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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

If one will Pat il into operation. Only
one must understand the situation and
the law ana abide hy It accordingly. re-
membering that there is no gain without
loss, and taat to achieve one must work.
To grow old gracefully is an art, aud
Ia step int middle age successfully is q
triumph 1t is women who do this of
whom one hears Others say she is bet
ter looking than when she was girl,
or is ever so much nicer than when she
was young" Every woman may be this
by developing attractions which a girl
can never have.
The original mistake that msay women
make as they feel their youth going is 10
fail to bring out the next set of attrac-
tons Mere youth is pleasing, and be
cause of il much is overlooked con-
doned or ignored. she Is pretty Girl,
some one says, and forgiyes the evil
dences of bad temper.
But they will admire more woman
of middle age who has learned To control
her temper and to show sweetness and
self-control when youth would lily into II
rage.
y middle-aged woman who has learned
from life as she has gone on is Infinitely
more attractive than girl. The former
has gained sweetness and strength in
trial. She is more entertaining. has
more tact, more knowledge of how To
please. When girl pleases it is simply
IN the fact that she IS a girl but with
this same power in an elder woman there
Is knowledge before which girl fades
into oblivion.
For one thing she makes herself help
ful and particular. y certain careless
ness in dressing, that a girl may be pic
turesque, "a middle-aged woman is
sIovenliness. and one who wishes TO look
and he her best win not give way to it.
1T is Il mistake TO think that because
ones hair is turning gray, how it is done
up doesn't matter. 1t matters a great
deal; and especial pains must be taken TO
arrange it well and becomingly. Gowns
suited TO the middle-aged figure will not
make one leok older. They simply har-
monte. and do not by extreme contrast
call attention to the fact that woman
is not girl. Little airs and graces of
manner that were pretty in the girl are
elephantine in the woman. Instead of
these there should be a sweet dignity of
manner that will charm all.
There is absolutely no need 10 dread
advancing years if only one will advance
with them in dress, habits and customs.
Ones friends are getting along also, and
all keep together
But every one, and especially
woman, should grow old attractively,
aud not carelcssly. To be too particular
about ones neatness and detail of ones
clothes. that they should be perfectly
put together and becoming. is impossible.
Too many women are careless about this.
and it makes them look horrid On the
other hand. there is nothing prettier in
the world than a sweet and dainty old
lady. and if her character and mind are
sweet as we'll she has more friends and
deeper admiration than ever fall to the
lot of q girl.-Health Culture.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Secretary Root.

Secretary Root was ON his way to his
Office in the south wing of the big gran
tie building at Pennsylvania avenue and
Seventeenth street, Washington. one day
last week, when one of the messengers
of Secretary Taft saw him as he was
passing his old office in the wa" depart
ment
\ large oil portrait of SeCresary h5ot
had just been added 10 the complete &
lection of secretaries of war and given
prominent place on the wall in the hig
reception room. At the suggestion of the
messenger, Secretary Root went into the
room to look ut his own portrait How
do you like it, Mr., Secretary" inquired
the messenger.
"Oh. J dor know replied Secretary
Root wit !. smile. but perhaps il might
look better if hung in the cellar" He
will eventually have his portrait hung
in the state department and may then be
able 10 select one more to his liking
than the one in the war department.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
WILLOW BIRD CAGES.
Made in Quaint Old Styles or to Order
Used for Various Birds.

The great majority OF all the bird
cages sold nowadays are made Of wire,
but there are still sold 10 bird owners
who want something odd aud different
and picturesque willow bird cages such
as once were commonly used, IL they
are not still, in Europe. these willow
cages being made for paroquets aud
thrushcs and cauarcs aud in fact for
any sort 0f bird.
4 familiar sort of willow bird Cngp
has a round body and cone shaped top.
with willow ring thereby which 20
suspend it. This, made Of straight viii
low rods, is the sort of bird cage one
might see hanging outside the door of
peasants home Ia some continental
country or which one might see pictured
In paintings or prints.
Another style Of willow cage is square
cornercd and oblonE in shape aud with
sides and ends fiarinR upward ana hav-
ing cop arched leugthwise, a cage
such as one might see ia an Irish cot
tuge.
Willow bird cages may be- found in
stock or they are made 10 order in any
shape or size or kind of weave that may
be desired Some are finished IN the
natural wood, some are stained to match
their surroundings.
Willow bird cages are used in both
city aud country and In winter as we'll
as in summer They are not expensive,
costing 81 or 81 each according IN size
and the work required upon them
New York sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
HOW MINES MAKE TOWNS.
Butte Built in More Ways Than One on
a Square Mile of Copper.

The history of American mining
towns presents many examples of the de-
terminItg effect of mineral deposits.
Butte, Mont, is a city of 62.00O inhabi-
tants supported by copper underlying
about one square mile of land surface
The metal forms the sole raison d'etre of
this considerable settlement. for in other
respects and region is unproductive and
unattractive; without the mines the lo-
cality would support with difficulty Il
population Of 100 souls.
The mineral deposits of Nevada occur
beneath strips of land few hundred
feet in width and in the midst Of Il hope
less desert, but they have formed plaus-
lble preteXt. says Harper's Magazine for
adding state TO the Union and two
senators to Congress. The decline of
the lodes has now reduced Virginia City
to a population of $500 as against 1900
in 1880, when it was one of the busiest
cities in America in the midst of a
sIperlativeiy booming state In 1900
Nevada was credited with population
of 52,335-a figure under that for
1870: thus this state, with an area twice
that of New England, has less popula-
ton than Waterbury. Conn.
Through the existence of mineral
products in close proximity Pittsburg has
become the emporium for coal, pc
roleum and iron. Its case differs, how
ever. from tue ABOVE, Tor IT'S develop
ment was far less artificial and its des-
tiny could never be that of the regions
already mentioned.
Three nav gable rivers converge at this
point: valleys sunk in a plateau provide
natural routes for approaching railways
Natural and unnatural access, it may be
added. are contrasted at Pittsburg. by
the fact that one railroad has recently
been forced to eXpend $50 100000 to eff
feet an entrance to the city by oyercom-
ing a minor geographic obstacle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Gabrielle d Annunzio.

The wardrobe of Gabrielle a. Annun-
zio shares with his new play THE Ship"
the attention of the Italian newspapers.
A Roman reporter who got an opportuni-
ty to look over his stock of clothes re
ports that the poet owns II shirts. la
pairs of colofed socks. some of silk and
some of thread; As pairs of street gloves
and "A pairs of white ones; $ umbrei-
las, including several Of violet hue; -
dozen handherchiefs, 100 scarfs and
neckties, 10 house jackets and 9 pairs OF
slippers. There were about a dozen
hats Of all shapes, evening dress coats,
dinner coats, frock coats. waistcoats,
fancy and plain. Trousers and shoes
are described as innumerable The pur-
chase Of new supplies is described as
being serious business on which the
poet concentrates the artistic faculties.
so that nothing may belong to him which
is not worthy of him. He also gives up
his whole soul to the process Of dressing.
SO that his mind may he completely at
liberty when it is over in the conscious
ness that no mistakes have been made
through diseord in colors or combina-
lions of inhurmonious forms.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Prof. ]. G. Schurman.

President & c. Schurman of Cornell
was discussing elective college courses
of which. in the freshman and sophie
more years, he disapproves.
a freshmen Of rs or IT, said presi-
dent Schurman. lis too young 10 choose
himself the courses best for him. His
mind Is not mature enough, 1t will
make mistakes
1T is immaturity, its proneness to err
ror, It is like the mind of an old man in
my native Freetown. He. though old,
was mentally undeyeloped. and saw
nothing wrong or ridiculous in piece
of economy that he put in practice ia the
cemetery,
"'rhe old man had lost four wives and
desired 70 erect for each hcadstone
with an Inscription commemorative of
her wifely virtues.
"But Inscriptions, he found. were very
expensive. He economical this way:
ale had the Christian name of each
wife cut ON a small stone above her
grave Emma, Mary Hester, Edith
Under each name a hand pointed to Il
large stone in the center of the lot and
under each hand were the words:
For epitaph sec large stone. 80"
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Locomotive Warm Depot.

4 fire recently consumed the plant
which furnished heat to the Union depot
at Kansas City and power to operate the
interlocking switches and signals in the
yards. To meet the sudden emergency
Chicago e. Alton mammoth engine
was coupled to n coal car and headed in
close to the depot. where Il furnished
sufficient steam heat TO keep the build
ing at an even temperature Of 10 de-
grees and also supplied the power 50
operate the iEterlocking switches-Pop-
Mar Mechanic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Prof. E. L. Larkin.

Prof Edgar l.. Larkin, the noted as
trOnomer. was discussing marriage at a
dinner in San Francisco. Prof. l.arkin
believes that il is criminal TO continue
for life marriages that are unhappy.
why condemn" he said, with a grim
laugh men and women to such misery
as afflicts our mutual friends, the
Blanks? We all have mutual friends in
the Blanks position.
AT the height Of their nightly quarrel
the other day, Mrs, Blank choked back
a sob and said reproachfully:
Il was reading one Of your old letters
today, James. and you said in ii that
YOU would rather live in endless torment
with me than in bliss 10y Yourself
We'll / got my wish. Mr. Blank
growled. San Francisco Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Charles Dickens.

When Charles Dickens was in Wash
iugton, says London Tit-Bits he met one
morning on the steps of the capitol
young Congressman from Tennessee.
whom the great novelist had offended by
his bluntness. That morning Dickens
was in great good humor. Il have" said
he, found an almost exact counterpart
of Little Nell"
Little Nell whof" queried the Tcnnes-
seean.
Dickens looked him all over from head
to foot and from foot to head before he
answered: My Little Nell
OH" said the Temesseean. Il didn't
knew you had your daughter with you!''
Il am speaking of the Little Nell of
my story. The Old Curiosity Shop sir. p"
rctorted Dickens, flushing
OH said the imperturbable Tonnes
seean, ''you write novels. do you? Don't
you consider that a rather trhing occu-
patton for a grown-up mani
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Speaker Cannon.

Speaker Cannon is against woman
suffrage He says that woman already
commands one vote, the vote Of the man
who loves her. With woman suffrage
established. she would command two
votes
And that he said the other day,
would be unfair Woman has SO many
other privileges Let her attend to then,
instead of going for our privileges
"The woman suffrage seeker reminds
me Of a dog once owned This dog
one night got into the pantry, whore all
the provisions were kept.
Hannah | said the next morning
he got into the pantryr
Indeed, sir said Hannah. he
cleared mp every blessed thing but the
dog biscuit Washington Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Richard earle.

Richard Garlic. the nen-pecked hero If
"Mary's Lamb" delights in exploding
sham. Sometimes his quick retorts
strike deep. This was the ease not long
ago when he was one of party at sup
per. In the party was a man who was
boasting ahout his farm in Maine and
boring the others with 4 long account
Of his four hlooded cows
"0f what breed are the cowS?" asked
Mr.. Garlic
Really" replied the bore. Il can't
say offhand'
What" said Mr. Carrie 'sYou mean
to say YOU have only four COWS and you
don't kuaw their breeding? Why YOU
ought to know their initials"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Lord Brassey.

There are few more interesting men in
the English pecragc today than Lord
Brassey He was y, and WIS recently
appointed lord warden Of the Cinque
Ports, with q residence at Dover castle
He has probably served on more royal
commissions than any man living, can
write more letters after his name than
one could count on the fingers Of both
hands and was one Of the most success
ful colonia, governors Australia has ever
known. But none Of these honOrs caused
Lord Brassey so much pride as the fact
that. for thirty-six years, he has held q
board of trade masters certificate, which
enabled him 10 sail his yacht Sunbeam
over 100000 knots. Lord Brassey, by
the way. has curious hobby IN the
matter Of music. On all his long voy-
ages IL has been bis custom 10 take with
him a barrel organ. which he played ey-
err evening. II amused him. he said.
and was good digestive cxercise.--Til-
Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Charles Err ) v Smith.

THAT famous editor and statesman
Charles Emory Smith" said a Philadel-
uhia Journalist. was a modest man. He
believed in modesty. even ia journalism.
lie thought il paid no better for news
paper than for q man to be continually
lragging.
r once drew Mp a prospectus for him.
There were several blatantiv b0astful
paragraphs in II. and Mr.. Smith ran
his pencil through them al.
If / let this 20, he said, 1t would
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
South Carolina Cork Tree.

There is cork tree in Fairfield coun-
ty. The Enquirer had never heard Of
such thing IN this state before, but
the tree IS certainly there. and it is a
wboppcr. three feet through
W. W. Blair OF Blairville brought into
The Enquirer Office a specimen from the
cork tree, section Of bark several
inches long and an inch aud half
through. II looks like good commercial
cork. Mr.. Blair said that from the best
information he could get the tree was set
ont about 1850 or a few years before by
man named Youngvile.
The bark has been stripped from the
tree from time 10 time for quite a dis
lance up. The tree is an evergreen and
very Beautifully Orkyille Enquirer
The largest wooden building in tho
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Bachelor BIunderings.

That clergyman viii make q hit who
breaches just before Easter from Ezekiel
xvi. 1O-"I girded thee about with fine
linen, and ] covered thee with silk
II is no mere typographical error to
call woman mans bitter half
Marriage is the parachute whereby you
descend from heaven TO earth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Secretary Wilson.

Secretary Wilson of the department. Of
agriculture told at dinner recently
some of the strange aud impossible
things that We're expected of his depart
ment
why" he said. Zone of my clerks
overheard the other day Two farmers
talking.
!" Blamed if | think that department.
of agriculture is any good at all, said
the first farmer
What's the matter now said the
second
Thinkiu' To take q flyer in the mar
ket the first farmer answered. L wrote
and asked EN- how high wheat was GO
ing up to, an here they write back this
mornin' an can't give me no satisfac-
ton at all. Washington Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

be pretty nearly as bad as the epitaph
that the Young widow had carved on
her, aged husbands tomb. This epitaph
said:
Sacred to the memory of John James
Greer, aged 81, who departed this life
bitterly regretting that he must leave
forever the most beautiful and best of
wives
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Six Ladies.

The Tahiti girl, to acquire fiat.
broad nose. sleeps with compress on it.
The Arab woman paints her eyebrows
So as to make them seem to meet above
her nose.
Bellies of certain Amazonian tribes
have cone-shaped skulls due to mold
worn on the head from babyltUod until
maturity.
The Turkish woman imparts a faint
blush tint 20 nails and teeth.
The ladies Of Macassar paint their
teeth red aud yellow. red tooth, then
yellow one. in alienation
The Paraguay girl eradicates her eye
brows. declaring that she does not wish
20 resemble a whskered man.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
To Grow Old Attractively.

Growing old is not a condition g be
dreaded Youth is delightful and full Of
zesf. but that is no reason why its loss
should be bemoaned. A woman who
wishes may gain attractiveness with
each year she lives. and at 30 be far
prettier. more delightful and entertaining
than al % This is the working Of the
eternal law Of averages that never fails
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
The Summer Girl.

Another good place for observing the
universal American princess is a subur-
ban town-near any great city-and pref
erably a drug store IN a well to do resi-
dence district. A summer evening is
the time to choose. The princess must
have her soda water at frequent inter-
gals. and she must go to the drug store
to get it. In a certain prosperous suburb
which | happen to know very well, she
floats about the residence streets of an
evening in the flmiest of summer fab
RIGS. with or without hat, and with her
pretty arms and neck bare, and she does
not dream of shocking any one; on the
contrary, from my acquaintance with
her 1 venture TO believe that if any
unaccustomed observer were so silly as
to permit himself Tor HERSELF 10 be
shocked, the girl wouldn't care a rap.
And | will go so far as to believe that
she would be right.
An institution with which the girl is
closely identified, both before she goes
away to school and after she returns
finished" is that curious American lux
ury. the front porch" From Maine to
California, from Dakota to Louisiana,
the front porch fl0uTishes. 1t is usually
furnished with easy chairs and a ham
mock. 1t is where she entertains her
boy friends, from the bashful caller .
who supplements his timid advances
nirer. who works for big concern
down town. aud who frankly hopes TO
make her his wife as soon as his salary
shall reach the necessary figure The
front porch is the scene Of many a laugh
ing party. Of many a quiet confidence.
OF many a merry little Irritation. Father
and mother say good night and 60 to
bed. leaving their particular American
girl to entertain her boy friends, limo
cent of chaperonage, supreme in her
mastery Of every situation in which she
may find herself-Oliver Opp, in Sue
cess Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

Mining is the chief industry Of the
state Of Soaoro, Mexico. Irrespective of
the hundreds of small companies the
mines were operated during the year by
American. The total output of the
mines is about SO. 100000 per annum.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

The demolition of the buildings erected
at Wood Norton. London, at a cost of
$4,000, ON the occasion of the wedding
of Princess Louise and Prince Charles of
Bourbon, has been completed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

Henry j. Daveen, who not long ago
paid more than S5,000,000 for the IA
nous Rudolph kann art collection. be-
gan life as blacksmith.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
William Sells.

Il met William Sells. the circus man
who died the other day. once only" said
the long haired man, rs he stopped writ
ING a sonnet on bis frayed cum. but
nave reason to remember that interview
On that day | was practically broke
anu had been downtown, taking With me
book in which | had pasted good
many OF my poems which had been pub
hShed. There We're a few prose items
too, but the bulk of the book was made
un of verse.
Having no luck in finding any editor
who would give nae commission. |
wended my way back home Passing
Madison Square garden ! saw that Sells
circus was holding ont there An idea
struck me. and in | walked.
Il asked to see the press agent. He
was out, but Mr.. Sells was in. SO
marched with all the importance could
command into his private office
What can | do for youT said Sells
Well ! stammered. / should like
two seats for tonight's performance.
Who may you be- asked the circus
man.
= told him my name, whereat he
smiled and said:
oh, yes I've heard of you. You're a
poet. aren't you:
Il blushed
Wen, he continued but why should
! give YOU two ticketsE'
Il said something about the courtesy
Of the profession and then added:
of course, you may not believe | am
the person | represent myself to be- (
yon wish for Identification | have here
a book of my accepted and published
poems, which"
'But Sells started up and shouted out
to the man standing by;
Here, give TINS gentleman two seats
for tonight and then turning to me:
= I'd sooner give you the whole house
than read your poemsn
"But got the tickets"
And the bard resumed his sonnet. p
New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Unfamiliar Facts.

A learned man in London is attacking
the recurring amDidexterity craze. and
says that this accomplishment is quite
common among the idiots.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
TALES OF PUBLIC MEN
Theodore P. shonts.


" heaeyer Theodore 4. Shonts. head of
the interborough-Atetro company.
returns TO his office and remarks: Il
gave them oxen talk" his secretaries
Know then some one got a good laying
9ut, OF course, there is a story about
the Way oxen talk got into the Shonts
family, and here it is:
Ills father was Il western pioneer and
crossed the plains with an OK train. One
q the party was a clergyman, and al
tneagh he had the finest yoke. he was
always getting stuck. The leader grew
tired going 10 the rear every few hours
70 get the clergyman's oxen over the
roagh places. but under his fluent ours
lng the oxen never failed to move. Fin
ally he said TO the clergyman:
,tarSon, you've Just got to learn oxen
,alh- Damn EN-. sir. Cuss EN- right and
left, IT'S the only language they under
stand
Dir. Shonts father learned ''oxen talk"
along Nth the minister aud both have
found u.s. for it on rare occasions in
driving OK like men.-New York World
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
As preliminary step in separating

the customs and postal administration
the Chinese government has obtained
permission from Japan to have young
men educated at the postal school in
Toxic. Some $4,000 is to be spent for
a dwelling for these students in Toxic,
who viii start with their work in thu
near future
The French Congo year before last
exported things worth S3,176.939 Il gain
Of S4s7. 920l and imported things worth
s.. 527, ORB; but only about $4,000 Of the
money came to this country. France
and Belgium take most of the French
Congo's ivory. woods aud vegetable oils.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

The largest wooden building in the
world is said TO be the Parliament build
ing al Wellington, New Zealand.