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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21

ally checkmated today. she certainly
is face to face with stalemate. A poet
died In New York the other day.
Every Gotham paper printed a long
obituary notice-one had four columns.
another three-and yet six bookstores
within as many blocks of the scene Of
his labors Of half century did not
have for sale single copy of any one
OF his six books of verse! Why? Be-
cause the twentieth century hustler
doesn't have time to read poetry. or
thinks he hasn't, which amounts to the
same thing. In fact, he doesn't read
anything except his newspaper.
II people read poetry nowadays--and
they should, even If they don't-Arthur
stringer would speedily become IA
nous. His blank verse is the best that
has come out of money mad America
In many day, and Canada may we'll
call him the Keats of the Dominion"
Mr.. Stringer and his beautiful wife.
known to the stage as Miss Jobyna
Rowland, are each over six feet tall
He fs dark, and she Is fair, and they
are probably as handsome a couple as
the literary world of today can boast,
Elmore Elliott Peake. author of 1.-THE
Pride of Tellfair," the new western
novel. Is probably the only successful
novelist who writes his stories first in
shorthand. transcribing them later on
the typewriter. He believes that he
thus saves about nineteen-twentfeths
Of the manual labor which longhand
would necessitate. Mr. Peake Is a firm
believer In the value of revision and
thinks that painstaktng &ork Of this
kind almost doubles the value ne
writer's talent. He works at his desk
Tally from 9 in the morning until +
md this constitutes his regular "stint~
1T the writing table. Nor does he allow
slight Discrimination for work to keep
linn away from his desk, having fire.
suently done his best work on q day
which had very unpromsing begin
hing RICHARD Upper
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.
what They Are Doing and What
They Are Wearfna.

What They Are Doing and what
They Are Wearing.
Never indulge In the deadly poison.
GUS entertainment OF plying yourself
| What it does Is to intensity and clinch
the ills that already apparently affiict
| you.
Mrs McRostle of Minnesota confess
es to 9 natural womanly liking for cows.
She has ten cows and sells milk and
cream. getting therefrom $40 a month.
When improved machinery is used.
Mrs. McRostle finds dairying no hard
er than poultry keeping, and she also
finds COW keeping more profitable than
chicken keeping.
have lately seen the picture of a
comely. spry old lady who danced a
mlnuet and sang the sweet songs of
her youth at the age of ninety-seven.
There is lying on my desk picture of
King Edwards Oldest subject-111
years of age the 10Th of this May.
She is Mrs. Margaret Ann Neye. and
she lives in the pretty isle Of Guern-
sey. She Is sweet faced, gentle and
fair, looking like a handsome old lady
Of seventy. Brave old girls. Very
aged women need no longer look like
hideous old mummies.
saw a beautiful parasol the other
day. It was part OF a trousseau for
q recent wedding of Importance. The
parasol was of ivory white surah.
with a deep ruffie Of chiffon set on
very full and with a tiny ruching at
the edge to give 1t still more flare. On
the silk there were four lace medal
lions on each section In graduated
sizes. All around the edge was row
OF cream silk chenille fringe just as
long as the ruffie was deep. A bow of
cream satin ribbon was fastened to he
top and another to the carved ivory
handle.
Aside from the ridiculous aigrets. |
the new millinery Is In the main pretty |
and sensible, though some Of the hats
are extremely rge-ponderous, one
might call them. Still they seem to
please the wearers, who look pretty in /
them; so there is no more to be said. |
The coarse straws with almost severe
trimming seem to be greatly affected
by the smart set, and the coarser and
rougher the straw the better they like
Il
One of the best things for the genera!
health, also for the shapeliness of the
feet, Is to go barefoot Country chill
dren who were permitted in the old
time to run barefoot in summer rarely
bad corns and misshapen feet when
they were grown. +
JEAN BOWLING.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21

green and the furniture mahogany.
Notice especially the quaint little settle
upholstered IN green which ID fixture
- the wall close to the fireplace. The
latter is OF green enamel and copper.
The Washstand is likewise of green
enamel. and 1t has medicine closet
with green glass panes.
. The windows are made up OF tiny
panes OF glass. and the curtains are of
green and old rose taffeta cretonne.
r. DE LA BAUME.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
AN ART NouvEAU BEDROOM

Odd Effects In Decoration Are Great-
" Sought For Nowadays.
The odder the room the better it
seems to answer the requirements OF
the Up to date home. The accompany
ing illustration shows an art nouveau
bedroom which is one of the latest ex-
amples OF this style.
The walls are OF whitewood panel
ing, and these Is wide frie1e of green
ish character. The carpet lis plain
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21

Arthur Stringer, the young Canadian
poet, whose first book of verse, He
phestus and Other POEMS" has lust
been issued by Grant Richards Of Lon
don, rides Pegasus with dignity and
grace and guides his steed Ger roads
Of rhythm with the hand of a mas
ter. "Hephnstus. "Persephone" and
"Sappho In Leucadia." the three poems
exploited in his thin, modest volume.
are SO lofty in sentiment, so perfect
IN rhythm and SO delicate In imagery
one can but regret that they were pub
lished at a time when those who read
poetry are as few in number as the
devotees of that grand old pastime, the
game of chess. liz the muse isn't actu.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
CUSTOMS AT.COLLEGE
spRINGTiME DIVERSIONS OF THE
YALE UNDERGRADUATES
Selection of Members of the Secret
Societtes-The Historic Fence and
How 1t In Transmitted From Glass
to Class

SVeAtNses-ERe t11HNGFtC renee una
How 1t In Transmitted From Glass
to Class
- Especial Correspondence
New Haven, Conn, June S.-The
weeks Immediately preceding CON-
mencefhent at Yale are filed with un-
dergraduate celebrations of all sorts,
many of them absurd in the eyes of the
outsider, but all of vital interest to the
students, leading UP to the riotous class
reunions of the alumni during COM
mencement week itself.
Tap day, just past, is the chief of
these functions. On that day the ex-
pectant junior learns whether the
greatest social honor of his whole col
lege course, an election to one of the
three senior societies, is to be his or
not. This Is thing to be coveted by
the undergraduate not only because Of
the pre-eminence among his fellow stu
dents which 1t gives him. but because
its influence is felt throughout his aft.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
Especial Correspondence

er life. Members of Skull and Bones,
Scroll and Keys aud VOLTS Head are
among the leaders In every profession,
and the man who leaves college with
the insignia of one of these societies ON
his waistcoat is sure Of a powerful
backing IN whatever work he may take
up. Membership in them is active I'M
eli death. and while the work Of choos-
Ing new members Is going on noted
bankers. lawyers, doctors and states
men may be ssen in New Haven lend
ing their aid to the graduating mem
bers who are choosing their successors.
The organizations are confined 10 the
academic department. and each society
takes but fifteen men out of total of
over 300 juniors.
The senior societies maintain the ut
most secrecy, especially in regard to
elections. No man outside their walls
knows until the actual tapping who
is to be chosen. though books are
freely made on the chances OF this or
that man. On the afternoon OF the tap
day the entire undergraduate body
gathers at the historic fence In front of
Durfee hall, and the senior society
men. CARRIED In ao,,ar h,act s,,,ts 40
by one thread tbeir way throrg,, t,,o
crowd s1nffl eacf man has slon,,oa -,
the hack the tnnior vlon, ba he hae,,
appointed Il, notify s,f ,,ia olactior, ,rba
order. aGo to vour rx,om sir !, ! ceo,,,na.
MES the resounding tap, and as the
sovitiate walks OF, followed by bis
mentor, cheers Of silence from tha
crowd shows the r,on,,la ritv II ,,nro,,r-
larity of the election
IL ii hard For one who has ,ot haan
through ii all to understand what s.
lection means III 4 ma !, . IL hos tce,,,a.,
forward to being tanned fror, tr ,.,S h.
he entered .pren. school, s small hoy
a. kntekerbockars Nfanv !. S. -. |
left college st the and ~ h,s s,n,a.
year because he was not tspped.
Bones was founded early II fhe Gan.
fury and Keys som sitter wore. 1I,...s
ii comparatIvelv new Roth tha 49, 49,.
societies are incorporateI ana M ,,os ,s.sss
rich enflowrnerts i's'''''s<'s
Another fen ,,ra ~ t,,o ,,r,,,,,,,, $500
ment Festivities il ti,a ,r,t,ats1,, 49, 49,.
the Junior soctetiea heso re,s1.t;.,..
much larger fhar tha $500. s,s.s,s..as
and from their ranks the ,,erohars 80, -
the latter are taken % tta irta,ast = :.
elections to chem il mt a. oraat go =
d Omega Tan,hfiu fsbi ,s.sht :.
brated by All students This = = ,,ss..ss
ory of 4 freshmen se,.;a4,, s I, ..s
by the faculty. manv ya.,s :. s. 81. g..
abreast. the men. With hands 60 -
others shoulders ,,onca ~, ! ,, " 1ss
Pyrrhic dance Wiz, raoa, : ,l A.uu y
ment, about the camn,,s NJ. stonn,r a,a =
front Of eyerv hnilling i e ssslpshs =
cheer. win fine na,n.. - t,,s. .,...,. .os
az ..tiger fter tha -, r,,,, sa,'ss
mass meeting Is hald = "a tnl p $3.50 9 !
The fence il the meet =, r. 1890
dition Of Yale Il = = An, .e ,sa.,. ala
that Yale is alleged to owe ,,er ,a,,,.s
democracy. Former,v 3 sr -. aan e
green on College street. with the ers..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
T Y
AMONG THE AUTHORS
Anecdotes and Gossip About the psa-
PIE Who Write

Especial Correspondence
Boston, June 1J.-In "EtheL" tho
| new book by the author of Wee Mac.
greegor,' Mr.. Bell has told his story
without any dialect and entirely in dia-
logues between Ethel and her tiance.
Ethel, who Is a captivating Scottish
girl, has odd little points of view and
dimples In her cheeks. She is Dor
trayed with the same fresh and natu-
raj skill which has made "Wee Mac
greegor" famous over several CONT
nents and so we'll known in Great
Britain that Mr.. Bell figured the other
day on list of guests of the New
Vagabond club as Wee Macgreegor.
The American author cannos som.
plain about lack of recognition In high
places now that literary president is
in office. At the dedication exercises
in st. Louis President Roosevelt met a
Kentucky lady, and his first question
was, do you know the author Of Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage PatchY"
"Oh, yes" the Kentucky lady replied.
''She lives in Louisville. She was Miss
Alice Hogan and is now Mrs. Gale
Young Rice
"Weil," said Mr.. Roosevelt, won't
you please say to her when you see her
that have enjoyed Mrs Wigs and
that when she comes next to Washing
ton I hope she will make herself
known
While in California the president
heard a friend mention Stewart White
of Santa Barbara
"Is that the fellow who wrote The |
Blazed Trailf" asked the president.
'sThat's the man." said Whites friend. |
..Do you know him 2,
mo, but I want to-" replied Mr..
Roosevelt. 81 know his work well. See
II you can't bring him back with yon.
Tell him TO pack grip and come
along
Mr.. White spent several days with
he presidential party.
Arthur Strfnger, the young Canadian
1oet, whose first book of verse. He
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
The child Labor .y,vsa

what conditions are with regard IL
cnild labor in some OF the states OF this
Union may BE gathered from the fac.
.nas me Virginia legislature has foun. s
= necessary to pass q law forbidding
me employ ment in factories sf children
under twelve 81 - = 8
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
DAVID + Tl1
..INSURANC
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Prompt and Courteous 4 tIe
SHREVEPORT, La.
Saving Deposits
MERCHANTS & FARMERS H
AND TRUST CO.. e:65jENEz @
SPRING AND TEXAS sTRE
SHREVEPORT, La.

The savings deposits Of the bet =
ne of its deserved1y popular sssia
Interest at the rate OF three as g
per annum is allowed on all siilIH 3
one dollar and upwards reIIlaarlsE
the calendar three or more sa
months.
When made during the hfa "
days of any month, interest Q a'losa
on these deposits as il deposited oa s
first day of the month. lfltefsse g S
SUMS not Withdrawn will be nsysak 8
the first days Of February ana
and interest not then witlidn 8
added to the principal thersG sz'
he depositors compound iIltefs
Deposits may be made By aai'*
women, men or minors, n then esz
names.
Facilities are given deoosifon =
draw money.
Deposits made for longer s'ss
than six months draw hieae1 s.
than ordinary savings deposifs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
THE ATHLETIC MAID
OUTDOOR aEcREAToNs AT THE
GIRLS COLLEGES.
Rowing, Basket Bali, Hockey, Fcnc-
ing, Golf and Track Games quite
Rs Popular There as with the Uni
versify Men.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Wellesley, Mass, June 15.--With the
coming of the good old summer time
the Wellesley college girls have re-
turned to the outdoor pastimes inter-
rupted by Boreas, and every afternoon
Lake Waban Is filed with boat loads of
maidens In fluffy gowns or in real ath-
letic toys, according to the degree of
masculinity the wearers have attained.
Wellesley was the first girls college
to take up rowing In dead earnest. The
girls row in regulation barges with
sliding seats, and they get right down
to business. While Wellesley has not
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-21
EGG DISHES.
And How They sheald BE Prepared
For Easter,

And How They Sh0uId BE Prepares
! For Easter
Salad Eggs.-By using eggshslis as
mods many table delicacies may be
given an Easter coloring, Or, rather
let us say, Easter contour. Croqaettes
made Of any kind of powdered meat
may be baked in shells. Always put
little. water in the pan holding the
shells to prevent burning. To make
salad eggs select fresh eggs with frm
shells and make small opening in one
end Of each. With q small spoon stir
up the contents of each, pouring out
very little. Have minced ham at hand
and put some Of it, with little salt,
pepper and very little mustard, into
the egg, adding drop Of vinegar. Aft
er thoroughly mixing each egg place
them open end up, in pan SO tightly
together that they will hold each other
up firmly. Choose a pan just large
enough to hold every egg, or cup may
be placed in the center to fill up IL nee
essary. Pour water in around the eggs
and boil them until thoroughly hard.
Remove the shells carefully.
Cake Eggs and Jelly Eggs.-You may
bake any kind of cake dough in shells,
leaving space for rising" and you
can roll the cake eggs In frosting after
ward. Wine and lemon Jelly hardens
perfectly in eggshells. Cocoanut kisses
and candied fruit Juices also harden
we'll. The red homemade canned cher
ries are very satisfactory made into
Easter egg bonbons as follows: Strain
the cherries out of the juice and boil
the juice until 1t candies" using extra
sugar as needed. Add the cherries to |
the candied Juice. Harden in small |
shells. These cherry bonbons are very
attractive and delicious.
DELICIOUS Easter OmeIet.-BOil 7
some fresh calves brains Until done. |
When cold, chop them fine, adding
pepper, salt. chine and suet butter,
together with few mushrooms. Make
IN on1eset of three fresh eggs. stirring
n the above preparations, and serve
hot.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-13

from which a dispatch BOOM can be
fired to the distance to which a shell
is sent. The projectile is a cylinder or
sphere so constructed as to insure its
flight, its explosion at the proper time,
It's breaking into harmless fragments
and at the same time unfolding a trail
ing streamer Of any color preferred,
containing the message.
A dispatch at night could be made
OF luminous ribbon, so as to be readily
found in the darkness while the shell
itself would be so %pyrotechnic in char
acter that it would plainly Indicate its
course while in the sky and be easily
e at its explosion. The shell. which
a be timed so as to explode at anv
point desired, is so arranged that when
explosion takes place the sides of the
proJectile will fall apart, releasing the
rlbbon on which the message is writ
ten n allowing it to trail ON the
ground.
Ihls method will obviate the diff
Guilty which so hampered both armies
during the Civil War. Captured cour-
iers have been the reason of one
Dranch Of the army being delayed or
routed through their ignorance of mr.
ders which were intercepted, while the
BAD results Of such orders falling into
the hands of the enemy cannot he over
estimated.
Had the French during the siege Of
Iaris by the German army EMPLOYED
such methods they could have sent
messages over the heads of the enemy
right into the hands of friends. The
c~onfederates could have signaled over
the Union lines in the Civil War at the
assault on Fort Fisher, while Mt the
investment of Fort Morgan. after Far
ragut's fleet had passed inside, and the
Tort was entirely cut off from the Con-
federates, the latter could have sent
dispatch bombs over the Federal lines
without a single message being inter-
cepted.
AT present the navy is experiment.
ing with wireless biography, saws the
washington Post, which, of course
can be used as a means of communi.
cation even with an enemy interven-
Ing but there are many points about
the bomb which render 1t e~ficacious
In places where the telegraph could
not be conveniently utilized.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-13
Compensations of Pastors.

From an open letter in the February Century.
In the ministry, service and salary
are not equal terms. The high office
was not created for the ad vnatage of
the holder, and the calling is degraded
into a mere profession when it is made
the subject of money equivalents. The
work of the ministry is more especially
in the realm of the moral and spiritual,
and therefore can never be financial
ly compensated in any exhaustive COM
mercial sense" Nevertheless, the
minister adapted by conduct and learn
ing to his high calling ordinarily does
have. and should have, a slaary proper
tionate to the demands OF the field he
is tilling, and compensations far more
satisfying and worthy of consideration
than salaries.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-13

exotic plants, beautiful women! Jack
felt the spell as he stood apart for a
moment, listening to the sweet strains
Of the opening waltz. Suddenly he
turned pale and almost staggered,
%clutching a chair for support. A beau
tiful woman had just entered, and was
being presented by Lady Winton to a
few select friends. Gentlemen crowded
round, anxious for introductions and
dances, to all of whom she was gra-
cious as a queen; but ever and anon an
anxious look came into the glorious
eyes, as If there was a someone or a
something missing.
Jack soon regained his composure.
80 like" he said, ''yet so unlike.
Why, Alice Is thousands Of miles away;
besides, she never could act like that
even If she were here" he added bit
terly.
She had turned and looked at him:
he stifed with a cruel .hand a certain
sweet wildness that had sprung up i n
his heart at that look. He moved q little
nearer-he would, he must have a
dance; he need not deny himself that.
Only to hold her in his arms once, even
though it would be short.
A sudden boldness seemed to take
possession Of him. He pushed Lieut..
Faversham slightly aside, bowed, and
with his heart humping against his
side inquired IL she was engaged for
the next dance. A color soft as roses
spread over cheek and neck, she hand
ed him her card without speaking, and
he had scarcely written his name when
the music began.
Rising with a smile, she laid her hand
upon his arm. II do not wish to dance.
let us sit it out in the conservatory"
she said softly.
He glanced at her quickly, a faint
glimmerlng of the truth dawning upon
him.
Alice" he almost gasped, as they
reached a quiet spot, sis 1t your"
But two soft, pleading eyes were all
his answer, and then two lovely arms
went round his neck, with Jack, nv
love, my darling, see what love can
make me do."-New York Evening
News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-13

Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw. of
Guthrie, Okla, cured of a severe
case by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
A great many women suffer with a
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which
does not seem to yield to ordinary
medical treatment. While the symp-
toms seem to be similar to those of
ordinary indigestion, yet the medi-
cines universally prescribed do not
seem to restore the patients normal
condition.
Mrs. Pinkham claims that there
is a kind of dyspepsia that is caused
by arrangement Of the female organ
ism, and which, while it causes dis
turbance similar to ordinary indiges-
ton, cannot be relieved without a
medicine which not only acts as q
stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine
tonic effects as we'll.
Thousands of testimonial let
tiers prove beyond question that
nothing will relieve this distress
ing condition SO surely as Lydia
E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1t always works In har-
mOny with the female system.
Mrsl Pinkham advises sick
women free. Address Lynn, Mass.