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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

tanning substance is extracted. The
houses in the desert are mere roofs
upon poles and as often as not the
hammocks are swung under an I'M
usually large tree. The natives take
evident delight I'm keeping open house
and in living al frescO.
The dress affected by the women at
the present time is vOluminOus gown
resembling partially Debated balloon.
In ancient times the dress was doubt
less much simpler and it is interesting
to note that bandoleers and belts made
of long strings of beads are now worn
under these generous garments. Tat
tooing is seen upon the arms while
the face is ordinarily painted with a
large circle upon each cheek connected
by a line across the nose. The men
are sometimes seen in their ancient at
tire which consists of belt and
breechclOth and sometimes pOnchO.
Artificial wigs are worn by the leading
men, and sandals with Ia 'eled latches.
The GoajirO Indians live mostly In
the interior of the desert peninsula
that bears their name and their war
like habits have kept the white man
from their territory. In two places
they have come in contact with civilian
ton. one at the Catholic mission OF
Rio Hacha in Colombia and the other
mt the lagoon Of Parawaipowa where
the Venezuelan government maintains
q border garrison. The mountain
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

the plotting pad bands of elastic are
sewed down at intervals so that they
form loops into which may be slipped,
upon the left-hand side, pen, pencil and
paper knife, and on the right penknife'
scissors and sealing WAX. small
quantity of paper, envelopes and post
cards can be kept upon the blOttine
pad.
The cover of the case is made OF
linen, lined with thin silk, and edged
with a silk cord, and it is sewed Oh
the back of the board and tied down
i'm front with ribbon strings. This is
shown in diagram A, and the initials OF
the owner can be worked where indi
Gated.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

1T is is a time-honOred story that
relates the origin Of the name
Venezuela and one more to be
credited than the majority OF
place name anecdotes. When Alon-
20 de Ojeda. accompanied by the
illustrious geographer, AmerigO Yes
pucci, entered the Gulf Of Mara
caibO in 1899 he found villages
raised on piles above the water.
From this circumstance he gave
the name "Gu.f of Venice" to the shall
low sea inclOsed between the arid pen
insulas of GOajira and Parajuana.
Those were days of fiOwery speech and
fervid Imagination; the comparison be-
tween Venice the Magnificent and the
homes of humble fishing Indians in the
new world struck the popular fancy
and soon the whole land was known as
Venezuela-Little Venice. The surviv-
ing pile-built villages north Of the city
Of MaracaibO are still of great inter
est to the ethnOlogist and to the trav-
eler with an eye for the picturesque.
Slipping out of MaracaibO at night
fall in bongO manned by ParajuanO
Indians, writes Herbert ]. Spinden in
the American Museum Journal, we ar
rived at the lagoon of Sinimaica at ten
O'Clock next morning. The bongo is q
fiat-bOttomed boat propelled by sails
or poles and fit for navigating shallow
waters. The lagoon of Sinimaica Is
the largest of a series of small brack'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
DADDY'SGy[N|NG
FAIRY TALE
BROWNIES SLEIGHRlDE.
81 NAQY GRAAAN BONNER

ave must have a sleighride party"
said the Brownies.
ooh, yes" agreed the GnOmes. 1--WE
haven't had one this winter. and II
will be such fun"
Lets have 1t tonight" said the
Brownies. 1T will be nicer to have 1t In
the evening when Mr. Moon can follow
us along"
That's right" said the Gnomes.
"And the little Stars can look down Mt
us and smile. Their smiles are the
lOveliest in the world, we think"
"Yes," said the Brownies. Their
smiles are wonderful. They are so
bright"
eff you get up the sleighride," said
the Gnomes, "why can't we arrange
the supper?"
"All right" said the Brownies, "that
will be splendid, and it's awfully good
Of you to think of 1t. To be sure,
after a sleighride we will be ever so
hungry and We'll enjoy a good supper"
SLOW do you know 1t will be gOOdT
asked the GnOmes. 1--WE said we'd get
a supper ready. We didn't say good
supper, you know" And the GnOmes
laughed.
But" said the Brownies, 'if you get
1t up it's sure to he good
You're very kind" said the Gnomes.
swell. we hope it will be good"
And so as soon as the Moon was
up, the Brownies, dressed in warm
winter wooden clothes, and the GnOmes
In little fur suits, started Off.
AS they went along the smooth road
and the bells on their horses Jingled
and merrily sang, the Brownies and
Gnomes told stories and laughed and
jOked.
They rode ever and ever so far, and
all along the trip Mr.. Moon went with
them.
Until late they rode, and the horses
seemed to go faster and faster all the
time.
"It's almost time for supper" sait
the GnOmes.
"Where shall we drive for SUPPER
asked the Brownies.
"Ah," said the Gnomes, 1--WE can have
supper anywhere"
"What?" asked the Brownies in sur
prise.
Certainly" said the GnOmes. "Hid
den under these seats are baskets, ant
they are filled with all the goodies w
could think of. There are hot soups
and hot chocolate to drink in bottles
which always keep warm, and Their
are sandwiches and everything yO'
can think of. We tried to bring
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
BroadcIoth for Sports Skirts.

A supple quality of broadcloth is re-
yived by Paris for sports skirts and
especially for the new cape coats
which all the houses have featured and
which will take the place of the con-
ventional topcoat among women who
are looking for something new.
This soft broadclOth is also used for
peplum blouses which are slashed at
the sides, embroidered at the edges and
loosely held into the normal waistline
with a soft sash of brightly colored silk
knotted at the side and finished with
ornaments made of beads. These
blouses are worn under oil kinds OF
coats except the new, short. tailored
ones which barely reach to the hips
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
IMPROVE ROAD BY DRAGGING
Every Farmer Draos His Front Gate
to His Nelghbor's Front Gate
Towards Town.

Out from all the stormy talk about
good roads and taxation there looms
one significant fact: Good roads can
be made in normal soils by dragging.
The factor in making dirt ROADS ID
water. Drag your road 80 as y make
it shed water and you will ave the
best all-round highway on erin
It can be kept in repair WIN sma1
cost II "every farmer Digs from ny
front gate to his neigh,ors ront gar
towards town." n 4
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

ish lakes connected by natural canals
called canos. There are three villages
of ParajuanO Indians in this lagoon
bearing the Spanish names La Boquita,
La Boca del Cano. and FL BarrO. All
are of the same character. being COM
posed of detached clusters of houses
well out from the low shore.
All Traffic by Canoe.
There is tide of perhaps two feet
in the lagoon and the houses rise two
or three feet above the high-water
mark. All traffic is by canoe and you
step from the wobbly dugout upon lad
ders rising from the water and find
Yourself on a shaky platform of small
poles. You are courtcously invited to
enter. The rectangular houses have
light frames and roofs of heavy thatch.
Mats inclose the sides and cover por-
tons of the floor. The fireplace is a
| box filled with earth. While you sit
ON YOUR heels and eat toasted plantains
and boiled manioc, you see through the
latticed floor the upturned face of lit
| tie scavenger fishes eager to catch the
| crumbs that fall.
| Freedom from the insect life that
makes the shores unbearable may ac-
count for the custom Of building
houses out over the water. But it is an
interesting fact that these lake dwell
ers also have houses upon the arid
plain well back from the thicket-cov'
cred shores. The plain is dreary
stretch sparsely covered with acacias
and other desert shrubs. The most con
spicuous of these is the divi-divi from
tho seeds of which a valuable dye ant
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

bound macadam or gravel. Perhaps
in certain regions where stone and
gravel are not at hand oiled roads
may prove most economical and prac-
teal. Minor wagon ways must re-
main of native soil, built and main
tanned with the road drag. Meanwhile
antagonism to road dragging breeds
In a lack Of information or a narrow
ness which fails to comprehend the
facts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

France Has Determined to Use Old
Fashioned Sashes on All Kinds OF
Gowns. The Sketch Shows a Sash
of Old Blue Satin Finished With Sill
yer Fringe Arranged on a Skirt OF
Rose-CoIored Satin, With Bodice and
Train of Silver Lace.
ribbon has been worked up In Paris
to some extent through American ex-
porters who represented factories that
could turn out ribbon in this country,
but so far all attempts have failed to
produce q real call for this kind of
OrnamentatiOn.
France is the land of embroidery.
Her women know how to do 1t, and
they ask little for doing 1t. AS long
as Paris keeps embroidery in fashion
she will be able to supply thousands
of needlewOrkers with the means of
procuring food and coal. She will not
however, be able to indulge In such
good management if she throws EN-
broidery out of fashion and substitutes
ribbon.
America is not the land of embroid
cry, and she does not possess skilled
workers. Wherever it is done. the
work is expensive. Therefore our dress
makers and shopkeepers do not want
embroidery to stay in style, and oul
mills would like ribbon to be used by
the mile, instead of the yard.
The Americans say that this latter
will be done before the spring is over
and it is true that Paris has designed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

supplied by Japan and China hereto
fore. Raffia has largely been made
use Of as a source of Irvine for agri-
cultural purposes, and also for kim
dergarten and decorative purposes,
and the wax Is made from the residue
Of the leaves after the fibrous strands
have been stripped off. The wax sub
stitute has about the same melting
point as the genuine wax and resem-
bles 1t in many other particulars. II
is particularly suited for use in the
manufacture Of shoes and wood pol.
ishes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

range west of Lake MaracaibO (the
Sierra de Periha) is controlled by the
wild and little known MOtilOnes.
Where Buccaneers Fought.
In Venezuelan histories one reads
dark tales of Sir Walter Raleigh,
L'Olonais. Sir Henry Morgan and the
lesser buccaneers who ravaged the
and their own immediate fortune.
Maracaibo was sacked again and again.
Even the strongly defended Gibraltar
at the southern end of Lake Mara
caibo was destroyed. Today one sees
at the latter site few modern huts
built round the old plaza. Paved
streets can be traced out into the bush
and ruined walls enter the waters of
| the encroaching lake. Only a graceful
bell tower remains intact from former
times.
Lake MaracaibO is surrounded by a
coastal plain extremely dry in the
north and given over to cactus and
thorny shrubs, but humid in the south
and clothed in heavy forest. The
sierras rise abruptly from the edge of
this plain and to great heights. From
the southern end Of the lake the Andes
seem an impossible wall with their
forested slopes and fOgbOund crests
And indeed the trails that sidewind
deep gorges and climb lofty ridges
only to drop again to the roaring
stream, find passes in the barren para
mo some $4,000 feet above the sea
The transitions from one type Of en-
vironment to another are sudden an(
startling.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

quite marvellous ribbons copied from
antique designs. usually with garlands
of roses printed on colored silk. There
are also gold stripes at the edges OF
colored ribbon, with roses printed Oh
| the gold.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
GETTING What You Expect.

II you are looking for a chance to
feel aggrieved, you will be sure to
find 1t. No one can be on the lookout
for sights and snubs. without discover.
ing them in plenty. The happy, whole
some girl, who takes it for granted
that she Is always welcome. and that
everyone has the kindest Intentions. \
pretty sure to get what she expects.
Girls Companion. II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
silk and Cotton Combinations.

Crepe and tulle afternoon dresses
are being made with appliQues in or
candle. Among these dresses the gray
shades are prominent, but old gold.
blue and gregg are also seen.
Some of the afternoon dresses and
teagowns are of lawn in solid colors,
such as rose or blue, trimmed with
openwork and plaits and fiuted floun-
ces. Embroideries on lawn come in
ochre and on organdie In white and
blue shades.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
uaa for Raffia Palm.

Word comes from Madagascar that
II has been discovered there that the
Raffia palm offers an excellent substi-
tute for the carnauba wax. which
largely enters into the manufacture OF
shoe polish and wood-finishing pastes.
and IL this proves true it will greatly
relieve an Industrial situation which
has become very acute recently owing
to the greatly increased demand for
WINK. The demand has largely been
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
ArmhoIes Different.

In some of the choicest gowns seen
in the shops the armhOles are embroid
cred In curiously formed lines. In
stead of following the line of the
sleeve, an embroidered inset is placed
at both front and back, entirely break
ing the line of the armhOle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

The director Of education In Liver
pool has just made a great and impor.
tant discovery which future genera
tons of educationalists will doubtless
regard as epoch-making as the FIRST
voyage of Christopher Columbus. He
says that boys have a perfect pas
sion Of watching men at work." Strange
ITO say, we have noticed the same
hem sQQn with many men.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
Anchostral Characteristic.

That fragility of bones Is a DOM
(nant Characteristic in some families
and is handed down through the gen.
erations according to the regular Men,
dellan laws of descent, is the conclu-
sion reached by Davenport and Con-
rad. American eugenists. They find
II rare that fragile child has not had
parents and other ancestors with the
same weakness. A striking example
of this failing is child that has both
thigh bones broken soon after birth
and at thirty-four months had had not
less than a dozen fractures of impor'
tant bones, although the bones showed
no defornity or softness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
WOULD USE RIBBON
AMERICANS URGE IT AS SUBSTI.
TUTE FOR EMBROIDERY.
Paris, II Is Rumored, May Adopt Idea,
Although II Would Affect Thou
sands of Needeworkers
in France.

There is q rumOr that France and
America in combination will present
ribbon as substitute for embroidery.
1t is possible that America is the ia
Their to this thought. The manufactur-
ers in this country have ardently
wished for defini e fashions from Paris
that would feafure miles of ribbon
used In any way possible to cover the
surface of clothes. The demand for
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
NEED OF HIGHWAYS SYSTEM
Concrete or Brick Surfaces for Heavy
Traffic, With Maeadam or Gravel
on Other Roads.
(By D. WARD KIN0.)

What we need, and in time will have,
is a system of highways which will
ramify from the largest cities to the
doorway Of the humblest citizen-vil-
lager or farmer. Such a system OF
highways will include trunk lines with
expensive concrete or brick surfaces
for the very heavy traffic, including
trucks and automobiles. Less used
but important roads may be of water
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

stupendous
Tho United States Dis country
and the improvement - - :, .osos wiz
be a stupendous joh, 1T. :. - 20 Do
. money-making wth "ere seems
to be no reason .' sooo ROADS
movement should ." AoT"aro un'
checked. ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

1.-The "InvIsibIe" Road X
| leoken harness, Wagon ouggieA
fomobiles, are part Of invisible
hx the owners pay anntv 10 poor
roads. This tax Is said ue ereateT
than the cost of the roa( Antenance
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
eo.a. A.+r.. City People.

Roads Attrsr City People.
Better roads ringing city fa9 IT,.
out to the cosrGy frequently in sels
automobiles visit farm famili! ana
TO nurchas, supplies Of them Z ecs
as an ipevhve for better gens ano
sneciai ,lthods Of farm-foode oouc-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
OF Course.

Ever made any money in stocksY'
"Yes. quite a lot"
"What did you do with itT
"Oh. they got it back along with the
rest"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
Disposition and Eacl,

A perfect face never yet made up
for an imperfect dispOsition.-Youth's
Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
,...sr Market.

A streak Of ana a streak Of fat
=. the t;nd nj wanted In the mar.
- nst the KIN s,no ofsoduce this kind Of
n nors s rU~' . Of feeds and not an
corn. AZ
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
Colno to the Front.

Going to the Front.
The man who wishes to e9k ~.
front must not spend too .i".
turning to see what the ~ ""eA "
him are doing. II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

good supper. when you were so kind
as to tell us you were sure it would
be good"
"Well," said the Brownies. ITO
think that our supper was with us all
the time and we didn't know it,"
"But you didn't want it before, did
you?" asked the Gnomes.
"Oh, no." said the Brownies. 1--WE
are Just good and hungry now"
"Well, let's start right in"
So they all sat on the long sleigh
where they had been all the evening,
and they curled up their feet under
them as they sat.
The supper was certainly marvellous,
and the Brownies said they had known
the Gnomes could not have anything
but a fine one. The Gnomes were so
pleased with the Brownies praise.
The horses turned their heads around
when the GnOmes and Brownies were
eating, and the GnOmes hoped off the
sleigh and gave the horses some nice
hay and Jumps of sugar they had
| brought along. For Of course when the
horses had given them such a wonder
full ride they could not be forgotten
in the supper.
| Ard Mr.. Moon was still overhead In
the sky and watched all the fun. u
sha'n't leave" he said, until you do
Miss such fun as Ahis? Never In thu
wide, wide world"
And the little stars kept smiling. ant
twinkling and said:
up in the sky
| I'VE are so high.
| But down below,
| lover the snow,
We've watched the ride.
"And have helped as light and guide"
So the sleighing party was grea
success, and before 1t was over tn
Brownies promised they would Civ
another very soon.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
Loosely eelted.

Sweaters in every color. sports
coats Of every kind. are loosely belted.
The loosely woven wooden sweater
which H1ayer the head is very fash
ionabl le ~ tne
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
A New Evening Slipper.

A new feature In evening shoes Is
an anklet an inch or two above the
rear Of the slipper and attached to the
slipper in the back by a strip Of the
material. The anklet Is Of satin, with
q beaded design, while the toe of the
slipper is also worked with beads. The
stockings to be worn also have1
hesigns Of beaded werk
- Thsy ara Of c1y
~ = 1laS sg's - -.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

Ill.,, .AIe o. box Is emptiec
80 :. led and be ready TO,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
On the Other Hand.

Airing your opinions won't freshen
them
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

This dance gown from ceie-
brated French house, is Of white satin
trimmed with wide bands Of white tu-
bular beads arranged In Iattice-work
design. The bodice hides the waist
line and has a deep shoulder cape at
back.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25
Unnatural ~

Unnatural 10y.
Nov, Tommy, tep "na' an'n'a
Is web-foOted." ~
1.-THE spider.4
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]. THE DAILY REMINDER j
i j
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In The Days News

Dimming for the momene even the
glory Of Won Hindenburg. the star Of
Field Marshal August Won Mackensen
Is again the brightest in the entire
German war armament. Mackensen
n was who, at the head of the Ger
man and Austrian armies, smashed
through the Russian lines in the sum-
mer of 1915. Less than year later
he was the chief figure in the con-
quest of Serbia. Now he has added to
his fame by directing the successful
drive of the Austro-Germans into
Italy. The famous commander Is now
in his 6Sth year. Nearly half a cen
fury ago he began his military career
as a private in the Franco-Prussian
war. His daring exploits in that con-
fiict led ultimately to his being made
an officer of the End Hussar Body
Guard, one of the most famous in
Germany. The outbreak of the pres
ent war found him the commanding
general Of an army corps. Then
came the campaign against the Rus
slams, in which Won Mackensen tow
cred above the other German army
leaders by his achievements.
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TOday's birthdays

Lieut.. Gen. George Francis Milne,
commander-in-chie of the British
forces based on Salonika, born 40
years ago today.
Rear Admiral Deynold T. Hall, U.
s. N, born in Philadelphia, SO years
ago today.
Truman II. Newberry, ex-Secretary
of the Navy, now aide to the COM
mandant of the Boston navy yard,
born in Detroit, SO years ago today.
Augustus p. Gardner, who resigned
his seat as Massachusetts congress
man to enter the army, born SO years
ago today.
Rt. Rev. ]. ]. Harry, Catholic bish-
op of Omaha, born in St. Louis, Ga
years ago today.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio, son-in-law of Theodore
Roosevelt, born in Cincinnati AZ
years ago today.
Eugene V. Debs. three times the
Socialist candidate for President
born at Terre Haute, Ind, 50 years
ago today.
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Or. HUhTEA DIES
Former Leader In Republican Poll.
ties and U. y. Minister to
Gnantemaln.

Louisville, November DIR. W..
Godfrey Hunter died at o'clock this
morning. He was Il former minister
to Guatemala and was the only man
In Kentucky who ever represented
two separate district in Congress at
various times.
For five weeks he had been suffer-
ing with hemorrhages of the kidneys.
DR.. Hunter lived quiet life for
several years after an eventful ca
reer in politics. It was in the early
'90s that his rise as Republican
leader began. In the legislative dead
lock Of 1860 he was one of the par
Elephants. j. c. s. Blackburn, the
Democratic caucus nominee for Unit
ed States senator, and DR.. Hunter,
Republican caucus nominee, were
deadlocked on vote by the legisla-
ture. Later Governor w. o. Bradley
called special term of the legisla-
ture to elect a senator. 1t was then
that his Republican forces over
threw DR.. Hunter and elected w. ].
Deboe over Blackburn.