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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
THE LEPERS AT M0LOKAI.
Escape from the Settlement Practically
Impossible.

No greater misconception of any public
institution prevails today than the gen
eral idea of the leper settlement on the
island of Moiokal, says a writer in Har-
per's Weekly. Instead of the entire is
land being used for such purpose the set
Element comprises only eight square
miles of Il total area of 261 square
miles.
1t occupies a tongue of land on the
northern side of Molokai. The north,
east and west shores of this tiny spit
are washed by the Pacific, while on the
south side rise PERCEPTIONS cliffs Gf from
1900 to 1000 feet, which make the iSo-
lation seem even more hopeless than
the beautiful deep blue waters If the
sea ever could. The most difficult and
dangerous trail. constantly manned by
government guards foils escape, if it
were ever contemplated, by the land
side.
Naturally the fear of being isolated
Mt the settlement caused the natives to
thwart segregation. Generally it was
done by secreting their afflicted. vet
there are instances of lepers using vio-
lence to resist arrest. The necessity of
severing ties of the strongest affection
involved grief of the deepest description,
and many are the eases of abnega alton
where the clean have accompanied the
afflicted to the settlement to die there
with them.
Then. too, by degrees there grew up
the belief among the natives that ter
rible mistakes Of diagnosis by the ply
sicians were c0nsigning innocent and
helpless people to the living sepulchre.
And as each year failed TO eradicate
the disease. as had been represented,
but still claimed its toll, the belief be-
came almost universal that larger
proportion of those committed were sac
riices to the despotism and ignorance
of the white mans medical science that
boosted but could not cure.
BY degrees, as the government realized
the inability of the afflicted to care for
| themselves. conditions were improved,
until finally the authorities took entire
charge of the lepers, and today the APP
| preparations for the maintenance and
care of these wards are most generous,
and exceed Sl25.0O0 annually.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
WRESTLING LANGUAGE.
Still the One Means of Communication
in Canary Islands.

In Gomera, one Of the smallest of the
Canary Islands, the "silbando" or
whstling language, survives, according
to the Chicago News. A correspondent
writes: a traveller must land at the
little port of San Sebastian and there
tud a muleter from the interior. With
him he must ride up the steep bride
paths that wind through the mountains.
When no longer any living thing is with
In sight and the wilderness is only broken
by the crimson flower of the cactuS
growing in the clefts Of the rock. the mu-
Letter dIsnounts, sets his fr.chngers to-
gether at a right angle and places them
IN his mouth. An arrow Of piercing
sounds shoots across the ravines and M
the stony terraces in the Businesses Of
the mountains. \ moments pause and
there comes a thin, almost uncauuy an
sWering whistle from far away.
Conversation begins and. as the sounds
rise and fail, are staccutocd ar drawn
out, so they are faithfully echoed and
transmitted by the hills Then comes the
ghostly reply and then quetSion and an
sWer follow without hes tatiuu or mis-
understandings Perhaps the stranger
will ask, What are you doing thcrey
Answer. There is traveller with me-:
one ul oar mules is lame Can Won bring
us n fresh ONE Yes. / cam: do Won
want anything eisey You might bring
some milk along, If you have any, and
40 on
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
MONEY FOR GENIUS.
Inventions that Would Bring in Wealth
Galore.

1t is agreed on all hands that inven-
ton offers one of the surest means of at
tanning fame and fortune, and one of
the shortest, too Now, there is no lack
of inventive genius; there never were 50
many clever persons in the world as
there are today but somehow their ener
gies are not always applied in the right
direction, and SO they fail. 1t is just
the old story Of eyes and no eyes"
Observe a plumber laboriously pouring
melted lead over j pipe joint and smooth
ing il down with a leather pad. Can
YOU not think of way to JOIN these
pipes cold and to do it quickly and tho
roughly. If you can there is fortune
waiting for you.
Then. too there is nice easy little
invention that will certainly bring you
thousands annualy-that is just sim
pie and effective means Of fastening
panes in window frames Surely it is
a slur on the inventive genius Of the
age that we should still have to resort
to putty in this enlightened Twentieth
century.
Have you ever watched a car driver or
uotorman lean over with a long crow
bar to shift the switch at a junction, or
man at the corner with a lever for the
same purpose? Devise plan whereby
the driver or mot0rman, by simply press
ing n footplate on the car platform,
might move the point, or switch, which
ever way he desires, and many ear com
panies throughout the country will take
up your invention.
The wealth of Rothschild is waiting
for the inventor Of u satisfactory paving
material. At present the rule seems to
hold that what is good for the wheels is
bad for the hOOfs, and vice versa. That
is to say, where the rad is smooth and
the wheels run easily there j. no grip
for the hoofs. and where it il rough the
vehicle is hard 10 drag. Then there is
the motor to consider. Propelled by the
back wheels. it is bound to skid if the
surface be at all greasy. What is
wanted is a smooth. hard, absorbent sur
face with ut the same time a perfect
grip.
There are scores of little things want
cd, and wanted urgently, for the inven-
tim of which no technical knowledge is
required One of them is n really good
can opener. something that would cut
the can open with one round sweep,
without risk of gashing the fingers or
/ running the temper.
An envelope that could not be opened
SIS thout detection would be welcomed by
/ tie manufacturers.
/ The bottle that cannot be relied is
still asked for. There are several on the
market. it is true, but the right one is
set to come. And q word should be
a3ded as to a shoe and glove fastening
/ consider how much time is wasted in
/ Iacigg shoes Reflect how often the
I.pelace breaks a neat. quick and sim
|p.a little device - Wauted--s0metElug
/ t.at would cost little TO produce and
/ could easily be replaced when worn out
/ lHvent it and you are wealthy for life,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
ENGINE EMULATES CRAB.
New Oil Burner Is Constructed to Run
Backward.

Naturally you look for Ro-ahoadnoss
in everything new these progressive days
but here is a great locomotive works
turning out engines that run ba okward.
The driver Of this latest space devourcr,
however. looks forward, with "A clearer
view of the track than any eagle eye"
on the usual type Of engine.
The new engines, oil burners, have
been built for the Southern Pacific, and
run cab first the smokestack bringing
40 the rear says the Pittsburg Press.
Back of the smokeboX is the tender.
The engines are equipped with two sets
Of eight-whceI trucks, with the usual
small wheels in front and behind the
drivers.
In the backv ri running engine the
cab is entered through side doors by iron
ladders and from the height Of his seat
the engineer has an uuohstructcd view
Of the track. The type is the rrsult Of
experience gained in operating through
tunnels and snOwshrds With the old
type the smoke and oil fumes were
forced upon the crew, shutting of the
view and increasing the danger Of col.
lisiou This is impossible in the back
ward running engine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
OUR EARS.
Most Distinctive and Characteristic Of
All Features.

Science now declares that the ears are
the most distinctive and characteristic
of all the features. On this account
crminulogists rely upon them largely for
purposes of Identification. There in not
anywhere in the world a pair % ears
exactly like your own. There are plenty
of noses like yours, mouths like yours
and eyes like yours. but no ears that
are duplicates Of the ones you wear. Is
il To he supposed, then, that there is an
exact standard IN ears? Decidedly yes,
Such a standard has been established by
the authropOlOgists. who have reduced
the matter to definite specifications. The
ear should be Of certain size, should
occupy certain place Oh the head, and
should be Of such and such a shape
The requirements are 50 definitely set
forth that it is easy for you TO ascertain
whether you Yourself have perfect ears,
or. If not, how far and in what respects
they vary from the correct and ideal
standard. 4 woman's ear ought to be-
two and q half inches long aud one aud
half inches wide. 1t should be set eN-
actly half way between the front and
the back of the head. Its top should be
on line with the top Of the nose. and
the tip Of its lobe should be on a line
with the tip Of the nose. 1t must be
set vortically-L g. without slant-and
must lie fiat.
An odd point about ears is that no pair
of them are ever perfectly matched.
They may be nearly alike. but never cX-
acty 80. If you will examine yorT own
ears you viii find that they differ in
some way from each other. II may be
that they are not exactly alike on Your
head This often happens. Many per
sons ears are so unlike that they might
more appropriately belong to diGrrenr
inNirllnnI-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
A Chestnut Farmer.

&. X. Sober, the paragon chestnut
farmer Of Irish Valley. Northumberland
county, is spreading the chestnut grow
ing cult beyond the borders Of the Key
stone state He has shipped seven cars
Of trees from his Irish Valley farm this
spring. They have been shipped chiefly
10 the New England and middle states.
At present Mr.. Sober has Il corps Of
chestnut trees. Barring accidents they
viii graft about 10000 trees The trees
shipped vary III height from y, 10 10
feet Two hundred and fifty of the lurg-
or trees when properly packed, ill a ear,
and 1000 to 5000 of the smaller sizes are
required 10 make a carload
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Stephen g. Williams, who, it is said,
is the last survivor Of the historical party
Of gold-seeking pioneers who came to
California on the old ship Mantle, and
landed in California on July ), 1S49, from
New York. died at San Francisco at the
age Of s. years. He was a direct de
sceudant of John Massey, the first white
child born in Salem, Mass, in 1881
Many Chinese merchants who re
seived shelter and food in Oakland,
Cal. Immediately after the great fire in
San Francisco have shown their appre-
citation by providing the city Of Oakland
with a large supply Of fireworks for the
Fourth of July. Several thousand dol
lars worth Of the most recent devices
in Oriental fireworks nave been ordered
by the Chinese and will be set off in the
various city parks.
J. \. Blosser. artist, Of Washington
state. has broken the record for early as
cents Of Mount Shasta. He climbed this
mountain. which is 14,4O0 feet high, last
week. the ascent consuming eleven hours
Much Of the way steps had to be cut
in the icy slopes. BlOsser and q com
panion will attempt to scale Mount Nc
kinley this month.
Richard Grid. known as '.the father Of
the California beet sugar industry" died
in Los Angeles aged "A years. Grid
was a New Yorker. who went 10 Cali
foruia in 1852. He was a civil engineer
and made the first map Of Arizona. He
laid out Prescott, and, with the Schicf-
telling brothers, he founded Tombstone.
He made a fortune out Of Tombstone
mines and purchased the great Chino
ranch. Of 1900 acres in Riverside couu-
IS. Cal. where be established the frs,
sugar beet refinery in California
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17

The Queen of Holland has mude
charming gift to Paris. Twenty thou
sand magnificent tulips, all sizes, kinds
and coIors, arrived from the celebrated
planted mt BagatelIe. Bots de Bnulogue.
where for a time the beautiful Queen Of
France, Marie Antqnette lived in seclu.
sion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17

WI 'l.lly years ago met young couple
WEI. were on their wedding journey. They
taIt;-. very much in love. The bride was
vrr,..- ID me confdentially on her IA
bry- subject, the perfections of her
Ti.t lI. and looking full in nv face
.AH ne leaulJiful wistful eyes. she said.
b. be-. LII .lat l am afraid of is that won
hin. 10 make Tom happy. For one
rs, MS viii shall be my law"
,ssr.. -,sslHe this dear young bride ascer-
tho III time, with many another. that
n.- Sl way to make Tom happy was
me-. make him exacting, selfish and
bore. In the first glamour Of the
4. -.- w. Young married folk are ready
i-r slts themselves in the deepest
1.r before their idol. His viii &.
h-f.-a expresses the measure Of the
visa W'rshipful devotion. Her least
ls.a.- my delight is the reply of the
ia ,a-. homage. This does very well
arar ..-.r-T sweet days Of union glide
cr - The world outside the charmed
~ .- Perfect bliss. 1t seems practi
tHt natural that while rw5 hearts
AS ,... me two wills should never clash
taken 81. asses and the routine Of life is
.Ae young wife finds herself in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17

There's one thing we will have to
change IL these ladies who wish TO vote
have their way said Senator sorghum
What is thatT'
Well have 90 quit talking about the
wisdom Of the plain people. Wash
ngtOn Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
wOEAN's WORLD.
MgtLer's Love.

Mot. els Love.
...f 1. learn that friends grow weak
-, r-srhe marks you for its own;
vu lore OFT turn aside,
.e.tt tIe light 10 you alone,
-. ul 90 many scenes OF STRIFE.
.f. where care and pain aSsailhu.
,.frI.5.-u friends often turned away,
" m ther hand has never failed,
f- fhat childhood far removed
~ar sug8tH,a my brow aud dried each
,,fI il ysap- manhood's troubled hour,
ttirI b,y5a- v,urGs she hONers ntar
,i, r,Elp love and friendship false.
H. .ltcfu1 dreams and hopes bewailed.
Va v,.KcH5d IL life darkest hour.
III .sei..er-s love has never failed.
,f.r..a+.s.e- cod shall choose TO do
Win fHis frail tenement OF clay.
,,-ta+.yer Use lie finds for il
N8ng life's dark and dreary way;
t,.f,.- mach shall be a monument
H. tell mankind where'er assaiIed.
Oh. muthcr> love, mothers prayers.
luofhcr's hand have never faiedr
-IuriS f. Thayer in Peoples Home Jour
mai.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17

Theirs is such a very little world that
smaIt events mean a. great deal 10 them.
Even II all are not talented as the
one they probably wish they were.
y WISE mother knows this, and tries
10 give each one Il chance of some sort.
30 next time perhaps she calls one to
ner side and asks him To perform some
my service Tor her-any that will
aHord an excuse for preventing thar nor.
rld left-out-n-the-cold feeling
Or. possibly. if one child has pretty
soGloI s4tlS. her sister may have domestic
talents. Even when quite small some
$lfiS snow this and can be entrusted with
Ettle Jobs. In such a case. when Mabel
has sung or danced. "A wise mother will
mention how useful Alice is in this way
o.; th1t-keeping her stationery eases
filled. helping with the flowers. actin.s as
her little memory"
There are many children who have no
gifts that Jump to the eye" but all can
be trained 10 do something. and there is
nothing that makes them SO happv and
good as doing something they Know is
of use
1t is also a great mistake to praise
one enid at the expense of another. To
say. Tommy never tears his clothes as
you do. | wish you were more like hin, !"
is likely to make the culprit feel more
sore than sorry, and it is also bad for
Tommy.
Therefore, try to judge each child by
himself, and be strictly impartial once
children realize that you make favor.
ties half your good influence over them
is gone.
And | think one cannot be too careful
to be always perfectly fair. 1t makes
thought and trouble, of course: and it is
often very difficult to weigh the merits
OF each case exactly III the baIauce-
Mrs. George Brandt Winthrop.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17

| a new world. with new duties and very
| possibly new developments L. be met ANA
accepted. She discovers that Harold
has moods and lenses of which she had
no foreDodng Although ne is fond ana
proud of her, fOnder and pruuder than
before marriage. he cannot spend his en-
tire life IN paying compliments and max
ing presents, and he shows "A keen inter
est in trade, in politics ana in the affairs
of the neighborhood. In short. he Is d.
good citizen, ar active churclmau and a
clever businessman: all these as well as
ar adoring husband
If the wife acts upon her original
theory OF continually yielding her viii 10
his, the result will be- GiSappointing
Surely, the young wife can do better for
her husband than to spoil him by crush
ing out her own Individuality | have
known bride who declined TO eat dish
that did not suit her husbands taste.
Notwithstanding the fact that il pleased
her palate. Nothing is gained by such
stupidity in large or small affairs.
/ he husband who sets out Uu the march
OF life with this beautiful cnnrade at his
side should remember that lie is to keep
step with her, to treat her fairly and
justly and not merely as if she We're
playthlng or Il princess. She : neither.
Wife and husband are equals. and from
the moment they walk down the aisle
together after the solemn words that
unite them have been said. they are to
share life's loaf and cup, to be rs happy
as they can and as noble as they can
in their ideal relation
Imagine for an instant that after mar
riage Harold coming home in the even
ing IS surprised to find that Edith occa-
Slonally likes the company Of some one
else. that she enjoys having few friends
INTO supper now and then and desires
70 make her pretty home place where
she can dispense simple hospitality. Har-
Ola, VINO has been seeing people all day
and has had in this way c0nSiderab bic
variety. may say to himself Il want
Edith to entertain me. l do not care to
nave Mr.. and Mrs. ~. Cousin 5. or that
hobbledehOy, Algy r., coming in to bore
me. Edith used to be satisfied with me
IN our counting days. why am | not suf
hclent to her comfort now?' Thus argu-
ing, Harold may permit himself 10 treat
guests III a fashion morOse and Surly,
showing very plainly that they are un-
welcome. When they have taken leave,
he may tell his wife. the gentle amenities
of counting being over. that hereafter she
may kindly refrain from asking people
to waste his time and hers by visits that
are not wanted. This has been the ex-
perience of more than one young wife
VINO three or four or five years ago gaily
started out with the idea that every
thing must yield to the wish of the hus-
band. 1t is not well for the man of this
type that his wish should not be opposed.
a woman who is tactful, gentle and pos
seSsed of hrmnesS can usually persuade
her husband that in desiring to be inhoS-
pitable he is wrong. a home is twice a
home If friends are admitted within its
doors. Whatever happens do not nag
Margaret L. Sangster in Woman's Home
Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
From the Window.

Only few doctors to the spirit ever
can hope to know all that may be in
dictated by the love of looking out of
windows. Spring comes, and up fly the
window sashes; in floats the fresh spring
air, adulterated, of course for city use,
yet family scented with the aroma of
forest and field, and potent enough on
sunshiny days both to revive old desires
and stimulate many a new one. IRE
SlStbly, the tenement dwelers are drawn
to those windows, dreaming and longing.
To turn their backs on the dark rooms
that have imprisoned their spirits all
winter is one satisfaction. Spring al
ways quickens the curiosity. When will
the postman be coming? What are the
boys playing on the sidewalks? Who is
pushing open the swinging doors of the
corner saloon? Motion in the streets is
more fascinating in the spring. The
surface cars, always changing desperate
ly in their hurry, the frantic taxicabs,
the deliberate coal wagons rumhling over
fcobbIestones. Perhaps all of these sights
are familiar, or now are endless yaria-
tions of a theme that long ago became
mOn0tOnous. He who looks out may
know not what he sees. yet be bound as
fast to his window sill as an emigrant
who watches that march and counter
march at the bottom of the city'S arti-
fetal canOnS for the first time Often
this window gazing is the symptom of
a dumb longing for relief from routine:
meaning that change of scene and sweet
er air are needed-the only cure for ten
ement house fatigue. 1t nearly always
stands for longing. The window for
many centuries has been a symbol; it is
the seeing place of the shut-in. the
dreaming and planning place. The call
of some new state where the average
man may find larger opportunities than
dow; and it is here that the spirits of
the tenement houses often breathe hope
and strength enough to venture to
change from the city's profitless drudg-
cry poor food, bad air, cramped quar-
tiers, and high rent to lives of health
and independence in the country or in
the suburbs-a living from the land. and
perhaps a back yard full of apple bios
SONS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
What Educated Women
Owe to the Uneducated.

Socrates used to say that it was a
crime to be ahead of ones time. One
hears nowadays a great deal of women
who are oyer-educated and, for that rea-
son, fail to fit into their time and place
But surely it is easy TO see thar this is
under education, not Over-education.
The aim Of education is not to acquire
a great number of facts, or even to heap
up resources. but to fit a person TO serve
her kind. Whatever education ends with
education is false and poor. Education
doubles joys and powers. indeed, but
it also doubles responsibilities, aud the
educated woman must accept, with her
advantages, an increased debt to her
kind. To be highly educated does not
necessarily mean that one is fitted 70
organize or to instruct or 20 lead. These
capacities have no intrinsic connection
with learning. But education that ends
with self is almost futile. Education
must be at the beck and call Of whoever
needs. Counsel must be ready. and
information, for any who desire, but the
debt of the educated woman to the un-
educated is chiefly that of setting and
maintaining a standard.
, Whatever the vacant and idle and I'M
educated can afford to do, the educated
woman can never afford to gossip. to he
! little her npighbor. or 10 aggrandize her
self. She. at least, can never afford to
set false values upon things. or rank
possessions above qualities. We may eN-
| ruse crueItieS, yapditles and lnslncerltles
| from the untaught and the unframed.
| hut who will not dishonor the education
! she worked % acquire viii feel that the
| petty airs cannot be hers. She owes
! il chiefly TO show that education does
! make for character.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17

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