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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13

Japan's aggressiveneSs in competition
/ fer the carrying trade of the Pacific
! ocean was the subject OF grave comment
! mt recent meeting of shipOwners IN
! London. Sir Thomas Sutherland, presi-
| dent Of the powerful Peninsula * ORR
entail Steamship Company, a corporation
which has been very conspicuous factor
| in the British shipping industry on Ori-
entail routes, made the startling declnra-
| ton that the company's trnde between
Bombay and Japnn has been practically
wiped out 10y the japanese.
The growth of the merchant marine of
the Island Kingdom has been accelernt-
cd by every recent war in which Japan
has bad part. The war with F0rmosn
IN 1874 compelled Japan 60 purchase
transport vessels, and since that time
she has added to her tonnage by pur-
chase or by capture until she is now
possessed OF approximately 1,5OO.OOO tons
of shipping as compares with the insig-
niticant Tonnage of lS,0te0 in 1870 An
important economic result Of this cult
walton by Japan of the ocean carrying
trade is revealed in the fact that the
japanese ships are carrying an increas-
lug proportion Of their cpuntry's exports
of the imports and - per cent. Of the
exports were accommodated by Japanese
bottoms, but according to official re-
ports 81 per cent. of the imports aud 10
per cent Of her exports are now trans
ported by japanese ships.
Japan has advantage in cheap labor IN
her competition with the tonnage Of 9TH
er nations for the carrying trade Of the
Pacific ocean She buys vessels wherever
she can get them the cheapest, and mans
them with crews TINT work for very
small wages in comparison with the COM
pensation of the crews of European or
American ships This is the main rea
son why she has been able to underbid
the Peninsula X Oriental Steamship
company and thus drive Great Britain
from the trade between Bombay and
Japan I'm trying to meet this disastrous
competition, Great Britain finds herself
in the position occupied by American ear
rierS in competition with British bot
toms. The margin of difference is not
as wide in this hitter instance, bnt it is
sufficient 10 prevent the American mer-
chant marine from growing. The tactics
adopted by Great Britain in her cOmpeti-
tion with Japan will therefore be of
particular interest 10 those who are
striving 70 build up the languishipg
American merchant marine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
HOMECOMING.
Chinese Custom to Which Foreigners
Have Objected.

| The Chinese censor has memorialized
| the throne on the necessity of abolishing
/ the degrading custom of high native min
listers OF the crown kowtowing and adj
dressing or replying to their maiesties on
| pended knees. kowtowing has been a
| fruitful theme for discussion and eontro-
| yeesy ever since the nations of the west
hrst invaded the shores of the great CEN
tral Kingdom. Hitherto the question
concerned only those who came from for
elgn lands on diplomatic or other mis-
slons. No one for moment thought Of
suggesting that the kowtow was Z de-
grading custom So far as the Chinese
high officials themselves We're concerned
The kOwtow before the throne consisted
IN kneeling three times and touching the
ground with the head thrice az each
genSdeXiou.
Western diplomats and others ia China
nave not been in the past unanimous in
their opposition to the performance of
the kowtow. but the British representa-
tVes from the first have consistently re-
fused to submit 20 it,. LORD Mccartney.
who arrived in China in 1893 as the head
of the first British embassy. when pre-
senting his credentials would only con
sent to bend one knee in the presence of
the Emperor Over twenty years elapsed
before the second British mission ar
rived IN China. The question of the koN-
TOW was again raised, ana as Il result of
his refusal to perform the ceremony
Lord Amherst was never officially re-
eeived by the Tmperor. who issued an
imperial edict to the effect that the Brit
sh ambassador had not observed the
rules OF politeneSs in vogue in the celes-
tial empire
The French ambassador sent 10 China
IN ~lS44 received special Instructions not
Go submit, 10 the koWtow. These nstruc.
tons, however he ignored, as he held
the opinion that ambassadors must con
duet themselves according to the usages
of the court to which they were accred-
tied The whole question during the last
half century has assumed an altogether
different aspect. For over 100 years prior
TO the establishment of permanent for
elgn legations in the Chinese capital in
lS6u, European representatives were not
accorded an imperial audience Since
that date the kowtow has never been in
sisted upon, North China Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
FASHIONS FOR MEN

4 Tuxedo waistcoat has q deeply
pointed front The pattern is n scheme
of diagonal lines cOnverging TO the cen
ter giving to the wearcr a slim. trim
appearance.
Full dress muiEiers and protectors are
hnudsOmer than ever this season One.
Of pcau de- crepe, takes the REFER form
and is very long way IN advance Of
the ordinary.
Tab collars with rounded points are
sufficiently distinctive to make them wei
come in dressy quarters.
Soft hats in every shape are popular
among school and the younger college
boys. but men are favoring the stiff
varieties almost exclusively.
Red green and brown are the mo-
mcnts eolors in ucckwear.
Combination suits In underwear ike
the coat skirt were q long time ginning a
fuothold in popular esteem. bnt their for
tune is fiyed-theg have got there
Beautiful are the new shades I'm half
hose Gray, helia, garnet, azure and
tan in iiSles; pearl guh metal and old
rose in silk. For best dress Of course
Eve are still wearing black silk.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13

narrated by a little group of physicians
az the recent convention in Chicago of
the American association fer the Adj
yancemcnt of Science
One of my alcoholic patients steals
when drunk said philadelphian.
You should see the trophies he brings
home. His valet is continually speak
ing of mornings with great paper parcels
--overcoats, umbrellas, silver spoons.
clocks-that his master, trembling in
fear of arrest, has begged him To get
rid of somehow"
Il have patients" said New York
specialist in dipsomania. ''whc in their
mtoXlcatlon steal only partic, iar things.
One man, an agnostic, steals Bibles. A
woman steals gimlets A young spin-
ster steals baby things-littie shoes and
trocks. bottles and rattles, once even a
perambulator"
Il had a case, an old lady" said a
hansan. "that had worked over seven
teen years A hopeless case, it seemed.
But she lost her money, aud then they
began 10 arrest her as common drunk
Well after she had been arrested a
dozen times or SO. the magistrates said
he was tired of seeing her about, and
instructed the police to take her TO the
river, whenever they found her drunk,
and give her cold dip. by jove. thar
cured her. Two cold dips cured her.
She has been sober now, my old pa
tent, almost three years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
MOST SUICIDES IN VIENNA.
More Men Than Women-Greatest Num-
Der Last Year in April.

Among all the European capitals Vi
emma has long enjoyed an unenviahe pre-
eminence for its number Of suicides.
Unfortunately. the figures for last
year tend to enhance this reputation
The official records show that 356 men
and los women committed suicile. as
compared with $40 men and 40 women
in 1906, total increase of 80. Besides
this, there were no fewer than T39 nj
tempts Mt suicide, All by men and POS
by women.
The preponderance of men over wam-
en- appears somewhat striiSing-three to
one-but taking the cases of actual sui
cdes and attempts together. this proper
ton is reduced to less than two to one
Illness and mental disorders were re-
sponsihle for more than a fourth Of the
total suicides; unhappy love affairs ac-
counted for b, poverty for b and dis
satisfaction with their surroundings
for 35.
The highest number of $, icides took
place n April, 81, and the lowest III May
and September, with 81 each,--Eienna
Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Peculiar Demand tor Old Hats.

"Oh, yes. ! am always in the market
for second hand derbies and silk hats.
They sell better than anything else"
The old clothes dealer pointed 10 n
room filled with shocking hats
There's not half enough there 10 meet
my demand he said. IF you was to
bring me a carload Of old hats this
morning I'd take 'em an
There's such demand. ell =
you bet there's "a demand Especial
" among old maids and widows TINT live
alone. They buy these hats and hang
couple On the hall rack. Then. when
a bcggar or tramp gets too rambunc-
tious at the door, they turn and say:
George is home There's his hat.
George. Oh, George Will you come
down here and turn this rascal away
Then the tramp sneaks. thinking
there's q man in the house.
Restaurants, when they open MP new
stands, generally lay in twenty-five or
thirty hats. They hang them in the
lobby to make people think business is
brisk"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Weather of olden Times.

There are no times like the old
| times" is remark often made by
! grumblers, but if the old times were like
| these of which the following article from
! the North Arson Advocate. Somerset
| county, Me-, speaks we hope there never
| will be any more of them. 1t is from Il
| scrapbook in the possession of Mrs Den
men of Mount kineo, and will re read
with interest:
THE year 1916 enjoyed an
open winter, during the entire
twelve months, being frequently re-
ferred to by contemporaneous writ
ers as the year without a sum
mer.' All through the settled portions
of the United States there was a frost
in every month, crops were ruined and
the farmers called it the year Eighteen
hundred and starve to DEATH Snow fell
i'll November of 1915, but there was none
in December or January to speak Of
Christmas and New Years were warm
open and green, and faithful to the old
saw that "a green Christmas makes
a fat churchyard.' The old people pre-
dicted all sorts of dire calamities. and
the results would seem to justify it.
January was a very mild month, the
sun shone every day, and a little snow
that fell hardly covered the earth and
soon melted.
People prepared for great storms and
extreme cold weather in February. but
were disappointed, as it was even
milder than January. Toward the
end of the month and during
the first days of March, a terrible
storm ragged and gave place to cold and
boisterous winds. The weather Of Jan
uary was repeated in April, but grew
colder as the days passed, ending with
snow and ice and very low Temperature.
In May ice formed an inch thick on the
rivers and streams, buds and flowers
We're frozen and the entire corn crop
killed. Frost, ice and snow were com
mon in June, and all attempts to raise
vegetable products failed. The condi
ton of the farmers is described as be
ing desperate, and they were compelled
10 hoard their crops Of the preceding
year and necessitated big increase in
prices. Almost everything was killed
and the fruit nearly all DESTROYED
July was accompanied with frost and
ice. The Fourth was cold. and blus-
tering wind, raw and uncomfortable.
swept the entire Atlantic coast On the
day following ice was formed Of the
thickness Of window glass in New York
city all through New England and
Pennsylvania. In August ice half an
inch thick was frequently seen. Sep
TENDER and October presented the near
est approach to summer weather Of any
other months in the year, but IN Novem-
Der snow and extreme cold weather be-
gan, and a severe winter continued IN
10 April, when summer began and the
elements permitted the farmers to real
ize bounteous crops The same condi-
ton Of affairs existed in England as in
this country. only il was not as severe.
In central New York. it is stated. corn
was so badly frozen IN fha att~,rr,a.r ttoy
it was cut down and dried for fodder
The warm weather Of January so en-
couraged Vermont farmer that be
planted corn, and in fact. some of II
was in good condition during March.
Farmers were compelled to par 81 or 70
a bushel for the corn Of 1916 for feed
ing purpose
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13

The minister had dropped IN to tea, and
the conversation had drfted through vari-
GUS channels 10 the question of whether
or not we should know each otter in
heaven. Presenting that our physical
beings would be perpctuated, and that
recognition would be assured the MIN
lister had asked various ones at the table
among whom the Biblical characters
they would be most interested in recog-
nizing.
Some mentioned one prophet and some
another but one lady, noted for her So
cial exclusivcness. had not spoken. Turn
ing to her the minister said: And who
would you like to meet in heavef. sirs.
intheswim z"
Mrs. lntheswim pursed - lips II
really don't know" she said but there
IS one thing | do know, aud that is that
! shouldn't care to meet Eve In fact.
don't know that | would speak to her
II did ,'--Ncw York Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
A Merited Mobbing.

The antiGaary stamped his foot with
annoyance. In smoothing his silk hat
he had rubbed the nap away from him
instead of toward him. with the result
that it nov resembled the fur of a
drowned cat.
"Pesky things these hats are" he said.
Il don't wonder that their originator
was mobbed."
Was their originator mobbed?'
Yes: mobbed and beaten. He lost
two teeth from the blow of club. and a
rib was broken by a stone. His name
was Henry Hetherington. He was a
London halter.
1T was in 1897 that Hetherington in
vented the silk hat. Its lustre charmed
him. He put it on one Sunday and set
out for walk about London.
But London would not stand the hat
London. that now will stand 40 other
a great crowd followed Hetherington,
yelling jeers and insults, hurting mud
and stones and sticks.
ultimately Hetherington was arrest
ed and fined pound for causing a dis
terbance on the streets. lie should have
been fined FIVE pounds and sentenced to
ttree years hard"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
OFF THE BEATEN PATH
A Magic Oven.

Magic Oven.
The smith was building Il large and pc
culiar oven.
tits a shame he said, TO tell you
what this ovens for; hut tn, secret is
too good one TO keep. 1t is a picture
aging oven. 1t is guaranteed 10 add in a
couple of hours 200 or 800 years to a
pictures age.
You know the cracks, the innumcr-
able little cracks, that eriss-eross i'm n
thousand squares and diamonds the sur
face of an old master? Wen, a smooth.
fresh picture, put into this over. de-
yelopS under Il carefully regulated tenn
perature those very cracks. Withdraw
your picture then. add dust and dirty
varnlSh to taste aud set ont To cool. and
Yen We got an old master that Gobsa
Code or Stoxon Bonds will pay big
money for.
larden't tell YOU the name of the wen
known art dealer | am making this oven
Tor, the smith concluded. but it's moi
the first nor the tenth oven, either.
I've turned out"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Hard on the Women.

Women said marriage licensl
clerk. often lie about their age in tia
certificate. Look here. This is letter
fror woman now. asking me il little
age lie will iIlegitmatize her marriage
She says she is SO. and her fiance thinks
her 20. She wants, naturally, to main.
tain the Illusion
II get such letters every week.
reply il stamps are enclosed, that there
is no law against these lies. After all.
they do no harm, do theyf Yes? No?
There's a law against them in Aus
tralia. There, only the other day. di-
yorce was granted to man on the plea
that his wife had lied about her age 10
him. She was. it seems. 4G but he had
thought her only b"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Iron Eaters.

"'rhe first time | ever swallowed q
tack" said carpet-layer, Il
jumped to my feet and TREMENDOUSLY
asked the way to the hospital.
Whats the natter my mate, an old
hand, asked.
" I've swallowed tack said /.
Good gracious, what will become of me- 2
''Ghe old hand sat back on the carpet
he was laying and laughed.
Why, kid, said he, it's nothing to
swallow a tack, Every professional
carpet-Iayer swallows half "A dozen or
so daily. It's thing that causes 10
Inconvenience. If it did I'd know ii.
bet I've swallowed "a huudredweight
IF tacks in my life.
''And I'm sure" the carpet layer cou-
cluded, my mate was telling the truth.
for since then I've swallowed half a
hundredweight myself"
lie gulped
Hang it," he said. there goes one
now"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13

He scraped with his knife a bit Of
butter off the sporting page.
THE writer of that poem on flying Is
accused of plagiarism now" be said
Its awful" she exclaimed ''the way
these men go about the country marry
ing innocent women! Wipe your mus
tache. dear
He wiped his mustache, and with a
frown inspected the result upon his
napkin.
'PIagiarism,' he said, means lit
erary theft"
''stole some books. did hep
''No. no; he stole ideas They say
a woman wrote the poem years ago"
And now they bring il up against
her oh? Or, these newspapers But
look at the mess you've made there with
your coffee. / do wish you'd try 10 he
little more careful"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Invalids' Church Quarters.

An invalids room is an occasional
feature of the modern church." said nm
architect, "A very contenient feature
It IS. too, especially for health resorts.
These rooms are usually erected on
one side of the pulpit and a little above
Il. They have little windows through
winch the Invalid congregation may look
out They have also couches. rocking
chairs, reclining chairs.
Thanks to these rooms, invalds, web
wrapped up, may rest comfortably, and,
secure from draughts, may listen every
Sunday morning to good music and au
edifyng sermon
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Cedar Spills.
-

The young millionaire. splutterng and
coughing, threw back his head and
gasped. The match was Il sulphur enc,
and he had inhaled its fumes.
For smoking purposes" he said
upon recovery, there is only one thing.
the cedar spill, the cedar spill in commune
ton with a wood fire or wax candle.
That is what you will light up with
when YOU visit me and | hand you a
Nuclta AbajoS cigar or a Cairo cigarette.
Cedar spills are long slivers from the
heart of sound, well seasoned, aromatic
cedar log. They burn beautifully. and
their fragrance is as delicate and sweet
as the fragrance of rose garden, The
smoker should use cedar spills only. To
offer him a sulphur MATCHBOX, dear,
You can buy them at several places
in New York. They cost about cent
apiece
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Nav Idea n Photography.

The young man had been photographed
fal ling from an aeroplaue, wrestling
with n lion in a jungle and being
swallowed by a large shark
To be photographed like that is a
good idea. isn't itf'' he said. "rhe llu-
sion is obtained by means of a few sim
pie but effective properties. for | need
not tell you that. real as the pictures
look, they are all fakes. The work was
winter resorts.
In winter resorts all over these fake
photographs are now being made. The
ingenious and startling ones take great
ly. My three are the most popular. Next
come an automobile upset, tobogganing
on the Cresta run at st. MoritZ. and
climbing the Matterhorn. In all Of them
the portrait, though small, is very clear
and good"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Cleaning Willow Furniture.

Willow furniture can he cleaned
thoroughly, but it will be necessary to
them a coating of clear varnish. The
best way to clean a willow chair is to
take it out of doors and scrub it with
tepid water and plenty of naphtha soap.
This soap cuts the grease left ON the
chair arms by the hands and on the
chair back from the hair. The chair
must be thoroughly riused and dried
with soft. clean cloths. Leave the chair
in the sunshine or wind until perfectly
dry and varnish the next day. The
idea of using salt to clean willow is
not good one, although salt is benc-
ficial in the rinsing water. Dirt does
not come off of badly soiled articles
without the proper cleaning agents
water and soap
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
A Cheap Homemade Barometer.

A weather man described the other
day Il cheap, homemade barometer.
He said it was only necessary to
take a piece Of string about Is inches
long, and to soak it several hours in n
strong solution of salt and water.
After being dried. the strtag should
have a light weight tied to one end.
and being hung up against wall, II
mark being made to show where the
weight reaches.
The barometer is now complete. II is
as accurate as a 800 instrument The
weight rises for wet weather and falls
for fine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
What's a widower?

man.
This question continually crops up AMI
it is continually being answered both
ways. Certainly widower Is married
he II not a bachelor. That is one AN
swer Certainly, Oh the other hand,
no matter what the man once was, he
is single now, That is the other an
swcr
Thus in all match games of single
against married men--games of hockey.
football baseball, cricket--the poor wild
over is tossed from one side tu the
other like o shuttlecock. The solution
depends solely upon his skill.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
Oats for Boot Trees.

a pale clerk departed with large pa-
per bag of oats under his arm
mo" said the feed store man. '.he
don't eat 'em for breakfast food. lie
uses 'em for boot-trees.'
Oats for boot-rees 2"
Sure, Every night, as soon as he
gets home, he takes Off his wet and
muddy boots, laces EN- up, aud fills EN-
with oats. What happensg The oats.
like blottin' paper, absorbs all the moist.
ure out of the leather, and swells ac-
eordin'. plumpin' the boots out splendid
restorin' 'em to their original shape, tax
in every wrinkle away.
so, in the m0rnin.' the man emptieS
his oats back into the bag, and. no mat
ter how slushy yesterdays walkin' had
been. he now puts on Il pair Of perfectly
dry. new-iookin' boots.
"Yes. do quite a city trade in oats. ="
ended the feed man. Clerks aud typ-
lists, male and female. all such as cant
afford made-to-order trees -- they cost
you know. $40 a pair--are learnin' 10 use
oat trees instead. Shall | nut You mn a
pair in this here bag? Five cents is
ALL"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
The Woman Ledger.

The woman lodger pays twice as
much in my house said the landlady,
as the man, for she is twice the worry
and trouble.
Suspicious, / bad one woman lodger
whose cooking i did. Well, she used 10
snapshot the remnants Of her chicken
or roast before it lcft her table for the
cupboard.
Il had another who had q stove in
Der room. My charge for coal was
Eve cents bucket. Cheap enough. oh Z
II didn't suit her. though. She sneaked
in her own coal supply every night GA
her return from work in O suitcase.
Another lpdgcr--she paid two and a
half for her rOOm--bruught home two or
three guests nearly every evening 10
sleep with her. II turned out she worked
in an employment agency. and her guests
were strangers whom she took IN TEN
p0rarily az a quarter a night. | think
she must have made four or five dollars
q week that way az my expense
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
capltal Punishment in Franco.

lie Petit Parisien of Paris has taken
az Informal census Of its readers. asking
whether they wish capital punishment 10
be retained or not In the affirmative
the paper received l,OS3OOO replies and
IN the negative 32S 00O. The figures
show how the increase Of crime has al
tered the drift Of public opinion in
France.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13

Women endure pain far better than
men,
Who told You that7 The doctorT'
'NU: the corsetmaker."