Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-06

The WAYS Of maids and men,
ief her pass unwooed, alas!
ISil we should meet again.
I'D never comes the autumn
Witb haze upon the hill
prt hi q dream / walk with her
And all my heart a-thrill.
erbrough lane and wood and meadow
Ne Stray a happy mile,
And all the gold my life can hold
4 in that little while
Nixon Waterman.
1870
Men and Women Teachers.
Leaving out the abstract principle of
,olicv or Justice it will not be possible,
Far any length of time, to pay a man
more than woman for the same work.
Do what we may, say what we WILL
i will not be done The United States
/ 60 peopled that a common sense Wv
will he taken. or what the public regards
as common sense, and women will be
Maid as much as men for the same posi-
lions. Indeed they are so paid almost
everywhere already. The remaining
places will fall into line. This intensifies
the difficulty of increasing the salaries
Promoting a woman from a salary of
$500 into a principalship of $500 or
$1,000 looks like a great leap, as, indeed
if is. And when this is done to any ex-
tent the salary cannot go above the
present figure for many years.
Salaries alone will never be great
enough to tempt many great men to
elementary school principalships. This
will become more and more true as com
mercialism, industrialism and the pro-
fessions become more and more attrac-
tive financially The great drawback to
the principalship, as regards men, is the
feet thai it satisfies woman as q goal
and it rarely satisfies a great man. A
noble woman accepts it as a mission. a
man almost never. Most principals have
a side issue that is more attractive than
the main business of principalship. They
are engaged in intensified farming, de-
veloping land speculation, training
themselves for the stock market, have
fancy poultry farms, keep hotels, run
excursions or are silent partners in some
sort of mercantile or manufacturing in
terest.
A 80 per cent. woman is better than
10 per cent. man as leader of boys,
and when it is between a 80 per cent
woman and a 40 per cent man, it is
crime to choose the man instead of the
woman. Whoever, by public discus
sion, or otherwise, encourages the Sc
lection of a little man in place of
great woman, narrowgauge man in
stead of broad-gaLge woman, is a
little less than criminal. Clara Bus
well is worth much more to high school
boys than any one of a hundred diff
ferent men whom / have known at
the head of high schools. / know
many women high school principals of
whom this could be said with equal
wisdom. In the case of a grammar
school it is much more true that a great
woman is above a small man in the
leadership of boys. There is no in
-, e., Il
ing than that of man for whom he
has no manly respect. A man weak
ling is of all teachers the worst. Never
theless, there is need of more great men
IN the profession, and the problem is to
get them That is really the chief edu-
cati0nal problem of America We can
get brilliant, noble women, but it is not
easy to get correspondingly able men.
Can it be done? How?
1t will help materially if we can in
crease the pay. Without this the case
is hopeless. Men who are worthy can.
not teach for what is ordinarily paid.
There are few cities in the country that
pay grammar school principals enough
70 attract and retain men of adequate
TALENT, training and personality. Only
oy good luck, and because of some local
advantages to some men, are they able
% put good men in these positions Prin-
cipaiS' as such, must have their salaries
used or there is no possibility of man
1g these positions permanently.-Dr
"lnship in Journal of Education
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household Hints by Katherine KAY.
A slate with pencil attached nv a
string, should hang in every Kitchen, TO
aiT q, the memory of the housewife.
Iue candles for your entertainment
%iii burn slowly and steadily through
all day.
FOR marks made on painted woodwork
ny matches, try rubbing first with a slice
81 'elhoh' then with whiting, and in a
1em moments wash with warm soapsuds.
PICKLE bottles and jars that smell of
oi9lonS VIII be quite sweet and odorless
altef being left out of doors for three
~ lour days filled with sand or garden
i frequent washing with soap will dim
ane surface Of mirror. The occasional
fSse ol acohol is recommended, but for
ueqQent washing, damp newspaper with
SOHShing with chamOis skin will keep
dition. e'''1' =" ''Ae ~ eO0u 10A
Inc cloths used in waxing floors or
poishlng furniture should be kept in a
9neIed crock as long as clean. then, in
~ 7al Oh letting them accumulate in clos
! s ot stoferoom, burn them Immediately,
t s.ace vegetable oils are so liable to spon-
aneouS combustion.
are should be taken of childrens
.gaen baskets to keep them sweet and
San dipping them in hot salt water,
TIeA into cold. at least once a month.
sJ;S quickly by the fire or in the sun
j foue' Use japanese napkins instead of
"Ign. and burn them after once using.
/ bo nave a small, wide-mouthed jar in the
s Sr'nioom to hold the odds and ends of
a ~, ana when three-fourths full. fill the
a. win boiling water, add the juice of
y sns ,S'noh and teaspoonful of glycerin,
S SiIa which to whiten and soften the