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Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-10

We blame Bull Moose Republican friend Jno Parker
for wanting into joint debate with COL Pleasant and stump
the entire COL Pleasant would draw the crowds and Mr. Parker
would have audience which he could tell his pu story no
is getting rather foxy with his Rooseveltian policy
With five dollar per capita the Of Bogausa be
placed rstcass condition. And remember you folks who
good roads, that the capita the earlier
work will start making these roads
reduction of the rate lights will hailed with delight by
dents of every the city, The Of IL and dis
of paid 10 DAYS will give Bogasa the cheapest light
Of any city its size in the south.
The price all kinds paper has advanced including the news
print Country editors should worry about big increase the price
paper for worried the price but place where we
can get it.
Another week passed arrivals Bosausa
What going do towards getting them house live that
they will become permanent residents?
you really be up date money This year of
thrift in America positively fashionable have bank account
even if you work salary.
The fact that the boys take readily military drill does prove
they will lower their dignity by marching in with the girls the
Sunday school concert
And when the streets of Bogaa all placed good condi
Austin every will be trying become the
of Ford
talking exuavasance the age good men
the garage and their 1915 machine exchanged for
1916 model
are loss decide who should be first pay their perl
capita tax ExGov j. Y. Sanders or H E. Roster
Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-10
When You Want An Auto

A new car with a careful driver
to take you on any trip no matter
if it requires a day or a few minutes
phone los and ask for L. Moak.
His charges are very low and you
can rest assured that he will take
you sally and return you to any
point desired. Late night or early
morning calls should be sent to
phone 1l9.
Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-10

of the ladies.
This was the first MASQUERADE
dance ever given in the city and all
present entered with a will into the
Carnival spirit. This spirit of fun
and jollitication that dominated
will be remembered for years by
all who attended.
Miss Sullivan gave a classical
dance that was greatly enjoyed and
she was showered with compliments.
Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-10

The New Orleans Item has deserted the Democracy Of Louisiana
and will hereafter cast lot with the Republican Progressive party
One thing about the deeron that they will be missed during
the present coming campaign The given COL Pleasant through
out the the primary in unmisakeab terms showed that
Louisiana approve the attacks made by the Item
on Mr. Pleasant May the Items influence be greater with the Republic
canProeressve party than the Democracy of Louisiana
The building $4,000 worth of schools the building of
a and fire house we'll extending the and water
and the making good will that there will be
poyment large force Of As stated the meeting
the man in Boeusa that find work perhaps because that he
looking to keep out of it
Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-10

We loss decide who should be first pay their
capita tax Ex-Gov. j. Y. Sanders or H E. Roster.
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Y dealt and bid no trump. THIS hand
appears 10 be an ace above average. and
protected In three suits. cine two mines
may be considered as good as a ten.)
The hand on which A bids two spades is
the weakest Of the four under consid-
Grafton. yet he goes game on the con-
tract.
Against the spade Y led the club and
dummy played small. The student OF
tactics will recognize this as a good ex-
ample Of the principle that the queen
should never be played second hand from
queen and one small. II both ten and acc
arc In the fourth hand. 1t IL only when
the ten 10 not present that the best
chance for two tricks 10 to put on the
queen. A loses both his contract and the
game II he plays the queen.
After winning the king Of clubs with
the ace A led a heart and Y cleared the
clubs. waiting for the diamonds to be led
to or through him. Dummy continued
to lead hearts for three more rounds. A
trumping the last round with the nine OF
spades 30 a. to run dummy with a club.
Instead Of leading the last trump In
dummy's hand he then led a diamond
and lost two tricks In that suit.
This shows a gain Of four odd. fve
honors and q game. worth Isl points In
all. AT the other table the no trumper
was set for three tricks. or $50 points.
aces easy. a rather astonishing result for
a weak hand like AS. This shows a
gain OF 81 for the spade bid second hand.
It is hardly necessary to give the play
that defeated the no trumper. but A
made Ave spade tricks at once and then
led a heart to his partners encouraging
discard OF the seven. This gave IL two
heart tricks later and the king OF dia-
monds. while A made the ace OF clubs.
Now we come to the strongest hand OF
all tho suit bids.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
Yelvertou Briggs.


High or the hits where tho brook comes
down
the green heids to westport town,
waving grasses and tangled twies.
I saw the grave OF Yelverton Briggs.
More than q hundred years ago
land Of time laid Yelverton low.
stu the pale tombstone reared It's head
To name the long forgotten dead.
the brookiet lowed along.
sweetly the birds poured forth their sons.
Natures great chorus music gave
the ancient's lonely grave.
The plough had carved It's burrows deep
round about. nor broke hts sleep.
For man had spared this hailowed ground
And dscked the gently rising mound.
I gased and to my mind this thought
The iowiy grave and tombstone brought:
when Yelverton's work In his world WAS
done
Was that the END OF Yelvsrton.
Something within me whispered NO.
Ever on doth the spirit 90.
winging it's way from earth TO earth.
Back TO the source that gave II birth"
So on the hill. whore the brook comes
down
Through the green fsids 70 wsstport town.
I felt. - I left through the tangled twigs.
I had learned the truth from Ysivsrton
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n dealt and bid no trump. As pointed
out by THE SUNS correspondents. this
hand In queen Jack above average and
protected In three suits. bid two
spades. He has apparently seven tricks
in his own hand, and one from his part.
ner should ful1l the contract, while A
lies over the strong hand.
The hand was played at spades n, this
table. and A went game, The only inter-
esting point about the play was the dini-
Guilty n was placed In by not getting his
terraces led up To.
Y opened with a club and the Inesse
Of the Jack went to the ace. A led three
rounds Of hearts. ruffing the thl-d. and
then playing the small club. u won this
refused to lead away from his d,a-
mond tenace. SO he led the trump queen.
A put on the ace. 50 as TO give dummy
a run In clubs. incidentally killing VS.
king OF trumps. The established hearts
In the dummy left nothing for Y hut his
high trump and the ace OF diamonds.
At the other table A did not ovcrcall
the no trumper. Y and Il both passed,
and y made two by cards on the play, but
hut could not reach game. A sat tight
and led the spade seven. The lone king
won the first trick, and the fnesse Of the
club Jack went to the ace.
Two rounds of spades established that
suit. and X echoed in hearts or the clubs
that followed. A discarded the diamond
seven and heart four. and z two hea rts.
40 that when dummy led a heart y put
the acc up and led the spade. 2 making
the diamond tenace ~ the end.
This shows . clear gain Of 100 points
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Industrial Arbitration.

A sharp distinction Is Il be made
between the two parts Of Carl Fl.
Morris Industrial Arbitration (Bobbs.
Merrill), which the author calls. In
terms Of his intention. "a worldwide
survey Of natural and political
agencies for social Justice and In
dustrial peace" His collection OF data
and statistics Is large, but they are
not uniformly reliable. His deductions
therefrom are open to dispute. They
are definitely partisan. When they
cease to he debatablc the millennium
will have arrived: and that happy con-
summation Of the human drama seems
to be indefinitely postponed.
MIR. Mote describes the legislative
experiments" OF England, Germany,
France and Australia. New Zealand
ls "a country without strikes Life
there must he dull. Industrial dis
t%urbances in this country are eX-
amined. He says: Generally. we have
preached the doctrine OF peace at any
price a doctrine which. interpreted.
means that things shall remain as
they are" You pay the price without
getting the peace. He is poetic: at
l. the doctrine. the fundamental idea.
~ ultraconservatives: the hope OF the
st%andpatters; the machine gun which
sweeps the hillside guarding the mine
and factory Of ~intrenched monopolists
wherever they may be found."
Mr.. Mote sees h time coming when
the interests OF the public will he
served in the war between Capital and
Labor. But 1t will not come until the
employee has "a compelling voice" IA
to wages. hours and working condi-
tions. Mr.. Mote has a beam in his
eye which seems TO prevent him from
seeing any reason for the existence OF
capital or recognition of It's rights as
a factor contributory TO tho doing Of
business.
The sun., 1916-10-15

The Scot may be dour, but his
cardiac topography is correct. He Is
not more interesting than the Briton.
the German. the Frenchman. the
.Spaniard or the Hottentot, but he Is
interesting. All who are not Greeks
are barbarians. We are endlessly curl
Gus about the outlandcr. SO it Is good
TO have that facile maker of books,
WILLIAM Elliot GRIFFIs. who has con-
auered Belgium, Holland. China and
Japan, tell us about Bonnie Scotland
land what We owe her" Houghton.
Miflin). Scottish Chiefs" is one
thing, Scott's TALES Of a Grandfather
another, and We never had n better
time than in taking the saumon with
william Black. a mixture OF these
and the guide books with a touch OF
the celebrations Of the ScotCh-Irish,
So called, is DR., Griffs's collection Of
papers.
He takes us TO Edinb'ro. to Glesca.
to the Isles. through Hieland and
Lowland; in his pages we meet Ossian
and Burns and Macbeth and Sir
Walter, Prince Charlie and John
Knox; we drench in the Scotch mists.
admire LomOnd. Loeb and Ben. sub
nit To the spell OF the heather. wear
the kilties, twir! the p~ibroch-and set
fable, the Scotland OF history, the Scot
land of the imagination--and some
thing OF the Scotland Of reality,
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z deal. and bid nc trump. This hand
,a only a queen above the average, but Is
protected In three suits. A bid two
spades on what looks like a pretty
strong hand. almost as strong as the last
one given. yet he cannot mako his con-
tract,
Against the spade bid Y led the d,a-
mond and u got, in a rum on the third
round. The king Of clubs went to the
ace and A snapped up two rounds Of
trumps but after this II was impossible
10 prevent u from making his top
trump and getting in two club tricks,
as there was no way In which A could
get dummy into the lead. so as 10 Sc
cure "a discard OF the King OF hearts.
after A had made both ace and queen.
The odd is all that A can make. Set
for 80. less Is for honors. losing az.
At the other table against the no
a led the king of spades. as he
had three honors in the suit. and went
right along with them until Y won a
trick with the queen. With the Jack
Of clubs In dummy for a reentry u led
three rounds of diamonds, This allowed
A to make two established spades, while
u discarded two clubs.
This forced u into some i~nconvenient
discards, He had 20 choose between
shedding two hearts, 80 as to keep three
tlhbFt " w Wv ~ ~ iioltbi III '4upS
and keep three hearts. II being important
TO hold a small club In case dummy could
hold n club trick with the Jack and
mako all the rest OF the diamonds. So 4
goe down to three hearts and the KIM
four Of clubs.
This enabled A TO count the han Is ac-
curately. and as Il must have Ave hearts
a saw his play was to hold the COM
mand Of dummy's reentry suit AT ali
costs. 50 he led the ace and queen OF
hearts. Il overlook the queen with the
king and lost one to the tack. but A
made his ace Of clubs.
This SGT the no trumper for two tricks
and 80 aces. 1870 points. while at the
other table the spade contract was set
for 80, showing a net loss for the suit
bid Of ls2.
As pointed out IN THE SUN the hurrah
is always over the sui, bids that 20
game against the II" trumpcr. The hands
that lose by the bid are lost Slght OF
If the account Is balanced the advantage
is invariably In favor of passing. In
these frlr deals the gains by hiddins
the suit are los and 81. a total OF 1870.
The losses are IA and l62, or 1916.
This shows n loss OF 1877 points, even
when the hands that bid the suit are q
strong a. those shown.
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u dealt and bid no trump This hand
IL a king above average and protected
In three suits. and Il therefore above
criticism. A bid two hearts. hut In spite
OF the fact that his partner held the ace
of trunps to help him out he could no.
win the game.
Y opened with a small club. THE
SUNS correspondent says II does not
seem TO make any difference II he starts
with a spade. II kept up the club leads
for three rounds. forcing A.. After three
rounds OF trumps \ successfully iinessed
the Jack Of dt diamonds. making three
tricks in that suit. hut h, could not make
more than one spade trick, tho los. OF
two tricks In each " the black suits pre-
venting him from going game,
Three 10y cards and 80 honors how
a plus OF Sc on the deal for the suit bid.
But at the other table. when A refused
to interfere with the no trumper u was
re, for four tricks and 80 aces. showing
n clear loss Of ia points for the suit
bid, and w!ping out at one strok the
gains on the two preceding deals.
The play practically turned IN maxi
lrS a trick with The spade queen. 4
started the hearts and made those five
tricks at once. z discarded the nine of
spades and the seven OF diamonds. A
led the king OF diamonds TO show ace
Jack. and shifted to the smaller OF his
two clubs, z winning the trick with the
ten.
In order to avoid the spades, z led TIE
diamond n A made his Jack and ace.
The queen OF clubs threw the lead mo
rs hand again and he was Obliged 20
lose two spade tricks at the end.
Here ,s the last OF the o hands. In
which neither contract succeeded. al
though both were considered TO be .eeiti-
mate bids under the system the players
believed in.
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are cruel to dogs. How would you
like to be elected from a trap to b.
shot at by a being as much your su-
perior In size, strength and wit as you
are superior to a pigeon? Stop sweat
ing women workers. Give every child
enough to eat. Give the poor clean
houses; the first decencies" Of life.
Make necessary the signatures Of two
doctors to the commitment Of paupers
to asylums. Stop docking horses. stop
putting birds in cages. II you must
eat meat let the sheep. pigs and cattle
he killed humanely. Stop tearing the
plumes out of birds to put on women's
hats for decoration.
Much hunting Is done nowadays
with no weapon more deadly than the
camera. The slaughter houses will
never he polite; they might easily be
made less savage. Engines are. in this
country, more used under ground than
mules; still coal mines are not draw
ing rooms. Let the blood Of vivisec-
ton he IN the heads OF the surgeons.
and heaven keep us all from need Of
their gruesomely acquired knowledge.
Clay birds" are much used. in Amer
lea at least, by trap shooters. Nobody
wants women TO work except when
they would rather make the money
than be idle and hungry. and In tome
cases II Ia more cruel to withhold the
work than to give II. I'VE at sweating
rates. Alas. that It should be so-as
so. In a wicked world. It Isl Every
child has a right to a full belly and
every family to . house a. clean -
It's members are willing TO keep II. 1t
needs a Dickens or Charles Reads to
reform the asylums. Artificial plumes
are cheaper and commoner than the
real, dinicult and expensive thing.
Mr.. G~alsworthy has been thinking.
Therefore he Is unhappy. Let us not
think. let us find our refuge in art.
The war, inexplicable. inexcusable. Is
a fact. Let the world not reason why;
let the world do-and die. Mr.. Gals
worthy's novels do more for 1t than
his contributing editorial articles.
The sun., 1916-10-15

Think what you will OF "Villa Ru-
bcin," THE Island Pharisees," THE
Dark Flower" and THE Freelands,'
say what you please of h plays and
poems Of JoHN GALswoRTHy. and you
are going To he sorry that his name is
on the title page OF L Shcdf (Scrib-
ners). because these articles On cruelty
Ia animals, prison reform, woman's
rights and the wal are not literature
but journalism. Mr., GalswOrtliy Is at
pains to say he has mot personally
prohted a penny by anything In this
volume" ITS proceeds are to go to In
disputably worthy charities. AS ifany
onc cared or had n right to car"
whether the author pronted or not
Mr.. Galsworthy's readers care ahou;
no profit hut the profit OF Mr.. Gals
worthy's readers, They Will not profit
much by this "shoaf.'
Hunters are cruel, Mr., Galsworthy
tells us. cloquently but supercroga-
torily. Butchers are cruel. JAilers
are cruel. Mine owners are cruel t.
their Araft animals. Vt9ssouonista
The sun., 1916-10-15

Clubs are trumps n z Il In he lead
Y and z want all five tricks agalns,
any defence.
The only correc. play, and the solution
OF the problem. Is for Y TO iea1 IN,
trump. which Y wins. and for Y 20 coma
right back with the remaining trumr. .
as to see what y will do. and also e,
watch As discards. 4 must ungIart
the hearts or throw away the a. -
spades.
II y elects to discard the spade he
makes 4. ten good for a trick. and 2
will discard a small heart. Now the are
and Jack Of hearts, with the spade -
and VS. two ,rumps secure the required
Ave tricks, because It does not mate"
whether u covers the queen ~ hearts OBJ
not the ace and jack are always gcpi
for two tricks over the king and ten
IT u discards the heart instead -
the spade Z must lot g. tin to- RI
spades on the second round " truup'
and attention II then turned - IS -
cards.
n 4 keeps the diamond and d'srari'
a heart It leaves both 4 and Il a.
only two hearts In each hafd. ana Wh''
Y leads the heart u must maze 80
only both ace and Jack but the srra'H'
heart as well.
Here is the first problem IN The 80
honor list. As was stated AT Wee
every correct solution will receive "roa"
for one point, and those who solve A.
ten problems, ending viii No A." Ny
rank as experts. Those who c"u'iuG
to hold their pace 10y not missing F.,
problem viii get a star after 'ts'-
names for each ten. and when only cove
expert Is left, that person Viii "r ''
champion for 1917 and Will T.c' y" 30
prize offered 10y tn. 7, \ stokes 80.
solutions must reach the otti > ~ rrr
sun not later II Ia the morning of 80
second Thursday after the problem r.
pears.
The frst OF the new series - ny &C.
old hand AT the composing game, y
can always he depended on Tor go.
thing both Interesting AMI instrI''I.
HE - also noted as one Of the So o.
few Who never fail 70 knock out Do I'm
her @: aspirants for the honor H.
BRIDGE PROBLEM No. 401.
The sun., 1916-10-15

the Sioux Nation from the earliest rec
ords-oral tradition and other-down
to the present. For II long tim
Ohiyesa has been gathering material
for the monumental work. Five years
OF constant effort will be needed to
complete It.. IT vas hoped that Dart
mouth College could finance the under
taking, but this has proved to he In
cxpedient thus far. Countless his
tories of Indian life have been written
10y white men and published. but the
projected volumes would have the rare
value Of being written by perhaps the
only man who yer could produce
them--au Indian of distinguished an
cestry who lived during early years in
aboriginal surroundings In the wilds
OF British North America, who later
became a a highly educated and
who has been honored on many &C.
casions both in this country and In
foreign lands. II would be n great
loss to knowledge of a remarkable
and disappearing human family II
Ohiyesa's life project has to I've perma-
ncntly abandoned for lack of funds.
The sun., 1916-10-15
Ruth.

Prom me st. Louie Post. DtspatcA.
Trembling IN the summer heat
Above the nodd!ng heads OF wheat.
Too hot for tears. too hot for mirth.
The air lies hot on the hot earth.
August. . drowsy dreamsr. lies
With yesterdays deep IN her eyes;
She sees a. through q Quivering haze
A neld where ripened harvest sways-
where drowsy grain droops At the hand
OF reapers In an ancient land;
And bending lowly after them
There goes q girl Of Bethlehem;
The unloosed burd.n Of her hair
Touching the scarlet peoples there.
Too faint for song. too faint for mirth,
She deems herself OF little worth.
Clothed In her meek beat!tude,
Her gentle thoughts like q soft brood
or shining doves play round her head,
And by them is she haliowed.
The sun., 1916-10-15

JOHN RANKEN TowsE. veteran critic
OF the drama in this town. says. IN the
preface to Strtu Years of the Theatre
Funk & Wagnalls): "Playgoers Of
an older generation. who remember
Macready. Forrest. tho Keans. the
Booths. Davenport and their contem-
poraries. will readily assent to the
~degeneracy Of the modern theatre in
tr!onism. 1t Is only In scenic access
sories and in the lighter and less
permanent varieties Of drama hat II
has made any notable advance"
It is proof Of the quality Of Mr..
Towse's criticism that his swift judg-
ments. with little revision. make 80
excellent n book. a book sc full at
once OF pleasing "Reminiscences and
sound coord!nating theory. The elders
will experience a melancholy triumph
In calling e with him the roll Of
bygOne heroes and heroines. The
page OF contents has pangs OF men,
DRY: "Wallack's In the Days OF John
Gilbert" "Daly's Stock Company in
the Seventies" THE Union Square
Theatre. Clara Norris and Tommaso
Salvini." Charlotte Cushman. Helena
Modjeska and Bernhard" Fanny
Janauschek. Who Ended In Tribula-
tons, and Mary Anderson. Who
Never Knew Anything but Popular
Adoration": Lawrence Barrett. John
Mccullough. Edward L. Davenport. Jo-
seph Jefferson and Others"-and so
on to Sothern and Marlowe. Robert
Mantell and the first Of the moderns.
And the blessedly young must not
think II inconsistent for us 10 append
to our foregoing remarks about the
virtues of the entertainers Of our
own youth the comment that We can-
not set a finger upon any page and
say: Here Is n break between the
true old art and a new false art"
II We do not measurably progress.
neither do we degenerate. To each
period" its wi formulation OF the
| eternal verities.
Mr.. Towse says: To-day there are
dozen players who could bear the test
Of comparison with any OF the fifty
who were fi%ourishing thirty or forty
years ago. OF great actors there Is
not me. Stars there are In plenty.
but only two or three of them could
by any stretch of courtesy he called
first rate actors. Most Of them are
specialists in the art OF self-reproduc-
ton" There are hosts Of new per
formers hut they show no brilliant
promise. The mechanic arts of the
stage are progressing. hut the a c
OF actors. Mr.. Towsc seems to believe,
is threatened with the dodo's fate.
WHY? COmmercialism,
The sun., 1916-10-15

Sergeant Ayres and some Of the policemen
made up a small fund and gave II 10 Mazur
--Netrs item.
When you're down and out and struggling
When the world seems hard and stern
When there's little use Of trying
And there ain't no place to turn.
When the clouds are black as midnight
And tho sun don't shine at all.
And you've reached about the limit
Where II amt no uss 70 staii,
Would II all your heart with wonder
II q friend should come along.
Ask you what the hells the matter.
Try 20 right the thing that's wrong!
stick his hand into his pocket.
Yes, you've guessed Il now. sure pop
For its happened 20 me often
That that friend has been a cop.
Yes. n COP whose pay amt princely,
Hut whose hearts as big. ! gues..
As tho bank account OF sellcrs
Who don't help folks In distrsss,
And I'll bet when Day Of Judgment
Fills our souls with Wild alarms
That some angels In the front ranks
Will have blue stripes N tAsI srms.
O1Aal1S 0AsElHs.