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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
MONEY MoNonANIAcs.

a Missouri man pretended to be era
~ and was sent to the insane asylum.
When he arrived one of the doctors
recognized him as man who feigned
insanity over in Illinois in order to get
into an asylum. Confessing. the pre-
tender said;
NO am not crazy. but the cost of
living is so high | thought could get
my bed and board cheap in the insane
hospital"
Not crazy. Why. the man had zone
of the worst phases of lunacy.
He was we'll fixed financially. but to
save paying OUT money he was willing
to undergo the hourly horrors of a
madhouse.
And there are others.
Recently upon his invitation l went
to lunch with wealthy man. He
watched my orders to the waiter. as if
they hurt him. They did. He ordered
sparingly. When the bill was present
ed he fumbled in his pockets and said.
Il declare. ! haven't any money with
me-" Don't mention it" | said as
paid the BILL
The man looks mean every time he
sees me.
He has the money craze and it ruins
his life, 1t pains him TO part with a
dollar. He gets no pleasure out of his
wealth, only misery. He is crazy.
He is money monomaniac
| know a woman who is demented
concerning fashionable attire She
stints herself and almost starves her
husband and children TO get money to
buy stylish new gowns and hats and
shoes. She is the best dressed WON
an" in the village where she lives
and one of the most miserable.
She has gone daft ever styles.
know an old maid who has Inherit
ed a large annuity. She receives much
more money than she can possibly
spend. Down the street lives her
brothers widow. who has hard strug-
gle to get on. She has five children.
and sometimes the dinners are short
and the children go shabby. The aunt
visits them. but never has offered to
give widow or children cent.
The old maid fears she win end In
the poorhouse She is really crazy.
And you and know men who.
while they are not so crazy to save
money. are lunaiics about making
money. They will ieopardize their
health. their families. even their honor.
to pile up useless dollars. This is a
common variety OF money lunacy. es-
peeially in America.
There is no meaner mental disease
than money madness.
Economy and thrift are well enough
IL their place, but not at the expense
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
sHERIFFs SALE

No. I3,7o4-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Cadde Parish, Louis
lana: Gladstone Realty Company
VS.. ]. A. Clesi, ct al.
BY virtue of a 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, / have seized
and will offer for sale at public auction
Tor 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 "G' Of the
Gladstone subdivision of the Civ of
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana AZ
per map of said subdivision recorded i,
conveyance book so, page 1, of the re-
cords OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana viii,
all buildings and improvements tbareo-
SAID property seized as belonging "a tba
within named defendants, and to he sold
to satisfy the debt as specified in sa;d
writ, say in the sum of 5000, with :
per cent per annum interest from Anr;f
H. 1910, until paid, together with tan.
per cent on said amount and princinal =
attorneys fees, together with all costs
of this suit. p ri oTYpn-c, s-ses
oher1n and ex-Oficio Auetioneer
Caucasian, June ID, 1910
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
DOORMAT HOSPITALITY.

It is coming more and more to be
the custom of the owners of suburban
| places and smaller farms to designate
| their homes by name.
! Which is a good thing.
A good name not only ministers to
| the laudable pride of the owner, but
is apt to insure a we'll kept place. 1t
makes better farms and better farm
! ers.
Eugene Secor owns a place of this
| sort
He says he canvassed all kinds OF
names and finally hit upon the Shell
ter. The place is true to it's name in
| location and surroundings. but Mr.. Sc
cor says he tries to live up to the
name in a better sense.
1--WE aim to make it a refuge. not an
| asylum. but to give it a homelike at
mosphere for everybody, the girl who
| cooks our food as we'll as the visitor
He tells this incident:
Not long ago young woman who
was living in the family of a promi-
nent man came to our door at 1G
o'clock p. N. and wanted shelter. She
had been to an entertainment. and
when she went to her so called home
the doors were locked. She feared to
arouse the man of the house. But she
came quite a distance to arouse US.
and she was a stranger to all Of us
except a high school girl who had
lived with US for three years" And
Mr.. Secor concludes by saying:
That is what we mean by the
Shelter"
A fine name truly. and finely lived
up to- There is no mistaking the def
milton of it.
Such homes are cases in the desert
of inhospitality. t
A signal virtue seems to be lacking
to this generation as compared with a
former generation-the homely virtue
of neighborIiness.
Hospitality fingers in some Of the
countrysides and village homes and in
the newer sections of the west. where
1.-The Eatchstring hangs on the outside"
literally. BUT
In many houses the word Wei
come" on the doormat needs further
definition
You are welcome-if you belong To
"our set or if you are an invited
guest or if the house owes you re
turn dinner. Otherwise
The girl who confidently came to
the Shelter at 10 o'clock at night. ex
pecting nothing less than refuge from
the night paid a fine compliment to
the owners of that homeland a COM
plfment its occupants were fine enough
to appreciate.
"Given to hospitality"
The apostle laid stress upon that
kindly Christian virtue.
Did he mean the doormat sort?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
SHERIFF'S SALE.

No. I3,78o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs. Eugenia F. Blanks, Ad-
ministratrix, VS.. R. D. Elmore.
By virtue of a 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, at
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 I6, 1910,
Ten acres of land in Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, more particularly described
as follows: Beginning at point six
hundred and sixty (66o) feet north of
the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of fractional section thirty-four
ga, township twenty-one (2I) north,
range sixteen (I6) west, and running
thence north three hundred and thirty
(33o) feet, thence west one thousand
three hundred and twenty (I32o) feet,
thence south three hundred and thirty
(33o) feet, thence east one thousand
three hundred and twenty feet (I32o) to
place Of beginning, less two acres sold
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
ADORABLE WOMEN.

This is what DIR. Max Baff of Clarl
college, Worcester, says concernin&
| women:
| Women wear feathers, paint theil
| faces. pierce their ears. wear long hair
while men, on the contrary, have out
| grown these savage customs of per
sOnaI adornment" and because of theil
advance have undergone correspond
ing degree Of mental and spiritual ad
| vance
But have they?
Have men advanced spiritually be
yond women?
Facts could be given to refute man S
boosted mental superiority over wO.
mans. and as to spirituality no facts
are needed. Woman's superior spirit.
ual nature is recognized by all save a
few sapient college professors.
Lest we do him injustice let us quote
one of DR., Bats paragraphs:
'"To do away with clothes as an
adornment would be a great benefit to
women. If they cut their hair as men
do and if they followed the natural
manner of putting on garments only
when the weather was cold they
would be deprived of two great rea-
sons for their mental concentration on
the savage pleasures of personal adorn-
ment They might then attempt to
advance in civilization"
There, now!
Woman is yet in savage state, and
different clothes would emancipate
her, and
How DR.. Baff must admire Dr. Mary
Walker, who wears breeches and a
high hat.
Let's follow the professors argument
in another way: Does woman really
adorD herself for savage pleasure or
because. perhaps, it is man who ad
mtres such adornment?
If it is man who adores the adorned
woman. which of the two is the saw
age?
Among the animals it is the male
that parades. bedecked and posed, in
order to catch the eye and ensnare the
affections of the susceptible female
Note the strutting peacock.
Now. among animals it is the fe-
male that is caught by color. gaud and
grace; among humans it is the male
that is thus caught
Do you see where that puts man?
Who is the savage?
Really, what stuff and nonsense is
much of this criticism of womans
habit of appearing at her best.
God, who is the author of beauty as
well as of goodness. put into her heart
and for good purpose-the desire to
be beautiful
And he put appreciation into the
heart of man SO that to him beauti-
full woman is the most beautiful thing
in all the world.
You say this desire may lead to van
ity, extravaganza, ETC.?
Certainly. But who would make all
women ugly because a few go wrong?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
A WOMAN.s SACRIFICE.

Almost surprising belief is the true
story of Mrs. F. NJ. Foster. who went
down into the lowest depths in order
that she might save unfortunate girls
from the horrors Of white slavery.
1t is not a pretty story-save in its
divine spirit OF self sacrifice.
Mrs. Foster risked her good name
and all that woman holds most dear
by entering the foul underworld and
consorting when necessary with the
| denizens of the slums and appearing
as one Of them that she might get evi-
dence against the white slaVers.
Fancy the sufferings of a refined wo-
man-she is a graduate of Radcliffe
college-under such conditions.
Passing through scenes and expert
ences that battle full description. she
was sustained by the consciousness
that all her powers had been dedicat-
ed to the cause of her sex.
In coniunction with New York de-
tective she went to Seattle where the
two passed as buyers of girls. Gain
| ing the confidence of the Seattle bar
terers, they got letters to the headquar-
tiers of the gang in New York and all
| the information they sought.
In New York city they followed Il
like course of procedure and were able
to secure plenty of evidence respecting
| the traffic and the traders.
Sometimes as Mrs. Foster told her
| e,%orr IN, I.D,1pf If XryoS bnr f1.Sf a,1poo "a
ance on the witness stand-she blush
ed and stammered as would any other
| good woman. and then, remembering
the purpose of her oblation. held up
her head like a queen as she told how
she was compelled to dance and ride
in taxicabs and drink beer with the
low whites and the depraved negresses,
It was an awful experience.
But this brave woman got her re-
ward in the conviction of some of the
guilty parties. The gang was dis.
| persed. some fleeing to Europe
She got her reward in the reawaken-
ed public sentiment that is compelling
national and state governments vigor,
ously to detect and punish the betray.
ers of innocent blood
She got her reward iii the determine
ton of society to put away false mod.
esty and to thoroughly instruct young
girls respecting the dangers that Turk
| in cities where the innocent are often
committed to evil ere they IRE aware.
Certainly no American woman has
ever before made such Il fearful de
scent into Avernus to seek and save
the lost and those in danger of being
lost.
Without impiety her sacrifice for her
sex may be compared with that of The
Son of man. who ate with publicans
and sinners if by any means he might
save some.
Mystery IF aioaemeni..
Sacrifice seems sometimes The only
way by which humanity may be saved
from its sins and sufferings.
,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
SPECIAL NOTICE

-. Notice f is hereby given that the Po-
ice Jury of Caddo Parish, I,ouis;ans
mas mas authorized and ordered Compel.
tive examination to be held under ~ /,
direction and supervision of the Rosrd
OF School Directors at the School Posrd !
once IN the court house building a :
am. July 7, 1910, for the purpess : -
selecting beneficiary to the State NJ
NAL School at Match oches =
w, ". T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
June II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
Athletic Clubs For Women.

Athletic clubs for women are grow
best organizations are in the west
The Spokane (Wash.) Athletic club de
votes two sessions a week to women S
classes in light athletics, and here is
where the housewife, who imagines
she has all the exercise at home she
needs, finds she is mistaken Some of
the most enthusiastic members Of the
S. A. A. c. class are matrons with eX-
tensive family affairs on their hands.
Their notion is that they handle these
affairs all the better for the gym
nasium training,
Women show the benefits much
quicker than the average man." says
Director Bullivant, Improvement is
noticeable as soon as they begin to
breathe properly. 1t is a fact that
most women breathe only with the
upper part of their chests, which is al
ways an invitation to lung trouble and
a cause of poor circulation. Digestion
is also a weak point usually with the
average woman. and here is where the
most marked Improvement results
from faithful work in the gymnasium.
Women who exercise regularly eat reg
ularly.
1.-THE club is credited with having
the best women's class course in the
northwest. with the exception of the
Multnomah Athletic club at Portland
which supports an annex exclusively
for physical culture for women.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
MRS. GRUMPY.

Half the world is ever asking, 'fWhat
will Mrs. Grundy say?"
The pestiferous sprite dominates hui
man affairs from the cradle to the
grave.
The baby, for instance. must be
earessed for show purposes in long
syown that sweeps to the floor, frilled,
sucked and founced in approved style
like the baby next door. Else what
will Mrs. Grundy say?
And sisters wedding rousseau?
Why, let mother wear the threadbare
odd silk and father do his best by dry
Scleanang to take the shine off his
shabby suit sisters wedding must be
.as classy as that of May Jones around
sthe corner Let the family go on a
@iiiet OF bread and beans, but the we'd
ssiing spread shall be proper.
AIRS. Grundy.
When somebody dies there is an ex-
nensive casket with silver trimmings
and q fine hearse with uodding plumes
and a long retinue of hired carriages.
1t will be necessary to rob the living to
lpay the bills for he dead. but then
why, what would Mrs. Grundy say?
Honest. now. my good woman. you
do not care TO be seen on the street
with that old cloak or at church with
your last seasons bonnet. Why?
And as for a patch on Johnny's
trousers or Susie's jacket when you
send them to scholars. Grundy!
Whereat some man will say: THAT
Is the woman of it. Who cares what
she neighbors say"
So?
You are business man. Did you
sign that petition because it was right.
or subscribe 20 that charity because
you wanted to give your money away :
II not. why not:
You are farmer Did you buy that
newfangled disk riding pillow because
you needed it or TO be an up TO date
farmer like Bin Smith up the road
See here
You think your party is wrong and
chat one Of the nominees got his nom,
snation unfairly Did you come out
and bolt your party or so on record
against the nominees
oh. that Mrs Grundy.
She Dictates what you aud your fam
sly shall wear on their backs and head
and feet; she wants everybody ethink
gre everybody else aud do like every.
soas else. She wants To herd people
Ia crowds and dominate them. And
she succeeds.
DO yoa want to do your own think
angl Then don't hink mi loud lest Mrs.
Eundy hear you aud call you queer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
Heart toHeart
Talks.
THE COST OF LIVING.
By EDWIN A. NYR.

Said my neighbor:
DO you know the cost of living is
@simply tremendous? Certainly there
RDust be something wrong in this big,
prosperous country. where we raise SC
Hnuch"
i agreed there was something wrong.
He went on to speak of mOnopolies
sSand trusts and transportation rates.
and i agreed with him that these
stbiRgs We're wrong and should be cor
ERECTED by g government of the people.
GBut-
I said, Are you sure it is the high
cost Of living rather than the cost OF
Aigh Hviug?"
*Hes did not think so.
l said: g see by the paper that the
Milwaukee road has borrowed $5O,0OO,-
1000 In sFrance. The other day the Lake
!Shore borrowed $20O000O0 from the
ssame> source. Do you know the Penn
FsyIVania and the Hill and the Harri-
EEnag systems got their money to make
Improvements from France?"
why France?' Because the French
people always have surplus"
Their wonderful prosperity is shown
& by the way they paid that five thou
sand million of francs indemnity to
Germany following the Franco-Prus-
sian war. Such a debt would have
'toankrupted almost every other coun-
try, but France paid it easily.
FsAnd since that time she has financed
some of the greatest enterprises, has
lent millions to Russia and in the Unit
ed States and elsewhere and has mil
lions left"
But" said my neighbor, what has
that to do with the cost of living
dnere?"
Why. thrift, Horatio, thrift
France is little country. You could
szsbow it away in one corner of one of
sorrr big states. Its farms are very
small; We would call them gardens.
But every acre produces as much as
2Een acres here and even more
We are beginning to get hint of the
possibilities of such intensive farming
in our western irrigation districts.
But that doesn't explain it. The
Wrench people save! A big family of
NuC ISICu VIII ilNSY anu I'VE wen, Ou
what a small American family throws
away. 1t matters not how small
French farmers earnings. he always
has surplus.
The French workingman. almost
without exception, spends less than ne
earns.
The secret of the tremendous well
being of the French people is in their
practice of economy. However poor
The family, every daughter must have
aer dot" her marriage portion, even
6 Ii it be small. The French live within
their incomes
On the contrary, we make more mon
ey than any people on earth. spend
more and save less.
at is true. And, while there are
wrongs to be redressed and laws to be
corrected. we need another poor Rich
ard" to teach Americans the virtues
sasf economy and thrift.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03

to N. A. Waldron by R D. Elmore of
date March ~, 1905, recorded in CON
veyance book SO, page $50, and two
acres sold by R. D. Elmore to George
A. Hutchens by act dated June u, 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 tp law
without the benefit of appraisenssst, to
satisfy the debt in said writ, say in the
sum of FIVE hundred dollars ($5eo.ool,
with 8 per cent per annum interest from
June u, 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-Ohicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03

of friendship and charity and the plain
duties of life. And the making of
nIDney is all right in it's place. but not
at the expense Of health and integrity
and honorable living.
Yes
There are a lot of people outside the
insan" asyIums who Of right should be
locked up.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
= BUDGET For 1910

The Police Jury being in regular ses-
sion, Mr.. POLICEMAN, chairman of the
finance committee, submitted the follow
ing budget for 1910:
RESOURCES.
Eight milltax on
$2o,26oooooo $I62,28o.oo
Less sheriff's COM
missions :. -. 8,1o4.oo-$I53,o76.oo
One mill on $2o,26o,ooo in
terest and sinking fund. -. 100000
Licenses -. 80. ...... 100000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03

or crank. Do you want to cut out
some of the things your neighbors dc
in order to save little money for bills
or old age? Don't. Mrs. Grundy viii
hold up her hands in horror.
Hang Mrs. Grundy:
Well, it is thousand pities we can
not follow our Salem ancestors of the
eighteenth century, who did hang the
witches,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
HOW TO ORDER pATT,

The patterns described in the Gauges
ian are supplied by the Nav Man sas,
Pattern Company, 132 West Twar 49,
seventh street, New York city. ana !.
Masonic Temple, Chicago, Iii. Forws -
o. orders with names and address 70 : 4 tha
New York or Chicago Office Of fba = -, ...s
pany' with cents for each patt ,1 so ~
they will be mailed direct ana
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
$Iz5,236.oo

Mr. Winter moved that he above
budget having passed its first reading
without opposition, that the same be
published for thirty days. Carried.
w. T.. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
June 9, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
&C. q 30
WONiEN0F NOTE
IN VAR!OUSLINES
Athletic Clubs For Women Gain
ing In Populanty---Miss Kitty
Smith, the ARMIES Wonder" "
Vegetarianism Making Noted
Recruits.

KALLIE ERMINIE RIV E S
says the cars mother is
very handsome and so I'M
usually young looking no
one would take her for his mother
She speaks perfect English and has
great charm. The American authoress
audience with the dowager czarina.
Her husband Post Wheeler Of New
York, is secretary of the American
embassy at St Petersburg,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
An "ArmIess Wonder."

Miss Kitty Smith, an Illinois girl, is
known as the ''armless wonder She
makes her feet do the work of her
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03
]. P. FLOURn

Sheriff and ex-Ohicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-07-03

o. I3,7o4-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Gladstone Realty Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
OF COURSE.

have three children. two sons and
daughter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

THE SIMPLE LIFE.

title. The prince willingly resigned this
right.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
a PRlhCELY WEDDING.

The wedding which quietly took place
few days ago in the fOrtresslike castle
Of Moncalieri. in Northern Italy. be
tween Prince Victor Napoleon and Prin-
cess CIemcntine of Saxe-Coburg and
Go1ha. daughter of the late King Leo
Iold az Belgium. WAS the elimination Of
q romance which has not only lasted for
years DuJ has reused the interest and
sympa1hics of nearly the whole world.
For political reasons the late King Leo
poId refused To permit the union. Prince
Victor Napoleon WAS exiled from France
GA the ground that he WAS pretender to
the throne Of the Bonapartcs The wed
ding therefore took place (the king hay
Ing diedD in tn" castle where the princes
,nltil,r. The Princess Ciotilde, has been
living as - Hccluse ever since her sons
exile. Under gray skies and with the
first snow If the season falling, the we'd
ding guests drove into the Enclosure Of
the grim castle that ovcrIooks the little
town Of Noncalieri The townspeople,
who lave long regarded the Princess
Clotilde as their presiding spirit, were
gathered about the castle gates. Queen
Marguerite of Savoy. the Duke of Aosta,
the Duke of Genoa, the Prince De Ligne,
who came 10 represent the King of Bel
GUM. and several other distinguished
guests attended the civil and religious
ceremonies which took place, respcc-
tiyely. in the Yellow Room and in the
private chapel in the castle. The Prin-
cess Clotilde. tall. pale and dressed in
black velvet WAS the most stately figure
at the Wedding The bride and bride
groom. seen in the large reception hall