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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

"And the next day."
"Golfng at New Zealand.''
"But couldn't | make up little party
one night next week? Dinner at the
Savoy and the playa"
I'm afraid Lily is engaged all next
week"
"But in the afternoons 2"
"She will be selling at bazaar most
of next week.
He persisted.
rs she at home now? might tele-
phone to her."
Dear, no! Lily is never at home to
lunch"
DO you know where she is lunch
ing?"
Good heavens! l shouldn't dream of
asking Lily where she lunches. But
stay! ] might telephone to her maid
Hortense, who is in her confidence
Bee" Peterborough beckoned to
Shurin, the majestic-half Roman en-
peror, half minister of the interior.
He bowed with ponderous dignity.
"Oh, mon cher Shurm, will you have
the goodness to ask NJ. Jacques to come
here?"
NJ. Jacques, dapper and smiling, was
instantly in attendance
MY dear NJ. Jacques, would you mind
telephoning to 2976 Mayfair and asking,
in my name, where Miss Peterborough
lis lunching? No, no." she added. How
stupid of me! That's my number. Lily's
number is 1885 Mayfair"
Jacques departed on his quest, and
returned with the news that Miss Plym-
borough was lunching in the Carlton
grill ROOM
What a stroke of luck!" exclaimed
Harrington Il can catch her as she
comes out"
You seeem very anxious to see Lily
My dear Lady Peterborough, it is
my intention to propose to her.
If "Bee" Peterborough had not been
a woman she would have whistled. AS
lit was, she merely snapped her vanity
case.
She stood by the balustrade at the
side of the duchess, while the others
were drinking their coffee, slipping their
hqueurs and smoking.
That's very rude of Mr.. Harrington, -
said the hostess, ito slip out and talk to
that girl over there! What a pretty girl
lt IS, though! They say he is worth
100000 year. The girl seems devoted
to him."
Bee peered at the group in the palm
court through her lorgnette
Scarcely good style" she commented.
She's dressed far too glrlishly for a
girl"
IF l know anything of men," said the
duchess, suddenly, The has proposed mar
riagc and been accepted"
As Harrington and Lily walked up the
staircase towards the balcony, Bee" gave
a little gasp.
Good heaven!" she said, that's Lily!
She is wearing one of my dresses. | do
believe. And | didn't recognize her!"
My dear Bee" smiled the duchess,
you and Lily will meet oftener when
she is married. Prank Richardson in
New York News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Butchers Best Weight GuesseIs.

Butchers are the worlds best wsi-.'
guessers. The butchers difficult trade
gives him a skill in weight guessing iaa'
is almost incredible.
1t is n commonplace thing IN meat
shop to see Il butcher seize bold I'D i
huge red round of beef ard >.a-. ".
with knife pounds just. or > . p"iI'srr
Just. or 6 pounds just, according 10 tie
order. 49,.
The buyer of meat wants 10 -,t '-r
weight he asked for, no nor" and a3
less. and he wants this weight III eyre
piece, not in one big piece "a" ."' Us
three little ones. .t...
To satisfy the buyer. tie butcher .
been compelled to acquire extra ... -.....
portion of a round of meat woi--i., '..',
in cutting off that portion ,im'oi.ii!, . r
accurately.-New Orleans Times i's'".
GRAFT.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
BROWNING.

Near great forest. one cried out "Ob-
scure!'
As if 1t angered him; the other, True:
allure.
Keep to the sanded alleys, friend! For
you
Such paths We're laid. 'Tis one good reason
more
Why I prefer the forest to explore
Just where the thick-starred tapestry of
vines
Seems to say No admlttance,' look, they
parti
Far sweep the fragrant vistas through the
pines.
Obscure? Like nature, like the human
heart"
Jeauie Peet in The Century.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The Duke of Wellington, who was a
specially invited guest to the royal mar
riage at Madrid. is, says The Onlook-
.r," by Inheritance a grandee of Spain
and a guest who bears a name which
must ever h. sacred TO the Bourbons of
the Peninsula. At Apsey house is housed
4 superb collection of Spanish pictures
given by the Spanish Bourbons on driv-
ing out the French. II is not generally
known that the insignia of the Golden
Fleece conferred upon Wellington was
that actually worn by Columbus, and as
special mark of SPANS gratitude this
insignia was made hereditary, SO that
the present duke is the proud possessor
Of the star worn by the discoverer of
America
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Wanted a Square Deal.

\ postmaster general or some one in
his office in Washington once wrote to
the postmaster of some little station on
the Tombigbee river:
You will please inform this depart
ment how far the Tombigbee river runs
up" to which the postmaster answered :
Il have the honor to inform the depart
ment that the Tombigbee river don't run
at all. it runs down"
In due course of mail came another
communication: ION receipt of this let
ter your appointment as postmaster will
cease. Mr., -- has been appointed
your successor" To which went the fol
lowing reply: The receipts of this Office
during the last year have been $4.31. and
the office rent more than double that
sum; please to kindly instruct my success
Sor to pay me the balance. and oblige."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Modern Love Making.

The maneuvering mamma" is prac-
tically extinct. The modern daughter
has an almost free hand in managing her
love transactions. The mere love mar
rage, which was SO disturbing a Thought
to the mother of even twenty years ago,
is seldom heard of in Mayfair in these
altered circumstances
The new love making is Snhiact
which cannot be dealt with except with
the utmost discretion. for it might grieve
some 10 have it limited thar the modern
daughter IS Il better woman Of business
in such situation than was even the
,'manenYering mamma. London Graph
10
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Honor Marks for Coa''sts.

The convicts in Sing a- ~. ~
other prisons throughout \rE -ar
have honor marks ATTACHED .--r.'
clothing as a reward for -' -. rr.
For each year Of good d. a-1
oner will get an honor BAR -.-i.-
on his coat sleeve between -7s
and the elbow. and ~ J"s Hg
years these bars will Pr
star. Should q man 10
enough 10 lose his bars oi -
serious infraction Of tuF .t
win Others by subsequent -..
Numerous privileges are r..
honor men. Those wear!A- al
write n letter every two "''
purchase articles every i....
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Holy Moses Helps.

Holy Moses. an elephant travelling
with carnival company. was c8lpi
upon to help out in hurry-up iah If
clearing the Chicago and Alton railroad
track to prevent the Alton limited train
from striking u broken van at Altou. IN
The train was due i'm two minutes ami
could Toe heard approaching. SiN horses
We're unable to move the heavily loaded
driver made Holy Moses rul his isaG
against the front tul of the van ami
with TWO good pu>ht, the animal she.
eeedtd IN clearing thc track in time Tor
the tram " Sin raSt IN snLntN-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Return of Witchcraft.

Witchfraft has come back after a
lapse Of 80 years or else there are 400
badly mistaken residents If Bristol.
Conn. They constitute the Italian col
ony. In the last two years not a single.
baby has come 10 bless their homes. and
the blame for il Is all credited to witch
craft. They insist some spell has been
east over them and they loudly demand
redress
Carmeucita NIinetto. a pretty Sicilian
woman. who came mere just two years
ago. has been branded as the witch
The Italians harked back recently To
the date of her arrival here and re
called that since that day not baby
has come Ia the colony. y week ago
Il committee went 20 the police and de-
manded the woman'S arrest as witch.
But he police declined tn make IN ar
rest. The feeling against the woman
grew of such intensity that the Italians
attacked her on her way To mass. The
police protected her then. hut when She
Ventured out again the other night she
was set upon by mob and badly
stabbed. She knows her aSSailant. but
refuses to give his name or make a
complaint.
The woman has usei herbs in treating
some of the Italians fo: petty ailments.
and now they think her couc0ctionS come
straight from the cevii himself.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Fish Were intoxicated.

The flake at a Frankfort my. ...-s
tillery broke down recently a..-
than $4,000 gallons Of WHISKY "", ...r q
1t made its way To Benson GREEN ...r.
few feet away Farmers '''..- ..-.
the banks of the stream LATER -v
hundreds of fish either '"a't-- .-..Hr
on the surface or else lear!h- ' NJ
out Of the stream, and ai'- TIE
afraid of the presence If .rl
farmers caught them by ire -.,
it was not until the news ' H.. tae
at the distillery became i'm s..f fs-
mystery was solved. Ale A'
come intoxicated.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

Senator Ingalls, tried sarcasm in pub
lie life. and it failed lie had an eN-
ceptional gift for making enemies. and
they ultimately retired him 70 private
life. Once an intimate tr.,ud wrote ASK
ing his influence in favor If friend de-
string a public appointment. To this
letter the senator returned 81 very sar-
castle answer. and received the follow
ing reply: My Dear Senator. l think il
would bc we'll for you 10 reserve Your
sarcasm for the rapidly inercasn NUM-
her of your enemies instead of oI,riu.
it TO the decreasing number Of your
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The return to Europe of George Hitch
cock til American artist has been sig
ualized by an exhibition in London Of
twcnty-thrcc of his works in oils. Dur
ing his absence in America very few Of
his PICTURES were seen in London. He
IS not now showing American subjects.
his paintings being chiefly Dutch flower
farms, Introducing girl and woAeu peas
ants the material Of whose dresses often
displays a flower pattern which repeats
the color scheme of the natural flowers
surrounding the figures.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

\ silk United States flag, highly val
ued by Rear Admiral Nicoll Ludlow, L.
:. NJ and kept in his country home at
Oakdale, l.. J., was found by the care
taker of the property to have been made
into nest for a family of gray squirrels
that has taken possession Of one of the
rooms of the historic Ludlow mansion
The flag was badly battered and prac-
tioaliy destroyed. 1t was valued at near
" $50 and was one of the admral's
chief treasures.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
Woman Is an Umpire.

Amanda Clement of Yankton. s. D.
where she j. Il student. is u capable UNI
pire at baseball games, and frequently
dictates in that capacity. Miss Clement
Is just II years old, good to lcok at
strong and healthy. She i captain of
the champion basketball team of the
Naukton college. At tennis she is adj
mittcd to he the champion woman play
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The graduate school Of Harvard is To
have the use of the Francis Parkmau fell
lowship, the income of which is Ia he
applied to the aid of meritorius students
pursuing advanced studies, whether at
the university or elsewhere. The fellow
ship is supported by a fund Of $4,000
beQueathed by Miss Eliza w. : Park
man, in memory Of her brother Francis
Parkman. The university has received
from Charles Follen McNim If New
ork a gift OF S20,ooO as the permanent
foundation for the Juha Amory Appleton
fellowship in architecture. already estub-
lshed 10y his annual gifts.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

sr of South Dakota, Dressed in a matt
blue suit "a and short blue blouse with Ia 5c
she is an imposing sight on ia d cap
ball diamond, and, what is NOR e ndSe-
umpire she knows her bushes rs IS. an
the money she has earned as an NJ, lIh
Miss Clement says she will he aII pre-
outfit herself for the next year G i, to
lege. '''' III col
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The Western University of pennsyl-
vania of Pittsburg has conferred the hon
orary degree of doctor of science on Will
liam T. Hornaday in recognition of his
work in developing the New York Zoo
logical park. On account of a recent
surgical operation DIR. Hornaday was
unable to receive the degree in person
ON Monday and he was represented at
the college exercises by DIR. w. j. Hol-
land Of the Carnegie museum.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The recently established museum of
classical antiquities in Sever hall at Har-
ward has received from the municipality
of Rome, through the American embassy
Il valuable cast of rare bust Of Julius
Caesar now in the Farncse collection in
Rome. This is a mate TO another bust
Of Caesar received several months ago
from the palace Of the Conservation.
Both heads were purchased by Prof.
Clifford II. Moore, who has been actively
engaged in charging the collections.
Prof. Moore has secured, besides these
large number of Itinerary inscriptions.
which will be placed with the Pfeilfcr-
Hartwel collection. From DR.. y. S.
Pcase, who is travelling abroad on
Rogers fellowship. have been received
many fragments of votive offerings from
the vicinity of Rome.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

DR.. Joseph Il. Bryant who has been
elected president of the American Med
zeal association, is an eminent surgeon
snd was recently president of the New
Work. State Medical society.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07
THE NOT.AT.HOME GIRL.

One of the great charms of the Carl
ton," said Lord Lashbridge, lis the fact
that they don't generally have music at
lunch.'
Pretty little Mrs Braythorpe, fluffy
blonde, pink and white Dresden china and
pale blue chiffon, smiled at him.
Il suppose You know why bands We're
introduced into restaurants in England ~
u have no idea. Help me, please"
In order to dre wn the sound of Ger
mans eating" she explained. Il remem-
Der once dining at the Savoy. At the
next table was Il huge German, all beard
and bristlCs. He was complaining bit
tery of the orchestra. L can't hear
meinself eat he said"
"Or ought to have said?" queried Lash
bridge, casting his eyes over the huge,
round luncheon table. This is about the
largest luncheon party ever given"
The dear duchess is so hospitable. /
think we are "a, and she has taken the
precaution 20 engage the left-hand bal
cony fer coffee. You know everybody
here, don't you?"
Il think So" he replied. Except the
man talking to Bee Peterborough"
oh, that's 4 man called Harrington.
The new man."
In what way new? The duchess al
ways gets hold of the latest spring nov
elites. Is he the newest painter, or the
newest tenor, or the newest barrister, or
WHAT"
"Oh, dear, no" she laughed. "He has
not got enough hair for a painter or
enough throat for tenor or enough
nose FOR a bairister. lie is the newest
stocllbrol er. Every thing he touches.
Turns into gold?" Lashbridge inquired,
lifting his heavy eyelids.
No; into his own property" she re-
piled. He made $4,000 out of Con-
tango Prefs. the other day"
&" Bee must be trying to get tip,
Judging by the way she is behaving.
What do you suppose he is saying to
| herr"
What does any man ever say to
'Bee'?'' she exclaimed with a shrug of
the shoulders. Every man makes love
to her. 1t is common FORM Dear Bee
was 81 the week before last, and she is
getting younger every day. The year
her husband died her hair became golden
from grief. Last year, when her daugh-
ttr came OUT, she TOOK forty years of
her figure. If she goes on at this rate
she will be short coated before the end
OF me season.
Lashorldge gazed at her with disap-
pfoFaI
nate these experienced mousers who
behave ike kittens and wear pulry purry,
Puss puss irlnges.
RetiectWely Mrs. Braythorpe COM
mented:
/ wonder II he can be in love with
her. lie Is an extraordinary busy man
and never goes anywhere. But | should
think he IS too old for Bee You know
last year she had romance with boy
IN the Eton eleven, and quite spoiled his
cricket at Lords"
We'll | suppose said Lashbridge,
ITS better to be an old girls darling
imam dead dog
But Dick HARRINGTON wos NOT ,ronos
ing to Bee" Neither was he a;lino
her tips. o
Bee" had run the oompt of tba ,,.
rent fashionable foibleS She bad
summed: she had been curaJ of IN
nesses from which She did NOT sptTor h,.
Christian Science. she had hocl-ad 49,
she had lost money in conner .nI -
needed a new spnsatio,, N'fPe'' ''''" S''e
Dick Tarrington's idea was to prov;5e
the sensation A. tLo L,,I. - y ' Iu
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

During recent race of New York
yachts the old cup-defender Vigilant
made display of speed that excited
warm admiration. She is a centerboard
craft that is in no sense racing ma
chine, and the fact that she is still
racing while the more recent cup
defenders are high and dry on the docks
because of their uselessness for cruising
is a significant commentary on the folly
Of building racing machines.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

At the final examination for honors
Mt the school of English literature a
West Virginian Rhodesian scholar, c. f.
Tucker Brooks Of ST. Johns college, OK
ford, obtained a first class. He was the
only competitor to obtain this high dis
tinction. j. A. Brown, Il New Hamp-
shire Rhodcsian scholar of New College
Oxford, won certificate of merit for
research in physics and obtained a de
gree.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The average age Of the nine justices of
the supreme court Of the United States
is 4 fraction over G6h years, two being
-, one 10, one 50, one IS, one G5, one
O. one 81 and the junior 81. Justice
Brown rctires at 20. If Taft succeeds
him at 40, the average age will be some
what reduced, but it viii be made up in
ayoirdupoiS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The Toledo icemen who have received
vrison sentences for conspiring to make
undue profits from consumers will have
an opportunity TO cool down to tenn
perate view Of business strategy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

A quack doctor in Paris who used
cigar ashes as a "cure-alr' with great
success, combined pleasure with bust
ness. and thus avoided the labor of
tneadng dough for bread pills.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

Gov. Guilds class of Harvard, 1881,
is to present President Eliot with a
100000 fund TO spend for the college
as he sees fit. Prominent members of
the class are Senator Penrose of Penn
sylvania; Prof. Rolfe of the University
of Pennsylvania and Henry Norman,
NJ. 7.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

Sir Halliday Mccartney, who died at
his home in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scot
land, was educated as surgeon at Edn-
burgh university. and served in the Brit
ish-Indian army at the time of the mutt
ny of 1857. and then went with his rcgi-
mcnt to China and took part in the
scandalouS campaign when the summer
palace al Pekin was robbed by the Brit
iSh He stayed i'll China and took serv-
Ice under the imperial government and
was associated with Chinese" Gordon
in the suppression of the TAPPING rebel
lion. He so gained the confidence of the
government that he was sent on Il special
mission to England. and later made see
rotary of the Chinese permanent Eu-
ropean mission, which position lie had
held since 1880, with headquarters in
London. He was, like Sir Robert Hart.
one of those Europeans of high integrity
who received every Chinese honor; and
he was a chief authority in respect to the
customs, language, character and policy
of the empire
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

Kate Douglass Wiggin. the authoress,
has Just concluded a visit to the VICE
Regal Lodge, Dublin. as the guest OF
tn,ir exccllencies, the Earl and Countess
If Ahnrlncn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The Duke of Devonshire possesses
Claude Lorraine's "Book Of Truth" 1t
is worth six times as much as the Ma
zarin" Bible. the most valuable book in
the British museum. The late duke re-
fused an offer Of 100000 for it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

Photographers say there is no man in
public life more difficult to photograph
satisfa ctorily than Elhu Root, the secre-
tary OF state. There is in his eye fas-
chatting light penetrating CLEAN which
few Of bis pictures bring out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

The repetition of the statement that
Plus Y. speaks Venetian dialect needs
correction, says the London Chronicle
The Pope's Italian is perfect and his
Venetian accent hardly perceptible except
to an Italian ear. The French visitors
who say they did not understand him
would have had the same difficulty with
the scholarly Leo XIII. and the patri-
clan Plus y. The Pope's sisters, how
ever, do speak broad dialect, but then
they were not trained in an ecclesiastical
seminary, no. put, like their brother,
through course of education which no
patois could possibly survive.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

James A. Garland of New York, has
pnfchased a big farmhouse on Prudence
island. in Narragansett bay, where he
will establish a hospital for crippled
cb;l1rQu
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

Col. Milo Kosterlisky. commanding
the RuraIes at Sonora. Mexico, whose
presence Quelled the riot at Cananea, is
a terror to evil doors, both savage and
civilized, and is admitted TO be the
strongest military character on the Mex
lean frontier. BY birth he is a Russian.
In 1871 being then soldier i'll the
United States cavalry, he deserted i'll
Arizona, escaped to Sonora and obtained
a commission in the Mexican army.
President Grant pardoned him through
the intercession of the president of Mex
leo. He is a strong friend of American
interests in Mexico and his promotion
to high rank under the Diaz administra-
tiOn is expected.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

rends. of whom l am one" 1t is said
Mr. ingalls, never forgot the rebuke, but
was too late
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-07

luteider Ward of the PHILADELPHIA VA
tional league club has jumped TO the I'm.
state league.