The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-23
Modern Woman
Vacation Suggestion For Humane
Women-How to Improve the
Voiee-Some Pertinent sugges-
ions In Regard to Public Schools.

Wh9h going away Cor the summer
outing, don't be so cruel as to forget
your dog cat and other household pets
II you can't take them with YOU make
it worth while 70: some reliable person
TO look after them. Many families pas,
the poor dog along to some irresponsi-
BILE person who will not feed him ana
will probably beat him when he mourns
for his lost master or mistress. With
usually pushed out to shift for herself
because of the superstition that cat,
are attached to places rather than pee
pie. IL your cat is more attached to its
home than to you, it is no credit to you
cat can be as affectionate as any
other animal If properly treated. How
some people can go off to enjoy vaca-
ton when they have left a couple of
helpless animals to starve and suffer
is one of the mysteries of civilization
Yet how often during the summer does
one pass the closed house at the door
Of which crouches a starved looking
dog Or along whose veranda stalks Il
gaunt cat mewing pitifully and wait
ing patiently for the friends that have
proved SO unfaithful. Better send the
animals to the local humane society OIL.
else forestall their sufferings painIessly
with an ounce Of chloroform before
You start for the seashore or noun
tains
Critics claim, and the weight of evi-
dence is with them, that the American
woman's voice is not so dulcet as il
should be. Perhaps this is a wise dis
pensation of Providence, for were her
voice on a par with her other "attrac
tons" the world would find her ire
sistible. For those who wish to cult |
rate sweet and persuasive voice the
slipping of mixture of honey and |
lemon juice is recommended The |
temper has a marked effect on the |
larynx. If you would have silvery
tone. cultivate good nature.
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Mrs. Fredericka Russell Of BrooE
field. Wis.,, we'll known in educational |
circles as "the kindergarten mother
because of her work in that line. re
Gently made some interesting remarks |
in regard to child training. They have
vaIue 6ecause her father was the fren,'
and she herself was the pupil of the
great Froebel, originator Of the kinder
garten.
Mrs. Russell says:
The public school is to a great extent
one sided. combining itself entirely to the
intellect. Its system of marks and dis
tinctions tends away from moral training
because 1t fosters setfishness jealousy t
and dishonesty. Working for marks is
the aim. 1t is the monarchical idea, not 7
akin to the spirit of the republic. +
Just think that over.
Al scientist has decided that women
have better memories, read more rap
idly, bear pain better. recover mere
easily from wounds and serious all
nesses and live longer than men do
This should afford some consolation to
the frail sex, which is repeatedly in
formed that ii is not capable of learn.
ing to bat ball. row a boat. play ten
mis- or golf III a manner to compete
with the superior male athlete
sH
Civility costs nothing, yet it has fire.
quently proved a better investment
than money. IL you wish to impress
strangers with your great consequence
don't assume a supercilious manner
This is no longer fashionable excep.
with the autocrats of the kitchen or the
Pullman car. The members of the roy
al families of Europe are said to be the
most universally courteous people in
the world.
A famous photographer gives some
advice to the woman who wishes to /
dress and pose for natural looking
photograph. In this the artist shows
himself at fault. What most of us
seek Is not natural but 1attering
likeness.
'Blest Be the Tie That Binds was
the hymn announced by the minister
who had just had a stormy session
with the church authorities for uniting
couple of noted Divorces. And IT
was fully five minutes before it occur
red to him why some of the unregen.
crate In the congregation Uttered
ss
There is no such thing as co-opera
ton in madhalse. Says a psyche
pathic expert
If one Of our inmates attacks an at
fendant, as sometimes happens, the
Others look upon it as no affair OF
theirs and simply watch it out. The
moment we discover two or more IL !.
mates working together we know that
they are on the road to recovery .
There is a lesson in this. The saner
we are the more highly developed is
the Instinct for helping others. Women