Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-26

And silyers. all the leaves for her;
And in their shadow weayeS for her
A dream of dear delight.
7 envy none whose love requires
OF her gift, task that tires:
/ only long TO live to her,
/ only ask TO give to her
All that her heart desires.
Henry Van Dyke in Century Magazine.
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Woman in the Home.
Woman is the custodian of the ideals
of life. Man s satisfied and happy to
trust them 10 her keeping, asking only
that they be dealt to him freely from her
hand. and the more freely she idealizes
daily life for him, the more surely he
idealizes her.
10 look FOR joy and harmony within
ones own home and within ones immedi
ate circle and to radiate an atmosphere
of good cheer, of peace and quiet dignity
that Others may be uplifted and made
baDpy thereby: TO put herself in har,
mony with her Creator and to work with
the surety of strength and power, which
such conscious union alone can bring
are the blessed privileges of a woman'S
life-ner ideals are diversified as neI
mental and psychological embodiment
answering adherance to simple truth
TO DFlHClple-lONdlIN TO ssI2stlS. Il Splli'
Of kindness and helpfulneSs for all, and
the innate refinement and delicacy, felt
and expressed in each line and movement
Of the body, is also her privileges
mans ideal for her. The woman who
SWerveS from truth may please for the
moment, but her lasting hold upon the
hearts and lives of others is answering
as her principle. The man or the woman
who stands for truth, for truths OWL
sake, sheds the white light which beats
upon the throne"
10 be great is to be simply true, ani
she, whose purpose and impulse is to be
loyal to her best self, to be genuine, real
ICES that the great forces of life are
serene and deep: that real power is in
silent moments-refnement is revel
noisy. The best development of ones
spiritual nature comes from contact with
the silent forces of life-the voices of the
night, the whisperings of the forest. the
noiseess bursting of the buds. which al
surrounding life seemingly understands
but does not disturb. Each plant, and
bird. and tree, and flower, in unassum.
ing integrity, living its own life in sim,
pie dignity, leaves man free to he grand
ly himself-tO develop an answering
strength, which enables him to withstand
the buffeting of human contact.
At the end of the busy day the father
husband, brother, sweetheart, looks to
the woman, who means the most to him
to the woman whom he has placed upon
the throne of his heart, to lead his
thoughts away from the rushing swirl Of
the business mart, to quiet rest--to even
ing peace At eventidy the husband the
father loves t, De guided gently back 10
the ideals of his courtship days-in such
dreams he finds mental diversion and
rest
Happy the woman. the mother who
realizes that to continuously grow from
the ideal of his boyhoOd to the ideal Of
later life, she must never stoop to the
common he must feel her to he some
thing above and beyond him; she must
be ever the light which failures to
brighter worlds and leads the way"
One has little patience will, the com
mon man or woman who is cOntentad to
remain common-who tells you, as with
pride, that she is lust common ev-
ely-day sort of nersOn." This means
4 letting down. 4 life within the physical,
a lack Of desire and inspiration to grow
10 her best, which is her duty. Just as
true as it is her duty to lift and inspire
others. We are in this world Cor soul
development and the ideal is the iaapira-
ton to soul growth.
Man loves to idealize woman-he puts
her upon throne and worships her. and
every true woman loves to be the ideal
OF good man. To remain upon the
throne she must ideaiize herself; she
must express within mind and body the
refinement which refines. She must keep
IN mind the mental picture of the ideal
to which she would grow, and this vision
once fixed, the ideal is half realized.
Even brute fierce recognizes innate cul-
tUre-the mere presence of a refined
woman will quell the brute in a man. If
ones husband ones friend is not cour-
feous, not respectful, woman should look
within self for the cause-Susanna Co
croft