Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11
y Young Folks Column. -

rage but the newspaper rack was deter
mined 10 have it, say.
If YOU could read the papers have
in my pocket Now listen"
Il ,hau't listen to your nonsense in
/ tenupted the little gold clock, ticking
turiou~ly.
Here | have magazine that tells Of
tho life Of Coniucius 1000 years ago, &id
OF his influence upon the world. Here j.
paper that tell, OF Alarconi and his
wonderful wireless telegaphv. and il
also has long article on the doin9s of
the English and the Beers away down in
South Africa,
Can't tell the time of night this min
ute interrupted the little gold clock.
oh. yes replied the newspaper rack.
Il can see by the freight that Your
! bands point to five minutes past Il. 50
that Is the time Of night il You keep
correct time"
If ! keep correct time" muttcred the
little gold clock If | keep correct
/ time. 1t seems to me you aren't very
UP 10 date. | heard my mistress talking
Of Marconi month ago. and Confuciuo
YOU said yourself that the story was
1000 years old. Your news j. all old
Now | am the very latest improved
style warranted for twenty years and
my mistress considers me very hand
some
II am not 50 far behind the times as
you imagine" said the newspaper rack
You can't tell me anything in the flu
tme. but ! can tell YOU what the
weather will be tomorrow One Of my
papers has a society column that tells
OF weddings and parties to be held two
or three weeks from now. | have a copy
of the Detroit Journal that tells Of the
intended visit OF the Crown Prince of
| England to this country. | have the
Christian Herald for grandma. the Sat
! urday Evening Post for the master the
American Boy for Charlie and the story
Teller for the little ones, while"
Cart | amusc the children, too.
wonder!' began the little GOLD clock.
Only Yesterday my mistress gave me
to little Lorene and the child laughed
and croWed to hear me tick"
And little Loreue's china doll gave
you an ugly crack across your face that
mars your boasted beauty" finished the
newspaper rack.
The mistress would not get up early
enough in the morning if did not sound
my pretty alarm, and then some Of your
precious columns would not be printed
in time"
i admit" answered the newspaper
rack. that | make no noise in the world
| do not claim to be very handsome
either. although my mistress embroid-
cred my linen pocket with her own
hands. But usefulness is more than
beauty, and | get more attention from
the whole family than You do. They
scarcely glance at you the whole day
through, while the master comes to NE
Tor the market quotations before he buys
OF sells. the mistress consults the Review
of Reviews, the Ladies' Home journal.
or the Saturday Evening Post whether
she wishes to write an article, make 4
new dress, OF cook Il dainty dish for her
husband. The children come to me for
many hours of amusement and whole
some instruction My capacious pocket
holds enough for all. 1t isn't who you
are, nor how YOU look, but what you do
that counts"
The little gold clock had been getting
angrier every moment, and at this il
could contain itself no longer. but rang
its alarm so violently that the newspaper
rack was startled from its hooks and
fell to the floor, papers, magazines and
all.
When the mistress rose half an hour
late the next morning, she remarked
that she forgot to wind the clock and it
stopped at half-past II. The master had
to hurry through his breakfast and go
to the office before the children could be
dressed. The little gold clock, ashamed.
tried to hide its face behind its quiet
hands. The newspaper rack felt glad
that its brass eyes were covered by
leaf of the Story Teller.-Mrs. F. f.
Johnson i'll the Story Teller.