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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-09
Physioians Prescr ibe Il.

Many broad minded physicians pre-
scribe Foley's Honey and Tar as they
have never found so safe and reliable
remedy for throat and lung troubles
as this great medicine. For sale by b.
A.. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-09

There is no cough medicine so pop
ular as Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t con-
tains no opiates or poisons and never
fails to cure. For sale by B. A. Nor
gan
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19

feeble drawing; the drudgery of il is irk.
some; she viii go into painting Mt once.
She makes few pretty roses cOpied from
picture. not from the real flowers; she
pants glass of water and an orange
upon plate. perhaps even an old shoe
and pipe, and She calls that art. Her
WorN Is IN nearly nil cases ont of drawing.
her motif trivial and meaningless. What
j. the Nerdlctt There has never been
hat one great woman artist Women are
not capable Of being artists"
I hen maybe the woman flies 10 model.
nS. next TO poker burnt work. then IN
china painting and firing, After that she
danb!eS Ia So-called art embroidery. Pos
Sloly then the college settlement fad
strikes her. ana she deyoteS herself to that
Tor SIN whole months. The womanis club
i left for her to experiment with. She
gees IN for that. Maybe she belongs 10
Il dozen cubs nj once. If there are con
stand excitement fashionable dressing
ANA gossip m these clubs they hold the
woman Smattcrcr and Scatterer longer
than any other ono interest is able to do.
Al length this woman who has fritz
tered away her intellectual powers in
Smatterlng and scattering becomes ircH.
p1hle OF pursuing steadily any aim at NIL
Meu say women are shallow. supericial
and childish and that their light brains
cannot think deeply or reason. and this is
why. They have wantonly wasted SPLEEN
did brain power scattering It as the sower
upon the stony places OF The Bible para
bic. Gladstone, Bismarck and Napoleon
could not have achieved any object if
they had Strewn their powers all along
the by-paths leading of the straight
road. Shakespeare himself was never
anything but an actor-paywright. He
did not even take time from his dramatic
pursuits to be 4 very good domestic man,
SO far as we are informed
My sisters it's no use. Even an Amer
lean woman cannot pursue twenty aims
and achieve them The only way 10
reach excellence is to carefully select
what You desire 10 do Take the thing
you like best or can do best. then pursue
1t through fire and hail After YOU have
reached the top notch in that try some
thing else if YOU wish. hut. whatever you
take up. make yourself excellent in it.
seeing it through to the end Then men
Will cease to say women'S brains are
superficial and silly.-Janc Mo
scs in Knoxville Sentinel.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Women Smatterers
And Women Scatterers.

1t is quite true the more things one
can do well the more perfect as a human
/, being one will be. That is one side!pf
the truth. The other Is that the maze
things one half learns the more THIS NJ
son scatters her mind and BRAN power,
injuring her mental faculties in propor-
ton. A child is interested in everything
1t sees Pin it down to one kind Of play
nm hour and it grows weary and says.
Let us put it away now" The grown
person VINO possesses a powerful. trained
intellect will sit hour after hour knowing
no WEAKNESS, fatigue or tagging of en-
tnI!Slasm III his occupation. II is said
EDISON has remained in his laboratory
hfteen hours at a stretch. studying and
working. forgetting the outside world
Now, i'll proportion as a woman will
stick to one or two things she can achieve
success to the extent of her abilities
Halt the American women of today
however seem to be mere smatterer, and
scatterers. There are so many splendid
things to do in our noble country that
they dabble in n dozen different ones
achievlng success in none and getting
their minds added by and by so they cam
not hold fast even to one thought five
minutes.
Most girls think they would like 10
learn music. They begin piano practice
Keep at it a short time. learn enough TO
rattle the keys in an infan:ile way. then
tire of the mental effort of pinning them
selves down steadily and quit imperfect
thrumpsters. What is the verdict? This.
here are no great women pianists.
W oman lacks the power to be a great
pianist Another girl thinks it would be
lice to he an artist. She learns n littic
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Don't Look Down On the Girls

Girl 'hFemen' and girl chimney sweeps
are not very common. but they are.
nevertheless. TO be found in some narrs
of The world, aud have given a good ar
count OF themselves in lines OF effort
winch are generally supposed to belong
entirely to men.
The town of Armdale. in New Soufh
v aieS, Australia, has fire brigade of
girls OF which il is rather proud fo,.
It has earned distinction in many en-
counters with destroying flames. The
brigade consists of dozen Young women
OF good health, daring and energy
IheSc young women drill with the reg
ular hre brigade of the town and at fires
render expert and valuable assistance
They are especially good Mt rescue work
with the life line and jumping sheet"
and nave saved many lives.
Glrl chimney sweeps are rather conn
mon in st. Petersburg and Moscow. \
guild or union of them exists in both
cities.
The guild was founded by n widow Of
4 chimney sweep who died, leaving six
daughters to be cared for. His wife
brought up the daughters to follow the
calling of their father, and from this
beginning the union grew until now il
has membership of several hundred
The Iules Of the union require that no
female sweep shall be less than IL or
Li"ie IMAM % years OF age, but appren-
tees are admitted at the age of s. The
marriage of member is taken as equiv
alent to resignation from the union.
All members are required to sign the
temperance pledge and to be regular in
attendance at church.
In southeastern Russia there is a com
munity of seven villages in which all
the offices are held by girls and women,
and all the business is conducted by them
and nearly all other work is done by
them
In Valparaiso. Chile. they have women
conductors on the street cars. and, tax
ing the world over, it would be hard to
find any calling, employment. business or
profession, which in some places is not
exercised or followed by women.-Seattie
Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
fADIGG1IlOESGGC
a Laugh in Church.

She sat on the sliding cushion.
The dear, wee woman of four:
Her feet. I'm their shiny slippers,
Hung dangling over the no0r.
She meant 10 be good; she had promised
&aL so with her big, brown eyes
She stared al meeting house window
And counted the crawling flies
She looked far rp at the preacher.
l:ut she thought of the honey bees
proning away ar the blossoms
That whiteued he cherry trees
She bought of 4 broken basket.
Where. curled in duSky heap.
Three sleek, round puppies, with fringe,
ears
Lay snugg!ed and fast asleep
Such soft warm bodies to cuddle.
Such queer little hearts to heat
Such swift, round tongues to kiss
Such sprawling, cush.ony feet:
She could feed in her claspinS fingers
The touch of the satiny skin
and Il cold. wet nose exploring
The dimples under her chin
Then 4 sudden ripple of laughter
Ran over the parted lips.
So quick that she could not catch il
With her rosy finger tips.
The people whispered BLESS the child
As each one walked from a nap.
But the dear wee woman hid her face
For shame In her mothers lap.
Baltimore News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Leap Year.

Once upon a time. long years ago. when
leap year first came IN, there WAS Il So
ciety of people which called itself by the
name which would mean the Leap Year
society. They were merrymukers and
testers. and they amused the court. Now,
these merrymakcrS decided that lean
year. because it had one more day than
any other wear should be made remark
able in some way.
And one Of them hit upon the idea of
making the extra day a day On which the
young women of the society. or CLIQUE
could propose to the men. The PROPOSE
ton was laughngly accepted, and one OF
the young women present, Il great beauty
at the court jeStingly proposed to one Of
her courtiers The knight accepted her
hand with low low, and the wedding
was celebrated that very night
The significance of leap year in this re-
speCt has been preserved. and there are
communities in winch the young women
wait for the coming of ;his year in order
that they may speak ont to the men of
their choice. The women propose ana
are accepted.
Nor are such marriages unhappy. His
tory shows that when the man accepts.
as he usually does, the Wedding takes
place and the couple live happily eyer
afterward. The reason for this is that
the woman. having won the man of her
choice loves him well and is contented
ever after 10 abide by her own decision.
There have been instances in history
where women have proposed to men and
have happily married them. And was
there not that Quaker maiden of Longfel-
lows who proposed and was accented
Elizabeth Haddon did not wait for lean
year, but spoke her mind. and her lover.
after thinking ii over for a season, came
back to tell her that he would accent the
offer of her hand. The house and the
green field still lie there at Haddonfeld.
mute testimony 10 the fact that a couplc
lived happily and died leaving a great
deal of worth.
AS rule the leap year marriage is n
happy one, so experience proves. simply
for the reason that the woman feels that
the marriage was Of her own seeking and
that she is i'll sense responsible for it,
1t was of her own making and she of all
others should make ii come out right
The leap year girl is pretty girl usu-
ally, for n homely girl would never be
bold enough to propose, and as wife
she has certain advantages over other
girls.
She is Of a winning disposition.
She Is IN love with the man she marries
or She would not have proposed 10 him.
lie was her first choice, not her last
choice.
She says II love him best Of all" She
does not say, Il took him as last resort
Tor fear no one else would ask me"
Once married she tries To be happy,
for she realizes that in case OF failure The
blame would come very largely upon her
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Gorgeous Sunshades as Present.

IN consequence Of the fact that at q
smart wedding the Queen carried a col
ored sunshade. many smart society lend.
crs have adopted the use Of small dark
btue and green umbrellas.
The newest designs in pnras0ls md
snnshndes have already appeared in the
West End shops, and these are mar
ilcuarIy beautiful this season.
Much attention is to be paid This yrar
10 handles, and it is an increasing fash
ion to give exquisite jcwelcd tons" to
fashionable brides, many OF whom re-
eeiYc as many as thirty-fve Of these pX-
Penslre triilcs. some Of them worth from
TO to t2J apiece
In the collection OF Lady Kerry. who
was married the other day. one umbrella
was topped with a huge rhinestone or
which was a design Of wreaths traeed
out 10 hDe rubies, with studs of eneralI4
set ut intervals.
Agate, pink crystals and the lucky
stone Jade are favoiite stones for the
making Of these dainty handles ubjje
tine wrought gold shaped as an animals
head. and attcrWard euameled in colors
are much ia demand. Diamond mark
iRes on Russian cuamels and the designs
of the Empire period are also iii uica
favor. London Express.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Do Net Be a Nervous Wreck.

There is no more sorrowful spectacle
than the woman who is a prey to he?
''fancied" ailments. She is miserable
herself and she makes all her friends
equally so.
For the genuine invalid I have sincere
sympathy, for the imitation one, nom.
1t is simply a form of hysteria and needs
scant sympathy.
A woman takes it into her head thar
she is nervous, that she can't do certain
things. Her family, feeling sorry for
her, give in to her, and in few months
they have an established invalid on their
hands. 1t is pure sel6shness, for deep
in her heart the woman knows that she
is fraud. After pampering and induig-
ing herself for a while her nerves really
do go to pieces and then she is indeed .
nervous wreck.
If she would only make up her mind
to conquer this feeling in the beginning
she could do so. Let her change her
way of living, go out more, take exercise.
become interested in a new hook, adopt
some interesting fad. anything rather
than burden herself and her family with
a case of nerves.
When a woman finds herself getting
tired out mentally and physically it is n
good plan to go to bed for a week and
live on milk, taking three or four quarts
a day. She should see no one more than
~ absolutely necessary, just rest and sleep
day and night. Or if she feels she can't
do this let her go off on a visit for a
week or so, 1t may be hard to do these
things. but we all know the old saying.
IAN ounce of prevention is better than Il
pound of cure"
The duties of wife and mother are
many and difficult, but as she has as
sumed them she should live up to them.
and the woman who allows herself to he
a l.
attend to her duties.
CONQUER the fancied ailments. the real
ones will come fast cnough.-Bcrtha Fair
fax in Louisville Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19

children. but ia order to do so she Inusf
lee on time herself. There are mothers
who insist upon their children being in
the house and ready for Il meal five OF
ten minutes before the appointed tins
and take no excuse for hardness. \
training of this kind may be invaluable
TO man or woman later in life. The
writer knows a mother OF large family
who also made rule that no complaints
were ever TO he made by the children
about the weather or what was put be
fore them on the table. She very wisely
brought them up to eat every thing. oS
she said II she once allowed nine children
each 20 like this and not like that size
would have no end of trouble. She said,
too, that there is never q day when It j.
not too cold or too warm the wind IS
blowing or something is wrong, and she
taught her boys and girls never to com
plain Of climatic conditions. The result
was thar the household was q very pleas
ant one.
Once in while we find someone who
Is just on time without hurry or rusl,
hut who never wastes a moment unneC-
esSarlly. As rule the very prompt
woman who is to take a 3 O'Clock tram
Will go to the station at half past and
waste all the valuable time between.
However, that is better than being a
minute too late. OF course the sremen-
dous demands on the time of men and
women workers NAV have somewhat to
do with this general hardness, but ii is
very trying, and there does not seem to
he any remedy.-Marie in ST. Paul
Globe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Few Are on Tim.

y st. Paul woman says that pune
tuallty, not proc-astination. is the thief
of time. There is a great deal in that re-
mark, and there are not many of us who
fail TO understand it. Hardness is uni
versal: punctuality is so rare that it hard
~ exists. And the rare woman who is
always waiting for the later ones, and
consequently wastes more time than if
she were behind hand. We all know and
have suffered from the hardness of
friends, but there are people who seem to
have been born late, and il is impossible
for them to overcome it. Only those who
have belonged to clubs and have been on
committees-a nor only among women
know what tremendous drawback is
this universal hardness. 1t interferes
with business, upsets all sorts of plans
and sometimes being late has made the
difference of life and death. The first
acts of most plays are spoiled by late
corners at the theaterS. and the first
numbers on most concert programmes are
generally sung or played in n hubbub un.
less the doors are kept closed. ST. Paul
people are not any more guilty in this re-
gard than those of other cities. In New
York it is said that there are thousands
of women and men who never see the first
act of any opera or play. A late dinner
is considered more important than any
thing else. Of course it is useless to deny
that women are the greatest sinners in
this matter. They are late for meetings.
for trains. for church, for theaterS, for
funerals, for weddings, for everything I'M
der the sun. Then there is the woman
who is not late enough to miss anything,
but comes rushing in at the last moment.
GREATNESS, after all her friends have near
ly had nervous prostratiOn imagining she
was not coming or had forgotten the en-.
gagement. She is usually smiling and
gCodnatured. while everyone else is thor
OEghly exasperated and worn out. There
is, too, the woman whose watch is slow.
and she is perfectly astonished to think
you have been waiting
II would be we'll for a mother to make
a spec.a! point of punctuality with her
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Avoid the Girl

Who never thinks of anyone but her
self.
Who never makes IN effort to ohlige
others, and yet expects to be waited on
hand and foot herself
Who will never own that another Girl
IS pretty, but who endeavors instead Ia
find some defect in her to point ont TO
others
Who Eever does Il stroke OF housework.
but seltshly INDUCES in gayctv and
amusement while her mother slaves 10
keep affairs in order
Who never is happy unless She is mo.
nopolizlng the conversation or the only
man worth looking AT in the room.
Who never takes any notice of children.
but considers them little nnisaDces .
plaques who ought never 10 leave the
nursery.
Who never confcsses she is in tho
wrong, but sticks 10 her point through
everything.
Who never gives away n penny i'm char
ny, spending all her money on dress.
wCcts or some luxury for herself.
Vino never bestows a Kind word on
those beneath her in position and who
treats servants as mere machines made
TO execute her commands
Who never. above all. could love or
seriously consider the comfort OF any pct-
son bat herself,-Pucblo Chicftain.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

her way back. But she is reinstated in
inGvh more attractive form. The newer
system of education. the wider views of
nioderh parents. the experience gained hy
the larger freedom accorded TO girls. has
produced for us & pleasing combination
81 the simple maid of the past. with tho
Gotnpanlonable creature of the present
gay Her manners, it is true, may still
ue pohSheq up bat but time viii smooth
all Irregularities, ard it is pleasant To
once more see the young girl occup ing
her rightful throne.
Girls are the natural flowers that
should deck societys gardens. and too
ionS nave We endured the artificial ones.
philadelphia Inquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
The Revival of the Girl.

Their" are signs and TOKENS on every
SIDE or the re-estahlishmpnt of the girl
as we once knew her. The independent.
strldent-voieed person, well out Of her
teens and free from anything like re-
serve of manner, is fast disaDDearinr
She has had her vogue, like cycling and
garments of masculine cut and texture,
and she is being replaced by what we
may call the old-fashioned girl, freed,
however, from the Stiffness and afTecta
ton and bread-and butter-ishness of her
predecessor
The girl Of the period is a vast inn
provement upon the gigGling young crea-
ture whose conversational resources
were of the most limited kind and who
was content to be treated as a doll. 1t
was small wonder that she was sun
planted at dances by the young married
woman and even, indeed by the matrons
OF more mature years. But for a while
after this the girls developed distinctly
Objectionable manner.
She made no secret of the fact that she
preferred to cut loose from all the tram
mels of conventionality. She snapped
her fingers at chaperones, entertained
ner friends on her OWE account, accepted
invitations for herself, made pals"
among the other sex, and, in short had
all the freedom, if not the fascination or
the married woman. But she was a hy-
orld creature, whom we regarded as an
indifferent substitute for tie girl to
Won the world is yet a book of won
derS and every new experience q delight.
SO at last Miss Innocence is winning
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
Gifls.

Girls.
II would seem, from observation By the
writer at least that young women are
the most frequent offenders of good TASTE
in the matter Of conversation in pubic
places. Young men or even lads talking
IN a public vehicle are much less apt to
discuss personalities and To mention
names. The conversation of two Young
women, however, is very apt to be filed
with remarks edifying to those who must
perforce listen, and the blind confidence
winch the speakers have that the per
sons discussed are unknown TO anyone
within hearing is often disastrously mis-.
placed. Two Of these foolish virgins
were talking in trolley car the other
day when K swung into Il residence ave
nue.. Look, said one of the girls, shat
PLAIN house there is where the LIS live.
they are awfully rich you know. but
they live iii that horrid house" An init
mate friend of the LIS" on her way
that moment to see them sat opposite the
takers. and ten minutes later the Il. s"
were enjoying laugh ut their classified
ton from a person whom they had little
difficulty in identifying when the chance
listener described her.
Much more serious was the predica-
ment of young woman whose name was
quoted in street car as authority for a
Nl9"SiVc""lc StdtClhehl concerning aD0lh-
er young woman. \ relative of the lat
ter sat next to the two gossipers and felt
called upon TO seek out the quoted young
woman for an explanation of the remark
attributed To her. She had never mad,-
the remark and felt sure her name had
been incorrectly used. but the matter was
difficult to explain and pleasant init
macy was practically broken up. Girls
talk loudly and carelessly in public
nlgpsS fhppgfrrI, IL To- II
they are in consequence. seriously mis-
judged as ill-bred and mrefined 1t is :,
point to be dwelt upon Never TO men.
ton names, or discuss personalities or
private affairs. is good rule to make
and keep.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19

mind ana eyes on his comfort, he goes
and comes when he pleases. When he
fares forth socially, he does not take her
with him; when he receives gentlemen in
hIs own house--a rare thing ~ the way
madam seldom presents herself. unless
IN some menial capacity. And while
such a thing as conjugal love must exist
IN Japan. it usually escapes the notice OF
me foreign Sojourner, the people cousiG-
ering it vulgar To exhibit emotion of any
KIND in public The wife as a social unit
tT'1ng completely submerged it follows
that others Of her sex must take her
place socially, and in this office the
geisha girls play an important role. -.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19

self. She proposed and the marriage
was Of her own seeking.
Should Il woman propose and is thc
leap year girl justified in the course she
takes?
That is n question which is variously
answered. There are people who think
her vulgar and forward young woman.
But there are others who regard her a.
the most womanly of women.
should or should not a woman pro.
pose? The leap year girl saws She cam
and should and 1904 is the year in which
she can do K.
The leap year dance and the leap year
party are now in style and the leap year
girl will have abundant opportunity for
proposing to the man of her choice. New
Orleans Picayunc