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Evening journal., 1909-07-17

The Shoe and Leather Exposition in Boston
is drawing great gathering of people not only
from all parts of the United States but from Eng
land, Germany and even Australia. The West
ern and Southern manufacturers are exhibiting
their products side by side with tiose of the New
England manufacturers and are getting orders.
New England no longer holds the undisputed
supremacy in the manufacture of shoes. In max
ing some kinds of shoes the sceptre passed from
the New England States long ago.
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25

are sharp curves that go around big
rocks and along deep declines. But
On account Of the altitude the air Is
fine. and when you get up the scenery
is unsurpassed And it is SAFE.
The features of the Wrong road
are
The roadbed IS we'll bailastcd. the
line is double tracked I'll the way. and
the equipment is luxurious 1t Is easy
riding steep up grades. 1t is down.
hill from junction to terminal But
While the coaches are SunptuouS
and for n few stations the scenery is
fascinating. by and by the train runs
through desert places and gloomy can
yons.
If You should find yourself Il passen-
ger on this route. look out for the sem
aphorcs wherein is written the red
warning:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
THOU SHALT NOT.

There are many trains on this route
There is the DISHONESTY train.
On this train you are likely to run into
blind switch almost any time or
crash head-on into the fast limited.
The crew is careless and pays little at
tention to scmaphores or block signals.
And there is the DISSIPATION
train. On this line train orders are
apt to he neglected The engineer
takes chances and runs wild. He
keeps Il full head of steam on. and the
air brakes are likely to get out of re
pair
Another train on the Wrong road is
ule time is that Of the lightning ex-
press. And when the red light shows
1t is often too late to stop. Wrecking
crews work day and night in clearing
the tracks. and the repair shops are
always busy.
Another is the AFFINITY train. 1t
starts ut station called FLIRTA-
TON and is very crooked line. 1t
is the short line to the Divorce Court
terminal
So, You see. my friendly fellow sin
ner and traveller to the bar. it makes
Il lot Of difference which route you
choose
1t is not question Of roadbed or
equipment. 1t is question Of TER
MINALS
Which train are you on?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
A Married Mans eff"

IF I were only half as smart as my
little daughter thinks she is or as my
wife thinks l am" unused the bene-
dict, "Td be pretty conceited individ-
ual Now. last. evening played a
game Of checkers with my little girl.
and, Of course, I let her win. The re-
suit was that she grew about three
inches in as many minutes and went
to bed firmly convinced that she was
the smartest girl in the whole city
Then l played a game with my wife.
and when she saw she was getting the
better Of me she began to get cross.
"'Why don't you go ahead and beat
me" she asked. DO you think I'm
an infant and you have to give me the
game to keep me in good temper?
II tried to convince her that l was
doing my best to win. but she wouldn't
have it that way, and when she finally
beat me she was mad clear through.
"'You know you could have beaten
me IL you had wanted to- she said,
but you thought you had to humor
me. I don't like 1t bit. and | won't
play another game with you tonight
Eyes. indeed" went on the benedict.
reverting to his preliminary statement.
IF I were only as smart as my dauch
ter thinks she IS or a. my wife think
am we would all wear diamonds AZ,
have box at the opera"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
How OLD ARE You7

Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, es-
Inmates that he is 100 years old.
That is to say, he estimates the
length Of his life by the amount Of en-
ergy he has put into his life's work.
II the results of life are to be es-
timated, compared with the results OF
the average mans life Edison is 1000
or even 10000 years old. He has pro-
duced that much more than most men.
Energy is the dynamo that drives
men.
1t is a sort Of self generating dyna-
mo. Energy Is will power In action.
The mans will says, Il will do this
thing" and the latent energy In the
man IL coupled up with his will. and
the result is activity.
When the human machine Is thus
put into motion its velocity and mo.
mentum keep it going for a time.
When It Stacks up the will power.
generator, gives out new impulse,
and the machine Is kept going.
Only
To be effective the activity thus
generated must be proper,;- ef..ti I'd.
A mans generator and dynamo may
be all right, and the latter nsy r.
volve 10000 times n minute. the SHAFT,
ing and belts may be tur!'ii, al d y !
the machine may wcar itself OFT q.
ing nothing.
Many men spend CROUCH energy do
ing nothing when they might do 9rea'
tasks IL only they were proner'E' ecu
pied up.
1t is the rare man Ike Edison who
knows how to so adjust the machinery
OF his life as to apply every ounce OF
his mental and physiS al energy to dc
ing things.
Measured by what be has done. Edi-
son is older than Methuselah.
How old are you, measured by that
standard?
Are you really twenty, thirty. OF
forty, OF fifty. or sixty years old?
Perhaps you have put In enough
work, say, at fifty to be really hun
dred wears old-and failed.
Well. man is measured no less by
what he has really tried to do than by
what he has done.
Philip James Bailey has put the
whole matter SO admirably 1t cannot
be bettered:
We 1--we IN Deeds not years: in thoughts.
not breaths:
In feelings, not figures on a dial.
We should not count time by heart
throbs He most lives
Who thinks most. feels the n0blest, acts
the best.
Measured by the poets standard
how long have you lived!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25

President Taft made Il big hit when
he put his tariff message into 800
words.
The article you are now reading Is
composed of 800 words. so you can
readily understand the brevity Of the
Taft document
The newspapers have come to dread
the appearance of the average mes
sage that fills so much space. to the
exclusion OF the news
Besides
1t Is an open question whether one
person in a thousand really reads the
vOluminous executive deliverances.
Ex-Presidcnt Koosevelt's favorite
picture-the one over the mantel in
one in which the old farmer Is shown
as sitting up after the family has gone
to bed. burning the midnight oil and
porting over each sentence of the pres
dents message.
The picture is rather fanciful.
Nowadays the farmer is about as
busy as the business man. He is on
a rural route. gets his daily paper and
skins over the headlines after taking
look ut the markets just as the man
in town does.
But it is safe to say the farmer and
everybody else read every word Of the
tariff message.
The art of condensation is a rare ac-
complishment.
If brevity is the soul Of wit, it is
also the soul Of eloquence.
Study the masterpieces Of modern
eloquence. Note the short. incisivc SEN
fences and the epigrams that come
like lightning from the orators brain.
Few speakers understand this art OF
condensation. They use words, words,
words. and they muss over an idea I'M
til they tire their audiences. The
same is true of many writer's.
The story of creation in Genesis Is
, shorter than many editorials.
The Lords Prayer Is put into sixty
! words.
Lincoln's immortal address at Get
tysburg is shorter than many newspa-
per paragraphs.
The most thrilling utterance OF one
human to another requires but three
short words
81 love youv'
The most eloquent marriage ritual Is
the briefest, as is the most impressive
burial service.
The language Of sincerity, the Ian
Ruage of the heart. is brief speech.
When you have something worth
while to say, make 1t short and
sweet
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25

Ii a woman can make her own dresses.
the suit described will not cost so
much The style requires only fine
sewing and patience. and the finer the
stitches the better the suit. 1t is made
with an inset of Irish crochet lace. al
though cluny or valenciennes will do.
These insetS are placed between the
breadths, all around. the cores being
quite narrow at the top, widening out
toward the bottom. The other model
suits are of eyelet embroidery instead
of the lace insets. The coat for either
suit is a sack cut away in points
and wrought to match the skirt The
sleeves of the coat are extremely long.
covering the whole back of the hand.
The parasol for such an outfit Is seal
loped around the edge and of the same
material.
There are many pretty and neat suits
of blue, pink aud buff linen decorated
more or less lavisilly with braids. But
tons of all sizes and kinds may be
used as additional trimmings. Some
of the wash braids in open designs are
in cOlors and others in the syndicate
shades, so they will match any tint
or color. Soutacle is preferable when
wrought into design. Some Of the
openwork braids are as pretty as lace.
The heavier goods, such as silk. velu
tina and all the wooden materials, are
lavishly braided. Some of the castle
brai(is are furnished with a cord along
trim tn
be drawn into curves. rosettes and 9th
er fancies with little trouble.
Many of the lightweight wooden
goods are very popular. There are soft
gray panamas, some with fine white
lines; prunellas in every possible col
or, serges. cashmeres. checks for trav.
cling, cheviots for hard wear. tweed
suiting-always ladylike-and for more
dressy wear tussah royale and nohairs
in the new finish The lovely soft
voiles in wool are still among the best
liked of thin goods, and there is new
wolfe Of cotton. mercerized and double
width, which makes beautiful fabric
and one very desirable. The cotton
voile is shown in all the most delicate
of pastel shades as well as darker and
| white.
Skirts are being carefully widened
so as not to shock by too prompt de
parture from the close fits Of recent
weeks. Dealers are showing reason
ably wide skirts as the advance for
summer. Thin goods require different
treatment from the heavier materials
Of cold days, and most women like
some sort of trimming around the
skirt. and this has been almost impos-
sible under the recent styles.
In millinery woman can wear any
thing that she finds becoming. The
peach basket shape is as popular as
the wide fiat of old, and the other
shapes vary SO that it Is prOfitless to
mention them in detail. but coarse
straw VS.. crinoline. horsehair. fine wire
with, it seems. any and everything put
on as trimming. f1nd admirers. as also
do feathers. plumcs ard flowers.
OLIVE HARPER.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
who are no more able than you. New
ertheleSS YOU hesitate You

who are no more able than you. New
ertheless you hesitate You
i.inger shivering on the brink
And fear to launch away.
But. If you have thoroughly cam
vassed the proposition and know 1t in
all its bearings. come up to it, face it
and say to yourself:
YES. CAN DO IT"
When you say tina, and mean it you
have half your battle fought. You
will waste 10 more time in doubt. The
energy you have wasted in worry You
can use in work. Having crossed the
Rubicon, there is II" turning back.
Or
You have struggled hard over SOM.
oncrous task. Sometimes the battle
goes against you Your plans have
been upset as a wind topples over toy
soldiers. You feel as if you could
sit down and cry-if that would do
any good. And. almost ready to sur
render. you ask yourself:
lis it wortl, whilcy'
That is the precise time for an en-
pathetic YES" TO give UP is to fail
utterly And. if your slip must z"
down. GO DOWN WITH IT and with
your flag flying Whatever happens,
say to yourself:
''Yes."
And when YOU have said that You
will go t. your task with Il vim and
redeem thc time
There is tremendous strength in af-
trniaticn. The new school of mind
study is built upon it. To affirm is
TO do and 10 be. TO affirm is to put
the will! power in motion. and the will
power once put in motion gains such
velocity and momentum that it is well
| nigh Irresistible.
Yes" is affirmation. NO" is mega
ton. When you say to yourself you
can do a thing and try. the stars in
their courses fight for you.
Yes" is OPTIMISM. and only opti-
| mism wins.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
BIDS INVITED.

Bids are hereby invited for building a
pile bridge over Horseshoe bayou at
Self place in Ward One, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, 1872 feet long and 3 feet
higher than present bridge. Also bids
Tor new flooring on steel bridge across
Dooley bayou at Section Six plantation
100 Meet, in >Ward One. Also bids for
brpd8e over Eubanks bayou between
Waskom and Greenwood in Ward Five
of Caddo parish, bids for either bent or
pile bridge Bridges to be built accord
ing to specifications and satisfactory
bond required. Bids to be opened at
next meeting of the Jury. the second
Thursday in May 1900, the jury rcserv-
ing right to reject any and all bids
JULES DREYFUSS, Pres
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
Friend of the Mine Mules.

Miss Helen Arnold. president of the
Humane society of Terre iIaute, Ind.
has brought about Improvement in the
condition of mules in the mines in her
vicinity. Not long ago she learned
from one of the raan in 80 mines that
the mules Wee being treated with
cruelty. Miss Arnc!g, !,'rostir a fed the
complaint ana Summoned -" boss or
the mine into ccErt Other pit bosses
heard Of the ease. and better condi-
ton for the dumb animals was at once
instituted Miss .Arnnld is :, popular
young woman IN Terre ;Iaute and
gives personal attention - The duties
connected with her a.i :.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
A QUEER BANQUET.

Police Judge James Austin of Tole-
do. O.. whose motto is Lift Up the
Fallen" gave Il banquet.
1t was a Scriptural banquet.
That is to say. the judge went out
into the byways and hedges. 80 to
speak. and invited the lame. the halt
and the blind to his spread
''The Golden Rule" judge was a
great friend Of the late Golden Rule
run his court as Jones ran the city
government upon the divine rule,
whatsoever we would that men
should do unto you do We even SO to
them"
So the merciful judge puts himself
In the prisoners place.
Well. 1t was. a queer banquet. Men
the women. black and white, all vic
tins Of misfortune. were the guests.
"Gee, Gull. we're goin' to he
mugged." remarked "Piggy" Muiley
when a photographer eptered to take
flash picture Of the motley crowd of
sixty people.
There was much laughter at this
banquet. and some tears.
And the toasts!
There was Mrs. Fred Becker. the
wife of parolcd prisoner. who in a
faltering voice told how her desolate
home had been made happy by the
Judge who had reformed her husband
Life now held promise. aud she was,
oh. so happy!
Then Mrs. Becker had good cry.
A girl Of fifteen timidly arose. She
had been set adrift on the streets al
nine years of age For three days and
nights she went hungry and slept in
vacant house. Then woman told
her II she would go to a house where
a red light burned over the door she
would be taken in.
The girl probationer could scarcely
tell the rest Of her tale for sObbing.
She said the woman who opened the
door gave her the first smile she had
seen in weeks. In that house mar
taught her to steal Judge Austin was
good to her, suspended her sentence
and got her a job. That was over q
year ago Now she was a good CIR
and would be always.
OF such were the annals Of this good
Samaritan.
Grizzled old men told how they were
leading a new life, helped by the good
Judge. Young men stood up and talked
about how the judge had helped then
Jobs.
Surely If there is JOY among thu
angels over one sinner that repentetf
there was jubilee in heaven ovel
that feast in Tony Miller's chophouse
over by the police station.
And the good Judge?
He was happier than an archangel-
because 1t is not giten to archangels
to save the souls of sinful men.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
SAY '.YES.''

It is difficult sometimes to say mo. !"
Many business man has been ruined
because Of his inability to say that
word. Many a young man has lost
character and reputation because he
could not give emphatic refusal to
temptation.
But
It is about as difficult to say yes
"Yes' is as decisive as NO. In
both cases it is the final word. There
may be dallying and hesitating before
hand. but sooner or later the issue
must be met with the last word Of as
sent or dissent.
For instance
You stand ON the threshold of a new
enterprise. 1t means everything to
your future well beirg. 1t Is feasible.
It has been accom-; ;lisllcd by others
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
SUITS FOR SUMMER DAYS.
Linen In the Lead and Lightweight
Woolens Popular.

White wash suits now on exhibition
are exceptionally dainty and pretty.
Thick white linen is the best for tai
Iorrd Suits The skirts are mad" WIN
folds stitched down Il few inches ana
ironcd closely the balance of the way
down \ deep hem is laid ana Is
usually left plain. The short and
slender coat is strictly tailored ana
uaruiShcd with some one Of the wash
brai,lS made in many beautiful open
work patterns.
The suit illustrated is of fine lincri
batistc. Of all materials this is tEa
most desirable when daintincSS and
good wearing qualities are required.
1t is more expensive than the thin
silks and pongccS now SO fashionable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
THE LINCOLN PENNY.

It Is appropriate that Abraham Lin
coins face should be placed upon the
new penny to be issued by the United
States mint.
The penny is the coin Of the COM
mon people.
And we are informed that the face
Of Lincoln on this coin will have q
smile on It,
Lincoln seldom smiled. His life in
many respects was hard one and his
face was scanned with sorrows When
in repose those who looked upon it
say 1t was the saddest face they ever
beheld
The artist wanted to find one picture
of Lincoln in the act of smiling.
After long search he found one pho
tograph in which there was the sug-
gestion Of smile.
The artist took that suggestion and
studied out facial expression such
as Lincoln might have used while talk
ing to children.
Says Victor y. Bremen, the sculptor.
who designed the new head: when
we talk to each other we are more or
less on our guard, but when we talk
to children we relax and are at our
best. So have tried to imagine Lin
colin"
Lincoln smiling ut child!
The conception of the sculptor Is a
fine one Lincoln was fond of children.
They liked him. They looked into his
face and with the insight Of childhood
saw the goodness in that sorrowful
face
Another significant feature In the
history Of the Lincoln penny is the
history Of the designer. Bremen came
here from Paris In 1890 a penniless
youth Of twenty-one. Being unable to
find anything else, he sold penny boxes
Of matches on the streets of New York
until he could do better.
The coin Of the poor-Lincoln's face
smiling at child-the designer who
sold matches for a penny
Isn't that true and triple apotheo-
sis Of Americanism?
Think of the channels through which
the coin will go in the future years of
the republic! Common hands, the kind
of hands that Lincoln loved to grasp,
will in millions of ways handle the
humble coin.
The newsboy who boards his little
capital for making change, the Sunday
school child who brings its penny to
the teacher. the cashier Of the depart
ment store whose tray is filed with
the shining pence, the gatherer up for
the penny slot machine, the worn and
feeble woman feeling with trembling
hands in her scanty purse, the beggar
Of the streets, the organ grinder, the
Salvation Army captain-all these will
often see the image Of Abraham Lin
coin, and some will see also the lesson
Of his life.
It was happy choice-the new pen
nv with the Lincoln face.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
WHICH RoAD7

Along the line Of life are many juno
lion points. and two roads lead out
from each tunction-the Right road
and the Wrong road.
From the folder Of the Right road
YOU may learn that
The road II single track and In some
places narrow gauge. It is mostly up
trade. several fest to the mile. There
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. I2,62o-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana: Sue
cessioh Of Robert Dick.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Mary
NJ 1. Dick, administrators, has this day
filed her final account in said succession
and unless opposition be made thereto
within the time specified by law, the
same will be duly homologated as
prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. F. Bell
and A. J. Murff, Judges of said court
this 18TH day of April 1909.
+. A. LEONARD,
April IS. Clerk
We can make a mighty nice job OF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25
Heart toHeart
Talks.
SHORT AND SWEET.
BY EDWIN A. NYR.

copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso
citation
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25

We can make a mighty nice job of
letter heads or bill heads for you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-25


Nine Bouriant. the widow of an
EgyptolOgist offered to the museum at
Brussels two scarabs with inscription,
which the lady claimed related to a
voyage on the coast of Africa referred
to by Herodotus. The curator pur-
chased the scarabs for $1,000, but
found them to be forGerics. NJ. Ca
part, the curator. sued the widow for
the return of the purchase price, and
the courts have decided in his favor.
Sunday funerals in Chicago have
been placed under the ban Of the Car
Rage and Cab Drivers union. The
jehus consider themselves entitled to a
day Of rest. SO that they may attend
church with their families. The driv-
ers have adopted resolutions condemn
ing Sunday funerals and asking the
assistance of ministers and others i'll
terested in Sunday observance in an
agitation to abolish the custom.
! Nine. Edna Hertoneile Il seamstress
In the Quarter Montmartre. Paris. Is
said by the Paris newspapers to he the
youngest great -9rand,nother in the
! world. She was married at The age ~
fourteen. and her first child, a girl.
married at the same early age. Nhen
Nine. Bertonelle was thirty-One SID
! was a grandmother, Her grandson
married at seventeen young woman
few days his junior. On her forty
eighth birthday Nine. Dartoaelie Vs.
great-grandlnctncr.