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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
The Truly Beautiful.

There is, it has been said, no fixed
standard Of art criticism. What g
lauded to-day is discarded tomorrow,
and even connoisseurs disagree bewil-
deringly; but, CHANGING back over the
ages, it will be found that the discord
has been caused by technical diverg-
ence and that in every land and among
sill peoples the truly beautiful has been
generally recognized and correctly es-
teemed. No one questions to-day the
beauty of the Greek temple or the
charm of the Babylonian pottery. 1t
does not require trained eyes 10 recog-
nize the merit of an oriental flower
painting or to find delight In one of
Whistlers' nocturnes. The fundamen-
tails in each instance are the same
rhythmical line, fair proportions and
harmonious coloring. We have to he
led ofttimes up the ascent of art. and
there is much discussion concerning the
byways. but once on the height ali
dissension ends, and we no longer need
a guide.-Leila Mechlin in Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

POSTOFFICE is SWAMPED.
New Rule Concerning Orders 10
Supplies Causes Trouble,

New Rule Concerning Orders for
Supplies Causes Trouble.
One of the reforms inaugurated in the
division of supplies of the Postoffice De
partment by Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral De Graw is the requirement that
postmasters throughout the country shall
order supplies for their offices in sufficient
quantities TO serve for one year.
Upward of $1,000 acquisitions have
been received from postmasters. This
large influx of orders has caused the di-
vision to fall considerably in arrears in
the matter of filing requisitions 1850
being untitled now The receipts of re-
questions, however which week or so
ago ran up to more than 1000 daily, are
now only between 500 and 600 a day and
the division is filling between 1000 aud
LOO a day.
Arrangements are being made to in
crease the number filled each day. so that
within two weeks it is expected all reoui-
sitions on hand will be filled. After that
all orders will be filled promptly, as un-
der the new arrangement the number of
acquisitions received will continue to de-
crease.
The department still has considerable
difficulty in securing sufficient twine
which is needed in large quantities by
postoffices and the railway mail service
but the Irvine contractors report that they
are making every effort to forward ade-
quate shipments during the coming week.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
would reform Corpor,tIons

Judge Peter s. Grosscup of Chicago.
in recent address before the peoples in
stitute at Cooper Union. New York CITY.
referring to large corporations, said that
they were here to stay. and there was no
more use of destroying them than in cut
ting off ones hands and feet in the hope
that better ones would grow lie de-
scribad the methods used by Ycrkes TO
get control of the street railway system
of Chicago and what he did after he got
it. He expressed the opinion that if
similar acts had been done by an indi-
vidual instead Of under cover OF cor
porate organization ways would have been
found for putting the offender into
stripes. The remedy ne thought. could
be achieved only by working eut the re-
demption Of the corporation uniA ii was
made the instrument of the people, he
thought that our splendid President
did not quite grasp the situation. or he
would be able to put this movement on
the way in a single night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
( a(yG7'eg,${s ~ Nv
The News ~
oNN~N~~O~~

No doubt Mr.. Rockefeller needs the
money.
Still, we don't hear anybody making a
noise like digging canal.
Those British women sufragists are
not only strong but strong listed.
President Baer of the Reading Rail-
road Company acts like his name sounds.
The Rockefeller college is becoming al
most as frequent as the Carnegie library.
The Russian generals can fight each
other much fercer than thcy fought the
japanese.
Ministers are divided as to whether
Mr.. Rockefeller's great gist should be
called philanthropy or restitution.
Marie Corelli says she cannot resist the
impulse to write. 1t must be terrible
TO have a Corelli novel in your system.
With some of the Statesman it is not
so much what are we going 10 do about
Cuba as how are we going to 10 Cuba.
The effort TO raise the pay of govern
ment clerks is being heartily seconded by
the Washington boarding house keeper.
To restore public confidence the rail
roads might print testimonials from pas
sengers who have ridden on their trains
number of times and never have been
killed.
Since the Congressman raised their
cwn salaries, you can't convince them
that the country isn't getting along all
right.
Mr.. Rockefeller is said to feel disap-
pointed that he is not worth more than
sS00000,000. Pity the sorrows OF a poor
Old man.
Anyway, it is some sign of progress
waen the railroads begin to get so asham-
ed of the wrecks that they refuse to tell
aboGt them.
The British ambassadors salary of
10000 a year viii make our meIab RS
of Congress feel like voting themselves
another raise.
The new Shah Of Persia has been con-
rslled to inaugurate a crusade asainst
graft Must be a lot Of people from sun
Francisco in Persia.
The largest single advance in oil prices
ever ordered by the Standard Oil Com
pany has naturally followed the largest
single contribution of Rockefeller money |
to public education.
The Presidents interest in government |
>ontrol of forests is doubtless inspired by 1
bis solicitude for the crop of Big Sticks. /
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
wireless. Telephone Improvements.

Word comes from Berlin quoting Ad.
miral II. y. Nancy. one OF the American
representatives at the wireless conference
in 1906, as authority for the statement
that. whereas resore the conference a
quarter of a mile was the limit fer wire
less telephoning it is now possible tc
communicate oser distance of thirty
miles. The system experimental with i
meant for marine use only, as it il more
costly and less effective On land than the
ordinary system. Admiral Manney thinks
that if the receiver can be improved upon
the system is liable to be adopted by ths
American navy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
A New Kind of Dinner.

woman in Washington recently
gave a dinner in New York in which
there was nothing slain. No bones. No
resistance" In fact, there was neither
meat nor cooked food, and it was de-
clared very successful dinner. The
first course was oysters in grapefruit
shells. There were nuts, sun-cooked
corn, cheese eggs, cherry tarts, sher
bets, ice creams, fruits in abundance,
and that was all.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

there is the less speed. 1t is particu-
larly trying for woman to dress in d
hurry. She gets fiurried. and In her at
tempt to fasten her brooch the pin
sticks into her finger, says an exchange.
She gets cross over this, and then ev-
erything goes wrong. Buttons come off
shoes, or laces break. gloves and veil
are not to found until boxes and draw
ers have been turned upside down, and
then the missing articles have been
found or the dressing table. When she
does at last get ready she is conscious
of appearing at her worst. being hot
and angry with herself and everybody
else.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
and unler.arm seams SeWed uD. ANY


Don't. If you are able to play or sing,
make your hostess waste a quarter OF
an hour pressing you to do so.
Don't, when you are leaving, forget
any of your possessions. 1t is tiresome
to have to send such things on by post.
Don't keep reiterating how much you
enjoyed yourself at the Browns when
you were staying there last month.
Don't begin a book and ask if you
may take it home to finish. Your hos
tess may not want to lend it, but it will
be difficult for her to refuse. If she
suggests your taking it that is quite an
other matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Train the Girl.

To be self-reliant.
To handle money and keep accounts
To value independence without los
Ing loyableness.
To take care of herself without los
ing faith in her fellows.
To understand social conventions and
use them for her own protection.
Never to let fir endship infringe upon
self-respect.
Never to sign papers without know
Ing what they are about.
Not to cling with her eyes shut.
Always to stand erect and look things
squarely in the face.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
'DivineIy Thin

To shine in the new gowns one must
be svelte, or assume this virtue, even
| though one have it not Our fiction
writers. it would seem, are responsible
for keeping the said ideals alive One
can not help thinking it is plays and
fiction, and not fashion, that has in
spired the craze for slenderness just
now ohsessing our elegantes, and that
noveliSss and dramatists alike are re-
sponsible for the ''willowy" type of
woman for whom all the latest gowns
seem designed, for we hear that in Par
Is no other ideal Is accepted 1t is not
enough to be .'divine1y tan,'' you must
be "diyfnely thin" to wear with fitting
grace the gowns prescribed by La
Mode; and it is the slender woman
alone who can wear and look well in
the long, cllnglng garments which ac-
centuate her inches and alternate her
contours,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
contours.

That mo credit is a very safe motto
for young couple TO live up to.
That necessities should be selected
before fancy articles.
That small sum should be put
aside regularly with which home may
be purchased.
That good cooking and a tidy home,
combined with a sweet temper, 20 far
toward persuading husband that mar
riage Is not failure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
SOME NEW EMBROIDERY DESIGNS,

ammonia and water with soap. This
will remove all dirt from the article,
leave it free from grease and give it a
semipolish. Then an extra polish may
be put on with good brass polish. If
the brass looks hopelessly furnished any
good powder that is used for cleaning
silver or brass, if moistened with vine
gar and applied vigorously, will remove
the tarnish and leave a shiny surface.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Remember This

The tragic ending OF a case, which
was related to the papers some month!
ago, of the bridegroom who was strucl
at the base Of the brain by the heel Of
an old shoe developed a tumor anC
died within year. should serve as &
reproof TO those who consider that 8
marriage license TO their friend gives
them license TO do things they would
not think of doing under any other cir
cumstances.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

An acute attack of Group will be us
ually relieved in ten minutes if a towel
or strip of flannel folded lengthwise
and dipped into hot water, then slight
ly wrung out, be placed around the neck
of the sufferer and covered so as to
retain the heat. The same placed over
the seat of pain will in most cases
quickly give relief to neuralgia and
toochache, and laid over the stomach
acts like magic in attacks of collie
Woman's Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Holding Him OF

The head of the frm," said the su-
perintendent. insists upon our emplov-
ing his son in this department and
it's as much as we can do to keep him
idle"
idle You mean busy, don't you -
"No, don't. If we kept him busv
1t would keep three or four other men
busy correcting his mistakes. ''-PhiIa-
delphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

Information from different directions
is reaching Oklahoma Clay to the effect
that the green bug pest in wheat is get
ting worse. The bugs were first noticed
in small portion Of Oklahoma and Greer
counties. Now the pest practically CON
trolls things in every county south Of the
Rock Island railroad and has made It's
appearance in most Of the wheat-gro
counties in the north and northwestern
part of the territory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
The Judre Embarra..ed.

Miss Hilda Smith, Of Denver, recent
" served on a jury, and the judge in
addressing the jury began, Gentlemen
OF the jury" Then he bethought him
self and added "and lady OF the jury"
The lady served on divorce cases and
voted to give divorces to two men ap-
plying for them. which shows how IN
pre;udiced a woman can be.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

for themselves. The fabrication of pa
per dolls out of colored fashion plates
is work which will easily serve to
pass away wet afternoon in the nur-
sery. The figures should be cut neatly
round. pasted on to cardboard. and this
in turn cut out so as TO stiffen the fig
ures. says Woman's Life. The arms
and legs can be made to move if these
are divided in the first instance, mount
ed separately on cardboard. and attach
ed 10 the dolls by means of small pa
per fasteners. the heads being treated
in like manner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

has yet decreed.
There have been
other attempts at
the wasp waist,
but this time the
slender waist is to
be slender sure
enough. 1t is to
be long and slen-
der.
To secure this eff
feet, three things
must aid-corset,
dress and special
exercise. The new
corses adapted for
the wasp waist is
z straight front,
and comes down
over the hips to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Correct Footwear.

Low ties or pumps Of white buekskin
are the correct footwear to accompany
the white serge frock, and white hose,
fine and plain or embroidered in white.
are worn-open work hose being ruled
out Occasionally the ribbon ties of the
low shoes are in color to match a gay
parasol Of severe lines. but the white
ties are preferable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Not Forced 40 WnrL

HAS your daughter made her society
debut yet. Mrs Comeup?'
NO, she hasn't, and she don't hsva
to. neitheC. We can get all our societv
fixens from them Paris dressmakers
nnw.r-Baltimore American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Popular state BOND sa,.

The New York State Comptroller. Mar
tin II. Glynn, in announcing a sale Of So.
100000 Of barge eanal improvement
bondfs. expresses his Willingness to receive
bids for small blocks, even as low as 81.
600. This effort to popularize the los..
is something Of departure from the Gus
tom which has hitherto prevailed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
what We Must Expect.

A New York paper gives the startling
information that the Lydia Languish
type is coming in, and declares that she
may be seen in all her glory at the
theaters any night. 1t is asserted that
man fraternizes with the athletic girl,
but gives his souls devotion to the
IydiaS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

LONG CORSET WAIST. the thighs. 1t must
be laced upward from the point of least
resistance All foolish notions of the
physician as to what is healthy must be
disregarded.
Clothing to aid in giving the slender
contour has been devised. The dress
fashion returns to the princess, so that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

A milliner says that a vulgar woman
wears a loud. obtrusive hat. and NOR
bid woman adorns her head with fun
eral-like hats. No doubt there is hap
py medium. but the wise woman will
disguise her personality, if she is In
clined to either extreme, when she
chooses her Easter bonnet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

The wives of ex-senators will be in
terested in the discussion that arose In
the United States Senate over the
granting of a pension to the widow of
Senator Hawley. Mrs John A. Logan
draws a pension of $1,000 year and
Mrs. Sheridan $500. The pension was
voted to Mrs. Hawley finally.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

II you are an invalid do your best to
get well, but II that is impossible strive
for the unselfshness and serenity that
are the best possessions Of health.
There are no sublimer victories than
some that are won on sick beds.-Phil-
lips Brooks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
To clean Rrnss

Brass teakettles, or, in fact, any arti-
Gle of brass, with the exception of Be
mares ware, can easily be cleaned in the
following way: First wash the brass
well in suds made of equal parts Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
Take Time I'm Dre..fnx.

Never let 1t be your boast that you
can dress In five minutes. No woman
who has any respect for her appear
ance or her clothes win attempt to
dress In even double that time 1t is
a. true in dressing as in anything else
that where there Ii the more haste
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

The pendant earring is now very
much worn, and pearls are not the only
stones, either, although they are still
the most popular. No doubt before the
summer is begun there will be return
of the old-fashioned long earrings, as
all the signs seem to point that way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
War of the sexes.

Such duty as the subject ewes the prince,
Even such woman oweth to her hus-
band:
And when she is forward, peeyish, sullen,
sour,
And not obedient to his honest WILL
What is she but foul contending rebel
And graceless traitor to her loving lord ?
l am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for
peace,
Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway,
When they are bound to serve, love and
obey.
Tanning of the Shrew.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
veretartan,n Propo.aI.

An English vegetarian proposed to
woman, whereupon she delivered her
self Of the following scathing words:
go along with you. What? Be flesh
OF your flesh, and you a-liying on cab
bage? Go and marry grass widow!v
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
white Kitchen FIoor,.

A white kitchen floor is obtained only
by the use of cold water and common
soap. Hot water and washing powders
tend to make 1t yellow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

the surface Underwear should be re-
duced to the minimum. The patterns
of the dress are selected to give slen-
der effect to the body. Striped ma
terials are preferred.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
To Refine N Cont.

The business of refining coat, which
is so often necessary at this time of the
year, can be very simply achieved in
the following manner: First remove
half the old lining to use as a pattern
by which to cut out the new one, leav-
ing the other half stitched to the coat
to act as guide.
The next process Is to unpick the
piece of lining which has been detach-
ed. Lay it fat on the new material and
cut round the pattern, leaving enough
for turnings. Sew up the seams, leav-
ing the arm seam open. Lay the new
lining over one side of the coat, and
haste it into position, unpicking the re-
naming half by degrees, and basting
the new in its place, says Woman's
Life.
The bottom, front and neck must now
be neatly hemmed, and the armholes
and under.arm seams SeWed up. Any
material which is over should be gath
cred or neatly plated into these two
seams. Lastly, the Innings of the sleeves
must be sewn up and stitched in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
To Amu.e Children.

However soon children tire of play
ing with toys, they always find endless
amusement In making new playthIngs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
A Prominent Characteri.,,.

AT least, there is one thing to be
said of pickpockets as class"
What might that be?"
They never fail TO keep In touch
with the people. Baltimore American
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

Put few drops OF spirits OF myrrh
in hah glas OF water, and gargle tina
throat often.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
The WASH waist,

The new waist is the slimmest ever.
1t is nearer approach to the proven
bal wasp waist than anything fashion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

About 35,000000 acres out of the
G0OOO,000 of reputed public coal lands
which have been Withdrawn from sale
and prescription by order of the Presl-
dent, are to be restored to the public
domain, as it has been found later that
they do not contain coal in commercial
quantities. The land restored does not
Include any of the forest reservations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

1t was 300 years ago. In Florence,
that the first grand opera was pro-
duced-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

Milwaukee has the distinction of be-
ing the first city in the United States to
have a complete automobile equipment
for the collection of mails. The cars
are constructed ON the plan of regular
railway mail cars, being strong, com
pact and capable of high speed. They
are 10 feet long, feet wide and o feet
high. The drivers seat is protected by
a closed front The inside is so ar
ranged with racks and mail bags that
the men may sort letters en- route to
the postoftice. The system is expected
to give many additional collections in
outlying districts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

It's wise son that knows be knows
less than his own father.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

The supposedly witty man who falls
to impress others is apt to consider
them half-witted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
women and cheerfu1ness.
Men will not put up with melanchol

Men VIII not put UP VIII meIdHcHOIy
in women. says the London Spectator.
II is natural to woman to adOrn
herself with cheerfulnesS as with or
naments. If she cares at all for the
impression she creates she Will no more
be melancholy than she will be sloy.
only
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

Chief Justice Fuller thinks thar the
newspaper men are a little previous
in their announcements of his pending
resignation from the Supreme Bench
He says that when he is ready to re-
tire he will himself be the first to hear
of IT.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

Extraordinary expenses to the Uni
ted States to date caused by the send
ing of an army of pacification to Cuba
aggregate about $2,5O0,000 according TO
figures which have been prepared by
the war department. The navy has
made no extraordinary charges for the
part it has taken in the maintenance
of peace in the island, but the marine
organization of a brigade of marines to
assist in preventing trouble. II has
not been determined exactly when this
money will be collected from Cuba by
the United States. Congress authorized
the collection of as much of this money
as Cuba can spare and practically al
lowed the war department to exercise
its own judgment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

the waist and hips will be snugly in
cased. Flesh-tight underwear cut to
the form is worn underneath the corset
so that not wrinkle Is perceptible on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

Secretary Taft says there Is every
reason why the Qualifications of IIa-
wall should be made ready but on the
principle that he who gives reasons il
lost. the Secretary refrains from stat
ing why he considers it necessary to
fortify the islands at the present time.