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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
For the Nervous Woman.

1t has been said that one in every three
women is afflicted with nervousness in
seine form, and physicians usually have
Il long list Of women patients who are
suffering from nervous breakdown An
explanation and cure are given by Il
physician quoted as follows in the Indian
apoliS News:
When women patients come to me
with lnclplcnt nervous troubles evidenced
by their symptoms | always prescribe u
change in thor habits. II they are Of
the busy. hustling sort in society or in
their domestic affairs | prescribe the rest
cure.
"One rule which always seems 10 the
nervous woman dreadful waste of time
Is to spend one day every one or two
weeks in bed. This is Il mild form of
sleep cure, A patient whose nerves are
tired may keep up the endless routine Of
worry, depressing thought and looking
forward To Ills that may never occur in
her waking moments. bur i'm a darkened
room with sounds and visitors and letters
and newspapers barred she will drop
asleep and viii hc amazed, and perhaps
shocked. to find that it is quite possible
for her to sleep for forty-cight hours
with occasional NaIings for a cup Of
milk or boullon.
professionally we find persons who adj
vance the theory that people sleep too
iuutli. anu tlil II II possible TO 90 with
three or four hours sleep in twenty -four.
1t is true people can keep this up fo4
some time. hut even though they begin
with thoroughly sound nerves and good
physical condition it can only last for Il
certain time
The various remedies that prove eff
caciouS in so many instances do so not
so much on account Of their Inherent vir-
tueS as from the fact that they remove
- u a. NsiB .l11. I9sf
the brain unconscious for such a long pc
rod that it has time to rest and be re-
freShetl.
In the same way an ocean voyage
often proves a Sedativc. y day or two
out from land. and the complete differ
ence in scene aud surroundings. take the
sick mind from It's own aiimeut. 1t is
the same principle that drives away the
touthachc at the dentists door.
Many of the women who make Len
ten retreats take the rest cure in the
weeks during which they are inside con-
vent walls. The way Of life is changed,
the hours for rising and going to bed are
different, Even the meals are an entire
change OF programme. This is all rest
full. Routine is the evil hat nouIishes
and encourages nerve troubles.
Nv omen are especially susceptible 10
the habit OF lining iii an accustomed rHt
every day OF the year the same. They
frequently boast that they always get
np al the same h0ns and get Ia bed at
the same time They even eat the same
dishes on certain days. wear the same
colors and travel over he same roads.
This is the sort Of thing that fills cur
sanatoriums and asyluns. The average
person eats too much and sleeps too lit
tie. Women are the worst offenders. 4
great many Of them seem to mistake hys-
terical nervousness that almost APP
proaches insanity for vivacity. 1t has
become the fashion to be extremely live
ly. y quiet woman has no show. and
this Is what causes 80 many women 10
run 10 drugs and stmulants rs spur
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21

woman's vanity stood responsible for her
unwillingneSs to disclose the number of
her years.
This explanation has become, therefore
the accepted solution of the question.
We've taken il to be true rs ne take ID
To be true that two aud two equals four
rather than seventeen,
But ii appears to me we've been n
fault.
The canse lies deeper down thai the
shallow surface soil of vanity.
1t may be found, l think. in less ex-
plored and less exploited ground.
Is not woman's SecretiveneSs regard
ing her age one of the various manifes
tationS OF her great ambition and desire
III ife-to remain n charming mystery
in the eyes of man!
There is no doubt that such is her am
hilton. There is no doubt either that
this ambition is based on reasonable
grounds
Familiarity will breed contempt. No
saying was ever more faultieSSly correct
Aau can't eat breakfast and dinner. day
after day, with an ethereal poet without
losing faith eventually in his ethereality
on can see celebrity at close range
for any length Of time without beginning
To dcpreciate his claims to fame
This great though deplurahle truth the
average woman thoroughly understands
Aud. rs She understands it. she acts
on IT wherever II Is possible To act.
Wishing TO retain mans admiration.
she Turns herself by careful systematic
work into something rs nearly like the
SphynN HS flesh and blood and impulse
will allow,
By clever little maneuvers. tiny tricks
whose purport man does NOT realize. ale
though he may laugh stupidity at their
visible results. she manages 10 become
quite early in life, Miss or Mistress
Mystery
Therein she shows that wisdom is fem
mime as much rs anything. and thereby
she achieves her purpose.
One of these tricks and not the least
effective, is the obliteraton of her age
y SphyuN should have no age.
\ mystery would lose its indiStinct im-
plt >SiyeneSs did it carry one of times
tags
So that when we come To consider the
matter We men. we may discover in the
end that the ten thousand jokes at the
expense Of womans reluctance TO let her
age he known were truly jokes on u.s.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


other children gave their left hand an al
most perpetual rest. Before a black
board stood four girls whose ages ranged
from l. TO IA. In each hand they held
a piece OF chalk and thus, using both
simultaneously, they depicted with sur
priSing rapidity the most intricate de-
signs, well balanced and perfectly out
lined
Physologists say that teaching chill
dren 10 use both hands has an awaken
ing effect upon the brain. stimulating it
henefcially, and that the effect Of this
training IS almost Immediately apparent
in the case of a child that is naturally
dull and stupid. Ii a tendency To he
right handed or left handed" can be
transmitted, it naturally follows that
both handed persons may transmit
this trait to their descendants and that
the latter will require less training than
dld their ancestors to be possessed af
this enviable accomplishment. This
being so. it is not unduly imaginative To
suppose that within Il few generations
everybody will have the full use Of both
his hands, aud the right handed or
left handed person will be as rare as
the ambidcNtrous person is now.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
Russia Amy Stores.

The Russians have taken the most r.
malkahe precautions for the provision
INK of th,ir troops \ intervals Of about
quarter Of mile along the greater part
Of the entire length of the Siberian rail
way stores Of concentrated food have
been buried on each sid" Of the line, each
deposit being enough 10 maintain a com.
pany said a. bo 2.IO men for a were.
The position Of these provisions is not
known to the s'ggcnntS or captains. bat
only 10 the communicates who have the
Information ia cipher. They are under
rite -;rlrtp~t orders 10 resort to these sup
plies only when il is absolutely uuavui,t
able
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
Freshening Up the House.

In her bedroom, the exposure Of which
mas southeast, she had painted the wood
work white, paying 81 for enough ivory
white paint TO give it three coats. which
seemed needed. The paper in this room
she had put on the wall herself. with the
assistance of her little son. She took
plenty of time to do it, and the work
was exceedingly well done. This paper
cost 10 cents a roll. 1t had little white
satiny stripes on n pearly ground, with
clusters of small blue flowers scattered
over it. The striped papers. she said,
We're easier TO put up than those of an
all-over design. But great care had to be
taken in matching the widths.
She had also done wonderful things to
her narrow windows. Close against tn"
glass in parlOr and dining room she had
hung curtains of sheer white muslin.
made with three-inch rufIles across the
bottom edge and front sides These were
cords and taSsels. which she made also
4 rod, painted black, like the wood
work. was at the top of each window and
extended six inches on each side beyond
the actual window casing. In the parloT
the curtains. which hung from this, out
lining and broadening the window. were
of sateen-a white ground. with clusters
OF yellow roses and green leaves upon It.
As these curtains came well down to
the lower edge of the sill and hung
straight. the Illusion Of a wide window
was perfect. The material costs IS cents
q yard.
IN the dining room she mad made cur
tains and hung them in the same way.
Of plain moss-green dcnim.-WOman' )
Home Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
Looking Through the Phone.

IN a wholesale store on Filbert street
there Is a salesman who firmly believes
that it il possible 10 sec through the tcle-
phone. and under The circumstances he Il
hardly 10 be blamed. The telephone in
the store in question is located on The
first floor near a hjy Mate class vyinBot,
which looks out on Filbcrt street. The
salesman heard the bell tiu.-a-line the
other daY and. taking the receiver nf
the hook. found that Il friend had
casually called him up 10 Inquire auaut
an appointmeut When the conversation
Jagged The friend said.
BY the way. Tom. have Won 5000.
er5uh Oh your phonp?"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21

Did my little dog 70 by hcrc:" asked
barehc1dcd young woman. vino had
run up in excitement to a small boy play
ing on the corner
"Ycs'm he did" said the small boy
(which way did he go; Tell ne.
quick" said the young woman.
Bnt the small boy heSitated and lacked
shy
come. now" said the Young woman.
coaSingly. edo tell me. See. here is u
penny and she ish"d ont coin from
somewhere in her clothing "Now tel
me which way he won't"
"Iie went this way" said the small
boy. taking the penny, and. getting down
on his hands aud knees. he trottrd of.
CRYING. "Row-wow, bow-wow. philu-
dcluhia Record
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
How to Educate a Wife.

| am strongly of opinion that women
need to be taught their business. We
have heard with Il persistent rcitcration
that home is Il wOman's place. | be-
licve it with all my heart; bat the husi-
ness of the home is the last thing that
She is usually taught.
What does it inyolycE
First SOME sort of knowledge of conf
mCrcial life, the power Of buying AMI
selling, OF keeping accurate and orderly
accounts. of understanding how To GOV
crn and Supcrintend servants: and such
SUporintcndence can never be undertaken
save by one who understands what her
work should he and how it Should BIZ
done.
In these times. when it is djfHcuh in
England and in America 10 acquire good
servants. this seems to me 10 he essen
italy the business Of tile woman who
makes home her FIST care.
Again. there is another very impor-
tant side to the business Of a Woman'>
life, and thar is the art OF wholesome.
appctiZing cookery.
| suppose We have IN mimi Whenever
We think OF this subject many instances
Of homes that have been practically
ruined on account If the utter careless
ness which women show for this special
department. Of the homekerpar
Men suffer. children suffer. the house
hold suffers. and it is generally mainly
due to the fact that when n girl Iuarrics
She has NOT the rcmoteSt idea how an
om,lpt * made or Il outlet cooked.
-A-few danties turned out of chat
in@ dish form probably her entire ku5wl-
edge of the culinary art. and in conSe-
queHce of this great omission in women s.
education. both in Engiast and in Amer
lea. the custom is obtaining of living in n
hotel instead of making a home
From every UOlUt of view ! dpDYpCgf e.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
- do not grow too wistful
-. l,,., forrnFfpu Teens
He Found the Leak.

The mans gas bill amounted to from
~ TO SD a month. and lie was very
much worried about it. 1T seems to me
here must be leak somewhere. and it
j. probably in the gas range he said
10 his wife, and then he went down town
and during the course of the day men
toned the matter to a friend III the Of
ice with him. says the Baltimore News.
Funny thing" said the friend: .!
have range exactly like yours and our
family is Just about the same in num-
ler. but my gas bill is only from 50 10
81 n month. Ask your cook about your
stove; perhaps she can throw some light
ou the subject.
When the man went home that even
my he sent for the cook and proceeded
=, catechise her about kitchen matters.
How does the gas stove do, Maria :
An asked
Hit does very well, sub, responded
Nqr on whom all his hopes Of an early
breakfast were placed.
DO You think there is any leak in the
p.pes in the kitchen?'
Deed l don know. sub responded
the cook. Il don know a thing about
desc here rew-fangled things All | do
uh dat stove is tub light hit in the
mawnin' when | so downstairs an to
u'n hit off at night when ! goes tuh
had. Those is the oniest times ! eval
touches hit.
And SO the head Of the house found
the leak. And he expects his gas bill to
he much less this month than it was last
because he instructed Maria.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
THE ELEPHANT AS NURSE.
Its Patient Attendance on a Tiny Indian
Baby.

\ woman in India tells this story of an
elephants skill rs Il nurse: Thou are
hungry, doubtless, big mother" said
Remmi, emerging presently rrom the hun
with the baby ia her arms. "INhta.
beautiful elephant. take care at hatlv.
an going tn see to Your dinner" She
put the little restless brown bundle down
ON the ground between lShta'S two lec;.
Then she fetched the earlheuware lar al
unglazcd red clay and filled it with live
charcoal, setting it down 10 get heated
through while She mixed hcur AMI water
into dough With the skill Of frequent
Practice She spread the rough mixture
thrre or four inches thick all over the
outside of the jar. While the dough was
slowly baked 10y the beat from the en-
hers inside, Ishta, patient and docile. as
was her wont cared for The baby. equity
restraining the little truant. who would
have craWicd away.
Now ana again, when the baby limbs
moved quicker aud achieved few PAGES
of freedom. l>hta trunk would carefully
wind round the little body and lift it
back to safety between the huge bar.
rlcrS of her feet, and the tip would
gently pet and fondlr away hahy'S fret
fulncss and impat!euc2 nj control Hour
Glass.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
The Mother u a Son.


The mother of a son owes a duty 10
some unknown woman. That woman IS
the sons future wife, and the duty lies
III the uphrin@ins of the son
II he Is fooiiShly INDUCED and allowed
| to tyrannize over his sisters and smaller
brothers, he will make life miserable for
the woman unfortunate enough to marry
him.
But if he is taught to be manly. gentle
and considerable of his mother and 9th
erS he Is sure to make Il good husband
No wife can train her usband; all She
can do is reap the benefit Of some other
woman ; wisdom or foOlShneSS.
The real responsibility of n boys up
bringing rests with the mother. The ia
Their can teach him 10 be manly and
honorable, but the mother, if she goes
the right way about it, can reach his
very soul.
She can teach him to tell the false
from the true in other women. and to
ttcat all women. whether good or bad.
with respect and consideration, inspired
by his love for her.
When mother and sisters conspire 10
spoil Il boy they do not stop to consider
what endless troubles they are laying up
for his wife. who, unless she wishes to
live in an everlasting whirl of pickering
and uuarrelng. will have to wait on him
and kow-tow to his whims and fancieS
Just as his foolishly fond mother and
sisters have done. They have pampered
md spoiled him to such an extent that
he has grown to feel that his slightest
wish is law.
Now. it is one thing for mother or
sister to occupy this position toward Il
man and quite another thing for wife.
The former are the sponsors for the cN-
listing state of affairs. The latter is the
victim.
If She does not follow in their foot
steps and bow down To the dictates of
her tyrannical lord and master. the
mother and sister will think her selfish
and unappreciatiye of the great blessing
that has fallen to her lot. If she does
give in to him. She sinks into a poor
nonentity. without will or volition of her
own, the mere echo of his dominecring
will
This is the lot Of the wife of the man
who has been brought up to have his
own way in everything
His loving, if weak minded, mother
may take pleasure in granting her dar-
ling's every wish. but surely she owes
something to the wife who will one day
suffer for the mothers foolishness.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
The tlikado's Gigantic Guard

upper class have European features and
lu;r compilations. Min has secretary
who resembles in stature. fair hair anil
straight features the late Emperor Fred
crick The G-fuot-ugh servants of the
Emperor Of Japan who attend ut state
receptions in liycrics borrowed from
those Of the Emperor Napolcons Gunes-
tics, are Koreans. If the japanese SCI
cure what they are now after they wiI
have Korean drum majors in their army
ani maybe "a Korean palace corps like
tie Ccutc C3ydc ut The Tui'cries The
Japanese must seem piamics anon.
Prince Mus comPatIiot.. London
TraIA.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
CHRONOLOGY.

| douH fohSit what day Il IS
done fOhgit de year:
You can't tell bout Dc Seasons
tauSe dcy mix en- UP 81 queer.
But dar's one cay You can't fool me-
When de sun htgins to climb
An de spurrCrS Staht ChIipin'.
DCn ! knows lis nshiu time
When de breeze Is SoJt an Slngiu
I'm de clouds Is uu1y-Whtc.
An dc sunshine on de water
Keeps a-daHciu gay an light
.Ntt sou kibd - lstiS dat w0rkin'
Would be ucthin' short % crime.
Den Nou uecdu stop To fG%r.
Cause you knows its Gshn time
Washington star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
Teach Use Of Both Hands.

ne latest idea in child culture. to
l'ach the use Of both hands cannot be
commended too highly. Theg is really no
IraS9n why we should be 49,. -ht handed
or left handed" 1t wour seem more
natural 70 be both handed. The great
-. effectiveness given to one hand or The
olaer IS due. generally, TO early training.
s.4tys The Housekeeper 4 tendency 10 DE
ieft handed" or right handed" NAV be
.-iiefited. no doubt. but the tendency j.
'.pt an ineradicable one An interesting
Experiment. in the way Of overcoming
- early tendency haS hoau made ut 4
-lf!S school in England where one may
ee groups of bright. happy faced chil-
I'm brush in each hand used ..iunai-
:l.eunsly IN painting the dainticSt Of de
EAs Little tots Of ; years Were
"lli.SlnS both hands into play with am
'rs winch suggested that they found it
~, most natural thing in the world
s.,,s would probably have wondered
"'0 'he} been told that thousands al
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21

their feathers to fall off. and the broth
eFS stood up alive and well: hut the
Youngest had a swans wing instead of
ms LETT arm. The queen could defend
herself now. and the people believed her
lpnoctnt a> soon rs thty saw The swans
changed into siX nohlemcu rs the work
she had done in silence M the risk OF her
lfc.-Frum Grimm'> Fairy Tales tGirU
4 (nl
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
,.-l,.n a Girl Is Twenty nine.

r,,, hurrying months are passing.
tro+her birthday near!
nj someone is lamentiEG
Ia secret, so hear
q,s, idIe gossips whisper that it is much
too late
To hope FOR any miracle 10 save an o'd
wat i'I base lnsinuation: What falsehood
Inc on line.
1-,. rofs Of nice things happen when 4 girl
Is twenty mine.
..youn. things may still he pretty,
No doubt Yet critics state
v'rp really quite old fashioned
Ana somewhat out Of date.
o,- dramas. POEMS and novels, as anyone
7r,ve re relegated "sweet sixteensT to tales
u, hsroipcs are older. it's certainly a sign
-rh4f Lots of things may happen when a
sIrl's sweet twenty-nine.
- do not grow too wistful
Ger long-forg0tten teens
With signs of retrospection
For whispered might-haye-b
T.- if Won smile as sweetly as then and
are as coy
And never show that You prefer a gray
beard to a boy!
I'm short IL you're your own true SELL
vou'N never have to pine.
For everything can happen when girl is
twenty-nine.
NJ. S. II. in philadelphia Daily Telegraph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-21
S:X Swans.

.se"Ne everything else in the world lie
bccam" afraid hat some great eva uishtI
happen To them. 50 he took thcm AVA,
70 lonely castle which stood in thei
midst of forest
luis cas- site WAS 50 hidden that he aim. |
self could not have found it il wise
woman had not given him a ball OF cot |
ten which mroled when he threw II he |
fore him. showing him the right path.
Ihe King went So often to see his dear
children that an evil person wished tni
know why he went to the forest, So
she CAV" his servants money, ANA they /
told her the secret. and also told her of |
tie BAH OF cotton which alone could |
show her the way.
She had now no peace until She found |
Ills ball, Then She made some fine silk /
shirts and Scwed within each one a /
CHARM. tIhe day soon after, when the |
king had gone out bunting. she took the |
lille shirts and went into the forest, |
and the cotton showed her the path.
The children. seeing some one cnmin-
on the distance. thought it was Their
dear father. aud ram out toward her /
full of Joy. Then She threw over rarA /
Of them Il Shirr. which. as it touched |
their bodies. changed them into swans, |
which flew away over the forest. Hap |
ply the litt!c girl had remained in the |
castle, and 50 She was not changed To a /
swan.
The next day the King went to visit
his children. hut he found only the |
maiden. Where are Your brothers." |
asked he All. dear father" She re-
piled. they have gone away and left uc |
alone" and She told him how She had !
looked out Of the window and had seen !
them changed into swans. which had
flown over the forest and then She
showed him some feathers which they
had dropped in thu yard. for she had
saved every one.
The king was very much grieycd. and
feared the girl might also Ice stolen away.
81 he took her with him.
The poor maiden thought tn herself
This Is no longer my place. | viii 20
and seek my brothers" and when night
canr she went quite deep into The wood
She walked all night and most oi the
next day. until her feet were 81 sore She
could 20 No further lust then She saw
q rude hut and walking in, she found
Il room with six little beds. SHE dared
not gel into one. but crepl under, and,
lying down upon the hard earth. thought
she would pass the night there lust
as the sun WAS settling She heard rus
tlm% and saw SIX white swans come ty-
ing in al the window.
They settled on the ground and began
blowing one another until they bad
blown all their feathers of and their
Swin'S down dropped of like "a shirt.
Then the maiden knew them al once for
her brothers ana gladly crcpt ont from
under the bed, and the brothers vera not
less glad to see tlIcir sister But here
you must not stay. said they tu her:
this is II robbers hiding pl3cc." "tan
You not protect me, them asked the sis
ter
NO" they replied. "wc can lay aside
our swans feathers for only quarter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-01
CONTRAC TORs AND BUILDERS.

BERGSTROM & JOHNSON-Contract
ors and builders. Shop 141S Thirty
Second street. Phone 5370.