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house servant with character, It re-
mains to detail its clever manipulation
Of household affairs. Then let US seek
entrance to a home in which electricity
has full swing.
As most matters vital in house keep
ing emanate from the kitchen, it will be
well TO begin in that quarter There
we find abundant evidence of cleo
tricity. First of all, the range con-
fronts US, the coolest looking range
one could possibly imagine. Made of
weathered oak and supported on cast
ers, it bears little resemblance. to any
thing formerly called by that name.
1t has smooth top like table, a
drawer and closets beneath for cooking
utensils and at the back board with
the switches, Plugs cords and pilot
lamps. An electric oven stands on an
oven stool beside the range.
All the cooking utensils are provided
with heat insulating supports. other
wise in shape very much resembling
the utensils of any other kitchen Ex-
ceptions, however. are the broiler and
combination cooker. The broiler is tall
and narrow, with a door opening out
ward at the front. The meat, held
firmly between the bars of something
resembling a toaster, is put into the
broiler edgewise through the door. AL
most Immediately after the broiler cur
rent is applied broiling commences at
rs,7 of
The heating element consists of resist
ance wire formed in spirals. The com
bination cooker, like a patent medi-
cine purporting to cure everything
durable. is seemingly beset with vir-
tues. 1t heats water. boils-or, more
correctly, steams-eggs, warns food
previously cooked, warns the baby's
milk, steams vegetables, sterilizes any
thing in need of sterilization. cooks
cereals and performs various other Of
fees too numerous to mention
In another corner of the room we
see a small motor disengaged from
service. Close by are the dish washing
machine, the silver polisher, knife
sharpener. coffee grinder, meat cutter,
egg beater and general peeler. In such
ways as these electricity turns soul
lion. What greater joy-provided you
yourself have lately been scullion-
than to attach tiny leather belt, turn
a switch and let the knives and whir-
ring wheels do the rest; or. after in
dulging in a good meal, to consign the
dishes TO the washing tank. electrify
the paddle wheels into activity and
some several minutes later set the
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oisnes away IN their places clean and
dry?
On the wall is an electric fan and
beneath it on the floor a tubular air
heater. AS no employment known to
this kitchen materially increases the
warmth of the body, the use Of either
fan or heater depends entirely upon
whether conditions and either at a
moments notice may play its part, in as
great or little degree as is desired.
AS we pass out of the kitchen. a.
frail female, in no immediate danger
of becoming permanently installed in
a fairy house with ubiquitous cleo
trio servant for all day companion,
murmurs "Oh, joyr'
Opening closet door that we oh
serve in the hallway, we come upon a
machine resembling at first sight in
the dark of the closet a species of
lawn mower. But we switch on the
closet light and disclose an electric
house cleaner, with all it's attachments
on an overhead shelf. A device. for
sooth, that takes all the dust out Of
things into its capacious interior and
is guaranteed not to choke in the
process
By attaching this machine to the
circuit and using one or another of
the various tools with which it is sun
piled, the house may be completelv
freed from dust. The tools are used
at the end of long hose thus making
it possible to reach all out of the wav
corners Some of them are provided
with brush to prevent the scratching
of hard surfaces, but those used on
carpets or lighter fabrics are without
brushes on the contrary. stirring m
dust with their metal edges as thew
pass over the surface.
Everywhere goes the dust extermi-
nator, inhaling dirt into its NAV. I'm
and down the walls, into drawers and
cupboards, back and forth over the
floors, whether hardwood or soft car
peted, among the folds of portieres.
into bookcases over polished tables.
chairs, window shades and all the other
trappings of home.
At the rear of the hall in a closet ALI
by itself is the electric shoe polisher.
Just put your foot on the shoe rest.
press a button and see what happens
1t tickles delightfully."-, first on the
lower part of your shoe, then up to-
ward the ankle. Back and forth. with
lightning speed, go the brushes, then
all movement ceases and the pilot lamp
brightens to notify you to withdraw
that foot and put the other in its place.
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In three minutes time your shoes are
shiny and presentable
Next to this is the telephone closet
common carrier of messages TO and fro.
1t now being laundering day. the
laundry looks remarkably inert, but
there are all the evidences of clean in
tentions. The belt is off of the wheel
of the washing machine and the INNER
sion heater is stone cold. Yet the
slightest movement on your part could
change all this and in Is minutes you
could have a large family washing we'll
under way
Over there is the ironing board and
an electric iron, left resting on its
triple deck stand AS an ircner, cleo
tricity has come 60 be mora widely
known than in any other Of its other
household capacities.
Electric irons are supplied with three
heats. high. medium and low. in order
that they may be instantly regulated.
However. If carelessness has resulted in
a greatly overheated iron, of course 1t
takes but a second to shut off the cur
rent.
The household workshop varies with
the pendants of the master. in this
one we find an electric saw and the
much lauded water jacketless'. glue
pot. Piled sawdust on the floor tells
the tale of the saw, and he who uses
the glue pot is nothing loath to pro-
nounce it wonder, never overheating
its contents nor himself, proving con-
venient, durable and clean.
Having seen how electricity performs
menial duties, let US watch 1t at work
on dress parade. On the living room
mantel Is the living room clock. No one
ever winds 1t or regulates 1t from
years end to years end Apparently 1t
goes without any power to make 1t go,
but really ii is that mysterious servant
in the house that makes it go.
On a table is the corn pepper, at
tached to a socket low down in the
wall. The surface of the table Is
highly polished and the pepper stands
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By Ida L. Brooks

II = time has come when Monsieur
the Man, must install a highly
efficient and unabridged cleo
trical servant in the house for
the JOY Of his wife, or she will
ask the reason why in manner be-
fitting the occasion. Woe to you, Sir
bridegroom, If you don't have it all
prepared for Her! And woe TO you, Old
Baldhead. if you don't wire your house
up fresh or wire a new one for the
little old lady who has been filling your
stomach with good things for so years
without ever remarking what a miser-
abe business it all was.
A house in which everything hap
pens electrically. That's what women
want now. It isn't ali they want; they
won't be supremely happy forever just
On that But it is one of the things
they are on the verge of asking their
husbands for
Presumably, at the end of another SO
years. the family coin gatherer will not
have 10 be entreated: electricity for
power and heating viii have been
dropped from the category Of luxuries;
therefore it win not be denied. AS a
luxury. it viii have been superseded by
something even more luxurious. for
which one shall beseech and receive
denial
But today electricity in the house,
attending to ones many household
duties. gravely and with witching
briskness. constitutes most delectable
fairyland. Who wouldn't rather live in
fairyland. with Peter Pan and the
others? What MAJ who has the price
wouldn't be willing to pay il to let his
wife enjoy a bit Of enchantment-to say
nothing of himself? And what wife
wouldn't be more than willing to have
him do so?
Does some objector call this a sordid
fairyland, in which household affairs
play so large a part2 Then let him go
mis- ways. without being housed, with
out being fed. without being warmed.
without being clothed, without being
bathed. without being shaved-in a
word. without being sordid. And may
We never look upon his like again.
The electrical servant is no sluggard.
pouts not. glowers not, does not give
notice, and, although neuter. is capable
Of supplanting servants. male and fe-
male. Whatever it does, it does well.
without making pretense OF greater ac-
comDlishments than it possesses. It
appears promptly when summoned and
retires precipitously at the will of its
niztress
Having thus provided the modern
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-27
Councilman B. j. Vega.

By the unanimous election of B. ]
Vega to the town council from the sec
ond ward to succeed Alderman Mi
chael Tobias, resigned, the municipal
legislative body acquires a recruit
whose ability and the natural ambi-
ton and zeal attaching to youth will
no doubt render him in the course OF
q short time most efficient and valu-
able member. Mr.. Vega is a native
aud lifelong resident of Donaldson
vile, and all of his interests are
bound up in the welfare and prosper
ity of the town. His father is one of
the leading merchants and property
holders of the community and ranks
among its most public-spirited citi-
zens, while the young man himself is
a bright lawyer whose legal acquire
ments in addition to his other ad.
vantages admirably equip him for
Intelligent and faithful service in the
council. The voters of the second
ward not only paid MIR. Vega a high
and well,deseryed compliment by his
auanimous election US councilman,
but they did themselves good turn
as veil.
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Not an EdifEing SnecfaeIa.

1t is by no means edifying or up
lifting to see a coterie of so-called
Tabor leaders, uniting with a COM
bination of mill-owners, lawyers and
politicians in an effort to dissuade
the general assembly from legislatinr
in behalf of shorter hours and better
treatment for the women and girls of
this state who are compelled to work
for living.
These Tabor leaders are ever
ready and anxious to rush to the
front and raise o big hullabaloo for
Working1nen-p particularly men who
belong to the unions and special
organizations from which the shouters
get their credentials-dem demanding an
eight-hour day and sundry other priv
ileges for their brawny and well-paid
constituents; but when the concession
of nine-hour lay and improved san
itary environment is asked for de-
fenseless and unorganized laborfng
women and girls, whose wages are
only a fraction of those earned by
most of the workingmen, the etlabor
leaders, join in a crusade to defeat
the reasonable and just demand, and
to discredit the noble and disinterested
woman factory inspector who is en-
deavoring from motives of pure phil
anehropy to better the condition OF the
humble workers of her sex.
It is a shameful aud humiliating
position in which these pretended
leaders have placed themselves, and |
. Is encouraging to note that several |
labor organizations in New Orleans
have adopted resolutions repudiatfpg I
ne attitude Of their protested rep f
sesentasi YES and indorsing that Of the
.aetory Inspector. Every self-respect-
ne labor union and workingments
II the state ought ID {
AXE similar action.
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The National Gnard.

| Gov. Blanchard did well TO call at
tention in his final message to the Lou
isiana State National Guard. which,
except as to its naval corps, is far from
being ia a satisfactory condition. It
is of supreme Importance to the COM
munity that this force be established
and maintained in a state deficiency.
A primary essential is the mainte-
ance OF discipline, and we fear this is
we'll nigh impossible in the present
eonglomerate state of the laws on the
subject. The effect of the Josephson
decision at Baton Rouge is unques-
tionably demoralizing and unfortu-
nate. The law ought to be corrected
aud the draft ought to be made under
the advice Of somebody of experience
and sound judgment.
But the laEmay be as efficient as
can be devised and will yet be futile if
the community does not take interest
in the matter and give its moral sup
portinevery way possible. The young
men must be interested and that in
terest maintained. One thing that " IL
materially help will be an improves
ment in uniforms. The national
guard ought not to be tied down to the
service uniform of the regular army.
There should be a distinctive uniform
for each regiment, of substantial like
ness yet with distinctive variation.
This will contribute towards promot-
ing an esprit du corps that is a vital
necessity. The uniforms should be
handsome and neat in appearance,
both en- masse and separately, thus in.
ereasing the attractiveness of all pa
rades and gala occasions. The young
folk OF both sexes will be much more
interested and there is no doubt that
the interest OF the ladies is a. powerful |
stimulant and aid to the young men.
Pets and favoritism should be rig |
orously rooted out whenever and |
wherever they crop up.
L might be found worth while to |
provide by law for the organization |
and maintenance of tladies' auxflia- |
ries" in some form.
We trust the proper committees of |
the general assembly will give the whole, |
subject serious and careful consider |
alton and that good may come. /
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DunIessis Notes.

Albert Muller and his talented
young daughter left Sunday for New
Orleans, where Miss Muller will at
tend the Tulane summer normal.
Rev. j. G. Gonon, of Corneryiew.
was here Tuesday.
Alex. Refine, of Pointe Coupee, is
visiting friends here.
A grand Publication meeting OF farm
ers was held here last Thursday under
the auspices of Calbasse Union No.
373.
Victor Phillips was here last Sum
day.
Alex. Duplessis visited Gonzales
Tuesday and Thursday on business.
The crack Duplessis team defeated
me Gonzales team last Sunday by a
score OF Z to 5. The game was slow
md full of errors Battries: Duples-
IS, Lesaicherre and Braud; Gonzales,
Nssiiekens, Landry and Nickens and
Hebert
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Schaff-.Laudry.

The marriage of Miss Amanda Ian
dry, the attractive daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. L. A. Landry, Sr., of Eau
boarg la Pipe, and Edward Sidney
schaff, son of Chief of Police Henry
Schaff, Sr., and a member of the firm
of Il. schaf & Sons, tinsmiths, was
celebrated atthe local Catholic church
on Wednesday evening, June "a, at
I o'clock. Rev. Z. G. Baudin offieiated
at the pretty ceremony, which was
Witnessed by a large gathering of rel
atiyes and friends. The bride was
given away by her brother, L. A..
Landry, Jr., and was attended by her
sister, Miss Armantine Landry, while
the groom had as his best man his
brother Joseph Schaf. Following
the ceremony the happy couple were
rendered delightful reception at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Landry, Jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Sehaff
will make their home in Donaldson
vile, and their host of friends here
and elsewhere will join The Chief in
extending them hearty congratulations
and best wishes for long and happy
life.
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a Strong Combination.

Edward C. Hanson, the newly
elected sheriff OF Ascension parish,
qualified and entered upon his duties
on the 18th inst, and announced the
appointment of the following officer
and outside assistants: George H.
Richard, chief deputy and tax col
lector; Lucien Acosta, deputy and
keeper of the parish jail; Edward
Smith, deputy at Gonzales; Willie
Acy, Jr., deputy at St. Amant; j. N.
Delaune, deputy in the eighth ward.
This is strong combination,
whether viewed from the standpoint,of
the capacity, experience and general
fitness Of the several appointees, or
their popularity with their fellow citi-
zens. Sheriff Hanson's long training
as chief deputy for Sheriff S. H. St.
Martin made him one of the best quail
fled men in the parish for the impor.
tant Office that his predecessor had oc-
cupied for nearly twenty years with
uniform efficiency ard faithfulness,
and the voters of the parish attested
their recognition of this fact when
they elected the new incumbent. The
new chief deputy sheriff, Mr.. Richard,
is one of the best known and most
popular citizens of Donaldsonville,
and his qualifications for the position
TO which he has been assigned will be
fully recognized and attested by all OF
his exceptionally wide circle of
For twenty FIVE years he has.
been q trusted employee of the firm of
Bernard Lemann 4 Bro, of this
town, and the record Of his extended
and faithful service Ia th4b-capacity is
assurance enough that he will oe
equally competent and trustworthy in
his new place. JaiIer Acosta has
been tried aud true for SO many years
that it IS q waste Of words to say more
than that his future may be safely
judged by his past. The other depu-
ties named by Sheriff Hanson are all
well qualified for the duties that will
fall to their lot, and there is every
reason to expect that they will prove
themselves efficient tax gatherers, Wig
liant servers OF judicial and executory
process, and fearless guardians OF the
public peace. The Chief extends con-
EXAMINATIONS to Sheriff Hanson and
his staff, and wishes them a successful
and prosperous administration.
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In Memoriam-.Ylrs. E. E. Ferguson.

I
The death angel visited the home OF
e. E. Ferguson on Jan. %, 1908, and
claimed the immortal spirit of his
belovedNwife and carried it across the
river to a home prepared for the faith
full by our loving Saviour. While we
shall miss her dear image and helping
hand in our work, we must realize
that God e.doeth all things we'll. =
What q sweet consolation to know
that all th al was pure and noble in her
beautiful character has been trans
planted from this world of sorrow and
affection to a Heaven of perfect bliss
and happiness. Her loved ones will
often cry with an intense longing:
oh! for the touch of vanished hand,
The sound of voice that is STILL
We can only commend the grief
stricken family to Gods promise Of
grace sufficient, and trust they may
form q reunited and unbroken family
circle in the beautiful beyond.
ETA ST. AMANT,
f. J. ARCENEAUx,
MRS. j. e. WALKER,
MRS. WAITER DYER,
MRS. SOLOMON BARMAN,
MRS. MARY HANNAH,
Miss HERMINIE NICAUD,
Committee.
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Race Track Gambling Knocked out.

Race lf1ck UamDltnS hnOthGU Utit,
The Locke bill prohibiting betting al
race tracks in Louisiana was passed
by the state senate on Tuesday, by a
vote of 21yeas to19nays, and Gov. San.
ders lost no time in attaching his sigma
ture to the measure when it reached his
hands. Twenty days after It's pro-
| mitigation in the official journal the
new enactment will have the force OF
law, and thereafter the gamblers, touts
and courtesans who have been SO pro-
minently in evidence at the race meets
in New Orleans will be conspicuous by
their absence. Whether the new law
will kill the ''sport of kings remains
to be seen. We hope and believe it
will not, but lift does, the verdict of all
moral people will be that a sport
which cannot survive without the &C.
cessories that have so degraded it
deserves to die.
The debate and the scenes attend
ing the final struggle for the pas
sage of the Locke bill in the
senate were very exciting and dra-
matte The bill had been made the
special order for Monday evening, but
owing to the unavoidable absence OF
Senators Settoon and Smart, the sup
porters of the measure succeeded in
postponing its consideration until
Tuesday, the vote on this proposition
standing 20 to II. When the time
for deinitive action arrived every
senator was in his seat, even includ
ing Senator Smart, who had been
'aken suddenly i'll the evening before
and was still so sick that he could
scarcely stand alone. The partici
pants in the discussion preceding the
vote we're Senators Wimberly, Liable,
Glynn, Oglesby, Elder and Barrett,
favoring the bill, and Senators Voeg-
tie, Gleason, Perrin and Marks in
opposition. The closing speech OF
Senator Thos. C. Barrett of Caddo
was pronounced by far the most forci-
bic and eloquent effort yet heard at
this session of the general assembly,
and the large audience that listened
TO it rendered frequent tribute in
hearty laughter and enthusiastic ap-
plause to the sparkling humor and
keen logic of the orator.
when the roll-call had been COM
pleted and the Eyes" OF Senator VIM
berly han furnished the twenty first
vote essential TO the passage of bills
through the senate, the chamber re.
sounded with the cheers of the de-
lighted crowd, and several minutes
elapsed before order could be re
stored.
The line up of the senate on this i'm
.tortant measure is shown by the fol
owing list:
Yeas-Barousse. Barrett Boggs, Culpepper.
Elder, Favrot, Glynn, Gueydan, Irwin, Liable,
Lazaro, Louque, Marston, O'Connor. Odon, 0g-
lesby, Peterman, Provost, Settoon, Smart and
Wimberly-21.
Nays-Amacker. Brady, Cordill, Davis Drew,
Estopinal, Gleason, Guillotte, Marks, McCuIloh,
Mcclellan, McYea. O'Keefe. Perrin, Shaffer.
Stafford. Voegtle, Watson and Wilbert-19.
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Ped Men Picnic

| Mohawk Tribe No. 80, Improved
| Order OF Red Men, will give a big pic
j mic tomorrow at L. ". Armitage's
! pasture in barrow, complimentary to
the tribes crack degree team and the
lady friends of the order. The at
tractive program arranged for the oc-
casion will comprise a number of sur
passingly interesting and excrueiat-
ingly funny contests, including a fat
mems race, one legged mems race,
sack race, -four diving, and a base
ball game between the Red Men and
Haymakers. The teams will line up
as follows:
Haymakers-C. J. Leblanc, 3b. and
captain; A. j. Esneault, r. T.; Fred
Converse, c. f.; II. G. Duke, l. f.; j.
NJ. Melaneon, 3D.; Jos. N. Gisclard, D.;
Leo Leblanc, c.; Emile Rodriguez, S.
s.: Louis Boston, ID; Paul Gisc1ard,
second catcher; F. L. Trepagnier, bat
carrier; E. 7. Melancon, sub.
Red Men-Adam Hebert, b.; Vic.
Camel, 3D.; Henry Casso, SIS; Albert
Blanchard, 3d.: John Schsff, p. and
captain; A, Poireier, c.; Camille Es-
neault, r. f.; Glenn. Mollere, /. f.; A.
L. Babin, c. f.; Chas. A. Gaudin, sub.
Drs. E. K. Sims. and P. T. Thibo-
daux will be in charge of the ambu-
lance corps.
There will be practically no expense
to be incurred on the part of any one
who attends the picnic, as refreshments
will be served free of charge. Special
arrangement has been made with the
management Of the ferryboa Wash
inotou whereby the Red Men AMI their
friends will be granted a rate of Is
cents for the rouqd trip to barrow
and return. The first crossing will be
made at O'Clock d. M, and from that
time on there will be something doing
continuously on the picnic grounds,
The committee on arrangements is
composed of John schatf, chairman;
Clem. Mollere. Paul Gisclard and
Clarence Leblanc. r. N. Slator will
be master of ceremonies.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-06-27

Col. VIM. j. Bryan, Democratic
candidate and all-but-nominee for the
presidency, analyses the Chicago
platform in his newspaper, the Com
r'oner, and declares that the Republi-
as are 10 full retreat. Well, they are
} auing some, and there's little dam
s'r.of the standing Nebraska candi-
date and his party ever catching up
with them.
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Two members Of the Ninth Regiment,
New York Naval Guards, we're killed
aud one fatally injured BY a flare
back explosion sof q sfx-inch gun at
Fort V adsworth, N. Y.