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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-22
BY ETHEL O.
Chapter vi.


My last experience in accepting
the attentions of a man without be-
ing able to invite him to my home
has thoroughly discouraged me.
l have given up.
1 expect that l, who would make
a good wife and who love children,
will die an old maid, simply because
the respectable" part Of society will
not allow me to be frankly courted'
in semi-public places, and the men
who try to court me in semi-private
places do not mean marriage.
Some women may, get an ideal am
not a self-respecting girl, quite
worthy of their respect; but 1 am!
Every girl in our Office but me had
a home, and every girl was stuck on
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-18

Hebert's Drug Store. me i.cins fol
prisoners. $7.05. ss s s.
City Drug Store. medicine Tor p!js
oners. $1.20.
H. U. Hayden, registrar 81 vita
statistics. so cents.
Wehrli & de Ia Bretonne, repaic:
on parish auto, $23.40.
II. j. Smith E Sons, one pair Of
(overalls for prisoner, SIPS.
Lawrence N. Bourgeois, blankets
and cots. 1910.
II. N. Simmons, conveying Allen
Puttand from Bogalusa to Coving
ton. and auto hire. 1910.
Norvil Bush. registrar Of vital sta.
tistics. $1.50.
A. H. Ball, arrest Of Clarence Boyd
and expenses, $3.50.
H. J. Smith & Sons, one box soar,
$2.45. -
schoen & Molloy. auto hire for in.
valid and escort, SO cents.
A. P. Dickey, registrar of vital
statistics. $500.
r. T. Sanderson, registrar Of vita,
statistics, Is cents. - -
m. S. Cone, registrar 81 vital sta.
|tist1cs. Is cents, a.
Emile Aubert. registrar Of vita
statistics, $2.75.
Smith Hardwarerc Company. casing
-$15.45.
w. N. Poole, auto hire to Floren
vile. $500; auto hire to Bush, 1885,
Total $11.5O. ~.
schonberg's Pharmacy. medicine
for prisoners, so cents.
T. E. Brewster. sheriff. conveysnf
prisoners, buying wood. telephone
expenses, ETC., $3.50.
Ernest Cooper, Juror at inquest
Of Curtis Ball, $500.
Ed. Jones. juror at inquest Of Cur.
It's Ball. $500.
H. ". Parker. Juror ct inquest o.
Curtis Ball. $500.
Roy Smith. Juror ct inquest 81
OTIS Ponder, 800.
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NO general plan outlined, but thss
children do need experience In the
wise and normal spending Of money
Il without question.
Boys and girls entrusted with The
spending of certain regular amouats
are not prodigal - . rals. Il 10
the child unaccustomed to handbag
money who displays poor :udsmso:.
II Mary, who has SUFFICIENT ~
lowance to buy hea own clothes, in
vests in varicolored silk lose waen
she actually needs . good looking
sweater, it will only require few
chilly evenings to convince her o:
the folly of such q course. And Il
money which should aave o',eu pu,
into shoes and gloves be ussl In An
ovel indulgence Of sweets. before IA.
end Of the month comes h- lesson
in the form Of worn sa0es aud shah
by g.oves.
Two pints never really make |.
quart to the child VINO has moi &C.
tually poured contents from tAe Gne
vessel to the other: and 90 IL - with
money-only. ten dimes ~ . dollar
afler all, much to the ama.ement Of
the young spendthrift.
Let US help the young fOlks in the
solving OF q problem wh.ch daily be-
comes moe complex.
And aaving decided n an allow.
ance, let us refrain from 81 criticism
Of the expendinE vi -. Whather
the Child earns it. whi.A q the bet.
ter way. or whether 1t y given with
out effort on his part. lei 4 be his
and let the grQwn-ups c"u cut them
selves with Z few h4 ~. sugges-
tions." rataer than any ''s,uud nd
vice"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-18
WOMANS DEPARTMENT; DEVOTED TOHER INTERESTS
This Page Open Every Woman Express Her Views

| consideration from the Agriculture
Department. A twelve year old Cir
from Utaa, last year. put UP ninety
nine different kinds Of vegetables
and fruit; another from Tennessee
alter winning several money prizes
"a Jersey heifer, Indian hummer
ducks, cut glass, a f1reless cooker. q
trip to Washington, New York ana
the South Carolina Corn Club Fair
besides the $lO7.4O prollts from hcl
tenth of an acre OF land--started |;
pure jersey herd and was in tao
dairy.ng business before she was
eighteen. There are hundreds O.
girls WAC are winning scholarships
20 college. and thousands WAC earn
on an average OF over hundred dol.
lars a year from their TENN OF ALI
acre, thus b.inglng new comforts t
the home.
). 1t Is superfuous to say that taes>
girls are quite wiling. TO stay On IL.
farm and 10 deve4op a business Wh.c4-
is fascinating anu promising, anu
is quite evlutnI tnaL LAey VIA no.
be the WORKOUT drudgeS thar thel.
mothers were.
In The canning work, 938 publ.
demunst. at.Lns were le4d curing tn,
year, win total attendance
1885,. These demonstrations Wei
nefd primarily tor The club memoirs
Out parents Wee always lnvlteo ant
DIS a ma.ler OF tact, more than MAJ
III taose present WEI e grown men ali.
women.
10 aid in this work the Unitet
States is pr-n.4ng ana distributing,
tree, Waole library OF p-mpnle.s
and books especially designed TO as
slst and en.lsnlen- The women anu
slf.s Oh the Ia4m, ana 1t senus teach
els tree TO teacn tle fundamentals
OF intelligent practical ways to ea- n
= 4.v.ng. :.
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WAR BABIES DEAD.

>The celebration OF BABY Week
took place this year under unprece
denied circumstances. The pas
months have seen such a slaughter
of the innocents as mas never sWep
! the world before in all history
The weight of the war has fallen th'
most heavily upon the most helpless
Of the population-the children.
Judge Lindsay. who left the Fore
party for month to study the con
dition of the war o1paans, has JUS
got back to the United States. III
gave the result of his observation
| in an interview In the New Yorl
Times. ..-- +.
The main obstacle in the way o
taking care OF war orphans. Judg'
| Lindsay said, was the necessity TO
getting both sides to agree to ALLOW
milk and other food for children tt
pass the lines.
.tMoue than 100000 children hav,
persisted for lack OF nourishment IL
The fgnting countries" said judge
Lindsay. -. -.
IN some part OF Poland. practi
| cally all children under. six year:
have died, and all through tina
| country few children Of three year!
or under are still alive"
During the recent deportation ant
massacre Of the Armenians, a Ger
man woman in charge Of an orphan
age entreated that the children a
least might be spared. The repre-
sentative of the Turkish govern
ment answered. the determination
of the Almenians is order ed, and the
children must go with the parents.
In France, in Belgium, in Hun.
gary, in all the warning nations, the
children have persisted like flies
Even in neutral countries. the high
price OF mix has been fatal to "the
poverty baby" And. still the hosts
of little graves go on multiplying.
While doing all they can to re-
Leve the suffering, the women of the
world ought to unite in high re-
solve to work as never befora to gain
the ballot. in order that this wal
may be the last.
We believe that most women will
encourage their men to fight. in the
rare cases when 1t IL necessary and
right; and we know by experience
that the women Of every nation viii
hold up the hands Of their men te
the utmost. when they are actually
engaged in war. be 1t wise or un.
wise; but We believe profoundly that
the vast majority OF women WOULD
be aginst wars Of conquest and ag-
erosion. against warrior sord:d com
mercial reasons. against the slaug-
ter Of their sons for any but the high
est and gravest causes. In working
for equal suffrage, we work to save
the children of the future from the
fate Of war babies In the present
and past.
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/ DR.. H. D. Bulloci, cor oner, ser
vices rendered in placing J., B. Gree,
in Charity Hospital, and inciqenta
Iexpenses, $3.50.
Jos. F. Crawford, conveying Ben
ME Davis and Homa Angels from
Pearl River to Covington, and board
1000.
JOS. F. Crawford. conveying Ches.
ter Mccall from Pearl liver to Gov.
lington. $500. s
E. J. Frederick, registration lists
for ten wards, $37.95; registration
lists for wards 2,s3, and 6, $18tG;
Registering 59S men, $3.50; issuing
II warrants, 1887. Total, s99.9s3
a. Blackwell, guarding jail two
nights in Pearl River, $500.
| Mrs. VIM. Depriest, board and
washing and dressing J. F. Greer.
$4,000.
Geo. A. Ryan, pencils, letter file.
pen points, stencils and eracers to,
clerk of court, 1910.
w. H. Kentzel, stationary for clerk
jof court, as per itemized bill rem
dered, $36.75. 3
]. r. Elliott. conveying two pris-
oners from slidell to Coyington,
1880. S
st. Tammany Farmer, pu blish;ng
proceedings Of FEBRUARY meeting;
special committee meeting OF March
4, and advertising for bids for con-
struction OF Abita-M andevil4e road,
$3.50.
J. B. Grantham, conveying onsNun
1 GVar = a.
|fngton, $500.
J. B. Grantham, conveying Isaac
Yates from Sun to >Covington, $500.
j. B. Granthan, conveying, Sam
Stand5aeh from Sun to Cevington,
$500.
Cora N. Abel, registrar Of vital
statistics, $3.50.
Geo. D. Bernard. general index
conveyancs book tor clark Of court,
|;33.7s. 3
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ing me $40 toward getting car re-
paired. and dedutting $1O . month

ing me $50 toward getting car re
paired. and deducting $1U . month
from my salary for the next twt
months. Accumulated expense ant
adjusting old paper has got me in {
Jam.
am pretty sore and bruised up
but / am luck not to be dead. Think
| will be out tomorrow or next day
Thanking you. ! am.
]. L. PRircHErr.
It was moved and duly seconded
that $1,000 be advanced Mr.. Prit-
caett. farm demonstrat0r, In accord.
ance with his request.
Carried.
The following report was read:
Covington. La, March Is, 1916.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Police jury:
Gentlemen:-We. your Finance
Committee, beg leave to report tina
We have checked warrants and eA
amined the books and find same cor.
| rect. We have also approved bills
to the amount Of t865.00.
Respectfully submitted.
F, GEO. F. BIERHORST,
]. B. HOWE.
JNO. A. TODD.
Finance Committee.
1t was moved and duly seconded
that above report be accepted a.
read.
Carried.
The following report was read
Statement Of T. E. Brewster. ia,
collector. for the month OF Febru.
airy, 1916:
Parish Tax
Criminal fund ....... 1864
Road fund .......... 638.2e
School fund -. ...... 943.4l
General fund ........ 314.1z
3l41.37
corposassss 9sa- -
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WOMAN JUDGE ON SEATTLE
BENCH.
Misc Whitehead says Women and
Children Need u Woman's
Point Of View in
Court.

Miss Reah NJ. Whitehead was
elected in November, 1914, as one
Of the Eve Justices OF the Peace'
Washington, a city having a popu-
lation OF about $4,000. She is the
only woman holding such an ofhce
there. Although there were Iour-
teen candidates, she received a rain
or flattering vote, standing second
ON the list. Her work is both Oh
civil and criminal nature, and 1t Is
more correct to speak OF her as
Judge taan as Justice OF the Peace.
The records OF her court for the
first nine months showed that she
has heard almost 1900 civil suits
and $50 criminal cases.
In writing to the Woman's Jour-
nal, she said: THE jurisdiction OF
Q Justice Of the Peace in this pre-
cinct includes civil cases OF various
classes where the amount involved
ls not in excess Of SlO0. ln crlmi-
nal work the Justice has jurisdlc-
ton over all minor oifenses, suca as
assaults. petty larceny, etc., and slts
q q commanding magistrate III ielo-
mics. Taus, you will see, the jurls-
diction Is broad and varied, ana as
Q matter of fact, covers a very large
amount OF litigation.
'In keeping a record OF civil cases
tried before me l have found there
IL q large II .mber OF cases in which
women appear as plaintiffs, or de-
PENDANTS. or both. There is an
equally large. or larger. number OF
cases where women appe r as Wit
poSses and to very surprising ex-
tent women are concerned directly
or indirectly in the outcome OF gen
eral litigation.
II firmly believe that women
Judges SHOULD deal with certain
classes Of cases in which women and
girls are concerned, not because they
may be more merciful Or. just IN
their treatment but because such
women sh )uld be brought before and
dealt with by women.
II believe, OF course, that women
should have hand in making the
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POLICE. JURY
CONTINUED from Page H.

contract with the Good Roads Com,
mittee. said change being made by
said committee.
Il was moved by A. D. Crawford
seconded by J. B. Howe, that the
above request made by J. l. Waller
b rejected.
Carried.
Il was moved by Geo. F. Bierhors
seconded by Jno. A. Todd, that what
q known as the Old East Louisiana
Railroad bed, running from Abita
Springs to Vaudeville Junction. b
declared q public road.
It was moved and duly seconded
that above road bed be declared
public TOAD as soon as titles OF said
road bed are turned over to the
parish of St. Tammany.
Carried.
Mr.. Estrada complained Of not
having an outlet from his property,
and asked that the police jury make
some provision for same. 1t was
moved and duly seconded that the
president investigate said complaint
and report at next meeting.
Carried.
The following communication was
read:
Covington, March IA, 1916
Dear Mr.. Lyon:
viii you kindly explain to the
police jury, that due to automobile
accident yesterday, | have been pre-
vented from getting to the Office
where my records are, and there
lore have not been able to make
ont my report for them.
Another matter would certainly
II you would take up with |
|hoW, and that y relative to edva1o-
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on the close connection between
equal suffrage and caild welfare. Oh
the 100000 infant. deaths that take
place in the United States every year
July aalf are needless. They are
due to 'preventable causes
In civilization where mothers have
had no vote in shaping the laws,
children are sac iticeu in thousand
Ways-not wilffully, but tlougntless-
ly. They are sacrlnced to poor sur
roundings, poor rood, poor santa
ton. MISS Lathrop points out tina,
the baoy death-rale is often times
as high in tae poor quarters OF t1e
city as in the Well-to-do quarters.
They are sacrificed in the war OF
commercial competition, the keen
Struggle Tor proAts Leading manufac-
turels to seek the cheapest LABOR
cheapest to them in immediate mon-
ey cost, though dearest to the com.
municy in the end, since it means
using up the health and strength
OF lac little workers. "
The children are robbed before
they are BON, by the wearing out O.
their mothers through overWork->
before marriage in tae factory, ano
afre< marriage in the home. The.
are neglected while their mothers
are forced to go out to work, to Elk
out the fathers seanty wages. Ile.
are run over in the streets for laci
Of safe places to play in. They arr.
tau"ht in ill-ventlaIed school looms
by teachers who nave too large class
es imposed upon them to give AIDE
auate attention to each child. An
IN and through all this, tleyt suIfel
from maternal ignO. anee, because n
one has taught their mothers to carr
for them intelligently. In New Zea.
land, in every town and country dis
t1ict, government-trained NUS
gives instruction to all mothers il
the proper feeding, clothing ant
management of babies.
This is arranged and supervised b.
the Society for the Promotion of the
Health of Women and Children
Lady Stout, wife of the Chief Justice
Of New Zealand, enumeratiog in the
Englishmowan the advantages OF
equal suffrage, says that this society
was another outcome of the new
feeling of responsibility awakened In
women by their right of citizenship
Tnis has HELPED powerfully to make
the infant death rate of New Tea
land the lowest in the world. a=
In working for equal suffrage
therefore, we may we'll feel that We
We are working to- safeguard the
health and lives of the children OF
the future Oliver Schreiner has
said with truth that everybody who
speaks one word for women speaks
two for men and three for children
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-18
RURAL AWAKENING FOR WO-
MEN AND GIRLS.

Since the Boys Corn Clubs have
met with. so much success and ap-
proving publicity, it occurred to the
Department Of Agriculture some time
ago that a like movement might be
of benefit to the women and girls
on the farms. Accord.ngly, the sec.
rotary of agriculture sent out Cir
cular to $4,000 farmers wives ask
ing them what they thought of the
farm life and what Improvements
they could suggest. He received two
thousand replies which were strong
and to the point. AS a result, con-
,gress passed the Smith-Lever bill.
which goes into effect this year. pro-
vides for eight and half million
dollars to be spent annually, after
1921, on what is properly termed
practical on-the-farm education. >,
1t is a form Of university extension
bringing new interests into the the
lives Of women too exhaustingly held
to the routine of daily labor, and
bringing, too, the blessing of COM
partnership and neighborly competi+
ton to women who live in Isolation
year after year.
: But perhaps the work which is be-
ing done by the Girls Canning Club
is even more vitality constructive. lr
1910 this club started with forty
five members, and it is now ap-
preaching the mil&on mark. Tne
check for one hundred dollars which
Secretary Wilson sent fifteen years
ago to encourage the idea was the
fore-runner Of the quarter of mil
lion watch ngress-convinced that
it was a profitable investment-ap-
propriated for the work last year.
This organization for girls has be.
come a nation wide institution, with
numerous state honors and county
prizes and competitions; with a ma
tional headquarters at Washington
and claim to careful and scientific
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-18
OUR OWN WAR BABIES.

All gentle hearts are wrung by
the suffering Of children In foreign
lands during this war; but many wo-
men as yet fail to realize that an all
most equally great slaughter of the
innocents Is gong on silently all the
time in our own country, in the
strenuous struggle for existence.
You cahnot realize the impor-
lance Of the need OF women in poll
tics until you realize what q tremen-
dous and far-reaching thing the care
OF little children IT," said Julia C
Lathrop. head OF the Federal Child
4en's Bureau. in q recent address
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-18

The president was duly authorized
to execute the following lease:
THIS contract and lease made anl
| entered into this day by and between
tae police jury Of st. Tammany par
ish. herein appearing through Her
man Scaultz, its duly authorized
president, and 4unyan Talley. a resi-
dent Of Warrington parish and the
State Of Louisiana, Witnesseta:
That for and In consideration o:
the sum Of $1,000 per year the sale
Talley does hereby lease from Janu
airy I, 1916, to the parish Of st. Tam
many, the ground on which the dip.
ping vat ct Sun Is located, for a
period Of three years.
1t being understood and agreed
that the police jury shall have the
1ignt to renew this lease for an ad.
ditional period Of three years ct the
same rental.
1t being further understood ant
agreed that all persons acting unde,
the authority Of the police jury shall
have free access at all times to said
vat for dipping purposes.
AAA ASAAV00 ~ ANASOA VIC goa SANS ~
this act have signed their names this
18th day of March,. 916.
So. J.B. TALLEY,
HERMAN SCHULTZ,
President Police Jury.
Witness:
ADRIAN D. SCHWARTZ. j.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
Mrs. L. Miles, feeding prisoners
from Feb. 16, to March II, 152.
G. r. Schultz. oil for parish auto,
Cumberland Tel. q Tel. Co., SER
vice for month Of February. $5.75.
Schouberg's Pharmacy, medicine
for prisoners, Is cents.
Randolph Parker. burying body o,
Otis Ponder. $3.50.
John Wood. conveying J. q. Green
70 Coviaeton; $500.
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laws and Interpreting them. Their
lis no mans world and womans
world as separate planets. We arr
living in the same world. But the
noint of view OF men differs from
that Of women.
1T is my nope and belief that IN
| the near. future more women VIII
enter the field Of law as LAWYERS
legislators, and judges. than have
done so up to the present time, thas
they may thus make their influence
felt upon the laws and the enforce
imept and Interpretation OF the laws
which surround and affect them anu
their children in practically every
avenue and condition Of hfa"
when she decided that she would
like to be Z Justice OF the peace,
says Mabel Abbott in the American
Magazine, her campaign was
unique. She went shyly TO the news
papers once or twice, and gave out
statements to the effect that she, Wat
sure she could do the work. and
would do it to the best OF her abill-
lty. II elected. Thereafter sac made
herself conspicuous by staying away
from the newspaper offices. She
made speeches. going dutifully to the
meetings where candidates were ex-
pected to appear. and telling the au-
uiences that she had long expert
ence, knew she could do the work
and hoped they would vote for her.
Her simple. fearless belief that
what the voters wanted IN q public
office wa sjust good work seemed to
be . revelation to the voters OF what
tney really did want. - At any rate,
they tried to nominate her on three
different tickets ct. tAe primaries
and elected her With rush. al
though there we're fourteen candi-
dates for the i've places.
mo sketch OF Judge Whitehead
would be accurate without the state
ment that she 10 considered more
than pretty. When she was elected
the newspapers announces that Seat
tie could boast Of having the pref
test judge In the United States;
which probably II true. but she did
not like it very we'll, because she
was afraid it didn't sound judicial.
And now she sits In the great
leather chair behind the high desk
and listens to tangled stories of
trouble. guides wrangling lawyers in
the paths Of peace. renders decisions
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-18
\ NEW DECLARATION OF INDIE
PENDENCE.

The following essay was writer
by Miss Mildred E. Schueler in com
petition with the high school stud
ents Of Lawrence, Mass, for the
best New Declaration of Independ.
ence." She was awarded q silver
cup at the banquet of the Lawrence
Press Club on February 81, where
she read the essay. About 200 Were
present and received the decision
and declaration with great enthusi-
assn. The committee of award was
as follows: The superintendent of
schools, the principal and one of the
high school women teachers. 1t fell
to the president OF the Massachusetts,
Senate. Wells, of Haverhill, an anti
suffragist, to award the prize.
When in the course of human
events it becomes necessary for The
a new Declaration Of Independence
no better day could possibly be chos-
en- for such a declaration than tn
birthday of the father Of our grand
and glorious country-George Wash
ington, our illustrious first president.
We, therefore, on the 22d day of
Of February, 1916, in reaffirming the
self-evident truths that all men are
created equal and endowed by thei.
Creator with certain inaliena BILE
rights, declare our independence, Of
past usages, customs and laws,
whereby large portion of the think
ing people of this country have been
denied equality and deprived Of the
rights and privileges Of a free coua-
try.
Be 1t further declared tina. unless
the freedom to exercise fully the
sovereignty that is the right of every
citizen Of our democracy be granted
to all who are capable of such SOW
ereignty, the proud words Of eQuali.
ty and inalienable rights written in
the Declaration of Independence and
signed July 4. 1776, will be looked
upon by vast multitude OF the peo-
pie OF our country and hypocrisy
and sham.
And furthermore be 1t declared
that II taxation without representa-
ton was tyranny in the year 1916,
1t must be considered an even great
or tyranny to tax an immense pro-
portion of the citizens of our coun-
try. while refusing them participa-
ton In the making OF the laws which
tax them.