands lends just the correct
and pleasing amount of contrast. A
! broad brimmed hat faced with lace
and trimmed with velvet and a vel-
vet rose tops this chjyming hat.
I High white boots and a black and
i white parasol are finishing touches
I to the outfit.
movement in protest to the Water
Works Company and arrange to se- j
cure the amount or money necessary •
to pay the Water Works Company
for this strip of land before it is too 1
late.
Action is needed immediately and
delay means a loss forever.
Words cannot express the shame 1
humiliation. ano «ondemnation j
which will fall upon this citv if this <
strip of land is not secured and added
to Brackenridge park.
If something is not done imme- j
I diately Brackenridge park may as'
well be turned in a lot subdivision!
along with the River avenue strip.
H. E. DICKINSON. f
FACING (H R FACTS.
| From < hA-Vp-nn N*ws and (’nurter
। In ail our lives there come times
when wp are '.nmlded. if n d to a
[degree tormented b\ the fear of
। what ma.v happen to us. Things may
have gone \ erv smoot lily for us here-
। tofore. but we know that we cannot
I always be exempt from trial and
hardship and in our groping way we
nuikr feeble efforts to prepare our-
s(l\es against the day . »f disaster. It
Is quite true that as long as we are
foriunate enough to tingle with the
mere joy of living and as b-ug as
the sun shines high overhead vve do I
not worry verv inmh about what
the future may have in store and
wo content ourselves with satisfac-
tions of the moment. It is after
the day has darkened somewhat for
us. after wo have torn died the fringe '
nf the si dness which sometimes en-
compasses life that vve begin to turn
I nur thoughts to more serious objects
than tv e have heretofore cmsldored.
Romctimes this sadness creeps upon
us by degrees first one thing and
then another changing our outlook
1 upon life from the rosy one vve have i
known to the somber tones more ‘n •
keeping with the new conditions. Or. :
perhaps life changes for us in one j
rre.it nu'ment. leaving u$ stranded.
। ns if wrre. and dazed upon unknown
shores and with nothing more tan-
gible than our own inexperience to
guide us. In both cases however the ■
fear of what may yet come to us or
what ordeals the present trial ma>
pr-'duce is strong within our hearts.
AHIWH »LY" VS. ••TRVST." j
From th • Dallas JnurnAl.
A case in which the International
Harvester Company of America is
’ a-'.-used by the I’nited States govern-
ment of being a monopolv is now
pending in the Supreme Court nf the |
: I’nited States. It is a spectacle out
of the ordinary therefore to find
this company telling a Senate com-
mittee that sisal planters of Yucatan *
I and bankers of America have formed
’ a trust and that it may have to
shut down it* mills because it can-
not get the materials. What has
become of the "money trust" which '
’ wa? supposed to keep all such things |
lined up? Has the big maker of;
binders and binder twine lost its j
ability tn tie up a sufficient supply '
' nf sisal to make tying-in contracts
; that will hold''
j Let the alleged "monopoly" and I
i tbe alleged trust’’ go to it: I
APRIL 25. 1916.
Sleepy-Time Tales
X For the Little Folk x
HOU JANE HEARD THE < IRC VS.
<»nce upon a time Jane went to
walk with her father. Jane loved to
go with him because she could see
all the stores and the show windows
filled with so many pretty things and
her father was almost sure to treat
her to some nice ice cream soda.
They walked down the main street
of the town and on billboards » -
eat h side of the street w< re gigant*.
pictures of the circus which was io
come to town in a few days.
There was a big picture of a clown
with his funny white face jumping
through a hoop held by a big black
bear; there were monkeys and lions
and tigers and cages filled with
bright colored birds and best of all
was a white horse with a lady stand
ing on one foot on its back. She
was dressed all in white and held
what Jane thought was a fairy wand
in her hand.
It was the first time Jane remem-
bered seeing anything like that and
sho said to her father: "<>h father
dear can’t I go to the circus please?
Oh please please let me go.” “Why
yes. I guess so.” answered her fath-
er. ”\Ve will all go.”
Jane thought of nothing but the
circ us and told al| her friends she
was going and what a nice time she
was going to have. When she heard
her father say over the telephone;
’.’la this the circus? Reserve me
three of your best seats please” she
was so excited she could hardly wait
for the day to come and danced
about with much glee.
The next day poor Jane crept into
her mother’s lap and moaned: "My
throat is so sore." and when her
father came home he thought it best
to have the doctor come. When the
doctor looked at Jane he said: "I’m
afraid you will have to stay in the
house for a day or so.” "<)h can’t
1 go to the circus?” asked Jane but
the stem doctor told her no as she
would be apt to get worse if she
did.
Jane was heart broken and when
her father was on his wav home that
night he met a friend and told him
of how badly Jane felt because she
could not go to the circus. "That
is too bad” said the man. "but why
don’t you fix it so she can listen over
ihe telephone and head the music
and the applause anyway? That will
not be so bad as not seeing or hear-
ing any of it.” Her father thought
it a great idea and went right over
to the manager of the telephone
company who promised to fix it so
Jane could listen over the phone to
the circus grounds and hear every-
thing that went on.
Jane was very much delighted and
says now she has heard all the cir-
cus and next year she can go just
to see and won’t have to use her
ears at all.
I
JOE BAILEY’S PLANS.
From the Aust n Statesman.
Joseph Weldon Bailey has been n
Texas for several days. He was in
Dallas during the meeting of the
state Democratlve executive com-
mittee. He left soon after the com-
mittee adjourned to visit his Texas
home Gainesville. From Gaines-
ville he will go to Colorado where
he will assist in the trial of one of
the Slaughter cases.
His presence in Dallas during the
meeting of the state committee gave
rise to a number of political rumors.
There was discussion again that ho
might even at this late date con-
! dude tn make the race for the
i I’nited States senate. At one time
! he was giving the matter very se-
■ rious consideration but it vvas un-
-1 derstood later by his friends that h«
! would not do so. At this time he
I was merely in Texas to study a law
i case. _
During his stay in Dallas be enn-
’ ferrod informally with O. B. Colquitt.
i candidate for the I’nited States sen-
ate. It is undorston<l that he told
Mr (Ndouitt that he would cast his
' vote for Charles A. Culberson for re-
' election although he did not indt-
! < ato that he will be active for Mr.
Culberson. It I* understood fur-
t^ermore that he commended sev-
!nml portions of Mr. Colquitt’s plat-
f°rrn ~
Other friends wrre told bx Mr.
Bailee that he will take an active !n-
-1 tcrest in Texas politics this year tn
1 00 extent that ho hopes to go to
I the state convention ns a delegate
and tn ass’^t in writing a "demn-
craHc” platform. He indicated that
bo will make an active fight In this
dire. tion. Ho also recalled the LI
Paso enn' ontion incidents.
Ii would seem therefore that M”.
Bni’c- hopes to be able tn attend the
nrosldentlal convention to be held .n
^an \n* mio Mnv 2" It would also
. h . ] p xpO( ts to attend the
rrncral state <• nvention to bo hold
later. His activity will nmiuestlon-
ab’y nrove very interesting.
THE HIGHER LIVING.
From tb* Pal'is Team al
Ro much has ben said about the
ndvnnw In >h<’ t -o ’ l of Hving ha-f.nK
outstripped the advam o in wages
that it is rather refreshing to hear a
word <»n the other side and especial-
ly from such an authority as Ram-
uel Goraners. president of tbe Arner-
|.an IVdoration of Labor. Mr.
Gompers. addressing a House com-
mittee. denied that living expenses
have increased 15 per cent in the
last fifteen years while wages have
not advanced proportionately. He
said:
"In the last twelve years wages.
1 hours of employment and conditions
of labor have improved in the I’nited
States beyond any other period of
anv people in the history of the
world. The price trend of essentials
since 1870 has been downward We
have enlarged what we call the es-
sentials of life in the last thirty years
so that there is no comparison be-
tween what the cost of them was
and what it is today.”
Presumably what Mr Gnmp*r»
means is that a comparison of tne
cost of living for an average family
in I^7o and in 1916 is misleading
for the reason that many of the lux-
uries of 1870 are considered necessi-
| tie* at this time because the items
in each column are not the seme.
This is true Bit the Evening Jour-
nal does not grasp his statement as
to essentials. If he means bread and
meat for instar c. ho j* correct in
saying that the present prices of
these arc lower than were the prices
of 1870 but they are not lower than
the prices of 1901. It is fortunate
however that he directs attention
to the fundamental fault of tbe com-
parisons. namely the failure to con-
sider the fact that the average fam-
ily is consuming different things now
than did ths average family in l!7t
i and more of them.
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