Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14

such attentions: but the great majority
Of enlisted men are as softer as I'M any
other rank IN society, and as body
they resent, and very bitterly tee the
TACT thar having signed aud sWUr-i fo
serve their country Tor a term of wears.
tils oath Of pa rl0tlsyn should be used
against them by 4 lot NJ rank outsiders.
l wish however, To have Il more dis
tlnctlN understood. thar approve Of
the cause OF temperance, h;..ss got in the
way It Is made use OF a present. he-
Eeve temperance is q matter of iaai-
viduais, and not to be used IN the
wholesale and arbitrary manner as en-
forced by the W. G. L. L. There ara
certainly many who drink too much. and
10 those the efforts toward reform may
give help, and even often effect a cure.
drunkenness is a disease. usually hered-
ltaFy, and its results upon the descend
ants Of those afflicted thereby are ter
rible. 1t goes even unto the fourth
generation in all kinds of degeneracy
and disease. Therefore, people should
be temperate, nut il should be volun-
tary, and not like Jail sentence that
they cannot avoid
However, TO return to this very Sc
r'OuS question of the possibility of no
army in the near future.
If these ladies won't let the soldiers
have their modest drinks at the can
teen. and the soldiers thereby won't re-
enlist, then would suggest that these
ladies use their vast politicaI influence
TO get Congress to permit them to en-
list in the place of the men. Strong
minded as they are, and inyineible in
the defense of their principles, they sure
~ would make a superb array of Anna
IONS, and if marching valiantly to war,
while popping ginger ale and sarsaparil-
la bottles. their appearance should cause
10 g., s.
respectfully,
\ careful review of the eanteen sit
uation leads me TO the well-founded con-
clusion that Congress will undoubtedly
refuse TO take any favorable action on
the bill looking towards its restoration.
In the House of Representatives the
votes of both the Republican aad Dem
ocratic members will be registered over
whelmingly against it. although courte-
Gus consideration viii be given to the
arguments of Maj.-Gen. Bell and other
high army officers on its behalf-Robert
NJ. McWade in Woman's National Mag
azine.
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Hark, from the Tomb.
Who believes in ghosts? Few will an
swer Il" Who fears ghosts? A differ
ent question that. and one upon which
w llltdlil Ibultu VI bIODh1gn II competent
to give expert testimony. Being by pro-
fession a gravedigger, Mr.. Dunn is pre-
sumably free from illusions concerning
the mobile or vocal powers of the sheet
ed dead. But it befell him to fall into
the pit ne mad dIgged for the occupancy
of another, and have the walls cave in
upon him. Like GABRIEL Grub of pain
full memory, he was doing his work by
moonlight when there We're few passers-
by. Such as came he hailed dismally,
and was rewarded by the sound Of foot
steps in hurried retreat, Not once, lat
a score of times. did this occur. Even
the centripetal force of curiosity was
powerless to draw the terrified Brook
lynites to that wailful spot. In time Mr..
Dunn tainted, between the intervals of
hollow grOans. and was rescued only
when a policeman (after thoughtfully
telephoning for two more policemen
found him, fast wedged. Doubtless the
fugitives from those unballowed sounds
would maintain that only a suddenly re-
membered engagement called them in
the opposite direction. Superstition is
a weed that withers in the light, but
withers only at the top for it's roots in
here. deep and vital, i'll the human heart.
%. o.
For the Guest Room.
A small clock.
A tapestry waste basket.
A writing ease covered with tapestry.
A tapestry pin tray with glass-coyered
picture in the bottom.
Softly padded and scented dress hang
ers.
Sheets of silk-covered sachet wadding
for the chiffonier drawers.
A cateh-all of linen or cretonne for
the guests soiled laundry.
\ work bag or sewing box with all
the necessary implements.
\ book rack for the reading matter
that should be in all guest rooms.
4 pretty footstooi.
an article little japanese vase or
piece of Holland pottery.
4 brass night light with n shield at
one side.