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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
Tennyson's Dear Girl. -

TennysOn's defective eyesight was ever
an acute annoyance to him, and added
greatly to his innate shyness of meeting
strangers, and going into society. He
constantly referred to it, and once said
THE King and Queen of Denmark,
the princess the Gar and Czarina and
their attendant ladies and gentlemen,
were dining on board Sir Donald Cur
rie's yacht one dayfeWhen l was ALSO a
guest. After luncheon, the princess
asked me to read one of my poems, and
someone fetched me the book. | sat on
sofa IN the smoking room next the
princess, and another lady came and sat
beside me on the other side. The Car
stood up Just in front of me.
when | finished reading. this lady
said something very civil, and | thought
she was Andrew Clark's daughter. so {
patted her on the shoulder very affec-
tionately, and said, My dear girl, that
very kind of you, very kind | heard
the Car chuckling nightly to himself,
so | looked more nearly at her, and. God
bless me! it WIS the Czarina herself. =
Century Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22

oil the feathers are soaked for several
hours in a strong solution of soda and
soap, and then scrubbed and thoroughly
rinSed. Those for light colors are
bleached with chemicals before being
dyed, but those for black are only sub
lected to a triple dip in jet dye.
Shaded feathers are made by enclosing
parts in rubber shields after the solid
color has been acquired and dipping them
III contrasting dye and cOmbing while
wet. They are dried out of doors. in the
sun, if possible. or in room where the
thermometer registers $50 degrees
After the starching and another drying
each string of feathers is beaten against
wooden tables or partitions to remove SUI
pertluous starch. So violent is the proc
ess that one expects to see the pumes
fall apart in a hundred or more pieces.
The only effect, however, of the rough
usage is to make them look cleaner and
fluller than ever. At this point the work
which has thus far been done by men.
is turned over to women. who, in another
part of the factory, begin the more deli
cate operations.
Feathers of all lines. in different stages
of development. are scattered over long
tribes. The punches are separated and
the quill of each feather is scraped thin
by a bit of glass. Afterward they arc
sewed together to form the various de-
signs, steamed over boilers having numer-
Gus spouts and curled with an implement
like the blade of an ordinary iack-knife
Although apparently simple, the task re-
quires considerable skill to avoid break
mo fhn stem
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
X Gossip for the Ladies. ~

to the coloring. Foliage is a special
item in millinery and there is every kind
IN the prettiest tints of green and most
exquisite in finish.
The new mats are large. extremely so
If you have the height to carry them,
and the shapes are stunning The Mar
quiSe. modified and varied to suit the
face, is one of the leading styles. Lace,
Maline, chiffon and tulle are prevailing
materials in this department, with straw
at the head. % course.
The new varieties have lost all reSem-
blance to the OLD. however. and there is
simply no end to the variety in braids
Curly effects seem 10 prevail and these
are made of some sort of fiber. but there
are all L amer OF thin Italian braids. ali
Sorts Of fanc,- straws in all colors
Mllliners will have a full opportunity
to show their artistic skill this season.
as they are expected to make marvelS
of beauty in shape and trimming out of
the Soft-crowned, wide-brimmed fancy
straw hats.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
Facts About FeatherS.

The present trade in ostrich feathers
is almost unprecedented. For a number
of years the demand was so small that
the raising of ostriches decreased to the
extent of 40 Der cent. and feather work
ors had 70 turn their attention to othef
channels Of industry. But now the de-
mand for skilled labor far exceeds the
supply. a glance at women's toilets just
now is sufficient to explain the unusual
demand.
Perhaps more than onc-half of the
feathers used in America are imported
in the natural state and prepared here.
South Africa is the principal breeding
place of the ostrich. Ostrich farms have
been started in Australia and in San Di-
ego county, California. but the supply OF
feathers from these sources sent TO the
New York market is scarcely perceptible.
The great distributing market is London,
where auction sales are held every other
month. and are attended by buyers from
all parts of the world. Feathers sell
from Sl5 TO $50 pound. the highest
price representing blood primes =
feathers taken from the wings and tail
of the male bird when 4 or , years Old.
The plumagC Of the female bird is con
sidered less choice than that of the male.
At the present time values in all grades
are 30 per cent. in excess of those pre-
yailing for several years.
The last season was so prosperous that
many manufacturers in this city em-
ployed between 400 and 500 hands most
of the time since last April A feather
mandatory is not a very inviting place,
with great watts. sloppy floors, intense
heat and steam. but the work is inter
csting through the heroic measures nee
essary to evolve from the feather in its
natural state the dainty thing Of beauty
it is to become In the natural state
most Of the feathers are Of dirty gray
color. shading 10 black. and are Of all
lengths from three 10 perhaps twelve or
more inches. The qniii is thick and the
tiue (the curly part straight and lustre-
less.
The darker shades are sorted for black
feathers and the lighter for those Of col
ored tints. tied in punches Of about a
couple Of dozen, and strung a few inches
apart in sections about one and one-half
yards in length. To remove the natural
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
Many of Her Chill
dren Gained Thrones.

The personality of the mother OF Ma
pOle0n BOnaparte is seldom better pre-
scented than in the following brief SEN
fences, which make one feel very much
at home with her: She was married at
Ii to Charles Bonaparte an humble no.
tary of Corsica, and bore him thirteen
children. She had very little education.
knew nothing of literature, and until aft
er she passed middle life could talk no
language but her native Corsican dia-
lect; yet, when she was left a widow
with the Slenderest means, she educated
her family and lived to see every one of
them except Lucien and Pauline seated
upon throne. And Lucien declined
two.
She was herself by no means elated at
receiving the title of Imperial highness."
and was exceedingly sensitive. Her ex-
allied position exposed her to ridicule be-
cause of her lack of learning and her
inability to speak French, but she was a
woman of fine presence of perfect self
possession, and her natural abilities and
strong character made her a very inter
esting person.
FOl twenty-five years she occupied a
dismal old palace at the corner of the
famous street known as the Corso and
the Piazza Nenetia. and there held court
with great dignity, with four ladies in
waiting, two chamberlains, secretary
and other attaches.-Chicago Record
Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22

1T is reported that a process Of covering
wooden doors with sheet metal hy meats
of electrolySis is now being Experimental
with ut Bridgeport. Conn. The excellent
fire resisting qualities Of q wooden door
covered with tin plate have long heen
recognized. since the metal covering pre-
vents the wood taking fire. while the use
Of wood for the framing avoids any risk
Of the Wrapping of the door by heat, al
lowing flames 10 pass through, as has
happened wi b doors built wholly Of iron.
A tinplate-cOvered door has, however, a
poor appearance. and is therefore snit-
able only for workshops and warehouses.
BY drpositiug copper or bronze electro
lytically it is hoped to provide doors suit
able for buildings of 3I kinds. The
method followed is 10 place the carefully
finished wooden door in a hot solution Of
fossil gum in linsecd oil. This completed
closes the pores of the wood with an
imperyious varnish. so that oH trans
feI.ring the door to the cicctrolytic both
the solutions are not absorbed. On re-
moyal from the vanishing balh the
edges Of the door are bound with sheet
conner fixed by cement. and the rest 81
the door is then covered with q conducl +
inc layer Of bronze powder, after which
rbe whole Is plac d IN an eiectroiyuc
bath and copper deposited over the
whole surface. --Engiuet ring
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
The Width OF n River.

Il is necessary TO make use only Of
the eyes aud the brim of a hat to meas
ure the width of any ordinary stream,
or even Of a good.szed river, and here is
the way to do it:
Select Il part Of the river bank whore
the grounds run back level, aud. stand
ing at the waters edge fix your eyes
on the opposite bank. Now. move your
hat down over your brow until the edge
Of the brim * exactly on line with the
water line on the opposite side. This
will give you a visual JINGLE that may
be used Oh any level surface, and il, rs
has been suggested. the ground on your
side Of the river be fiat you may lay
off, a corresponding distance on it. To
do this You have only 10 hold your head
perfectly steady after getting the angle
with your hat brim, supporting your
chin with your hand, if necessary, and
turn slowly around until your back is
toward thu river. Now take careful
note OF where your hat brim cuts the
level surfsce of the ground as You look
over the latter, and from where you
stand to that point will be the width
of the rivera distance that may readi-
~ be measured by stepping. If you are
careful in all these details you can come
within few feet of the rivers width
Detroit Free Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
What Polly Said.

Amelia Bingham has a parrot. 1t
came to her in this wise: One blisterihS
hot day last summer she befriendCd an
almost fainting street car conductor by
sending him home in her carriage and
notifying headquarters that he could not
report for duty. There was a strong
vein of gratitude in his composition. evil
IDENTIFY. for about a week ago cage con-
tanning a gOrgeOusly plumaged parrot
was left at Miss Bingham's home, in
East Thirty-first street, and with II a
letter recalling the summer circumstance.
The conductor, for it was from him, said
he had not forgotten her kindness and
had been waiting to show his apprecia-
ton. He hadn't much to give. he con
tinued. but he raised parrots, and he had
picked out his best young bird and had
been teaching it ever since, often taking
it with him on his daily trips.
1t proved to be a very bright bird, and
Miss Bingham. who has warm spot
for pets of all sorts, finding it most
amusing, became attached to it almost
at once. The other evening she gave
quite large dinner party, after which
music and other advertisements We're in
dulged in until rather late hour. Dur
ing slight III. one of the guests asked:
What next; Miss Bingham -
Polly. who had been religiouslv silent
all evening. ''came to" just then, and
sang out:
Next car; step lively, please; step
lively
And now poor Polly is in disgrace
New York Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22

not think wild flowers are worth gather
ing, just because anybody can have them
for nothing. But you know what perfect
little pictures they are under the big mi
croScope glass don't youl'
Yes, mother, and the fairies don't
leave any of the parts cut because
they re only tiny flowers. do they? Fa-
.her said they didn't put any name on
my penny wooden horse because it was
too small"
All, we haven't such dainty fingers
as the flower fairies-not even the clever
est of us dear
Again there was short silence. and
again the hoy spoke first
How IS it that the prettieSt flowers
are always hardest To reach? You near
y always have to push through brars
and nettles to get them
just because they are the hardest To
reach they have better chance nf
growing larger and more beautiful. Isn't
the best orize NJ school always hardest
Ia get. and isn't that just why you want
10 get i,:"
"YeS-rm going to try and get the
French prize this year. Oh. bat moth
er, the irregular verbs are dreadful to
learn
Nearly rs bad rs the briars and net
ties, dare say, Never mind, Learn
one at ? time-just as You plucked the
hOwcrs'
How beautifully these flowers have
freShened M" said the boys sister that
evening.
"Yes," he said. Il know why" he
added, thoughtfully But he did not fell
how he knew brooklyn Eagle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
"a Lovely Little Foible. :.

Lovable people are seldom. nay, never
perfect They always possess a few lit
tie redeeming faults or foibles which
prevent them from being models, or.
should say, insults to the rest of the hui
man race. Indeed, it is often the very
possession of these little faults or foibles
which makes them lovable.
| never feel inclined to criticise people
Unless they inspire me with sympathy.
| shun perfect people, and | have done
so all my life.
| hate to be sat upon. and / feel so
small in the presence of perfect person
that it makes me deteSt both the person
and myself. | like TO stand chance
with anybody.
Is there anything more charming than
the lovely little foibles Of good women!
Their little fads, their little obstinacies,
their little peculiarities? You must put
little" before every one, because they
are all SC small! All is so sweet.
How, for example, the best women
love to take little ascendancy over the
people they are fond of; how they gently
resent their efforts ut getting independ-
ent of them?
Who is the fond mother who would not
like to keep her child under her wing
for ever and ever? The first time that
her child goes ont alone without her. tell
me if her pride is not slightly mingled
WIN StHilEHo at InE tubuEul THAI Aiit
dear little one can do without her for
a few moments.
Is that not also the feeling of a de-
vote nurse toward her PATIENT 4 pa
tient stands to nurse as child does to
q mother.
To illustrate this, I have a reminiscence
only a few days old. | was at the
French hospital recovering from a very
dangerous operation which had been per-
formed upon me. / was nursed by a
Sister. a sweet, attentive. cheerful nurse.
whose devotion to me was perfectly sub-
lime.
After being five weeks in bed was
at last allowed to sit up ia a chair, not
for long. however, for even with the
help Cf two doctors / could not stand on
my lfgs for one second.
Thu next morning | felt more conf
dent and | slowly stood up. grasping the
bed rost and succeeded i'm walking alone
across the room as far as u sofa, on
which | Law down.
When the dear Sister came. thinking
that | was still in bed and that she was
going TO help me to get up. her ace was
a study. There was disappointment and
a little sadness written on It.
She thought / had no business to show
signs of independence so quickly. Of
course she was glad. | know she was.
At the same time there was like a re-
proach on her face.
If she had expressed her inner thoughts
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
"UnCle Andv.v

One of the quaint characters in The
Boy Recruits the long story in the st.
Nicholas, is thus introduced:
At the courthouse, Fred'S father was
addressing a crowd OF excited citizens.
News of the firing ON Fort Sumter had
come, and the senator was telling his
townsmen that everybody who could ear
ny a gun should stand ready to fight in
the coming war.
Fred soon forgot his ambition 10 be a
circus man. He now wanted To be
soldier.
will your father let you." little
Jimmy asked, as the two boys walked
ava. from the courthouse.
Nv hat if he WON'T" Fred replied
Didn't he say that youths should for
sake their parents to fight for the
Ifnion?"
Did he mean that boys ought to be
soldiers when their folks don't want them
10 be?"
"Of course he did. Nobody's folks
want him to go to war. If everybody
stayed home on that account. there
wouldn't he any soldiers at all"
This was plain enough to Jimmy.
Lets play soldier now" said he. You
he captain.
With sticks for guns, they started to
march,
Here! That won't do" said a CHEEKY
voice behind them
They turned and saw an old man
S,nmplhE along on a peg leg, SHINING as
he came.
Everybody in Mornington knew I'm
Gle Andy" lligelow, though few under
stood him. Most of the people said he
was Cracked" Senator Stanton said he
was genius The children of the place
just loved him. and did not trouble To
ask why. Almost every dry some OF
them might he found III his little cob
bling shop on the Flats. listening to
| some queer story or quaint song with
which he entertained them while he
worked When they asked him how he
lost his leg, he was apt to answer one
way as another. "'Tain't lost he would
| say; II know whur II is Or; "Mebhe
| | had it cut off to save socks: you see.
pair lasts twicet rs long now" Or:
"Who ever said I'd lost it? Mcbhe
was horned with peg leg. Who
| knowsT This was about as near as he
ever came to telling anything about him-
| self But the man who paid out money
! for the government knew that Uncle An
| dy drew a pension because he aad~l2st
his left leg in the Mexican war.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
GORILLA HUNTING.
West Africans Sa Gorilla Has the
Soni q Man.


Gorilla hunting is distinct sensation
even for the veteran hunter. This ami
NAL which has become confused some
what with fable and fiction, is reality,
and Il decidedly unpleasant one to en-
gage. The West Africans are mortally
afraid of it, believing that the brute con
talns the spirit of n man. They attrib-
ute 10 1t all sorts of ferocitics, like the
carrying off of n human being. who is
permitted to return after being deprived
of toe and finger nails.
skilled hunters have never observed
any of these doings, but they testify to
the brute's strength and ferocity. Ac-
cording to "A French sportsman a full
grown gorilla can bite through n tree
six inches thick in order to secure the
sap, and twist a gun barrel with the
swollen lunches Of muscle that serve for
arms. His roar is terrifying and can
be heard for II distance of three miles.
i shall never forget how the first
one impressed me, says the Frenchman.
Tor | had a bad attack of shakes. The
woods had been filled some time with
barking roar but | saw nothing until my
guide clucked softly and pointed to
tree, alongside which stood nm immense
male gorilla There he remained but
twelve yards away, boldly facing as with
his huge chest, muscular arms hcrccy-
gnring deepgray eyes and hellish ex-
preston, until | moved
"'At that he dropped to all fours and
came six yards nearer, sitting up to beat
his breasts with his huge fists-a def
ancc--So that it sounded like an immense
drum. His roar was most singular, be-
ginning with kind Of bark and deepen
ing into bass roll that literally rescm-
BLEED thunder. The short hair on his
forehead was twitching. his powerful
fanga showed unplcaSantly, and, feeling
he was about to attack. and incidentally
I...s,. nod Oh thrntttTh
the heart With a groan something hui
man and yet british, he fell on his face
and died quickly. like Il man. lie meas
ured ; feet inches in length, his chest
was 81 inches. and his arms spread 8
feet. / was giad 10 have the specimen.
but somehow after that never cared to
kill gorilla unless he actually menaCed
me.'-Allcn Sangree in Ainslee's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
VesuViu1.

There was no life on that bare. black
hirdless cone, and as we climbed an icy
wind began to blow, and the lava dust
stung the face like hail. The crust was
warm to the feet. | dipped my hand into
an aperture the size of a rabbit hole, and
withdrew it hot and wet. On every side
the smoke eddied up from tiny craters;
but all these things We're details in face
Of that everlasting vomit of black smoke
from the crater. The wind ragged above
us as we drew near the crater, and the
lava dust spat more viciouSly, the sui
phurous smoke hid the world from our
view. 1t was as if the lieutenants Of
that angry monarch strOve to prevent
mortals from gazing too closely at her
Internal orgies. On hands and knees we
grabbed our way up the cone, coughing.
blinded by the smoke, buffeted by the
icy wind. We reached the verge of the
crater and threw ourselves on our faces.
| peered for one moment into that caul-
dron of fire and smoke. The guide
clutched my arm and motioned me TO
follow him round the edge of the crater.
| crawled after him, crying Enough"
But he did not hear. He could not have
heard a foghorn in the roar of that wind.
Enough | bawled, trying to grab him.
Enough" | roared, clutching at his
leg. He shrugged his shoulders, and tax
ing my arm, we plunged down through
the lava. A few PAGES below he stopped.
l bent toward him, and through the
screams of the wind heard him say,
Give me a leetle present to buy macca-
roni. The Academy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
NICKELS BY THE TON.
The Small and Useful Coins Counted
by Weight.

by Weight,
Once a day curious scene is enacted
at the various banks receiving the money
of the New York street ear lines. SO
many nickels are deposited that the
clerks do not try to count them, They
weigh them and pray for the early
death of the man who invented them.
OF course, worn and light coins run Il
few more to the ton than new ones from
the mint, but the discrepancies average
about the same all the way along, and
little or nothing is lost by this method of
counting nickels. Thus the uickcls that
tome in by truck and whcelbarrow loads
to tire bank are kept moving until they
reach the subtreaSurF. TO be recoincd or
again put into circulation.
Great is the power of the nickel. Rain
drops of nickels falling into the conduc-
tors pocket. to be shOveled into The
treasury of the street car lines ut the
end of the route. have performed mira
cles besides making officials and stock
holders rich They nave transformed
New York. extended and multiplied the
lines. pushed the city into the suburbs.
giving new streets and houlcvards. rapid
transit for miles beyond the prediction Of
the widest drcamerS Of twenty years
ago.
With thousands of conductors collect
ing fares. Il shower of money falls into
the companY's receiving Offices in differ.
ent parts Of town every day. This money
is transferred each day by stronGly-bHi't
treasure wagons 10 the banks convenient
to the receiving offices. This transfer of
cash requires three teams of horses to bc
changed during the day for each wagon.
Trusted officials. with q special guald
armed TO the teeth. accompany tn"
wagon Kansas City Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
Evening at the Old Home.

Back to the hallowed hills which childhood
knew,
Made sacred ground by memories sweet and
true.
I wandered Iistlessly one summer day.
/ blotted out the waste of weary years.
FOLDED the pages that were stained with
tears.
And fancied | was but a child at play
But when the evening came and twilight
fell
Above the gray-roofed home loved so well
And still no voice called from the vine
clad door,
7 wept as only they can weep who know,
The loving voices of long ago
Will call them from their childish sports
DO more.
Beth Whttson in New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-22
Hats of Great Beauty.

The new hats are most suggestive of
summer than anything else in sight. un-
less it is the parasols, and for them there
are every kind of flower and every sort
OF leaf nature knows, produced in ar
tifcial profusion.
Hats entirely Of flowers are in greater
variety than ever. They are made of
berries with heir blossoms and leaves:
of berries and leaves without blossoms:
of rosebuds and leaves, of violets and
syringas with leaves.
The new roses are simply gorgeous,
and poppies are going to be great favor
ties. Du Barry roses in small sizes are
very much used for wreaths as well as
clusters
Thistles in different colors are one OF
the novelties, and in these. as in so many
other new flowers, you see the touch Of
velvet. possibly only a few petals OF it,
but it is there. giving a richer tone