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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-03-05
THE FOOD PROBLEM.
The Philosophy of Feeding to Get the Best
Results.

The Philosophy of Feeding to Get the Best
Results.
During the last six weeks the pigs
that are being fed for the market may
be fed exclusively upon corn. It is rich
IN fat-forming elements, and we have
now reached that period in the lives of
our pigs where our sole ambition is to
lay on as many pounds of fat as possible
IN the few remaining days that they
shall be upon our hands before selling.
If we grind the corn and make slop Of
the meal, one bushel will produce more
pounds of pork than viii the same
amount if fed in the ear, and if we are
prepared to cook the meal cheaply we
will he able to extract still more nutri-
meat from it, but whether enough to
justify the added expense of time and
fuel is a matter that each and every
man must decide for himself. Our Kan
aaa farmer could not afford to cook bits
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Don't judge man by his clothes.
GOd made ems ana the tsilag 70 ether,
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son Dorp's establishment upon entering
the parlors of the Bouill0tte establish
ment to find his sister in animated
conversation with the goddess in gray, the
beautiful phantom of Eastern morn, and
what's more to be becknned unto to advance
and be presented to her.
DOrp gave timid glance about the room.
PensiproSa was not present, and the next
instant the man with one forelather sum-
moned up all the courtly grace which be-
longed to his short line and made obeisance
first to Miss Viola Wyatt and then TO Mrs.
Wyatt-f0r children always take precedence
OF the parents in this country. 1t was plain
to be seen that Mr.. HewSon Durp was more
than pleased with his goddess in gray cloth
tailor made. Vi9la'S fine eyes amply atonrd
for her rather heavy and irregular face.
The party went uptown together and Con-
stance was careful not to let Viola slip away
from her without eXacting a promise to call.
A little more than week after Miss
Dorp's discovery of the beautiful Easter
morning apparltion, which had so capti-
waited her brother, Mrs. and Miss Taggart
were delighted To receive invitations to
lunch party at Miss DOrp's, which was to
be followed by a matinee theater party.
Mrs. Taggart had noticed certain chill
ness about D0rp's manner of late; but she
thought nothing of it. Men are such
variable creatures in their emotional
moods so she remarked to PensierOSa.
And this invitation, coming as 1T did from
Constance, really meant something, so Mrs.
Taggart thought.
Pensierosa had preceded her mother few
steps in entering the DOrps' drawing-roOm,
and 1t seems quite useless to attempt to tell
how Mrs. Taggart looked or how she felt
when she heard her daughter cry out aim ost
joyfully:
why Cousin VII I'm delighted to meet
your Mrs. .Taggart arrived just in time to
see the two girls locked in warm and hon
est embrace, for they had always loved each
other dearly. Now was it that Mrs. Tag
CART rose to the occasion with an aplomb SO
superb, with a composure so mrror-llke on
its surface that Mr. Hewson Dorp and his
sister never for a moment doubted the
truth of the reply which the next moment
droped from her Inns.
"Why my dear Mrs. Taggart," exclaimed
Dorp, you assured me that you didn't
know the lady in gray"
Mrs Taggart smiled knowingly and re-
piled:
"Why, my dear Mr.. Dorp, we were plotting
a surprise for you and Miss Constance; |
was to give an afternoon tea and have Viola
assist PensieroSa in receiving"
Ninety DAYS from this date the revenge of
Jules Buuillotte, Ladies' Tailor. was COM
nlete.
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loaded with color. Again, arsenic is one of
the most expensive materials that can be
used for producing these color effects, and
for that reason, if for no other, it would not
be TO the interest of the wallpaper manUfac-
turers to use it when cheaper substitutes
are easily obtainable.
Suburban cottages will have their little
Queen Anne windows draped up this sum-
mer with nothing more chic or dainty than
the curious petite figured muslin curtins,
pure white, with touches here and there of
quaint color. For some time muslin curtains.
embroidered with a tambour cord, have
been very popular. but we have not had
them in these little printed color designs,
the effect of which is enhanced by the addi
ton of small cOtton-ball fringe, the balls
showing at intervals the color of the design.
A curtain. which attracted considerable
attention recently in downtown window
was a plain cOlored jute velours, reddish
brown, with side border of steel colOred
gimp, three and half inches wide. The
gimp had an ancient look, as though taken
from old vestmentS.
People secure many novelties nowadays
by getting plain goods by the yard and ap-
plying their own decorations, either Of
appliqued cords and gimps or by treating
the fabric with that endless variety OF dec-
orative eonceitS, which are now to be had:
We saw recently an ecru curtain. designed
with a rope, straw colored, the size OF a
clOtheS-line. 1t was caught against the cur
tain in many odd ways, with tasselS OF
frayed-uut ends.
4 man called at this Office last week 10
show US a system of photography as applied
to decorative fabrics.
TAKE window shade" said the in
ventor, what is there that would please
the average mother more than to have
baby's head and bust reproduced life-size on
the parlor shade? 1t wouldn't show from
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holland shade cloth alternate, although the
most approved use of the combination is the
application of the lace entirely at the bot
tom of the shade.
We saw last month several decided nov
elites in japanese goods Sprigs and stalks
OF artificial japanese flowers are shown in
vivid Japanese cOlOrs-beautiful things-the
sort of flowers of queer -befOre-seeu
shaped that we have looked upon in screens
same sort of eOloring, too. They make eX-
cellent decorations to put over picture
frames or to stick into dull vases. The flow
erS are of a paper texture, but the stems are
wound with silk. Not expensive; a bunch
costs 30 cents retail
The death of Samuel c. Cobb of Boston,
which post-mortem examination diseloses
TO have resulted from cancer, was rather
surprise Tor the Homeopathic Medical So
ciety, for they had used his case as an eX-
ample of aTsenical poisoning They agitated
the subject rather lively and brought forward
the many imaginative folks who knew that
they had been poisoned sometime or other
by the arsenical green OF their wallpaper,
curtains or carpets, and they applied for
Legislative protection and asked that law
I'VE passed prohibiting the use of this poison
in manufactures.
Now, however, the twenty leading Ameri-
can manufacturers OF wall paper of this
country take oath that they do not use ar
senic in any way. One of these manufac-
turerS writes:
"Slnce the days of burning witches there
has never been more ridiculous scare.
Wallpaper dealers the world over have
never suffered. Statesmen who are cOntinu-
ally handling wall paper never fall victims
to its insidious poison. Color-miXers, many
of whom have for half a century or more
spent their entire waking time with barred
arms to the shoulders in cOlOrs mixing
them and stirring them up continually.
never suffer, although these same men not
infrequently eat their lunches with hands
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dreu could draw his check for thousand
times more gold than the money-changeTs
cIutched to their bosoms the day our Savior
dashed them out of the temples sacred pre-
cinct.
his head!
Think We, We long lines of laughng-eyed
and merry-mnded creatures, that lie Is
naueht but an Easter Sunday morning
promenade along straight and Smooth
road, that it hath no sudden turns, no dark
holes, no dangerous places, that there is no
fainting by the waysidc, no weary feet,
parched tongues or throbbing heads? Wen,
this Is no time to morallZe, Tor Dr. Hal! mas
finished his serml IN, the solemn benedlctlon
has b, en- said, ard in commemoration OF
the glorious bride of the church the organ
has begun to peal forth the grand and stately
measures OF the wedding march from
Lohengrin."
Pensiprosa is beside Mr.. Hewson Dorp,
while Mrs Taggart walks hnmbly alter her
children. Her children? VIII the man OF
one fOrefather ever apply the sweet name OF
mother TO her? Win the time ever ONE
when the c0rky and diaphanOus vanilla
wafer will give place to some rich and tooth
some salad at hrr afternoon teas? Will the
bilious slices of lemon, which have so long
floated upon that amber sea of tepid water,
ever give place 10 rings OF blood-red
oranges bobhing up and down in the depths
of silver punch-hOwl?
All, me" thought Mrs. iagEart 10 ller-
self, as she fixed her gaze on Penserosa,
'how hard it is TO make that girl look we'll
in a street costume. But l must not repne,
she's picture in her new tea-g0wn, 80 re
fined, so aristOcratic, and that's what Rew-
son Dorp needs to make the world forget his
grandfather"
Aud Pensierosa, too, as the solemnly joy
Gus beat Of the wedding march rang in her
ears, raised her soulful eyes to Hewson
Dorp's with the expression of the spaniel,
when it looks up Ia SEE whether its master
is thinking sugar or not. But the look was
lost on Dnrp He was staring straight out
ahead OF him. Even when Pen~ierosa mur-
INJURED Mr.. Dorp," he did not seem to hear
her "Eyidentlv he has bren deeply im-
pressed by DR.. Halls words" thought Pen
seroNa.
Goodness" whispered Dorp to him
self, ''what a glorinns figure lat is. IN bet
a flyer that she's Western girl. She holds
her head up like Kentucky thoroughbred.
Why me. she's a goddess. Shes listen
ing to the music Of the spheres"
AT this moment, as the crowd wheeled
out upon the avenue, PensieroSa was
crowded back beside her mother, and
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the outside, but would light M like a trans
parency from within. can make that pho
tograph on a window shade for trifle; |
can color it in an hour and there YOU have a
decoration that is simply delightful"
Wire netting as delicate as ordinary mos
quito netting and attached to an electric bat
terry, is an invention for entrapping the
Jersey stork, yclept the mosquito The net
ting hangs in folds around the bed or crib,
and the occupant can enjoy an hours sport
by lighting lamp and waiting attack. The
stork, attracted BY the lamp, will soon alight
on the canopy. The invention consists of
pressing button and turning on the fatal
electric shock.
Here is something that we have quite
demand for from the high-class decorators,
said a Chicago fringe man, exhibiting a lot
of cow-tails which were hanging uron a
rack in his factory. "These we bleach and
then rake into tassels. The upper part If
the tassel is formed from mold, which Is
covered with wooden yarn dyed in Oriental
colors, such as red, yellow and green. The
tassel is then suspended from cord TO
match. These loops and tassels are par
ucnlarly adapted for heavy portieres.
Brass curtain poles and fancy ends are
now being made in gilt almost orange color,
instead of the brassy-looking tlnts. Lion
rings suspended from the jaws for the pur-
pose of catching up the ends OF curtains.
This is not new, but it has heretofore been
shown only in expensive metal work.
A novelty this season is n eretonne which
does not exhibit any special features until
held up to the light, when 1t shows brilliant
coloIings.
Mirrors with quaint old frames are conf
ing into fashion again.
One of the latest things in screens is a
gigantic web, with spider of proportionate
size.
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moments attention to the dinner costume
hebroke out with an enthusiastic, " But, all.
madame. you should see re grand treeumph
of our hart, re Gloss [clotbl robe constitute
CONSTRUCTED upon re figure 20 dat re nat
yu-rall grace sail not be dee-stroyed, poot
ong- creased"
"Oh, yes" burst out Miss Dorp enthusi-
astically. a have seen one of these de-
lightful new cloth walking-dresses. [ saw
one on the avenue yesterday-a charming
gray, braided in silk and silver, fitting giost
divnely."
"Ah, madame" murmnred NJ Jules, lay
ing his hand on his heart and making most
profound salaam, you render me pro-
foundly happy. 1 have the honor to be the
confectiOnpr of that beautiful costume"
You, sir?" cried Miss Dorp. making but
little effort to conceal her delight
"Yes, madame"
"And the lady-beg pardon, Mr.. Bouil-
Iotte," stammered Miss DOrp-"would it be
possible"
3 ''Thel lady, madame" interrupted NJ Jules,
sis patron of my establishment = Miss
Viola Wyatt. She and Nine. Wyatt will at
tend my opening tomorrow at three o'clock.
Madame, will you do me the honor to be
present at that time? And then you shall
have the opportunity to examine this mag
nifcant creati0np'
HewsOu D0rp was so accustomed to act as
escort for his sister. and to call for her at
all sorts of places, from charity-board meet
ings to TehearsalS for tableauX or lectures
on dress reform. that he thought nothing of
it when she handed him the announcement
of the Easter opening of Jules Bouillette,
ladies' tailor, and requested him to stop for
her at 4. But imagine, if you can, Mr.. Hew-
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sort, he made an excuse to look out the
window and quietly and gently removed the
tell-tale imprint. Then he returned and
tried to admire Pensierosa's book-coyer:
but it palled upon him, although it was
really very credtable piece of work. quite
worthy of the days of Queen Bess, when the
velvet covers of missals were richly en-
broidered with gold and silvet thread, only
this was intended for volume of Rossetti's
poems and its center and corners were filled
with many curious emblem of deep and
soulful significance.
Among the many invi atoms to inspect
Easter novelties received by Miss Constance
DOrp was one most dautiy printed in silver
ink emanating from the establishment of
NJ. Jules Bouillotte, ladies' tailor Miss
Dorp was far from being as old-feshioned
as her brother aud had on several occasions
ordered gowns from well-known Partisan
ladies' tailor. She had heard of the Bouil-
lotte establishment and determined to give
a hasty glance at the creations" of this
"greatartist," as she had heard him called
While Nj. Jules was describing the artistic
perfection of one of his masterpieces to
group of admiring ladies, his forewoman
and familiar spirit whispered to him that
the young lady in dark blue was Miss Con-
stance Dorp. Miss Dorp had taken seat
In front OF a charming dinner dress in
black striped grenadine having deep
ftounce OF Chantilly, the corsage being
draped with tulle, Stimulating a Figaro in
front, the sleeves also having a double
sleeve Of tulle, when she was really startled
by the sudden appartion of the great artist
before her. His very low DOW at once at
tracted the attention of every one in the par
Tors to her. But M. Jules was too astuIe a
conspirator to use any other form of address
than the impersonal Madame" After few
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turned? Was her Pensierosa to be thrust
INFO the background and Viola drawn out OF
her cheap lodgings and be- transformed into
fine lady? Was Mr.. Hewson Dorp to
wriggle off the hook just as they were land
ing him? And what would Mr.. Hewson
Dorp think of her when he caught her in
falSphood? And yet was she not human?
What mother would have hesitated to tell
the falSeh0Jd she did?
PpnserOsa was so strangely calm that her
mother cried out in voice of despair,
Daughter, are you blind? Can't you see
that this may mean the loss of Mr.. Dorp TO
us-to you-the failure of all my plans for
your happiness"
''Mamma." replied Pensierosa quietly.
'if Mr.. Dorp loves me as You think he does,
he'll not give me UP for cousin vi"
Cousin viz sneered Mrs. Taggart.
''rhen you are willing, are you, that YOUR
dear cousin vi, as you call her, shall get
your intended away from you%
"Why, mamma, urged Penserosa
gently. ''Mr. Dorp has not declared him
self"
lie has! he hasp almost shrieked Mrs.
Taggart. ''He has paid you marked atten-
tons; he has praised your book-cover and
admired your eSthetic gowns, and only last
week he assured me that he had never seen
a sweeter face than yours. Mr.. DOrp shall
not be permitted to drop you even to take
up your dear cousin VIZ
Miss Constance Dorp had never been in
the heartieSt sympathy with her brother in
his apparent preference of Miss Taggart to
all the other young ladies who were perfectly
willing to marry a man with only one FORE
father Not that she had any objection to
Pensierosa herself, but to Mrs. Taggart her
objections were numerous and deciued She
recognized the fact that the lady would not
make an entirely satisfactory mOther-in-law
for her brother. and hence she was right
well pleased when Hewson rushed into her
presence with his wonder tale of the PrIu-
cess in gray whom he had seen gliding
down the avenue that morning. She had
never seen her brother quite so worked up,
except possibly at horse-race or on the
night of PreSiden tial election.
In Hewson Dorp'S philosophy it made all
the difference in the world who your sweet
heart was, but very little or none who your
wife was, provided she was lady of good
family. Miss Dorp was more and more as
tOniShed when her brother dragged her out
on the avenue again to help him hunt for his
paragon in gray. They reached FIfty-ninth
street, and turned to try the crowd in an
other direction, but among the thousands of
fair women who brushed by them with that
superb air of complaceDcy, that sweet and
soul comforting consciousness which the
knowledge that one is absolutely we'll
dressed alone can give, there was no sign
of the fair unknown in the eXquisitely made
costume OF gray cloth. 1t was not until the
brother ant sister had plunged into the
vortex of gayly decked humanity which
swells at its ferceSt on the Thirty-fourth-
street corners that Constance Dorp felt her
brother clutch her arm and cry out, There
she Isl"
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CHAPTER l.


Those who lived in the neighborhOOd
away back in the sixties may remember
what a fiutter of excitement was occasioned
bv the appearance in the window Of an old
fashioned English basement house on the
north side of Eighth street, near University
place. of white porcelain sign lettered IN
black. bearing the name Of Jules Bouiliotte
Ladies' Tailor"
Sumo gaz4d at it in blank surprise, Others
shrugged their shoulders, smiled and passed
on. while others halted and took a second
look al the homogeneous legend as if to con-
vince themselves that il read as 1t did. One
old gentleman. who for nearly half CEN
tury had passed daily through that street
on his way to aud from the Mercantile
Library in Clinton Hall. invariably clinched
his hand as he looked UP at NJ. B0uil-
lotte's sign. and he was frequently heard TO
humble out something about 1t being
burning shame that a country which had
lust cost SO many lives and so much treasure
to save should tolerate the Introduction oil
such a dangerous innovation, such an alJo-
gether outrageous abomination as permit
ting men to make dresses for our women!
But to look at the Little Frenehman' as
he was called in the neighborhood, one
must needs confess that he appeared to be
as inotfensiye in manner as he was snort IN
stature. When bending over his work
table. with its litter of colored tissue paper
and bits and shreds of stuff and trimming
with which he built up his .creations," he
seemed to be most hair and beard; but upon
turning to greet customer NJ. Bouillotte was
not slow to impress one a man Of excel
lent breeding and unusual intelligence, some
what etfeminate in manner and coXcnmbish
in dress, but yet man so thoroughly de-
voted to his art rs 10 begin by interesting
you and end by commanding your respect.
Among the New York ladies who made
haste to patronize the Bouillette establish
meut was Mrs. Leroy Taggart. the widow
of the wcll-known lawyer. He had left her
free and clear OF all membranes hand
some house uptown, and she, with her only
child, daughter, Pensierosa, persisted in
Occupying it, although there was really not
sufficient income TO justify her iU doing so
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our best TO emphasize the grace, the
plastique. All dear madame, what a grand
triumph for our art. This costume shall fit
the figure ike a glove on the hand. 1t Will
be superb. PraXlteles himself could not
protest against this beautiful creation Now,
my dear madame Wyatt, l ask permission
to make one of these costumes for made
moiselle for the Easter holiday"
"Oh, Mr.. Bouilotte," cried Mrs. Wyatt,
| have no doubt it would be lovely, but |
could not think OF it. The expense of such
costume puts 1t quite beyond my means"
But dear madame" pleaded N. Jules,
Mademoisele must have new costume
for Easter Sunday"
"True. Mr.. Bouillotte, sighed Mrs.
Wyatt with gracious smile, "but your
prices"
Pardon. pardon, madame" broke in NJ.
Jules, drawing himself up to his full height
of feet inches, l make the prices, they
do not make themselves! The costume shall
cost no more than you would pay else
where y
Mother and daughter laughed heartily at
the little Frenchman's enthusiastic manner.
so mamma" interp0sed Viola, gently,
MIR. Bouillotte is very kind, but we could
not think of accepting such favor.
Mademoiselle, pardons, mademoiSelle!'
cried BOuillOtte, pressing his hand ON his
heart and bowling very low, the favor is on
your side"
"Our side?" repeated mother and daugh-
ter in the same breath.
Certainment!" exclaimed NJ. Jules, "for
make the costume on condition"
Condition." murmured Viola, fixing her
wondering eyes ON the speaker.
Eyes, mademoiselle," reiterated Bouil-
lotte, ''Ou the condition that you walk down
Fifth avenue on Easter Sunday in front of
Mime. Taggar and her daughter"
At these words Mrs Wyatt and Viola
gave start, as If their rich relations had
suddenly confronted them-had suddenly
come upon the poor relations while they
were in the act of ordering $500 dress.
But here was splendid opportunity to pay
back old scores, and Jules BOuillotte saw at
a glance that the two women were not
averse to the alliance. Darling toward his
workable he caught up his measuring tape,
and setting a foOtstool beside the tall and
goddess-like Viola, sprang lightly upon it
and began to announce his measurements.