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

To the lover Of Dickens the news VI
the sale. which has just taken place, II
the famous Bull hotel ut Rochester. ar
which the famous Pickwick party put
up" on their drive from London tn the
country, recalls Il host Of associations.
for IL was here that Mr.. Jingle applied
himself with great interest 10 the port
wine and dessert - whore Jingle, to1.
insuItrd DR. Slammcr; where Tracy Jup-
man and the widow, Mrs. BudGer,
tripped the light fantastic toe; and where
Charles Dickens himself slept ia bed.
room II on several occasions
The announcement for sale Of Barn.
ards inu in Holborn recalls still further
associations with Dickens Barnard's ion
is the Red Tavern Mt which Flip %
Great Expectations" lodged: II Is men
toned both in "Barnaby nudge" ant
"Pickwiek;" and Dickens had his lodg
ing in the inn for some time The hal
az the back. the smallest Of all 'he ball
81 the London inns, win be ved--Lon
don Daily Mail
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Scotch DINNER in seventeenth Century.

An account of hospitality in 1923 gives
a good idea of the manner in which n
country gentleman of the period lived.
Dinner and supper were brought in by
the servants with their hats on. custom
which is corroboraied by Fynes Mory-
son, who says that being mt a knights
house who had many servants 10 attend
him they brought In the meats with
TIER heads covered with blue caps
After washing their hands in a basin
they sat down 10 dinner and Sir James
Priugle said grace. The viands seemed
to have been plentiful and excellent,
big potatoes, long kale, bowe of white
kale," which is cabbage: 'brech sepps."
powdered beef, roast and boiled mutton,
venison pie in form of au egg. goose.
Then they had cheese, cut aud uncut.
and apples. But the close of the feast
was the most curious thing about it.
The tablecloth was removed, and ON
it were put n towel the whole breadth
of the table and half the length of it, II
basin and ever to wash. then green
carpet laid on, then one cup of beer
set on the carpet, then little long lawn
Serviter plated over the corner of the
table. and a glass of hot water set down
also on the table; then he there three
boys 10 say grace; the first the thanks
giving the second, the pater noster: the
third, prayer for a blessing of Gods
church The good man of the house,
his parents, kinSfolk and the whole com
pany they then do drink hot waters,
So at supper, then to bed the collation.
which Gsl a stoupe of ale. '-S Scottish
Review
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Railway Acauaintances in America

You may travel 1000 miles on rail-
way in Europe and never a man, wheth-
er English, French, German or what
not, will open mis- mouth TO speak to you
if YOU are a stranger" said j. w. Pike
of Philadelphia.
For Il total freezeout ! accord the
palm TO the English. Your true Briton
regards any man who has nerve to speak
to him without ever having been formal
" introduced as reeking with effrontery
and, therefore, to be disdained and
snublel. | want to except from these 4
class IF Englishmen who have been
abCGK the world a good bit. I've met a
few of this sort who had knocked about
the world and who were not suspicious
of Il stranger who addressed them that
he had designs on their pocketbook.
Maybe in the course of time and the
process of evolution we may get the
same clam-hke reserve over here in
America, but | don't expect to see it in
my lifetime, and | am glad to think
whenever / enter a parlor ear for a ride
TO San Francisco or Seattle that though
| may not know blessed man on thar
train when | enter. ere 100 miles have
been traversed | shall be talking with
some good American whom | never saw
before as though we had been friends
and comrades from our earliest youth.
Washington Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
One Of Those Conscience Cases.

William yelling, stamp clerk Mt the
Indianapolis postoflice, has found an
honest man-and that without the use of
a lantern or even match. His mfor-
nation of the existence of this particular
honest man came through letter from
a small town IN Iowa. The letter tells
the story as follows: "When you and
We're boys / promised to pay you cents
for hunting some walnuts for me, and
| did not get il paid at that time, and
/ became ashamed. and never paid It.
1T must be about hfty-tive years ago,
as near AS | can guess. The compound
interest on 81 for ffty-fve years is
S6S45. The compound interest on 3
cents would be 2ne-twentieth of SGS.iJ,
which " Duld Se S3.4J due you. if / have
made no mistake in computing the inter
est There is table in Rays arith-
metic giving the compound interest on
81 from enc year TO twenty-five years.
| worked by it. If not correct, please
correct, and | will forward the amount
due YOU | viii send this 10 Indianapolis
with return ON il, as / do not know
your address. You were In the postofIiee
the last ! knew of you. Please answer
immediately" The following Is post
script: 'P, 81 compounded the inter
est at s per cent"
Mr.. yelling remembers having known
the writer of the letter when a boy,
but he does not remember the incident
Of the Notwithstanding News.
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Herbert Spencer's Color Sense.

Miss Rosaline Mason visited Herbert
Spencer at Brighton. The first sight of
him there was in shady drawing room,
where he was lying on the sofa. lie
was clad in a weird dressing gown 81
several different shades of red, destined
20 become very familiar during the visit,
for he always wore it,
Mr.. Spencer had no eye for color, but
much opinion on it. He bound the gray
sofa corners with mauye braid, and there.
Is n true tale that he once draped the
bookcases in his library because the.
titles Of the books distracted him in his
work by provoking new lines of thought.
The drapery was of dun drab tint
There is another true tale about him,
Miss Mason adds,th at he once en-
ployed a woman 10 crawl about aud
labOriously ink over part of the pattern
of the carpet because it was too bright,
and so yeXed his eye.-Cornhill Maya
zine.
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Among Those Present.

An inquisitive member Of the fair sex,
says the Washington Herald, was taken
down to see how the House does Things
by one of the representatives the other
day, aud she was introduced to 81 large
number Of congressman. Sine did not
pay much attention to names, for she
was too busy acquiring knowledge.
Finally she had a short, slender, deep
voiced man presented to her, and she
caught the title Congressman"
"Oh." she said. land you were here
when the Williams-De Almond scrap
was pulled off the other dayY
Perhaps" suggested the congress-
man. with dignity, you didn't catch my
name"
your name? Why, ! don't believe
did" she replied, with engaging frank
ness.
MY name" continued the congress-
man. sis De Almond. Washington
Herald
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Decline Of the Riviera.

On dark, dismal days such as fall 40
the lot of IOndoners at this time of
year-"O, to be out of England now that
January's here,'-One thinks, if not, like
Pistol, of Africa and golden joys. at any
rate, of the Riviera and sunny hours.
And II comes as somewhat of shock
to learn that the Riviera is declining in
popularity among English visitors. The
German contingent is there. of course.
stronger than ever; the Russian is still
to he found as of yore, but the BritOn
has deserted the south for Switzerland
and the snow. Possibly il is the sports
of Adelhoden and Les Avants which at
tract him-there are enticing placards 70
he seen-and perhaps il is with some
idea of the streuous life that he deserts
one of the most beautiful coasts in Eu-
rope for the mountains. Truth To tell
life on the Riviera is lazy. aud we all
indulge in hardy sports nowadays. and,
what is worse, have 10 pretend that we
like them, lest fgshion desert MS. But
even Monte Carlo is suffering from neg
lect; the place where the purse-pr0ud
Britou was SO welcome now knows him
less than before. Are we growing more
moral or less ventrresomef If as one
may suspect 10 he the ease, it il simply
fashion that has led to the decline OF
the Riviera in popularity, fashion viii
bring its votaries back to the old shrine
i'll due course, and meanwhile, il is al
the nicer on the south coast of Franc,
for those who are brave enough TO gS
there. London Globe
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Very Considerable.

"Fooln exclaimed fop ut his club,
throwing down the morning paper. Jones
you voted for Roosevelt. Won't You
admit now that he's made "a pretty hnd
mess ~ things trying to mix in on Wall
street,
"Wel." said Jones adyiscdly, -that
seems TO he the general impression that
prevails among the masses"
9TH have you understand. sir. that
am not one Of the masses1
u know that" yawucd .lones getting
up. II prefixed the I'm merely out Of
consideration for yoar feelings Every
body's Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28

for promotion. despite the fact that
friends urged him TO withdraw his favor
because the officer was in the habit OF
speaking disparagingly of Lee
The question is not what he thinks
of me, but what | think of him, he said.
1 have a very high opinion of this Off
Ger as a soldier, and l shall certainly rec
Ommen1 him for promotion, and do all
in my power 10 secure it,.
One of his officers. speaking of the
enemy. once remarked: 4 wish those peo-
pie were all dead
How can you say thatE Lee remon-
Strated. Now, | wish they We're all at
home attending TO their own business.
leaving us to attend to ours
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Paid for His uwn Capture.

Several weeks ago the sheriff of
Payne county was notified that q reward
of $25 had been offered for the arrest Of
Thomas Smith and his return to Win
field, Kas. Smith was supposed to be
in this portion of Oklahoma. Thomas
Hoyt, a deputy sheriff, located Smith
at the home Of relatives near here and
placed him in Jail at Saltwater. Smith
had a large sum of money in his posses.
SION The sheriff at Winfield was noti-
fed and came to Saltwater for his pris.
oner.
That's the man, all right" said the
Kansas sheriff I'm start back with
him on the first train When ! get home
I'D send you the money"
Not If know il. said Deputy Hoyt
Il need the money now
The Kansas sheriff was vexed
why not borrow the money from
SMITH suggested the Oklahoman
The kausan grinued at this display Of
Oklahoma nerve and said be would try
il. He went % the jail and in q short
time returned with the money and paid
the reward and started with Smith 10
kausas.-KanSas City Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Farm animals in the United States.

This is the day of the automobile. 1t
is also the day of the dairy COW. If
any average reader of the newspapers
were asked to say off-hand whether the
mich cows or the horses in the United
States were worth the most money, he
might hesitate before answering, and
when he gave his answer it might be
wrong.
The Department of Agriculture has is
sued a bulletin showing the numbers
and ranges in the United States on the
LIST of January, 1908, as follows:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
The Growth Of Commerce by Ports.

The Bureau of Statistics of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor has
issued statement Of the business of the
principal ports of the United States for
the calendar year 1907 compared with
the corresponding year decade ago.
1t shows remarkable changes in the cur
rent of trade In millions of dollars, the
commerce of each of the principal ports
and customs districts in 1907 and 1897
compared aS follows
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AYernpe

From this it appears that the value of
horses exceeds the value of mich cows
three to one, and that the number of the
horses nearly equals that of the mich
cows. 1t will also be seen that the value
of a mule averages more than the value
of a horse.
There are more horses in the country
today by 245, 900 than there were a year
ago. So the automobile, so far, has not
stampede.d the horse Evening Wiscon-
sin. Milwaukee,.
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w.
Good Flower Garden List.

This j. my list for the flower garden
this spring. l have sent for the seed
and will start many under glass this
month; Perennial peas. mixed: hardy
perennial chrysanthemums. mixed; sweet
peas. mixed. tail nasrurtiums, mixed:
giant zinniaS, mixed Imperial German
pansies, mixed: saliva splendeus; Aus
lilies Semple's branching asters, mixed
blue-eyeu African daisy. African mari
gold; lemon and orange ball: Shirley
peoples; CeloSia spicata Celosia magni-
ticent. If they do well viii not my gar
den glow May Myrtle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
FOR THE LADIES.
A Prophecy Come Home to Roost.

A Prophecy Come Home to Roost.
Says Of Joe Strut hers, Its goin' TO be
The hercest winter you ever see.
1t amt mater ahzed to date,
But it's a-comin so jes' you watt
That's what Joe Struthers q say, an more.
A-takln' his ease an a-laughih', too.
At the way his talk got Us chilled clean
through
Sure 'nuff. one nght the blizzard come.
An Of joe had u git busy, some,
A-choppin' wood SOS TO please his wife.
An a-huggin the stove TO save his life.
To see him hustjIn' an likewise scared
Was worth a blizzard, we all declared.
1t was one o those cases that life may
bring,
Where the talk is wpss than the real thing
Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Progressive Finnish Women.

The American woman is so much ac-
customed to being reminded of her pro-
gressiveness that she must have receiv-
ed a disagreeable shock when well in
formed young Finnish woman, who is
ON a visit to this country. recently de-
fined her as rather old-fashioned in her
ideas. Conceded that she is pretty, in
telligent. well-dressed and agreeable, she
is charged with concerning herself SO
much with the estheic side of life that
there is no room for advancement, and
compared to the Finish woman it must
be confessed she appears conservative to
a degree. since no fewer than eighteen
Of these are in the Finnish Parliament
and in this. their first year have been
responsible for a rather radical prohibi.
ton law, an old age pension law, and
a new educational law.-Nogue
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this on and under the nails and leave
fos few minutes. then scrub with 4
soft brush dipped in warm sudS. Where
the nails have been discolored by hand
ling fruits, vegetables or simply need a
good cleaning, this simple method will
make them clear and white Few wom-
en- really appreciate the value OF pow
dered borax as q face bleach but when
It is used sparingly in the wash water.
the Improvement is noticeable in a few
days.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28

This shows growth in the business of
all the ports and all the districts, but
changes in their relative Importance as
exhibited by percentages. The exports
from Atlantic coast ports were 70 per
cent of the total in 1897 and only 60 per
cent of the total last year. The other
ports. which were the outlet for only 80.
per cent. of the exports in 1897. had
40 per cent of this business in he last
calendar year. \ huge increase has also
occurred in the import business of the
other ports as compared with the At
lantic ports. but in the volume of their
imports as we'll as of their exports the
Atlantic ports have enormously pro-
crossed. The entire country is develop
ing. The Atlantic ports have no reason
10 be frightened by the fact that they
are not the whole thing" There has
been prosperity enough for ALL and
doubtless there will be in the future.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
A Woman Book Publisher.

Miss Caro- II. Clark, the only woman
book publisher in the world, has made a
remarkable success since the very begin
ming of this enterprise. From little vii
lage in Maine she went 10 Boston few
years ago. her only assets being a good
education, splendid courage and health
and plenty Of enthusiasm.
Her first business venture was in keep
ing small book and stationery store.
but her advent into the publishing bust
ness was one Of those sudden inspira-
tons which later spell success. Reading
the manuscript Of Mr.. Pidgin's Quincy
Adams Sawyer" she Immediately Of
fered to bring out the BOOK on her own
responsibility. This venture was a bic
success as the many others which have
followed have been.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Cooking in the Furnace.

Disa greeable odors from vegetables
NAV be avoided and fuel saved by using
the furnace for cooking. just inside the
door is a small iron shelf which is IA
part of the door casing. Each end Of
the shelf is large enough to hold good
sized kettle. Put such vegetables as
cabbages, beets, turnips and onions in
plenty of water and place the kettle on
the shelf. The vegetables will cook quite
as well as on the range and leave the
house absolutely free from odor. Corned
beef, ham, oatmeal, steamed puddings,
etc. may be cooked in the usual manner
and potatoes baked to perfection. This
method of cooking is especially econom-
zeal during the spring months, when a
moderate use of the gas or oil stove,
is needed for warmth and culinary pur-
poses.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Practical Ideas for All About the House.


Practical Ideas for All About the House.
| None but the careless and indiffer-
ent are unprovided with those neces-
1 sary articles in these days-shoe trees.
I declares careful houSekeeper They
do much to lengthen the life of a shoe
| by preserving its shape, keeping it free
from wrinkles, and giving it a chance
| TO dry IN form after wetting. Con-
venient as the ordinary wooden shoe
/ tree is. it has objections which are
! overcome in a new tree which is of
| steel, and very much lighter in weight
| than the wooden trees. An even great
/ er advantage is that it is hollow and
! perforated over its entire surface, thas
aired and the lining dried in more
sanitary manner. These steel trees
are finished with a rust-proof enamel,
and seem in every way 10 be an inn
! pr0vement on the wooden tree, quite
worth the additional cost.
hen window shades will not roll IN
take the left hand end of the roller from
the socket while the shade is half way
down and with the other end in place
roll the shade up. This tightens the
spring. Ii a shade flies up the spring is
too tight and must be looSened by unroll-
ing instead of rolling the shade with the
one end of the roller out. When a shade
Will not stay put" there are usually a
lot OF threads around the end of the roll
er or dust in the socket.
Handsome cut glass bowls - silver
mounted bath toilet bowls-are new and
attractive additions to bathroom fittings.
They are really beautiful specimens of
cut glass workmanship. and when filed
with wood violet bath powder. on top of
which is huge swansdown puff, having
delicate silver handle, they are ex-
eeedingly attractive to look at.
Rust can be removed from steel heads
by allowing them to stand for short
time in a bowl filled with coal oil. Then
rub with soft cloth, wash thoroughly
several times in warm soapy water. and
dry by rubbing with a cloth.
An old oriental rug will wear much
longer if mounted on soft pad to keep
it from rubbing on the hardwood floor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
The 0verdressed Girl De-
velops Into the 0verdressed Debutante.

How can one blame girl if she de-
velops from an overdressed child into an
0verdressed debutante? She is only de
yeloping along the lines of her early
training and education, and for that rea-
son | say that girls knowledge of good
taste in dress should be absorbed uncon-
sciously from her baby frocks and simple
school dresses. She should be made to
feel instinctively the appropriateness or
appropriateness of a garment that the
dress in which she could romp at will
with her brothers in the playroom is not
the dress in which she should appear il
Summoned TO her mothers drawing
room. She is not to feel that the diff
ference is one of cost. The criterion of
cost is the last that she should hear APP
piled to clothes. yet how often will she
hear her mother say: Mrs. So-and-So
had on beautiful gown--it cost $500"
Not a word of its wonderful lace, the
patient handwork of nun in some far
off Spanish convent: not a word of the
wonderful combination of rare, exquisite
shades and tints, the fine fruition of the
artist touch of some world famous
modiste. Not word of these, but the
whole sum and substance of it all ex-
pressed by the short phrase: 1T cost
$500. The DelineatOr.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Give the Baby Some Meat.

The widespread belief that starchy
foods are the proper and natural diet
for children, and meat dangerous and
heating to the Blood is a pure and
most deplorable superstition, attended
everywhere by disastrous results. 1t
seems to have been due partly to stingi-
ness, on account of the greater cheap
ness of the starchy foods, and partly to
the rigid old puritanical superstition
that leads us to distrust our own likes
and dislikes, and to argue that if we
long for a thing very much it must be
bad for us. The baby's stomach for the
first year is almost purely carnivorous
in size and shape. Two-thirds of his
diet should consist of flesh foods either
milk or meat. In fact, during his first
three years the starchy food should be
little more than pudding and exercise
stuff for his growing teeth. The COM
monest single cause of malnutrition
among the children of the poor is the ex-
cess of starchy foods upon which they
are reared; and milk and beef juice are
our most potent medicines in the chill
dren's dispensaries. 1t was not by acct
dent that the baby cuts his front or meat
teeth first, and his grinders or starch
teeth later.-Exehange
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
Fo the Finger Nails.

A sure and easy methods FOR cleaning
the finger nails is 70 make a paste Of
powdered b0rax and lemon juice. Rub
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28

just put you down as not dom any
thing. The Woman's Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-28
MS. 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 a 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, madam
he asked.
Il am 4 housekeeper, sir" she re-
..Wer. that doesn't count" said the
man promptly.
'.WeH. / am both father and mother
to my family" she announced.
THAT doesn't count neither" he re-
piled firmly.
well. / transact all my own bust.
ness" she said briskly. Il collect my
own rents and manage all my own
affairs" (AIrs. Decker has private
fortune that it would keep the ordi-
nary man busy to take care Of
Have you got an Office down
town." inquired the man.
NO" sh- said, Il transact all my
business from my desk here in my
/ home"
"Ah. that doesn't count neither" ihe
man replied obdurately.
We'll. SIR said Mrs. Decker at, last
Il am president Of the General Fed
Grafton of Womeu's clubs. an organize.
tlou Of over 100000 women, and / at
tend TO all my own correspondence" con
fident this time that she had provided
something worthy the name Of occupa.
ton; but that man just took ont hi.
memorandum book and said, We'll, II