The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27

parts of the state joined the booster
cite league, but the leader of all is
Mrs. John FL. Curran, well known in
st. Louis society Mrs. Curran seems
to be the originator of the movement
and therefore the first boosterette in
the world. The object of the associa-
ton is to induce immigration to Mis-
souri,, settle its unsettled lands, devel-
op its undeveloped industries and re-
sources and in every way possible to
make Missouri a better place i'll which
to live. Surely that work is worth
while. There are Missouri women who
say it is more fun to be boosterette
than to be a suffragette, and they de-
clare they can do more good at boost
ing than at suffraging. John Fl. Cur
ran, state immigration commissioner
for Missouri, possibly may have had
some little hand In the matter Of or
ganizing the boosterettes. but to Mrs
Curran Is due the credit for pushing
the movement to q systematic basis Of
organization.
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Twenty-Five years old, handsome, ro-
bust, healthy, happy. Miss Ora Kress
of Washington never ate a mouth
full of flesh food in her life. She does
not know the taste Of flesh, fish or
fowl. Her father, DR.. D. Fl. Kress,
brought her up that way. and the
young woman seems to like it. DR..
Kress is superintendent Of the Seventh
Day Adventist sanitarium in Wash
ington. He is a modified vegetarian"
which means that he believes in eat
ing milk, butter and eggs, but abso-
lutely no other animal product. Miss
Kress is a student at the Woman's
Medical college in Philadelphia. pre-
pairing herself to preach and practice
professionally what she has practiced
under her fathers preaching ever
since her birth. The other day some
body asked Miss Kress If she found
her light food nourishing and satisfy
ing. do | look undertook" she re
torted. with a merry laugh. And, re-
member, work hard at my studies,
and mental exertion is exhausting."
Miss Kress says it is repulsive to her
to see people gorging themselves on
meat, poultry and fish. She believes
In vegetarianism both because it is
heaIthful and because it is humane,
from her viewpoint. She is such a
humane vegetarian that she refuses
to wear dead birds or feathers on her
hats. The meat boycott has no interest
for Miss Kress except from the stand
point of an outsider.
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Not long ago a young woman in Be-
atrice, Neb., received a letter which as
tonished her. When she made its con-
tents public the whole of Beatrice
shared in the amazement. But Bea-
trice was proud. because one of the
towns daughters had become fairly ia
nous as a singer. The letter was from
miss Mary La Salle. who has as
founded the directors of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House in New York by her
wonderful voice and has just gone to
Italy. where she will study vocal cul-
ture under the famous Lombard. She
told her old friend il the Nebraska
town that she vas none other than
Jessie Richmond, who grew up in Bea-
trice Miss Richmond went to Chica-
go few years ago TO study singing.
She had ups and downs, like most Of
the ambitious women. but success
came to her finally. she took the
name Of La Sale modifying her moth.
er's maiden name Of I.azelle. and pre-
served her incognito Until after she
had been feted by the great society
women of New York and praised BY
eminent operate stars. Then. being a
woman, she could keep Tire secret ne
innear RACHEL REED