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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

The Two Rivers contest is scheduled
for the afternoon of February 90, at
Eastwin hall. A very good program il
being prepared. including contests in
adding, spelling, writing, and declama-
tion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08
EDUCATIONAL.
BY w. E. LARSON.

Teachers examinations begin March
3Oth at Mishicot. Circulars will bo
sent out soon. Course of Study examina-
tions, April 20-21.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

A spelling contest was held at Rose
Grams last Friday evening. Two others
will be held in the town at Greenstreet
and Cooperstown.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08
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Baking
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

Senator Randolph and Mr.. Adelbert
G. Schmidt attended the funeral Of DR..
J.. f. Luce at Chiffon last Saturday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

Each individual school should plan to
do something at these town gatherings.
IL the pupils are bashful and the schools
below grade. it is a good opportunity to
get out and see what others are doing.
Get your material ready now; don't
wait to be urged. Drive the business,
let not the business drive thee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

The Lois society of the Presbyterian
church will meet this evening at the
home Of the Misses Hubbard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

Mr.. D. Peck of Two Rivers was
caller at the PILOT office Friday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

A literary meeting will be held at
Reedsville, Feb. "A, under the auspices of
the teachers of the railroad section. The
teachers Of the other sections of the
county, and Of the neighboring schools
in Brown and Calumet counties, are
cordially invited Ex.teachers are
specially invited to come and join in the
festivities More particulars will bs
given in the papers of next week
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-02-08

In the town contests don't forget to
arrange for some test in adding. At the
county contest each division will be en-
titled to two representatives. Get the
primary and middle forms interested in
adding. There is the place to drill on
work of this kind. Get the younger
pupils ready for future years
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
Aspiration Shapes Character.

There is school of philosophers who
assure us that we are what we deeply
long to be. They say that aspiration
shapes character, or something of that
sort.
This may be true, but sometimes one
is almost tempted to the conclusion that
We are what we deeply desire not to
be, ard that our pet loathngs are the
measures of our natures.
1T is such common strut" says one
woman in tones of utter disgust. The
children are SO common and the houses
are so common
There could be no doubt in the minds
of those who heard that woman thar
she valued elegance above salvation. and
yet that she was essentially the thing
that she despised and designated as
common" For what is as common
as to go through life with eyes open al
ways for eXternals, and never looking
deep into the heart of the human drama
The announcement. not altogether un-
usual that people bore me-, does not
mean that the world is full of bores,
but that the speaker is Il self-centered
person who. having no interest in others,
cannot have interest for them, and SO is
herself bore.
On the whole, it is wise not to express
the grounds of dislike too often and too
openly. Ones distasteS betray ones
weaknesses too early.-EXchange
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10

on life than man. An interesting point
during the early stages of the life of both
sexes. During the first year of life the
mortality among male babies is greater
than among females. While more males
are born than females, this mortality
among the males reduces their numbers
90 such am extent that the numbers eft
both sexes are about equal ut the end of
the first year. During the first four
Years of life this mortality of males IN
contrast TO the females is strikingly evil
dent. When the five year mark has been
reached the singular fact is made eyl-
dent that the female mortality increases
above that of the male and this con
tinues until the sixteenth year. This in
crease in the death rate is easily ex
planned by the fact that boys are given
free rein in their play and are allowed
in the open air from morning until night,
while the girls usually are restrained
from the activity and freedom that their
brothers are allowed to have. Especially
is this so from the age of II to l6 when
the death rate among girls is higher than
among boys If parents allowed more
outdoor rOmping and exercise to their
daughters at this critical period and less
corset wearing and dignity the tables
would not show this peculiar fiuetuation
and increase in death rate. After the six
teenth year and through the later years
of life women seem to possesses greater
tenacity of life than do men. If any
readers feel that they would like to com
ment or throw additional light on this in
tereSting subject we will be pleased to
hear from them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
Society and the Wage-Earner.

Society gives cheerful recognition to
the woman who earns her own living.
but it demands from her all that it does
from any other woman.
1t demands from the woman who
works exactly what it asks from the
man who works.
1t requires that her manners be good.
that she knows how to dress to suit
not only the OccaS sion and place, but
her pocketbook. Society demands of the
woman who works, like the man from
a lawyers office, like the one in the
commercial field, like the one who is u
teacher, that she does not talk shop.
That she does not bring into social
circles her work and her implements.
That she does not discuss what hap
pened at the office" at a dinner table;
that she does not speak of the early hour
that must find her at the office.
Society demands the results of the
work, but not the history of the work
itself. 1t demands that each member
bring a pleasant personality if she wishes
to be in it. Over all this great country
there is to be found good society and
it rests with the working woman her
self whether she is in it or out Of it.
The social ga thering composed Of
brainy men and women who have
thoughts of their own. who are doing
things in this big world, is the society
that is really worth while.
LIZ one has the bad taste to prefer noisy
people, whose idea of enjoyment is
roughness, whose conception of couversa-
ton is scandal, and who really have no
reason for existing. then the business
woman will not only injure herself by
her contact with such society. but she
will injure every other woman who
works
People are prone TO judge great reg
iment by one member of it.
Beauty is not a social necessity. but n
desirable personality is.
Society demands a pleasant smile aud
an agreeable manner. 1t is fair in is
payments. II gives value for value re-
ceiyed always. The wise girl alone in
the city soon recognizes this fact. and
the sooner she recognizes it the easier
Twill he the path which leads to friend
lshipS-P ittsburg Leader
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
The Best Punishment Is Deprivation.

There must, of course. Ice punishment.
Even children who are naturally good
need it. in order that they may be kept
in that state Of decent subordination
which secures a quiet household. But
the best punishment is that which takes
the form of deprivation.
The wise mother deals with the negli-
gent or disObedient child as Nature deals
with the grown man. If the farmer dis
regards the laws of Nature he gets poor
crops or none. Nature sends him to bed
without his supper, or gives him no but
ter on his bread. The difference between
a natural punishment and an arbitrary
one is that one is Immediately and evil
IDENTITY related to the offense, while the
other is not. A natural punishment aD-
peals at once to the instinct of justice.
The child is to be taught that thought
fulness. neatness, punctuality, eoursss.@
and obedience are associated inevitably
with appreciation and happiness. and
that the instant result of disregarding
these virtues is Il corresponding loss of
privilege. If the child's behavior is I'M
suited to the serenity and good cheer Of
the family table he must be swiftly con
veyed to the howlery growlery room,
where he properly belongs. Such de-
privation meets the requirements of just
and effective discipline; it is fair and rca-
sonable and dignified. 1t can be admin
istered quietly, gently, with even voice,
and without excitement; and it arouses
no serious resentment or defiance. La
dies Home Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
The Why of It.

1t Is not so much what mother does.
or how she does it. as it is why she does
it. that mOlds the characters of her chill
dren. If a mother Furnishes a child be-
cause she is nervous, in anger or be-
cause she is bigger and can, the child in
sunctively recognizes the unjust motive
and rebels The effect Of the punish
ment is lost unless the why is right
Children are an animated question
mark, and nothing but reasonable an
swer to the why of life will satisfy them.
Of what use is a life based upon fear of
pubic opinion. or, maybe, fear of pun
lshmAntE Such a life has no more sta
bility than a house built upon the sands.
When the waves of temptation wash
against it, it will fall. The why we do
a thing, is the basis upon which we rise
or fall.
Many a mother. if she stops to con
slider the why of course she has laid
out for her child, will turn right about
face and go in the opposite direction 1t
is not what we make our children do, or
how we make them do it, but why we
wish them to do it. 1t is not enough for
us to thoughtlessiy say to child, do
this or, Don't do that but we must
first ask ourselves the why of the COM
mand.
Every child must have instilled into it
a purpose-a firm grasp of why it is
alive. The child sool. finds that punish
ment follows swiftly on the heels of mis-
behavior, but unless he is taught the
why, he misbehaves again as soon as the
stings of the punishment are healed. It's
the principle underlying the action-the
why we do a thing, not the what we do,
nor the how we do it-that counts both
in this world and the next.
1t is not necessary to sermoniZe to Il
child as to why he is obliged to go to
school, or to do the many things that q
child has to do to develop properly, if our
own way of life is right. The child will.
almost imperceptibly, absorb the right
motive. the why, from us.
Mothers, so many of them overbur-
dened with household cares. need many
many times a day to ask themselves the
why of their actions toward their chill
dren; for it is the why of life that makes
the perfectly developed wOmanhood and
manhood that is acceptable to Cod
Mothers Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

the chief points Of fern culture do not
differ materially.
One of the essentials is a good supply
of water and, 10 enable the soil to with
stand the effects of frequent watering
without being turned sour. all pots or
other receptacles should be exceptionally
well drained, and the soil itself made eX-
! tremely porous.
4 frequent cause Of disaster to ferns
Of delicate root acton is overpotting
and using too deep a body of soil in the
pots. \ good depth of soil may be suit
able for some of the strong growing
Pter.ses. bat fol delicate Adiantums and
all ferns that spread themselves by
creeping rhizomes, it is especially wrong
10 pot or plant in a big body of soil. for
with these the soil is merely a medium
| through which the necessary moisture is
conducted TO the plants, and if too much
is used it is soon rendered unfit to per-
form its work and the roots die out.
All pOtting should be carried out in
spring just as the new fronds of tho
year are about to appear. In splitting
plants be careful that each division is well
provided with roots and crown. so that
they Will soon make good and shapely
plant.
Tie soil used in potting may be half
fiberous loan, broken mp as roughly as
can be used, with leaf mould. earth and
sand in equal proportions. The whole
should be incorporated with finely broken
brick or charcoal.
Ferns may be raised from spores, the
operation being Il somewhat delicate one.
Shallow pans should he filled with rocks
aud on these should be placed a few
thin layers of lumpy soil Press the soil
| fiat, watering well and then place over
The surface few fronds which are well
supplied with ripe brown spores. The
pan should be placed in damp and
shady corner and covered with sheet
OF glass. This may be watered by partly
immersing pan, taking care not To let
the water rise to the level OF the surface
| Rhizomatous ferns may be increased by
securing a lump of soil to the rhizome
near the end and severing this portion
when root has formed.
In spring fertilize fern at least once a
week with bone meal. the washings of
Il bird cage is also good for them. They
should be bathed occasionally i'll tepil
water. They require but little sunlight.
Treated in this way the ferns will grow
Observation-Disclosures Plain Dealer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
Two Methods of perfect Frankness."

Absolute sincerity is an admirable
thing. We love cur friends to be per,
tectly frank with us.
But, oh. there is such Il difference in
trankness. There are two such widely
opposite ways of being sincere.
There is Annals way.
Anna is truthful. She is too good a
friend to deceive you. If she doesn t
Ike your appearance. she is too genuine
10 sqsh and tell you how perfectly sweet
You look.
II You look or do well, no one is so
eager as Anna TO tell you so. She
PRAISES with the most generous heart.
And there is some satisfaction in having
her praise, for you can be sure Anna
won't lie to you.
silent.
Don't you like my new hat, Anna -
II Is very nice" says Anna, gently.
But you don't like it, Anna? | can
Tell. Now be truthful"
ii you want me to tell the truth, -
SAYS Anna, hesitatingly, Il do not think
tae color becoming to YOU"
Aour face clouds, for Anna is a first
rate Judge
But" adds Anna. quickly. sit is a
smart enough hat, and if you tilt it more
ID the side, and put little blue in, near
,.-e lace, think you can make it more
becoming"
Anna has been frank when pressed to
ht, bus she has told the truth so gently
itat your feelings have not been
wounded, even though she has confirmed
YOUR belief that that hat was IA mis-
But how different Ellen's way.
Ellen doesn't wait to be asked for her
Good heavens" says she. sharply.
" here. did you get that horrd hat
Don't you like it you inquire with
j. "eekness that bellies your real feel
No. I don't" says Ellen. in voice
iiEe q tWo-edged sword 'You never do
- decent hats. Ii you'd take somebody
VIII you who knew something,'
his is Ellen's frankncss 1t is Of the
brand that makes you shrink. Her
lows knock you out, and crush you. at
hf1t little later you rise up defaut.
f'tdy to hate something or somebody
both Anna and Ellen scorn Il lie. They
10Th reverence truth. But one tells It
N5th regard for your feelings: the
other doesn't think to be kind.
they are both frank. Ones method
~ irankness. howeverc. is like a soothing
H"diing lotion poured into wound: aud
me others method ike sharp. singing
II is well to be frank. It gives our
trends confidence i'll our sincerity. Bot
u our criticism is to do good and not
harm, It is infinitely essential that we
&c frank N the kinde-t possible way
L"3'adeiphia Evening Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
The Ideal in Everyday Life.

Let US now go for a walk during
which we will observe the people who
are pursuing their caIlings. Let us note
their mood
We shall come upon persons whom We
cannot see sweep, hammer. or dig the
earth without Experiencing desire 10 take
from them their uroom or hammer or
spade in order to show them how they
ought 10 use it. This sort of worker is
to be met with quite as often in the
schools. in the church, in the studios of
painting and sculpture, as in the fields,
the mines and the shops. Without ideals
people are the same everywhere When
they teach, they make us weary of learn
ing; when they make music, they cause
MS to hate music. They have no faith in
their work. All the time they have the
air of saying: What a stupid trade /
have chosen. BE sure my children shall
not follow it,
Those who put the ideal into their
work produce an altogether different eff
feet upon us, whether they be manual or
intellectual laborers. You see them at
work, performing at times unpleasant
duties. which you. perhaps, would not
choose, but. with so much of goodwill,
| Of punctualty and fidelity. ard such an
( appreciation of the useful Hight Of
/ days" that they appear great to US, and
an envy seizes US 10 initiate them
Charles Wagner. in Harper's Bazar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
Love Learns Slowly.

One of the most potent causes of dis
hrbance i'll an affection between senSi-
tive persons is the quickness 10 speak bit
terly when wounded. In some natures a
slight rebuff, a seeming neglect, re-
buke carelessly given, seems to engender
poison; and the ven0mOus retort which
follows Is merely the Disguise with which
pride seeks to conceal a deep hurt
We should be very careful how we
wound sensitive nature like that,
which would so gladly be all sweetness,
If 1t could. But if we are ourselves the
sensitive ones, we should be doubly care
full to keep back the bitter shaft a hurt
pride impels us to send. We should be
silent. until the hurt and the sting has
somewhat passed. Thus we can avoid
wOunding IN return one who did not
mean to hurt us, and who is probably
more surprised than ourselves at the eff
feet of his word or deed. 1t may he we
shall learn he was merely thoughtless:
or that we have misunderstood But at
any rate. we shall be 50 much the better
by keeping the poison back
BE patient with love. 1t learns slow
ly:
For just a few brief hours
Her he forgot;
The waves of pain swan round her heart
The tears sprang quick and hot:
And he amazed. bcheld them fall,
Love learns so slowly, after all,
Then-ah. the pity-straipht
She spoke the bitter word
That hurt as she had little dreamed
When silently he heard;
Fate holds us ever In it's thrall.
And love learns slowly, after all.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10

Forgive.
qhe air of scented pine Goats DER the
stream,
The dsy Is done and shadows fall
fale by one the stars appear
o,!p ~ one. as in a dreaIn,
Nv thoughts 30 back and say
Forgive
The night is long, the way is steep.
The pathway narrow; we lose cur way
I'm wrong ar right; we pied along,
PERHAPS 20 laugh and oft TO weep.
Perhaps TO finger little while
And say, forgive!
The soft dew falls in the cyentide
ON the river. field and stream.
lust as word from the lips of Que
Who begs and pleads in a world SO Wild
That you may hear it somewhere,
The word, forgive
~ some mistake. perhaps my own.
Some petulant word. or look, may be.
The boat went drifting to Il far off isle
Where discomfort and feud are sown
Oh if some one would tell you why
And say, forgive.
Py some mischance or bitter word,
A Needless action born of strife
Some impulse needed but too late.
Some rumor rankles. n scandal heard
Some lie repeated breaks the heart
Forgive! Forgive.
Il. L. NJ. Bristol.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
The Difference.

The Difference.
She was a beautiful, beautiful lady,
in brown Empire gown. with a dream
of a hat, and sables that must have cost
thousands.
She walked slowly, with languid grace
and delicate murmur of refined under
silks. She seemed to fill the very air
about her with glory and the faint breath
Of violets.
She was, in short, exquisite-from the
dear little curls dropping from her per.
feet golden coiffure, to her dainty boots.
The man and the woman looked at her
rs she swept languidly from picture to
shes the prettiest picture in sight.
isn't she?' whispered the woman. (The
woman's hair, be IT said. stood out in
straight wisps, and her hat made her
looked tired and haggard. and her fur
piece cost exactly 50, and it would be
best not to mention the age of her
gown
'She is certainly stunning" observed
the man. And the woman noticed that
his eyes followed the living picture. as
did those of every other man in sight.
What You see, though put in the
woman, shrewdly, lis merely the finished
product. If you knew how many hours
and how many hands it took to make
that perfect picture, you wouldn't admire
it so much"
(Which picture" absently inquired the
man. still gazing after the Empire frock.
The one you are looking att said the
woman, tartly. That exquisite and
faultless specimen of the masseuses, the
manicure's, the hair dresser's, the millin-
er's and mOdiste's art. Did you think
she achieved all that glory herself? Well.
She didn't. At least a dozen persons
have labored today to produce her.
Somebody brought her her breakfast.
in bed" ran on the woman. Someone
else prepared her bath. Some one else
gave her Il massage. Some one dressed
her. Another person came to do her
hands A professional did that hair.
That gown and hat are each the work of
artists Some rich man-her husband or
father-paid for those furs and Jewels
Some one drove her here Some one else
jumped down from the back seat and
opened the door, in order that she might
not even have to exert herself so much
Is it any wonder she arrived here fault.
less with not a hair out of place, a pic
turc for men to rave over!
While I-and the woman laughed
4 got up ut Z; hurried through bath and
breakfast and got to the office ut $50:
spent five hours grinding over desk,
and hustled straight off here to meet
you | know | don't exactly look pretty,
oil boy. but, consider the difference"
Aud seeing that the man took one last
l.ok n the Empire frock. the woman
paused before mirror. slicked back her
hair jerled her hat straight, dahbed her
Eerchief over her face and surreptitiously
licked the office dust off her shoes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10

q those who cannot see the bordering
oh! / have no tact, they say with q
satisfied air, Fact and policy are things
| know nothing about"
And yet the two qualities are as dis.
tinct as north and south.
Tact comes from the heart. and policy
from the head. Policy is inspired by
selfish interests and is treacherou,
quality that one might well boast the
lack Of
Tact springs within from an unwillinc-
ness to hurt feelings. and it is the mark
Of innate kindness that has no personal
m0t;e.
Tact is no enemy to truth. 1t offers
truth on a Salver instead Of throwing it
in the face, that's all
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-10
Indian MAY Enter West Point.

Paul Knapp. a half-brccd Indian Of
Benton Harbor. Mich, whose mother
was Il daughter Of Chief Peter Po1aepn
Of the pottawattomic tribe. has received
an appointment to enter West Point
Knapp was formerly 4 student "a Has
kell institute and receives his appoint
mcnt through being recommended 30
President Roosevelt by Indian Comm.s
Sioucr LcupD. KNAPP is - years obi.