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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Happiness and Work Always Go
Hand in Hand.
SMALL USE FOR THE IDLE
World Appreciates the One Who
Makes the Most of the Time Al
lotted-keepina Busy IntelI.
gently Is to Be Healthy,
Happy and Helpful.

There is a saying familiar to most
OF us that the busy people always
seem to have the most time," and it is
to the busy ones that people usually
look if they need help of any kind.
No one turns with a shadow of real
hope to the idle people, for their con-
gealed brains cannot supply enough
occupation for themselves, let alone
helping others, declares a writer in
t9e Pittsburg Dispatch. 1t is strange,
however, to think that any two indi-
viduals brought up in like environ
ment, should develop ~ such diner
ent lines; the one perhaps idle, with
only his or her own concerns to look
after; the other constantly busy, but
with time to spare where it always
does the most good to others.
1t is claimed, and perhaps justly.
that the idle or incompetent folk are
the pessimists, while the busy ones
are the optimists of the world
We know that if a housewife does
not adopt system about her work
she will never have time for anything
else In life, and there is a lot to do
and be seen. Teach children that Ii
they work at their little tasks faith
fully while they are at them the hour
Of play will be fuller reward. 1t is
not an easy task to teach them, but 1t
Is such an infinite help TO them later
in life that 1t seems worth the strug-
gle or sacrifice on our part.
The ground is often taken that busy
people are happiest because they do
not have time to stop and consider
their trials In detail, measure their
misery as it were. The idle people
are 80 interested In their own trou-
bles, comparing them with those OF
neighbors and friends. that they learn
to love the sorrows and tatters of life,
wasting valuable time in self-pity.
Exhaustive grief, we learn, is lux
ury which only the wealthy can afford
to indulge. With just plain, honest
sorrow we can still be of great use
in the world. and by doing for others
forget our own troubles.
Idleness is an unhealthy complaint,
producing inactivity Of mental and
physical functions. The act of being
busy means health, removing all slug
gish conditions. Hence, to be busy
intelligently is to be healthy, happy
and helpful. to gain dominion over
self and to enjoy the good things of
life. While to be idle is to bury the
"one talent" SO that it be finally taken
away and given to him who already
has enough and to spare.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
TIME THAT is WASTED
THE GOING TO AND FROM THE
BUSINESS OFFICE.
by the City Worker In Getting
to His Daily Task.

Waste! Where do you, Mr.. Busi-
ness Man, waste? In effort; In
finance in opportunity in time!
There you are? Time is what Is
wasted, by every business man, every
day, every year. The city necessi-
tates this; crowded conditions, slow
transportation, and the distance from
home to the Office, allow no choice.
Think of what the worker OF today
wastes in getting to and from the of.
flee! Figure 1t out. Take the aver.
age business man who works six days
week for fifty weeks for forty years.
From his home to his office takes
an hour; from Office to home an
other. Two hours a day. Twelve
full hours week. II he works fifty
weeks year this amounts to 600
hours, and if he works forty years
the time devoted to riding to and fro
amounts to 24,000 full hours. This
means 1000 days and nights-nearly
three years. Three years wasted in
getting to and from work!
Great fortunes have been made in
less time; campaigns which made OF
broke nations were carried out in
less than three years; some of the
greatest achievements of the world
were brought about in a shorter pc
Rod; policies of nations have been
completely changed; republics have
risen from insurrection and fallen TO
extinction in three years.
Three years out of a possible sew.
enty! 1t is too much time to waste
in an era such as this.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Ernert TnstinnonsL-

There was not much to be gained
from the witness on the stand, who
seemed to have a wonderful faculty
for holding his tongue. but the law
yer tried once more.
you say your boat picked up the
accused at nine O'Clock, or there
aboIts,' he said. ut has been stated
that he jumped overheard nearly
an hour before that time. Tell me-
Captain Sampson, how he appeared
to you when you picked him up. If
you had been required to give an
opinion of him then, what would you
have said?"
We'll, I'll tell We honest" said the
captain. when he had disposed of a
portentious yawn. Il sh'd-ve said he
was one O. the wettest men, if not the
wettest man, that ever I see!'-
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Writer Makes a Little Visit tc living
Rooms on Roof Of New YORK
skyscraper.

All OF New York's animate myriad
do not dwell on the surface High
over the heads of sightseers, q the
summit of some OF the tallest ONCE
buildings in the world, i've men, WON
en- and children. who find life parucu-
larly good there in the hot nights OF
July.
The writer was invited TO VISIT such
a home the other day. and after using
the elevator 70 the roof entered a
comfortable looking living room. oc-
cupied By happy looking family. Far
from earth IS It was. the room looked
pleasantly earth-like aud real
The living room had one entrance,
through g passage from an Office, and
two exits. one to the roof and the 9TH
err into q large parlor. Beyond that
was a big bedroom The root was. OF
course, at noon in July hot desert
surrounded By hcS oarapet, But ths
view from an altitnde OF $50 feet was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Little Stories for Business Women
Her Own MiIliner

present an artis+icallv shaded 8Dpear
ance. This ribbon was also dyed In
the same solution.
Il have been taking a course of les
sons in millinery In an evening clasi
at the Y. w. c. A., and 1t has already
been worth dollars and dollars to me
as / have learned how to line a hat
curl plumes, make pretty bows and
loops, and in fact make an entire hal
by buying the wire frame, and seq
ing on straw braid, or covering II
with velvet or silk"
"Oh, Minna," exclaimed Grace in de
light, Il have a splendid idea Nov
have several old hats that | have
just been intending to throw away
Suppose / bring them over to youl
house some evening and see If you
could not plan a new hat for me oul
Of the best of the materials"
"All right" agreed Minna cordially
81 am sure we can evolve something
pretty and becoming, and | will be
glad to teach you some of the useful
things | have learned at the Y w
C. A."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
IN HOUSE CLEANING TIMES
Several F'tnts That Will Be ApprecI
ated by Women in the Reno
waiting Season.

You can clean white paint with
sarm water, using little whiting on
the Washcloth and rinsing afterward
with clear water.
A good way of preventing rust on
kitchen tenders, after having cleaned
the bright parts with fine emery cloth,
Is to rub them web with a piece of
suet
To clean and restore the elasticity
OF cane bottom chairs, turn the chair
and with hot water and sponge
saturate the cane work thoroughly. il
the chair is dirty use soap. After
ward set the chair to dry out of doors
and the seat will be taut as when
new.
II you wish to draw down the blind,
yet leave the window open, 1t is
good plan to have screw eye in each
end of the curtain which can be fas-
tened TO the hooks at each end OF
the window sill Unless the wind is
blowing very strong this viii prevent
the disagreeable sound of its fapping
yet will admit plenty of fresh air.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
NOTES OF THE WORKERS.

A tablespoonful of turpentine in !
washing machine will make clothing
much winter
An international agricultural con
gress will be held at Santiago, Chile
in September
If air-slaked lime be used In earth
in which plants are potted it will keel
worms away.
At a recent gem exhibition in Lon
don there were shown blue, pink and
aquamarine diamonds.
Sheet aluminium makes better viss
jaws for handling soft metals thar
either brass or copper.
Approximately one-third Of the
worlds supply of copra now is being
produced in the Philippines.
An incan descent electric lamp O
442 candle power has been designed
for lighting public places.
More than 900 girls are being taught
to operate electrically driven machin
cry In new trade school in Ne"
York.
The French government plans t
take census of aeroplanes that coult
be utilized in event of war.
A magazine printed in raised type
for the pleasure OF blind children has
been established In New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
ny
NELLIE FRANCES
MILBURN

Where do you get your hats. N!n-
na?" asked Grace Carter one day as
she and Minna Girtner were eating
lunch together in the rest room of a
big department store.
Well" laughed Minna, taking a
bite of a juicy pickle, II usually get
them out of the ragbag. / have a
wealthy cousin who has two daugh-
tiers, and just before she went to Eu-
rope a couple of years ago she gave
me a number of old hats and bcx of
velvets, ribbons, feathers, buckles,
and odds and ends. The hat you ad-
mire is composed of selection from
different sources. bought a new
wire frame for the crown, which is
covered with an old piece of black
chiffon, which l washed in water with
little black ink in 1t, and then press
ed it. The straw rim was part of an
old brown hat which l colored with
black shoe polish The shaded flow
ers are a lot of flowers of different
colors which l mended and then dip
ped In a rose-colored dye. AS some
were dark and some light. they now
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
THE PRICE OF
LAND INCREASING
THE BACK TO THE LAND CRY
is EFFECTIVE.

Travelling through the state of Iowa
the other day, and Iowa is no excep-
ton to the story about to be related,
the writer was shown farm that was
offered three years ago for $3.50 an
acre. That appeared to be high fig
ure for land upon which the owner
depended upon the crops of corn, hogs
ii. But 1t wasn't A few weeks since
the farm changed hands at 1925 an
acre. Over in Illinois, down IL In
diana, up in Wisconsin, across the
line in Minnesota, the same expert
ence was met with. And then atten-
ton is directed to Canada. which has
been the Mecca of so many hundred
thousand Americans during the past
few years. Not only in Eastern Can
ada has the price of lands increased,
but in Western Canada, during the
past few weeks, farm lands have in
creased from three to five dollars an
acre, with the prospect of a similar
advance during the next three months.
The reason for this Is very apparent,
and in a few words it may be pointed
out that the lands are worth a great
deal more than the present prices.
The Northwestern Agriculturist of
Minneapolis, paper that was one of
the first of the American farm papers
to discover the real merits of the
lands Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, says: The reciprocity SEIZED
ule would encourage American farm
ers to move to Canada, where the vir-
gin soil will produce greater crops of
grain with less labor than can be pro-
duced in our own farms in the North
west. The result will be to enhance
land values in Canada" This paper
is afraid land values in Canada will be
enhanced at the expense of land
values in the United States. In face
of the fact that land values in the
United States are increasing the rea-
soning scarcely holds. The reason for
the advance in value of Canadian
lands is partly accounted from the
fact, admitted by this paper, that Can
ada's virgin soil will produce greater
crops of grain with less labor" But
that is not the only reason. During
the past twelve months 100000 peo-
pie have made Canada their home and
these are mostly of the farming class.
They want farms, and the demand as
well as the wealth of the soil is ragu-
lating the price. A study of the in
crease in the acreage of land put I'M
der crop last year, which can be had
from any Canadian government repre-
sentative, will prove the point, that
the demand is increasing at greater
ratio than even the most sanguine
would have predicted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
COFFEE CONGESTION
Causes a Variety Of Ais.

A happy old lady in Wisconsin
says:
During the time l was a coffee
drinker / was subject to sick head
aches, sometimes lasting 2 or 5 days,
totally uniting me for anything.
To this afliction was added, some
years ago. a trouble with my heart
that was very painful. accompanied
by & smothering sensation and faint
ness.
Dyspepsia. also, came to make life
harder to bear. took ali sorts of pat
snt medicines but none Of them helped
me for any length of time.
The doctors frequently told me
that coffee was not good FOR me: but
without coffee I felt as II | had no
breakfast l finally decided about
years ago to abandon the use OF cot
fee entirely, and as had read great
deal about Postum l concluded TO try
that for a breakfast beverage.
Il liked the taste OF Il and was par
ticularly pleased to notice that IL did
not come ip' as coffee used TO. The
bad spells with my heart grew less
and less frequent. and finally ceased
altogether. and | have not had an at
tack OF sick headache for more than
year. My digestion is good, too, ana
] am thankful that am once more q
healthy woman. l know my wonder
full restoration TO health came from
quitting coffee and using Postum"
Name given by the Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's q reason" and 1t is this.
Coffee has q direct action or. the liver
with some people, and causes partial
congestion of that organ preventing
the natural outlet of the secretions.
Then may follow bilionsneSs. sallow
skin, headaches. constipation and final
" q change OF the blood corpuscles
and nervous proStration.
Read the little book, The Road 10
Wellville.' in pkgs There's a Rea,
SON
Ever reac the shove Iettesf new
oae appears FROM time 20 time. ThSy
are Eenuines true. and fall 3f kGmsE
interest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
The Key 70 Trua Success.

The question of true success Is of
worldwide interest, yet it remains I'M
answered. Socialism can give no re-
ply, because IT cripples and destroys
individual effort-and individuals
make the world. Government can do
little, fer it accomplishes far less than
individuals Education, which strength
ems each unit and binds all together.
can alone bring US in sight OF our
goal and education may be immeas-
urably widened In extent and raised
In value by our able men, who have
won their spurs. and who are ready
now to work for the common veal
Is not this the key to true SUGGEST
Henry L. Higginson In the Atlantic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
HOUSE TOP USED AS A HOME

splendid, and at night, when the
moon came out over the thousands Of
lights Of river and bay the sight was
enchanting.
The sky pilot" who led the way
said that the heat was not overwhelm-
ing to him up there or TO his house
hold ar any time, for" he remarked
logically, IF there is any breeze go
ing. don't we get it,"
DO you ever have any mosquitoes
up heres"
Very seldom"
How about thunderstorms!
Being near the clouds doesn't make
it any worse"
Being asked If he did not miss the
grass and flowers he sighed q little.
recalling some country bower. no
doubt, but quickly pointed out a bed
Of flowers IN a cupola that the boys"
called their flower house" or hot
house"
$50 you have boys. And how do
they enjoy this elevation >"
AT first they thought it was the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25

"Say. Tina, I'll bet Greta is going
TO be fired. I've noticed the boss
looking at her work and talking to
her several times this week" giggled
one of the girls in Barnett Bros big
shoe factory to friend as they sat
at their benches.
"You know she's one of the slow
est workers In the ROOM" she went
on maliciously.
Yes, Greta is slow" admitted
nina ''but her work is done thor
oughly and nothing is ever sighted
You know, Jennie, that tie boss has
twice found fault with your work and
said that you must take more pains. ;"
Jennie Jaynes tossed her head. 81
grass the boss knows I'm the fastest
worker on this floor, and that's what
counts when it comes to the pay
roll"
81 don't like to hear you crittcise
Greta." went on Tina. she is re-
fined, and always pleasant, and has
a better education than most of us
iris"
"Oh, she's nice enough, out she
hasn't bit of style" persisted Jen-
ME. She's been wearing that old
black serge dress for over a year.
The boss was asking me how | liked
her one day. and Just up and told
him that she never vert to picnics
or dances or the five cent theater,
and hadn't bit of fun about her;
and he Just laughed and said that she
did seem very much settled down for
a young girl"
At that moment the foreman passed
down the line and the two girls
ceased their gossiping.
The next Monday morning sur
prise awaited the factory girls. When
they came out Of the dressing room
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Baby Tsethes on the Table.

I've are called upon to repair all
kinds of damages" a furniture dealer
the other day said. But the most
puzzling DETACHMENT ever saw was
that which appeared on a beautiful ma
hogany table brought IN for refinish-
ing. All around its margin were rows
of scratches and small indentations
which were hard to explain, as the Ia
BILE was otherwise uninjured
What happened to it?" asked
when the owner came.
Well" she replied, "the baby in
sisted on cutting his teeth around the
edge of it. OF course, it was rather
expensive, but We both think there is
nothing too good for the baby"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Trlumnh Of Couraue.

Courage and the power of the hui
man eye," saved Walter Sergeant, a
prosperous rancher. in the Redwood
district, San Jose. when he was con-
fronted by hungry mountain lion the
other evening. Sergeant was driving
a herd of cows to his home in the
foothills when he noticed the big cat
stalking him. As it crouched for a
spring, Sargent turned and fixed the
beast with his eye. Man and lion
remained as immovable as statues for
a few seconds and then the animal
turned and trotted away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
HEALTH IN ACTIVITY
THE POOR MANS TOOLS.

The poor mans pick and shovel lead
progression on her way;
Make enterprise move faster and bring
commerce here to stay.
They route mans field of labor, mark his
boundaries of toll
And produce the wealth of nations from
the bedrock and the soil
The poor mans pick and shovel loose
emancipation's chain
And carry education DER the prairie and
the plain.
They found the mighty city and the man
sions OF the rich,
Prepare the tombs of millionaires and dig
the pauper's ditch
The poor mans drill and hammer rend
the caverns OF the earth,
Bring forth the golden nugget and the
ores of priceless worth.
Thav pierce old natures secrets, and re-
veal, as ages roll,
The knowledge that is needed to light
science to her goal.
-Lorana W. Sheldon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Symptoms Were There.

Your husband might have little
solid food directly he begins to mend"
said the doctor. But how am to
tell?' inquired the anxious wife.
The conyalescent stages of influ-
enza." replied the doctor, ARE marked
by slight irritability."
The next day he called and found
the patients wife radiant when !
refused to order his steak and onions.
she explained, "he came into the
kitchen and smashed IA soup plates
and dinner service; so, of course,
sent out for steak at once. STRAY
Stories.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
HONEY Cakes

Four large ones Cor five small ones).
beaten separately; three cups brown
sugar, half pound of walnuts
(chopped), one level teaspoon cloves.
one level teaspoon cinnamon, two
level teaspoons chocolate, grated peel
of half lemon, two cups of sifted
flour, one and half level teaspoons
of baking powder. Though the batter
may appear stiff. 1t is perfect Put in
shallow butteIed pan about an inch
thick and bake in a slow oven three
quarters of an hour. When cool cut in
squares or oblong pieces. Always
commence cake in a cool oven and
heat gradually and steadily.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Parents and chiIdren's Faults.


Parents ought to collaborate with
teachers in helping to develop the
best in their children, and conse-
quently to eliminate the worst. Ia
stead Of this view of the matter we
(says Ella Wheeler Wilcox find par
ents taking a stand against the
teacher who tries to talk of the faults
of their children and discuss a rem
edy, and all the work which the teach
er has hoped to do in character build
ing falls to the ground under the
lifted hammer of the unwise and
belligerent parent. who insists that
MY child" must be without faults,
and that the teacher who sees faults
is an enemy, not friend. 1t is sell
dom, indeed, that man or a woman
occupying the position of teacher is
prejudiced or has personal or selfish
motives for criticising a child.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25

II clothes to be Numbered are moist
ened and we'll soaped on the soilei
portions. the work of washing is made
much easier. especially IL done the
evening before. But this requires con.
siderable time If the soap Is applied
from the hard bar. Time can be saved
by slicing the soap into a gallon of
water, hot or cold, and allowing II TO
dissolve, then dipping the soiled por-
tons into the liquid and wringing out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
N..o Of IN. AorlcuIturlst.

Here / am said the returned wan
derer, back with the fortune l said
would make and ready to pay the mort
gage off the farml"
EFF that amt hard luck!" exclaim-
ed the father. LAS times are goin'
now that mortgage amt botherin no
body. I'd a heap ruther have seen
you broke an ready to do regular work
for wages"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
AIR IN THIS ALWAYS FRESH
Which Food ls Placed Below
Open Ice Trough.

One Of the chief drawback of many
fefrigerators is that, although keep
ing everything cool, they do not al
low of the free circulation of air.
Fresh air is one of the surest anti
tory the air should be continually re-
newed, otherwise one article win be
come tainted by the flavor Of another.
The well" cooler here illustrated
is designed to overcome these draw
backs. The well in which the food is
placed is sunk within and below an
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
self-Insulatina Wire.

Large electromagnets are used
more and more = 4ndustrial practice
especially In the grsSt magnetic
cranes which. as already described
more than once In these columns. ara
able to lift with ease heavy masses
Of iron Magnets capable OF sustain
ing two or three tons OF rctal ars
thus IN current use on both sides o,
the Atlantic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Berwick Sponge Cake

Beat. beat. beat three eggs. add one
and one-hah cups granulated sugar.
salt. and b-e-s-t. Add one cup siftec
bread -four in which mix one teaspoon
OF cream of tartar. Beat. Add one
half cup cold water in which dissolve
one-hsn teaspoonful soda. Beat. Add
one more cup of -four. Beat. Flavor.
Bake in quick oven in sheet or bread
loaf pan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
DOING GOOD WORK

they saw notice on the wall stating
appointed forewoman for that floor;
and Greta, in a neat little black dres,
and white apron, was modestly seat
ed at a small table near the en-
trance.
Well, wouldn't that skin your
calculated Jennie Jaynes.
Copyright, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles.I
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-25
Plenty Of Character.

Mrs. Jones returning from call-
Il liked their new nat, but there seem
ed to be a lack of character in the
furnishing" Jones-'Lack of charac-
acter? Oh, / don't know. The chairs
were patient when sat upon, the fire
place was Of frank. open nature. the
mirror was given to reflection, the
lamp radiated brightness and cheer
fulness. and the sofa cushions seemed
ambitious to get a head. Then, on
the other Ind, the wall paper was
stuck up and the closets were all full
Seems to me there was character
enough in it-"-Boston Transcript.