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t Louisiana Parishes Rotting in the Flood Only Signs of Life There Are Vultures Soaring Over Dead Animals, and Other Birds PLIGHT OF PEOPLE PATHETIC All Ruined, They Say, But They Are Not Grumbling, Though They Think Wash- ington Should Bestir Itself And the moequltofl. Tlier are a j pe«t of th« first order. TTiey bite by j daj and bj night and 80.in«tlm«9 when ; the nl^tits &r« anu<S4ia'llr sultry a»i the | tagjiwl a»k wljo be Is "^d "'^t on ^^^^^^ . ^ pnw:U«tlly eajrth afe you doing In MelrlHe?" They cannot und'STStand whty anjr- body should oome to M«Ivl}2« &t tSiie tlini«. torrefft, whidi i» tlie othier sld-a of th-9 JefDarsoa Highway, tha spLeodld toad- of which Wlnmi'peg i» the nortb- e>m end Now Orleans the sooth&ra tormlmia. In thU part of tb* country the high- way Is burled for mll'es umder waiter Cy L. C. Spetcr.. Stag Corre.n>e«dent of . "?=» ^'<>l *« ««« ^^Wu, J'^t aho Now York TUnw ^"^ ^ happened to It will not be ' Lknown until the recession ccmes, and JWvIlte, La.-^Som»wb«re In the . all thp» sligiks wre that that happy day JmpceaiWe. A« yvt th'OPe hsa been no ou-tbrsak of mcilaa-ia. The town and countTy- } side hai3 been Inoculated against fever. ^ ,„, .u .>. tj . »i. . Evory pcc»lble precaution Is being to a bulMlns on the^other eW9 of tho ^^^ ^,^ ^.^^^ o3 n«;CaTla. Tho malarla-lnf^ctlni mc«qu!to haa A«k«d wliere the hotel la, tUey poliit Teat water-aoaked desolation ot tbe Mississippi flood eone there may be a town more dieaol&ta, more com- ip^tely wToctoed, car mcire unhappy ♦ban MelTlMe. bu* one w-ould never «onrIn«e anybody in the Polnle Con aprerently not yet arrlvod. Wlien the waters begin to &t«gna<te wlQ be Uh'3 time to look for trouble. For one thing, ail MctvlV^a la thank- ful, an-d that l» the great artesian well In the centre of the town wUich has so far met every d-emand t<r freoh and wholesome drinking water. That well, more than anything elfi'e, haa su'»- talned the MelvilCe country In the hcur of the great trial. A» to the future, MoiJvlEe knows not what it wUl bring forth. The | people hope that Congress win give ' them flood control and they tUlnk the '•â-  Government glmht do eon»thing fori is fttm a long way, off. Prom the depot one geta a striklog panoramic vlerw of the MedviUe deso- fcitton. Ovex there b tbe new high schoc-i a fln» two-storied red brick structure. To" the roofs of the first ii^'st^'iand'ry ciumtry that such wa« floor it is ologged with mud tnd eand. ^iTe Vhous^ands cT'^ple^irtielr own th-toct. J ,Thore are th^ churchee. They ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^,^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Moi« than two month, have pawed ^ «ke .alande In a muddy sea, and ^^ everything they had and who are •ince the weeteoni levoo* of the Atcha, ^ of Uiem ai^ cboked with the slime ,^^^g_ ^jy^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ falaya at M^vUto gave way before the of «he deluge. Stores show above the ,^ numeroue instances wtthout ade- poundlng ot tbe detaee, and since that 'fatcT and huge sand dunes piled up to ^^^^ ,^^. ^ clothing, a Winter that -diuy net a train whUrtle has been heard the «cond floor* indicate what has ; ^^^^^ ^y^ j^ ^ y^^^^^ ^, deatltuiUon ta Melville, not an eleoKric Ught has hapt'sued Inside. ] ^^^ BtarvatJon. T»nmed in homew. In eireets or along The botel; to get to which one â- the Jefleirson highway. ^^^ a boat, is operaUng, that la, the To-day, •» la the beglmnlng, just eecond floor ie. The first floor la a â- one house remaine above tbe flcod complete wr*ok. •waters, and that the rallrwar depot, â- *â-  native points out where stood now housing th* bank, *he pcstoffloe, nine little cottages. Seven, ho saya, the offices of the railway wrecking are on the way to the Gulf. Two •crews and a barber ehop, th© one anl others, brand now and naver occupied, <vni:y centre of boflneEB ct 9ocla.l ac- ^'^â- ^ the flood came, floated away and ttvity in a town that but a few weeks taniled on somebody else's property. *go Wis ona cf tho mc«t pricuperous Farmer'3 Sad Story Is Typical farming centres In the Mka'kc'lppi Vai- ; j^ tjje distance one sees the wreck- The Art of Making Tea Chadrcn rnd Relative* ' "CANADA TRIUMPHANT' What to Do and What Not to Do to Get the Bast j Results I Mr. Spalding Black, on tho staff of the Salada Tea Company, recently •*^y- ' age of farmhouspea. The water over prepared an interesting leaflet entitled One must com-e to MdTtlle, If ha can the farms is juet as deep as in Mel- ' "The Art of Correct Tea Making." , «©t there, If he w^nta to •©» at first yille. A young farmer climbs the ' Approximately 26,000,000 cups of tea iaad what maximum flood devastation jgyee while one tries to graep tho are consumed every day In Canada. Joota like. Th«T6 can be no ovei^ comptotencea of the devastation. I and yet It is doubtful If one-tenth of j dTa\vin« cf tho plotuiro. ^ | with his wife and little children the this number is prepared with tho And whet is true of M«:vUle is true farmer had been for weeks in a Red necessary care to bring out the full â- of th'O country for mt'jea ono ail etde«. Oroos tamp 2.t Opelouets on the other fiavor ot the tea leaf so that this It's water, sllmie, ©and, mocqu'.tos- and ^ide of the . pariah. He thouglht It stimulating and refres^hlng drink may ! â- eanl flies for all tour points cf the was time to come home, lie said, and be thoroughly enjoyed. Th-a follow- ', <ompa«. Tbcro !e no choice of £or- yrb,(-n, he got there, horn- was ten feet Ing is from "The Art of Correct Tea ^ fo'^'^- ; of water end nothing mci^e. Every- Mftlriufi": j Every Buildino Rotting In Flood | tiling he had was gene, and ha is Just ! "Tea Is one of the kindliest bless- â-  OU'B Tefugae ajncng hjindreds and hun-' 'ngs ot Nature. In its comforting in- dreds of others vihosa plight Is jua.t ' 'ii'Isence oae can lose the worries of aa eod, ' , I the day and forgot the fatigue of e£- : There 13 not a house In the town f°'t. j that is not still under water from ' "The full Joy of a cup of this gracl- ! threa to ten or more feet deep. In , ous beverage can only be reached ecorcs the owners and their families ' when fine quality tea Is used and cere- 1 are living in tho upper s-tary. A few menial ea;re exercised in its prepara- ' t'',>at«a are open f»r business, from the '•â- Â°''' to draw from each tiny leaf the cscc-nd story, but the Uuainiis is not : essence of flavor and refreshment with there. j which It has been endowe-d by Nature^ j No matter to whom one talks- the I How to Prepare Tfta ! , „ . . .^ ,«.-.,.., . etory he heare is always the same. "m thp conntriM of tJie Kast whoT« ' H^ w4;^^wiM anlmul life, a.d ' 'l^'^l^, '^""^V^ ^''"^^ ''."^ " '^'^^ '- - thousand years or more, the sub ' tliig part of Louisiana was but a few A Jungle Trip Julius Buck and Jaguar hQ brought from West Africa. ed vessel, unless served immediately. If poured off In thisp way, the tea will not take on a bitter taste, fliilch ev«n the finest tea will do unless prevent- ed from over-steeping. Tea made ao cording to these rules will be fragrant, delicious and completely satisfying." -0- E>el{^uniuni8 Across the v.-a.y lu Polnte Ocupee, â- On tl"o eastern EtM'j of tho Atchataiiaya, tlo dtaD'Iati'on is Just rs complete". Ovsr thpre tbe â- â™¦ittila towii ot Red Cit>33, opipcal'te JleivUlj, Juat shows «bovo t'bo Ccod waters. Ono can taJc^e a launch and travel fc-r niliti to-word rjivece'wood ani the happineej that Jlea beyond, and In â- elii thiat E-fcreitch tihe trareler wlU not aee one home, one cutbnilMi'ng, one jjiin, one stone that Is not rotting In the destitution. There wiBl be no crops j ject of preparing the leaf for consump- In the Medville zone this y.eair and i tion has become a flue art and a cere- rtiort weeka ago tbe home of some of ,,„,.^, ,u^ rnZr„rn7„^ ZZ^..L ^ '""^ ^^ oecome a nne art ana a cere «.t c 1 J 1. , . » â-  I unjBss me Liovenunent wakes up and I monv but the fuM jlplloloim iv>fr<«ih tbe finest doeir herds In Amwlca, a ' ^-v-, a.ar.=, tr. ^'^o .h» »,,„„v , ... â„¢"°-'^' ""â- â€¢ '^"^ '""• ueiicious retresn tofces steps to c.oee the break In the | ment and healthful sdmulation may land of wild tuTbe>^ and quaJl,^ with ; Western Atchalafayan levee, th-7 say, * bear thrown in now and then for good measure. About tbe only signs of life beyond the levees are viiItiirES thut eost alwve tbe c.a.rcas»ea of dead anknals, and hnndred'3 of beau'tltul whM© herons. tliere pirobably will not be any nert .v-jar either. Net in y£cr3, ona is tjIJ. wc-re such ei.iiendid harvests in slglit as was the case v,rtiea "crevasse day" dawned. be extracted from the fragrant tea- leaves. It the following rules are foJ- | lowed exactly: â€" I '•Rule No. 1 â€" The beet quality of ' tea mu3t be used. The teii also must ' be fresh, to yield the full goodness. | "Rule No. 2â€" The quality of the! wat«r used will affect the flavor of | the beverage in the cup. Draw fresh Nothing so I cold water and bring it to a hard | I _,.... . ,. , .. i- â- '*n'l <"no knows they are telling the with tb9 moMtcvny broken ron:.3tin:.:.j ; truth, for the crops on the hlHs In Vh""".^,^*,^ ?%,l*- , 'i'oynAo Couivoe and St. Landrv are The Polnte Coupca part cf tbe dcao- wondsrfii; to Icok upon, lation talies in the northwestcTn edge pm.niui-jiTjJc 1;,= hoo^f,,'- . ^.. the pojish tip. i ., „ After an hour's Journey on a watery ., "' ®'''" "-'"'"S '" Sight waste tbe boat reaches IloJ Cross and ' "^^ scena on the levee at Melville is completely change tho flavor ot the tea. The water is to blame, however, and not the tea. docks at the ba03 ot the lev<>e. on the * moving picture that would touch i â- '^"'® '^'°- 2~" '^ proper that only a top of which one sees to-r the first t'^* '^«=^'"' strings of any audience in 1 cookery or china teapot be used. time the tents or the haatiliy put to- gether huts ot refugees. Cows, hogs, cijlokt'ins, salvaged from tho wreck- age have the .same baven. Atchafalayji Still Raging tihe land. Whatever the focus, the camera would tell but one story, and ti-uat wouild bo vi-.-solation, absolruie and complete. On the levee Itself the p^KyjM'e as- »e.mble and talk ot the future. They CUmblng the levee and starting on ' ^^ ^°*- have to discuss the present, • hike ot about a mile to a landing, ^"^ that is ahomt them en a'M sides. ot»o boards another launch that will i ^'v« or six dogs, ail ot them blood- take him to th'O MelvUie sijie of the , ^^' ''^o lointers, a doo^rhound, a coU'ie, Atchafailaya. He miyt carry his own â-  ^ wire-haired terrier and a wonderful luggage. The men, white and black, ' alredale romp up and down the levee. who might be hired, cannot help you. i Boys and girls in bathing suits cavort It ts explained that tbey have been el>out and raxM with the water that never one of metal or any other sub Ktance it tho pure and delicious flavor of the tea la to bo drfiwn forth. Tea likewise should uever be enclosed In a metal tea-ball. "Rule No. 4â€" The teapot muit be scalded out with boiling water and while it is warm, place in it one levei teesipocaful of tea for each cup re- quired. "Rule No. 5 â€" Now pour the boiling water on the leaves. Allow to steep in a warm place for flve minutes. Stir Just sufficiently to diffuse the full Blue spires, azure lace, cerulean frills that reach almost to tho window overhansing tho carJen! These are delphinlumn now in bijom. Each day the graceful spires hare added a bit to their height and to their i.icy frills; ever so modestly and unob- trusively that one cannot sue them grow. Merely unfolding, they add deeper hues to the blno of the garden and sky, and ot tho lobelias that foam over the gray v/indow boxes. Everywhere there are patches of blue In the garden, fragments of scat- tered azure, evoa to the corn flowers, theso ragged sailors which are like humbler relations of the stately del- phiniums which rise haughtily above them. Blue butterflies give chaae here and there, finally to flutter oft in joyous, aimless fashion, making strange aerial tangents. It looks as it the delphiniums had been cauglit in a whirlwind. Warm, cordial and genuine Is the pervading blue of the garden, ot tho smiling earth, the unflecked, cerulean sky, and the bluish mist that hovers over near-by mountains A bluebird flashes its wings in the br.inches of a madrona tree, as it alights and turns quickly, striking a deep contrast to tho red bark. Blue la a dominant note of mid- summer, repeated in bluebell and blue lupine and alfalfa bloom. Far oft this blue spreads Into the sapphire of the lake; the waters reflect the blue dome and join together such poiguaut blue colors as these ot which delphiniums are made. fl, Ask Me Another. The following conversation took place during a physical examination of freshmen. Dr. Bennettâ€" "Calf?" Frosh â€" "Fourteen inches." D. B.â€" "Thigh?" F. â€" "Twenty-eix Inches." D. B. â€" Neck?" p. â€" "Ye^." â€" Tennessee Mountain Goat. Dy PEullne Herr Thomas "1 don't tclltfve you like ycur Un- c.'.-3 Jack as muth as you do me," said the gro-A-nup tease. "Y'es, 1 do, too!" ar.id Polly. "Your Uncle Jack isn't half as nice as I am," persis'ted the teaso. "Well, I guess we must like cur uncles," declared Polly. This little lady was trying to make the best of a difllcult situation. She n:ay hav-e been fond of Uncle Jack, though It sounds doubtful. She was under the inipression she had to Ilka relatives; she had boen taught that way. Now Polly was being circumspect, quite grown up ta fact, but children are not all like Polly, end It Is only the very exce_ptional child that will stick to a thing under pressure when the sole guiding principle la "must," Ot course. It is absurd to force chii- dren where affection Is concerned. We all have decided preferences ourselves. Changes in opinion as well aa prefer- ence must come from conviction. So that this matter of cbildren and rela- tives becomes a' distinct i»'oblem to mothers. "Must we go to Grandma Bkick'a to-dayT Oh! I wish It wa» Grandma Hoyle's. I like her better," said Betty, who was more childlike than Polly, and, therefore, less discreet. \VhereuFon, Betty's mother went to srreat lengths to tell her that It was nide to say such things, and that she must learn to like both grandmas the SE.me. All ot which had no weight with Be-tty, because her opinion re- mained precisely the same. She. moreover, became leES and less well behaved whenever she went to see the less favored grandma.' Whenever general greetingi were In order my little girl drew away from Auntie Sue. I confess I urged her to "kiss Auntie" in order to spare the latter's feelings, with always the same result â€" embarrassment on the part of myself and Auntie and rebellion on the part of Jeanne. One day I decided to look Into the reason for the child's apparent dislike. I asked her why S'he did not want to kiss Auntie when she went to her house. 1 "Weil, mother. Auntie .Sue never , smiles at me iike the other aunties." was her reply. I 1 took her on my knee and recalled I to her a favorite grown up of hers j wbo smiles a great deal and another ! one who seldom smiles. I "You like them both, you know, i but cno doesn't seem to smile at you ' much and one does," I explained. j "Now, ru tell you what the real differ- ; enc8 is and why you like them both. I One smiles with her eyes and heart I and the other only with her heart. I Our Father has not given mo us all j faces that smile a great deal, but if ! you learn to know Auntio Sue as well ' as you know these others, perhaps , you'll find that her heart smiles very I much Indeed." I I have never oneo urged her to ; "kiss Auntie," but sl:o h;is dcno so, and 1 feel that she is !earnin;j not : to disilko her. These we have learn ' cd to tolerate, we may yet learn to love. I It seems to me that oven what ap- pears such a small thing es Baby's preference for cne auntie over an- other may be used toward character building. If Mother will approach it In a thoughtful way. working for a long time In the water ; ''^^^ '^o'^ the Jefferson Highway. | f.'if®.'^*'! °^ '"^ tea. Then pour^ the and their feot have become swolten I ^*'* geese, three white and two gray '^ " "^ ' ftod sore. j ones, In single file parade solemnly Readhing th« Points Coupae end ot 1 "1* "ud down the embankmen't. 'Kiis tbe big TVxxac & Pacifl-c Railway j '® ^^1 tl»e happiness in sight, bridge, ono views the Atchafalaya for *-*^e look at the m.e.n and women tbe flnM lima. The river Js »tin rag- j ^^^ <'°« <^i und^rstad what they are lag foc<t above tbe flood stage. The I thinking about. They are not grum- . current is sweeping past ai express I ^'^S and they are all trying to s-ee a ! speed. The AtcSiataiaya Is no longer ^"^'Jt side to the picture somewhere. 1 Juet a Loulalana bayou. She Is a 1 "^^ °^^y trouble is that as mattere 1 river as wide and as majestic as the -OCo Miss" herself. One notca the miasing span in the railway bridge, and, aiftea* halt an bowr's hilio ovtTT the lev-ee through â- ani kneo-doep, rrokes tho Melville landing. The third Up ot th« Journey to the St. Landry plde begins. As the Sweet Y^oung Thing â€" "I don't ap- prove of your friendship with Mrs. Swlttset, Mummy. Her cbildren have liquid oti the leav.e3 into another heat- \ brought her up wrong." By T. A. Browne. (Written on the Occasion of the Cal* bratlon of the Diamond Jubilee o» Confederation, July 1, 192T). - Called the great Soul of the Xortbt land : Come unto me ycu wbo rulSi They who would plan for my great ne.ia needs must attend in m/ school Vast are my dreams tist the tOtnim hero 1.1 my mighty domain. They who wouW labor to mould me,' lot them now aid and sustain. And they who ruled In the templesi labored and* wrought for tho good Of tliose who reared them to bonon hearkened and understood, '* And through days of stress and ooaiJ tantion, cama Union following storm. And out of the Union m nation. I, m Dominion was bom. ^" Long bare I brooded and waited ovil^ my league vista'd lands, Waiting the slow evolution, nurslnc my wide scattered bands, â€" Men from far lands and strange racari sprung from the ends of the earth. They came to me and I fed them, ask* Ing not station or birth. Now breaks the dawn of fulfllmen^ now through the mists see arise Splendors your dreams have recorded,! sweet to the patriot's eyes. Lo! 'tis the vision of greatness, pro^ phetV:, soul-stirring, grand. All that you dreamed. Master BuUd^ ers, all- that I hoped for or pLanned4 Reaches that billow and beckon, preg-j nant with bounty and life. Vistas of life-.fjivlng plenty, foreign to clamor and strife I Cities that spring as by ma;?lc, falrj full of promise, they mould. Rising In splendor and beauty, prou4( iu their settings cf gold. Harbors o'erflowlng with commerca where the proud galloons ride. Weighted and straining like racers) waiting the turn cf ths tide, Legions ot peaceful Invaders, bearing) no weapons that elay, Eager, expectant, and joyful, entering] under my sway. Behold an odiUce bulhliag cut of the wealth cf tho Earth By the Sons that 1 have nurtured, byi men of different birth; Building in love and in labor by men} who arc uudismaycd By the storm and stTe.»s cf zeasou^ undaunted and unafraid. Beliold an edifico rising over tho land) that God made, Ausust, eternal, majestic, reared by^ the plough-share and spade, Builded ot granite and iron, of oak! and gold and of steel, A temple where all may worship, aj temple where all may kneel. The t:r:i::it9. tho hearts undaunted, the oak and the goM fair deedp. The steel and tho Iron, girders b'.nd- 1ns tho ('.iffffrent cracds. The floors are the throbbing heart, beats of men who love my eod And the dome, the Invo of country and abiding faith iu Gud. Mine to tho consummation, building la honor and peace. To nationhood full proportioned, grow- ing In splendid Increase, With East and West undivided, bear- ing my banner unfurled, A Nation e.xultant and godly, spread- ing Its light on the world. How Is It Done.' "Wonder how the old woman who lived in a shoe got so many children Into it as well?" "You might get some idea by notic- ing tile number ot children some peo- ple are able to get Into a flivver now." now standi thore is no silver lining in stlght. Everybody has something nice bo £ay about Secretary Hoover. He has done everything he couid tor them, and they know. They declare, one and all, that never wiK' they forget Hr. Hoover. - ._. ^»" tl»«y also ae»?rt that sometimes traveler neane the landing the groat t **'*''^ c.innot hol^) b«.l think that .Mr. gap in the western leveo comes into ' Hoover is the only r?K>on In ofllclal view. This Is tbe crevasse through â-  '^V'asihlngton vr^o h roaEy Intcrcsttd Trtilch the flood roared Its devastating ' ''^ th-am. They cro Just as grn.tcful way Into th© western J>ailf of tho Sugar *** *^* ^®'^ Cross, but tho Uad Cross, BowL j t^-oy ray, cannot e>lve tbla problem The break la a quarter ot a mils 2*"s«- wide anl thrcug-h it thA water Is stUl plunging luto tho unhappy- lands to tile south. In another halt hour cno lands at Melville and, of cour&o, on the levee, for that le ttia only dry land theiTi 1» in this x»Tt ct tho l'nll;d states. Smile snd Wonder at Traveler Once a.f.ain t-o h.'kea. but his Journey fnr:!s ct tne railway fi.'atlon. Most of •',,;> ]â- <:/•.•:'', a".:', ir. »own aTV thoce to l3c.. biiii cvaa. '^^.7 amiJo a greet- Aptealan Well a Blessing to All So. ilsjy after de.v, the sun sots on tho MeJvllle oonntry and when It goes down tie oniy l^ght Is that of the moon. And always the flood waters of tho .\tchaiafaya ere roaring through tie towtt. The roar kt hard, to describe Ito oound is like that of a torrential rein b^atlns on a thousand 8.iate roofs tn the n!«hllme even th-e natives some- tlmo9 reelr cut to see whether a storm la not raging. * i ' > The Antis Observe our littlo g:tx;up or sect, Tho true, tk3 gocd, the high elect Who strike an attitude sublimo Against our country every time. 1 Clear-visioned, wise and pure of heart, We always take the alien's part; Betide, betide, whate'er betide, , We're on the other fellow's side. We ne^l not wait for all tha facts To judge a statesman's words or acta}; If someo:-.e says this nation's riight^ He merely wants to start a fight. Our chiefs are men cf base intent; We cannot trust our Gownrment. It has an evil animus. But we are so magnnnimoua! Whatever conflict may arise We utter loud, hysteric cries To help our adversary's cause And win tho outolde world's applauea And so our watchword; toa.?t and song Is still, "Our Cour.tryl Alwayi Wrons!" â€" Arthur Guifcennan, in Countrj Gentbman. ' S.S. C. A. Lar^ien, Urj^est wh&U;^ rOfl CYrlD'S SOJTH r-Oi-E TRIP Lip la the v/OaIJ. which is to laka Cosimaader Byrd on hts souUi polar trip. Beck to the Land Los Angeles Times: More farmers deserted tho plow and hlod them- colves back ta town In 1928 than la' any previous year since 1920. . . Tbe| city-bred are rarely fitted to endure a farmer's life unless tbey have abund- ant capital, and the announcement ot the annu.-il r.\:nibsr of those who hara I shaken the dust of tho big cities from I their feet moans very little. The ma^ i Jorlty of them will be back in town In I a few years, where they can earn a I pay check without getting up at 4 ' p..ni. to feed tho stock ot hungry anl- ! mals. The solution of the agrlccW ' turo problom will He In devising • ' means to keep the man who Is bom a ^farmer contented wit* Uls lot. Pro- !!)\guada lurlas the city laan out on t^e fcrro 1^ J'ui wa.iled money, bo- c'-sc ho v.:a't "stay put."