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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01

FOR sALE--Two houses on Merchant street,
one with barn spring water, electric lights,
gas, all modern improvements. Inquire Of a.
Il. BRtcheidur, 90 Merchant Sc. Phone $40. 257tf
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
IS WOMAN INFERIOR?

When woman demands her right to
suffrage one reply of her opponents is
this:
Woman is Inherently weaker in
body and intellect than man. She CAN
not serve in armies, and she cannot
bear the burdens of craftsmanship"
Let us call the roll of history.
When Israel was at its lowest ebb
a woman Deborah-restored the ma
ton. She not only led the armies, but
wrote the battle hymns.
From her throne in Egypt Cleopatra
ruled not only her own country, bat
ruled the worlds rulers-Caesar and
Mark Antony.
The golden age" of Greece was the
age of Pericles But a woman ruled
Pericles and Athens and answered
Socrates according to his logic-As-
pasta.
Babylon, long since fallen, once was
great Who organized Babylon and
ruled it and led its armies? Who but
Semiramis, woman?
Who shook Rome when the great
Hannibal. son of Hamilcar. was I'M
able? Zenobia, woman.
And who of all its sovereigns can
Russia compare to Peter the Great?
Only one-the great Catherine.
In the annals of England what reign
can be compared to that of Elizabeth?
Only one-the Victorian era.
Can Austria in all it's troubled his
tory point with pride to a greater
reign than that of strong Maria The
resa?
China in its age long records never
had an ADLER executive than the late
Empress Isl An.
And of all the peerless leaders of
men on the battlefield where is one
above the Orleans maid of seventeen
Joan of Are?
When tyranny oppressed the people
of South America the amaZons alone
were able to free them
Margaret of Anjou leveled thrones.
And time would fail us to tell of
those early American heroines who
fought the sayages side by side with
their husbands, and of Mol Pitcher
at Monmouth, of Hanna Winthrop at
Lexington and of the heroic spies and
nurses of Federal and Confederate. to
say nothing of the brainy women who
have led reforms and who distinguish
our day.
In the light of such history the state
ment of womaD's inferiority is an alb
surd statement.
Whether or not it would be best to
grant suffrage to woman may be Il
mooted question
But
AS to her right to suffrage every
sense of justice comedies, and as to
her ability to use it all history pro-
claims.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

sEd ran away with William keefer OF
Newport. Ky, who also had 4 family.
IN Chic ago, after few weeks, kee-
fer deserted Mrs Dietz whom he had
ruined. and saeaked back to the bosom
of his family. where he was welcomed
with open arms.
Which is the way Of the world.
The woman in the case repudiated
by her husband and deserted by the
man for whom she had given up all,
struggled alone for awhile against
great odds. Being unable to find en-
ployment and il despair. she shot her
self.
Which is also the way Of the world
While III the hospital and torn with
the pain of her wound, friendless, her
sufferings were made more poignant
by the following statements given to
the newspapers:
Henry Dietz-I am done with my
wife She took herself out of my life
when she eloped with Keefer. want
nothing more to do with her. | called
at the hospital merely to see if she
was dead
The way of the world.
William Keefer-I became tired of
that false life and yearned to return
to my own family could stand it no
longer.
The way of the world.
Mrs. William Keefer-I know my
husband would not have eloped had it
not been for Mrs. DietZ She was the
one to blame. | am joyed that my
husband is back | know he will new
er leave again.
The way of the world.
Let the woman suffer! "She was the
one to blame" Forgive the man.
When he becomes tired of the false
life and yearns to return to his family
forgive him, coddle him. believe his
protestations. trust his promises foF
the future But the woman?
1t is the way of the world to
Turn the cold shoulder to her be-
cause she has ruined herself" The
man who lured her-he has not ruined
himself. Oh. no. it was only an in
discretion on his part! But one mis-
take is sufficient for her.
1t is the way of the world.
There is no forgiveness for the wo-
man even though her repentance is by
the way of agony and bitter tears, She
has committed the objectionable sin.
Put her outside the pale. Let the man
go. But make the woman wear the
scarlet letter. She has ruined her.
self"
1t is the way of the world.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
JUDICIAL SALE.
corder.
1881

No. I3,oo2-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Tonnet Brooks VS. Rosa Mon
roe tie al.
By virtue of commission to sell, to
me issued from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled suit, l have seized and will Of
fer for sale at public auction for cash
according to law, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales on
SATURDAY. NOV. II, 1909,
fractional lots I, 2, 3, a and S less IS
feet sold to Rosa Monroe off of LOT S,
as per act in conveyance book 40, page
336, of the clerks office, all of the ]. M.
Howell subdivision of the City of
Shreveport, fronting on Mcneil street
and adjoining the Hennings subdivision
and Broomfeld Pharis property, situat-
ed IN Shreveport, less all buildings and
improvements thereon.
The above property to the sold for
cash according to law, to effect parti-
ton. T. P FTOTIRNOY.
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Oct "a, 1900.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

Just another derelict on the sea OF
city life drifted and gone down. and
six line obituary is the ouly bubble
that rises to the surface Of the murky
waters to tell of the sinking Of hui
man ship!
1t is city commonplace.
Life is so cruel to some! Nature is
SO careful of the type, but so careless
of the Individual! And the submerging
of this old wreck. worn and water
logged, makes scarce ripple on the
wide waters
Who was he?
The recording angel only knows.
He lived perhaps as You and | have
lived. There was happy childhood.
and he knew Joy and sorrow and love
and regret. prospered and failed. hoped
and despaired. worked and saved.
made and lost. until the day came
when he was alone and friendless and
weak and failing.
His soul was in ruins.
And over all was the overwhelming
sense of the grim pitilessness of the
big city.
Were you ever poor boy in great
city? Men hurry on intent upon their
own. Piled tier upon tier in the great
commercial palaces are the abundant
masses of the swollen fortunes. Hap
DIV shoppers fill the great stores. Stated
men and women roll luxuriously in
costly carriages. While you
Your head is dizzy as you peer over
the verge of the bottomless pit!
Behind those plate glass windows
are heaped huge pyramids of food.
while you faint with hunger. In the
| crushing sense of the worlds cruelty
/ Won drink to the lees of Iife's pitiful
/ ironies.
| But to be thuS-and old!
| Here is the alternative-to beg or
steal If you can forget your pride
and beg, few will stop and listen. If
/ you steal. they will put you in an iron
cell. The law of trade is something
only for something.
Sympathy Charity?
The city is TOO busy. 1t does not
know. There are so many frauds.
And the city does not understand or
try to understand.
And so, alas for Christian charity
under the sun. the "Miserables" go
gradually down. down, down, to that
lowest plane of life whose outer verge
is starvation or suicide Or
What shall become of them unless
some tender human heart shall sue,
cor? Nature will not help. nor com
merce. nor the. angels from the skies.
Let us open our eyes and hearts lest
some of these frail, deserving human
banks go down before our very eyes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
SOWING WILD OATS.

.'Oh, after he has sowed his WILD
oats he will settle down"
But will he?
There is a popular impression that
youth-male youth. not female-must
have its fling: that it is a necessary
experience in the evolution OF man.
But il so why not let the girl SOW
her wild oats? Why not let her gain
her experience in scattering evil?
..Oh. that's different" you say
How different?
What has the boy to gain in knowl-
edge of evil things and practice OF
evil ways that girl may not gain
And if the young man can SOW with
reckless hand and then miraculously
settle down to an exemplary life why
not a girl also?
Don't you see it is all wrong, this
wild oats flinging to the wind!
Don't you see the danger or reaplng
the whirlwind:
/, He who sows wild oats must reap
wild oats-liot wheat. Whatsoever
man soweth that also shall he reap
And not only must he reap the sort
Of grain he sows. but more than be
sows. Evil propagates evil. A grair
of wheat will stool OUT in the grow
ing. producing many stalks for the
harvest. which make d tough reaping
1t is hard work, this harvesting OF
evil seed. The stalks are tangled and
tough, and the sweat must pour from
the faces of the harvesters.
Young man
MANY man Of middle age today
who has fought his way out of this
snarled harvest field into the open
would give his right hand to blot out
the scars and the memories of that
reaping. He shudders when he thinks
what the result of his sowing may
| have been TO others-if not to himself.
sWhatsoever IL man soweth"-if the
young men only knew!
| Many of the sewers struggle and 50
down in the intertwisted mat of the
harvest. You have seen them hope
lessly entangled,
i You will come ont all right?
Let us hope you may. but you will
be weaker man than you should have
been. The odds are against you. The
tangle of the weeds aud the tares is
about your feet.
Whatsoever met something else
Whatsoever you SOW you shah reap
And you must reap mere than you
SOW
| That law Of the r,oral world is JUS
as true rs the law Of gravity in phys
les or the lay Ct rehabilitation IN
chemistry.
whatsoever less. but
More.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
Heart toHeart
Talks.
GOD AND MOTHERS.
BY EDWIN A. .NYE.

1t is beautiful saying that God
could not be everywhere, so he made
mothers
The influence and power of mother
aaEe only less than the influence and
power of God.
Napoleon recognized that fact when
on being asked what was the greatest
need Of France he replied, 'Mothers!'
It is a trite observation that great
men come of great mothers. 1t is as
true that those nations are great
whose mothers are great.
Note the Jewish people.
Where will you find greater sanctity
of home life, Durer domestic love, than
In the home of the Jew? 1t has been
1Ee sinee the call of Abraham. Chastity
asand devotion have ever adorned the
:: Jewish mother. And that is why the
: race has produced more great men in
proportion to its members than any
@SGher.
And the Germans
when Tacitus found and wrote about
them twenty centuries ago the Teuton
8, who lived in his native forest was the
husband of one wife, and that wife
was then, as today, Industrious, do
naessic, virtuous. In consequence no
people have ever achieved greatness in
SO many ways as the sturdy Germans.
And England
Statesmen may stand up in parlia-
zalent to champion budget that viii
0ulld more ships to guard her shores
and save her possessions, but the real
hulwark of the empire is the bulwark
of English homes-and mothers.
IL the Anglo-Saxon dominates the
world today it is because of the intel
zigence and purity of Anglo-Saxon
mothers. If his strength is as the
strength of ten because his heart is
pure it is because of his mothers
purity.
And America
The sons of the republic march in
the forefront of the world as the ar
btters of righteousness and the pro-
Chalmers of peace because of their
Snothers behind them.
All, mothers
Yours is power greater than that of
queens on a throne. Your great prov
aRce, like that of God himself, is the
mothering of souls. You alone can put
unto living souls the divine yeast of
the worlds future goodness and great
ness
Do not resign your scepter of moth
SsFhc0d to some mere hireling of a day.
Let those who will sing the songs
ard write the statutes of the nation.
Their privilege is but commonplace
beside your sovereignty Songs and
Sgatntes viii pass away; human souls
are eternal.
dIaet us say it reverently:
vNe know not how it is In other
worlds, but in this one God himself
cannot get along without mothers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
Her c-lsan Locks.

Rather pathetic is the storr of the
young Swedish Girl Asnethe Sorensen,
who, to pay Il family debt and save
her fathers good nd:np Sold her beau
tifuI golden hair Such a marvelously
long braid it made thar the hair
dresser WHO benalt Il showed it in the
recent ex. ibi,iga At Nancy. France.
Agnethe recsiyad 30 fca hc:' hair The
dealer who paid her this disposed of
the braid 20 a Partisan c2i1eur for
5000. The woE.an who row wears II
on her heed gsre sea9 for il.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
HINTS FROM La MODE.
Long Fur Coats In the Seasons Dis
play of PaIts,

play VI PGtkSs
Long seal musquash coats, semifittfRg
in front and almost tight In The back.
are very smart when trimmed with
deep bands of skunk fur at the bot
tom of the skirt The same. fur also
makes the wide rolling COLLAR and deep
cuffs. A large muff of the nusquash
accompanies the coat, trimmed with
slashing big bow of Dresden silk,
which material lines the coat.
Muffs this year are as long as the
pocketbook will allow, and they are
deliberately trimmed with animal
heads and tails and with wide ribbons
and chiffon.
Silk covered cord is a trimming that
makes a gown look individual and is
thicker than what is known as rat
tail
Oval buttons covered with the gown
material are used on some of the smart
tailored suits of serge and tweed.
Amethyst. both in gowns and hats.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
GAVE uP 10000 A MoNTH.

A very successful business man said
In = recent interview 81 once had
lob at SIS month. but couldn't see
there was anything better ahead of
gne. I threw up the job and took an
eother at $40 because the cheaper one
had some outlook"
What" says young man. Give
-xap a job at $50 to take one at $40?
Net Tor mel"
aNsn, let's see. What did the man
mean by outlook"
Evidently he meant prospects. There
ssvas a better chance to get on in the
cheaper job He saw more rapid pro-
motion In it. And he saw in the out
come of It a share in the business it.
self An of which he has realized.
How many young men would trade
"a margin of $50 month for an out
look?
Most young men-and women, too
& simply want jobs. They have In mind
unly the present. They are not giving
shcstages to the future They would
merely laugh at one who would voiun-
Earily give up a seventy-tve dollar job
Tor forty dollar job.
They lack foresight.
They lack what we call initiative
the starting of things, commencing
Ito do They lack outlook.
Now
If the giving up of seventy-five dol
e.. :, flS,.4-x, S5ollars iah pxeitnS
amazement, what shall be said of
young man who voluntarily resigned a
position that was paying him $4,000 a
month?
Who did it,
Hugh Chalmers began with the Ma
tkional Cash Register company as an
office boy. In twelve years he had
climbed to the top.
AT the age of twenty-nine years
Chalmers was drawing salary OF
$4,000 a year, the largest ever paid al
advertising manager.
And he resigned this big salary to sc
into business for himself.
WhewP' says our young man
why, a year or two Of that job woule
be plenty for me
Yes. but don't you see. young man
that with your disposition to be salts
lied with job you would never be
able TO climb up to $4,000 4 year 4
the first place.
Hugh Chalmers at twenty mine didn
want to give up his outlook for job
sand ne felt that he couldn't preserve
his outlook except by going into ;
business of his own.
Do you see2
Take photograph Of your future
Bfnd out where you propose TO get of
90 into business FOR yesfrself sooner o
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
CHARTER AMENDMENT.
Excelsior Steam Laundry Company
Limited

Shreveport, La, Oct. ~, Iooo.-At
meeting of the stockholders of the Ex-
celsior Steam Laundry Company Linn
tied, called in accordance with the pro-
visions of Act No. I4o of the General
Assembly of the State of louisiana ap-
proved July ID, 1893, due notice of said
meeting having been published for
more than thirty days, and printed
copy of said notice having been mailed
to each stockholders of said company at
least forty days prior to this date, all as
prescribed by Section of said Act, and
the meeting having been called to order,
there were present in person the follow
ing stockholders representing the fol-
lowing named amounts of the capital
stock of said company, to-wit:
F. R. Hodges, 72o shares at $4,000 per
share, $I8,ooo.oo.
]. E. Reynolds, 572 shares at $25.oo
per share, $I4,3oo. 90.
Miss Lizzie Reynolds, 1888 shares at
$25.oo Per share, $4,000.
J. D. Pennington, 20 shares at $500
per share, 100000.
M. T. Shumate, 20 shares at $4,000
per share, $4,000.
| Making total of 1860 shares, consti-
tuting 3o-4o of the original capital stock;
of the company, T. L. Pennington, the
holder of the remaining 20 shares, being
absent. When, in accordance with said
Act, the following proceedings were
had, to-wit:
F. R. Hodges, one of the stockholders,
was elected chairman, and ]. D. Pen
nington, stockholder, was elected sec
rotary of the meeting. The object OF
the meeting having been duly explained
the following resolution was offered by
| ]. E. Reynolds, a stakeholder:
"Be it resolved by the stockholders Of
the Excelsior Steam Laundry Company
Limited, duly assembled for this pur,
pose, that the capital stock of said cor,
poration be, and the same is hereby, in
creased to 100000, divided into 48oc
shares of $4,000 each.
Which resolution was duly seconded
by NJ T. Shumate, a stakeholder, and
vote being taken on the proposed res
olution for the increase of the capita
stock of the corporation, it was unani
mously adopted and passed, all of tn
aforesaid stockholders voting for SAT-
resolution Whareupon the Article o
the original Charter, adopted Octobe
20, 1905, fixing the amount of the capita
stock of said corporation at $4,000. oc
was duly amended by the following res
olution:
Resolved that Article w of tn
Charter of the Excelsior Steam Laun
dry Company Limited be, and it is here
by amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE ".
"Ihe capital stock of said corporation
is hereby fixed at $Izo,ooooo, divide
into $500 shares of the par value @
$4,000 each.
Which resolution was unanimousl
adopted and passed. The purpose 70
] which this meeting was called hayin
been accomplished, the meeting az
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. I2o57-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana: Sue
cession of J. T. Parker.
Notice Is hereby given that w. B.
Parker, administrator, has this day filed
his final account in said succession, and
unless opposition be made therekoTxIrhia
the time specified by law the same will
be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorables T. F. Bell
end A. ]. Murff, judges of said court.
this goth day of October 1909.
1921 F. A. LEONARD, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
SARTOEIAL NEWS.
Sash Drspsry Appears on Coats as
Well Is en- Gowns

Not content with ornamenting three
out of every five frocls. the sash has
now reached the coat. y simple three
quarter coat of mole cOlored cloth has
sash of black satin threaded in and
out through broad plaits of the cloth
ut about knee depth OF course it has
to have Il separation ut the opening.
but this is not noticed when the gar
Eent is fastened. The sash is tied III
the left, hanging in long fringed ends,
The fascinating little hOlerOS for
waist decorations seen in the shops at
such high prices may be made at home
by the nee, eW0man- \ pattern must
be bought Their traced for working or
the paper pattern and design separate
II, Then decide upon the materi" :
nd the decoration. Net, thin silk and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

later, even if you go in small. 70 do
that you may have to exchange larger
wages for small or resign your job en-
tirely.
Your job is not the end. 1t is only
the means to the end. If you can't
reach your end by means Of the job.
try another or let it go.
Keep an eye on your outlook.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
A HIImAN nERELICT.

An emaciated old man dropped dead on
Canal street this morning. There was no
money in his sleek. shabby clothes. but
he was evidently not a drinking man. He
could not be identified The body was
taken to the morgue.-Chicago Daily
Newspaper
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

velvet are used for the foundation
braid and embroidery for the trimming.
The Irish lace collar has rival. and
after it's long vogue this is not sur
prising. The newest collars are made
of cluny. and some of them are lovely
when in soft pale cream shade that
is more becoming to most faces than
dead white. The shirt waist made with
a yoke is thought very smart this win
ter, and the yoke on the waist illus
trated is cut to form tabs that give a
norel effect The sleeves. with their
deep cuffs. are new and comfortable.
JUDIC CHOLLET
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
journed.
FIR. HODGES, Chairman.

F. R. HODGES, Chairman 3
J. D. PENNINGTON, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribe before me this
27th day of October 1900.
P. NJ WELSH, J.
:, Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
hereby certify that | have examined
the foregoing amendment to the Char
ter of the Excelsior Steam Laundry
Company Limited, and, finding thing
therein contrary to law, l herr APP
prove the same. Done and signed of
.fcially in the City of Shreveport, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, oaathis goth day
of October 1909.
]. M. FOSTER.
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Octo.
Der 20, 1909. w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
I hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my Office. Given
under. my hand and seal of Office this
2oth day of October 1909.
w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re
corder. 1921.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
IHE 80 Ca TaE NcRLD..

This Is 4 true stcry and a sad story
and typical Of t.:p way Of the world.
Mrs. E-i,,..l;!fl Dietz of Belleyue, Ky.
,.got tired os livi.g with her husband"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

This May Manton pattern is cut from
80 to 40 inches bust measure: Send 10
cents to this Office, giving number 6$S2.
and it will be promptly forwarded to you
by mail. IL in haste send an additional
two cent stamp for letter postage, which
insures more prompt delivery.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14

is favorite shade this season. Every
variation of the yoke skirt is in style
just now The model seen in the cut
is simple and generally becoming. The
skirt portion is straight and conse-
quently can be used for bordered ma
terials. One of the pretty and fash
ionable wool plaids makes the skirt
Illustrated JUDO CHOLLET.
This May Manton pattern is cut IN
sizes from % to 50 inches waist measure
Send 10 cents to this office, giving num-
Der, 64T9. and 1t will be promptly for
warded 10 yod ~ rs1.l IL In haste send
an additional two cont st3r7p for letter
postage. which insures more prompt de-
livery.