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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
COIFFURE FASHIONS.

Just as much false hair is being worn
as ever. However, it is differently ar
ranged. the two objects aimed at being
youthful appearance and fuffiness
to replace the stiffness SO prevalent N
the expiring styles.
The hair is frequently parted, and
the crown Of the head surmounted with
innumerable curls, which fall in ring
let fashion over the sides of the head
and the ears.
The turban has gone out. and when
the coronet braid is used at all, it IS
piled higher on the head and is more
tightly bound.
Short fringes and bangs are still
often seen, though this is a style for
the woman with a low forehead to be-
ware of. The net is entirely dispensed
with ana the couture is built up in
tiers. so to speak That is, there will be
a fat twist. ribbon or metal bandeau
and loose plat, the crown piece being
omitted
Some women, especially Of the young
er Partisan set, are even having their
hair cut fairly short and curling 1t all
over the head in little, babylike ring
lets.
Although. as I have said, the plain
turban has gone out. exaggerated mod
ifcations of this style are much seen,
combined with tulle. metal and passe-
menterie bandeaux and wreaths Of rose
buds.
Puffs are chiefly at the side, with
back braid effects, or in coiffures Of
the empire style.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
DIRECTIONS WANTED.

In a time Of distressing drought a
harassed amateur agriculturist slept
into a shop TO buy a barometer. The
-hopman was giving a few stereotyped
instructions about indications and pres
sures. when the purchaser impatiently
interrupted him.
Eyes, yes,'' said he, "that's all
right. but what I want 20 know IS. how
do Won set the thing when you want it
TO rain ?''-Yorkshire Post.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
MODERN STRATEGY.

''Do you think airships could be used
in warfaref' =
"sThey might replied the skeptical
person. ''if we could provide the ar
ships and induce the enemy to 60 up in
I hem. ''-Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
A TENDER SUBJECT.

How is your garden getting aIong?"
Why do You ask that question2''
demanded the suhurhanite suSpieiousIv.
Merely out If politeness.''
81 see. I thought maybe had prom.
'Sed Won some vegetables. ''-Transtor
Chronicle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16
A KNOWING SEXTON.

Economy is the watchword at Rush
vile. The sexton of the city cemetery
raised enough oats in the graveyard this
wear to keep the fire team in feed for
The entire winter-Can-on, H., Regis
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
That Open Car Window.

A Partisan journal discusses the
vexed question of the right to open
or close the window of a railway car.
rage. The question, we are told, is in
soluble. 1t is much older than the
railways themselves, and our contem-
porary predicts that it will without
doubt survive them. 1t dates at least
from the time of the diligences. Then
we are favored with a story of Mus
set contained in a letter found among
the papers of Francois Coppee Mus,
set found himself one night in a dill
gence. He was suffering from rheu-
matism and had forgotten his great
coat. Riding with him were a gentle
man and his stout wife The husband
opened the window at his wffe's side.
Musset asked politely that the window
should be closed. The lady refused,
wheraupon Musset opened the window
on his side. This let in a beautiful
current of air. Then the lady closed
her window and Musset did the same
a hint for trayelers.-London Globe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
Idle Acres.

Those who saunter afoot along the
roads of any state of these United
States or have in a leisurely way trav-
ersed them by horse drawn vehicle
have always had a chance to observe
the wide space along each side of the
roadway in use, between fence and
road, which appear to have never felt
the pillow. says the Cincinnati En-
quirer And those who cross the coun-
try by steam or electric road and even
those who dash along the highways In
automobiles may also observe and pom
der upon this. Plain to the eye Of
every one choosing to look and think
is the fact of mile after mile along
every highway and along every cross
road. whether of macadam or of mere
dirt. of spaces on either side of from
five to ten feet of mother earth that
except for some grazing is serving no
purpose of supply This is in strong
contrast to many straitened and con-
sequently much more economical coun-
tries of Europe in which there is til
lage of every available foot of ground
that may be made to produce some
thing to sustain life.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
THE GARDENERS FLOWER.

You would scarcely suppose. would
you. that plants and flowers are sen
sitive to human affection or hatred?
| Or that metals may be poisoned and
restored by antidotes? Or that metals
may be overworked and restored by
periods of rest?
Science says so.
Recent experiments have shown that
certain flowers are extremely sensitive
to words of praise or of blame long
continued.
The flowers will expand in beauty
and sweetness under kind and affec-
tionate treatment. But if they are
disparaged or sneered at or abused in
speech they will languish and die as
of a broken heart.
Human influenced
What a mastery is in it! The mys-
FERROUS thing we call magnetism af-
fects the sensitive flower even as 1t
does the human Things both organic
and inorganic are subject to human in
6uence.
II so, my friend
If so, should not a realization of the
fact make US wondrous kind to all
persons and all things?
And, If one ought to be careful of
his moods toward the little plant of
the woods that it may blossom into
beauty and fragrance. how much more
careful one should be toward the ten
der little human plant that 1t may
bloom into fragrant and beautiful life.
For is not little child of more pre-
cious worth than many flowers?
The Head Gardener gives you the
tender human plant and expects that
you will love it and shield it. And be
has so made the tiny plant that affec-
ton will open its petals TO the warmth
of your love and it will bend grateful
ly and gractously toward you.
But
If you neglect it or chide it contin-
uously or put it in a noisome place
1t will droop and wither and languish.
And may it not be that because the
little human plant is so tender and so
dependent and so submissive to your
1nHueuCe the MdsLeF Sdiu you WOuiu
better put milestone around your
neck than offend one of these little
ones?
Soul of man. Be careful, be very
careful. how you treat a little human
flower.
1t is. the Head Gardeners flower!
Be careful lest he hold you guilty of
blighting one of his favorite plants.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
YOUR 100 PER CENT.
vas q beautiful morning.

1t was q beautiful morning.
The sky was azure blue, the bird
chorus sang symphony, the breezes
gently blew. and the glorious morning
sun was kissing all the regnant earth
into radiant beauty.
Before you was 100 per cent of hap
piness.
In dressing you dropped your collar
button and got on your knees to recov.
eT 1t under the bed. The collar was a
misfit, and the tie refused to be easily
adjusted. You allowed these trivial
things to give you crouch.
Deduct 10 per cent
At breakfast the Cruel was thin, the
eggs tasted of storage. the milkman
was late and you growled Hastily
gulping your coffee, you started down
town, incidentally forgetting either to
say goodby or kiss your wife
Deduct another 10 per cent.
Being late. you could not walk and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
HUMOR OF THE DAY
ArabeIIa'S DarIing.

sNow, 9 wondeR," 9hougle Alphonse
"whaa ArabelS % 8DirB 90 ebie ore
| else moment
(Arabella ana 0lpAoas@ a1Rse aAas-
ried lass May. an6 Alphoess, Being q
SDmmerciH areveSees was Go Aors
homes
comes" As sesessss ossas sae
1 Is doing.'>
1hen Q Ssilllans a9eo stSsca cana ana
Re visites abe aeaoess s0isitNsliss aB-
dunn.
"WhaAs saNs alphoass &c sAs slars
8me, lis Arabella doing?"
"She is looking or@ of che Win@ov .
pepliea che medium, 'tAMdentlp wxpSc4
ing somebody"
THAT D stranger @aia alpNsnse.
"Whom can she expectT'
"Ahw continued the medium. Some
one enters the house, and she caresseS
him fondly."
at can't be-" cried the excited hus-
band my wife is true to me-"
Now she lays his head on her lap
and looks tenderly into his eyes"
"VillainH' roared the jealous hus-
band
Now she kisses him"
Its false" yelled Alphonso. "I'n
make you pay dearly for thisn'
The medium saw that he had gone
far enough.
Now" he said, 'he wags his tall
Tit-Bits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20

gets next to. One way to win is to
block the game by preventing any
move on the part of your opponent
The game OF. life in some particulars
resembles the checkers game.
Whether he Is a careful or reck-
less player. the average man nova
days moves cautiously, hoping in the
competitive game to evade being
jumped.
Some Of the shrewd players get into
the king row and become rovers or
robber kings. They jump the common
fellows right and left and continually
| cry. Its your move"
But of all the players the devil Is
the shrewest player extant.
There is no devil?
Oh. yes. there is. He may not have
the legendary tell and may lack the
| traditional horns or pitchfork, but he
is Satan just the same. Call him
spirit of evil. malign influence or what
you will. he is the devil.
What an adept gamester he is!
TIE young man who thinks he can
drink and let it alone" is playing
checkers with the devil. How Satan
must laugh in his sleeve at such a
player whose game is neither a deep
one nor lengthy. The devil knows
from the beginning that the contest.
if the game goes on, is easy and the
young man a sure loser.
The young woman who f1irts with
strangers plays risky game with his
Satanic majesty-a game in which she
is scheduled to lose. She thinks she
can outwit the devil, and he lets her
think so. She has gone out of her
way to meet one who can outplay her
The man who is dishonest in bust
ness is playing checkers with the king
of ilnps. He will get left, because his
adversary knows every move of the
game The devil fears nothing, ex-
cept that he who plays may quit too
soon.
Don't get into the devils game.
Shy devil! He will play with you.
laugh at your jokes, weep at your sor-
rows and lie like the devil.
He may let you win a few games
But don't think he is too busy to play
or has forgotten. He may even cry
out that you are too smart for him.
He may tell you that he is clumsy.
But don't you believe it.
The devil does not try to block your
game, nor will he let you block it. He
wants to play you to the end-and
beat you.
When Lucifer invites you to sit
down to his simple and harmless game
of checkers, why
Tell him to go to hades, where he
belongs
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20

enjoy the morning. The cars were
full, you had to stand and hold strap.
and because Of the cOngested traffic
the car got you into the shop or store
or Office few minutes late. The man
ager looked at you and then signi6-
cantly at the clock.
Deduct 10 per cent again.
Here was the day scarce begun and
30 per cent of your possible enjoy
ment gone. Well. 10 per cent is left
you. and you resolved to redeem the
day. But you had started on the
wrong foot, and with sinister persist
ence you kept on getting in bad. By
lunch time it was necessary to
Deduct &c per cent.
And the lunch on top of youR so peg
cent crouch piled Ossa on Pelfon. The
afternoon was but little better shan
the forenoon, so that when you start
ed for home at least IS per cent Of fe-
Hcity had disappeared.
Well, there were good suppeRahead
and the evening at home. But
AON oIoAI Cb III NIOn5 anu SOI IOuE
wife in wrong, and most of her 100
per cent was gone. Supper was late.
The wife was not sympathetic. She
was near being cross. Only 10 per
cent left.
A little looking over the evening pa
per, little perfunctory conversation,
and you crawl into bed realizing that
in so far as dividends on happiness
are concerned you are bankrupt.
Too bad. But
Tomorrow! Blessed tomorrow.
Why tomorrow? Think of the utter
beneficence, the prOdigality Of it. To
morrow. when you face the day. the
great referee has discharged you in
bankruptcy, and you have another 100
per cent to start on.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
SHERIFFS SALE
No, I3,864-In the First Judicial Dis
.trict Court Of n,,ir;nr IL

No. I3,8o4-In the First Judicial Dis
'trict Court of Louisiana: A. N.
Solly VS.. A C.. Pitts
By virtue of writ of feri facias. TO
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
1sh, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, have seized and will
offer for sale, at public auction, for cash
according to law, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo Par
1sh, Louisiana, during the legal tours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC. u, 1910,
Lots SIX and seven 6 and y Of the
Town of Rodessa, Caddo Parish. Louis-
lana, with all buildings and improve
ments thereon, said sale to be made for
cash according to law, to pay and sat
lsty the debt specified in said writ. say
IN the sum of $4,000, with 8 per cent
interest from October 7, 1903, less cred
its OF $1,000 paid February 9, 1907. and
5000 paid February 10, 1908, and ten
per cent attorneys fees on amount sped
Tor, together with all costs of this suit
and recognition of vendors special lien
and privilege FIOITRNOy
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, November 10, 1910
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
TO A YOUNG BUSINESS NAN.

When L was a young man in college
l said one day in a classroom
Professor, have an original idea
To which the professor. shrewd
Scotsman that he was. replied;
NAY, nay. my son; an original idea
is worth a thousand dollars"
! l have often thought of that express
sion, and l am ready to say that in
this day an original idea is sometimes
worth million dollars.
Instances?
| A young man in Chicago was laughed
at when he said he believed he could
sell watches by mail. He succeeded
Afterward he added other articles of
merchandise. That was the beginning
of tremendous business, one-haIf of
which was sold for $5O0O,OOO.
He was a small man with big idea.
| Another young man in New York be-
| lieved he could print a good magazine
| for 10 cents and build up such a cir
culation that it would pay advertisers.
| The magazines were then selling for
| % and 50 cents. That publisher is
now the multimilIionaire owner of
string of magazines and newspapers
An idea did it.
Another young man in Philadelphia
believed he could make the best WON
ans monthly periodical and get fair
price for it. He spent thousands of
dollars advertising his idea Often he
had sleepless nights figuring how to
meet his weekly payroll. Today he is
in the foremost ranks of the million
aires
He had live idea
The idea is the thing.
OF course, commercially speaking.
the idea must be sane and practical
And of course there must be the man
behind the idea to work it out Never
theless-
Ideas are the yeast by which men
rise
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
MULTIPLYING BY TWO.

a Chicago man got a divorce from
his wife and promised to pay alimony.
He failed to pay, and his former wife
sued him. On the witness stand this
man testified that he was unable to
pay the alimony.
He averred that it cost more to live
yfhe single than the married life
Which, at first blush, may seem a
false statement and a plea in avoid
ance
But said the witness
The wife had been an economical
manager and did the work of her
Ehousehold so that small sum of
smeney was sufficient to pay the nee
ssaessary expenses But. now, being de-
prived Of the good management of his
affairs, it took every cent Of his wages
10 live.
He was not joking
In actual experience he had been
able to get more out of his wages for
two persons than for one
The statement is true.
And it is supported by the testimony
of most married men, woo will tell
You that they were unable while single
10 save money and that their financial
d prosperity dates from the time of their
marriage.
OF course much depends upon the
sort OF wife one marries
There Is more truth than poetry in
the old saying that wasteful wife
can shovel money out of the back door
of the kitchen with teaspoon faster
than a husband can shovel it into the
front door with a scoop shovel
But the woman who is extravagant
In household matters is the exception
30 the general rule.
And rarer is the wife who is poor
manager
By inheritance instinct and training
D woman is fitted for household econo-
mics.
The average wife excels her husband
In getting value received for her mon
ey. She can make a dollar go farther
than he She is the better bargainer,
the shreWder buyer.
And when one is married to a wife
who exceIs him in these respects and
the name of this woman is legion-ft
is the part of wisdom to turn ones
pockets inside out to her
As the Chicagoan discovered.
Every well married man has learned
that besides being wife and sweetheart
the woman at his side is both helpmate
and manager; that as married man.
instead of multiplying his expenses by
two, as he anticipated, he has in reali-
y multiplied his wages by two.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
AN ORDINANCE
Repeating an ordinance creating Drain
age District No. One (r1 ,o.ead

Nepeahhg an ordinance creating Drain
age District No. One (11 nassed
April IL, 1906.
Section I. Be it ordained by the Po-
nee Jury of the Parish of Caddo, in L.
gal session convened, that the ordinance
adopted April IL, 1906, entitled "An Or
olnance creating Drainage District No
Ohe' and appointing five commissioners
therefor, fixing the limits thereof and
hx1ng its domicile, time and Mace for
the meeting of the commissioners and
organization of its board, and conform
ing 10 Act 81 of the General Assemble
OF the State of Louisiana 1904, and an
other laws on the same subject matter y
De and the same is hereby repealed,
ayes; Wynn, Miller, Mahlen, Pole
Crawford. -ao'S'
Nays: None.
W: T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. l. DURINGER, Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
Heart toHeart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
AN EMPTY STOCKING.

There is picture-I think first saw
1t in the Inland Printer a few years
~ago-entitIed AN Empty Stocking y
that always touched me to the core.
1t is a picture Of Christmas morning.
"A little one in her "nightie" has eager
u jumped out of bed to see what may
be in her stockings. so carefully hung
on the wall the night before.
They are empty.
The picture shows the poor little kid.
her face down upon the bed. in an
agony of grief and disappointment.
In her hand she holds one of the empty
stockings. while the other hangs lean
and limp upon the wall.
AS you comprehend the picture a
great pity seizes you.
The story is all there. In all her
future life. you think, this child will
= never face a deeper sorrow, a keener
wound. She was so full of hopes the
might before. She believed Santa
Claus was too kind to pass by a little
3 girl who had tried to be good. Per
haps she knew that Santa Claus was
poor, but certainly he would bring
her something.
And she was forgotten.
Poor baby!
1t hurts to have your little heart
allied clear to the brim with sobs.
It is hard to learn when you are only
q bit of a girl the lesson of neglect
- and the worlds heartlessness, because
between childish heart and its first
Of ;s Chi oIJ ~
experience.
You and 1 know the worlds stern
ways, We know what it is to trust
and be wretched. to hope and fail. to
fall and rise and trust again
But a baby.
The picture is true one. There will
@be thousands such when Christmas,
mot so far away, comes again.
There are homes in your town,
in every town. where hunger often
shows its haunting face, homes where
there are not even few pennies to
buy one little toy. And it takes so lit
gtie to make happy the heart of a
child
oh, yes. | know
The parents may be lazy or the ia
aEher drunkard, or what not, but that
! is no fault of the kiddies. Oh, it is
pitiful-
Pitiful that in land of plenty one
Little child who Graves the ownership
Of some trifing thing-a cheap doll or
"A tin soidier-should sob in cruel dis
Illusion, holding in her little hand an
empty stocking!
Maybe you can see in such picture
n duty which should be to you a great
delight
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 14'o72-In First District Court of
Louisiana: Succession of J. E.
Bricl1er.
Notice is hereby given that W. D.
brlcker has this day applied to be ap-
pointed administrator of said success
SION, and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law
ne Will be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. ]. Murff,
Judge OF said court, this 3rd day of No
Ven1Def 1910 w. M. LEVY.
No'' s. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20

its Office in the court house, and in open
session proceed to open the ballot boxes,
examine and count the ballots in num-
Der and amount. examine and canvass
the returns and declare the results of
said special election.
r. This goth day of October 1910.
ISAAC BARRON,
Oct' 80 President.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
Synpathetic Appeal.

Zone way to quiet insane people is to
sing to them"
Yes" said Miss Cayenne; Il should
think some of the ragtime choruses
would be soothingly congenial to I'M
fortunates of that class."-Washington
Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
Choice of Evils,

Don't you know" said the young
widow, that bachelor is an object of
public derisiOn?'
Il have heard So rejoined the old
bachelor, land have also heard that
a married man gets his at home."-
Chicago News.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-20
New WAY to Get an Auto.

$50 you have bought an automobile.
Well, well, Somebody leave you a
legacy"
mo. You see, do without eggs for
breakfast, so | have good deal Of
money that I don't need" - Newark
News.