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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24
Ts4E LITTLE oREssMAkER's
SECRET.
youths Companion ,

youths Companion
NOV, there is Mrs. Rand. the little
dressmaker." said enc Of the ministers
at q gathering OF the church workers
Since her husband died her life has
been dreary one; few days here In
the village. a month at upham Corners,
sis weeks. perhaps, In some farming
community. Yet she comes from each
new experience giorIaed
Mira. Rand will sew at the Corners
next week" said the youngest pastor.
How glad George will be TO see her'
George is the grocer's son who wished
to join the church year ago. Most
Of us could not quite forget that George
had spent FIVE years In prison, and a
dozen or So met in the vestry one
evening to talk IL ever. A good deacon
was urging us to. walt six months when
Mrs, Rand entered. put two letters into
my hand and withdrew. The letters
were replies TO her request for iHforma-
ton one from the superintendent of
the prison. the other from the chaplain.
The next Sunday we took George into
our church"
"fhe last time Mrs. Rand came to
Riagville. added sunday.school super.
intendent the chief subject of CONVEX,
satlon was the Jordan family. who had
recently moved to town. The neighbors
called. but their friendly curiosity soon
turned to suspicion, for no one could
find out just Why the uncommunicatiye
strangers had taken np their abode
with us. Their windows were heavily
enrtained nj night, and one clever
citizen suggested that they might be
eounterfeiters!
Mrs Rand said nothing. but We
noticed that she called frequently on
the Jordans. Now and then she would
speak casually Of them What an Ian.
maeulats housekeeper Mrs Jordan ISL
she remarked TO our postmasiers wife.
whose one delight is her own spotless
house One night she gave the leader
of our missionary circle an Item of
interest she had clipped from the re.
ligEous weekly for which the Jordans
subscribed To our organiat she spoke
OF the pleasant Sunday evening when
Mrs. Jordan sang her favorite hymns
In beautiful eontralto voice. The
organist asked Mrs. Jordan to help In
our Easter concert She replied that
she would be- glad 10 If her husbands
health continued To- improve He had
broken down while doing research
work AT Western university had she
not spoken OF II before"
Il think know the secret of the
little dressmaker's life" said man
who had been listening quietly TO the
conversation Whenever she comes
10 cur house my wife finds ON her
bureau card with these words 81
Ruskin on IL:
" II In a good and safe rule to so.
journ In every place as II you meant 10
spend your life there, never emitting
an opportunity of doing a kindness ar
speaking a true word. or making a
friend"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24

FOR account of the Waco q Missis'
sippi Valley Railroad Company, 10 pay
freight and storage charges. will sell
nj public auction 10 the highest bidder.
at the front door of the Court House In
81. Fraheisyiile, Louisiana, al the hour
of eleven o'clock a IA. on
Saturday, July 8, 1915,
One upright plane, and piano beneh
consigned 20 J A. Brady,
Amount freight due 8 81 80
Storage charges, ...., 294t
Total ....,...,...... $50 a
Terms OF sale Cash Must bring
charges and costs Of selling.
]. II. CLACK, Sheriff
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24
a DREAM.

brown Eyes says she had the queer
est sort Of dream the other night. II
vas after hearing discussion Of warm
local interest. and, az she has a quickly
reasoning brain, no doubt the conclu-
slous she inevitably drew from the
discussion sank like fertile seed into
her mind. aud there generated into the
queer situation Of her dream Il found
myself" said she. I'm strange place,
aud there we're crowds moving about
everywhere. and yet though there were
so many people knew every one. They
we're all people I know here in NJ. Fran
risylle or Baton Rouge. and Mr., ii. NJ.
W and Mr.. l.. l.. both big lodge men
yun know were showing of the place.
''rhe Masons have invited you here,
said some one, and sure enough nearly
all the big Masons knew were there
but nGi all. And there were pythlans,
aud E,lks and Odd Fellows. and all the
other lodges were represented guess.
And In one corner vas the Court OF
isabella. aud saw the ladies Who
belong To that order In baton Rouge,
and who do so much good. Now wasnt
II queer dream. and what place do
'au suppose II was?'
Heaven" answered. In our
Fathers House are MANY mansions,
as different from each other as those
Of earth"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24

Representative Cheston Folkes has
been presented with skull and cross
bones as his coat Of arms. owing 10 his
being sure death 10 blue laws lie Is
said 10 be especially antipathetie to
bills against gambling FIVE miles from
semew here-or-olhef high school Sym.
pathy for the boys back home prob
ably aetnates him Their turn might
come,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24

The assessors bin names 81 500 rs
the salary for the Eas, FeIlclana as
SCISSOR and $3.50 for the one IN West
Felioiana Expense account allowed In
$3.50 and slao respectively.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24

4 bill Ia levy license on dealers using
coupons in their business IN favorably
looked upon In the House. an II should
he The practice Of coupongiving Is
dangerously like lottery. and has a
bad effect upon public morals. II ls
also an indirect tax upon buyers, as II
Is certain that II Is not Jones. but they.
who pay the freight. Merchants who
give premiums and prizes. charge the
whole TO expense of operation. and
each article sold bears It's percentage
OF that expense.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24
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THE SUFFRAGE PLANK.

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= OF franchise 10 the women OF the I
. country by the states upon the 4
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-06-24

II was the above little plank that
inspired Gov, Ferguson of Texas TO
mount the platform In the Coliseum
and read minority report withhold
ing the party support from the ladies
who want the vote. That the Demo
cratic party should seorn the political
exigeneles of the situation and defy
the IL western states In which women
vote was the burden OF his argument.
Sharing the same opinion with him
we're c. l.. Bartlett of Georgia,
stephen d, Fleming OF Indiana and
Jim" Nugent Of New Jersey, the old
time enemy of President Wilson. This
trio signed the minority report with
the Texan
Lined up against Gov Ferguson.
who acted ~ spokesman for the mi
nority. we're Senator Stone of Mis-
SQUIRT, Senator Plttman OF Nevada and
Senator Walsh Of Montana,
Senator Walsh did not inines mat
ters in his argument for the adoption
az the suffrage plank. He stated plain.
~ the adoption of the plank was
necessary as a matter Of political ex-
pedieney, adding that the presen;
political situation in this country was
a condition and NOE theory,
The states In which women vote
control 81 votes In the electoral col
iege," he said. adding significantly,
every political party has declared for
woman suffrage In some way or other.
II becomes a simple question whether
you will incur the enmity Of these
women.
Now, my friends" he continued.
'as late as 1907 there were but two
states west of the Missouri river that
returned Democratic senators and now
we have Is Of them. The question 10.
are you ready 10 surrender the is
yotes you have In the United States
senate and turn them over 10 your
political enemIesf"
In conclusion, Senator Walsh said
that be revealed no secret when he
said President Wilson knew all about
the suffrage plank,
"The president believes 10 vital TO
his success that II stay In the plat
form. be said Il ask you in all the
fsryor Of my soul, who is there wiser
or more patriotic than he1"
Following Senator Walsh's speech,
Gov. Ferguson was allowed Eve min.
uies for rebattal The vote was then
taken and HIS minority report voted
down, after which the original SUI.
frage plank, as approved by the reso-
buttons committee was unanimously
adopted
The Women Delegates.
The presence Of the Is wemea dele
gates ai the Democratic convention
not only added color to the affair. but
changed the views Of q number Of the
men delegates ON the subject Of po.
litical activity for women. For the
women delegates were fire. whole.
some-iooking lot and they fought Just
a. enthusiastically for the best inter
ests OF the party as the men.
Three Of them. Miss Mary z. Fey
OF California. Mrs, r. =. Talliafegro
of Wyoming. and Mrs w A. Harris
Of Kansas, spoke before the resoln.
tons committee in favor OF the sui
ffage plank which the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage Association pre-
scented TO the convention.
One OF the other delegates, Mrs
Teresa 4. Graham. Of Idaho. waa NOM
mated by the National Democratic
committee to be one Of the committee
that will notify viee-president Mar
eAasl as hls nomination.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
OLD YEAR TELLS NEW
/. TO TAKE THINGS EASY
Let Europe Fight on and Ele-
phant and Bull Moose Chase
Donkey, His Last Word. =

ETERNITY HALL, ETERNITY, Jan
LA copy OF Poionlus' Old Years advice
to his son, Laertes Nynetean sixteen.
was presented 70 tho United Press cor
respondent by Father Time here just
before midnight. II reads:
MY son, ! stand upon the threshold
OF Oblivion, wherein soon shall vanish
never to return My legacy TO you is
sadly disorganized world and trust
that you will faithfully and better ad-
minister II than have T. You will have
many things to contend with, but take
them easy. A menagerie led by Dom
key. an Elephant. and n Bull Moose.
Will chase the Winged Rooster Of Vic
tory up and down your days TO the
jaws Of November. Heed them not.
Men with peace missions they don't
know what to do with will try 10 settle
war being fought for reasons 10 one
has discovered. Let them 20. The
Panama canal may slide all over South
America, and Colonel Goethals' con-
versation will sound like q frequent
reference to the Gatun dam. Let him
alone. Cupid may pretend TO scorn
Romance and be engrossed in EuRenios.
Tell him that Europe needs babies. Let
the War Dogs chase their own tails
until the Peace Dove sheds some of its
courtplaster Then cautiously lock
| about and see what you can do to FIX
things up. George Bernard Shaw. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
Lord Northcliffe, w. ]. Bryan, and
VesuviuS are subject to eruption az any
time. There's nothing you can do 10
stop any of them. Remember that
| styles, suffrage, the tariff, and sau1ple
mustaches you have always with you.
DO the best you can with all these
! things. and remember that, however
powerful and able you feel IN this, your
youth. on the 366th day Of your reign
you will be weary and old and worn,
Your robes, once white, will be drag
gled and torn and stained, as fappi
rags ABOUT your withered legs. 70
hand palsied. your step halt, your ey
dim; you will die and the World v
go on. So take it easy, and don't 8
excited, II you sigh for a Place in
Sun, let It be on a park bench on
summer afternoon. Do these things
calm Judgment and you may accOI
plish more than you expect
Forever affectionately yours.
THE OLD YEAR
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
NEW YORK POLICE AID
.EX-CONWCTSG GET JOBS
Several Were in Such Desperate
Straits They Were Tempted
to Return to Crime.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA former con-
vict who served recently a hve-year
term in Sing Sing for grand larceny
and previously to this had done time
in Elmira and two other penal insutu-
tions walked into police headquarters
a few days ago and appealed 10 the
police 10 find him honest employment.
as he was through with eNli ways anu
was anxious TO reform
This man had heard that Comn,lssIon,
or Moods was sending his policemen
to The city and State retormatorles
tn carry a message OF hope to the IN
mates OF these institutions, teIilng mem mem
that the police were anxious 10 help
those who were sincere in their desire
10 lead a better life, and that the po-
lice would no longer hound them.
The former convict barred his soul 10
the police. He told them that ne hau
finished his sentence in Sing sing nine
nonths ago. He was anxious, he as
serted. to lead an honest life that ne
might atone somewhat Tor MS past
sins and transgressions. After leaNlns
prison, he said, he found eIlp!oyLiehe I,,lrS =,
illness. Since that time he had oeeh
Lacking yainly for work. His past rec
ord, he asserted, prevented MN lroIl ON
getting employment ne eyE DeEEeS Which @
would stave of hunger and enable MIN
to sleep beneath a roof.
The mans story made a deep I'M !,
pression on the policemen who hearo
IT, Leroy Peterson, secretary OF hhe
police department committee on as
tress and Unemployment, set about I"
see what he could do to help him. Mr.
Peterson knew the captain OF n
steamer which phys between this CITY
and the South. The captain agreed
TO take the eX-conVict on the steamer
as a member of the crew, letting MN
work his way on the steamer TO the
South. This the man did. After the
steamer reached its destination ne
started for a town in Virginia which
was recently burned down and was
being rebuilt. This town was urgent
ly in need OF workmen.
In the past few months the police
department has helped nine other men
with prison records, who really want
ed to mend their ways, to get new
start in life. The department has not
followed up the cases OF these men:
hut so far as II knows only one OF
these nine men went back to the evil
life he had forsworn. These men for
the most part the department placed
in laboring Jobs. They were all CRATE
ful for the help the police gave them.
several Of them at the time the police
came to their assistance were so des-
peTatc that they were sorcly tempted
TO embrace their old life again
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS,
DIE ON THE SAME DAY
Aged Couple Victims of Grip Few
Hours Apart-To BE Buried
Together.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IAN aged
man and his wife. who had lived to-
gether for more than fifty years. died
a few hours apart at Roslyn. near
Glenside. They were Joseph and Cecilia
Borco. each eighty-one years old.
They were married In Ohio more than
fifty years ago. They came to this city
to live. and about seven years ago went
TO ROslyn to live with their son. Lam
bert ]. Bor1o.
Both were taken i'll of grip, which
developed into pnuemonia. The hus.
band died, and the death OF Mrs. Bordo
followed few hours later.
A double funeral service will be held
at the sons home. Burial will be post,
poned on account OF the serious fitness
OF a daughter who lives In Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

road level will usually receive the most
damage, however, initiation, weight OF
car, Gambler OF front wheels trend
widths and other things all have a bear.
ing on the extent of side abrasion.
The side walls of a tire must he
flexible in order to properly distribute
the strains, give resiliency, minimize
heat, prevent sharp bending of fabric
breaking and separation. Therefore, II
is desirable that the rubber on the side
walls he elastic and not too dense ol
firm; the same hard, wear-resistinl
rubber used on the tread Is not suitablt
for covering the side walls. The, diff
ference in materials and adaptability
for tires may be compared with auto
mobile and machinery parts-some ma.
terials are required to possess great
strength and some are selected foI
other qualities.
1t is possible, under very severe con.
ditions, to wear through the side wal
rubber in n very short time, but ordt-
narily the wear indicates neglect. u
It Is necessary TO drive occasionally
over bad roads. reverse the tires, !. e..
place the worn side toward the car
Vulcanize rubber over the most worn
parts. to protect the fabric from mois-
ture and disintegration. and y Will DC
found that the normal service IRON
tho tires will not be greatly affected.
Effects From Oil AMI Grease.
IT is pretty generally known that
gasolene. grease, oil and other fatty
substances are solvents of rubber
Oiled parkways and roads are not par
ticularly harmful, especially after the
oil has soaked into the roadway.
II garage floors are not kept clean and
the tires stand in n pool OF oil, the
treads soften and the traction strains IN
service stretches the rubber In waVy
outline. eventually causing II to sep
arate from the fabric body underneath
Probably the most damage lS expert
enced from grease, in differential hous'
ing, working out into the brake drums
and then onto the side walls OF the
tires This may result from loose bear
ings. too much grease, or from using
grease not suitable for differential.
Grease and oil can be very easily re-
moved by a rag saturated with gaso-
lene. Gasolene, although q solvent
evaporates quickly, and, II applied In
small quantities, will not, therefore
cause any injury when used as a
cleansing agent. Ordinary injuries tc
the rubber cover do not prevent success.
full repairs. but not often can the work
be we'll done when materials have been
affected by oil or grease. II either
| soaks into the fabric the repair work
, will invariably blister during vulcaniza.
tlOn
1t Is recommended that when either
, the tread or side walls show a soften
! ing effect from oil or grease. the tire
! be reversed on the wheel. l. .. the dam.
| aged side wall changed to the outside
This will usually protect the side wal
| from further accumulation OF grease
the change will also rest the tread and
| fabric of the tire by reversing the di
| rection OF the traction strains.
(The next and last article by Mr.
| Haas will deal with Neglected Cuts
Anti-Skid Devices. and Fabric Rup
! lures"
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

Fastidlous Folk for a Clientele. and
while II was an Abbreviated Collection
he was Happy for the LOwpriced Lem
ons never even hesitated as they Snick-
ered. Pas. the. Joint.
Alas!
Two Months After the Grande Open
ing, Francois was the Pitiful Recipient
Of Forty HIP Kick In the Pecuniary
Stats. His Bank Balance Discovered
the Info that he now had tl47.65 out Of
his Original Twenty Thou and he was
Mush to Mush with the Infiexible Dope
that unless Something Happened in the
Adjacent Future. Sheriff and Company
He went to see his Former Boss. Ad-
miral Of the Hotel de Gink. After
weeping on the +. BIS Soft Boiled.
Open Faced. he got a Handful of Hepp
Percent, Ninety DAYS.
He Enlisted the Kale in the Rein
forcement of his $147.65. and put the
Hepp to Work the next AM, Doing a
First. he Maoerated the Gold Plated
Sign which Scanned, THE Gilded Cage
Rosdhouse." and in its Place ne hung
the Legend Merry Muciisge Manor. =
Cashed their Gilded Cages for Two
Bits each.
The slmps who formed the Symphony
were Internationally Released. and
ONCI llb l<Ouk TIC
King of the Musical Union promised
to have his Dinge Cabaret Crowd on
the Job Saturday night.
The Painters Spent Eleven Hours
stopping n Pigment Blanket of Green
over the Gold Leaf. and Playing his
Hunch for a Killing. Francois showed
the Following Advertisement I'm Every
Paper within a Hundred Miles:
THE GIDDED CAGE ROADHOUSE
Under New Management
In the Future To Be Known AS
MERRY MUCILAGE MANOR.
Special Sunday Dinner........H.OO
Luncheon ...................... 80
Weekday Dinner ............... 10
Cabaret. Special Singers. Etc
1t took considerable advertising and
Three Months of Sleepless Nights, but
Francois Is now Corralling his Carton
OF Kale in such Quantities that he is
Thinking of Securing an Option on the
Local Bank.
Moral: Every Once in a While some
Gink picks the Gold Plate for a Per-
petual win, but Wise ones are backing
Hoi Polloi to Place 365 days per annum.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
SIAM FOR AMERICAN
TRADE, OIL MAN SAYS

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-For the first
time in six years, w. L. Blackett, rep
resentative of the Standard Oil Com
pany in Bangkok. Siam. is in America.
He spent the summer travelling through
the West. stopping at the Panama
Pacific and the San Diego expositions,
and has just arrived at the Waldorf
Astoria.
There is no chance of Siam being
drawn into the war" said Mr.. Blackett.
"It Is so far removed from the seat Of
hostilities that II has been little af-
fected. German shipping interests there
have come under the cloud of war,
however, and 80 per cent of the Euro
pean colony has gone back to fight.
There are but thirty eight Americans in
bangkok but there were large numbers
of French and German settlers.
The expectation OF rice, the principal
per cent. because OF the lack of ships
to carry II away. Teak has advanced
greatly in price, as well as sandalwood
and rosewood, but that is due to the
increased demand from American and
war.
Now is the opportunity for Ameri-
can manufacturing interests to enter
the Far Eastern field. with a good
chance for success. The old trade chan
nels. controlled by European interests,
have been disrupted by the war The
chief adviser TO the Siamese govern
ment Is w II. Pitkin. tr.. an American.
and the attitude Of the government to-
ward the United States Is a very friend
ly one.
Wilson Is generally admired I'm the
Venice OF the East. as Siam is oftIn
called. but thoy criticise the lack of
strength in his foreign policy
Mr. Blackctt expects to return IN
Bangkok some time in February or
March.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Fables
MOTORDOM
BY MONTE soHN h
The High Glass Joint and the Hoi PoIloi.
By MONTE soHN.

Once upnn n time there was Francois
who cashcd his ears for Twenty Thou.
lie had ncver scorned the Fatrcnizlng
riD. whether II had immediate Cash
Value or was Analogous to the FILTHY
Stun II Properly Backed on the Right
Horse of the most Ambitious Stock.
SO by Listening. the Day after his
Fortieth Chapter dawned. Twenty
Thousand Iron Men Formed the Bat
talon of his Roll.
Therefore he decided to Peel on the
White Apron and his Dining Room Ac-
coutrernents ana jump his Job In the
Hotel de Gink for Ever.
lie had an Idea
Two Months later the Painters Sur
rendered the "Gilded Cage" Roadhousc
to Francois and he Fluttered into Pos
session
It was a Swell Dump. The Main Din
ing Room was hung in Louis ounce
and there were so many mirrors that II
Somebody had Plopped a Stick Of Lyd-
dlte on the Bandstand, Francois Family
Fortunes would have been Crippled for
Seventeen Centuries.
When Francois saw IT, he Gleed. II
was the Last Word, and after he had
hired a symphony Orchestra. a couple
of Nifty little Courtroom Chickens, a
Solid Gold FOotman and a 1916 Model
Chef. he was Ready for Business.
But Two days after he had his Grande
Opening. he was Next to a few Fearful
Facts.
The Hoi Polloi was ButtinR into his
Arcadia with Large Frequency. They
came In Gobs. and Francois. whose Am
bition was the Patronage OF Ginks who
Possessed such Boats as the FLYING
FRITZ. STRUTTAN SWAGGER. DE
LUKE BING. and the ROYAL RUM
PUS. was Horrifed to see. parked in his
front Yard. such smokers as the
SNIV E l.. PITTSBURGH PUTTEk
CHATTERBOX. and ROLLO.
Francois Discouraged the Common
Horde as much as the law would Allow
He lacked up his Menu another Fifty
Per Cent, and whenever the Uninitiated
Owner OF Something under Two Thous'
and blew In. the Birds Cut the Chirrup
the Band BagEed its Bleat. the Slaves
gave the Unwashed the Goby and II they
had to do the Servian stun. the Eati
Came Cold.
But there were a lot of Nuts who
Didn't Care. They didn't Kick because
OF the Delinquency OF the Band. and
they Waited until some Garcon BreeZeC
BY to take the order. But Sooner oI
Later, Francois Gathered a Flock OF