The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-13

| in a strange city during my husband
f, absence abroad on a business trip. L
want to see the city, but it's no fun go
ing about alone 1t was cases like this
that made chaperous seem necessary.
~O-..O~
Queen a Lover Of Cats.
The love of English women of rank
for cats is the subject of wondering rec
| IGNITION in an article in a German news
paper. 1t is recorded as specially Won
derful that Queen Alexandra is leader
| in the fad. According to the writer she
| is the owner of fifty cats and has spe-
cial corps of servants to keep them in
order.
There is one special favorite, called
| Sandy because it was born at Sandring-
ham house. In any of the royal pal
aces it has the run of the private apart
ments When the Queen goes abroad
it is part of her suite, always in charge
of a special groom.
The Queen is fond of photOgraphing
her pets; she has taken them hundreds
of times, singly and in groups and in all
many of them painted by the animal
painter, Louis Vain. The health of the
cats is cared for by the veterinary sur
| geOn of the royal stables and a room
is set apart as a hospital for the sick
ones.
Queen Alexandra is surpassed as a cat
| fancier by Lady Beresford, whose col
lection is said to comprise $50 specimens
| of all breeds, including the tailless ManX
cats. Lady Beresford is the founder Of
| the Cat club. which since 1890 has held
annual exhibitions in London. The great
| er number of her cats inhabit a cottage
specially built for them at her country
place.
The cottage can be converted into an
open pavilion in hot weather; III winter
| it is warmed by an elaborate heating ap-
paratus. One room is used as kitchen,
where a woman spends her days cooking
| for the cats, while a Scullery maid is
employed to wash their pretty porcelain
plates and SaucerS.
Several servants are necessary to keep
the place neat and the beds and lOung-
| ing cushions in order. There is little
dairy near by which provides milk for
the cats. The collection is said to be OF
great value.
The Worrying Woman.
Worry has never been known to bene-
| fit anyone, on the contrary it always in
| jures by sapping the nervous energy and
robbing the body Of the strength SO
necessary to any degree OF happiness IN
| life.
1t is wholly bad, for it never counter
acts with the slightest good any of the
| evil it produces.
An insidious enemy is worry, which
works even while you sleep, twisting
and distorting pleasing dreams into
horrible nightmares, the memory of
| which continues to haunt you i'll your
waking hours.
| Worry is bad for man, uniting him
hn ioa1 ru1o of
woman with her finer strung, more deli
cate organism is peculiarly susceptible
| to its attacks, which often result IN
nervous breakdown and premature old
age.
If 4 woman allows worry to take
hold of her she finds it extremely diff
cult to overcome the habit. 1t so presses
down upon her life that usefulness
vanishes and she becomes a morbid,
ultra-sensitive creature, Of little use
either to herself or others.
| Worry, brings in its train the tagged
brain, the wrinkle Crow, and the dull
eye, sense of Ii ,situde and prema-
ture loss of youthfulness.
Whenever it is present all realization
wings and scars away and the bright
est prospects of existence sink down
into the dust of despair, never to be
resurrected again.
|
woman for success and usefulness as are
! air and water. We look for cheer and
brightness as part Of woman's being, and
she who is without these attributes
seems to be an anomaly in nature.
| The woman who worries is never self
centered, never balanced, never can be
at her best, for mental anxiety exhausts
her vitality and deprives her of the
strength necessary to fulfill her place as
| wife and mother and discharge the du
ties of her station in life.
How different it is with the self-poised,
Well-balanced woman, who has conf
dence in herself to dare and do; who
never vacillates with her selfmade mis-
cry, but maintains a straight course, lit
with the star of hope.
The woman who believes in herself,
who is conscious of her own force of
| character and Of her strength of brain
and body, can accomplish what would be
impossible to the WOrrier.
| Enough vital energy is wasted In this
useless, harmful, fatal worry to run all
| the affairs of the world if exerted in the
right direction.
Woman's success or failure, happi-
ness or misery, depend almost entirely
upon herself; luck enters into the mat
ter little or not az all.
| Of course. small clouds may appear
now and then on the horizon of life to
| obscure its beauty, but these can be east
, ~ dispelled by sunniDNss of temper and
the smiles which Indicate contentment of
heart
Take things as they come, realizing
that God doeth all things we'll; that
whatever is. is best.
If crosses come now and then well
come them, and by the alchemy of
cheerful, loving nature convert them into
crowns.
Take the world as you find it and you
will find it is not such bad place after
all. There is more joy than sorrow in
it, so try your best to increase the for
mer and diminish the latter.
Some people would make the earth
valley of tears in which to wade to I'M
timely graves. Be not one of these.
You can do your part to make the
world brighter and better. Look aloft,
not down. Be bright, not gloomy. Be
joyous, not sad. Not content with being
happy yourself, do your best to make
others happy.-By Madison G. Peters, in
Exchange
eat-Grandma of a Great Grandma
If Baby Nancy Van Wrinkle could talk