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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
extravagant.

extravagant. Others, seeing the
French Sunday, learning that in the
charming French language there is no
WORD for home, observing the gay,
white ways Of the cities, or reading
CT a declining birth rate, quickly pro-
nounce France idle. undomestic. ire
Ilglous, immoral. Now France curl
ously, is in many Of her characteris-
tics the antitheses of these popular
and far-spread interpretations. To es-
innate her place and part in to-mor-
rows world, more nearly accurate
knowledge Of her characteristics to-
day is of course necessary.
Paris vs.. France.
First, in judging France it must be
kept in mind that Paris is not France.
Many Of the descriptive adjectives EN-.
ployed in picturing France do apply to
Paris, or, at least, to the sections of
Paris where foreign travellers most
do congregate. The vivid, colorful
cafes, the all-night restaurants, the
prurient novels and post cards. are,
to large degree, an effort to give the
tou{ist-public what it wants. or what
Paris thinks it wants. The real France
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Present for the New Baby.

For the latest baby Of your dearest
friend. get up a surprise box" from
materials at hand. Somewhere about
the house you will be certain to find
an oblong pasteboard box which may
be reduced to about 12x5x5 inches pro-
portion. This should be smoothly
covered with white lawn and it's top
transformed into lid working on
hinges Of narrow ribbon run through
double sets Of punch holes, the
no{e:emDf0ldefed. Two Big white bath
towels from your reserve stock OF
household linens should then be in.
itial.embroidered in pink or floss and
laid In the box, leaving just enough
space at one end for a pair Of pink
or blue wash cloths. Lacking a sup
ply OF face cloths, squares that will
do as well may be made from a partly
worn fine damask napkin, herring
bone hemmed with pink or blue floss.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
BLOUSE MUST Be TIDY
NEAT ADJUSTMENT 1T THE BACK
IS IMPERATIVE.
small Buttons to Fasten Garment Are
the 6est-Not at All Hard to
Arrange and Keep in
Proper Shape.

Some people seem to think that the
back fastening Of blouse is thing
mat doesn't matter much because they
cant see it themselves. But it does
matter very much indeed, for. though
YOU cant see it, other people can,
and an untidy row of gaping buttons
and holes down the back will spoil
the smartest blouse that was ever
made.
often use patent clips on the back
OF a blouse, but the thing against
these is that they sometimes rust in
the wash Little buttons are safer,
and, If you put them on correctly they
will be perfectly tidy.
You see, you must make a plain
hem down the left-hand edge, and sew
the buttons to this. Then finish the
rlght.hand edge in any way you like
some people put box-pleat, others a
couple of tucks turning different ways,
others just a straight hem. But. what
ever it Is, it must be all tidily done
and finished before you have any
dealings at all with the buttonholes.
These holes should never be worked
into the back of the blouse. They
should always be done on a separate
oft of stuff-a piece of material fold
ed double, or a strip of strong tape.
Work holes through this to match the
buttons, and then put it inside the
blouse and sew it down at the inner
edge only.
You can catch the outer edge of the
blouse to the outer edge Of the but
tonhole strip by knotted stitch here
and there, II you like But the main
parts of the two edges should be left
separate from each other, so that you
can slip your finger in between them
when you want to fasten the buttons.
When the button has gone through
the hole. it is hidden under the right
hand edge Of the blouse, so that it
does not show bit. And. II a button.
hole gets torn, there Is no particular
harm done, for the material of the
blouse is not spoiled by it.
It's quite a good plan to keep one
OF these little buttonhole strips al
ways In your basket, and work at 1t
when you have a few spare moments.
Exchange.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
DIZZY, AEADACHX,
SICK, 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get Z 10cent box.

Get q 10cent box.
Sick headache. biliousness. dizIi-
cess. coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver: delayed. fermenting food In the
bowels or eour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged In tho IN.
testines. instead Of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into tho
blood. When this poison reaches tho
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull. throbbing. sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse tho
stomach, remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you eleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Face and FIGHT WORRY.

Realize your worries for what they
are worth-for what they really are.
Face them-stare them in the face.
Leave the future tc the future, and all
your worrying and anxious wondering
will not alter it an atom All you do
is to burden yourself with your exag-
gerated conception of your worry and
to carry it with you upon your back
into your future. Face it, realize its
limits and fight it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Plaids for Sprino,

Plaid gowns have taken q strong
hold upon the fashionable world this
winter as the result Of the novel ways
the French couturiers have devised
pr combining the latest loom products
ef many colors. The idea of modelling
|fm1Et {lQeta 81 ainl@ straight lines
2Which are attracti7eSkl ll.eP.fahZi0
In other words, untrimmed dresses are
having special prominence for certain
occasions and depending for style upon
their simplicity and the modish &C.
cessories Of the hour, Morning dresses
have new prominence this season. In
way they taAe the place Of the erst-
while tailored suit Of mannish cut
when worn witt the separate coats
that also are emf asized more than for
many winters.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
For 6e Bride.

Now that it hal wisely become the
fashion to give thi bride a really USE
full wedding gift. bear IN mind that
every housekeeperneedsa cedar chest.
Really beautiful glts they make, for
they are highly polished. carefully fln-
ished, fitted with retallit locks Of ar.
tistic workmanship and are in every
respect ornamental II the bride is
to live in a hotel Ae viii welcome a
steamer trunk shaed chest, which
may be slid under De bed. but II she
has taken an aprtment choose q
cedar box in windy seat form that
1t may help towardthe furnishing Of
the new home. &
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
WOULD SIT Down
COULDN'T GET up
And This Lady Would Do a Little
Work and Have to Got
Bed for an Hour.

Columbia. Tcnn.-Mrs Jessie Sharp.
of this town. says: Il was a sufferer
from womanly troubles for five years,
and it got me down so l could not do
any of my work. Would have to lie in
bed nearly all the time. When I
would sit down. couldn't get up. with
out pulling at something to help me.
would do little work, and have
to go to bed for an hour.
would have those awful trembly
spells, and swimming in my head.
surely felt that l had rather be dead,
than be in my condition.
finally wrote to the Ladies Ad-
visory Department, OF the Chattanooga
Medicine Co.. and they advised me to
try Cardui. the woman's tonic. for my
troubles. l did and now l am sound
and we'll Of all my troubles. The Sec
ond bottle helped me SO much that I
didn't have to 50 to bed any more.
certainly feel that Cardui is worth
its weight in gold to every suffering
woman"
III you. Iduy TeaOer, SuHeT from any
Of the ailments so common to women,
try Cardui.
For more than so years, Cardui has
been used with entire satisfaction, by
hundreds Of thousands of weak and
ailing women. 1t will surely help you.
too.
N. R.-WtAe 70: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chatta.
nooga Medicine Co.. Chat anooga. Tenn, for
Seeeial Instructions. and 64~page book. Home Treat.
ment for Women cent in plain wrapper. %
request. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20

IS a notable exception. Here the
farmer continues to farm.
Peasant Farmers Land Owners.
Inc french peasant farmer must
not De associated with the German or
the british farm laborer. He is Of a
dlnerent and higher class. This
dlnerence is brought about, in a large
measure, by the fact that he is an
owner of the land, not merely a ten.
ant. Sixty-three per cent. Of the
french peasants are householders,
owning their homes, oftentimes "a
small thing but my own" Revolution
does not easily originate among the
owners Of homes The French peas.
antry are the conservative force in
the republic. 1t must not be inferred
however, that with them conservatism
spells stagnation. Though not a rev.
olut!onist, the French peasant is not
a reactlonary He is materially and
morally progressive. He thinks with
a clearness that some philosophers
might envy. He expresses himself
with grace and a precision that. in
herited by his children, gives them a
birthright of speech in pulpit, tribune,
Journalism, unsurpassed by any land.
Distinguished Sons Of Peasants.
1t is not strange that Rochefort and
Clemenceau, the journalists, Labor.
the advocate, Millet, the painter, Poin-
care, Fallieres and Loubet, statesmen,
and host of others, scientists, schol-
ars, preachers, legislators, are the
sons of peasants. When the newly
elected president Of the third republic,
Emile Loubet, halted his triumphal en-
try into Montelimar that he might en-
brace his peasant mother, the Incl
dent which moistened every French
eye and warmed every French heart,
assured the new presidents popularity,
for France recognizes its dependence
upon the peasantry and honors, above
most nations. motherhood. 1t is good
politics, therefore, when the present
scholar-president of France, motoring
through France to his country place,
as this letter is written, turns aside to
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Vogue for Flounces,

Flounces Of black and white tulle
black and white chiffon or black and
white lace respectively are introduced
into many Of the gowns designed for
southern wear. They trim the back
of the draped skirts, the typical Louis
XVI. sleeves and the upper portion
Of the bo0ices
The skirts In black, violet or olive
green taffetas or charmeuse that will
be worn in the south this winter open
In . point at the back Of the waist
over five or six dounces of equal
width. and this effect is continued on
a moderate sized train for the even.
ing.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20

visit his two living predecessors in Of
fee, finding them at work in their
vineyards.
Rural Schools Progressing.
The evolution of the French peasant
is the history of modern France. He
is emphasizing education as never be.
fore. The development of the rural
school in France is a remarkable fact
in the republics progress. The con.
troversy between state and church,
h*ted as it was in the extreme and
unfortunate, has made necessary larg-
er state grants to education which
have been administered even in re.
mote districts with increasing wisdom.
Certain distinguishing French charac-
teristics, aptitude for science, clarity
of mind. concentration and the criti-
cal faculty. intellectually and artistic
taste, are shown nowhere more pro-
nouncedly than in the French schools
and reference is made not merely
to the Sorbonne or the Ecole de Beaux
Arts. but to the small schools far re-
moved from the capital The French
peasant wishes the best for his chill
dren.
The French peasant not only owns
France-he works. AS France leads
in percentage # her population en-
gagged in agriculture, France leads also
in the relative percentage Of her pop
ulation who are economically active
members Of society. In this sunny
land. where everybody apparently
loafs his life away, more workers are
to be found. in proportion to the num-
Der Of inhabitants. than In Great Brit
ain, Germany. or our own United
States. The census statistics show
that Of every 100 persons in the United
States 80 are engaged in some chief
occupation. agriculture, commerce or
industry, including domestic service,
and not subsidiary or auxiliary. In
Great Britain a Of every 100 are 50 en-
Gaged, in Germany IS, and in France
81. The French are workers. not
idlers, and this percentage increases
with each decade. Not only do more
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
OUTDOOR COSTUME OF Merit
Heather Mixture Tweed the Best Ma.
teriaI-Norfolk Coat Has Distinc.
tive Points Worth Noting.

This costume is in heather mixture
tweed. The skirt has a strap taken
part way down each side of front: in
verified plaits are then made these
give comfortable fu:!ness at foot
The Norfolk coat has straps taken
from shoulders to hem ut back and
front: the strap at waist is passed
under these and buttoned in front:
buttons and corresponding holes form
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20

may not be seen on Paris streets aft.
er dark. Paris is a beautiful city, and
the French are lovers of beauty. But
Paris is royalist and France Is repub-
lican. Paris is politically restless, and
France is stable. Paris is extrava-
CANT, and France Is thrifty.
Paris is a sparkling diamond on the
broad blouse of all France. 1t Is not
strange that the diamonds sparkle Is
first seen and longest remembered.
But the republic is clothed and kept
in its right mind by rural France.
4 Nation Of Farmers.
The real ruler of France is the
peasant-farmer. Other great nations
are rapidly becoming urbanized. The
city is drawing men and women from
the farm with rapidity that Is alarm"
ing In Great Britain. in Germany. and
even in the newer United States. Civ.
ilization confronts problems created
by modern industrialism. That fac
tory products have thus far too often
meant distressful conditions Of liv-
ing for the factory laborer and his
family is a grim fact in every indus
trial nation. France, in this change.
remains almost stationary and takes
time to adjust herself to the newer
and different conditions. The one
great European republic is an agri-
cultural empire. The high and sta"
BILE position which agriculture oocu-
pies Is significant. More than ~ per
cent. Of the population in France 10
engaged in agriculture, far more than
in any other country Of northern Eu'
rope, Great Britain, Germany. Belgium
or the Netherlands, and one'fourth
more than in the United States. This
percentage of the population engaged
in agriculture shows q slight increase
in recent years instead Of q large de-
crease, as in other leading nations.
This condition 10 maintained despite
. density Of population greater than
In neighboring countries, and nearly
six times 40 great 40 In the United
States. Density Of population almost
invariably means urbanisation. France
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20

foundation, a piece deih cardboard
must be cut out in u shape shown
by diagram A on the ~ side OF the
Illustration. and 1t ~ oe scored
across with a pen knle o the points
indicated by the dottl hoes.
This board 10 smoothN covered with
pale blue silk, which % lacked
up to the cardboard me points
where It 10 to be bent E'or TO do
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Hat Of Manv uaea.

The newest think on the Paris mar.
ket is a ''dismountable hat" evolved
because of protests against the monster
fashions. The new hat IL many in one
1t can be made town. theater, auto
MODELLING. or adixing aigrette, bow. or
row Of brilliapts. and being twisted In
to q new shape. Its practical utility
10 that 1t saves an accumulation Of hat
boxes when travelling.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Making Ton1o,rou,s
==u)0rld--
BY W4LrER w1L114Ms. LIN
U1"%" he School af/'snan." efu. un~nv ofn..o
u0rLd:
FRANCE-WHICH PARIS IS NOT
y U4LTER UlLLI.awc

Boulogne-s ur-
Seine, France
FRA nee surely
laughs in her
sleeve at her in
terpreters from
other lands. The
majority Of these
Interpreters, fas-
cinated by the al
Turing gayety Of
t h Q boulevards,
find in Paris the
key to the French
character. 9th
ers though, look
n g beyon ID ,
sprinkle their in
t erpre a tons
with such adjec-
tivGs Of descrip-
ton as light
hearted, violate
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20


mother; the tri-color with its declara-
ton Of liberty, equality, fraternity:
and the republic, which to them stands
for political, social, economic progress.
Characteristic of the French. in deli.
acy, woman-adoration and felicity Of
speech, was the manner in which the
sad news of the death Of the distin.
guished French statesman, M. Theirs.
was announced to his widow: Mad.
anne, your illustrious husband once
lived" Again, a presidential candi-
date, q peasants son, who married a
woman of doubtful reputation, was
sharply attacked in the Paris and pro-
vincial press for his political views,
but never word was published re.
garding his wife. No woman's name
is dragged into the public prints OF
France.
The English have a scornful In
sular way
OF calling the French light. The lev
fty
Is In the judgment only, which yet
stands;
For say foolish thing but oft enough
land here's the secret Of a hundred
creeds-
Men get opinions as boys learn ia
spell,
BY reiteration, chiefly the same thing
shall pass at last for absolutely
wise
And not with fools exclusively. And SO
We say the French are light, as If we
said,
The cat news or the mich cow gives
US milk.
is bullet light
That dashes from the gunmouth, while
the eye
Winks, and the heart beats one; to
fatten itself
To a wafer on the white speck Of q
wall
A hundred PAGES of? Even so d.
rect,
so strongly undlvertlble OF aim
Is this French people
All idealists.
And 50 l am strong to love this noble
France.
This poet of the nations, who dreams
Forever after some ideal good
Some equal poise of sex. some I'm.
avOwed love
1nviolate, some spontaneous brother
hood,
Some wealth that leaves none poor
and finds none tired,
Some freedom of the many that re-
spects
The wisdom Of the few"
And this is not Paris. but France!
II the supreme test of tomorrow's
world Is what it makes OF the individ'
ual In his daily life, there are many
lessons to be learned among the
grave and gentle, idealistic peasant
folk Of La Belle France.
copyright. 1914, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
MAKES A PRETTY PRESENT
Pipe Rack and Math Holder Appre-
cIated by Any ~ That Uses
Toba0a

Our sketch showsa useful little
present to make fda man who is
q smoker; it is a radlor holding two
pipes and some mst3es. For the
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
Use Lime Water,

Use Lime Water.
When jars and jugs have been put
away and smell musty. rinse them
with lime water. This 10 particularly
good for vessels used for milk.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20

A girl can't throw q stone, but that
10 no reason why she shouldn't have
IN aim in life.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
men work in France. but more Wom'

men work In France, but more "om'
en-, also, than in the other great ma
tons. In the United States IA per
cent. of the female population, at Tue
latest available report, vas engaged ia
me gainful principal occupation; III
Great Britain, - per cent; IN Ter
many, 80 PEI cent, and in France
nearly IS per cent.
Peasant Woman Holds the Purse
The French peasant woman. ds
wife and mother, as village mcrcnahl
and farm manager, is a most lmpo1'
tant parsonage She holds the purse
From her suvi:.gs came the enormous
Indemnity which Germany exacteo
from France after Sedan. Often a
shop-ktcper, she is always SOU
ket per l-aboriousness and thru!
characterize her daily life. because OF
this toll and thrift France, in mate
rial resource, is nation almcst OF
quite sufficient to itself.
The thrift has been aided by the
TACT, explanatory of much in present
France, that the French peasant is a
land owner. His problems of leglsla'
ton differ from those of his German
and British neighbors. He has no land
question. He is occupied with doing
things, rather than with undolng
things inherited.
Women Largely Se|f-Supporting.
The French woman shops with a
market basket and not with tele"
phone. that modern promoter Of high
prices. Essentially a home maker and
a home-heeper, she enjoys an eco
nomic independence that her Anglo
Saxon sisters do not know. Many
French girls are self.supporting be-
fore marriage, and remain so after
wards. Even where they do not
earn their living, they have a dot or
dowry-for which tho parents save
from the girls babyhood-and sho
pays her personal expenses from it.
1T is rarely, indeed" said a
French woman. that one sees in
France the helpless, incompetent wom-
an, who can turn her hand to moth
ing, having never learned to do one
single thing we'll. Adaptable and en-"
ergetic, the French woman can do
most things in the most efficient man.
ner possible-her knowledge is never
scrappy and what she knows she
knows consummately." The new wom'
an may be near at hand in France,
but when she arrives she will come
without strident voice or social revo.
luton, and will scarcely have more
power than now.
The Peasant at Home.
In journeying in rural France the
French peasant is seen at home and
at his best. He is not on dress pa
rade as Paris Is upon its boulevards.
He is shrewd, almost cunning; disni.
fed, almost courtly; uneducated ire.
Quently, but never boorish; possessed
Of all the homely virtues, frugal, seri'
ous-minded and devout. To the
stranger he is hospitality itself, and to
his own countrymen he has = per-
feet genius for friendship. !
High Regard for Woman.
With all t'haeda6deme 6saass' thece
2Ansys5 lPfench peasant folk. ao1e
appeals arouse their enthusiasm to ita
highest point: Woman, as wife and
mother; the tri-color with its declara'
ton Of liberty, equality, fraternity;
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hair! Get Is Cent Bottle
Of oanderins Right Now-Also
Stops itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair IL mute evidence of a neglected
scalp: Of dandrun-that awful scurf.
There 10 nothing 80 destructive to
tes >t s' ia5s(s e af RI sGRs ;as a1|
life: eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then tho
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get . rs cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store. and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life. luster and luxuriance
which Is so beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear-
ance Of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness. but what will
please you most will be after Just .
few weeks use. when you will actual
~ zee q lot Of fine, downy hair-new
hsir-growins Ill over the scalp. Adv.
Modern.
Winifred was the guest of a coun-
try gentleman Of sporting proclivi-
ties. She was walking with her host
through the park one morning when Z
fox leaped from the covert and darted
across an open space.
Winifred chung to her companions
arm. Heavens, Mr.. Tubbs!" cried
she, what was It? You don't mean to
tell me that red fox fur can run about
all by itself?"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20

fastening. The collar is faced with
plain cloth.
The hat is of the same material,
with narrow folds Of satin edging the
bows.
Material required: Five yards of
tweed 46 inches wide. five buttons.
two and one-half yards lining 40
inches wide.