Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-19

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punishment for the offense.
There IS no more beautiful ralat;o,st;,,
tiah that of the mother-in-Iaw fbe
! -Fdhdmother or the 'grear-mofher', -
( the nome. She who in the harvest tip,a ~
! ler motherhood may sit there wien fnIaa,1
hands and quiet heart and live ovar
| Isaln IN the life of her two childra,,',
t;ie Tar away beginnings of her own mar
] rteu eNpeflenceS-the trials. the iovs Tba
/ funny blunders the little misnn3aTsfa "a
! iiIss ana the deep happiness of the .maI,-
| lhg up again times. These are the great
| sWeeteners of our twilight DAYS 7hese
| our stored up experiences.
/ AheN are stored up and laid away. 10
be drawn upon by those who seek them,
gtut, GEAR great-mothers," don't offer
| mem until they are sought THEY'LL have
! IN the greater value if you wait pa-
ttenlly and sweetly until that time ar
/ LIFes. ana you'll never regret having
Ndleu as you will if you don't. The
/ ;aeut hlld OF Sreat-mother" is always
| II ,ueli9hu. 1t was quite recently that
ueafd mother Of six children eN-
SI,,lill' with homesick tears in her eyes -
! We never gotten over the longing TO run
nolle TO mother, if only just for a few
iLlVlieuls. We been married thirty-hye
Years my husband is devotion itself and
NY children are delight, but if l could
| just put my head down in mothers Ian
Al
Ihere, little girl; don't cry. don't cry
l tnInk L could be satisfied to 90 on to
| the end without her Thank God my
children knew her, and that she blessed
our nome with her presence for ten dear
years My husband was always Offend
.mother-ln-law.' He always used to say.
our relationship has gotten past the
law part my dear, sir .
IL seems 70 me that the claw part"
oilers you very happy opportunities if
you are wise enough to take them.
gre. gaeat- m but. in order to get
past the law part" you have got 10
learn a very big thing. You have to pos
sess the qualification of silence-the
silence that educates, that controls, that
Gains. Things in the home life, where
ycu are being taken on trust, may fret
you every day of your life at first. The
chltufen may seem to you to be going
straight to destruction, the servants rob
ping your son or daughter under their
very eyes, the husband and wife mis-
understanding each other in a ridiculous
way when word out of your matured
experience would set everything going
on oiled wheels, but hold fast TO your
golden silence.
This is your daughters life. not yours.
IheSe are her experiences, her training
IN Wltehood or motherhood. not yours.
lou may remember with secret joy those
stored up experiences of yours, only
waiting like bank account kept in re-
serve Tor your two children" to draw
upon when they have exhausted their
own resources.-Louise d. Mitchell.
Open Fireplaces.
The man or woman who does not or
cannot rturn responsive glow to an
open fire has never been really in love,
has never enjoyed day-dreams, can hear
no music in the forest leaves, feels no
real kinship with nature; in short, is
either a soul desiccated or soul un-
awakened-a being who may eat and
sleep, hut never lives.
And practically, what is the bugbear
in this matter of open fires? Ashes
chiefly. and the carrying of some fuel
For the former the modern chimney
proyides-in chutes which swallow the
offensive aftermath of cherry glow; for
the latter there is no patent ''short cut"
but the task is a trifling one not greater
than many others performed in every
household for much less desirable ends,
and equally avoidable. Besides the fac
tor of genuine happiness in the home
fireplace repays us for the care it re-
quires in the most practical way. An
open IRE is the best yentilator that can
be conceived and if the liying-room of
home has such FIRE there is one spot
at least where one is sure of pure air.
Headaches will not be common in such
room, nor nervous 'hdgets" from
close, dry heat-such heat as marks the
atmosphere of furnace or steam heated
houses. In addition to the living-room
fireplace there should be one bedroom
at least in every house where an open
fire may be commanded in case of sick
ness. The problem often most unsolv
able for both trained and unframed
nurses is that of ventilation in a sick
ROOM 1t Is imperative that it should
be accomplished, but the how is some
times a question of botn danger and
greatest difficulty. With an open fire.
place there is no question to solve, no
thought necessary. Impurities in the air
are sucked up as fast as they accumu
late, and fresh air drops down, TO be
heated before breathed by the patient.
$3.50
Ingenious Hostesses.
At luncheon recently given the host
eSS hit upon a novel scheme for distrib-
uting the souvenirs. At the end of the
feast q large silver tray holding a dozen
boxes of different sizes was set before
the hostess. Each box was done up in
violet paper and tied with red ribbon.
A fancy dish holding violet and red pa
per bags of tiny red candles was passed
to the guests, each taking one. The
hostess then offered her boxes for sale
to the guests for the candies. OF course
the boxes went to the highest bidders
Some received choice articles. others
We're not 90 fortunate. Again a birthday
party was gwen to a number of women.
all of whom had, at least, reached the
years Of discretion. Each guest was re-
quested to bring photograph of herself
as a baby and also one as a grown per-
son. As some of them had been married
a score OF years or more, the grown-up
pictures were almost as unrecognizable.
The grown-up photographs were used as
place cards at the table, creating much
amusement, and a prize was given 10 the
one who guessed all of the babies.
4 feature of the entertainment was
the 'witchs cocktair'-the first course.
The room was mace as dark as possible,
the only illumination being the cocktails.
At each cover was a mandarin orange
cup filed with fame. The orange skins
were cut in two at the middle. the lower
half turned down as a base for the cup.
which was made by turning up the up
per half Into this were put Jumps Of
sugar and as much high-proof brandy
as they would hold. This was set on fire