Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1913 Page: 3 of 16
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* PALACIOS B
s?*fr
No Conte*I.
Baseball Pitcher (watklnj
with his youngest)—it UM
could see me now. I bet t’d
with a fine. . „
Wife-Why so. dear?
Pitcher—i don’t sons to
control of the bawl at Bit
TOO ILL TO
tion made a vulgar display of his af-
fection.—Judge.
(Copyright, by W. Q. Chapman.)
PALACIOS, TEXAS
■
OUGH PANAMA CANAL
rWO bats, six Teddy
bears, three balloons
six boxes of lead sol-
diers,’’ the head nurse
counted. "And a foot-
ball. Who wants the
football?”
“Johnny Ward,”. an-
swered Nurse Blair,
half crying and half
laughing.. “Isn’t it
pitiful. Miss Gough ?’’
Nurse Gough set
her pencil and the memoran-
, and . looked at the other wonder-
inily. “A football!" she reiterated,
‘"'hen he doesn’t- realise f’
“"No, poor little fellow. Would you
[It* it to him, Miss Gough?”
"What would the mother think?”
! head mtrse ashed, and then Nurse
Blair oeased all pretense and dabbed
her handkerchief against her eyes
openly.
‘ “Let’s ask Dr. Keith,” she answered,
and that solved the difllculty for the
time being.
Johnny Ward was eight years old
ad had been In the hospital for
arly live weeks, ever since he was
'ked down by the baker’s wagon
Maying upon the street almost
of the hospital entrance. He
*.e helpless below the waist,
d always be so, said Dr.
He was playing wl,tb
the ball, bouncing It upon the sheets.
It had falldn down six times, and
each time the nurse nearest had pick-
ed It up again and returned It.
"Johnny," said Nurse Blair, "your
mamma will be here In a few minutes
now."
“Yes, ma’am,” answered Johnny.
“Johnny, what are you going to do
with that football?”- asked Nurse
Blair.
Johnny knew Immediately. “I’m
going to look at It and look at it and
wish hard to be well," he answered.
"Johnny, when your mamma comes
she will see It and It will make her
cry to think of the itlme when her
little boy was strong and well. You
don’t want to make hor cry, do you,
dear?"
“No, ma’am,” answered Johnny.
"Then, Johnny,” said Nurse Blair,
the diplomat, “suppose we put It away
when she comes and don’t allow It to
hSr."
"Yes, ma’am," said Johnny. A tear
Btole Into his eye and overflowed.
He handed her the football. “Y-yes,
m-m-ma’am,” said Johnny, gulping.
And Just then the visitors came in.
Nurse Blair bad taken the ball, but
she had no time to conceal it before
the little woman In black had come
hurrying to the bedside, and sbe
stood holding It rather foolishly and
self-consciously and could not face
those searching eyes.
‘Tve brought him this—and these,”
said Mrs. Ward, holding out the box
of bricks and the mechanical toy.
“But you—you’ve given him that?”
Nurse Blair stammered something,
but she could never remember wbal
It was, for the young widow had tak-
en both her hands in hers and was
looking at her In such a way as to
make falaehood Impossible.
“Nurse,” she said, "I want to ask
you something. Will he ever walk
again?”
Nurse Blair was silent. They might
have been alone In the ward, so
closely did the hum of conversation
hedge them In. Each was with her
own that Christmas morning and had
no thought but for hers.
“Will he ever walk? Will he ever
stand?” The Widow grasped the
nurse’s hands tightly as though cling-
ing Jo her as her, last hope In life.
‘Tell me,” ohS pleaded.
“Never—unless a miracle happens,”
answered Nurse Blair, and the wom-
an’s hands fell and she turned to the
child and smiled. Then Nurse Blair
understood why some of the Madon-
nas were painted smiling.
"Mammal” said the voice from the
bed, “I want to whisper something."
The widow knelt down, but the,
childish whisper was loud enough to
reach the nurse’s ears.
“I mustn’t ted you what my Christ-
mas present la, because It will make
you cry.”
The widow placed her arms round
hie neck and pressed hie face to hers.
“Mamma, I want to show you some-
thing I’ve kept Dr a Christmas
READY
PASSED THE PLATE.
c
m
In Public Eye.
Somehow,■’ said the genial station,
It was a street car donductor’a duties official as he seated himself besldu the ,
_ ai. Hit *
In the church of which he was a mem-1 traveler, “there are some things which,
The famous schooner Fram of antarctic exploration fame waiting In Colon harbor, Panama, tor the opening of the
canal. She will be one-of the first vessels to pass through the big waterway. The Fram is bound for the arctic
regions for north pole work. It was this schooner which was used by Explorer Amundsen when be discovered
the south pole. <
{25,000 II YEAR; IS M MU WORTH
MORE, III SUM. Til THAT SUM?
Charles S. Mellen Brinas Down Upon His Head a Perfect Torrent
of Arguments, Abuse and Ridicule by His Recent Declara-
tion That No One, in~His Opinion, can Be Worth More
to Any Corporation.
New York.—Twenty-live thousand
dollars a year—Is any man worth more
than that?
Charles 8. Mellen, recently retired
as president of the New York, New Ha-
ven t Hartford railroad, has brought
down upon hiir head a torrent of argu-
ments, abuse and ridicule by his recent
declaration that no man, In his opin-
ion, can be worth more than $25,000 a
year to any corporation.
How much would John D. Rockefel-
ler be worth to some rival of the Stand-
would coax Mr. Elliott away from them
If they did. Mr. Elliott is said to get
$100,000 a year—and William Rockefel-
ler, J. Plerpont Morgan, the younger,
and several other shrewd gentlemen
who sit on the New Haven’s board, of-
fered him that to coax him cut of a
position at the bead of the Northern
Pacific which itself brought him much
over Mr. Mellen’g. upper limit
So, as economists agree that the
worth of a thing la what It wlU bring
—there you are I .
But oid Chaimdby M. Depew, who
was president of the New York Central
railroad ho many years ago that most
of ns have forgotten all about It, has a
shrewd analysia of the situation.
’Mr. Itallan’rsaitement would be all
right If there was[* superabundance of
' m.
the combined assets of the largest
banks In England, France and Ger-
many. This last statement was found
to be accurate, but the remark brought
out some astonishing revelations of
the Inconsistencies of the salary ques-
tion.
It was found that the salary of the
director of the Bajik of England was
$10,000 a year, while the president of
the Imperial German bank received a
modest $7,500.
Furthermore, If Mr. McCurdy’s
theory that the president’s salary
should be proportionate to the com-
ber to take up the collections one
day; and, as It happened. Iris first ex-
perience of such duties. He was a
little nervous as he started down the
center aisle, but that soon wore off,
and he began to feel almost at home.
There were sevral children In- the
first pow. Each put In a penny. The
people In the next pew also contrib-
uted something each.
A big. glum fellow sat alone in the
third pew-. The new collector passed
him the plate, but the man shook his
head and stuck his hands deep into
his pockets.
Thereupon our friend the conductor
stopped, put up his band as If to Jerk
the bell cord, and said:
"Well, you’ll have to get off.”—Na-
tional Monthly,
lead people to appreciate our wonder
ful improvements for '.heir'" conven-
lence and comfort."
"Oh, don’t worry,” laughed the Jolly
traveler, "There are soma things
about your line that are always In the ;
public eye."
“I’m glad to hear that. sir. And
would you mind naming them?"
“Cinders, sir—cinders!
A NON-EXPERT OPINION.
Perplexing Prescription.
Mrs. McGuire—fs you ould man any
better since he wlnt to th’ doctor's,
Mrs. Finnegan?
Mrs. Finnegan—Not wan bit, Mrs. /
McGuire. Sure. It’s worse th’ poor ,
man Is wld his head whirlin’ aroun’ ’
tryln’ to discover how to follow th’
doctor’s directions.
Mrs. McGuire—An’ what are th’'di-
rections, Mrs. Finnegan? r , . -
Mrs. Finnegan—Sure, they do be tg
take wan powder six tolmca a day,
Mrs. McGuire.
Any Old Grounds, Nowadays.
"If you c»n show sufficient
madam, I id sure you will b*S
obtain the divorce yon seek,
what grounds will yoibeue?,' a»k*d'1
lawyer.
"Incompatablllty.”. 1
"Ah, very good. Wkat.L
be the trouble?”
"No matter vfhat I do
husband never toila to
with ’tut, tut’ ” -jf
—fa.
Peter—I say, Jimmy, what do they
mean by "fearsome” In this here game
of golf?
Jimmy — Don’t know, Peter, un-
less It’s the way some folks play.
Ellmlnatiye ]
"If you’ll notice thin'
see that there doesn’t
many canoe-drowning ,
were last season and
fore. Hovdoyoni
"I dunno; maybe
humorist tips over i
from any moro, asm .
else.”
A Lott Heirloom.
"There Is no gout In Sir Percy’s fam-
ily, Is there?”
"Not now; there was formerly. It
was Introduced into the family by Sir
Roland Hlghliver, but they hare been
so miserably poor for the last 200
years that they couldn't keep It up.”—
Puck.
Not Like His Grandfather.
"Doctor, I'm getting tired of this
everlasting dunning. You ought to
have more respect for me than that.
My grandfather wit one of the ear-
liest settlers."
“Well, I wish you had Inherited that
quality, and would settle early.”
\
*
cried
look!
Into a smile.
“Do that again, Johnn;
Nurse Blair. “Look, doct
He’s wiggling his toes!”
"Yes, ma'am,” said Johnny proud-
ly. “That's why I wanted a football.
There, mamma, you’re crying after
all!"
ought Him This—and Theas.”
Keith, after the operation, ’ unless—
well, miracles had happened and such
capes had got well before. So he said
figthing to the pretty young mother
Who came day after day, wistful and
patient^ and always hopeful. Of lute
patient sod always hopeful. Of late
; she had begun to suspect that her
S" _ ohly boy, her stay that was to be in
her later widowhood, would never
leave the bylldlng save In a wheeled
•hair. But she kept her feara to per
self, and nobody had had the heart
*0 teH
.’ And Johnny wanted a football for
his Christman present:
’•Well,” said Dr. Keith gruffly, “why
‘Shouldn't he have one If he wnnts It?
Amt; there enough money to buy a
football? Why, I’ll buy him one my-
self. What sort should he have?
What are they made of? It’s a long
time aluco I was a boy myself,*’ he
Added, In self-excuse.
' “Why, they’re
§m
m. H,
m
JS?
Wz
made of pigskin,
i’t they, doctor?” answered the
serge. “But you don’t understand.
How can we let him have a football
and let hla mother see him with it,
him lying there so helpless? It
_ jld be Inhuman, doctor.”
“Him! I’ll take the matter under
lderttlon,” the doctor answered,
a few minutes later he was ask-
4111 (he head Interne, “Where would
you go to buy a football?" He put
down the address In hit memoran
dum book, and the Interne looked at
him In wonder, foNjpotball and Dr.
-Keith seemed somehow unassociable.
“Well* here'* Up football, nurse,"
he said (hat evening, coming into the
ward, 'it was Christmas eve. All
the children werA supposed to be
asleep. Here1 and there an eye
drowsily unclosed fo see If Santa
dans had really comp, but sleep was
stranger than expectation, and Nurse
Blair Wbuld see to it that no gifts
-went to the sleepless. Dr. Keith held
cut the paper-wrapped globe. The
Merit had blown It np for him, and,
not thinking of haring It deflated
again,- he bad carried It that for halt
a dosen block*. “If you think It best
have it, giro It to
CUve him a Teddy
Something He Wouldn't Break.
Willie is a boy wbo Is very much
blessed with aunts and uncles. These
use every opportunity to give him
presents. Last Christmas he received j
so many toys that his parents, instead ;
of giving him toys, told him he could
carry out one of his cherished plans.
“Actually,” said his papa, “you bare
more .things now than you can break
In a year.” '
“Oh, no. papa," said Willie with an
Injured air; "there’n one present I
won’t break.”
"Well, Willie, I’m glad there's one.
Which Is It?—the cast-iron train from
Uncle Jack?"
“Oh, no!” cried Willie. “I can
manage to break that I mean I
won’t break your promise to buy me
a season ticket for the baseball
ma tehee."
that age doesn't want
fiy b*ars,’’ answered Nurse Blair
folly Ahe thought for a long
__ after the doctor bad gone. At
, she went softly to Johnny's bed
,h«*g' the football from the
|. The,, little boy's eyas were
.ms sleeping soundly,
ilplaas Met m*de tiny
The Chrlstmae Candle.
It Is becoming more and more a
custom to send a bayberry candle for
a Christmas token; each comes, with
the quaint verse which explains its
meaning:
If this bayberry candle you burn to
Its'socket
Tbere’U be health for your home,
food tor your larder,
Aud gold tor your pocket.
These candles may be had in every
site and at many prices; eome oome
In tiny brass candlesticks; these 1st
tor, complete, cost $1.25. The color
of the candle is dull sage greeq, which
looks very pretty tied about with
bright red Christmas ribbons; It la
certainly a prettier remembrance than
a mere card and may be had as inex-
pensively.
;“The real qi
men of extraottlli
great executive who
tion on Its feet is
ought not to be any 11:
-wi'w
Is the worth of
genius The
put a corpora
genius. There
ilt to the salary
da have
received at that time $225,010 a year.
BIG CATASTROPHIES IN 1914?
Charles 8, Mellen.
The Orest Meaning.
Lift up your eyes to the great mean-
ing of the day, and dare to think of
yonr humanity m something so divine
ly precious that It Is worthy of being
an offering to God. Count It as a priv-
ilege to make your offering as com-
plete as possible, keeping nothing
back, and then go out to the plena
urea and duties of your life, having
been truly born anew into bis divin-
ity, as be was born Into our human-
ity ou Christmas day.—Phillips Brooks,
D. D.
under the bedolotbea.
r.turnfd awayTqulokly.
came; tbe ward awoke,
dttis of doligbt were
—■ wcVt unary,
...........MWm
For Christmas Decoration.
“Club dom” and "crow’s foot” are
used tor wreath* and rope decoration.
Top* of scrub pines were Introduced
a few yearn ago, for the finishing of
places where high adornment wa* neo-
leaves or
ard Oil company If the services of the
wisard of organisation were for sale?
How much would a rival banking con-
cern, or a foreign banking concern
have paid the late John Plerpont Mor-
gan for seating himself at a desk in
their counting room a few hours every
day?
How much could a shrewd business
man pay to have the epoch-making
brain of Thomas A. Edison at hla beck
and call for 52 weeks?
Doesn't Woodrow Wilson earn his
salary of $76,000 a year, and a good bit
more? Isn’t he worth as much ns the
hereditary monarchs of Europe whose
yearly Incomes run far Into the mil-
lions?
Isn’t Col. George W. Goethals, the
army engineer who has probably tavdd
the United States $100,000,000 In the
building of the Panama canal, worth a
sum which would make $25,000 a year
look like an office boy’s wages?
These aud a thousand other search-
ing questions are snowing under the
bold Mr. Melleh. So far, he hasn’t
been able to find anybody to agree
with him—and probably won’t.
“I believe the paying of tremendous
salaries to corporation officials Is s
waste of money,” asserted Mr. Mellen.
“I believe tbat no man In the country
Is worth more than $26,000 a year. I
know that I would work fully as hard
tor the NOw Haven railroad for $25,-
000 as I did for $60,000 or $76,000.”
Ttat last statement Is probably true.
Twenty-five tboueand dollars a year
men aren't as a rule ahlrke. But the
New Haven rallraad !■ afraid—literal-
ly afraid—to pay Mr. Melleu's suo-
ceeaor, Howard Elliott, $26,000 a year.
They’re afraid tome other railroad
of such a man. Sotnelmen with good
reputations have eoat (promising cor
poratlone to the walL '.The man with
the real capacity would have put them
•>n their feet. Why, the^ should there
he auy limit to the financial wqrth of
the latter? \
“Take Colonel Goethals, for Instance.
There’s a man who expedited the work
on the Panama canal and saved the
government probably $100,060,000. An-
other man would have delayed the
work five years and added $100,000,-
000 to the cost. Think of the value of
such a man to a private corporation.
In fact:
“Salaries don’t cut any ice!”
And they don’t When a corporation
of great else wants a worthy execu-
tive the probletn isn’t “how can we
pay his salary," but “where can we
find such a man.” And tbe $100,000 a
year man could usually Induce hie
company to double his salary rather
than let him go. But that kind of
man doesn't .irdlnarily deal In such de-
mands. .
Back In 1905 there was a great ex-
posure of life Insurance worklnex It
Mme. Thebes Take* a Bilious Squint
Into Europe’s Future—Flood
for London.
Paris.—Among Mme. Thebes's pi
dictions of 1914 are:
The planet Mars will predominate, |
with war always menacing.
England will snffer critical perils in
India
London will be threatened by floods,
a terrible catastrophe taking place as a
result of tbe Inundations, which will
arouse tbe pity of the whole civil-
ised world.
Portugal Is to see a restoration of
the monarchy.
Austria will be sorely tried with
rioting; there will be bloodshed and
fire In the streets of Vienna; the situ-
ation will be even worse than that in
Hungary, and the Austro-Hungarian
dynasty will be la grave perlL
Germany will experience a severe
upheaval, bringing profound changes
in the character of her national life.
Italy will witness a new pope, who
will lie friendlier to the monarchy.
It will be the good fortune of Rus-
sia to promote peace In tho Balkans
Franco Is to lie afflicted with scan-
dals, riots, bloodshed and industrial
troubles In the northeast.
I-arlB will have a favorable year.
No disaster Is prophesied for Amer-
ica.
His Reproof.
Mrs. Voteleigh (coming home at
11)—Are the dear children all right?
I haven't set eyes on them since morn-
ing.
Her Husband—Huh! You go about
airing your views; better you’d stay
at home and view your heirs.
Where He Obtained Knowledge.
“1 don't see any sense in referring
to the wisdom of Solomon,” said the
man smartly. “He had a thousand
wives.”
"Yes," answered the woman tartly,
“he learned his wisdom from them.”
Mre. Goodhart—Couldn't fl»d
Perhaps you didn't look well-
Dusty Rhodes—No, man,. 1
look well—because
BAD SEASON.
ROTHSCHILDS IN NEW YORK
Two of Richest Young Msn In Worid
Make Visit to America—
Nephews of Baron.
Col. Usorge W. Goethals.
was disclosed that President McCurdv
cf th* Mutual Life Insurance com-
pany received a straight salary ;f
$160,000 a year. Mr. McCurdy said
that was none too much—that he bad
the handling of assets cf $440,000,000.
He said thee# assets were more than
New York.—Two of the richest
young men In the world, members of
a family whoee name has been a
synonym for Aladdlnllke wealth during
many generations, are here in New
York. They are Anthony and Evelyn
de Rothschild, sens of Leopold de
Rothschild, who Is a brother of lord
Rothschild, the present head of th*
great financial family.
'The young men—they came out of
Cambridge only a short time ago—are
here ou a pleasure trip, rather at the
end of It as they sail for England ou
Tuesday. Fur the last three months
ithey have been traveling about South
America. The object of their journey-
ing*, they explained, was purely the
quest of Interest and amusement, aud
nothing else.
WELL, BUT IN BED 65 YEARS
Mysterleus Casa ef a French Woman
Whom Doctors Bay Is in
Perfect Health.
A caller .investigating the case was
shown Into n white room, containing
n bed In a wooden alcove dosed by
white curtalus, like a sepulchre.
The fa ally objected to the visit,
saying th it she wfia In a bad humor,
Paris.—AfiHa. Lecaux, who has for
fifty years been living In the environ*
of Paris and In perfectly good healthl
and bor (authoritative voice, at rung
- evidence qf the fact.
. dinner-radishes.
Wore Hat During 8ervlc*.
I’atuhogue, N. V.—John Lee Smith,
Sr., reputed to be wealthy, wore hie
hat during services at the Congrega-
tional church despite repeated re-
quest* by the usher that Smith re-
move It.
and healtl y, ga’
She thei ord<
as"
niuttbn si d black <otee.
Several doctors Who have
Her
abed for 66 years. Tha
toWn. Bourn say It Is
Sthsrs assign love af- her repot t that hi »• digestion Is ad
efie, bat ha that, a* It j ““
made her dectaloa.
Infill :■*
"~~m ii1 inn iht—ii in'iF i nip1
mlrable.
feeble fro^n d
Moll
are only (lightly
I
Man’* Ness le Shot Off.
Chicago.—George Moore had the
visited j end of hie nose Bitot off while burning
bblth In hie yard. George didn't
w there was a cartridge in the boo-
at
WV
' The Critic—Sorry I missed seeing
that mob scene in your last produc-
tion.
The Actor—To which mob scene do
you allude? The one In the play, the
one in the audience, or the one on sal-
ary day?
Statesman's Trial*.
“You must remember not to
the folk* back home,” mdvised th*
eran statesman. '
“There is small chance
jng a chance to forget
as there are Jobs to fill,”
new representative. , ;
A House That Suita
“Has your wife found *
suits her?”
"Well, yes. It suits
kitchen range, the cli
the front parlor, the vi
lighting arrangements and j
room wall paper.”
Puffed Proverb.
Thouirh thereunto by gentle
He may the soaervolr Op
You cannot force the equine
The aqua pura to Ingurgttai
Hla Fortune.
“I should think It was a pi
and his sons didn’t know
about poker. It would have
such a diversion in the ark.”
“They couldn't have played' It
any Buccess, because they never
more than two of a kind.” \ I
,**V
Unanswerable.
“My father kin lick your fath
said little Tommy Snagg to little I
by Bluster.
“Mebby he kin,” said little----, ,
Bluster, “but he ain't a-goln’ to do ft,'
'cause my father is your father’s .... 1
boss"
On Leap Year.
Weary William—I wouldn't have
many national holidays if I had my
way—only 365. that's all.
Frayed Philip—So yer'd' make us
pore fellers work one day every four
years, would yer. yer slave driver!
• Th# Hobo as a Teacher.
The Lady—Look here, you said that
If I’d give you your dinner you’d mow
the lawn for me.
The Hobo—I’d like to, ma'am, but r
gotter teach you a lesson. Never trust j
th’ word of a total stranger.
Technical Enough.
Benign Old Gentleman—Poor little
chap! Where did that cruel boy hit
you?
Tommy—Boo-oo-oo! We were ’avln’
a naval battle, an’ 'e torpedoed tne In
the engine-room! —Tlt-Blts.
A Specialist.
"Offlcer," said the New York house-
holder, "there's a burglar In my
homo.”
“I ain't got nothing to do with burg-
lars." responded the policeman. “I’d
on the traffic squad.”
Had a Poor Time.
She—I suppose you are familiar with -J
Longfellow's poem: “To Stay at Home ;
Is Best.” ‘
He—Yes, and I think he mnst have j
imji
w?
written It just after returning fram a
summer outing.
Exclusiveness.
She—No, 1 read hardly any
modern novels.
He—Why In that?
She—There are really so few
In fiction no«udays that ar*\
associate with.
Gsntlltty.
“Just think of It; Mra, Brown has
got the telephone fixed; I wouldn't
have one."
."Whjf1 notf
Ve to associate with any-
Hie Idea.
Member of Investigating I
—For what purpose Is a r‘“
called to sit on a
Applicant for Jfl
what reason
for dying.
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