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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
PARADISE FOR BIRDS.
Barren Putin Island OFF the West Coast
of Great Britain

Gaunt and bare Putin island rises
boldly from the most easterly point of
Anglesey It's sides torn and discolOred
by the waves offer scant welcome to the
explorer, but there are several places at
which a landing may be made from a
small boat.
Naturalists will not object to the for
bidding appearance of this half mile
length of rock at which the timid look
askance Neglected of man it is the
chosen home of thousands Of birds who
share its solitude with few sheep and
scores of rabbits. Putin island has more
than one name. The Welsh call it Ynys
SeirOl, or the Island of st. Seirol who
had hermitage here far away in the
Sixth century and it is also known as
Priestholme Che priests island).
Perched in the center of the isle are
the remains of tower built in the Sew
enth century. But this scanty spot upon
the waters should be named the home Of
the birds. In myriads they seek it to
breed. The keepers of the lighthouse are
almost the only human beings they see;
they can live their happy lives without
the shadow of man to frighten them.
Most in numbers is the puftin-being in
the majority it has given its name to the
place. This curious looking bird. so un-
calmly on land rides on the waves won
derfully and dives as surely as no other
bird can. Come upon it suddenly - it
plunges deep into the water and your
boat has gone a long distance ahead be
fore it comes to the surface again. In
some places the putin is called the sea
parrot and in appearance it is not unlike
pretty poll.
Stormy petrels find a resting place in
this grim retreat; gulls are common; ra-
zor bills, cormorants, curlews and divers
add to the population. Gannets have
been met with and the pc, egrine falcon.
Among these rare specimens the pigeon
exCites no remark.
Exceedingly curious is the clamor
made by these creatures during the
breeding time. One might imagine ones
self in the House of Commons during a
scene" in which wild words and inco-
herent sentences are hurled about. Only
there is no speaker to quell the tumult
and restore order. - London Evening
Standard.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
The Eckels.stevenson Wedding.

Miss Phoebe Eckels is the bride of the
week in Chicago society circles. She
was married on Wednesday to John A.
Stevenson at the residence Of her moth
er Mrs. James II. Eckels. Rev. j. G. II.
Mcclure performed the ceremony. The
wedding was witnessed only by the clos
est friends aud relatives, and later
small reception was held. Miss Dorothy
Hussey Of Louisville, KY, was the maid
of honor, and Miss Charlotte Partridge
Of Minneapolis, Miss katherine Kohl
saat. Miss Josephine Hamline, Miss
Lucy Knott, Miss Jessica bishop, and
Miss Helen Campbell the bridesmaids.
Robert Stevenson served his brother as
best man, and group Of out-of-town
men. with Perry Keuly and Bruce
Smith wore the nshers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

gerry are two words which are always
inSeparable in the minds Of patients
and this necessary association must be
conceded.
Rev Or William Carey, a great.
grandson of the First Baptist foreign
missionary to India himself a British
missionary to India, is in this country
consulting with the American Baptist
Missionary union concerning n plan to
raise in this country 100000 of a $40
O00WW endowment fund for Seramport,
college, in the province of Bengal.
That Edison is as fertile rs ever in
suggestions appears in his proposal that
the East river New York, be filled in
and its waters provided with n new
channel dug across Long Island at
point farther east Good authorities
propounCe the scheme by no means Chi
merical The real estate value of the
present site of the river would he almost
beyond calculation.
A shell which will hit two marks
will he tested this fall. The solid steel
head of the shell contains Il charge of
high explosive which is detouated on i'm
pact Back of this is the shrapnel
chamber, containing 40 bullets and Il
charge of high explosive The Shrapnel
portion can he timed 10 explode above
body of troops, leaving the solid head of
the she'll to pass on and strike elsewhere.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
ELECTRICAL NOTES.

Ii has been proven that our great rail-
way terminals, where traffic is constant
where switch engines are shunted back
and forth and suburban trains are run
frequently, can be operated more eco
nomically 10y electricity than by steam.
An electric pen has been invented
which will prevent forgeres This pen
makes tiny perforations through the pa
per
Bactcr1orologists are now using an
electrically heated incubator 10 hatch
germs because the temperature can be
controlled for an indefinite period with
out variation.
London has IA new club which is al
most entirely ran by electricity, even
the walters being electrical.
Searchights have become Il factor in
labor troubles They are used to illu-
inmate the grounds about factory prop
erty.
A steam turbine electric locomotive is
being tried ont in England
Austria is TO develop $4,000 electrical
horsepower from the river Gaslla, which
will be used for lighting and industrial
purposes
The city council Of Cincinnati is plan
ming subway To connect the business
section of the city with the outlying
residential sections,
BueuOs Ayres has authorized the con
struction Of an electric subway under
the city.
Wireless telegraph apparatus is pro-
hhited i'm British India except upon gov
eminent license
London has trackless trolley
Mon%rail systems have proven success
full in India.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

Consul General George Z. Anderson
writing from Rio de JaneriO, says that
the movement of Brazilian rubber at
the beginning Of the present season of
1909 and 1910 is under conditions which
have had no parallel in the trade for
many years, if ever before. The exports
of Brazilian rubber for the year ending
June 30. 1909, were almost exactly the
same as those for the year ending June
80. 1907. and yet the value of the ex-
ports of Brazilian rubber in the past
year was about 100 per cent of the value
Of the crop in 1906 and 1907 and about
lST per cent of the value Of the exports
in 1907 and 1908. The entries in Bra
I'll. as measured by the entries at Para,
we're 3S.003 tons in 1906 and 1907. 80
$50 tons in 1907 and 1908 and 3S0G5
tons in 1903 and 1909. or the ship
ments for the past year 1920 tons were
for Europe and 19.0JO tons for the Unit
cd States the stock on hand therefore
having been drawn upon to some extent.
The visible supply Of Para rubber at
the beginning of the present season il
placed al 1872 tons. as compared with
1854 tons at the same time the year
before The value of the rubber shipped
during the past year measures prices for
the product, which have been without
precedent, the range of prices in the past
two years being greater than that meas
ured by a similar product in the same
time within modern commercial history.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
Mimicry in Fishes.

Ia lecture on fish photography at
the Royal Photographic society's exhibit
ton DR. Francis Ward said that the
power which certain fish possessed to
change their color in harmony with their
environment resided in the eye. He
placed II pike in such a position that its
head was in dark chamber, while the
rest Of it's body lay in bright sunshine.
Although its resting place was perfectly
white, the pike remained black in color.
But when he reversed it's position and
caused its head to be in the sunlight its
color changed to very much lighter hue
within the space Of few minutes. II
was evident that in fish, which possess
protective powers Of this kind To a great
er extent 'han birds or any other Crea-
lures. the tight acted upon the optic
nerve. thus causing the pigment cells
all over the skin to contract or relax
London Globe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

Could occurE You are no good in the
N"Eid. You have nothing 10 DO. You
would simply stand around or sit around
~ you do ROW. eating perhaps more
.L"L YOU do now, but doing nothing for
'Hg benefit of the worhl.
lou are only living for yourself. You
nave no idea of trying 10 make the world
., better place to live in. If Won had All
me health 1t was possible for anyone
10 Imagine, what better off would the
world be: What better off would you
9r lou might be able to swallow and
uSeNt more than you do now. TO sleep
9etter and to enjoy more sensual and
peaSiiy pleasures. That's all. You would
9e DO better off for it. your family would
9e no better off because of your health.
Inc world would lie no better off. You
would simply make better parasite
hali you are now, \ parasite that
Wouid be more expensive for the world
asite. '''-
hat is the use Of such fellow as
you getting well, anyhow? You have
hothIhg else 10 do but to be sick. You
nave nothing IN your mind to talk about
pQI your bad symptoms and dolorous
lales' 1t these should be removed from
YOU You would have nothing TO talk
about. Don't YOU see that it would be
for YOU to be healed?
II a man or woman is SO constituted
mat they are willing to sit down and
let others feed them, work for them and
clothe them. enjoying the benefits that
others have earned if a man or woman
Is so constituted as to be able to do this
II makes no difference to the world
whether they are sick or not 1t would
be folly to make such people well. Ii
would be waste of remedies to cure
them. II would be squandering energy to
40 anything for them however efficient
1t might prove TO be
Now let me tell you this Whether
You believe 1t or not, you will never be
Wen until you desire to be We'll When
ever You make up your mind TO be of
some use to the world. then you will get
we'll. You will not get well until you do
There IS no good reason why YOU should
be well. No one deserves health and
strength unless he is willing to use thar
health and strength for the benefit of
the world he lives in.
There is a multitude of people who
cucumber the earth. who stand around
IN the way, who eat without producing
who destroy without creating. Such peo-
pie are generally sick and deserve TO be
SICK. There Is no sense or purpose in
their being well. There is no medicine
III the world that can make them we'll
either. Until such people are willing
to get move on themselves, take some
healthtul relation to society they will
Keep right on moaning and grumbling
ana complaining until the end of their
days and no change will occur.-Conking
cub Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
Moving Day in Birdland.

Few people study the birds closely
enough to understand their movements
They close up their home affairs some
little time before leaving the north.
What do you suppose they are doing all
This while? Not idle by any means, but
very busy with preparations for migra-
ton Communication goes on over a
large area: dates are appointed by some
sort of bird notation: and wnen the time
comes they come in by tiYeS and tens and
twenties, all ready for the start. During
this Deri0d | suspect there is a good deal
of neighborly visiting.
They discuss the migration for days and
even weeks. and So complete are the ar
rangpments that very few strollers are
ever left behind ! think that in central
New York there are always very few
robins caught, either by sickness or some
other reason. who stay through the cold
months in the shelter of the hemlocks.
Most beautiful = the arrangement when
these tlocks reach the north and DIVIDE
and subdivide for their special Iocalltles'
If you have never seen one OF these
performances. you should underlake 10
meet the swallows or sWifts on April -
a dav on which they almost invariably
reach the north. You will find that thet
have a certain convention ground. Here
they spend their first day talking, hyih&
hack and forth. making arrangement %
that are not clear to US, but are evident
~ very definite to them: for Hooks are
constantly starting out from the great
body. and in all directions.
These subdivisions evidently find thef
own special localities where they sub
divide again for the summer. II is a
most delightful and instructive sight In
stead Of showing q lack Of reason. u
shows a defniteaess and purp'setuines@
that more human beings should manifest
Travelling 10y night leaves these m.-
grants an opportunity 10 rest by DAY
and to alight where they End sufficient
food. 4 iock Of robins can almost az
WAYS find a wild cherry tree anywhere
from the Carolinas TO New York state
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

Americans in Paris did not lose sight
Of Thanksgiving. despite the distance he
tween them and the United States. The
eve banquet Of the Amer
len club was an exceptionally brilliant
affair Two hundred members and guest
gathered at the Hotel Palais dOrsay.
and after the dinner, at which American
turkey and pumpkin pie were the fca-
lures. there were appropriate Thanks
giving speeches, Prominent among the
guests were Georges Iecomte. Prof
Bliss Perry Of Harvard. Baron d'Es.
taHrnelles dc Constant and Frank Ma
son, the American consul general.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

wrought iron and tool steel from this
base ore. of which there is 1900. 600 tons
in sight on a tract Of 270 acres in
western Oregon. Experts declare that
by solving the problem Of overcoming
the titanium with this new process Of
smelling, large bodies OF the ore in va
rious parts OF the United States and
Canada will become available for com
mercial purposes and add millions of
dollars to the wealth-production of the
country
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
Toilet Hints.

Lemon juice is supposed to be
freckIe killer, The juice Of three lem
0ns strained. four ounces of alcohol, two
ounces Of rosewater. Apply with alb
sorlnst cotton or old soft linen, and al
low It 10 dry into the skin.
DO not put glycerin and rosewater on
the chapped hands of n little child; the
mixture smarts ana causes the greatest
discomfort. Use cosmetic jelly instead.
One application will make the hands soft
and smooth,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
Permit Children TO
Follow Their Own Volition.

individuality is all very well in its
place, but return to the Old-fashioned
methods of handling children might not
prove unsuccessful.
Take for instance the small subject
OF administering medicine. An advo-
cate OF chlldren's rights gives the
startling advice which must make
every practical mother smile. DO not
attempt to force small child to take
medicine. Get it in good humor. rea-
son with it, if it is old enough tell it
what good the medicine is going to do,
get its will working and you will, in
administering the medicine effect an
influence OH the child's character
which will be life-lasting." The writer
might have said, Perform a miracle"
for every mother knows that small
and sick children cannot be treated
in this way. The old fashioned mother
says, IF the child will not obediently
swallow the medicine upon its mother $
insistence, time, trouble and temper
will be saved by quietly taking the child
on the lap, with its head resting com
fortably back; then with one hand gently
hold the child's nose closed. while with
the other put the spoon containing the
medicine in one corner of the childs
mouth, emptying it there. In doing this
no sacrifice to character building is made
nor is any cruel. barbarous act accom-
pIished"
Going step further is the question
Of allowing children to choose their
own food. Sentimentalists claim that
children should be permitted to select
or reject the articles of food placed be
fore them-still urging individuality
Their claim is being disputed by ,he
leading physicians of the day who one
and all endorse the rule Of, say thirty or
forty years ago, which made children eat
what was set before them or go hun
CRY. Among these is DIR. Kerley. who
is connected with the New York Poly
clinic Medical school and hospital, the
Babies hospital and any number of
other Institutions. He says of children
and what they should eat:
Some will refuse all kinds Of yegeta-
hles; others will refuse all kinds but
one or two. The childs whims in these
respects must never be catered to. Ii
is 10 take what is placed before him or
60 without until the next meal Likes
and dislikes for various articles of diet
are largely a matter of education, and
the child may and should be taught to
eat everything that is good for him. A
little firmness in compelling him to 20
hungry for a few hours will soon do
away with any childish fancy which
may be the cause of considerable harm.
These children are rapidly growing and
for proper growth and development re
quire a mixed diet"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
ShOD Early

Christmas is no JOY to employees in a
department store. In the terrible pre-
ceding fortnight many a girl, desperate
with fatigue, wildly wishes the strain of
life We're past. Not for her the calm of
the silent night, when angels sang 10
shepherds, and peace and good will were
the burden of the song. After tired days
come evenings still filled with long stand
ing, and accommodating wearineSS As the
day approaches. longer and longer grow
the hours; and, when the holidays at last
arrive perhaps tie poor shopeirl has an
opportunity to recuperate in bed or per-
haps her health is gone and her chance
to earn her living honestly never will re-
turn. \ young boy of II was kept ON
wagon delivering packages until :.
O'clock mt night. Reaching the stable,
too worn out to travel home he curled
up in wagon. pulled a blanket hastily
about him. and fell into sleep from which
he never woke. In the Christmas eve of
1908, in AT least one big town, large deliv-
cry wagons were seen loaded, nj II p. m,
and about TO start, not asSuredly. to re-
leve distress, but to add compleXity to the
Christmas Of those already OYcrfed and
overlooked and bored with multitude of
gifts. Stop crowding your wealthy
friends with presents, and spend your
money on the poor. If that step seems
too sudden. at least shop early enough
to prevent the day from being the climax
of distress for so many families in shop,
in factory. and in home Follow these
wise suggestions of the Consumers
league:
|. Buy early in the season and early in
the day.
, Send packages two weeks ahead
marked Not to be opened until Christmas. -
3. Minister to actual needs. Give chiefly
to children.
T. Choose presents having either useful
ness or beauty
j. Demand articles which have been made
and sold under conditions fair and whole
some to the worker.
6. Remember that Christmas is of noble
memory, not an occasion for display.
Golfers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

and there are wild grapes everywhere.
These viii serve them Oh their passage
southwark; and northward they are pref
ty sure 10 find insects and worms. be-
sides Il measure of old berries somewhat
dried but yet eatable. When they reach
central New York find that they are by
no means as fastidiouS rs they are in
the fall; and on very bleak days they are
Wiling To eat barherres, which are
usually neglected by most birds The
bart try bushes of New England are
wonderfully abundant, and give Il vast
amount of food
In the autumn the birds of passage
drop down around my house. more par
ticularly for the mountain ash berries,
and after lively and sumptuous day.
they start onward again with the sunset.
These fellows are always wasteful never
picking up a dropped berry. In the
spring they are not by any means as
careless; and in the winter the pine
grosbeak will get down on the snow and
carefully collect what he has dropped
Outing Magazine
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

Advertise Your Goods.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

\ contract has been completed with
the Colorado Fuel q Iron company for
the early delivery Of GOO tons Of DO
pound steel rails, to be used on the San
Diego d Arizona railroad, eastward from
TIA Juana through Mexico. Six thou
sand tons of these steel rails will make
200 carloads, and they will be sufficient
to lay about forty-three miles of road.
This order means an expenditure Of
$4,000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
Curtain Lecture for GrumbIers.


You are a chronic grumbler, that is
H4Iat you are. You growl and grumble
Stl The time. You imagine you have an
ggue here or a pain there. You are
Watching your stomach furtively, and If
rumble or an eructation occurs you
Ig up in arms about it. About every
SSay You take something or other. Some
rpe 2r pill or powder. and keep right on
m l90 used to be as well as other men.
Pr...' was when you had plenty to do,
1. :. TOT some reason or other you have
s,.. Working, and you have nothing to do
sr " "HJ to think Of yourself and stand
rr...1H acting as if you We're sick. and
paDy. 0''0 0'2e SIN VI
r. would probably be no use to tell you
H.. your sickness is mainly imaginary.
1. rerhaps have heard that great
vi Tines before. Gou don't believe Il
o- you hear it and no argument could
h. %ou believe it.
Hs. there Is one question we would
.r r" ut to you. You think you are
s We win let that pass. We VIII
rr Tor the sake of argument that
S are sick. You want to be well.
-r >e now we had the power TO
80 You well at once. to Danish from
s,5 mind and body every intimation
h. 81 sesuSe Of sickness. What would
z use Of your recovery, even II It
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

The Carnegie Steel company is rushing
work on its new steel wheel plant at
Homestead, where wheels will be made
by the new process, and the plant is ex
pected to be ready for operation Janu-
airy l. 1t will have a capacity Of 400
wheels a DAY and is said 20 be only a
forerunner of what will be done along
the line of turning out that kind of wheel
in the near future.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17
INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

The Milwaukee Electric Railway x
Light company has placed an order for
900 car wheels with the Carnegie Steel
Wheel company At pttsburg
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

Last week the sales Of standard steel
rails by the Illinois Steel company
amounted to about 10000 tons. practi-
calIy all being Bessemer. The entire
quantity was sold to western roads and
10000 tons went to road that bought
heavily in the early part Of the rail buy
iug movement.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

The Wilkes rolling mills at Sharon.
Pa, has resumed after a shutdown of
several months, during which repairs and
alterations have been completed that
have changed the nature of the plant. Ii
has returned to the making Of the old
inal form of making tin plate out of
wrought iron sheets instead of steel
sheets 1t is claimed that tin plate with
the pure iron base will last longer than
any steel sheet stock, and is less in
clined to corrosion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

The output Of the last half of this
year with December estimated, is expect
ed to run very close to 1850 900 tons,
or at the rate of 29,00O,OO0 tons per an
mum, whereas the first six months pro-
duced only 11,O22,OOO tons, but little
above yearly rate Of 1000 900 tons
If the prosperity Of the iron trade con
tiuues throughout next year. and the
prophets Of the trade are 80 predicting
the American iron trade should show a
total production Of between 81 100000
and 33,000,0O0 tons Of iron.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17

And de shepherd go out in de darkness,
Where he night was col and bleak;
An dat i'll bracB sheep, he find it,
tn lay it agains his check
AMI de hirplin frOwn, 20 Shepherd.
Den bring Cat sheep to me.
But de Shepherd, he smile, and he hol 1t
dat III brack sheep. wuz. me!
rrbis negro version of The Ninety ana
Nine" was recited by Mrs Alexander in the
drnrrqv- Alexander revival meetings IN Lon
don There were 10000 converted to
Thirst through the meetings held in Eng
land