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The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
ONLY a nnG SrnpY

This Is Q true story about Tommy
and bis pup, mostly about the pup.
The pup was Tommy's understudy.
When Tommy was glad the pup re-
joIced as to his tail. When Tommy
was sad It was mournful to note the
decorous grief OF the pup. In dispo.
sition they were twins, Tommy and
the pup; in every expedition COM
rades.
All, the rare friendship of a boy and
d dogi
But a capricious fate separated the
pup from the boy forever. Tommy
disappears from the chronicle. Re
mains the pup.
A lost dog.
Detected. dropping, obsequious, tan
furled and fearful, this pup's very
manner invited the small boys hurled
brick and his tin can with pebbles In
Il.
Comes along a boy. This pup bright
ems perceptibly. Something Of the old
gelfhood shows ID him. He shifts at
the boy's heels. The boy kicks ut the
outcaat. who dsftly lodges. The dog.
h 8 uariah-aIl the world against one
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
A MODERN INSTANCE.

This is the plain, true story ol
Ruth's undoing.
Tired of clerking in country store
| Ruth S. went to Chicago at the age
| of eighteen.
The girl found employment in a gar
ment factory, where she made skirts
at 35 cents apiece.
Apt and skillfu1 with her hands
Ruth was able by close application te
make six or seven skirts d day, thus
earning as much as $14 per week-suf.
ficient for her modest needs.
After time the factory reduced the
price for making skirts to 30 cents
each. Ruth simply worked harder and
was still able to make her $14.
Then later came a further reduction
to 25 cents per garment. There was
much strife and a strike was talked
Of Some Of the girls QUIT. What be-
came of them has nothing to do with
this story.
4 year later the managers of the
factory further reduced the price to
meet competition, they said to 20
cents per skirt. And later still the
price went down to IS cents-the low
est sweatshop figure.
Ruth was driven almost TO despera.
ton. The cost of living had gone up
as the wages went down She strain
ed every energy to earn enough to pay
her living expenses.
She eontrived pitiful economies, of
ten going without MONDAY lunch and
was faint because of the lack. She
had frequent headaches and was very
nervous. Because OF the overstrain
and failing strength the poor girl,
though she did her best, was slowly
breaking. She could scarcely sleep be-
cause of worry.
Then one day she said something
had snapped inside of her head.
Worn out, body broken and heart
broken, at the age of twenty three,
Ruth went insane.
That is all
The story Is true and It Is typical of
thousands such-thousands Of honest,
pure, hard working country girls
whom the city has swallowed up into
Its ravenous NAV and then, having
sucked their innocent blood or killed
their souls, has spewed them out, bro
ken and impotent wrecks of woman
hood.
The pity of #!
Comment:
told Ruth's story TO a wealthy man,
and when ! said she was in an insane
asylum, he remarked:
Eyes, another public charge. That is
what makes our taxes so high"
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
a WISE BRIDE.

"She married beneath her"
That was what her circle of friends
said about the marriage of the daugh-
ter of the judge,
And why? Because the girl married
young blacksmith.
There could be no objection to the
bridegroom. He was of good family,
was bright, clean and steady and able
to support his wife. But
"He works with his hands"
The young husband is natural me.
chanic and of the inventor order of
mind, He has rugged up several in
ventions in his shop, and In all proba-
bility some day he will own big fac
tory.
Besides, he was denied school facili-
ties through no fault of his own.
When he was ten years old bis minis
ter father died, and the boy went to
work, though he has always been a
great reader, and all through the years
he has been the head of the family
and has kept bis two younger brothers
in school.
"But he works and gets dirty" He
does.
Now, the older daughter of the Judge
married man with soft hands and
soft ways. He was young snip of a
lawyer without brains or practice and
the judge has always paid most of his
son-in-law's bills. But the judges wife
was greatly pleased at that marriage
Honor to the girl who married the
man who carried bis dinner paill
/ do not mean that carrying his
lunch and working at the forge for
that reason made him desirable hus-
band. But say the girl was wise and
brave because she knew what he was
and loved him.
1t is too late in the history of the
world, my dears, to try to look down
on the man who labors with bis hands.
Whether the hands of labor make or
design the bridge, plan the skyscraper
or erect it, grind axes on the emory
wheel or spectacle lenses, handle the
surgeons scissors or heave clay out of
an irrigation ditch these are the hands
that turn the wheels of progress today.
Honest labor, whether of brain cell
or fiexor muscles, dignifles the man.
Just wait. In ten years, barring ac-
eident, that young blacksmith will be
able to buy and sell the whole bunch
of those who feel SO sorry for bis wife.
And she? Whether he gets rich or
IL.
dustry or blows the bellows, She
Why, she married him because he
was clean inside and worthy and ener-
getic and, most of all, because she
loved him!
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

of craft and greed and graft in the
day when civilization was young?
Why, you may read that, 1900 years
ago, ''Samuel's sons walked not in his
ways, but turned aside after 1ucre and
took bribes, and perverted Justice. -
And the sons of Samuel are yet with
us.
! There is evil in the world and hu.
man nature is much the same as in
the days of Israel, but
| 1t is also true that the world has q
greater stock of goodness than ever
before, Broadly speaking
The peoples sense of justice is keen
er. There are more helping hands.
There are more kind hearts. There
is wider opportunity for the merciful.
Wisdom begins to cover the earth as
the waters cover the sea.
War Is ceasing.
Side by side, the caisson and the
Red Cross ambulance rust together.
The worlds best and wisest hold up
implorfng hands for arbitration and
for peace. See the White Palace at
The Haguel Daily warfare grows
more expensive and more deadly
Daily it is named as a moral crime
And soon, along the iron front of br,s-
tling war shall sound the bugle notes
Of universal truce!
Outrages?
Yes, justice Is perverted. Lipless in
noeence is betrayed The white breast
Of womanhood is SCARED. Bacchus
slaves his victims. Mothers in Israel
are outraged on the plains of Russia
and Armenia's children perish on the
wintry mountains. Yes, yes, these
and thousand others beside.
But
Conscience thunders in mems bos-
oms as never before. Womanhood Is
rising from its knees. The drunkord
finds cure for his disease. Good
Samaritans abound. Sympathy is
poured out as a food Every day the
sun throws new shadows from rising
hospitals and homes for the friendles5.
At eyentide it grows lighter, even in
the land Of the Turk. Tyranny can
scarce find place on which to rear
its evil throne. Hate grows weaker.
Love grows stronger.
Yes, despite the sons of Samuel, de-
spite the evil, the world grows better
slowly, surely, grandly!
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
Heart toHeart
Talks.
LEARN TO LAUGH.
By EDwIN A. NYE.

"Mirth," said Oliver Wendell Holmes
sis Gods medicine"
Therefore laugh.
How many persons in your circle Of
acquaintance habitually and genuine
ay laugh?
Most persons smile.
Some chuckle.
Others giggle,
Comparatively few are those who
laugh easily, heartily and with gusto.
A laugh, you know begins down In
the diaphragm and works itself up
quickly into the corners of the mouth
into the wrinkles of the eyes and then
the face broadening into pure merri.
ment let's itself loose naturally and
loudly A laugh of that sort--a real
iaugh-makes everybody else want TO
z Iaugh.
Laughter Is a gift.
The man or woman who laughs Is a
eheery optimist. who sees the funny
side of things aud who, in the face of
dignity and restraint, pours out his
hilarity in a libation to the gods of
gnerriment.
Laugh and grow fat.
It is real medicine. because the
mind influences the body IN wonder
ful way, and he who laughs on slight
provoeation Is never far from the
kingdom Of eheerfulness.
Moreover, the mere massage of the
liver and the other organs by the
laughing diaphragm is physical ben
eetit not to be ignored.
Laughter is a social asset
Whom do you like most about you.
the lean and hungry Cassius' or the
hearty, genial soul that laughs? Who
is the social favorlte7
The man or woman who has keen
and obseryant sense of humor, who
Haughs at the right time when you tell
"a story, who Is most generous In his
applause Of laughter when you try to
exercise your wit or humor Is it not
so?
That person who is quickly and gen
uinely amused by the passing show
and who good humoredly vents his
Joy by the pleasant noise of lnirth is
an acceptable addition to any com
gpany.
learn to laugh. 10 large extent
the habit may be cultivated, and It is
worth cultivating. Your instinct of
humor may be as keen as another's,
but you have repressed the natural
propensity to make a happy sound
over ii.
Learn to laugh. It will tide you over
many an Ill and make the world laugh
with you.
Let go all holds. Let go and make
- noise. Let goand laugh.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

common, onery, disheartened yellow
pup.
But the moods of dog are not long
moods.
A diversion appears. A street arab
rolls a ball along the sidewalk toward
another arab. H. says the pup to
himself, heres something worth
while!' With Haunting tail he bounds
after the ball. Every drop of his
sporty dog blood is a-tingle.
| The arab beats the dog in the race
for the ball and rolls it back. In
jiffy the pup whirls and goes for 1t.
This is a touch of high life. He is no
longer thing of the gutter-nobody'
| dog. He is dog full of joy.
The children Of the school near by
are let loose. They stream down the
street. The pup leaves off leaping in
great curves after the ball and leaps
up to the children. He would lick
their faces in high friendship One OF
the midgets is frightened, and then
the cry goes up:
Mad dog! Mad dogp'
The children fee. The pup barks
and jumps after them in great glee.
What fun for yellow pup! How
nice of the children to scamper so and
scream with delight!
Bang!
The pollcemans wicked gun cracks,
and Tommy's pup is of no more use
In this world-as pup
The moral of this tale?
Oh, any old thing-th lesson Of
poor dog Tray, or a life misunder-
stood, or the sting of ingratitude, or
the joyous soul of good woman
ruined by mad dog cry, or any or all
of these or others.
This is only dog story.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
FoIsLEs OF FASHION.
A Fetching Novelty of the Season,
Rival of Willow Plume.

A Fetching Novelty of the Season.
Rival of Willow Plume.
The most fetching novelty of the sea-
son IL the theater cap of lace with veil
vet or silk bonnet as an aceompani-
ment. The lace affair Is modelled after
the mobcap and is intended to be worn
throughout the play, the bonnet being
donned for the trip to and from the
playhouse.
For hats and frocks the wood colors
are much fayoredseft duh brown
and green that Is termed hunter. In
tailor made costumes 1t is predicted
that brown and green will continue in
vogue throughout the winter.
The willow plume is still in evidence,
but # has been supplanted in ultra
modish esteem by the exquisite French
plume bothein two tone and shaded eff
feet. This feather Is work of art; as
many as four shades are combined.
A new and much liked feature of
many frocks is the yoke which extends
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
The Innparial Guard.

The imperial guard was created by
Napoleon from the guard Of the con-
vention, the directory and the consul
late when he became emperor in 1904.
It consisted at first of 9,775 men, but
was afterward enlarged It was sub
divided in 1909 into the old and young
guard. It did heroic service at Water
loo, and was dissolved by Louis XVIII
In 1916. Revived by Napoleon III. In
1854, It surrendered with Metz in 1870
and Yves abolished By the government
soon after
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
HIS $40 4 DAY.

a college graduate bewails the public
taste and laments his lack of opportu
nifty to use bis education.
He says he has spent eight years in
preparation since he left the public
schools, but no one is seeking his serv.
Ices. At the same time he knows a
young man who quit the common
schools in the sixth grade who makes
SO day By diving daily from sixty
foot ladder into tank.
So2 And does the college man think
somebody will hunt him up and beg
him to accept $40 d day?
He faces condition and not the
Dry, for the world Of today is asking
of q man not SO much, What do you
know but
What can you do?
The diver can do something. He
does not know SO much as the collie
gian, but he knows part Of the pub
lie likes to be thrilled, and he Is able
to thrill it. though at imminent risk Of
his neck.
The eollegian must have learned
somewhere In his eight year course
that, other things being equal man
Is paid according to the service he
renders to his fellows.
What service can be render?
The diver can make bis high jump
better than another, and to that ex-
Z tent he is a specialist.
New, the advantage of d college ed
ucation over and above the personal
satisfaction Of IT. -is in the sharpen
Ing Of d mans mind so that be can do
things better than the man whose
mind has not been so sharpened. Else
why tbe time and money that is spent?
The eollegian with all his education
cannot perhaps make successful high
dive Into tank.
But there Is something he can do
and do better than the diver, always
provided he Is not an educated fool.
Let him find out what he can do,
and then let him begin where all, lit-
crate Or iiliterate, must begin at the
bottom.
When he has learned how to do
something worth ST a day or $40 a
day, whether It IS diving on q lad
der, or managing factory, or plead
Ing case. or boring tunnel, or rails
ing sheep, or what not, his money Is
ready.
4 severe test7 Yes and d sordid
one. but It is the test
And Il the colIegian scorns to begin
at the bottom and work up to his $40
3 day he Will be slow IN getting It.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

ceed1ngs 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 stoctholder shall be LIABLE On ae-
count of any obligation to this corpora
ton in any further sum than the amount
of unpaid balance due by him on stock
subscribed for No irregularity nor any
informality in organization shall 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 iirnita-
ton or otherwise, its affairs shall be
liquidated by three commissioners. elect
ed 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. 1. Herold and Miss S. w. Pearce.
competent witnesses, on this the 18th day
of September A. D. 1910.
II. H. SIMPSON.
CHARLES L. SCHMIDT.
c. w. BESANCON.
E. D. WALSIIE.
T. E. HARBOUR,
per H. H. Simpson, Agt.
Attest:
S. l. HEROLD. s
SARA w. PEARCE.
]. A. THIGPEN,
Notary Public.
! approve above charter this 18th days
of September 1910.
J. M. FOSTER.
District Attorney First Judicial District
of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Sep
tember II. 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-ofIcio Deputy Re
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going Is a 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
I4th day of September 1910.
S. o. WILL1k4kfs,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re
corder. org.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
DECISIONS OF La MODE.
How TO Alter an Old Skirt Model-Ths
Separate Coat Much Worn.


The all round plated skirt is out.
To alter such model try to recut
with a wide plain back and front
panel and plain sides Satin bands
when used on the new frocks are of
generous widths. The narrow bands
as a trimming are not seen.
The ever useful separate coat is
specially attractive this year, being
usually made of heavy mannish ma
terial. Velvet vests are used as a be-
coming finish, and the large shawl
collar is preferred .. .
A novel four-in-hand tie of two tone
striped silk has an inch and a half
plating of Persian silk at the ends.
One end, too, has an odd little cord
bowknot of the plain silk above the
plating The ties are 4S cents.
Such coat as this one has many
features to commend it. 1t is simple
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
CHARTER
OF LOUISIANA OKLAHOMA GAS,
OIL AND DEVELOPMENT co.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Before me, the undersigned notary pub
lie, duly commissioned and sworn, ap-
peared Fl. II. Simpson, a resident of
Dallas, Texas; Charles L. Schmidt, a
resident of indianapolis, Indiana; E. D..
Walshe, a resident of Shreveport, La. ];
c. w. Besancon, resident of New Or
leans, Louisiana, and T. E. Barbour, a
resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who
declared to me that they do hereby form
themselves into corporation under the
laws of the State of Louisiana, under
the stipulations hereinafter set out, to-
wit
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
HOW To ORDER PArTERNs.

The patterns described in the Caucas-
ian are supplied by the May Manton
Pattern Company, I3z West Twenty
seventh street., New York City. and the
Masonic Temple, Chicago, I'll. Forward
orders with names and address to the
New York or Chicago Office Of the COM
pany, with 6 cents for each pattern, and
they will be mailed direct.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
HE WoRl.n GROWS RETTER,

SAID my neIRhbor
What trail Of corruption has been
gvsr the landl Foulness III san Fran.
! eisaOs graft Ia Albany. shame III Co
aun ls, bribery IA Springfield. per-
5on 0f justice ii Chicago. / tell
W the world Is not growing better
Esis hoadl
A1link POD tao world knew nothing
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

and easy to make, shapely and be-
coming. The model illustrated is made
of Russian blue broadc1oth, with trim
mings of rattail braid If a simpler
coat is wanted the cape may be omit
ted. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

This May Manton pattern is cut In sizes
for girls of two four and six years of
age. Send 10 cents to this office, giving
number, 67S6. and it will be promptly for
warded to you by mail. II in haste send
an additional two cent stamp for letter
postage, which insures more prompt de-
Ilyerv
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

straight over the sleeves. In lace with
a vivid color underneath the effect Is
striking.
Pretty waists such as this one can
be used for the entire dress and for
the separate blouse. All the fashion
able materials thin enough to tuck sue
cessfully are appropriate, and for the
trimming portions can be used con
trasting silk or velvet
ITTDIC CHOIIET
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
ARTICLE !.

The name of this corporation shall be
Observation-Disclosures OIL, GAS
AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ;
it shall have the right to enjoy success
sion for r1inety-nine years, with the right
to contract, sue and be sued, and to
hold, purchase, 1tase, sell and hypothe-
cate property, real and personal; its
dofnieile shalf be in the City of Sareve
port, and all citation and other legal pro-
cess shall be made on its president, or in
his absence, at the effice Of The company,
according to law
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
JUDO CHoLLET.

This May Manton pattern comes In sizes
for misses of fourteen. sixteen and eight
cen years OF age. Send 10 cents to this
office, giving number, 67p3, and It will be
promptly forwarded to you by mail. If in
haste send an additional two cent stamp
Tor letter postage, which insures more
nrompt delivery
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
ARTICLE II.

The objects for which this corpora
tion is organized and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are here
by declared to be to drill and explore
lands in the State of Louisiana and else
where, as the board of directors may see
proper, for oil, gas and other minerals /;
TO lease, buy and sell mineral lands, and
generally to do and perform all things
which are necessary in the business of
buying and selling mineral lands and of
developing lands for oil. gas and other
minerals.
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16
ARTICLE III.

The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed in the sum of two hun
dred and fifty thousand ($25o,ooo.oo)
dollars, divided into 10000 shares Of
one ($1.oo) dollar each, and said copper
alton is authorized to commence business
whenever 5000 shares of its capital stock
is subscribed and paid for in full; the
capital stock of said corporation shall be
paid for in cash, or its equivalent.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in board of direc-
tors, consisting of not less than FIVE nor
more than twelve stockholders, who
shall be elected annually on the second
Tuesday in January. The first board of
directors is declared to be Fl. Fl. Sirnp-
son, Charles L. Schmidt, C. w. Besan-
con, E. D. Walshe and T. E. Harbour,
who shall serve until their successors
are elected. The officers of this COM
pany shall be president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer, and the first of
said officers are declared to be Fl. II.
Simpson, president; c. L. Schmidt, vice
president; E. D. Walshe, secretary treas
urer. Said officers shall be elected an
nually on said second Tuesday in jan
uary. A n'aioritv c. the stock shall elect
the directors, d in all elections or pro-
The Caucasian., 1910-10-16

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.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-01-20
Lively Selling Must Follow
This Announcement

85c Satin Duchess, In a deep,
rich black, 1o inches wide, at
special, soc yard.
85c fine black Taffeta Silk, guar
anteed to wear, has a beautiful
lustre, at special, 55c yard.
New check Louisine Silk, In
blue and white and black and
white checks, at soc; value, 7sc.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-01-20
CONTRACT FOR
THE STEEL WORK
Awarded Yesterday to Phila-
delphia House.
THE BID WAS S4888
VanDoren Company Would Not Sign
the Contract According to the
Specifications.

Yesterday the County Building Com
mittee made a contract with Steffel,
Fireman & Company, of Philadelphis,
to furnish the steel furniture for the
County Clerks and Surrogate's vaults
in the new structure. The contract
was let at the bid of the concern,
S4. S88.
When the bids were opened last week
the VanDoren Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio. submitted the lowest bid $4013
When the plans of the VanDoren Com
pany were carefully gone over, it was
found that they were not in accordance
with the plans and specification sub
mitted to the bidders. A representa-
tive of the company endeavored to
explain to the satisfaction of the COM
mittee that the VanDoren plans met
all the requirements The committee
acting upon advice of counsel suggest
ed that it was impossible to make a
contract for anything other than the
original plans and specifications. Such
contract was submitted to the Van
Doren Company but it would not
sign.
There was nothing for the COM
mittee to do but award the contract to
the next lowest bidder. and the Steffel,
Fireman & Co., signed up yesterday
afternoon.
The Philadelphia concern was
anxious for the Cumberland county
job. 1t has furnished the steel
furniture for Atlantic, Cape May,
Salem, Gloucester and Camden. Now
that the Cumberland county work is
to be done by it the entire South
Jersey section being now furnished by
one concern.