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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

OF. there's the old question again. II
only knew whether she really was
there by my bedside at the last!
- Oh. Helen. I shouldn't mind
forgetting things II I only knew
whether you forgave me after all
that evening last May. You were
always so hard. Helen Lorrimer. in
spite OF your Confusion!
Hero comes that wretched forgetful-
ness again! And a red-haired
and absent minded
The pencil suddenly stopped. and
the baby's father looked at the baby
with a bewildered and scared ex-
preston on his earnest face. All at
once he stared straight at his son and
said In a strange voice:
Are you-were you-that is-are
you Warren DaltonT
He could have sworn the baby
nodded slightly.
Then she WAS there. don't know
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

TT o! HUSBANDS. brothers, all male
II relations and important friends, A
Il ~ word with you! Are you puzzIins
your dear old heads about the fretful-
ness OF a little woman. who from some
mysterious. inexpl.caIble cause seems to
be unhappy? Do you wish to know the
reason?
Ten chances TO one 1t is the fact that
you are not giving praise or well-de-
served recognition by word OF mouth to
the pretty creature.
You do not know 1t. but a woman
wants to be told that she is loved. that
her hat Is becoming. that the cake must
be eaten in order to prevent 1t from
taking unto itself wings and flying away
And the wiser the man the sooner will
he grasp this fact about any woman
with whom he associates
Very few men know women. Shake
sPeare did: Browning knew, and few
others have had the light of intelligence
burst in upon the stygian gloom OF mas
cullne minds: but why under the shin
Ing sun (and moon) a man of today
cannot take lesson In the peychology
or womamkind do not understand.
Men Will delve into the science and
art OF the drama, OF letters, of music:
and even the barker on the streets, who
s trying to impress upon his hearers
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

Jleme0.
And Professor Macpherson leaned
over and took his sons tiny hand in
his own great one. Was it fancy, or
did the weak grasp tighten ever 50
slightly as the only baby on record
TO be really understood by its father
smiled up into that fathers face?
With a sudden cry. Macpherson
snatched the cap from the baby's
head; and in a minute the delicate
instrument lay broken and twisted in
the open fire. while around 1t burned
merrily the confessions Of the late
Warren Dalton-and the key to the
secret OF the universe.
Just then a door opened below, and
the voice of Mrs. Macpherson was
heard in the distance.
I'm back. dear; has the baby been
good?''
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

ROFESSOR PHINEAS MacPHER-
- SON was a man OF unlimited per
l. severance. He was young. and his
red hair showed his Scotch ancestry;
and to be young and Scotch is to have
brains and the patience to apply them
For seven years he had labored at his
thought-recording machine; and now, at
last. the great invention was completed
and ready for a practical test!
The notwithstanding machine was,
indeed. e. most wonderful device. Placed
with the vacuum cap on the head OF the
subject. it would write down. by means
of the sensitive electric needle. his in
most thoughts aid impressions. And
Professor Macpherson had created II
for a daring purpose: he intended to ma
out tho actual mental life of the infant
In arms. All Of philosophy. all the an
svers to all the unanswered questions
lay concealed there in that little padded
steel instrument so cunningly contrived
and equipped. And all this waited Tor
Mrs. Phineas Macpherson to pay visit
to her married sister.
For the first subject was to be the
professors babyl Not yet months old.
a quiet and cheerful child. he was an
ideal medium for the transmission of
whatever thought he might possess; and
II was no wonder, then, that the pro-
fessor. who had contrived that he should
be alone this one evening with Phm-
eas, Jr, watched his wife leisurely ad-
Just her veil with ill-concealed impa-
tienee
You're sure you won't Gomez she
was asking. I'VE could take the baby
just as we'll as not; he's so good"
mo. dear. think / won't" answered
the professor. with nervous cough.
.'I have cold. you know; and don't
want to be out in the night air. Your
brother will bring you home, and the
child and I will take good care of each
other
The baby sighed slightly; Phineas
Sr.'s heart stood still; but. fortunately,
Mrs. Macpherson did not notice. In
minute he heard her Good night and
the closing of the door. He was alone
with the Subjectl
The baby was half smiling. but tear
lay still on its smooth cheek. It's little
hands touched loosely the white coverlet
of it's crib. In other words. 1t was per-
fectly healthy. happy and unconscious
infant With trembling hands the pro-
fessor adjusted the cap and placed the
pencil in position.
Nothing happened. The thought-re-
corder stood absolutely still.
A sick chill crept over the scientist;
and then. with start Of relief, he
realized the cause OF the trouble. The
baby was asleep!
While the professor stood debating
whether or. not he should waken his
son. Phineas, Jr.. opened one blue eye
and then the other. And a second later
the pencil began to write.
Here he Is waking me again. It be-
gan. He always does when want TO
sleep. I don't see why / was cursed
with such a father this time, anyway.
It's a good thing / always forget these
accumulated experiences of mine after
few months or so.
'sI shouldn't have minded a red
haired father, or an absent-minded
one, Just alone; but to have the two
together Is too muchi Well.
since I have nothing elsa to think
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

tween the quaking teachers feet. Fran
tic swishing OF skirts. cries of Shoe"
"Helpl'' MURDER and every boy was
on his feet, true to his sporting instincts,
and Joined in the chase, Blize leading the
charge with a hastily snatched loose
wainscoting (repented of the next in
stant). That creaky board had been the
unsupported origin of ghost noises"
that had annoyed teachers for. years.
The mouse, scurrying from under the
stove, shot up the wall seeking shelter
behind map case: and >Blize, intending
TO circumvent this maneuver, aimed q
<death-dealing blow at the mouse miss
Ing both wall and mouse, but crashing
through an adjoining windowpane.
Through this opening, as Ii made for the
purpose. dashed Towser, Bransbys rat
terrier. who had been viewing the chase
from the top OF the woodpile under tho
window. A race before, it was riot
the lunch baskets. a dash across the
opening, mousie's dizzy climb up the
desk leg again. thinking, perchance, of
the oblivion OF safety In the box in which
closing of the ranks, helter skelter. pell
NELL hurry. scurry. squeaks shrieks,
shouts of glad joy. vociferous barktngs
and mousie's grand final break for the
hole under the stove-and liberty! !.
Oh, to go back to 1t ALL The smell of
green, growing earth. the never-to-be-
forgotten odor of burning leaves on our
lettering way to school, the tang of wild
honey and sassafras bark in voracious
mouths, the dash of warm rain on up
turned faces, the soft. car-essihg touch
OF earth to little bare feet. To catch
again the gleam of the suns gold and
the azure of the sky Gust beyond which,
we believed. lay heaven), that dazzled
our eyes then. But mo panacea OF
human kind can bring US back to life's
earlier, golden promises, nor let into our
years the olden blaze that gladdensd our
too brief bright school days Let US
hope that we may come again into our
inheritance, when "the master and his
scholars meet some mornin where the
schulz never skails. in the kingdom o.
oor Father
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

ana one new over the cuckooS nest.
TTTITH a sudden burst of warm,
VNI spring sunshine the song floats
Wv In my open window from the
school playground below.
London bridge is falling down, falling
down. falling down. chime sweet
childish voices from another group,
trailing into happy, gurgling laughter,
becoming at last but a babble Of joyous
exultafion.
1o.30." says the businesslike clock on
my desk. while the black-and- white cal
endar procladms its er-of-fact mes
sage. A pile Of official correspondence
marked personal tries to push aside
a vase of wild violets, whose fragrance
permeates the whole Office. a call from
nesting bird to its mate in neigh
boring pine, cackling and clucking from
a nearby flock of chickens summing
themselves lazily in the soft dirt, rem
egade bee dashing against my window
with its insistent buzzing. the liquid
music OF happy voices below-eyery
sound a challenge to Memory. The
back pigeonhole. The hands of the dial
plate OF Time are turned back to Life's
early morning, and like blown echoes
of. forgotten dreams" come recollec-
tions of my faraway, halcyon school
days. Burying my face in the wood
violets, whose scent opens the food
gates of Memory, I'm Just youngster
again." barefooted. tangled locks, with
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

IN Christian world Mary the garland wears
Rebecca sweetens on a Hebrews ear;
CuakerE for pure Priscilla are more clear:
And the light Gaul by aTnorous Ninon
SWeare.
Among the lesser lights how Lucy shines!
What air Of fragrance RoSan1ond throws
around
How like & HYMN doth sweet Cecilia Soundl
OF Marthzs, ana Of Abigaile few lines
Have Dragged in verse. OF coaNest house
hold stuff
Should ho-nely Joan be fashioned. But can
You Barbara resist, or Marian2
And IS not Clare for love excuse enougnE
Yet BY my faith in numbers, I profess,
These all than Saxon Edith. please me less.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
MARRIED?

THETHER you whether the great
wv class of engaged the unhappy number OF sogafns
Wv page appeal Women and the
here and after all humanity is mighty interest
subject.
intend let contribute important
subject by sending about that
would ine paragraph letter setting forth
VINO
put golden This
unity your thoughts this subject Besides acting
valve the discussion will few interesting
points TO ohers-a profitable of timely article.
But while wondering what to column do
look the things before One little OF child
life should strike honefor has been child know Then
of the philosophy will entertain
cdless speaks tackles and
will
is to drive home the truth of her
We waiting for the mail, pleasel
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

deal In not having
children: we would
be the first to agree
with t h e writer
that parenthood Is
q blessing to those
properly prepared
and trained for it.
But we have not
been unhappy be-
cause no little ones
came to u.s. Per-
haps that is be-
cause we are and
always have been
all in all to each
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

teacher. Hands were pointed to Simple
Simon Bransby the scapesoat for al
the meanness in school.
.'Bransby, did you put that mouse IN
my desk?, Bransby, with painstakin
carefulness, was spelling the morning
lesson in an audible whisper WITH
look OF injured innocence, he looked up
''Mouse?" he fenced. with a shrewd-
ness worthy better cause. what kina
of mouse was it?''
Oh. Bransby (your pranks and lessons
long since ended on earth), the style OF
mice does not change muchl 1t was
Identical in appearance with the. mouse
that figured in the schoolday escapades
of your father, and his father. The
mouse, in hiding during this quizzing.
appeared again, covering the space be-
tween the stove and teachers desk in
less time than 1t takes to tell and de-
scribing gray spiral around one leg of
the desk, with a spring it landed be-
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

There Is so much IN a name that when
once we invest II with the character
Of its owner we grow almost to doubt
whether a rose by any other name
would sound as sweet.
Be Il a Christian or q surname, II be-
comes irrevocably a part of the person
whose il is. A man and his name are
tnseparable. We may know one Johnson
and q second johnson. but each may be
70 US such a different character, so to-
tally unlike the other, that round about
each one there IS woven an individuality
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

r WAS very much interested In the
article which appeared on your page
Il concerning the childless woman. My
only objection to it is that the lady VINO
wrote II does not seem to me to see the
other side of the question at all.
I have been married seventeen years.
My husband and /, have known, OF
course that we have missed great
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

0METHING cry
personal rang in a
little Saxon name
that d elig h I e d
Charles Lamb. yet
with his u S u a ]
s Y m p a [ h y h e
heard the sound
OF each and every
other name with
the ear of differ
ent natlonalities,
and he was not
deaf to the person
al note OF the Bar
baras a n d the
clares.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17


that we did not
have a family
I have no pa
{ 4 e n c 9 w l { b
h e a ] { h y people
who deliberately
shirk a response
bility for no good
reason-but we are
Just as glad 10
happened this
way, and I often
say to II Q nry,
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

when No oeglLS % gfoW reBI5l14l.
We'll. at any rate. IL we have
never had the 10y Of holding our
baby IN our arms, we have not had
the bitterness. either. OF standing fT r.
tiny grave"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

The other evening saw young wife
array herself in new frock, over
which she and the dressmaker have
had their own troubles with the hang
OF the tunic or the fit of the bolero
After having been hooked at the back.
and having given a parting pat at her
curls. she burst upon the vision of her
dumb husband. He was con1placently
smoking his cigar and wondering why
1t takes women so long to dress. Well,
the whole thing fell as fat as the paper
in his hand. I cannot take time to
recount her feminine disappointment:
her final dragging from him COM
ment ABOUT the costume: the utterly
unenjoyable trip in each others COM
pany. The story is Of common occur
renee. Every woman will nod her
assent as to It's truth. and every man
will recall the happening that to him
was annoyingly mysterious at the time
OF course. the uninterested one who
opens MS eyes at the question. How
us it new?" ought to be consigned to
an oasis In the Sahara. where dates,
figs and grains occupy the time and
spring millinery is unheard OF.
between a pompadour silk and mousse
line de sole: neither must the meaning
OF a gore or 8 gusset be mastered: and
as for the relative values OF a willow
plume and couteau-why, you will
never be able to understand. But If
there be something-you know not what
that strikes your fancy when She
meets you. and by a quick process you
trace it to the dress or the arrange
ment Of her hair. say 50. Words are
cheap.
The same advice holds In matters OF
the table After experimenting for q
couple of hours with a cornmeal pud-
ding. = woman wishes moro praise than
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

what relation you
may be TO me. but
your-er-mother is
H . e n Lorrimer's 3
cousin: and Helen
was there. I thought
you'd want to know.
And as for your
remarks here. sir;
believe me. they are
safe with me. as
between two gen.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

UOF COURSE. you'll not say
anything about this. but she
~ and her husband lead a regu-
lar cst-snd-dog LIFE" etc. etc.
Haven't you heard this kind OF intro
ouctory remark TO norsel Of scandal?
Nothing seems too great for an open
air discussion Of the shortcomings OF
our friends. rel Itives and enemies.
II is not unusual to near q quartet OF
pretty. sweet-vOiced women tearing the
reputation Of their hostesses to shreds
on the outbound trip. They sip the
lemon ade, eat the sandwiches and carry
of the prizes. but these have far
greater staying qualities than the
hostess suspects.
What do you think Of the way she
served the salad?'' says one. Then fol-
lows a rounded discussion OF the ways
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
asA sAfWb1d 10 theWIseWan

the superiority of his scent
jumping jack, has a crude
knowledge of the psychology
OF crowd; but when it comes
down to the all-important
business of dealing with a
wife or a sweetheart or
Stenorrapher OIL 10 Iost
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

Wire, briar, timber lock.
Three geese in a flock;
One few east and one flew we
And one few over the cuckoo's 8
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
SHERIEE,S SALE

No. 13,7o4-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Leuis-
lana: Gladstone Realty Company
VS.. ]. A. Clesi, ct al.
By virtue of writ of seizure and sale
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, I have seized
and will offer for sale at public auction
for cash and according to law, at the
principal front door of the court house
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY,, JULY 16, 1910,
Lots eight and nine of block &c" of the
Gladstone subdivision of the City of
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. as
per map of said subdivision recorded in
conveyance book so, page I, of the re-
cords of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, with
all buildings and improvements thereon
Said property seized as belonging TO the
within named defendants, and to be sold
to satisfy the debt as specified in said
writ, say in the sum of $500 40, with 8
per cent per annum interest from April
II, 1910, until paid, together with ten
per cent on said amount and principal as
attorneys fees, together with all costs
of this suit. !. P. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June ID, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28

to N. A. Waldron by r. D. Elmore of
date March ~, 1905, recorded in con-
veyance book SO, page $3.50, and two
acres sold by R. D. Elmore to George
A. Hutchens by act dated June II, 1905,
recorded in conveyance book 80, page
7o4, making four acres in all, out of the
original ten acres. Said property seized
as belonging to the said defendant and
to be sold for cash according to law
without the benefit of appraisement, to
satisfy the debt in said writ, say in the
sum of FIVE hundred dollars ($5oooo),
with 8 per cent per annum interest from
June II, 1907, together with 10 per cent
on the amount thereof principal and in
terest as attorneys fees, together with
all costs of this suit
]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June IL, IeIe
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
BEGAN HER MOTORING AT 81.
Continued II Until 100 and Died at
AGE of 101.

Continued Il Until 100 and Died at
Age of 10f.
Mrs. Hepsa Cottle, who died In New
York recently at the age of 101, was
survivor of the San Francisco earth
quake and surprised her friends few
years ago by taking great fancy to
acknowledging to conservative au-
tomobiling, but good, fast driving.
Mrs. Cottle had never been In an auto.
mobile until 1906. After trying short
ride about New York city she motored
to Boston and back and enjoyed the
trip hugely.
Mrs. Cottle was born In Martha's
Vineyard Her maiden name was Hep
sa Daggett. Her father, Freeman Dag
gett, lived to the age of ninety eight
In 1862 Mrs. Cottle went by way
of the isthmus to San Francisco, where
her husband, Franklin d. Cottle, a
contractor, was working on some of
the first OF the permanent buildings of
the city, among them the GIN Ssa..
At the tisssiis * the earthquake her
home was burned. With the family of
grandson, with whom she was living,
she took refuge In the hospital at
Fort Mason, where General Funston
had his headquarters. She was in ex-
cellent health until after her hundredth
birthday had passed March II of last
year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
Youth il champlon Gunner.

Jesse Ray Edwards, the cockswain
who has made new worlds record
as a gunner on the new battleship
South Carolina. was born near Rood
house. ILL. twenty-one years ago last
February. Three years ago he enlist
ed In the navy for four year term.
He made the trip around the world
with the big Atlantic feet. In the
recent target practice be made sixteen
bullseye target hits out of possible
sixteen In four minutes and fifty-one
seconds. using the twelve inch forward
turret guns Of the ship.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
sHERIFFs SALE.
No. 13,78o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs. Eugenia F. Blanks, Ad-

No. 13,78o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs. Eugenia F. Blanks, Ad-
mir1istratrix, VS.. R. d. Elmore.
By virtue Of writ of seizure and sale
to me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish
Louisiana, in the above numbered suit
| have seized and will offer for sale, al
public auction, for cash and according
to law, without the benefit of appraise.
ment, at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1910,
Ten acres of land in Caddo Parish
Louisiana, more particularly described
as follows: Beginning at a point six
hundred and sixty (66o) feet north Of
the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of fractional section tflirty-foul
t34), township twenty-one (2I) north
range sixteen (I6) west, and running
thence north three hundred and thirt,
(35o) feet, thence west one thousand
three hundred and twenty (132o) feet
thence south three hundred and thirt,
1897 feet, thence east one thousand
three hundred and twenty feet (rs2o) to
place Of beginning, less two acres sol{
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
swisa Exohanna PUPILS.

The Swiss Of the middle class have
an inexpensive method Of extending
education 1t consists In an exchange
OF school children between the can
tons that speak different languages.
For instance. family In German
speaking canton sends a high school
pupil to a family of about the same
social standing in a French or italian
speaking canton. which family in turn
sends pupil OF about the same age
and grade to the former family.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
$4,000 TO PROTECT ROBINS.
Mrs. Russell Sage Aids Work In South.
ern States.

srn States
Mrs Russell Sage has given $4,000
to the National Association of Audu-
bon Societies for its work In the south
Recently she gave $500 to the associa-
ton. The $4,000 Is to be used In edu-
cationai work In Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, North Carolina and South
Carolina along the general lines of
work of the association. whose object
Is to protect wild birds and animals
The $500 was given TO start special
robin protective fund.- which the as
ISOLATION Is raising in an effort to pro-
tect the robin from determination.
The fondness of some southerners
for robin pie is reducing the number
Of birds of this species to an alarming
extent. Recent reports received from
Maine, Ohio and Michigan show that
the number OF robins is much smaller
this year than formerly. This Is due
to the fact that In the south robins are
regarded as game birds and every
winter are killed off In large num-
bers. The association hopes TO obtain
the enactment of laws In the southern
states which will protect the birds.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-28
RECEIVERS SALE.

No. 1900 In the First judicial Dis
trirt Court OF Caddo Parish, Louis
lana OH City Machinery Company
vs.. Lille Oil Company
~ VIRTUE 81 4 commission to sell. is
sued Ia the above entitled cause and to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
win offer for sale at public auction and
according to law. at the principal front
door of The court house of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana. during the legal hours
81 sale. OH
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1910.
he following described property belong
ine 70 the defendant Lille Oil Com
pany, te-wit
Five acres leased from T. NJ. Richard
SON with one non-producing well and
derrick thereof
Thirteen acres leased froEl Hill &
Thomason wifh two producing wells to-
eesher with rigs and equipments there
On. aud one unfinished well with derrick,
said properly leased being fully de-
scribea in the leases Of record in Caddo
Parish
Five acres Of land IN the northwest
quarter 81 southwest quarter section "a
township 70. range to, ali being IL the
Parish 81 Caddo State 81 Louisiana
and win Sc sold as tlle property Of said
defendant "a py debts.
Tefnas 81 sale Cash with the benefit
of appfaiselneslt Al provided by law.
Il FL0uRNOYs
shefsil and exolsisie Aucsioneer
aatasfaif. zsYse Nufo.