The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 338, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 1923 Page: 20 of 54
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Fame and Fortune Awaiting
t ; Inventors in Many Fields
. ’ [ — r —
Long List of Needed De-
vices Is Compiled by
Scientists on Which In-
| ventors Are Asked to Ap-
ply Themselves.
Have you ever thought of laying off
from your regular job some day nqd
inventing some tbingamabob or other
that would make your" fortune?
If you have you are one of the gang
and if you haven’t the Smithsonian
Institute probably would like to get
you properly catalogue you and put
you on exhibition.
Ever since Adam invented his ex-
cuse for eating the apple man has been
bnsy inventing things until it would
seem that the field must be covered
by this time but it isn't. The world
is clamoring for a great many things
that any good inventor might turn out
if he would just put his mind on it
and go to work. Radio is a new field
and there is a fortune in it for the
man who will invent an efficient
method of varying radio oscillation
frequencies over an almost unlimited
range or a loud speaker that is‘con-
trollable without distortion.
A glass that will bend is another
crying need of the day and its in-
ventor probably will reap a harvest
of dollars. A smooth road surface that
will not be slippery in weather like
San Antonio had all during the first
part of December is another invention
which will bring praise and riches to
its creator. A noiseless airplane a
noiseless gun. a new game of skill
simplified clothing not strange in ap-
pearance. motion pictures that will
speak—these and a long list of other
things are waiting to be invented and
to reward the man who successfully
studies them out.
How to Be Inventor.
Study of the subject and a disposi-
tion to “think along new lines’’ are
given as the recipe for success in in-
vention .by a San Antonio man who
has invented several appliances now
in general use. None of them have
made his fortune yet but that is a tale
of finance and has nothing to do with
this story. Instead fix your attention
on the man who invented the hump on
the hair pin and made a few millions
out. of it.
Take the matter of inventing a tem-
perance drink that will keep and yet
will not pall on the palate. There is a
large field in which a number of in-
ventors -could work and one in which
a number already have worked and
made fortunes for themselves and for
those who exploited the invention.
Working under the San Antonio
man's guidance the inventor of this
drink must prepare himself by a study
of chemistry as applied to taste a
study of tastes as applied to the crowd
a study of the source of supply of
flavorings and a study of everything
pertaining to the mixture of flavor-
ings. tastes and liquids. Then he W
ready to. go about inventing this tem-
perance drink and when be has se-
cured the correct ingredients mixed
them correctly and found somebody to
finance the bottling works he can sit
back and wait for the profits to roll
in.
Some Needed Inventions.
Recently a compilation has been
made of the things which are watting'
for inventors to create and although it
still is incomplete there is material
enough to put a lot of inventors to
work. Here they are:
A glass that will bend.
A smooth road surface that will not
be slippery in wet weather.
A furnace that will conserve 95 per
cent of the heat jt generates.
A noiseless airplane.
A noiseless gun.
An airplane that can be easily and
safely managed by a boy or girl.
A process that will make flannel un-
shrinkable.
A motor engine of one pound weight i
for each horsepower.
A key that will not lose its identifi-
cation.
A method of reducing friction.
A simple and effective method of
utilizing the power of the tides.
A process of extracting phosphorus
from vulcanized India rubber so that
it can be boiled up and used again.
A pipe that can be easily and ef-
fectively cleaned.
A temperance drink that will keep
and yet will not pall on the palate.
A motion picture film that will
speak. *
A method of utilizing atomic energy.
A process for instantaneous color
photography.
A selective method of radio commun-
ication with really’ sharp tuning.
A light and efficient slow speed in-
ternal combustion engine.
An internal combustion turbine.
New Clothing Needed.
A greatly simplified 'clothing not
strange in appearance.
An efficient method of carying ra-
dio oscillation frequencies over an al-
most unlimited range.
A loud speaker that is controllable
wiihout distortion.
Improved methods of electrical stor-
age and power transmission.
A cheap house warmer that can
be fitted by anyone.
A new game of skill.
A method of conveying speech direct
and readably to pais-r.
A wire compensator i. e„ an ar
rangement for allowing for expansion
Special Holiday Fares
Gr •
e Between Points in Texas
Ticket* on sale December 20-21-
22-23-24 limited to each original
starting point by midnight Jan-
uary 7 1924.
Through sleeper daily to Ft. Worth and North leave* 1.-G.
N. depot San Antonio 8:15 P. M. and Au*tin 10:40 P. M.
For particulars and reservations ask 1.-G. N. City Office
605 Navarro St. Phone Travis 568.
Santa Fe Office 316 City Nat'l Bank Bldg.
H. T. WILLIAMS D. P. A. Crockett 8720.
SUNDAY.
and contraction in signal wires.
An improved fog signal preferably
of cab signal type.
A domestic cooking range which is
efficient i. e.. which usefully' appliA
a reasonably large petccntagc of its
heat. (N. B. Domestic inventions are
the most fruitful for inventors who
have not specialized.)
A firegrate giving the open-fire ef-
fect without wasting the major part
of its fuel.
A wireless loud speaker free from
the graphophone effect.
A motor headlight that will light the
road surface without dazzling the eyes
of approaching motorists or pedes-
trians.
A means whereby a ship’s officers
can inform themselves of the position
speed and direction of approaching
ships. _ . •
Improved ship’s davits.
Anyone can add to this list and
anyone may bht these are the things
which scientists assert are really need-
ed and which will reward inventors.
BAD LIQUOR BLAMED
FOR 100000 DEATHS
FROM HEART FAILURE
Synthetic Gin Causes In-
somnia and Victim Walks
Himself to Death.
By L. C. OWEN.
Copyright by The San Antonio Light.
San Francisco. Dec. 22.—Two new
and grim penalties of bootleg liquo^—
in both instances a rising from the
use of so-called synthetic gin—have
introduced themselves into the Pa-
cific coast death records within the
last 24 hours.
In one instance insomnia induced
by over-stimulation of the nerve cen-
ters from a few glasses of gin re-
sulted in a man literally walking him-
self to death. His* death attributed
to heart failure disclosed the fact
that gin drinking has caused more
than 100000 deaths from heart af-
fections in the last two years.
The other penalty of synthetic gin
drinking is acute appendicitis. State
hospital records for the first eleven
months of 1923 just made public
showing 3000 cases of acute appendi-
citis traceable to gin drinking. Of
these more than 2300 were fatal.
The man who walked himself to
death was a robnst. six-foot brick-
layer. iMst Sunday night Haughton
went out on a “party” and drank
four or five glasses of synthetic gin.
Returning home early Monday morn-
ing ho was unable to go to sleep.
He started pacib. the floor. That
afternoon doctors were called in and
administered a sleeping potion. It
was ineffectual and Haughton kept
on walking. He walked incessantly
day and night until Thursday. Fin-
ally he keeled over dead. His heart
Physicians raid <hbt there were at
least a hundred in which over-stimu-
lation of the “sleep centers” had caus-
ed death. One man hanged himself
because ho could not sleep. Another
drink-crazed patient killed himself with
athletic gyrations imagining himself
to be an acrobat. \
The fatal appendicitis cases attribu-
ted to consumption of synthetic gin
showed that intestinal decay in the
vicinity of the appendix caused by
poison in the gin had caused death.
In the majority of the cases peri-
tonitis followed the operations.
Christmas Mail
Hollers “Ma-ma"
Upon Handling
By MARGARET DALE
Copyright 1923 By the 8. A. Light
Chicago. Dec. 22. — Half the
packages now passing through the
Chicago post office in the Christ-
mas rush say “ma-ma” when they
ere handled.
“If they don't say “ma-ma” they
squawk or squeak or at least have
an intriguing rattle” James N.
Piper chief of the parcel post de-
partment. said today. “So it is
not at all hard to guess who will
get the lion’s share of the gifts
this year.”
Ten thousands of parcel post
mail or 60000 sacks of it arc
passing through the Chicago post
office daily Mr. Piper declared.
This great mountain of Christmas
cheer —for the youngsters mostly
—probably will increase to 12.000
tons by the end of thw week when
the rush reaches its peak.
“In normal times the postoffice
handles an average of 700 tons of
parcel post mail daily.” said Mr.
Piper “but its capacity at holi-
day times can be increased to
handling 20000 sacks an hour.”
TOBIN DIRECTS WORK
OF CLEANING STREETS
OF MUD AND SLUSH
Mayor Gets Oat in the
Street and Takes
Charge.
“A little more pep Jose! Push
harder on that broom. Jesus! Let’s
have more water here! Now all to-
gether 1”
These and more instructions were
hurled at the “white wings" and driv-
ers of the city’s sprinkling wagons
Friday afternoon and Saturday morn-
ing. The man giving them was no
less than Mayor John W. Tobin him-
self. He was endeavoring to remove
from the downtown paved streets some
of the mud and slush which has hin-
dered pedestrian and even automobi'e
traffic for the last week. Despite the
SHOP EARLY MONDAY FOR EARLY DELIVERY—OPEN CHRISTMAS EVE (MONDAY) UNTIL 9 P. M.
Decorative Mirrors
In distinctive new designs. Long ones to
hang over buffet large designs for man-
tels individual shapes for halls narrow
designs to fill up a panel oval designs
and square designs—-
s9.so to sBo.oo
Smoking
$2.25 to
A remarkable collec-
tion awaits your in-
spection. Over twen-
ty distinct styles of
cabinets and stands.
Truly an ideal man’s
gift.
Martha
Sewing Cabinet
A splendid reproduction of the famous
original. It has three drawers two end
pockets and is made of solid niahogany.
This remarkable Priscilla is
easy to carry and has lots of
room for materials? A slid-
ing tray and is finished in
mahogany.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
handicap of continued rain and cloudy'
weather the mayor had made consid-
erable progress up to noon Saturday
and if no .more rain falls hopes to
have the streets half way passable by
Sunday.
The mayor's decision to have the
streets scrubbed was reached after he
had investigated aud found out that
the mere sweeping at night wns insuf-
ficient. Although the streets were
swept nt night the mayor found out
as soon as the automobile traffic
flowed over them during the early
morning hours they were soon noth-
ing more than n sea of mud. The
automobiles carried the mud onto the
streets from the county roads or un-
paved streets the constant rain would
fall upon it and soon it was trans-
formed into ooze.
— The mayor also decided that a mere
flushing with fire hose would be In-
adequate so he hit upon the plan of
a plain . scrubbing. He gathered all
the city's white wings together and
put on additional laborers from the
street and park departments armed
them with sprinkling wagons and with
brooms.
Not satisfied to turn the wqpk over
Stands
$42.50
Washington
$30.00 Value for
$24.75 Net
Priscilla
Sewing Cabinet
$4.95 Net
EIGHT-PIECE ITALIAN RENNAISANCE DINING ROOM $238.00
SUITE ••••••••••••••••••••••*•••••*•••• * • —’
TEN-PIECE
SUITE .. .
This Italian Renaissance Suite is in combina-
tion walnut or mahogany. The chair seats and
backs are covered in tapestry and the places have
handsomely carved and applied detail. Buffet is
WFURNITURE®
to some junior member of the city gov-
ernment however the mayor took per-
sonal charge of the work. Pedestrians
stopped to gasp Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning when they were
startled to see Mayor Tobin out in
the middle of the street mud-bespat-
tered directing the operations of the
“white wings.” The mayor declares
that he will keep the streets clean if
he has to take a broom himself and
go to work.
Saves Dog From Fire.
Waco Tex. Doc. 22. — Seeing a dog
pawing frantically at the door of the
burning Burdette Clothing Company
Henry McKim of this city rushed
into the blaze in an effort to rescue
the animal. X
Evidently frightened the dog re-
treated backing farther into the blaz-
ing building. Remembering tiie talcs
where dogs have risked their lives to
save their masters. McKim determined
not to be outdone. He plunged into the
burning structure and. clasping the
dog tightly carried him to safety.
Neither was hurt.
How well each of us cherish fond memories of the night
before Christmas in our own home! When all the folks
were home and everybody full of the Christmas spirit.
“Christmas Gift” this year should mean an appropriate
piece of furniture for it need cost no more than a gift
of passing fancy or limited utility.
The Most Acceptable
Combine Utility With
Charm —For Instance
Gate Leg Tables
Floor Lamps
Boudoir Chairs
Telephone Stands
Book Racks
Nest Tables
Windsor Chairs
In such a Collection it is an easy matter to choose gifts that will not
only be gladly received at the time of giving but cherished long after
the Christmas season has passed.
And the thing that makes this collection most appealing is the fact
that every article in it is very reasonably priced.
ITALIAN RENNAISANCE DINING ROOM
“BETTER HOME FURNISHERS'*
I assumed the duties of ?.ttorney
General about the middle of January
1891 and took up my official residence
at Austin.
I was re-elected in 1892 this time
on what was known as the Hogg or
Car Shed Convention ticket there be-
ing a division of the party in the
State that year.
The law provided for office assis-
tants to the Attorney General and
during my incumbency the following
young men were selected by me for
these positions: Robert L. Henry
Frank Andrews Allison Mayfield. W.
J. J. Smith. Robert L. Batts Mann
Trife and W. F. Bowman.
They were fine lawyers and rendered
the State splendid service in these
places.
Afterward Henry was elected to
Congress.
Andrews greatly distinguished him-
IkShHIDHP
Wing Back Chairs
Card Tables
Console Tables
Spinet Desks
Bookcases
Humidors
Teak Wood Stands
LESS 10 PER CENT FOR CASH
LESS 10 PER CENT FOR CASH
Personal Reminiscences of Senator
Charles A. Culberson
Gift Pieces
Decorative
60 inches long having two large center drawers
and two cupboards. Table has extension top
with patented lock.
self as a lawyer de-lining appointment
to the Supreme Court of Texas.
Mayfield became chairman of the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
Smith was elected district judge
and subsequently became a leader of
the bar of the state.
Batts afterward became a professor
of law in the University of -Texas
and later United States Opcuit
Jtdge. ’
Trice became Assistant Attorney
General of Texas and a prominent
New York lawyer.
Bowman moved to Oklahoma where
he was a successful lawye; - .
(Copyright 1923 by C. A. Culberson)
Every Little Bit Help*.
Judge—Have you anything further to
say’
Prisoner —I should like to ask that
the time occupied by the counsel's speech
be deducted from my term of Imprison-
ment.—Tit-Bit* (London).
Bridge Lamps
Sewing Cabinets
Easy Chairs
Magazine Stands
Ferneries
Boudoir Lamps
$335.00
Book
A necessity in every home. We
have them in dull finish solid
mahogany bronze ones of busts
lions elephants’ heads. Surely
one to suit you—
$4.50 »o $l5
DECEMBER 23 1923.
TO IMPROVE SCHOOI
$620031 Will Be Spent on Galvest
Institutions
Galveston Tex. Dee. ss.—Co
tracts calling for an expenditure
approximately $G20031 for ci
school improvement ’work have be’
awarded by the Galveston echo*
board.
The plans fticlude construction
the new Goliad school extensive u D
provements to Ball High School ar
rehabilitation of the Crockett ar
Houston schools.
Approximately 26 bids from co
tractors were gone over by the corg
mittee before a selection was mad
The improvements will bring Galvey
ton schools up to as high a stands:
ns practically any other city in th:
state.
Tes He Had an Alibi.
Judge—You’re accused of stealing now
swords and fencing foils from a paw:
shop—and you'll probably tell m» yo
dld-tt because you were hungry.
The Accused—Yes. your honor! I’*
the sVord swallower at the clrciu
—Princeton Tiger.
Cedar Chests
Are useftil in all' fouf seasohs. Every-
body desires one and when in doubt as
to what to .give Cedar Chest is most
acceptable. No home is complete with-
out one. Here you will find the size
you need.
$14.00 Chest for $ 9.98 Net
$20.00 Chest for $14.48 Net
$22.00 Chest for $16.98 Net
$35.00 Chest for $25.48 Net
MONDAY ONLY
Console
Tables
Are indispensable in any
home whether large or
'Small.' You’ll be sur-
prised at the number of
matched tables and mir-
rors on our floor. $15.00
$19.50 $40.00 to $75.00.
Tea Wagon
$27.50 Value for
$18.75 Net
You can choose from Tudor
hogany or Walnut finishes. This
handsome accessory has drop
leaves and serving.tray. She’ll cer-
tainly be pleased with this.
Ends
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The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 338, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 1923, newspaper, December 23, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1628987/m1/20/?q=%22alvin+pape%22&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .