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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
The Confessions Of Young Wife.

Harper Bazaar, which. with the as
stance of Henry James. has been busy
or late endeayorlng to reform the speech
and manners of American women is
now giving its brilliant editorial atten-
ton to young wives and their affairs. In
the May Bazaar the author who is writing
on this topic reveals some secrets in a
charming and convincing way. She says
The most important thing of all that
| have learned is how to get along with
out my husband, Outwardly we are as
much together as ever we were. We are
very fond of each other. indeed, and |
think my own marriage so far has been
happier than most. Only | have learned
what almost all women learn first or
last that for the sake of my own peace
of mind and his | must not have my
interest in life begin and end in him
must not be lonely if he isn't there; it
mustn't be tragedy to me if he isn't
with me. During our engagement and
the first part of our marriage Joe alb
sorbed every thought | had He dimmed
my interest III my friends, he altered my
life all over, and gave me a new set Of
intereStS-which began and ended with
him. | have had in self-defense to I'M
learn all these things, for when | had
surrendered myself entirely | found my
self. so to speak, left high and dry
had learned my lesson too WE'LL un-
learned it as best | might, and became
once more what people call reasonable
woman
| cannot tell exactly when things be-
gan to get different. 1t was as mper-
ceptible us the coming of night. for we
are both good-tempered people. and had
had none of the fierce clashes that seine
people do, l don't think we had any
thing as definite as a first quarrel even.
| think the first thing that made me
pause and wonder was when the blum
ders | made and my little household diff
culties grew real. Before we had
laughed at them. When things went
wrong at first Joe seemed positively
pleased. He liked the stupid things /
did Just because | did them, just as he
would have admired me had | been a
ready made. finished housekeeper. | had
my trunkful of mistakes to make like
most brides and before they were over
we both had different attitude toward
them. That was when l learned to keep
house in earnest.
After one has seemed admirable in
every way to some one for II time, one
has to get used to being criticised. how
ever gently.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04

meut ot one OF the Dig stores You may
come plump upon the most fascinating
log cabin, life size and natural. set in tht
rural surroundings of porch furnitur,
and imitation bamboo trees.
Dangling from the walls are SOM, in.
tereSting Tin plates ana SkiletS. which
immediately suggest the aroma of fried
bacon and coffee uuNer pine Trees. And
II you have the mtfcpidity 10 push ouen
the door and 80 in, you will see cots. an
oil stove, cabinet full of al kinds OF
ulecstin utensils and some moro things.
Set it right mp in Your back ward for
So complete, whcedleS the salesman.
observing your uncoucealed admiration.
But | shouldn't want il in my back
yard, You say. Couldn't You set il an
come place under a patch OF pine trees
on the edge OF the ocean. with noun
tain rising in the near view and a forest
az the back door; Seems To me | might
take it then"
But the sales person shakes his head
doubuully, He is not sure there is such
a place: nor, ii there were, If the original
price would cover the cost of its locn ton
there; nor, really, just how to go about il.
Its pity they didn't throw the loca-
tiou in II some euterpriSiug store man
will Just manage that, now, won't there
he "a rush on those log cabius?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
Do You Know
Your Public Institutions?

of course it is very hard To advise
clubs which are perhaps 1000 miles
apart as to details in such matters. but
| shall be quite safe in one suggestion
which will apply whether club be on
the Atlantic shore or the Pacific shore
or hy the side Of the Mississippi river.
In every county, in every state, perhaps
in the town in which you live, there is
some public institution in which the
people are trying 10 carry out the in
functions 1f the twenty-tfth chapter of
Matthew-There Is q prison or a hos
n7TaT or al orphan home or a home for
aged people or a ''poorhouse.' Nothing
shows the Christian foundation Of Amer
lean institutions better than such public
arrangements as these. where the people
acting ia IT'S political capacity take the
charge Of such enterprise OF benevolence.
Now. | think it is a fair question and
a good question TO put in any meeting Of
any wonaus club. How much DO we
know Of these enterprises Of tie state +:
They saw we have no votes. and general
liz We have not. But suppose we had.
How much do we know. we who are IN
this room. Of the institutions. RS people
Tx. 10 call them. IF the state or of the
county or II the town. Vow many
women in this room have ever been in
the almSh1uSe< How many women here
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
What to Plant in
Angle of the House and Porch.

Angles. crude exteriors and harsh out
AheS. all are amenab bic to the gardener
skill. and the value of vine and shrub in
Nottening the angle in a dwelling is real
zed by many. The first choice Of vine
i the Chinese wisteria, producing pro-
fusion of bloom in long, dropping clusters
al laYendeT-blue in late spring and early
summer; sometimes again, though less
Freely, IN autumn. Two stands of me-
"lUm-Slzed wire attached to heavy. home
Mada wire staples driven into the ground,
ana spreading in N-shape, to a screw
ring on either side of the angle above
ana Just under the caves, furnish sup
Fe'f' and the strong shotts, taking hold,
a1ord counier-Support in themselves. 4
-pYely curtain of living green is furnished
( the little south window under the caves
Nflhg the heated months. and charm
'-t- nome Tor the Song-birds, owners bE
right of possession.
FOR an angle created by a porch or
feranda, Il vine of less rampant growth
SHOULD be selected. Just the place for 4
'!rInatS; and GlematiS Jackmani the
criterion Of hardness in this family
proves most striking, with its immense
MOVERS OF intense purple hue. and a sue
'r9s under the most ordinary culture. A
feliiS Of simple. woven wire supports
thls VINE admirably, the leafstemS TAX
"iS nrm hold of the wires, and. thus sup
~ 4Ief-bio0IhiH2 hauIl EeAueIN IL
Il perfect sheet Of most striking color.
supplement- this vine with Clematis pau
guiata for the end Of the porch. or with
nan honeySuckle for fine effect. The
,as5 Is one Of the cleanest vines. free
from all insect pests. a continuous pro-
Queer of delightfully."- fragrant flowers.
and It's foliage. evergreen in the south.
remains green until Christmas In the
north. These vines, supported upon
stretches of woven wire. have a very
Nftenlng effect as a screen for walls.
allowing the stems to interlace and min
gle their flowers naturally Their beauti-
lAly cut and varied foliage removes the
harshness of bare stretches Of wood.
stone or brick. heightens al good archi-
Jectural effects and successfully conccals
detectives ones The roots of these vines
should be given a protective mulch after
t4e ground remains frozen duriu. the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
Miss Hagner's Rise.

TIVE rise of Miss Hdgner from her
old position to be social secretary to
Mrs. Roosevelt is interesting. She is
the daughter of DIR. Hagner, of Wash
ington, who years ago was regarded as
the leading physician at the capital. Her
ancestors were government people and
it was perfectly natural that when thu
time came for her to earn her livelihood
/ Miss Isabelle should seek government
employment. She was appointed to a
position in the surgeon generals office of
the war department in 1898.
Soon she received an increase in salary
to SS4O. but it was not long because she
was reduced to her old salary of $40,
probably to make room for the constitu-
ent of some congressman, who did not
know that Miss Hagner would one day
be able to snap her fingers at him and
tell him that the home of the President
of the United States was not his to enter,
Later on her wage was adRanced TO
$1,000. and dating from HAT time her
pathway was bright with the blossoms
of promise
Mr., Alger came to be secretary of war;
lis wife was social leader and needed
an amanuenss. and Miss Hagner. the
clerk. was detailed t. help Miss Alger.
Through her family's long residence in
the capital and her wide acquaintance,
Miss Hagner proved valuable 1t was
| ''i ili- liIdt time tUdI MIS-. lNobNtNtIl
ilved in Washington. Her acquaintance
was not large in the official set, but her
friends were many among the cave
dwellers.' as the old Washington fam
lies are known. and it was in this way
that she met Isabelle Hagner.
When fate gave the reIs of the eX-
ecutiye office into the hands of Mr..
Roosevelt his wife was in much the same
predicament as was the wife of Secre-
rary \ Ippr aud Miss ITnuupr WINS 10
tailed for duty at the white house This
detail caused considerable comment and
by way Of avoiding further talk Mrs.
Roosevelt made Miss Hagner her social
secretary.
year. She is carried on the payroll of
the white house as n clerk. but the posi-
ton and the privileges which are hers
would make the hearts of nine-tenths of
the women in the United States burn
! with envy.
1 At the white house receptions she has
to merely raise her finger to Charles"
/ the footman. and he IS at her elbow; to
Stone, the head usher, formerly Pull
I man car conductor. she has only TO i'm
part an order and it is obeyed. She sails
through the corridors and suite of par
lors as no one else except the Presidents
family is permitted to do.
/ Miss Hagner is of a striking type. She
is large. has pretty dark eyes. a good
complexion and far hair. When not
driving down town in the Presidents
carria ge to do her morning shopping she
takes brisk walk through the shopping
district, and is pointed out as the one
woman in all Washington who has ah-
,alute freedom Of the white house. from
It's famous and much discussed east en-
trance to the very last and busiest cor
uer Of the Presidents Office
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04

Ko0scvolta hitherto unpublished max
inns were given Ia the pupils of Miss
liiU's school ut Philadelphia by Jncob
RMS in an address.
THE President has placed HIS policy
IN four hitherto unspoken muxims." said
Dir. lIiis. which | will give as guides To
you young women:
'First--l'it yourselves for the work
God has for YOU 10 DO in this world and
lose no time about it,
Second Have ali the fun that il
coming 80 you.
'Ihird-Go ahead, do something and
bc willing to take responsibility
't0uril Learn by your mistakcs.'
40 one can drive the President. IL
IA always right to bim-clf. in his own
Judgment lie may do wrong. bu
hay" yet to see him do wrong. and If h,.
docs be learns from bis errors"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
Whims of Womankind.

Now that Lent is over there is q har-
vest of antique ribbon embroidery to
show for the seclusiou of certain Young
women--slipper tops, belts, parasols or
sections of belts TO be inset front and
back: card-case sides. opera hng pieces,
fans. mouchoir and glove eases as well
as trimming parts of ten gowns and
ma tiuees No sooner are they finished
than up they 90 10 he mounted for wear.
by those who consider not the cost, but
the pride and pleasure of showing off
their skill
This is one of the most fascinating oc-
cnpations omen to women. I'll" work,
though absorbing is not HrduouS and
may he ~, lucrative almost from the
start. The materials are not costly. and
few tools are required. The work is
done at home. and more than one clever
girl has interested herself IN designing
unique buckles aud bangles.
Almost too pretty to he called
.'whim" was the thoughtiulncS- pt Ger
tain sister who made for her brother
fance pretty book entitled, The
Things His Mother Used to Make.
0neninp II. the tiaucce found. IN her
friend handwriting. first a prciac" stat
ing some of the brothers characteristic
traits. little Ways of making lin happy
and comfortable, his ts~cuIiaritlc>. lis
likes aud dislikc@ what agreed with
Aim and what disagreed. sud then
minute directions for the preparation of
various dishes which were his tavoriteS
at the home table--aficr which there
were several blank pages for the writing
Of the fauceP's own aute-Warital ohseT-
vatinnS Needless to say, that bride-to-
be began housekeeping with a feeling of
power and independence that few brides
nioy-Philadelphi Bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
Flvlnq Fish Strnck Sailor

Wben lhc liner Korca vas howIinl,
along on smooth sea in the tropics he
tween Yokohama and Honolulu a living
hel. struck Second officer Il. Altman o~
be stood 1u the bridge and caused him
some ljttlr injury.
The fish was one of largc school and
had llown 10 an unusunL- ALL.-L.l. At he.
tIW" Altman wax ar the moment talk
ing an observation when he felt blow
ON h is right side. \ hasty glance down
ward Disclosed the lying fish. which Law
on the bridge stunned from the impact
with the officers body.
Altman was not seriously hurt and b.,
saved the flying fish. which is retained 81.
memcnto If his strange experience
The bridge of the Koren, where Altman
stood. is about fifty feet above the sur
face VI the sea.-San Francisco Chrou
icln.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
New Things She Wears.

At uature lemons. arranged ip clusters
with thick brown tWIc~ and foliage trim
one bonnet.
Fiet lace rules this season as Irish
lace did two seasons ago. Tie square
mesh is the thing.
Plaid moadclotbs are growing more
popular even thuu when they first APP
peared ina the autumn. aud are very ef-
tcctlre in lighter combinations for SUM-
mcr wear.
lrochc; buttons of silk aud linen are
extremely smart and are to bp had IN all
rolorings Buttons of t"rt1is7~~11I T 'rTT7TTr
shells enriched with gold or mock jewels
are fetching.
The expression of the figure is carried
10 fashionable perfection when the
waist is small and the shoulders wide.
and to obtain that result all smart gowns
are fashioned.
The advent of the culorcd yoke and
cuffs as contrastcd to the rest Of the
blouse. mems that many remnant can
be utilized not sufficient otherwise for
the entire waist.
\ favoritc design On dresses Of linen
takes the form of trailing sprays of
grapcvines. the leaves in the narrow lin,
en- soutache set on edgewisc and the
grapes built of big French knots done
IN heavy thread.
Wedgewood buttons are the latest
fancy of fashionable women. The deli
cately sculptured, classical white porcc
lain figures on the rich blue ground ar,
sometimes set in narrow rims of copper
about which in turn there is a wider rim
of chiSelled mother of pearl. -Four sucl
buttons would glorify a gown.
4 novel use Of leather is in the form
Of hat pin. 1t is rather large, cone
shipped, embossed and stained in q hand
some design representing leaves and fruit
OF flowers very rich but yet eubducd in
color Though ii looks massive il is
hollow and very light weight and Il
glenms fkc bit of ename on tn,
spring hat,
The size Of the newest bag, except where
large receptacle is specially required
is less exaggerated. aud leather stral
handles have quite taken the plaee o
chnins Many have the sides carried NJ
in detached flaps. hiding the frame an'
clasp Philadelphia bulletin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
Let Us Take Note
LEST We Forget"

BY this time most of us have broken
alike the greatest and the least of our
noble new-year resolutions. and have re-
Sumed. more or less resignedly the re-
grettable habits Of the past. In some
of us the mere fact of having made the
effort toward reform las created II Snug
ness Of spirit which. while il is as repre-
nensible as the original tailings, greatly
cheers the pilgrims ON their way. In
others, however, there may be something
in the nature of self-aualy sis. and al
most without exception these thoughtful
souls are making ,ne discovery that they
failed to reform, not through lack Of
strength, but through lack of thought.
In other words, they forget" to keep the
promise they made themselves, even as
they are constantly forgetting 10 keep
the promises they make to others. Right
here lies a fault so common, SO demQrl-
iZiug, so far-reachlng in It's effects, that
the entire band of American women
should rise up to .cnn4ugE- ~ILa--gfsi IN
themselves individually, and then. by
continued and active effort. in their lanu-
lies and their neighbUrS. After that the
millennium!
The habit of forgetting is as fixed and
as fatal in us as the habit of careless
speech and, with due apologies to Henry
James, even more serious in its couSe-
quences. Careless speech offends the
ear and the cultivated mind The for
getting habit" is demoralizing the ma
ton. We all know the housewives who
forget" to prepare the meals. the
mothers who forget" the promises they
make 10 the children. the friends who
forget" the little services they have
promised TO render us, the employees who
forget the obvious duties Of the day;
and we know how appallingly numerous
these offenders are. The busiest woman
known 10 the writer spends hours Of
time picking mp" in her home after 9TH
members Of the family who have not
half as much to DO as she has rrD'~~fffffrte
covers on boxes, Strengthening rug. re-
placing books on their proper shelves,
and carrying back To individual rooms
small personal possessions dropped Queer
fully ia the general living room and Tor
gotten. The head Of great curH"rd-
ton recently remarked TO the rfer.
Il earn my salary by going around md
asking orr employees If they have lone
today the thing. they promised yesterday
that they would do. And he aided,
gloomily. They never have"
The forgetting habit is crimjBally are
less. and should be regarded as such.
Chronic offenders should be force %
use writing pads. noting down thr I'M
portant promises or duties Of tl.e .JT,
and crossing off each one as fas. il
has been fulfilled. The effect iu the Na}
Of achievement would soon be- er.rnt
and that on the disposition and .Har'
actcr Of the community could hard fail
to be equally marked. For, by learning
10 remember the routine and other SIS
Of the day. can we not learn cveU-. iiy
10 remember Ia hp firmly good
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
Ten Commandments Of Good Citizenship

The Boston Equal Suffrage Association
for Good Government held First Not-
ers' Festival" last week in Fououjl haH
on which occasion Rabbi NJ Ejclhcr
IEeagl lIIe following f'Tcn Commandments
ON Good Citizenship
l. Love thy country which has redeem Il
thee from tyranny and bondage.
. Thou shalt not worship auy political
Idols nor bow clown 20 them, Har serve
them. for their iniquity Will 10" visited upes
thee and upon thy children onto fh. I'd d
ana nth generation.
g. Thou shalt not take the nauo of pnt
riotj~uI iu vain nor use IT 20 bide thy
FISH motive
T. Remember The day Of election TO Eaar
il holy
- Honor tbe sauctity ~ the ballot thai
the days ~ the republic mag be pru'ougea
Ii"u shalt not Kill the spirit nj frHf
dom Ivy ne-la"1iug TO exercise tit- Frer"-
tiyf~ ~ % fFepm8u
Z Thou shalt not 8duiferate tH. purity
Of cgil Nfr by entering polite. for -aIH.
Thou shalt not eUcuuraE" pHtli" Ft
ants ~ steal by thy Indifference
o Thou shalt not lef greed far political
reward bGas false witness against thy
patriotism
10 Tuou shalt not caYct . pabi o'e.
which thou ave Dot ct 20 nll
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
SSsS0S00a0CS0e
If We Could Know .

If we could know tomorrow's secrets-see
Just where tomorrows lights and shades
shall be,
If we couid pull the curtain back aud gaze
Down all the,rsss sss.sas,-ess'4s up tn stonF
ways.
I wonder who would wait comnlacently?
For you there might be fortune and for M
Gray woes from which | fain would turn
and fee
l wonder who would sink the songs of
praise,
If we could know:
Death might be grinning at us there, If We
Could draw the curtain. You might bend
the knee
In srDpIiance while rushed forth to
raise
Such wild and joyful shouts as should
amaze
or glee,
If we could know?
S. E. Kizer in Chicago Record Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04

have ever been in the county Jail. or in
the states prison of tins statet How
many of us have ever been in the
asylums or the hospitalSs~at-- tIajs statey
1t is not enough To say tnat such ''in-
situations are regularly visited by the
official visitors. Still it is not outside
the province of woman'S club to see
who the official visitors are. and to de-
termine whether they are the best pe0-
pie for such visitation. In nine cases out
of ten. when you are arranging for such
visitation. there ought 70 rT~T1 least one
woman on the board of visitors. Thus
in the formal examinations at prisons or
of aImshouseS or of school houses there
certainly ought to be in every rlace one
or more women among the oaicial eX-
aminers Has our club in steady action
taken care that there shall be in this
region where we iveg-EXchangc
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
The Most Popular
Quality in Woman.

What is the most popular quality in
woman: FIhe question was suggested,
writes a Parsenne. "by n cosmopolitan
reunion of friends in Paris one night this
week. and the various opinions supplied
food for thought. The European coun-
tries We're well repreSented-half dozen
pa;Sans. four SpaniardS two of each
SEX, a Russian who had been famous
beauty in the years that are gone BY.
and one Irish woman, who had to repre-
sent the British Empire in her own per
SON
The ParisianS without exception de-
clared that esprit was the quality
which CLEAN most love: the Spaniards
voted for beauty and the Russian for
tentatively uttered the single word
tact 1t was a thoroughly enjoyable
evening, and everyone took part in the
discussion with real pleasure, but when
tact was the subject matter il was a
case of eleven voices 20 one The7ve All
agreed that this quality, though eminent
~ desirable, was too impersonal to at
tract love
II wonder il readers of this paragraph
Will also dcride tact as a magnet for
love. Personally, | think il ~epresents
the axle on which the wheel Of happy
life revolved. Beauty is adorable-the
best introduction a woman can have. and
one which gives her the right of entry
into most placcs-hut it is not enough.
. Esprit is a dangerous will-o' -the-wisp.
which leads its worshippers into uncom-
Portable positions, for noted wit can
rarely resist the temptation to say a
clever tmng, even when it gives untold
pain to some other person.
IF you think the matter over" con
hnues the critic. ''y0u viii see that
tact has much to do with the attract-
ing and capturing of the mischievous lit
tie blind god! The most beautiful wom-
an in the world will quickly become
undesirable if she does not take the
trouble to rub ones fur the right way
or, at least. If she does not avoid rub
bing it Backward Esprit is "A delight
full quality in a salon; but do we care
to live with it when life is clouded over
and when the sun of success refuses to
shinef Tact-at its best-is a gift of
nature; certainly il cannot he learned.
OF course, we can train ourselves to
avoid giving offence. and we can cul-
tivate a sweet manner. bur the true
tact which attracts universal love is
born, not made, and Of all natures gifts
Is the most desirable.
The woman who possesses it viii
never give or permit one kiss too many
she will never ask undesirable questions
she Will never see the things which she
Is not expected to see.
The woman of Unborn tact is a crea-
ture of whom men never tire, to whom
women turn in moments of trouble, 60
whom girls cling. If she he beautiful
aud witty. so much the better; but she
will not let either of these qualities Leaf
to the surface, 1t is a well known facr
that forgiveness may follow in the train
OF physical injury, but never in thar Of
wounded vanity; il is equally true thai
minded of weaknessessf when the weak
moment is past. The woman Of tact
sees .all-9nd sees nothing; hears all
and hears nothing