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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-23
WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER Q. 1910.
OCTOBER CIRCULATION.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-23

Seriously now. how about starting that
Christmas shopping?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-23

What's the use2 Beef and pork no
sooner start down than diamonds go I'D.
Il looks as If Premier Asquith might
just as well have saved his breath
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
A Manehs Harvest Custom.

An interesting ancient custom is OBJ
served in Manche, France. at the har-
vest time. When the work is on the
point of completion a sheaf of honor
is made and decorated with flowers,
which the farmer himself carries in
procession, surrounded by the harvest
ers. Two of the party. under the pre-
text of sweeping the way. raise a
cloud of dust If in the progress the
procession meets a stranger the girls
offer him some corn from pewter
plate. If he accepts and makes them
a small monetary present the girls kiss
him. But the principal ceremony is
reserved for the repast, in which curds
occupy prominent place When this
part of the menu is reached the girls
each choose one of the young harvest
men and endeavor to force him to take
a spoonful. If the attempt is a sue
cess it is taken as IN offer of marriage
on the mans part-London Globe
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
PRISONERS OF SELF.

In the solitary places of the Rocky
mountains may be found those who
have left the world behind for various
reasons.
Some were broken in fortune, some
broken in health and some broken in
heart.
Those broken in fortune seldom get
on their financial feet again. Of these
are the young-old prospectors who for
many years have needed only a grub
stake" and next summer to ''get
through the porphyry then
wealth. They are concrete proofs that
hope springs eternal.
OF those who come to repair their
health in these high attitudes and tom
ic air many succeed, although there
be graves of the ''tenderfeet'' up there.
And they of the broken heart? Some
have found the peace they longed for.
and some still drag the ball and chain
of memory and of regret.
You cannot elope from yourself!
Now and then by the cabin freight
you will catch some face in repose.
and with its mask off the face bears
the brooding. haunting look of one
who would forget. but cannot. And be-
hind the face you can almost fancy a
tormented soul like Millions Satan
Which way l turn is hell.
Myself am hell.
Such faces. however, are rare in the
mountains, but you will find many
philosophers. One of these philoso-
pliers dropped this sententious phrase:
1T doesn't matter much where you
are, but how you are"
Is not that fine-and true?
You may go the world around, but
yeu cannot find forgetfulness or peace
save within yourself. 1t matters not
where you are. but how you are.
The pessimist viii wear purple spec
taeles and see things darby wherever
he is He will take the agnostic mot
to, Life is thickly strewn with thorns.
and know of no way but to pass
quickly through them"
It is not true. of course. Life is
thickly strewn with roses. The thorns
are there. 'but aren't the roses sweet:
The mountain sage was right. Life
is not of the where. but of the how.
None of us can get away from our
selves. If we go up in the mountains
or down in the valley, self is there,
We cannot drown it in midoeean-not
in eternity.
We are prisoners of self.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18

ing ones life away or of eating and
sleeping or lazy loating. but in dream
ing Natures dreams after her.
For Nature, always busy. is always
dreaming
If you find in the dream of that puri-
ing mountain stream the lesson of
cheerfulnesS. if yOnder giant pine
teaches you the dignity and poise of
life, if the 'Ianguid sweetness of sum
mer's noon brings Il message of album
dant fuilness, if the sorrows of au-
tumn" speak to you of peace, if the
resting weary limbs on beds of aspho-
DEL" you have caught old Natures clos
est secret
Lonesome? Why, you are company
ing with the Infinite. and human speech
is only childish prattle.
What think you can be more miser-
able than that old age which finds no
company i'll solitude? For the day will
come when all eDdeavor shall be bar
rem, when things of sense give only
pCoSihS piCCASuI "hSu IL uIllOu lLL LIS
to ashes. when even fame shall be ia
tigue.
But if you held communion with
her visible forms" Nature will speak
to you'' "a various language" She will
steal upon you ere you are aware
and take away the sting of sorrow OF
the sense OF failure or the pang of lone
liness.
Get acquainted with Nature and your
self. Go forth and list to Natures
teachings" and let her put you in COM
munion with yourself You will learn
her ways and dream her dreams. She
will solve your problem by her silence
Lo, where is the beginning, where the end
OF living, loving. longing? Listen, friend!
God answers with a silence of pure gold
just as of old.
And so shall you never fear to be
alone, for always there shall be about
you yourself and Nature and God. And
then, having learned your lesson, some
day you stall draw the drapery of
your couch about you and lie down to
pleasant dreams"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
THE OPTIMISTIC OUTSIDE.

A moment ago l was talking with a
woman wtio is first cousin to the late
Grover Cleveland. She is a large wom-
an, round faced. hearty and the most
aggressiveIy optimistic person | ever
met. She believes in herself. in me. in
you, in everybody. in everything. She
believes in God.
What makes you so radiantly cheer
ful?' asked.
"G0d and cold water" she replied.
II believe in the goodness Of God, and
l take a cold shower bath every day"
"And you have no troubles of your
own?'
"Troublesr' replied Grover Cleve-
lands cousin. with broadening smile.
Troubles. Why. my dear sir, I have
my full share of them. but l keep them
inside instead of letting them get out
side for other persons to see. l have
little philosophy Of life. 1t consists
in wearing the optimistic outside"
Hurrah Ror the optimistic outside!
Let.us put it On. every one of US, and
wear it night and day. Let US don it
as a garment, the optimistic outside,
the velvet cloak of cheer, the satin
robe of smiles, the embroidered toga
of the high senate of human kindli-
ness.
Is there a singing sorrow in your
heart?
Well .
Don't let it distort your face.
Don't let it get outside and sting
other. persons who have nothing to do
with your sorrow. They have trou-
bles of their own. Keep yours inside.
Wear the optimistic outside.
Doing so you will radiate good cheer.
and it is inevitable that some of that
good cheer will be absorbed into your
own system. the troubled department
of your spiritual interior, and cure the
hurts you have.
Grin and bear it?
No
Smile and get rid of it!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
The Slide CAUGHT Him.

An Englishman who had seen a snap
py professional ball game in one of
our big cities was criticisfng the play,
cit was a little bit too sharp he said,
ct shows too great willingness to
succeed by tricks. and that's rather
funny, considering how much Amer
leans talk about giving every one a
square DEAL What pleased this I'M
compromising censor best IN the
match" he witnessed was ''the simply
terrific energy. you know, that the
sliding was done with. The way those
men literally shot themselves full
length at the bags on the ground was
something marvelous-it was stunning,
simply stunning. | never before real
lied all the meaning in the American
phrase get there But now | under
stand it better. and think any one
would after seeing the sliding in a
first class American baseball match"
Golfers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
Heart
[ axis.
RGWDY'S TAIL.
BY EDWIN 4. NYE.
Rowdy is q mountain dog.

Rowdy is Il mountain dog.
He is lacking the appendage that
usually attaches to dogs. His tail Sticks
straight out from his body only about
two inches all told.
It looks as if the remainder had been
cut off when Rowdy wasn't looking in
shat direction.
The fact is he was born with the
cutoff tail.
More than that, Rowdy's tail was
cut off before he was born!
Which is to say, his great-grand-
Gathers and great -grandmother's tails
were cut off by irreverent hands for
generations back, so that after a time
the dogs of Rowdy's tribe got in the
habit Of being born with two inch
tails.
And it is also true that if Rowdy's
T,1hiIdren's two inch tails were cut off
16or several generations his lineal de-
e5scendants would be born into the
world tailless.
And thereby hangs tale.
Natures ways may be modified my
zgnan. Nature is subject to man, who
can change the current of her opera
lions.
Use and habit do wonders.
Darwin tells us that at first the eagle
could not fly. but by the use of its
wings and the habit of trying, be-
queathing the desire and the habit to
Its descendants. the day finally came
when, through the processes of evo-
Eution, the first eagle few.
So of mans use and habit
We are told that primitive man. aim
ed his weapon with his right hand at
The left breast of his enemy to reach
the heart of his foe. That habit, long
continued and strengthened by use in
mans early and crude industry, made
man right handed The left handed
Enan is lapse of nature.
We're we to use only one leg for gen.
~erations by and by babies would be
Born with zone leg shorter than it
Weal1y ought to be- And if mothers
continue TO squeeze their waists some
day babies will be born in the shape
s,aof wasps.
And what is true of the body is true
Of the mind. You can cut off the
7nag 1nation, like Rowdy's tail, by long
disuse of It. You can strengthen any
aind faculty by use or let it dwindle
~ disuse and habit and pass it on
90 your children's children.
Body and soul, you are responsible
80 the unborn.
Which is a big lesson to hang on to
8owdy's two inch tail.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
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HOW TO REACH GROUNDS.
This Is Question Any Shreveport Cit
izen Will Be Glad to Answer.

This Is Question ANY shreveport Cit
izen Will Be Glad to Answer.
How to reach the Louisiana State
Fair grounds, is a question that any
Shreveport citizen will take pleasure
in answering for any visitor to the city
1t is a question that the State Far as
ISOLATION will gladly answer at any
time If those contemplating visiting
the Fair for the first time will address
a. letter or postal to Secretary L. N
Brueggerhoff, at Shreveport, he will
promptly enclose the desired data in
his reply. That is one of his duties
and pleasures. All of the citizens con-
slider it a duty also and no one should
hesitate about asking questions.
Those arriving in Shreveport on
trains entering the Union Station and
desiring to go Immediately to the Fair
grounds need not leave the station
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
way company will operate shuttle
trains from the Union Station to tbs
Fair grounds, every fifteen minutes
These trains will be run by the NJ, K.
and T. every day of the Fair. Hereto.
fore they have been operated and
have proven of great benefit to the
visitors Many Shreveport people will
make the trip via this route. The
coaches are neat and equipped with all
conveniences.
One of the, local street car lines.
known as the West Shreveport and
Fair grounds line, runs to the exposi'
ton grounds. The passengers leave
the cars on a platform right in front
Of the big gate. Only few yards
from this gate is the model country
home, the resting place for the la
dies, and only short distance farther
is the machinery hall, through which
the road to the grandstand runs. Near
the gate there are seats for the street
car passengers to use while waiting
for the cars, which will make the trip
every three or four minutes.
By decision of the directors of the
traction company the fare to the Fair
grounds by street car is only five
cents, each way. Heretofore the
round trip fare has been fifteen cents,
but the traction company, urged by
the Shreveport citizens and the Fair
association, reduced the rate to nick
ell each way.
For the accommodation of the visit.
ors who do not want to return to the
city during the day, all of the facilities
of a small city will be found on the
Fair grounds. There will be up-to-date
restaurants, where all sorts of edibles
can be obtained. Splendid drinking
water, free, will also be furnished from
an immense well near the grandstand-
A postoffiee and telegraph service will
also be provided
Any additional information about
these things can be obtained from the
Fair association by dropping line to
the secretary,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18

and pays the jailer price to feed him
on bread and molasses.
What? Is that all the family does
for one of the family who is sick unto
death with the dread disease of alco-
holiSm?
That is all.
Some day perhaps we shall be wise
enough to devise the proper handicaps
You know what handicap is, say. in
race? The least able to run is al
lowed the start Of the other contest
ants because of his inability. The 9th
ers are handicapped.
We recognize the justice of handi-
caps in our sports. but not in real life
If that bum who whined like a dog
for his dime was born short" or be-
came lame in his mind by the way we
put the handicap on him, instead of
upon ourselves. ADLER to WINS that
f9ir9
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
BY Her A REV DRESS.

1t has been long time since mother
saad a new dress. She is content to
cave her old ones tmade over" again
and again.
why?
Because the girls must have new
hats and gowns, and the boys always
7need new shirts and shoes, and SO
many repairs must be made about the
house, and father must go decent to
business, and
There are reasons a-plenty.
But why should mother come in last
pr all? Just because she is mother?
That's it. Certainly it is not because
mother has got to the place where she
cares no more for pretty things. 1t is
simply because mothers greatest pleas
Ez1re is to do for others.
And the others forget. They let
wr0other slave and sacrifice and wear
cold clothes because she is willing.
But think, girls and boys, what self
Sshness you display. The fact is you
have grown so used to mothers unself-
95sh ways that you take all she does
Tor you as matter of course. Should
she neglect your welfare in some slight
particular you would deem it gross
forgetfulness of her duty. And such a
lapse would be strange-in mother.
But where does that put you, who
selfshIy enjoy her loving service and
constant vigil? If she ministers to
selfish children who practically ignore
her service, where does that put you?
And it may be more than lack of ap-
probation in your case. 1t may be
that sort of good natured tolerance
which says, ooh, well. you mean well.
mother, but really, now, you are old
fashioned and fogyish."
Don't you know that hurts?
Or you may be actually ashamed in
company Of the plain mother who has
deprived herself for you-the more
shame to her child Besides the un-
speakable cruelty Of 1t, such conduct
Is the meanest snobbery any mortal
can be guilty of.
Children of your mother, let me sug-
gest: Each of you save up enough
money, father included, and buy
mother a new dress.
Watch the flush in her cheek, the joy
sn her eyes shining through the
tears. And of course she viii say,
why, you shouldn't have spent that
money on me" But to her dying day.
oftentimes when weary and worn and
sad, she will remember that dress and
smile and CRY.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
IS II PAR?
Yes. he is a bum.

les, lie Is u UulH.
There is no installing his sort
Blotched face, bleared eyes, cringing
pose, in a whining voice be begs you
for a dime to buy sandwich when
you know it is drink that he wants.
If he gets your 10 cents and an
other or two. that will be enough to
make him comfortably drunk. Some
how he will get more cheap whisky
after awhile, and then he will be
dumped into the police wagon along
with other refuse humanity.
Wretched body Of death.
And yet do you know that vag is
your brother-disowned, but men,
Der of the family?
Disinherited for his fault. discarded
by his tribe, Wretched, undone. never
theless be belongs to the man family.
You see. he may have been unfortu
nate beyond you.
Or the road he travelled was rocizier
than yours.
Or his start was uneven.
Or he met with an accident by the
way.
Perhaps John Bunyan got the right
Of it. Pointing to a staggering sot, he
said. There, but by the grace Of God
goes John Bunyan"
It is IN order to ask what the FANNY
is doing for its weaker brother. Well
1 1t licenses the saloon keeper TO sell
him stuff that steals his brains. pays
policeman TO beat him over the head
with club. hires a Judge to fine him
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
Smile and get rid of it!
Some Mems Signatures.

Occasionally you may receive let
ter from the man whose signature at
the bottom of the letter couldn't have
been read by himself if some one else
had put it over on him. And when you
write to him he's sore and embar-
raised if you haven't written his in
itials and name rightly in the address.
There are just two recourses that
you may have in trying to decipher the
name in full His letterhead paper
may contain his name if he's at all
important in the organization-provid-
ing, of course, that you have enough
bunch in the signature to trace it in
the print.
That other recourse as to the initial
letters of Christian and surnames may
be found in possible stenographer's
addendum. "BPG-K" This means
that the stenographer *" has taken
the dictated letter from "BPG," who
has written to you.
If all these fail, however, cut off the
signature from the letter and paste it
and post it on the address side of the
envelope. after which address him in
your letter simply as My Dear Sir
even if you would like to shoot him.
Columbus Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
CORN EXHIBITS Of BEST
Bows Corn Clubs Are to Have
Great Shows.
WILL SHOW ELDERS HOW

Youths Take Great Interest in Culture
and Competition is Rife-Over 5000
in Organizations-Ass to
Meet at Far-Over $1,000 in Premi'
ums.
Probably the greatest array of corn
exhibits ever made in the South will
! be seen at the Louisiana State Fair,
beginning November and lasting
through the ten days of November II.
Over 5000 square feet of space has
been reserved in the agricultural build
ing, an entirely new structure erect
ed recently at a cost of several thOus,
ands of dollars for the corn exhibit
alone.
Louisiana has rapidly gained the
REPUTATION of being one of the best
corn growing states in the South and
the exhibits at the greatest fair L0ui-
siana ever had will truthfully be an
| index of the corn culture of the state.
| In connection with the great corn
show there will be held a meeting Of
| the Louisiana Corn Growers AssOcia-
| ton, lasting through several days Of
| the fair and it is expected that hund-
| reds of farmers from all sections OF
| the state will take advantage of the
| low rail rates that will be in effect
for the occasion and visit Shreveport
| There they will have the opportunity
| of not only seeing what others have
| done in the culture of corn but also
of hearing how they did it.
One of the many features Of the
| corn exhibits will be those Of the Boys.
Corn clubs Although it is a fact lit
| tie known, there are, nevertheless, over
| 5000 boys in the Boys Corn clubs Of
the state and they are all of the thrift
| ty, progressive, optimistic sort, who
| get what they go after. For this rea'
| son the competition for prizes in this
| branch of the corn show will be rife
and it has been confidently predicted
| by corn enthusiasts that the Little
| Farmers" will show their elders some.
| thing about corn growing that will
| win the admiration of the whole state
| In addition to the clubs there will
| be many individuals who want the
prizes, many in number and rich in
value, and who will send their best
products to be passed on by the judges
-Messrs. V. L. Roy and W. R. Dodson,
known throughout the state as experts
| in the culture of this ever-increasing
necessity in the daily diet of the
| American people.
The management of the Louisiana
State Fair is making an especially
strenuous effort to have every mod
ern farmer and agriculturist in the
state take an interest in this great ex'
hibit and to lend their assistance in
| making Louisiana one of the best
known and greatest corn growing
states in the union. Over $1,000 is be
ing offered for corn premiums alone
To this end it will be to the interest
of every farmer in the state to write
| Secretary Louis N. Brueggerhoff for
the catalogue of the fair, the prize
lists, rules governing the exhibits. and
the programs of this and other exhib
| it's. All will be sent on request.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
NEAR TO NATURE.

81 DO not see how You can be content
IN these quiet mountain places. know
4 should almost die of lonesomeness,
said d young girl
She was sincere.
Few young persons have learned to
live with themselves snd few. young
gr old, know "the power of sitting
ssln.
There Is an art of living In solitude.
- IS not in the mere idIeness of yawHs
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18

ceedings of stockholders, each share of
stock present or represented by written
proxy shall be entitled to one vote. No
tice of all elections or meetings or stock
holders shall be advertised ten days IN
daily paper; directors to be chosen at
the Office of the company.
ARTICLE V.
No stakeholder shall be liable on
count of any obligation to this corpeS
ton in any further sum than the amount
of unpaid balance due by him on stock
subscribed for. No irregularity nor any
informally in organization shalt have
the effect of rendering this charter null
or of exposing any stakeholder to any
liability beyond such unpaid balance.
ARTICLE ".
This charter may be amended Except
as 10 increasing Or decreasing its capital
stock) by a two-thirds vote of stock,
represented at meeting of the stockhold-
ers convened for such purpose, after ten
days previous notice by publication in
any one of the newspapers of the City
CT Shreveport, Louisiana. Whenever
this corporation is dissolved by linita-
ton or otherwise, its affairs shall be
hquidated by three commissioners, elect
&c at stockholders meetings, who shall
have full power to wind up its affairs
and settle its Indebtedness.
In testimony of all of which, the said
above named parties have hereunto af-
fixed their signatures in the presence of
S. L. Hero1d and Miss S. w. Pearce,
competent witnesses, on this the 18th day
of September A. D. 1910.
H. H. SIMPSON.
CHARLES L. SCHMIDT.
c. w. BESANCON.
E. D. WALSHE.
T. E. HARBOUR,
per H. H. Simpson, Agt.
| Attest:
S. L. HEROLD.
! SARA w. PEARCE.
J. A. THIGPEN,
Notary Public.
l approve above charter this 18th day
of September 1910.
J. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Sen
tember II, 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
l hereby certify that the above and fore
going is 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
18th day of September 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-oficio Deputy Re-
| corder.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-18
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS

The patterns described in the caucas-
ian are supplied by the May Manton
Pattern Company, 132 West TWENTY
seventh street, New York City, and the
Masonic Temple, Chicago, I'll. Forward
orders with names and address 70 the
New York or Chicago Office of the COM
pany, with cents for each pattern. and
they will be mailed direct.