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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-07-21

Pollock will roast you,' the magnate went
on, "Of course he can't do 1t by name. but he
will do you up You must block this franchise. I
insist it, your friend
well, Mr. Dale, Colonel Legarde is my friend
too," continued the cardinal
"The extension will parallel my road. You
must stop it, snapped Dale irritated by the men,
ton of his ene1nys name. He cared nothing
about the extension ITSELF but that Colonel Lee
garde wanted it was enough to make him fight
the franchise OBrien knew this as the real rea-
son and went on deliberately.
1T will be hard thing to do. Colonel Lee
garde is popular"
This second mention of Legarde was too much
for the temper of the railroad king. He blew up.
DUN Legarde!" he shouted you block that
franchise or you won't be president of the Plan
ct company long.
Hold on Mr.. Dale. Don't get hostile I'd no
idea you dead set against his thing"
Well And don't want to have to tell
you about it again.
"You won't have to-" the cardinal assured him,
and departed, we'll satisfied with the fact that
he had made Dale too mad to see that no prom
Use had been given to block the obnoxious fran
chise.
Joe Dale went back to New York convinced
that he had shown the man with the red neck
tie it was not safe for Joe Dale's men to fool
with the Dale buzz saw Apparently he had, Tor
when the franchise before the council 1t
was chewed over, chewed up. delayed, tabled, Ia
ken up again. juggled with, side tracked and
everything but killed outright Public interest In
1t Jagged. Pollock of the Planet, his fears soothed
by the parliamentary acrobatics which he thought
were only O'Briens method of Saving face" took
himself and his loaded editorial pen to New York
on business.
This was the cardinals time. and he acted
quickly. At the next meeting Of the city council
the franchise was rushed through. But this was
not all. In the absence Of Pollock the president
of the Planet company assumed authority, and
the morning after out came the Planet with news
descriptions OF the Interstate extension, scare
head, first page, and doubleleaded Endorsement Of
the councils action, the need Of Lacedaemon for
the proposed road and the many benefits It would
bring to the city. on the editorial page. The PEG
pie read and marveled. Some laughed and 9th
ers Of the knowing ones looked scared. Dale'r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
comes to US in quite

a new role this time She will lecture
beg pardon, discourse-on Shake
speare and his famous plays, giving
US many interesting points and side
lights on these works. And to make
these discourses the more attractive
she will act little scenes from the
plays we like best. There is a treat
in store for lovers of Shakespeare in
America, Miss Terry having devoted
a lifetime to the study of his plays.
The Duchess of Aosta has been called
"the sporting Duchess so keen is she
for all outdoor sports. Now. however.
she promises to become known as ''the
flying Duchess" having taken up avia-
ton. She has ordered an aeroplane
and promises US some sensational
flights in the near future. The duchess,
who will shortly publish, both In
French and English, an account of her
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
MAsCAGNI'S NEW OPERA.
An American Girl to Star In the Com
poser's Latest Work.

An American Girl to Star In the Com
poser's Latest Work.
Several years ago Pietro Mascagni,
the famous Italian composer, left these
shores vowing never to return He
had come over to hear Americans ap-
plaud one of his operas. But every
thing seemed to go wrong, and he de-
parted holding both hands high above
his head and declaring, "Never-no,
never again" Since then, however,
he has laughed heartily over his trou-
bles in America and forgotten them.
What's more, he is coming back to US
with a brand new production that
promises to be the biggest hit of the
grand opera season. This is called
"Ysobel." in which Miss Bessie ABBOTT,
the American prima donna, will star.
"Ysobel' is the, first opera that Mas
cagni has composed in five years and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

terVening years been worked out by
the irrigationists--not only the CONNER
cial possibility, but the absolute neces-
sity, of irrigation as a commercial as
set in the west.
Five years ago dry farming, then but
little understood. although, in TRUTH
practieed for several hundred years.
was derisiyely received by many as
land agents myth created as a means
Of disposing of acreage in the so called
desert districts The few men who
attended the first meeting of dry farm
ers at Denver four years ago believed
they knew the west and its require
ments, and they had confidence in the
reports by the emigration agents, who
had been shooting straight at the mark
the truth about dry farming.
Today dry farming stands pre-emi-
nent among agricultural and civic de-
velopment organizations in the world.
Through its influence agricultural col
leges have added dry farming depart
ments. field men and demonstration
farms in practically every western
state.
Agricultural study in the rural
schools and a nation wide campaign
for better farming have both been Civ
en- encouragement by the work of the
dry farming congress. which is con
tinuous from year to year by means
of the organization Of farmers clubs
home courses in agriculture. semi
monthly pamphlet ON dry farming and
an annual handbook. thus placing di
rectly into the hands of 10000 regis
tered members the best agricultural
Information obtainable.
The forthcoming congress viii be
addressed BY representative. men from
several Of these foreign countries, and
there will be large exhibits from An
tralia. Mexico. Hungary Russia, the
four western provinces IN Canada ano
a score or more states In the Unite
States. The Canadian exhibits sfii
comprise three or more carloads
the finest grains and fruits raised in
British Columbia Alberta. Manitoba
and saskatchewan The exhibits from
Colorado and Montana vii be Fen
lures. as each state is sending VAST
quantities. IF dry farm products. an
there is great rivalry for the stare rsil
valued nj $50 the Gift of 6savprns,
HAY Of washington
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
sNAPsHoTTlNG ROYALTY.
Alfonso Doesn't Mind 1t, but Look Out
For the Kaiser.

Alfonso Doesn't Mind 1t, but Look Out
For the Kaiser.
Ever meet real live king face to
face on the street? If not, here is an
opportunity to see just how one looks
when out for stroll 1t is said to be
the cleverest snapshot ever taken of
Alfonso, who is SO much in the lime
light just now owing to the Spain-
Vatican quarrel. His majesty, by the
way, is good friend of the snapshot
ter and will give one every opportu-
nifty to secure a first class picture
When the photograph shown here was
taken the young ruler was very anx-
ious TO know if everything had gone
all right,
Emperor William. on the other hand
is terror to snapshotters. and woe
betide the chap caught pointing cam
era in his direction, Recently he had
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

dow, and D'Annunzio climbs up and
thus reaches his desk Thereupon the
ladder is removed by Michetti. and the
novelist works at his ease until noon.
when his friend climbs up to him with
a light luncheon. The entire afternoon
is also devoted to work, and not until
evening does D'AnnunZio descend the
ladder.
Like other well known authors,
D'Annunzio has found that fame has
its penalties. At one time he was so
bombarded with requests for his auto
graph that he was compelled to affix
to the door of his residence the fol,
lowing notice: Gabrielle d'Annunzio,
suffering from paralysis in the right
hand. finds it utterly impossible to
sign postcards and albums" Even this
did not serve TO damp the ardor of
his admirers, for we are told that an
English lady on reading the notice
petulantly exclaimed We'll. has he
not got his left hand?"
1t will surprise many to learn that
W. A. Larned never really trains for
his tennis matches. He eats what he
Graves. practices when he feels like
it and never maps out any special plan.
He plays tennis, he says. because he
likes the game, and this is probably
the reason why he is champion. His
heart has been in his work on the
courts during the twenty-one years he
has been a tennis player.
When Larned defeated Bundy of
California recently in the national
championship match he won the title
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

light bamboo For three years no
walking stick had been seen in a
feminine hand at Newport until re-
Gently, when Mrs Frederick @. Have
meyer began using one on her walks
to and from the casino and when at
tending dinners. The custom quickly
spread, and it is reported that it is to
be taken up by the fair sex all over
the country. If true it is to be hoped
that all canes viii be left at home
when there is a big bargain counter
sale on.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

tickets and taking the stump against
each other This is the case in Cali
fornia just now. where Grove l. and
Hiram Johnson are running for office.
Hiram, son of Grove L. Johnson, was
recently nominated by the Republicans
of the state for governor on the insur-
gent platform. while the father was a
candidate on the stand pat or regular
ticket The son won out by a large
majority, and the father went down to
defeat. Then the Prohibitionists placed
Grove L. Johnson's name on their bal
lot for assemblyman, and he got the
nomination by one vote.
Thus we have the remarkable case
of a father and his son taking the
stump and vigorously opposing each
other
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

aspiring. however, and managed to
obtain good education and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1880. That very
year he was elected district attorney
of Dane county and was reelected two
years later. After that he was given
three terms in congress, serving in his
last term on the ways and means com
mittee and framing several schedules
Of the Mckinley tariff law Hexwas
defeated in 1890 and then practiced
law for ten years before he was again
summoned to the service of the people.
Senator La Toilette is a graduate of
the Wisconsin university, but he came
perilously near not being Although q
pafnstaking and earnest student and
enjoying the respect alike of the fac11l
~ and the student body, he never stood
high in his classes. On final examina-
ton he fell slightly below the mark
prescribed for graduation.
Just before this occurred he won
chief honors in an interstate collegiate
oratoricai contest, thereby bringing
glory and renown to the great jnsfitu-
ton at Madison. At that time the mi
Vefslty had as it's president John Pas
com, than whom this country has pro
duced no more profound philosopher
or broadly learned man generally
PRESIDENT Bascom called the faculty.
together and made fight for young
La Foiiette, He pointed out that, while
La foliette's examination showed that
ne was a little deficient in sonIs
branches of the curriculum and tbaS. 8
mus his average was not up TO the az
Dltfary standard prescribed. he was
sun one Of the hardest working stu
aehts ever at the university. had re-
nected credit upon the institution in
me Dig oratoricaI contest and would
continue to do so in after life. By
narrow margin the faculty by vote re.
Fersed its decision against La Fol.
iPtte and granted him diploma.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

for the sixth time.
He first became a
real factor in the
American tennis
world in 1900,
when he won the
all corners tourna-
ment. But NJ. D.
Whitman retained
his title when he
met Larned in the
challenge round.
The next ar.
however. Larned
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

his very first treatment of an English
subject The story has been taken
from the legend Of Lady Godiva. Ten
nyson's poem about the fair lady who
rode through the streets of Coventry
with beauty literally unadorned that
she might save her husbands under
lings from cruel exaetions offered the
most accessible material upon which
to build an operate story, but more
was found in the British museum. In
the opera the central character will
not be named Lady Godiva, but Yso-
bel. the young daughter of the oppres-
siye lord.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

method of work
ing. That nothing
may disturb him
he goes to the
country house of
his friend Michel
ii, the painter, and
there in a large
room he labors
strenuously oy er
his romances. No
staircase leads to
this room; neither
has it any door. In
the morning a lad
der is pl a C e d
AGAINST fha win
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

her visit, Lectures,
she says. remind
her of cold. bare
halls. with a shiv-
ering audience of
three people and a
dog. She doesn't
purpose to play to
such audien ces.
The famous actress
comes to us in quite
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

tons in this re-
speet at that re-
sort, and the end
is not yet. The
latest fad to be
taken up by the
fashionable wo-
men there is the
carrying Of canes.
and odd indeed
does milady look
as she trips along
swinging b e r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

the various phases of this method OF
tillage and give their actual expert
ences in working out the principles.
Indications are that more than $500
accredited delegates from various
states and provinces in America and
ten foreign countries and several thou
sand others who are interested in
scientific farming will be in attend
ance.
The congress will deal with dry
farming so extensively and in such a
way that the farmer who spends the
four days there will receive a fairly
good education in the several methods
Coming as it does after q season of
unusual drought, this convention is at
tracing unusual interest, as the farm
er who has heretofore given the sub
ject of dry farming only a casual
thought is now turning with the new
interest that is aroused by the instinct
of self preservation to dry farming
principles.
When the congress opens it will be
possible to determine in dollars and
cents the losses sustained by the PEG,
pie of the United States and Canada
and elsewhere through the dry wealth.
er, and the reports will also be avail
able of the success of this years work
conducted by the agricultural col
leges, experiment stations, demonstra-
ton farms, individual farmers and
corporations. The government and
state experimental stations have prov
ed that dry farming can be carried
on probably where ordinary farming
methods have failed to produce crop.
Irrigation was looked upon as the,
DRY fifteen years ago and only remote.
ly considered a commercial possibility.
The governments vast expenditures,
amounting to millions of dollars. have
definitely proved what has in the in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

adventures and dis
coyeries during her
transafrican trip,
has taken with her
to Italy an orphan
Kongo negro ten
years of age.
The little negro
is. it appears, one
of the race of pyg-
mics which Stan
ley discovered in
his march through
central Africa. AS
the duchess was
pursuing her diff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

walter |. Smith of
the Ninth Iowa dis
trict, Mr.. Smith
has been 4 member
of the house con
tin Il O tisl r siace
1900, He was born
at Council Bluffs III
1862 and has been
a lawyer since
1882 From 1880 70
1900 he WIS Judge
of rho Fiffpnntt, III
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

After winning in the all Corners class
he won the national championship.
In 1902 he defended 1t successfully,
but the following year H. L. Doherty.
the noted English player, won the title.
For several years after that Larned
was more or less inactive in the sport.
Then in 1907 he flashed to the fore
again. winning both the all corners and
the championship in the challenge
round from W. j. CIothier. The fol
lowing year Larned disposed of Beals
Q. Wright, the challenger. W. j.. Clio
thier was Larned's opponent last year.
but the champion had little difficulty
in defeating him.
One of those most frequently men
toned for the congressional speaker
ship should Joseph G. Cannon be
forced TO retire from that Office is
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

CuII JOuTHEy Sic
met with this youngster, who devel-
oped a wonderful attachment for her
and begged to be allowed to cross the
continent in her train. The duchess,
touched by the mites devotion, con-
scented. took him with her. and has
now installed him in her service at
the Capodimonte palace
For years Master Cupid has been
aiming his arrows at #. Augustus
Heinze, the copper magnate of Mon
tana, but it was only recently that one
took effect. The result was his mar
riage to Berntee Golden Henderson, an.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

actress whose beau
ty and ability have
attracted much at
tention. Mrs. Heinze
is still in her TWEEN
ties. but has been
married once before
and went on the
stage to support a
little daughter. She
won instantaneous
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
Newport's Latest Fad.

For board walks go to Atlantic City,
For noise and excitement go to Coney
Island. But for freaks In fashion and
fads you'll have to go to Newport. 1t
has been season of startling innova-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25


impeT ialist pretender to the throne
of France he peremptorily refused his
consent. Owing to the kings objection
the couple ceased to meet, but have re-
manned faithful to each other all these
years, and their love story is about to
come to a happy climax, their mar
riage being imminent.
Princess Clementine is one of the
most amiable and charming of royal
women. She is noted for her humani-
ty and her fondness for animals. On
one occasion when she was riding with
her mother the queen whipped her
horse cruelty. Don't martyrize the
poor animal, motherr cried Clemen-
tine Wild with anger, the queen
raised the whip and dashed her daugh-
ter across the face. Clementine left
Spa the same evening and never saw
her mother again till the latter was on
her deathbed.
The princess is a philanthropist, and
every considerable charity in Belgium
looks to her for more or less moral
and material support. Every winter
the princess is the leading spirit in the
Salon de Neige, or gallery of snow
sculptures, carved in the parks by art
students and professors and exhibited
for charity. The princess is the first
person to be admitted within the gates,
and she usually places 100 franc note
in the hands of the student who stands
as money taker in the lodge. In her
wake come the rank, wealth and fash
ion of Belgium, and the hospitals of
Brussels benefit by this one occurrence
to the tune of perhaps $4,000
Miss Ellen Terry does not come to
America to lecture. Just remember
that, if you please. She emphatically
declares that she comes to this coun-
try to discourse and won't have that
word lecture" used in connection with
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
UNIQUE IN POLITICS.

Father and Son Candidates on oppo-
site Tickets In California.
1t is not unusual for father and son
to take opposite views on political
matters. In fact cases have been
known where in a. family the head OF
the house was a dyed in the wool Re-
publican, While one son was a Demo
other a Socialist. 1t is certainly I'M
usual in politics, however, for father
and son to be candidates on opposite
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

not come within mile of it. With
his clean sllaven face he looks to be q
man of forty or under. but rs Il matter
Of fact he is just fftyfour. having
been born on Aug 10. 1856. 1t was
only us far back rs 1889 that Mr..
Townsend was admitted to the bar
and began to practice law in his home.
town. Jackson. Mich He had been
born on farm in Jackson county and
attended the public schools there, hav--
ing a year in the literary department.
of Michigan university when he had
about reached his majority. He has
the hardy constitution that allows him
to OverwOrk himself whenever long
hours and concentration of effort are
necessary in q congressional situation
or in legal case
Mr.. Townsend's sudden appearance
in the limelight of publicity was in his
first term of congress, when his atti-
tude on the subject of rate legislation
brought him into close relation with
the president. placed him in a con-
spicuous place in the house of repre-
sentatives and gave him national
reputation greater than that for which
many of the older members have.
worked for a lifetime.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

diciai district The caucus of dele
gates to the Iowa state convention
from the Ninth district announced his
candidacy for speaker of the next
house
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
PeOpIeOf Note
Some of the Fair Sex Who
Are Talked About

RMUCH sympa-
W pathy h a S
b e en- felt
throughout t b e
world for Princess
Clementine, young
est daughter of
King Leopold, and
Prince Victor Ma
poleOn. Six years
ago they fell in
love with each 9th
er. but when Leo
pOld heard of his
daughters inten-
ton to marry the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

success and has played leading roles in
some of the best productions After
their honeymoon. which is to be spent
In Europe, the couple viii reside in
New York
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
MOTION VIEWS AT CHAPEL.
Plan of Young Rockefeller to Increase
Church Attendance.

Some people just can't make up their
minds to attend church regularly
They admire those who do, realize that
they are much the better for a good
sermon, but they oversleep, make some
important engagement or wish to
spend the time otherwise. 1t is to
bring these people to church that
many novel plans are being adopted.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

Photo by American Press Association.
ARArITAeE CHAPEL, new YORK.
Among them are whistling solos. mu-
sic BY monograph. magic lantern
views, and many congregations. are
treated to songs by famous singers.
And now comes something quite
unique in that direction. John d.
Rockefeller, Jr.. is having the Arml-
tage chapel. IN New York city. altered
50 that moving pictures may be shown.
The alterations will consist of enlarg-
ing the platform Installing ireproof
screen and building an operators
booth. We are all pretty keen to see
moving pictures these days. and much
Is expected of the plan.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

Robert NJ La Toilette, who was re-
nominated to the United States senate
recently, rose from farmers boy to
the governorship of Wisconsin. serv-
ing three terms in that office. He is q
man of the people. having been born
in a log. cabin in Wisconsin ffty-fre
years ago and having spent his early
years in lowly surroundings. He was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25
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: At the
T.
!: Politicians
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e -
Il looked up the
record p +
Charles E. ToSsa-
send of Mic higan,
who recently de-
feated Julius G.
Burrows for the
senatorShip, a n d
was asked to haz-
ard Il guess as to.
his age Won could
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25

A CLEVER sE2PsHoT .oE KIEa ALFONSO.
man arrested for perststIng IN pho
tographing him and gave orders to
have the plates destroyed
King Alfonso is persistent OPP
timist, IN spite of the fact that he
rules country which is just now go
ing through q troublesome phase.
After the accident TO the Shamrock.
in which be narrowly escaped serious
injury. he remained keen yachts.
man.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-09-25


convention of prac.
teal agriculturists
will be the fifth
dry farming con
gress in Spokane,
Wash. Oct. 3 to &.
when the foremost
crop experts. farm
ers and horticuI
turists will discuss