Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-22

.:. :.@5.. I;.ssit = -STiiiSii .iiS pieces,
because damp weather softens the fin
ish and csothng is ruined. Rustic wood
il not desirable because it catches and
holds the Dirt. Smooth wood - cane or
b1mhoa--is preferred. Jute rugs are
serviceable. Many like the cheap domes
tic rugs woven very much after the or
der of rag rugs. Select one with nlentv
Of gray or tan and it viii not show the
dust. If a porch. well sheltered, calls
for big roomy chairs of reed or willow
and also number of camp chairs which
may be folded and put aside when NOT
needed Where there is space there
should be a coat rack, paper rack and
library table.
Nerves and Women.
4 common symptom of nervousness
cspecially among women, is the fear az
being alone. This is a morbidity which
has distinct physiological effects VIII
its onset the heart begins to beat more
quickly, the blood PUSHES TO the head
perspiration breaks upon the body. and
The mind is flung into turmoil and tn
mutt. The sufferers intelligence is often
quite clear and recognizes the absIlrdity
Of the dread, yet she cannot shake il off
She resolves again and again to fri
umph oyer it, but again and again her
resolution is vanquished. How then is
obsession? No doubt, much NAV be done
by attention to bodily health, diet. sleep,
exercise. occupation, etc. Yet it must he
admitted that in many cases these forces
are pOwerleSs to relieve. What such
sufferer needs is the creation of an emo
ton stronger than the emotion which is
causing the mischief. This uplifting and
saving emotion may spring up i'll differ
ent ways in different individuals. To
some il will be made possible through a
sense of duty: to others. through the
love Of husband or child or sister or
friend; to others, again, through the
thought of the Divine Presence which is
not mere abstract notion of Deity. but
a feeling realization of a living Power
who holds and sustains, who is closer
to lis than breathing. nearer than hands
or feet. Rev. Samuel McComb, DID.
in Harper's Bazaar.
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The New Woman'S Danger.
This new element in reform which
seems TO be poking the fire from the tip,
this new woman. does not know how
to wait Haste That is surely the dan
ger which walks at the elbow of our
most noble instinct of social responsible
ty. 1t is this haste which has lately
driven some of US into ludcrous and
wicked disrespect for law; it had made
us with mistaken kindness. seek to in
which comes by WrOng-dOing and pain:
it has robbed us of patience with differ
lng opinions; 1t has created a god in its
own image, and crIvs or that he shall
be worshipped only in ways of which it
approves. Oh, let us learn to wait: i'll
does not follow that we must be idle be
cause we refuse TO be precipitate; it
may only mean that we have faith that
is large in time, and that which shapes
1t to some perfect end. Indeed, there
seems to me a certain unhumorous AFRO
gance in this bustling, feminine haste to
make over the wodld-it is as if we
thought ourselves so important that moth
ing could 90 right without us.-Margaret
Deland i'll Atlantic Monthly.
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When the Engagement Is Announced.
The following is what is said after the
engagement is announced of almost any
man:
The Girl Herself-Td like to see Lii
lians face when she reads the society
news-if she ever does anything so in
tellectual as to read. She's always been
perfectly crazy about Bob and she'll
be utterly furious. She'll try to make
people think she could have had him if
she'd wanted him, but every one knows
how she has chased him for months.
wonder if any one will send Arthur a
paper. Poor boy. 1t will be such a
blow to him. If ever a man was devot-
ed TO a girl he was to me. III always
feel that I've ruined his life. He's one
Of the constant kind that never gets
over such a disappointment. l wish l
could decide whether | want a white
satin or crepe meteor wedding dress.
The Man Himself-Yes, they've got
my name spelled right after all. Gee!
It's something like reading your own
obituary notice, it's so formal Anyhow.
TVS h1r+ |
don't see any use of all this foolishness
in print! Every idiot L knowll be
around to see me tomorrow and tell me
how to be happy though married. \ eli,
1t will settle Mckenzie, all rigt,t-he
wont be sending Edith flowers now i'll
that airy, oh-Pye-got-a -chance-yet way of
nun. always wanted to kick him.
Robert Rogerson Farburn"-yes, that's
me, all right. Well, life begins to look
Feal and earnest now. | wonder II
Edith won't kind of think when she
reads this that maybe she wasn't so
bright after all running off and marry
ing Smith just because she had quarreled
with me. She's had three years of pref
y rough shedding with him. OF course,
II all for the best, so far as / m CON
cerned. butt wonder!
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Mans POliteness.
Man. said a woman traveller, "ap-
pears to have limit to his politeness. If
you 90 into a street car with a friend
70 md the vacant seats all scattered III
singles man will get up and change his
seat 50 that you and your friend may SIT
together. But in the street car the seats
are all alike and he loses nothing by the
ehange while in railroad car the situa-
lloh Is different, and one seat may be
more desirable than another, and there
man pollteness may be less pronounced.
Let two women go together into a
Parior car in which their seats. the best
lhey could do, are apart, and there a
man may politely offer to exchange his
seat for one of their two But there
asalh the man loses nothing. The real
sest comes when a lone woman walks
mo a sltup car where all the seats by
sHe window are taken.
She walks down the aisle to where
sue thinks she'd like to sit and there she
ines seat by the aisle. There's a man
~ lhe window and he moves over nearer
~ IL politely to make room for her, but
5oes he offer her the seat by the win
N'" Not often. His politeness in
hanging or exchanging seats seems to