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SYOUNG FOLK'S DEPARTMENT MORE ABOUT DARING BOYS OF t THE CIVIL WAR t c A Strange Craft With Which to Nav a igate the Turbid Mississippi In this issue of the Woman's Enter- t prise I will attempt to describe the method adopted by one of the boys who escaped frO this federal invested t city during the evil war to enter "thei tented field" of the Confederates; "to seek bubble reputation at the can non's mouth," as the poet has it, but that readers of this sketch may bet ter understand the subject it will be necessary to go back beyond the Civil war to relate the way adopted by cat tle drivers to get stock across the river so as to avoid the expense of ferrage. Previous to the Civil war an exten- 1 sive section of southwest Louisiana was known as the Attakapas and as railroads had not yet penetrated that portion of the state to furnish trans portation, horses, mules and horned stock were raised in enormous quan tities and these, to reach markets, had to be driven long distances. Ow ing to lakes and swamps between that section and New Orleans the stock, or at least quite a large number, was i driven to West Baton Rouge to cross the river and the village now known as Port Allen, then as the depot, was the point generally selected at which the stock entered the river. Several cattle men usually combined in a drive and I have seen as many as five hundred head of cattle forced to take the water at the same time. A novel and interesting sight was to observe hundreds of horned heads bob. bing over the surface of the swift run ning water in efforts to reach the east ern bank, which they generally did within or near the limits of the city. As they emerged from the river they were assembled by cow boys who with their horses had crossed on the ferry boat. Local boys of that period were gen erally strong and fearless swimmers, quite a number of whom considered it no great or remarkable feat to swim from one side of the river to the other and it was great fun for such bold fellows to enter the water as cattle were driven in, catch one's tail and be towed out as far as he cared to go. This brings me to the adventure of the late Mr. Joseph Favrot, father of Mr. St. Clair Favrot, who having reached the age of sixteen years thought the time had arrived for him to take up arms in defense of his ýa tive South. But how to get through the Federal lines was a question he long pondered over. So many of the boys had evaded the alert sentinels of the enemy that they, the Federals, were unusually active and vigilant, not only guarding all roads and by-paths with infantry but employing cavalry to scour the country for miles in every direction. Within their lines were quite a large number of cows which the citizens were permitted to keep to furnish milk, not only for themselves but for officers' messes as well, and as there were no water works at that time it was necessary to drive the animals daily to the river for water. To ac complish this uevral boys would band together and join in the drive to some point aeessible for the purpose and on one occasion while engaged in watering the stock in the evening about dusk an idea penertated the mind of Joe that a chance offerd for escape by imitating the cow boys irom tm Attklraas and driving two or three cows in the river and forcing si them to swim to the other side. His he companions were younger than ee on and not such expert swimmers and were therefore afraid to undertake the th risky venture proposed, but all agreed all to go help Joe start the animals west ward and they did. tia The cattle selected were forced to th take the water and Joe, after leaving wi a message for his father, followed. Ml his right hand and constantly waiving th - Grabbing the tail of one beast with his left to keep her in the direction be cl _ wished her to take soon had her lel headed for the opposite bank. Oc t casionally he would release the tail in and swim alongside, thus relieving sa somewhat the strain upon the animal in f of towing him along. The strain was in, not severe, however, as Joe kept swim ming himself. Reaching the west bank in safety, an SJoe proceeded to the home of his e t uncle, Judge Favrot, where he was warmly welcomed and his wants sup- gc 3 plied. Here he learned that his cousin. 13 H. L. Favrot, was colonel of a regi-I w ment somewhere in the neighborhood so of Shreveport, and thitherward he re t bent his steps. Along and wearisome El r walk it is from Port Allen to Shreve port, but with a stout heart and eirm th resolve to succeed, Joseph undertook o' and finally accomplished the feat and h thus became a soldier at a time when ki h recruits were sadly needed to replace nm those who had made the supreme sac- st i rafice and gun bearers were in great la demand. tv Almost every description of craft nm has been used by passengers to cross di the Mississippi but it was left to Mr. l Joseph Favrot to impress a cow for tc the purpose. His feat was the limit R in navigation. I would not advise a' d boys of the present generation to at- it tempt such a risky undertaking as tý struggling against the Mississippi cur- d h rent is. somewhat more diffiiult and more trying to one's strength than V swimming in the Community club pool. o , Robert's Trip to Mars. k It By Virginia Bransford. h n The day was very, very warm, and ýr the meadow covered with clover, and d the old apple tree full of blossoms P e standing in its midst was very attrac e tive to Robert. Robert had a good book he was anx f ious to read, so he took it out under f the apple tree--putting it down on D g the grass, he laid on his back and tried I rs to read, but he fell to watching a lazy li n bee droning away among the blossoms. 11 s- The shadows, and sunshine playing v ;h hide and seek made him dizzy; long. ie long he laid there thinking of some- f ýe thing he had heard father reading I of about, that was very wonderful; v !, strange signals had been caught over 1 ot the wireless, supposing to be from the a hs planets Mars. i ry May be way up yonder there was . y another earth like ours, may be there were boys and girls on it just like our C re girls, and--but as Robert softly closed . is his.eyes to get a mental vision of those I sh dream' girls, suddenly an airship cir- a orlcled above him and came gracefully reldown, in it were two dear little avia it tors, with such quizzical smiles, Theyi ls invited Robert to take a trip with I e- them. Now Robert had just hoped I Ild some day he would get to take a ride 4 to in an airship. 1 se Robert had just been gazing at the i lazy bee and wishing he too could fly. sg Of course he accepted the finvitation. I he Just one last look at his home as the or plane ascended higher and higher. im Robert felt just like a bird, he for or got everything but the conversation hby 1 signs between the two little men, and n he gathered the fact that they were fis on their way to Mars. Up, and up, the plane arose till the they seemed to be floating on a cloud; of all at once they began to descend. B Sure enough there were the Mar- he tians out in full force to meet them, they came in crowds and seemed filled Jo with awe over the strange boy the "'a Martian aviators had brought with Su them. Robert wondered if his suit was clean, and looked down on his short legs with interest. Looking up, what do you think he i01 in greenr oet uniforms nuiforms fmm Pe saw? Why, the dearest little soldiers in green uniforms, and each one carry- hi ing a bow and arrows. a Robert was wondering about it all, a when a great big man with scarcely any clothes on, came out, and all the tei eople saluted him. m Robert recognized him as Mars, the ve god of war; he had seen his picture in Brothers Mythology, that book had al ways been a mystery to him till now; I so this was where he lived and he was responsible for the cruel war the poor Earth people had just been through. Robert stood at attention and gave the Scout salute; he could hear his R own heart beating. Mars was pleased I he could see, and gave Robert some n kind of order, but of course he could e not speak the Martian language and so could not tell what he said, but he t knew from the look that passed be tween the two little aviators he had 't not obeyed. He was so frightened he s didn't know what to do, and when r. Mars came toward Robert to get a bet r ter view of the strange Earth child, it Robert broke away from the little avi e ators and ran for the plane; jumping - in, he grabbed the steering wheel, and s to his horror found he was crashing down to the earth. d Robert landed, where do you think? n Why, in the meadow right under the 1. old apple tree; he was so dazed and frightened he scarcely heard mother when she laughed and asked him if he knew it was nearly sundown and he d had been asleep two hours. d o l WHEN JOHNNIE WENT FISHING ON SUNDAY. By Virginia Bransford. ?r "How I wish I was not a Methodist." ýn Mother looked at Johnnie with dismay. d Father lowered his Sunday paper, and ;y looked over his glasses at his young s. hopeful with a puzzled expression, ig while big sister plainly giggled. g. "Mother, just lots of boys are going e- fishing today, and because I am a ig Methodist I can't to," added Johnnie, 1; while he stared out of the window at a er lazy buzzard, flying high in the blue he sky, and the warm air came in caress ing touches on his flushed, unhappy as face. re Mrs. Benton was a wise mother; she ar didn't lecture or give a preachment, as ad Johnnie termed it; she just reminded se him that it was almost church time, r- and he would have to change his collar ly and wash his face. a- On the way to church Mrs. Benton, sy in her gentlest manner tried to show th her boy the true meaning of keeping ad the Sabbath day holy, and that Meth de odism and Christianity were synony mous terms. he Johnnie liked the minister; he was 7. young and strong, and out of the pul n. pit he was real folly-yet he liked him he much better out of the pulpit than he did in It. .r- Just about the time Johnnie's mind b had gone bhack for the fiftieth time to a vision of the "Gang", on the way to the fishing hole, Mr. West's strong I voice startled him with the words 1 "And Jesus said, Follow me and I will I make you fishers of men". Now, this 1 was the first text that ever held John d nie's attention. In graphic terms Bro. e West pictured the scene of Peter's I fishing trip; you could almost smell I the air of the lake and the fishy odor ý; of the nets--it had not been long since Brother West was a boy himself, and he knew what he was talking about. i, Then in simple language, so even d Johnnie could comprehend, the way e was shown how Peter became such a h successful fisherman for his Lord, that he caught many men for the a Kingdom of Heaven. Going home from church Johnnie was perfectly enthused with a new vis l ion; he might become a fisherman like m Peter; why not? rs The subject was broached timidly to J_ his mother; she might laught at him, and if there is anything on earth that I1, a boy dreads it is to be ridiculed. ly No, mother had noticed his rapt at le tention, and fully agreed that he. might start on his fishing trip that ie very evening. in You see, Johnnie's mother was a .1- - wise "fisherman" herself, she wanted to put her active young son to work before his enthusiasm waned, knowing the good seed sown in his heart should be carefully nurtured. "But Mother, you forgot," said he, "today is Sunday, and people shouldn't fish on Sundey." But mother explained the difference, and Johnnie was so relieved, for he was in real earnest. "Now son," said mother, "do you like to fish for minnows or big fish?" "Oh, big ones, sure." "Well then," said she, "tell me of some boy whom you think is not a good boy, and if you feel he is worth catching." Johnnie hung his head, for the first boy he thought of was Jimmie Crunch, the ring leader of the gang, the one who had tried to entice him to go fish ing on Sundey. "Say, mother, I would sure like to catch Jimmie; I wish he was--well, I wish he was a Christian." Mother smiled to herself; "Come Johnie; we will go fishing if you will let me carry the bait." Mrs. Benton fixed a nice lunch and she and Johnnie went fishing. (Continued on Page 6) WHITE FAN FLOUR BEAUTIFULLY WHITE More of it sold than any other brand of similar grade flour between Natchez, Iss., and New Orleans "NUF SAID" Distributed Only By LOUIS LEVY GROCER CO. LTD. Welcome Visiting Delegates to the Fede ration of Women's Clubs On November 29th, while visiting the State's Capitol City, the Pride of Lou isiana, we extend our most heart felt greetings and sincerest good wishes for your general welfare Wm. Wolf's Steam Bakery Bakers of U.Want.olBread The First Choice of all Housewives NATIONAL WOMEN'S PARTY WILL WORK STO SECURE RIGHTS The only organization in the United States that has adopted a purely fem inist policy-in other words, that is I working solely for the advancement of women-is the National Woman's Party, with headquarters at 25 First f Street, N. E., Washington, D. C. The old National Woman's Party, the militant suffrage organization whose wonderful gesture made history t so dramatically for the eight years preceding the ratification of the Nine e teenth Amendment, went out of ex istence on February 18th, 1921; its work in securing political rights for , women in the United States having I been accomplished. Immediately thereafter, the new National Woman's e Party was organized, the sole purpose 1I of which is to remove the legal and , civil discriminations against women e now existing on the statute books of the United States and of the several (Continued on Page 6)