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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
EATING HORSE FLESH.
Folks in Belgium Find Price Of Beef Too
High.

Devotees Of the simple life and adyo-
Gates Of the WI Ting-fang diet of vege-
tables and fruits may console themselves
with the thought that, unlike the good
people of Belgium, they do not have to
guess at what their landladies set before
them in the way of food.
Consul General Ethelbert Watts. in
writing from Brussels that horse meat is
very largely used in Belgium for human
food, gives the following details:
Statistics show that the importation
Of horses for that purpose is increasing
annually. the importations i'm 1904 hav-
ing been 20,21S head; in 1905, d., PSI
head. and In 1O06, 26,204 head the
greater part of which was from Eng
land.
There are two recognized abattors
for Brussels and suburbs, namely, the
Anderlecht-CureShem slaughter house
"a private corporationl and the city of
Brussels slaughter house (municipaD.
The former butchers 2I0S to 1850 and
the latter about 1900 to 1900 horses an
nuaily. This large consumption of horse
meat is due to the high charges for
other meats in this city.
There are about thirty-six butchers
establishments in Brussels and suburbs
retailing horse meat only. The retail
price varies from 80 centimes or centsl
to 50 confines 05.4 cents per half kilo
Ill pounds.
The following are the present retail
prices of beef per half kilo: Best ten
derloin (flet pur), 3 francs (579 cents.
other good beef for roasting, Lao francs
TO 1.6 francs (27.9 TO 30.S cents: soup
and inferior beef, go to 90 centimes
01.J to ia cents: mutton. so CEN
times 10 % francs asa TO 241 cents;
veal, 1.23 and 100 francs CAL to 800
cents; pork, about same price as NUT
ton
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
A DISAPPOINTED WOMAN.
Widowed on Her Wedding Day, She Had
Not Heard Spoken Word for
Fifty Years


The death in Paris a few DAYS ago of
Mime. De Provigny has revealed re-
inarkable story of woman, rich, talent
ed aud influential. to whom, at her ex-
pressed desire, no word was spoken for
half century
Mime, DE Provigny resided at No. 10
Boulevard poissoniere. stately old
house OF four stories. For fifty years
the house has been closely shattered, all
though continuously inhabited. During
all that time Nine. DE provigny has
lived in the closed and suffered house
without a newspaper, without an open
book without Il flower or visitor aud
without word 10 her from a Twins
soul,
\ sorrowful tragedy lies behind this
remarkable remuneration of the world.
Fifty years ago Nine. DE Proyigiiy was
Il bride of twenty summers On the
less than an hour after the ceremony.
Nj. DE Provigny died of ap0plexy
When his young bride recovered from
the shock, if indeed il can he said that
she ever recovered. she ordered that the
house be shut up. She retained her serv-
ants ON condition that they never con-
front her with living being and never
speak to her again. Her wedding gown
was of white satin. She continued TO
wear it and others of exactly similar de-
sign as the years went by. always dress
ing In nothing but pure white to the end.
She knew absolutely nothing of the
trend ot public life. She did not know
that France WAS republic. She never
heard ~ the Dreyfus case. of the death
cf queen Victoria, or of any other ma
tlonal or International events. Motor
ears were unknown TO her. When she
died ii was found that i'm her viii she
had left her entire fortune to men ard
women aged over go years of god char
acter. She left large house in the
country as home for them and ST.,
100000 for its support
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
TREE DWELLING ANTS.
Curious South American Insect That
Acts as Plant Guardian.

Ant defenders Of plants and trees are
some of natures pretty marvels The
cecr0pia adenopus is a remarkable tree
If South Brazil widely distributed
through the tropics. Its slender trunk
is crowned with long leaves at the ends
of the branches.
A few active ants run continually
along the branches and the leaves, but IL
the tree is shaken slightly an army
Of ants rush out by small apertures
ready for savage assault on the in
trudcr. The ant j. the terrible guardian
that the tree has retained 10 protect
il from its formidable enemy. the leaf
cutter ant.
The defenders rarely leave their re-
treat. where they live on small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth of
an inch long, known as Mueller's cor
puscles. These are formed Of delicate
tissue rich in proteids and oil, as RAJ
tions for the garrison of defender ants
to feed upon The curious arrangement
by which entrance is made to the hol-
low stem has been studied by w Schim-
per.
Just above the point Of insertion OF
each leaf extends nearly to the supe-
rior node a superficial groove, at whose
end is a rounded depression There the
tissue is thin, like diaphragm in
tube and il also is soft. The hole by
which the ant enters il always pierced
at this spot. The ants seem to have
made their entrance through the groove
originally because ii was at the top. In
the course Of this plants further devel-
opment natural selection augmented
these natural advantages SO that finally
the thin. frail diaphragm as il exists to-
day was developed. --Chieago Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
Banker,s Ioke on a Baron

Baron Edward Rothschild tells the
following good story on himself: He
happened to stop at a new hotel in Cen
eva where he was not personally known.
When asked TO register, he explained TO
the hotel keeper that he preferred not TO
name would cause him to be inundated
with begging letters aud foolish business
proposals. Mine host pleaded police reg.
ulations, but finally compromised. al
lowing the Baron to inscribe himself as
"R de Paris"
Imagine my surprise" says Baron
ROthschild. when, next day. found
the following name record beneath my
own: %. De Cologne
Baron OppenheimeF, the Cologne
banker. arriving an hour after me. had
recognized my scrawl and claimed the
same privilege as l had demanded" -
London Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
A Bath

When ] was just little child.
Before | went 10 sleep
always took my evening bath
liked 1t pretty deep"
sometimes didn't want to go.
And sometimes there Were tears;
but mother never failed 10 say:
Now wash behind your ears,
And don { neglect the corners or
:. Don't splash too hard - she'd cry;
Ael she was quick to help me
When soap got In my eye
And now that I'm a great big boy.
wonder every day
Where other mothers learn the things
My mother used to say.
Alden Arthur knipe in st. Nicholas
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

DESTROYED By fire. Besides the spoon
there was in the sharks stomach 4 good
sized skate fish and a large number of
skate-iish eggs.
Rodney Rose, "A Washington. u. G..
zoo attendant. whose life was saved by
anti-toNin rushed from the Bronx 200
after he had been bitten on the hand by
rattlesnake. had his finger amuptated.
as it was feared by DIR. w. h. Carr of
the Emergency hospital that blood poi
sOning would set in Rose has been at
the hospital since he Was bitten by the
RATHER. When taken there it was dis
covered that there was no anttoxin in
Washington, and Il hurry call was sent
to the Bronx zoo with the result that the
medicine arrived in time to save the at
tendants life. Rose is in good condi-
ton now, and win leave the hospital
next week
At a moderate estimate not less than
10000 men, women and children or
Rocky Ford, Colo, and from all over the
state of Colorado. attended the city's
yearly blowout, and made an onslaught
on 10000 Arkansas Valley watermelons
and 800 crates of Rocky Ford eanta-
loupeS. Ii was the occasion of Rocky
Ford's annual Watermelon day. and
proved tue most successful affair of the
kind ever held, although the good and
hospitabe people of this enterprising and
prosperous city have been practicing the
stunt for the past decade.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
Making Up Lost Time.

The especial preachment Of this physi-
clan is that every woman should balance
rest and work in such a perfect way that
the end Of the week finds her with ac-
counts perfectly balanced.
II takes intelligence. as he expresses it.
to work out this plan Of life. but intelli-
gent respect for ones health makes for
success. 1t avoids both extremes. 1t
does not allow woman to be reckless
with her vitality, and il keeps her from
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
The Stingy Man.

He-Won't you miss me when I'm far
away.
she-No III always think Of you "a
very close.--COrnell Widow.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
FOR THE LADIES.
weakest and Strongest.

Weakest and Strongest.
ubich is the weakest thing Of ali
1Iine heart can ponders
TFf sun. a little cloud can pail
V.ifh darkness yonderS
,Tba Cloud a little wind can move
Where'er II listeth?
me wind little leaf above,
Though sere. resistetht
what time that yellow leaf was green,
NV DAYS were gladder;
MT now. whatever spring may mean,
must grow sadder.
Al me, a leaf with signs can wiring
My lips asunderi
T5rn IS mine heart the weakest thing
itself can ponder.
Yet. Heart, when sun and cloud are pinned
And drop together,
AID Mt a blast when Is not wind,
The forests wither,
Thou. from the darkening deathly curse,
To glory breakest-
tho Strongest of the universe
Guarding the weakest
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
nor Masculine Hysteria in
NesaTd to the Education of Women


,AAil,other man, this time. President
iE.StlleE Hall of Clark university, has
t r.Uhth out IN loud lamentation over the
e ,It given in women's colleges.
, mHna' he AYERS, tends to beIittIe matrj-
nf aud eXdlt spinsterhood in the eyes
m;. ,alt students. As DIR. Hall is a pessi-
n .,, peFson who even goes so far as
fa59 'oah because the iiogging of children
VOL -9he largely out of fashion, the
If 3 = not likely to take this statement
Sar ;,-S ~ regard to women's colleges very
aitI,.u certainly not to the extent of
COLI. Withdrawing their daughters from
tha 'r insisting that matrimony and
f.1i1e snail be emphasized as the only
gn5 ole career. That women will defer
Inc neellhe marriage altogether in ever
lH.eIl ing numbers seems more than
az e., Siuce matrlmony, both as a method
ba,.tP9f' ana as a means for living n
orr, worthy life, has now many rival
av;t,[9 70 compete with. 1t is also in
n,, ale mat the number of these alur-
ss9t gpPprlQnlties outside of marriage for
d. my NE viii increase. so that if
Sons Ian t and other on-progressive per-
Wei II@te tears to shed, they might as
tias II thelr wailing now. Surely statis-
fr1,,.' mo" that the world is not suffering
Of H. .'' lew marriages. The bitter cry
ara ;- ehiidren,' which humanitarians
had N-ploflng the world to hear and to
taarL;.ean h9t be charged to spinsterhool
iza L:.t9s' Ut Hall would better modern
acIa-"V before he sets up as an or
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
mere Ignorance Ruled

u5s, IN the tenements which rocked
aae,~. win dirt and disease, where *
8vel- ruled and intelligence rarely
the here mere was pitiful recognition Of
can7..'s ing need of wholesome, hygienie
There was a faint realiza-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
Women for Naval Nurses.

At Washington examinations nave
been concluded for the position Of
chief hospital nurse Of the navy and
Misc Esther V. Hassan of Washington.
d. c.. will probably be appointed. A
for her appointment has
been made by the bureau Of the surgeon
general of the navy and will most likely
he approved. Miss Hassan has served
as nurse in Philadelphia, on the hos
pital ship Relief. and in the government
Service on the Isthmus Of Panama. She
Is a graduate of the New Haven Comm
Training School of Nurses.
IT is the purpose of the navy depart
ment under a law recently enacted by
Congress. to organize a corps of female
nurses for service in various naval hos
pitals in this country and abroad. How
many nurses viii be chosen has not been
determined, but fifty or more eventually
will be required. The service viii be
organized practically on the same basis
as the army service.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
That Ugly Girl.

Attention was called to a young wom-
an who was clerking i'll a certain store,
and the remark was made, "She is the
homeliest girl | think / ever saw" True,
she was not beautiful; there was not
one redeeming feature, but oh, what an
ideal clerk she makes. First, she APP
proaches would-be customer and in a
low. kind voice asks what is wanted
She exerts herself in every respect to
please, and, seemingly, is untiring in her
effort to give satisfaction. Somehow
there is something genuinely magnetic
about her. and it is her manner, quiet,
ladylike way of approaching people, One
forgets that the face is not beautifully
shaped, that the dark skin Is almost
swarthy, because she covers the physical
defect with a genuine haze of character
beauty. So great is the influence of
womanliness and good breeding that it
can do this for any girl. We ofttimes
forget a pretty face because it is like
looking upon a pleasing picture, but we
always remember traits Of character
that seem to come back to us like hom-
ing birds with little messages of kind
ness and goodness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
Early Marriages.

Taking our countrywomen in gem
eral, their attitude toward marriage has
somewhat changed in recent years. No
precise date for their modification can be
fixed. 1t has come about naturally. Sup
pose you talk with that delightful wom-
an Judge Blanks wife, or with Nine.
p, who has at her finger tips the gene
alogy of the township. These ladies,
both over 60, will confirm my statement.
Then, too, glance at English literature.
There are always books to be read that
show very plainly what the current of
opinion is in a particular period For
example, in Sense and Sensibility'' poor
little Marianne, who has had a disap-
poinment in love is at Is a blighted be-
ing, who fancies that her happiness Is
forever gone and her future prospects
completely destroyed. In Martin Chuz-
zlewit," that utterly abhorrent brute,
Jonas throws the age of the Peckstuff
girls. the older of whom was probably
% or 26, tautingly into their fathers
face. Every one of Anthony Trollopes
heroines of marriagebly age is in the
teens or the early twenties. Mrs. Oil
plants girls always marry young, and
the heroines of romance, in poetry and
the drama, as well as in novels, are al
most without exception in the heyday Of
! their first bloom.
/ think it safe to say broadly that in
the Colonial period and the earlier years
of the republic young women We're mar
ried quite usually between their six
teenth and eighteenth birthdays. The
mother of one of my Schoolmates, a
woman of remarkable beauty and dig
nifty, who lived to nearly fourscore. was
married just before she was 10 to hus-
band not 30. In the hardships of pioneer
DAYS and wherever life is carried on I'M
der primitive conditions, early marriage
seems to be the natural destiny of wom-
an. so that we may find in different parts
If the country today widely diverging
sentiment on this ct.-Margaret
e, Sangster in Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

ton that there might be choice be-
tween sickness and wretchedness on The
one hand, and health and happiness on
the other. Still, there was no lack IF
rebellion on the part of the mothers af
tue new suggestions. This was good
snoush Tor my mother, ami it's all right
Ia speaking Of certain household corji-
tlons, Don't you want the children
70 De we'll and comfcrtable." the nnrSe
aSAed: There amt no comfort for poor
t aoihs' the woman answered grimly.
An l don't want them children 70 ger
too heightened"
Despite the objections of parents. the
c ;l; became interested in the propo-
neatness. The idea was new Never ha.
Tore had anyone told them they sbonld
Keep clean.-From Work of tbe Scbooi
Nurse. The Craftsman. ''0''
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
Some Hints for the Sleepless

Many md themselves unable to slean
uhtil the whole household is accounted
Tor and the house locked for the niobt
untli certain news is received. and the
IKE. The same tendency postpopes sleen
llil an affairs are Strengthened our in the
MIND as we'll as in reality. a little
tssnec . SHOWS how. indefinite must be
conditions. SUN
ne training is more important for the
victim OF compulsive tendencies than the
prdctlce OF trusting something to luck
ana 70 the morrow, and reconciIing him
sen 70 the fact that at no time, in this
MoFiu' VIII an things be finally adjusted
Next comes the insistent desire m
steep IN certain bed, with a certain de-
gree OF night or darkness, heat or cold.
ar OF absence of air. This is in line
Win the desire TO eat certain foods only,
az ~ certain table and at a certain time.
Inc man who loses his appetite if dinner
- nan an hour late is unable to sleep
AGAIN II once walked up This individual
must say to himself. ANY one can stand
what he likes: it takes a philosopher to
SStalu what he does not like" and try at
peihs a philosopher instead of a sensa-
time plant.
inability to sleep while certain noises
are continued must be similarly com
oated. II one goes from place to place
In search of the quiet spot for sleep. he
may finally find quiet itself oppressive
or worse. yet may be kept awake by
nearing his own circulation, from which
escape IS out of the question.
lie who finds himself persistently out
OF JOINT with his surroundings win do
Wen to ponder the language of the Chi
nese philosopher
The legs of the stork are long. the
legs of the duck are short, you cannot
make the legs of the stork short, neither
can YOU make the legs of the duck long
Why worry T'-George l.. Walton, NJ
D., in Cooking Club Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

Advertise in Your Home Paper.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

You can imagine how eagerly the chill
dren listened while the adventures Of the
White Rabbit, the story Of the Mouse
and the Lory, The Caucusrace and all
the rest Of the tale were told in the
gentle, quiet fashion in which Mr. Dodg-
son always spoke, and rather slowly,
perhaps because OF a tendency TO STAN
mrring. Sometimes the party was in.
creased 10 a fifth member. a gentleman
who was then a student at Trinity col.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

A big shark which was caught By fisk
ermen on sea-bass line at New Lon
don, Conn, and killed with tiller han
die was cut open today. and in its stom-
ach was found a heavy silver soup spoon
1 inches long. The speen was black.
but when polished the name "Pequot
house was discerned upon its handle.
The Pequot was the old hotel recently
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Theodore Sanilla. a Mexican, has
been found TO have his heart on the
right side. The County Medical associ-
alton has become interested in the case,
and offers to pay his way to Paris that
he may be studied by experts there.
He has refused and is working as a day
laborer here. He is perfectly healthy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25
4 Noble Work for Women.

A Noble Work for Women.
What is likely to be the keynote of one
Of the last national encampments of the
Grand Army of the Republic has been
sounded in the report of w. NJ Scott,
junior vice commander-in-c chief Who, he
asks, viii decorate the graves of the vet
Grams of the Civil war when they are
gomez his answer is as natural as his
question. de turns, as men do every
where when there is noble, patriotic
home work. to be done, 10 the women.
BUT ne does not look alone to the wom-
en- Identified with the auxiliary organiza-
tons OF the Grand Army of the Republic;
ms appeal is to all women of the land
to the patriotic women of the south, the
east the west and the north.
lie hopes that a movement may be
started prior TO the passing of the Grand
Army chat will assure the veterans Of
the conscientious performance after they
are gone of the pleasant duty that has
Tor more than forty years been an an
4uai charge upon their organization. The
decoration of the graves of the men who
fought IN the Civil war. whether they
Iousht under the banner of the south
VI under the banner of the north, ought
20 De matter of national concern And
rom none may we expect greater f.
ued'y 70 the memory of the valiant war
roTs than from the women, once they
understand that the bringing of this year
Y tribute to the nations honored dead
IS Their particular heritage. 1t is in the
nolhe that the first seeds of patriotism
are soWn 1t is in the home. at mothers
knee, that those principles are taught
which make for national integrity and
honor. This which the old soldier now
ASKS ot woman is not new to her: it is
merely the public exemplification of the
principles she has always taught. 1t
VIII 9e a patriotic duty and it will be
SITTITeuly performed in loving kindness
through the-women of the country and
through them only, as the junior vice
J oul,nl;ander-in-chief of the Grand Army
H. N9tieSs Knows, can come realization of
t;ar 74uanie wish for "a national decora-
tion day, sacred not only to = gIorions
aead; but as well to a purified. nplifted
people. -Woman's NationaI noiI,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-25

If you want TO preserve an easy con
science, don't carry spoons away from
hotels where you stop, just for the sake
Of having a souvenir Of the house One
man tried that at the Southern, Column
bus, o., and now several years afterward
his conscience has so troubled him that
he has sent to the hotel management II
sum he estimates to equal the value Of
the spoon. Who the spoon fancier is or
where he lives no one can tell from his
letter, In which he inclosed 80 cents in
2-cent stamps. received by Manager Wei
~ of the Southern.