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MONDAY. JANUARY 22 1912.
- MODERN RAILROADING
Railroad building in the United
States has taken on a remarkable
■ change within the last two dec-
ades in the direction of a reduc-
tion in the cost of handling a
ton of freight per mile. The fame
of James J. Hill should rest upon
his discovery that an engine could
haul a freight train over an abso-
lutely level tangent at less cost
per if the same engine
had to struggle up grade and put
on brake down grade over a tor-
tuous and circuitous line of track-
age. Any school boy could have
been made to understand so sim-
ple a rule of economics yet it re-
mained for Mr. Hill to give a
practical illustration of its mean-
i n g by constructing a railroad
from St. Paul to Seattle with long
. tangents and low gradients to
demonstrate the utility of the
principle. As a consequence every
overland railroad had to be en-
tirely rebuilt with consequent stu-
peridous outlay of money. The
Union Pacific railway was entire-
ly rebuilt by the late Mr. Harri-
Omaha to Ogden that
railway is an almost exact tan-
gent. From North Platte to the
summit of the Rocky Mountains!
the trains move over gradients re-
quiring the least possible exertion
of the locomotives and the cost of
moving the ton of freight per mile
has been greatly lessened. From
a non-earning condition the rail-
road developed an earning ca-
pacity unequalled in railroad his-
tory. The Burlington rebuilt its
entire line over the comparatively
letel state of Iowa having discov-
ered that its locomotives were
called upon to do double the work ।
they could perform under a prop- I
er modification of the gradient.
The subject has a peculiar in-
terest in the announcement of the
projectors of the proposed rail-
road from San Angelo via San
Antonio to Tampico and the City
of Mexico. In the formal state-
ment issued by the railroad com-
pany the declaration is embodied
that “there will be no grades
greater than one foot in 125.”
With heavy steed rails and
crushed rock or clean gravel for
ballast the absolute additional re-
quisites are stated for economy
and safety in operation.
The proposed railroad will con-
nect at San Angelo with the Ori-
ent 1 i Ac which / routed from
Kansas City to Topolobampo
Bay on the west coast of Mexico
in the State of Sinaloa. If the
reader is interested he will dis-
‘cover by studying a map that
the projector of the Orient rail-
way; Mr. Arthur E. Stilwell evi-
dently drew a tangent from Kan-
sas City to Topolobampo. The
fact is disclosed that the entire
length of the Orient road repre-
sents a shorter mileage than from
Kansas City to San Francisco. In
other words a freight train load
can be handled to Topolobampo
with a saving of actual mileage
and’ wjien landed on the docks of
the Mexican port it is more than
two thousand miles nearer the
Panama canal than if the same
train load had been taken to San
Francisco. From San Angelo the
route taken by the proposed San
Antonio Rockport & Mexico rail-
road represents another true tan-
gent or airline to Tampico and
the City of Mexico with a slight
spur to tidewater at Rockport.
The projectors of the new road
have not announced that there is
to be any physical relationship be-
tween their road and the Orient
system. The fact remains how-
ever that with the completion of
the two systems they will repre-
•
MONDAY
sent each by itself the most re-
markable development in north
and south railroad building by
tangent ever undertaken. San
Antonio as an incident in the
comprehensive railroad scheme
will be twelve hours nearer Mex-
ico City than heretofore and with
the completion of the Pan-Ameri-
can system of railroads south of
the City of Mexico San Antonio
will be the focal point for the
tourist or VavTler taking the rail
route to the Isthmus of Panama
in the near distant future.
Has man progressed very much
within his historical era? This is
a question on which few manage
to agree. The optimist holds that
he has and the pessimist main-
tains that he has not. Now comes
George Bernard Shaw who in his
queer optimistic cynicism has ar-
rived at the conclusion that man
has not changed very much dur-
ing the period covered by his rec-
ords. Mr. Shaw says:
The notion that there has been much
pmerras since Caesar's time is too ab-
surd for discussion. All the savagery
barbarism dark aces and the rost of
ft of which we have any record as ex-
isting in the past exists In the present
As said before there are those
who will disagree with Mr. Shaw
and .there are others who will sup-
port his contention. It is evident
that under the term progress Mr.
Shaw does-not understand the in-
vention of the steam engine the
electric motor the telegraph or
even the aeroplane. Material ad-
v a n c e m e n t is not necessarily
progress though it is difficult to
see why it should not have a re-
fining influence on man. Any-
thing that will remove man from
squalor and filth is bound to have
a beneficial influ enceton his
thoughts and thus prove an agent
of civilization.
The question which Mr. Shaw
thought he was answering is:
Has man changed within the con-
fines of definite history ? Applied
to that query his statement will
stand. The prime motives of the
ancients differ nowise from those
of modern man; the best that has
happened in this respect in the
last four or five thousand years
is that the endeavor incident to
them has been bridled. Man col-
lectively has put the curb on man
individually. Probably this is
progress in a manner but since
the imposition of this restraint
may well be counted among the
| external influences which are
shaping the destiny of man this
would Seem to be more necessity
than virtue. In spite of the holo-
causts of ancient warfare the race
increased to such an extent that
tolerance of a neighbor became
eventually an integral part of self-
preservation. Sooner or later—in
one century here in another
there—the community “b e i n g”
came into existence and gradually
began to discountenance barbaric
excesses which formerly could not
be stemmed. Enlightened selfish-
ness in the end drove the social
outcast into the village and the
city where through adherence to
general rules of conduct he
earned the reputation of being
civilized. In proof of this we may
cite the fact that murder may-
hem theft and arson the great
crimes of antiquity are still keep-
ing our courts busy and our jails
full.
But this is only one side of the
medal. Good men and women ex-
isted long before Caesar crossed
the Rubicon if he ever did. In
the dimmest recesses of antiquity
we see them loom large among
carnage pillage and conflagra-
tion. That both their effort and
example improved individuals
cannot be doubted but that in the
course of a few centuries their
ephemeral existence should have
exerted a lasting and universal in-
fluence is less certain. When we
take into consideration that very
often the best of parents fail in
their effort to rear good children
we need not be surprised at the
claim that since Caesar’s time
there has not been much progress.
Deplorable as it may seem it is
a fact that the good thrown into
the human maelstrom seems often
lost.
But while there has been but
little progress since Caesar there
has been progress nevertheless
more perhaps than in any other
preceding period of like duration.
The evolution of man is not a
thing that can be measured with
a yardstick; only a fine micro-
meter can ascertain its movement
and even then millenaries instead
of centuries are needed to sense
perceptible advance. Most of
those who busy themselves with
this matter make the mistake of
measuring everything by the phe-
nomenal rise of the Ayrian more
especially the Teutonic race.
Within the span of less than 2000
years the Caucasian has forged to
MAN’S PROGRESS
the head of progress. Small won-
der that our eyes are thrown out
of focus when we behold our an-
cestor roaming the forest* of Eu-
rope A. D. 1 with his stomach
painted blue while in 1912 his
descendants wear correct “trous-
erings and coatings.”
Man’s advance may best be lik-
ened to tne progress of a *nail on
» trip around the world which
finding obstacles in its path does
not endeavor to get over them
but following the easiest meth-
od finds a way around. It is well
indeed that such is the case.
Think what life would be if man
could reach perfection and then
live on without an ideal 1
FAVORING OUR FOES
It is conceded by historians and
technical experts that Napoleon
was the greatest military genius
of modem times.. There is some
question as to whether he was the
greatest soldier of all history but
it is agreed that he was the ablest
warrior since the Christian Era.
It was his fixed opinion that the
art of war was something that
could be taught as arithmetic is
taught and on one occasion he
declared that when he found time
he intended to write a'text book
which would render the scientific
making of war so simple that any
person of ability could become a
great captain. He never found
time and never wrote the book
but he wrote a number of military
maxims that go directly to the
root of the military art. Among
these maxims none is better
known than this one:
“Never do what your enemy de-
sires for the simple reason that
he desires it.”
This rule applies not only to
the art of war but to all activities
in which members of the human
family are thrown into competi-
tion for any cause.
It has become evident in the
last few months that the foreign
corporations which operate the
trans-oceanic lines out of Ameri-
can ports look with disfavor upon
all measures calculated to restore
the American merchant marine.
These gentlemen are not residents
of the United States and natural-
ly they rate its interests as sec-
ondary to their own interests and
the interests of the particular
country of w’hich they happen to
be citizens. As is entirely natural
they are for themselves and their
own country first and the United
states at some later and entirely
convenient time. Therefore it
may be safely assumed that in op-
posing all things that favor the
restoration of the American mer-
chant marine they are consulting
their owninterests and allowing
the interests of the United States
to take care of themselves. It
may also be deduced as a corollary
from the proposition that it will
be advantageous for the United
States to do what these gentle-
men do not desire it to do simply
for the reason that they do not
desire it done. Bluntly stated the
entire question is arc we to get
the money or are we to allow the
other fellow to get it?
These gentlemen are opposing
the proposition that American
coastwise vessels shall be exempt
from tolls in passing through the
Panama canal. They also look
with disfavor on the idea that the
tolls on other American vessels
passing through the canal shall
be paid by the American govern-
ment. On the other hand they
are arranging that vessels under
their flag shall have canal dues
paid out of the public treasury.
They are opposing these proposi-
tions because they believe that
they will be profitable for them-
selves if the United States does
not pay these tolls. Therefore it
is highly probable that it would
be profitable to the United States
if it did exactly what these inter-
ested foreign gentlemen do not
desire it to do. Why should this
country forego the profits of a
policy which the other countries
are preparing to inaugurate in full
confidence that it will be a source
of profit and prosperity to them.
. NAME YOU CALI. WIFE.
From thr Shreveport Timo*.
A woman has written a letter to
the Baltimore Sun In which she gives
her ld<-a of what a man should call
his wife when speaking ot her to
others. She says that “the average
man doesn't know what to call his
wife when he refers to her In com-
pany.” The correspondent of the Sun
lays down this rule: When/Mr. Jones
speaks of his wife to the servants he
should use the name of Mrs. Jones
and should go no further. When
speaking to a friend or a stranger he
should drop the homo names of
"mother." "better half” "my boss"
“the princess” and any other fond or
familiar name and call her by her
own name. If it is Jemima call her
Jemima; if it's Emmeline or Isadore
call her that. Don't do like some
people do in Texas who inartistically
if graphically call their wives ‘cook.”
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
At tht Shout
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
“Raby Mine.”
Ths fact that Zole will tell "the
real truth” only when occasion de-
mands and is not In sympathy with
babies In apartments has In “Baby
Mine" supplied the motive for what
la probably the brightest farce-comedy
on the stage today. The audience wit-
nessing Its performance at the Grand
last night laughed and applauded
heartily and continuously and thor-
oughly enjoyed Itself. There were mo-
ments when ths players had difficulty
making themselves heard and on one
occasion the situation became too
funny even for them.
How Alfred Hardy makes up his
mind to leave his wlfs because he can
no longer endure her fibbing and has
discovered that shs had luncheon in a
restaurant with another man. forms
the theme of the first act Incidentally
It Is shown how Jimmy Jinks becomes
the “goat" of the entire story. Zole
Alfred's wife to anxious to get her
husband back. Howto do this to
shown her by Aggie Jimmy's wlfs.
Zole is to got a baby from somewhere
wire her husband that an heir has ar-
rived —It must be a he-one aa Zole
puts It—and then all will be well. The
conversation between Zole and Aggie
regarding the technics of the case Is
probably one of the best things ever
put on the stage. Only the cleverness
in which the subject to handled could
prevent these lines from being dan-
gerous.
In act two Zole and Aggie are
working hard to put the finishing
touches on the deception about to be
practiced on poor Alfred. For a mo-
ment everything looks easy. Jimmy
has secured the baby and wired his
friend Alfred. But the latter undoes
the tine plans by hiring a special
train though really Jimmie is to
blame. He has sent a telegram in-
stead of a night-letter bringing the
husband home earlier than is ex-
pedient. Alfred arrives before tho
baby has been brought to the home
but Jimmie brings the youngster just
as his fond “papa” to in the next room
shaving.
From that time on things move
with amazing rapidity and every time
they do move the plot thickens and
the position of Zole Aggie and
Jimmie becomes more precarious. Al-
fred finds soon that he has been pre-
sented with twins and ultimately dis-
covers that he is the father of
triplets. But more the merrier
is his motto. In the end the father
of the twins comes to get his young
hopefuls and the Italian woman gets
the little mortal which made Alfred’s
present triplets. Of course Alfred is
badly shaken up. The audience wor-
ries about the explanation Zole will
make; but of this she disposes in a
masterly manner. "I borrowed (the
babies to get you back.’’ says Zole to
Alfred. "I will tell you the real truth”
throws Alfred upon the bed in a
swoon. It is presumed that Alfred
realizing to what trouble Zole has
gone in her efforts to get him back
will thereafter forgive and forget
“Baby Mine” has been provided
with a splendid cast. Marjorie Cort-
land as Zole was a very happy choice.
Youth great personal charm and
unusual ability for the part make her
a delightful Zole. She attacks her
action with a vivacity and zest that
would be hard to equal and seems to
have an exceptionally wide range. Na-
talie Perry in the part of Aggie
leaves nothing to be desired. Her
work last night was uniformly excel-
lent.
Clinton Preston as Alfred Hardy
the man who loves truth and babies
alike is somewhat of a revelation
among actors on the American stage.
His work in the first act last night
was the best seen In this city this
season. He managed to be impulsive
and emotional without the heaviness
one usually sees thrown in with it. It
would seem that for concentration
crescendo and climax Mr. Preston
would be hard to equal.
There Is no particular reason why
Earle Mitchell as Jimmie poor Jim-
mie should be named last. As the
"goat” of the play the creature upon
which the sins of Zole and Aggie and
the wrath of Alfred are visited Mr.
Mitchell seems to have made a place
for himself In the minds of those who
saw him. Jimmie is not greatly inter-
ested in babies and thinks -more of
his dinner than of the troubles in the
Hardy family but that does not pre-
vent him from being dragged in as
principal particops criminia Mr. Mit-
chell's work is positively one of the
best features of the play.
“Baby Mine” will be given again at
the Grand tonight.
Plaza Theater.
One of the best bills ever seen at
the Plaza—and this is saying a great
deal—is being shown there this week.
From the first to the last curtain
quality and variety crowd one another
and at least four of the seven acts
could be given first position. There is
some exceptionally good music a
playlet full of pathos and humor
some clever acrobatic work and good
dancing and singing.
The Five Musical Lunds may be
given the place as headliners for the
reason that its work on the various
instruments used especially that on
the xylophone is of the bast. The
repertoire of the company is wide in
range including many of the classics
the works of modern leaders in music
and just enough of ragtime to please
those to whom a musical program
does not seem complete without IL
In "Tony and the Stork” Maurice
Freeman has ample opportunity to
show himself a first-class character
actor. Mr. .Freeman Is ably support-
ed by Mise Nadine Wilson and oth-
ers and succeeds In keeping the at-
tention of the audience thoroughly
engaged. His efforts last night were re-
warded with much merited applause.
Bert Kenney and E. B. Platt and
Mr. Nobody the man with the myste-
rious bank roll keep the audience in-
terested from start to finish with good
coon dialogue and singing. Several en-
cores had to be answered by this
“team” before It was permitted to
make room for the next oct.
Three little girls Buford Bennett
and Buford who not only sing well
but are said to be their own compos-
ers and librettists were also well re-
ceived last night. One of their songs
dealing with father’s home-coming in
an uncertain condition on Saturday
night caught the fancy of tho audi-
ence strongly and resulted in a num-
ber of calls.
As novelty jugglers the Zara Car-
men troupe did splendidly. In addi-
tion to showing a number of new
tricks the organisation la well dressed.
Clrina and Barbara billed as tho
Strolling players entertained with
violin and vocal solos of quality and
Marseilles a gymnast leaves the Im-
pression behind that his body to rub-
ber rather than .anything else.
The Plaza bill for this week can be
recommended as one of the best offer-
ings In the entire field of vaudeville
and to bound to make many frlenda
Royal Theater.
The program of the Royal this week
Is probably the best ever offered for
the price anywhere and while there
are only four acta each of them Is
so full of action and merit that only
the most unreasonable could com-
plain of not getting their due. Tester-
day the entertainment opened with a
very clever film on which tho vicis-
situdes of making mince pie with
more than one cook around the houso
were fully explained. Even the cat
and the dog suffered from the super-
fluity of brandy that had found Its
way Into the concoction. *
Klein and Clifton In a shop window
novelty act proved very entertaining.
Mr. Klein to a good comedian who
with the aid of Miss Clifton succeeds
in getting the audience thoroughly In-
terested. Hto antics as the shop win-
dow figure seemed to please the house
immensely. He caused screams of
laughter when fastened to the floor
he essayed to swim over the orchestra
pit Good singing and a set of brand-
new jokes make the act one of the
best seen at tho Royal In a long time.
Fenner and Fox opened the per-
formance with clever dialogue and a
number of well-received songs and
Dan Roby a burnt-cork man seemed
to meet everybody's approval with his
witty monologue.
The Prentice Trio conclude the bill
with a little sketch that shows what
happened to the rube when he fell in
with two circus girls. The staging of
this act to decidedly good and the
work of the personnel leaves nothing
to be desired. Very clever acrobatic
work* In which al! three take part
completes this feature.
Can Give ’Em Pointers Sticking.
The French cabinet seems to be In
need of a few Tama Jim Wilsons.—
Washington Post. *
SILK HAT HARRY RUMMY AND THE GANG
— By TAD
Harry
Is Married
~ Still '
- 33.3 33 —
Up-to-Datt
MABKL AND TMK LABRU
(By Mlaaa IrvlM.)
Ju*t Ilk* * lot ot olh*r folks
Who can't command ths ca*h
Mia* Mab*l had a boat of trlcnda
And llk*d to cut a dash.
Sha «rnt to bur a wedding gift.
Ten cents for It aha paid;
It was an Imitation gem
Of art In mottled Jade.
Upon the bottom ot lb* v***
nh* traced with clover touch
Ur I <>ro tha humbl* on* and nought
Th* *lgn that meant ■<> much.
The magic little dollar mark.
Oh fair and foxy Mabal!
■Twa* Ibu* *h* got th* endlt tor
Ten dollar* on th* l*k*l.
HIS REAL CHANCE.
From th* Popular Magazin*.
The famoua baseball player evan-
gelist Billy Sunday tells the follow-
ing amusing story ot the attempt he
made to convert a hard-ftoted moun-
taineer of Kentucky:
"Jim.” in addition to being in need
of regeneration of every kind was
hard-headed and stubborn and he re-
sisted ail the missionary work that
was done In hto behalf. At last a lead-
ing clttoen of the little town made a
desperate attempt to save the sinner’s
soul.
"Jim** he asked sadly "do you
mean to tell me you ain't teched by
tho story of the Lord that died to save
your soul?”
“Humph!” commented Jim In dis-
gust. "Do you mean to tell me the
Lord died to save me when he ain’t
never seed me. or knowed mo?”
"Jim” responded the neighbor hot-
ly "it was a darned sight easier for
the Lord to die for you because He
never seed you than if He knowed you
as well as we-alls do!”
Another Duty.
"You are my wife’s social secre-
tary?” he asks of the beauteous crea-
ture *ho is seated at the small desk
in the study.
"Yea sir” she smiles. “I am sup-
posed to take Mrs. Bllrrup’s place In
as many social details as possible.”
“Well—er—she doesn’t seem to be
coming down stairs this morning and
it has always been her custom to kiss
mo good-bye when I start for the of-
fice.”—Judge.
Open Door to the Ananias Club.
It must be nice to be Invited to a
dinner on the understanding that If
you are a gentleman you will never
admit you were there.—New York
Wofld.
JAN. 22 1012.
Observant Citizen
A couple of elderly gentlemen .met
on East Houston street in front of
the Traction office building tho other
(Jay and shook handa Ono of thorn
held an envelope in hto hand.
"This envelope" he "contains
my electric light bill. The amount to
just twice what it was the month be-
fore but I am not going to have a
squabble with the Electric Light com-
pany about it.”
"Rut why such an Increase?” tho
other asked adding “why I read in
the newspapers only recently where
the price of electricity was to be ro-
duced.”
“It's a different story I have thia
time” tho man with the bill said.
"You see. I have a daughter a young
lady now and she to engaged. It
seems my Daughter and my pros-
pective son-in-law must seo each other
every other night; at least he never
falls to call every other night. The
two because of the cold nights of late
have used the parlor for hours dis-
cussing future plans etc. A11 this
time the electric lights are burning.
Even though they go to the theater or
to some other entertainment they wilt
linger together untlj the last street car
to bound for the city. The weather
has been decidedly too severe to per-
mit their occupying the chairs on the
front gallery and the result to that It
to the electric lights in the parlor that
are constantly kept on the job. Henee
you understand why I am now com-
pelled to separate myself from 25.75
Instead of 52.85."
"Yes I Understand" the other re-
marked "and you don’t seem angry
either. I guess you remember you
were young once and appreciate )vhat
your father-ln-iaw paid for electric
lights burned on your account"
<»»l
A Good Advertiser.
Mike Goggan the successful San
Antonio dealer is a flrm believer in
extensive advertising. He knows how
to make an advertisement very con-
vincing.—Chicago Musical Times.
Order Obeyed.
Willis—"My son was spending so
much at college that D told him ha
must cut some of his luxuries.”
Gillis—“Did he do it?”
Willis—“Yea He writes me that
he has been cutting classes ever since.”
—Judge.
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