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sorry return" made since the beginning
OF the war by the Americans for all the
favors with which they had been over
whelmed by Emperor William.
International Marriages
NOR can the numerous matrimonial al
liances that have taken place in the last
thirty or forty years between American
women and foreigners of birth and rank
be said to have accomplished anything
toward increasing the popularity of this
country on yonder side of the Atlantic.
Quite the contrary is the case. For, with
very rare exceptions, nearly all of these
so-called international marriages have
turned out unhappily, alike for the hus-
band and for the wife, and in many cases
have wound up in sensational divorce
suits and in scandal. Both are to blame.
The first object that the foreign husband
seems to have in view, as soon as ever the
marriage has been celebrated, is to alien
ate his American bride, as far as possible,
not only from her relatives but also from
her compatriots; and it is no exaggeration
to assert that the place which she acquires
in the confidence-aye, and even in the
affection-of her husband is often proper
tionate to the extent with which she sewers
her connection with her kith and kin.
Some who have at heart domestic hap
piness, and who look forward to acquiring
popularity and regard in the country Of
their adoption, yield to their husbands
wish in this particular, to an extent that
only those of their former American
friends who have visited Europe can form
any idea of. There are many European
houses where, in spite of the fact that the
mistress of the establishment is an Ameri-
can, no American has ever been permitted
to cross the threshold.
European Attitude in Our War
with Spain
IF Americans entertained any illusions
with regard to the favor in which they are
held in Europe, these must assuredly have
been dispelled in 1898, at the time of the
war of this country with Spain, when
the sympathies of all the continental
powers of Europe were undisguisedly with
Spain, and when the efforts on the part of
Germany and Austria to organize in her
DeIldu all armed cOallUlOn OF Une foreign
powers against the United States were
only frustrated by the sturdy friendship
of Great Britain. The Cologne Gazette,
the Berlin Post, and the conservative
Kreuz-Zeitung, the Norddeusche-AHge-
meine-Zeitumg, and the Hamburg News
lost no opportunity of comparing "the
brutality of Yankee diplomacy" and the
American "sordid greed for dollars with
the "chivalry," the "high-fown courtesy"
and the patriotism" of Spain.
The Austrian press was still more I'M
complimentary, and there are few of my
readers who will not recall how the often
sive and hostile attitude of the Teuton
Admiral Diederich and his squadron in
the Bay of Manila toward Admiral
Dewey, shortly after the latter's great
naval victory there, brought
Germany and the United
~ States to the very brink Of
W. war. AS for the French news
, papers in 1898, there was some
excuse for them to champion
the cause Of Spain rather than
that of the United States. For
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the Goelets, the Armours, etc., a degree Of
freedom in their intercourse with him that
he would never have dreamed of tolerating
on the part of the oldest and most init
mate of his German or Austrian friends
and cronies. This was bitterly resented
by the Teuton bourgeoisie, who are vir-
tually barred from court, and who could
not understand why Americans of their
own class should enjoy imperial and royal
favors denied to them, while even the
great mobiles complained that the value of
their hereditary privileges was impaired
by the courtesies lavished by the Kaiser
upon his visitors from the New World.
Despite the severity of the censorship
of the press in Germany at present, the
newspapers there never lose an oppor-
tunity of calling public attention to the
sorry return" made since the beginning
Of the war by the Americans for all the
favors with which they had been over
whelmed by Emperor William.
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almost the whole Of the foreign national
debt of Spain is held by French investors,
who were naturally anxious for the victory
of the horse that carried their money.
Prejudices Increased Since Beginning
of Present War
WHATEVER prejudices existed in
Europe before the beginning of the
present war have vastly increased since,
everywhere save in England. That they
should have grown to such startling de-
gree in Germany, and in the countries allied
to her, is not altogether surprising, since,
despite the neutrality Of President Wilson's
administration, the bulk of popular senti-
ment here has been strongly in favor of
Germany's foes. Still, it may be ques-
toned whether the people Of the United
States were altogether prepared for such
an intense degree Of bitterness as has been
shown in the past year by the Germans
for everybody and everything American.
G. Roeder, one of the veteran members
American Of German parentage, all of
whose articles have been characterized by
very natural preference for the people
Of the land Of his origin in the present
conflict, declares in print, as the result of
extensive tours of observation in Germany
in the last few months, that the hatred of
Americans entertained by the Germans
is quite as intense as that manifested for
the English, while, in comparison thereto,
Teuton sentiment toward the Russians,
the French, the Belgians, ard the Japan
ese is quite friendly.
In an article printed in the New York
World for January 16, 1916, Mr.. Roeder
writes that everywhere in Germany he
heard the same remark: "Wir hassen die
Amerikaner und allies was aus Amerika
kommt." eve hate the Americans and
everything that comes from America).
He states that the people there not only
refuse to permit English to be spoken, but
are still more insistent that one should
not speak american. He also cites such
expressions of popular opinion as aAll
Americans are murderers: they ought to
be hanged" And he places on record the
manner in which the American Ambassa-
dor Gerard, while occupying box in a
Berlin theater, was subjected to insult
and to hostile demonstration.
Why the Germans Detest Us
OF course, much of this detestation by
the Germans for everything American
is due to their knowledge that Great Britain
and her allies have purchased immense
quantities of ammunition and other war
supplies in the United States, and to the
conviction, quite universal in Germany,
that without these American-made mu-
nitions the Allies would long ere this have
been compelled to throw up the sponge.
In the most unreasoning manner the Ger
mans complain that the United States has
supplied war materials exclusively to the
Powers of the Entente, blind to the fact
that, if there had been any means of get
ting through the British blockade of the
North Sea, manufacturers here would
have been just as ready to ship munitions
to Germany.
But what has perhaps hit the Germans
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MAGAZINE SECTION for April 90, 1915

selves with what may be described as
.freak news; that is to say, cables and
letters portraying exaggerations of con-
duct, Of manner, of speech, lynchings,
sensational crimes, etc., all calculated to
create an entirely wrong impression Of the
people, life, and conditions in the United
States.
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How Royalty Treats Rich
Americans

EUROPEAN royalty has also contributed
its share to the creation of prejudice
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28
Sheriff'S Sale.
S.. G. Dreyfus & Co.
Mrs. M. A. RACIAL and her
husband. j. A. Racha1.

/ By virtue of a writ of fe ia. issued il
the above entitled and numbered cause
by the Judge of the 18th D. c., Parish
of Natchitoches, La, of date 18th OF
September 1916 to me directed and to
that effect /, J. w. Payne, Sheriff of
the Parish of Natchitoches, La, did
seize and take into my possession and
will offer for sale, to the last and high
est bidder, upon the terms hereafter
stated at the principal front door of the
Court House in the City and Parish of
Natchitoches, La, on Saturday, the
18th day of November 1916, at the hour
of Ii O'Clock a. m. the following de-
scribed property, to wit;
Eighty acres of land, more or less,
with all buildings and improvements
thereon situated in the Parish of Nat.
chitoches La, and known by the name
OF The Moreau Place, bounded north
by lands of The Carter Lumber Co.
originally owned by Grow, south bv
land of Bath and Tucker, and west bv
lands of Mrs. M. A. Jack, and east bv
lands of The Estate of G.vanovich Sue,
acquired by purchase by the said ven.
dor from Valmour Moreau on Dec. 18th
1906 and Moreau acquired the said lands
at Sue. Sale of his father Pierro
Moreau.
Terms Of Sale; Cash subject to ap-
praisement.
]. w. PAYNE,
Sheriff OF Natchitoches Parish.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28
BAPTIST SERVICES

DR.. G. Fl. Cruther of Shreveport win
hold services at the First Baptist
Church of Natchitoches on next Sun.
day at ii a. M, October /, 1916. DR..
Cruteher Is corresponding secretary and
treasurer of the Louisiana Baptists, and
is recognized as one Of the strongest
figures in the Louisiana ministry. The
public IL very cordially invited to attend
the services and hear Dr., Crutcher.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28
ANNOUNCEMENT

The State Normal School of offers full course in the
important branches of music 0 the public
Csses IN primary harmony and advanced theory ndispensi
Die to music students, will be maintained throughout
ing at a nominal cost.
Students will be accepted all grades beginners fur
Their advanced
staff of experienced teachers will be attendance and op-
portunies will be afforded students concert work
under the personal supervision of the director
Monthly recals will be given by the faculty and every
Gay musical program will be presented assembly by musical
students with the assistance the musical faculty.
class in appreciation which proved last season will
be held every Friday at five thirty m public
is cordially invited
For those who do the normal course be it
known that students may register for exclusively
For further particulars address the
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28
Personal
And
OTHER WISE

the rainfall will be light. 1st tc
2nI cool and pleasant; Ord to 9Th
cloudy with showers; 9th to 9TH,
pleasant.
Mrs. I. E. POLICEMAN spent a
couple of days in Shreveport dur
ing the week.
Miss Sadie Nash has returned
homo after pleasant visit to Col
fax and Montg )mery.
Miss Joyce Weaver motored to
Boyce on SUNDAY with a party
from Viewers Spur.
New Fall Hats for Men and Boys in
the leading shades and styles at SEM
MELMAN'S.
Mr., and Mrs. J. B. Aswe!l mot
ored to Many for the day on
Wednesday.
Mr.. G. Estorge of Opelousas
has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cannon for the past week.
Mr.. Alex Greene left on We'd |
nesday for Nashville to continue
his studies at Vanderbilt Univer-
sity.
Sweaters for Everybody. New
Styles at KAFFIE'S.
Mrs. Charles D4Blieux with her
sons left on Tuesday for VIM
deld where she will spend the
week with her grandmother and
aunt.
New Fall Suits for Men and Bows in
the late models, exceptional values.
SEMMELMANRS
Mrs. J. $. Stephens left on
Tuesday for Knoxville Tennessee Is
to visit her brother and family forl
A Keek or two Ia
Messrs. ] L. Bryan and Sam
Caspari went up to Shreveport !
on business Sunday night. return. :
ing on Tuesday. z
1
Mrs. Virginia Chatfe left on b
Tuesday for Virginia with her b
niece, Miss Josephine Bryan to i
enter her as student in one of the I
private schools of that state. h
hN Just received beautiful line of La 9
dies Tailored Suits in the new shades q
ind materials. SEMMELMAN'S. 0
AT Or, REED's OFFICE .
Don't fail to call and have DR.. Z
friedman the expert optician test 4
Jour eyes on the days advertised =
last week, Sept. 10Th to Oct. Ord.
n
Largest Line Of Coal and Wood r
Heaters in town 1T KAFFIE,S. :,
Misses Gussie and Miriam Mel I
ken, Edith Porter and Sylvan Mel re
ken motored TO Alexandria early "
Saturday morning, returning sun N
day night. p
Mr.. and Mrs. J. O. Trichel, Mr.. .
and Mrs. Carson and Miss Annie II
Trichel motored down fro m NJ
Shreveport Saturd Nv and remained ri
over with relatives until Sunday ze
evening. a
Cali and see the new fall styles in Il
Dresses. Waists and Skirts. SEM VA
MELMAN'S. lie
Mrs. R. Fl. Giddens Of Coushatta :,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gam N from Thursday until Sun Co
day when size went TO RObellne
to visit relatives an I will return i.
today and remain over until Sun Mi
day before going home. en-
80
Mrs. VI. P. Nemp spent few at
days 10 WINFIELD with her mother Of
and aunt during the absence of her 20
brother, Mr.. Harry AXE in New est
Orleans, who weEt down for treat dir
nent ana is now recuperating very ter
nicely. As
Mr.. and Mrs. Phanor Breazeale the
md dau ghter, Miss Marie, will ~ ~
cave to lay for New Orleans in litt
heir car where Mr.. Breazeale has upC
IN court and the ladies OF
win enjoy shopping and seeing ere
friends during their stay in the In; n
crescent City. lid
Loer-A Five Dollar Bill, between W.
sity Drug Store AMI Catholic Church. exc
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28

DECLINE and silken lingerie, ;"
boudoir caps. handkerchiefs, scarfs,
pillow-cases, silk hose, ivory toilet
articles; perfumery. toilet water
and everything dear to a brides
heart. Then delicious salad
course with Roman punch and
cakes were served and music
wound up the evening for the gay
Young crowd who enjoyed a. de-
lightful evening with their gracious
young hostesses.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28

| 1t was a matter of keen regre
not only to the congregation thai
had called him, but to all the peo
I pie of Natchitoches when it was
learned that Rev. Boone had re.
signed as pastor of the First Bap-
list Church. This promising
Iyoung divine had. only recently
come to NaLchitoches, but during
that short time, he had made many
friends and admirers who regret
ted the conditions that arose and
made his resignation almost i'm
Derative. His resignation was
caused by the illness of his father,
who Is one the leading ministers
Of Memphis, Tenn. and whose
physical condition has made it
necessary to have substitute for
six months or year, and besides
the wish to be in constant attend
ance upon his father, the chance
of filling such a position in a big
city rarely comes to SO Young
man, and it was golden oppor-
tunity that he could not well af-
ford to miss. And while voicing
regrets of all Natcnitoches. The
Enterprise wishes Mr.. Boone sue
cess in his new field of labor.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28

The Rex Club that fourished fol
nearly FIVE years but in which M
active interest had been taken fol
1.-The past number of months b. the
regular members. is now extinct
This club was organized by some
Of the young boys and established
iH the Rest Room building where
it dourished for long time as an
ideal reading room, where all the
best magazines could be found;
chess, checkers, dominoes enjoyed
to- the music of a good grapha-
hone and a well fitted up gym
with showers etc., gave the ath
eletes a chance to indulge in the
sports that appealed most to them.
Bet by degrees as new interests
absorbed the members, the club
rooms were neglected and so the
organizers of the club decided
to formally disband the other day,
sell all their paraphanalia and use
the money to buy electroleers for
Place st. Denis. And no better
object could have been conceived
than this and the public spirit
shown by these young boys will
be applauded by all Natchltoches.
The furniture aud fixtures have
all been disposed of but the gra
phaphone when Is being raffied
off and it is hoped that a nice
amount will be realized thereby to
help swell the fund necessary to
buy the two electroleers that the
lads are anxious to buy and which
will stand as monuments to their
civic pride and interest. The gra-
phaphone is on exhibition at the
City Drug Store and everybody
should take a chance to help a
good, public cause.
The sun., 1916-12-17
49,"

hermeneutics. In history, secular and
ecclesiastical, they did the work Of
pioneers. In ecclesiastical law they
merited the highest commentator. In
the natural sciences they had mathe-
maticians like Jordan Of Saxony.
whose discoveries in trigonometry
were stolen. to be foisted three hun
dred years later upon an amazed world
rs the work OF contemporary scholars:
chemists like Dietrich OF Fre.burg,
whose writings IN colors and vio.et
rays would seem almost to date from
| our own times: aeronauts like Giles OF
Avignon. who OWNED many OF the Sc
crets OF aerial navigation.
Architects like Fra Giacondo. who
built the Rialto in Venice. and Frere
Francois OF Client. who built the Pont
Royal OF Paris, are only n little less
deserving of the admiration OF the
word than Fra Ristoro and Fra Ssto.
who built Santa Maria Novella in Flor
ence. which Michael Angelo called his
lady love" and visited every day.
A conservative estimate OF the num-
Der Of Dominican authors Is so. 1000, and
Dominican artists OF one kind or an
other may safely be reckoned at 5000,
At the head Of the latter stands Fra
Angelica. the sweetest, most virlle
painter who ever welded a brush. All
critics are agreed that human genius
never scaled a higher pinnacle o!
spiritual refinement than that attained
by this humble Dominican brother In
his countless works, which are none
the less prayers for their superb artis-
try.
Among the people the work Of the
friars preachers has been most benef-
G and fruitful. From church pulpit
(Which, by the way, came into univer-
sal use through their efforts). from
The sun., 1916-12-17
City May Lose the Most Picturesque Of
It's Bridges, Oldest Across the Harlem

than in the vicinity Of Washington
Bridge with its vehicular traffic and
trolley cars.
Thousands of persons derive pleas
ure and recreation from crossing the
bridge on Sunday, which Is the favorlte
day for the promcnaders. From early
morn until some time near midnight,
particularly in hot weather, the Old
bridge is the resort Of fresh air fends,
heel and toe artists n plain prome-
naders. Ten minutes acros and ten
minutes back is all the time necessary
20 make the oun trip. one espe-
cially pleasant walk takes the visitor
along Amsterdam avenue. through
High Bridge Park to the western end
OF High Bridge. across that structure
TO the eastern end. north to the east
ern end OF Washington Bridge and
across TO the starting point. It's the
most eXhf.arating constitutional that
any one in the Washington Heights
section of the city can take. And
many take II.
Nature has been kind to High
Bridge and his accounts in NJ small
measure for its popularity. Probably
the well worn brick roadway of the
structure would not appeal quite so
much to walkers were II not for the
fact that on the Washington Heights
side especially those bound for the
bridge must pass through. beautiful
scenery. Swinging off>-om llc sombre
tagging of Amsterdam ;aenue at
either led street or Hath street per-
son bound in the direction OF the
bridge have TO traverse the gravel path
that borders the reservoir.
After "A short walk along this
road the orner of the reservoir is
reached. A straight turn TO either the
left or the right is made. according to
the direction from which you APP
proach, and this brings you face 10
face with the lofty High Bridge tower,
rearing Itself 200 feet in the air. II is
n Of the sights OF the upper part
OF the city and is as well known Ia
visitors entering the city on the trains
on the east side OF the Harlem az arc
the Woolworth Building and Madison
Square Garden.
lust south OF the tower Is a wooden
stairway with approximately seventy
five steps. which gives access to the
path opening on the western end o!
the bridge. This bypath opens into a
main path that winds it's way all
through High Bridge Park from its
beginning somewhere south in tho
l50's. From the long stairway 10 the
western end of the bridge Is hut a
short walk. \ short flight Of stone
steps must he descended. and thcn one
finds oneself on the bridge proper.
Once on the bridge the spectator Is
The sun., 1916-12-17

where Of old the people were accus-
toned to gather 10 obtain at once the
necessaries OF life and the words OF
truth: al the wayside shrine or the
country cross--in a word. wherever
men would stop to listen TO their
message the white robes preached the
word Of God without adultcration.
They set "A new fashion in preaching
one which was learned without being
pedantic: direct without being brusQue:
personal without beng affected: ear
nest without being strident. 1t was a
fashion which made them all that
their name !mplied-the preachers OF
the world. Iecoy de Ia Marche In a
learned work has outlined clearly their
achievements In this regard. showing
incidentally their effect on the Develop
ment Of the various European YER
naculars. The eloquence Of Father
Tom Burke. the Irish patriot who
saved his ace from the calumnies OF
Froude the traducer. is still reinem-
bered in the United States after sew
oral decades.
But perhaps the greatest claim OF
the Dom!nicans upon the gratitude Of
the Americas is the tnest!mable help
lent by them TO the d%.scovcrer Of the
Western Hemisphere. II was but
natural that in n house OF learning
like San Estaban's. In Salamanca,
Columbus should find friends and SYM
path!zers. For centuries the Cosmo-
graphical teaching of Albert the Great
and Thomas Aquinas had been jeal-
ously preserved In every Dominican
college and university. without IL the
belief in the spherictty OF tho world
would have been utterly forgotten
generations before.
When. therefore. the Genoese navi-
gator proposed to ind a new way To
the Indies his words seemed right IA
miliar to the learned friars. Diego de
Deza, confessor to the King, warmly
The sun., 1916-12-17
DER ST. DOMINIC N is SEVEN CENTURIES OLD
Story of the Work Of Friars Preachers Who Founded
Remarkable System of Education and Practised
as Wei as Taught Democracy

cause Of the Indian by word and writ
ing, and crossed the ocean nearly a
dozen times in order to obtain from h
Spanish King Of Just treat
ment for his protcges.
In South America the Dominicans
converted the natives In large mum
bers. and forthwith proceeded to open
primary and secondary schools. Within
thirty years. In Peru alone. they a
opened thirty schools besides estab-
fishing the University Of Lima. In
Mexico and Central America also uni
versities were founded that antedate
by more than a century similar in
stitutions of learning In u W land.
The first books printed on the Western
Hemisphere came from the presses set
up in the Dominican monastery Of
Lima.
1t is probably true that the first
Catholic priests to set foot on soil
actually our own were Dominican
fathers from the Monastery Of st.
Thomas In Gardar. Greenland. who
penetrated as far as what Is now the
state Of Massachusetts. then known
as Vinland. II IL interesting also to
know that the first rudimcntary hint
at 80 modern "a thing as steam heating
must he traced to these Friars Of
Gardar. who carried the boiling waters
~ the geysers to their convent In
crude pipes.
AZ the northern part OF what Is now
the United States was evangelical by
the Dominicans. SO the southern part,
especially Florida. witnessed the labors
Of Spanish Friars. chief among whom
was Father Louis Cancer de Barbastro,
the proto-martyr of our land. In Lower
California the Spanish Dominicans
took over the missions which Father
Junipero Sierra. the Franciscan pioneer,
could no longer administer for lack