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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
THEATRE HAT PASSING.

The problem of the theatre hat has
at last been solved by the total dis
appearance of the hat. New York
women no longer wear hats to the
theatre In the evening, but wrap their
heads In exquisite, filmy chiffon or
lace scarfs. These are twisted over
the couture and draped around the
neck in fascinating variety of folds
and are exceedingly becoming to all
women. Some of them are even gath
cred up, with careless art, by the
use of fancy pins, into the semblance
of hoods, With bewitching frills
around the face, and an effectual pro-
lection for the back hair.
Men may have a delusion that these
scarfs are not warm enough, but that
is a mistake. The folds around the
neck add considerable warmth to the
wearer, and as for their heads-wom-
en- do not need more covering than
nature has given them in their heavy
hair. They do not even need the
masses Of false hair which many wom-
en- now wear, but that, of course,
Is matter Of their own choice.
This chiffon and lace headwear has
heretofore been the prerogative of
those women only who attended the
theatres or opera in carriages or auto
mobiles. The lace scarf was the
mark of the woman who had come in
carriage and the hat of one who
had not. However, costly or becom
ing the hat, 1t was not only a nuis-
ance. but 1t made a class distinction
which American women will not long
endure. That they submitted as long
as they did to the reign OF the hat
was due to their dislike OF being
conspicuous1y - and even inappro-
priately-dressed on entering a street
car; but they have overcome their
such 1t can be called
and the street cars now blossom with
most fetchingly draped head scarfs OF
every delicate hue; and the other
passengers seem delighted with the
Once within the theatre, the
scarf becomes valuable accessory
for throwing around the neck Or
shoulders If desired.
The fashion has the sanction of
London, where women never q wear
hats in the evening.-New York
Press
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
Take care Of the Manure.

The easiest way is usually the way
manure is handled at this time of the
year. 1t is not unusual to see manure
piled up against the sides of stables,
under the caves, where every rain runs
down into 1t and leaks out almost all
that Is valuable. Frequently these
piles are left so long that they fire"
and then the manure is hardly worth
hauling. II the manure cannot be put
upon the fields pretty soon after it is
made, at least put 1t under cover,
where 1t will retain most Of its value.
Another thing, on most farms barns
are built on elevations and stock wells
are sunk in the lowest places. Stock
may live after drinking such polluted
water, but no one will dare say that
the water is pure and healthful. l saw
a barnyard a few days ago, arranged
in just that manner. All the drainage
from the manure pile ran toward the
well, where both men and stock took
water. The well would make a good
catch basin, but it is hardly fit one
for drinking water.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20

day morning. Oh. sir, do you think
shall be able to catch the night trail
on Tuesday,"
The doctor glanced at the daily rec
Crd of the ships run hanging under
the clock
Il should certainly say So" he re-
turned encouragingly.
Thank God" replied the other fer
vently, as he watched his retreating
figure. The Doctors confidence inspir-
ed him with fresh hope. He went on
deck to enjoy it,
AS he passed the first saloon alley
way he had a strange feeling that the
ship was slowing down a little. He
told himself that 1t was imagination,
and went toward the rail to look at the
waves. Through the soft darkness he
could just see man with a girl by his
side few yards in front Of him. He
had no intention of listening but in the
still air he could hear plainly what
they were saying.
Isn't it glorious, sweetheart" ex-
claimed the man. I've just had 1t
straight from the chief engineer-the
propeller shaft has snapped and We
can't possibly get to Marseilles before
Friday afternoon. Pail Mall Gazette.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
Solid Iron sa4 Feet Deem.

Thomas G. Loggie, Chief Draughts-
man of the Crown Lands Department,
Fredericton, N. B., declares that the
iron deposits in Gloucester County,
directly south of the Bale de Chaleur,
are the most valuable in the world.
Recent borings have shown a depth
of 324 of solid iron ore near the sur
face, and Il can be mined at small
cost.
A lease to this property, which is
located in the Nepisiquit River Val
ley. eleven miles from Bathurst, has
been obtained by the Drumnond Min.
ing Company of Montreal at a cos,
1t Is said, of $4,000. The purchase
was made from local syndicate. I'm.
der the terms of the lease the Govern
ment will receive a royalty of 5 cents
a ton on all ore taken out.
The deal was recently put through
at Montreal by T. NJ. Burns of Bat
hurst. who has just returned home.
He says the Gloucester deposits are
the richest in Canada.
The Drummond Company will i'm.
mediately begin to develop the prop
erty. AS a preliminary step. the
building of a branch line to Bathurst
will be necessary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
GARDEN. FARM and CROpS

does the best he can to increase the
proportion of protein in the feed ra
ton. The best substitute for the
worms and bugs which nature sup
plies the hen. is fresh cut green bone
such as the trimmings from the butch.
er's block. 1t Is rich in protein and
lime and has the added advantage OF
costing very little more than the labor
of cutting it.
We don't know of anything which
occupies higher place as an eco
nomical egg producer. 1t keeps hens
laying the year round. But more than
that it is an excellent growth pro-
moter and vitalizer A flock fed fresh
cut raw bone will produce a larger
proportion of fertile eggs than can be
secured by any other method of feed
ing.
The egg producers, the broiler raiser
and the fancier all find green bone an
economical, profitable food.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
SHE PAINTS.

The hardening mania now in favor
had its victims many years ago. Hor-
ace Walpole persisted in going with
out a hat whenever he could, and
he wrote from Paris:
Il am a little obstinate. as you
know, on the chapter of health, and
have persisted through this Siberian
winter in not adding a grain to my
clothes and in going open-breasted
without an under waistcoat. I
think making oneself tender is is
suing a general warrant against ones
person"
1t is likely that in his day he was
an exception, striking, not to say &C.
centric, but at the present time this
declaration is the watchword of the
'lFace-all-over" cult, a numerous CON-
pany Of enthusiasts who believe that
cold baths, fresh air and exercise
make one quite warm enough in any
temperature, and who regard clothes
as mere concession to convention
atty, says the New York Sun.
II Is harmless craze for those who
do not die while getting used to it.
and distinctly fashionable; but the
unsophisticated, car-tabbed, goloshed
folks who shiver in listers and tip
pets on the outskirts cannot but won
der how the great unclad manage to
look so warm. How do these, rag,
bone and hank of hair ladies', using
the words in a more literal sense
than Kipling did, manage to look so
rosy In zero weather when their at
tire Is marked by lace guimpe and
stockings. bare elbows and a hand
some bit of fur cast loosely about
their shoulders for ornament?
There has been scandalous whis-
pering among the more knowing ones
of late that the solution of the mys-
terry is paint"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
An Argentine r. r. Deal.

Reports from Buenos Ayres state
that the contract for the sale of the
Andino railway will be signed ad ref
erendum by the minister of public
works. subject to final approval by
congress. The sale price is e4,465.-
600. This sum will be applied ex-
clusively to construction of extern
sions of narrow gauge lines owned by
the government, and to complete that
system, as the Andino line, being of
broad gauge, outlet and junction with
that line is considered impracticable.
The proceeds of this sale, not being
considered as revenue, will be depos-
tied in a special account for the
above purpose, and will not be appro-
priated to cover ordinary expenditure
nor for the purchase of ornaments
Engineer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
Deafness at a Premium.

In China there are many inns
where there is shelter for man and
beast in very truth, and without re-
gard to whether you are man or
beast. Animals belonging to the
pack trains. men who drive them and
any traveller who may chance upon
one OF these democratic inns, lie
down-not in peace-but in confu-
sion-together. The braying of ass
es. believing of oxen, bleating of
camels and snores of exhausted man.
kind all rise together. An American
traveller may indeed be thankful that
railroads are doing away with pack
trains, and that soon these queer inns
will have no reason for existing
Washington Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
QUEER MAYoRAL CUSTOMS.
Venison Warrants for the loro
Mayor of london-A Mayor Who
"Weiuhs In"

II Is not generally known that ven
ison warrants are sent to the Lord
Mayor of London and sheriffs by COM
mand of the King twice year, says
Tit-Bits. In July warrants for bucks
are issued, and in December for does.
In the year 1101 the King then reign
ing granted and confirmed by charter
that "the citizens of London shall
have all the rights and privileges to
the hunt in the royal demesnes as
well and as full as their ancestors
bad" Eventually, however, the citi-
zens were debarred from enjoying the
chase in the royal parks, and, as
solatium. it was ordered that the Lord
Mayor of London and the sheriffs
should be supplied annually with so
many deer from the royal parks and
forests. This order was issued some
centuries ago, and ever since the First
Commissioner of Works has yearly
sent the warrant for the venison for
the occupiers of the Mansion House
to the City Remembrance.
Another old custom in association
with London's mayorality Is the pre-
senting of fruit by the Fruiterers'
Company to the Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoress. The ceremony ap-
pears to have originated in the four.
teenth century, and at one time was
a very picturesque affair. Nowadays,
however, the presentation of the fruit
is taken as matter of course and
without ceremony. In days gone by
the master, wardens and clerk of the
Fruiterers' Company attended at the
end of November at the Guildhall and
apprised the Lord Mayor of the pres
entation, informing him that twelve
bushels of apples of various kinds
were on the way from Harrington Mar
ket. Twelve men carrying on their
heads panniers containing the apples,
headed by the company's beadle in Of
fetal attire, then marched up to the
Guildhall and laid their offerings be-
for the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayor
ess, each receiving in return a bottle
of wine
The election of the Mayor of High
Wycomb would not be considered COM
plete unless he were weighed in"
His worship. as well as every member
OF the corporation, is placed on a pair
of gigantic scales, and the result is en-
tered In big book kept for the pur-
pose. This custom is said to date
back to the reign of Edward I.
The Mayor of Plymouth is forced by
an old custom to visit at least once
during his year of Office the Lake of
Barrator. When he journeys to the
lake he is followed by all the members
Of the corporation. Reaching the
banks, the procession forms up in two
lines, and couple of ancient goblets
are filed with water drawn from the
lake and passed round from mouth to
mouth. The Mayor and corporation
drink to the memory Of Sir Francis
Drake, who, when Mayor of Plymouth
In 1881, brought water to the town by
means of a canal some twenty miles
in length.
After each person has tasted the wa
ter the goblets are filled with wine and
the Mayor, holding one at arms
length. says: May the descendants of
him who gave us water never want
wine"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
MUSIC sTUDENTs
Should Have Steady Nerves.

The nervous system of the musi-
clan II often very sensitive. and any
habit like coffee drinking may 30 up
set the nerves as to make regular and
necessary daily practice next to i'm
possible.
Il practice from seven to eight
hours q day and study Harmony two
hours" writes q Mich. music student
Last September I was so nervous I
could only practice a few minutes at
q time and mother said would have
to drop my music for q year.
This was terribly discouraging. a.
] couldn't bear the thought of losing
whole year of study. Becoming
convinced that my nervousness was
caused largely BY coffee. and seeing
Postum % highly spoken of. | decided
] would test It for q while.
Mother followed the directions
carefully and ! thought had never
tasted such q delicious drink. We
drank Postum every morning instead
OF coffee. and by November ! felt
more like myself than for years. ana
was ready to resume my music.
II now practice as usual. do my
studying and when my days work 10
finished ! am not any more nervous
than when I began.
IT cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practices
half day. My father Is a physician
and recommends Postum to his pa
tients. Words cannot express my APP
recitation for this most valuable
neaIth beverage. and experience has
proven its superiority over all 9TH
ers." There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read THE Road 70
In pkgs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
NzS5 Or INTEREST -
@ag 10 WOMEN

the problem whether men ever fell
in love twice with the same woman.
Skeptics were in the majority, and
one assertive optimist was in danger
OF being silenced, when in a kind of
desperation she exclaimed: Its use
less to tell me that men can't fall
in love with the same woman twice,
but / know they can" Instantly there
was chorus Of How do you know
they can?' Because said the young
matron, actually blushing, my hus-
band dotes on me now just as he did
after We were married" Explanations
were in order, and they were demand
ed without care for the fair confess
sor's feelings. Finally, protesting
against being held on the defensive,
she burst out: We'll, IL you want
to know so badly, he told me he
thought | was growing prettier as I
grow older, and that he supposed 1t
must be my new frocks." "Of course
it was your froeks, my DEAR" said
one ungenerous friend. who, however,
FASTENED to add: That has happen
ed to all Of us, nj wager. Come,
a show OF hands" All save one
right hand were raised In signal, and
then for the exception there was this
shout: why, you're single" Eyes,
I'm SINGLE" was the response, "but
won't be single long unless the fash
ions change"-New York Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
Keeping Cow Records.

According to tests made of cows by
the dairy department of the Illinois
Experiment Station, the same amount
and quality of feed given one COW that
produced butter fat at an annual pro-
fit of $3.50, fed to another COW she
lacked 1852 in paying her board. at
regular market prices for the feed.
These things when records are kept
on each COW, are all to common, and
show the importance of keeping tab on
each cow. Here are the facts from the
station already alluded to, and they
ought to put COW owners to thinking:
All the milk of these cows has been
carefully weighed and tested for three
years. A record has been kept of
every pound of feed consumed by each
animal, both summer and winter.
Each year Gold produced on the av-
erage 1880 pounds of milk, contain
ing 405 pounds of butter fat, but Gilt
averaged only 1880 pounds of milk
with 1873 pounds of butter fat.
These two cows were both cared for
in the same way, given the same kinds
of feed and allowed to eat all they
wanted. Gold ate 1.56 times as much
as Gilt, but produced 2.97 times as
much milk and 2.93 times as much but
ter milk fat. Reduced to like feed
basis, Gold produced 1.SS times as
much as Gilt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
What Audiences R.li.x.

The light suddenly went ont A..
ing one of my performances in ~.
erbury. A panic was in uro.,.-.
However, shouted out: Tss,.
and gentlemen, / am about n 49,
form a marvellous trick. have ~.
a lemon. but of course you cam 49,
1t. am about to cut it in two 49,
bring out OF 1t an elephant!"
The audience settled down Sou..,,
/ cut the lemon. And now" STA
"the elephant has gone. 1t has VAN
ed OF the stage. But of course w.,
can't see it-but that doesn't malta,
Sure enough, there was heard .
slow. shuffling sound quite apn,a
pirate, although 1t was made BY M
fat stage manager, who was shunlln.
across the boards in his slippers m
light returned, there was much an
plause and all was well. The nav,
day man stopped me in the stree.
and said he considered that trIct
the most marvellous he had ever seep
and would I be giving 1t again TIA,
night! It's true!-Horace GoldIp n
Casselrs Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
COST OF A CHILD.

That social ambition is an import.
ant factor in the race suicide prob
lem is the conclusion reached by John
Graham Brooks in an article on The
Cost of a Child" in Golfers. 1t is
not the struggle for existence that
limits the number of children, but
the struggle for a certain kind of
existence" he says. The professional
man on $1,000 a year and the work
ing man on 500 have each their idea
of what living decently means, and
will have no more children than are
compatible with a maintenance of
that standard. With the very poor
this motive appears not to be opera
tive because, as a prolific mother
said to a Boston visitor, "If yer's
poor as We can be 1t don't make any
difference whether We have one or a
Dozen" The poor, moreover, look
to the labor of their children to sup
port them later on. Hence adequate
child labor laws and compulsory edu.
cation might tend to check the birth
rate among them. Such laws might
even prove too great a check, Mr..
Brooks thinks. The article concludes
with the idea that social regulation
OF wealth resources designed to les
sen the present extremes of wealth
and poverty might profoundly affect
this problem.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.

Mrs. Wiggin married George C..
Riggs in 1895. Since her second mar
rage she has spent a large part or
her time abroad; her summers on this
side are passed in Hollis, Me-, where
she has a picturesque country home.
and where she has done most of her
writing recently. The Saco River
flows close to her house, and this
musical stream figures in some of
her books-"Rose O. the River" is.
In fact, romance of the Saco. The
region Is beautiful-an ideal spot for
cultivating the imagination. Quill
cote is Colonial mansion, roome
and comfortable, and the little village
OF Hollis, with its surroundings. is
full of interest to one who has tend
er recollections of childhood. days
passed there.
Mrs. Riggs has written a number of
books on kindergarten methods, but
these. Of course. take second place
among her achievements. Her great
est work has been done in portraying
little people as she has seen and
known them-her whole Interpretation
being saturated with sympathetic ap-
probation. There is one interesting
story told that will bear repeating.
Mrs. Riggs was in County Meath. Ire
land. and crystal gazer told her
fortune.
you have many children" she said
Il have no children" replied the
author.
But / see them; they are coming,
still coming. Oh, so many little ones:
they are clinging to you; you are sur
rounded by them. They are the chill
dren of a relative?" she queried. mo?
Il cannot understand, see them"
she insisted.-Book News Monthly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
THE LONELY LITTLE FELLOWS.

The lonely little fellow sits among his
idle toys
And finds no charm about what once he
thought his greatest Joys;
He does not run and laugh ana pay ne
will but sit and wait
And listen for a football or the rattle OF
the gate,
through the open door -,
Somebody who will clasp him and Will
sing TO him no more.
He Is too young. they tell us. far too
young to know at all
The truth about the sorrow that the
hand Of fate let fall
And yet he sits and watches with his
hope told in his eyes
And oft with lips a-quiver he Will stlne
little signs;
Ne gazes from the window in the sunshine
and the rain
And none OF us may fathom how his heart
Is wrung with pain.
And nights he bravely Chambers In his
little bed alone
And whispers little prayers that his
trusting soul has known
Since first he lisped them slowly, kneel-
ing at somebody's knee
And should we tiptoe lightly TO his bed
side we should see
Dim tear stains on his eyelids, for, the
same as you or
The little boy has stumbled on the barring
question "Why?"
He can not understand It? All, we try
hard TO believe
That lonely little fellows know not what
II is to grieve,
But they waken in the morning and they
look about to find
The arms that once would hold them in
embraces warm and kind,
And they, too, have their sorrow, and
they dumbly hold and keep
4 memory that mocks them of the grief
that will not sleep.
The lonely little fellows, Do you know
OF one somewhere?
Then go take him up and soothe him
while you smooth his sunny hair.
And sing to him and whisper little sto-
ries all the while
Until his eyes are laughing and his lips
will wear a smile,
For life Is scant of gladness, and the
shadows dull the day
when the lonely little fellows do not sing
and laugh and play.
w. d. Nesbit in st. Louis Republic.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-20
FASHION NOTES.

To the marvellous skill of the dyers
is due much of the rise in millinery
prices.
Bronze-green velvet, plumes and
ribbon, and a bronze buckle are the
materials with which to build very
handsome hat for immediate wear.
One band of insertion shaped at
the top will make the collar.
All the new corsets are long, close
hip sheaths.
Soutache braiding on tulle is one
of the smart fads of the season.
The long corsets are especially
necessary to meet the requirements
of the extreme styles in dress waists
The bracelet bag is the newest
thing in wrist bags. Its handles
give it its name.
There are combinations of purple
and soft dull blue which are triumphs
of color harmony.
Striped twills and taffetas, with
shadow stripes, and ccin dots group
ed on the heavier stripes, are among
the seasons novelties.
The use Of chenille ornaments con-
tinues to grow.
Bands of contrasting material or OF
embroidery or braid continue to be
used on the foot of skirts to drag
the skirt downward and increase the
effect of its slenderness.
Jeweled tassels are all the rage.
They arc made Of pearl fringe with
diamond tops.
The handsomest tailor-made skirts
emphasize the long line from waist
to hem by buttoning down the front.
White soutache is perhaps less CON-
mon than black but none the less
fashionable.
Velvet hair ornaments, hand-paint-
ed and decorated with spangles, ap-
pear in the form of butterflies and
flowers.