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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17
The CAUCASIAN.
TUESDAY, JAN. y, 1911.

Battered IS second class matter February
II, 1904. at the postoAice at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act Of Congress
Of March 81, 1879.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17
N||LI|nEL PHONE
PRESENTED
Major George o. Squier Of
Signal Corps Declines
to Profit by His Far
reaching Discovery

n NEW invention of the tele-
"A phone which will revolution
/ ize the history of that instru-
ment throughout the world
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17
Angle For Own Fish.

Caviare is served with specially
made little cakes, crisp and dainty.
But better than this is the sterlet,
which the epicures of the world know
to be the finest eating fish. 1t is a
condition for the enjoyment of the
sterlet that it should be eaten fresh,
and at one Of the chief restaurants in
Moscow the sterlets are kept in tank,
and the diner catches his own from it
and has it cooked for him.
There are no sterlets in London, but
they have been as far as Paris, for
the cars chef Cubat got them there
by filling their gills with breadcrumbs
which had been soaked in brandy.
They were unconscious during the
journey, but revived when placed in
water again in Paris
The cellars of Moscow contain the
best vintages of wine that are known,
and the prices do justice to the vim
tages as they do in no other capital.
So to dine a la mode in Moscow is to
dine at cost.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17

Would you be pleased1 Then let Us
print for you. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17
Trained Bear For EDioures.


One might instance the case of a
highly intelligent trained bear that
thought and counted. It was seen al
exhibition by one of the prodigals,
bought for a very large sum and or
dered to be cooked for a dinner party
The only doubt in the matter arose
some months afterward, when the
owner had another performer which
he said he had trained in the mean
time, but which some people ceBssi isai-
cred had peculiar mbfance to the
one that was believed to have been
eaten.
Then there was host who took out
all the wires and work from a highly
expensive grand piano, stopped up all
the holes inside, and then poured in
champagne until it was full and set
a suficiency of sterlets swimming in
1t, leaving the guests to come and take
their own in the usual way.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17
Rolled In caviare BAH.

There is another example In the cas-
ua1 visit of one of the rich young
bloods to a certain cafe chantant of a
superior kind, where small ballet
was in progress. Young Dives had the
restaurant cleared Of tables and chairs,
sent opt for caviare and had it pasted
all over the floor until there was not
an inch that was not black with it,
and then by instruction and at a
price the girls Of the ballet in their
pretty costumes came on to this floor
and lay down on it and rolled from one
side Of the room to the other.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-17
UJI3TCIAI SALE.

Jasa. ~, 1911
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
Francis Scott Key Relic
Goes to Association Here

An early copy OF the poems Of Francis
Scott Key, author of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Bsnner." has been presented
to the>Francis Scott Key Memorial As
ISOLATION by his granddaughter, Mrs. R.
T. Norwood, Of Texarkana, Texas. The
book was received from Mrs. Norwood
by H. B. F. mcfarland, president of
the association, and by him given to
the secretary, F. s. Key-Smith, himself
a descendant of the author.
Mrs. Norwood, who was on her way
to New York from her home in Texas,
stayed only a short time In Washington.
The book she brought had been an heir
loom in her family for many years, she
said. She is eighty-three years old, and
a daughter Of Daniel Turner, who mar
ried Ann Key, daughter of the poet.
She is one of the charter members OF
the association.
Mr.. Macfarland spoke today of the
necessity of raising funds for the pur-
chase and maintenance Of the old Key
home in Georgetown. About $4,000
would be required, he said, $4,000 for
purchase, and $4,000 for endowment.
The building at present is occupied by
a caretaker who shows visitors through
the building. 1t is planned that when
the association acquires the building 1t
will be made museum for the me-
mentos Of Key.
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
DIR. DAVIDSON IS ADVOCATE
OF ALL: HEALTHY ATHLETICS
New Superintendent Capitals PaNot Enthusiasts
But Believes That All Legitimate Sports Should Be Encouraged
Little Fear of Ovaindulgence Here.

Those who believe that all forms Of
healthy athletics should be encouraged
and fostered in the school system OF
Washington have a good friend in DR..
William NJ. Davidson. the new super
intendent.
While am not an athletic enthusi-
asst IN the general acceptance of the
term, feel that all legitimate sports
have their place in the regular system
of the schools. and I will do all in my
power to see that the principles of
healthy mind and a healthy body are
upheld" said the superintendent before
he went West to close up his affairs at
Omaha
''Of course, there is always that dan
ger that overindulgence in athletics may
act as a detriment. but here I find in
the high schools, for instance, there is a
regular committee whose duty it is to
see that all these matters are properly
conducted. And so 1t should be- So
long as abuses can be eliminat Ted, every
encouragement should be given healthy
athletics at all times during the school
year.
Sees No Danger.
Column after column has been writ
ten of the opinions of college presidents
against the prominence given to ath-
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
OHIO SQUABBL|NG
ACTS AS CHECK ON
THE HARMON BOOM
Ohioan's Supporters Quar-,
rel, Delaying Opening of
Headquarters Here.

Politicians about Washington are
wondering what has become of the
Judson Harmon headquarters which
were scheduled for opening here July 5.
They have not materialized. 1t was
announced sometime ago that Lieut..
Gov. Hugh Nichols would be in Wash
ington Immediately following July 4,
and would open headquarters, while the
Democrats of the Ohio delegation would
issue a proclamation for Harmon and
would set things in motion with q
whoop.
The trouble has not been definitely To-
Gated, but there are admittedly diff
culties in the way Of the Harmon
Presidential campaign. 1t is not making
as rapid progress as some Of Its friends
would like to have 1t. One reason for
this appears to be that it lacks a Wig
orous organized support. The Demo
Gratis of the Ohio delegation in the
House are not taking hold and promot-
ing the ambition of Uncle Judson-
with the alacrity they might. This is
not because they are not for Harmon,
but because the delegation Is torn up
into cliques.
Some efforts to secure pledges Of Har-
mon support have been made. Not very
long ago, the Ohio lieutenant governor
went up to New York State and coun-
seled with men like Sheehan, Parker,
and others high In the councils Of New
York Democracy. He came back high
ly pleased with what he had been told:
At the same time. II is much doubted
here whether he received much assur-
ance OF support that can be considered
binding, and whether at the critical
time such support for Harmon will be
Forthcoming in New York as to throw
the delegation to him.
While there has been much talk
about J. P. Morgan being friendly 70
Harmon. little has developed so far in
connection with the Harmon movement
to show there is any great amount OF
money back Of 1t. The truth Is the
Harmon movement Is being pressed
With tn less y vh w tnah S" Wilson move
rnant
The Washington times., 1911-07-06

among the members Of the various
faculties that II survived the storm,
ana is now considered the most popular
form OF athletics under the supervision
or the athletic board.
Turing the spring the protest of a
baseball player caused considerable
trouble for a while, but the athletic
directors. together with the five princi-
pas. took the matter in hand, and
soon the whole affair had been salts
factorily adjusted.
Modern System.
During recent years a modern system
has been installed into the direction of
athletcs, and, as a rule, everything
progresses smoothly. All matters OF
real importance are handled by the
faculty athletic board, consisting of
representatives of each of the five high
schools. This board is responsible to
the principals. who are responsible TO
the Board of Education. The athletic
board handles all matters Of real i'm
portance. including eligibility finances,
schedules, arranging for grounds and
the like, while the minor details are in
the hands Of the student managers who
work under the direction of the faculty
adviser
. 1t was a work of years in getting the
present arrangement in proper order,
but now that ii Is going along smoothly
there are few complaints. either from
the students or from other followers OF
athletics in the schools.
The Washington times., 1911-07-06

I letics. and much Of this in certain uni
versities is undoubtedly true. But in
such a system as has been established
for rhe government Of the public edu-
cational institutions Of Washington, il
seems to me that the danger Of OBJ
1ectionable features Is minimized to
such an extent that there is no reason
why athletics should not prosper.
''As In the colleges, athletics act as
a great unifying force in the schools,
and / for one would greatly regret to
note their passing. Properly conduct
ed. legitimate sport upbuilds the body
and establishes a healthy school spirit
that is to be desired.
II favor clean athletics, and I want
to see them prosper while ! am here"
concluded the recently appointed super
intendent.
Much Rejoicing.
This stand of DR.. Davidson comes as
good news to those who have long fol-
lowed the different brapches of sport
in the five high schools pr the Capital.
No subject has been more thoroughly
discussed OF late years, and while there
mas been trouble at times it is pretty
generally conceded that, taken as a
whole, the management, through the
Board of Faculty Athletic Advisers has
,tcen satisfactory. Two years ago,
when football was under fire, there was
Il movement on foot to abolish the
game here, but the sport had so many
friends on the Board of Education and
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
SENATOR NEWLANDS' FED
ERAL LICENSE MEASURE.

1t is characteristic of Senator New
lands that, while other public men ar,
still mulling in their minds the effects
of the recent judicial interpretations Of
the Sherman act, and wandering what
ought to be done in order to save bust
ness while recognizing some of its
great corporate instrumentaEties, he
formulates a plan, shapes law to fit
it, and introduces it in Congress. Sen.
ator Newlands' bill looking to Federal
registry of the great corporations in
interstate trade, and to the creation of
an Interstate Trade Commission, with
supervisory powers over them, provides
basis from which intelligent discus
sion may proceed.
1t does, however, more than this. 1t
provides a pretty accurate outline of
the policy that must yet be written
into the national law. Senator New
lands is a new nationalist, despite that
he is a Democrat. He has proved, in
his reclamation code, that he has no
fear of giving the Federal Government
too much power in those cases where it
is apparent that the States are not
competent to do the business. He
would probably be willing to support a
proposal for Federal Incorporation of
interstate companies, if it had a chance
to pass.
But one-half the legislative branch
is Democratic, and the old State SOW
ereignty superstition is still strong
enough upon the Democrats to make
such a solution impossible. There
must be a compromise that will provide
the substance of Federal authority
while conceding something to hoary
and outworn, but yet powerful, tradi-
ton.
The Newlands measure has a chance to
pass a Democratic House. A Federal
Incorporation measure would have no
chance. 1t is time to take a step, and
Newlands proposes the only step that
seems practicable.
The incapacity of the Democratic
party to adjust its economic thought to
modern conditions is its greatest weak
ness. 1t persistently refuses to see any
governmental processes more modern
than Deuteronomy financial system
newer than Andrew Jackson. 1t needs
the leadership of men like Newlands;
men big enough to mold institutions
and laws to conditions
If the Newlands bill could be taken
up by the Democratic House and passed,
it would be a great achievement. 1t
would give the country a confidence,
never before justified, that the party
is capable of taking the big and mod
ern view of these problems involved in
present day processes of industrial or
ganization. Senator Newlands is him.
self practical man of large private |
affairs, as we'll as an enlightened student
of conditions and institutions He is
peculiarly equipped to formulate a
program for his party, on the most
difficult issues it is now confronting.
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
A MISGUIDED SLIGHT TO
LEMONADE.

A remorseless Committee on Con.
tingent Expenses, whose only thirst is
for thrift, has decreed that the Senate
must cut out the lemonade. This misdi-
rected economy cannot fail to have its
effect on the quality, if not the guam
tity, of the legislative enactments of
the session. The committee has not
duly weighed and considered the claims
of lemonade among the worlds great
beverages. In the thirsty East, where
the study of cool drinks has been re-
duced to a science, the lemonade ranks
second only to the cool sherbets made
of the same citric fruit. Is it not writ.
ten, for example, that
A Persian's heaven is easy made:
IT'S but black eyes and lemonade
The advocates of better literature and
less liquor have even gone SO far as
to amend one of the immortal stanzas
of "Lochinvar" so as to read:
And so I have come with this beautiful
maid
To tread but one measure. drink one
lemonade.
Which is at once recognized as an i'm
provement upon the heady original:
And SO have come with this lost love
of mine
To tread but one measure, drink one
cup of wine.
There has long been tradition that,
at best, summer legislation was inferior
in quality to the fall and winter prod
uct. 1t has shown certain internal
evidence of haste, born of heat and i'm
patience. Only the lemonade in the
cloak room has kept the major part of
it from being unconstitutional A
feverish symptom was noticed in the
upper house during the warmer hours
yesterday, as soon as it was announced
that the lemonade cooler had run dry,
by order of the committee.
A skilled mixologist should make
one lemonade for the committee &C.
cording to the most approved recipe.
With due care not to convert it into
syrup by an overabundance of sugar,
and just enough OF banana to lend it
flavor, a concoction would be prepared
whereat the Committee on Contingent
Expenses would be delighted and sur
prised. AT the end Of the session it
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
SAVING AT SPIGOT AND LOS.
ING AT BUNG.

The Senate will be indulging in tha
ancient and inexcusable practice o
Saving at the spigot and losing a
the bung' if it persists in practically
suppressing the new pamphlet on civi
service retirement, written by Herbert
d. Brown. But 1900 copies of the
! document have been printed, in spite
of the fact that heavy official and
unofficial demand for it has already
manifested itself.
An idea of the popularity of the work
and the good it is capable of accom-
plishing, may be had from the fact that
the Senate Committee on Civil Service
and Retrenchment has applied for SEQ
copies. Senator Cummins, the chairman
Of the committee, has read the docu-
ment, and found it chock full of in
formation which he believes should be
in the hands of every Senator and
Representative, and every one else con-
cerned in advancing civil service re-
tirement legislation. Every question
pertaining to civil service conditions is
covered; every argument against the
retirement of Government employees is
answered, and every reason for retire
ment is presented.
The book has cost the Government
nearly $4,000. Why has this money been
spent in collecting and compiling the
documents Presumably, because the
Government wanted the information
presented in comprehensive form. 1t
spent its money to get it, but now
there is danger that that money will be
wasted. Unless the Senate revises its
present order, the book and the time,
energy, intelligence, and money behind
it will have been thrown away.
Sooner or later, the Congress of the
United States must face the retirement
problem squarely and deal with it hon
estly. Conditions arising from a serv-
ice clogged with superannuated en-
ployes are getting well nigh unbearable.
Efficiency and economy in the admins
tration Of the Governments business,
already seriously impaired, will be i'm
possible unless. a retirement law is
enacted soon. The only alternative
will be for the Government to turn
out into the streets the men and women
who have grown old and gray in its
service.
Mr.. Browns new pamphlet is a text
book on the civil service and a primer
on civil service retirement. 1t is the
only work extant in which the whole
field is covered, accurately and conclu-
sively. 1t ought to have the widest
possible circulation, not only in Wash
ington, but among thinking people
throughout the country. If distributed
only to persons in and out of Congress
who are known to be interested in the
civil service, it would do more to hasten
the enactment of retirement legislation
than many thousands of spoken words
Or many columns of newspaper space.
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
Hutchinson Appeals in
Munsey's Against the Fly

There is a thirty years war for
every uniformed soldier on the face Of
the earth against the mosquito alone.
The struggle would be attended by all
the adventure, excitement, and risk of
actual warfare. 1t would develop to the
full the military virtues of courage,
initiative, daring, and devotion When
1t was ended, instead Of destroying tens
of thousands of human lives, 1t would
have saved millions, and would have
added nearly one-fourth to the habit
able and productive area of the globe.
Turn every battery Of artillery in the
world against that angel of the pestiI-
ence, the common house fly, and in ten
years he would be exterminated, root
and branch. With him would 60 half
of our $4,000 deaths in the United States
every year from the summer diseases
Of children, two-thirds of our dysen-
teries and cholera morbus, and one
fourth of our typhoid, with not a little
of our tuberculosis, our tetanus, and
cur boils and blood poisonings.-Mun-
sey's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
PARENTAL CRUELTY
IS CAUSE Of SMALL
FAMILIES AT zoo
Animals Display Shocking
Lack of Devotion to
Their Offspring.

People who love to believe that ami
mails have all the mental qualities OF
humans, including paternal and mater
nal devotion In its highest form, will
receive a severe shock IL they will
visit the Washington Geological Gar
dens. Here they may learn many spe-
Cific instances of animal fathers and
mothers who are surprisingly cruel to
their offspring.
Families are small, too, and when a
young antelope is maltreated by its for
bears the chances become increased that
the antelope at the gardens are not 60
ing to multiply very fast.
It is an open secret in animaldom
that when the stork brought an heir to
Mr.. and Mrs. Indian Antelope last
year the couple mistreated and starved
the frail little thing till 1t died. This
week, when the stork brought another
baby for the deliberately gan bed. soft
skinned dignitaries of the Zoo, they be-
gan the same treatment.
Youngster Cared For. 4
Complaint of this action was made
to Head Animal Trainer William ].
Blackbourne, who, as Judge of the
Juvenile animal court. handed down
decree that the minor should be
placed in the care Of his nearest friend,
and the parents should be sent to the
pen. Forthwith the babe at the age
of one day was placed in the zoo nur-
sery. He is being carefully raised there
on a milk diet via the rubber-nipple
route.
, Another mother who has had her
brutality. is Mrs. Camel. While she
did not roll and bunt her little one
around, as did Mrs. Antelope, she in
sisted on placing hoof marks on its fore
head. Custody of the difninutive camel
was given to the attendant. and the
the two months 1t has been eating at
the milk bottle restaurant 1t has grown
so strong that its foster parent has
placed It in the animal kindergarten.
When Miss Camel Is taking her siesta
in the cool shade and is called lazy, she
rises on her long, wabbly
legs and sauntsrs over to the fence to
ne petted.
Cub Bear Fares Well.
But the mistaken belief must not be
gained that none Of the new arrivals at
the park is treated kindly by their par
ents. Cub Bear. who. upon his arrival.
tipped the s.ales at 1917 ounces. has re-
ceiyed such good care during the six
here that he now weighs thirty
pounds. 1t was forty days before his
eyes opened.
In the pen Of Congo harnessed ante
lope is a two-month-old youngster; IN
the pen Of the prong horned antelope
are two: Indian spotted deer. two;
Japanese deer, three; fallow deer, two
red deer, two; Barbary sheep. hve. The
population in the bird cages has in
creased more rapidly than in any other
part of the Zoo. Three little herring
gulls are attracting good deal OF at
teEtion.
The Washington times., 1911-07-06
HERE'S SCHEME Of
CLASS! GUINEA PIGS
TO CUT THE GRASS
Back Break and Muscle
Ache to Fall Before This
Nature Fake.

Devices, labor-saving, are boon all
men are craving, and inventors puzzle
! sorely, burn the midnight OIL, and fret
over wheel and blade contraptions
which will NOV, and make adaptions
of the rusty, primal scythe blade, but
they've missed better beti
Each year, when summer showers
bring the grasses and the flowers Of
the dandelion variety to mar the
White House lawn, scores of men must
DE employed in a labor not enjoyed,
pushing clacking lawn mowers from
the early break o. dawn.
But here's some information coming
from a foreign station, where a Yankee
consul watches in the town Of Not
tinSham, that guinea pigs, voracious,
will clean a lawn most spacious Of ev-
cry sprig of dandelion;" so read his
cablegram.
So It's not beyond conjecture that
this consuTs weighty lecture on the
uses of the guinea pig as mowers Of
the grass may be given soon a try-out-
if it doesn't raise a riot-among the
men who swing the scythe, before the
summers pass.
This consuTs name is Taylor, and he's
to train monkeys to be contemplating
ing lawns with guinea pigs, is growing
fast in favor in old England, where
he read it in the 'papes."
The consul's plan submitted to the
Census Bureau, pitted weighty mind
against great intellect to figure out the
cost Of a herd OF guinea porkers to
ha NJ
ings of the exports show the union men
have lost
First. the Census Bureau wizard took
the contents Of the giczard of a guinea
hen, and studied them: then drew some
whtrly-gigs, for the hen might be re-
lation to the swine of iowly station
then he read book by Ellis Parker
ButIer-"Pigs Is Pigs"
So, equipped with expert knowledge
that he never gained at college, he sat
him down to figure out the worth OF
Taylor's plan, till with brain that went
a-reeling, and senses that were wheel
ing, he concluded that the consul was
a mighty clever man.
Now, the statistician stated IL paiL
of pigs were mated, and ahoWed 10
roam in freedom on the White House
mead, next fall there would be so many
them could not send enough Of dande-
lions to feed them one and all.
BY next spring, he now surmisesr In
the wav of new surprises, the herd
would grow in number, and in appetite
as we'll, till they reached to such d.
mension that the ultimate intention OF
moving oil the city's parks could 20
on, he foretels.
Twill be nothing out of reason to ex-
pect in coming seasons to see fair
haired urchin gravely calling at each
house. seeking there to cut the grasses,
NOV the garden of its masses, with a
little fuzzy piglet. scarcely larger than
a mouse.