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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


the pantry, looked like house cleaning
tlme. How much easier for me to have
emphed and washed these articles at
once instead of letting them accumulated
Mary. please wash each fruit can as
You empty it, and put all, upturned or
WIN their covers. on the upper shelves -
such, the general instructions. given
more than once. A basket full If old
bottles, tin cans and trash of ali sorts
was gathered, and the scraps which
should have been given before TO dogs
or chickens filed a large kettle.
And the kitchen safe! Cake pans put
away unwashed- bread pans greasy
cups, pitchers, glasses which do not be-
long there-m0re sticky cans and covers
Upon the top, in cloud of dust. and not
| easily seen from below, We're other arti-
Giles, from an old slaw cutter to n small
china doll and Il butter plate. The
warming closet of the range was fulI Of
greasy pans. measures and clippers. In
the table drawer were crowded more can
covers. jelly glass tops. olive bottle c0rlls.
old rubberS from the fruit cans, broken
biscuit and cooky cutters. the can opener
all sticky from its last encounter and the
corkScrew in the last olive cork There
was no room for the new knives, forks
and spoons which do not hang up OF
these knives one was discovered in the
warming closet. AS | started to pare the
potatoes, | was again reminded that to
purchase a pairing knife is only to OBJ
serve how quickly it may disappear.
Did | eXpostulate or explain or adj
monsh upon the arrival of the maid the
following morning? Not bit of it.
Upon the kitchen table were the up
turned clean glass jars. Safes and pan
try We're clean. Evidences of the gen
eral upheaval were everywhere. but be-
sides these general hints none were
civ | al hat L,
this girl | must be more explicit and
provide certain times for this particular
branch of work, but the time was not
now.--Good Housekeeping.
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Woman's Financial Mind.

The reason women rarely make a snc-
cess as hnancerS is that they have alb
soutely no conception of money in bulk,
said we'll known broker of this city. in
discussing this question recently. We
have examples of it every day. We have
a few women patrons, but we don't like
them. | guess you'll find that Chiyalry
dies out when it comes to Il question Of
taking care of womeu'S money for them.
Men think of large sums Of money
in the abstract; women only In tie con.
crete. II you tell a woman she will
profit $4,000 in certain deal she
thinks you are honest and not trying 10
get ahead Of her If you tell her there's
going to be big coup of 100000 or 50
she looks at YOU in childiike beWlder-
ment Her experience does not give her
any clue to the possibilities of this sum
Of money. She does not realize how
much tangible value it represents.
My. My! That seems an awful big
sum Of money said one particularly un-
sophisticated woman. who had made a
successful deal through accident rather
than design. Gould | live comfortably
on that for the rest Of my iifeI How
much would my income be a wear. say,
without touching the principaiE'
"A woman IL afraid 10 deal with
money in large sums unless sIe hap
pens to be trained 10 it. She cant, in
her minds eye, see now many houses
or rents or school bills it will pay for.
When she hears Of a large sum Of money
she always wants to know how much
it's going to bny her. how il is going to
look in some concrete form like houses,
or dresses. or trips abroad. As simple
quantity to figure interest on she can't
realize il. -Philadelphia Record.
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These Will Help Her.

When the up-to-date bride steps into
her new kitchen this autumn she viii
find many things there which certainly
her mother did not
Foremost among them is the kitchen
cabinet. which is kind of cooking table
and pantry on wheels. 1t has rolling
drawers for flour and dry groceries
many sliding shelves to be pulled out
and used as tables or pastry boards; and
it is fitted up with numbers of small
white porcelain jars of spices and sea.
Soning. each marked with its name III
blue. This travelling pantry is easily
pushed about the linoleum-covered floor
and is going to save the bride many
steps.
Another innovation she will be sure
to have provided is an article of furni-
ture which looks like an old-fashioned
settle. And it is Settle-eXcept when
the bride wishes to iron. Then the high
back lifts up and rests on the arms
and there is an ironing table In its
secret depths are more surprises, for the
seat lifts like lid to disclose compart-
ments filled with cooking utensils so in.
genious that the practical bride can
scarcely be induced to have even one
little housemaid. She wants to try them
herself.
There are dozens Of these. but perhaps
the iuHlu dltIdttlOu - Tue pan lpI MA
ing bread, with its kne0ding attachment
and regulated heater to keep the dough
at an even Temperatures white rising.
Then it viii be the easiest thing in the
world for her to beat up n cake or to
mash potatoes with that patent mixer
which fastenS TO the side of the table
and is worked by revolving handle.
! The cake tins are unique devices
/ which require no greasing and are "a
/ built that knife can easily be slipped
in to loosen the cake while preparation
is made to allow the bottom to cool be
/ fore removing it from the pan.
The pie tins have crinkled rims that
Z tit snugly over the edges of the tin dish
keeping in the juice and fiuting the crust
There is a patent toaster. made of Il
composition of clay, with indentatiOns
/ which will toast the bread a lovely gold
en- brown with no danger of burning.
/ Unique, also. is the egg poachcr II
/ has spring attached to the rings by
/ which they are lifted to allow the eggs
to slide off whole.
/ Her StrainCTS for sclp and vegCta bles
/ are attached to adjustable rods that rest
on the sides of bowls or sauccpans.
Added to these and all the other con
( trivances for making work light--includ
/ ing a patent washers the fact
/ that all her crockery is in light brown
I French ware. with interiors of porcelain
/ while her Saucepans. spiders, etc. arc
/ blue and white granite. And the whole
outfit is 50 inviting that il would be but
/ half-hearted little bride who didn't de-
! light To linger in her kitchen.-PhilGdel-
/ phia Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
Winter Windows All Abloom.

Among the most easily grown and sat
;sfactory house plants for winter are
winter blooming bulbs. They are especial
IL suitable for city flats, where window
rarden thrives with most difficulty. Hy-
acinths are the best, because they de-
mand only a very simple culture. A t.
inrb pot serves for one large bulb, ,
inch BOT for two and a G-inch pot for
three. Roman hyacinthS are extremely
nopular. low in price and easily brought
IA flower on Christmas, if potted in late
Snptember or early October.
i succession planted from that time
on. produces a succession of flowers
throughout the winter. Three or four
bulbs may be planted in a 6-inch pot.
or dozen or more in bulb pan or
basket Any good garden SOIL mixed
with one-fOurth of coarse sand, will grow
any sort of hyacinths. Use no manure,
as il rotS the bulb. Put an inch of brok-
on charcoal. pottery or pebbles in the
bottom of the pot for drainage.
FIJI a pot two-thirds with soil and
plant the bulb with only the crown show
inc above the soil. AS fast as the pots
are filed set them in Il pan of tepid wa
ter. When the moisture shows on top
set them away in a cool, dark place. Sc
cure from mice or freezing. and leave
Them undisturbed until the white roots
are seen growing through the drainage
hole. six weeks or more.
Then place them in sunless window
until the white foliage becomes green.
They thrive best in a room without fire.
but above freezing point The flowers,
also after their arrival will keep much
longer if kept out of direct sunshine.
Apply fertilizer once a week after the
buds show. At the time they are left
stored III the dark, neither saturate the
roots nor let them dry out. If i'll a dry,
rather warm place, water them once or
twice in the six weeks.
If in a cool, damp cellar they will re-
quire no watering. Narcissi are treated
precisely like hyacinths. Sacred lilies
may be treated i'll the same way. though
they are also grown in the water by pro
fessionals. Started October l they will
he in bloom for Thanksgiving. The pur-
chase of the best standard varieties of
bulbs and careful and intelligent fol-
lowing of directions will insure sheets
of waxen white or delicately tinted bloom
from the holidays till Easter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
A Girls Boy Friends.

A mistake is often made by girls Of
from about II to three or four and TWEEN
tx which leads to much needless misery.
They feel so very grown up themselves,
50 much older than young men of about
the same age, that they extend to them
all sorts of little privileges which they
would not think of doing if they did not
regard them as boy friends, and moth
ing more.
The girls mean no harm, but all the
same boys" of that age are boys no
longer. and if they are treated as such
harm is sure to ensuc.
\ girl may be as pleasant and aS
friendly as she likes, but unless She
cares for and is willing to give him her
hand and heart when he asks for them,
She should allow no man to be under the
impression that her regard for him differs
from that she feels for any other pleas
ant acquaintance Of the opposite sex.
She may say this is absurdc and that
she has known So-andSo all her life,
and he understands her.
That is all very we'll but in the past
he was a boy and she was girl. ana ia
those days they were only rlayfellows.
Now. he and she are really man and
woman. both possessing capacity Tor
strong and passionate love which did not
falnrri, exist. and the very fact that
their natures have altered makes an al
teration in their behavior toward each
ether n necessity The friendship must
nov be less intimate. or must be carried
on to the nearer and dearer tie Of mar
II is quite possible that some girl read
;rsr this may pronounce it "bosh. ana
state her Intention Of continuing TO treat
her boy friends as before.
If she does 50. She will probably soon
be- filled with Sef-reproach for having
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
Men and Mothers.

1t is no less a person than Lady Hen
~ Somerset who maintains that "the
best work Tor children during the past
twelve years has been done by men =
and that new book OH children THE
Twentieth Century Child" though
written 10y man. betrays an amount of
knowledge which must put the average
mother to shame 1t seems curious in
deed, that while women have been an
nouncing, the world over the inadequacy
of their old sphere to their growing
powers, and have launched forth into
self-Support, business enterprises and
what they vaguely and largely call the
work of the world instead. man, with
his usual unkindness and thoroughnesS,
should have demonstrated that their old
work has never been completely attend
ed to, after all. and that the Importance
of the child. and its right development,
have been misunderstood by them.
Not that mothers do not love their
children-far from it. But they have
not until now, apparently. realized the
greatness of their kingdom. Froehel. n
man with no children of his own, has
taught mothers, nevertheless, the value
of the individual child, and the early
Weakening of the child'S nature to the
highest possibilities. The tcnderest de
voton Il mother can show to her sick
child is not so helpful as enough knowl-
edge of hygiene to- keep It from eating
itself i'll, or catching cold continually.
When man undertakes the care of chill
dren. he makes Il science of it. Intuition
does not do for him. He does not rely
upon the kindly neighbor who says. IN
come in and help you take care of Bob
bic. I've had plenty of experience; I've
buried four of my own He does not
love Bobbie as much as his affectionate
and possibly OVer-indulgent mother.
probably he does not love him at all. bW
considers him as Il case. Nevertheless,
Robbie RECEIVERS under the mans sci
entifc nowledge, when he would have
died under his well-meaning mother 5
ignorant and aifectiOuate ministrations.
The Mothers congress is one Of the
healthiest signs OF progress that Aneri-
can women show. The American Wpnl-
an * the clcvCreSt woman in the round
world. She is not going to let men get
ahead of her after all, IN her own line.
Whatever can he taught her about chill
drcn she rs going TO learn. And if She
has to sit at mans fcCt to do it. she
will take the position with a certain
grace She has been there before. There
is every prospect that the American
child is going to be loved intelligently
and brought up scientifically, before the
American mother gets through. There
is meaning in the cry, Back to the
home The biggest work in the world
Tor city and nation is done there, when
mothers realize their opportunities Press
ideut Rooscvelt'S mSistencc upon the 81.
preme value to the uauon OF woman s
work in the home. IN his address AT the
congress only emphasizes what the
wiser women have been feeling for them-
selves. Lady Henry Somcrsets words
may be true now We doubt if they
will be true in America, twenty years
hence. Harper's Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
In the Shoes of the Maid.

POSSIBLY it is a source of benefit all
round when the housekeeper who keeps
HaId IS obliged to take upon herself
..f periods brief or prolonged. the en-
'.re performance of her lahors Not
my viii she find out some things that
lay nave. escaped her notice about the
I9udoct q her menage. but she will be
,Io0sht to fuller sympathy with the
oman who spends her time in such
On a certain day. we awoke to find
loat the hired girl had not put in an APP
.eafance This really excellent girl had
ZEN we thought. especially neat. But
.LuaN. On one self of the pantry an
,mpN salmon can, greasy and odoronS.
-7l9sed on paper which stuck t. the
Zen. Something had been spilled there
>'hi" time before. but the wreck was
"Fered with q respectable looking chop
l,AlI ooWl. Both bread boards were dirty.
n broken glass dish was carefully saved
@ith the pieces inside Clean" dishes
tEe sticky. At least dozen empty
.'u.L Jars. some of them coutainia-
l4'idy juice. We're gathered from all
I1aFterS' until the kitchen table. with
urea kfast dishes, cans and dishes from
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
49,, Come Home at Night.

,,-,.,, come home. all tired. at night,
know exactly what I'll see;
,,,ba kitchen fire a-burning bright
Mo water boiling for the tea;
And Nora. with her sleeves pushed back,
While turning out the biscuit light,
zyil muse to give me one sweet smack.
When | come home at night.
,,-bap I come home. all tired Mt night.
AuI open quick the kitchen door
Soc the floor scrubbed smooth and white
And little feet come patterlng DER
rs shining boards; and loving arms
tlasp round my neck and hug me tight
, childish mouth my rough cheek warns,
When / come home at night.
When | come home, all tired at night,
! sometimes think of richer men.
whose wives can never take delight
In Kitchen work / smile. and then
look at baby's dimple hand,
and into Nora's eyes so bright.
And envy no man in the land,
When / come home at night.
-Pruella Janet Sherman. Selected.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
80 Children &c Restlesg at Homo.

There is something radically wrong in
that home where the children of the
family are more eager 10 visit than to
stay mt home. anxious to go somewhere
n soon as they return from school,
" here they are dissatisfied. restless and
without interest in their own belongings.
Tar the mother and mistress take heed
lest size is IN blame.
This may seem an undeserved accusa-
ton. when you know you are ready to
do anything for your children. when
even tie laying down Of your life for
them seems of no weight in the balance.
Yet wfthal yoGr little ones are not hap
pv AT home. Why SIT down aud rea-
son the matter out for Yourself First.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
Autumn Hints.

Try to keep up during the coming ah-
tumn and winter as many as possible Of
the good habits your family has formed
during the summer. For instance they
have slept with their windows open aud
there is no reason why they should not
continue 10 do 50. See that the chill
dren's rooms are airy at night. They
will grow accustomed to the cool night
air during the autumn. and when real
winter comes will not feel Jack Frost if
we'll provided with bed clothing.
Perhaps no part of the housewives
task is more peTplexing or calls for more
executive ability than dividing work
among the servants. If settling for the
winter means starting with new serv-
ants. now is n good time to correct any
mistakes you may have made IN the
past. Even with servants who have
been in the family some time. the re-
turn 10 town makes the opening of a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07

Really the Cause for Wonder Is That So
Few Errors Occur.

f~''NA9 C@t@As
When we take into consideration the
millions of times ia which lay and lie
are conlouudcd in popular speech. and
the petty number of instances of such
confusion that can be CLEANED from the
most exhaustive study of all our great
authors, we recognize what ii is that
constitutes that consensus of which
Qumtiliou speaks rs the authority a.
which We all have 10 submit
No better proof indeed. is there of the
right to rule which inberes ia tile collec.
tive body Of great authors than the fact
That So few errors Of this sort occur in
The heat vi composition or pRss uuchal-
lcnged IN revision. The wonder must at,
ways be, NOT that they happen, hut tlut
they happen 80 rarely. Least of nll
should linguistic students make their APP
pcIrance, it they do appear. "a natter of
lohoach when we find similar con
fusion between set ana sit in the writ
Jugs of professed phiIologist Tho
late George Perkins Marsh was one of
the foremost promoters of English
| scholarship To the students of the for
lner generation his works did more thAu
| furnish instruction. they were an IN
SEPARATION, Yet in the second Of his lee
lures on the English language he speaks
OF person giving II cluck with his
mouth not unlike the note of u setting
/ hen one would naturally suppose that
n linguistic scholar, vino was in uddi-
/ ton "a stern critic Of usage, ought to
| know sooner than any one else fhat.
/ though anybody can set ben. the hen
/ herself sits The confusion of the Two
verbs is, however, SO common in con
yersation that ii is lable AT amy time
10 appear ia print. The only thing re-.
markable about the example just given
! is that it should occur where it does
Prof. T. r. Louusbury m IIqrprr's
/ Mnguziuo.
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Round Pegs Have Hard
Time in Square Holes.

Just now we are hearing lot about
the round peg in the square hole ii.
e. the man who has chosen an occupa-
tion to which he is unsuited, one not ac-
cording to his taste, ability or capacity.
and who, as a consequence, does not
succeed.
But it is to mere man that this sort
of talk is usually addressed. 1t is he,
not his sister, who is warned against
choosing an uncongenial lifework
The other day the writer happened in
to a home of n family of the middle
class and found the mother seated on
the floor weeping. Possibly this is not
SO very impressive Il statement i'll itself.
hear a man say, "A lot of fool women
do that" But wait.
This woman was 60, white-haired.
with deeply lined but fine featured face,
n woman of keen sense of humor, pro-
found capacity for joy or suffering. She
had spent her life in the, to her, nerve
racking task of raising a family. She
had stuck it OUT until the truth must
come to the surface. She was full to
bursting with the agony resultant from
INSTRUCTED energies. Not with the hot
headed absurd;ty and depthless passion
of YOUTH but with the ineXpreSSibly
pathetic conviction of one grown old,
ANA failure, did she confess it in vi
brant tones of misery, Il hate. hate,
-d}e IL. L always nave. Ol, Otur IL L
only didn't have to cook
That woman's daily conversation, for
years past, could it have been gathered
together would have shown the nature
of the difficulty to any one capable of
putting two and two together Had that
woman been a bOOkkeeper, or entered
Scme one of the professions, there is
every reason to believe she would have
been a success, and have developed into
the CHEEKY Optimist which success
creates. instead of the dismal lump Of
clay that she is. She has two grown
daughters now making success in the
business world
Perhaps. you will argue. she has
worked too hard. Perhaps she lacks a
steering oar Perhaps she is sick.
Yes. she is sick; sick in the soul. Sick
IN the hungering, craving. dissatisfied
mind. grown weak from lack of nourish-
mont and exercise.
DO You want your little girl to turn
mt like that woman? If not. then study
her, Teach her to study herself. and
know what she is fit for. Give her of
your steering oar.
Woman in the home where she dis
charges her responsibility with the So
rene JOY of one who has found her voca-
toh' IS most beautiful thing But the
Yea that she can do no other thing, and
sat any impulse toward another sort u
ne IS due to original cussedness-that
''e3 Is now Xploded-Selected
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For the Children.
The Minutes.

o the little minutes-O the minutes. every
one,
Are the tiny steps that so climbing with
the sun.
Up the stairways Of the day, we CHANGING,
dancing, 20.
And I'm happy climbing with the little
minutes, O.
O the little minutes-but they're big enough
~ lind
Stop by step ! climb them, till leave Il
day behind
They re the easy steps upon the stairwayS
of the day,
Guiding, leading, through the lovely golden
Lands of Play Little Folks