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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26

ducing this book. Wonder what he
would do il gave it to him to read
just as it is?
.How about the hearth he persist
ed, and may have imagined the smile
in his eyes. for his mouth was purely
professional Anyway. lowered my
Iashes down ON to my cheeks and an
swered experimentally:
Sometimes 1t hurts" Then cy-
clone happened to me.
Come here to me minute" he
said quickly. and he turned me around
and put his head down between my
shoulders and held me so tight against
his ear that could hardly breathe
Expand your chest three times and
breathe as deep as you car" he order
ed from against by back buttons. |
expanded and breathed-pretty quickly
at that
Now hold your breath as long as
you can" he commanded. and it fitted
my mood exactly to do SO.
.Can't find anything" he said at
last. letting me go and looking care
fully ut my face. His eyes were all
anxiety, and liked it. When does
it hurt you and how?' he asked anx
icusly.
.NIoonlight nights and lonesomely, :,
I answered before could stop my
self. and what happened then was
| worse than any cyclone. He got white
fer minute and just looked at me as
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Eiuhtina the Undertow.

Those deadly undertows which so
often prove fatal To swimmers are pro
duced by tides and coast currents
The former only carry out ut ebl, tide:
the latter usually zigzag along the
shore.
.'1f you are robust swimmer. said
a professor OF the art, YOU can gen
orally overcome them by quick. alert
strokes II. however. you do not ut
once succeed don't persevere. for this
IL one Of the exceptions to the rule
about perseverance,. Stop fighting be-
fore exhaustion comes and go with the
tide or current. By resting slnrt
time. floating or swimming ieisurtly.
you will have time to take your ls';tr-
fngs and either make another atieInpt
or call for assistance Sometimes you
will find the undertow runs parable. to
the shore You may then let yourself
be carried along with the certainty
that before long 1t will twist instort.
when a short spurt will bring you to
an fcfv ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
EyeS Of the RarnacIe.

In the barnacle we have unique
and wonderful case of creature that
can afford as age comes on to dislr,,se
with the eyesight that was usefsii
in youth. for the young and old har
nacle are as different, one from the
other. as fishes from seaweed In the
heydey OF life the barnacle swin,s
about the sea. seeking its food with
the aid of its eyes and generally lead
ing roaming existence. Later III
life. however, 1t grows tired OF this
aimless wandering and se.tlf.s down
to worry ship captains by attaching
itself to the keel of their craft and III.
flying the mucn advertised powers Ut
various preventive paints Once there.
the barnacle has become IL fixture and
whether on ships Or sharks Its eye.
sight Is of no more use. 1t cannht
seek its food. and it cannot shun ITS
foes. for 1t never more will move
Therefore its eyes become supertia.
ous and. according to uature's invaria.
BILE rule in such cases. disappear. =
Our Dumb Animals.
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The Noise Of silkworms.

A naked man Is always in attend
ance In the hatching room of the silk.
worms Of China. The worms. being
SO very frail that the temperature and
humidity Of their chamber must not
vary. their guard is naked, SO that ne
may detect any slightest change ny
the sensitiveness of his skin
After the worms are hatched no loud
talking Is permitted near them and
there are even guards whose duty it Is
to keep the flies off them These
guards must bathe before entering the
worms presence, and their breath
must be sweet and inoffensive TN
ions, for instance. are forbidden fruit.
Such precautions seem absurd Yet
It Is unquestionable that China leads
the world In silkworm culture. a Chi
nese silkworm farm breeds the strange.
industrious creatures by the million.
In cne OF the great silk worm houses
It Is possible to hear the worms tc,ai
Ing; yea. 1t Is even possible. so nnmer
ous are they. to hear the sound they
make In spinning their eocoons. u
sound like the ripple OF rain. Chirasn
Record Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Watarloos In london.

Waterloo bridge was pronounced by
Canoya the noblest bridge tD the
world. He declared that If there w;is
nothing else 10 see III London the sight
OF Waterloo bridge was well worth
the trouble of journey from Rome.
The Marquis de Vermont who w;ls a
cotemporary Of Canova. also hdnired
the bridge. but its name grated on him.
wherever go in London. he writes.
.'the name of Waterloo greets NE Be
sides Waterloo bridge especially re-
christened; to remind US Of our defeat.
Waterloo road and Waterloo street.
there are Waterloo hotels. Waterloo
academies. Waterloo public hoises,
Waterloo eating houses and Waterloo
shops of all kinds and descriptions.
The ladies wear Waterloo bounets aud
the gentlemen Wellington boots. =
London Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26

"~ HE juice Of lemon In two
glasses of cold water to be
GN5sSy drunk Immediately on wax
- ening!' Page eleven! I've
handed myself that lemon every morn
ing now until am sensitive with my
self about it. If there was ever any
body ION the water wagon" it's l. and
| have to sit on the front seat from
dawn to dusk to get in the gallon of
water I'm supposed to consume in that
time Sometime I'm going to get mix
ed up and try to drink my bath If !
don't look out. dreamed night be-
fore last that was taking bath in
a glass of ice cream soda water and
trying to hide from. DR. John behind
the dab of ice cream that seemed made
quate for food or protection. haven't
had even one glass for two months.
and woke up in a cold perspiration of
embarrassment and raging hunger.
l don't know what I'm going to do
about this book and I've got myself
into trouble about writing things be
side records in it. He looked at me
this morning as eoolly as If was just
anybody and said:
81 would like to see that record now
Mrs Molly 1t seems to me you are
about as slim as you want to be How
did you tip the scales last time you
weighed. and have you noticed any
trouble at all with your hearth
II weigh 1874 pounds and I've got to
four" answered, ignoring the heart
question and also the question of pro
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Synopsis

The teller of the story. Molly Carter. a
young widow. awaiting the return of Al
Bennett an old fame. who is now
distinguished diplomat. tries to reduce
weight Her physician adviser and next
door neighbor is DIR. John widower and
father of young Billy. whom Molly loves
Molly is surprised at play with Billy by
Judge Wade who is the most dignified
and able man In Hillsboro. Billy comes
over from next door with his father
Hilisboro receives visit from Ruth
Chester. friend of Bennett and Molly,
finds her delightful Molly goes TO the
city for an outfit OF clothing
Molly has trouble in reducing her weight
BilIy's singing of an old love song about
Molly under her window brings tears to
her eyes
She flirts with Tom Pollard. her cousin.
who is ladies man. She decides to
re-enter Hilisboro society by giving a din
ner The doctor catches her eating for
hidden Jam
DIR John and Molly pay visit to one OF
mis- patients. young mother. She doesn't
know whom she really wants to marry.
but thinks she will accept Bennett Tom
invites Molly to dance.
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Continued in nert aceek's Banner.
Red Tape In Germany.

The following is an illustration OF the
reauties of bureaucratic administration
In Germany:
1t appears that in the postoffice de
partnent at Berlin, If a clerk wishes a
new lead pencil, he must turn in to the
proper authority the stump Of the one
that has become too short for further
use. In one case clerk received his
new pencil without returning the end
of the old one, and before this error
was discovered this clerk had been
transferred to another Office. Shortly
after the assumption Of his duties al
his new post this clerk received an Of
fetal intimation that he had neglected
to turn in his pencil end. By this time,
however, the end had disappeared. In
order to avoid official reprimand. the
resourceful clerk purchased a new pen
Gil, cut off piece about the length OF
the missing end and dispatched it t.
the stationery department Everybody
was accordingly satisfied. Harper's
Weekly, .--
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
GENIUS AND A CLUB.
Contemporary Criticism as an Unfair
and Merciiess Weapon.

contemporary kfiticiSm as an Onfdn
and MerciIess Weapon.
The world has never seen an age in
which there was more excuse for qneS
tioning the validity of contemporary
folly to expect posterity to authenti-
cate the vaporings of an appreciation
which il shifting it's stress from the
universal 10 the personnel has changed
from criticism into colloquy, from elm
ic into causerie. ln1eed, it is nothing
less than truisn that the experience
of the artist in all ages. according to
the verdict Of history. is Identical with
itself
In the words OF Sidney Lanier, -
lovingly the very best and highest that
is within him. utterly regardless OF
contemporary criticism What possible
claim can contemporary criticism sci
up to respect-that criticism which
stoned Stephen houted Paul for mad
man. bound Columbus III chains, drove
Dante into exile. made Shakespeare
write the sonnet When LII Disgrace
With Fortune and Mems Eyes. gave
Milton Is for Paradise Lost kept
Samuel johnson cooling his heels on
Lord Chesterfields doorstep. reyiled
Shelley us an unclean dog. killed Keats,
cracked jokes on Gluck. Schubert. Bee
thoven. Berlioz and Wagner and COM
mitted so many other impious follies
and stnpidities that Il thousand letters
like this could not suffice even to cata-
logne them 2"
The verdict of the '.intellectuels'' has
always been veritable stumbling
block in the path OF genius
ut is from men of established liter
ary reputation" asserts Bernard Shaw,
that we learn that William Blake was
mad. that Shelley was spoiled by liv
ing in low set. that Robert Owen
was man who did not know the
world that Ruskin is incapable 0t
| comprehending political economy, that
! lola Is mere blackguard and ibseI
is Zola with a wooden leg. The great
| musician accepted by his unskilled lis
tener is vililied by his fellow Innsi
4 clan 1t was the musical culture O1
Europe which pronounced Wagner thu
inferior Of Mendelssohn and Meyer
beer
| 1t is not enough to say with the bril-
liant author of Contemporaries" tha
contemporary criticism is mere c0nver
sation: it is often little more thnn iner,
| gossip. One is often inclined to ques
/ ton with Lowell whether the power
4 that be in criticism are really the pow
/ ers that ought to be.-From Archibald
Henderson's European Dranntists."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Mxs.arx suiyed.

Standing before several pictures o
bis illustrio,is ancestors. little Robert
listened silently while his mother de-
scribed each one and pointed with pride
ut the large collars and gorgeous velvet
suits.
The boy finally turned TO his mother
and exclaimed:
"Now ! know what Jimmie Turns
meant when he said we had iot OF.
ruff necks in our family : foungs-
towu Telegram.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
IL Was All Within.

a practical joker carried IN onion In
his pocket TO the depot when bidding
farewell to young lady and took q
bite now and then to induce tears. Be
fore the train departed he had eaten
the entire onion. The young lady. per
ceiving the situation. remarked. "Ah.
gou have swallowed your yrief.''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
up and Down.

THAT would be great II home when
the baby Is peevish." remarked Mr..
Yunghnsbiind as be watched the ships
heaving deck.
What's thatg''
THAT deck. II regular self walking
door Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Bound to Have the Lace.

In Evigtuk. Greenland. the women
and men dress alike. and the only way
to ten a female from a male is by the
lace decorations which the members OF
the weaker sex wear on their collars.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Aid "a Genius.

Onr idea is that there ought to De at
least three children nj every family. 80
that If one Of them should become 4
genius the other two could support
him. Galveston News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
Anather Mrs. MaIaprep.

.No, she wouldn't listen to reason,
sa.d Mrs Twickembury 'She was ID
most Indicative mood. christian
Register.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26

90 not allow idleness to deceive you.
fos while you give him today he steals
tomorrow from you. Old Saying.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26

Philosophy Is good horse IN the
stable. but an arrant jade on jour
ney.-Gold.siiiith.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26

'rhe consciousness Of duty perform
ed gives MS n,usi, at midnight George
Herbert.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
The Economist.

1T isn't by petty and ridiculous
economies that men succeed" said
John ID, Rockefeller. jr. Some peo-
pie seem to think that to get rich one
must economize like Blanco BlancO's
faithful old dog had turned sickly and
savage. and SO Blanco said to his wife
on arriving home from business Satur
day evening:
".1lI shoot Towser tomorrow morn
ing before church
''Rlanco paused then added sternly:
:. SO remember. please. that he won'i
need any breakfast cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-26
PRETTY SAFE PRISON.
8Ioodhounds Guarded One Exit. Man
Eating Sharks the Other.

eioodhounds Guarded One Exit. Man
Eating Sharks the Other.
Shark skin. shark teeth, shark oil,
shark meat and several other byprod.
ucts of the dead shark are articles OF
greater or lesser utility. but have
never heard of but one instance where
the living shark was put to prac
tical use This says Lewis X. Free
man. was when they used him as a
prison guard in the old days when
British conviets We're transported 70
Australia, the monsters serving this
purpose for many years at the Port
Arthur settlement, ten miles south OF
Hobart. the present capital Of Tas
mania. The prisons Mt this point, some
Of which may still be seen. were stu
ated upon Il peninsula whose only con
nection with the mainland was by a
long. narrow strip Of sand called. from
its configuration. the Eaglehawk's
Neck
The convicts We're allowed consider
able liberty on the peninsula. but to
prevent their escape to the mainland
half starved bio0dhounds Were chained
all the way across the narrowest pOr-
ton of the neck Several prisoners
having avoided the bloodhound zone
by swimming. the authorities adopted
the effective but grcwsome expedient
OF feeding the sharks at that point sew
eral times day. In IL few weeks the
place became literally alive with the
r0r;lcini,s man eaters. and from thai
time on the only convict who ever es
capped accomplished his purpose by roll
ing himself up in kelp and working
along. inch by inch, timing his move
ments to correspond with those Of The
other heaps of seaweed that were be
ing rolled by the surf.-Wide World
magazine.
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LEAF SEVENTH.
Which I?

'r~ HE juice Of lemon In two
glasses of cold water to be
0TNsss| drunk Immediately on wax
kS eningr' Page eleven! I've
The Washington times., 1914-03-05
NOW, KEEP BOOKS!

If you are an income tax payer, OF
are of the large class that must re.
port whether it pays or not, you
have doubtless been impressed with
the fact that you know mighty little
about your own business of the past
year.
Especially if you are a profes,
sional or salaried man.
The lesson is that every man
ought to keep a reasonably complete
accounting of his affairs at all times.
Nearly everybody is just now re-
solving to do so for the future; a few
will actually do it.
As a matter of fact, most people
who have income to account for un-
der the new law could very well af-
ford to pay the tax if it would be an
inducement to them to systematize
their affairs by keeping accounts.
There would be more economy as a
result of such organization than the
tax would cost.
The Washington times., 1914-03-05

~ ONT throw any, bluffs you can't
ID back up. An ill-timed bluff
- once cost Joe Walcott terri
ble beating and lost him any chances
he may have had at the time to win
the welterweight championship. Incl
dentally. it was responsible for the
toughest and foulest fight that has ever
disgraced the American ring.
The confirmed buffer is a dcspicable
creature. From the terminology of the
card table we have derived the. term
-four. .lusher" to describe him, and the
fits. Don't be four-nusher.
Don't pretend to be what you are not
or to he able to do what you cannot
do. The greater the respect and esteem
you gain through false pretense, the
greater the contempt and distrust that
will be felt for you after the exposure
which must inevitably come.
The Washington times., 1914-03-05

reduce flies to a far greater degree
than the most energetic and success
full swatting campaign two or three
months later.
The breeding place of flies is in
filth.
The way to stop the fly is by pre-
venting the accumulation of filth
and by utilizing the simple disinfect-
ing agencies that the Health Depart
ment will furnish to every citizen,
1t has been estimated that every fly
killed in March means a million less
live flies in August.
Let the good citizens of Washing
ton heed the advice of Health Off
GER Woodward and enlist themselves
at once in this campaign. 1t will
materially reduce 1914's additions to
those granite memorials one finds at
Glenwood, Arlington, Oal; Hill. and
the other burial plots.
The Washington times., 1914-03-05
A WONDERFUL RECORD

Long before the word feminist"
had crept into the language, and in
the days when woman suffrage was
looked upon as freak political idea
like free silver or single tax, a group
of Washington women met at All
Souls Church and formed the Twen-
tieth Century Club.
That was twenty-four years ago.
Today the club is holding its annual
meeting and revising its constitu-
tion to conform to the growing work
and widening activities of the body.
In its twenty-four years this club
has managed to correlate its efforts
with nearly every philanthropic and
charitable effort made in the Capt.
tai. Avoiding publicity, it has in
variably backed all sorts of move
ments for woman's betterment, with
out ever advocating any special
propaganda. Its influence today is
felt in dozens of institutions and or
carnations for humanitarian effort.
1t has constantly kept before it
the idea for which it was formed.
the self-improvement of it's men,
hers. And it's various sections"
clubs themselves within the big club,
have offered courses of study in sub
jects ranging from parliamentary
law to art, and from literature to
travel.
Such organizations are a distinct
asset to any community, and aside
from its actual accomplishments,
this club has been a special benefit
to Washington in keeping alive
among its members a fine sense of
civic pride and desire for service.
The Washington times., 1914-03-05
ONE TOWEL FOR 800.

Printers love to recount that COM
posing room classic of the reporter
who came back to the old office after
twenty years., looked about in vain
for a familiar face, and finally
paused in respectful recognition be-
fore the office roller towel. 1t was
the only familiar thing in the estab-
lishment.
Progress has been made in hy-
giene since that day. In one Wash
ington school, for example, the roll
er towel, doing duty for only 300
pupils, is changed every day. Now
Congressman Rogers of Massachu-
sets, acting upon information for
warded him by Mrs. Ellen A. Vinton,
chairman of the education committee
of the Associated Alumnae of the
United States, wants the roller
towel, for school use, abolished al
together.
1t should not be necessary to
clutter up Congress with details of
that sort. But if that is the only
way to abolish roller towels in Wash
ington's public schools, let us have
legislation to that end by all means.
Many folk think the fear of germs
Is carried too far. Certainly no one
wants to carry prophylactic meas
ures in schools to the point where
the pupils become oversensitive
about their health. But they have a
right to the same protection they
are afforded in their homes. No
sane person would advocate exposing
hundreds of school children to germ
infested towels for the sake of the
small saving effected by not intro
Gucing any one of dozens of modern
schemes for preventing such con-
tamination.
The Washington times., 1914-03-05

One of the most important aids
citizens may render. not only through
the cleanup period, but throughout
the year, is in observance of a much
ignored police regulation regarding
the throwing Of trash and refuse
upon the streets.
The people know. vaguely, that
such regulation eXists-thcn il
passes from their minds, and in
moment of abstraction or careless
ness they casually drop a discarded
newspaper. empty tobacco sack or
crumpled ball of paper into the gut
tiers. Sometimes they look about
in an expectant way for one of the
familiar red trash boxes, and, II
there is not one in the immediate
vicinity, take it as an invasion nf
their sovereign rights. feel Il great
sense of pride in having done their
duty as citizens-and discard the
refuse matter Immediately.
Occa asionally a policeman in the vi
cinity spots the culprit, crosses over
and warns him III Il basso-profundo
voice and releases him with the
warning not to do it again.
This is all right and to a certain
extent is justice tempered with
mercy, for. in itself, the nisdemean-
or is small and "A warning may
awaken the offender to a realization
of his duty. Usually, however, he
walks away, boiling with ncar-right-
eous Indignation, uttering under his
breath naughty words about the