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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

for Oxford Waiting on the platform
at Bletchley, that depressing ante
chamber to the universities of England.
fancied that | saw in the distance d
figure vaguely familiar to me. Later.
when the Oxford train stopped at a
small wayside station and the same fir
ure aIighted. there could no longer lie
any doubt on the subject. 1t was Mrs.
Noakes She did not look so heart
broken as might have been expected.
Instead of the varied mpedimenta of
travel customary with her class, the
worthy woman carried only small
handbag as neat as herself. ! surmised
that it contained the results of the auc-
ton On her face was the peaceful ex-
a good deed well done.
| was dismisslng the matter from
my thoughts, when. happening still to
follow her progress with idle curiosity,
was startled to see her embraced with
every symptom of affection by a man
in railway uniform, who had clearly been
waiting for that purpose, At the sight
sudden revelation flashed upon me.
Hastily opening the door / leaped ont
onto the platform and confronted the
tphDlt. VIM were NdlhliiS arm III arm
towards the entrance.
MIR. and Mrs. Noakes, l believer
said |.
1t was reward to catch the woman
for once without her elf-possession.
The face that she turned towards me
was a study in establishment and alarm.
Not so, however, that of the abseonding
Noakes, who, without releasing his wife's
ann, merely beamed inquiringly.
II remember seeing you in my uncle's
parish | explained, and couldn't re-
sist congratulating you-on your pro-
motion"
l accompanied the words with what
intended for a glare of virtuous indig-
nation towards Mrs. NOakes.
Aye" said Mrs Noakes, shaking
hands affably; Il cleared out in rather
"A hurry like, consequent on getting this
here SO unexpected. So, as house and
furniture was provided, left the missus
to get rid of the old stuff Wonderful
well she did it, too l was fair aston
ished when | heard of the prices at that
sale!"
My train, to the obvious relief of Mrs.
Noakes. was already beginning to move
There was no time for explanations
YES" | said as | jumped in again. 1T
was one of the best sells--I mean sales
that | ever attended Nv Westminster
Gazette,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
What Did He DO with That Other 81

a Philadelphia clergyman was talk
ing about the late Sam Small.
Il once heard him speak" he said,
land his humor and eloquence impressed
me deeply.
He had a happy knack of illustration.
lie wanted. | remember, 10 Illustrate the
frailty that is Il part of even the best
characters, and he told story about
brave young soldier.
This soldier, he said. enlisted in the
Spanish-American war. and he fought
like lien for his country. The firm he
had worked for, pleased with the record
he was making for himself. told his wife
that all the time he was away they
would pay half his wages to her.
Accordingly, at the end of the first
week the young woman called nj the
office. and the head of the firm handed
her So
"She looked at the money. and her
face clouded over
Nine dollars, she said
Yes said the head. a little hurt;
that is just half, I'm sorry you are not
satisfied
:" 1t isn't that I'm not satisfied, said
the young woman, but all along he's
been telling me his pay was only $14
a week. Wait till he gets home. If them
Spaniarls don't kill him, | will. =
Washington Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Tin Soldier Now Deemed a Menace

The Little Tin Soldier, about which
Eugene Field sang so sentimcntally. will
always be covered with rust and tucked
away on Il dark shelf if Mrs Lucia
Ames Mead. who addressed the Chicago
section of the Jewish Council of Wom-
on has her way. She believes that this
mimic warrior, this plaything of happy
childhood, is a foe Of international peace.
Mrs. Mead, who halls from Boston.
told her audience that the movement to
end international dueling" was the most
important thing in the world today and
asked them to use their influence in its
behalf. At the conclusion of her speech
she said
above all things. let nae urge you
not to allow your children to
play AT war with tin soldiers and toy
cannon. They can be amused just as
easily in other ways. Why should you
permit the boy whom YOU hope will be-
come Il fine and gentle man to pretend
that he is killing people aud to cut whole
platoons of infantry at one volley? DO
not, ! beg of You, let the children mimic
this ghastly business of violent death.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

tening effect. but. on the contrary. most
of them have a degrading effect Ar
senic ZIP 10 certain point has n fatten-
ing effect. y man gains in weight for a
time and then dies, but that is a poison
Man may drink glass Of typhoid
germs if he is in vigorous health and
may not get typhoid fever. because his
system may throw off the poison, but if
he is broken down one of the germs will
gel hold of his intestines and produce
liberation and typhoid Not man but
has "A pneumonia germ in his mouth. 1t
will not affect the healthy being. but let
man get cold and it will take its
seat in his lungs.
II think man ought to choose his
own ration. | think we eat too much
meat for health"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
A BUSINESS MANS IDEALS.

70 be healthy, exercising MS a duty.
10 lie just, remembering that all must
live.
TO be fair, refusing to injure com
petitor.
TO be honest, making money honestly
or not ut all.
10 be socable. having Il side to friends
not known to all.
70 he charitable giving literally for
the upraising of humanity.
To be lovable. being more to wife and
family than Il means of support.
To be kind, regarding employees as
something more than an investment.
To he sympathetic, fearing littleness
of soul more than littleness of fortune.
To be broad. accommodating resources
higher than the material; above all. to
be true to ones self. cOndoning nothing
in self which is TO be condemned in 9TH
crs.-David r. Forgan, president Chi
cago National Bank.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
WHEN PHYLLIS STRIKES.

o Strcphon dear. I've read your rhymes,
: cannot say how many times;
And, truly / cannot deny
They have been pleasing in my eye,
And, once or twice, they We touched the
And made my maiden pulses start.
when Phyllis skates"-that was the first
In which my beauty you rehearsed.
when Phyllis Wears My NiOets,
And phyllis Smoking Cigarettes
came next. l thought it very fine
70 be your Muses. heroine.
Then next you wrote When Phyllis Shops, 90
when Phyllis Dances at the Hops,
when Phyllis Winks Her Pretty Eye,
when Phyllis Flies A-MOting By,
TO Phyllis in a Hanson Cab,
70 Phyllis Eating Oyster Crab,
TO Phyllis at the Soda Fount,''
When Phyllis on Her Steed Doth Mount,
THE Freckle on My Phyllis Nose,
TO Phyllis win Ten Thousand BeauX,'
And several more ! may have Skipt-
liked TO be your manuscript
P,,t lately. Strephon. | have heard
Fair Muse. that blithsome, happy bird,
Is not content to sing of me
For simple love of poesie,
But works with only this design:
f. bring you fifty cents llnt!
The sordid jade. TO work for hire
Each time she strikes her tuneful Tyre.
70 think that my charms, my eyes,
Are but a business enterprise,
And all | say. or do, or think
She turns TO lucre tainted chnk'
Go to, Fair ink-well you may close.
Not Ger again for You III pose.
No more shall | your copy he
To til your purse with $ d
Unless | share that Midas cup.
Come. Strephon, come! Whack up, whach
up,
John Kendrick Bangs in Reader Magazine,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

The Prince of Schwart2burg Sender.
hauscn has had Il severe hunting adj
venture While out in the forest If son
derhauseu he and his party shot ut ana
brought down a fine wild boar.
Thinking It dead the prince ;ncau-
tiously approached too near when the
beast suddenly sprang to its feet and
wounding him in the leg and again IN tbe
body after he had fallen from the effect
of the first lunge. There was a ten min.
utes, struggle before the beast was finally
disposed of with shotguns and hunting
knives. London Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

Or. IlWNey n. Wiley. chief of tln
bureau IF chemistry of the Department
"f agriculture, is authority for the state
mrnt that it man eats less than a Ger
Tam amount of dry foods he will lose in
We!SGt and if he eats more he will gain.
lmN viii be- good news for the fat wh,
want To- get thin, and the thin who want
IT, ger fat. Dr.. Wiley says every indi-
Ildual should consume four and a half
pnand~ "f solids and liquids every day.
tiSod. hug they are an nonsense said
lF- Wiley Nor DO drugs have fat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
The Beautiful Country.

4 philanthropist recently sent Il child
from the New York Slums to the coun-
try 70 this child, raised among Stun
horrors says the Boston Record. all the
beauty and poetry of a pastoral life was
offered The philauthropist expected to
give the youngster an esthctic education.
The other day the man went to soc
his charge. She is n little girl lie took
her on his knee, glanced with anproba-
ton about the quaint old farm ki.ehen
aud said
And dc You find the country very
beautiful my dear"
oh, beautiful the youngster an
Swered
And what have YOU seen during the
weeks soiorn here
I've seen eighty-seven turkeys killed
and mans nose broken in punkin'
ra@e"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Burnt Cork Moustaches-

4 late officer of the Household Cav
airy tells story about the days when
the order TO wear mustaches was first
issued in the early '40s. My father
was u subaltern in the Ninth Lancers
ut the time and every officer and man in
the regiment was clean shaven. To show
his devotion to discipline the colonel or
dered the regiment to assume artificial
muStaches marked out with burnt cork
to set pattern. London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

Prof. Hugo MuuSterb'r- 81.
We'll known psychologist. o..
narage the Auglo-SaNon n."
without iucmring the ine'.'-
The other day he picked
copy of Western news ".s
somebody did NOT intend r... H..
his attention, and aS Dec
assumed "A most qulzz.r'
Suddenly he began 'o par
his head. which, by t.f NJ.
niefaiv bald. Tie further Ire
more ,fprvcntly he pat.si, 'H. q
rbrew down the paper an+
simulated chagrin: ..-.-
"Ach. here is woman H'
who saws if She could 3D."
how ~he would pull H'N
She could only see We
Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
The Widows Way.

Newitt-Thcy say that after a man
and his wife have lived together for
time they grow to resemble each other
WiddoWs-I guess there's something in
that. At any rate my wife reminds me
of her first hushand-evcry chance She
@etS.-P Philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Explaining It.

Mrs Ascum-Thc paper says: Mrs.
Newgold'S method of receiving her
guests was quiet unconventional" |
wonder what that mcansF
Mr. Ascum--It simply means that She
is hoorish hut has plenty of money
Catholic Standard and Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
The Fading Widow.

The Browns have cook-a widow.
who's perfect dandy. They're worried
10 death about her"
is she giving notice."
NO taking it.''-M. j. Whitman III
Woman's Home Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
A Iob's Comforter.

~ horse is mans best friend. said
the man who likes animals.
Yes" answered young Mrs. Torkins
with Il sigh. hut when he gets on the
racetrack he is liable to prove one of
those fool friends who make So much
trouble. Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Very Well

Johns done right well up in the city,
arter all.
DO tel!''
Yes, I've ics heam that he's recovered
from one appendicitis. two ortermohlles,
one heart failure an three business
ones Atlanta Constitution.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
PHILADELPHIA Once More.

why do You think Philadelphia
would he such cheap place to liveE"
"Because we'd have no running eX-
penSes. Henry Miller in Woman's
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Historic DAYS.

Mrs. Auchterbody - Weel, Sandie, yon
was fine dry day we had last month.
Sandie-Deed aye, it just put me in
mind o one we had when | was a bit
laddie, but it was. if onything, fully
drier-Punch
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
In Clover.

Yes. | married drummer, Grace
And are you happy, Mag"
You bet My husband treats me like
! was Il prospective customer. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

1t is all right for the new elevator boy
to he calm and self-posSesSed, but he
ought not to sass everybody in the build
ing the very first day he runs the car
Somerville Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Hitting Home.

GoodIey-Oh, come, now, I wouldn't
cali him Il cad.
Buorisch-Nr| Well. what is your
idea Of a cad?
Goodlcy- We'll usually it is q fellow
who is forever calling somebody else
one. Catholic Standard and Fines
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
FLORENCE'S PHILANTHROPY,

ILONLlN%L - L iIILhlNA AASNOR Hs
Il call it simply the most horrible
thing | ever heard of in my life" said
Florence
The worst Of my cousin Florence is
that you can never be absolutely certain
that she isn't speaking the truth. If her
statements were invariably as menda-
ciou> as they most frequently are, one
would be on frmer ground as it is, how
ever, they demand investigation, often at
/ the cost of much wasted labor and pa
thence
What's the matter now?" l asked.
Well" said Florence. its that poor
woman in Jubilee terrace-AGrs. Noakes
her name is; | dare say you've heard
Uncle Henry speak of herr"
"Noakes - | said, "Noakes? The
name is vaguely suggestive. Hasn't Mr..
Noakes some connection with sig
nails? | seem to remember being told
So"
Yes said Florence. "Ilow they can
choose a man with character like that
to entrust the lives of innocent passen-
gers to l can't understand. Don't YOU
agree with me-"
Quite" | said promptly; its simply
| the most horrible thing | ever
How could he bring himself to do it.
either" interrupted Florence, with
such Il pretty uu:et little woman as She
is, passes my comprehension
Amazing" | said by the way, what
exactly IS it that he did bring himself
I to do?"
1 ..n;l..s4 an -, -, al MI
E"Why, he's deserted her--that's what
he's done. Simply left the house more
! than a month ago, and never word has
she heard from him since What do YOU
think of that"
Privately | thought that this might
after all be one of the rare occasions on
which Cousin Florence's emotions proved
to have some genuine cause But. of
course, couldn't say so. Instead. cx.
pressed indignation in such suitable
terms that | was promised n visit to Ju-
| blee terrace ON the following morning
as reward for my sympathy
| So next day | went. [ confess that
the result of the visit was TO puzzle me.
On the one hand there was Mrs. Noakes.
soft-voiced and ELUSIVE little person.
whom / should have hesitated to trust
with pocket handkerchief on the 9th
cr was the obvious fact of the deserving
husband. and bill announcing the sale
by auction OF the contents of the cottage.
Being the only thing l could do.
men, said Mrs. Noakes, applying a
large handkerchief to her perfectly drv
and very intelligent eyes. so as to Get
n little money to carry me oil till | look
round bit; though hard it is. too to
p0Tt with he memories ,,f L,,,,.;,,.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Moi to Sneak of New York

Though the time has gone by when "a
lace petticoat spelled immortality, yat
garishly trimmed underskirtS look ride
ulous and ont of place in 4 muddy Lon
don Street.-Graphic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
openinq for the Write Man.

Waggsby-There's one sort of business
that pretty nearly has to be learned by
mail.
Naggsby What business is that?
Waggsby-The postoffice business
Chicago News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Nowadays.

Teacher-"Wilfred, name some of tie
great reformerS"
Wifred-"S Spelling or religious, ma
amt. +. Pitzer in Woman'> Home
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
~ Facts and FancieS. .aE
Prefer Quiet Opening.

\ powder manufacturing plant is being
built near Denver Needless to say. it
will not he opened with a blowout
nnmNnr Posi-.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23
Force of Habit.

New Arrivals my wife in there
81. Petcr-Yee. What are you doing?
New Auiyal-Merely removing my
shoes before going upstairS.-Harper'
Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

The clearances from japanese ports
10 foreign countries are about 1900
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

Frank Otto Walther Of New y ork and
Miss Ida Brokaw lutte OF PittSburg were
married Thursday evening at The home
of the brides mother.
\ week ago the bride was supposed
TO be- an heiress who would one day
get third of an estate valued at N2.noo-
600. When Mr.. Walther led her to the
altar she was peuuilCsS.
Il have enough for both" declared
the happy groom after the ceremony.
The bride was rendered pcnnilesS by a
decision handed down in the case OF
Mrs w c, lutte. widow of the late
millionaire coal operator of Pittsburg,
against his former business associates,
James w Friend and +. y. Hofstot.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

queer coincidence is reported from
Escanaha. Mich. Emil fiamiin has
moved three times within the past wear
being brought TO his attention until after
n was fully installed in his new home
tine number of the house has been 1915.
Mr. Hamlin first lived at 1915 Wells
avenue. He became dissatisfied with
that place of abode and leased a dwelling
ON Fifth street. After becoming in
stalled he found to his surprise that tue
number of that house also was 1915.
Again the spirit of dissatisfaction arose
and bc decided 10 move in nearer the
hear of the city and accordingly he
rented n house on EScanaha avenue. The
household goods were transferred to tie
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-23

Edward jenkins of La Crosse. Wis,
freight brakeman on the Dubuque di-
vision Of the Milwaukee, road. was run
over by sixteen freight cars and is alive.
between the rails. He remained still and
was uninjured.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-16

Fast Trains Not Always IN Favor
When Railroads Were Expert
g.

menus. f4
The Dowager Empress OF Russia,
when travelling In England asked
that the speed Of The train by which
sne travelled might be moderated,
was but following the example OF
hcrroyalties queen AeXanaCia,
has enjoyed one or two railway runs
at record speed, says the London
Evening Standard. but travelling for
| The illustrious is differently ordered
In Russia. where undermined and
lbombslrewn tracks have before now
been passed over by the Empress
II took years TO persuade Queen
Victoria to travel BY rail, and the
Prince Conaort. WHO gave her d lead,
i would step up TO tile driver Of his
train at the end of the journey and
say; Not SO fast next time, ii you
please.
1t was regarded ais q great triumph
for the railways when the Queen did
at last overcome her fears and pat
ronize the new method OF locomotion.'
That, however. did not soothe the
fears OF France, whose Council or
Ministers, when Louis Philippe pro-
posed in the following year to go
by special train as far as Rouen, per-
suaded him that such Ii mode OH
travelling was not safe. He went by
coach.
If prejudice against rapid travel has
fingered in some royal minds, IL cam
not be said that the inclination OF
those by whom royalty has been adj
yised has much outrun them. Well
ington hung back even when the
Phince Consort and Queen Victoria
had yentured. Probably he never
would have travelled by rail had he
not been called upon to take train
with the Queen TO Southampton.
Having made the plunge, he was
completely converted for soon after
ward the papers contained the AMI
nouncement that he had actually pass
ed to and from Folkestone In one
day by the Dover line.
He bore his trial with more for
titlfde than Lady Holland. When she
at last consented to try the awful ex-
pertinent she insisted that Brunei
should sit with her and hold her hand
during the whole of the journey. Peel
had not much more faith in the steam
engine. There might be something in
the idea OF railway, he admitted; 1t
would make an excellent track for
horses, no doubt; but it would be
highly dangerous for locomotives.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-16
CHEESE FRowNED ON IN JAPAN.
Even Japanese Rats Won't Eat it--But
a Lobster is Nice Birthday Gift.

Even Japanese Rats Won't Eat it--Bul
Lobster is Nice Birthday Gift.
A Japanese who Is not of the high
collar or ultra European cult would
no more think OF eating a ripe Cam
embert cheese than an American
would think of giving boiled lob
ster to friend for a birttdayor New
Years gift. Yet the people who call
cheese fsrotten milk find decorative
and symbolic attributes In The hum
BILE crustacean that has become u
word of reproaeh in the Western
world
Because there are no cows in japan
except those kept near the foreign
settlements to supply European and
Americans, there was no cheese IN
Japan until that deicacy came ID with
the white resident. The Japanese,
being introduced 10 cheese for the
first time with the advent Of the
French restaurant in Yokohama and
the foreign style Imperial Hotel in
Toxic, appraised it with elemental
directness. II smeiled bad and was
unfit food
We eat 'daikon. which smells some
what strongly japanese student OF
the Imperial University once said,
+but the smef is natural; II is part of
the daikon. Your foreign cheese
smells of decays 1t is not cheese UNI
tn 1t has deeayed. | don't think IL is
proper TO eat decaped things"
So inbred seems the Japanese au-
tipa,hy TO cheese that the rats in
land will not touch
il. Foreign housewives in sfokonanal
say that when they open a tin of
Denmark cheese they have no need
to cover II again, Tor the rats will
run right over the can and tackle the
bag of rive next on the pantry shelf
The rats. IL would seem, have new
err tasted cheese and do not care 10
try.
The lobster. on the other hand. is
popular emblem OF long life with the
japanese. To give one TO a friend on
his birthday or at New Years means
that the donor wishes that he may
live so. long that he may become
doubled over like the lobster.
Sometimes a boiled lobster is hung
up with the pine boughs that are US
ed TO decorate the houses on New
Years DAY. but more often it is
more abiding lobster made of cotton
and scarlet cloth that has the place
of honor over the door Intel.