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largely by that life of independence
and liberty secured by the possession
of something that they can call their
own.
The Personal Liberty Side.
II have no fear for the future; I
am perfectly sure that that instinct
which is the safeguard Of liberty will
resist any reconstruction OF society
aud the encroachments of any force
which would despoil the people OF
what it has individually. 1t leads to
tho question of personal liberty, it
tends to destroy the home. Why is
the ordinary man ambitious? Why
Goes he toll without murmuring?
Why is his heart set to the noble
task Of making little foot of Gods
earth his own? Is 1t for personal com.
sort? No. He has larger vision and
u more energetic ambition. He wants
to establish a home. And, friends,
that desire, the activities which it
incites, the adoption of home and
the issue which it takes and sustains
In his life are his personal safe.
guards. These are the things, the in
cidents If you call them, in mans
l:fe which make him toll and his
compensation is the love and devo-
tion of those for whom he has lived
and toiled.
Make the state and not the father
the provider of the family; you have
established a huge founding house,
you have destroyed the instincts Of
paternalism as fact and an economy
and you have broken down the de.
fences of the home. robbed children
of all basis for reverence and all
piety and as consequence uprooted
the foundation of civil society and
thrown the world back into the worst
degree of savagery.
Socialists will tell you that tho
movement Is not immoral, that ii
isn't calculated to make for domestic
impurity or vice. Grant 1t If you will,
but it surely does this-it tends to
destroy these sacred relations which
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are now the basis and the charm of
domestic life. supposing that it pre-.
walls; would 1t be workable? Ade.
quate reward for exertion is now to
all men the carrot that bangles be-
fore the donkey to keep him on the
trot. Take 1t away, as you must in
the socialistic state-what incentive
have you to move men to exertion: :
Greater gain there can be none. They
might as we'll have pig iron as gold
II what they are getting In reward
cannot become an active instrument
llor greater gain.
You have destroyed incentive,
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Of the mountains starving for some
thing which the state does not care
to provide. We will not sacrifice our
personal liberty for theory, a theory
that has no history save in the spe.
culations of visionaries and the
dreams of excited men. If Socialism
Is not a remedy where is 1t, for we
must provide for the happier future
for the multitudes.
In the first six months Of the year
1912, 37,500,080 days were lost in Eng
land alone through strikes and for
the last 20 years the actual loss
never came lower. than 100000
days. This should not continue and
while the wealthy are indulging In
luxuries they are largely responsible
for the growing tastes for exaggerat-
ed comfort that are never to be- salts
fled. a l.s. XII
L Conditions improving. n. ssk
r stated ana I repeat taat coasdt:
I ..continus 4 on q FPaGs. "a "a
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you have killed ambition and you
have brought down the level of effic-
ioncy to that of mediocrity and in
that condition the wealth of the
world must gradually disappear until
overy man becomes a pauper.
Men Not Economically Equal.
We are told that men are equal.
They are not economically equal.
visited a week or SO ago steel
plant at Homestead. Pa ! saw a man
In the tower beneath that great plant.
moving and applying energy that did
tho work Ssof g thousand men. 1 said
to the guide. he is a genius NO,
he said, but that machine is central.
lied genius and a centralized direct.
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Kim in the success of his study and
Of his application.
Governed by Reward.
II must not dwell too long upon the
difficulties insuperable of determin-
in5 the quantity and quality OF pro-
duction in order to meet the wants
End needs of the community. We are
governed now by the demand which
is carefully studied by those who are
interested in lust supplying but leay- aa,,
Ing nothing to rust and waste away.
lii the socialistic state you lose that
discerning faculty BECAUSE you have
nothing to evoke It,. You will have,
heaps and stacks Of unused product
here and you will find the children
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largely by that life of independence
and liberty secured by the possession
of something that they can call their
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-03

department store and factory
owners, Mrs Lehman and Julius
Rosenwald, gave expression to
the above sentiments.
The Day Book wanted to find
out how these people felt about
the wages paid in their great in
duStrial concerns. Mrs. Lehman
was gone to first, because she is a
woman, and it was thought that
she would look upon the case of
her fallen sisters at least syrnpa-
thetically.
Mrs. Lehman first was asked
what she believed to be the chief
cause Of girls going wrong. T.
Improper home conditions"
she said promptly.
ANY other causes?" she was
asked.
YES" she said, Cheap dance
halls and nickel shows"
Don't you think, Mrs. Leh-
mann, that the low wages paid
girls in some department stores
has something to do with it?"
mo, l do not" replied the
owner of the Fair. Low wages
has nothing to do with it. If a girl
wants to be bad, she'll be bad any
way. It won't make any differ
erce how much money she is
earning.
and, besides, girls are paid far
too much in department stores as
it is. They haven't got enough
brains to deserve as much money
as they do get.
"The majority of these girls
should be at work as domestics.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-03

mestics? I'll tell you why-be-
cause they want their evenings
free to run around with young
fellows to cheap dance halls and
the like. f
IT know. And low wages has
nothing to do with the vice ques-
ton"
Don't you think that OUT. pres
ent social system has developed
pride and independence in young
girls which makes them DISLIKE
the thought of being domestics?
Don't you think that is the chief
reason some of them object to be-
ing domestics?"
"Bosh," said Mrs. Lehman.
Don't you think that another
reason is. that they want to live in
their own home with their own
people, their fathers and mothers
and brothers and sisters?"
"Bosh," said Mrs. Lehman.
Don't you know that our pres
emit economic situation is such
that many girls have to go to
work when very young; that they
cannot afford the time to learn
stenography or shorthand; that
they must go out to work to help
support the family and that de- p.
partment stores and factories are
the only places they can get such
work."
"Bosh," said Mrs. Lehman.
"They just work in department
stores so they can have their
evenings off to run around with
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23

Sit again. Because UlG iiiG-Iu proves
false is no reason that we should con
clude there is 10 true friendship. Be
cause there are some hypocrites is no
reason that we should reject truth or
sincere people.
The world Is as full Of goodness as it
Is Of sunshine. In his heart of hearts
every one wants to be good.
I want to be good. and I have no
false shame in saying 1t before the
world l fall far short of the mark,
but this is only stumbling in the path.
Despite all the missteps. there ever
sings q little song in my heart, =
want to be good, want to be good"
So do you. Now, honor bright, don't
you?
We may not agree in all our stand
ards; but, according to our own lights,
We want to do the right thing.
OF course we do. o
Well, then, let's do it Why not?
But let's don't talk about it; et's
live It a
One being who lives goodness has a
better effect on others than thousand
sermons. l know this because / have
seen it work, and you know it.
The goodness that Is talked about Is
that is lived is the true coin.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
Got His "H's" Back.

Opie Read, novelist, magazine writer
and ex-tramp printer, used to peregri-
nate over the south in his early days
and once edited paper at Little Rock.
One week an ebullition appeared in
Reads Little Rock sheet which arous-
ed the indignation of an English print
er who worker on the opposition sheet.
Next morning the Englishman, coat
less and hatless. boiling with rage. en-
tered Reads sanctum sanctorum and.
waving the offensive article in his
hand, read the riot act to Read, de-
handing a retraction and an apology.
Read, good natured and amiable. look
ed over the article in question, decided
1t was more ludicrous than offensive
and burst forth into loud guffaw.
You'd better think over the matter"
persuaded Read. Cant you take a
joker"
Joke! Joke, is it," he exploded.
well, GREATER you'd better label EN-"
You're just being initiated into the
intricacies Of a harmless American
Joke" said Read. And then, reaching
over into a nearby case of type, he got
handful and passed them to the en-
ragged Briton
"'Ere," drawled Read; I'm returning
those his you've dropped during this
gabfestr'--Uncle Remus' Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
Judicial Sale.

No. 12,447-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession of j. L. Busbey.
By virtue of a commission to sell
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
bered and entitled cause, | will sell
at public auction for cash and &C
cording to law, at the principal
front door of the court house OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY,, MARCH 1, 1918,
A triangular piece of ground bound
ed by Marshall, Vine and Busbey
streets in the City of Shreveport
Caddo Parish, La. And also an I'M
divided one-half interest in and tC
the northwest quarter Of the south
west quarter of northwest quarter
of section 5, township II, range 10
Caddo Parish, La, known as the
Vannatta property. Said property tC
be sold as belonging to the above
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
Succession Sale.

No. 16,709-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession of Lewis Jackson.
By virtue of a commission to sell
to me directed from the First judi
cial District Court of Caddo Parish,
La, will sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder, for cash, &C
cording to law, at the principal
front door of the court house OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1913,
The following described property
belonging to said succession, to-
wit: The southwest quarter of sec
ton 20, township 16, range 16, east
half of southeast quarter of section
10, township 16, range is. Terms of
sale cash, for the purpose OF paying
debts. MARGARET JACKSON,
Administrator
Caucasian, January q, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
REALITY AND COUNTERFEIT.

Some people object to the word
goodness" or say they do, but down
In his Utmost heart there is no human
being who objects to the reality of
what that word means.
What he does object to perhaps is
the way in which the term is used
and the character of some who use It.
In this he is at least partly right
The way to preach goodness is to
live 1t. That is infinitely better than
all the words about it. An ounce Of
good works is better than ton Of
good words The change Of one letter
here means all the difference between
promise and performance.
The trouble with many who talk Of
goodness is that they do it in a way
that sounds like a reproach. That is
not goodness 1t is self righteousness
and condemnation. g..
Others use the word as a cloak.
They are hypocrites.
Yet let us not make the mistake of
rejecting the right hecaIse some hypo-
rrite loudly processes il sc must
| only learn to discriminate 9etWeen the
genuine and the counterfeit
| Because some one passes g had coin
on us Is no reason that we should
thereafter refuse good money. Be
cause one chair breaks under US Is no
reason that we should resolve never to
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
succession for cash and according
to law to pay debts.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auetioneer.
Caucasian, January 16, 1913.
Judicial Sale

No. 16,269-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession of James E. Andrews.
By virtue of a commission to sell,
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, in the above
numbered and entitled cause, l will
offer for sale at public auction 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, MARCH /, 1913,
The east half of the east half of the
northwest quarter, the west half of
the northeast quarter, and the west
half of the east half of the north
east quarter, section fourteen, town
ship fifteen, range fifteen, Caddo
Parish, La, together with all the
buildings and improvements there
on. Said property to be sold for cash
and according to law as belonging to
the above succession, for cash and
according to law.
w. w. OTIS, Auctioneer.
Caucasian, January IL, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
A YOUNG PATRIOT.

Dear Mr. President Taft-I am the little
boy who you waved at when you were In
Marshall. Tex. and I waved back at you
I never will forget how you looked. You
are the only president have ever seem
I am seven years old. I live with my
grandma My little mother went to heav-
en- when I was fifteen days old. I have
no brothers nor sisters. I would like to
get a letter from you written with your
own dear hand. l hope that you will not
disappoint me. I know the names OF all
the presidents and the year in which they
served our country. With best wishes for
your future. l am sincerely yours.
GEORGE LANE CORELY.
Honey Grove. Tex.
The above touching letter was re-
ceived by Mr.. Taft at the White House
only a few weeks before he was sched-
uled to leave Office. Needless to say.
the lad had his wish, for he received
not only letter written by the presi-
dents own hand, but an autographed
photo. The boys letter will be kept
among the Taft mementos.
There is one thing in the childish
missive that should be taken to heart
by every boy in the land. Although
but seven, he knows the names of all
our presidents and the years Of their
Inauguration. Probably he also knows
other things about them.
There could be no more helpful or in
spring study to any boy than that Of
the lives of our presidents.
In nearly every case these presidents
were themselves poor boys who won
their way tosour highest office by sheer
merit-ability. honor. service to their
country.
They were all good men. After the
clouds Of partisan passion have clear.
ed away we can see this. No country
in history ever had line OF executives
whose character was so uniformly
high and unblemished.
+ Moreover, some Of them were very
great men. ''
Washington and Lincoln compare ia.
vorably with the greatest figures OF
any time or cline.
There are others Of the second rank
but little behind these-Jefferson and
Jackson, Grant. Cleveland, Mckinley
and others. OF those yet living there
is too much difference of opinion and
partisan heat for them now to be
given their true rank. But history will
assign them their places.
OF all the twenty-sixs who have hello
this lofty post one thing can be said
that should give US infinite pride:
+ There has never been a stain on theil
personal honor.
Their home lives have been clean.
They have been free from scandal
If you would learn patriotism. If 20,
would discover the road to success
study the lives Of our presidents.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
HURRY AND EFFICIENCY.

It is not the man making the most
motions that does the most work. It
ia the man who makes every move
count
The giant dynamo which turns the
machinery of a city makes little noise.
It moves almost as quietly as the uni
verse;. Yet it never misses a stroke.
and its every stroke is power.
. A bluebottIe fly on a windowpane Is
certainly Industrious, also noisy; but
he gets nowhere Moreover, he never
learns. The same fy will buzz ut the
same pane as often as he happens on
the wrong side OF it. q
The trouble Is that he lacks brains.
II he had even a glimmer of intelH-
gence he would find some other way
out Of his difficulty. f'.'
! In modified degree is this not also
the trouble with those who make too
many motions and too much noise
about their tasks? OF course hustle is
all right IL It gets anywhere. But there
are people who fly hither and yon,
stew and worry their heads off and get
little or nothing done to show for it.
There are other ways to work besides
with our hands or feet-with our heads,
for example. That is what our heads
are for.
Lincoln had a way of stripping every
question down to its essentials. He got
at the nub of it and decided that. He
accomplished much without seeming to
hurry.
On vital things he was very slow and
painstaking. yet historians now agree
that, generally speaking, he acted at
the right time. +
He had time to chat with his friends,
even to tell stories, yet the presidency
Of the United States is a most exacting
office and never more so than during
our great civil war.
Lincoln knew the secret of making
every move count.
1t is that which tells the story Of eff
ficiency. Move quickly, Of course, but
surely
The great business houses of our owr
day are developing that same kind OF
efficiency They move with the pre-
cision of gigantic machines.
The men wanted by these big house:
are those that work with their heads
men that. know the most about the
business, men that find new ways t.
draw trade, to eliminate waste, t.
cheaper production, to cut corners.
The man who has his headwork prop
erly organized will not make fals'
moves. He will not be a human edi
| ton of bluebottle fly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
Too Warm For .Writino.

$50 you got an accident to report.
have your said the heac clerk to the
foreman of the works.
eyes, SIR" said the foreman, and aft
er gnawing at his penholder for a
considerable time he handed the clerk
the report. 1t read: a. ..
Date: Nov. 26. Nature of accident: Toe
badly crushed. How caused: Accidental
blow from fellow workman's sledgeham-
mer Remarks: -.
every good" said the clerk. "But
why have you omitted 'Remarks""
"Well, sir" said the foreman, who
, was a very frank man, seeing as you
know whit Bill is and as. you know it
is his big toe that was hurt, well, ]
didn't like to put 'em down."-Tit-B Bits
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23

erence. out said he was mistaken In
one thing and that for nineteen centu-
ries men had persisted in his mistake
that God Is not God Of sorrow and
regrets, these belonging to finite ma
ture, but that he is a God of love and
Joy. The new prophet came to correct
this mistake and to remove from mems
shoulders the burden Of the cross.
The people heard gladly and accept
ed. They gave themselves up to an
abandon Of Joy. At first they were
content to devote their lives to revel
and feasting. but Joy in a few months
changed to pleasure seeking and final
~ to sensuafity. Men and women were
coarsened. and The finer beauty was
lost from their faces
The man Of DO sorrows attempted to
save the world from the doom he had
unwittingiy brought upon It, but de-
spite his efforts It fell into greater
depths Of unclean living and Of WOO
Then to the man Of no sorrows came
the spirit Of the Man Of Sorrows. COM
forting him in this great disappoint-
ment and teaching him the gospel Of
pain. sorrow Of Gods sending is the
loving hand touch Of the great Physi-
clan upon a wound that he must probe
to heal"
The mistaken prophet then returned
to teach the gospel Of the Nazarene.
and the dream passed.
Those who suffer pain-and who es-
capes ?-look at 1t with such shrinking
If it concerns themselves and such
sympathy If it afaicts others that they
seldom see the philosophy behind 1t.
Yet pain Is but natures method Of
telling US that there Is something
wrong with our physical being. So
sorrow may be the method Of telling
us that something is wrong with our
moral or spiritual being. Sorrow and
pain are finite, Of course, but they
arise from failure to live In harmony
with the laws of the absolute.
Whether we see the truth or not our
sufferings and griefs are directly or
indirectly brought by ourselves.
Sorrow and pain are refining fire
in which the gold Of character Is pu-
rifed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
THE GOSPEL OF Pam.

been written than one recently from
the pen of an Englishnan, Coulson
Kernahan. 1t is entitled THE Man
Of No Sorrows<" IS:
The story is supposed to have been
seen in dream. 60
A new messiah had risen. and all the
world rapidly accepted him.
In, London he was received by the
king and by vast multitudes. whe set
aside feast day in his honor.
This being spoke Of Jesus with rev.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
How Failure Talks,

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., discussing
success with that homely wisdom
which is his heritage from his father
said to a New York reporter:
THE failure reads a wrong meaning,
a meaning in accord with his nature.
into the most helpful precepts.
care you laying anything by for a
rainy day. was the question that was
put to man on the road to failure.
1.-The man looked up from his news
paper, yawned and answered:
eyes. indeed. Every fine day post
pone q lot Of work."
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
CHARACTER.

We have all OF US known women
whose lives 'sweetened and beauified
all with whom they came in contact
Perhaps it was a mother or a wife.
perhaps only neighbor. @
There was no preaching about It,
possibly little OF reproof or admOni-
ton. Yet her unseifishness made all
less selfish, her graciousness made all
more gracious.
, Such life Is a light set upon a hill
] Its influence none can measure. To
many it may prove suggestion, q
hope, an inspiration. who never mem
ton the fact Possibly they. do not
even recognize it at the time. Yet the
good work is done.
The writer has In mind one such.
Her name does not here matter. To
give it might seem personal.
This woman has husband and six
children, to whom she faithfully min
isters
Yet though her time Is 80 fully oc-
cupied, this does not prevent her from
being present help in time Of trou-
BILE to her neighbors.
We will call this lady Mrs. B. be-
cause that is not the initial Of her
name.
Recently one Of Mrs. BIS neighb0rs
was at deaths door. The doctors had
little hope.
The neighbor's three little children
were taken into Mrs. BIS home, who
had ample mother love for three more.
After being at the very doorway of
the other country the neighbor began
almost miraculously to recover. She
herself believed it was through the
prayers and helpful suggestions OF
Mrs. B., but she was admonished to
tell no one.
At about the same time another
neighbor fell ill, and Mrs. B. also wait
ed upon her.
All three women belong to the same
church. The following Sunday the
minister prayed not only for the sick.
but for those attending them and tell
I ing them simply Of God as an ever
present help.
No one had any doubt as to whom
w>A.meant.
B6dng all her labors Mrs. B. found
time to attend to her church duties, to
her little clubs and to be interested In
{ the affairs Of her town and the outside
world.
Fl was sick and We visited me-"
There are saints in our common life
They make their whole communities
richer and better for their presence.
"Let your light so shine"
The beauty Of all this is that l per
sonally know every word of it to be
true.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-23
Mr.. Lenawosth's Explanation.

Mr.. Lons~osth's Explanation.
Representative Nicholas Longworth,
one Of the famous lame ducks Of the
house, explained his defeat to Uncle
Joe Cannon and Billy Rodenberg Of
Illinois, as follows:
AT FIRST" said Mr.. Longworth, II
could not understand, but after circu-
lating among the people find that my
constituents are just little sore at
my constant absence from the district.
They like my company, and for the
last few years l have had to attend
one darned extra session after another
until they tired Of it. l was not de,
feated because of any desire not to
have me in congress, but because OF
the fact that my folks want me at
home. New York World.