Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-19

Don't sound loud to me-" answered
! Wilson simply. IF | yelled any softer |
couldn't tell whether / was yelling or
not
i Then it was discovered that the boy
Was deaf and on his promise TO practice
Ia softer yell he was released.
Released by the death of her invalid
mother uncle and aunt from a VOW
made twenty-five years ago, Miss Viola
/ Woodn has at last welded Clayton B.
| Baldwin, who patiently waited TO lead
! her to the altar.
| The bride and bridegroom played to-
| gether as boy and girl in village in
| western New York Twenty-Five years
| ago Miss Woodin's father was killed by
| a fall. Turning her back on her admir-
ers the girl resolved to devote her life
to caring for her invalid mother, uncle
and aunt. Baldwin pleaded for her
| hand.
.sIf you care enough for me to wait
until | am Free" she replied, Il will
marry you"
Baldwin said he would wait. Going
to Nebraska he became a farmer. The
wedding has just been celebrated at
Rochester.
Because they cut off his moustache.
which had adorned his face for thirty
years, August Hochbein, wealthy baker
Of Pittsburg, has begun suit against Al
! bert Einstorm, Charles Rosseau and
Otto Lippert his friends, charging them
with malicious mischief Hochbein
states that the three men We're at his
house, when the question of his nous
tache came up. 1t was beauty, he said,
1 long and silky, and he had taught it to
point skyward, a Ia Kaiser Wilhelm.
| Daring the discussion some one asked
him why he did not cut it off He said
he would wear it as long as he lived.
| Finally, in a spirit of fun, the three men
bound Hochhein, and, with pair of
scissors, cut the moustache off close 10
his lip. He says that since then his
| appearance has been so altered that none
of his friends recognize him, and those
who do make fun Of him.
A comedy of errors came near ending
In tragedy at Montoursville, Pa. Con-
| stables Rogers and Shirm were spooking
around the houses in search of a tramp
ish looking stranger whom they believed
was burglar.
Edward Wadsworth of Galeton, "a
school teacher, who had come to town
during the day, was spending the even
ing with his sweetheart. They saw the
constables sneaking around and thought
they We're burglars.
Wadsworth said he would watch them
He followed. The constables saw him
skipping from out of one dark corner
into another. They thought he was the
tramp they were looking for aud gave
chase.
Wadsworth took to his heels. Con-
stable Rogers fired three shots and
Wadsworth threw up his arms, expect
ing the "highwaymen' to go through his
pockets. Instead the two constables
grabbed him, tore his coat, and We're
hustling him to the lookup when his
young lady friend, in condition border
ing hysteria, appeared on the scene and
explained the situation.
The first test ride by army officers,
which was ordered by President Roose-
welt to determine the horsemanship of
those of higher rank than captain, start
ed from Fort Myer and two and a half
hours later the party was back ut the
fort, having Travelled something over fif-
teen miles of good and bad Virginia
roads. There We're no spills from the
saddle. the nearest approach to casual
ties being split riding breeches caused
by two officers having taken on more
than their share of avoirdupois during
long details at desks of the war de-
partment
1t was feared that some of the officers
would suffer severely, and it was pre-
dicted that some might be mustered out
as a result.
Newspaper men participated in the
ride and others followed in automobiles,
but those who went to scoff were diSap-
pointed, as most of the officers showed
the effect of hard training. Several of
them admitted that they had placed
themselves under the guidance of riding
masters until they became seasoned and
proficient.
Upon reaching the fort Gen. Duval
announced that there would be another
ride if any of the officers cared to go,
but there We're no volunteers.
With Spokane crying cut for 5000
women between the ages of 20 and 80
years, as wives of eligible bachelors
longing for the married state, and with
like conditions existing in 100000 square
miles of territory adjacent TO that city,
the Spokane Affinity club has come into
existence here.
Its president. J. G. Brown, secretary of
the Spokane mining brokers exchange,
declares that the purpose of the new or
ganization is TO prevail upon the young
women of the country TO come west.
The club now has twenty-three mem
hers. all less than 30 years of age, and
any unmarried man between the ages of
20 and 40 years is eligible. if he has
$1,000 in cash, or its equivalent in real
estate.
The club win provide the marriage IL
cense for each member who marries. 1t
will also pay the minister and furnish
the best man, as well as bearing the
expense of the wedding feast, at which
all members win be guests. II will also
provide maids or matrons of honor and
bridesmaids.
Although accustomed TO dealing with
every kind of mortal the police of the
Fourth precinct of Newark. n j., found
themselves up tree when they were
requested by Miss Mary Meehan. whose
age is secret, and who says she lives
on Fifteenth street, to apprehend an APP
partition which she said had been annoy
ing her with matrimonial proposals for
the past i've years,
Miss Meehan told her supernatural
tale in awed tones to Judge Herr. She
avowed that there was a doctor of
hypnotism," whose first name was Har-
rv. and who lived on Bleecker street
who had been in the habit of visiting