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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
Gals. Of men md women selfish and
bitter IL unthinEAh ria

Gals, Of men and women selfish and
bitter, Is unthinkable. =.
Weigh It in any balance you will
emeasure It with whatever yardstck
you choose-conditioned that your
measure be true and honest-and the
city will be found to justify It's own
existence. Despite the fashion Of the
day that decries the great cities as all
Sodoms and Gomorrahs, that sees in
the winking OF the electric lights only
the8allurements of evil, at heart the
city IS sound and worthy of Its place.
Plunge into the river Of humanity.
Let it Unfold you. Feel yourself kin to
the eddying multitudes of people. AS
you look into each mans eye try to
picture to yourself the story of hope or
despair. OF JOY or sorrow, that lies be-
hind his face. Get into your mind and
fasten it there firmly with the ties of
brotherhood that he is a man like your
self: that he has his own tribuIations
to meet and overcome. his own joy to
console him and refresh him. 1t will
do you good to battle in the waters of
humanity that flow without ceasing
where men do congreeate most thickly.
You will emerge from the food wiser,
better man. with a broader outlook ON
life
Besides, there Is great mental Joy In
rubbing elbows with man. It shap-
ems the intellect and lends aid In Tie
Hphtfnr ~ tho ha tfin ~ {oh 10 tho mr.
ton Of every i've man and woman.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
How to Order Patterns.

Patterns described in the Caucas-
ian are supplied by the May Manton
Pattern Company, Greeley Square,
New York City, and Masonic Tenn
pie, Chicago, I'LL Forward order
with name and address to the New
York or Chicago office with t0c for
each pattern. They will be mailed
direct to you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13

No. 15,5S4-ln the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
w. G. Wadley VS.. ]. E. Buvens
By virtue Of a writ of fieri facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit | have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton for cash and according to law
at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La,
during the legal hours of sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1913,
Lot seventeen, block &C." of the
Thornhill subdivision of the City Of
Shreveport, La, and also lots one
and two of block I'd" of the Thorn
hill subdivision of the City Of
Shreveport, La, with the buildings
and improvements thereon. Said
property seized as~belonging to the
above named defendant and to be
sold to pay and satisfy the debt as
specified in said writ, say in the sum
OF four hundred and fifty dollars,
with 6 per cent interest thereofs.
from January 9. 1909, until paid. and
thirteen and $4,000 dollars with
legal interest thereon from date Of
Judgment April 80, 1913, and all
costs of this suit which is not sus-
pended by devolutive appeal.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, June %, 1918.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
Heart to Heart
I alks
HOW MUCH is A ROSE WORTH

Inc rama md-FAC1IIC eXpOS1IlOL. To Ue
held In 1915, offers trophy valued at ST.
900 for the finest unnamed rose shown
ahat yeaT--News Item.
How much is rose worth to you?
Nothing, you say. You have whole
gardenful Of roses. and you don't both
err much about them. Oh. yes; of
course mother and the girls like to fuss
around the bushes and decorate the
house with the flowers. but you are too
busy to think about them.
Ii is mistake. friend. Think a bit
about the rose and what it means.
You will learn not only to love the fra
grant flower, but will acquire a new
outlook Oh life. The rose Is worth d
good deal. you see.
The man who does not love roses has
missed great thing. into his life has
never come in all likelihood the thought
that perhaps. after all. life was made
TO be filed with sweetness and beauty
and fragrance and not with gloom and
bitterness and disappointment. Such
b the lesson OF the rose, and 1t 10 q les
son that Is worth learning.
Every man On earth may have his
roses II he 10 walled up In city and
bis lot IS cast In rigid. unyielding lines
q stone and brick he may still see the
rose Of life blooming on the cheek Of q
Mite child; he may find its fragrance
= the holy odor Of good deed; he may
read Its lesson In the beauty Of unself-
hh liyes, lived uncomplainingly amid
hardship and privation.
AL such are akin to the rose. All
epen their petals to the sun that men
may see them and rejoice. The spirit
at the rose is found everywhere.
Yes. but the rose has thorns? True.
ne cannot deny the thorns. They
prick. and they make difficult the
calling of the roses. But the thorns
bare their reason and their purpose,
since in the great plan which rules the
world nothing is made without reason.
They protect the rose from foes.
And in the lives which seem to be all
aherns-and. oh, such few blossoms
stay II not be that the thorns will be
aannd to have their uses when the final
seckoning is cast?
:zhe world can well afford to pay
$4,000 for new rose. The price is low
aer an addition to the stock of beauty
represented by the queen Of flowers.
aeher flowers may come and go In pop
mar favor, but the rose remains the
1nHorate 1t has been since the first man
essk note Of the beautiful bloom.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
FSfray Notice

Taken up by Z. D. Warters at Mis-
sionary, Ward One, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, one brown COW, 4 years
old, with calf 1 month old; marked
crop and split in right ear. and I'M
derslope in left ear. The owner will
come forward, prove property and
ray costs or the COW will be sold as
the law directs at Ida, Caddo Parish,
La, on Saturday, August'2, 1918.
w. O. OWENS,
Justice Of the Peace Ward One, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana.
Caucasian, June 26, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
LIKE HUMAN FLIES.

gpon town and country rests the
burden of heat. The sun, father Of all
HE. Is now 70 many the bringer Of.
pain and death. We are no longer sun
Mosshlpers. as In the genial days Of
spring We pray for the passing Of q
esead 10 shield US from the rays-for
- passing Of many clouds.
Can ron mitigate the suns heat for
leaEself and your familya Can you
sA3eid yourself from the arrows OF the.
IN that pierce and burn? Happy man
- woman.
How about those 70 whom life In the
1aytime IS torture and night brings
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13

not the rest needed for the further
dragging OF the load OF life: Do you
give them thought. OF do you wave a
fan lixtiessly to and fro and complain
ENORMOUSLY as you order your servant
to bring Ice and cooling drinks and ar
range mare carefully the pillows where
on you lie?
Do you know that in the city-aye.
and in the poorer districts Of the town
and the village and the open country
human beings, men. women and little
children. your own kinfolk in virtue
Of human brotherhood. faint and die
for want of a breath Of fresh air?
y an0hot, too" you say. Il do not
bring the heat There is Providence
which orders such things. Why should
! be blamed for the heat that kills as
well as brings ife?'
You are not blamed, sister and broth
or. 1t is not your fault. But is it not
your fault if you, mitigating your own
su1ferings from the heat. fail to take
thought of the little children whose
naked feet burn on hot asphalt. whose
food is scanty and untitled for the sea
son. whose bed Is the filthy sidewalk.
whose sufferingss are too fearful to con-
template when the dog star shines
down on misery that spreads In ever
widening circles?
Are you doing your share toward
raising the fresh air funds which are
the lot OF summer sufferers?
Are you giving. anything Of yourself to
the work? There II q field which the
Master would like to see titled that It
may bring forth the sound fruits Of
human brotherhood and sympathy and
lore. It is a wide field. and the work
ers therein are few compared to the
need.
Bring to it whatever energy you can
spare In the days Of midsummer heat.
md if one baby looks up to you with
gratitude in its eyes you will truly feel
that
''1nasmuch as ye have done it unto
one Of the least Of these. my brethren,
We have done 1t unto me-"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
THE FAT. AFrEcTloNATE SMILE"

THE FAT. AFFEcTlONATE SMILE"
~ooze all over with the fat. affection
ate smile that makes the widow lean. /"
Can't you picture that smile for your
self? Can't you hear the oily voice,
ct companion for the fiat. affectionate
SMILE" urging on the widow the adj
visability-nay. the very necessity-of
trusting herasmall fortune into the
hands Of the owner Of the smile and
the voice?
Tennyson knew the breed of pro-
moters Of fake schemes when he wrote
the words He knew the desire of the
widow for competence when the wage
Garner is taken away. He knew the
anxiety of the bereaved wife and
mother for the future Of herself and
her children, and he wanted to warn
her against the smiles Of the man
whose words must be paid for, and
paid for dearly.
Most of us have met the smile and
heard the words. If we have not ac-
tually been face to face with the man
who wants to exchange his counter
felt gold of false promise for our real
gold Of commercial value he has sought
US out by means of his circulars.
Many of us, according to the postal
authorities and investigators Of the
subject, are on the ''sucke r lists which
are bought and sold just as are gro-
ceries and books and clothing.
Who has not received the printed or
typewriter pages which >told Of for
tunes to be made in farof lands or cul-
tvating products Of which we know
nothing at first hand1 Who has not
been besought to buy building lots that
are score OF miles away from the
nearest railroad or are situated in mos
quito infested swamps? Who has not
heard Of the Mulberry Sellers schemes
In which there are millions-but not
for unwary investors?
There is too much of this falsely af
feetionate smiling in this America of
ours. Sometimes. to a reader of the
daily newspapers, it seems as though
half the population were trying to
fleece the other half by means of il
legitimate get-rich-quick schemes. OF
course that is not SO, but it sometimes
seems SO.
States are awakening to their re-
sponsibility in this mater and are try
ing to safeguard the careless investor.
But he must learn to guard himself.
When men and laws are perfect there
will be no more Of the schemes. Until
then
Beware Of t.the fat. affectionate
smile that makes the widow leanr'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
WISDOM ON THE BALL FIELD-FOR
USE ELSEWHERE.

You will find ball player. as a rule,
Just about as good as he thinks he is.
No man can be very good when he thinks
himself a joke.-Frank Chance. Manager
Of the New York American League Team
and Famous Baseball Leader.
Listen to him. you young fellows who
haven't walked vet to, the meaning of
life. II you won't hear wise counsel
from prosy philosophers perhaps you
will from man you admire and
rightly.
Frank Chance is good judge Of men
on and off the ball field. He is a man
ager and has made good as one. When
he talks thousands listen or read his
words.
NO man can be very good when he
thinks himself a Joke" II he thinks so
on the ball field he will try half heart;
edly to bit the ball, and when the
chances come his way on the field he
win let them get by him. I'm only a
bum ball player; they don't expect
much Of me- be says.
And If by natural ability he has got
somehow into the big league he doesn't
stay there. First he drifts back to the
minors; then he gets into the semi
professional class that is the jumping
off place" in baseball. Then he disap-
pears altogether, and only the most
rabid fans remember his name.
George MIGHT have made ball
player" they say, "but he wouldn't
Try. He never seemed able to get a
grip on himself Seems he took him
self as kind Of joke. -
That's the way it is in life, lads-of
the balls6eld the same as it is on the
diamond II you consider yourself a
Joke and feel that you can't make
good O
You won't, that's all
This doesn't mean taking yourself
30 seriously that you think you are
the whole thing in the game of life
teams, umpires, grand stand. bleachers
and all. Not at all. It does not mean
having a swelled head You may be a
manager in the BIG GAME or you
may be only the boy who carries the
Dat bag. But you've got to take your
self seriously when the game. is called
and when it is on.
That means all the time in life when
serious business is to be done.
It's the player who knows how to
play the game and who knows how to
apply his knowledge who scores in the
GREAT GAME He is the man who
heads the column when the averages
are made up.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
Succession Notice


No. Il, l82-First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State Of Louisiana:
Succession of R. D. Anderson.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs.
Nellie Anderson, administrators, has
this day filed final account in said
succession, and unless opposition
be made thereto within the time
specified by law, the. same will be
duly homologaled as prayed for.
Witness the Hon. 7. T. Bell, judge
of said court, this 8th day Of July
1913. WIN. NJ. LEVY,
o. Deputy Clerk.
Caucasian, July s, 1918.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13

x
s A-slttin' on hill,
! A-doan. nothin' all day long
But just a-sittin' still.
1wonldn't sleep: I wouldn't eat:
wouldn't even wash:
ia, 1ust sit still thousand years
and rest myself. BY gosh.
j Funny. isn't 1t? confessed laugh
al when read It first. II seemed SO
ga0a an expression Of the inmost feel
angs OF the man who is tired of 1t alp
md just wants to s1et everything
side :,
We all have those times when lnoth-
Tag seems to matter, when the work
ne are doing seems not worth while,
when re seem to have accomplished
aethsng and the future is not blank
page to be written on anew. but al
aeaily scrawled over with the ugly rec
ards OF foreordained failure
That's when we want to just sit still
q thousand years and rest ourselves.
Oh course those moments come more
affen id summer, when moving little
anger is work and hoeing row OF
Aeans or hitting a typewriter is ardu-
ans toll. but the other three seasons OF
the rear are not free from them.
RTen when the air is filed with snow
sxaia the icieles hang from the caves
there will come times when all seems
vanity and nothing is worth while.
Ras DO you really think you could
sit still like rock for thousand
pears and rest yourself? You couldn't,
and goa know you couldn't. IF you
could you would be resting more than
agen the rock. That disintegrates
azl the summer heat and the winter
szaeas and gives Of its substance to en-
ziel, the neighboring fields.
The eternal law of satisfied life is
NOT TaEe, but give. When you rest
really rest-you do not give, but take in
preparation for giving. You take in
aaresh strength and inspiration for the
HerR which you must do. for the en-
ergy which you must give. # you are a
seal. trne man Or woman
When you feel really tired OUT and
ready "a rests thousand years Of any
sansiderable fraction of that long
slresch &c time you are like q storage
haffery that has been exhausted. You
aeea reeharging You must be taken
q must take yourself to the great
central station Of nature and Gil your
calls with the current OF life.
.Then when you are fully charged.
ION ran 90 back to the business OF life.
which y not resting, but doing. Rest
ing IS good In its proper place and
time. bnt too much resting is not really
Nesting. 1T is rusting
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13

summer is good time to prepare
1or the fall business. If you have
supply Of stationery printed now,
you need not worry aboIE lit when
business gets brisk and you have no
time to devote to getting just what
you want, and have to put in rush
order" Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
Horse for Sale.

A good horse for buggy or surrey
is offered for sale. Write to or apply
at the Caucasian office, 2o3 Milan
street, Shreveport, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13

Good stationery is essential to the
merchant. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13
SheriR,s Sale

No. 15,5S4-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
w G. Wadlnu Ns I T. R114nnS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

come a closer telling between the en-
ployer and the employe.
The Tennessee company alone will
care for 5000 children and the other
companies will see that no one is for
gotten. The statement is made that
the children are among the chief in
terests of the corporation and it is
rightly So The children of today are
the men of tomorrow and the joy in
spired today will not be forgotten to-
morrow. If all the good feeling which
will be inspired by the Christmas
tree were concentrated it would move
mountains.
1t is little thing, but life is made
up of little things; no quicker way
could be taken by capital to the heart
Of labor. The statement used to be,
made, and is sometimes made today,
that corporations have no hearts.
Those of the Birmingham district
must differ radically from all others,
because who will deny that they have
hearts-and big ones?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

Pearl in the Portuguese Crown" but as
Portugal has no crown now, it probably
being in some Paris pawnshop. the name
no longer fits
As one approaches the little island he is
at once struck by its beauty. The little
pink and white and blue houses glisten
in the morning sunlight; it seems like a
toy city Nesting at the foot of the noun
tain. The sides of the mountain are ter
raced, and vineyards grow on irs steep
sides. No sooner has the anchor been
lowered than the ship is surrounded by a
swarm of tiny boats filled with small
boys, who implore the passengers to
throw out coins for them to dive after
And dive for them they did, in spite of
the fact that the long fin of a shark could
be seen extending out of the water as
the great fish swan lazily about.
The passengers are taken ashore In
small boats From the landing stage one
wanders up a cool, shady street lined
with palm trees and shops. Now and
then a large sled drawn by bullocks slides
clumsily by, this being the only street
car system in the island. There is a
funicular railroad running to the top of
the mountain, but the most enjoyable wsy
to get there is to walk. The narrow
winding streets are inclosed by the hign
walls of private gardens and through
the open gates one catches glimpses of
sunny patios filled with flowers of all
kinds. Above the walls can be seen the
wide galleries of the houses where the
owners sit and smile Hospitality at you
We started out to walk and at once a
guide attacher himself to us. He was
a ragged, disreputable looking person,
who plodded along in a most dignified
manner. Tt took us nearly half an hour
to convince him that his services We're
not desired and that he was only vast
ing his time with us. We had to buy him
a glass of that rare old Madeira wine
before we could detach him. Ahead of
us plodded an old white-haired man,
slowly pulling himself over the slippery
stones with long staff. We caught up
with him and he began chatting with us
in his musical Portuguese. 1t was only a
half hours walk to the top, he assured
us, and for this information we bought
way to get into the good graces of an
island inhabitant.
On the way up we met number of tho
peasants all of whom could speak a few
words of English, but they were more
delighted when we greeted them In Por-
tuguese. and they chatted with us in their
soft, rippling tongue. We We're met at
almost every turn in the road by ragged
children carrying flowers which they
thrust at us. And they followed us in
swarms until we had given them a few
hundred reis for their really beautiful
bouquets. At one place we precipitated
a fierce fight by giving the money to the
wrong child, and In the excitement we es-
capped without having TO buy more flowers.
From the top of the mountain the view
is magnificent The little town far below
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Birmingham's Travelling Men

No city can claim a higher class of
travelling statesmen than Birmingham.
With Birmingham's wonderful growth
the travelling men whose homes are
here have greatly increased numeri-
cally. When it was stated the other
day that the number of Birmingham
travelling men totaled upwards Of 300,
the figures, it seems, were entirely
too low. There are upwards of 400
knights of the grip travelling "out of"
this city. To be approximately cor
rect it should be stated that the trav-
elers number about 450 at the present
time.
1t seems hardly any time since Bir-
mingham was the headquarters of
only about 200 travelling statesmen.
The recent increase furnishes a strik-
ing evidence of the rapid growth of
Birmingham as commercial center.
The jobbing trade here is now making
great headway. Large and handsome
wholesale houses are multiplying fast.
New capital is being invested in the
jobbing trade, and city that has
been known chiefly as a coal and iron
center is moving right to the front
rank of older cities long noted for
their wholesale merchandise business.
The Chamber of Commerce BANQUET
to Birmingham's travelling men may
be now regarded as an annual affair.
All honor to the knights of the grip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
The Wilson WAY

The American Bell Telephone con.-
pany has voluntarily agreed to dis
pose of its holdings in the Western
Union Telegraph company, and there
will be no prosecution by the depart
ment of justice under the Sherman
law. President Wilson has given his
hearty approval to the plan of reor-
g nization, and in a letter to Attorney
General McReynolds says:
1 gain the impression more and more
from week to week that the business men
of the country are sincerely desirous of
conforming with the law, and it is very
gratifying indeed to have occasion, as in
this instance, to deal with them in COM
plete frankness and to be able to show
them that all we desire is an oppor-
tunity to cooperate with them. So long
as we are dealt with in this spirit we can
help to build up the business of the coun-
try upon sound and permanent lines.
Mr.. Wilson states succinctly the
attitude of his administration toward
the great corporations of the country.
No desire is felt to hinder or harass
those concerns which seek to operate
within the bounds of the law. Many
corporations fall foul of the pro-
visions of the Sherman act unwit-
tingly. 1t is only recently that the
supreme court has made clear some
of the meanings of the law. The
democratic policy calls for the main
tenance of competition. 1t is not
inimicable to big business just be-
cause it is big.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
In The Financial world

President W. p G.. Harding of the First
National bank, who returned from the
east Friday night, spoke optimistically
of next years outlook.
1.-THE currency bill will soon become a
law, and after it is finally approved
financiers will naturally feel relief from
the suspense attending the measures va
rious legislative stages said Mr.. Hard
ing. Some business men think that in
view of the large crops and the high
prices the crops have brought, we will
begin a new era of prosperity early in
the new year. Others think that this
period of liquidation which the business
world is undergoing will continue until
next June, when the new crops will be
well in sight. All, however, agree that
when the revival of business does Bet in
1t will be very general"
Mr.. Harding spent a day in Washing
ton, and among other prominent men
he met there was Senator O'Gorman, with
whom he had an interesting discussion
anent the currency bill. The New York
senator is a member Of the banking COM
mittee and Mr.. Harding found him not
only an agreeable gentleman to talk WITH
but well versed in financial affairs