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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Lace Curtain.

Lace curtains must On no account be
ironed. In the country they may be
stretched on the grass, pinning out
every point; in the town a sheet spread
on the carpet will be found more suit
able
Dwellers in flats who find 1t difficult
to dry such large articles, will be glad
to know that if the curtains are hung
up wet at an open window over night
they will be dry next morning and
hang more gracefully than if dried in
the usual way. Take them down next
morning, fold lengthwise and pass
through the mangle.
Feathers may be washed by placing
them In linen bags. Dip and squeeze
these in soapsuds, rinse in clean water
and dry in sleeves in an empty room,
turning the feathers frequently to pre-
vent them sticking together.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
!. COURTEOUS REPR00F.

As the mouths Of babes are frequent
ly the doo-s of wisdom, SO the acts Of
that grown-up child, the savage, are
sometimes good guides alons he path
of true courtesy. The account of Col.
James Smith, in incidents of Border
Life,' goes to prove that the lesson OF
consideration is not always to be
learned only from the mighty, and that
considerable poiteness is not an exclu-
sive possession of civilization.
Tecaughretanego was warrior chief,
go years of age. He was afflicted with
attacks of rheumatism in his legs, but
he bore the pain with wonderful patti
ence. After the chief had recovered
from one of these attacks, Colonel
Smith CHANGED to be present at the In
dams thanksgiving service. The chief
burned tobacco and prayed. The re-
frain of "Oh, hN oh, ho!" expressed
ardent emotion.
30 Great Being, l thank Thee that l
have obtained the use of my legs again"
he prayed, that l am now able to walk
about and hunt turkeys without feeling
pain and misery. Oh, no, oh, no!
Grant that my knees and ankles may
be right well, that l may be able but to
run and jump logs as I did last foil.
Oh, ha,ah ha!
Grant that on the journey I now
take l may frequently kill bears.
Grant that we may kill plenty turkeys
that we may stew with our fat bear
meat. Oh, no, oh. he!
80 Great Being, Thou knowest how
matters stand; Thou knowest that l
am a great lover of tobacco, and though
know not where 1 may get any more.
| now make a present of the last have
unto Thee as a free offering. Therefore
l expect that Thou wilt hear and grant
these requests, and 1, Thy servant, will
return thanks and love Thee for Thy
gifts"
Colonel Smith was amused by this I'M
usual form of duplication, and he did
not conceal the fact. Says he:
HE went through the scene with
much solemnity. l remained duly COM
| posed until he came 20 the tobacco.
That excited in me kind Of merriment
I insensibly smiled. The chief was dis
pleased, and he said to me:
brother, l have something to say
to you, and l hope you will not be Of
Tended when L tell you of your fault
You know when you read your books
1 will not let any one disturb you, but
now, when / was praying, l saw you
laugh.
81 do not think you look upon pray
ing as foolish thing. l think you
pray yourself But you may think my
manner, of praying foolish. If so, you
ought, In friendly manner, to instruct
me, and not make sport of sacred
| things"
1t is pleasing to know that the Of
| fender acknowledged his error and was
properly ashamed of his unseemly
levity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
An Astronomer,s Joke.

Sir Robert Ball, as is well known,
blends humor with astronomy. But
once, at least, he was beaten at his own
game.
He was dining with small company
of fellow-scientists at Stratford. After
the meal he called the landlady OF the
inn and said Madam, am going to
give you lesson in astronomy. Have
you ever heard of the great platonic
year, when everything must return to
its first condition? Listen, madam. In
$4,000 years we shall all be here again,
on the same day and at the same hour,
eating a dinner precisely like this. VIII
YOU give us credit until then?" "Glad-
w." replied the landlady. 1T is just
10000 years since you were here be-
fore, however, and you left without
paying then. Settle the old bill, and
III trust you with the new"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
nisnlnclng fhe Flre morre.

The automobile as fire department
vehicle comes in for high praise and the
horse-drawn wagon for a back handed
slap in the annual report Of the Boston
department, recently made public. Com
missioner Wells, who writes the report,
Is strongly in favor of the motor vehicles
both for carrying FIRE fighting apparatus
and for the use Of chiefs From the
viewpoint OF safety to riders and to the
public on the street." says the commits
sioner, ''the record OF accidents shows
greatly in favor Of the automobile TO
the observer this may not appear TO be
so. but the fact remains thar in the tilou-
sands OF miles covered with the automo-
biles no injury 10 persons has occurred.
while in the same period district chiefs
have been thrown from their wagons on
several occasions and one pedestrian has
been killed and several Injuries by being
knocked down by these fire wagons. The
automobile IN skillful hands is easily and
promptly controlled the horse is not"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
CHAPTER Kill

Three days later Mildred and her young
companion started for Italy. The hour
of parting came for Pamela and Castel-
lani, and although the young lady took
care 10 remind him ar least a dozen times
day of that impending severance, not
one word of the future, or of any cher
ished hope on his part, fell from his lips
And yet it had seemed to Pamela that be
was devoted 10 her, that he only waited
for the opportunity TO speak. 1t seemed
to her also that he felt the pain Of part
ing, for he had an air of deepest melan-
choly during these farewell days. and
talked only of saddsst themes. He press
ed her hand gently. with an almost pater-
nal affection. as be leaned out of the car
riage which was TO take her TO the sta
ton. and babe him a last good-by.
Mildred did all she could in the way
of excurSioning TO enliven the dullness of
their solitary life: but the beauties Of
nature palled upon Pamela's lively mind
However the day might b, occupied in
drives TO distant scenes of SURPRISING
loneliness. For Mildred those evening
hours seemed unutterahly long. and as
autumn deepened into wiRter her burden
seemed heavier 70 bear. Time brought
no consolation. offered no hope. She had
lost al that made life wsrth living. First.
the child who represented all that was
brightest. and faireSt, aud gayest and
most hopeful in her life; next. the hus-
band who was her life itself. the prop and
stat. the column around which every ten
drill of her being was entwined- There
was nothing for her in the fpture but a
life OF self-ahnesation. OF working and
living for others.
She thoagAt of Enderby every night as
she sat in silent melancholy beside the
hearth, where solitary log crumbled
slowly TO white ashes on the Marble. and
where the faint warmth had : perfume
of distant pine woods; she thought OF En-
derby and its widowed master. Was he
living there snil. or was he. too. . wan
dereri She had heard bus little of his
movements since she left England. Pa
mels had written to him, and he bad re-
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topics of national interest, and in many
instances she might give her opinion
of questions with which, through study
and contact, she has become familiar
Are you a clubwomanY
Eyes, just as Mr.. Taft is a clubman
We are both honorary members of sew
eral clubs, but we are seldom at any
clubs. 1t is not because do not believe
in clubs. l do believe in them, but
have my social and home affairs to at
tend to and don't particularly feel the
need OF club life"
do you believe in business life
for a woman?
Not if a woman wants to have hap
piness and fulfill her greatest useful
ness il this world. A happy marriage
is the most complete and useful life for
any woman. To be the mother Of sweet
healthy children is heritage that is
greater than being-than being"
Eyes, than being the mistress O.. the
White House." she said.
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Slipping Shoes.

Is there any woman who has not
suffered with half shoes and pumps
that slip up and down on the heel?
In summer the streets seem to be
crowded with humanity with. painful
expressions on their faces, treading as
though terra firma were a much more
fragile substance than it is. A relief.
however, has at last been discovered
by some wise person whom necessity
transformed into an inventor
Paste a piece of velvet inside the
heel of the shoe, of course, with the
side of the nap toward the foot, and
this will effectually prevent any Slip
ping or rubbing. 1t is very easy to do,
costs but very few cents and any
good liquid glue may be used, so that
at last an effectual and easy preventive
for slipping heels has been found.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
value of Good Digestion.

ITO look young and keep your
beauty you must have a good diges-
tion," says beauty culturist. 1--WE
feed our patrons upon herbs; we give
them greens and we advise them to
take acid fruits. When a Gypsy wo-
man gets out of sorts she lives upon
dandelion green's; she mixes sweet
herbs; she doctors herself with the
fruits of the earth and she RECEIVERS.
Outdoor life is everything for the
woman who wants to keep young.
"Her walk gives away the woman
who does not want people to know how
old she is. Usually she loses her elas-
ITCHY. And she takes to high heels
and stilted walk. Wear conventional
clothing and be elastic in your gait /;
In that way you will look younger.
81 advise women generally to join
dancing class. BY taking the steps
one can keep up ones elasticity winter
and summer. / have a class of four
women who come three times a week
to learn the Gypsy fandangoes and the
Spanish dances. They find that they
breathe better, feel better and are
more healthy generally from this ex-
ercise."
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pIied. but bad said very littIe about aim

piled, but had said very little about him
self.
Mildred thought of that absent hus-
band with an aching heart There were
times when she asked herself if she had
done well-when she was tempted to total
surrender-when the pen was in her hand
ready to write a telegram imploring him
to come to her-or when she was on the
point of giving orders for an immediate
return to England. But pride and prin-
ciple alike restrained her. She had taken
her own course, she Lad made up her
mind deliberately. after long thought and
many prayers. She could not tread the
backward way-the primrose path CT sin.
She could but pray for greater strength
for loftier purpose, or that grand power
of self-forgetfulness which makes for
heaven.
Ito be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

Have collars and shirts quite damp,
as the starch gets into them better. aid
use the starch while quite hot Dip and
thoroughly squeeze the breast and col
lar OF the shirt in the starch and wiring
out; do the same TO the cuffs; clap the
starched parts and hang up to get dry
afterwards sprinkle with water till
damp; roll up for a few hours. then
iron.
Embroidery or trimming on under
linen Is sometimes dipped In very thin
starch. 1t irons better and win keep
smooth and increased longer IL slightly
stifened.
A capful Of stiff boiled starch added
TO every two gallons Of the bluing wa
ter for under linen gives II nice
Gnoothness and gloss without stifrening
perceptibly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
AlS20ZI)
ZSW

upholsterers in Guelph, Ont, are light
ing 40 per cent cut.
The stationary iremen in Denver,
Colo, have formed union.
The San Francisco BARRIERS Union has
membership of more than roo
Revere, Mass, town laborers have re.
ceiyed wage increase of = cents a dey
The Boston Cigarmakers' Union has
levied an assessment of So on each mem
Der to advertise the blue label.
The Tackmakers' Protective Union OF
the United States and Canada is the sec
ond oldest organization in America.
The hodcarriers of San Juan, Porto
Rico, have formed a union and the rail-
road workers and street car employees are
about to organize.
Two hundred pupils of Chester, Pa,
pnblic schools recently went on strike
because two of their teachers rode on
boycotted trolley cars when it rained
The threshers of western Australia
have formed union, with its headquar-
tiers at Casterton and have been so far
successful in raising the rate of wages
from Cd an hour to Cd.
Brewery employees in Toronto. Ont. re-
Gently had their wages advanced to the
average of 81 per week and hours re-
duced two and one-half Engineers and
| 6remen in the breweries received an in
crease of 10 to % per cent.
Plans are being made by the Structural
Building Trades Alliance and the Central
Labor Union of Spokane. Wash, to erect
labor temple in that city, to cost $751;
600. There are 1900 union men in Spo-
kane.
The United States government, within
the next few weeks, will begin a series of
scientific investigations into the causes of
| disasters in American coal mines, in the
hope of reducing he present frightful
mortality TO a minimum.
The international convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. at
Columbus. Ohio, voted to admit to men,
bership the engineers of all electrically
drawn trains en- steam railroads. Adj
mission of engineers in Cuba to the
brotherhood was also voted
II is ItBOIltu from the headquarters OF
the United Mine Workers of America that
the two years wage contract entered into
at Toledo hast month by the miners and
operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana has been ratified by refer
endum vote of the locals by 1900 to
1000.
The agreement between the miners and
operators of Kansas City, Mo-, Okla
homa and Arkansas coal fields signed in
Kansas City recently, provides a scale
for two years, and the terms are prac-
tically the same as existed last year. I'm
der the terms of the contract the average
wage of miner will be $4.29 per day.
For the second time within three or
four years an attempt is being made in
New York to organize the stenographers
and typewriters of that city. The Book
keepers, Stenographers and Accountants
Union, which has been formed recently,
has issued circular to all bookkeepers,
stenographers and typewriters in Greater
New York, urging them to join the new
| body.
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F : @a aiS53{770NhlO[Hl[3[El |
woman a Failure In business.

woman q FAILURE In BUSINESS
Woman has failed to make good
as leader and thinker. iii the profess
sions and in business While many
succeed in earning very comfortable
living for themselves, few rise to the
top In ally of the many lines of activ-
ity which they have invaded in recent
years. Very few are among physi-
clans or lawyers of note. Few rise to
be executive heads of colleges, editors,
or directors of big business enterprises.
They have had control Of fortunes;
they have had sway in kitchens; they
have always taught; they have always
acted; yet men are the great dnanciers,
cooks, teachers, managers of theaters.
In no profession are they equal to any
Of the leading men who stand at the
head of various occupations and whose
Dames are familiar to the public"
This is the sweeping arraignment
brought against woman In business and
professional life by one of her own
class, Mary O'CoInor Newell, in APP
pleton's Magazine. She quotes with
approval the statement of we'll
known man that there are three kinds
Of women in business-the kind that
marry, the disconnected kind, and the
desexed kind-and that only the lat
ter are successful.
The confession is made that even
the women who seem to be most sue
eessful in professional occupations usu-
ally regard themselves as failures,
whether they will admit it or not. BY
the time they have reached the point
where they are able to accomplish i'm
portant results they feel keenly the
lack Of family ties and home surround
ings, and the more womanly they are
the more strongly does this lack make
itself felt This is the explanation
given of why so many young business
women for whom brilliant careers are
predicted abandon their chosen occu-
patton for marriage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
ORDERS A RETR|AL OF
STANDARD OIL CASE
President Directs Attorney General
to Start Preparations at
Once.
TO BAR TECHNICAL ESCAPE.
He Declares There Is No Question Of
Guilt or of Exceptional Gravity
of the Offense.

President Roosevelt from Oyster Bay
has announced in unmistakable terms
the determination Of the administration
to proceed with the prosecution of the
Standard Oil case, despite the decision
adverse to the government handed down
by the United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals. The decision. the President
thinks, in no way affects the merits of
the case, and he makes known his de-
cision to cause the action to be brought
again before the courts in such shape.
If possible, as to prevent technicalities
interfering with a decision based upon
the actual issues involved.
The statement in the matter, made
public by Secretary Loeb, follows:
The President has directed the Attox-
ney General Immediately TO take steps for
the retrial of the Standard Oil case. The
reversal of the decision of the lower court
does not in any shape or way touch the
merits of the case, except in so far as
the size of the fine is concerned. There
is absolutely no question of the guilt of
of the defendants or of the exceptionally
grave character of the offense.
The President would regard it as a
gross miscarriage of justice if through
any technicalities of any kind the defend
ant escaped the punishment which would
have unquestionably been melted out to
any weaker defendant who had been gull
ty of such offense. The President will
do everything in his power to avert or
prevent such miscarriage of justice. With
this purpose in view the President has
directed the Attorney General to bring
into consultation Frank B. kellogg in the
matter and to do everything possible to
bring the offenders to justice.
Grosscup's Answer TO President.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago
is one of the three judges constituting
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, sitting in Chicago, which deliv-
cred the judgment in the Standard Oil
case. When shown the statement from
Oyster Bay relative to the decision, he
wrote the following:
There is no more reason why should
take notice of the comment of Mr.. Roose-
Welt than l would of any private citizen,
for the Office that he>-fiils and the office
that the judges of the Court of Appeals
fill are entirely independent, though CO.
ordinate, branches of the government.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
until solution is obtained. Mop over

until a solution is obtained. Mop over
the affected parts. Keep the perpara-
ton out of the way of ignorant per-
sons and children.
Very often when one has a cold, the
eyes feel hot and are red and intiamed
The best way to effect cure is to
battle the eyes frequently with solu-
ton of boric acid and water. If the
eyes do not feel improved after your
cold disappears, it would be well to
consult an oculist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

sYou have persuaded the Indian to
give up his picturesque headdress and
blankets and wear hats and trousers
said the sardonic person.
"Yes; in the interests Of civilization
And / suppose it is also in the In
terest OF civilization that we pay high
prices for these cast-of garments OF
the Indian and use them for wall deco
ratious"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
C,-cum.tartiaI Evidence.

"You say you met the defendant on
street car and that he had been
drinking and gambling" said the at
torney for the defense during the
cross examination.
"Yes," replied the witness.
did you see him take drinkf"
"No."
Did you see him gambling|
NO"
'sThen how do you know" demand
cd the. attorney, that the defendant
had been drinking and gamblingY
WELL" explained the witness, he
gave the conductor blue chip for his
car fare and told him to keep the
CHANGE -Lippincott's Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

White pique or linen is very desir-
able for a child's frock, such as is
shown in the sketch, as such fabrics
are especially practical for tub frocks.
Baby Irish insertion and edge are
used for the trimming. with narrow
Irish beading edge as a finish about
the neck and open sleeves. The de-
sign would also be practical for cham
brays and ginghanLs or colored linens,
trimmed with embroidery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

II have been told" said the assertiye
woman. that you are singularly lack
ing in tact"
~what is your idea OF tacty' asked
Miss Cayenne
y don't know. What's yours ??
Tact. as q rule. is the ability TO
conceal ones surprise at foolish or iso-
pertinent remarks"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Irons Easier.

To lessen materially the difficulty of
ironing shirt-waist sleeves, open the
sleeve from shoulder to wrist after
joining the under-arm seam, hem the
raw edges, finish the forward lap with
lace and join the sleeve again with
buttonhoes and tiny fiat pearl buttons.
The result is not only practical, enab-
ling one TO iron a shirt-waist In about
half the time it usually takes. but ex-
tremely pretty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
rncrea.e 81 mer.elle.h Eaten.

Owing to the steady increase in the
consumption Of horsehesh in Vienna. the
municipal authorities have erected new
slaughter houses for horses. They com
prise fine block Of brick buildings. Gov
ering an area Of $500 square yards Land
and buildings together have cost over
100000. There is stabling for 200
horses. The principal building is the
great slaughter hail. more than 300 feet
in length and 20 feet in width and eqg5J
ped with the most modern machinery.
There are stalls for killing 30 animals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
A Cirl,s Room.

A girls room can be furnished
white walls and white woodwork. But
the artists at work on such lovely
rooms do not leave the room in all
white, for bright red is suggested for
cushions, carpets and ceiling borders.
Then cerise is used for decorative
scheme and often lavender or various
shades of green. The last-mZntioned
color is fresh and beautiful for sum-
mer room and one can easily grasp an
idea of its comfortable appearance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Tinted Stationery.

Nowadays milady' has taken a fancy
to the new French stationery, which
Is delicateiy tinted, and which has the
envelopes lined with tissue paper Of the
same elusive shade In the tap Of the
envelope, where the ss9l should be, the
paper is cut out TO folm milady's initial
Nothing could be daintier, while it has
the additional advantage Of being fairly
inexpensive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Renewinr oiI.loth.

When oilcloth has been laid for q
few months and is beginning to lose its
shiny surface it can be renewed and
made to last twice as long. Melt a
little ordinary glue in pint of water
letting it stand on the top of the over
until it is dissolved. Wash the oilcloth
thoroughly and let 1t dry. Then al
night, when no one will walk on it.
go over the entire surface carefully
with flannel dipped into the glue wa
ter. Choose 4 dry day for doing it
and by morning you will have a fine
gloss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

1t was a novel little dance that was
given by a clever girl in Jersey, and
it was known as an insect Party.
The costumes were all intended TO iTni-
tate the appearance Of some insect, and
the result was a fairy-like illusion of
gauze wings. of trembling antenna, Of
greens and browns that contributed a
lasting impression Of scene from
Midsummer Nights Dream