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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Heart 70 Heart
Talks
THE IRREPRESsIBLE CONFLICT.
BY JAMES A. EDCERTON
What are the signs Of the times?

What are the signs OF the times?
Read them, o young man. with the
worlds greatest century before you.
Note the marshaling Of the hosts Of
Greed and the armies Of Industry. Be
hold the world filled with new
thought. new dream. a new Christ
ideal. See the great republic rising
into a position of leadership. while the
monarchieS of the old world look on
with a growing concern. Observe the
customs being broken up. while the
outlines of larger faith and purpose
ZONE gradually into view. What does
IT all portend? What is the focal point
toward which all the new currents are
flowing?
In the long day of history a decade
is but n hour This Is the lull before
the storm. The greatest conflict the
world has ever seen is before us-a
conflict between the old forces of light
and darkness. 1t may not be q con
test Of arms-God grant that it will
real because of that The future CON
tests of the world will be between the
invisible forces of thought rather than
between the palpable forces Of ma
terial warfare.
One of the ends of the struggle will
be to set the wage slave free There
is no good in shutting our eyes to this
phase OF the situation. 1t rests on
fundamental principle. Any man has
right to that which he produces or
its exact equivalent or to the equiv
alent Of the service which he renders.
If he Is forced to give to another
portion Of this product, in so far Is
he a slave. Statistics prove that labor
produces much more than 1t receives
In return wages. We need no further
proof of this than Is offered by the
fabulous fortunes the exploiters of the
people build up. To this extent is la
Dor enslaved. Do you say this Is vol
untary on the workman's part? In
form. yes; In substance. no. For the
man of toll must live. Need and the
cries of his loved ones force him into
the avenues that offer.
Why should the forces Of uplift, the
lovers Of humanity. the strivers for
better things. be divided on any pre-
tense? We may be apart on thou
sand little shades Of belief. What do
they matter? Are we together on the
main question Of God against man.
mon. Of humanity against greed? II
% let us join hands, for the time is
coming when we may be needed to
render real service with the iiving
hosts of light.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
BE TRUE.


Maintain the integrity of your own
life.
1t is only in an atmosphere of truth
that noble souls can grow. The mists
Of deceit shut out the spiritual sun
light that is necessary for the inward
embodiment. Falsehood stunts the finer
sensibilities. 1t Shames all the better ma
ture in us until we cannot look another
in the eye. 1t makes of man Il sneak.
until he covers before his fellows. 1t
makes of him sham who tries to
seem what he is not. 1t makes of him
cheat. who cheats himself more than
any one else.
The liar is a coward at heart The
very consciousness of his deceit takes
all the courage and manliness out of
him. He resorts to fa1sehood to escape
some real or imaginary Ill. He seeks
to evade the consequences of guilt by
covering it up. He is too shortsighted
to realize that he only compounds the
fault and that some time. somewhere,
he will have to pay the penalty for two
sins instead Of one.
Lying is so petty and mean that only
small nature is capable of it. If a
great soul errs it is In a great way. He
cannot stoop to the despicable and lit
tie. II he goes amiss he has the cour-
age to face the results of his wrong
He cannot put on the lion front and
stand at bay. but. like the snake. wrig-
giles out of sight.
The man who can bear false witness
necessarily has a yellow streak In his
makeup. He would probably be capa
the bravery to attempt. False in one
thing. false in ALL
The liar betrays himself. The expert
enced court reporter can detect the ~
ing witness by certain quaver Of the
voice The frank and open bearing
is gone from the deceiver He cannot
he easy in the presence Of the genuine
and the true. He shrinks from honest
manhood.
The tongue is not the only lying men,
Der. You may bear false witness by
look. shrug or an attitude. You may
seal your lips. but lie In your heart.
Your whole life may be deception.
You may be posing for the thing you
are not. II SO you are false to the world
and to your own soul.
Naturalness is coming to be more and
more priced. Be what you are. Think
too much of yourself to ape another
Don't pose. Don't gild your exterior
and leave your interior full of filth and
pollution. Seek rather to make your
heart right and let that shine through
and irradiate your life. Be genuine.
Live your own life. Express your own
soul. Stand for your own honest
thought.
He who maligns another hurts three
persons. He detracts from the reputa-
ton Of the man of whom he speaks.
poisons the mind Of his hearer and
dwarfs his own soul
Honor is but another name for truth.
and he who has it binds the souls of all
unto him, for he expresses In SO far
the quality of things eternal
All through the ages men have
searched for truth and at last have
learned that the only way to gain it is
to be true to themselves.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
THE SUPREME WORD.

The night has thousand eyes.
The day but one.
Yet the light OF the whole world dies
At set Of sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
The heart but one,
Yet the light OF the whole world dies
When love IL done.
Throughout the ages alchemists
strove to find some magic substance
that would transmute the baser metals
into gold, but they did not realize that
Il was spiritual. not physical, thing
for which they sought Love trans
nutes all things into gold. He who
has love In his life sees the beautiful
and good everywhere. For him the
universe d transformed and there b In
4 nothing mean or ignoble. Love q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
THE LAND or YESTERDAY.

We all journey to 1.-THE land of Yes
terday. The sunshine nowhere else
has the same golden tint, the grass has
not the same soft shade of green. there
Is not such magic in the bird songs,
such verdure on the hills. such pleas
ant lanes and wood paths. such sweet
waters in the rivulets nor quite such
true hearted friends in any other re-
.gion as In this yesterday country. OF
course the Yesterday we mean is that
of childhood. Since then we have wit
messed scenes famed in song and story.
hattlefields whose names are house.
hold words. celebrated waterfalls.
Since then, too. we have been In great
cities and sojourned In the mountains
and by the sea. Yet have we not found
the same charm as this land Of Yes
terday.
It matters not how insignificant the
spot. how common or mean the sur.
roundings. the eyes of child see
beauties hidden from mature vision.
And memory itself is an enchanter. SO
that in looking backward we gaze
through double lens. and somehow
the glass transforms the scenes into
those Of the land Of the hearts desire.
l think all of us unconsciously pic
ture heaven after the fashion of our
land of Yesterday.
However many years and miles we
are away. We know every nook and
Granny of 1.-THE old fences. the clumps
of sunac and alders, the chestnut
trees. the apple orchard and cherry
trees. the wood iot-every foot of it we
have ira yersed in those faroff days and
In our dreams ten thousand times
since.
! do not know which is the more en-
chanting prpspect-youth looking for
ward to the future or age looking back
ward at the st.
There are d9ubtless illusions In both
views. though It would be cruel to tell
OF these illusions either to the boy or
to the man. The backward look is less
feverish, but there is sadness In it
that was absent from the other.
Yet what would life be without some
Illusions? And there is soul food gath
cred in these journeys to the land of
Yesterday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25

This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes
for boys from four to ten years of age
Send 10 cents to this Office, giving number
1870 and 1t will be promptly forwarded to
you by mail If in haste send an add
tional two cent stamp for letter postage
When ordering use coupon.
No.......'... e..........................
ADDRESS ..........................
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Never AGAIN.

1t was pitiful mistake. an error sad
and grim. waited for the railway
came at last. and from car there
stepped dainty dame, and. looking up
and down the place, she straight unto
me came. "Oh. Jack" she cried-"oh.
dear old Jack" and kissed me as she
spake. then looked aagin and, fright
ened. cried, "Oh, what bad mistaken
said. "Forgive me. maiden fair. for
am not your Jack, and as regards the
kiss you gave i'll straightway give it
back" And since that night I've often
stood upon that platform dim. but only
once in a mans whole life do such
things come to him.-Exchange
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
FASHION HINT
O
By JUDO CHOlLET

Both young girls and small women
will find this model an excellent one
1t Is pretty for brocaded Grape, but 1t
is charming for wolfe. marquisette anN
all the pretty thin materials that can
be draped successfully
1t can be made OF one material
throughout or with collar and sleeves
OF a contrasting one. The three piece
skirt is draped and the blouse includes
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25

pruvcrp,au:~-g -1-ru rue pau. II 6as
the discernment to see but the best In
all creatures.
Love transhgures us morally. men
tally and physically. Morally 1t takes
from us the desire to overreach and in
jure others. Mentally it turns all our
gifts into helpful and gracious chan
nels. Physically 1t softens and beauti-
ties our faces, lends Il light to the eyes
and smile to the lips.
Love takes the bitterness from disap-
pointment and the sting from sorrow.
1t plants outward flowers ON the graves
of It's dead and Inward flowers to shed
fragrance over their memories. Ii ad-
mits no separation. but holds its OBJ
jects closer because they seem to be
away.
1t blesses us all through the journey
of life. closes down our eyelids when
we fall asleep and accompanies us In
our journey to the realm beyond the
shadow
In the storm Of life, with its clouds
Of doubt and its rain Of tears, the spir-
stual sunlight breaks through and forms
perfect rainbow. with one foot in the
land of the living and one in the world
of the dead. 1t is the rainbow of love
At the gulf of death all things else
falter and fail. Words do not reach
across. and the language we would fain
fancy is from the other side falls into
a meaningless jargon that is n mock
cry. Hope. bright eyed and joyous.
palses upon that brink. and. as she
looks ut the blnckness beyond her
smile dies and the light goes out of her
eyes. Even faith. usually 50 confident
and fearless. falters in crossing that
abysn. But love. at the touch of the
dread angel, only grows the stronger
and binds us with a firmer bond to the
one who has gone before.
Hope may he palsied by fear and
faith may fall in doubt, but love loves
on. Unquestioning and unafraid, it
pierces through all seeming and goes
direct to its object. 1t triumphs over
death.
Love binds the souls of those on both
sides of the grave. 1t Is the rainbow
whose shining arch spans two worlds.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
you 90 Know, ana In It have meas

you l 90 KNOW, duO IN IL l nave WeoD-
ureIess confidence.
This idea am expressing is not new
1t is as old as Greece. as old as the
Bible, as old as man. We have always
known 1t. only most Of US have not APP
piled It, You are going to apply 1t. and
that is why you are going to win.
Get this firmly fixed In your mind,
and. whatever happens, don't ever get
it out again-YOU ARE GOING TO
SUCCEED. Now. having fixed that
thought. established 1t beyond the pos
sibility of any weak and childish doubt
ever to shake, roll up your sleeves. go
to work with will and make good
Don't argue. don't hesitate. but get
into the game. Throw your whole be-
Ing into your work. Believe In your
self If you do that nothing can de-
feat you,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Lost.

One mortgage note given by Mrs.
Cecile Laenger for stt 100000, dated
August 10, 1911, due and payable five
years after date, bearing 7 per cent
interest from date, interest payable
annually. The note is payable to the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25

order OF Mrs. Cecile Laengesand by
her endorsed in blank. Thsa ote is
paraphed by Leon r. Smith, notary
pobilc. The public is warned not to
trade Tor the said note, as the same
mas been either lost or stolen.
MRS. w. D. NORWOOD.
shreveport, La, April 90, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
HOLD FAST THAT WHICH is GOOD

fT0tD anu OTlltWOOu are seen on tuS
surface of the stream. Below the wa
ters are clear and pure.
Likewise froth and driftwood are
seen on the surface Of the river Of hu.
manity. Superficial observers may mis-
take these for the stream itself. may
jump to the conclusion that all the riv.
er Is made up Of bubbles and rubbish
Only those who look deeper see the
clear waters
Today the human river is flowing
rapidly. 1t is bank full and moving
with speed never observed before.
1t Is at times like these that the
amount Of froth and driftwood seems
greater than usual. Yet at these times
the volume Of pure and clear water Is
also greater.
Among the refuse carried on the sur
face of the stream are divorce, graft.
corruption, public and private dishon-
esty. national and personal evils.
Be not deceived by these superficial
appearances. Look deeper There you
will find pure water. the life Of the
people. For the most part the masses
are living honest. God fearing lives.
The great human current is wholesome
and clear. The common folk are sound.
as they have ever been. They are true
to the old standards. They hold fast
that which is good.
believe in man because believe In
God, In whose image man is made.
have great faith in my fellows. Nor
is this faith seriously disturbed because
one here and there may happen to go
astray ! have faith even in him. for
the slip In the path may be but tenn
porary.
know there are ever some froth and
driftwood on the stream. but also
know that in the drops below the pri-
NAL virtues, the eternal verities. flow
on. l have drunk of the stream of
life and know that 1t Is good.
Be not deceived 1t is true that good
ness. honesty. fair dealing, conscien-
tious work. high ideals and right deeds
win now, as they have ever won. The
only real success Is gained through the
exercise of these qualities. The seem
ing prosperity of crooked men is as
short lived as the bubble on the water.
In this age we are trying all things.
but we must not forget to bold fast
that which is good.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
FASHION HINT
By JUDO cHOLLET

There is no quality in any garment
that makes stronger appeal to the
masculine mind, old or young, than
that of comfort. Here is blouse that
combines that all important feature
with smartness. The short sleeves and
open neck make the waist an ideal one
for tennis. baseball and other sports.
The back can be made with an applied
yoke if additional strength is needed.
For the eight year size the blouse
will require two and three-eighths
yards of material with half yard for
collar and cuffs.
The sleeves can be made long in the
regulation way. and the neck can be
finished with q neck band and worn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Shreveport Telegraph School
SHREVEPORT La
Charter Members
This School located the Lew Rldnn
Corner Texas Edwards Streets
TAKE ELEVATOR TO THE SCHOOL ROOM

The charter members of this school will
school until December 49, 1919 of $50 or S5
payable $40 down and $40 each month"; until the
will be $500 Now is the CHANCE
ofhe best paying businesses learn
whose services are IN demand Is qualified
Fathers see the superintendent this
arrangements for your sons future welfare out for
your daughters future welfare Boys from IL this
announcement Men, II to 30
study and learn very fast This has been experience
Remember This School has
DE one OF the chartered members
WOULD accrue In case you to leave
teach at home Now short time t not t.;
on ts cut price the scholarship will as the scboo.
has been chartered have had thirty experience as
tor and agent the leading the South and in teach
ing 1elegrap having taught this kind in 1890
after teaching the public schools Arkansas and Mssor for
quite number Of years
This School will open the FIRST MONDAY IN JNE 1919 At
$3.50 NJ, and close each day FIVE DAYS aC WEEu
You see why can turn out qualified boys girls in so short
time from three to five months
to get qualified and the POSITION IS READY FOR YOU
Call at the school the slperintendon ond 49, .
De coh'"oeo' D. D. HARDIN, Superintendent
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25

with any collar. Tie back can be fin
ished with an applied yoke If the al
ditional strength is needed In this
case striped percale is finished with
collar and cuffs of white linen. and the
effect is very pretty. Madras is good
for such use, too, and linen is always
excellent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-21

is and at all times mentioned IN the
complaint has been estranged from
her said husband and has utterly de-
stroyed' whatever affection or love he
may have had for her"
Mrs. MacKay alleges further that
Ilr. Blake has not lived with the
plaintiff as his wife since the year
1904, long prior to the time when
he first knew or had any acqualnt-
ance with the defendant, but on the
contrary he has avoided the plaintiif
as much as possible and by mutual
consent the said plaintiff and her
husband have at all times since the
year 1904 lived separately and apart
and since the autumn OF the year
1910 have maintained separate and
distinct establishments"
Mrs. MacKay says she did not meet
DR.. Blake until 1909, long after the
breach had come between him and
his wife, and prays therefore that the
suit against her be dismissed.
The summons and complaint in
Mrs. Blake's suit was made public
yesterday. 1t set forth that she was
living with and being supported by
DR.. Blake until four years ago. Mrs.
MacKay, she charges, "wilfully, wick
eddy and maliciously alienated his al
fectfons and still alienates them. .
Mrs. Blake's suit for separation
against the doctor is pending in the
courts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-21
MOST STUBBORN LABOR WAR
IS NOW BEING FOUGHT TO A FIN
ISH IN PHILADELPHIA.
Garment Workers and Manufacturers
Are Heavy Losers. Both Sides
in the Fight Are Firm.

One of the most grim and costly
struggles in the garment makers in
| dustry in Philadelphia is now in its
fourteenth week, with no outward
| indication that the end is in sight.
| Both sides are determined and al
| though the losses on one side and the
suffering on the other are severe
there is no disposition to compromise
and the strike with all it's bitterness
and hardships is likely to continue
! into the winter.
over 1000 men and women are
affected in their capacity as wage
earners, while the number of manu-
| featuring concerns is approximately
| geo. Since the strike began the
manufacturers have lost more than
million dollars in business and some
of them have lost a part of their
market permanently AS for the
strikers, they have ben stripped OF
every source of income and the only
thing that stands between them and
starvation is the money which is flow
| ing in from unions throughout the
country Already $135, 900 has been
doled out in benefits and of this sum
| SS5,0O0 has been sent from the gar
ment workers of New York
The demands of the strikers are
! for improved sanitary conditions and
| for living wage. Most of the strik-
! ers are foreigners and they are hold
! ing together in firm ranks. Their
motto is, 1--WE won't give in" The
manufacturers, on the other hand,
are equally determined and assert
they will not submit to the demands
of the strikers, even if their losses
mount up into the millions. They
! have lost the trade of the season just
closed and many of their patrons
/ have cancelled their contracts and
transferred their trade to other cit
les. Several of the manufacturers
have endeavored to operate their
shops with help imported from other
cities, but not successfully, and the
importation of workers from other
cities has led to various collisions
between them and the strikers. Of
the latter more than 800 have been
arrested for various minor offenses.
Their fines were paid by the union.
The strike has attracted the atten-
ton of union workers throughout
the country and more funds for the
strikers are pouring in every week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-21
MUST PLACE WOMAN'S
NAME ON THE BALLOT

Mrs. Koontz Is Candidate for County
Treasurer in Maryland Election.
CUMBERLAND, Md.-Judge R. R.
Henderson today sustained man
damus petition seeking to compel the
board of election supervisors to place
the name of Mrs. Grace Koontz of
Midland, Md, on the official ballot
to be voted in the November election.
Mrs. Koontz is socialist candidate for
county treasurer.
Women cannot vote in Maryland.
The supervisors held that if Mrs.
Koontz was elected she could not
serve.
Judge Henderson ruled that the
duties of the supervisors are minis
terial, not judicial, that the board
had no choice in the matter and that
there is no law in Maryland prohib-
iting women from holding political
office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-10-21
MRS. MCKAY DENIES CHARGE
SHE ANSWERS $1,OOO,0OO SUIT
AND ATTACKS MRS. BLAKE.
SAYS Latter Threatened to Kill HeI
Husband. Another Chapter in
a High Life Scandal.

NEW YORK-Mrs. Clarence H..
MacKay, suffrage leader and wife of
the head of the Postal Telegraph and
Cable Company, broke her silence
today regarding her million dollar
suit fed against her by Catherine K.
Blake for alleged alienation Of the
affections of her husband, DR.. Jos.
a. Blake, surgeon.
Through her personal counsel, Ar
thur Train, Mrs. MacLay denies all
of Mrs. Blake's allegations in a for
nal answer filed in the supreme
court and characterizes Mrs. Blake
as one who has a Jealous disposi-
ton, ungovernable temper, and no
affection or love for her husband, -
who at one time, it is alleged, she
threatened to kill Since 1895 Mrs.
MacKay AYERS, Mrs. Blake has had
no affection for the doctor.
"On the contrary" the answer
continues, ''she has sought to injure
his good name by constantly spread
ing among his patients, friends and
relatives false and unjust rumors and
accusations against him regarding
his intimacy with other women and
his neglect of his marital obligations,
and has constantly declared to said
persons that she, the said plaintiff,
despised and hated her said husband
and desired to ruin him; and that
during the year 1905 and repeatedly
thereafter she, the plaintiff, threat
ened to kill her said husband.
"Py reason of the facts alleged in
the preceding paragraph the plaintiff