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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-03

We provide ourselves this season of the
elegant and welf-selected stock we carry,
you can find most anything in that line
from a cheap Victoria lawn to the high
est grade of Grass Linens
If you desire anything in fine grades
of white Organizes, white Dimities, we
carry every grade of Persian Lawns, In
dia Linens. Linen Lawns, Nainsook, Eng
lsh Long Cloths. II yds at S1.75 piece;
best value ever offered.
Victoria Lawns, 20 inches wide. for 81
piece; good quality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-03

The federal grand jury viii meet
newt Monday and listen to what Is un-
derstood to he an exceedingly strong
charge by Judge Estee.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-03
| THIS DAY.
H AuCtiOn
Eousehold Goods
and Ferns

..;,,si Wakefield Rattan ROCK
d asfs
81, dilrsr sets,
| Isz Phas;on.
! ,.s,rt bs7sIled pier mirror.
ss III table.
nEp
s.ssi,, oil and electric chan
"a l..s curtains, shades,
rn :aperies, etc, etc.
aE,g table,
n Il dining chairs
aisgard
sr. AllaEare, crockery.
hi. &c, etc.
H.E. hirOom sets
br4. and table.
E-s pillows, counterpanes,
4
aHEtge and Beach Royal
~ E-,z
Er,slzs, Ice chest, meat safe.
I's2I
kzs-E o. servant quarters.
EiEys assortment Of plants.
ia,a ,tlIrs, baby carriage and !
M1
h pen i0r Inspection the day
|Ea . sale,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-03

ORGANDIES; SPECIAL SALE!
Monday, Tues and Wednesday; import
ed line of French Organizes; choice Sc
lections of handsome patterns; just open
ed. While displayed at our window, at
25c yd.; worth 45c.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
What to Do About Santa Clau.e.

The problem is before us: What shall
we 90 with Santa Claus? The anxious
mother questions, Would you have me
tell the child nothing about Santa Claus :
Would you leave all that beautiful part
out of the child's life:" BY no manner
of means. There is Santa Claus: why
should we deny him? The first thing to
do is to believe in him yourself. Ask
yourself what Santa Claus has meant to
the child. He is the mysterious, never
seen benefact0r: the one who never for
gets; the one who never brings the good
child aught but sunshine, and leaves 4
trail of happiness behind.
Think of what Christmas meant to you
as child. Think of the expectancy. the
realization, the flood of good feeling aud
fellowship that seemed to peryade the
world on those days, and then ask your
self if this echo of the most wonderful
song ever heard on earth has not some
connection with the childish idea Of San
IA Claus.
Tell the child the dear old stories of
the good saint as often as you please. but
tell them invariably as myths. as fairy
tales. Tell them from babyhO0d, when
the letter will be all he will understand.
until he reaches the age when he eau
grasp the spiritual idea and slough the
letter off. If The child is always told the
myth of Santa Claus as a fairy tale he
will have all the childish JOY and will
have nothing to unlearn. and wnen he
reaches the age of ; or his mind will
readjust it to an ideality.-Anna Mar
garet Price in Ladies' Home Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
Getting the MusicaI Pitch.

Musical pitch has curious tendency IL
creep up. 1t is said that Bach's music
sounds much differently now from what
1t did when Bach wrote il. because the
instruments are now pitched higher. In
1882 it was found that the pitch Of high
A at the Vienna court opera had crepl
from the prescribed 435 double vibrations
a second to 4l3. aud in 1885 the number
had further increased to $50. According
~ a musical conference was held aud a
resolution was aiken to re-establish the
old pitch OF 49, vibrations per second
Upon this announcement the ReichSan-
stalt. the Imperial Physical and Tech.
nical institute of Germany. set up stand
ard Instruments. and has since tested and
corrected many hundreds OF tuning forks
shortening them ii they are TOO low in
pitch and thinning the arms if they are
too high All the military orchestras OF
Germany are pitched alike, and the
Reichsanstalt keeps the tuning forks cor
rect. And this solicitous care Of the gov
ernmCnt in preserving standards is one
reason why the world now goes To Ger
many in musical matters. Pearson
MHunZInp
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14

thing infinitely better. but he is bound
TO the traditional joke about wifey'S ci-
CARS and a Perfecto wUUidn'. wean him
from il. Still, it may be cruel to de-
prive him of il. Christmas wouldn't be
christmas without il.
Fancy work for men is also loves la
Dor lost. They never know what to do
with II. or find out what an embroidered
cheSt protector or mourchOir case is in
tended for. and they invariably pass it
on to some other woman. Last Christ
mas a popular young lawyer of this city
was discovered ruefully contemplating
the offerings Of fifty young women who
nad submerged him in hand-wOrked and
hand-painted denominations Geo he
sald at last. contidentially 10 his friend.
but l would trade them all off ~ one
good pair of socks.
To the handmade presents therp are
TWO notable exceptions. Sofa pillows
never come amiss. hut in making them
Tor men beware of delicate rolorS. and
loose embroidery and tlummery \ mans
room gets hard service, and the things in
Y are for use. and he wants a cushion
that can he crumpled mp into a knot un-
der ms head when il aches and that will
come out of the ordeal as good as new.
flcture frames are also acceptable, and
gre an the more appreciated il girls
uett fingers have worked on them some
motto or sentiment that gives them a
"ttie intimate ana personal touch.
Among bought things. costly thy pres
eht rs thy purse may buy. hut never in
suit mans good sense by giving him
fimSy things. A match safe that is only
big enough to hold half dozen matches.
an inkstand that a thimble full of ink
VIII overflow, and that is perpetaally dry
when he wants TO write, will keep him
IN state of irritation with the giver.
Vet big, generous thing. Economic on
the quality of mans present il you
must, but never on the quantity.
For the rest. give father a box of fine
handkerchiefs or stockings. pair of sill
ver-mounted Suspenders, an easy chair or
a subscription to his favorite magazine
Give John a fine copy of some book he
loves a smoking jacket. a cut glass and
silver cigar jar, or some object OF big
otry and virtue" as Mrs. partington
would say. for his den.
For your brother. signed Gibson
drawing, a Russia leather wallet or card
case. or something in silver for his desk.
For the college boy, chatting dish,
couch pillow, "A table cover, or any odd
picture for his room.
For man friend-take puck's advice
to those about to marry-"don't." No
strange man ever likes to take a pres
ent from a woman. Refrain from giving
him the things he doesn't want, and earn
his llvelieSt gratitude.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
PerplexinG Christmas Gift.

A young man who signs himself Jasper
has painful emergency to face Il
know two sisters who are nearly Of an
age, he writes Il wish to give them borh
Christmas presents. Ought | To send the
same thing to each? Their tastes. | be
lieye, are different. | know one of tine
young ladies much better than her sis
ter
Poor Jasper. Here is a problem thar
might well have staggered Emerson, who
found even the simpler aspects of the
case perpleXing. and who confessed that
he never knew what to give. unless 4
crying need presented itself. If the man
to consider whether you could procure
him paint box" Perhaps the sisters
are consulting another newspaper a. to
what they can give Jasper. Perhaps
they are deep in those columns of c0un sci
which instruct women how to make ut
small expense. articles calculated to i'm
pede life 4 great deal of ingenuity may
be displayed in ovoking the undeSira BILE.
Erankenstein was a large, rather than
an isolated, example. n great many
hours of labor can De spent in designing
and executing objects which have, when
finished, an air of not belonging TO any
place, Of being foreign TO the conditions
of existence. They remind US Of Fal-
staff's threat: IF | be served such an
other trick, III have my brains taken
out. and buttered. and give them to Il
dog for a New Years gift" There Is
the same elaborate method of reaching
the neXpedient.-Agnes Replied in Lip
pinc0tts.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
" Young Folks Column. ~
~

dainty little figures is seldom more than
a bit of steel harrel-hoop, ground down
10 an edge. and dashed with thongs of
, Walrus hide to handle Of bone or drift
/ wood
The toys of the Zuni Indians are mod
eied III clay and baked TO prevent them
from crumbling. Cows. goats and frogs.
Streaked and spotted with paint hold the
! hrSt place in this collection hut there
! are also clay whistles aud hird-warnlers
the latter quite like the tin ones seen in
1 orr shop windows. The bird is made,
Ia sing by iillins; its hollow body with
water and blowing through Il tube insert
| ell in its back. There are also clay rat
| ties of various shapes and sizes in the
! Luni exhibit and wooden birds that flap
their Jonted wings like those we hang
/ upon our Christmas tree
/ In the collection of games there are
| 4 great many objects Interesting either
/ for the oddly of their shape. curious
i operation, or beauty Of workmanship
4 bnc novel game consists of four pieces
| Of bone attached by 4 bead string to a
/ lcng steel hodllin. The hodkin is held
| in one hand and the bones tossed up into
the air, y skillful player may succeed
! IN catching one or more of the bones
! upon the steel point and scores accord
| lngN, This games Is fnvorite with
the heNenne Indians. and is not unlike
cur own game of 'cup-and- ball"
y card game from Persia. valued at
many hundreds Of dollars. has its board
miaid in solid gold; and set Of chees-
men from India are of beautifully carved
IVORY, each man being nj least 1 inches
IN height
Another curious game. from which our
"lackStrawS Is probably descended. con
SiSt> Of a bundle of arrows of carved
VERY or wood. 1t was an ancient Gus
tom to toss these arrows into the air.
and after they fell To the ground they
were drawn out by the men grouped
around them. In this manner. and nc.
cording 10 the numbers and symbols I'M
on the arrow captains were appointed,
III the army and various duties were as
signed the soldiers
The So-called "hull-roarer." one of the
| oldest of toys. has an interesting his
| tory. 1t Is nothing more than bit of
wood attached to string which ON be-
! ihg Whirled around rapidly produces
loud. rumbling sound The ancient
! EENlianS believed that the rumbling of
the "bull-roarer" would be answered by
the rumbling of thunder: consequently
during drought the men would SALLY
forth. "hull.r0arers" in hand, to invoke
| the ain-god to send them water from
the skies. This curious toy is still used
by some savage tribes who believe itS
roaring noise will Brighten away evil
spirits that may h. lurking near
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
In Subsection to the Child.

Deliver me from the prying eyes of
fourteen exclaimed Il society woman,
laughing. Il freely confess to the humil-
iating fact of being actually afraid of
my little daughters friends. Children of
that age have such a calm. solemn way
of looking at You and sizing you up, or
at least they look as if they were doing
so, and you feel quite sure that they are
noticing everything, and will probably go
home and tell their mothers. Smart peO-
pies children are particularly discOmpos-
ing, for they are not only apt to be very
critical, but they do not make allowance
Tor people being i'll different circum-
stances, as their elders would do. Why,
l found myself actually trucking to lit
tie Mary Midas when she visited Maud
last summer, putting on my best clothes
and telling the cook TO add an extra
course to our usual dinner! Ethel my
eldest girl. says Mauds friends terrify
her to death. She never knows what
household fact they will not come out
with at the most in0pportune moment,
Tor they have way of not appearing to
notice and yet taking it all in-taking
mental photographs, as it were. in L
flash, and developing them afterWard
You must have an awful clever maid.
Mrs. Smith, said one OF these cnfants
terrible to me the other day. for her to
get through everything with no one to
help her in the dining room. The child
really wished to be very polite, but she
was evidently thinking of the contrast
with her mothers two men servants.
II remember that dress, said another
of Maud's intimates to Ethel before some
new acquaintance, for | saw your moth
er making it, Now, of course. mamma
said Ethel. L feel quite, proud to have
You make my frocks, but just al the time
II was annoying. | quite understood her
feeling, for | had often been through sim
liar experiences myself
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
a Chat with HousekeeperJ.

LOIS Of little odds aud ends today 10
-alk about. mostly to make the homeiS
work of he kitchen easier.
The task ut seeding raisns is not Il
pleasant one 70 avoid the sickness
that descend> upon the fingers and gradu-
ally spreads over all the surroundings,
rnh q l;t:le butter on the fingers and on
the knife Simple. isn't it,
The rheumatic season draws On apace.
We do not pretend to give a remedy for
E:s disease thar causes 50 much suffer
ing. but here is i good. old-fashioncl lini-
ment. 1t j. made of spirits Of camphor.
tlncture Of opium and spirits Of ammonia.
If each half drains; olive oil an ounce.
This makes az emulsion which = 10 be
cautiously used externally only. and IT
should be well shaken before using.
b.. back to our mgttouS. We DO not
know why raisins suggested rheumatism.
II windows do not shove M and down
easily. and everyone knows the veXation
IF tugging with a refractory window. try
rubbing a little hard soap Oh the inner
casing.
Many Of us when the summer season is
ove~ MORN ruined silk gown hy rca-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
Christmas Gifts for Men.

At this season of the year there al
ways goes up universal wall from the
women all over the country demanding
to know what they shall give "A man
for Il Christmas present. One knows by
intuition what woman would like. but
Il mans wants are always an inscruta-
Bile mystery and one never realizes how
little one knows Of the tastes Of the
men of her family until she starts out
to buy them something. Whatever she
gets is sure to he the wrong thing. and,
as men never think it worth while to
disguise their opinion Of present, per-
haps the plan of the woman who buys
her husband pink chiffon opera wrap
for surprise for Christmas morning is
just as good as any.
There are subtle points in buying neck
ties that makes selecting them a haz-
ardOus undertaking for a woman. while
cigars. or tobacco or a pipe. are not 20
be thought Of unless the giyer wants de-
rision by way Of gratitude. You may
get the very brand man uses, or some
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
Art of Being Companionab.e.

If IT were my precious privilege to be
larry @odmother to a girl, and heStow
upon her some gift that would he an open
sesame to all hearts, | would give her
me art of being companionable.
Beauty is Of course. highly desirable.
nut we tire very soon Of the woman
who is nothing but living picture Wit
anu cleVCrncss are ali very well. but
TO one wants an uninterrupted round
OF bright sallieS any more than they
would want TO make three meals a day
on salted almonds and biscuit glace. but
me woman who is c0mpaniOnable who
can fit into am picture. join in any
chorus. blend into any mood of others,
mas that indes,ructible charm mat viii
stand the wear and tear of life. and Of
which we can never have enough.
MS are of being companiOuabe j. one
mat women understand Jar less than
men, for with women bon camar3deric
Is an acquired virtue II does not come
ny nature In her heart every woman
cherishes a deadly suspicion of every
other woman. and most men: and she il
always afraid To be pleasant to strangers
Iof fear they may not he in her own
particular social strata. The idea that
you may spend an agreeable hour or two
with person who IS either above or
below you. and then. in the slang Of
me day, forget il. does not seem to
occur TO her.
IL you want an example of this. you
nave only TO note women and men when
travelling. Every man on the sleeper
VIII make tie acquaintance IF the other
lneG. and before the day is over will be
swapping cigars and "reminiscences and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14

On paper we have two or three lines
connecting the Atlantic scahDard with
Turkey. India and China, but the ships
chartered are British tramps, and the
time of sailing is uncertain and subject
to change. In supplying Asia Minor
including the Holy Land. with Ameri-
can goods we have made interesting
progress lately There are American
tnlking machines. Milwaukee beer and
Kentucky WHISTLES IN Jerusalem. and
sclf-biuders may be seen on the shores of
Jordan. Germany has got ahead of Us
by putting electric motors on the Dead
sea, but we shall run trolley line be-
tween Jerusalem and kerak, the ancient
capital Of the land Of Moab. if the Ger
mans don't look out.-Ainslec's Maya
zine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
When to Marry.

why should lovers defer their mar
rage day longer than the time when,
as far as We mortalS can discern the
future, the prospect of comfortable
home is reasonably assured? 1t is sense
less to wait for the coming of atiiuent
days. Their lives should be united, and
each in his way should help to bring
about the advent of easier times if they
are ever To come 1t is as foolish TO
wait for Il larger income than is really
required as it is for parents to slave and
drudge that their children may enjoy n
degree Of atfuence they have never
known. This is the rock upon which the
French nation has split. They are Il
frugal and thrifty people. Ii is inter-
esting to know that many of the TASTEFUL
artistic and costly products of France
are made almost exclusively for the for
eign trade. Two-thirds of the best
chnaware of Limoges, for example,
comes to the United States. \ we'll
:o-GO French woman is likely to use a
preparation Of rice flour as Il cosmetic
leaving the delicate perfumes and other
toilet articles Of Paris for her American
and British sisters who are willing to
spend more money for such things But
the rich father, unfortunately, conceives
it to be his duty to leave his children
richer than himself: If, on the other
hand, he be a poor tilier Of the soil, ii Il
'llSEi dtclul not u tuututc HIS son To a
trade or Il profession so that the family
name may have a higher place in the
social scale. This deplorable ambition
fixes upon the family Il burden almost
too great to be borne, and parents de-
Hberately restrict the number of their
children. In large districts particular
" in northern France. families of more
than two children are rare. Many Of
the younG people, seeing the hard lives
their parents lead, defer their own mar
rage in order to better their fortunes
til at last even the desire to MARK is
extinguished Parents and children Of
all lands may well heed the lesson in
sociology that France is now teaching.
Nearly all our seif-made men. leaders
in the professions and in business mar
ried young and on very moderate in
comes. Many assumed, without the
slightest trepidation, the responsibility Of
supporting wife OH $1,000 year or less
These men usually have very pronounced
views on the inadequate knowledge of the
value of money and how to take care of
it possessed by. the majority of young
men ana women. The views of these
young persons as to the amount of in
come upon which they may prudentIy
marry, vary, of course, according to the
circumstances in which they have lived.
Cyrus {. Adams in AnslCe'S.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
The Anrlinr Runnie.

hN AnEAlHG bu nuieS.
A party of Dummies.
AS brave as could he.
Went fishing. one day.
In the depths of the sea.
Their host. full of fun.
Had provided good cheer:
They had pickles ana pie
And good ginger beer.
But the gamy young fish
Ran OF with the hook.
And jerked 1t 50 hard.
All strength Dick forSook.
They soon set their lines;
Each eye was intent,
All watching To see
Which way the luck went.
Still holding his line,
He fell in headlong.
While his friends, 10 the rescue
Came, mighty and strong.
"See. see, there's bite.
It's yanr line, friend Dick
Now steady, my hoy.
And pull II in quick.
Re sure of the fish,"
Poor Dicky called ont.
And soon Il fine blue
Was Hopping about.
That eve they sat down.
AS merry as lords,
To the best dish OF fish
The deep sea affords.
Albert Blashtield in st. Nicho.HS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14

A custom at one time prevalent in Eng
land. and still observed in some of the
northern districts of the old country. is
that of placing an immense log of wood 49,
sometimes the root of great tree-in the
wide chimneyplacc. This is often called
the Iule log. and it was on Christmas
eve that il was put on the wide hearth
Around it would gather the entire fami-
~, and its entrance was the occasion of
Il great deal of ceremony. There were
music and rejoicing, while the one au-
thorized to light it was obliged to have
clean hands.
1t was always lighted with Il brand
left over from the log OF the previous
year. which had been carefully preserved
for the purpose. \ poet sings Of it in
this way:
With the last years brand
Light the new block and
For good success in his spending
On your psaltrieS play.
That sweet luck may
Come while the log Is attending.
The 1ulc log was supposed to be a pro-
lection against evil spirits, and it was
considered a bad omen il the fire went
out before the evening was over. The
family and guests used to seat them
selves in front of the brightly burning
fire, and many story and merry Jest
went round the happy group.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
qae Infinite Little.

A little dreaming and we are
Further than the farthest star:
A little pleasure and we gain
The fortltude to bear our pain:
A little striving and is ours
The strength of all our latest powers;
A little purpose and. a will
And we our highest hopes fulfil:
A little doubt. intrepid ghost.
And We lose all we cherish most;
A little faith, the steadfast smile,
And we the future reconcile;
A little earnest, trustful prayer
For bewildered creatures everywhere
Robert Omission Br0ckway.