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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08
graceful Elm pire Gown.

Soft, clinglng fabrics, such as liberty
satin, crepe de chine, Louisine OF silk
yelling are used for the graceful EN-
plre gowns, which are constantly gain
ing favor in the fashion world
The toilet illustrated in the large
drawing is made Of mauve silk crepe
with ecru Chantilly lace for trimming.
The upper portion Of the deep fitted
yoke is tucked and q broad band Of
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08

ri" PEAKING Of police stupid.
w. ity and queer crimes"
y said the captain musingly,
reminds me Of my first
big case, how cutely l worked it and
what a failure 1t turned out to be from
the public point Of view. 1 was q
green hand, but l had risen to the
degree Of plain Clothes, and was be.
ginning to get a reputation with the
department and the newspapers when
the Kaufman case came up and put
me to the bad for keeps, especially
with the police reporters.
"Old man Kaufman was cashier OF
the Dexter National Bank and lived
in Cedar Grove, suburb chiefly noted
for exclusive society Half the popul.
alton kept poor trying to cut wide
social swath, and the other half lived
in misery from envying their neigh.
bors, Nobody was very rich, and
nobody was very poor and 1t was one
Of those places where the people are
always talking about our first famil.
ies,' pulling off functions and plying
the plain people, OF course | didn't
class up very well, being n detective,
but old man Kaufman overlooked that
and was the best, perhaps the only
friend l had among the swells.
"Ele had big family, about seven
children-all grown young women of
the high-society' kind--and they did
MT do thing to the old mans finances.
What with summer tours and winter
gayeties, pink teas, soirces, theatre
parties and all that sort Of doings,
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08

And yet about the crazy door
ana round the lettering stoop
Chambers and clings a tendriled vine
IN many verdant loop;
ana on that vine bright blossoms glow
=, And smile through all the day;
From every dainty how'r the bees
Sweet burdens bear away.
The broken house, ruined man
q with bighted life and fame;
SoGi,wndows dimmed, a furnished coat
,r, "A more than furnished name.
Inc ciinglng vine, woman's love-
.Perchance a mem'ry dear
WHOSE fragrant blossoms bless the world
G. Through all the changing years.
s. w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08
THE HOUSE AND THE VINE.

me house is old--its windows raeked;
Its doors are falling down;
where once the dainty tintings were
Is now faded brown.
The steps are rotting; in the porch
Great gaping holes are seen;
The roof.tree's broken; with thick mold
The boards are fairy green.
The ward is filed with weeds and trash:
me walk is crumbiing FAST
The trees and shrubs are brolSen-all
Their beauty.days are past,
The sagging rails tug at their posts
Az though they fam would drop.
Ave al is drear and deso'ate
From floor to chimney top.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08

der.arm seams only. A deep pleat cX.
tends from shoulder to belt in the back,
tapering toward the waist in V-shaped
outline.
The same pleat appears in front,
giving becoming breadth to the
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08
al sntInfaotory nreallfast.

A mans idea CT satisfactory break
fast is the kind that ne can eat u-ila
only one hind while the other holes his
newspaper-New York Press.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-05-08

New York City.-This stylish blouse
is made Of Russian green Venetian,
with white peau de sole trimming.
1t is adjusted with shoulder and un.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

President Roosevelt has not
been fortunate in the service his
administration has received from
his Cabinet Ministers. There
have been turmoil and friction,
and one, at least, the Secretary
of War, can undo what he has
blunderingly done only by re-
signing. If Attorney General
Knox carries through to sue
cessful conclusion this move
ment against the Beef Trust he
will do a lnuch-needed service
for Theodore Roosevelt. But to
make it count for anything it will
have to be done before the cleo
tiOns for Congressman in NOvem-
ber.-Boston Post.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
Low Rates ON MOrsan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad nd Steam
ship CO.-SunSet Route.

Account Convention of Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs-Lafayette to San Francisco
and Los Angeles and return, April 22 to II,
included; limit, une IS; rate, S47.5o with
stopovers.
Imperial Council Mobiles of Mystic Shrine
Lafayette to San Francisco and Los An
geles and return May Fl to June 8, 1902;
limit 90 days; rate, $47. 50 with stopovers.
Biennial Meeting Knights of Pvthias--
Lafayette to San Francisco and Los Angeles
and return Aug. 10 s; limit, Sept. 80:
rate, SAT. 50 with stopovers.
National Convention Travellers Protective
Association, Supreme Lodge Ancient Order
United Workmen--Lafayette to Portland,
Oregon, and return May Fl to June 8; limit,
90 days; rate, $52.5o and sos. 50 with stop
over. Round trip tickets to California and
Oregon may be had going one route and
returning another.
Annual Reunion United Confederate
Neterans-Lafayette to Dallas, Texas, and
return April 10, and Fl; limit, April 80,
with privilege of extension to May IS; stop
over returning at Houston; rate, $500.
General Conference NJ. +. Church-Lafa-
yette to Dallas, Texas. and return May and
5; limit, June 8; rate $I4.45.
Triennial Convention International Sunday
School Observation-Disclosures 10 Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Col, and return,
June 22 and %; limit, July 90; one fare
plus 81.
General Assembly Cumberland Presbyte-
rian Church-Lafayette to Springfield, Mo-,
and return May IL and 15; limit, May 2S
rate $2I.
Southern Baptist Convention-Iafayette
to Asheville, ~ c., and return May s. 6
and 7; limit, May "a; rate, $25.2o
National Baptist Universities - Lafa
yette to St. Paul. MINI. and return May II
and IS; limit, May 20; rate, $3s.45.
For additional information apply 20 local
agent to c. b. Ellis, d. P. a.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
NO CH.4NGE DESIRED.

In the reapportiOnment of the
judicial districts, which is to be
made by the present Legisla-
ture, The Gazette hopes that La
fayette and Acadia will continue
to form one district. Several
trains run day and night be-
tween Lafayette and Crowley,
making it easy for the Judge and
district attorney to go from one
town to the other. AS the dis
trict now stands, we believe it is
entirely satisfactory to the peo-
pie of both parishes. We are
sure the people of Lafayette are
satisfied and would oppose any
change. We are informed that
there is some talk of adding the
parish of Vermilion to the dis
trict. While we would be de-
lighted to have both VermiliOn
and Acadia with US, the district
would be too large and an expe-
ditious administration of Justice
would be an impOssi bility. AS
it is the Judge is allowed very
little rest, the business requir-
ing almost a continuous SeS-
sion of ten months. Another
matter which our representa-
tives should bring to the atten-
tion of the Legislature is the
inadequate salary of the Judge of
this district. In fixing the sal
aries of judges the constitutional
convention treated this district
with scant Justice. The popula-
tion and amount of work should
have furnished the basis for the
allotment of salaries. Had such
a basis been used. the Lafayette-
Acadia district would have been
given at least $4,000. The inc
quality is so fragrant that we can
ascribe it only to an oversight
on the part of the lawmakers.
The action of the Lafayette bar
in calling the attention of our re-
| representatives. at Baton Rouge to
| this injustice was most timely
and should result in the passage
of law affording the desired
remedy.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
CT OS/NG EXER C/SES
THE /N.S

The closing exercises at the
Industrial Institute were highly
creditable in every particular.
The program had been prepared
with taste and Judgment and the
exercises were the fitting close
of session auspiciously begun
and characterized throughout by
good work and the best of re-
suits. The scholarly addresses
of DR.. Warner, DR.. Dixon and
Mr.. Carver were of high order
of ability and at once gave to the
exercises literary excellence and
uncommon intellectual force.
The debate, in which Miss
Bessie LESLEY, Miss Alma Gul-
ley, Miss Irma VOORHEES, and
jeff Catfery participated, and the
paper read by Miss Annie Bell,
showed that the student body is
not lacking in ability and that
the teachers have done splen
didly in so short a time It is
not amisS to refer here to the de-
served compliment paid by DR..
Warner to Miss Dupre, the
English teacher at the Institute
In the course of his address to
the third year class DR.. Warner
said he was pleased to note evi-
dences of careful and correct
teaching which reflected credit
upon the teacher of English.
Miss Dupre has not only been
very successful as a teacher, but
she has worked hard and faith
fully to promote every interest
of the Institute.
A notice of the exercises would
be incomplete without refer
ence to the music department.
Prof. Sontag's work has been
quite a feature at the school.
Under his able direction the mu-
steal part of the program was en-
joyed very much.
The Gazette congratulates DR..
Stephens, the teachers and stu
dents upon the success of the
closing exercises.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

1.-THE speech of Senator Hoar
of Massachusetts, on the Philip
pine policy of the United States
and the methods of it's enforce
ment,' says the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin, is an appeal
to the common sense of the
country, to it's self-interest in
the highest meaning of the term,
and to the cherished sentiments
of it's national honor. It is the
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

splendid condition of the State
financially. Mr.. Frazee's admin
istration of the auditors Office
has been marked by great eff
cheney. Being a lawyer of ability
and having had much experience
in public affairs it did not take
him long to become thoroughly
familiar with the work in the
auditors office. In submitting
his report Mr.. Frazee states that
Messrs. George A. Spyker, d.
L. Guilbeau, G. H. Miller and A.
J. II. Littell have rendered him
very valuable assistance in the
administration of his depart
ment
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
Succession Sale.
Succession of Angelo Landry,
deceased wife of Joseph
Dauriac - 18th District
Court, Lafayette
Parish, No. 225O.

BY virtue of an order of the Hon. 18th
District Court in and for Lafayette parish,
La, rendered in the succession of Angelo
Landry deceased wife of Joseph Dauriac,
No. 25o Of the docket of said court, and
commission issued to me thereon I, the un-
dersgned, natural tutor of the minors Lau-
rent and Angelo Daurlac, will offer for sale,
and sell for cash to pay debts, to the last
and highest bidder, between legal sale
hours, at the last residence of SAID deceased,
in the town of Lafayette. La, on
Saturday, May. 81, 1902,
the following described property, to-wit:
One certain lot of ground situated in the
Mouton addition, in the town of Lafayette
Louisiana, with all Improvements thereon
and ,hereunto belonging, being lot number
Io6 of said addition, measuring fifty feet
front on Convent street, by the deP,h of
I22 7sIIoo feet and is bounded north by lot
No. 90, south by Convent street, east by lot
No Io5 and west by lot No. Io7.
Terms, cash day of sale.
Witness my signature at Lafayette, La,
this April e3, 1902.
JOSEPH DAURIAC,
Natural Tutor
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

distinguished citizens of this
One is to allow Gov.
Heard to succeed himself and
the other is to remove the legal
obstacle to the re-appointmentO of
Chief Justice Nichols.
Gov. Heard's administration
has been such as to merit the
and endorsement of
the people. Since his elevation
to the gubernatOrial chair Gov.
Heard has fulfilled every obliga-
ton of his Office and has given
evidence of splendid admins
trative qualities. General Mich
oils, the other gentleman in
whose interest OverzealOus
friends would amend the consti-
tuition, is one of the nOblest sons
that this State has given birth to.
The brave, patriotic and incor-
ruptible Nichols, will live forever
in the hearts of all true Louis
ianians.
But however great have been
the services of these eminent cit
izenS, we do not think the effort
which is being made to amend
the constitution in their behalf
will receive the endorsement of
the people of this State. COnsti-
tutiOns are not made to be al
tered every time they are found
to conflict with the political am
bitions of individuals. The pres.
ent constitution was adopted
only four years ago and the legis-
lative onslaught which is being
made on it at Baton Rouge is, to
say the least, very premature.
If it is to betrimmed and patched
up every time it stands in some
ones way it will not be long be-
fore it will be without any sort
of organic force.
AS was to be expected neither
Gen. Nichols nor Gov. Heard
were IN sympathy with the prop
ositiOns to amend the cOnstitu-
ton for their benefit. A tele-
gram from Baton Rouge an,
nounces that Mr.. Marks has
withdrawn his bill relative to the
justiceship as it had been intro
duced without the knowledge
and cOlbent of Gen. Nichols,
and Gov. Heard has given his
views in a candid and unequivo,
cal manner on the subject OF
Mr.. Ventress' proposition. The
statement of Gov. Heard, which
is published elsewhere in this
paper, is characteristically
sincere expression. It is a
strong condemnation of the ten.
dency to make a plaything of the
constitution. It will put a stop
to the game of peanut politics
which is being played at the
capital.
The utterances of Gov Heard
on this subject have confirmed
the good opinion that the people
of this State entertained of their
chief executive.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

In order to make room for a
general line of hardware, NichOl-
son is Offering buggies, surries,
and plow goods at very low
prices. Come in and see for
yourselves.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
THE AUZWOR'. s REPORT.

The Gazette has received a
copy of the biennial report of
Hon. w. S. Frazee, State auditor
of public accounts. The report
is we'll gotten up and shows the
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
ZA AMPER/NC WITH I'HE
CON.SZ/TUZION

The ease with which legisla-
tors at Baton Rouge propose
amendments to the constitution
would seem to indicate that the
States organic law is mere
tritie to be tampered with to
crafty every passing whim. It
is proposed by Mr.. Ventress to
repeal the cons stitutiOnal inhibi-
ton which makes TIE governor
ineligible to second term, and
Mr.. Marks wants to change that
clause in the constitution which
promotes to the chief justiceship
that member who has served the
longest time on the bench.
1t appears to us that the con-
stitution of the State should not
be amended unless it contains
some very serious mistakes. If
it can not be shown that there is
a crying need for change the
constitution should remain as it
was framed by the men who were
delegated by the people to do
that work. To patch it up under
the fiimsiest pretext is neither
good politics nor sound states
manship.
The two propositions that we
have mentioned are said to have
been made in the interest of two
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS
WHA T NE DIDN'T 81 Y.

WHAT NE DIDN'T Sd Y.
The Lafayette Gazette has
quite a lengthy article entitled,
''The Public Schools For the
Poor The public schools are
no more for the poor than they
are for the rich. The doctrine
is a pernicious one. The public
schools should be the best in the
land, well supported and main
tanned, and patronized by all.
The system is not predicated
upon the needs of poverty. 1t
represents one of the great func-
tions of the State. Enlightened
communities enjoying high and
extraordinary public school pri-
vileges, must resent the sugges-
ton that the public schools are
for the poor alone. This idea is
antagonistic to the whole theory
of the public school system and
it must not be entertained
Baton Rouge Advocate.
Evidently the editor of the Ad-
vocate has not read the article to
which he refers. This paper
has never, at any time, said that
the public schools are for the
poor and not for the rich. We
merely expressed surprise that
so many poor men were opposed
to the levying of taxes for the
maintenance of public schools,
in view of the fact they could
l. oil no fn
the education of their children.
The rich man can send his son
to Tulane, to Cornell to Harvard
and Yale. The poor man can
not. Hence, the latter is more
interested in the public schools.
Long before public schools were
established in the small towns
and throughout the rural dis
tricts, the children of the rich
enjoyed all the educational ad-
vantageS that wealth could Sc
cure, but the sons or daughters
of the poorer classes were not
provided with the facilities to
acquire even the rudimentS of an
education, and that mass of
talents which lies buried in
poverty and which is the main
stay of republican institutions
remained undeveloped and mac
tive. We expressed the opinion
that the poor man is less able to
do without the public school
than his rich neighbor, which is
one of the reasons why the edu-
cation of the people, rich and
poor, is a proper function OF the
government.
We regret that the able editor
of the Advocate should believe
US capable of preaching the
perniciOuS dOctrine' that the
public schools are for the poor
alone-' Still, we are profoundly
grateful for the information that
rich children may attend the
public schools. We We're bliss
fully unconscious that any one
entertained any doubt on this
question, but as it is always best
to have things clearly under
stood Col. Jones has done well to
tell US about it.
ZAMPER/NC WITH IHE
NS7/TUZION.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
Expat riatiOn of II People

There has been much talk
since the eruption of Pelee and
the threat of another disaster in
Martinique of the deportation
of all the inhabitants of the
island. A great many persons,
including the French Minister
for the Colonies, advise the get
ting of the people off the island
that Pelee may continue to pour
forth it's lava and ashes harm
lessly until it's nausea is relieved.
Talk is generally cheap, and talk
about the repatriation of an en-
tire people is especially cheap.
The trouble will come when the
attempt is made to expatriate
them. 1t is true that history
furnishes one or two instances
of the departure of a people from
their homes in mass. The peO-
pie of PhOcBa, to escape the
tyranny of the Persians, de-
serted their city, took to their
ships and proceeded west along
the Mediterranean to found the
City of Mareilles. The Dutch in
despair of ever repelling the
Spanish invader, planned to cut
their dikes, let the sea in on their
beloved land, and seek homes in
the East Indies. The French
colonists of Acadia were driven
from their homes by the British
to secure habitatiOnS wherever
they might. But it is much
easier to advise an entire people
to leave their homes than to in
duce thom to do so.
We're the people of Martinique
to leave their island where would
they go? They have become al
most as much a part of the soil
as the vegetation. Their posses
SiOnS are in the island, and
seek, 90 per cent of them would
be paupers. Is it worth while
to accept penury and destitution
to avoid a danger that after all
may not be certain? There are
hundreds of people already
leaving the islands, it is TRUE.
but there are thousands of
others who can be driven off
only at the point of the bayonet,
as the Acadians were driven
from Acadia. They will not go
willingly to become objects of
charity in other climes. Their
1ares and penates are in Marti
nique and they will stay, what
ever a lot of globe-trotters who
have nothing to bind them to the
soil, may advise. When the
Island of Martin ique shall disap-
pear beneath the waves, if dis
appear it shall, the great bulk Of
it's population will go down with
it. Mere local attachment will
hold many people to the island
in the face even of almost certain
disaster. There are people in
every section of the globe who
become identified with their
locality and cease to be mere
chattels This alone would pre-
vent general exodus were there
not business obstacles in the
way.
If M. Decrais is really serious
in demanding the complete eva
cuation of the island, he has
difficult task ahead of him. Such
an exodus would, of course, sim
plify matters so far as Pelee is
concerned. But the view of the
outside observer will not appeal
with any considerable force to
the peasant whose sole posses
sions are represented by his
little patch of earth. He is on
the island to stay until old age,
disease or Pelee remove him.
He is not to be removed by such
power at the French Minister
for the Colonies can exercise in
this twentieth century. There
will never be another Acadia.
THE speech of Senator Hoar
of Massachusetts,, on the Philip
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
AGAINST THE EZOPERS

AGAINST TIE EZOPERS.
The law-making department
of the State offers vast and
fruitful field to the ambitious
law -giver. There the young
man with an insatiate longing
for fame can embody in the
classic verbiage of the law his
own notions of the eternal fitness
of things. The embryonic
statesman is disposed to hOOt at
the old-fashioned idea of Thomas
Jefferson that the best governed
people is the least governed,
and is inclined to give to the
world free of cost the benefit of
all his thought and labor in the
cause of good government. One
of the startling examples of that
disposition to govern man with a
vengeance is the bill recently
introduced by Mr.. Leblanc of
VermiliOn to make it unlawful
for couples to elOpe and marry.
We do not know how Mr.. Le-
Blanc proposes to enforce his
law if it should pass the Legisla
ture. The inalienable right to
elope has been zealou sly guarded
by man since before the flood
and we believe it has always
been freely granted even by the
most despotic governments. Be-
fore Mr.. Leblanc is permitted to
go too far in his onslaught on the
most sacred birthrights of the
human family, he should be pre-
vailed upon by the Democratic
leaders at Baton Rouge to re-
trace his steps. Should his bill
become a law, it will come as
near wrecking the Democratic
party as the suffering" amend
ment did. Mr.. Leblanc should
be disciplined.
Really, the volcano at Mont
Pelee has been followed by
Legislative eruption at Baton
Rouge which, though not quite
as destructive as the Martinique
explosion, bids fair to be almost
as far reaching in it's conse-
quences.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

utterance of a patriotic and con
servative mind, which in the
Senate has been long conspi-
cuous not only for it's high in
telligence, but it's fine strain of
American manhood. Not for
many day has there been re-
ported from the Senate a more
cogent and impressive exhibi-
tion of reason and eloquence. It
cannot but reach down deep into
the conscience of the people.
Senator Hoar's speech should
be read by every man in the
United States who is proud of
his country, and who would ever
have it set Alright in it's progress
along the path of justice and
humanity, and above all of it's
own fundamental principles as a
republic. 1t rings with 'Ameri,
canism' in it's truest and most
enlightened spirit"
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
Property Listed.

GOOD BUSINESS OPENlNGA large residence ad
q q track. o rent
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-05-31

Cardinal Martinelli, who
learned English in Dublin, speaks
it soft brogue peculiar to that
city. He says that shortly after
his arrival in this country an
old woman called at the delega-
ton upon some matter of minor
Importance and was granted an
audience with the affable
apostolic delegate. Then she
startled the people of Wash
ingtOn by assuring them
that the new delegate was
an Irishman. Indeed. then he
is Irish,' she said, because
heard him talk. And, sure ism t
his name Martin Kelly?'