Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-01
FOR THE LADIES.


,.aIn The gnarlsd arms of each old tres
seemed turned in supplement and tender
10 urse me where my feet would willing
There. too. the meadow, in the mellow
OF starlight. is a mirage fair to see.
sleep. the magician, bids the dead days
And troop before me in the gulse of yore.
With scent Of forest buds, and scent OF
Ana 9f ali the bird songs that knew before;
And in my dreams it seems the summer
And ali the breezes lisp, Come back
Stacey Il. Baker.
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H ppiness a Duty.
Happiness should be the first business
of every life. 1t is not so much to be
sought for as it is TO be simply accepted,
for God made all men to be happy,the
birds, the children set the example.
DO not miss the opportunity of doing a
little deed of kindness today. Give to
husband, friend, or child the sympathy
he Graves at the moment: he may not
need nor desire it tomorrow.
Women are prone TO regard their chief
duty to their families as the doing of so
linen. clothing, carpets and the prepara-
ton on tempting dishes. They wear them
selves to shadows, they use up force UNI
ill brain, muscle and nerves are worn
into shfeds Wives, mothers and sisters,
did the man TO whom your happiness
means more than anything else in life
provide the house that you might be
furnished with employment. and in time
fall into the habit of drudgery which
would wear your life away, or was the
home bought to add to your comfort
peace and happiness? The happiness
of each member of the household is the
first concern. All duties should subserye
this end.
Is it true that Things are in the sad
die and ride mankind?' Let us rise
above furniture, clothing and food, si1a-
pity and systematize time and thought.
making them subserve our comfort, rath-
er than enslave us. Do things which
count
A bright. cherry, sunny face is of more
real use in the world, does more to up
lift humanity than tons of paint on eau
vas, than many stitches put into fancy
work, or than loads of busted furniture.
Let us simplify life so that we have
time to be happy. Hearts need food
souls need uplift and companionship-
for complete life, body, heart, mind and
soul must be equally fed. Women there
sapped from them, who need some
stronger sister to show faith in them, to
put the arms of comfort and trust about
them and give them courage and conf
dence in human hearts again.
Seldom can the heart be lonely,
If it seek a lonelier still;
Self forgetting, seeking only
Emptier cups to fill.
Susanna Cocroft
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The Ideal Correspondent.
The passing of the gentle reader is
often lamented by the modern author in
his preface while the gentle correspond
ent has been allowed to sink into oblivi-
on unwept, unhonored and unsung; yet
the gift of reading is limited in benefi-
cence to its possessor, and the writer of
a good letter is blessed both in giving
and receiving TO an incalculable degree.
Postoffice statistics show an amount
of mail which proves that letter writing
has not gone out of fashion. 1t has
certainly changed fashion, however, and
letters of friendship, congratulation and
coincidence, though none the less fire.
quent, can not be called as satisfactory
as of yore. The business letter and the
love letter alone need no condemnation
for the futility which stamps many an
other.
The typewriter and the telephone are
in some degree responsible for modern
degeneraey, but a more subtle factor is
the selhshness resulting from our I'M
dertaking more work and more pleasure
than we can thoroughly accomplish. In
correspondence as in conversation we
tail to reach the perfection of the past
generation because our rush and hurry
make us both obliyious and Indifferent
to any point of view other than our own.
DIR. Johnsons growl: PLENTY of talk
but no conversation. has its counter
part in: Plenty of letter writing but
no correspondence"
The frequent evaporation suffered by
the person with a large correspondence
shows the necessity for advice which
might at first thought seem superfiuous.
What perplexity is caused by letter
failing to acknowledge the receipt of
our last, and so ignoring its contents as
10 leave us in doubt. A letter should
DE rereaG at the time of answering. all
questions should be answered-but rare
are-and information should be COM
mented upon with the same courteous
attention we would show in converse
tloh. When a friend hands us a news
paper, magazine or programme, marked
especially for our benefit, we say
thank YOU and manifest a polite inter
Esr' but how often this is neglected when
Sncle sam bears printed message!
chehce IN such cases is really negative
rudeness.
Many of US make calls upon conval-
ssceht friends, and try to cheer the te-
mum OF the shut-ins by bringing the
Drlghtness of the outside world, and per-
sohaI sympathy; but how few write let
Iers OF the same character under the
same circumstances! The result of an
experiment. tried by woman with a
lidFge, circle of cultured and charming
trends, showed that her request for
theerful letters brought only tales of per-
sonar and domestic Notwithstanding
paper hanging, troubles with the maid,
Elslts to the dentist-topics not calcu-
agea to raise ones mental barometer.
ne matter of appearance should be
pad letter necessary in a call. 1t is
mistake not to devote the same con-
ss!iaeration to suitable and tasteful sta
Iohery which is given TO costume, and
nus avoid an effect of deshabille in our
letters. We appreciate a becoming, har-
EIoulous toilet when we receive a visit
rom a friend, and find an added attrac-
ION IN good letter when it pleases the
we Where aR iiiegibie handwriting is
.Iia Foldable, it is as much to be regret
yea as indistinct utterance in speech. a
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