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The New York herald., 1921-11-13
BY DAN CAREY.

w TIE have just found out why American
M/ girls and women are being criti
cised so freely just now.
During the last several months we have
been keeping a record of the complaints
made against the gentler sex by those who
relieve their feelings by writing cards to the
newspapers. To date the following charges
seem to have been registered against the
girls:
They bob their hair.
Their skirts are too short.
They wear stockings that are rolled
down at the top.
Their shirtwaists are too low at the
neck.
Their skin is tanned by too much sun.
light.
They paint too much.
They use too much powder
They rouge their lips.
They do not read enough.
They are either too fat or too thin.
They win not stay at home.
They smoke cigarettes.
They drink liquor.
They use slang.
They curse and swear
They wear furs in summer.
They wear slippers in winter.
They display bad taste generally. but
particularly in matters of dress.
They spend too much money.
They are not courteous when attentions
are shown to them.
They interfere with traffic when they
drive automobiles.
They attempt to firt with strangers.
They not domestic and are neglect.
ing the fine arts of cooking, house clean.
ing and sewing.
They are taking Jobs away from the
men.
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w TE were amused the other day by a
} M letter written to the editor of The
SUN by Miss Elizabeth Drew Eyer
etts in reply to Harry Nathan, who had
advised as a cure FOR. unemployment. that
women resign their jobs and reenter domestic
service.
The young lady says in answer:
What is the matter with the men going
into domestic service? Why should that
disagreeable task, which lasts from early
morning until late into the night be set
aside by the men for women only? Teach
the growing boys how to cook, wash dishes,
scrub floors wash soiled clothes of all
descriptions and then iron them, do the
cleaning and dustlng and look after one or
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w re had friend once, distinguished
M jurist he was, who had the con-
VITALITY of spirit which so fire.
quently accompanies brains, and the con-
sequence was that while he was just judge
and most brilliant expounder of the Jaw
during the sessions of the court, the evening
hours usually found him at the club, scin-
tillating with wit and recounting the expert
enceS of eventfu life. The following
morning he would greet his companions of
the evening before with the merest nod of
recognition and mount the bench with
dignity that was repelling in it's severity
Judge" he was asked one morning, why
is it that you eompanionable in the
evenings and frigid in manner toward
your friends during the morning hours?"
The Judge positively glared at his ques-
toner
Sir" he answered. swapping his jaws
together with each word he enuncated, mo
gentleman should ever speak to another
until IL o'clock in the day
National prohibition we list as one of the
causes of the complaints against women for
a reason that nearly every man understands.
Formerly a man would get four or five
drinks under his belt after his days work
was over. and by that time they all looked
good to him. Now that they have sobered
us up we see with a clearer vision. We
have become more discriminating. If the
girls object to what we see they can remedy
the situation. Give us back our liquor. 1t
is also true that in the old days the men
were in no condition to criticlse any one
about anything. They were too busy ex
planning their own shortcomings. We were
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| didn't learn no. city ways,
| didn't know it's wrong
To sit a-writing roundelays
Where / do not belong,

Gosh the cop is strolling by without say
ing a word! Doesn't he see us? Or have
we an honest face? That must be it. Any
one can look at us and see we are harmless.
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of things" she said.
quite true" we answered "and still we
think that the unhappy frame of mind in
which some women find themselves was
caused by men,
That is a true statement. girl marries
after period of courtship. Every possible
attention has been showered upon her by the
man whose name she takes If he will
continue to give her the same attention after
the marriage that he did before so far as
he and his wife are concerned the divorce
courts might well shut up shop.
Women may say differently, for the effect
or convince themselves to the contrary, for
the sake of starting an argument, but what
a woman really expects of her husband is
to place her chair for her at the dining table.
remain standing until she is seated, rise
when she enters a room and offer her seat
pick up her thimble when she drops 1t, open
a door for her and let her pass through first
call her over the telephone during business
hours and bring her home an offering in the
evening, even though it is only nickel bag
of peanuts. Any home is happy home If
the husband does these things. She will
meet you two thirds of the way on the road
to happiness. She will cook and sew and
wash dishes with song on her lips while
you read your evening paper in comfort, and
work her fingers to the bone for you, if you
only let her know that you love her, II you
will only impress upon her that her comfort
and her happiness mean more to you than
anything else in the world
We expressed these views to the young
lady we have referred to.
But there aren't such men in the world
any more" she said
"Oh, yes there are, lots of them" I'VE
answered,
well, where are they to be found?'
"All around you. They are the men who
are happily married"
The New York herald., 1921-11-13
Ranblin' Round
BY EDWARD ANTHONY.

r TERE we are standing in front of
ii Madison Square Garden. We are
watching the boys file in to see
boxing match, It's going to be good battle
evidently; the boys are coming in droves.
Through an open door we can see pre-
linn fighter clad in beautiful green trunks.
1t occurs TO us that If we ever turn pugilist
we shall have our trunks marked USE NO
HOOkS-OR JABS." But that as you may
well say, is an irrelevancy. We are sup
posed to be describing a crowd. Well the
boys are coming in, were saying. If
some of the fellows weren't running we'd
say there are men here from all walks of
life What's your hurry. fellers? There are
plenty of seats.
In front OF us, on Twenty y-seventh street,
is a man with the largest feet in the world
larger even, than our own. Here are pedal
extremities that prove the falibility of one
of the oldest of arithmetical axioms. Some
times-and you'd believe US if you could get
glimpse-ttco feet make a yard
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These seem to be the charges that have
been made against the girls by those who
object to their conduct. Understand we do
not make them. We read them ali in the
newspapers We presume that even the
card writer's would admit that, with the ex-
ception of the things mentioned the women
are all right.
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w T ELL, this is interesting Here is
\N/ a tobacco stand where one may
buy cigarettes in broken lots. We
have bought broken cigarettes in our time
but never cigarettes in broken lots. Here
is a young man buying three o. them an
two o. those" This is our idea of the last
word in accommodation. We shall have to
do some shopping too. Ha! here we are
ordering one each Of five different brands.
How beautiful they look in the hand--five
cigarettes each bearing a different trade
mark
Here is a man asking us the time O. night
We tell him, bow, and offer him one of our
butts. This, one might say. is cigarettiquette.
One might and then again one might not
The coffin nail we are handing him bears
unmistakable signs of handling. 1t is shop
worn. There finger prints on either
extremity. Whichever end the object of our
bounty smokes. he runs the risk of getting
a mouthful of germs and dying of some
horrible disease.
We hope not He's a likable looking chap
attred in n gorgeous red and black striped
sweater. 1t is beautiful to look at But we
can't stand here all evening worshipping
beauty; we are in the way. There is a COM
Portable looking doorway across the street
and we are going TO sit down there and write
Il poem After ALL we are a minstrel and
when we do not strum we do not eat.
THE CIGARETTE THAT SAVED A LIFE
"a dramatic episode, in four sectons)
One winter evening when the snow was
falling thick and fast
And all Manhattan Island was a snowy
mountain vast,
\ tattered ragamuffin-(but Is "tattered"
really needed?
who's raggy must be tattered, folks. as
doubtless you have heeded)-
A ragamufiiu as I was upon the point OF
saying
Came tottering down the avenue and peo-
pie heard him praying:
"Oh for "A cigarette
To smoke my woes away.
II could only get
cigarette to-day!
My pennies are too few
package for to buy
And there is naught TO do
But lay me down and die"
And as he took dagger out. intending for
to slit
His quivering neck in two Cor three) his
rowing left eye liz
Upon a sign that stated: "CIGARETTES A
PENNY EACH"
And oh. it didn't take him half a second
fors to reach
Tho counter and to take cent and gayly
plunk 1t down
And get as fine a cigarette as any in the
town!
That cigarette threw out
A fire that dried his clothes
And remeded his gout
And warmed his freezing toes
The ashes he can show
To-day; they're in an urn
Where you can see em, though
You'll have to wait your turnl
w yE can't sit in this doorway all even
\A/ ing. We've got other things to do;
and, besides, here comes a cop
oh. do not touch me. officer
T didn't mean no harm
am n humble cottager
Brought UP upon farm
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Daylight Saving, Prohibition, Woman Suffrage
and War Wholly Responsible for Adverse
Comment, He Finds, but He Sees Same
Charming Person Beneath It All

on the defensive all the time. Now we
haven't anything to do but complain.
We list Woman Suffrage as a cause
merely in the interests of truth. We are not
going to argue the question You see the
chances are that we will have to remain in
this country and earn a living here during
the balance of our days. The consequence
is that we will not attempt to say just how
the Nineteenth Amendment affects the situa-
ton. We merely mention it as a cause
that's all. Let every man pull his own
chestnuts out of the fire.
Then there was the War. The boys went
and the girls remained. The jobs also re-
NAMED The girls took the jobs. They still
have them. Latest reports from the field OF
this industrial conflict indicate that the girls
are firmly entrenched. They have dug In
for the winter. Well, every man knows how
he feels toward the fellow who takes his job
at less pay than he was getting and whose
service seems to satisfy the employer. We
don't say it is right we merely announce it
as a cause for the attitude of men toward
women
w TOMEN are not changing In nature
M or in temperament. We are not
speaking of individual cases; we
are referring to the sex as we know it in
America. 1t Is the men who changing.
What difference does ii make how women
dress or what their frailties in this genera
ton are? They will rise above them in the
next A man does not marry bundle of
clothes, a set of furs, pair of stockings or
shoes. He marries a woman, and she is the
same sweet, loving, careful, long suffering
wife and mother that she always has been
If given half chance, and she will continue
to have those qualities whether she wants
them or not They are hers inherently at
BIRTH and when she loses them it is not
her fault
Recently young lady of our acquaintance
undertook to discuss the divorce evil, and
was astonished to hear us express the belief
that men, and not women. were the cause
of unhappy homes.
why. the papers are full of complaints
against women, charging them with all kinds
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n TOW there must be cause which
NJ prompts the men to have these un-
= gallant thoughts about those to
whom each one some day will say, with all
remember the time, because it was just a
little while ago. when man would not have
permitted himself to entertain such thoughts
about the women of his acquaintance. He
would have been publicly dsgraced by eX-
pressing them in letter to newspaper.
We have reasoned seriously about this
phase of modern thought and have reached
the conclusion that there are four causes
for the complaints against women. They
are Daylight Saving, National Prohibition
Woman Suffrage and War.
Now let's see why these four things have
produced this frame of mind in men,
When those in charge who are permitted
to do such things to the people put this
daylight saving thing on us they overlooked
>he fact that by changing the hands of the
clock they did not change the time of day.
Well, when they made us get up an hour
earlier every day they took away from the
women one hour of their beauty sleep The
consequence is that all women are now $50
hours less beautiful than they were last
spring. That Is an actual fact that cannot
be controverted
The only reason for the daylight saving
law was to give men another hour every
afternoon the golf links which meant
merely another hour away from their wives
their homes and their families. The guiding
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hand of the master was missing in the direc-
ton of household affairs.
Then there was the effect the men.
They would scramble out of bed in the morn
ing. dress according to the lick and prom
Use" principle, gup down hasty breakfast
and go grouchily to work. trying to make
themselves believe it was 8 o'clock when
they knew perfectly well ii was only s. Dur
ing the morning hours no man is fit COM
panion for anybody, and it follows obviously
that the earlier the hour the more unfit he Is.
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Z TIE have just found out why American
~ girls and women are being criti-
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

! TOW there must be cause whicl
NJ prompts the men to have these un
gallant thoughts about those I.
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

Y re had friend once. distinguished
w jurist he was, who had the con-
VITALITY of spirit which so fire.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
ARCADIA MASONIC LODGES
ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1921

The regular election OF officers lor
Arcadia Lodge No. 1926 F. 4 A. M.
was held on Saturday night OF last
week at which time the following Of
ficers were elected:
W. D. Golf, Worshipful Master; T.
A. Mcclure, Senior Warden; j. ). Tur'
ner, Junior Warden; P. 3. Brown
Chaplain; H. D. Sheehee, Senior Dea-
con; Bertram F. Barnett, Junior Dea'
con; VIC. Pipes and O. D. Aulds
Stewards; Joseph Dawidohf, Master Of
Ceremonies; G. G. Travis, Secretary
and Carl Golf, Treasurer.
On Tuesday night OF this week tnf
regular election for the Arcadia Chap
ter Of Royal Arch Masons was hell
and the following officers were elected
Joseph Dawidoff, High Priest; D. Il
Brown. King; J. B. McConathy, Scribe
R. L. williams, Captain Of the Host
P. A. Mcclure, Principal sojourner
W. ]. Murphy, Royal Arch Captain
Joe B. Dreyer, NJ. 1st Vail; Q. |
Amid. NJ. End. Vail; H. D. Shehee, n
3rd. Vail; ]. s. Turner, Chaplain; !
Il. Madden, Sentinel; G. G. Travi
Secretary and Carl Gof, Treasurer
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
MICH SPECULATION REGARD.
ING RENEWED OIL ACTIVITY

We have heard many rumors during
the past week regarding more pros
Meeting for oil in Bienville parish, ana
from all indications we will be able
to verify some Of the rumors within
the next few days.
We understand from reliable au-
thority that theHuie-Hunt Lumber 20
is getting ready to resume operations
on a we'll in the eastern part OF Inc
parish. This well was started BY the
Huie-Hodge Lumber Co., which COM
pany has recently changed the style
Of the firm to the Huie.Hun Lum'
Der Co., and is located on a tract u
the HUE Hodge land.
There is much speculation regarding
other prospecting that will be resum
ed in the near future, and we hope t
have something definite, to offer ou'
readers next week.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
LOCAL MERCANTILE BUSl.
Ness CHANGES HANDS

R. D. Sims, one Of Arcadla's best
known and most successful merchants
this week sold his business to J. A.
Watson and others, who will take
charge on or about Dec. 10th. They
will continue to do business in the
Sims building, which was not includ'
ed in the sale.
Mr. Sims has been familiar figure
among the business men Of Arcadia
for many years, having entered ousl-
ness here when very young man,
his first store being frame building
on tile south side of the railroad. He
started with only a handful Of goods
but by careful management he added
to his business continually, building
up a reputation for square dealing
| fair treatment, and investing his prof
its until his business ranks with the
largest in Arcadia, and he owns an In
terest in practically every successful
enterprise in the town. Although
his business career in Arcadia extends
over almost a quarter Of a century,
Mr.. Sims Is comparatively a young
man. He states that he has no
immediate plans for the future, other
than winding up all the affairs of the
business, collecting outstanding &C.
counts, etc.
Mr.. Watson with his associates are
we'll known to the people Of Arcadia,
Mr.. Watson having been connected with
several business concerns here during
, the past few years. We are not ad
yised as to the plans Of the new man
agement, but it Is needless to say tina
the business will be continued in
: business like manner, and that tn
new firm will realize the success t
which they are entitled by the reaso1
of their ability and reputation for fai
Y dealing.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
CONSTABLE SALE.

7. F. and s. 3. Howerton VS.. Jeif
Hawk. State Of Louisiana, PARISH
Of Bienville. In Second Justice
Court, Ward Two.
Under and by virtue OF q Writ o.
r,eri Facias issued out Of the above
named honorable court and to me I'll.
rected, / have seized and will oiler Tor
sale for cash to the last and highest
bidder. at the front door Of the Honor
able Second Justice Of the Peace's o.
flee. in the town Of Gibsland, La'' WIN
in legal sale hours on
Saturday, DeeemDer 54th lsSl'
the following movable property 70
wit:
One black horse Mule, one wh'1'
and brown spotted Milk Cow, tw'
sl,u Cows, one brown colored, OH
| white and brown spotted.
Said property seized as that - o. IN n
ascendant. JEFF Hawk, and will d
sold to pay said debt and all COST
This Dec. 9Th, 1921.
P. c.. BURNETTE,
! Constable Ward Two, Bienvllle ral
ish, La.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
McCONATHY MOVES HAYNES.
WILLIE STOCK TO ARCADIA

Sam McConathy has closed his
store at Haynesvllle and moved his
stock OF goods back to Arcadia, and
due to the fact that his Arcadia store
was already crowded to capacity, he
states that he is forced to put on an.
other big sale in order to make room
for the additional merchandise.
Sam states that 1t is unusual for
him to give two sales in one season,
but the consolidation Of the two
stores makes 1t absolutely necessary.
See his full page appearing in this
issue Of the Democrat.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
ARCADIA MERCHANTS DIS
PLAY CHRISTMAS GOODS

The spirit of Christmas will soon De
manifest in every store IN Arcadia.
Christmas goods are being placed on
display and everything Is being made
ready for the biggest and best Christ
mas we have had in years.
In this weeks issue Of the Demo
crat will be found number OF adver-
tisements, some featuring big bargain
sales and others featuring Christmas
goods, and We do not hesitate to say
that our advertisers can be depended
upon as reliable, and always ready to
back up any statement they make
through advertisements.
Read the advertisements in the
Democrat, it will be a great help tt
you in doing your Christmas shopping
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
NEGRO IS KILLED BY
JOHNNIE nARRALL, R.

Ben Currie, young negro man,
shot by Johnnie Harrell, Jr., a white
farmer living just across the parish
line in Claiborne, last Saturday. The
negro died from his wounds short
time afterwards.
The shooting was the outgrowth OF
the suspicious actions Of the negro at
the homes Of Johnnie Harrell, Jr., anu
Johnnie Harrell, ST., while the two
were in Arcadia attending the Mozart
trial. On Monday night, Nov. 18th,
Currie appeared at the home OF the
younger Harrell and asked to see him.
He was told by Mrs. Harrell that her
husband was away and would be gone
until late. Currie then went over to
Johnnie Harrell, Sr.'s place and aked
If Johnnie Harrell, Jr., was there.
Upon being told he was. not, ne asked
| if he could see Mr.. Harrell, ST. he
| was told that both Of the men were IN
| Arcadia attending the trial and would
be away until late, and was instructed
TO come back the next day if he wish
ed to see them. He told them the el-
der Mr. Harrell had sent for him ana
that he was going to stay until ne
came back. He was ordered to leave
the place, but persisted in hanging
around the premises until an automo
bile was driven past when he ran OH
It seems that upon learning Of tn
negro's actions Mr.. Harrell determln
ed to see the negro and have an eS
\ PLANTATION from him. He found mn
near the home of a negro living O
one of T. c. Johnson's places and tn
\ negro ran off. He ordered him to sto
/ but the negro continued to run. MI
Harrell then fired two or three sho'
in the negro's direction with the inter
!! Of frightening him and making hi
= stop. The shots were fired at al
, lance Of about 100 yards, one Of the
= taking effect and resulting In the n
: gro's death. 1t is stated that the n
Z gro made several efforts to draw
Z gun while he was running.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
SMALL RIAZE AT HOME OF V.
G. PIPES TUESDAY NIGHT

The fire department was called out
about 900 o'clock Tuesday night on
account Of a small blaze at the home
Of V. G. Pipes, which we understand
was caused by a servant emptying
some hot Goals or ashes under the wa.
ter tank, which was constructed on
wood foundation.
The department responded without
any delay, but the blaze was ex.
tinguished before the FIRE truck ar
rived.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
ARCADIA MOTOR co. SELLS
'EM ON EASY PAYMENTS

We call the attention Of our readers
to the advertisement Of the Arcadia
Motor Co. in this weeks issue Of the
Democrat. In their ad they offer q
suggestion for Christmas, stating that
a. Ford Touring car, Sedan, Coupe or
Roadster will make the most appro-
pirate gift that you could buy, and
will bring happiness to the family Tor
a long time to come. Then they oner
A plan that will enable you to buy one
Read their ad.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-12-08
GET
DEATH SENTENCE

Bill Bird and Lonnie Jackson, ne
proes, who were tried in the district
court here last Friday for the murder
Of a man named Murrell the first OF
September, were found guilty BY the
iury and were sentenced to hang. We
have not been informed as to the date
Of the hanging.
One Of the negroes was arrested by
Sheriff Coleman, of Claiborne, and the
other was picked up at Gibsland by
Sheriff Currie, and were placed in the
Caddo parish Jail for safe-keeping. AT
ter being locked up both negroes con-
fessed to the crime and implicated Eo
Smith, another negro, who was later
arrested. When placed on the stand
Friday to testify in their own behalf
both negroes denied their confession
However, the evidence in the case wal
sufficient to justify the jury in render
ing a verdict of guilty as charged.
! Ed Smith Gets Life In Pen.
Ed Smith, the third negro in tn
case, was tried Saturday, the trial last
ing until late in the night. In this cas-
the accused had never confessed, an
the jury rendered a verdict Of "Guilt
as charged without capital punish
E ment." Smith received a life SCI
: tence in the State penitentiary.
:. This ended the biggest or at leas
D one of the biggest weeks of crimin
court in the history Of Bienyille. II
e docket included two murder cases al
p one manslaughter case, besides thr
I. or four misdemean0r cases.