The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29


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l.v.. Aliuric lin';dcsheiI is the wife
nf :, cotton hand "n the San;a he rai'-
road near In l'%,H. Mo. The couple
,i,c in u ;"at near the tr;i.'> one
ni..!t Mr.. ..ntiCr> bell v.;% awakened
hy :, terrific crash. Sh" tried 20 rouse
her husband s..t he is Il sound "leCper,
.iua she co;l,tjiit. Then Size N".it "It
10 investigate the MOI +" r." herself.
She discovered shat The bri q DER
which IL" California limited nl'iS'
pass ia II few minutes hal fallen ipIo u
deep raNjne owing /" the cru.nhlin:t OF
one OF its .i'Utmel.&. In IL" {: ri. less
the eng:ncIr could not see that the
bridge was gene. Iherr was a. time
now to call help. and =" tg-i5ed to
brlIld Il it,I.iFe on the track. gathering
III WOO. in The darkness ani than
rushing home foi nal.l.c~. Mi iluIUr-
shell was still sleeping peacefully. IS
the blaze BEGAN - crawl among ii"
tWigs tie Ialn came thunlcljn.
around tn curve. a;ii The engineer
pulled up just fifty feet from The
hrin!, Of IT," abyss. Train hands ana
/ passengers, numbering 80. SWarlned
from the train 10 hear ilnr &tnrE. y
great cheer was sent UP in her honor
and tiien grateful men and W0nl'n,
bidGin" hcr hoil out hrr apron fl al
it with coins and bank notes. Nheu
she went home to her droW&y Inrl
there was 500 in it. ana the Santa Eo
railroad will he asked hy the pusSeil-
gers 10 reward her more substantially.
l"t some people Will habte on about
women Icing too nervous ana pXcitn-
Bile To Itc OF use in an emergency and
ask u, to admire the calm. serene mas
cuIilc temperament which never loses
is head and. Ike Mr.. IIondeslrI! car
slumher praccrullv on through thC
crash Of matter ana wreck of worlds.
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The kaiser. who If all be true that
one hears plays somewhat the part or
a domestic ty"ant has had something
of u setback in regard to the Princess
Sophia Charlotte of Didenburg. a.
whom his fayorite son Prince Elite
Frederick. was obcdiently married i'll
strikin" contrast to the conduct of the
crown prince. who insisted on cbonS-
ing Il wife to suit himself The prin-
cess Sophia. who was poor before her
marriage. is said to have developed
the most eXtrava@ant tastes. delight
ing the ShopkcepcrS of Berlin. but
scandalZing her royal papa in law.
who is said TO have all the thrifty in
stincts of his maternal graudmotEp,
the late Queen Victoria. One of HE
favorite maxims in the family circle is
Princes as we'll as peasants should
lay store for rainy seasons" The prn-
cess. far from protiting by this sag.
counsel, goes on shopping unmoved by
warnings or ahmOnitiOnS Thus the De
mure little princess whom the kaiser
thought would make Il model wife for
his dutiful son is proving something
Of thorn in the imperial flesh. And
il this experience OF the kaiser there
is for other parents who insist on
choosing partners for their children an
excellent object lesson.
u.s.
n certain well known manufactures
of good things to eat proudly says that
he owes all his success to his wife hay-
ing been good cook. When they
We're first married he delightcdly con
Sumed all her danties himself but
when he found that friends and neigh
borS were clamorouS for the catch,p
tai ri,
that this article mi ght he marketable
He went into the business of selling
cntchup in a small way and now man
ufactures not only that. but many OIL
err table dclicaccs His wife cooks
for him no more, for his millions pro
vide white turbaned chef. whose con
coctiOns are no more toOthsome il
somewhat more costly. There is a for
tune in many a simple household dish
or device. but not every woman has Il
husband clever enough to see the com
mercia value of this
The average young girl In factory OF
shop does not usually work under con
ditions which foster polished manners
or nicely of speech. but when employ
erS realize that these mean increased
dividends and better prestige for the
establishment ono may confidently e1-
pect IN improvement in the young
women employed IN such establish
ments Many girls 20 to work at the
age of fourteen, fifteen or sixteen,
when their characters are in the form
alive state. and are ruined by coming
in contact with older young women
who. if not loose in morals. manners
or speech, are either rowdyish or silly
and sentimental
The nuns of the convent Of the Sis
ters of the Holy Child Jesus at Sharon
Hill, Delaware county, Pa, are said
to do some of the most beautiful typo
graphical work in the country Re
Gently they printed for private circu-
lation a history of their order. It is
Illuminated and bound in flexible
brown covers stamped with gold let