Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-29

pitched forward As he fell he stretched
out this right arm, swung by il. recov-
cred his footing and saved his life.
In describing the experience he said
Keeping cool did it. And afterward |
was NOT depressed. RegaInng my foot
ing, / went on out 10 the place where
my construction gang WAS ut work, as
If nothing had happened"
Perhaps such GOODNESS is constitution
nj. But it can be cultivated 1t can be
taught to the growing boy and girl and
thus become Il habit. II certainly works
wonders in crisis. In ordinary. every
day affairs it enables Il man to do his
best. Nerves were intended to give en-
ergy and courage. not to run away with
us IKE crazy horses with broken haF-
ness. The calm, self possession that re-
fused to allow an evening business tele-
| CRANE of tr0uhle 10 keep one awake the
repoSe of mind that oyertopS a panic rs
| a mountain rises above the fog banks in
Il valley. the serenity Of mind that clear
" sees the blessings that remain when a
| solitary calamity Smites heavily there
is no greater good in life. To such a
man there Is always fair weather.
Among the millions that daily cross
the Brooklyn bridge few there are who
would not find it helpful to remember
T. = I arlington. who hung each wire
ana whose personal motto was Always
N''' cool The Optimist, in Exchange.
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Children and the Home
The family man or woman will tell
! you with emphasis that a home is not
! complete if children are not running
/ 1S gy,i,, Il
| VIII affirm that children. viewed in the
| most favorable light, are little less than
! Il nuisance, and cost a tremendous
amount of money.
! W course, it does cost a lot of moner
| TO BRING up children, and your ordinary
mother IS person very much restricted
ana tied 10 the house She max not !,
| nay, cannot, have anything like the lib
| erty,, after family begins TO appear,
| winch she enjoyed prior to the advent
OF little ones. Her worries, too, are lie,
Slon, and her anXieties innumerable,
| what with sickness and many other kin-
! dred evils
! 1t is something more than a Joke to
bring up fairly large family from
| childhood to maturity. and the strain IS
| very great; but one cannot shut one
! eyes to the fact that woman is on earth
Tor definite purpose, and in view of
| that TACT, all the Worries troubles and
/ ''ti-N4Ni ltH CoIllttlbu WITH tllllUfen are
! viewed by your average mother with a
very tolerant eye.
| On the other hand, there can be no
! doubt about the fact that child or two
! about the home rehneS a man and wOm-
an, and keeps them purer than they
| would ever be were the children not
| there. Thus, language is moderated in
| their presence, temper is kept in check
| ny the thoughtful father or mother when
a little one is looking on. and this moder-
! atlng of language and keeping the tenn
| per in check develops into habit in due
| course.
In an ail-around way, therefore a
! child ia the home makes for it's better
ment and Improvement.
And. moreover, children teach one the
value of patience. \ parent is much
more tolerant after the advent of a little
| one. than he or she was prior to its ar
rival One learns to be calm and coli
| Iected II one is among children. Some
| how. they sOothe in Il marvellous way.
y chubby little hand stro,ing ones
cheek has peculiar effect, and it is only
the parent who knows what it exactly
means-it cannot be explained in print
Then. undoubtedly, great pleasure
comes with the knowledge that you have
children of your own. There they are,
! tine, healthy youngsters, who make a
| lot of noise, and keep on tormenting you
| All tilC ilLlts nut lltN are NDuISs anu
| you are responsible for their young lives.
| And the knowledge which comes of
| responsibility, after children are in the
| home, has a Christening effect so far as
the right-thinking parent is concerned
| 1t is true that the childless couple
can jaunt about, visit this place, that
| place, and the next, and in way enjoy
| themselves as they could not if they had
| been blessed with one or two children
! but 1t almost goes without saying that
! they would enjoy each others company
! all the more if that eternal bond Of love
| existed between them which binds the
man and woman together after a child
! enters into their life. The couples who
! have no children pity those who have,
and speak vaguely of the worries and
| troubles that must be their lot. They
| never think of the other side, about
which they know nothing.
And the couples who have children
speak i'll pity Of those who have 40
young ones to lIven uD the home of an
evening with shouts and laughter.
| 1t may be that a child on occasion
proves a thorn in the parental flesh.
! Here and there is to be found the lad
| whose parents wish he had never been
born, but, happily, such cases are ex-
tremely rare; the great majority of boys
and girls, too, prove blessings to parents.
| And aSSureGly, 1t is nice to have a
family around one, if only for the pros
pective pleasure of seeing little ones
| playing round ones knee in old age
ones grandchildren.
! Perhaps there is no other way in which
| children prove such a blessing as in age.
when happy little ones are always pop
ping out and in to ask how grandma
! and grandpa are keeping today
| The childless couple, when aged know
nothing Of this. True they may have
| plenty OF young ones popping in to see
them. but that extraordinary thing. the
| close blood bond. is lacking, and the
young ones can never be the same to
them ~ grandchildren are to the others.
IN. WyckOh. in Detroit News Tribune.
MARLBOROUGH GOSSIP.