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written but one: ard tie wings OF his
love would have refused 10 carry him
further. They would have melted TIL
their feathers fell. in the black sunlight
Of those eyes
Now, We are getting at the truth Mona
Lisa is not woman. but the woman,
which every man ought to find but some
times misses. Whence her irony ard
malice. II is perfectly clear. La Jocon-
de is philosophy OF woman. aftirms
Bonnaman. She isn't the eternal femi-
nine.
Yes says kraus. she is a NANTES
tation Of feninisin.'' Is he. secret so i'm
penetrable? III her the painter tried for
once. to manifest al the power % femi-
ninity. 10 immortalize the super iority of
tic woman of genius of her epocil--that
superiority to which Dante and Petrarch
gave poetic expression in creating Be-
atrice and Laura.
And as woman IS all IN al. tie Eng
fish Walter Pater revealed it 10 the
world that she is an cyclope dia In
this beauty SAYS Pater, ''tee soul APP
pears with all its affections All the
thoughts and experiences Of the world
have left their traces on ii: the ami
malism Of Greece. the lubric.tH of Rome.
the revery Of tie middle ages, the re-
turn to organism. the sins OF the Boz
gas"
And the only remaining thing to say
was added py the illustrioUs Italian Car
ot,i: She is the emanation of TIE in
tellectual. sentimental and poetic power
OF her time, SAYS Carotti. with all TIE
mystery of the human soul and all its
destiny
Paul Bourget says that the smile Of
Mona Lisa will never be defined. it be-
ing copied mystery According to Oh.
Clement. thousands OF men have listen
ed to the lying words OF those pertidious
lips. That enchanting smile Is implaca
BILE; ii promises unknown felicities, but 1t
VIII never give happiness!'
Evidently Mona Lisa is mirror show
ing men what they bring to reflect in it.
Georges Sands found her as frightening
as Medusa or a Sphynx. Arsene Hous-
sage declared her to be satanic. Jeof-
troy is sure that she is a disenchanted
pessimist
During 400 years past" says NJ Cru
yer curator OF the Louvre paintings
1.-The Mona Lisa has added the wits of
those who have talked about her, after
having looked too long upon her.
He ought to know: he is a. most DIS
tinguislled art historian and the per-
sonal custodian OF the lady.
-Four centuries is rather much re-
plies another cool expert, Solomon Rel
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find themselves disputing holly over both
I have known rude ard honest-minded
men TO scof at the Mona Lisa--theu 60
back to her again and again. Were they
touched by the historic fact that Francis
!. paying 1000 gold ecus for this por-
trait Of an Italian woman he had never
seen or heard OF. kept IL locked jealousy
in his "gilded room at Fontainebleau?
room at Versailles? ! think not. What
the honest-minded rhilistines worried
over was:
What is she smiling att
Other old nlasters--as celebrated in their
line-did not thus trouble them. There
is mystery and fascina ton about the
portrait. independent of the extra ordinary
things which the worlds geniuses have
discovered in il.
IT Is not portrait that becomes inter
estins because we know something of the
woman 1t represents. On the contrary.
The woman grows interesting because we
have this portrait Of her.
Up 20 yesterday all that the world
knew Of Mona Lisa Gherardini. third
wife OF Francesca del Giocondo Of Flor
ence vas that Leonardo da Vinci painted
her between 1901 and 1904 and that
Leonardo was her husba nds friend.
Friendship did not prevent the painter
from selling 1t almost Immediately TO the
King of France. his patron. So. La
erty. because jovial Francis ]. learning
it to be the portrait of lady named
Giocondo by perhaps even unconscious
pun. called it LA Joconde. 1.-THE jocund
one" gay. lively or light-hearted.
x x
Giocondo is not a French family name
and La Joconde' stuck. So, for certain
deep-sea thinkers. Mona Lisas smile be-
came obviously saucy. sportive. flrtatious
and even naughty; while plain people
were reminded of Shapespeare's "jocund
morn and took gentle cheer for granted
Yet they wondered. 'She is kind of
smiling ] heard a man from Seattle
say once. but is she jocund?'
Yes-and more Tame discovered in
her smile that she had been at least hirt-
ing with Leonardo. The critics have
found that Mona Lisa vas her husbands
third wife: consequently he was no longer
young man says Taine. Putting he
side this what we know of Leonardo
his beauty, grace and glory-her smile
may easily rail at her husband and f1atter
leonardo: perhaps both at the same
time.
Would you like to have NJ. Taine judge
YOU by your photograph? But that is
nothing Her smile SO upset Michelet. the
historian. who used to go to the portrait
in spite of himself. as the bird goes TO
the snake, he says. Theophile Gautier,
author Of Carmen discovered tina. she
is flirting with the whole world. this
strange creature whose look promises I'M
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Cuba. Cards will answer for calls, as
they are now prescribed by etiquette, and
the time saved could be devoted to visit
ing. and really getting acquainted With
each other.
One Of the signs of social progress In
Havana is the increasing strength OF the
Femina movement. This organization is
similar to the suffrage propaganda in
the United States. but not SO radical as
the English suffra gettes nor so advanced
and successful as the feministe move
ment in France. The Femina In Cuba
has adopted the French society a
model and all their aspirations are found
ed on propaganda OF the Parisians. 4
woman's paper advancing rather liberal
and ultra views was published In Ha-
vana for some time by Nine. BLANCHE Ba-
ralt, a powerful writer and eloquent lee
turer. who enjoys in Havana much of
the prestige accorded Nine. Marguerite
DErand in Paris. But the paper was not
financially successful. and 1t recently
suspended publication.
Despite much criticism the suffrage
movement is gaining considerable impe-
tus in Cuba. Some Of the influential and
INTELLECTUAL women OF the country have
joined their fortunes to the propa 2anda.
letters In Havana seat of learning and
daughter Of the well known DR.. Bazan,
whose salons are the attraction OF the
city during the winter. Nine. Bazan is
a fervid advocate OF the rights for women
and she claims for them almost as much
as the French feministes do
Nine. Del Castillo, a leader OF the Old
royalist set in Havana. is fervent
Femina. and so is Magda!eaa Penarren-
1enda popular writer. These ladies give
their time. money and intellect to the
propaganda. But, in a way. the move
ment is as yet considered a sort Of fad
and many do not take II seriously. OF
course the legal aspect Of getting rights
for women appeals to those who take no
interest in the increasing influence which
it would bring. Tie old Spanish law still
prevails in Cuba and women do not pos
sess many rights under that construc-
ton.
Sonora Garcia dwells with evident
pleasure on the constant interchange of
visits between this country and the Gu
ban resorts Senior Garcia, uho has been
in the foreign Office % Havana since
leaving the city of Mexico. where he was
envoy, devoted part OF his vacation last
winter 10 taking American friends over
tile superb roads recently built for auto
mobiists. He guided several parties per-
sonally and the travellers were enthu
sastic over the experience. The minis
ter hopes to interest the travel-loving
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as inc son oil tildt nopic pdtiiot
and fearless leader. Gen. Callisto Garcia.
Garcia died in Washington when about
10 negotiate peace between the leaders Of
the Cuban revolution and the representa-
t1ves of Spain. He is honored as the
Scion OF his party and reverentiy regard
ed as the first martyr after the independ-
ence. His health much impaired by
privations endured during the war. he
undertook to journey TO Washington be-
cause his country required his services.
On reaching this city he was seized with
pneumonia and died after days Illness.
The American nation tittingly hOnored
his memory. He was buried with mill
tary pomp from ST. Patrtck's Church.
President Mckinley sat In the edifice
with many of Lis cabinet and large
representation OF official Washington TO
hear the eulogy pronounced over the dead
hero by Archbishop Ireland OF ST. Paul.
The present minister from CUBA and
Sonora Garcia VeleZ re sided during TIE
carly days OF the, Washington life az Il
hotel and spent their first leisure in lel-
erentl! Visiting all the places hailowed BY
tire memory of Gen. Garcia. TIE eldest
son or the minister bears his grand
fathers name, Callisto Garcia. One OF
ne pleasant pieces Of news which the
new en<o. brought from Havana was
tina; Cuba is about 10 erect handsome
legation home. Work will begin on the
new structure just a. soon a. the minis
Ter selects the site wien he returns To
Washington in the autumn. He is passing
the summer with mis- family near Bos-
Ton and viii remain north until tie end
o. October.
Sonora Garcia is among tile youngest
matrons OF the corps aud is dainty and
graceful in appearance Il have paid
mary visits 10 Washington she said I,
the writer just before leaving for the
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HEN the re-estab-
lished Cuban gov
eminent removed
9 G n or GonZaio
Quesada, it's repre-
sentative at the
American Capital.
some predicted a
cold welcome for
the new envoy.
Cuba could have
chosen no man SO
a cceptable to this
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And that heroic little group OF English
wives and mothers and maiden ladies who
are still unattached and not yet bespoke,
50 to speak-and not much danger OF their
being bespoke. either, judging from what
I can learn-that heroic little band made
fatal error. il seems to me, when they
began to act up In such a manner as to
make people laugh at them instead OF
with them. The noblest crusade that ever
was crusaded wouldn't have lasted TWEEN
~ minutes, Larry. IL the populace got an
idea into its mind that it was something
TO laugh at A sense OF humor would
have put Joan of Arc or Peter the Hermit
or Coxeys army on the everlasting fritz
enhon the first day out. Not being cursed
with the fatal sense of hurnor, those par
ties put the thing through, or at least
they went good ways with it. And the
Suffra gettes appeared to be doing first
rate for the first two or three years. At
the end of that time the English public
began TO see the joke. 1t generally takes
longer than that. but this was an cxcep-
tional case. and not more than two wears
at most three had elapsed before the
Joke dau-ned on them, and then all OF 4
sudden. with a great, glad cry they burst
ont laughing.
We'll. anyway. the paper says there's
been lot of popular Indignation over
sendin them women TO Jail said the
House Detective.
Maybe So said the Hotel Clerk: but
did you hear Of any OF their husbands
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EOWDS of .Ameri-
car tourists stand
around il all sum-
ner. fascinated by
its lifelike qualities.
held by its mys-
terry. awestrIck by
its reputation. puz-
zled. n / er ested.
willing to he in
tcrested. troubled.
inquirins, d s a p
pointed even. ask
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for Gin rickeys and things, and he was
quite worked up.
Old man he says to me, its ter
rible strain. being related. even by mar
riaGC, To so many ancestors. You've no
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BY Irwin S. Cobb.

SEE them Suffra-
getters is till
k.ckin' up trouble
over in England
said the House De-
tective of the st.
Reckless. II wonder.
will they win out?'
Il don't know"
$ al d the Hotel
Clerk. II wish the
ladies luck, but it
looks TO me as if
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Plymouth Rocker and a few other trif1ing
little things like that. But her ambition
grew with her family tree, and that's 60
ing some. too. for the kind of family tree
that she's raising puts out new shoot
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WAS Mona Lisa Glad,
w Sad or Bad? During
400 Years the World Has
Studied the Enigma of the
Most Famous of Portraits
Leonardo's "Sphynx of Beau
ty" at Last Reveals Her
Riddlc-A Sensational Dis
covery in the Art World
Explains All and Makes
LA Joconde" Sympathetic to
Plain People.
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they'd split the beans. in a manner OF
speaking. When lovely woman stoops 10
folly, as the poet says, she generally
stoops SO far that she looks like she was
walking on her hands.
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Special Correspondence Of The star.
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SmeitZer was telling me about il the
last time he was in. He'd been around
among the retail liquor stores, shopping
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Cuba Cards will answer for calls. as
they are now prescribed by etiquette, and
the time saved could be devoted to visit
ing and really getting acquainted With
each other.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
Folsom Notes

Mrs. Neil Sinclair, of Onville, spent Tues
day here, guest of Mrs. J. D. McLaln.
Mr. Logan Belnap was in Folsom this
week attending to business.
Mr.. E. E. Smith. of Gulfport, spent Sat
urday here
Mr.. Reams has moved him family here,
and has opened store in the old CONNECTION
cry building.
To the regret of their Folsom friends Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Hammett left Tuesday
Mr. Hammett who has been express mes
senger and postal clerk on the St. Tammany
Special since it first began running to Fol-
som, two and half years ago, was trans,
ferred to A. & V. Division, running from
Meridian to Vicksburg. Mrs. Hammett ano
daughter Beulah Word, will spend few
days with relatives in Covington before go
ing to their new home in Meridian, Miss.
Mr.. Marshall Reid, Of Morrow, La, and
who as been running on the main line, has
succeeded Mr.. Hammett on the st. Tam
many Special.
Mr.. Rainie, the popular mail carrier tc
Faliah, visited Covington this week.
Active preparations are being made by
our young teacher, Miss Alma Magee, anC
her pupils to welcome st. Nicholas, on the
Is inst.
Just received carload of brick and shingles. See
US before buying. ALEX1US BROS. & co.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
Vaudeville Notes.

Mrs. Hickory, of New York, sister to Mrs. Mid
deton, is spending the winter in Vaudeville, guest
at Mugnier's Hotel
Mrs. Bishop, of New Orleans, visited her home
here last Sunday.
Mr. Frank Wise, of New Orleans, spent last Sun
day here with his parents.
Mr.. Willie Poitevent is registered at the Crescent
Hotel and will remain here for few days.
Mr. Brig, President of the st. Tammany Railway
Company, is among the guests at Mugier Hotel.
DR.. md Mrs. Thompson left for New Orleans with
their sick little child.
Mrs. Baggerly and Miss Pizzetta were pleasantly
entertained by Mrs. Louis Pizzetta Sunday.
Mr.. Arceneaux was the guest of Mr.. E. Esqui-
nance Mr.. Arcenaux is a brother to the late de-
ceased Paul Arcenaux.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Barbot were charminly en-
tertained to dinner by Mr.. and Mrs. Esquinance last
Sunday.
Mrs Paine the President of the Mothers Club visited
the Metropolis last Friday.
Miss Heloise Coomb was in New Orleans Task week
on business and returned with her sister Mrs. Where
The Vaudeville Cooperative Association have
named VIM. Tucker manager and pharmacist of the
new enterprise. Mr.. Tucker is well known among
US and better choice could not have been made
Mr.. Tucker is also postmaster and praises on every
side of his courteous and exactitude to serve
the public is assurance of the of the Man.
deVille Pharmacy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04

The following congratulatory letter is ap-
preciated because it. is the expression of a
lawyer r4ninfuenced 10y the affiliations Or
ties that, come with extended residence, and
IS a sin pie recognition of our endeavors to
be worthy of the respect and good will of
the public. Editor:
Covington, La, November II, 1909.
The St. Tammany Farmer:
Gentlemen-Upon the occasion Of your
thir ty-sixth birthday, exte nd you my felici-
tations, not only because the Farmer has
been the friend of education, the advocate
Of progress and the support er OF clean mu-
nicipal government, but also, in a more
specific sense. because of the fact that IN
the publishing of your joIrna,' at regular in
terYals, as public print hat circulatess
news, advertisements and OF her matter OF
general and special interest Wi tn the intent
to convey intelligence of cure ut events and
to express your unbiased indie pendent and
specific opinions or views, you ire giving to
this parish and community hat exceedingly
rare thing-a NEWSPAPER. The true value
of this service may appear all the more
clear to the writer because Of the fact that
he is as yet a stranger in your midst.
With the best wishes for your CO ntlnued
success, | am, Yours very truly,
A. F.. BEAR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
have quite large tract of land to be appor-

have quite large tract of land to be appor-
toned in this manner.
While primarily this is business venture,
incidentally it will be great blessing to the
farmers of this section, because it will dem
onstrate the most important fact that prod
ucts which command the highest price in
Northern markets are specially suited to our
soil and can be grown to perfection, and the
farmer will learn how to market and get the
best price for them.
The company will also put in canning
factory to take care Of surplus products that
may be left on hand after it shall have ceased
to be profitable to ship them, when home
grown products in those sections begin to be
placed on the market. The difficulty of dis
posing of late truck has been detrimental to
the planting of large crops here, and as a
consequence the small crops planted have
not even provided a sufficient quantity of
early products for the home market, while
the later maturing vegetables have gone to
waste. The planting of large areas will al
low the culling Of enough early vegetables
for market while prices are high enough to
make it profitable, after which the balance
can be sold to the canning factory when the
market fails. While these arrangements are
made for the benefit of members of the as
ISOLATION, farmers who desire to participate
in these benefits will be allowed to do so on
the payment of small fee.
The capital stock of this company is $780,
600 and its domicile is in New Orleans. Mr..
j. E. Cooper, who is the moving spirit in the
organization, has had great deal of expe-
rience in the business, having for years been
associated with Wells, Fargo & Co., and
thoroughly understands the handling and
shipping of truck. This means that the
products raised on his farms will not only
be of the kind and quality to demand a ready
sale, but that he will place them in the proper
market and at the proper time to demand
the best price. This further means that
when the farmers of this vicinity see by the
returns that there is money in the business
and that it is open to anyone to go and do
likewise, they will eagerly grasp the oppor-
tunity.
We trust that the preliminaries to the es-
tablshment of this farm will be successfully
arranged. We are informed by Mr. Cooper
that there is little doubt of this, and that he
expects work to commence on the farm by
January.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
Bayou LaCOmb Notes.

Misses Eva and Pearl Todd spent Friday night in
Slidell, the guests Of friends
Mr. Harry Hansbrough, of Vaudeville, was a
visitor here Saturday.
Hon H. Garland, of New Orleans, was the guest
of Mr.. Hadhen Sunday night
Mr. j. Toomer and Capt Redden, of New Orleans,
were visitors to friends here Sunday.
Mr.. Aaron G. Todd spent Tuesday night with
friends in Covington..
Messrs. J. Barringer and R. G. Hadden spent last
Monday in the Crescent City.
Mr. Willie Davis New Orleans visitor last
Saturday
Mr. f. Keller. of slide, was here on business last
Thursday.
Deep sympathy and grief is felt and extended to
Mr.. and Mrs J: A: Todd by their many friends in
the death of their little SON. Robert aged 10 months
and day, which occurred Tuesday, Nov 80, at $3.50
.. m. In so great grief, words poor things at
best, so can only give Mr.. and Mrs. Todd our
heartfelt sympathy and sorrow in their loss.
Our baby is not dead,
He is only sleeping
He has gone where God said
There will be weeping.
TWO OF US.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
THE LOUISIANA TRUCK FARM AND
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

The farmers Of St. Tammany parish, es-
pecially those who are situated near enough
to transportation line to make it profitable
to engage in truck farming, will soon be
able to turn to their advantage the knowl-
edge gained by having in their midst an ex-
pertinent farm conducted by experts con-
versant with every means for the fullest
agricultural development. By this means
they will be enabled to obtain information
that could only be acquired through years of
patient and costly experimentation. The
establishment of such farm, to contain
fifty acres, is a project of the Louisiana
Fruit and Truck Farm and Manufacturing
Company, of which J. E. Cooper is presi-
dent, and is said to be an assured fact.
If the farmers of this section could be in
duced to raise truck for the Northern and
Western markets, the prosperity that would
come to both farms and towns would make
such alterations in our country that absen-
tees returning would scarcely recognize it..
For this reason we welcome any step in that
direction.
This farm will be established for the pur-
pose of instructing the members of the COM
munity to be established here how to grow
truck for the Northern markets. The COM
munity at first will consist of about forty
families to be brought from the West, who
will take ten acres each. The company will :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-04
.JONES-HUYOL.

Alfred T. Jones and Miss Marion IAdrienne G. lyool
were married at the residence of the brio S
grandmother, Mrs. L. E. Barel, w ednesday NOR. /
ing Dec: /. 1909, shortly before O'Clock, Rev. A
E. Rennie officiating.
Miss Guyol is daughter of Mrs Lucille B. Guyol
Her father F. A. Guyol, deceased, was mayor OF
CoVlngton and man of promine and social posi-
ton. Miss Guyol is popular in Cow lgton society.
Mr.. Jones is well and favoraaly known both here
and in Texas.
They received a number of handsome presents,
among them large chest of hand some silVerware
from Mr.. Jones frieI ads in Houston, Texas