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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Powder Magazine at Fort chartres,

~ b
ry, according to the same system used
at this time.
In 1923, five years after the orig
inal fort was built, Philip Renault
came from Bermuda with his slaves
and settled near ST. Philip, using the
fort for a storehouse and refuge
when the Indians seemed hostile.
Fort Chartres was the capital of
New France until ceded to England
in 1863. In 1778 the fort was captured
from the English by Gen. George
Rogers Clark, commanding troops
under commission from the COVER
nor Of Virginia. Fort chartres then
became the capital of the great north
west territory, and the seat Of gov
eminent remained there until states
were formed from the territory. High
water, which occasionally flooded the
fort, caused Fort Gage to be built
near by. This was followed by the
final abandonment Of Charities.
When the French ceded New France
to the English and the flag Of France
was hauled down, many residents Of
that district refused to live under the
English flag and went to st. Louis.
Among the families who moved away
rather than live under the English
flag are several whose descendants
became very prominent in the COM
mercial and social life of st. Louis
OF the several old forts built In
the Illinois Bottoms more than a cen
fury ago, the only one that has any
thing left Of the original buildings
is Fort Chartres. Under the care Of
a custodian appointed by the state,
the place will be made into park
and preserved from further ruin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Missouri Promoter Insists Reptiles Are
Better Than cats-Reptiles Harm.
less and lnoffensive.

Kansas City, Mo-Wi1l Kansas City
families take kindly to pine snakes
and yellow bull snakes. nonpoisonous,
as pets?
BY way Of testing out the willing
ness of Kansas City people to substi-
tute the domesticated snake for cats
In the determination Of rats and mice,
]. s. Edwards of the Edwards animal
show has placed an order for 300 bull
snakes with a reptile firm In San An
tonic, Tex.
AS soon as the snakes arrive they
will be distributed free Of charge to
those applying for the strange pets,
who will agree to report the result OF
the snake-instead-of-a-ca substitution
in their homes.
The yellow bull is the largest snake
native to the United States, sometimes
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
BABIES PUT In NEll DANGER
New York Charitable Societies Fight
Practice of Dressing Them in
Tight SwaddIina Clothes.

New York.-In an attempt tc end
the practice Of binding very young
children IN tight swaddling clothes,
prevalent among women in the foreign
settlements here, one of the prominent
New York charitable organizations has
placed nurses In various parts of the
east side to start a campaign of educa-
ton among the mothers.
The swaddling clothes, a sort Of long
bandage, is wrapped tightly about q
chiId's lower limbs and is often al
lowed to remain for six months at a
time. The mothers believe the treat
ment prevents the child from growing
bow legged, and have opposed at
tempts to check the practice
Investigations have convinced the
association that instead Of preventing
malformation of the limbs, the sWad-
ding clothes increase it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
SHE WORKS FoR THE QUEEN
Little Old Woman Who Is Skilled
Lacemaker In the North Of
England.

London.-In little cottage In the
pastoral village Of Shelton, near Rush
den, In Northamptonshire Mrs. Jane
Morris, a little old woman, put forth
every energy to complete an assign.
ment given her by Queen Mary. Mrs.
Morris was to have a certain number
Of yards Of wonderful lace ready for
her majesty's use on the occasion Of
the coronation, and 1t was done on
time.
The lace Is known as Bedfordshire
pillow lace, and with 1t Queen Mary
had some Of her coronation garments
embroidered. The lace is Of exquisite
beauty and it takes the little old WON
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
INFERIOR TO WOMEN

ability to handle money with discre-
tion"
Rev. Mrs. H. M. Mul1eneaux OF Ra-
venswood, demonstrated mans In
feriority to women by instances OF
poor men marrying wealthy women.
..Is it not a fact" she asked, that
when a man marries an heiress, as
soon as he has gained control of her
fortune he will run through it as soon
as possible and leave her practically
penniless?
Equip women with a business edu-
cation and there is no question but
that in the long run she will outstrip
man in the conservative handling Of
finances"
Mrs. Jean Butler Wallace asserted
that with small capital a woman can
do more than a man, and that many
successful women of today have start
ed with practically nothing and have
built up fortunes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Turtle Bites When Dead.

York, Itemizing .'snappers" ua.
der too general classification as fish,
an alley cat which investigated the
contents of the Baughman house
refuse can the other day made an IN
pleasant discovery.
Half dozen Chesapeake bay tur.
ties had been cleaned in the hotel yard
and the heads thrown into the can.
Seeming fish. the cat paved the con.
tents of the can, and a moment later
was performing contortions all about
the alley, with a snapper" head grim
" fastened upon its right forepaw.
Unable to free itself, the cat made
"a dash for the nearest fence and diz.
appeared. with the head stin hanging
on.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
|goman Shrieks, Porter FIees and
Passers-by Hunt Rodent In Vain
LIZ Finally Escapes.

y Chicago. A big gray rat raised all
prts of commotion in West Madison
treet early the other day. 1t scared
woman pedestrian. made colored
b0rter turn white" with fear and
8aused half q dozen pedestrians who
&icked at 1T to bark their shins. Then
IA escaped.
& It was about s a. m. An early
'2nornfng pedestrian-the Woman--was
Bassing a building between West
Dearborn and South Clark streets.
when the rat jumped from behind a
signboard The woman gave
s.cne shriek--a shri1l and loud one
band ran to the middle OF the street.
sA coIored porter at work cleaning the
.aid ewaik heard the Woman's cries, but
'1sd not know what was the cause Of
Them. He and several pedestrians
PUSHED to where the woman stood
k Under there! Under there!' the
nman shouted, as she pointed to the
gnboard. under which the rat had
n again.
THE porter advanced bravely and
rust his long handled brush under
u sign The rat gave bound and
nped directly at the porter.
sSVow!" he yelled, and took to his
els.
rhe rat ran east few yards. with
least SIX full grown men In hot pur-
One, who had dashed ahead OF
animal, stood prepared to deliver
death dealing kick. He made
ghty swing, but missed the rat and
s shin struck heavily against an
hitching post. The man yelled
pain and the crowd in laughter.
others tried hard to kick the rat,
none succeeded, although the toes
half d dozen boots were scuffed
sre they had come In contact with
R eurbing. Then d citizen with a
e came along and prepared to take
/ lightly sWipe. He apparently had
' creature cornered In the entrance
me OF the West Madison street
tai theatera. Ills club was upiifted
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

EYs1IE big picture hat IL at It's best
when midsummer weather calls
for Its development in lace, or
lacy fabrics, and for flower garnftures,
gay and dainty. Every one comedies
the beauty and elegance OF transpaT-
ent nets, chifons and millinery braids
and they seem to inspire the trimmer
with airy fancies which she works out
into the poetry OF headWear. a GER
tain hat, Of fine black chiffon, shirred
on large wire frame (of fine silk -coY-
cred wire), was finished with a little
touch of silver braid and trimmed
with two black plumes. This seems
simple enough, but the design was SO
excellent ana beautiful that this par
sicular hat vas chrfstened 4 a. Iidsun-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
AsToR GIVES SON PRoPERTY
Deeds one-Haif of Well-known $780,
100000 Hotel in New York to
Waldorf Astor-Saves Taxes.

New York.-For a consideration u
81 half Of the s1o,OOo,0Oo Waldorf
Astoria hote! has been transferred by
William Waldorf Aston to his eldest
son. Waldorf Aston
The transfer, just filed here. is in
the form of deed to a trust company.
which will hold the property in trust
for the son
The value OF all the New York hold
ings of the father is estimated by ex-
perts at $30O,O00,O0O He has resided
abroad for many years, and unless he
disposes of his holdings during his
lifetime they will be subject to a FIVE
per cent. inheritance tax at his death.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

mer Nights Dream" in the estab1isT
ment where 1t was made and many
copies found their way over an appre
ciative country.
A lovely hat OF white net is shown
here, having a wide border OF hIacn
velvet about the edge of the brim.
and at the top crown. A scarf OF
Renaissance lace Is draped over the
upper brim and wreath OF ribbon
foliage and small roses encircles the
crown. At the left back, snowy
looking willow plume Is mounted
against the crown, with its full head
falling to the brim. This design mer.
its as good a name as can be found
for tt
JULIA BoTToMLBs,.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
GREAT cHAsM BEING SPAWNED
Steel Bridge Built Entirely Without
THE Aid of False Work or Side
Supports.

Seattle, Wash One hundred and
1fty feet above a rushing stream
whose depth rendered the usual sup
ports impossible, steel bridge, diff
fering In construction from any built
in the past, is nearing completion for
the use of the Idaho and Washington
Northern railroad. It is located near
Box canyon. this state, and will ex-
tend from cliff to cliff across the Pend
Oreille river At this point the water
is known to be more than two hum
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Finishes Her Last Voyage.

New York-One of the last OF the
famous American clipper ships, which
once showed their heels to the mer-
chantmen of the world. sailed into
port the other day after a voyage from
the Pacific coast that lasted 293 days.
she is the Alexander Gibson, and was
built In 1877. This was her last yoy.
age under sail. for she comes here to
be converted into coal barge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Rat Chase Quite Exciting

and 1t looked bad for the rat, when
the creature suddenly dropped out of
sight behind some refuse paper.
Carefully the crumpled sheet was
removed, the man with the cane
standing to deal his blow, when it was
discovered that under the paper was a
hole, and into this the rat had gone
and escaped.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22

an a full day to make three-quarters.
of an inch of it. Il is five inches wide
and It requires 1874 bobbins to work
out the design.
Just what Mrs. Morris was paid is
not known, but it stands to reason
that after having such an assignment
from the queen she will have no cause
to fear the workhouse or to ask the
government for an old-age pension.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Pine Snakes AS House Pets

growing to nine feet in length. Ed
wards declares the snakes to be harm
less and inoffensiye and mildly dis
posed towards nearly everything but
rats and mice. He protested to be-
lieve that many Kansas City people
would be glad to permit the glossy
yellow snakes to coil into the best
parlor chair. completely usurping the
place of the family cat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Bath and Laundry Shower.

Bath and Laundry Shower.
A much feted bride had had seem
ingly every kind of shower, finally a
clever young matron proposed a bath
and laundry" affair and 1t was great
success.
The twenty guests consulted before
hand, SO there were no duplicates.
Here Is a partial list OF the gifts:
Clothes line, dozen clothes pins, q
bag for same made OF denim, the name
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
Jelly and Pickle Shower.

A bride Of this month had a must
practical and acceptable shower given
her. The guests each brought either
a glass Of jelly or a jar Of some kind
of pickles or relish; recipes for each
accompanied the gift and the hostess
presented an aluminium preserving ket-.
tie with a spoon OF the same material
Hot buttered toast, orange marmalade
and tea was served, with candied GIN
ger and peppermints The room wag
decorated with nasturtiums
MADAME MERRL
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-07-22
a Garden Party.

The invitations were made IN shape
OF vegetables, patterns being taken
from seed catalogues, drawing paper
was used. then they were tinted with
water colors. When all arrived, cards
numbered from one to tWenty-nVe
were passed with small pencils; the
following questions were written on
the cards, one opposite each NUMBER,
ali to be answered by the names OF
well known flowers:
l. A southern baby. 2. What the Scotch
girl said when asked to walk the tight
rope. s. Why the young lady cried when
her father removed the ladder from be-
meath her window g. What the woman
said to the tramp. 5. The sunset. .. A
color. 4 Admired by all lovers s. Two
girls g. Longing. 10. A cure for pain.
H. What single gentlemen need H. what
Mrs. Taft used to call her sweetheart.
Is. The nurses delight. a. a lively color.
Is. A bunch OF something children IKE.
ls. What the teacher did when he sat on
the tack in his chair. II. A dignif1ed plant
Is. Part Of the wealth OF Jacob 10. What
still remained to Job in his poverty. ~
The world q. What the toad Will do
when he sees the snake. u. Wearing ap-
parel for an animal. a. Queen Victoria's
delight. n. A cause for tears. 20. Some
thing very small.
ANSWERS
1. Virginia creeper. 2. Gamma. 3. Canta-
loupe & Begonia. 5. The morning glory
6. Pink Z. Moon1ower. 5. Rosemary. O.
Pine. 10. Balsanl. H. Bachelors buttons
12 Sweet William. 10. sCyclamen. d. Scar
let runner 49, Candy tuft. 49, Rose. II
TpfSt
Cosmos. 81. Hop. %. Foxglove. q. Peas
"a. Onion. Is Mignonette.
A aFive and Ten Cent Shower.
Encountering a bevy Of girls the
other day with Polly" at their head,
all giggling and fairly bubbling over
with suppressed excitement, headed
off the procession to be literally run
into by the same. number Of boys. It
seems that .'one Of the girls" who is
to be a June bride objected seriously
to showers" as she feared to tax the
pocketbooks Of her friends, So she
firmly declined to accept any. But
Polly" always In for lark, had gath
cred the clan and they were all going
to the Give and Ten Cent" each Sc
lecting one article and then all were
to go to the home Of the bride-to-be
and proceed to shower" In the good
old-fashioned way. An obliging friend
was calling upon the unsuspecting vic
tim and had promised to stay until
.they" came. They had ordered re
freshments sent from nearby ca
tersr and were just having the time Of
their lives, as one OF the lads ex-
pressed It. I next saw the bunch
loaded down with all sorts OF parcels.
including a sprinkling can, carpet
beater, clothes line, clothes pins. tack
hammer, soap dish. etc. AS the young
couple were going to housekeeping at
once / am sure this shower was really
most acceptable.
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neatly outlined in red, all kinds OF
starch, hamper for soiled linen.
laundry and bath soap. bath towels, a
dozen wash cloths, bath brush, an iron
ing board, white felt to cover It, seY-
eral laundry bags for handkerchiefs
and collars and cuffs: these were
made of white pique, the monograms
being worked In colors. An electric
iron would be fine addition IL the
expense Is not too much, also d good
sized clothes basket, and an apron OF
waterproof material. oh, yes, L for
got, both ball and bottle bluing, iron
Ing holders. irons, rest and wax.
Novel Souvenirs for a Progressive
Party.
At recent bridge party, the hos
tess gave each guest a very pretty
basket. For games won the players
received articles for work basket;
there We're bodkins, dainty thimbIes.
small embroidery scissors, wee PIN
cushions, tape needles, tape measures,
needle books, emerfes, papers OF
needles, cards Of hooks and eyes, rib
bon runners, etc. There were no 9TH
er prizes given. The idea is a good
one. All the things were OF fine quail.
ity; the thimb1es had been picked up
in Italy for mere trihe, being of sill
yer gilt set with various semi-precious
stones. At another party this same
hostess gave small one-play books Of
Shakespeare bound In soft red leather.
Once she had a beautiful bag for each
player, regardless Of who won OF lost
Arizona republican., 1911-02-12
COMING.

There is a feast i'm store for the
laugh hungry at the Elks' theater on
Monday. February 18th. when ichards
& Pringle's famous MINISTRIES make
their appearance.
The mere announcement of this COM
pany's coming Is usually sufficient to
pack the theater. Little need be said
for this company. for they have been
coming here for over quarter of
century. and their merit is well known
In keeping with the policy of the man
agement. however. everything is brand
new. While several of the old favorites
still remain. many new faces will be
seen in the circle this season. A great
deal OF attention has been paid to the
singing and dancing portion of the
program. and lovers of the old-time
mlnstrelsy will find much TO please
them. The vaudeville portion will be
the most expensive ever carried by
minstrel company. Fred Simpsons
challenge band of twenty-five solo
musicians are a prominent feature. and
the management throw down the
gauntlet to any minstrel company To
produce its equal. Watch for the big
free street parade at noon There will
be band concert i'm front of the thea
ter at 1880 o'clock i'm the evening. and
the program will range from ragtime
to grand opera.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-12
hard drinking"

was even more hard drinking" at
this early period.
The consumption Of wine has more
than doubled from 1910 To 1903. in
creasing from % To 20 gallon. \
large part of this Increase is due to
the consumption of native wines.
When We consider the per capita
consumption Of beer and ale. the
greatest change is apparent This has
increased from 1.36 gallons in 1910 to
1897 gallons i'm 1909 To how great
an extent this change is due to the
German immigration. which first came
10 this country i'm large numbers
about lS4S. is. Of course. problemati-
cal. Many Of the wine drinking races.
like the Italians. after a brief resi-
dence in this country. become con-
SumerS of beer.
Although there has been n great in
crease in the tOtdl consumption Of in
tOXicants during the period 1910 To
1909. there has been change from
those drinks containing a high per
centage of alcohol to those containing
a low percentage-and this is the one
Arizona republican., 1911-02-12
ADJUSTMENTS
COLISEUM.

Speaking OF crowds. there was one
at the Coliseum last night When
the doors Were thrown open for the
iirst performance there were several
hundred people around the entrance.
anxious To get the choice seats. Be
fore the show was begun the house
was packed and when the show end
ed there was another monster crowd
outside. waiting to get in for the sec
ond performance.
Ii was change night. and everything
was new. Every single performer
changed every feature OF his bill Re
ginia & Monyhan had a new musical
act To spring and IL was a hummer.
II was just as good as the act they
opened with and that's saying enough.
There are more laughs To the square
inch in Too Much HOney." the new
playlet presented by Robinson & War
riner. than i'm any dramatic act at
the Coliseum for man- weeks IL is
play which may really he said To
have been built for laughing pur-
poses"
Fred I.aZOne is at the Coliseum. too.
lie went on last night as an added
attraction. OF course everyone re-
members LaZone. He was with the
Friedlander company and when IL
comes 20 Irish comedy he is right
there with both feet He is also there
with both feet and both legs i'm the
buck and-wing dance. Lazone GER
tainly turned out 10 be a big feature.
Wyliss Barnes wound up the chang
ed bill with new limitations of must
cal Instruments.
When Manager Reeves picked his
acts for next week he must have been
feeling rather funny, for every one is
comedy act. There will he nothing
dun or heavy about the bill that will
open Tuesday night
Taylor G. Braham head the list with
n comedy singing and talking act
They have been enthusiastically re-
ceived everywhere they have appeared
and il will not be surprising If they
turn out to be the topliners.
Garvey & Davies sing and talk and
also play the piano in n way said TO
be absolutely new and unique. Har-
vey Speck. a singing and dancing
comedian. has also been engaged.
Last hut not least comes John p
Brace. who has been billed over the
country as Americas representative
negro dialect comedian" Mr.. Brace
opened at the Grand some weeks ago
and scored a tremendous individual
success. He has been on the stage
more years than he cares To talk
about and he can give any OF the
younger generation Of blackface com
edians cards and SHADES. Brace has
few peers in his line. which he has
followed all his life.
An entire new set of pictures win
Ia, shown foDiohf
Arizona republican., 1911-02-12
WtCWAM.

There is going to he some pro-
gram at the Wigwam tonight The
film exchanges have sent Manager
George ID. Mullen some extraordinarily
good films and he is confident that
tonight's program is going to be one
of the very best he ever presented.
'The Cowboys Mother-in-law." a
comedy Of western life. heads the bill.
THE Children's Revolt" a domestic
comedy, comes next. followed by
slippery Jim. the Elusive Black Art
Magician" Life for Love" great
heart interest drama. concludes a pic
ture bill of unusual merit.
Miss Ethel Hall will sing "Schu
bert's Serenade" and If / Had the
World to Give You" Following is the
program of the Ladies' orchestra. un
der the direction of Miss Lois Kelly:
March. Corn Shucks. ... Kuhn
Arizona republican., 1911-02-12
SOUTHERN SPEAKER
WHO HOAORS LINCOLN
Rev. Sam Small Will Address Veterans
on Plaza Today.

Lincoln's birthday anniversary Will
be celebrated today at i public gath
ering on the city hall plaza. under the
auspices Of the Grand Army. The ex-
ercises will begin AT 1:30 O'Clock and
members of the WOmans Relief corps.
the Spanish war veterans and all eX-
confederates are invited To assemble as
the special guests of the day. In ad-
dition the public generally will be well
coined
The chief address of the day will be
made by Rev. sam Small. himself
former confederate soldier. but one who
in later years came to be a warm ad-
mirer OF the great emancipation. Gen
eral Sampson had been scheduled to
make the address of the day, but on the
arrival of Mr.. Small he urged that
notable speaker to serve i'm his stead.
The occasion is fitting on and will
enable a great many To hear Mr. Small
who possibly have no change 10 attend
the meeting which he is conducting i'm
the evening. He is a gifted talker and
will be as entertaining no doubt in dis
cussing questions Of patriotism and
national welfare as i'm the pulpit
Arizona republican., 1911-02-12

ans club. Tuesday. February II at
2.l5. will be under the direction of
the household economies department.
OF which Mrs. Lovett is chairman.
The program will consist of demon
STATIONS of various kinds OF fireless
cookers and will be given by members
Of the department The fireless
cooker is the recognized friend of the
club women.
The music will he as follows: vocal
solo by Mrs G. W Hunter: piano
duet by the Misses DeMund. The
hoste sses for the day viii be Mrs. c.
II. Pratt and Mrs W. j. Rifley.