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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
The Largest Army Post

Fort Sam Houston is to be made the
largest army post in the country, with
quarters for 1000 officers ami men. Al
ready there are accommodations for
24O0 men and 12O officers, and by the
end Of the year there will be quarters
for 800 more soldiers. The plans for the
full number will he materialized before
the end of 1910. The original reserya-
ton in 1870 was forty acres, but now it
includes GA acres, exclusive of the
Vancouver grounds. All branches Of the
military service will be represented at
Sam Houston when the additions now
under construction are finished. These
will include infantry, cavalry, artillery
signal corps and hospital corps.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
A License Not a Marriage Certificate.

Michael Posan and Lizzie Macy of
East st. Louis have been under the i'm
preston since November -, 1907, that
they were married, because they obtained
a marriage license on that date and had
to hold up their right hands and 20
through other motions which they sup
posed constituted a marriage ceremony.
The mistake was revealed to them when
they took steps TO have their marriage
license framed in the belief that ii was
marriage certificate. posan took the
license TO Il store, where he was told he
was not married The news was broken
to the woman he supposed was his wife
A justice was sent for and the couple
were promptly married, posan and Miss
Macy came from Hungary on the same
ship. They have one child.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
THE RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS.
Active Public Servants Who Handle
2s,000,0o00oo Letters a yea.

When you come down to breakfast in
the morning aud find your personal mail
from all over the country at your plate,
and at the office your business mail an
hour ahead Of you, you open the letters
ana peruSe their contents without think
ing why 1t IS you -et them SO promptly
Never gave the thing Il thought. did you ?
Wen, then, just take off your hat to
the modest. unknown railway mail clerk
He's the fellow who sorts mail going
sixty miles an hour at the he'd of the
tram, while you are sound asleep at
home.
OF course, you'd get the letters all
right if there weren't any postal cars on
railroad trains. But did it ever occur to
you how much time these clerks save by
sorting mails en- route instead of lust
dumping the sacks overheard Mt their
several destinations. leaving each local
postmaster to sort luS own mess of
letterSI
No? Wen. hats off to them again,
You'll be in good company, too. On
Thursday night people Just as important
as you did that TO $50 of these Young fell
lows. The bunch dmed and wined at the
Hotel Manhattan the second division of
the United States Railway Mail service
to be exact.
Senator Depew told them of the in
ception of the travelling postofilce ana
how the delivery of mail was thus has
tened twelve hours between New York
and Chicago.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart aud V. j. Bradley, superintend-
ent of the railway mail service, also pat
ted the boys on the back and ladled out
the kind words. To make Il long story
short, these good fellows sort 2SOOO,
100000 pieces of mail every year
throughout the country. Why shouldn't
they dine and wine and hear nice things
once a year New York American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
CORRECT MOURNING FOR MEN.
Period of Wearing 1t Is Shortened and
1t Is Less Conspicuous.

| Whether we approve or not. it is un-
! denrably true that the period of mourn
| ing is being shortened and the evidences
made less conspicuous than in the years
! of the past. says the Haberdasher Only
rarely nowadays do men wear embIems
OF grief for persons outside of their I'M
mediate family.
First mourning for a wife covers a
year, and for other relatives six months
During the first period only black and
! white effects are permissible. The
scheme calls for deep hatband, white
shirt, either plain or with black stripes,
and black suit, overcoat. waistcoat. half
hose, gloves and shoes
The second period of mourning lasts
SIX months for wife and three months
for any other relative. In this time gray
is correct and the mourning band is not
worn on the hat. Black and white eff
fectS as well as gray are allowable
The hrasSard or sleeve band is i'm eS-
ceedmgly bad form. II originated in
England as an eXpedient for servants
and Others who could not afford entire
change of outfit
Attendance at social affairs of a cere-
mGmous character is not expected dur
lag the first period of mourning. If cir
cumStanceS make il necessary the only
change from customary usage is i'm day
time, black gloves and cravat. instead of
gray ana in the evening cloth band not
silk, on the silk hat
Black tie and waistcoat shoald not he
substituted in the evening for the white
nor are black studs and links or black
hordered handkercbefs any longer APP
proved These things 81 eored Of par,fd-
ing sorrow and have wisely been aban-
doned. The primary purpose of black is
to prevent such embarrassment as might
arse from ignorance of bereavement on
the part of those met
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19

Mrs Margaret Wilson Young is said
to have signed Mr.. Roosevelt name
more than 10000 times. She is special
secretary to the President. and from
present prospects she will sign Mr..
Taft's name fully as often as that Of his
predecessor. The Office which Mrs.
Young now occupies was created in 1912.
when it was decreed that all patents
from the land office should he in the
name of the President aud signed by
him. Before President Arthur's time the
office was always given TO man ut a
salary of $500 q year. President Ar
thur asked Congress to authorize the APP
pointment of one female. clerk to sign
the land patents. Her salary was fixed
at 5000 a year
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
DON'T GO WEST.
AT Any Rate Not if You Are Poor and
Have Consumption.

Fully 1880 persons hopelessly diseased
with tuberculosis annually come to die
IN the state of California. Arizona, New
Mexico. Texas and Colorado. most of
them by order of their physicians The
statement, which is based upon the testi-
mony of well known experts and all
available statistics, shows that at least
% per cent. of those who 90 to the
southwest every year for their health
are SO far advanced in their disease that
they cannot hope for a cure in any eli
mate under any circumstances
More than this at least 60 per cent
of these advanced eases are So poor that
they have not sufficient means to pro-
vide for the proper necessities of life
which means that 1915 consumptives are
either starved to death or forced to
accept charitable relief every year
IL Is not an uncommon thing. the Ma
tiunal association declares, for whole
families, who can hardly exc out liv-
ing IN the east, 10 migrate to the west
III the hope of saving the life Of some
member of the family In most instances
the abject poverty Of such cases forces
them TO beg or 10 live on a very low
level.
Often consumptives who cannot afford
the proper travelling accommOda tons
are found dead on the trains before
reaching their destination. The resources
Of almost every charitable organization
in the southwest are drained every year
to care for eases which would be self
supporting in their eastern homes.
IL cost on an average at least 500 per
month for the support of a consumptive
in the southwest including some medical
attention. The National association
| strongly urges no one TO go to this sec
| ton who has not sufficient funds to care
| for himself at least one year in addition
| to what his family might require of him
| during this time
1t is also urged that no persons who
are far advanced with tuberculosis 90 to
SO distant climate. Consumption can
be cured or arrested in any section of
the United States and the percentage of
cures in the east and the west is nearly
the snme.-post Gradunte
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
Seed Of the Guava Plant.

According to NJ G. Mohr Of St. Peters
burg one Of the peculiarties about the
guaya is that the seed from the same
guava will not produce the Same frdit
the second time. Take seeds from the
same fruit, plant them and you viii al
most have as many different varieties
Of the fruit as the number Of seeds
planted. The best way TO get second
tree is to take the branches from the
guava bush, cover them with earth for
more than foot The result, in less
than year. viii be that the limb has
rooted and from this the tree can be
Gainesville Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
MEAT EATING AND SHOES.
How the Spread of vegatarianism May
Boost the Price of Footwear

There are six really big shoe factories
IN the United States. These turned out
25,OOO,0DO pairs Of shoes last year. Shoes
to the value Of $i0,OOOOOO were sent
abroad, and the remainder, valued AT
%3IDOOO,OOO, were used in this country.
Although the trade in rubbers increases
every year, only S70,OOOOO0 was spent
for such things last year.
We are told that the preaching Of
yegetaridnsm intgTferes greatly with
the shoe business. Last year Germans
took q notion TO eat less meat and. ac-
cordihg to The Bookkeepcr. the shoe
manufacturers in the land Of the Kaiser
we're rs despair. Il is necessary to sell
great deal of meat in order that hides
may be obtained without loss.
This is another instance of the need
OF cooperation between manufacturers
Of al kinds. Unless Swift and Armour
and the other packers are able to sell
their goods the factories in the east
must do with less leather. When the
factories are forced 10 get along with
less leather the world must get along
win fewer shoes, and must also paw n
hiEher prlce for those it does buy.
II Us interesting to know that the
foreign shoe trade is constantly in
cr"asiug. American statesmen are en-
tcrlng Darkest Africa and inducing the
natives to court buuions and corns bv
| departing from heir good custom al
going barefoot.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
To Whom Wedding
announcements Should Be Sent.

\ great many people do not realize
tie Importance of announcement cards,
following n wedding.
Particularly where there is n small
wedding with few invitations is this nee
eSsary.
Announcement cards are sent to every
one you know, or. more literally. 40
everyone whose acquaintance you wish
to recognize.
1t is perfectly proper TO send them to
persons whom You know but slightly.
They are indefinite, there is no obliga-
ton. either of calling or of sending re-
ply, or, of course, Of a wedding gift.
Where no invitations are sent, an 'at
home" card incIosed with the announce
ment is sent to personal friends. This is
direct invitation to call.
In the case of business girl. il is
courteous to send an announcement to
her former employer, without the "at
home" card, unless she happens to he ac-
quainted with him socially. II he has .
wife. the wife's name should be includ-
ed. no matter whether she is known to
the bride or not
Announcements are engraved and are
made in the name of the brides parents
or her nearest relatives.
They must be posted Immediately after
the ceremony.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
Women Harvest Crops Well.

Many hundreds of women assisted in
gathering the harvest around Beatrice,
Neb. They were lured to the fields by
the offer of board and So a day. A farm
er went into Beatrice looking for farm
hands LOungers in the town refused to
work. and the farmer had to face the
possibility of losing part Of his crop. He
went into a restaurant, and when wait
ing to be served was struck with the
idea Of bidding for the Mattresses as har-
vesters. He offered them SO a day and
every waitress threw aside her apron
and went to the farm They did such
efficient work that other farmers sOugh,
women. and they drew school teachers
stenographers and college girls as well.
New York Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
rooD VALUE OF FRUITS.
Not Coca for Hunger, but Just Good
Enough to Eat.

enough to Eat
Few adults are any better informed as
10 the nutrityc value of fruit than GER
tain little girl who says Apples arc
not good to eat when you're hungry
they're just good TO eat" It is because
fruit is pleasant to eat that there is an
almost universal demand for it, ANA not
because of a widespread knowledge Of
the uourishmcnt il contains. aud those
who follow their own incinatiUns in this
they know. The food value of fruit con
sists chiefly IN it's carbohydrates, which
are mainly sugar and are formed in the
largest proportion in plums. The pine
apple has special medicinal value. Be
cause of its vegetable pepsin it stands
alone among the fruits as an aid to di-
gestion. Ii is of inestimnble service in
cases Of catarrhal ailments of the throat
ana adjacent parts, possibly because of
the germicidal tendencies credited 10 1t.
aud acts with equal force in nalaria af-
tectionS. To obtain all the benefits 10
be derived from the pineapple it is neces-
sary that It should be eaten uncoUked
Protein. the muscle building element
81 meat, Is most generously supplied by
hgs aud currants, the greatest quantity
OF int IS offered by grapes, while oranges
and lemons are valuable for their potash
salts and citric acid. Some fruits, such
as dates and bananas contain enough
nutrlment to sustain life for Il while Mt
least and lives have been saved bv the
abundant supply of water found in Others
when Il could not be otherwise obtained
National Food Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19

The visit Of Misses Sarah and Agne.
Wells to Gambler, O., recently. broke
record for the family Of their grand
father. Bezaleel Wells, as il was the frs
time in a hundred years that there wa,
not a member Of the family in Steuben
vile, which their grandfather founded
II was the first time the manor house
was unoccupied since 1892.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19

Germany, with its splendid forest
stocked with game of all sorts. Including
wild boars, lies about thirty-fve miles
eastward beyond Rostock The architec-
ture of the JegdhauS is exactly in keep
ing with its sylvan surroundings, and is
one of the handSomeSt and most attrac-
tive structures of its kind ever built.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
Name TO Fit the Trade

Old newspapers give us many in
stances Of mems names fitting their call
ings. Thus we have Last, a shoemaker
Of Exeter. and Tredaway, who Dlied the
same trade in Hammersmith There
was Bristol schoolmaster named Rod.
Dodge and Wynne. attorneys at law
Of Liverpool, must have been the butts
Of their fellow townsmen. while few
could have more appropriate name
than the Primitive Methodist preacher
River Jordan.-London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
Mothers Should Be Trained.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman says that as
the boy approaches manhood he chooses
his profession, trade or art. and does the
sort of work that fits him for it. He
prepares for his work in the world but
the great speciality of the girl is mother
hood, and yet she has no education for
it. As the mother is the child will be,
and she thinks knowledge and training
should come before experience. Girls
should be educated for motherhood.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
Prefers Children to New Thought.

Mrs. Fay Louise Zorn is asking for n
divorce from her husband, August r..
/orn, professor Of modern languages at
Armour institute, Chicago. because he
does not share her ambitions to rear n
family, preferring platonic marital rela-
tons. She says her husband ignored her
desire for children, declaring that they
were unnecessary. He wanted her ia
study his New Thought ideas. As she
could get no satisfaction from him as ia
family in the immediate future, she has
decided to divorce him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
he commercial Type.

AN women make money in Alaska?
-. fL assuredly. There is greater oppor-
ra -.,-gF here for a hard working. self
IS pe9Qnlg woman than in any other place
NJ which | know" And Mrs. Myrtle
,,'ls:eer. who runs the hotel at SeIdovia
Az. .e[a IS designated as the finest in
- >Na- cited her own success as proof
II photographer by profession, she
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
Keeping Office Condolences.

On your ability to answer this question
in the affirmative will depend your sue
cess if you wish to rise to a confidential
position in your office.
Il make it a rule never to discuss Of
fee affairs, says one woman who holds
a private secretaryship, which gives her
financial independence as we'll as much
personal leisure, mo matter how | am
tempted to make my conversation inter-
esung by retailing the things that / have
learned through letters of dictation. l
simply shut my lips and remember that
such condolences are not mine to reveal
OF course, it has been a joke as old
as the ages among masculines that over
the teacups women tell all that they
know. But the modern business woman
Is developing Il reticence that often puts
to shame the garrulous boy who, over
something stronger than tea, prattles of
his employers business secrets.
This isn't Il theory. Ask the business
men you know why they get young wom-
Ell in confidential capacities.
Because they don't talk outside of the
Office" is the invariable answer. They
leave their work behind them when they
go home. Moreover, they have no bust
ness ambitions or political interests that
tempt them to divulge things that should
not be told. And many OF them have
keen sense of honor"
think that last compliment is the
hnest of all, and it ought to put every
girl who is employed in a confidential
capacity, Oh her mettle. A keen sense
Of honof is supposed to be a masculine
attribute, but it is getting to be a mod
ern feminine one, and the girl whose
Aps are sealed by office secrets gets to
know the JOY of golden silence.
But it isn't merely about business Sc
crets that one should hold ones tongue.
In every office one learns little things
about the private lives of fellow clerks,
OF employers, of clients. 1t is so easy to
go home and prattle of Miss A. fiirta-
Lon with the head Of the house, or Mr.,
b. S eXtravagances on a small salary, or
70 add bit more to the scandal that has
risen about the junior partnc1.
/ know of one girl who lost her posi-
GQh because her comment on the tear
tuIness of the wife of the senior part
Aer started a train of conjecture that
ended IN a story of marital unhappi-
ness that was absolutely untrue ana
HAtch, when traced to the girl in fault,
brought down upon her a blaze of
wrath and the statement that she would
AoI be needed after the first of the
month.
An said was that your wife was
room, and th@ she seemed unhappy
was the girls aggrieved defense.
You should have said nothing. My
"Le tears were shed about a matter
LAT mad no connection with domestic
T7iii1lrS-but it was none Of your business
why she cried-and not your province TO
comment upon it,
vi course that was putting it pretty
D'"'aty, but one must realize how Cos
E can grow. The whispered word of
llIeIsm may be distorted by the one to
H. III YOU have breathed it, added to by
re next listener and the next and the
ZONES back to you. or. what is more
sly, You viii not recognize your own
'@'- Temple Baily. in Inter Ocean.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19

advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
FOR THE LADIES.
Fancy.

A FanCy,
Above the Birches were dreams adrift
or spent was the bright October day.
The aisht Of the homing birds was swift
And / drank of wonder upon my way
Drank the draught from a wind tossed Gun
,,th sold athrili ana with thirst akeen
NA.i- the say IN the east held darkening
coUGS
Ana me sky il the west the sunset sheen
The whispering Birches saw her first
III. autumn Nymph with her rustling
feet
TIE rost had wounded her glowing heart
bLt she si.eke us, fair, she passed US
meet;
TO her we lifted our go!d-red cups
Here's to the maid who can smile and
die!"
Thea We watched her enter the painted
wood.
The affriehted Birches-the Wind-and l
-Eulth Livingston Smith in Harpers Bazaar
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19
TIE Society CT Good Cheer.

The atfriehted Birches-the Wnd-and l.
-Euith Livingston Smith in Harpers Bazaar
-O.:.O-
Tie Society CT Good Cheer.
The Society of Good Cheerr' That
has hearty helpful ring, hasn't it? A
society to cheer up the downcast. to car
~ smiles into the hospital, to help I'M
fortunates everywhere to look ON the
pleasant side OF iife 4 worthwhile So
come to think of it, do you not marvel
that such an organization, so inspiring
~ named, was not long ago in existence?
of course, it is a wOman's idea and
Of course its membership is largely com
posed OF young women. Miss Theora
Garter of l31 West Seventy-fourth
street. New York city, S the organizer
Of the society, and the idea came to her
while she was lying ON sick bed in
Chicago. Thus it is that most of our
IDEAS of helpfulness originate. They
come to us in moments of need; they are
the outgrowth of our own suffering Be
ing placed in the position of the unfor-
tunate is the best means in the world of
bringing US to realization of the unfor-
tu&at2s requirements, And hence this
Society of Good Cheer
The organization has evidently been a
success from the outset. Its field of
work and the nature of its work have
both been enlarged since the society
came into being. 1t was nrst merely
group of young women of the upper west
side. New York city. Now. it is an in
corporated body. 1t first sought only to
cheer the sick and especially the CON
valescent of New York. but now it is
planning to spread out into every city of
the land and not only to minister unto
the sick, but to 'prOmulgate cheerfulness
among all classes of people, Read the
statement of purpose from the pen of
Miss Carter:
1t is proposed to institute lodges in all
the centers of the country to work with
physicians in aiding and assisting the
convalescent and to bring before the en-
tire people the necessity for good cheer
at all times. Already the famous Hamp-
ton court estate of Staten island with
its so acres of fine lawns and parks has
been thrown open to the members of the
society for their work. A tented city
in New Mexico is planned for incipient
COnsumptives = A number of New
York's wealthy men will give over their
yachts in the summer in order that eX-
cursiOns may be taken along the Hud-
son. The society is distributing hangers
and cards among business houses with
the words: Cheerfulness IS an asset
But the best feature of the organiza-
ton IS that it is not a charity. 1t is
not money, but work, that is expected
of the members. "Those who Join must
give portion of their time, and where
that is impossible, they are expected to
give way to others who are ready to do
work in person. - says the president. Estab-
lished in behalf of a good cause and pos
sessing active working members, the flu
ture of the organization seems assured
NOmanS National Daily
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-19

A Walking Gymnasium for Everyone
IAN persons who walk the streets may