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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13
Three Mothers.

Once upon time three little boys were
born to three couples who lived an the
edge of a forest They were very poor.
but the mothers of these babies were aS
happy as queens. Each thought her hoy
the most beautiful and wonderful child
in the world and planned for lis future.
as mothers have done since the first
baby came into the world.
One morning when the babies were =
months old, Jean. Marie and Elsa ear
ried them to the river. where all the
women of the neighburhood did their
half-vearly washing. The three boys
were laid in place of safety. while the
women rubbed their clothes on the stones
in the water. OF course, they chattcd
and sang. for their hearts were LIGHT,
even if they had to work hard and mon
ey was scarce.
Jean Marie aud Elsa suddenly stopped
in their work. What was that old Moth
or Hansen was SayiugE That Il wonder
ful fairy had hidden herself u n cave 10
the forest and would only show herself
or hold conversation with mothers oi
young children? How intently the wom-
Ell listened. How soon each resolved
that She would visit this wonderful he
ing and on this very day, too. Mother
Hansen said this fairy'- name was Fare
we'll. and would give advice 10 all poor
mothers which would make their chill
dreu remarkable.
Jean. Marie and Elsa started for home
in advance of the other women Care
fully inqulriug the way from Mother
Hansen they started on their quest for
Farewell Their way was long and the
mothers almost wished they had never
heard of the fairy.
Said jean to Marie. Ny boy does not
need the help of any fairy to make him
remarkable. be is remarkable already.
Did anyone eyer see "a child Of hi, age 80
strong ami sturdy =
Said Marie TO Jean. "Nor has mine
just look 1T his golden. curling locks.
| They are the color Of Sunshine itself
Said Elsa 10 them both. Nor has
mine. lie can already say something
that sounds like father and los NOT
set four months old.
So the women beguilcd the time until
they reached the spot where Mother
Hansen had said the fairy dweit. Hear
ing their voices the fairy came ont and
instantly won their hearts iy asking to
hook y, their little ones.
PRAY sit down. she said. Mothers
are always glad Of q rest. especially
when their babies are such heavy ones
/ as yours.
/ H. a few moments Farewell knew
why .hesp mothers had made their way
| through the forests dreariues-. aud made
| their hearts glad by saying she would
grant them what they asked. Leaving
| them for "a few moments. she returned
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13
Golden Eagles Hard Fight.

\ splendid specimen OF the golden
eagle has been captured near Ardgay,
Rossshlrc, after au exciting encounter.
Archibald Wilson, Il farmer Of Bad
noon, Ardgay. was out on the hills gath
orug sheep, IN company with two or
three assistants, when he observed an
eagle apparently in state of great eN-
haustipn. soaring over a neighboring hill.
II gradually sank until it had to alieht
on the hillside, and. on being approached,
il was found to have n trap attached to
one Of its claws Though unable 10 rise.
The eagle made II desperate resistance
with its free claw. beak and wings, and
for considerable time succeeded IN
beating off its would be captors, exhaust
ed MS il was hy IFS cumbrous flight
II was ultimately secured by Mr.. VIII
liam, the owner Of the ground Mt Duniy.
The eagle proved 10 be an unusually hnc
specimen. in splendid plumage, and meas
ur"d fully seven feet FROM tip 10 tip Of
its outspread wings. 1t is not known
where il was trapped, hut it must have
been long distance from where it was
found. 49, London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13

Those of uS Interested in early Amer
lean history whether absorbed an school
or acquired by maturer reading. recall
Benedict Arnold, his hilliancy and trea-
son. perhaps more wildly than almost
amy prominent figure of the Revolution.
The students of those times recall that
Washington sent him with 100 soldiers
on the Inflated expedition to Quebec in
lI1l hy the way Of the kcunebec river
and through the forests of Maine. Two
miles below Gardiner. in columns yard,
his command halted long enough to con
siruct 2tn hateauX with which he pro-
posed to transport troops and supplies
through the northern waters,
\ week ago j. Rafter and Abbot Lord
Gardiner. business men that fish the
river for sport. brought up in their great
sturgeon net directly opposite whrre the
hateauN were built, an anchor. or Crap
mel. which is undoubtedly genuine
Arnold relic The stalk h some fou.
feet long and carries five curved arms
welded 60 its base. II was evidently
fashioned ot wrought iron over Mi anvil.
These anchors were thrown nut ahead
OF the hateauN. by which means they
were pulled through rapids and swift
water. For l29 years the anchor re.
mained ia the Matters ut the kennebpc.
now 70 come % light, Il mute but el0-
9nent reminder 0f the man who be-
trayed his country. Lewiston (Mc9
journal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13
Twelve Women's Reasons.

\ dozen club women Of st. Louis re
Gently reported upon the spread of the
divorce evil in the United States" as
signing the following reasons
Girls marry men they know little
about.
There is too much independence be-
tween husband and wife.
Young people frequently are Obliged to
live with their parents
Marriages are regarded as simply
contract. without the religious element
Ministers have married persons they
knew We're not fitted to oe married.
The hlackSmiths son cannot live zap
PLY with the daughter of the man in a
higher social sphere.
Lawyers who solicit trade by guar
anteeing prompt divorces are largely re-
sponsible
amusement, but not the anxiety which
they should.
The example of New York's -Four
Hundred" is bad for tie rest Of the
country.
Women of today do not show enough
loyalty to their husbands.
Divorce is SO easy to secure. married
persons treat lightly bonds of matrimony.
Young women do not heed advice OF
parents in regard to marriage.
The counts in the Indictment seem.
most of them. to be valid enough, but
plenty more might be cited. AS for girls
marrying men they know little about, it
is probable that men are often equally
rash in choosing their partners for life
The influence of New York's -Four Hun
dred is doubtless greatly exaggerated.
and young men are as likely to disregard
parental leading in matters matrimonial
as are young women. Indeed, if the add
vice of some matchmaking mammals
We're disregarded, it is possible that
there would be fewer unhappy marriages
for money and more happy marriages for
love. The divorce question is interesting
enough. but one wonders sometimes
whether it is not receiving more atten-
ton than it deserves. Persons who can
not live happily together ought to sepa-
tate. The interests of society demand it.
But it is well to remember that the vast
majority of marriages do turn out hap
PLY. Let those who are alarmed at the
spread of the divorce evil' in this coun-
try examine the government statistics
on the subject. The figures should put a
qnetus on the professional pessimist.-
The Housekceper.
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The Wonderful Toad.

Have YOU ever seen n toad bury him
self! OFTEN, in moving n box or n huwc"
pot which has stood in dark aud
sheltered corner of the garden. you will
discover Il toad underneath But he is
not mt all easy to see. Hit fiat. rough
back is perfectly level with the surface
on which the box rested. for the toad is
So loose aud hulgy in figure that he cnu
accommodate himself like putty to the
fiat bottom of the box under which hc
has hidden
1t is this habit Of the toad. to he dis
covered by the mcreSt accident in the
midst Of soil which has apparently
formed around him, since there is no
visible aperture by which he entered,
that gives rise to the belief that toadS
can live for unlimited ages underground.
When. too miners and others worthy
men, who are evidently trying to tell
you the unvamished truth--avcr that
they have, with their own eyes seen Al
solid block of coal split open aud live
toad fall out Of an hermedoaliy sealed
prison in the center. the narrative seems
to be no more than startling coniirma-
ton Of your own wondering belief
The fact is. of course that the crea-
ture has buried himself where you found
him; and 50 quietly and unohtruslyclY is
the operation performed that, even II YOU
happen Ia he looking in that direction. ur
movements catch the eye. The toad sim
ply sinks into the soft ground backward,
his long hHudlikc feet showing the earth
upward. around aud over himself Thus
il smoothly closes over him, and. though
"a mere film &C soil covers him. Their" Is
no sign Whatever on the surtacc of hi,
presence. He fills exactly the same space
is before only fraction of an inch
lower.
Consequently. our friend the toad sets
out upon his little Journeys with SO lit
tie circumspection that il il the rule
rather than the exception. when You
look down II deep we'll. To see lucklesS
toads Straddiing ON the top Of the waiter
far below. hopeless prisoners for life.
Arrived below. lac follows Nature $
rule. aud finds some creyicr into which
he can bury himself backward, covering
himself with the loose debris which hss
entry disphrcs. only coming ont at in
tcrvalS 10 search for food, Then some
day there * blow of pick or shovel
above his hiding place; aud as blocks
fail aside there in cavity "Nnctly fit
ting his body with uu trac" of amy hole
10y which he could have entered, an
a~touished toad ~tare~ at an equally
a~touished miner.
\ very simple geological calculation
then fixes the approximate number Of
millions of years or So that that toad
/ must have remained in the center OF
/ what has gradually become block ~
/ coal.-AuSWers.
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Beware of Condolences.

Afte- the schoolgirl age, heart-to-heart
condolences are ineXCUSable. The woln-
an who weeps on your shoulder aud tells
you how unappreciated she is AT home
how little she cares for her family and
how little she has in sympathy with
them; or the one who wants to confide
how she has loved and suffered and gives
choking SObs and wrings her hands. is all
very well upon the stage, but off it they
are the sign and symbol of perverted
cgotiSm and cheap enOtlOnaliSm, says
the pittShurg Gazette.
Tie woman who has loved and suffer
ed and who lives with broken heart.
and whose husband is mere man. to
use her own phraSeology, provided she
does not call him an "inScnSate wretch.
is usually eating three square meals Il
day, with q little after-theater supper
besides and taking considerably more IN
tercst IN her frocks and her couture than
a broken heart would warrant
She loves to tell the story. however:
loves 10 picture herself a misunderstood
and ill-treatcd being, when in reality she
is Il selfish, vain woman, who knows
nothing about real suffcring-and is
merely posing-after using the broken
heart as an excuse for Irritation with
impressionable youths.
As for the girl who cannot feel amy
sympathy for her family. aud who Is
never Appreciated look closely al the
situation before you hand out your coI-
dolcnces. Perhaps she has not tried to
he in sympathy with her family and hcr
idea Of appreciation consists Of aduatiou
and It constant bowling TO her every
caprice.-EXchange
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The wllful Kangaroo.

The little Kangaroo
III this story is quite trucl
Could not be made 60 battle HIM In the
rivCr.
lie said he never yet
Saw water quite So wet
The mere Suggestion made him shake and
ShiVer,
His mother said, Absurd,
You're a ninny, on my word,
What well-bred Jungle creature would act
sof
The little Elephants
Are glad to have the chance
Their bath is just frolic, as you know.
The little Barbary Ape
Does not try to escape
When threatened with cold water and the
soap;
The Hippo potamuSScs
Don't make such awful fuSScs.
Nor the jaguar. nor tae little Antelope.
THE mild. ohcdirnt lak
Would never answer back.
Nor does the Rhine observation-disclosures:
And the baby Crocodile
Why. the water makes him smile;
Aud he takes his daily pluuges as Of
course.
Ellen f. Talbot in St Nicholas,
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The Girl Who Doesn't Care.

The girl who doesn't care is an old
acquaintance. We meet her i'll the nurS-
cry. in the Schoolyard. at the picnic in
the ballroom, but in late years we do
not meet her at all. if we can help il.
because she stands very much alenc in
the world.
When she is a wee tot and breaks ner
brothers favorite lead soldiers. she
meets her mothers gentle repr0of with,
"Oh. | don't care. the horrid ugly
things," \ year later, when she reaches
the tomboy stage and tears her gown
climbing Il fence. she reads reproof III
her mothers tired face. rips off the
dress. filings it across the room and NUT
ters: II don't care. ! always hated that
dress anyhow" And her mother, sitting
up far into the night baptizes the rip
she is mending with bitter tears, be-
cause its small wearer is mrepentant.
In the schoolroom twelve months later
she is working out Il sum on the black
board. but she makes mistake at the
very beginning. When the teacher
shows her the error, instead of slowly
and painstakingly correcting this one
line of figures. she rubs the whole sum
off with Il sweep of the eraser, and
stumbling back to her seat mutters
We'll. | don't care; and | just hate
SUMS
Clad in her first ankle-length frock. she
petty quarrel arises between herself and
her clum over some such tritle as the
respective merit of tatting or Battenberg
lace collars. There are sharp words and
angry looks. Finally she filings down her
basket. and darling from the surprised
circle of young people, plunges home
through the mist of dust and scalding
tears. with the oft-repeated words:
well. l don't care; and just hate
Minnie.'
Then love comes into her life. it soft
ems the querulous curves about her lips
and silences the ugly words-for a time.
But there comes day when the old
nature reasserts itself. II is the first
cloud on the hOneymoons golden sky.
Her husband goes down to business with
out the usual morning caress. and the
! angry little wife filings on her street
/ clothes packs her satchel, and lands in
1 her astonished mothers arms, with the
( old exclamation; Il don't care Harry
! is unjust. and | never, never want to
see him again.
But she does: and between forgiving
! husband and tactful mother she is in
| duced to return to the little home. The
! cloud never quite disappears from the
/ matrimonial horizon, however. Husbands
[ forgive, but they do not forget.-Selected.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13
Tonic for Women with aNerves.a

The best medicine which any docfor
could prescribe for 4 woman who Is ii
victim Of nerves is an object lin life
This will make her forget her nerves
and her melanchola JUST as an object
in walking makes one forget that he il
foot-weary, The woman with a definite
aim is so interested in everything She
does that she does not even notice the
petty little yeXations that accompany
her tasks. She brushes them off like
gnats and goes singing along her way
There is no more unhappy creature on
earth than the woman who simply does
her duty-unless, possibly, it is the wom-
an who doesn't do her duty Taking life
rs a duty which must be gotten through
with somehow aud for no ultimate pur-
pose Is as bad as taking it as an amuse-
ment or paStime.
Dong things because we have to do
them does not help It's to do them well
The average man always has an aim in
hte: he wants TO acquire wealth or fame,
To hulld up business, to originate OF
invent something, to paint picture.
write n book or, in fact. to do some one
thing worth while. If he does not ac-
complish this he accounts himself Il fail
TIRE, hut the average woman. especially
she who is Il victim Of the blues. has no
object i'll life after the day that she nc
composites the great feat of walking to
port her. From that day on, She is rest
less and unhappy. without knowing why.
Life becomes one long routine of duty
1t is like Il piece of crochetiug, fun OF
stitches, but having no form, nor shape,
nor definite purpose.
The woman with house on her hands
and no servant to do her work may
sigh because she has no time for higher
aims. But il is not higher aims that she
needs. ANY aim will do.
What better object could she have than
that of making her home the most beau
tful. the brightest, the most artistic and
the most comfortable possible? What
better study could she have than that of
domestic economy? If she would do her
tasks not because she must hut be-
cause she wants to do them. she would
soon find her household running on such
smoothly oiled wheels that time would
go all too swiftly for her and she would
be the envy of all her friends. Selected.
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Make Home Happy.

Our times are indeed electric in
more senses than one. II seems as
though we grow StaccatO in our move
ment~. IN oar manners. in orr talk
wonder why moro people cannot be hap
by thinking" | borrow the phrase from
one Of the most delightful of Robert
Louis StevenSon's exquisite eSSays-uu "a
walking tour. Read il for yourselves.
and ! fancy you VIII have an altogether
new view of the possibilities of happi-
ness that are bound up in a quiet hour
alone with ones own thoughts But to-
sit down deliberately 10 think, some may
object. Is more often than not to think
about ones self. and surely that cannot
Ice either wise or healthy. 1t depends al
together on which III two lines you start
your thinking the way Of vanity or the
way Of wisdom. NaHity's way Of thiuk-
ing Of self is Of that self as an 0rua-
meut: VISIONS way is 70 regard ones
self merely as an instrument to be used
for the good Of others. | cannot believe
that that thinking can be other than
happy" which blossoms in loving plans
and purposes for those with whom ve
have been. or are going TO be brought
into contact. If eacA If you. for iu-
stance. we've tG He Happy thinking for
quarter of an hour every day. If what
you could make ~ your own home. who
knows bUt YOU might finu Yourself very
soon within bail of that ideal which
some of us think we have left behind as
forever-the sweet simple life of bone
! think girls aud boys are apt to forget
that IL is they-and not their parents nj
together after all-who have the max
ing Of home lu their own bands. Think
il oct H. some quiet leisure.--Pict0riaL
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For a Bride.

At one luncheon tiny individual we'd
ding cakes frosted with fancy border
and monogram of the iuterlaced initials
of bride and groom were served. The
hcart-Shaped place cards were decorated
with quaint heads: credmed sweetbreads
were served in heart-shaped boxes; the
ices were nodded in hearts, each pierced
10y a gilded dart; the heArt-shaped bon
bons werc tied together in twos with red
ribbons matching III color the two inter-
tWined floral hearts suspended from the
chandelier. These ribbons trimmed
with SmilaX reached to the four corners
of the table. At another luncheon
somewhat the same idea was carried
out with the wedding bell for the theme
At Il charming breakfast the menu
was 50 arranged that a cold dish fol-
lowed Il hot one in each succeeding
course. and flowers We're arranged ii
tn shape of lovers knot. The bon
j, were of the same design and the
was made of puff paste twisted
re same shape. the loops being
with red raSpberrieS surmounted
{. dash Of whipped cream. Red was
the prevailing color of the break
fast tho salad being of California cher
ries narinated with French dressing.
At dinner to the bridal party the
evening before the wedding the electric
light bulbs in the dining room were coy
cred with punk shades ana from the
chandeliers above the table. whose uat-
line was concealed by mass of smilax.
cupid gazed on mischief bent The
table was lighted by candles placed in
candleStickS of porcelain in the form of
cupids holding up the light. The center
decoration was Il floral bow and arrow
slightly raised on small base The
place cards were hearts painted with
date motto and dainty flowers strung to-
gether on narrow pink ribbons. arranged
irregularly about the table to form n
graceful border. and tied with small
bows between each two places SO that
the cards were easily disconnected.-E
H. \. in Good Housekeeping.
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More About Girls.

1t is Il natural and much-to-be-com-
mended trait in human nature that We
all wish to he liked. Yes, we all do.
though some may say with the miller OF
Dee Il care for nobody. no, not /, and
nobody cares for me-" The miller proba-
bly, tried to look very superior and indit-
ferent when he gave voice to these senti-
mentS, but if approached in the right
way there is little doubt he would have
been as much pleased with attention as
anyone else. There may be danger that
this love of appreciation may lead us into
insincerity. but. on the whole, it is Il
good thing and makes the world a pleas
anter place to live in. 1t is often a puz
Zle to the observing girl to account for
the U0pularity Of some Of her friends
Jane is no better looking than Susan,
vet Jane has admirers by the dozen.
while Susan knows what It is 10 be
sometimes a wall-ioWer. Kate has no
finer character than Alice. yet Kate is
rich in devoted friends, while Alice seems
to achieve few intimacies. Agnes Is not
more clever than Harriet, yet her say
ings are quoted. the literary hOnors of
her class ut college are showcred upon
her. while Harriet remains unaVpreCI-
ated Why all this should be 50 is one
of the riddles of life. but the observing
girl will notice that there are some side
lights on the mystery.
Beauty quite devoid of vanity. for eN-
annie. is always more captivating than
when married by self-consciouSneS~ \
fine character which is broad enough TO
comprehend and allow for others will
always attract aud keep more friends
than one which demands that all must
meet her standard. The brilliant girl
who can listen as well as talk will find
more appreciation than one absorbed tdS
some one has put it, lin sending III her
own fireworks. Perhaps the hest way
to achieve popularity in the good sense
Of the word was pointed ont hy the
Apostle Paul when be told liz 'to be all
things of ali mem" This saying Of his
must he taken in connection with his
whole life. his fearlessness. and his no
bility IF character. From his lips these
words convey 40 sense Of insinceritE or
Aattery: they only mean we are to throw
ourselves as mCch as may he into the
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Seeking Happiness.

| followed far DER heath and desert land
The fairy cleaning of u distant light;
a shining lure, that beckoned as a maud.
And with fair promise pierced the hostile
night.
O'er rugged stones, and marshes. and Shiny
clay,
And clinging tanglings of the thorny
brieF;
But still the dancing light shone far away.
Aud M my rect lay stasnant waste and
mire.
Weary. / paused and turning in the track.
Glanced where the long, bleak, barren
hills declined.
And 10! athwart the trailing ragged wrack,
The wizard beacon glimnered far behind.
London News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13

survey party was detailed to study the
inland ice, one result of the work was
20 show that the highest point of the is
land is Hvanuadalshnukr. which is 2120
meters. and nor rs has hitherto been
supposed, thc Oraefa Jokun. which is
only 1850 meters La all aeuut i00 Dan.
lsh square mileS-that is. 300 square
&ilometere- have been already surveyed.