San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 284, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 11, 1911 Page: 9 of 16
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 191
9
OF GFNERAL INTEREST TO WOMEN
Told by the TroubledTonrisl!
One Effective Way to
Get Ahead of the Hat
Check Graft.
"Noting that nt laRt somebody has marie
•i forcible protest apainst the Ironclad
lint check custom, I am moved to recall
a few experiences of my own," remarked
the Troubled Tourist as he carefully
brushed the bristles on his hat.
"1 was beginning to come to the con-
clusion that the only "way to get the best
of the evil was to go bareheaded or else
manufacture these fuzzy hats with por-
cupine quills Instead ot' plain bristles, so
that nobody would dare take hold of
them but the adventurous owner hlmselC.
"Talk about the holdup men of the
wild and wooly West, I tremble more
at the cry of 'hat checks!' now than I
used to at the gentle invitation 'hands
up!" It greets you in the ballroom and
even at the very taxlcab door as you
alight for a little slipper. The usual
formula for most social affairs around
town seems to be, 'admission, 25 cents;
hat checks, $1.'
"Elsewhere the amount is not specified,
but you can't make the hat check boy
mad no matter how high you go.
"Just to fly in the face of custom and
to defy the hat check octupus I adopted
my own plan and went out without a
hat the other evening, I couldn't have
worn a red, white and blue one with
wings on It. Hat check boys made a
THK OHJOGK-PROOir BAT.
created any greater stir than if I had
wild rush for me, falling over each other
in their haste, but brought up short
when they got close enough t<> grab.
" 'Check your hat, sir?' said the winner
as he came under the wire.
" 'I don't wear any,' I aaid blandly and
they stared open-mouthed, it was a now
one. They looked for a cane, but 1 didn't
even have that. They moved away re-
garding me suspiciously, as though they
thought a man without a hat ought
to stay In his ward like a good patient
and not go around defrauding folks of
their rightful dues. 1 began to feel sorry
for them.
" 'I've got a watch!' T said. 'I can
check that—only the last time I got a
ticket for it the house gave me the
money.'
"They retreated, glowering at me and
doubtless* reported that there was an
anarchist in the house.
"I had learnetl from bitter experience
at a public ball where 1 innocently gave
up my hat to a large florid person and
when It wns time to go he wanted $2
for It. T told him that was all 1 paid
for it in the first place, and he said
what I paid for my clothes didn't inter-
est him in the least, and wouldn't come
across. He seemed bo concerned about
it that I gave lilm the hat. I told him
he deserved it after keeping it so nicely
and I hoped he would wear it many
years."
DAILY FASHION HINT
M
TUBBAN
The turban is to be a popular shape the
coming season. The illustration shows a
pleasing form of the turban, which comes
down well over the face and requires the
lialr to be dressed low and somewhat
loosely. This headgear is built of seal
brown hatters' plush, with a turned-bnek
brim of moire silk, and Is garnished nt
one side with a fetching knot of gilt braid.
AMUSEMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
TONIGHT ANI> THURSDAY MATI-
NKE AND NIGHT
LEW DOCKSTADER
i
AMI HIS OWN
GREAT MINSTRELS
THE MAID WHO NEVER
MARRIED AND WHY
HOW TO TRAIN A WIFE
Lively Jlomlly on Advantages and IMu-
ti<lvantages of Hfinx a Mini < hild.
"The Browns have a new baby," an-
nounced the Hopeful ilousewif.
"Boy?" asked the Confirmed Commuter
eagerly.
"No—another girl," answered his wife.
"I think that's perfectly lQvely' They'll
be such company for each other, and
they're so nearly of an age that they
can always dress alike. If I were Mrs.
Brown 1 should be perfectly delighted."
Notwithstanding this opinion it was
more than evident that the commuter's
interest in the accession of the Brown
family had ceased utterly the moment
he heard it was a girl.
"Poor old Brown!" he exclaimed cotu-
miseratingly, "he'll be so disappointed.
He sort of banked on it's being a boy
this time. I can't tell you how many
drinks he bought on the prospect."
A child playing on the brink of a preci-
pice—an up-State visitor getting ready to
blow out the gas—is not more unconscious
of fatality than was the commuter as he
spoke these harmless words.
But the wind that blows between the
worlds and cuts one lik*» a knife is a
gentle zephyr compared to the icy rush
of words that were hissed from the lips
of the Hopeful Housewife as soon as he
had ceased to speak.
"It would be very interesting to know
just why the average man Is possessed
of that particular obesslon," «he began.
Including Nell O'Rrion and 60 Others
The Best Hinders, Brut Danrrrs, Bent
Coined Inn n and Everybody That's
Anybody iu Minstrelsy
Matinee ftOc, 75e, ft
Night 25c, 60c, 7Be. 91, fl.ftO
Prices
I1CIDAY AND SAT I HI) AY—MATINEE
SATURDAY
JOHN C. FISHER PRESENTS
THE RED ROSE
A REAL ALL-STAR CAST
Matinee 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50
; Night .25c, 50c, 75c, $1, fl.ftO. $2
SEATS ON SALE.
Prices
The Bon Vivant. t
"For it's always fair weather
When good fellows got together."
"What's the rest of that song,
Martha?" asked the Best Chum, strid-
ing In vain to recall the meter.
"Jf you mean 'Who's the rest of it?"
replied the Maid Who Never Married,
"Rob Allon Is the answer. If you mean,
'What are the words?' it's something
about a stein. 1 forgot it once myself,
but the minute 1 saw Hob it came to
me like a flush. It's Bob's National an-
them, you know."
"Do you mean that Bob sings well?"
inquired the Chum.
"Second only to the way he manipu-
lates the stein, and he sings perfectly, '
declured the Maid, "lie is what ma> be
termed an expert cultivator of the
grape."
"Of course, 1 know Bob is a rounder,
but I didn't fcnow he was a wholesale
consumer,'' commented the Chum.
•"Uounder is good, Helen,1' laugueti tue
Maid, laying a fresh log on the fire.
"The owner of that rather vague title
earns It by reason of the fact that lie
travels in a twenty-four hour circle ftuii
on the last lap as he comes in he over-
takes himself going out. The path he de-
scribes going out is a perfect curve, but
the incoming one looks like the com-
pass had suffered an attack of the ague."
"Ho was awfully attentive to you,
Martha, and he's so Jolly. Perhaps lie d
have given up the drink once he had
something to anchor to," suggested tho
Chum.
"Yes, perhaps the sun will rise in the
west tomorrow, but it's a pretty big per-
haps," parried the Maid. "Besides, the
cheering cup Is only one turn in the
circle. Hob s what Is popularly known as
an Electric Light Bug, a species peculiar
to th£ theater and cafe districts. There
isn't a chauffeur or a doorman from one
corner of the joy region to another who
doesn't know Bob Allen. He cnlls all tne
head waiters by their first names and
refers to the chefs as Louis, Gaston,
Jacques, and so on. When he tells the
waiter he'll have a squab on toast or a
chicken lobster or a steak they inva-
riably accompany their marked obeisance
with 'Usual way, sir?' It takes some
time and practice to have a usual way'
with a flock of waiters in at least twelve
high-class restaurants—and goodness only
knows how many Bohemian ones."
"How does he manage It?" marvelled
the Chum.
"Weil, it does keep him up nights doing
It, I reckon," laughed the Maid. "Then,
too, he has to attend the first perform-
ance of every show of consequence in
this great metropolis. He'd no more
think of missing a first night than you
would of not combing your hnlr, or Alice
Van would of doing without bridge
whist. If you happen to remark that
the third girl from the end in the pony
ballet—the one with the bronze curls—is
attractive, and you wonder how the Ger-
ry Society will permit it, he will tell
you that she is thirty if she's a day;
that she was a pony In 'The King of
Joyland' fifteen years ago, and that she
wore her hair blond last year. The little
brunette whom you think looks so ill—
the one in the center—is as fii as a
fiddle, oni) snc ubesn't know how to
make up. i nun.stanu, Helen, this oehind-
the scene ftnowleuge is limited to no
particular i<iouuellun. It would be the
same an.» , ;..ic you d happen to drop iu.
It's a nai..hi i.utcom«' ot 'first nightiag
it all o\ i i ..ii, lu, these several years.
"Hob < .i ... every theatrical person
worthy </l i.uie that has faced the foot-
lights sin tne callow days, and he can
tell yui u> a dot whether they ure sure-
enougii \ v. iiiiiiers or merely shines. He's
sort • i a human standard theatrical
guide.
"How does he manage it?" echoed the
Chum, more bewildered.
"luu si.ould heai him ramble on about
wines, then ask that question," advised
tne *uaiu. 'it lie asks lor vintage ol i.m/j
and they give him 'HO he calls the turn
utter the lust sip. Ills order sounds like
a cross between a French and an Italian
dictionary and he's so keen on laste that
even the stewards of the wine cellars
show Inm the greatest respect.
"1 was interested in Bob, tremendously
so. He had st.ch a lurid past it would
dazzle any girl. 1 thought It would be
lovely to be the wife of a man-of-the
world oi a man-about-town or any of
those synonyms for rounder.
•one evening, during a wonder of a
party Hub was giving me at Monica's, 1
lioHied a man setting at tjie next table,
in. fascinated me. My eyes were riveted
on 1.1- i very movement. Helen, he was
a caricature of Hob Allen at forty, the
>ame handsome, Jovial face, plus the
Ulltale story of the man-about-town
graven indelibly on his features. Helen,
his cheeks sagged and his nose—his nose
was horribly ltd and puffy. There were
great sacks under his eyes. He was alt
iat and wheex> and his eyes were blood-
shot. I looked over at Hob. Bridging
over the chasm of years 1 saw myself
tied body and soul to a man whose am-
bition was centered In .i bottle and a
bird and whose dinner was of more mo-
ment than his wife's happiness. That
was the cure.
"1 have no desire, my dear, to enter
into competition with a lot of cobwebby
wine labels, or to spend the rest of my
life listening for a familiar click of the
l
latchkey along about daybreak. Single
.... ft
mine.
blessedness and peaceful slumber
MAJESTIC VAUDEVILLE
MATINEE t:45
NIGHT 8lS0
PrtKntlnjt
Macklyn Arbuckle
In » On«-act Play
"THE WELCHER"
AND
SIX OTHER BIG ACTS
■- PRICES =====
Matinee - - 10c, 30c, 50c
Night - 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c
MR. POTEET
SAVES WIFE
His Neighbor, Who* Would Not
Take His Good Advice. Is Still
In Poor Condition.
'Let's run to a matinee tomorrow, one
where they dance right through from
the first act to the last. 1 feel frivolity
coming over me."
GOOD ROADS DELEGATES
Joint Meeting Between Realty Men and
Highway League Tomorrow.
The Heal Estate Exehangl and Bexar
County Highway League will hold a
Joint meeting and luncheon at the 8t.
Anthony Hotel at 12:15 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the convention to be held
in Dallas. October 26. at which the State
Good Roads Association will be organ-
ized.
It Is proposed to send a delegation of
fifty from San Antonio, to leave here on
the afternoon of October 24 in automo-
biles.
Maclyn Arbuckle has accepted an in-
vitation to attend the luncheon.
THE BEST BILL YET AT
The Royal
FIVE HIGH-rniCEn ACTS
BKST MOTION PICTL'RKS
POPULAR PRICKS: lOr, t©c ud Mc
The Bill Will Inclnda
COMEDY ACROBATIC 1IILL8
Bt'RT CARL and KURIL SISTERS
WALTON AND BRANDT
HENRY REOO
THE TOMASSEOS
Matinee 2:10 o'rlork. Night, 8 mm!
9:16 o'clock.
Loray, N. C.—Mr. W. S. Poteet of
this city says: "My wife suffered from
a disease common to all women for
about three years. She took one bottle
of Cardui and was cured—sound and
well.
"About three months ago she was
taken down again and I went at once
and got her another bottle of Cardui.
She felt better very soon. By the time
the bottle was used up she was well
again.
"We had a neighbor who was in
about the same condition as my wife
and we advised her to take Cardui.
but she did not. Her medicine bill
was $30 and she is not strong yet.
Which was the best? Think of pay-
ing 30 to 11
"1 will certainly speak a good word
for this wonderful remedy every
chance I have. It is the greatest wom-
an's remedy on earth."
For pain, weakness, irregularity and
any of the troubles from which weak
women suffer Cardui has proven its
helping, curative power.
For nearly a lifetime it has been in
use for weak women, thousands of
whom have written enthusiastic letters
telling of truly remarkable cures of
this old, reliable tonic for weak, sick,
suffering women.
Why should it not help you, too?
Try it.
N. B.—Write to: I.ndl?*' Adrlsory Dept.,
Chattanoom Mrdlctn* Co., Chattannnirit.
Twin., for Np*rih: InMrnriinna and tH-p<ik'e
book, "Home Treatment Tor Women," seut
la plalB wrapper, on renout.
Scientific Society Meets.
All excellent programme marked the
opening of tho 1911-1912 Besslon of the
Scientific Society of San Antonio at the
meeting held ItH its rooms in the Steveiu
building lant evening. The papers read
were "The Road Materials of Ban An-
tonio und Vicinity," by A. H. Mulr, B.
A., and "Eugenics, or the Science of Race
Culture," by M. J. Ulelm, Fh. B.. M. D.
Mr. Mulr discussed, from the standpoint
ot llthologleal and practical tests, the
road materials avalluble for this district
not now In use. A largo numbor of spec-
imens of the materials discussed were
exhibited to the audience for Inspection.
The important and timely subject of
eugenics wns ably and Interestingly treat-
ed by I)r. ISllem, who spoke at length
of the desirability of controlling mar-
riages In order to avoid reproduction
from diseased, feeble-minded or criminal
persons; and emphasised the Importance
of a more Intelligent basis of marriage
for people of the desirable classes.
Among those present were; Prof. Ber-
nard Mackensen, president of the society,
who occupied the chair, nn(l Col. J. B.
Glrard, United States Army, retired; Dr.
Krederllck Hadra, MaJ. John Cotter,
United States Army, retired; Holon Stew-
art, R. D. Barclay, J. F. Howard, Fred
Hofstetter, K. W. Jletisingcr, Col. Charles
H. Clark, United States Army; otto
Hegemann, F. W. Smithers. W. F. Oohlke
and a number of visitors.
-Cv-
Alamo Defenders Meeting.
Companies a and li of the Alamo De-
fenders will meet in Travis Park Satur-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock to drill for
the exhibition at the International Fair
and I«and Show. Order.® have been sent
out for the members to get their uni-
forms, drums, bugles and flags in order
■nd to be present Saturday afternoon. A
Tull corps is expected to be in attendance.
River Being Flushed.
Thousands- of gallons of water were
pdured into the San Antonio River from
the well In brackenrldge Park yesterday,
the effect of the water was per-
ceptible for a distance of almost a mile
below the pumping station. The pump
was operated all through the day ana
pumping will be resumed today.
Go to Guard Harriman Lines.
Special Telegram to The Cipms.
GEORGETOWN, Tex., Oct. 10 —A num-
ber of young men left here last night
In answer to a telegram from Capt. Pill
*.« to chief guard of the
Harriman lines at Houston. Other guard*
will go to Houston tomorrow to enter
th« mi vie. Of the railroad In lb* atriki
criala.
1
"A MAN CAN DIE WITHOUT A CENT
AND KNOW HIS BOY WILL. MAKE
GOOD."
"Of course, I can understand why a pref-
erence for boys existed a few hundred
years ago. It "was purely selfish. A boy
was something that could be made to
work for his father. He was an economic
assot, while a girl was a liability—some-
thing to be supported Indefinitely till an-
other man took the job off his hands "
"Hut," Interrupted the commuter, "is a
girl moro apt to support an old father
and mother today than a boy is?"
"A son marries as soon as he's through
high school, and then, of course, he per-
suades himself that his obligations to his
wife and children are such that he can
sit back and see his sister become an in-
voluntary old maid because she can't af-
ford to give up the job that keeps her
parents alive. That's why all that talk
about the 'greater family obligations' of
men teachers was so sickening at the
time there was so much discussion of
equal pay. Theoretically, anyhow, sup-
porting a wife and children brings active
Joy and compensation with it, but nine-
tenths of the working women—teachers,
bookkeepers or whatever they are—sup-
port parents or little brothers and sisters,
and their Joys are all ethical and pretty
dry."
"Say!" exclaimed the commuter meek-
ly, "doesn't it strike you that it's a pretty
long Jump from the Brown baby to tho
principal of equal pay for teachers? Why
didn't you drag In the binominal formula
or the fourth dimension to prove your
point? You're way off as to why men
prefer boy children, anyhow. It's not for
selfish reasons at all It's because a man
feels that a boy can rough It—that, no
matter what kind nf a predicament he
gets in, he can always land on his feet.
Now, n girl's different. She has to be
protected, cared for. A man can die with-
out a cent and kno* that his boy will
make good If he has the right stuff In
him "
"A girl will do Just the samo is she's
brought up properly," Interrupted the
Houseful Housewife.
And then she added, in a milder man-
ner: "There are lots of other reasons for
preferring girls. Girls are prettier than
bovs a art you can buy such lovely clothes
ffTr them. And they take such cute photo-
graphs, and you don't have to cut their
hair. I was talking to Mrs, Brown about
it today when I went over to see the
baby "
"Well," Interrupter! the commuter, "I
guess it's up to me to go over and buy
old Brown a drink.
"Yes." the Hopseful Housewife assent-
ed, "I guess it Is—hut remember, when
royal children are horn they fire twenty-
one guns for a boy and only about half
as many for a girl Don't let Mr. Brown
forget that he's only celebrating a girl
baby."
HOW TO TREAT
OLD SORES
The proper way—the only success-
ful way—to treat an old sore is to
destroy its source. Not by dangerous
surgical operations or Irritating
■ "drawing " plasters, but by Nature's
true method of purifying the blood
' and filling the circulation with rich,
nourishing properties; then the
! cure will be natural and lasting. We
can easily understand how impurities
in the blood will infect some wealc
point on our bodies, aud by contin-
ually discharging impurities into it ]
keep the place open and inflamed
until a chronic ulcer is formed.
Nothing then is so sure to produce a
cure of these old sores as S. S. S. j
This medicine is Nature's perfect '
blood remedy, composed of the most'
healing and at the same time the
most penetrating and blood-purifying j
properties. It removes every particle '
af impurity or morbid matter from the i
circulation, and assists nature in the
increasing of healthful, nutrition*
corpuscles in the blood. S. S. S. i
makes pure blood and pure blood la
Nature's unfailing cure for old sores, i
We want every sufferer with an old I
sore to commence the use of S. S. S., j
because we know it is the remedy j
they most need. Book on Sores and ;
Ulcers and medical advice free to all. :
S. S. S. ia sold at drag atores. I,
tmt amrrtrtcirtc ctx. a* j \
J5he Greatest Bargain of the Season
$775 Worth of Sample Blankets for $450
Our extra-value announcement for today is one such as has never
before been known so early in October. They're samples, which tells
tlfe whole story.
One hundred pairs all told, fifty pairs in each lot—so you see the
quantity is very limited What matters it that a few of them are a bit
soiled on the folds? Most of them are as clean as the Blankets in our
regular stock, and every Blanket is up to the W. & M. high standard of-
quality,
These economies are of interest to every housekeeper whom this
first norther made think of Blankets.
50 Pairs of $8.50 to $15 Sample Blankets at $7.10
\ California, North Star and Eastern Mills all-wool Blankets, in white and colors; in 60x80-
inCh, 66x80-inch and 72x84-inch sizes, with various colored borders, and taped or chochet fin-
ished ends. Their mates sold from $8.50 to $15 a pair; the average selling price was $10.15 a pair.
Make your choice among the fifty pair at $7.10 a pair.
50 Pairs of $5 to $7.50 Sample Blankets at $3.95
White and variously colored California, North Star and Eastern Mills woolen Blankets, va-
riously 00x80 inches, 66x80 inches and 72x84 inches in size, with striped borders of various col-
ors, and taped or crochet finished ends. The regular selling prices range from $5 to $7.50 a
pair; the average is $5.40 a pair. Make your choice among the fifty pair at $3.95 a pair.
Tailored Suits (&. Smart Topcoats
A Tailored Suit and a good-looking Topcoat
are the backbone of every woman's wardrobe, be
she maid or matron.
Just now there are many new ideas in attractive
Autumn Suits—almost every day sees new arrivals.
Plenty of plain suits—hard-finished serges, the new
rough weaves and novelty cloths, these ill dark col-
orings particularly.
More fanciful suits are here also, charming
affairs that are frequently French-inspired. And
among the more elaborate costumes are many
three-picce models, very smart, indeed—$14 to $150
is the price range for all the suits.
All sorts of Long Coats—Warm garments of
woolen cloths in plain colors or mixtures of the
new double-faced cloths or of sealette, caracule or
plush; styles for day or evening wear—$12.50 to
$75 is the range of prices.
Both coats and suits are in sizes to fit women
and misses.
Seal Plush Coats for $25
Women's and Misses' Coats, made of fine quality seal plush in
54-inch length, semi-fitted styles and large shawl collar and low fas-
tening of fancy buttons. These are lined in black, white and all
leading shades.
Women's and Misses' Coats at $8.95
Made of mannish mixtures, 52 inches long, with large shawl collar and fancy fastening; colors
gray with navy, gray with green, gray with lavender or purple. All sizes for women and misses.
Special, $8.95.
New Coat Dresses at $16.50
A new, snappy Dress, made of navy,black and white serge; trimmed in contrasting colors, such
as navy and purple, black and Copenhagen and white and light blue; open front style; sailor collar
and deep cuffs.
New Cream Suits at $22.50
Made in two styles, one of storm serge and the other of Bedford cord; plain tailored
style, no trimming; peau de cygne lined; women's and misses' sizes.
New Autumn Skirts for $3.95
All new fall models, made of serge, French Panama and novelty materials; neatly tailored,
side and back fastenings; panels hack and front; finished with buttons and tailored pockets; in
black, brown, navy and mannish mixtures in grays. A full line of sizes.
New Autumn Skirts for $6.50
A complete line of skirts, all made in the new narrow effects; panels back and front; side, back
and front fastenings; high waist lines; trimmed with buttons and pockets; made of serge,
Panama and novelty goods in black, brown, navy tend grays. A full line of sizes.
75he Annual October Silk Sale
Commences Next Monday
Some Silk at Half Other Silks Near Half
All Silks at Greatly Lessened Prices
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Patrician Shoes for Women
The Shoe With a Million Friends
Prices $3.50 and $4.00
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Red Cross Shoes for Women
They Bind With the Foot
Prices $3.50 and $4.00
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