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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

In that way both he and Selena are
very obliging people indeed. He would
make very good pair with Selena,
too; wonder who he is. He has an
air, though he is shabby; but then an
artist can afford to do as he likes in
the matter Of Dress and he certainly
can't be an ordinary, everyday indi-
yidual with that head" Her incense
quent thoughts ran on, and when she
reached RALPH Paterson she had de-
cided that she must have met him at
some time OF another, and have for
gotten. Though he is not the kind Of
man one forgets," she added to her
self.
She said now, at once holding out
hand: II can't remember for the mo-
ment where l have met you, but I feel
sure that we have seen each other be-
fore" And then, as he looked at her
with dawning comprehension, and a
certain amusement: Il am Marion
Seton, Of Seton Park; perhaps we
have met in Hampshire
But that was improbable, as they
were both aware. None the less, Ralph
Patersons smile came, and with 1t a
certain reserve of manner. "We have
met-yes. l am Ralph Paterson"
His smile, she told herself, was
charming much more charming than
In the days before he had gone away
to Paris to lose more than he had
gained. She said at once, with ready
appreciation Of the situation "Then
you heard me call you lame dog?"
Il was that-until today" he said.
She looked at him a moment keenIy
Then she said softly: Here comes
Selena. Need l introduce you to her
1t is fifteen years since she last saw
YOU ."
He had turned as she spoke, and his
eyes followed the direction Of hers !;
they rested upon Selena Scarsdale
with certain fierce self-restraint in
them. mo, | think I should need no
help to remembrance" he said.
She glanced at him. They are all
very cross with Selena; she is thirty
three and unmarried still The Scars
| dale women always marry in their
teens; it is an unwritten law" she
added quickly. "Your picture
1t is Selena--in her teens"
Her eyes asked him a question. He
said in answer to it: "She has always
been the one woman In the world to
me-"
And you with her the one man, be-
lieve that-and do not keep her walt
Ing"
The pair were close upon them, Sc
lena and the other. He said abruptly !;
THANK you"
When he turned Selena was holding
out her hands to him with a little ex-
clamation of establishment and delight !;
before the expression in her eyes the
other woman looked away. Marion
Sefton's voice was sharp as she said
quickly: Hes quite gray, and he has
had a bad time that'll mark him for
ever; but I'm glad he has got Selena."
And Ralph Paterson YVES saying to
Selena: 1T was an inspIration-stak-
ing aIl-on yoc !"-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
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PARTIALLY IN STATUES.
6ostonian Complains That SoIdieSs
Get More Than Their Share.


Under my window in Boston was
dedicated the other day statne CT
Gen. Banks writes Edwin D. Mead
in the Outlook. Still nearer my VIM
dow is the great equestrian statue
of Gen. Hooker, quite dwarhng the
modest figures of Daniel Webster and
Horace Mann further back in the
State House yard.
Now / have a very considerable
respect for Gen Banks and Gen.
Hooker, but ! cannot forget that there
is no statue in Boston of Emerson
or Lowell or Whittier or Longfellow.
whom there is vastly higher reason
as there would be vastly greater bene-
fit. for Boston to honor.
There aA statues Of Gen. Glover
and Col Cas of whose services not
one reader in "a thousand could give
the slightest account, but there is
no memorial of John Adams or John
Quincy Adams. the two great Mas
sachusetts presidents OF the United
States.
The streets and SQUARES of Wash
ington swarm with statues, but it
is no exaggeration to say that three
quarters of them are of generals and
admirals, and most of these men OF
whom even the high school boys OF
the city know but little.
There is next to nothing among
them to remind the visitor from Mars
or from Maryland that the nation OF
Washington and Jefferson and Frank
lin-whose judgment of war and OF
the proper prominence of the soldier
in their new republic is remembered
by some of us-ever produced poet
or historian. a scholar Or teacher,
painter or sculptor, a philosopher
or philanthropist statesman or a
man of science worthy of notice, or
that up to date 1t really honors
enough to spend any money to show
it, any vocation save the warriors.
1t is the measure of our barbarism."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
Unmade Hi.torx.

The emancipation OF woman having
at length worked out to logical and
symmetrical finish, the bride and her
best woman waited at the altar, while
the groom came up the aisle on the
arm of his mother. who gave him
away.
The groomsmen wore crepe de ehsne
and carried groom roses.
Three clergywomen assisted at the
ceremony.
The groom's father sat In the family
pew. ne was dressed in wine-colored
SIX. with rCocs Of pearls.
The streets N the vicinity of the
church were packed with mob o.
on!ookers. mostly men and children,
prompted thither by curiosity.-Puck-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

There were worse terrors than the
matinee hat for the man who sat be-
hind a woman In the seventeenth cen
fury theatre Pepys wrote that jan
uary Is. 1861, he saw The Lost
Lady" for the second time. Nine days
earlier that play had not pleased him
much--partly, perhaps, because he
was troubled TO be seen BY four OF
our Office clerks. which sat In the
half-crown box, and in the Is. 81"
But on the second occasion the play
did please me better than before;
and here / sitting behind in a dark
place, a lady spit backward upon me
BY a mistake not seeing me-" How
ever, 1t was all right; for. latter
seeing her 70 be very pretty lady.
was not troubled at 1t at all"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
THE WHITE MANS GRAVE.
Sierra Leone Looks Attractive In
Spite of Its Bad Name.


Sierra Leoue-known to fame AZ
The White Mans Grave"-viewed
from the deck of an incoming steam
err presents an appearance distinctly
attractive.
AS to climate, the soubriquet
white Mans Grave" is sufficiently
instructive. Suffice it to say that the
first OF the daily regimental orders
ran thus: Funeral parade at $3.50
a. m. tomorrow" and it was seldom
indeed that the parade was dismiss
ed for lack of q victim to the pesti-
ferrous climatic conditions. Indeed,
so arduous became the duties OF Sc
pulchre that whereas it was custo-
mary In the beginning for the entire
regiment and bard to attend only the
company of the deceased and the mr.
ing party did so later on.
Sierra Leone is infested with
snakes, large and small. The forn'-
err are of the constructor species; the
latter are all extremely venomous.
The most deadly of all perhaps Is
the yellow jack. beautiful yellow
and black reptile whose bite is re-
puted to prove fatal within a space
OF twenty minutes. - Westchester
County Magazine. 49,
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The Goal
-------o-7~S--~---oo-

The studio was In darkness BY the
window one spot of red light showed
itself In the intense gloom; it was the
lighted end of Ralph Paterson's cigar.
1t was a cheap cigar, and its rank
flavor struck unpleasantly upon his
palate; but Ralph Paterson continued
to smoke it. For my SINS" he said
to himself, "and they are many
against art and against my fellow
artists If | am to believe what the
world says of me-"
Ralph Paterson was engaged in that
dreariest of all dreary tasks; he was
marshaling to an undesired goal an
unwilling conscience; he, was explain
ing deliberately to himself why it was
that the fates had been unkind when
they had thrown him into the world
minus an artistic love of-or patience
MISUNDERSTANDING, plus the artistic
delight In painting pictures for his fell
low-beings, which the great public
would have none of, despite his Per
sistency.
There was upon the easel by the
window canvas Ralph In the dark
ness could not see 1t; but he was in
tensely conscious of Its presence with
him In the room. 1t was an old can
vas. ten, fifteen years old; one OF the
last OF those earlier paintings OF his
which had won him In his youth a GER
tain fame with picture dealers IF a
f1fth-rate taste-they were the express
sion OF the Ralph Paterson of fifteen
years ago, who had never dreamt any
but the most unexciting dreams Of
comfortable, homely fame They had
been the product of an artist who had
seen no life outside the narrowing ar
tistic conventions of an unambitious
art sclool In a little manufacturing
town In the Midlands.
This one OF these was a terrible
thing, or so 1t seemed TO Ralph Pater-
son as he sat there In the black dark
ness and called II 10 mlnd-but Its
kind had brought him in a livelihood!
There was merit In 1t, merit because
1t gave promise Of better things; 1T
was that merit that twisted Ralph
Paterson's lips as he thought upon IT.
''What Is merit. promiseY' he said
aloud
He rose and began to pace to and
fro In the darkness. A simple enough
feat: fer the room was bare OF aught
but the necessities; bed, an easel.
a cheap washstand thrust into cor
ner. a row OF pegs behind the door.
And he had begun differently. lie
laughed at the thought of the firsI few
years OF comparative afiuence. follow
ing the sale OF several canFases, when
he had. returning from strenuous
apprent ieeship to new ideal In the
Latin quarter, lived upon his small
capital and high hopes. Those days
were far enough away nowl
. He tossed the end OF his cigar away
with an exclamation He crossed to
the window, and stood there looking
down upon the hurrylng crowd below.
The night was wet. and a sea Of drip
ping umbrellas moved past In an eas:l-
less stream, their owners unseen BY
the watcher above.
NumberIess woneri Women out on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
woman's Neat Proposal.

A bachelor rector of Western
church was alone in his study whe:
his housekeeper brought him the card
of one of his parishioners, a spinster
of means and charm.
When the lady was seated on the op-
posite side of his study table the rec
tor looked at her inquiringly, expecting
to hear something concerning parish
work, in which he was active. To his
surprise an embarrassed silence ensued,
during which he vainly sought for
something to say.
DIR. Blank" began the lady, at last,
in faltering tones, do you think-can
you fancy conditions under which "a
a woman is-justitied in proposingY
why, YES" said the rector, after
some deliberation.
Thou art the man!' said tn, lady,
resolutely
She was right.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
JEKYLL-HYDE IN REAL LIFE.

Detectives Arrest Doctor and Gain
Confession He Is Robber.
Police began efforts the other day in
Chicago to solve the mystery in the dual
life of DIR. Paul Trotter, a physician with
a meager practice by day and robber by
night. The doctor, occupying a cell at the
Desplaines street police station, confessed
he was a highwayman, but refused to go
into details about himself. He said he
came to Chicago with his wife to practice
medicine. Patients were few. Because Of
lack of funds, he declared he was driven
to become a highwayman. Trotter was
arrested in a raid at AZ Latin street.
Others who operated in a robber band
with him, the police say, are Harry Ban
ger, wounded in a battle with switch
man, and Harry J. Carney, arrested near
Alliance, Ohio. The men confessed seven
robberies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

The girl of the pretty hand and arm
is not pleased with the latest dictum
in sleeves. Layers of silk or net or vel
vet almost to the finger tips may be
smart" but they also cover up much
natural beauty Though the knockers"
were wont to bemoan the ugliness dis
played by the long, popular elbow
sleeve, in point Of fact it was style
much more becoming to the average
hand than the long sleeve.
1t may make hand seem smaller to
be half covered; it also makes it look
redder and much more awkward De-
fects In manicuring are more in evil
dence; therefore 1t behooyes one TO pay
more instead Of less attention to the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
WHERE THE COWBOY SLEEPS.

dark, wet cash in the greening plain
The cowboys grave must be-
Unmarked, alone, meath sun and rain,
Affair from waving fields of grain,
Where restless winds blow free
Away, away, Ger leagues Of sod
Cloud-shadows play and wind-fowers
nod.
Not sweeter doth the sailor sleep
On oceans farthest sands
Than the cowboy meath the level sweep
OF the sea-like reach of grasses deep, Z
On the prairies virgin lands
In the dark, wet cash in the greening
plain,
Afar from the fields of waving grain.
-Lesie's Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

Told to put stick of dynamite in the
stove to make the fire burn better, John
Bullick, a Hungarian, tried the expert
ment, and he and his cabin were nearly
blown TO pieces. His left leg was torn
off, and he is in the Cooper hospital,
Camden. y. ].
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

Big pigskin, wairus or leather auto
bags, 10 by IL inches, are seen in the
shops.
Cashmere de sole, with a surface as
glossy as satin, is pronounced novelty
In dress goods
For actual warmth the goat skin and
oppossum coats, lined with cloth, are
very successful.
The glove most eagerly sought to-day
for everyday wear is the French piaue
with one clasp. The soft, eight-button
gloves are worn with afternoon toll
cites. The mannish cape glove is long
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

Cheap furs carry with them a dam
ger that it is well TO consider" says
the woman's Home Companion This
is the unsanitary manner in which
they are made up and the fact that
fur offers an attractive lurking place
for germs. Most of them are made
by Russian Jews half starved, I'M
clean and many OF them victims of fur
riers' asthma. Naturally the better
goods are made under sanitary condi-
lions"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
why woman i. barred.

Gen. f. ID. Grant, at dinner party in
New York. said humorously of the
emancipation of woman:
suppose. though. women should have
to go to WARP don't think they would
make very good soldiers. For one thing.
they would never grow old enough to
be placed ON the retired list"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
KING MANUEL FEARS DEATH.
Portuguese Ruler, IncurabIy Ill, liz
I'm Danger of Assassfnation

Portuguese Ruler, IncurabIy III, lis
i'm Danger of Assassination
Young King Manuel is believed TO be
incurably Ill and in the event of his death
there will be no one to succeed to the
throne of Portugal. His condition is ag
gravated by fear of assassination. The
king has no brothers or sisters and if he
should die before he Is married there
would be no heir direct. His uncle, the
Duke of Oporto, is heir-apparent but he
has declared that nothing could induce
him to assume the crown. Under these
conditions the deah Of Manuel would jeoD-
ardize the monarchy. 1t would give the
pretenders to the throne an opening and
encourage the republicans. In all proba-
bility 1t would result in revolution. That
the boy king is seriously affected with
lung trouble is unquestioned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

The Swiss Bee Journal says. In
speaking Of honey as cure for burns,
that a child . years old was severely
burned on the arm, in boiling water.
The member was Immediately bathed in
honey and wrapped in linen cloth,
The pain at once ceased and the heal
ing was very rapid, the honey keep
Ing the air from the burn. The hand
age was changed every day. 1t was
easily removed, without hurting the
child. by first moistening the cloth with
warm water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

For this rich and elegant costume
gray chiffon broadcloth was used, and,
as sketch shows. it is cut In tunic eff
feet, the latter bordered with bands
OF self-tone satin. The heavy lace so
deliberately used is dyed to match the
cloth, and tiny silver buttons and braid
form pretty closing for the side
seams. The accompanying hat is black
satin, loaded with magnificent gray
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
The Better Foreign way.

far as their homes are concerned, but
they often very grudgingly give any
work to the municipality. in Germany
there is nightly washing of the cities
that makes everything clean to the eye
when morning comes. and the Dutch
housewife considers the pavement in
front of her house responsibility Of
her own and scrubs it until it is clean
enough to eat from.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

Most of the outrageous feminine fash
ions of the present dav owe their origin
to the costumes worn by the other sex
in bygcne centus rs. Thus men have
only their ancestors to blame for much
of the annoyance caused by the wom-
en- folk Of the twentieth century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
FOB e 2sa &E1I}577DZHlO [HlI7[SlH


wherever she be, is perfectly obvious,
since she is but human. We are in
clined TO think that serious and care
fu student would find the educated
American woman less interested in POI
itical and social questions than her
sisters abroad. But, on the other hand,
II there is narrowness along these
lines, where is her equal for charitable
work? Where any others who merit
such praise Cor maintaining the artis-
tic and the refining influences Of the
home?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
The American Woman.

Who shall say which is the true
American woman, the housekeeper of
the Kansas farm. of the Tennessee
mountain cabin or of the city fat?
asks a writer in the New York Even
ing E ST. There is no composite OF the
American woman. who is least OF all
TO be studied on 9th avenue or New
port or TO be judged by the stories"
about her In the illustrated Sunday
supplements. That she has her faults,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

SURE TO STICK enough TO carry
an opening into which the teeth At, so
that when the whole Is closed and
fastened in the hair there is little dan
ger OF the pin coming open, as the
pins of most barettes are prone TO do.
inasmuch as the strands of hair that
are caught between the teeth keep 1t In
position. There is probably no one ar
ticle of dress or ornament more fire.
quently lost by woman than a bar
rette and as many of these are costly
articles. some of them, indeed. con-
tanning valuable Jewels. the Importance
OF this safety device can be readily
appreciated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
CHARACTER MAIN FACTOR IN SUCCESS.
D., U;u;ao, 70 III

One of the most important lessons that ex-
perience teaches is that on the whole and In
the great majority of cases success In life de
ponds more on character than on either In
telect or fortune. Temperance, industry, In
tegrity, frugality, self-reliance and self-te.
straint are the means by which the great
masses of men rise from penury to comfort,
and it is the nations in which these qualities
most
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

is a bunch of splendid brown tips. Ties
If brown velvet ribbon give delight
ful finishing touch.
Some clever person has hit upon an
idea of raising the popular fur turban
from the commonplace Il the artistic
by using a trimming of fine black
Chantilly lace In the form of a large
hat rssette set on the left side 1t
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

John C. Beatty, aged 65, of-Mount Yer
non, y. Y. said to BE- wealthy land
owner, was found dead in a bath tub into
which hot water was running IN Denver
The body had evidently been in the water
for several hours, and was literally boiSed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

There are said to be no fewer than
$1,000 working girls In Berlin who have
no homes no rooms even that they can
call their own, but sleep in the Schlaf
stellen, and in the daytime have no
place at all to which to go. The city
contributes $500 a year toward three
homes where the gixis may go when
they are sick. Anna Plothow has sug-
gested that the factory owners would
benefit themselves by making good
homes for the girls
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
Ho,a neitman and co,dm.n

Emma Goldman, the notorious anarch-
ist. and DIR. Ben Reitman Of Chicago. who
was widely known as the King of IIo-
boes." are under arrest in San Francisco.
They had planned eight meetings. They are
held in tbs ~ prison On eight charges
Of conspiracy to riot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
Alien. Quit United state.

For the year ended Oct. 81 last the
number Of aliens arriving in this country
was co., 2G3, while the departing aliens in
the same period numbered 701 $50, a net
loss to the country Of 1916. according
10 a statement made by Secretary Straus.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

4 good Idea or the
shape. which Is
gold cloth ON top,
with brim facing of
brown satin. Around
the crown is a
draped brown scarf,
and on he right
side near the hack
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

With marks on throat and body. Mrs
Teresa Shurman was found dead in a
basement in East Sixteenth street. New
York. The woman janitor told the police
she heard disturbance in the room and
saw man leave before the body was dis
covered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

By the invention OF machines to
bleach and spin 1t the wild silk OF
Manchuria, great quantities OF which
are exported each year, threatens to
compete seriously wits that grown in
more civilized lands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

Many sorts of primitive improvement pernicious
to war exquisite of beauty, love Of medta-
tien tendency to cultivate the force Of the mind at
the expense of the force of the body help In their
spective degrees make less warike than they
would otherwise these the virtues of other
ages The first OF the first Is to bind men to-
gether the strong bond of rough coarse harsh GUS
tom And the ncessant conflict of nations effects this
in the best way.
Long ages of dreary monotony the first facts IN
the history communities. but those were
not mankind 1t then that formed the
comparatively gentle and guidable thing which we now
call human nature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
C.rrie Nation FINDS trouble.

Carrie Nation, the American anti-sa-
loon crusader, was arrested at Newcastle
on-Tyne while engaged in a raid on a sa-
loon. She later was released on bail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
steal. s2.7s. Get. Two Years.

]. Fl. Trimm, railway clerk. pleaded
guilty in the federal court in San Antonio,
Texas, to the charge of abstracting $2.75
from the mails. He was sentenced to
serve two years in the Leavenworth peni-
Tertiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26

prOmptngs which 10 the young mead on Inc young
shoulders But In these later years especially when
of work is in the hands of the young
man, 1t is than devolying upon him to get a
line on himself So many of the worlds and means
are new-so many of the worlds be learned
In the scientific and chronological schools-that the
young must be both student and worker.
The young cannot be TOO alert to the significance
of all that he in touch with II the life OF the
outside world. There is phase Of life which may not
yield him under observation something by which his
after may be directed and shaped He cannot too
learn the of Opportunity He cannot too quick
y the essentials which would CLOG his
ress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-26
MODERN MOTHER MERELY HOUSEWIFE.
BY Lady Mac Laren

A Greek philosopher has advised that "If
any man has two loaves, let him sell one and
buy lilies, for the soul has Its needs as well
as the body" This is the kind Of catering
for the housewives of the future, to collect
the flowers of heart, and mind, and soul to
deck the board, SO that the breadwinner, worn
with the tolls of the day, will find more re-
freshmen than In the present monotony of