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PHOENIX LODGE NO. 38
F. & A. M.

Regular meetings on 1st and 3rd
Wednesdays, at 1880 P. M.
Hiram Chapter No. 45. R. A. NJ.
Regular meetings End Mondays
at 1880 p. NJ.
Cage Council No. 49,. R, & S. M.
Regular meetings Bird Mondays
at 1870 P. NJ.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WESTERN DISTRICT OF La, SIS.
In Aho IIni+nra c4n+on n;u4.:aA g..

u NlIED STA les OE AMERICA
WESTERN DISTRICT OF La, SIS.
In the United States District Court
in and for said District.
Shreveport Division
In Matter Of Daniel Leahy, Bankrupt.
No 1872 In Bankruptcy
PETITION NOR DISCHARGE
To the Honorable Aleck Boarman,
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Western Dis
trict of Louisiana:
Daniel Leahy, of Campti, in the Par
ish of Natchitoches, and State of Louis
lana, in said District, respectfully rep
resents that on the 7th day of October
last past. he was duly adjudged bank
Fupt under the Acts of Congress relat-
ing to bankruptcy; that he has duly
and rights of property and has
surrendered all his property,
fully complied with ali the require
ments of said acts and of the orders Of
the court touching his bankruptcy
Wherefore lie Prays that he may he
decreed by the court to have full
discharge from all debts provable
against his estate under said bankrupt
acts, except such debts as are exec t.
ed by law from such discharge.
Dated this 21st day of February A.
D. 1916.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
NY Soldier.

Unshared in the grave. and safe and
deep
I'd comfort myself with tears for your
sleep.
But your dust was sown to the wind,
and fed:
And where are you now. my love, my
dead?
In the topmOst leaf: and under the
Hallowing earth wherever 1 go
Oh, the root you are, and the rose you
are,
And part of the earthworm and the
star.
You are here in the bend of the weary
road
Where duty drives me with lash and
goad
You are there in the reek of the vice
cursed room!
You have grown into apple and wine
and bloom
And nothing is hopeless and nothing is
That you enter into a little while.
earth,
The godlike death and the lowIy birth;
am brave and careless. aud tender as
tears:
The earth is redeemed, undcspised,
BY Lucy REYNOLDS.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
On the Trail Of the Lonesome Chair
Bv MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

I N Sheer ornamentation and gim-
cracks we never believe we have
enough variety, and cheerfuuy
place a piece of cloisonnc AMI
modern brass sociably together But
when il comes to choosing fur ture.
we insist on sticking to the cUnven-
tional suite, or on pieces that
match" A dull fear clutches the
heart of the shopper when she is
tenlpted 60 purchase a beautiful
chair or table, but which is utterly
unlike anything she has in the par
lory! or chair with. different color
ed tapestry from the Louis XIV, bit
of gilt furniture she now has, -,
Yet the most, p, attractive living
rooms can be built. around odd pieces
in shape and design 1t is necessary
only to follow harmony and unity
in arrangement to make even the
most differing types Of furniture
beautify a room without conflicting
with each other. The true furni-
ture lover does not seek to have ev-
cry! piece of the same period of de-
sign, but rather seeks pieces so
beautiful in themselves that the
sheer art bond between them will
produce a lovely room. Nothing is
so adventurous, so delightful as TO
start on search for the lonesome
chair 1t may. be that we want n
Sheraton or the more ornate lines OF
an Adam piece or the fine simplicity
of colonial furniture. If we at last
find really beautiful models we can,
with them, build the most attractive
rooms.
1t is a mistake tC. think thar only
a suite gives hDrmuHy, or that we
must have fUll set III order to have
beauty. True, it is bette to haVn
the woods of the same hue, if pos
sitle-ell oak or all mahogany. hut
the type and quality of each piece
can be entirely different, Ry lar the
better way for II, young couDlC -
furnish the home is on this piece
by!niecc plan. 1t Ia hardly losSible
for any entire set 10 he as harmon
ious as several separate pieces. cact
in itself Il good model and "A inc
type of furniture. II recall icokin6
able library chair ] had hi mind. |
wanted the arlns to slope, toe hack
to have = certain incline ard q foot
rest in front. Finally. I found II,
and yet il was not nj all l'Ee thc
other pieces ! had already bOuGht.
But each in itself was beautiful.
Tile chest ut drawers was after
the Spanish. Several Of he chairs
were good cid IingliSh arm types:
the lounge had - decided Frcnch
sauCiness. the small chairs wore dis.
tinCtlv Puritan. and vet my old arr
chair, when I found it ~ last, was i'm
good taste with Hll noc"USr each
pigcr in itself was 50 good.
II is much moe fun. too. to fur-
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Spanish in the Schools.

The suggestion that American high
schools and colleges be encouraged to
devote more attention in future to
the teaching of the Spanish lam
guage is thoroughly commendable and
should have the support Of all prog
ressive persons.
Some 4O,0OO,OOO Of people, our near
neighbors, employ a tongue which is
understood and used by only a few
thousands of Americans.
There can be no close. harmonious
understanding, no effective and per-
manent development of Pan-Amer-
icanism unless a very much larger
proportion of the people of the Uni
ted states shall familiarize them
selves with the Spanish language.
From purely cultural standpoint
the mastery of Spanish will more
than repay those Americans who
trouble themselves to accomplish IL.
There Is a vast realm of poetic, dis
Cursive, narrative and scientific
literature that is not available to any
but those who know Spanish.
For the educational Institutions Of
this country to give instruction in
q that language to an increasing num-
Der of young men and women will
be 10 augment the culture of their
students and knit closer the bonds
which should unite all the people Of
the Amerieas.-PhiladelphiR Evening
Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Massage an Invaluable Aid
In Restoring Life and Vi9or
10 Fldbby, Wasted Muscles
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

Soothing treatment. however. such -
massage. may bring about the restora-
ton OF the mobile parts. where brisk or
forcible movements wofully fail. II
pain is present. the employment Of MAJ
sage depends uDon whether II aRgra-
Yates or alleviateE the pain. II is folly
to court either the maledictions. SUD-
pressed or avowed. OF the sufferer, or
injury to the internal mechanism by per-
slstent treatment that provokes pain.
Tho amount of massage called for daN
by day should always pause short or
twinges or cricks. aches or soreness.
Should painless motion be next to I'm
possible. gentle strokes and a soothing
"laying-on-of-hands may be attempted
for the first few treatments. The hyper
sensitive skin may in this fashion ac-
quire vitality that will scuttle the pirate
ship Of pain.
Restoration of Circulation.
Days. months or years without sctiy-
ity due to occupation. illness or accident
oSyd 20 6eeo 6 ebs So apG S flow t Of se fg
the most tender rare. I'd Dourish II ~
full strength requires ma ssage, which
at first need be little more than a ruE
ar from brisk. Sensitive areas are t.
be avoided usually. In guch abomina.
Hons a. ulcers Gf the legs. massage
is necessary to restore tl:e misguided
lymph without approaching too close
IF the strokes and rubs used in mas
sage, are rhythmically and syn1patheti-
cally made, a blush of health is given
tc the weakened flesh. BLOOD pressure
IL lowered. and avoirdupois. as we'll as
shrinkaFe. may be relegated to the
limbs OF the forgotten.
About twenty minutes q day serves
,7ell the purpose Of the masseur. A
few minutes may he spent. II no pain
appears. in short, slow, small move
ments OF the various structures When
ever the person InaGsaged exhibits the
capacity to exercise his own members
he should he encouraged TO do so.
(Copy't 1918, by Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

little match safe that he saw In the
pawn shop. bnd so he killed the two
people.
No, he was not crazy He was just
a moral defective, that's all.
The world is full of them. That's
what the woman is who takes your
clothes hone to wash. and wears
your stockings, Just for fun o..
That's what the man is who makes
love to every girl he meets. without
stopping to consider for a minute the
misery and grief he is almost sure 20
bring into some ones l1fe.
That's what the woman is who de-
serts her children, because they're too
much trouble, or because her husband
can't afford to buy her all the pretty
clothes she wants.
Look Up the Babies.
Teach a deaf man the beauty of a
symphony, make cripple understand
the joy of the dance. bring to the eyes of
the blind man his sight, If you can. but
don't try to drum anv common sense,
or common decency. or common self
respect, or common sense of RESPONSE
bllity, into the head Of a moral defec-
tive.
You are wasting your time and hers.
She won't even hear a word you say.
You can talk till you're exhausted. and
all the time you're talking she'll be
wondering Whether 10 trim the new nat
she's going to have with red roses or
yellow ones and what to do with the old
jacket to make II look like new.
Clothes, petticoats, silk stockings, silly
little high-heeled shoes, feathers, furs.
imitation silks, imitation velvet-that's >
all she knows or cares, poor silly pea
cock.
Don't worry about her husband or
her children. They're better off with
cut her.
At least she had decency enough to
ccme out in the open and take her
medicine. She didn't stay at home and
pretend to be decent and drive her hus-
band to drink nagging him for more
money for more clothes.
She didn't trapes around the neighbor-
hood. window shopping, with her child
rem neglected at home, and then hurry
back just in time to put a paper bag
supper on the corner of a dirty kitchen
table and make herself believe that she
was a perfectly good wife and an alb
solutely lovely mother and member of
society.
Your friend-the young woman who is
so fond of clothes-won't bother you
very long. She won't work for a living
for any great length Of time.
Her sort never does-there are so
many "easier" ways to get fine clothes.
Look up the babies, il you can. See il
there's something you might do for
them. They're worth while--the mother
isn't. -y. -.. -...
(Copy't 1916, by Newspaper Feature Service }
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q ISIS 1916 was quite content TO
NH sit at home and placidly
IVY twiddle a tambour frame,
Nothing as stupid would
suit Miss 1915. What would the lit
tie lady of a century ago think OF
some OF the harum-scarums of to-
day?
For example, there is Miss Bunny
-christened Frances-Thornton,
nineteen-year-old speed demon, who
already occupies a snug niche In the
sporting hall OF fame. She frst
came into prominence a few months
ago through her sensational driving
of speed cars one mile dirt tracks.
She recently returned 10 the East
after an extended racing campaign
in the Middle West. Just at pres
ent, like other automan MACS, she is
fairly living at the New York Auto
mobile Show in Grand Central
Palace.
Her very knowledge of various
types OF racing cars is something
that Miss 1916 would regard with
Mortified dismay. for she has not
only driven Mercer cars, but Scrips,
Booth and Briscoe makes.
SO far. all Miss Thornton's racing
has been done at meets under the
sanction OF the International Auto
Contest Association, which permits
women to drive, while the American
Automobile Association. under whose
auspices most OF the important
races, are held, does not permit
women to drive in its contests.
Miss Thornton says that 1t is her
dearest ambition TO drive in cor
test under the A. A. A., with truly
feminine obstinacy wanting what she
Cannot have. However, she retains
her hope that the contest board Of
the latter organization will amend
it's rules TO include women in its
speed classics like the Vanderbilt
Cup, the Astor Cup and the Grand
Prize.
Some Of "Bunny's" friends are tell
ing an anecdote about her that Jus
tifies her reputation for daring 1t
appears that while she was driving
at a seventy -mile-an-hour gait a.
Peoria. ILL.,, Bunny" crashed
through a fence. She escped unin-
jured, but her mechanician was
badly hurt. She jumped out OF the
machine, calmly administered fret
aid and sent the injured man to tho
hospital. When all this had been
done, she hastened back to the
Erandstand and made her bow. Be
cause her car could not be repaired
in time for the race it was can
oelled Miss Thornton is regarded rs
the successor to the famous Mrs.
John Newton Cuneo who broke a
number OF records some years ago.
She does not hold the stage alone.
for during the summer season along
the south shore ideal weather brings
out almost as many young women
autoists as there are men and coun-
ty sheriffs declare that their arrests
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
World Is Full Of Moral
DefectiOeS Who Are Not
Responsible for Actions
Woman Who Deserts Two Little Children and Good
Husband for Fine Clothes, and the Brilliant
la Murderer Are Beyond Help
By WINIFRED BLACK.

My Dear Winifrcd Black There is
a young woman works in the shop with
me that has left her husband, a very
good young man, and two small chill
dren because he could not dress her
in the style she wanted. How can l
make her see that her children are
worth more than all the fancy clothes
in the worldF OLD MAID.
~ ow can you make her see, Old
Maid? What question
There's a blind man down on
the corner there. See, he's been
there all day with his dog and his cane,
and his little stool with the cup on It..
I'd like to do something for him, l
really would.
Every time l can 1 do stop and give
him whatever change / can spare, for
I happen to know that he is really
blind, and that he would work il he
could. But what can you do for him,
or /. that will be of any actual perlna-
nent help?
He will never see again. The doctor
told him so, for l asked him.
Can you bring the sight to his. eyes
In any way on earth?
You know you can't, and l know that
any woman who will desert good man
and two helpless little children just for
love of fine clothes can never be
brought to understand what it is that
she has done.
Don't be angry with her. She can't
help it.
she's born blind, that's all, and moth
ing on earth will ever make her see.
There's hole in her brain some~
where She isn't really woman at all.
She's just poor little mental defec-
tive.
She probably stopped growing, as far
as her brain was concerned, when she
was seven or eight years old. and she'll
never grow any more IL she lives to be
a hundred.
Merely a Moral Defective.
That's the one great difference be-
tween sanity and insanity, between
the age of reason and the age of i'm
pulse-the ability to see! The power
TO tell the difference between what
matters and what doesn't matter!
Once saw a man in prison the day
before he was executed.
That man had killed two people,
Just to get dollar to buy himself
pipe, some tobacco and a peculiar
match hoX that he had seen in pawn
shop somewhere.
The man could speak Spanish, Nalt-
an English, and French; he was quite
a good matrematician, man of quite
more than usual Intelligence in some
ways,
But he didn't like to work, and he
wouldn't work. And he wanted the
tobacco. and the pipe. and the odd
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

and after meals six charcoal tablets.
t9 Use a lotion composed of the fol-
lowing: Calsmine, 21S drains; zinc
oxide, drains; glycerine, drains
phenel, X dram. Lime water and rose
water enough To make three ounces
Shorty-Iow can I grow tall? am
in very good health. we'll built. but
wish to become taller
Take lots OF stretching exercises
Vaultng, swimming. and the like.
Mrs. f.. X. X, AIexandria-If you
VIII repeat your question briefly and
WIN II send stamped. self addressed
envelope, ] will sladlv answer Won.
f. ". G.-My daughter. nineteen.
Keeps her teeth very clean. although
they never appear verv white. What
can she use to make them whittier. ?.
What would You advise me TO do with
two little boys who will eat nothing but
sweets?
Chlorate of potash. one-third; boracic
acid. one-thlrd; bicarbonate OF soda
one-third. In equal parts of paste We
hicle. There are a number of them
already made mn al the druggists IN
proper form. 2, With gentle and per-
sistent efforts on your part. vow can
teach your boys TO realize the impor-
tance of plain and wholesome food
This must be taught during the young
years of YOUR children. They must sleen
I'm a well-ventilated room. and live reg l.
lar,y DO not Weld to their wishes by
letting them have cheap candles. Cspe-
ciallY between meals, that will ruin
their appeti;es. Keep them in tire sun
light and fresh air as much as possible.
The intestines must be active and reGu-
lar.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
What They Say About Us
Pertinent Interests of Women AS Viewed
BY Editorial Writers of the Newspapers.

man she wants goes mumming by
the reviewing stand where the queen
Of beauty smiles on him or frowns
i'm her disdain. Portia bides at home
and the suitors from afar bring gifts
and wait their turn. 1t is mere man,
unskilled in soft pcrsuasions. tongue
tied. plain and blunt. who is Is 10 be
pitied. For the stock in trade of
most poets is la belle dame sans
merci. Now that it is leap year. she
will be more fiercely independent I'm
her Drerogative than ever. She
could always pick and choose as, she
would, and since 1912 she has had a
four years course I'm the science of
-husbandrY. - Philadelphia Morning
Ledger.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

for speeding include increasing num-
bers Of women.
No woman of this century or any
other has stood out quite as prOmi-
nently in sport as Miss Molla Blur
stedt unquestioned queen of more
courts than any empress can boast.
She not only won the national cham
pionship for indoor tennis, but also
for clay and turf courts, an achieve
ment never equaled by May Sutton,
long regarded as the greatest woman
player the sport has ever produced.
Of 1916 is called. one should not for
get the Snow Birds, that hardy club
of young women that assemblies for
q yearly dip in the Atlantic on New
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

Year Day with their complimentary
organization, the Polar Bears. 1t
takes courage and very real courage
to brave icy salt spray, but the
Snow Birds nevertheless claim jan
uary ] as the Teddest letter day in
the whole year.
The fad for ice sating in New York
has brought out a whole regiment Of
daring damsels who think nothing OF
skipping about the ice in attitudes
that are perilouS. to say the least.
To the honor OF the United States. 1t
has been declared that the American
girls in the famous ice ballet at the
Hippodrome are among the most
daring and graceful in the entire
ensemble.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
KN ASSAGE aRsuages aches and
M builds up wasted muscles a "a
H ard worn flesh. TO pinch and

M builds up wasted muscles a ~
N ard worn flesh. TO pinch and
knead muscles already stiH
and tired from action Is \ means Of
relaxation and counter irritation. =
On the plea that all nature must
work. massage is designed TO help make
the tissues elastic and the muscles
move without strain or stiffness.
II you break your arm and II is set
properly and heals correctly, the long
disuse of the member induces a partial
paralysis and q wasting OF tue limb
To avoid such condition 1t is pToper
and wise to adopt massage, manipula-
tion movements, electricity or vibration
TO. call forth tho latent energy of the
injured member.
One Of the laws of life Is use and mo-
tion. play ard work, absence )f which
means permanent disuse. ParalYZed,
fatty or wasted tissues and the loss Of
flesh from illness, accidents. wounds or
overactive glands demand the attention
of skilled masscur
To induce motion In all Joints that
lack 1t. and to insist upon MASSAGE
wherever adheslons or scars are sup
posed TO be present is a too sweeping
use OF a measure more or less limited
In scope.
A fallacy OF some who believe IN the
application Of massage to nearly all the
ills Of human flesh Is that tissues not
relaxed should be ''loosened up, these
that are too slim ghoould be made fat.
and vice versa.
Value of Massage.
RiGidfty Of motion. however. may he a
provision of living textiles with which to
invite rest and healing. They may he
better remedied by one who strictly un-
derstands anatomical defects.
Vigorous adjustments. abrupt Jerks
and pulls. stretches and kneadings may
sometimes induce serious damage Ia
scars. ligaments. muscles and bones.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

at social parties which shall intimate
that Barkis is willin'. and has al
ready taken her stand beneath the
waXen berries of the mistletoe. How
may the pursued assume the role of
the pursuer without disclosing the
fact to her marked quarry, and how
shall the chooser of the slain. with
her culver full of the arrows of the
aim?
Pity is misplaced when it is based
on the theory that a girl has no way
Of proDosinR. and must wait until
somebody asks her. The range OF
selection is quite as wide for the
female of the species as for the
predacious male. Putting his best
foot foremost, sooner or later the
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Ada Rehan.!


One OF the most interesting figures
I'm a brilliant epoch Of theatrical
history passes away with the death
of Ada Rehan. like others who en-
ioycd the benefits of what we mey
coll tile stock company school OF
acting, her methods had variety
for which in these days We oftca
look in vain. The charm of her
personality counted for mach. But
more than this. tire sincerity, the
truth, the imagination, which she
brought to her study OF character,
gave her art tho final touch. Hcr
range was from Shakespeare to
modern farce; and # her work was
sometimes uneven in quality II WIS
always marked Uy that competence
which training in many parts mao"
inevitable: She was esscI; Ially Il
comedieBne: but there was the pos
sibility Of tears behind her laughter
for true comedy cannot oiVorce "
self from the deeper eEIoIons. hcr
golden wears were those she spent az
Dalv's Theater. She had an especial
" hanpy gift for the eisIRtessta9 HaIY 9sta
to revive. 1t was a pity, perhaps
that she had comparatively few OPP
norLunitics, in the maturity or hef
powers, 20 play those Shakespeareail
heroines i'm which she took so mucil
deiight' for her Katherine in Tho
Tanlinr of the Shrew," delightful
as II was, could not have the finish
of the more carefully drawn por-
traits in that wonderful gallery.
Miss Renan had been IN retirement
iorg enough to be hardly Known to
the younger generation. Yet she
viii never be forgotten by those
whose memories 80 back to days. the
glory Of which, alas! has departed
philadelphia Public Ledger. a.
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

nsh with one thing at a time. to
make a search. as it were, to even
name il. and tC tring it home as a
triumph. A study OF the different
types Of furniture is worth while TO
any homemaker., she cen then hes
understand the Irinciples 90 con-
struction and the lines ana periods
each type represents. She will b..
mach better attic tc choose from
among the EewildclinG array II she
has learned by experience what IL
beautiful. Furniture should not be-.
bought wholesale. but may be made
into an adventure. search for
something distinctive and precious
som thing to make the home truly
beautiful
COpy't., 1916, by Mrs. Christine Fredericl
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
In Lean Year.

The Public Ledger has received
letters from feminine readers asking
how. with maidenly propriety and
reserve. II is DossIble to remind eligl-
HE bachelors that now Is the ac-
Eceptable time for them to come for
ward. There are requests for toAStS
The Washington times., 1916-01-18
Odd Facts

when mendinE a glove. If you put
your finger into a thimbIe and then
into the Sloyc YOU will find mending
quite an easy task; especially if the
hole. occurs at seam. it IL an easy
matter 10 keep the thimblc firmly un-
der the hole. This plan prevents brick
mg the fingers, and much neater
darn will result
The Washington times., 1916-01-18

During the summer months ironing is
a trial, but It YOU can manage to do It
under the Kitchen window. whore there
is plenty OF fresh air and light, you Will
find your task liShtened tremendously.
Cool air Will have very little effect
unon the. irons, and it they do lose .tIst
little heat the benefit you obtain VIII
aAaasSGar II.