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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
kewpie to Embroider.

How many mothers who h
laughed with their children over
antics of the Kewpies know that "
delightful creatures come stampe(
embroider? They adorn pillow 4
chiffonier scarfs and table cover,
the child's nursery or bedroom,
they have lost none Of their sell
ness by being transferred to b
linen.
They are colored, of course, and
to be done in outline stitch,
coarse rope silk-work which
pleasantly fast. Kewpie rhymes
painted below, describing the pied
action.
The alluring Drayton children q
In this form also, and are quit
pretty as the Kewpies. But perl
the cleverest Of all is the sweet
September Morn child, standing q
her chubby knees In water, with
verse beneath.
"Oh, please don't think me bad
bold,
But where it's deep, it's awful q
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
IN FURS AND VELVETS
SEASONS LONG COATS REACH
EXTREME IN LUXURY.
One Of the Best Models Fashioned Of
Ermine and White Silver Brocade
Prices May Be as High as
One Likes.

or the long fur coats for evening
wear We have had much 20 say be-
fore, but each day brings out new
models in fur and fur combined with
velvet or rich brocade or plain satin
or cloth.
Some of the coats have a deep yoke
or enormous collar and cuffs of fur
and a very deep band on the coat
bottom. rounding up in the front and
narrowing until it meets the collar the
central part OF the coat being OF vel
vet. satin or cloth.
One superb model In fur and bro
cade is fashioned of ermine and white
silver brocade. the fur forming the
deep yoke and peasant sleeves, while
the brocade runs up and forms the en-
tire lower part of the coat. and the big
soft revers and cuffs which are turned
back against the sleeves.
Whole coats of ermine are many.
Sometimes the pure white ermine is
trimmed in the black and white tails
or perhaps the black and white ermine
is trimmed in black fur, firest brett
schwang. silky caracul or black fox
These fur coats are ample. luxurious,
long or three-quarter: the right cross
Ing far over the left, but so cut that
the coat is drawn in toward the bot
tom to give the approved narrow sill
houette. OF gorgeous seal, brett
schwang. taupe and sable coats there
is no end; but these are not primarily
evening coats as are the ermine gar
ments and some of those of chinchilla
When it comes to fur-trimmed eve
ming coats, one hardly knows where
to take up the tale. There are models
in all grades of elegance and at prices
ranging from $40 up to a lofty point
among the three figure prices. All de-
ponds upon the value of the materials
used and the value of the name at
tached to the model. A famous de-
signer charges well for his name and
his ideas and when these expensive
items are added to the cost of velvet.
satin or cloth and fine fur, one has a
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
HIGHEST PRICE FOR COTTON
Movement Inausurated at Bonham
That Deserves Consideration Of
All Shipping Points.

The merchants Of Bonham, Tex,
have organized company to offer the
farmers top prices for their cotton.
The company does not care to deal in
cotton. but will take 1t where the
regular buyers refuse to pay the high
est market price.
The business men Of Texas are be.
ginning to realize that they can be-
come most useful on the marketing
side of agriculture and the Bonham
movement deserves the consideration
Of AL other shipping points.
Business men can employ their ener
gies to no better advantage than to
assist farmers in getting fairer market
prices for their products.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
Pocket Needle Case.

Teach the little maid to earn
needle case of the pocket-sized
in her school kit. II she has Nv
at hand the means Of repairing u
or a rent in her clothes she
gradually acquire the almost o1
lete art of neat mending and y
become ingrained with her never
wear a ragged garment. The y
ct" needle case that Is most e
carried is the cartridge-shaped Y
in steel which unscrews to revsI
silver-plated thimble surmounti1
reel wound with white, blue
brown threads. and a hollow .,
tacle for needles. But all the .,
stiles for clothes repairing may
contained in a tiny leatherco1
book having flannel leaves for BOZ
needles and pockets for holding :
ened toothpicks wound with threa1|
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
PL0TTERSO OF MEXICO
Supply Of discriminating Evil
dence Is First Move.
No conspirator 10 Recognized as Such
Unless This Qualification Is o. K.
Mexican Situation From Hu-
morous View Point.

THE life Of a correspondent in Mexico
City is not what IL is cracked up TO De.
War correspondent and Mexican CORE
spondent are synonymous. Despite tne
fact that a Mexican correspondent never
knows at Just what moment ne Is Ia
BILE to be thirty -threed. which means
being fired out of the country. AFTER an
unpleasant and dangerous experience IN
Mexican sails a Mexico City correspond
emit has been able to see the humor OF
the situation as II exists today IN Ihe
turbulent Latin-American repubhc.-Eu-
TORS Note)
Mexico City.-The first thing
Mexican does when he becomes con-
spirator, or joins rebel junta, or ap-
prentices himself to learn the trade
of banditry, or gets into the Plotters
union, is to supply himself with in
eliminating documents. No conspira'
tor against the provisional govern
ment OF Citizen Gen. Don Victoriano
Huerta presidente internio constitu-
tional of the United States of Mexico.
is recognized as a plotter in good
standing unless he carries them pa
pers" on his person.
When a man is initiated into cir
Gle of Carrancista or Zapatista or
Vazquista or some other "ista" con-
spirators, he takes a terrible oath
never to reveal the secrets of the Or
der. even though he be put to slow
torture. Then signs and passwords
are given him and large bunch Of
discriminating documents is confided
to his care. The documents" may
differ in detail, but they always con-
tain the Names and addresses of all
the conspirators and a full expose OF
their .lefarious plans and projects.
with diagrams.
All the conspirators carry these
documents in their breast pockets
when they wear coats. and In the pis-
tol pockets of their trousers when
they don't. Sometimes-but this is
very rare-they leave the incriminat-
ing documents In their office desks
or lying on their bureaus at home.
Some of the members Of the cham
Der Of deputies who were arrested by
order of President Huerta October 10
for conspiracy against his govern
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
IMITATION FURS AND CLOTHS
Coats Of ServIceabIe Sorts Much Inn
proved by the Form Of Deeora-
ton Thus Made.

Plain and brocaded pushes and vel
vets and velours are employed for
many purposes. Plain plush is used
for practical coats of the serviceable
sort, while the brocaded effects are
used for dressier garments. Matelasse
or striped velvets and velveteens
printed in simple shaded stripes In
imitation of corduroys are a new
fancy.
Coats Of velvet, plush or pile fabric
have cutaway effect The fronts are
widely wrapped and fasten with sin
gle large ornament or a fancy button
Collars are quite large, and mostly OF
the shawl variety, though some are
made to button high. Sleeves OF prac-
tical garments in these materials are
the regulation type, set In at the arm
hole. Those In dressy coats are In the
mandarin style, and some are quite
extreme.
Colors In pile fabrics for coats are
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
Marketing Cream.

On farms where a hand separator is
used more money can often be OBJ
tanned by selling sweet cream to no.
tells. confectioners and ice-cream max
ers than by selling sour cream to the
creamery. or course. II Is more
trouble to market sweet cream than
sour. as the product must be taken
to market oftener, and care must be
exercised to keep the cream perfectly
sweet, but where the market is not
too far away all these difficulties can
be met nicely.
Ice cream manufacturers" desire q
thin cream. testing about is per cent.
fat. and this, Of course, leaves less
skimmilk on the farm than when a
highest cream is marketed. but the
better price received for the sweet
cream is usually enough to pay for
this and the extra trouble.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
CREED NOT AN ESSENTIAL

Don't use a noun and then an ad-
jective that crosses out the noun. An
adjective qualities, II cannot contra
dict Don't say, Give me patriotism
that is free from all boundaries 1t Is
like saying, Give me a pork pie with
n, pork In it. Don't say, I look for
ward to that larger religion that shall
saying. look forward to that larger
Quadruped who shall have no feet A
quadruped means something with four
feet; and religion means something
that commits a man to some doctrine
about the universe. Don't let the
meek substantive be absolutely MUIR
dered by the joyful, exuberant adjec-
tive"
All Of which is very clever. in the
usual Chestertonian style, but 1t Is
misleading-largely false as we'll as
true. What a religion means depends
somewhat upon the individual who pro-
fesses 1t. 1t does commit the individ-
ual to some definite doctrine about the
universe. but that doctrine may be
broad, shallow, narrow or deep. 1t
may be simple or 1t may be full Of
complexities and inconsequential de-
tails that have nothing to do with the
fundamentals Of religious BELIEF in
the broad sense. The danger Of doc
trine Is that 1t is almost inevitably
bound to expand. develop and multi
ply, so that In time there Is a whole
family Of doctrines all grouped under
the original title and recognized as
part Of the conventional system.
| Mr.. Chesterton is misleading when
he says that the man who looks for
ward to a religion that shall bear no
special dogmas might as we'll declare
that he wants pork pie with no pork
in it. This might apply to any distinc-
tive doctrinal faith, as, for example,
the Baptist who should express his
longing for a Baptist religion that
would be sufficiently advanced to dis
card the rite Of baptism, but it is ridi.
culous when applied to religion"
without specification Of creed Sure.
ly there is possibility of something
worthy the nam, Of religion" that
does not commit its followers to any
elaborate creed and is practically free
from special dogmas. There will be
many agree with the gentleman from
Greene in his belief that creeds are
likely to be Of much less Importance
in the future than they have been In
the past.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
KILLING BOIL WEEVll EARLY
Warning Sent to Farmers in Cotton
Belt cautioning Them Against
Spread of Harmful Insect.

The department of agriculture Is
sending out warnings to the farmers
in the cotton belt, cautioning them
against the spread of the boil weeviL
1t is also advising them through field
agents how to destroy and prevent the
spread of the insect.
Destroy the cotton stalk early in
October II possible" advises the de-
partment. Destroy your stalls even
If your less progressive neighbor does
not. 1t will pay. Clear off and burn
all your rubbish on ditch banks and
other hybernating places for the
weevil. This should be done early in
the fall
DO not plant cotton after cotton
but plant your cotton on land that has
grown a heavy crop of cowpeas, velvet
beans, Lespedeza, or some other legu-
mfnous crop to supply the land with
nitrogen and vegetable matter. Break
the land in the fall or early winter
that Is to be planted to cotton next
year.
Where sufficient teams and tools
are available to pillow under and COM
pletely bury the stalks this should by
all means be done. Where 1t Is i'm
possible to pillow the stalks under they
should be uprooted, raked into wind
rows and allowed to dry for a few
days. They should then be burned
To prove the value of destroying
the cotton stalks, the department con-
Quoted experiments in Amite county,
Mississippi, last year and the following
results are shown:
On III acres where no stalks were
destroyed but where all other instruc-
tions Of the government were followed,
the average yield was 619 pounds of
seed cotton per acre. On % acres
where the stalks were destroyed be-
fore October 10, and the same cultural
methods applied, the average yield
per acre was 1850 pounds Of seed
cotton, or gain Of AL pounds Of seed
cotton per acre. worth at that time
s1764, was secured by early fall de
struction Of stalks. II 1t pays a few
men sl7.64 per acre to cut their cot
ton stalks before October 10, what
would it mean to a county II every
stalk in It were cut before October
10?
On the other farms in the sam,
county where none of the government
instructions were followed, It tool
from eight to ten acres to make {
bale OF cotton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
UNITE TO GET FAIR PRICES
Attorney Generals Of Southern States
Give Opinions on Scope Of
Farmers Cooperation.

To what extent may producers unite
TO obtain fair prices and better dis
tribution? Is 1t legal for cotton grow
ers in each state to hold conventions,
vote that the price should be a GER
tain figure. and then through their
own state organizations urge upon
local oranges and unions within the
state the wisdom of cooperating to
demand and obtain such prices?
We submitted this all-important
question to the attorney general of
each Of the southern states, says the
Iowa Homestead. Their replies indi-
dictate that such action on the farm
ers' part does not violate the antitrust
law In any Of the southern state. The
Mississippi attorney general writes a
lengthy opinion to the effect that the
antitrust law was not aimed at~that
sort Of thing, but that It is ar advant-
age to the state andfo the public for
growers to reeeilrge reasonable price
Tor their Produce. Evidently there
- not much danger but that the eff
AOTtS Vi IdI meIS U CO-OpcTdtt III
marketing their produce wholly with
In their state may be legal and not
subject them to prosecution. How
ever. 1t will be wise for them to take
counsel on this point.
Interstate combinations OF pro-
ducers to effect better distribution and
secure better prices may run up
against the federal antitrust statute.
That Is why so harmless a corporation
as the New England milk producers
company had to disband as a result
of being indicted for violating the fed
eral law. 1t has been succeeded by a
voluntary association, which strives to
avoid any conflict with the statute.
The organization Of the California
orange growers, which so efficiently
promotes the distribution of that crop
at fair prices, has thus far escaped in
dictment. Instead of discouraging
cooperation, both federal and state
laws should encourage 1t.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06

members of the diplomatic corps to
the national palace and told them In
an aggrieved tone how those tell-taie
papers had been found in the depu-
ties desks by the police. He really
was very angry about 1t, for, as he
and everyone knows. 1t Is the correct
thing in the best plotting circles to
carry such papers on the person.
where the secret police can get at
them without vexatious delay and
trouble. There can be little doubt
that the imprisoned deputies will get
much severer sentences than they
would have received had they not
maliciously sought to annoy the po-
lice and cause delay by leaving these
discriminating documents in their
desks, instead Of carrying them to
Jail, where they could have been
found without trouble when the depu-
ties we're searched.
There are instances Of record
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
Easy Enough to Be Quite Religious
Without Being Doc
trinal.

Providence, r. ALMOST any SUM-
day we can find something mentally
stimulating among the letters to the
editor, remarks the Providence Jour-
nal OF such quality was letter from
Greene one Sunday referring to a re-
cent discussion Of 'creedless reli-
gion." A prominent clergyman and an
equally prominent publicist came into
disagreement over the question of re-
ligious instruction in the public
schools, in the course OF which the
layman declared that religious in
struction must be in accordance with
some creed" and therefore was out Of
the question as policy in the schools.
There are thousands of all creeds
who will heartily agree with the sub
stance of this opinion. G. X. Chester
ton fatty expresses the same idea in
"A Miscellany of Men," and his inter
esting way of putting 1t is worth not
ing:
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
Portugal Government Turns Loose 800
ilIiterates, but Keeps the
InteiIectuals.

Isbon.-In order to square itself
with the opposition, but more partic-
ularly with the world at large, the
government, on the third anniversary
Of the republic. released 800 Royalist
prisoners, some Of whom had been
kept in jail for three years without
trial. This act has called forth CEN
sure from the Carbonari press-the
press Of Portugars Tammany-which
declares that the royalists should
have been allowed to rot in prison"
and that the government has shown
thas 1t fears foreign criticism" The
release, however, is not so much to
the credit of the government as the
first cabled news Of 1t implied or the
Carbonari censure indicates.
The majority of the prisoners now
released are peasants and poor work
men, distinction having been drawn
by the government between these and
the less poor or the better educated.
ID is a curious distinction, and to the
ears of demagogue may have a fine
sound and dignity, but 1t is one which
a moments consideration shows to be
untenable and absurd. 1t is presum-
ably not intended to be a premium on
illiteracy. for the government pro.
fesses horror of illiteracy, but it Is,
in fact, a premium on servility. mean.
ness, and obseQuiousness. 1t is de.
signed. says the government, to divide
the responsible from the irresponsible
A hundred and twenty Of the better
educated prisoners remain accordingly
in the penitentiaries. But it requires
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
FREES ALL HER PRISONERS

no very high intelligence to know
whether one prefers the monarchy to
the republic, or to realize that the
object Of attack was the republic; so
that, assuming that all the prisoners
were guilty Of taking up arms or &C
lively conspiring against the republic,
which. Of course, is not the case, the
net result of the distinction drawn by
the governr-e nt Is to reward those
who fought against the republic, not on
principles, but wantonly, In order to
earn a few shillings, and to retain in
prison those who did so honestly. from
conviction.
1t is precisely those who were con-
demned rather owing to their convic-
tions than their actions who are to
be kept In prison. Because some OF
them are priests and others belong
to the Portuguese nobility they are
held responsible, and are to continue
to serve a sentence to which they
should never have been condemned.
No one wishes a nobleman to have
more favor in the eyes OF the law
than a peasant. but why should he
have less?"
The conspiracy" Of those now re.
leased is at least as clearly estab-
lished as that Of those who remain in
prison. The present government pro
fesses to abolish God and religion, but
in undertaking to Judge men by their
motives rather than by their proved
acts it is assuming a prerogative com
nonly held to be not human blu,
divine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06

where suspected plotters have mys-
teriously disappeared and their rela-
tives have known them no more. but
In all such cases the missing ones In
variably were careful to leave their
discriminating documents where the
police could find them without trou-
BILE, thus making 1t pleasanter for
all. Sometimes the discriminating
documents are found neatly tied up
with the last will and testament of
the departed Sometimes they are
hidden, but the police are wonderful
experts at finding them. Relatives
and friends will search a room for
hours, not leaving a square inch un-
explored, and discover nothing what
soever, not even a scrap Of writing.
Then the police will come and glance
carelessly around and, presto. in the
shake of a lambs tail they discover
enough discriminating documents to
paper the room itself.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06

city corporation will take part Of the
ground for the purpose of widening
Alderegate street and Gresham street.
There can be no discoveries for
some few days, as the men are still at
work on the bed Of concrete, which ex-
tends to a depth of five feet. Then
their work will be carried out under
the eyes of archaeologists. for it was
on this site that st. Martins priory
stood in years gone by.
1t is not forgotten that when the
foundations Of the Goldsmiths' insti-
tute. near by, were being laid traces Of
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
To Ienqthen Children's Skin

A good way to let down the
dren's outgrown dresses Is to cut
off straight about two inches !
the hem and insert piece OF
the desired width from three 70
inches. II the dress Is checks
plaid, insert plain goods of the
dominating color. II plain. !
check or plaid to match goods
has a very pretty effect
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
SEARCH FOR ROMAN RELICS
London ArehaeoIogists Interested In
Excavations in City for New
Official Buildings.

London.-Archaeolog are taking
the keenest interest In the excavation
works which have just been begun on
the site of the old general 5ost office.
st. Martin-le-Grande. The site is to
be utilized for the new Offices of the
accountant generals department of the
post office, but 1t is expected that the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
BUNGALOW Curtains.

For a bungalow or shooting 10y
any cottage in the country whel,,
daintiest effect with the least w.
is desired in the way OF cur
most useful article Is the 's
towel. One OF these blue ana
towels hung at each side OF -,
dow with another tackled crosss>
the top as a canopy makes Q '"
tractiye window decoration
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
HE Was q Good Fellow"

Baltimore, Md.-Charles Printzala,
amateur stamp collector. who died
several months ago. had requested
that a monument bearing the epitaph
He was a good fellow" be placed
over his grave. His estate consisted
Of $4,000 stamps worth. he said, $751;
900. Until the stamps are sold the
monument must wait.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06

ment carelessly left their incriminat-
ing documents in their desks in the
chamber. instead of carrying them in
their pockets, according to custom.
thus putting the secret police to a
great deal of unnecessary trouble to
get the papers.
President Huerta called all the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06
Swine Cheifer

Cheap shelters and fences should be
used until the profits from the hogs
will pay for better ones. No large
building should be erected until hogs
have been grown several years on the
farm and the breeder is sure of what
he wants and where he wants to 10
cate It,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-12-06

sum total appalling to the average
woman. And yet 1t does seem as If
a large proportion of these very cost
ly models might be successfully copied
by many a tailor or dressmaker who
would have been incapable Of original
ing them. Even so. the beautiful ma
terials would make the coat expen-
sive, but at least the goodly sum paid
for the makers reputation and
originality would be eliminated, and
that means cutting down the price by
at least onehalf; while the profit OF
the importer who brought the model
over, another large item. can be
counted off the cost of the garment.
MARY DEAN.