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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30

We had been the best of friends
ever since. Two days before the we'd
ding he came around from his tailor's,
and we burned all his letters to me.
he would read one and say: Here's
crackeriack. Kit" and pass It to
me. And after l had read it we would
lay 1t on the firelog. and Jim would
say. i am not worthy of her. Kit. I
wonder If l can make her happy?" Or
Did you know that the duke of
Belford proposed to her in London
last winter"
or course, one has to take the
woman's word about a thing like that.
but the duke of Bedford hal been
mad about Maude Richard all that
winter.
You can see that the burning of
the letters, which was meant to be
reminiscently sentimental, a sort of
Observation-Disclosures oc-
cas1on, became actually a two hours
eulogy of Bella. And just when /
was bored to death, the Mercer girls
dropped in and heard Jim begin to
read one commencing dearest Kit"
And the next day after the rehearsal
dinner. they told Bella
There was very nearly no wedding
at all. Bella came to see me in a
frenzy the next morning and threw
Jim and his two hundred odd pounds
in my face, and although | explained
it all over and over, she never quite
forgave me. That was what made it
so hard later-the situation would
have been bad enough without that
complication
They went abroad on their wedding
journey, and stayed several months.
And when Jim came back he was fat
ter than every Everybody noticed
1t. Bella had a gymnasium fitted up
in corner Of the studio, but he would
not use it, He smoked a pipe and
painted all day, and drank beer and
would eat starches or whatever it is
that is fattening But he adored
Bella, and he was madly jealous of
her. At dinners he used to glare at
the man who took her in, although it
did not make him thin. Bella was
flirting, too, and by the time they had
been married year, people hitched
their chairs together and dropped
their voices when they were men
toned.
Well, on the anniversary of the day
Bella left him-oh, yes, she left him
finally. She was intense enough about
some things, and she said it got on
her nerves to have everybody chuekle
when they asked for her husband.
They would say. Hello, Bella! How's
Bubbles? Still bGnting?" And Bella
would try to laugh and say, He
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
FEW RULES FOR DIETING
Too Much Trifilng With Digestion
These Days and Much Harm
Results.

Here are n few rules that the girl
Who is determined TO diet does well
TO observe. There is too much trifiing
with our digestion these days, and not
the least harm is done by the notion
for undertaking.
Never diet on the advice of friend
Her regimen may have done wonders
for her and will put you to bed or
make you sorry-looking wreck
Don't diet to excess at any time.
Girls, make sure she knows dietetics
Many physicians, good in other things,
have little knowledge of the effect of
food upon the system.
If you want to diet from a cause. as
from diabetes or kidney trouble. do IL
religiously; almost better not begin
than to do it spasmodlcally, letting up
whenever food temps you.
IL you only diet for the sake of ng.
ure or complication count the cost be-
fore starting. Cutting out the foods
Of ordinary family meals is hard. Ask
yourself, which means most to me.
the loss Of few pounds or being a
nuisance at mealtime?"
Don't keep on dieting If you feel
that it disagrees with you. This holds
good even when your food list is care
fully censored by a physician. The
best OF them VIII make mistakes.
Find out in time what is wrong.
Don't diet TO excess at any time.
Women often go to the point of weak
ening their entire system by injudi-
ciously following a doctors advice.
Common sense and moderation are
good things to hold to In the matter
Of food
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
CHAPTER II.
The Way II BEGAN.

1t makes me angry every time think
how | tried to make that dinner a
success. 1 cancelled a theater en-.
gagement, and took the Mercer girls
in the electric brougham father had
given me for Christmas Their chauf.
feur had been gone for hours with
their machine, and they had tele.
phoned all the police stations without
success. They were afraid that there
had been an awful smash; they could
easily have replaced Bartlett, as Lol.
lie said, but it takes so long to get
new parts for those foreign cars.
Jim had house well uptown, and it
stood just enough apart from the
other houses to be entirely madden
ing later. 1t was a three-story affair,
with basement kitchen and servants
dining room. Then, of course there
were cellars, as we found out after.
ward On the first floor there was
large square hall, a formal reception
room. behind it big living room that
was also a library, then a den, and
back of all Georgian dining room,
with windows high above the ground.
On the top floor Jim had a studio, like
every other one / ever saw-perhaps
q little mussier, Jim was really a
grind at his painting, and there were
cigarette ashes and palette knives
and buffalo rugs and shields every
where. 1t is strange, but when think
Of that terrible house, l always see
the nails, enormous, covered with
heavy rugs, and stairs that would
have taken six housemaids 10 keep
in proper condition / dream about
those stairs, stretching above me in
a Jacobs ladder of shining wood and
Persian carpets. going up, up, clear to
the roof
The Dallas Browns walked; they
lived ii the next block. And they
brought with them a man named Har-
bison, that no one knew. Anne said
he would be great sport, because
he was terribly serious, and had the
most exaggerated ideas of soc ETY.. and
loathed extravaganza, and built
bridges or something. She had put
away her cigarettes since he had been
with them-he and Dallas had been
college friends-and the only chance
she had to smoke was when she was
getting her hair done And she had
singed off quite a lot-a burnt offer.
ing, she called it.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
He Was Scared.

There used to be sheriff in
Green mountain county Of Vermont
who for 40 years had driven his pris
oners 49, murderers, moonshiners.
thleyes-through the woods In his bug
gy to the county jain and yet who had
never carried a revolver nor used a
pair Of handouts in his life. He had
"A strong hand. a brave heart and a
stutter
Weren't you ever afraid?" some
one asked him one day.
"W.wen. | 1Iow once | w-wuz t.t-tol.
'rable well skeert, he admitted. slow
ly. Il h-heard Ssh P.Perkins, the
barber, wuz g.gone d-daft an wuz
c-carvin p-peopEe up, an | c-calc'lated
it wuz my official d-dooty to ego an
arrest him. So | w-went d-down to
S-Si's shop. an w-went in. an S-Si
c-come at me w-with a rrazor In each
Inland. An then How | wuz ttol.
'rable we'll skeert"
What did you dC?"
"W-w-well" said the old sheriff.
splitting thoughtfully into the sandbox
beside the stove, 81 wuz $50 s-s-skeert
that t-took EN- a-a-away from him"
Everybodys.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
EMPIRE VS.. HooslER STATE.

H was a pompous New Yorker, and
when he struck Washington street
with his line of talk he was one Of
the greatest men who ever crossed the
Alleghenies. says indianapolis Star
Why" he sputtered. you folks out
here are way behind the times In my
town We have everything that makes
life worth living. We have our opera.
we have our clever men, we have our
wonderful buildings. we have the At.
lantic ocean, we have progress. civil
cation, lovely women. manly men, be
wildering and beautiful restaurants
the splendor Of which the poets could
not have described; marvellous sum
mer resorts, where a gay galaxy %
merrymakers cavort and make the
night light with their jests and laugh
ter; we have the mighty captains
finance. who direct the nations re
The grfzzled old street cleaner. VIII
was listening to his airy persifag,
paid heed for a few moments. then b.
said:
You may have all that, bat they
one thing lou amt got. You amt &c
no iiterachoor, and that's where us on
here in Indianny is strong.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30

when the crash came. Away up in
the roof of the structure. near a point
directly over the loading platform on
which stood Fire Chief Horan, Bur
roughs, bis second assistant, Lieuten-
ant Fitzgerald and nearly a score OF
others. there was a sudden, sharp.
loud report like the instantaneous
rending of high.pressure boiler.
Portions of the masonry of the
building fell away like chHds house
of toy building blocks A large part
of this fell on the canopy over the
loading platform. tearing the latter
ava. and bearing Ii to the platform
itself. which was crushed like an egg
she'll. with its human freight of fire.
fighting men.
Falling Brick Injure Many.
There were scores of firemen stand
ing on the outskirts OF where the
bricks fell. Many of these were in
jured. some of them painfully. They
were taken to st. Bernard's hospital
and to their homes In ambulances
and police patrols, which were rush
ed to the scene by the score when the
explosion came and 1t was known
that there would be list of dead and
Injured.
Fumes of ammonia filled the build
ing with rapidity. II was seen at
once that ammonia pipes forming
part of the refrigerating machinery
that keeps the south end of the build
Ing chilled for the storage OF beef
carcasses had exploded
At once fear became widespread
that many f'remen and their officers
were in the building at the time and
that the ammonia fumes would
strike them to the floor, leaving them
easy prey for flames and smoke or
killing them outright.
FIremen Work In Danger.
The rescuers worked under the
greatest danger to their own lives and
ignoring burns and hazard of falling
walls. Despite the fact that they were
aware of the fatality and knew that
the bodies of the victims were buried
under the brick pile, firemen worked
about the pile, directing streams of
water into the burning building Many
of them went about with tears stream
ing down their cheeks. overcome with
grief over the fate of the chief and
his subordinates,
Begin Rescue Immediately.
Almost as soon as the wall fell
those of the fighters who had escaped
the fate of their companions rushed
Mt the ruins to bring to safety those
who might still be alive. Amid the
blazing timbers. the red-hot bricks and
the sizzling steel, the firemen worked
unmindful of the terrible burns they
were suffering
The peril of the brave fire fighters
did not cease after the explosion and
the falling of the wall on the score OF
men on the loading platform.
Other and smaller sections OF the
wall continued to fall and warning
calls from commanding officers to
men who were imperiled from time to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30

The grapes of the great vine OF
Hampton court, London this year to-
tailed 2,13s punches. worth $4,000 An
old newspaper man living near the
old vines says: Il have for 80 years
noted the regular crop Of news para
graphs about the probable yisld Of
grapes on the old vine and ! now
end out the newspapers century ago
were printing the same thing IT
looks as If the oldtimers had to tip
US young fellows on On real news
New York Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30

A new French case for protecting
money, jewels and important papers
from fire consists of two asbestos
boxes Of different size. one being
placed within the other and prevented
from touching by number of ashes
tos blocks The poorly conducting as
bestos and the insulating air space
combine to keep the inner box quite
cool while the outer one is strongly
heated
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30

Miss Gardner Of Indianapolis is said
to be directly responsible for the
open-aiF school for delicate children
which has become an institution in
that city She appeared before the
board of education and by her argu.
ments prevailed on it to give such a
school a trial The children pay
three cents day for hot milk, soup
or cocoa. which Is supplied them by
the school Any deficit is made up
by the treasury department of the
board.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
Force of Habit.

DO you know, Dr. Knifem walked
deliberately past me today and never
spoke"
; Don't mind that, Emmy. He's so
used 10 cutting people that he did II
without thinkinr"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30
somethina % nemem bsr.

Bear this ID mind. love letters 4
never burned until after you've MA
ried the girl, and sometimes not thes
- Detroit Free Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-30

Copyright 1909. by the Bobbs- Merrill Co.
Needles and pins.
Needles and pins,
When a man marries
His trouble begins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17

The Democratic party is needed. No party can serve Connecticut efec- equivalent of an election. The wei fare of the State is assured only when the party in power knows it may lose it's influence through intelligent crit icism and opposition. Connecticut has needed that kind of criticism for many years and the Democratic party is in a position to offer it.
 The Democratic party of Connect1- cut, under the leadership of Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, is prepared to defy the agencies of political corrup- ton, to ask why the good of the greatest number should not preserved and why the special interests should Assembly to the exclusion of the needs of the people. This means the return to the faith of the founders. It is time Gonn9ftIeTt 17+ soerf91 FefuTnH faifh "
 The Republican party in the nation, and in the State, requires from this convention no extended comment For 16 years it has had undisputed con trol of all branches of the government and has utterly failed to meet the problems of the hour. It is party of large promise and small perform ance. Torn by internal dissensions, offering conflicting cures which are worse than the disease they contrarily 1t should be enough to- justify a change in political leadership, a de- ternined disposition to bring the gov 0Tnm9nC DaGks 10 =& SHI6s QIOSISSo4NCs We accuse the Republican party of a breach of faith to the nation in en- acting a tariff law, but not such a as It It m measured by the difference in the cost of production, but such as was best calculated to build tip great fortunes for a favored few.
 We believe that an extension of the free list and reduction in many of the rates professedly framed to se- A CTS, but really granted as the price Of political support, would advance the prosperity of the mass of our people, I without leading to any injustice to | the wages of employees.
 We favor the ratification of the in
 come tax amendment to the constitu- | we declare for the popular election | of United States Senators.
 | The Connecticut Democrac favors l the creation of a fifth Congressional l district.
 The Democratic party Of Connecti-
 cut reaflrms its conviction, inherited l from Jefferson and Madison, and con- I frmed by the experience of a century l that the prosperity of the country de-
 bends on maintaining the just bal I ances of power between the States and the United States
 | It views with apprehension the I growing tendency of the Republican ! party to center power at Washington l and so to contract the sphere of 1oca. | seIf-government.
 The conneeticut Democracy favors i utilities commission elected by the l people, which shall have supervision I of all public service corporations
 These corporations have not always
 dealt consider derately with the State o1 Connecticut. Because this is the les.
 son of history, we demand that ths
 terms of the joint partnership shal
 be sb drawn that the public will al
 all times be assured of protection
 against the DossibIe greed of the i'm
 personal corporation.
 The Connecticut Democracy favor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17


 ho~- -.~TPness.
 ''You are not looking well. Mrs. VII lington.''
 NO; haven't slept well lately
 What's the trouble? Has the weather affected you?'
 "Oh, no. it isn't that.''
 "I'1l tell you what it Is. You ought to give uIs the practice of drinking coffee at night. I know lot of people who toss awake all night after they have been out to late dinner and fin ished with coffee. I had to quit. it myself
 "I'm sure that isn't the cause of. my trouble" @
 Have you seen. doctor?''
 ''No. A doctor couldn't help me any,
 ''But how can you tell until you go to one and let him examine youT' "WeA; if you mast know, I'm worry ing about my husband He hasn't kicked at the size of the bills lately, and he's been so kind and even tenn pered right along for month or two that I feel almost sure he must be leading a double lfe. An, if he would only get to grumbling and making it disagreeable around the house again!' Chicago Record-Hereld.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17
The Gaelic A B c.

Every letter in the Gaelic alphabet is represented by a tree. The alphabet of today consists of eighteen letters in ancient Gaelic seventeen-and now, as of old, all the letters with the ex- ception of g, and U, which stand for ivy, furze and heather, are called after trees.
 The Gaelic A B c of today runs; Ailm, bette, coll, dur, eagh, fearn, gath, huath. iogh. luis, muin, nuin, oiv, peith, ruis, suil, teine, UT, which is equivalent to saying elm, birch, hazel, oak, aspen, alder, ivy. whitethorn, lew, rowan or quicken, vine, ash, uptndle tree, pine, elder. willow. furze, heath
 In the apcient Gaelic alphabet the letter h EtaiS heath Sr whltethOEn) does not exist. The alphabet is called the beth-luis-nuin, because b l n and not b are it's first three letters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17
SYSTEM OF WATERWAYS FOR CONNECTICUT WITH
 NEW ENGLAND AS UNIT
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY
 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

the repeal of the present law limiting the recovery in death eases to 5000 or any other arbitrary sum.
 . The Connecticut Democracy favors the enactment of a workin gmen's com pensat1on law for injuries.
 We favor the re-esta bliShment of To- cal lf-government in the State to the end that counties, towns and cities and boroughs may have the right to elect matters of purely local interest; and we also favor a conservative modern izing of the Sunday law.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors home rule for the cities of the State, and to this end 1t advocated a uniform city charter policy dealing with fl1Dda- ity the right to work out it's own po- l1tfcal existence without legislative in reference.
 We demand the abolition of the pres ent undefensible method of e1ecting county commissioners.
 The Connecticut Democracy favors tions, in order that the people may select their own servants. And we favor the passing of a law requiring the publication before election of the amounts contributed for campaign pur-. contributors.
 an honest and effective corrupt prac- tfces law, which shall stop the use of money as a means of advancing sell fish men to office, and which shall say to every citizen that his right to serve his fellows is a, matter of char acter, not of debauching human be- ings: The emasculation of the law by the Republican General Assembly was 8 wicked abuse of political power and undertaken that contests for political offices might proceed without restric- | tions.
 l We believe in the establishment of l a civil service law for the State, that | the employees of all State institutions
 may be appointed on the merit sys- | tenn.
 l We call attention to the fact that
 now for many years the Republican l party has used the lower courts of 1 State, city, borough and town courts l as part of their political machine for
 the payment of political debts. A more disgraceful use of the judiciary 1 is not conceivable, and the Republican party has so used these courts for
 many years.
 expenditures of public funds and the
 abolition of the direct State tax on
 property. We ask that the recomm endation of sE the Hon. Rollin s. Woodruff that a single purchasing department be es- tablished for all institutions of the
 State be adopted. We believe that
 the present methods are uneconomical
 and open to the greatest abuses and permeated with petty patronage.
 For years the party has denandeo ase full right of trial by jury in negligence
 leases was the result of Democratic agi-
 tation. The Republican party has been averse to these changes and. grants only what it can no longer with safety
 refuse. The people of this State
 should entrust the enactment of these
 measures to their avowed friends rather than to their secret enemies. Therefore we ask the people of Con- | necticut to elect the State ticket thai we place in nomination, and so secure l an administration of the affairs o1 State during the next two years whicf will put public interests before party |
 and do equal and exact justice tc every citizen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17

State enterprise to construct a dam to create 30,000 electrical horse power, and at the same time create a lake navigable for a long distance behind the dam. This improvement would open a way from the heavy paper would wonderfully improve the traf- fic facilities of this part of the coun- try.
 It will not be surprising if out of the work of the commission and the support of large manufacturers. like MT. Crane there should come a work ing alliance between the municipal era1s governments to contribute joint ly to the cost of improving water ways.
 In Connecticut, and indeed through out New England, whatever has been done in this direction has been done almost entirely by the Federal govern ment and very poorly and Wastefully done in many instances.
 Yet many European municipalities have not hesitated to spend millions upon traffic facilities by water and such expenditures have been enor- mously profitable to them. Hamburg and Glasgow are notable examples of such cities.
 There is a growing feeling among manufacturers that the supremacy of New England industries is concerned in the solution of the waterways prob lem. Unless means can be created for securing cheaply supplies of raw materials New England enterprises will be destroyed by enterprises nearer New England must obtain cheap freights or sink to a. third or fourth rate place in the markets of the na- tion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17
DARK DAYS FOR STAMFORD OLD
 GUARD ARE NEAR

To the Editor of the Farmer. Sir: With your kindness I hasten into print, not because I like it, but to convey to my friend, The Standard, that I have no apology to make. The candidates of the Democrats of Strat- ford . are before the people standing on their own merits. And I must confess the more I look them over, care to enter into a. newspaper con troversy. I simply wished to state my own position squarely and would say further that I voiced my own sentiment and do not assume the re- sponsibility of others, you first charg- ed me with making ammunition for Samuel BeaFdsley, candidate for first se1ectman, now you have somebody making it for me. I assure you that there is ample ammunition to bonn bard the old guard for a month and still have enough left for another campaign and much and more as when the informant of the Standard had his guns trained on them.
 THOMAS H. -M'QUILLAN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-17
The wejter Wfith TWO Cars.

A Cleveland party recently sojourn- ing in a Toronto hotel decided to take an automobile ride about the city They approached the extremely self conscioust clerk and asked him where they could secure a car.
 "Our head waitah has tVvos don't y know," he replied.
 It took some little time to recover from this shock, but presently one of the party ventured to ask the price.
 Three an hour,'' was the answer.
 That was voted satisfactory, and at luncheon one of the Clevelanders turned to the nearest waiter. -r-
 ''Who is the chap that owns two automobiles? he asked.
 "I am the chap" the waiter replied, and he threw such a freezing empha- sis into the. Mord~ .schaD" that fl zEss