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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
WHAT IS THE NATTER?

This i the story:
Henry Nciulaum Of New lnrk VIZ
a clothes pre>Ser ta!niny SIP ws,'i,
On this sum he supported himself. hi
wife and four small Children
The wife died.
Weinbaum WAS confronted with
situation most notwithstanding" He ANS
care for the four nOtherleSS chi'drri
and at the saline time be away from
bis home and employed at his work
else the children would have not hing
| to eat
Somehow for several months he man
aged to get along
Then he did about the only thing he
could do under the circumstances Ut
| married again
Unfortunately be made a poor choice
of a second wife. She complained that
the children made too much work and
demanded that they be put in pub
lie institution
To save his little family from such
fate was Weinbaums purpose in get
| ting his children their new mother
He wanted to keep his little brood to
gether. Therefore he refused her r.
quest
She SIZED him for divorce
On just what grounds the divorc,
was granted is not clear. but the judge
gave her d decree AS part Of tie judg
ment Weinbaum was ordered to pa,
the woman 50 per week alimony.
OF course the man could not pa,
that SUN and support his family Ih.
other day he was arrested, his ARREARS
with costs. amounting to s207.Hs,
In default of payment he was sent
to Ludlow street Jail.
Now
Wife No , is free from the care. OF
the troublesome children Weinbaum
is in Jail with no prospect of Release
and the children are wards Of charity
Even the jailer remarked when
Weinbaum was committed jailers are
not particularly free with sympathy
that there must be something the mat
ter with the law somehow"
And there is something the usat,e'
with the law. But what?
The law Ia out OF gear
And yet 1t is difficult to find the cog
and adjust it.
Weinbaum Is guilty Of nothing bs.
the best Intentions and yet he Ia im
Jail.
What is the matter with tue law:
Or is 1t merely that Weinbaum il poor:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
Sherff'S Sale,
No. 16,i70-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La. ::
c.. w. Blair vs.. W. Z LunSfOri.

No. 16,170-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of CaddO Parish, La !:
C.. w. Blair vs.. w. r. Lunsford.
By virtue Of a writ Of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First judicial District Court of
CaddO Parish, La, in the above
numbered and entitled suit, | have
seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie auction for cash without the
benefit of appraisement at the prin-
cipal front door of the court house
of Caddo Parish, La, during the le--
gal hours for sales on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1912,
Lots IL and IL of block 6 Of the Cur
RE Subdivision of the City of
Shreveport, La, as per map in COLI
veyance book 20, page 4i3, OF the
records of Caddo Parish, La. Said
property seized as belonging TO the
above named defendant and to ht
sold to pay and satisfy the debt as
specified in said writ, say in the sum
Of four hundred dollars, less a cred
it of 5000, with eight per cent per
annum interest thereon from April
1, 1910, until paid, and all costs OF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
Vanity Wells.


Among the striking novelties intro
duced are the vanity wells. These
boast of a single design to be worn
two and half inches from the nose
to resemble beauty spot.
Sometimes the design is a single do:
| Of velvet or chenille. Other wells show
a cluster of dots and small scroll OF
floral designs formed of chenille or
heavy thread.
Chenille dotted shadow wells are
steadily forging to the front. Plain
mesh effects are worn by conserva
tive few who do not admire the shad.
0w wells.
The black or white Shetland wells are
enjoying continued popularity from
last season. and the maybe Shetlands
are worn by many Of the smartest
women.
The newest street hats are small.
close fitting and particularly adapted
to the use Of wells
There is such great variety Of wells
to select from you are sure to fud
many becoming.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08

| pire across the i.n - ,t Thrnrc aud
in defiance have lifted thu cross in Tie
place of the crescent.
! The G0rtiian knot which the din!n.
| matte rllaver of the IioWer>'' could
not unite has been cut by tie sword
Of the chocolate soldier.
Do you remember Nine. ChrySan-
| themum:'
Before the HuSSo-JApanese war that
| opera WAS much exploited. and thou
sands laughed at the droll nonsense
The Japanese soldier was frat,Ir 4
as the toy soldier His diminutive SIZE
was exaggerated and his Iiliput;1n
sWagger made grotesque.
But
The 10y soldier soon put that opera
out of business when he began to fight
the bear who walks like man
There was nothing to laugh at when
the toy soldier went up 203 Mete: hid
into the jaws Of death. into the mouth
of hell 1t was not a comic spectacle
when he gave his body for bridge
over the bitches at Port Arthur. and
the world did not smile when his small
self helped to make the windrows Of
the dead at Mukden.
Longfellow says:
war is terrible trade. but in the
cause that is just. sweet is the smell
of powder"
You cannot tell what Is in II Smail
man until he is tested
And God is not always on the side
of the heaviest battaliOnS.
Beware of the chocolate soldier witt
q righteous cause.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
0uito's Water Porters.

Around a fountain in Que Of the prin
eipal squares Of Quito. Ecuador. Assem-
BILE every morning the city's sguadores;
These water porters differ from ,iH
less energetic ones Of some South
American cities in carrying their jars
upon their backs instead Of on the backs
OF mules The cart hen jar is deep
has a wide mouth aud holds abou'
forty Uters. The porter carries it on his
shoulder fastened with leather straps
He never detaches himself from his
jar either to fill it or to transfer its
contents to that of his customer. He
turns his hack to the fountain so that
rhe jar comes under one of the jets OF
water. listens to the sound Of the water
in the far, aud his ear is so well trained
that he always walks away at the ex
act moment when it is filled to ttr
brim Arriving at the house OF Gus
toner. he goes to the household jar.
makes a deep bow and disappears he
hind a torrent Of water. Foreigners
can never receive without laughing the
visit Of their aguador. the respectful
little man who bows to one beaihd u
cataract Of water.-Harper's.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
FASCINATING SLEEVES
OF THE MOMENT
They Should Closely Conform to
the Style Of the Costume.

Many fascinating designs are shown
for the new sleeves. 1t Is necessary.
Of course. for the sleeves to conform
strictly to the rest of the costume In:
style, and a style that is most attrac-
tive In itself may not be ut all suitable
for a costume which is being designed
There are sleeves which can he substi-
tuted for those which are part Of a de-
sign with the effect OF improving it
and adding also to the attractiveness Of
the wearer.
There Is a most attractive sleeve
which is appropriate for simple style
Of gown with which a Robespierre col
lar is worn. This sleeve comes just be-
low the elbow. 1t is draped slightly.
widens out a little toward the elbow
and is finished with turned back cuff,
shallow and a little fiaring, which re-
lates it beautifully to the Robespierre
collar. so that 1t is therefore quite as
suitable for such gown as the long.
tight sleeve which has been worn with
1t for some time
Another interesting sleeve which has
a yoke shoulder has the material laid
In a double box plait on the outer side
Of the arm, the plated part of the
sleeve being set under the extended
yoke Below the elbow the fullness of
the sleeve is taken in to long, tight
cuff, which is buttoned down ON the
outside, but the beauty of the sleeve
depends to a large extent on the adroit-
ness with which the cloth is manipu-
lated when it is thus narrowed in to
the cuff. In the original model the ma
terial is draped most gracefully at this
point, SO that there Is no clumsiness
A rather deep plated frill of mousse
line Is used as a finish to this sleeve.
being turned back from the hand
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
Curious Christian Names.

British Guiana is land Of quaint
Christian names The Rev. l.. Crookai
quotes from the baptismai register oil
the church ia which he usinisfered to q
congregation of all the coiors Mamie
Bellona. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Al
bert, John f'sntaiooH aid Frank Le
Gust One negro whose ctsild he chris
tened was called Whisky Emmanuel
Another black tHaa brought his child
and when the minister asked the name
replied. "Seriatim ad Valofem.'' An
other gave puzZiing answer whirh
sounded like AK parson" and when
requested 70 expiain said: We'll. par
son, my mind gle me to go tron DE-
New Testament I have had fair boys
One was GATED Matthew. another
Mark, another Luke aud another jain
md this ID Acts. parsna"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
WYE
Heart toIIeart
Talks.
THE WAY OF TIE CROSS.
BY EDWIN A. NTR.

dear Old lady wants ne to write
something en- the ministry Of Ir,in.
She asks why there should he p":0 =.
the world and. being here. how ii Ill
minister to good.
Of course do not know why pain
should he in the world excert as can
see its uses.
The poet says. IN" pain the body
suffers that the soul may not grow
by" which is to say the spirit ma
benefit by the travail, Of the body Hy
overcoming. the spirit may strpu.tnrn
itself
A brutal view?
Not necessarily. Rut if so it is in
evltabie. None of us can escape pain
of the body or suffering of the mind.
In every life there must be sorrow aud!
change and loss and decay.
How shall one grow Stron. except
one shoulders his cross? How tiutI the
virtue of endurance save by depriva,
ton and agony Of mind?
Being human, thcre is no other way.
You may or may not accept tie re-
lgious view. You may or may not
take up the challenge Of the Nazareir
He that would be my disriul- let
him deny himself and fu'inw ti,r "
But
loh cannot v>c;s}"' TIE rir,>,it:N!r~
or mortal life. IL pain and struggle
do not come to you today they will
come nevertheless. THE blight Of loss,
no less than the joy OF Increase is
part of your mortal heritage.
How will you meet the crisis?
Stoieally? That may be for some
rare souls. Certain it is that, no mat
ter how you may strive and cry out
you cannot change the DEGREES of dies
tiny.
Why not try patience aud submiS-
sion and courage and faith: By so do
ing you transform tue struggle from
despair to hopefulness You give your
brave spirit u chance to tight its bat
ties.
And that chance for high courage is
one of the ministries Of pain
WhysDot accept that view? You can
not disdain your trouble But you
need not cringe and cover uuder its
load.
Pain is barrier against which forti- |
tude and patience and faith may cast
themselves aud in the spirit of the
overcoming life become valiant, though
chastened
Whom the Lord iovetil he chasteu-
eth and scourgeth every sou whom he
Feceiyeth." -gft ~'F =
That Is one way. |
It is the way Of the cross. Ia
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
Bankruptcy Notice.

United States District Court. West
ern District Of Louisiana-In kha
Matter Of Edmund J. Conser
Bankrupt-In Bankruptcy.
Pursuant to an order of the Hon
orable A. d. Land Pr, Referee ia
Bankruptcy, | will offer for sale al
public outcry at the principal front
door Of the court house of the Par
ish of Caddo, on
SATURDAY, DEC. %. 1912
at IL o'clock noon, lots 8, 4 and 5
block a." Texarkana Annex subdl-
vision of the City of Shreveport
Caddo Parish, La, with all improve
ments thereon. Said property hay-
ing been surrendered by Edmund ]
Conger, bankrupt. The said pqop-
erty will be sold with the beneft Of
appralsement free from any mort
cages or liens. Terms cash Sale
subject to the approval of the hon
orable court. WIN. WINTER
Trustee.
Shreveport, La, Nov. 20, 1919.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
SheriH's Sale.

oklEEAA > St1le.
No. 16,563-In the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court Of Caddo Parish, La:
Sam Willer VS.. Bertha Willie
johnson.
by virtue Of writ of seizure.
and sale to me directed from the,
Honorable First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La, in The
above numbered and entitled suit, /
have seized and will offer for sale.
at public auction for cash and with
out the benefit Of appraisement, at
the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La:
during the legal hours of sales. on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER q, 1912.
Lot five, block nine, Of the Talbot
q Perrin Subdivision of the City of
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. with
all the buildings and improvements
thereon. Said property seized as be-
longing to the above defendant and
TO be sold to pay and satisfy the
debt as specified in said writ, say in
the su moi 1888 with eight Der
cent per annum interest thereon
from November %. 1907, until paid,
and all costs of this suit, as we'll as
ten per cent on said principal and
interest as attorneys fees.
]. P, FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Otficio Auctioneee,
Caucasian, November Il, 1912,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
ShePiR's Sale,
No. i6,533-ln the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.

No. i6,533-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La. !:
Leon B. Loeb VS. T. L. Mitchell
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Hon
orable First Judicial District Court
of CaddO Parish, La. in the above
numbered and entitled suit, l have
seized and will offer for sale at
public auction for cash and with
out the benefit of appraisement, at
the principal front door of the court
house of Caddo Parish, La, during
the legal hours for sales on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER q, 1912,
Lots fifteen and sixteen of block
foFty-three of the Queensborough
Addition, second filing, Of the City
of Shreveport La, as per map If
said subdivision as recorded in book
so, page IS, of the records of Caddo
Parish, La. Said property seized as
belonging to the above named de-
PENDANT and to be sold TO pay and
satisfy the debt as specified in said
writ, say in the sum Of two hundred
and ninety-four and 80-t00 dollars,
with interest at the rate OF eight
per cent from June 6, 1912, until
paid, and all costs of this suit, as
we'll as ten per cent on said prin-
cipal and interest as attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, eX-OfficiO Auctioneer.
Caucasian, November H. 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
gMPR THE TIME.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars Grt
being spent in the effort 10 find o."
sixteenth of second that is missing.
in the calculations of the worlds as
tron0merS.
A special building fitted with appa
ratus was erected-becauSe in the hour
glass of time one small grain of sand
was missing.
The fraction must be found.
Because the worlds longitude is cal
! culated on the suns time as recorded
at Greenwich and Paris and Washing
| ton. SO that every calculation must &C
| count for every atom of time.
If not?
If not every meridian line on earth
would need to be shifted. every bound
| airy line between countries and states
changed and every map of the world
made over.
And the movements of the planets
would be variant.
Do you STE the tremendous import
Of an inStant Of time? Time is now
All there is Of time or ever will he is
is nothing: the future Is not born and
never will BE-. So far as humans arc
concerned there Is absolutely nothing
save now
Therefore:
Let US utilize the only thing we have.
We cannot turn back the dial. neither
make the sun stand still We cannut
measure the value Of the time We have
lost nor compute the valne of that
which has not yet come to us.
The present is potential
He who best improves what he has
best appreciates its value. Therefore
you will find upon the desk of the busy
man this motto: "DO 1t Now
He is too busy for regrets over the
last chance aud does not put off until
hand
NOW spells opportunity.
Today is the day Of salvation. To
day you have the desire to do. Today
you have the strength to perform 20
day you have the hope Of accomplish
ment, Today you have the time to
succeed
DO II today.
Sufficient unto the day in tho evil
and the good-thereof. Yesterday holds
aothing but a memory: tomorrow moth
Ing but promise Today is the only
day.
Do It nowi
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
RoyAt Roads.

People will discover at last that
royal roads to anything can 10 more
he laid in iron than they can in dust:
that there are. in fact, no royal roads
to anywhere worth going to; that If
there were 1t would that instant cease
to be worth going to-I mean so far as
the things to be obtained are In any
way estimable in terms Of price, for
there are two classes of precious things
in the worId-those that God gives us
for nothing-sun. air and life, both
mortal life and immortal and the sec
ondarily precious things which he
gives US for price These secondari-
ly precious things, worldly wine aud
milk. can only be bought for definite
money. They never can be cheapened
No cheating nor bargaining wifi ever
get single thing out of natures eS
adjustment at half price. Do we
want to be strong? We must work
To be hungry? We must starve To
be happy? We must be kind To be
wise? We must look aud think. Rus
kin.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
THE WOMAN TEMPTED NE. .

''Sixty-iline per cent OF the inmates
OF western prison" says a recent
writer. SAY that they were led to com
init crime by the extravagance Of their
wives" FL -
Balderdash: ST. 10
Within the limits OF reasonable
probability it may be stated that IS,
per cent Of that 60 are urconScionable
liars
There's Adam. for instance.
Scarcely can there he Doubt that
our valiant forbear iusted after that
forbidden fruit until his mouth water
ed over the Thought of its .succulence.
And, after he had hypnotized Eve to
the point of piucking away the apple.
he laid the entire blame on her frail
young shoulders. @
''The woman thou gavest me. she
tempted me"
And the males of lineal descent from
Adam to now have followed the like
excuse.
1t must be admitted there are some
silly. improvident and extravagant
wives And it may be that some hus-
bands Of weak brain stuff have indi-
rectiy been driven to the commission
Of crime by the sort Of wife who
insists upon spending more money than
her husband earns. but
The excuse Is frayed one.
The reasons why man gets drunk
are varied. He gets drunk because be
wants to drink. or because somebody
invites him, or because he has made a
bad Investment. or because he is mad
at somebody. or just because.
Under the influence Of the liquor he
commits crime.
Whereupon. having been brought to
bay, he whines abjectedly concerning
his "wretched domestic affairs and
SHOWS that he was driven to the crime
by the extravaganza or the naggins OF
the unfaithfulness Of his wife.
Mostly such charges are Hbei
Exceptions aside. more men than
/
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER. !.

For many years comic opera has had
It's merry jest at the expense Of the
mock hero. who carried ctt:roiates IN
stead of bullets in his cartridge belt
Ha. ha. ha.
TO the ragtime of musicsi comedy
the people have laughed at the carl,
catured soldiers of the Raikaus the
soldiers OF Bulgaria and Servia and
Montenegro and Greece
And now?
These chocolate soldiers have met
the invincible Turk. and Che crimson
chapter has been one of the reddest i,s
the Annals of warfare
The laugh is out of the other corner
~ the mouth.
These chocolate soldiers have chased
Ne retreasine flag of the Ottoman esn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08

women are extravagant And the Nv
era@e wife will undergo more persona
sacrifice for the sake Of the famiiS
than the husband. And. exception
aside. wives are more faithful ;n.t
husbands
Th" woman, however. is made Il;
scnr"%"at for the huSh"nd's sins.
That husband who seeks e. tI;u, h.,
frailtieS hehjnd Il woman.S prttir"aj j.
mostly not merely Il liar, but a COW
ard rs well.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

What man wants that he will get o,
be changed by the trying mersoa a.
Il have been wanting to write IL
:you," says my correspondent "bi,
hitherto have not had the time
/ take my friends words With a
: grain of salt.
Ii he really had wanted to wr.se to
tme-not being i'll nor unusually an
sgaged-he would have found the time.
My dear, / have been wanting to
call on you for an age" says the Wis
itor, but you know ! have been ait"
gether busy"
And the friend understands that her
caller has not wanted to call Or s!,s'
would have done so.
What one wants he gets.
A strong desire puts the will power
into action. A whole hearted wanting
Of thing is Il leverage in getting 1t
Here is the formula:
Desire r will = success
The formula is as true. other things
being equal. rs is the law OF physics
respecting moving hedy. In order n,
ind the impact. or striking force, Of i
moving body you multiply the velocity
Of the body by its weight
So of accomplishment
Multiply real want by real will
power and you will get the in,sa., vi
effect upon the thing desired
One of my friends, hearing of ma
tual friend who ut the age Of forty
though married and with family Ia
support. entered a university. said
Il wish ! could do that | have az
ways wanted a classical edHcatior
He did not want il
Ii he very much wanted that einr,s
ton he would get it The mar n!!'.
thus excused himself from trying Was
rich and a bachelor
Mostly we get what we. want
Miracles aside. nothing can defeat
the divine combination of Wishing and
willing. z.
And 3 .
AS Emerson says. if in the extreme
exception we do not get our desire we
are thereby changed into something
stronger and better.
We get what we want badly enough
to try hard enough TO get 1t.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
Rich 8rocsdes,

Many gorgeous evening wraps Of fur
or brocade are in the form of draped
capes without the semblance Of a
sleeve A deep collar. round, square
or oddly shaped. falls to the waist line
In the back.
Brocaded chiffon, crepe de chine. vel
vet. satin and mousseline de sole ap
pear in more gorgeous designs thar
ever Some reflect the hues of the
opal. while others duplicate the won
aerful coloring Of The peacock or the
Persian rugs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08

is of folded cherry colored velvet wit
an upright establishment of the velvu
held in position by a jeweled ornament
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08

|sult, as we'll as ten per cent on said
principal and interest as attorneys
lees. J. P. FLOURNOY,.
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, November IL, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-08
IN The REALM
OF FASHION
For Short Women.

This charming turban Illustrates The
tendency to add to ones stature Ivy tNt'
means Of tall trimmings This t,rhon
La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1912-05-31

licores, cuya causa he defendido
con gran cello y efcacion, porque
estoy convencido dv que ningun
provecho puedo sacar de tales pro-
jimos; me separo de los partida-
rios que no saben agradecer nj re.
compensar los servicios que SO les
hacen, Y desde ahora me dedico 4
fomentar la causa del Sol Nacien.
To, del Future Presidente de los
Estados Unidos dc America, quien
ezra sin duda alguna el afamadO
militar y hombre de estado Theo.
dore Roosevelt. Este sera desde
ahora el santo de mi devotion en-
aSuntos polfticos, pues Sc por ex-
periencia que sci que a bueu arbol
searrima buens sombra le cobila." !"
PERO GRULLO
La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1912-05-31
JOSE hONTANER, Editor

dimiento mejor de los fines para
los cuales su dinero Sc va a usar
en- mantener 10 que resultaria posi-
blemente ser I'm Iujo costoso. No ea
mi determination 8 deseo interfe
rir en- ninguna manera con la apro-
piacion propia para 81 pagO de of
ciales y empleados creados y para
10 cual SO provee en- la constitution
y las leyes de nuestro estado, nj me
opongo 20 gastos razonables, Pc
70 no puedo 20 descuidar el hecho
que esta clase de legislation facil-
mente puede conducir a descuido
y Extravaganza en- gastos que no
pneden muy bien entenderse a So
gun los provistos del proyecto.
FL Auditor del estado calculo On
un informe hecho al cuerpo de