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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

purity. She was young, unsuspicious.
sentimental and foolish-a victim of an
emotional nature and of associations
which it is evident now she never should
have been allowed to form.
OF course she should not have gone TO
the Chinman's lodgings where she was
murdered. OF course size should not
have permitted herself to become infatu-
ated with the Mongolians whom her first
intention was to rescue from pagan be-
blefs and win to Christianity.
Her mother was responsible for direct
ing her first steps in the path which has
led to her awful murder and for tho
shame of the ciI cumstances under which
it occurred. The mothers motives were
beyond reproach, but her judgment was
incomprehensibly at fault.
In other cities than New York there
are sentimental young women who may
well be warned by Miss Sigefs fate that
Orientals are not so guileless as some of
them look, and that their notions of the
relations between the sexes are not con-
formed to the American standard by a
few weeks in Sunday school, where their
attendance is less frequently induced by
piety than by a desire to acquire pro-
fciency in the English language and to
ENJOY social opportunities otherwise in
accessible.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
DISSEMINATING AuNTIE lane.

Dear Auntie Jane of Hespertown
'Admires" kindly thought;
To criticize our fellows she
Is sure we hadn't ought"
The picture of a murderer
She views with gaze precise,
And says. with deprecating smile,
His nose is rather nice"
Old Auntie's way may not be ours,
But, still, suppose we try
To look about, for once, with her
Discriminating eye.
The greedy magnates of trust
Are hard TO be endured;
But, view them closer friends-ahai
Their nails are manicured!
Behold the Black Hand agent with
His stick of dynamite
Don't look with such adherence, sirs-
His teeth are very whitei
Night Riders, too, may whip and STAY
Throughout the countryside;
But when about to burn a barn,
How gracefully they ride!
The grating politicians has
His enemies; but my!
Gas Auntie Jane would say he wears
An awful pretty tiei
And from the great prosperity
All these enjoy, it's plain,
The woods are full of folks who think
Like dear old Auntie Jane.
Roe L. Hendrick in Success Magazin,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
The German Bourse Law.

Statistics of business on the German
bourses are interesting. From June.
1908. to April, 1909. the amount Welded
by the government tax on transactions
was IL, S3S, 037 marks. From June. 1907.
TO April, 1908, it was 1887, 0O1 marks,
The reason why these statistics are in
teresting is that in the more recent of
the two periods covered while the conn
try has been working under the new law
recognizing the bourses, the business has
been one-half larger than during the ear
ller period, before the law went into eff
feet.
Under the old law only a very
limited number of stocks was admitted
TO dealings on account; all other stocks
and securities were quoted for cash. and
thus, of course, large sums were needed
to carry out purchases. From this noint
of view the new law, which legalizes the
account quotations, was welcomed bv the
smaller professionals. who no longer re-
quired large funds for buying industrial
shares, and were thus enabled to employ
their available cash in other and prob
ably more remunerative operations. The
Conservative party is now agitating for
legislation imposing a higher tax on
transactions.
The operation of such a law. if II
were enacted, would naturally be TO put
a check upon business on the bourses. AS
TO whether such a law would be an I'M
mixed good there are two opinions. the
opinion of active operators on the
i;ourses being against ii. They are
against it because il would curtail their
business. 1t may that they are right.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Rockefeller's Wise Course.

During all the controversy regarding
Prof. Fosters heterodoXy. it will he not
ed John u. Rockefeller has held aloof
Some time ago. when the Rev Amaziah
! {. Dixon. pastor of Moody's church.
wrote to him asking if he approved the
teachings of the Professor, Mr.. Rookie
Teller did not reply directly. but turned
the matter over TO his private secretary.
who wrote very explicitly to the effect.
in the first place, that Mr. Rockefeller
did not care what was taught i'm the
University of Chicago as long as its edu-
cational standard was maintained and.
in the second place, that MIR. Rockefel-
Ter was not bothering his mind about
creeds, or drawing hair lines in theologi-
cal distinctions" This is the safest
course for the head of the Standard
Oil.
Ever since the beginning of his gifts.
there have been mutterings that Mr..
Rockefeller would dominate the Uni
verSity, He has done nothing of the
sort. Sometimes professors attached to
the huge institution have made remark
able utteranceS ON subjects connected
with political economy-utterances which
no one in the least inclined to conserva-
tism could quietly sanction, much less
formally endorse. But Mr.. Rockefeller
has had nothing 10 say regarding the
men or their opinions-and they have
gone on, subject of course to interven-
ton by the faculty. In the examinations
from the system which have been mad g
by the faculty there has been observable
excellent Judgment. Mr.. Rockefeller
continues to desire neither credit nor
cenSure for matters of this sort.
He certainly deserves no little credit
for holding aloof.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Finding Health Out of Doors

Now that the short summer season of
the northern part OF the United States
has tardily opened, the duty of utilizing
it for health to the greatest possible de-
gree devolves upon the American people
Children instinctively enjoy playing out
of doors. They love summer because it
is the time for going about with bare
feet and for reveling in 1.-THE old swim
min hole. A summer vacation in the
country where he can be out of doors
and find exercise to his hearts content
is a great thing for the city boy. The
city girl is better for the same prescrip-
ton. In the rambles and the romps of a
few summers in the country there may
be gathered up and stored in the system
a supply of vitality that will determine
for good the constitution of an indi-
vidual during the whole period of his
mature life.
The New York physician of the eclec-
tic school who shifted the other day at
the notion that fresh air, unsupplement-
ed with medicine intended to restore the
blood, would cure tuberculosis, was care
full not to decry fresh air.
A striking example of what fresh air
will do for the health was afforded in
Boston last week, on the occasion of the
closing exercises of the open air-school es-
tablished in that city year ago as part
of the system of public education. In the
morning the teacher, Miss Helen Mead.
took her young charges for a two-mile
walk across Franklin Park. They went
TO witness a sheep shearing, and were
not tired in the least. when they came
back, or when, after their noon meal and
a nap, they went through their closing
exercises in the afternoon
The school is conducted on the roof of
the Franklin Park refectory. When il
was opened the children were all pale and
listless. Each had responded to the first
test for tuberculosis, and while this did
not mean actual illness. the anaemic CON
dition was marked. During the closing
exercises last Friday onlookers remarked
the changed appearance of the boys and
girls, who sang and danced, took part
in several little plays, recited, and played
with animation, to the unmistakable de-
light of the parents and friends who
watched them while thinking of the Won
derful benefits of fresh air. Fresh air
was not the only ingredient in the cure
1t is remarked that an abundance of
nourishing food has had something to do
with building up the shattered physical
systems; so also has the sleep on the
roof. after dinner each day. which the
children take regardless of the weather
But fresh air has been the foundation
of the cure. During the summer vaca-
ton the children are to spend several
hours each day in a public playground.
Manifold and long-enduring are the
benefits of life out-Of-doors. The action
of the Milwaukee Common Council yes
terday looking toward the purchase of
SchlitZ Park, for a public breathing space
and playground viii present opportuni-
ties of better health to thousands of peo-
pie young and old who live in the con-
gested districts near by
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
FIRES THAT NEVER GO OUT.
Flames of Buddhist Temple-Sicilian
Fire of Vengeance.

In Siam is a fire that not only lasts
for years, but has what have been aptly
termed ''lineal descendants" 1t is to
be found in a Buddhist temple near
Bangkok, where every fourth year at a
certain period the priests light fresh
fire in a big brazier. This flame is kept
alive for four years and is in turn eXtin-
suished after supplying brand to ignite
its successor. Inasmuch as this practice
has obtained for upward of two CEN
turtles the Buddhist fire of Bangkok is
in sense the oldest in the world.
Another long term fire is said to exist
at Sarhad, Persia. This fame is a sym
boil of religious fervor and it is death to
eXtinguish it; it has burned for seventy
years. In explanation of this curious
rite II is explained that the Persians,
rigid Mohammedans and regarding their
former fire worshiping faith with detest-
alton, nevertheless suffer the Sarhad
flame to continue to display their graft
tude for a service rendered a high Off
cial of the Persian government many
years ago. At that time, it is said. a
pIous Parsee, who had come to trade at
Sarhad, was the happy means of saving
the Grand Vizier from assassination. So
the grateful Shah of that day ordered
that the fire lighted by the Parsee
should be kept alive indefinitely.
There are some regions of the EARTH
IKE those inhabited by the EsquimauX
where the motive for retaining fires for
long periods lies in the great difficulty
of obtaining means for lighting new
ones. One traveller reports seeing a fire
in Lapland that had not been extin-
guished during seven years. 1t had been
carried from place to place in an old
ships bucket.
The keeping up of fires for years at a
time is said to be sometimes an incident
of a Sicilian vendetta. The wronged in
dividual when lighting his fire of ven
geance' is said to take solemn oath that
it shall not be eXtinguished until his
thirst for revenge shall have been salts
fed by the death of the offending per-
sen. There is on record a trial in Paler-
mo wherein it was shown that the ac-
cused, charged with murder, had kept
his kitchen fire alight for five years.
Tit-Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
GORGEOUS COURT UNIFORMS.
Some of Them Cost $1250 Each-Expen.
sive Regalia of Foreign Diplomats

Much of the splendor of any of his
majesty's courts would be lacking if il
were not for the dazzling uniforms of the
high officers of state and the great Off
GERS of the royal household who assem-
bic at these impressive functions, says
Tit-Bits.
There are always FIVE or six different
grades of gentlemen in attendance pres.
ent when his majesty holds a court, and
each has his distinctive dress, the differ
ence usually being indicated by the trim
ming, either gold or silver, or the number
of buttons worn. The complete outfit
of a first class court official runs up to
t20O, the jacket alone costing ESQ 10
t100. 1t is made of the finest royal blue
cloth, lavishly embroidered with gold
lace of a highly elaborate design. The
waistcoat and knee breeches are made
from white kerseymere silk, richly en-
broidered, set off with buttons and
buckles of gilt, and white silk stockings,
sword, cooked hat and white kid gloves
maze complete costume, as rich as it
is dignihed.
An ambassador or foreign diplomatist
wears a special Observation-Disclosures velvet
collar, with a gold embroidered acral de-
sign. The uniform costs the wearer-
about Els.
Lord lieutenants are dressed in a coat
VI roy al Feu cIOIL, cut SWdIlOWIaIl anu
adorned with silver buttons, and the.
collar embroidered with silver lace. Sil
yer laced trousers are worn. with
cooked hat without plumes. The uni
form is very handsome, and costs the
wearer 100 guineas simply for the priyi-
lege to wear it, let alone the making
of it.
To the Duke of Norfolk, as the earl
marshal, however, falls the enviable dis
tinction of wearing the most costly APP
parel of all great officers of state. The
dress is absolutely unique. and for sheer
magnificence has no parallel in any Coun-
try. Nearly three miles of the finest
gold thread are used in the embroidery
on the coat, collar, front, and on the
lappets of the sleeves. Each suit costs
his grace $3.50.
All cabinet ministers and other high
state officials are expected to have at
least one state uniform. A complete
court outfit will cost from f130 to tlIU.
There are, of course, many others,
such as the captain of the Yeomeu OF
the Guard, the captain of the Gentlemen
at Arms, the Master of the Horse ana
the squire and pages of honor, who have
TO possess a distinctive dress for special
occasions, costing from Ego to zoo Court
dandies will only wear these uniforms
once, while noblemen sometimes make tie
same uniform last a lifetime. II has
been computed that on great state occa-
sions the value of the uniforms worn eA-
ceeds 100000
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

The launching of the non-magnetic sur
vey yacht Carnegie would be an inter
esting event because with the exception
of her engine pistons and cams, the pro-
ducer and the range CRATES, there is not
piece of magnetic metal in the ship.
But marine engineers will be engrossed
by the fact that she is provided with gas
engines supplied with fuel by a gas pro-
Queer. The statement that she is the
first ocean vessel to be equipped with a
producer gas plant is erroneous, however,
as a power boat in Great Britain has
been using producer gas engines for some
time. If the engines and producer of
the Carnegie will give her a cruising
radius of 1000 miles at a speed of six
miles an hour, on twenty-five tons of
coal, there win be an inclination to try
the producer and gas engine on larger
seals.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

lantic City, New Jersey, gave practical
endorsement to a paper by Philadel-
phia physician who declared that the
use of any sort of preservative in foods
is harmful to the consumer by adopting
resolution declaring against the use
af benzoate Of soda, or any other
preservative by the food packers who
supply the people of the United States
with the various canned and bottled
goods" This is in direct conflict with
the report of the special board of
referees appointed by President Roose-
welt after DR.. Wiley had ruled against
the use of personalities, and will great
" encourage those who are striving TO
make the national pure food law what
it ought to be-a statute that will fully
guard the consumer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
NAMING THE FLOWERS
Designations of New Blossoms-Sorr,
of Old Fashioned, Popular Nam. -'''

What a pity it is that new vo.....
of flowers cannot be named in tbe ~,
homely way of their far off gnc
instead of by the oyerpowering Sv,l.ff
that are generally bestowed an ,-"'leS
has been said that, roughly sneai t, II
all new flowers since the Siyteanfri''- ~
Jury are the blossomiLg Advertise
OF Swedish botanists, German m .
sors. American millionaires and So,
gardeners. They always Iatinizleo u .S
names too, and Latin flower name ..-
so hard and unsympathetic. n l,raa, az. 'Le
trast to the Greek, which are oI,,,-H
beautiful. 1t is delight merely In ssT,
such words as crocuS. anemone S"'
us. hyacinth, iris, daphne. asnLoJ"t '>s-
But the best names of all ara ~
popular names that were given IN l.,,
mon flowers not only in old England 3I..
throughout Europe, such homeIy III
as are still allowed to bloom in o. '''''lsS
cient garden at Turing, which l. . an,
to have been originally planted I,.
Thomas a Beckett. In the Old noro,
the MOWERS have a personality of tba;a
own, they are living and beloved ~;
nonette means little darling, meadow.
sweet is like caress, travellers inv ,,'5
speedwell are kindly greetings tI th
wayfarer. You know that flowers ,,',r.
have been an intimate part of daily H.
when they were named for the Tim
III daily use-gloves or slippers. mirra1s
or girdles. What charming name is f',
glove, and the French popular name !,
equally delightful; the blossoms ora ~ ~ ~
giants de Notre Dame" or 'leS doigtierS
de Notre Dame"
Some of the old world flowers yaro
directly personified as in ragged RoLin@
or sweet William" or ''sweer Name "
others We're fragrant with thoughts If
sacred things, as "star OF Bethlehem" or
''MarygOld," while others again wbjspa,
of travel, when travelling was rariry
''Blackamoor' beauty" is said to dafo
from the Crusades, and 'southernwoad,
carries with it suggestions of all tho
aromatic spices of the south. Even
today in spite of the tendency to Five
ugly names to exquisite blossoms we
sometimes find touch of pretty septi.
ment in the naming of flowers. A.
flower show in Normandy last summer
| saw some lovely new varieties of the
iris. and L thought that the spirit of the
entente cordiale must have been present
at their christening. king of the Blue"
Smiling Mary" "Village Maid" Brit
ish Queen were some of the names, in
English of course, and the most sur
prising of them all, Gold Cup of Thun-
derbolt," was doubtless full of kind in
tentions. Nor was the great republic
of the west forgotten, for 'LOngfellow"
and Beauty of America were bloom
ing side by side with Mrs. Gladstone"
and "General Gordon. New Orleans
Times Do llocrat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
Homage to a French Poet.

Among those who lately thronged the
Aries in France for the fetes in honor of
the SEVENTEEN birthday of the good poet
Frederic Mistral. whose "Mireille" has
become in his own lifetime veritable
classic. was Callve. the prima donna.
In the ancient arena of Aries she sang
the old songs of Providence to an audi,
ence of many thousands-from 5000 IA
10000 the estimates run. This was oniv
part of the homage rendered to the old
poet of the south
Deputies, senators, ministers delivered
their orations; Mounet-Sully Reclaimed
Mandatory verses. Singers from the onera
notably Edmond Clement, who mas
been engaged for New York next sea.
son-gave GounOd's opera "Mireille.''
Visitors came from all parts of Eurone.
from the United States and South Amer
lea, all to honor the gentle old man who
wrote love story fifty years ago.
How many girls have been named Mi
reille it would be hard to say. Dozens
of them attended the fetes at Aries One
of them journeyed all the way from Al
SAGE.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02
MOSQUITOES MADE OUTLAWS.
Leipsic, Germany, Makes 1t a Crime 10
Harbor the Pests.

''Harboring mosquitoes" has been
made a crime in Leipsic, Germany, az,
cording to the report of Consul Sut6aF1
z. Warner. A special officer has oetI
selected by the city council to see 'la'
this new law is not violated.
I'm order that the work of exteTm.ll4i.
ton may be thoroughly and systematic,
~ carried out" says Mr.. Warner, lns
city council has notified all housekeeFet.Ss
in the infected sections of the I'll! ~
carefully examine their houses or par,
ments for mosquitoes and 10 dtsug.
any that may be found. Every Ayuss-
hold in the districts concerned mas ~ ,.a
furnished by the city council with az s
circular, which, in addition to i4toI~ -
ton as to the cause and spreaalnE
malaria. contains advice as to t1e u's.
means of destroying the malaria ~''
quitoes.
Certain dates have been spec.red ' 10
tween which the houses are ID II
searched and the mosquitoes deslF. ~
AT the expiration of the time sgt-si
inspectors appointed by the city c.u -C3
will visit each house and apartmeu. Re-. r.
make careful examinations to see r.
the work of exterminating the n's M
toes has been properly carrlat -sr.
Those who fail to comply with ne I'll
ulations promptly and thorouEa y
be subject TO a fine of about S'.,y-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

New York oculists express the opin-
ion that Mary Gardens blindness result
ing from the use of poisonous hair dye
may prove permanent. Her trouble is
aumarosis, which is frequently caused by
wood alcohol, though not all persons are
affected by that dangerous preparation
in the same way. The fact that wood
alcohol was often used in the making
of fiavoring extracts before the pure food
legislation put stop to the practice in
dicates what thugs some men will do
for money.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

Russia is ploddingly repairing the
damages she sustained in her encounter
with Japan. On Wednesday, with some
ceremony, the keels of four 23,O00-ton
hattleships were laid at St Petersburg.
They are of the Dreadnought type. and
10 complete them will take three years.
The army is undergoing equipment with
new quick-fring howitzers five hundred
of which, recently ordered from the
Krupp works at Essen. will soon be
ready for delivery. The Car has often
expressed himself as solctous for peace.
1t was owing to his initiative that the
nations have been holding the congresses
at The Hague. But though Russia's re-
sources are crippled, she has money 10
spend on armament. 1t is the same with
every nation in the world, and. in spite
Of peace congresses. il probably always
viii be.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

The British admiralty is planning what
viii be the greatest naval display in the
history of the world. Three hundred
and fifty ships, built for every branch
of naval service, have been ordered to
assemble for month of sham fighting.
The scene of the demonstration has not
been announced, but it is believed it
will be off the coast of Scotland. Wher-
ever these ships may assemble, the man
oeuvering will constitute an exhibition
of strength and efficiency of application
such as has never before been witnessed
on any sea.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

The Coastwise Transportation Com
pany, one of the most persistent employ
ers of sailing craft in the carrying of
coal along the Atlantic coast, has CON
tracted for the construction of two
SOO0ton steamers to cost together in
the neighborhood of a million dollars,
to be used in the coal trade between
Philadelphia and Boston. The Coast
wise company has a large feet of sail
ing vessels, which will doubtless be re-
duced to extinction when the steam craft
demonstrate their ability to deliver car
goes with scheduled regularity. This is
what drove sailing vessels from the
Great Lakes and put afoat upon fresh
water the finest steel freighters for their
particular service to be found anywhere
i'll the world.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

There is possibility that Secretary Of
State Knox will make visit to China,
in the interest of closer trade relations
between that country and the United
States. Secretary Roots tour of South
America did some good. If Secretary
Knox can find time for running across
the Pacific it may do more.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

The serum for incubation against ty-
phoid fever will be tested on nine men
# the medical corps at Fort Omaha, and
il successful in their case the treatment
will be applied to the entire army. Ty-
phoid has in many campaigns proved
more deadly than lead. If the new SER
um is effective it will shield more lives
than have been saved by armor plate
or Notifications.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-02

The rush across the Pacific by the
steamer Asia with a thousand tons of
tea, to get the consignment in before a
possible change in the tariff ON tea, sug-
gests the value of bit of "talkee-talkee"
in the Senate or House that would delay
things until the ship comes in.