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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Have Retained Power Iona.

After Sarah, the two luckiest &C
tresses in Paris are Jeanne Granier
and Rejane. Both grandmothers (born
respectively in 1852 and 1850, both
continue playing the grande amour
euse, love, passion, stars, flowers, little
birds, to the delight of everyone who
sees them. In her American tour
organized by the Vicomte de Braga
Rejane had $500 per highland, acct
dentally the honor of Initiating vast
reforms and financial crisis! For it
was the story of her dancing on table
after a dinner given by the vice-presi-
dent of an insurance company that
tons; but her grandchildren in Paris
never knew it.
To arrive at her present happy posi-
ton as proprietor of her own Paris
theater, Rejane first married her man.
ager, then divorced him. During the
struggle with Porel for possession of
her liberty and the Vaudeville, she
played a rival engagement at the Vari-
cites that actually ate up all the re-
ceipts, but that was detail; her chief
solace was to tell the public nightly
in lines altered for the purpose the
woes of lovely star whose husband
manager desired part profits!
Jeanne Granier, on the other hand,
spoil all her pleasure. If anyone wants
to take her on tour her price Is $500
per representation. In Paris she takes
$3.50 per night-with minimum gusr-
antee of 100 representations. Above
all, however, she is perfect example
of queen of opera bouffe, wise in her
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Torpedoes That Garry Guns.

Through the invention Of the armOr-
piercing torpedo gun, Lieut.. Comm1n-
der Cleland Davis has created SO ter
rible a menace to the navies of the
world that revolutionary changes must
follow fast on the trail of its adoption
by this nation. 1t will no doubt force
the world step nearer to armed neu
trality or a universal peace, for it rem
ders battleships so much more Vuiner-
able below the water line than hitherto
that nations will be less inclined to
take the risk of war To Offset the de-
structive effect which experts claim
this new device is capable of, ship de-
signers must revise plans and shelve
presidents by placing in the water
ships radically different from any now
aflOat. Thousands of tons Of addi-
tional armor will alone give maxi
mum protection to the great floating
forts of the world when the United
States has been equipped with a tor
pedo that drives a shell loaded with
deadly "Dunnite" deep into the in
terror of another ship and, by a time
fuse, causes it to burst in the vital Sec
ton of the quarry. Therein lies the
power of this new implement, says
Technical World Magazine, and there
also is the radical difference between
the Whitehead, or gun-cotton, and the
Davis torpedo. Terrible as is the for
mer, it may be called harmless toy
by comparison. 1t rushes through the
water Is feet below the surface at the
rate of 40 miles an hour; strikes the
object of attack and explodes the 200
pound charge of gun-cotton in its war
head against the side of the ship
Before the days of water-tight COM
partments and steel containing bulk
heads that crashing defamation would
have been sounding requiem over
the graves of the crew, for the ship
would have filled and sunk.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
iNTOl ERABLE ITCHING.
Fearful Eczema All Over Babys Fscs
professional Treatment Failed,
A Perfect Cure by Cuticura.

when my little girl was six months
Old | noticed small red spots on her
right cheek. They grew so large that
! sent for the doctor bnt. instead ot
helping the eruption, his ointment
seemed to make il worse. Then
went TO second doctor who said il
was eczema. He also gave me an ONT.
ment which did not help either. The
disease spread all over the face and
the eyes began TO swell The itching
grew intolerable and it was a terrible
sight to see. consulted doctors for
months, but they were unable to cure
the baby. paid out from $40 to $40
without relief. One evening | began
to use the Cuticura Remedies, The
next morning the baby's face was all
white instead of red. continued until
the eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs.
P. E. Gumbin, Sheldon. Ia, July Il '0S"
Potter Drug L Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Bosos,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
A HooslER's HORRIBLE FATE.
Final Explanation of Accident That
Should Have Satisfied.

Paul Krauss, Jr., came down town
the other morning with his hand in a
bandage.
81 never knew there were so many
sympathetic people in the town. he
said the day afterward
Within distance of five blocks 20
people wanted to know how the you're
man had been injured. To the first
five who asked he replied:
Cut it on a piece of glass"
Finally this reply became monoton
Gus and Kfauss changed the character
of his reply.
Il carelessly handled my knife" he
explained to about ten others. In a
moment of desperation he tried to
dash into his fathers store.
But he was not to escape. A sympa
thetic woman hailed him.
why, you look pale, Mr.. Krauss,
she said, land you have been hurt
How did it happen?"
Il was run over BY an automobile
and killed"
AS Krauss fed the woman with g
look of amazement on her face re
marked: well, how singular. In
dianapolis Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Demand Now Seems Modest.

AT Bordeaux she got a telegram
from Offenbach: Name your own
terms" And, almost as a joke, she
wired an answer that Sardou kept
among the financial curiosities of his
theatrical collection: "As it's Christ.
mas, expect present; won't bulge
for less than $500 per month"
Poor thing! It's Christmas every
day now!" laughed Rejane, as Sardou
went on telling how the famous actors
of his younger days earned In a year
what Coquelin has received for two
nights in America. Paulin Menier, the
immortal Choppart of '"The Lyons
Mail, at the height of his success
touched $1,000 per year, and Frederick
Lemaitre, who has his marble statue
in the streets of Paris and who went
on European tours, never received
over $40 per night,
That's all very WE'LL" said Reiane
but who does the least to get the
most today? stick up for that awful
slugger, He's so heavy that no one
can hurt him. l am told he has al
uppercut, hook and a short-arm jab
born in the man, that can't be learned
! Next month he'll get $4,000 again tt
shoow his graces and knock mar
senseless."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
little Itch" Envied.

They have but one lurking danger
loss of popularity; because if the soil
tary entertainer profits tremendously
by the independence of his position, he
risks greatly by lack of support. Once
| heard great tragedian of London
mourning that he was not Little Itch!
Little Itch is really independent,
happy, yes, for life" he said. The
frightful little dwarf discovered that
shoes half his body's length permitted
him to make a comic bow that the
world could not tire of! That comic
bow could bring Little Itch $500 per
night in London, Paris, New York
anywhere! He has cinch for life."
Who does the least to get the most?
Probably Little Itch. If not, then
Paderewski. The great tenor and So
prano voices go. The champion pugil-
list will some day find his master-and
fall, plump, into obscurity. The comics
of both theater and music hall, depend
ing on vivacity and magnetism, lose
drawing power with age. The queen
of opera bouffe sees her charms fade.
But there remain the grandmothers Of
the Paris stage who own their thea
ters. Sarah Bernhard and Rejane
have their popularity assured them by
the forces that hold all Partisan soci-
ETY. together.
Rejane was petty, therefore, to be
jealous even for a moment of the
placid American Hercules who had
nearly punched role through Ben
Taylor. When he shall have vanished
from the ring Rejane will still be play.
ing passion, love, flowers, stars and
little birds in her own Paris theater.-
Sterling Heilig in the Washington
Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

The Importance of trade schools, an
article about which was lately printed
In the Youths Companion, gains new
emphasis from the decision of the ex-
pert superintendent of the public
schools of Chicago to lay before the
board Of education plan to establish
three technical or vocational high
schools for girls, to correspond with
those already established for bows II
Is planned in these schools to fit girls
not only for domestic life, but for many
OF such callings-as typewriting and
stenography, dressmaking and MILL.
nery-to which women are moving in
greater and greater numbers. The sue.
cess OF the few schools where such
practical training is provided has
SHOWN that they meet a distinct need
OF the times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Ruq Industry Has Suffered.

Persia's rug industry has suffered
materially as result Of the closing
O fthe bazars at Tabriz and other Per-
sian cities. The difficulties Of trans
portation on the highways of Persia
and the lessened American demand
for luxuries have contributed in no
small measure to the depressed con-
dition of the Persian rug trade. Prices
have fallen recently by one-third and
rug exports have fallen off by one
half. Labor there now commands
only between five and ten cents a
day
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

that such sKtled PAS engagements
carried valuable perquisites. When
Faure sold his paintings, for example,
they produced a fortune, and all had
been given to him by admiring art
lists, CoQuelin's house to-day is a
museum Of precious objects mostly
gratis-"Half their charm" says
Coquelin.
They say Melba mOurns the coming
day when her great voice must go. Her
life has been fairy tale of gold and
honors. and her last engagement was
$4,000 for ten representations. Yet
few can hope to hold the splendid
voice as Patti held hers; it goes crack.
and suddenly the wOrld-famed operate
star goes out. not pales down, Who
remembers Capoul? Recently he was
glad to get the position of stage man
ager at the Paris Grand Opera
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
like an OK! Do you know, that Amer
lean is better paid than WEI"

lcan is DeLter palQ lHdn we!
Don't criticise,' said Sardou, later
lit was short time before his death.
You are all spoiled favorites of for
tune at this moment" Then he told
her this tale of the gayest and most
beautiful young actress of the second
empire-Hortense Schneider: The
Rejane of her day had quit the Palais
Royal in quarrel at rehearsal. She
was packing her trunks for Bordeaux
when Offenbach came, offering her the
title role of La Belle Helene" just
completed for the Varieties.
Seated on her trunk, Hortense heard
with delight the airs that were to
transform her to veritable queen of
opera ouffe; but her mind was made
up, and she fed Paris.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Actors Have Advantage.


Yet the golden voice of Sarah
Bernhardt draws to-day as ever-she,
a long-eXperienced grandmother. Here
is where the actors have their Splen-
did advantage. Life, for them, goes
on "all Christmas quite indefinitely
Sarah Bernhard is as lucky, happy,
feted and fete-giving at this hour as
when she first discovered America
with Grau, the impresario.
That first American trip of Sarah's
lasted four months and put $4,000
into her pockets. Grau gave her
81 900 per evening and paid all her ex'
penses, to special railroad car; but it
panied the great artistic TO see sim
pie impresaro making money; and
thenceforth she organized her own for.
eign tours. Once she took Coquelin
with her to play "L'Aiglon" at $500 per
representation. At the Gate and
when he played "Cyrano' in Paris, his
pay was only $500 per night.
They say that her own pathetic voice
so affects Sarah that the tears come
naturally, when wanted. In Camille
she sheds 20-which is $50 per tear.
Coquelin counts speeches that bring
down the house; he calls them
words" In "Cyrano" there are &c
such-$30 per word"
And the tragedian, Mounet-Sully
who had $500 per night in America
$3.50 in London and Vienna, and draws
$500 in Paris, where he is high stock
holder in the Theater Francois, counts
by roars In "Oedipe Roi' he roars 2(
times-$30 per roart
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

lent and utter triumph beside his pros
trated adversary, while 5000 Parisians,
paying from $40 to 81, except in the
highest gallery, cheered themselves
hoarse.
What. $4,000 to do nothing, to
risk nothing, suffer nothing?' Rejane
exclaimed, scandalized. That man
gave him no fight, no hurt; when he
got tired of showing off, he felled him
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

EJANE had quit
her theater in
time to see Sam
MacVea k II 0 C k
out Ben Taylor at
the Paris Hippo
drome.
What does he
get for that" she
asked, as the Her.
culean American
negro struck an
attitude of inSO-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
EVENLY MATCHED,

Magistrate Ito witness)-And where
were you when this assault occurred?
Witness-Just across the street
your honor.
Magistrate-Then why didn't you 20
to the plaintiffs assistance when Won
saw him attacked?
Wltness-FaiX, ! wasn't sure then
that he wouldn't be the defendant,
your honor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Earnings of Star Pugilists.

Were star pugilists to really risk
their reputation frequently they would
fall into the category of Mephisto, the
first man to loop the loop" He re,
ceived $5,40O per month and became a
great parsonage in all the capitals of
Europe for risking to break his neck
every night!
No, the $4,000 that Burns picked up
easily for knocking out Bill Squires
last Grand PriX night was really better
money, and it opened Tommys eyes tC
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
The Land of EnnIand.

Twelve thousand seven hundred and
ninety-one persons own four-f1fths OF
the soil Of England, their aggregate
property, exclusive of that within the
metropolitan boundaries, being 4O,1SO,
us acres. In point of fact the mum.
Der of owners of four-ffths of the Eng.
lish land is nearer 5000 than 10000.
Of these 500 are noblemen, and four
or five Of these swallow up the rest.
New York American.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

From all accounts, the funeral of the
Chinese emperor, with all its barbaric
splendor, numerous animals and ire
nendous crowds, must be looked on
there as something in the light of a
tremendous national circus parade.
Probably 1t is the only enjoyment
which the populace get out of the i'm.
perial functions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
LUCKY STARS IN THE
AMUSEMENT WORLD
ARE SHOyyERED WITH GIFTS AND HONORS
Many Owe Their Present High Prices to Amer
ica--Tommy Burns $4,000 and American
PugiIists in Paris---Who Does the Least to
Get the Most?

So the Partisan question rose-Who
does the least to get the most? Rejane
and most Parisians know nothing of
the 100000 of our Tommy Burns in
Australia, win, lose Or draw but to
earn it against dangerous Jack John
son risked the very reputation that
made life Christmas the year round
for him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Not Gust as Good"-lt's the Best

One box of Hunts Cure is unfailing-
ly, unqualifiedly, and absolutely guar
anteed to cure any form of Skin Dis
ease. 1t is particularly active in
promptly relieving and permanently
curing all forms of itch known.
Eczema, letter, Ringworm, and all
similar troubles are relieved by one
application; cured by one box.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Rejected GLORY.

Say, what do you Think cried De
Ripper.
Give us the answer said young
Van Dippy.
I've just found out" cried DeRip
per, that | wear the same sized shoe
as the chap who kicked out victory
for Harvard, don't you know!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
A Perfect Gentleman,

Codllng-Why did you speak to that
howwid tramp, dear boy?
Softy-Why shouldn't !, old chap
pie? He isn't in twade, and he doesn't
work faw living.-Penny Pictorial.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

Emperor William remains in bed,
though well, the Berlin dispatches say,
being eaten by melancholy because he
Is not allowed to talk.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

We would willingly have others
perfect, and yet we amend not our
own faults.-Thomas a Kempis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

For what the mind wishes, that II
also believes. -Heliodorus.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

PILES CURED IN TO Il DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any cas-
of Itching Blind, Bleeding or Pro'ruding Phes I'D
6 to IA days or money refunded. be-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
Fortunate PadereWski.

Fortunate PadereWski.
once heard Paderewski's manager
while playing poker at the Hotel Pow
ers in Paris. proclaim his own princi-
pal as the most lucky or the happiest
man. He has but to keep up his tech
nique, and he enjoys it. He is the
typical Oneman entertainer; requires
no support; needs no advertising or
accessories; has no expenses to eat
into profits, and there is nothing to
prevent Paderewski from drawing his
$4,000 per night as long as he wants
to play. You see? He has no contract
to make with any manager. He just
sells tickets"
Kubelik, the violinist, who receives
5000 every time he plays, depends upon
an orchestra and takes his money
from an impresario who shares the
risks and profits. Apart from this, the
one-man entertainer certainly has his
luck simplified for him. Even the
champion pugilst must have a pug
provided for him to knock out; but
think of Fragson. who just sits and
sings at the piano for $4,000 Ler
month.
These music hall stars. surely do
very little TO attain much. Yvette Gull
bert, who can still get $3.50 per night
at the Scala in Paris, receives $3.50 for
singing few songs in London, Berlin
and New York. Mayol, the comic
tenor, draws $50 per quarter of an
hour in Paris and $4,000 per month On
tour in French cities. Louise Balthy,
grotesque comic lady, earns $4,000 per
month; Germaine Galliois, the beauty
escaped from comic opera, $4,000, and
Mealy, another like her, $2,000-ah for
short turns in the halls. They are the
worlds favorites. They show them
selves a little quarter of an hour each
highland all the year is Christmas
for them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

For Headache Try Hicks Capudine.
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Aiquid-pleas-
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

generation. Who remembers that
Jeanne Granier created "Girofe-Giro-
fla in 1874? HOrtense Schneider was
still singing; could she have dreamed
that her young rival, after scarcely re-
peating her successes in the Petit
Due and Nam elle Gavroche,' could
have The strength of mind to switch
off to high comedy before the feeting
voice forsook her? Jeanne Graner's
triumphs in high comedy proclaim her
one of the luckiest artistes of the age.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01
lnportant TO Mothers.

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle or
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
signature; ss:': I'll: ssZM4zzz1
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1909-06-27

Der Gpielen6sn, bic fih in eiuem 3rsIs
aelaaeri baden, Elm Stod seItsdt, Der
oIs ng0al" bs5eiansi. ben MitteipuHtt
bes 5pieIss biloet. Sober Spieler be-
tommt cine pOrbsr feftgeieste aH5apl
WeHerldnsen obsemsen. beren eHos
punct pieoerum ourh elm in bic Gros
aeItedtes 60l36en be3eidHet pirb. Dds
Zoos beItimmt ben Qnfdnssr. Der lsiE
MeFer nun 10 perfsn muB, haB e nit
oerSpibe in Die groe fdbrt. Rnn frIro
Die 9iiians, bic er NIT feinem @urf
srreiht bat. BON Der gntFerHung isiHss
60lsheng Rom r@oal- aus abgerennet,
unO Isin 6ol5 ioDisl ndber BEN sSOal~
3ugerldt. Run iperfsH bic aHneren
Spieier. salt Oas Wlefer einem Der
Spielsr aus 9erIeben lang auf bic
eros, 70 bag bic Spite niht in ben
Ralen einoriHgt, 10 bari Der Spielsr
isin 9ol5hen ni6t ndher an 0as
~Soal" riiden. uno Dds Spiel gebt
neiter. = @er nun suerlt on bas
GOAL" tommt. Der bat ssiponnenl
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1909-06-27

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ihalen. 9pd. 0 pebl II 8as mar
Elm gar 5ornioes, 1ioernGrtiges, trGhz
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tdube tonHte es Iogar ni9t laHen,
gang laut 81 ti6era.
Gum britten Dale Ifano Der 9fdu
Dor Dem lisben 9ott. Gr er3dblie,
mas inn paiirt rel un6 foroerte bonn
9errn cine Stimme, bic ih0ner
tIinge, aIs bic Der gladtigaa, bic 10
boiler Mohllaut lei, als bic Der gngz
ZEN felbit.
9a blidte Der W1giitige ear Ttrsng
auf ben uHpsrFhdmien 50roerer Hie=
Der. rWaBloie @itelteitll" fpro6 er.
oBie tanHit 9u IS magen. nod mebr
81 besebren. no 9u ifon 10 reid be-
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Did binipeg. unoantbares GeTh0pf."
@etrontsn &opfes uno erbobenen
Sdpeifes i~tOI3irts nun Der Yfdu,
bepuBi, cine neue s3ieroe an Fh Al
tra9en, babin. 9oh balo erbob Iih
bier uno oa unter BEN 90asln Elm
lhdoenfrobes @esipitIder. Der Salt
NIT ieineu fharfen 9lugen bate es
natiirIih 5usrit aeTeben. Sur Strafe
fir feline Gitelteit- ber fth aern
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bate iid Der 9fau ldherli6 aemadt
nit ieinem 6O6mut6 uno lit niht
aonig ~genorben. Die Spaben, Die
freaen gdFenbuben, pfiffen ibn NOD
geb0rig aus.
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