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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
THE TIGHT: LAClNG CRAZE.
Some of the Methods of the Days of
Eighteen Inch waists.

''Ive been r2aIing the physicians
opinion Of athletic Girls. said the nitt
lady vino takes Il keen Interest i" today
and all It's ways A:jd ::oo,!~, ":i':l i, re
minds ne ot the ti@!t lA.';l,.z c:i!I" of
MY yrilill. wAi"iI Sr"I.:S 20 !.uVr died L
denlh from WAi>':l there is Z" rl-~u"rec-
tiOn. if dDctnr,S of today t}.~;ii'i rove Of
the athletic GIRL, what N-uu.d they not
have said OF tho 'tini>hjA:s ><.!'"nl miss
of fifty years ago: | lr,';;.l : ! G!lt lag
ing competition Which >ntN place. Il Il
boarding school nirknAlHrd N'::;&l"lone
House Establishment owing I" It's rep
utation Tor creating Il -1a9l nsl;tble tg-
ure
ON the pupils first arrival at this
academy for young ladies' She was ex-
anlined as to her waist measure. the
corSetS she had been wearing and de-
tails respecting her health and conSti-
tuition III order to see how much
squeezing she would be likely TO I'M
dergo without suffering serious or per
manent injury At this point the stay
maker was introduced, and new cor
set, constructed on the most approved
land agoniZing) principles, was firmly
fastened on the yOung-and sometimes
willing sometimes neutrality-suspicious..
The lady principal then lectures
the assembled pupils as 90 the desira
| bility-nay. the absolute necetSslty-Of
| taking measures to secure a Slight and
graceful figure while young and the
shocking indclicucy,' as she termed it,
Of "a large, clumsy Waist finishing up
| by stating that prizes WOuld be given
| at the end Of the school year to those
| pupils who had given the most assidu.
| Gus attention to the figure
"Tllt prizes Il sail have. a copy of one
| that appeared over the mantelpiece i'll
! the schc0lrOOmt consisted of: I. i
! handsome silk dress for the smallest
waist III proportion t. age, height and
breadth of, shoulders. .. \ gold watch
! for the second smallest waist, to be de-
terlninetl as for No. !. 3. 4 writing
case for the third smallest waist, to be
determined as for Nos / and .. This
prize will not be given unless the waist
| measure be nineteen inches or less, In
case Of any two waist measures being
equal, the prize Will be awarded to the
pupil who had the largest waist Oh
first entering the establishment. Those
young ladies' who intend competing for
the prizes Nos. l, 2 and 3 must give in
their names to the undergoverness to-
day. not later than 6 clock
Later on the competitors We're in
formed that the following rules would
be strictly enforced: /. The corset must
not be loesened on retiring to rest. but
must be worn without, intermission-
except when specially licensed by the
principal 2 That the competition was
!! to begin on the following morning, and
/ the prizes would be awarded on the
/ dismissal of the school for the Christ
mas vacation. 3. That each pupil must
come up for inspection each morning
on rising. New York Commercial Ad-
1 veriser.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
The Sacred Cameps journey.

+ In former years the sacred camefs
Journey, with the gifts of the sultan to
the shrine Of the prophet, which takes
place annually, was made entirely on
foot from Constantinople to Mecca.
Modern ingenuity, with it's ever ready
desire to deprive the world of the pic
turesdue and add the machine under
the plea of greater saving of brute
strength, now conveys the camel half
the way by transport, from Scutari to
Beirut.
1t still. however, makes the solemn
and time honored start from the palace
at Scutari, crossing the Bosporus III
great state amid salves of cannon and
accompanied by all high officials and
religious dignitaries mounted upon and
guarding numerous mules loaded with
boxes. costly gifts and specie required
on the Journey. Embroidered saddle
cloths and ostrich plumes sadorn the
animals. eand their riders are swathed
in gorgeous robes Of yellow, green, blue
and red. When the camel again begins
the land Journey at Beirut, it is joined
by hundreds of pilgrims, and by the
time it eventually arrives at Mecca this
number has swelled to thousands or
| the faithful anxious to show their re-
IHsious zeal i'll, guarding the treasure
| laden animal Oh its journey among the
hostile Arab tribes a*E
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
Fierce AntisTnokinS Blast.

DIR. Parker. the London preacher who
died recently, once uttered this herce
blast against the soothing weed: i
hata smoking. From one end to the
other it is nuisance, It ends mean
Ger. apoplexy. bad temper. bankrupt
cv aud almost il hydrophobia. 1t is an
invention of the devil; it is the devil.
It is the pastime of perdition. No dog
smokes; no bird pines for tobacco; no
horse is A member of pipe club; no
intelligent person ever puts a cigar III
his mouth. The whole idea and prac-
tice Of smoking must be condemned as
atheisticai. aguostical and infinitely de-
testahIa"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

PoIygamy in Persia is on the de-
crease. and this. some authorities hold,
is due to the poverty of the land. while
others urge that it is due to the Per-
sian being DESTROYS Of having wife
who is. real companion. At present
a gentleman in Persia is never seen in
public with his wife or wives, and the
women lead duh and restricted life.
The boys are educated in the homes,
have little freedom and engage III far
too few healthy exercises.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
NEW THINGS TO WEAR.
Some OF the Prevailing, Modes as
Seen by Fashion Expert.
Especial Correspondence


New York, Feb. 1T is not easy to
define some Of the wraps just now, for
some look like long dresses quite as
much as they do anything i'll the line
of cl0akS. And some Of them are curl
ouSly matie and trimmed l happened
into Il place where they were about
packin. Il fir. cloak of this description.
The garment was as long as the dress
with which it was worn. and it WAS
slightly shaped to the waist i'll front
and the sides, while in the center OF
the back there were two wide plaits
extending from the top to the bottom.
The material was black broadcl0th,
heavy and fine. \ series Of curlOuSly
formed disks was made of thick black
grosgrain. and in the middle of these
was a circie of black baby lamb. leaV-
ing the middle of the silk. In the cen
ter of this was large fiat button made
of the fur An almost incredible
amount of labor must have been spent
in producing all these disks. Down the
whole garment to the disks there were
bias straps of the silk, with a piping Of
the same. There must have been more
than twenty of the straps. but they
reached only to the large disks. \ deep
yoke was made by the placing of more
of these over the bust. The yoke was
bordered by Il narrow band of the fur.
and more was put on the sleeves and at
the throat where twas left open to SHOW
the application of cluny lace designs
cut from the body of the lace and set Oh.
The sleeves were bishop shape.
A hat was prepared to go with this.
The crown was of the baby lamb, with
three bias folds of cloth ana silk over
! laDDing each other Under the brirl
! was a service piece intended to holG
the hat on the head, and from this
curlcd several small but fine black
ostrich plumeS.
! The muff should also be black as
Erebus to be considered the proper
thing. The fad for all white gowns and
i coats was short lived, but some are
| still seen., But whoever gets Il black
| coat. cloak. cape or gown does not go
astray.
+ III one of the ''swellest'' shops | have
| just seen many new hats. The quill
seems to be the favorite for all sorts Of
| runabout hats and for young girls.
/ One in particular was designated as
/ hobby and was of very wooIly plaid il
dull grays. browns, 'yclloNs and tiny
! line of black. one of white and one OF
! red. The whole upper part of the hat
was of the plaid. The crown was laid
! fat and the brim in deep folds. Under
/ the brim was draped facing of black
velvet fastened at the left side in a
close bunch with d gilt buckle. On the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
, Intern aGiOnal
; Press Con SreSs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ Special Correspondence

st. L,y1is. Feb: 3-Thc meeting Of the
ninth International congress Of press
associations in this city in September
NEXT will he Il fitting preliminary to
the opening Of the worlds fair early
next wear. The sessions will be held
in the liberal arts palace of the Louis
lana Purchase exposition. Which by
that time will be completed. The CON
gress will be held under the auspices
of the st. Louis and Missouri press. of
the press clubs of New \ DIRK. Boston
and various cities and states of the
United States and of the authorities of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
At the eighth annual press congress
held at Berne last summer Walter
Williams. the editor of the Columbia
(Io.) Herald and press commissioner
for the St. Louis worlds fair, being
given full authority, invited the editors
from all countries then assembled ill the
federal palace of the Swiss republic to
hold their next meeting on American
soil The invitation was accepted with
enthusiasm.
Three hundred leading editors are
therefore coming from the various
countries OF Europe. Asia. Australia.
Africa and the three Americas. joining
by their presence in the national cen
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
sHERIFFS SALE
8. zooI--In First District Court, Cid.
do Parish. Louisiana First Ma.
f;f,,,al Rank ps Charles Stein

2
tional Bank Us. Charles Stein,
By virtue of a commission to sell, to
ME issued in the above entitled and
numbered st.it, will offer for sale At
public auction for cash according to
law, with the benefit of appraisenleilt
at the premies occupied BY the defend
ant "a. a store on Texas street, IN the
city 81 Shreveport. La, during the legal
hours Tor sales, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1908.
the following described personal prop
erty. to-Wit. One lot ct goods. wares,
merchandise. fixtures and other prop
erty found in the store on Texas street
iii the city Of Shreveport. La, as per IN
ventorp. Said property being th came al
ready in my official possession. seized
under writs of attachment IN said suit
s.. =. WARD, 3
Sheriff and Ex-Offieio Alictioneer 81
Caddo Parish, la.
Caucasian, Feb. /. 1908.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
DEAL CONCLUDED.

Texas Capitalists Come into Possession of
a Valuable silver Mine
Chihuahua, Mex, Feb. e.-Moye
Wicks and C. E. Delns, of Austin, Tex,
representing a syndicate of capital
lists of that city, have Just .consum-
mated deal for the purchase of the
famous Sierra Rtca mine, so miles
from Preside Included in the deal
is the contiguous Amelia nine, the
two aggregatirig - per tenencias, also
several thousand acres of surrounding
land The price agreed upon is secret
but it is known to be d large one
The Sierra Rfcs> IS one Of the ia
nous old silver mines in Mexico, and
has a record of enormous production.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

Picture the glory of this republic if
in each Individual life We're fully dis
closed respect fer law, love Of justice,
regard for the rights IF others. remem-
brance of the poor and afflicted en-
courageInent- of education, the helping
hand to everything that is true, beanti-
full and good. The ages win see the
fuiIness and glory Of the picture. The
future will not disappoint us.-7J ustiee
Brewer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
SIIC. ssION MOTTO

No. z6o4--F7iirst District Court Parish
of Caido. State Of Louisiana: SUI
cession of Morris Adams. D.
i Notice is hereby given that Caroline
Adams, admins ratrix, has this day filed
fab1eau Of debts III said succession,
and unless nnnos ton be made thereto
within tie time specified by law the
Same will BIZ duly honlologated as
PRAYED fer.
Witness The honorable d Land,
IlssIee of said Court 5 9Th day ct
1aIaua Iq0s.
Il Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
some Changes Made in Beard of Direc.
tors of the Frisco

Some Changes Made in Board of Direc.
tors of the Frisco.
st. Louis, Feb. 5.-A meeting of
stockholders of the St. Louis and San
Francisco railroad was convened
here at the headquarters of the road
in the Commercial building. All di.
rectors were reelected except Messrs.
Strauss, Seligman. Olney and Madill.
These were selected in their places:
Fl. H. Porter, Chicago; w K. Bixby,
st. Louis; J. S, Ford, New York and
R. r. Fulton, ST. Louis No other mat.
ter came before the meeting, SO it is
stated at the Frisco headquarters.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
FREIGHT COLLISION.
Disastrous Smashup Which Resulted in
the Death of Three.

the Death of Three.
Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. Ga disastrous
rear-end freight collision occurred on
the Ell Paso Northeastern railway,
near Tecolote, N. M.
The dead: Engineer ". F. Prosser,
fireman Gus Merits, G. Davis of Tor
rance He was burned to death, Con-
ductor Grid was fatally injured. Con-
ductor Phalen and crew were making
I'D train at TecolOte when a second
extra crashed into his train as speed
of threee miles an hour. The caboose
of the front train was smashed to
kindling wood, which Immediately
took fire. Seven cars were smashed.
Engineer Prosser when found had
his hand on the throttle.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

tenniaT commenoration of the Louisi-
ana purchase. They are coming not
only as visitors to the worlds fair city.
whose great enterprise has attracted
and Interested thenn but also as visit.
ol.s to cur entire country, with Il viPW
TO studying its political and social i'll
stitutions and its customs and life.
They are coming also with the desire OF
knowing better their brethren of the
American press, just as they came 10
know during the last decade successive
Iy their brethren of the French, the
italian. Scandinavian. hungarian, Por
tlguese, Belgian. Dutch and Swiss
press wherever they assembled at one
of those universal press congresses OF
Rome, Paris. Budapest, Stockholm, Lis
bon, Antwerp and other great Euro
pean cities. ~"
The governing body of the interna
tional press congress is the central bu
reau Of the Worlds Press associations.
the headquarters of which are at Paris
and which comprise nearly 1890
working and prominent journalists i'll
/
land. Argentine Republic. Spain. Porrn-
gal, Switzerland, the United States,
| Austria II ungary and other countries.
! Only now for the first time these for
| eign press representatives intend cross
] ing the ocean, modern arSonauts III
search Of the golden fleece of interim
| tional peace and concord in every part
| of the world.
Hitherto wherever a great exposition
| has been organized its authorities We're
anxious to have this press congress
| {called annually by the central bureaul
meet IN the very heart of such interra-
tionaI enterprise. Thus the recent i'll
/ ternational expositions of Bordeaux.
i Antwerp. Brussels, Hamburg. Buda-
pest. Stockholm and Paris attracted
/ these press conventions. and it was
quite natural that ST. Louis should fol
] low their example. although for yari-
| Gus reasons this ninth congress was
called to meet here in 1903, half a year
before the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton opens its gates. However. the
foreign delegates to the st. Louis con-
gress will find in September all the
large palaces complete
The president of the central bureau
/ of the Worlds Press associations, who
/ will doubtless preside at the coming
| congress. is William Singer. editor in
! chief of the Vienna daily Neues Wiener
| Tagblatt. who was elected the first
| president of the bureau and has al
ways been reelected. He possesses q
strong and magnetic personality and
| commands the confidence of his col
leagues in all countries. being perfectly
/ independent himself in his position as
| the sole director of a great, progressive
and liberal Austrian daily journal. Tit
/ secretary general of the bureau. who il
is expected viii be here. is Victor Tau
nay of Paris, formers editor of the Ga
zette de France. the Oldest French
newspaper. aud now one of the editors
of La Eerite. He is one of the mos
i popular journalists of Europe. known
and beloved In every country.
The visiting Journalists will no doub
meet with most hearty welcome in tn,
United States and their deliberatioH.
at tile liberal arts palace of the world
fair will not fail to awaken d genera
Il public interest. botll ii this eountr,
and in the old world
II IsssssIIss 81 LLER
81
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
MED BY RIPLEY.

says santa Fe VIII 80 on in the Same
Way to Pacific Coast.
Topeka. Kan. Feb. president
Ripley of the Santa Fe denied the pub
lished story to the effect that there
was a likelihood of a traffic alliance
between the Santa F'e and the Rock
Island. Mr.. Ripley said: The report
is an error throughout the Santa Fe
will go on in the same old way to the
Pacific coast. There is absolutely
nothing in common between the roads
of the kind stated
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

Ennis, Tex, Feb. 6.-Henry Beau
mont of Waco. who is stopping here
temporarily with her sister, Mrs ]. P.
Mann. shot herself three times with a
pistol. She was in very feeble health.
She is believed to be fatally hurt.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

BAYMAN.S
of one old bachelor bayman. "Yes," "
he said, its nice book It's first
rate book. but -
But wEat?'' asked the author.
sThey didn't git married" said the
bayman. ~
But" Hiss Forsslund gently ex-
planned, you know they viii be mar
ried. You are made quite sure of that. =
sUm-m. 1t might be their intell-
tons to git married. said the bayman
doubtfulIy, but they didn't. Outside
o. that it's first rate book
e. Nesbit. author of 1.-THE Red
House" lives in country house i'll
Surrey which is one of the show places
in England. A recent American visitor
there remarked upon the age of the
house. but Mrs eNesbit Bland at once
Idiselaimed its antiquity.
1T is not really old she said: this
part of the house was built in ITO. and
/ the original walls are. only 500 years
/ old. =
The American visitor withdrew feet
ing, as she said later. almost inlpossi-
| bly, youthful.
RICHARD TUPPER.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
Killing m aIIssIsssl,ps.

Mobile, Ala, Feb. ga special to
the Register from Waynesboro, Miss,
reports the shooting and killing of J..
C. Sanderson by A. II. Cray at Frost
Bridge, twenty miles from Waynes-
boro. The men had dispute about
money lost by Sanderson that he ac-
cused Gray of taking Both men are
well-known in Wayne county. Gray
disappeared after the shooting.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

Center, Tex, Feb. Elm an alterca
ton here F. Judge received five knife
wounds, both jugular veins being sew
cred. He died instantly. H. c. Hal
chell was Jailed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

New York, Feb. 6.-The Herald says
the Southern Pacific has sold half of it's
interest in the Houston and Texas Cen
trail road to the Rock Island. This will
give latter road entrance into Calves
ton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
Death of Congressman Moody.

Asheville. N. c.. Feb Congress.
man J.. M. Moody died at his home al
Waynesville Major Moody was for
ty-four years of age. He leaves wife
and six children.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

Miss Louise ForsslEnd has been much
interested in getting the opinions of the
native Long Islanders as to the merit
of her book. THE Ship of Dreams,
because some of them appear in her
pa ges, and from others she has cleaned
much valuable information. She was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08

Henry Seton Merriman (Hugh, Scott,
author of The Vuftures," will not per-
nit the publication of his portrait. and
the nearest idea the public has of his
appearance is gathered from the state.
ment that he resembles Robert Louis
StevenSon, -
Really" remarked friend of this
author IF Scott would turn down
his collars and his hair (which he
wears boot brush fashion,. the likeness
10 r. l. s would be striking q
He is further described as tall and
long Hmhed. careless as regards clothes,
lazy as regards movement, with the
same sharpness of feature and bril-
Lance of eye that suggested delicaey in
Stevenson: the same humorous curve
of the mouth, and i'll rare moments of
self abandon there is the same tragic
look Of DOOM
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
THE WAYS OF AUTHORS.
How Miss Tnrbeii Broke Into Liter;s-
ture-A Ba. 1nnn'~ Criticism.
fSn1ria1 CORRESPONDENCE.


Now YORK Fen, 2.-NiSs Ida NJ. Tar
hell is a woman of grit "a we'll rs Il re-
marhably good historian. -N,"" :, ! "
wears experience i'll tcAr}""@ "!"' III
editing Il su.lll ma -;j,.iNr SH.' d. .':;'i
that her bent WAS tuWmd Oh ~ 49,!
and historical work and e.. -. ~ -
ed to study the French h","ot 80 .>':'-
dim. history. Thor"WtA size Nt!.; !"
Paris, tunk l!p her residence III Il r!,. ~
quarter ana attended lectures 1t fi!>
SorI,0nne and the college q" i'!'1:.''r
for three years.
All the time she depended for her
support upon the chance OF having h(-
ters accepted by American magazines
and newspapers. On leaving America
she had. she says. only few nire-
munerltive connections with neWSpa-
pers and no magazine connections at
all. vet she made Il go of the thing.
Her letters we're accepted by the bJs-
ton Transcript, McClure's syndicate.
Scribner's Magazine and Mcclure $,
and she paid her entire expenses out of
the proceeds She studied three years
abroad and clothed and supported her.
self without having to borrow more
| than $50.
James B. Connolly, author of the
volume of sea stories entitled "Out OF
Gloucester" seems to be coming i'll for
a deal of attention. 1t may be said. in
deed that MI Connolly has literally
leaped into fame. since that renowned
iunp of his which won the highest
prize in the first athletic event at the
! Olyunian games in Athens several
! years ago figures so prominently in the
! contemplation of his personality and
| achievements. The combination OF an
/ international athletic champion and a
successful writer Of fiction Is apparent
| " Irresistible to the bookish world.
Undoubtedly the physical proves of
| the young Bostonian was not without
| it's effect in commencing him to Iresl-
| dent Roosevelt's favor. The strenuous
national executive loves brain and
Drawn with an equal love. 1t is easy
to believe that more than a passing
thought of the record breaking Oiym-
plan leap made by Connolly was in the
presidents mind when, after Il delight
| ed pert1s:sl of "Out of Gloucester he
wrete n letter of warm congratulation
| to the author. 49,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-08
PERRIN u. HESTER
ROBERT = EMERY.
N. 9. Perrin & Co.,
Successors to w c. Perrin.
aIl1n Factors, Real Estate
and Rental Agents.

MI eSas st. Shreveport. La
gise our personal attention to the
sss Of cotton.
are members Of the Cotton Ex-
AzI'ss and have access to all the latest
s''f faeilities Tor storing and insurins
an are complete.
viii make liberal cash advances
s. ASSIGNMENTS Of cotton
l sa:sF list 81 real estate IS large and at
aEsase and sse think we can please all
Fsssss q purchasers.
. se rent houses and farms, collect
~ S'sas make prompt renittances, and
s{ taxes for non-residents.
zs want patronage and expect to
'ss8 sa'11e By strict attention to busi-