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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
An Animal Party.

Rather novel party was given re-
Gently by mother with two little
children, aged seven and ten. Each
child was asked to come wearing an
article that would indicate some ami.
NAL. When all had arrived the chill,
dren were to guess all the animals
represented. It was an interesting
menagerie, I assure you. It made a
jolly half hour. Then there was an
animal hunt" All over the lawn, the
porches and on the lower floor of the
large house animal crackers had been
hidden. There were cunning little
baskets given to each one to hold the
spoils; basket and crackers to be kept
and besides there was prize of those
cunning little animals to be, found at
Japanese stores. A toy animal also
made a unique prize and a "Noahs
ark" Best Of all the fun was mould
ing animals out of clay, each child
being protected by large towel tied
around the neck and IN around the
waist. After that a good elder sister
told animal stories, while the refresh
ments were being made ready. There
was creamed chicken, wee sand.
wiches, ice cream with animal-shaped
cookies. Then they had a game
played just like Stage coach, only they
all had the names of animals and
turned around when their names were
called. When 1t came time to go
home the mother came out and said:
"Now you are all changed into little
mice and must run away quickly to
find your houses before the old cat
gets out" and such a merry scamper-
ing as there was, with Good byes'
and lovely times" from each little
guest.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
No Corsets are Worn at West Point

discussion of West Pointers, that
many West Pointers acquire figure
OF perfection Of symmetry and car.
riage the acme Of manly grace, but
these are due not to any ingenious ap.
pliances, but to the systematic drills
and exercises that make the cadet. to
a certain extent, an athlete. At the
outset these young fellows are nut
through what are called the Setting
up exercises, their object being to
stra1ghten the body and develop the
chest. One might suppose that it would
require a great amount Of such exer
else to make any marked showing
but three long hours Of such exercise
daily will soon produce beneficial re-
suits In the most stopped forms.
THE cadet uniform is also a great
help in this direction. The dress coat
is tight, very tight, The shoulders are
heavily padded in order to give them
a square effect. The chest is made
thick, SO that there will be no danger
OF wrinkling. All this for the sake Of
looks; comfort has no place in the
makeup of West Pointer: it is dis.
clpline and looks"
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Gators and Insects Hunt New Home

dreds of miles of paved roadways will
lead from New Orleans north, east and
west, and that for the first time in it's
history New Orleans will possess sub
urbs.
The nearest town or settlement of
any consequence is now SO miles dis
tant from New Orleans. Within fifty
miles Of every large city in the coun-
try million or more people reside,
and many industries develop business
and wealth for the urban population.
This is the end New Orleans is
working to and will have reached, in
large part, anyway, by the time the
Panama canal is opened to the ships
of the world.
Meanwhile modern sewerage and
drainage within the city proper have
practically and wholly solved the city's
sanitary problems, and the discovery
Of simple method of filtering the
waters Of the Mississippi river has
given the city pure water service ex-
celled by none In the world. These sys-
TENS are in operation and are nearly
complete. They have cost the city
about S25,000,0O0.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
, Bridal Superstition.

have been asked so often by pros
pective brides for omens concerning
the month in which they had set the
suspicious day, that am glad to give
the following, which Is a new version
to me:
Married In January's hoar and rlme'
good things will come II you walt your
time.
Married in February's sleety weather.
life you'll tread In tune together.
Married when March winds whine ana
roar, your home will lie on a foreign
shore.
Married meath April's changeful skles'
a checkered path before you lies.
Married when bees DER May blossoms
fit strangers around your board Will 81; ST.
Married in month of roses-June-ll1e
will be one long honeymoon.
Married in July, with flowers aolaze'
bitter-sweet memories In after days.
Married in August's heat and drowse'
lover and friend in your chosen spouse.
Married in golden September,s glo"'
smooth and serene your life will go:
Married when leaves in October thln'
toll and hardship for you begin.
Married in wells of November mist, For
tune your wedding ring has kissed.
Married in days Of December cheer'
Loves star shines brighter from year TO
MADAME MERR1.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Dentists Believe They Have a Kick

D1ll' either. Say, this new tangled
hair style Is putting me to the bad.
The worst feature Of the whole
thing is that the heads, or rather the
hair, won't fit into the headres,ts. I
have tried all manner Of schemes and
even had a new headrest built along
lines that | was sure would fit hut
the heads simply won't fit into any.
thing.
If we do succeed in getting the
mass laid out and tucked away care.
fully where It won't bother us, we get
something like this:
Oh, mercy, doctor, you are m,,ss.
ing my hair all up. And / am poi io,,
to a party this afternoon, too
But the most usual thing is. oh
doctor, there is a hairpin sticking in
my head. Wait minute. o, dear. it's
coming down. Doctor, do stop 4 min.
ute while fasten up my BRAID
4 do tell you what, the dentis+s
ought to get together and boycott the
present style Of hairdress, or else in
sist that all extra hair be taken oil,
before any dental work will be done
That would settle Il, all sight,
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
or the Hostess
Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by
Recognized Authority

starting point is the winner, as we'll
as the girl who lights the cigarette
for him. A prize may be awarded to
each. The match boxes may be usea
as shields to keep the match from
blowing out, but the girls must do II
with no aid from the men. In the ex'
element some girls had to light three
or four matches before the man could
go on his return and some did not
succeed at all. The other contest
was needle race. AS in the cigar
cite race four young men ran to tho
four girls, each girl having a needle
in one hand and a thread in the other
The man who first returned to the
starting place with threaded needle
in his hand was the victor. 1t was
permitted the men to hold tho g1rls
wrist to steady 1t as she threaded the
needle.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
RANCHES ozkh
!. ia Slful@1N .NR

Immense hat pins are still USED.
Pink linen is extremely fashionable.
Fans are so huge that they are most
awkward
All the new neckwear shows the
effect Of the frill.
The girdle is pronounced feature
of the best gowns.
The kimono to or below the elbow
leads all others in sleeves.
The blue and green combinations
of metallic effect are popular.
All the blues are popular up to the
faintest Marie Antoinette tint
Plain colored satin ribbons made
into rosettes are a fad of the moment.
The most favored fans are Of satin
and lace with extremely long handles.
Light old rose tints are genuinely
girlish colors for millinery purposes.
The new summer stockings are en-
broidered in vivid colors on instep
and ankle.
Foulard yelled with chiffon makes
up simple little afternoon or visit
ing gowns.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
VIZ AsHINGTON.- have often heard
VIZ r,,ocfion oc ~ whofhor WTocf

YAT AsHINGTON have often heard
w a question as to whether West
Pointers wore corsets. It is absurd in
q way, because should any .effeminate
youngster resort to such a thing 1t
would be impossible to keep the affair
a secret, and once known his school
life would become a burden to him on
account Of the endless amount of criti-
cism he would receive from his fel.
lows. He would be made the laugh
ing-stock of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor of any num-
Der Of effeminate nicknames that
would crate upon his ears in any but
a pleasant manner.
1T is true" continued the old SOL
2dier, who was no other than Col. X.
B. Collins, a retired army officer, in a
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Amusing Contests.

This very funny contest took place
on ship board, where all sorts Of non.
sensical stunts are planned to beguilc
the time away 1t is just as funny Oh
land as on sea. Perhaps some may
object to the cigarette race, but this
may be overcome by using cubeb ones.
Out on the lawn or on breezy cor.
ner of the porch place four girls in
a row, each having a well-flled match
box; at a distance of, say, 20 feet
place four young men with cigarettes
unlit in their mouths. When the sig
nal go" is given the men run to the
girls, get the cigarettes lighted and
the man who first gets back to the
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02

Anew ORLEANS.-More than 1,000,-
Nv 900 acres Of marsh land lying with.
In SO miles of New Orleans are to be
drained, reclaimed and transformed
from wilderness into gardens, homes,
1amlets and towns. The work of re-
claiming some $4,000 acres within the
corporate limits of New Orleans Is
now well under way, while contracts
have been let for the reclamation of
fully 100000 acres additional in ad-
Joining parishes.
This means that within two years
the alligator will no longer find abort
ginal harborage in the Carnival city,
that the breeding grounds of countless
billions of mosquitoes will be turned
into highly productive farms on which
mosquitoes cannot breed; that hun
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
At a Pre-NuptiaI Luncheon.

Besides the usual love symbols of
hearts, true-lovers' knots, slippers,
etc., at luncheon given for a Sep
TENDER bride-elect, the hostess had a
surprise in the ices, which when
brought on proved to be relative to
some personal occasion in the guests
life. For instance, that for the bride
represented an engagement ring: it
was a circle of rich yellow cream with
huge solitaire diamond made from
lemon ice. A young girl known to be
much interested in a soldier received
a perfect little miniature officer with
a sword. Another maiden whom it
was suspected had turned down a
prominent society chap had a cold
white heart of lemon ice. Every one
caught the significance and there was
a merry time.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Uncle Sam Asks All to Swat the Fly

job the fight against the insect began
to assume proportions of magnitude.
That little insect which the average
citizen was wont to regard merely as
a domestic pest Is now branded as the
most dangerous creature on earth. The
house fly has been publicly indicted as
a murderer Of the human race, the
greatest disease propagation and the
carrier If more menacing and malig-
nant germs than all other creatures
put together.
This little, but potent, messenger OF
death wanders from the sick room,
from the filth Of the garbage pail,
from the heaps of refuse Of all kinds
into the peaceful, happq homes OF our
land, walks upon the butter, the meat,
the fruit, the sugar, takes a bath In
the milk, leaving everywhere the
germs of disease that have gathered
upon its furry feet and body.
About half the deaths from typhoid
Ill ANSW 1O1 n, dCCOA u4u6 " IA0 A0e@Ae ia
authorities, are attributed directly to
the distribution Of germs by house
flies. And worse than that, the figures
show that Of 1000 deaths Of cooling
babies in that city from infantile dis
eases, more than 5000 we're traced to
infection carried by house flies.
According to a noted scientist the
determination of the pest Is compare
lively easy. All that is necessary, he
says, is a systematic effort on the part
of the public. If all the people will
practise the utmost cleanliness, 1t Is
declared, the house fly will be extinct
in this country within few years, for
the house fly cannot exist without
filth.
Cleanliness" then, is the watchword
for the American public to put an end
to an insect that is not only terrible
nuisance, but a terrible instrument Of
death to thousands Of our population
every year.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02

was flying and whizzing. Telegraph
poles on the side Of the track looked
like row of cornstalks, and trees
appeared to be a mud-bank, and all
the time the exhaust Of the old ma
chine sounded like the hum of bum
ble-bee. ] tried to yell out, but my
tongue wouldn't move. He went
around the curves like bullet,
slipped an eccentric, blew out his soft
plug-went down grades fifty feet to
the mile and didn't touch the air once.
She went by the meeting point at a
mile and a half IA minute, and calling
for more steam. My hair stood up
straight, because I knew the game
was up.
Sure enough, dead ahead of us was
the headlight of Special In daze
I heard the crash as they struck, and
! saw cars shivered into atoms, peo-
pie smashed and mangled and bleed
ing and gasping for water. heard an
other crash as the French professor
struck the deep keys away down on
the lower end Of the Southern division,
and then I came to my senses. There
he was at a dead standstill, with the
door of the f1re-box of the machine
open, wiping the perspiration off his
face with hunk of waste. and bowing
to the people before him. If live to
be 1000 years I'll never forget the
ride that Frenchman gave me on a
piano."
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02

rHICAGO.-'Well, | don't know what
" under the shining forceps / am go
Ing to do, anyway" and a dentist IL
the Masonic temple sighed perfect
mammoth Of a sigh. IS
The matter? Hair, Just plain hair.
No--not plain, either. Now, for in
stance. a lady came up to my office
the other day and wanted her teeth
fixed, and finally took hold Of the
top OF her head with one hand, while
Il worked with the other. Then /
turned away to get an instrument,
and my sleeve button caught In her
hair and the whole back Of 1t, about
fifteen fat. shiny curls, came along.
with me She simply froze me up,
and shs didn't come back 10 nav her
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
GREAT run WITH
The GRAND PIANO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER TELLS
HOW HE WITNESSED THE MA
CHINE GO SOME,
GETS EXCITED At A CONCERT
Professor Knew His Business, and
the Way He Tore Through the
Yard and Down the Line Was a
Caution.

Chicago.-"I was lettering around
the streets one night" said Jim Mel.
son, one of the old locomotive en-
gineers running into Chicago. LAS l
had nothing to do dropped into a
concert and heard q sleek-looking
Frenchman play piano In way that
made me feel all over in spots. AS
soon as he sat down on the stool I
knew by the way he handled himself
that he understood the machine he
was running.
He tapped the keys away up one
end, as If they were gauges and he
wanted to see If he had water enough.
Then he looked up as If he wanted to
know how much steam he was carry.
ing, and the next moment he pulled
open the throttle and sailed onto the
main line as if he was half an hour
late. You could hear her thunder
over culverts and bridges and getting
faster and faster, until the fellow
rocked about in his seat like a
cradle. Somehow I thought it was old
935 pulling a passenger train and get.
ting out of the way of a general mana.
gers special He worked the keys
on the middle division like lightning,
and then he flew along the north end
Of the line until the drivers went
around like buzz saw and I got ex-
cited.
About the time I was fixing to tell
him to cut her off little he kicked
the hampers under the machine wide
open, pulled the throttle way back in
the tender, and how he did run! l
couldn't stand 1t any longer, and
yelled to him that she pounding on
the left side, and If he wasn't careful
he'd drop his ash-pan. But he didn't
hear. No one heard me. Everything
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Dog Buried In $3.50 casket.

Joplin, Mot remained for "Babe,"
a little yellow cur puppy, to have the
most expensive burial ever given a
dog in this section Once a canine
wait, the dog was picked up on the
street BY n}ne-year-old Martha Odell,
daughter Of 0. M. Odell, formerly
commercial agent for the Missouri Pa.
cific railway. After several months Of
prosperous life, the pup died and 1t
was buried with ceremony in $3.50
rosewood casket III the Odell family
lot at Nevada, Mo.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
A New Version,

Lawyers have a peculiar system Of
abbreviation, such words as trustees,
executors being cut down to trees,
exors, and admors. This practise led
to an amusing slip on the part of q
solicitor, who, somewhat late in life,
abandoned his profession and entered
the church. A few Sundays after his
ordination he startled his congrega--
ton while reading the lesson by deliv-.
ering one of the passages as follows:
II see men as trustees walking"
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02

ANEW YORK.-The whole United
~ States government, with its vast
treasury of wealth, its brainy states
men and Insurgents, it's army and
navy, its immense horde of high.
brows, against the poor little house
fly! That's the lineup in bitter war
of determination scheduled to set the
nation by the ears and enlist the cour-
:ageous support Of every man, woman
and child In this broad land. The
final knell of the house fly has been
sounded and the battle has just be-
gun. Catch 'em and kill 'em; show
no Quarter" Is the war cry of the
army of determination that is to put
forth every effort to rid the land Of
the Musca Domestica, the polite name
by which the house fly should be ad-
dressed by strangers.
Until the scientists got busy with
their Investigations the house fly was
considered merely as pestiferous in
sect, designed by the Creator of all
things merely to take its bath in the
.pweet cream and maple strip, annoy
The late morning sleeper, skate about
with abandon on the polished surface
of shiny baldheads and practise the
Morse telegraph code on the cleanest
of windows.
Long suffering housewives since
time began were the only really active
enemies of the seemingly insignificant
little fly, and they alone and unaided
applied the imprecations and dish
cloths vigorously against the nuisance.
But after the scientists got onto the
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02

DR.. Pillem-There must be some
thing radically wrong with your sys. q
TEN to have your hair fall out SO.
You will have to diet.
Skantlox-Dye It? I'm afraid, doc.
there's not enough of 1t left to dye.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02

today we'll woman. Mrs. WILLIAM LAM
AHRENs, 9S8 W. 21st St., Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com:
bound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm.
tul drugs, and to-day holds the record
Tor the largest number of actual cures
Of female diseases Of any similar medl:
cine in the country, and thousands OF
voluntary testimonials are on fla in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation, I'LL
ceration, displaoontents> fbroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, baekache,
Indigestion and nervous prosGaton.
Every such suffering woman ewes it to
herself to give LYDIA g. Pinkhaws
Vegetable Compound a trial
II you would H1so special advice
about yeur case write q eonfden-
aa1 letter 10 Mrs. Phkhazn, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free.
and always helpful
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Nipped In the Bud

The Minister (stopping to teal
No, thank you, I must decline on the s
cuoumbers.
Little Tommie- Guess you're afraid
Of the tummy ache, but you don't need
to be, cuz when I have 1t mamma al.
ways rubs'- G! !! D-Boston Her
aid.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Chick Has Three eyes.

Queenstown, n. IA chicken with
three eyes and two mouths was
Matched upon the premises Of MIA
Crank B. Anthony
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
OWES
VB "A
HER
LIFE TO
lydia e, Pinkhan1'S
Vegetable Compound
Chicago, I1l.-"I was troubled with
falling and inflammation, and the doc.

COrS Sa1u l. COAu AOO
get we'll unless /
had an operation:
] knew I could not
stand the strain Of
one, SO I wrote to
you sometime ago
about my health
and you told me
what TO do. After
taking Lydia p.
'Pinkham's Veget2-
!ble Compound and
Blood Purifier I ain
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-02
Gamc/

GamcI
The Creditor-Will you pay this bill !
now, or never? 4s
The Debtor-Mighty nice Of you to 4
give me my choice, old scout. +
choose never.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-28
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York Sept. H. -BUTTER-Recfpts. l4.57S
packages. Creamery specials just shade easier
and likc lower. The top grades are more Plentiful
than last week, and the weather IS favorable for
ar increase make Creamery specials 3oasols cream
cry extras. % do. frsts Ga2s; State dairy good to
choice. zsa2s process specials q; do extras, 2ss
Western imitation creamery hrsis, 9iaSi factory
irsts. 2sisaa
cHEEsE-Recsipts. 6sl1 boxes. The demand was
fairly good but prices were left unchanged Oh all
grades. Fine skins firm. State, whole mix, sDc-
cia isAalT; do. fancy e0ored l5h; do. fancy
white. ISL do. common 20 choice. leisal5; skins,
Specials l2i4al2A.
E6Gs-Recripts. l5I5O cases The westher is 80
warm that buyers are using fresh stock to the ex-
olusicn Of refriecrators bat prices are as last re-
parted State Pennsylvania and nearby henney.
white. fancy s6ai0 do. brown Sbas2 fresh gathered
extras . de- extra hrsts 2aZ7 do. dirties isa2l
refrigerators fancy marks. 2a26.
MILLFEED- Steady spins bran, 2. 50; standard
middlings 2i25; city bran 22.9 IN biik; Western
red dog. $50. 70 arrive winter bran. in lO0p0und
sacks. TO arrive. A40.
oATs-Firm; lifsIess. No. white. s9x No
white ssA No. Z. STA; white. on track. Ssalgs.
FLODR-stesdy dealings moderate. Kansas
straishs. 4s5a5oo in sacks soft straights 45ai Is
in barrels; spring patents, 5.6a575, IN barrels
spring clears. i.Joa46A
RYE FLOuR-stsady; inquiry inactive. Choice
brands quoted at lJlal5
CoRNMEAL-WeaSer. business moderate. Kim
dried for export, s.Soa3S5 coarse meal, in bags
l23aI 26.
HAY-Receipts, 2.Sz5 tons steady; fair business in
choice Quotations are for new prime timothy, liza
l-l2i4 Ne. l. i05al.l0; No 2 s5alo 90; No. s. s0as5.
sTRAW~Rsceil-s 30 tons Inactive Long rt
quoted az 55aG0
BEEF STEADY modcrate business Packet, l65a
i70o; family isooale5a
PoRK-weaker; quiet Mess. 2Wa225 50: family
3 00a25 SO.
LARD-Inaetive. Prime Western, 1880; city
l2'o refined continent, 1850: South American
hZ; refined Brazilian in kegs l6Z5: oleostearine
II; lard stearine dali, New York. lSisal4.