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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25

When | was Il keeper in the National
Geological park in Washington. | OBJ
served a remarkable example of the well
known grccdineSS Of the cormorant.
-Four little Cormorauts came to the
Zoo. and were placed in Il cage in which
dogs had once been kept. Outside was
n pebhly yard in which the dogs had eN-
erciSed. The cormorantS waddlcd about
this ward and seemed TO be having II
fine time, until one morning | noticed
that one of them was sitting ON the
ground, unable to rise. He did not
waddle up to get his meal of Whole fish,
each usually about half ms long as his
own body; and rs the others came rush
lug toward me to get their share, | knew
that he was i'll. | went into the cage
and lifted him up. What was my amaze
ment to hear something grating and
clankug inside of him! And he seemed
surprisingly heavy. | at once called the
head keeper, who decided to investigate
by means OF surgical operation.
He took ont > pounds Of stones, one
of which was ! inches long. % inches
wide and about J., mn inch thick Tile
poor chap seemed to feel relieved Ia a
few days he became convelesceut, ate his
food regularly, and seemed TO be doing
we'll Then that hooked bill reached an
der the feathers and tore out some oi
the surgeons stitches, which were I'M
doUbtedly irritating. MS the wound was
beginning to heal As the result of this
interference, the wound opened, and. as
the weather WAS hot the patient died
i've days after the operation 81
\ichoiaS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
A Well Paid Courtesy

The London correspondent of Brooklyn
Life gives the following story of the
Countess of Warwick: This reminds me
of the Shop which the Countess of War
wick used 60 own in Bond street some
years ago. She waited ON a customer one
lay-a raw honed Australian-and when
he bought heavily of the goods offered
him the titled shopkceper said: Thank
YOU. my friend The next day the man
called at Lady Warwiok's house and Seut
up his name. She did not recognize Il
and sent the servant 10 ask the
strangers business. Tell her iadyship
the Australian replied. that it's her
friend. simmons. Still bewildered, her
ladyShip, anxious TO see for herself
asked that her friend be sent up and She
had long tit of laughter when he cX-
planned TO her that he had taken her at
her word and had called as friend. She
treated him very nicely. ms she does
everybody. aud she has lost nothing by
her courtesy, for her friend Simmons died
at Perth two years ago. leaving a couple
Of millions of pounds in gold mines in
West Australia, and among other things
he left f10,0Oo to my friend the Coun-
tess of Warwick, who along among the
great people at home treated me with
courtesy and kindness
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
Travelling Comnanions.

An excellent test of friend is the
making of "a journey IN his company.
Many who are most agreeable amid the
little events of every day at home. ar ju
an accustomed round, are unable 10 with
stand the petty auuoyanccs that come
with travel the deferred meals. early ri~
ing. loss of sleep. the minor dS,'omtot-
we AL have suffered But none of th'St
affects the temper Gt fayorite book. II
Is ever ready for your amusement, vel
never rcSents being put aside. II has no
choice as Ia your route. and asks ne
more than a little corner of your travelling
bag, or nj a pinch, win go into a pocket
as Snugly as "a pet squirrel The l.ondm
Academy says. Indeed. Of all travelling
comrades books are the most genial ane
the most gentle: not hooks OF travel
they are for the home tyrSidc. hut tales
that have for background the scenery
you are looking upon, or histories which
deal with men aud women who hHvt
dWeit aud worked in the cities YOU ar,
visiting. ST Nicholas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
New Hymn Wanted for Weddings.

| wish some one would write n new
wedding hymn or two, rs there is Il great
need for MOI" appropriate 0ucS than are
generally used at present.
In spite Of the dismal tale Of failure,
set forth in newspaper correspondence
and the lamcntably i'll matched pairs In
"doublc harness. lately introduced to us
one does like young couple 10 he
launched into the new life with some
signs of rejoicing. and the hymns ought
certainly to have a feStal tone rather
than that of drgr.
oh Perfect Love" though most
beautiful hymn, and now very generally
used at weddings is unsuitable, because
SET to music IF intense sadness. and the
line. Theirs be the peace that Gains all
earthly strife" though of course NOT in
tended 10 he taken ia that way. is really
TOO terribly suggestive Of what may en-
sue. The ,-nicc that hreathed DER Eden
is very much more suitable, and as it has
now been resting for some time. pending
the composition Of new ones, il might
well be- revived. Lajy'~ Pictorial
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


the heart of the average housewife with
conservation She breads the visit be-
cause the presence of even the most
agreeable outsiders in the home upsets
ordinary arrangements and entails con-
siderable extra expense. The guest
chamber is thing of the past. and the
dweilers in fats have hardly place
to lay their own heads to say nothing
Of .dlSpoSlng of an unexpected guest.
But there are other homes i'm which
the boast is made that the coming of
guests canses no trouble. and such
guests are often left very much to their
own devices. and sometimes put mp with
wife may visit with them" The guest
IN snch a household viii recall long after
ward the homesick feeling with which
she sat down 20 a scanty. ill-cooked din
neF while her hostess remarked smiling
~. Il knew you would rather have me
visit with you than stay in the Kitchen. :"
Providence Journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
keen a Tight Hold on Yourself.

The cool head conduces to successful
meeting of emergencies with a feeling
that everything is going to come out all
right The feeling of quiet. self-control
in itself makes one the better able to
work toward the good result.
To mother this self-possession is in
valuable. In a large family small events
calculated to upset the domestic ma
chinery constantly occur. To the mother
it seems to be a law of nature that chill
dren should continually have hairbreadth
escapes and come out within an inch of
their lives.
But it is equally a law of nature that
they should escape And whenever the
critical moment arrives in her own life or
in the life of another, it is important for
a woman to remember that the worst
thing she can do at that moment is to
lose her head; the best thing she can do
is to keep her mind i'll control. To keep
her head cool means that she is a help
instead of a hindrance, an assistance In
stead of drag.
In an emergency it is better to seem
heartleSs than to be inefficient. Better
be the one person who stands coOlly by
the sufferer and sees the way to help him
than the ten persons who are ready to
cry out and faint and shed tears over his
calamities and pains. Affection and
sympathy are sometimes best proved by
ignoring them, particularly when the mo-
ment arrives for action, not tears.-PhiIa-
delpha Inquirer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25

of the girls who leave home TO seek their
fortunes have not one iota Of talent, or
any real need for earning money, and
they crowd into occupations for which
they have no fitness simply and solely
because they are bitten by the career
mania
1t sounds too incredible to be true, but
II is a fact, nevertheless, that in all Of
our large cities there are thousands of
young women who have turned their
backs upon good. comfortable homes aud
kind parents, aud who are actually starry
ing while they futilely ana frantieally
struggle 10 do something that nature
never intended them to do.
These are the girls who have an
sWered somebody elSe's call 10 write. To
paint to act.
They live in bare hall bedrooms and
cook messes over the gas jet, while they
wait in heart-brcaking anxiety for the
poStman who brings back the wishy-
waShy poetry and inane stories with
which they have flooded editors: they
haunt the theatrical agencies where fly
by-night companies are organized; they
hawk dauby pictures around from dealer
10 dealer. and spend their days waiting
with their bundles of impossible draw
ings in the outer Offices of publishers.
There is no form of privation. and
heart breaking despair they do not know
and no sensible person can witness it
without longing to say to these poor. silly
little geese, that if they have good
home, for heavens sake to go back to it,
and stay in it, and be contented
They might do SO much in their home.
and they can do SO little out of it-they
would be such gorgeously talented anna
teurs, and they are such rank failures rs
professionals.
Probably no girl will believe this. She
has been misled by stories of country
girls who had never even seen the stage.
and were Immediately offered million
dollars night TO play Lady Macbeth. or
who, without previous experience, wrote
a story that magazine editors fought
over. or of girls whose first picture
brought them in enough to buy man
sion. These things never happen in real
life but the girl doesn't know it. and il
is the glittering fallacy that lures her
away from home.
The career craze is the Moloch before
which the modern young woman saeri-
fees herself, and until She finds cut her
self that ii is false god nothing can be
done about ii. She will keep on leaving
home. for she is joined to her IDOLS
Dorothy Dix in Peril Bulletin
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
Lips and TONGUE Caught in CLOCK.

With his lips and tongue held fast in
The works Of IN alarm clock, Harry, the
lo-year-old son Of William Lewis Of East
81. Louis suffered agony for half an hour
while II matchmaker and physician Ia
bored to eXtricate him from his predica-
meut.
Harry got hold Of the family alarm
clock aud began 20 take it apart First
taking the back off, he removed the
works from the case. This did not salts
is his craving for mechanical knowledge.
and he proceeded 10 get closer to his sub
iect. lie held the clock to his ear. Sat.
isfed with the action, as evidenced hy
the sound Of the works running, the
thought struck Harry that all Of this ac-
ton might produce feeling also. lie held
it to his lips-t ticklcd Fascinated. ne
pressed his lips closer to the cogwhoel.
The wheel took the lip with it on its jour
ney. Harry cried aloud and tried to re-
lease his lip with his tongue His tongue
followed the lips Into the cogwhcels; fol-
lowed as far ms the strength Of the ma
chine could overcome the resistance OF
the boy. and then stopped. Harry was
fast 70 the clock, from the hold Of which
his frantic mother could not eXtricate
him
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25

This story was told by an old phyei-
clan Who had practccd for nearly fifty
years in a small country town. One
day he. w1~ summoned to farmhouse.
whore he found a woman in y high fever
and evidently exceedingly III. He said
TO her husband who was the oaly other
person in the house;
"Your VIII" is very sick. and must
have nothing to- eat except milk aud beer
tea but want YOU 10 give her "A cup Of
one or the other every two hours When
he came the next morning and asked
about his patient her husband said.
That beef tea don't agree with her.
doctor II certainly don't She began
to feel bad rs soon as She took it.
THAT'S odd" said the doctor. You
didn't give her any little bits of the
meat in it. did youF'
No, sir: | strained it first un account
Of the grounds
"Grunds." roarcd the doctor What
did you make that beef tea ont OFF,
Corn beef and the best green tea.
boiled en- together all yesterday after
noon To get the strength ont But it
don't agree with her. doctor. Ii GER
tanly don't Youths Companions
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25

The frantic Quacking of John Kcmple's
old goose from the bowels of an aban-
doned shaft of the Mckinley mine ut
Oxford, \. j.. summoned hero to its
rescue after it had been 400 feet UNDER
ground for three days The goose was
trying to fly over the mouth Of the mine.
but gauging the distance inaccurately.
hutted its head against the opposite side
Of the opening and fell into the shaft
For two days the townspeople hocked
around the mine, throwing food down
into the hole and making attempts to
fish the bird out with worm-haited hooks
Louis Albert, a young engineer, volun-
teered 10 be lowered at ropes end 4
G00-foot length of rope was brought and
Albert fastened it around his waist. 4
hundred ready hands held it while he
slowly descended. Three hundred feet
below the surface he struck n ledge and
from the quacking he knew the goose
was there. The moment his hand
touched it, however, the bird frightened.
Mapped IFS wings and plunged off the
support. II fell 10 a second ledge. about
100 feet below. Albert was let down to
It's new resting place and wa, finally
drawn up with the goose in his arms.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
MUKDEN AS A CITY.
Famous Eastern battle-ground Had ESQ,
900 Population Before the War.


Mukden, ROW in the hands of the
Japanese, is the capital of Manchurja
AMI of the province Of Shingkiug. 1t is
an important city ON the railroad CON
meeting Hardin with Port Arthur. and i
On "A fertile plain, 10 miles northeast II
New Chwang.
Its population before the war was esti-
mated nj 100000. bur now is believed to
be much less Many Chinese deserted
II after the Russians made il their head
quarters last August and September, fol
loving the battle of Lilac Yang
Alukden suffered severely in the boxer
uprising. y huge brick wall surrounds
ihe, city; which Is solidly and regularly
oWlt. Ii contains a number of large
stores run by thrifty Cinnamon who
nave rcaped harvest since the Russian
occupation.
Near the ci,y outside the walls are the
tolnbS of The ancestors of the present
leiEnlnS family IN China. These tiiuhs
and The ancient temples near them are
looked upon as especially sacred. They
nave been respected 10y the Russians.
and the Japanese under the orders of
o}aua, viii see that they are not mo-
tested
Telling or Tie pass. is approximately
itrty-tiye miles north of Nukdeu. 1t is
4 station on the Ilarhm-port Arthur
branch of the Traus-SlDeriau railroad,
which runs Just west of the old highway
traversing Manchuria from north 10
south. Between Telling and Mukdeu are
several small stations aud villages, The
most important of which is Nilm 10
The east Of the highway and railroad are
hills and mountains OF considerable size.
while toward the west is continuation
of the Mukden plain.
The Lia0 river, the largest stream IN
Alanchuria, CONES close To Telling en-
the west and receives number of
branches flowing down from the eastern
hills. One of them is named ON the
maps the Sha river. y second Sha riv-
Ct flows into the liao nj or just below
Telling
Some military authorities declare that
Telling Is Il stronger position and more
EASILY defended than Muklen or liao
Yang, but others point out shat the gen
erd Typographical features are the same.
except that the hills come closer to the
town and are more rugged and difficult
TO traverse
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
The Craze for a Career.

Girls leave home because nine Young
women out of ten are victims of the
career craze.
Home. sweet home. whether it is Il
fathers home or a husbands home. is
no longer the goal of a girls ambition
1t does not even appeal to her. \ Gym
icai man once declared that home was a
place to which 70 go when one couldn't
go anywhere else and the modern maid
en- looks at it pretty much from that
point eff view. Home is place in
which 10 stay if you haven't enough la
lent or Intelligence TO make Il living out
side of il.
She considers the making of home
as an occupation unworthy Of a woman
Of intelligence. and She regards the do
nestle woman with a certain plying
contempt.
This isn't what she wants of life
What she yearns for is a career. The
women she envies are actresses singers
lecturers popular writers-people who
are always standing in the full glare Of
publicity.
This idea that woman finds more
lucrative field for her activities. more
happiness or a wider scope fer her mis-
Sionary efforts outside of home Is the
most mischievous theory in the world.
But it il epidemic. 1t is as contagious
a. the measles. Ii RACES through every
girls school. and every girl has it at
some time before she is twenty.
Ii Sallie can draw Il female figure that
can he recognized at sight as the picture
of woman, without having to have the
title written underneath. she forthwith
begins TO sigh for life IN Il studio
Ii Mary can read aloud 50 that you
can understand her, or sing IL ballad
without falling IA and off the key, she
Immediately begins to dream Of the stage.
Ii Lucy il a noble and Seri0u&nunaed
young woman who really has a desire
10 be Of use to her fellUN-creatures. she
yc2rns 10 90 away and elevate society
in the Sums.
1t never seems To even occur to any Of
these girls To apply their talent 10 max
lu2 their homes more beautiful. more
cheerful, more interesting or that par
ents might enjoy the exercise of the ac-
c0mpiishments that they have cultivated
in their daughters, or that an older sis
ter might have au eBnUbiin@ influence III
forming the ideals Of the younger mem
beers of the family.
Ne. indeed. Not much. The home IS
too narrow for the Young girl Of today.
SO far as my personal experience goes
and every year | get thousands Of let
ters from girls from all Owe the country
telling me IF their ambitions aud solicit
in- nay ain--tie first burning Gesirc Of
every young woman's neart Is 10 become
an actress.
The second is to be an artist. the third
10 do newspaper work, and. failing these
three careers. TO become steu0grapher,
but not one girl has ever expressed aH
inclination to stay at home
If all girls were geniuses. OF il all girls
were forced to support themselves. this
exodus Of girls from home would be bad
enough. bur it would al least be justified
by glorious achievements o. excused by
hard necessity.
The pitiful part, however, j. that most
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
Reunion of Brothers Expected.

The reunion Of Calvin and Anderson
Smith. brothers. who have been scpa
rated for forty years, is expected to fol-
low letter which was received 10y the
sheriff at Matt0on, Ill., from the former.
in which he asks for tidings Of the lat
ter. Calvin smith is resident of FL
lingtou, Cumberland county. Ky, aud hi-
brother lives iu Mattoou. H. Both were
residnts of Kentucky at the time the
Civil war broke out. Anderson Joined
the Union forces and his brother threw
IN bis lot on the Confederate side. This
caused The separation of the two and the
whereabouts Of the ono was unknown to
the ether until few weeks ago. when
tine man in Kentucky accidentally
learned that his brother was alive and
resided at Natt0ou
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
Genuine Hospitality
Becoming a Lost Art.

The loss of true hospitality is a matter
which is demanding much attention from
the observer of the trend of modern life.
n writer in the London Queen comments
on the fact that in these days a serious
friendship is almost an impoSSibility
and that entertaining is regarded by
many as a bore" and a nuisance"
What with their social duties and their
club duties, their present passion for re
forming the world, women have no time
to entertain the stranger within the
gates, or the old friend. and 50 much Of
the grace and spontaneity Of life is lost.
Like the ART Of conversation. the art
OF genuine hospitality is becoming ii
lost tone. The days of the French salon.
when Mime. Recamief gathered about
her in her. little apartment in tie Alb
baye Aux Bots the choicest spirits Of
the day, and when Mime. Geoffrin had
but TO tell another story to make het
guests forget the roast was lacking, are
no more.
The at home" day. when no real
intercourse is possible between the host
eSS and her guests. has come 10 take
the place of real hospitality. The linz
tied time, the cea seIp<$ Jennings and
soings, preclude anything like friendship,
and TO those who can barely afford the
car fares or the extra expenditures IL
volved III attending. an invitation Ia such
2 function Is a m0ckery. How seldom
IT occurs to the weli-t0-to woman. coma
meats the aforementioned writer that
she has il in her power to bestow much
Kindness by practcing hospitality tg-
ward her poorer fellow women. and that
u could be exercised at very little cost
beyond slight expenditure of time anil
trouble. And furthermore. the exercise
Of such extended and liberal hospitality
toward friends who have not the means
70 enjoy little luxuries I'D their own
homes would DO much to lessen the ~0r-
"dness of many lives.
The casual Invitation Is no invitation
ar all. and in the ma joriiy of house
holds the casual guest Is discouraged.
The announcement that friend from
distance is coming to spend a day fills
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
Wed Seventeen Years on License.

After seventeen years If domestic hap
piue~> Arthur Franco ana Mary Zeoni-
dof. residing ut Valparaiso. Ind. discoy-
cred that license To wed did not make
them husband and wife. They were
united in marriage by Rev. II. l.. DAVIS.
pastor of the local Methodist church
The couple had come from Belgium ami
were living nj Knox, Ind, when seven
teen years ago they decided 10 marry.
Franco got license and supposed that
made him the husband of Mary. Since
then -four children have been born to the
couple and the family has moved TO Val
parai>o, where Franco got new license
for tae wedding ceremony.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25

Come good crops or bad. the Wild ami
nal farm does Il thriving hu.inr... H.
roSmnitolitan populntiou. gathered from
Asia. i rrjcg. India. from every CLINE. da
pot take kindly 10 farm work The cam.
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25
Grandmother's Iewelry.

Grandmother liked her finger rings to
look neat and very refined. That is why
the extraordinary snowy ones of yestel-
day, with their huge stones and gorgeous
settings, are declining in favor. and sim
pie hoops and half hoops are coming into
fashion again. The stones are cut all Of
the same size, and are set quite close to-
gether, so that they produce very little
show, but look exceedingly well.
But that is not the only way in which
the women of this generation are copy
ing their clever grandmo;heTs They are
displaying their jewelry in divers forms,
though it must be remembered that the
jewelers. are not quite SO generous as to
permit them to wear exactly the same
large brooches and wide bracelets that
were modish years and years ago. That
would not be at all good for trade But
ii is often quite possible to have a family
treasure such as cameo reset in modern
guise, or to take from an ancient aud too
heavy bracelet tic big amethyst that fig
ured i'll it as the principal gem and adapt
it to the requirements of the moment.
say, as a pendapt or brooch.
Some women occupy their time very
pleasantly and prohtably deiving and
diving into the old curiosity shops. where
such things as bead necklaces. curious
old girdles, set with seash0re stones like
agate and carnelian. and like quaint gew-
gaws are stored away. These they are
adapting to their needs with excellent re-
Sulrs.-London Mail.