Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-05-20
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Forget tt"
Every pathway is more or less beset
with thorns-which have their use. to be
sure. For it is by the thorns that
g. We travellers blind
Feel out our flowers
Yet he would be a silly traveller who
should carefully gather the thorns ana
leave the roses behind. Many however,
there be who do that very thing. Not
believing that the evil thereof is suf
fcient unto each day, they pile up evil,
carrying over into today the bad things
of yesterday and the day before and
last year. 1t is a strange infatuation.
For example. annoying Incidents and
circumstances, unpleasant persons and
places. are carefully treasured in the
memory to be paraded at every oppOr-
tunity. Some of these calamity-loving
souls carry a heavy load Of past griefS
which they keep quite fresh and harrow
ing by frequent stirring and the water
ing of copious tears. Worse yet, they are
not satisfied to gloat in silence over their
miseries, but insist upon sharing then,
with every comer-who is not wary
enough to escape. Then the disease-lov-
ing pe0ple-how many are there who
keep life at low ebb and then waste
the poor remnant in perpetually rehears
ing the details of past illnesses.
One and all, these morbid minds enjoy
dwelling on their dislikes; in other words,
they love their hatreds.
Health and happiness-spritua pros
perity-are kept far aloOf by all such
mental habits. The healthy and happy
are likewise repealed by the atmosphere
Of irritation bitterness or gloom created
by such habits.
jl-o HDb 10 x,-lN 4 Nv 10
Stroyng his own perception Of truth, the
persistent harborer of calamity thoughts
must eventually destroy his capacity for
happiness.
Therefore. all should resist beginnings.
Learn to forget. Check Yourself when
about to rehash your woes, and crack Il
joke instead. A poor joke is infinitely
preferable to the best-told tale of trou-
BILE
There is a type of jolly, genial, whole
some humanity which laughs at present
pains and makes Il comedy Of past ones;
which suffers keenly without bitterness
and looks back with gratitude upon
griets and hardships past seeing in all
the hand Of a loving Providence. As the
bee draws honey from unComely blooms.
SO do these happy souls extract sweetness
from untoward events and receive and
give inspiration from all that comes.
These may range all fields. past. present
1
gct-to Sift out life's grains of gold and
to let the dust and rubbish 90. 1t VIII
lac extremely useful i'll our pursuit of the
fine art of living. to take such Charac-
tcrS as these last four our eNempIarS.
Let us cultivate their acquaintance, let Us
draw them to us by swift and hearty re
Spouse to their note of optimism, to tnelr
brave and friendly gaiety.-Lora {. Lit
tie.
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Woman Suffrage in Current Magazines.
Among the articles in current maya
zines dealing favorably with the question
Of woman suffrage are woman and
Democracy" by Borden Parker Bovine,
In the North American Review; Woman
Suffrage as it Looks Today" by Mrs. .;
Ii. 7. Belmont. in The Forum; Social
ldealism and Woman Suffrage by
George Willis Cooke, in The Chqutau-
guam; Women Workers and the Labor
Movement" by Elizabeth j. Hansen. IN
the American Federationist, and Should
Women Have Equal Suffrage, by Gov
Shatroth, in the National Monthly. " FIT
mg from Il personal knowledge OF the
work in woman suffrage in his state Tor
over sixteen years, the governor OF CoIo-
RADIO hei!eve hat the highest conSldera-
tons of justice and good government de
nand equal suffrage for women.
POSSIBLY some political significance
may be attached to the appearance in
the National Monthly of this article, one
OF the 2blest ever written for any maya
zine on this particular subject. 1t IS
printed along with other nota bic articles
ON questions of great public Importance
contributed by distinguished men atiiIiat-
ga with the Democratic party, III the
hfSt anniversary number, the JeHefSoh
number, of the magazine, Of which Chdlr-
man Norman e. Mack of the Democratic
y IN NJ
publisher. This may be "suitraA e
straw, +. NJ. A. in Woman 5 journal
1910
How I Slept Out of Doors.
The present interest in the out-of-door
bedroom has led me to give my own eX-
peFlence, with the hope that it will help
others 10 equally favorable results. An
attack Of pleurisy last October left me
SO depleted in strength that the attending
physician ordered me TO give up my pc
s-tlon as teacher in a girls school, and
90 at once to the country and to high
e attitude. Of course it seemed i'm
94SSlble, bnt the only thing to do was
10 OBEY orders without delay and worry.
went at twenty-four hours notice
~ small town in the northern part OF
-reN Jersey, SIXty-hYe miles from New
1.Fh, and took up my abode in the noun
''t4. IUpO feet above the sea-Ieyel l. ne
necessary outfit was a simple one. and
|ohslsted Of the following articles; Tent,
Ngl blankets, bed-shoes, sleeping cap
ana haunel nightdress for night use, and
be4yy skirt. ulster, sweater, heavy
s4ges and tam-o'-shanter for day use.
Inc hrst day III the new surroundings
luna me too weak to move, SO | sat,
raped in a steamer-rug, on the veran-
g .ri 'L the house where | took my meals.
me tent was put up that afternoon on
pi1uoFm raised a foot above the level
-'eual, about one hundred yards from
Ing house. at the edge of the pine woods
-,sll''Alng the lake. The springs Of the
W. We're first covered with heavy manila
.9pplnS-paper ito keep out the wind.
men seWed several blankets to form a
S.bag. and used a down comfort
. ana steamer-rug for extra cover
~ -He coolest nights. | found that this
quite enough covering, but it is