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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
Making Good
Citizens

ceSsities and some IuXuries can be DUR
chased at the republic store.
The next important step for the citi-
zen is to become familiar with the
laws which govern the George Junior
Republic All laws are made by the
citizens and passed upon at the month
ly town meetings. The laws are en-
forced by officers elected by the citi-
zens from among themselves. The
government officers consist of a presi-
dent, vice president. secretary of state,
secretary of the treasury. girls judge,
boys judge, these officers comprising
the presidents cabinet; a girl district
attorney, a boy district attorney, DO
lice officers. prison keepers and a board
of health department.
The religious, educational. home
civic and commercial training furnish
ed at the George Junior Republic de-
velops in its citizens the sense of re-
sponsibility. responsibility. industry
and all that is highest and best in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

HUSTLING CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC.
ment by politicians. Why should it
cost state from $3.50 to $500 a year
more to support single person than
it costs a George Junior Republic?
Moreover, the inhabitants of the re-
| public have advantages. even luxuries,
included in the cost of their keep. A.
the average high rate mentioned :,
state supports for one year prisoner
or lunatic or some other charge. Civ
| ing him but the barest necessaries of
life, yet with the far lower cost, the
/ Junior republics. in addition to supply
| ing better and more varied food and
comfortable quarters. place libraries,
| schools, trade schools, ETC., al the dis
posal of their young citizens.
Who can overestimate the value OF
such lesson in comparison with the
future voters of the country? The diff
ference between the actual cost of an
insurance policy to the insurance COM
pany and the amount charged for the
policy represents the ''looding." 'Lood-
ing is adding various charges to the
cost price. as percentage of collec-
tors fees. agents commissions, cler-
zeal expenses, etc. The high rate per
year per person spent by various states
represents the ''looding'' by political
powers, which build up party organiza
tons at the expense of the state. Such
conditions would not exist if states
were operated along the lines of the
Junior republics.
The first George Junior Republic was
established in 1895 at Freevile, n, Y,
near Ithaca. The object. as stated by
the founder, is ito prevent crime, to
develop character and to promote good
citizenship" The scope is interna-
tional and nonsectarian. and girls aud
boys over fourteen will be admitted.
Every boy and girl Of the proper rec
concentrations becomes a citizen on ar
rival at the republic
The first business of a citizen after
being released from quarantine is to
find employment either on the farm or
in one of the shops or cottages. The
citizens are paid for their labor in a
currency equivalent in value to United
States money. Each citizen works five
hours and attends schools five hours
a day. The republic school currieu
lum Includes college preparatory
course.
A boarding place in one of the cot
tages is next arranged for. according
to the amount citizen is able TO nay /
from his or her earnings In addift3n I
to his board. each citizen must pay a
poll tax and buy his clothes. All ne
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07


ed by the establishment Of one Of these
republics, where young folks Of the
nation, boys and girls alike, are shown
how to be good citizens by actual par
| ticipation in actual government of
which they are a part
| Much has been written about the
Junior Republic idea. which originated
with and has been perpetuated by Will
liam R. George of Freeville, N Y. 1t
is impossible accurately to estimate the
good done by the various republics
now in existence. Their services 70
the country in producing trustworthy
citizens, educated in the needs and
processes of civil government in the
interest of the governed. can be estI-
mated only in the future by consld-
GRAFTON of what they have done for
their country.
There seems no doubt that the George
Junior republics are an economic ne
cessity. They are more practical than
academies and colleges, though they
lead up to the higher educational
courses. They are more practical as
regards the education of citizens in
the soundest principles of sound citi-
zenship. They do not cage lad in a
heated class room and argue into his
Uranium the theories of government
On the contrary. they give him some
folks to govern and show him how TO
do it.
A striking Illustration of the value
of the economics taught by the repub-
lies is found in the following state
ment of fact:
ut costs the state of New York be-
tween 5000 and $700 annually to care
for each person under its charge. T.
costs between $3.50 and $500 annually
for each citizen at the George Junior
Here we have a singing arraignment
of the gross extravaganza in govern
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
RETURN OF JEFFRIEs.
The Big PusiIist Much Improved by
His Trip Abroad.

The Big PugiIist Much Improved by
His Trip Abroad
Now that Stanley Ketchel has been
defeated by Jack Johnson the follow.
ers of pngilism are eagerly looking for
ward to the battle in the roped arena
that will bring together James ]. JEFF
fries and the colored heavyweight
champion. Such contest will no
doubt be the greatest fistic attraction
in years, and purses amounting to a
fortune have been offered for it. John
son is the only colored man in the his
tory Of the prize ring to win the heavy
weight championship, wrestling this
title from Tommy Burns in Austria
liza. The Ethiopian's victory quickly
brought Jeffries out of retirement. and
he appears confident that he can win
back the title for the white race. The
two men are to meet in the spring.
The mighty ,Jeffries has just return
ed from abroad. where be. has been
taking the baths at Marienbad and
also doing some training at Jim Pratt's
just outside of Paris. His
work was largely confined to punching
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
MARJORIE GOULD.
An American Beauty Who May Soon
Become a Duchess.

An American Beauty Who May Soon
Become a Duchess.
An American girl whose great beauty
and fortune have recently turned the
heads of some of Europe's highest no.
bility is Marjorie Gould. the eldest
daughter Of George Jay Gould. She
is now in her eighteenth year and was
introduced to society in January last.
Miss Gould bears strong resent
blance to her mother, who, as Edith
Kingdom, was one of the most popular
members in Augustin Days stock
company. She is dark of type, with
large brown eyes and clean cut fea-
lures. Most of her life has been spent
at Georgian CouTS, the Gould estate at
Lakewood n j. There she learned to
ride and developed a fondness for va
rious forms of athletics She plays
good game of tennis and almost daily
is on the courts with her brother Jay.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

the champion Percherons of the last
Paris show. Champion Belgians are
to be the exhibit of Alexander Gal
braith of GAINESVILLE. Wis. and The
Truemans will show the prize Shires
from the Royal Agricultural society's
show IN England. Many other well
known horsemen will exhibit.
Probably no other event held in this
country brings together so many
people of great fortunes and promi-
hence as the national horse show,
wealth aud fashion having set their
stamp ofapproval on the affair from
the very first. The development of
the show to its present proportions
ano significance means that it has far
outgrown the ideas and even the an
lHcipations Of Its founders. The ex-
Shibit not only interests and excites the
Social and sporting world. but is of the
sgreatest moment to the hotels, restau-
rants florists, liverymen and even
boarding houses and transportation
companies and to the railroads center
ing in the metropolis.
It takes to New York an army of
wealthy visitors and out from their
homes many thousands of New York
ers as wealthy, whose aggregate ex-
penditures, inspired incidentally by
the show, in the matter of gowns and
clothes, flowers. carriages and hotel
and restaurant outlays mount into the
millions. This is no exaggerated state
ment. and ii is safe to say that were
the horse show TO be abandoned or
even TO wane in popularity there
would be wailing and lamentation in
the business as well as in the social
and sporting worlds.
Women III the past have not only en-.
tered many equine prize winners. but
also personally exhibited them in the
ring And nst year, for the first time
In the history of the show. woman
took part in the jumping contests and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

the worlds champion at court tennis.
The girl has strong inclination for
acting and has appeared in one act
plays with her mother in the private
theater at Georgian Court.
Miss Gould finds the outdoor life at
Lakewood even more attractive than
the round of social duties in the city.
She has several automobiles and drives
them herself. usually at high speed.
Among Miss Goulds most persistent
wooers is the Grand Duke Alexander
Georgievitch Domanowski. the hand,
some young cousin of the car of Rus
STA. The Duke of Alba, one of Eu-
ropes richest noblemen, has also shown
her much attention. and it was recent
ly rumored that they were engaged
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

up family groups of boys or girls. us
the case may be. with lady or lady
and her husband as it's head.
The government of the George Jun
ior Republic consists of three depart
ments-the legislative the judicial and
the executive. The legislative depart
ment is vested in the citizenship. and
all the laws are passed by the citizens
in town meeting assembled. a majority
vote deciding the fate of bills pro
posed. \ bill must be signed by the
president before it can become a law.
The bills are drawn up and proposed
in the town meeting just the same as
bills are prepared aud presented in the
United States congress.
The citizens in the Junior republic
over fifteen years Of age are voters. tie
girls enjoying equal suffrage with the
boys. The judicial part of the govern
nent consists IS two departments the
criminal. or police. court aud the civil
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

Taken just before leaving Paris.
the bag. rope skipping and other typ
zeal gymnasium stunts 1t is said thai
the treatment the big pugiIist under
went at Marienbad did him world 4
good. and his girth is practically the
same as il was before bis biggest
fights. Just before leaving Paris he
weighed 220 pounds and appeared to
be in splendid physical condition.
With the great ex-champion in fight
ing trim johnson will meet human
smuggling machine of bis own size. i
quick, shifty big man, heavyweight
with a splendid wallop and one whose
record shows he is as game and gritty
a man as ever entered the ring.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

AND MAKE THE
skin of Keeper CHILDREN FEEL
of the door may AT HONE.
be able to rIug leak, pack faucet
or thaw Il pipe: in painting and gIaZ-
ing. in the care OF furnaces. engines
keeping them in repair and IN ali that
relates to the sanitation of fats and
apartment houses. Including the proper
disposition of garbage aud other house
hold refuse. one Of the most i'm,
be the drill in Courteous treatment OF
tenants. For example. an itnpassioned
request for 7'nrp heat on a zero morn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

tHt IutIIre IS TO be
a fine sort If chap if the new school
that is to train him can bring it aboat.
The course of instruction-the first in
this branch which has ever been given
IN America-will be part of the cur
rlcuium of the new Italian evening in
dustrlal school of the Children's Aid
society. New York city. Approaching
the fact that the janitor jokes of the
comic papers are founded upon facts
which are by no means matter for
laughter among fiat dwellers. the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

To-, ed country brings a -pang, Prob
ably if it had not been for Susie Damn
she would have given up.
Mrs. Macauley is a niece of that IA
nous writer Alice Hogan Rice, the au-
thor of Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch 1t is rather a remarkable fact
that two members of the same family
should branch out as authors and write
such witty and interesting books. Mrs
Rice has also written 'Lovey Mary"
and other stories, and her success in
the literary world induced Mrs. Ma
cauley to try her hand at authorship.
The accompanying photo of Mrs Ma
cauley is the first one she has had
taken in many years. and it was only
recently that she finally consented to
give her readers a chance to see the
author of The Lady 81 the Decora-
ton"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

|
manhood and womanhood and fits its
cltzens to become useful, creditable
citizens of the larger republic.
That phase of the Junior Republic
which commands the greatest attention
Is the government. The plan is similar
I'D many respects to the old New Eng
land town meeting system. The COM
munity is entirely self governing The
laws are made by the citizens in the
town meetings, one meeting being held
each month All children over fifteen
years CT age become citizens and are
entitled to vote and hold office The
laws are those of the state of New
ork, with certain local ordinances to
meet existing conditions. For exam
ple there are laws against smoking,
profanity. etc. On Tuesday night Of
every week session of court is held.
and all cases for the past week are
tried before the citizen Judge and
often a jury of four If convicted the
prisoner is turned over TO the citizen
keeper who places him in Jail and Iii
reefs the prison labor Here he doe
not have the privilege of working fol.
himself, bur for the government. ami
merely receives his prison fare
The equipment of the republic at
Freeville, n T., has gradually increased
until now the association owns ana
controls over $50 acres of land. On
this is little village of some twenty
five buildings. Ten are cottages. where
the citizens live. Besides these, there
are beautiful chapel. modern school
house, a government building in which
are the courtroom and the boys jail;
girls jail, a bakery. a carpenter shop.
furniture shop, a plumbing shop, a
printing office. the general store. with
the Citizens National bank in the rear
and the executive offices on the second
floor; steam laundry building, includ-
ing the steam heating plant which sup
plies heat for Il large number of build.
ings; the barns and dairy buildings and
the hospital
Mr.. Georges residence is also in the
republic. and in one wing of this, is
the library of about 1000 volumes.
The boys and girls live in families of |
ten or twelve in cottage. These make
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
FRANCES LITTLE.
Another Story by She Author of "The
Lady of the Decoration"

Hncther story by she Author OF ne
Lady of the Decoration"
To those who have read that clever
little book The Lady of the Decora-
ton it will be welcome news that its
author, Frances Little, has come for
ward with another story that also has
many appealing qualities. Little Sis
ter Snow is the title, and it is a vol
umn that promises to add much to the
writer's fame
Frances Attic is in reality Mrs. Fan
ME G. MacaSAey, the former name be-
ing her nom de plume, and those who
have read The Lady of the Decora-
ton need not be told that she is a
native and resident of Kentucky. The
heroine of that book, who is in faroff
Japan and at times wretchedly home
sick. is always longing to return to
the Blue Grass State, and even the
mention of her native and dearly be-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

school authorities
b a V e set t b g m :
selves the task of
educating IA new
type of janitor and
believe that in 50
doing they will be
beneiting society.
The course will
include instruction
in plumbing. 50 that
the pupil who re-
ceives the sheep
skin nf n "l-oa,,at.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

AND BE UP on Al. NEVITIdIIUH. M tIU-
THE TRADES AND pioymeDt burea Il
fhoF ESSloNS- will help graduates
to secure paying positions. and the CO.
operation of business men in the plac-
ing of boys and girls with good records
is assured.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
Do II Aea;n

"These polar explorers are getting
lots of applause.
But il is mostly applause of tie
kidd that seems to call for a repetition
Of the performance. -Pittsburg Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

their regular Satur-
day n i g b t bath
when we are too
lazy to attend to
r. ;, =, ,
Sne matter II III
he give lis tips on
Christmas ana New
Years and keep a
record of our birth
days? 1t may not
be quite as good as
that. but just the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

MULE THESE the farmers will be
DAYS. ,L ......,
as the men who own thoroughbreds of
a more ornamental and less useful type
than the draft animals. special prizes
amounting to over $4,000 having been
offered for the work horses. This will
bring to the show a million dollar dis
play OF Belgians, Clydesdales, Perche-
fons and other famous drafters. and
the great animals in the ring with
dainty saddle and slim harness beau
ties will make a novel exhibit.
In the past this exhibit of equines
has mostly been New York's show, but
hereafter other cities are to take an
important part in it, and animals of all
breeds from all over the country will
be entered. The judges this year will
be the best known and most efficient
to be obtained in the United States
and Canaua. Harness, saddle and
jumping horses of the highest types
are to have quite as important q place
on the program as ever, but the draft
horses are to be featured as the pick
of the country's breeding farms.
Edward Morris of Chicago, whose
massive six horse team was a big fea-
ture of the London international show,
has. entered these champions and also
ten of the best Clydesdales ever
brought from Great Britain, among
them the champion of the annual
highland show in Scotland of draft
horses. The McLaughlins of Kansas
City have entered their recent impor-
tations of Percherons. the pick of the
Nogent. in the heart of the Perch
country in France. and the Crouches
OF Lafayette. Ind. have brought over
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

Will make the awards
| in twenty classes. The chief prize this
year is the sweepstake of $1,000. to be
| awarded in the carload GLASS; This
calls for go boxes or 210 barrels of
commercial winter apples of one or
more standard varieties There will
be carload competitions on six varie-
ties; also contests, barrel, box, pyra-
mid. basket. jar and plate displays.
state and district exhibits and a num-
Der of specials. in each of which the
management has arranged for the dis
tribution of substantial prizes, in adj
ditiOn TO gold and silver medal ban
ners and diplomas.
These are the chief objects of the
national apple show: To popularize
the apple as national fruit and food.
to assist growers in orcharding and
the marketing of their products, to
encourage the growing of cleaner and
better fruit and more of it, to supply
the ever increasing demand for high
grade commercial apples. to demon
strate to the west the possibilities of
intensive cultivation and TO show to
the east the value to the whole coun-
try of this development
The association has adopted the
rules Of the American Pathological So
ciety, and in making the awards the
judges will consider these points: First,
value of the varieties for the purposes
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

Ing or f0r7 hot WI
Ter IT midnight will
lsr met by the soft
answer which turn
eth away wrat h
wen If the re-
sources Of the
nlliIding do not per-
!lir the ianitor to
turn on the caloric.
The efforts Of the
school authorities
in behalf Of thpft.
pupils will not
ca : Q with their
,r-,,.,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

captured Il ribbon
The rider was Mrs.
Allen Potts. a noted
southern horsewom-
an. Sheshowed won
derful GOODNESS and
skill.
lanes Z. HYDE is
called the father
of the national horse
show having con
ceiyed the idea of
holding sucn an ex-
hibition in 1882. lis
development from
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
George Junior
Republics

ESH E establish
b ment of new
George Junior
republics in sever
al states during the
past year is an evil
dence of the strik-
ing popularity and
practical value of
this movement in
furtherance Of good
government. Penn
sylvania. New Jer-
sey and Massachu-
sets are the latest
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

~ n h1Chs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF IA
TIONAL APPLE SHOW
to which they may be adapted. second
color, size and uniformity of fruit
third, freedom from marks of insect
and other biemishes; fourth, pack.
The success of the first compefitix
exposition last December, which vi
an ambitious undertaking because
its size and scope, has encouraged III
board Of trustees of the National a
pie Show. Incorporated, TO lay its pial
upon broad and comprehensive lin
Tor the forthcoming exhibition, and
a result every exhibitor will have eau
chances, whether he enters In the &,
load class or in the plate competifiof
There are no strings on the prizes.
every award will be made on n1eril
Extensive arrangements have htr
completed to house the exhibits in
washington state armory and add
ing temporary structures, where rh
ana a half acres of floor space wild
available, thus assuring adyantageI
display to every contestant. stS
Ing feature of the main exposition
Is contained in the plan to sereei
Enclosure $50 by 800 feet, 10 fped
helght. covering it with circus
roof thus providing 10000 sauarp
OF space in addition TO that III
armory and other buildings. lind
lions already are that ever fs5el
space will be required to house th
hlolts promised from various par
the continent and foreign couiltrie
TO provide for Cider Mill Lane.
ture that was received with
last year. when more than fo4.0o0
admissions were turned in at the
The apple show is national In
Ter and scope from the fact that
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
THE FUTURE JGN!TOR.

Life For Flat DweIIers Some Day Will
Be One Grand, Sweet Song.
Will the janitor of the future read
funny stories to US when we feel blue
and lend US money when we are broke I?
Will he come up and give the children
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

rs aIlHUSI CRUDE De-
ginning in 1883 has besn SURPRISING
and unceasing. aud now that 81 tn
most famous breeds are To have i Isa,t.
81 The exhibition il viii attract pee,,.
froas every state il the Union.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
The Nation S
Gre;
Apple Sl>ow

ID RIzEs and pre-
Z miu ms aggre-
eating N or e
than $4,000 will be
Il warded at the ma
tiOnal apple show. to
be held IN Spokane,
Wash. Nov. Is to 20,
inclusive. and the at
fair is attracting at
tentiou throughout
the country. Pro-
fPsSOr Il. E. Van De-
man of Ferriday,
La, an expert of in
ternatiOEaI reputa-
tion. assisted By a
board Of six judges.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

Germs the welfare
of the entire ma
ton, and the sec
ond exposition is de-
signed to be broad
enough to give 1t
an international as
pect. which is GER
tain to rebound to
the lasting benefit
of the growers, who
are most concerned
in its success. The,
president of +ba
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07
When the
Equiines Own
New York

THE oun t r US
Il gre eat equine
event, the ma
tional horse show,
which will be held
in Madison Square
Garden, New York,
during the week of
Nov. S-13 will be an
exhibition national
in scope as we'll as
in name. For the
first time in the his
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-07

honal apple show THE DAYs Nh
Is Howard Elliott, IS NOT 81
president of the Northern PACED
way and R. Il. Rice is the s
manager.