St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-12-18
men and women of our town. But more of

this anon.
Minnie Madden Fiske is loud in her demon
station of the grim slaughter waged upon
the wild ANIMALS of those African localities
visited by Mr.. Roosevelt and his death deal
ing band. Many think just as Mrs. Fiske
does, and are as appalled, at the cruelty with
which numberless animals are ruthlessly
slain. An illustrated article by Mr.. Roose-
welt shows beautiful specimens of lions,
tigers, Zebras and many other noble animals
laid low by the remorseless gun Of the great
hunter, and all this in the name of sport
royal sport. What an example to the imita-
tive youth Of our country! How can we ex-
pect anything but cruelty and lust to kill
in our growing boys when they have before
them the butchery-yes wholesale butchery
by one who has been held up to them as a
great man; a great doer of great deeds.
When a boy Wontenly wounds sparrow
with niger shooter, and goes uncorrected
and unpublished for his cruel offense, the
first seed is planted of that great indiffer-
ence to wrong and suffering inflicted that
makes the inhumane and even worse, the
criminal man. So it is with feelings of poig-
nant regret that we see the evil influence of
this mighty hunt" working into the hearts
the boys that are soon to become the men
to make or mar HUNDREDS, aye thousands Of
the homes that are the rOck-bed, the bulWark
of our nation.
These clear, cold nights are beautiful ones
to the star lover. A walk in the crisp air
is invigorating, and good view Of the star
lit heavens is an inspiration. The dim and
crescent moon hangs low in an ebon sky,
and Venus, the brilliant star of the west is
alight, like great flashing jewel, just above
it. Further to the east Orion rises in all its
glory, showing forth his starry belt" in
cold, keen light Taurus, with it's brilliant V
flashes the beautiful Aldebaran, and the
scintillating Pleiades glitter like swarm of
fire flies tangled in silver braid. The fiery
Mars, mounting higher and higher, mingles
with the beaute0us consultations and adds to
the brilliancy of the sky, and as we gaze
upon this bright, red light we wonder and
wonder and long to know the mystery of
that far away orb.
The Thanksgiving Number of Collier
Weekly published notice of the great strike
declared by the girls in the employ of the
and of the help that was being given the
strikers by certain women Of wealth and So
cial position of that city. When these SYM
pathizing women learned that the police
were arresting the girl pickets on the pro-
vocation, they replaced the pickets for a
day, and one of them succeeded in having
herself arrested. When taken before the
lieutenant Of the nearest station he prompt
ly ceided her for not making her indemnity
known to the arresting officer so that he
could have spared the blunder of taking
such woman in. A charge against defense
less, unorganized girls, unable to resist the
actions of the police, was the immediate re-
suit, and the girl strikers were welcomed to
schools of English, debating society, and a
club organized among them and for them at
the headquarters of the Women's Trade
Union League. On the issue general prop
uganda organization among working girls is
to result.
Now, Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J.
PlerpOnt Morgan, came to the aid Of the
strikers and has joined the aforesaid union.
This means that Miss Morgan has become
interested in the fight these girls are making
and gives the following as her reason:
short time" said Miss Morgan today, land
| find other people to whose attention it has
not been brought do not know anything
about it. If we come to fully recognize
these conditions we cannot live our own lives
without doing something to help them,
bringing them at least the support of public
opinion"
I'VE can see from the general trade con-
ditiol how difficult it must be for these
girls to get along. Of course, the consumer
must be protected, but when you hear of a
women who presses forty dozen skirts for So
q week something must be very wrong. And
fifty-two hours seems little enough to ask. ~
This shows that women are again to the
front" and many are using strong weapons,
wealth and high standing, to check injustice
and commercial greed, and better the condi-
ton of the weak and down trodden.