Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-08

The iovial germ will leave his lair
And lie IN wait and creep
To capture you while iourncyinS where
The mud is two feet deep
Sure shinS' Washington star.
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An 0ft-Told Tale.
This is an old story. 1t does not come
from Your Town. but if Your Town has
Il street railway the local situation IS
doubtless not much more satisfactory
than it it in the town which furnishes us
with our text. let US put the complaint
for. of course, that is what it is--in
the mouth of Il man who earns more or
less of his bread by the sweat OF his
brow. He says:
Going home from my work evenings.
| have not had seat in Il street car for
more than seven years. The service,
when the people need it most, is abom-
Unable, disgraceful and unsanitary. l
am surprised that the people submit TO
this imposition
To which public utility victims every
where will say an enthusiastic Amen.
1t does not make much difference in
what city or town one resides, 1t he
patronizcS street cars he Is usually quite
willing to agree that the service is ''abOm-
Unable" that the attitude OF the company
toward the public is 'dlsgracetul ana
that the cars are "unsanitary." These
complaints are common. The people 5
rights, if not actually trampled under
foot as the campaign orator would de-
clare. are at least very tightly packed IN
the aisles Of the cars-sOmewhat rs sar-
dimes are packed in little tin boxes. Serv-
ice is subordinated to profit.
Monopoly never existed that was not
insolent.
Ioncaruiue, tho n vara 90 ctrnet car spry-
ice in the average American town, we
are all informed. The facts. as already
asserted are an old. old story. But what
of the cause If the poor service that is
SO generally given by public utility cor
pOratOns? Let us quote again from our
seven-year straphanger:
II am told that the bonds. stock and Ii
abilities Of the street railway company
aggregate $1O3,000,000 Engineers tell
me the system can be duplica ted for
100000. Watering stock in this man
ner ought to be penitentiary ofense."
There is the trouble - watered stock.
To earn n , per cent dividend on SlO3-
100000 the street railway in question
must annually make $5.150O00 above
operating expenses. To earn a s per cent
dividend on II capital of S12,OOO,O 00-the
actual value Of its property-the com
pany would have to make S600,O00
above operating expenses. The difference
between the two earnings is S4,9l5,0OO,
aud in order to pay this the service is
crippled, 1t stands to reason, does it
not that the service must be crippled?
Economy is to be commended, but
economy, rs we see, may be at the eX-
pense of the people and for the profit of
the few. Is it not plain that there
should be some regulation of the capital
izaton Of public service, and perhaps
other corporations? For instance the
regulation that would be effected by tax
ing property on the basis of capital
stock, except. of course, in cases where
the value of the property was manifestly
in excess of the capitalization. Won
ans National Daily.
1850
The Servant Problem in Africa.
Servants are an absolute necessity in
Africa. declares woman writer in the
DeneatOr. But next to the climate and
the insects, the native servants are the
greatest pests, Even the best of them
are the worst imaginable They delight
IN grease, rags and dirt They never do
anything if they can avoid it.
Servants are all of the male gender
They are engaged by the month and paid
in cash or merchandise, at their option
The principal servants are: Cook house.
boy, small-boy, jackwash and headmau.
| was very fortunate in getting one.
His wages were 50 a month"; cash, and
all he could steal He dressed in nm
undershirt and the cust-oG trousers of
some white man. At the end of the
month. when he received his wages,
most Of It went for rum and anisette
bought at the factory. When the money
was gone, he tapped Il palm tree and
drank Of it's termented juice. No matter
how intoxicated he became his meals
were always on time and he was polite
and deferential. He called me missy
Because we both spoke English and
he was Il British subject, he looked after
me IN n way. He instructed the bush.
men how 10 act and dress before y white
woman. lie warned me when there was
any mischief brewing, and when he got
into trouble, which was very Frequently
he looked to me for aid. But he meyer
forgot his position. He was small
slight SO years of age. could read and
write, and sing Moody and Sankey
hymns. lie came into my employ The
day ] landed in the bush and left me
only when took the steamer ut the
coast 10 return To civilization On the
march. he was the first 10 start AWAY
with the cooking kit ON his head; upDu
my arrival in camp, he met me with hot
coffee. No matter how diSCouraging the
conditions, he was faithful, Had |
raked all Africa ! could not have found
a more faithful servant. Only those
who have lived in the bush can apprc-
not like their master, they have a habit
of feeding him slow poison. Many a
white man makes his cook first partake
of the food
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Poverty of Expression.
The average school girl has limited
vocabulary for the very simple reason
that she forms pet expressions and
clingS To these platitudes throughout
school DAYS. One girl is heard to say
that everything is perfectly lovely"
another always says she almost died
a-laughing," over the sillicst thing inn
agiuahlc. These pet phrases are not
elegant and show poverty of expression.
We do not expect girls to chatter like
walking encyclopedias Of knowledge.
bat the careful girl will learn different
adiectiveS and will also he original in
conversation There is no young w0m-
an SO hopeless in society as the one who
cannot converse pleasantly with others
or be original to Il certain extent, Ills
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