The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-04-23
SATURDAY NIGHT
HAc F'ltl0NS
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sEAsTS, BABES AND BIBLES.

Text. Hos Euck. Their. is MAE or
more va,ue than a saeep~'-fR W Matt
III. l.
| was perched in 8 sightseeing auto
doing the town" Get On TO the
-ubes In the rubberneek wagon" cali
ID newsboy- One pays price for
prominence l did not respond re
about casting your corais
before porcupines or something TO that
effect But the -dago kid ia front Of
the million dollar skyscraper started
ne thinking The man with the meg
aphone called out the things the town
with considerable steal" be faceIious,y
explained: the biggest department
store in the state the handsomesr post
office. the city park. the factories.
among them a cotton mill employing
hundreds of women and children and
a stock farm. the finest in the United
States you could '-eat of the floor ;"
| looked With staring eyes. We went
out through the residence section on
their parkway or boulevard. on either
side wealth spelled in rich mansions
and luxurious Iimousines- I'VE are
the richest city proportionafely on the
Atlantic sea coast" said he of the
Rich in what: Buildings
and more buildings. wealth and more
wealth. expressed in things. And-a
stock farm-the best in the United
States. can see it yet Nicely paint
ed. grass about the place, a flower bed
and fountain wide windows. admit
ting air and sunlight: veterinarians
and attendants in white bIouses The
place looked SO clean and heaithfnI |
forgive the hyperboIe about "eating
of the hoor-"
Beasts. Babies and Bibles.
am a philosophiZins preacher with
a heart large enough for beasts. babies
and Bibles. Why aren't folks worth
more than things: Why shouldn't the
gazetteer Of the "rubberneck wagon
proclaim. THAT school building has the
finest lot of children I'm the country"
There's little mission that reciain,s
scores of men every year.. There goes
pastor who helps more people MP
ward than 3 saloon can pull down
ward: THAT little woman teaches a
night school for foreign children" pos
sibiy my little olive skinned Italian
boy among them What are buildings
compared with people: Is not the
value of a human being more than real
estate: That model stock farm pub
fishes a bulletin giving tabuIation OF
some elaborate feeding tests of cattle
and hogs. Much is said about the
balanced ration That same city
tried feeding emaciated nndarfef
school children. but it WIS howIed
down. You see. 1t ''panperized'' them.
Hogs, Cattle and Men.
congress said. I'VE ought no longer t,
ie-;o-e the reproach that this govern
nent takes more pains to protect th'
lives Of hogs and cattle than human
beings" And DR.. Wiley. the pure foo
specialist. remarked in a lecture TO tn
Wellesley Woman's club i'm Boston no
long ago that it was better to be :
steer than man. and Il fat hog thai
woman Across the isle from IN
i'm the Pullman sleeper. all the wa,
from Denver to Chicago. rode woma1
with her child and her husband Tb
nan was i'm the last stages of con
sumption and spat out Of the car win
dow and on the side of the coach an,
only occasionally in cup. / an, sur
on the way back that berth was mad
Up for some unsuspecting victim
That wouldn't be allowed with cal
load of cattle. Ever watch the crow
of men. women and children packe.
indeccntiy i'm the subway cars from
to p. M? The law wouldn't ALLOW
hogs to be crowded and damned int
cars in such a manner. 1t would N
duce the weight of the creatures
might kill some with the loss of hun
dreds Of dollars. Mrs. Charlotte Smith
social worker in Boston. says tina
babies are selling from 50 to SO apiec
while poodle dogs fetch SO to 500 i
the fashionable section of the Hui
Values.
Men and Machines.
From my sightseeing auto that da
could see the homes Of the hands
employed ut the cotton mills. The
are hardly hands" only machines.
couldn't help thinking of Helen BOARD
man: The machine is kept in Iiffl
hut NOT far from the factory 1t is
wonderful machine but it isn't wort
much. There are so man! other m;
| over the horizon the factory whistle
blow and the machine starts out. Othe
gray machines are going through u
early light to the same place Til
machines are used to make hats villa
would the world do without hats: Ii
deed. hats must be made One da
| the scream of the whistle is heard b,
| fore closing time The great wheel
| stop for moment as something linn
| and CORY is carried ont and taken ava
IN a wagon. A machine is kilie,
Never mind: there are other machine
to be bad at the same price. Bio
whistles. Turn wheels No: the
must not be called machines. NJ;
chimes are taken care Of Belts al
kept from dampness: bolts are =
newed We have fireproof building
shock absorbing car springs. bursi.
proof bank vaults. ventilated fru
cars How much better is man tina
| machine. 4 carload of Lahore,
/ coming home at night is of far moi