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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
The Best Husbands
Are Seldom Clever Me-.

The conceAsus Of opinion as gathered
from women OF all shades and dSSfeta If
NpCrience-women happily married.
women uuhappily married, happy single
women ami women unhappy because they
are net married-is that IN brilliant. Wit
ty, cynical clever man is all right for a
friend. delightful as Il beau or 4 dinner
guest. and not at all impossible as a
sweetheart. but rs I husband he is a fail
Ure when compared 10 the slower. duller,
but more human man of no SNOWY accom-
plShmentS or dazzling achievements
The clover fellow. who was such a
charming and divertmg squire of danes,
often proves selfish, thoughuess, bad
tempered husband. whereas the simple
soul who thinks his wife an angel and
never ceases to congratulate himself ON
his luck in winning her. does his very
best to keep her from ever regrettng the
step.
\ recent writer has said that women
love genius At long range; that they adj
mire wealth and power as expressed by
men who control the business world: that
they are proud of the homage of intellect
and rejoice in the adulation eff the
famous"
Fut when il comes to the choice Of =
husband the woman of sense and Srnti-
ment, intuition and discernment. chooses
the man WAC does not-and does not thinl,
he doeS--"know it an OF course he
may be Il genius and hero and capitalist
al in one. But 1t is extremely unlikely.
The angel strain is usually left out OF this
combination any way. And that is most
likely 10 be found in the simple. homelv,
Slngle-hear'cd man than anywhere else.
He may not shine in society. But he will
he calm and strong in the storms Of life
and the light tower of home lie is the
kind Of a man who S0ftens his big voice
"a hn sl,al- ,,.1,. l.
babies by the tireside and plays "Thi.
little pig went to market with their wee
pink toes before he rocks them TO sleep.
lie may not know one note of music from
another But to Il woman who knows
motherhood there is no sound in all the
world so full of melody as the rough. low
below that he sings over the nodlmg lit
tie heads under the impression that it is
lullaby. The simple men are the hest
Browning. but they are certain to know
the story Of Jack and the Bean Stalk
and the Three Bears.
The simple man is never an cgotiSt.
That a woman should love him is 4 sur-
prise that keeps him happy all his days:
and he wears her kiss over his heart that
he may be kind and believing toward an
women for her sake. And he tolls for her
without complaint and shelters her be-
Meath his love and knows no ambitions
but to make her and her little one,
happy.
He does not thcOrizc much on problems
Of society. The suggestion that marriage
is failure seems indicate to his simple
mind; and the threat of the world to do
away with it as an institution seems H.
Linn sacrilege against that which is of nil
things the most sacred. He is true from
his heart outward, Aud the woman who
wins his love is sure that it will endure
until the end of life
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
Uncle Sans Bear.

l'ar MP among The northern pines of Il
state famed for its beautiful lakes lies
the most beautiful of them all. SO hidden
IN The forests that il stretches out. 400
miles of wild and lovely Shorc-line. un-
suspected b,. mos, of the white mans
world, and the Indians still hunt in the,
wilderness about it and move over it's
waters in their birch-hark canoes-still.
too, indulge sometimes in their old
pastime of killing of their whic neigh
bors; and that is why. as the train
brings YOU up To the tiny village which
marks the reservation agency, YOU catch
glimpse Of Uncle Sans little white
tens among the trees by the lakeside.
ANA meet his boys i'll blue along the
street MS you go up to the hotel.
W has not been a military pos
very long, and is but small one, 50
the barracks are just nothing but Il big
wooden house standing like huge yell
low bonnct-boN on the edge of The lake.
il Is approached by Il sandy road
through the low scrub of young oak and
hlarkened StumpS, and along this We
were proceeding Jack. Hester, and |.
with mother following at less enthu-
slaStic but equally cheerful pacc-Whcn
we saw on the grassy open before the
barracks what seemed to our startled
With F." large black bear, The grinning
faces of the sentry and the men about
the door of the guard tent, however,
soon reasSured us. and with mixed feel
ings Of delight and awe we drew nearer.
1t was n soldier aud ii was bear;
but as we approached hc-the man, not
the bear-disentanglel himself sufficient
~ TO make us a friendly signal to come
on, and you may he sure we were soon ~
M respectful distance making their
acquaintance.
He's the company's mascot, miss, "
explained the private, with smile that
was as broad and good-natuled ~ every
thing else about him. We trapped him
when he was Il little Teller lie amt
very old now, bur he's big. Oh. no; he
wouldn't hurt anyone las the bear who
did not care for the interruption 10 his
scutiling match, rose on his hind legs
aud with teeth and claws set about de
yOuring an arm in friendly fashion.
HE most bit the cooks finger off the
other day The soldier chuckled aS il
he enjoyed the recollection. You soc, he
amt used 10 hayin' no one manage him
but me, an ! was up in the town, an
when | come back. there he'd got loose,
an they had him c0rnercd in the cellar
with pitChfurks and broomS an every
thing, awaitn' fer me- 30 get back ii
chain him up
Here the bear made an unexpected
move. and uonchalanliy hooked his
claws into Jacks shoe lace. causing that
youth to hop with more energy than dig
nifty for a moment, while the rest OF the
audience retired space with much alac-
rity.
"Tricksy oh. yes, he knows u few
stunts nothin' much Where's yer bot
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
The New Woman
Versus the Old One.

The new woman IS still a parsonage
who agitates the old woman and causes
many ominous shakes of the head. Not
cook? Not do her own laundry work
Not make her own gowns she eXpostu-
lateS. and holds up her hands in holy
horror. Live in an apartment house,
buy her own and her children's clothes
ready-made and put her clothing All out
to be washed with everybody discs in
general laundrics! What are we comm.
toI'
Better times, I hope Did it ever
strike the odd woman that / hc proper
training of a child is enough Tor one
woman's head, hands and hearth And
suppose there are several Children each
with his own individuality, his own tenn
permanent, and each needing constant and
almost prayerful study 10 develop and
perfect into the highest type OF men aHd
women. One child is timor0uS. faint
hearted and weak. lie is the kind who
Yields to temptation when he grows OLD
or. lie must be strengthened physically.
mentally. morally. Another is rash,
reckless. headstronG. lie mist be held
back, taught caution. led to think before
acting.
Is NOT such constant study and over
sight enough for 4 mother. without stop
ping - make bread and clothes 10 wash
until back ana head achnE All such
purely mechanical. machine work should
be done for her: done wen t. Doe sure
scientifically. hygienrally and rs mex
pensiveIy rs IS consistent with good
work
But surely in this the Twentieth cen
tury. it Is time women stopped iaboTin2
1T drud&erv with her hands and devoted
The major part of Hgr time and attention
30 the moral and mental training of her
children.
Not that their physical welfare should
bee neglected. I do no; mean thar in auy
sense \ sound body j. rs necessary a~
i sound mind But now that the world.
y.orl, is looking sea well after these lower
needs. d. not condemn women for drop.
ping such tasks and moving ou to higher
and more essential ones \ coHssien-
lors mother has her hands full iu Simply
training and developing the character "t
her LITTLE onns And she needs much
study aui training herself go be ready
ior tile task
The ncv woman is recognizing the i'm
portauCe 81 this task and earnestly pro
Darius for IT, And though she also knows
bow ~ maEa good wholesome bread. she
doesn't .pcad her days Tor achieve a
reputation for the latter work. If the
bakers strike. she can make IT, Bot
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
A Feminine Rarity.

Refreshing in a day, when it would
seem that all on earth are solicitous to fill
the public eye is the woman who, despite
her bread, depends upon public favor
scorns all accepted methods to attain it,
OF such rare ingredients is the inimitabe
Dusc. y cable message was received last
week from the great italian i'll response
10 the request Of a well known periodical
for a signed article from her pen. So
emphatic was the refusal that the artists
manager, recognizing the futiIity of inter-
ference. rejected Il further proposition to
make a certain issue of the publication Il
Dusc number. Many attempts were
made to interview Duse in her last
American tour. In the disguise of supes,
stage hands, messengers and bell bows,
the ever resourceful scribe laborcd to in
vcigle the equally vary Italian into COM
hitting herself. Knowing her repug-
nance to all publicity beyond the lcgiti-
mate Interpretation of her art. friends in
This country, upon reading the alleged
Paris interview in which DdSe was re-
ported to have denounced the stage and
al pertaining to it. cablcd her for de-
NAL. To their surprise she failed to re-
Spond, and never has it been possible to
get from her 4 REPUTATION for publication
New York Press
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18

tie touch of your finger make them 60
down in favor Of what be has done fer
you.
The supreme coquetrv Of a woman is
to know how to geisn. even when her
husband governs. Her very weakness
Is the hes weapon in her hands. Her
husband should be the motive OF all
her actions. Before thinking Of appear
ing beautiful TO the Indifferent. she
should think of appearing beautiful To
her husband.
II she is admired. sac should feel proud
of it for his sake and make him under.
stand that only crumbs are for rangers
that he alone is invited to the whole
meal of her beauty, her love, her bound
less devotion.
And yet we add that there is NOT. ia
this article. single word of advice.
which give II women in their dealings
with husbands which | do not endorse
and give to men in their dealings with
their wives. MAN JRElI..
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
Useless Belongings.

Give away what you don't really need in
your house. Don't let such things ac-
cumulate. They will soon fill attic and
cellar, and overflow into other rooms,
where they do no one any good. You
are not likely to want them again. and it
is n nuisance to have them around. Long
ago we should have been obliged to ger
Il bigger home for our growing family if
! had followed my husbands thrifty plan
of saving things, says n writer in Sep
TENDER Good housekeeping.
At first he thought | was extIavagant.
but now he acknowledges that if other
families would likewise rid themselves of
truck" they are not likely to use again
in a thousand years. house cleaning would
be robbed of half its terrors. Thrift is a
homely virtue that easily degenerates into
miserliness. Some of us hoard old clothes.
unused furniture, discarded bric-a- brac,
and the like simply because that habit
has become so fixed we are too stingy to
give such things away to worthy folks
who need them. Yet we don't mean to
he stingy, and are ashamed to discover
that we are so.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
Woman a PeSSimist.

The average woman is a dved-in-the-
wool peSslmIst Almost every woman
over 80 years of age looks distressed
Her broWs are bent. her mouth drawn
| into tight line, and there are deem fur.
rows down her cheeks. She looks exort-
~ as If she were considering how TO pr,-
vide dinner for % cents that will salts
tY twenty-five small children, when in
reality she may have nothing more serl-
GUS III her mind than buying n pair of
socks for George. No wonder women
grow old faster than meT.. Cor they Inn.
| their worries to them and let them show
| in their faces.
There was once an elderly servant VINO
was superStitiOuS TO a degree. and who
always expected the worst to happen.
Did she find a needle on the floor. did
picture fall in the house or a bird fly
into one of the rooms, she was instantly
plunged into Woe Were going TO have
a heap Of bad luckr' she would saw. and
then she'd be lachrymose until someone
mad the toothache or the COWS got into
the corn, when she would consider the
demon luck exercised or satisfied for a
time, and grow as cheerful as il was her
habit ever to be. Someone once asked
signs.
Why. certainly" she replied. but
they don't COUNT don't believe in the
good luck ones" which, by the way, is
thoroughly characteristic of the sex.
here Is woman who suffers-suffers
is the word-from insomnia. Il can't
imagine why | don't sleep" she says 10
her friends. I'm sleepy as ANYTHING
when l 90 upstairs. but then / begin 70
wonder if my son Arthur. who travels
for drug firm, is on train. and in a
minute | see him just as plainly bleeding
and mangled i'll a wreck When ! de
eide that he is reilly dead | think Of
John. and worry because he hasn't n
better position. Then Molly comes into
my, mind. and | feel sure that one of her
children must be i'll. | feel 50 blue about
her. / fret over Lucy's throat a bit
then. and by this time I'm wide awake.
It's the strongest thing! | don't under
stand why ! should be so wakeful,"
Her physician does, however. and now
he's prescribing for her a course Of
cheeFfulness and of booking for the
best" Its a medicine that most women
need their faces show it-but there are
few who are sensible enough To take it,
New Orleans picayune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
FOR the Good Housewife

Here 5 4 recipe for taraiture polish
winch VIII remove white spots from var
ldshed and oiled woods and restore
duled surfaces TO their original gloss:
one cupiul of cold drawn linseed oil
one cUPiul Of powdered rotteustone. one
halI cupful Of alcohol. one cupfui Of
h2phiha, one cupful Of turpentine. one
cul,1ul OF strong solution Of oXalic acid.
ana one cupful Of cold water with which
has been slowly mixed two teaspoonfuis
of sulphuric acid.
Shake the ingredients together and
Keep bottled and closely Corked until il
Is wanted. Apply the preparation with
a flannel cloth and rub vigorously.
ca and rottenstone viii often restore
me dnHed or distigured surface OF p0l.
iShed furniture
If perfumery or any other preparation
containing alcohol has been spilled on n
vanished surface. instead of wiping il
on add oil to neutralize its effect. Al
m0hoI dlSSoiVCS the gum OF the varIsh
Inc Purer the spirit the quicker it's
work.
\ white stain produced on varnish by
alcohol may sometimes be restored vita
a rubbing OF turpentine and oil or OF
kerosene. Sometimes alcohol and oil
VIII do the work. If the surface is
roughened and the scar deep, rub first
WitL very fine emery paper. then with
oil. Lastly, polish with oil ana rotten
stone.
Plaster casts that have been broken
may be mended with a mixture Of white
OF egg and fine whiting. stirred into Il
thin paste. Moisten the broken portions
and reunte them gently, holding them
together until the paste sets.
If small fragments have been lost, the
paste may be used to fill in crevces and
chinks. The mixture will harden rapid,
ly and only small quantity may he
made at one time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18

tla Erq9 uore,,--bo niol-oa ~, 49,, an
I,.,,. ia, 60, -, - o.. ia
iUIH thV e'ouhu 'Ho haHdeV
II 20 HuS tor BugameEeshlg, to give
him his fun dignity and the Indian lead
er his full indignityl. The bear graveIy
,,i.,l :, r.. ~ ,,,'..,,,. - -,
~ - ms moulin anu Iiipeu pacN
Ms hE"u az Though enjoying a long
uilu@Rt II II WAS fun he wodld he
better. pleased" said the soldier. ..TJe
likes his Lcer aIony Win ,ba 49,, - -
.e;.i I,s ,,,,.l;,,, '''' Va Us
"', : '''' i''' i - uTHlAs.
Tag mere threw down his bottle. aud
,..rs3tinn e, ''''''e '"''
TY,a L,.,,. a. .,,,..., ..,.,i,...,
-, 90 ,''' '''''- su'" w L" MS
ia ',H'SE'' ana turned has sharp nose To
ne right with vomiCal solcmnity rs his
commanding officer shouted.
hight dress
lug ohyyaj Stan,Ii,,.r ,,,;+,, ...s,,,.l.. 49,,
looking ver, wilitar, ms be- dil ~ jnlt
90 follow the MAMMAL as n,eII rs ,,,.
other of Iuele Sans vyclldri}lod s,L.
jecIS could The ucnr Nyent tbrnp,rb !.
few more maueuyerS. much 10 our a.
+ hEnt. ami then the soldier said:
Want to see him take his baths Ur
has his hath in the lake every day. Now
! Il le> show you another funny thing
h'. ices, too. This amt no trick
( "'1h.E' eepl JeS his own-the little
tuNN; re cropped the chain from his
""u'' "Hu INSTANTLY. before We had time
] H. ~ ',i ii''H' 'ite pear made dash for
ccrnrr nF ~, NV ii;'S"Pi '''Teu round the
/ ,,,,,',t t"' "uhuiilS' numbering ut full
! Il, ,t 1t""I Went 'hE soldier too, and
ap,,ynrc1 ~ a., .., ""Hn' nl'i SHORTY re-
! han 81 nra,irito,li lU"uu NhlSh hug
I him orain hv tL' i, a"niSneu' reading
The sly little faIlnv,t IL -
makes y hae-linr ,,,,,t,;r' ~ al"uiS
! beds" he Snid fon,llv, go - tn'9 IN"
get there he hos 'cm ,u to,, W., NY u'n
! time. VI ~ u"
lie now led the haar down 70 en-,
waters edge. and flung the cboin oyo,.
Ia stump, and then for some Tina w.,
watched our friends endowment If tho
/ tnol water where he sat with his nsual
gravity. fishing up from the bottom, one
ny one some unSpeakahle old pla vim,
Gurus ana eating them adroitlv from the
| ""th Ht ms paw.
- iaSt we bade him lingering adieu.
Sh; '""N our way pack through the sum
oiH'e /" Inc town. where the noble say
age was to he seen, in all his dirt and
1'Shity-tor he has dignity still, if Won
io9k II hm with the right eye to see 1t.
we We're soon lost in admiration Of nm
ga iRhian who had so many wrinkles i'm
ms tac" mat you would not have been
anI' I" tel which of them was really his
mouth except for TIE fact that pipe
was protruding trUm il: and we had al
most forgotten RugamegeShig existence.
N"eA "Ild chorus of yelling voices burst
upon our ears To the accompaniment Of
JlhEilng sound. OF course We hardly
l'e"ed To look around To know tha; our
new acquaintance had broken loose But
nope you don imagine that on this ne
count we didnt look around. for We did.
""o 'N'rntrd several other very haSty
moves at the same time. The brute
on" always calls them brutes when they
IRE lndnlEing their native instinct for
| tf"cGoal rounded the corner close 10 us
| "'iu ''iiiS p"u"uiiG' nun trot. down The
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
Charming Chimney Corner.

Was there ever a more charming chim-
follows?
1t has a flight Of gray black swallows
above the mantel the tiny faTaMay
ones reaching in graceful curve ~ev.
"ral yards 10 the left Amos, as high ass
he ceiling. These are painted in water
c"orS. cut oar separately and arranged
on the wall. which is "a warm pinki>h
ierro Gotta in color. On the rough stones
'mmcdia.eIy above the fireplace i ell
Sraved the legend in which Oliver Wen
de.l Holmes delighted. to the effect taat
there is no earthly happiness like -four
'eer OH a fender. Little 'three-cor-
nered' cupboarl~ nj either side increase
the apparen; width of the chimney place.
and below these there ara low Durlap-
covered seats fitted in. A pot Of English
Ivy nils one end Of the mantel (which is
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
For the Children's Lunch Box.

Cookies are always in demand for the
chldren's luncheon boxes. A delicious
sort for extra occasions may have an
admiXture of nuts and fruit. Cream to-
and cupful of butter. Add three we'll
beaten eggs and give the batter vigor-
Gus beating. Stir in a teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of
hot water, half teaspoonful of salt, and
teasp0onful of cinnamon. Sift three
and one-fourth cupfuls of -four and beat
in alternate portions of it and of chopped
English walnuts, half a cupful of cur
rants, and half a cupful of chopped and
seeded raisins. Drop by spoonfuls on a
buttered pan, leaving a space for expan-
sion, and bake in a moderate oven.
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~ Gossip for the Ladies. u


not drapeA. The LONGER growths Of tbis
are trained up on the wall. and the short
er sprays fail over the mantel. in tha
low window seat At the opposite Side a
great fern reaches its yard long fronds
10 the foor, and Il grave green rag car
pet rug IS laid before the little brass
knohbed fender, and one slender. long
Stemmed vase of iridescent glass near
the center of the mantel completes the
furnishing Of the corner.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
Wonen as Voters.

" oI.lSn as NOlelS.
We quote the following from an inter
cSting article on Equal Suffrage in Colo
raGO,' by Helen Marsh Nixon, in the
Era Magazine:
The story of how equal suffrage came
20 he an established feet in Colorado IS
an interesting enc. and involves the
names Of the most prominent women OF
the state. When Colorado WAS admitted
rs state there was Il provision in the
constitution giving power 10 the General
Assembly to extend the suffrage to w0-
men, such action TO take effect oaiy when
approved by a majority of voters ut u
general election. At that time the sub
JecJ was 3"ltated, but the vote at the
general election was more than two to
one against the equal suffragists. In
November, 1898. it was again tried. and
thanks 10 the work of the Suffrage Asso-
claUCn, and the faCt that Colorado had
the fa!eest minded men in the world. the
amendment was carried by some G000
votes, and i'll December Gov ID. II.
NaIte, the famous PopuESt governor.
signed the proclamation. Since that time
much has been said and written about
the passage of the bill. Its enemies con
tend mat II passed practically by default.
the lawmakers wishing To pass the re-
! SponSlbilIiy on to the people, and the poll
Tlcl2nS fearing 20 vote against the meas
ure because Of possible results 10 them
selves i'll the future. The sense of ius-
ice ana right. indigenous To the West.
mad much to do with il. Perhaps, too.
the political conditions heing much unset
tied made the men of the state more
ready to share the responsibility How
ever that may be, the responsibility was
very thor oughly shared at the first gem
eral election after the passage of the bill
he state WAS in need OF redemDtion
from fusion misrule. and the election was
notify contested. the women doing their
part. There was Il full registration. and
Al per cent. of the entire registered vote
OF the state was east by women. The
result was that PouuliSm was defeated
by the women, and the very governor
who signed the bill was relocated to the
rear. Those were stirring times, ard
the years have made them not less so. rs
familiarity has made the women prize
more the privilege that is theirs. Use
has not meant abuse. and women of high
character. social standing and intelli-
gence have taken an active part in poli-
ties and are among the leaders. 1t is
not true that women blindly adopt the
| political views of their husbands and
| fathers. Actual figures go to prove that
Il large number of them--10 per cent. in
a recent clection--vote independently, in.
| creasng, not doubling. the vote. \
wealthy wholesale merchant of Denver
can testify to the truth OF this state
ment, as he undertook, in the presence
of his wife, to give her politics as well
as his own to Il canyaSser. She was
quite equal to the occasion, and her
words. My dear, you Were not my spon-
sor in baptism. neither can YOU be in my
| politics. settled the matter for all time.