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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
QUEER NEW ORLEANS
LIFE IN THE CiTY's QUAINT FRENCH
QUARTER.

1t Closely Resembles That of at
Least a Century Ago-The Creoles
of Today-Not Driven Out by the
Heat-Aunt sukey's Praline Candy.
Especial Correspondence
New Orleans, May 25.-The largest
American cities, except perhaps New
York, which is conglomerate, have
each distinctive characteristics. Only
three, one of them in Canada. really
remind the European of his own side
of the world. Two cities have brought
down through the centuries the memo
ries. traditions and modes of thought
of old France, and they are at the op-
posite poles Of civilization. Quebec on
the north, New Orleans on the south.
the one, it has been said characteris-
tically, "robed in ice, the other bathed
in sun" The other city whose at
mosphere seems old world-like is Bos-
ton. which is somewhat English.
But for some reason the French i'm
press is stamped more strongly than
the English. New Orleans is sevidence
of this even after 100 years of driv-
ing, hustling Yankee invasion. But
the Yankee life fringes the banks of
the Mississippi in the creole city, COW
ers them with acres of cotton bales
and sugar warehouses. In Louisiana
itself half the population is black. In
the "old city" of New Orleans, the
French quarter, life is lived almost as
it was a century gone BY Through
successive Spanish, French and Ameri-
can ownership the creole quarter has
kept to itself, clinging firmly to its
old customs. For the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, founded on the his
toric fact that the said purchase trans
ferred them from French to United
States citizenship. these creoles care
probably less than any other inhab-
itants of the Union.
Already many of the New Orleans
residents of northern blood are being
driven out by the heat to higher lati-
tudes or cooler resorts near the gulf
coast. The creole stays the year
round. The dark eyed maiden with
the magnolia complexion is not baked
out by the heat.s The American girl
proper is not credited with an over
amount of sentiment OF romance, but
the exquisite creole girl is brimful of
both. One moment her eyes soften
dangerously with the one, the next
flash with the emotion of the other.
The soft patois. which was born orig
inally of Spaniards trying to speak
French and French trying to speak
Spanish and which later had the
harsher English tongue ingrafted upon
It, falls from the lips of the creole girl
like drops of music.
This magnolia maiden Of the old
French quarter of New Orleans prides
herself on descent longer than that of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. Originally from blending OF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
ENVELOPES, DIES AND ADDRESSES.

ENVELOPES, DIES AND ADDREsSER -
nneator. The envelope should match
the paper used and be of such size
that one folding only is necessary.
There Is a variety of novel shades III
both paper and envelopes that have re-
ceiyed the stamp of approval. and.
while creamy white is perhaps given
the preference, many choose pale blue,
gray or pink. Violet in a delicate tone
and white boTdered with a color are
also correct. .s ss'sS
Originality in these papers is achiev-
ed in the shape of the sheet and envel-
ope. Both square and oblong envel-
opes are used. and the flap may be in
some fancy shape. A decided novelty
is a very thin white envelope lined
with colored tissue paper.
Royal Irish linen and bond papers
are perhaps the finest grades, though
Imperial vellum in glace or kid finish is
preferred by many. Pongee bond and
linen lawn papers are smart and are
shown in the daintiest Of tints and in
cream white as well. Those who pre-
fer thin paper will appreciate the
Egyptian linen.
The address die stamps the paper at
the center near the top of the first
page, but when crest is used the adj.
dress is written at the right hand, ex-
cept for note, when it is given at the
end line above the date.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
THE CLUBWOMAN.
The Knowledge of the Kansas Va
riety-Her Domestic Lore.

riety-Her Domestic Lore.
No talk about the Kansas woman
would be complete without word as
to the clubwoman, several thousand OF.
her. The most remarkable thing about
the Kansas clubwoman is the awe in
spring. all enbracingness of her knowl-
edge. She knows all about Buddha,
Browning or buckwheat cakes and can
talk with equal fuency about the high
er criticism or the hired girl. She can
tell yotl with the same readiness the
date Of the Italian renaissance or the
day ard hour when her first baby cut
it's first tooth. She is equally capable
Of figuring out the next transit of
Venus or of cutting q shirt waist from
a yard and three-quarters of goods by
a pattern that calls for three yards and
half. Unlike Horatio, there are few
things in heaven or earth of which her
philosophy has not dreamed, and what
she has dared to dream Of she has
dared to do" Public parks and foun-
,tains, kindergartens and restrooms for
cling libraries and art galleries, schol-
arships in high schools and UNIVERSE
ties, improved civic conditions and
beautified schoolrooms-thesea are some
of the dreams she has transformed into
realities, and her work is only we'll be-
gun. The woman's club has ceased to
be an experiment and jest and has
become a nucleus of altruistic activity,
the center of an ever widening circle
whose circumference will one day
touch the stars.-Mrs. II. P. Wilson.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
PNEUMATIC ChlSELS.
Granite Carving Is Now PerSorHaaa
With Air Tools.

Granite Carving Is Now Per7ormea
With Air Tools.
An industry in which pneumatic tools
working Of granite. Up till a few
years ago the granite tombstones which
are to be seen in every cemetery and
the deliberately carved granite blocks
which are now so popular for the
fronts of banks and public houses were
dressed by hand with q hammer and
chisel in much the same way as we
may suppose the Egyptians carved the
sphinx Now jet of air is doing the
mason's work. and instead of expend-
ing much time and muscle on his task
the workman has simply to guide the
pneumatic chisel over the surface Of
the stone.
The saving in manual labor is very
great The work is done more rapidly
and more cheaply by these tools than
by hand and. it might also be said,
more efficiently. for pneumatic chisel
can be operated in recesses and out of
the way places in which there would
not be room to strike blow with an
ordinary hammer. Aberdeen Is the
center of the granite industry in Great
Britain, and there is no granite work
ing esta blishment there Of any conse-
quence which has not an equipment Of
pneumatic tools. The heart of a pneu-
matte plant is the compressor, or pump,
which forces the air into large tank
or reservoir. From this central point
the air. is conveyed in pipes to all parts
of the works, and the connection with
the actual tool is made with length
ofdndia rubber hose, so that the work
man can move the apparatus from
place to place.
Where workman would have had
hammer and a chisel in his hands now
he has a pneumatic chisel. and he has
simply to direct it in the required posi-
ton. The number of blows that a
tool like this strikes is marvellous. The
jet of compressed air operates piston,
to which either hammer or chisei
can be attached, and the admission of
the air can be so regulated by valves as
to give anything from 1000 to $4,000
strokes minute. AS might be sup
posed. the vibration caused by such
rapid movement as this is very great.
A visitor to granite yard is generally
given one of these pneumatic tools to
hold, and unless he grips it tight it is
apt to jump out of his hand. One
would think that the constant use of
arms and lead to cramp. So far, how
ever, there have been no instances of
this.-Sphere.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
HARVESTING NATURE
VICTORIA FALLS, AFRICA, TO TURN
GREAT DYNAMOS.
Power Plants Like Those of Niagara
VIII he Built Where the Cape to
Cairo Railroad Crosses the Fam
Especial Correspondence.l

Cairo Railroad Crosses the Fam
bexi.
Especial Correspondence
Cairo, May 1.-The Cape to Cairo rail-
road. the great dream Of Cecil Rhodes,
the sempire builder" is fast approach
ing completion, and within year the
traveller may ride in luxurious Pull
man car through the country which
Stanley and Livingstone traversed at
the peril of their lives.
The rails are already laid to the south
Of Khartum, while from Cape Town
the work Of construction has been
pushed almost to the Zambezi river,
below Lake Nyassa, and the building
Of the bridge which will span the long
unknown African river just below Vic
toria falls, the greatest Of natures
wonders in the dark continent, will
soon be begun. Twice the width and
more than double the height of Mag
ara, Victoria falls will before long be
added to the Meccas which every globe
trotter includes in his itinerary.
The connecting link yet to be built
between Khartum and the Zambezi
presents no remarkable difficulties, and
when the bridge is completed trains
from Cairo will be waiting to cross it
and finish the 100 mile run to the
Cape.
Branch lines are projected or already
under way which will open all central
Africa, and the industrial development
Of what is likely to prove the richest
quarter of the globe will follow fast
upon the heels OF the first train to pass
through its heart.
The most sensational feature Of this
development will be the Harvesting Of
the Victoria falls. Since the success OF
the methods adopted at Niagara has
been demonstrated scores Of schemes
for utilizing water power in running
great dynamos have been put into eff
feet in America, Europe and Asia. But
nowhere has the work been conducted
on as grand scale as at Niagara, be
cause the falls at the outlet of Lake
Erie are practically unriyaled any
where in the world. Niagara's only
oUPCilOA arc Tic 1dilS VI LIE EItnuGLt,
discovered and named Victoria falls by
David Livingstone in 1856. These falls
are about 600 miles from the Indian
ocean and 1900 from the Cape of Good
Hope. The Cape to Cairo railway as
planned by Mr.. Rhodes would have
crossed the Zambezi farther down
stream, but year or two ago the route
was altered so as to intersect the river
at the falls. The bridge will be thrown
over the gorge through which the wa
tiers of the falls boil after their drop of
oyer 400 feet, and from the car win
d0ws as good view of the waterfall
will be obtained as that of Niagara
from the new suspension bridge The
bridge will have span Of 500 feet.
Sir Charles Metcalfe, one of the COM
suifing engineers of the British South
Africa companE, brought the possible
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
FASHIONABLE STATIONERY.

Quality, shape, Size and CoIor.
Crests and Addresses.
The character and quality of ones
stationery are of the greatest impor
lance. Etiquette and convenience have
established certain shapes and sizes of
paper for social use, remarks the De-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31

ties Of the falls to the attention of Mr..
Rhodes some time before the latter's
death, and the Colossus had the matter
thoroughly investigated Preliminary
work will be begun on an enormous
power plant as soon as materials can
be transported 70 this point by rail.
It is thought that head of at least
200 feet will be available, that each
turbine and dynamo will have capac-
ity Of 5000 horse power and that con-
duit eight feet In diameter will be suf-
ficient to drive each wheel.
When at the food the volume Of wa
ter in the Zambezi is twice that of the
Niagara. and the greater fall will give
an estimated total force of 10000 600
horse power, while that of Niagara is
estimated at about 5000, 900. The mini
mum capacity will be less than Mag
ara's, however, owing to the well
known shrinkage in the dry season of
the African rivers.
Victoria falls present straight
front all the way across. unlike Mag
ara's horseshoe formation. and are di-
v1ded into four unequal parts by small
Islands. The gorge below the fallsis mar
rover and deeper than that at Niagara,
and at first sight its rocky walls seem
Ike dam, SO slight is the opening
through which the water pours. The
roar of the cascade can be heard four
miles.
The first use Of the power drawn
from the falls will probably be to work
the coal mines at Wanlie, from fifty to
: hundred miles to the southeast. The
I work Of drilling. hosting and pumping
] ~ several pisces in the United States
ND England IS now beiug done BY cleo
strieity 4 little farther TO the north are
beds Of copper Of vast extent. There IS
fsss'k too, Of trying to work the gold
81 Eisss Of johannesburg with electricity
Esana The Victoria falls.
LION MAGEH.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
E. W. :Sutherlin. nos =. p1'''
Suther|in & Bard
Attorneys and Counsslals
Office over Shreveport NatiollA1
Shreveport, La.
cHFRIFFS SALE

no SI6o-In First Judicial II.
Court Of Caddo Parish, r. e III.
shcim Bros, Dry GOODS -
vs. ". II. Bell. 90
Bv virtue Of writ OF Fis ELL s.
to me issued in the above en MI 81
numbered suit, by the Hon9 esdsa hi
Judicial District Court OF S i ~ n
;s11 Ia ! have seized and will ol's -.
sale at public auction, for ea saa $500
At t tbr n M.r[ coupled by the ~ 81
anr, in the Kelly building o. b
street in the city Of Shreveport -
ing the LEGAL hours for sales on S.,
NY s S\TUR ID, JUNE - I I'eI II
The i,,1ov.;ng described persona 4 N
pcrtY. to wit: One OF OIL hot Naa ssf q
n ".r i,'vcn,orv Of ,ame) found 70 Q. = !; Il
mi Occupied by the defendae !; Il
Kc1'v 15nildinq on Texas sfrts
cry , - ~ ~ >%rl sci itsi as beloag
a.. ,,..i...Ilt',, md to be sold e
~. 49,. ~r.c.f:,I in the said ti.s 800 ssl
.,,,,, - o." Hundred and fila IN III
viii, r.~ c.,t interest thel .s j
! I~ ~. -. 1908, and all cosls
Suit. 81
Sheriff Of Caddo p
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
Dantfeifon Green's

When the yellow blooms appear, dan
delfon leaves become too bitter for use.
IL boiling the greens to serve as a veg
efable. especially If the leaves are a
Title old. it is well to throw of the ira
ter after five minutes, add fresh boil
lng water and salt and finish the cook
Ing Many persons lie the flavor civ
en- By boiling 4 small piece OF salt pork
with the green's
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31
Jury VENIRE

Venire of First Districs cours q
Louisiana for May and June, 1908:
For week commencing fourt1s MCei-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-31

are good, but in an enlergeney Il
harness is an absolute essential Z II
driving. Take no chances, but IS 4
best harness that your money eaA 81
Birds make of carriage and wagon =
ness is the best attainable, ana ~ III
find it takes no more OF your alaas
get than it does for inferior nIlas +
The BIRD sADDLERY CO., 2a2 IsIi'
New-York tribune., 1903-08-09
AT sTRoUDSBURG.

stroudsburg Penn. Aug. (SpeciaD--The hotei
bookings show that the season viii be long one
Many OF the guests will be entertained here Until
late in the fall The attractions this week have
been numerous. Social functions are now at Their
height and band concerts are given frequently
Miss Claudia Buchanan has returned 10 the CITY
Charles Fettrecht OF New-York. who has been al
the Highland Inn, IS going on trip to the Cats
kills.
Miss Phillips is entertaining the guests Of the
Locust Grove House.
Miss Sara ". SweetOn IS at the Berwick Inn.
Miss Cornell. OF New-YOrk. is at the Highland
Inn
Mr. Unkauf is at the Burnett House.
Mrs. Charles o. Bass. OF Brooklyn. is at the Pros
pect House.
At the Highland Dell are Miss A Il. Sloan Mr..
and Mrs. P. II. Thomson and Miss Charlotte Ben
ham, OF New-YOrk.
Miss Marguerite Temple is here for prOtraeted
stay.
Mr. and Mrs. f. s Powell OF Brooklyn. ars at
the Prospect House
Mr and Mrs r. r. Cornell. OF New-YOrk, ara u
the Highland Inn
Mr. and Mrs I. T Holmes who have been making
nightly drives through the country. have made tne
Burnett House their headquarters.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-09
SHELTER ISLAND JOHS.
Delights of This Resort Fatty
Appreciated.

Shelter Island, Long Island. Aug. (Speclap.-
August has found people leaving these shores LOT
mountain resorts. and vice versa. This is Always
the gayest month at Shelter Island. DlhheFs
Iuncheons teas lawn parties and the Ike are
scheduled for every day in the month rms hrst
week has been crowded full of AFFAIRS at NOTES.
cottages and at the various clubs.
| The Shelter Island Yacht Club has been In
aourisbing condition this season. Six silver cups
have been presented by members Of the club. and
handsomely engraved copper one by h l.. Max
well for the mixed class. The regatta committee
of the Shelter Island Yacht Club includes Charles
H OTIS chairman; DR.. Julien w. Russell and
stephen Lane Foger. The officers Of the club are:
Commodore James Weir tr.; vice-commodore, Ar
thur Whitney; rear-commodore. John w. Weber;
secretary William B. Hill treasurer Harper Otis;
feet surgeon DR.. George f Little. The festivities
of the club the fifth special regatta. on August
l5 and the women's regatta, on August o.
The Shelter Island Golf Club has been one OF the
most attractive spots Shelter Island in the
pleasant days Of the week. Since its organization
the club has been the social centre of the island.
The new Country Club it's name indi-
Gates, is a country club" It's golf course
is a pretty one. its tennis courts fine and its
ping pong tables delightful The clubhouse is
the prettiest the island. though it lacks tho
Quaintness Of the Shelter Island Golf Club house,
which is a hundred years Old it's shingled
sides proclaim. With the restorations that were
made when IT incorporated, the Shelter Island
Golf Club house is complete
1t is regretted that the incement weather OF this
rainy summer has put end to the Saturday
afternoon teas and lawn parties on the club
grounds. The eighteen hole golf course, qualifying
the Shelter Island Golf Club for membership in
the United States Golf Association. attracts pro-
fessionaI golfers and the professional amateurs
Somewhat replacing the Saturday afternoon teas
at the Golf Club have been the Thursday after
noon lawn teas in the park at the Manhanset
With band concert accompaniment they have
formed pleasant meeting place for hotel patrons
and cottagers.
There is a Southern atmosphere at Manhanset
New-York tribune., 1903-08-09

this year that is charming. The menu includes
Southern fruits that some Northerners have never
tasted Much of the patronage of the hotel has
been drawn from below Mason and DiXon's line.
The Manhanset House is located. however,
that it is impossible for it to be anything but
cosmopolitan. The presence of the station of
the New-York Yacht Club is found to bring to its
doors people from many parts of tn the it Union 49,.
juvenile tennis tournament played on the courts courts!
tournament was managed by David Mahany, jr.
The play, which began each day at $50 a m, was
carried on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The trophy a silver cup, won by c. W. Fowler.
On Wednesday evening, at the Prospect House, a
juvenile masquerade occupied the chlIdrens nour.
Among the children who took part were the little
Misses Edith. Gertrude and Ethelwynne Field LOr-
raine IAnette and May Craven, olive Lockwood.
Dorothy, Ruth and Beatrice Hunter. Ethel Hicks,
BToH,n DoTotbV Hicks Fizabetb Fish Martha
Mildred Covert and the little Masters Wiiford
anderson, Junior Ames Leonard Hicks, Stuart and
on Thursday evening at the Manhanset House
gave the first cakewaIk Of the season.
on Friday At the b Ms Ss Of Gu6 was yen
ent was made up of cottagers and hotel patrons.
spectveIy for the benet Of the club itself and for
St Marys Episcopal Church of Shelter Island.
each he sunday GY Gi evening" eTo the RT
way to Greenport on ner return from Newport.
ufte Wood penic George E De Walter Supplied
the children with big straw trimmed hats and iusty
horns.
Mrs; Howard F; Whitney, won the cup given by
the Shelter Island Golf Club for the best net score
for women during the month of July. Mrs. Whit
ney equaed the best Womens score in forty-six.
The mems cup won by Stephen H. Baldwin.
The winners os cups In the mixed foursome were
Mrs. William a. Engeman and Mr.. Charles H.
Hyde.
from New-York: F. Hawkes.. B. H. Waters, n. P.
Norton. R. C Mitchell, w. Johnson, Mrs j. A,
Robertson William E. Peck. S. NJ: Butler, Fred
W Cowperthwait, R: l. Crow, c. H, H Smith n hi, J. H
Scudder, jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Roth, E. Wright,
Mrs. Sara l. Lysle, W. Tonnell, Mr. and Mrs John
AT the s'i Prospect House: Frank ]. Brocker, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry W. Kennedy, {, ". Lang ,jr Mr.
and Mrs. William c. Lowen, Miss LoWen, Henry
Brill. Miss Bessie Brill, William A. Martin, w, A.
Martin jr. S. P. Spencer Rufus L Scott, jr:. Miss
c. Hunter Miss Beatrice Hunter, Miss d. Hunter,
Miss De Mena,, Miss airline De Mena w H Eel Eel
sey, Mr. and Mrs. F. d. Cowper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Berrien Miss J. Duffy. Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ salter.
jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seed. j. G: Gully, Mrs. A.
Meeker Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Dart Miss A Salmon,
r H. Bryson. George J. Jorden, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Baldwin Fletcher NJ. Cook, Henry L. Reeves, DR.;
John NJ Van Cott, Mrs. Alexander Carlton and
Horace NJ. Carleton.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-09
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
Lemon Season Fairly Begun-Cot-
tdgers Returning.

Lenox Mass. Aug (SpeciaD.-The tide of
travel has turned to the mountains. Since the
last of June there has been a steady exodus of the
Lenox cottagers to the shore, but now they have
all started homeward and the real season in
Lenox will begin Immediately, and will culminate
in the fourth annual horse show OF the cottagers
which will be held on September Is. at William D.
sloane's broad acres. Highlawn. where he has
beautiful plateau overlooking Laurel Lake, on
which the ring win be made.
AS yet there has been little entertaining. All of
the cottages have been filled, but the season of
large dinners. garden parties and luncheons has
not yet begun. With the return of the cottagers
and the coming Of their house parties for the late
summer and fall Lenox social life will begin and
continue until the red leaf has withered.
The executive committee of the horse show is
composed of Giraud Foster, chairman: Miss Kate
Cary, William D. Sloane John F. Alexandra
Frank K. Sturgis and Henry P Jaques. This COM
mlttee is arranging the classes of the show ana
has announced a number of changes in the past
programmes. Among the exhibitors at the horse
show will be George Westinghouse, William D.
Sloane. Giraud Foster. Thatcher NJ Adams, Rob
ert W. Paterson. NJ. r. Kernochan, Richard c.
Dixey. David Lydig, William A. Read Miss Marian
Haven. Mrs James A Burden. jr., Frank X.
Sturgis. Miss Nora Iasigi Mrs John E. Alexandra,
H. II. Pease. Charles Laner. John Sloane. Samuel
rockingham. Reginald Vanderbilt, H X Blood
good Miss Kate Cary, John S. Barnes II. P.
JaQues and E. R. Wharton
The Misses Clementine and Sophia Furnss, of
New-York and David Wolfe Bishop of New-York
opened their cottages this week. Miss Furnss will
entertain a house party in September. Mr.. Bishop
has not been in Lenox before in a number of
years Interlaken. the Bishop cottage, was occu-
pied last year by Mr.. and Mrs. Courtlandt Field
Bishop, who will come to Lenox later this season
Much interest Is shown IN the wedding Of Miss
New-York tribune., 1903-08-09
LONG DISTANCE PHoToeRApHY.

Henniker-Heaton. when he criticised the post
ONCE reforms in the House OF Commons on Mon
day was Just back from Italy. He said that the
most wonderful things he saw in that country were
some specimens. az an observatory near Rome. OF a
new system of electric photography. by which clear
photographs can be taken OF persons or scenes at
least twenty miles distant He does not profess
knoWledge Of the scientific process involved. but
ne thinks II quite conceivable that 10 may eventual
~ develop so that may take photographs or
friends In distant lands over the at the same
time as we Conversing with them by means
OF wireless telegFaphy Henniker-Heaton pointed
out that no could have predicted a feN
years ago the extraordinary developments OF Ma
confs system which is used daily the At
lanttc, and Is In constant and efficient operation
between Rome and Sardinia distance OF nelsTr
two hundred miles, Of which only about tWk ~
miles a oyerland--usondon Mall