Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28

As be sot by the door in the general store
A-takln his ease an a-laughin'. too.
At the way his talk got Us chilled clean
through!
Sure 'nuff. one L yht the blizzard come.
An OF joe had % git busy, some,
A-choppin' wood SOS to please his wife,
An a-huggin' the stove 10 save his life
To see him huStiln' an likewise scared
Was worth a blizzard we all declared
1t was one o those cases that life may
bring,
Where the tak is vpss tR39 the real thing
A Fascinating Farmhouse.
Miss Daniel Schuyler. who lives at
Rye, in a fascinating farmhouse on the
shores of the Sound, has one of the
largest collections of genuine and yalu-
able antiques known in this country, and
is fortunate in their possession from the
fact that they are heirlooms Among
them is a shell-edge ChippendaIe tea
table at which Gen. Washington fire.
quently took cup of 'Bohea with his
friend Philip Livingston (who was Miss
Schuyler's great-great grandfather. in
company with John Jeremias Van
Rensselaer, and Philip Schuyler. All
these persons were closely related by
marriage, and from them the beautiful
old Sheraton and Heppelwhite chairs in
the drawing room came by direct de-
scent To Schuyler belonged a remark
able extension table, in three parts. each
with center column. from which spread
four slender sprawling grooved legs.
capped with brass, and having brass roll
ers. The middle part has extension
leaves that pull out from grooves and
support extra leaves, and the ends can
DE pushed UP and fastened. The table,
under these circumstances. easily seats
twenty-four. On pier table, or CON
sole, stands a white and gold set of cen
terpiece and eompotes, the dishes. of
gold china supported by white god
desses. They are OF Sevres make being
part of dinner set which is intact after
years of service on Gen. Schuyler's table.
and through the various moYings thar
have brought it to his great grand
daughters home. These are only a few
of the many interesting belongings. for
from garnet to cellar each chair. table or
ornament has its story, and belonged to
some maker of history.
Mrs Lewis Nixon is another lucky
woman whose country home is of col
onial aspect and formerly belonged to
the Wards, of Wards Hill Staten Is
land. This house is furnished in a
manner to correspond to its noble style
of architecture. Mahogany predomi-
and upholstered in the deep rich reds
and greens of a century past All these
beautiful pieces are the result of Mrs
Nixon's interchangeable explorations, for
from Virginia to Canada has she
searched for authentic antiques, and
with rare judgment has unearthed many
good specimens that the average relic
hunter would have passed by and not
recognized as such on account of the
dust and CRIME that covered them
Heppelwhite chairs, with the lively and
unusual three princes feathers carved in
the back, Chippendale card tables and
side chairs, some eXquisitely turned
Adams chairs and mirrors, four posted
bedsteads. Sheraton sofas and numer-
Gus other possessions testify to her eX-
cellent taste in such matters, and fill
her spacious rooms in a homelike fash
ion.-New York Tribune.
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Smoke for Wounds.
| was very much interested in the
Bazaar article on simple remedies but
one that every mother should know was
omitted.
a nail, or a tear, there is no remedy
equal To smoke, especially smoke from
raw sugar Take a few Goals ON sh0v
el and put on enough sugar to throw
a dense smoke formulated sugar is use
less, as it viii blaze; hold the wound in
the smoke, and replenish coal and sugar
from five to ten minutes, but keep up
the smoke for at least half an hour, and
up to two hours. if a deep, dangerous
wound. There will never be any pain
in it. and it will heal up rapidly and
easily There will never be risk from
poisoning.
1t is wise. if the wound is in conspic-
uous place, to wrap the flesh so that
the smoke will only reach the desired
section, as the slain from it is difficult TO
remove, and we usually pin up a paper
cone shape to place on the shovel, SO as
to confine the smoke to a small opening,
not letting it escape all over and blind
everybody around.
We have used this for thirty-five years
and have never known it to fail to give
immediate relief or to work a thorough
cure if faithfully applied. The relief is
so quick that it is difficult to make the
patient keep the process up long enough
Even where the blood of the patient was
80 bad that the tiniest scratch produced
an ugly fostering sore, a nail nearly
through the foot gave no trouble at all,
and the boy could use his foot the next
day as if it had never been hurt. In this
case we kept up the smoke for fully
two hours.
The little girl of four who rolled her
fingernails off in the mangle went to
sleep in a short time and would never
We always keep raw sugar on hand
and always keep it moist, but in an
emergency l have known wooden rags to
do good service; anything which will
give a dense smoke, | suppose, would
do, but the sugar seems to have spe-
cial value.-A. c. Woodstock, Ontario,
in Harper's Bazaar.
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Mrs. Decker's Occupation.
Mrs. Sarah S. Platt Decker, presi-
dent of the General Federation of
Women's clubs, is a rare story-teller,
and the situation is well portrayed in
the following incident, which she tells
herself. Her name had been attached
TO petition to the city council of
Denver. but she had failed to indicate
her occupation. Upon this point a man
was sent to her home to inquire.
What is your occupation, MADAME"
he asked.
Il am 4 housekeeper, sir" she re-
piled
'sWen, that doesn't count" said the
man promptly.
Wei. l am both father and mother
to my family" she announced.