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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
POOR TAILOR'S MANY TRIALS
Is Supposed to Take Imperfect Anato'
my and Shape Garments to Pro-
duce Perfect Figure.

Men tailors have trouble with shout
Iers, Wristbands and legs, but legs are
he worst There isn't one man in ten
Who can make an affidavit that he is
neither knockkneed nor bowlegged.
Perfectly straight legs are rare. It's
IN art to shape fabrics over bowlegs
50 that they will not show and no joke
o hide the bends of knock-knees.
When a man begins to take on
weight it shows first at the belt line,
then on the shoulders and upper arms.
Later 1t gets down to the legs. In the
meantime the tailor has his trouble in
keeping his customer from looking top
heavy. The tailor is supposed to take
IN imperfect anatomy and shape gar
ments over it with such nicely as to
produce a superb figure. It's trying
job
Legs that are overlong are sources of
some complaint. The waistcoat has to
be dropped an inch or two in cases
like this. There are knees which are
50 per cent larger than they ought to
be-great knuckles of bone that are
hard to hide. Then there's the thigh
three times larger at the upper end
than at the other Men created on
this model ought to be permitted to
wear full-seated knickerbockers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28

Police Judge Simon Hahn, while ad-
dressing a political meeting, related
the following incident in reference to
telling the same tale over and over
again:
you all know" said the judge,
that the speeches made at political
meetings are all very near alike, but
to get something different is the prop
er thing nowadays.
ut puts me in mind of case Of a
woman who appeared before certain
magistrate, and when asked her age
she said 80 years old. The judge
looked at her and said: Look here,
madam. weren't you here before me
FIVE years ago, and did you not tell me
then that you were 80 years old? The
woman said that was so, and the judge
asked her what She meant by coming
before him end telling an untruth
THE woman replied: Well, you see,
your honor, I'm one of those kind of
women who do not believe in saying
one thing once and another thing an
other time. Newark Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
Too Many Allow Chance to Deter,
mine Life Work.
MUENSTERBERG HAS AN IDEA
psychologist Has Invented Ingenious
Machine Which Will Without Fail
Find Defects If They Exist in
Applicant for Employment.

Just how the average man gets into
certain profession it would be diff
cult for the man himself to tell. We
surely allow chance to determine our
lire work in an appalling ashton
sometimes; doubtless this accounts
for the failures and semi-failures who
oYer-populate the earth. Now Prof.
Hugo Muensterberg Of Harvard would
alter all this. He would have every
man who entertains any hope of TAX
Ing up certain line of work psyche
logically tested to determine his fit
ness for the work. Some of his tests
are ingenious, notably that which he
hpplies to chauffeurs.
In the psychologists laboratory is
complete automobile, with all the at
tachments. The machine is SO ar
ranged that the various parts Of the
machinery can be operated, but the
auto itself never moves from the spot.
Attached to the machine is an instru-
ment registering the movements of
the various levers Now the would-be
chauffeur is seated at his wheel, Just
as If he were running down a public
highway, and moving pictures on a
screen before him give the illusion of
motion Suddenly the figure Of a child
appears directly before his machine.
lnstinctively he throws on the brakes
or switches his wheel if he is fit to
be q chauffeur. If he does not respond
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
USEFUL INFORMATION.

The Persians have a different name
for each day in the month.
There are nearly $500 miles of cleo
trio wires in one New York office
building.
Cape Colony will import $4,000 tele-
phones from Sweden to meet an in
creasing demand.
Much of the "circassian walnut"
appearing in up-to-date furniture is
the wood of the red gum tree.
The Turkish government has estab-
lished wireless telegraphy on eleven
ton
That %, 344,000 soap bubbles can be
produced from a pound of soap has
been figured out by a mathematical
genius.
A dynamo. perfect in every detail.
but weighing only a quarter of an
ounce, has been made by a French
electrician.
A cut lemon. dipped in salt. will
remove iron rust from marble, which
should be washed thoroughly after ii
is used.
Russia gets about three-fourths OF
its typewriters from the United
States, twenty American machines be
ing in the market there.
Backed by a $4,000 endowment
fund. the University of Leeds. Eng
land. has established a chair of coal,
gas and fuel industries.
With the construction of but TWEEN
~ stations. all of Britain's posses
sions throughout the world would bo
linked by wireless telegraphy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN START.
ED BY GOVERNMENT
Casualties in the United States Com
pare Unfavorably With Those of
Other Countries-Steps Taken
to Meet Conditions.

Among the employees of American
mines during the year 1903 there We're
five deaths to every thousand men en-
ployed. The safe wear in Europe the
average was two deaths out of every
thousand employed Most Of the
deaths in the American mines were
the results of cave-ins, fires, explo-
sions, gas and the like. The bureau
of mines in the department of COM
merce and labor, after considering the
statistics, has concluded that the diff
| ferences in figures is sufficient to war
rant government interference in the
methods of miners. and has started an
educational campaign from six differ
ent mining centers-namely, Rock
Springs, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Utah;
Billings, Mont; Urbana, H.; Knox
vile, Tenn, and Pittsburg, Pa.
The scheme is to have fully equip
ped rescue car at each of these sta
tions. including in its equipment all
the devices used by rescue parties and
manned by Red Cross surgeon and
mining engineer. In case OF accident
| in any mine this car will be dispatch
| ed to the scene and the engineer will
organize the work of rescuing life and
property. At all other times the car
will be making round of the various
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
MIGHT HAVE COME EARLIER
Admirer of Musician Must Have Felt
Truth Of the Answer He
Received.

Signor Puccirt, although celebrated
ali over the world for his operas, is
still a young man. On the subject of
his early success the Italian composer
said recently in New York
Il have been very lucky Recogni-
ton for artistic work comes so often
after one is too old to enjoy 1t.
Il remember one of my country
men, centenarian, who. had he died
before seventy, would never have seer
any of his operas produced Luckily
he lived to so great an age that he re-
ceived for many years the admiration
he deserved. Naturally enough,
though, this splendid artist regretted
his years Of obscurity and neglect.
and he frequently spoke bitterly of
his bad fortune.
"Onee, at the very end of his long
life, an Englishman entered his box
at the opera in Rome, and said re-
spectfully:
81 have travelled all the way from
London to see the author of my IA
vorite opera
THE veteran composer, with a ma
licious smile, replied:
"Well my friend. have given you
plenty of time to get here
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
A Mans Time.

A mans time was never more high
ly valued and never more carefully
taken account of than now, says the
Rural Home. The laborer in our great
factories is paid so many cents per
hour for his work. He receives par
for the actual time chat he is at work.
If he arrives half-hour late in the
morning. he has rendered no service
during that time and he gets no pay
for IT, When he receives his wages at
the end of the week he realizes that
the time lost was worth something to
him. The man who is paid by the
week may be more careless of his half
hours; the man who works by tn.
month may regard his hours more
lightly; and the man whose time Is
his own may fritter away days and
weeks. but all this time has its value,
nevertheless. When once gone il is
beyond recall
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
TaVorlte Recipe,

A tiny bit of butter is often an i'm
provemHnt TO cake frostings, especial!
coffee. chocolate, maple or caramel.
A slight sprinkling of orange juice
gives a delicate finishing touch" Il
light wheaton pancakes served will
butter and sugar Lemon juice is oft
en- used in this way in European house
holds.
A fruit salad in which bananas are
used with marshallows, arranged in &
circle uTcn dessert platter and serv
ed with whipped cream, make anothei
nice dessert.
Slices of orange may be served witt
afternoon tea instead of lemon. The!
should be about the same size as slices
of lemon.
Eclair shells filed with chicken sal
ad, literally dressed with mayonaisse
are a favorite dish at Sur ay teas II
an old New York home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
WILL TEMPT INVALID
DAINTY IDEAS FOR MENU OF
THE SICK ROOM.
Oyster Tea Something Decidedly
New for Supper or Luncheoat-
VermiceIli Toast Both Ape
tizing and Nourishins.

Oyster Tea.-To eight oysters,
chopped very fine, add cup OF milk,
put over the fire in double boiler
and bring slowly to the boiling point.
Let it cook slowly for five minutes.
Then strain through fine sieve and
favor with half tablespoonful OF salt.
Have a dainty porridge bowl heated
in boiling water. Wipe dry, and pour
into it the oyster tea. This makes a
nourishing supper or luncheon dish,
served with thin slices Of dry, golden
brown toast.
vermiceIli Toast.-Heat half pint
Of milk in q double boiler. Put one
tablespoonful of butter and one OF
flour in saucepan and rub them to-
gether. Let this bubble gently over
the fire for two or three minutes
Then add the hot milk, little at
time, making smooth cream. In the
meantime, have two slices of bread
thoroughly dried in the oven and
toast them to a golden brown. Soak
the toast in boiling milk, lay it on a
small china platter or serving plate
and pour the cream dressing over It.
Have the yolk of one hard boiled egg
ready and; quickly press it through a
wire sieve over the cream toast. With
little care you can make a very at
tractive dish with the broken, crinkled
threads of yolk. Care should be taken
not to serve too ample portion of a
dish of this sort. One small piece OF
toast daintily covered with the cream
and little egg yolk would sometimes
appeal to the patient where larger
portion might seem distasteful.
Chicken Panada. - This can be
made from the remains of a roasted
fowl. Cut the chicken meat carefully
from the bones, making sure to avoid
gristle and bone. Chop one cupful OF
pieces of the chicken very fine. Boil
the bones and gristle of the chicken
making a pint of broth. In the mean,
time soak one-half cupful of bread
crumbs in enough milk to cover them
Then press the crumbs through 3
sieve and mix with the chopped chick
en-. Pour the pint of chicken broth
Va NAlo AAAlGA O. laNOA Win PCPpSA
and salt as desired Boil for one min
ute and serve very hot. This panada
should be of the consistency of
thick Cruel A little of 1t served hot
in dainty soup plate or bouillon cup
is a pleasant change from the regu
lar meat broths.
Velvet Creams.-Soak a half boz
of gelatin in a half cupful of cold wa
ter for half an hour. Add to this 9
cupful OF sherry, and set the dish con
tanning she mixture in boiling water
over the fire. Heat this till the gela
tin diss0lves and add a teaspoonf1
of lemon juice and a half cupful OF
sugar. Stir for a few minutes. Strait
through a cloth into a pan set in 8
dish of cracked ice and water to cool
When it starts to jelly add one and 8
quarter Cupfuls of cream and stir til
it thickens. Pour into a cut glass
lemonade cup or any other attractive
dish from which it is to be served
Serve AS a dessert for supper %
luncheon with cream.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
GREAT PLAINS OF ANDALUSLA

having ordinary foals at foot have
mule foals, and interspersed among
the horses and cattle are herds of
mules. with occasionally a few don
keys, Moreover. near the alquer!as
or farms viii be seen droves OF pigs
of a duh red color. flocks Of goats.
and in some places II erino sheep.
Spain, especially OH these plains, is
country of magnificent sunsets.
Words fail absolutely to describe the
glories of the evening sky. Silent and
ststuesQue against the distant glow
one sees siIhouetted perhaps a
mounted herdsman-a broodiRg fig
ure. motionless and grim-or on the
rivers bank 4 black bull standing
dark against the roseate sky.
Again in the moonlight one mar
descry the faint and dusky forms 81
feeding cattle. the moonlight now ans
again catching on a cleaning bora.
The silence. bruken by the faint low.
ing of distant kline or the weird CRY
OF some night bird. gives an enhanced
beauty to wonderful scene not sas
ny forgotten.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
Lady Home, sruns Her Home!

Lazy T1oHcy STun9 Fer Rome!
on, Peaches! keep to de hot-foot:
youse has de bunch lookin' like dey's
nailed to de grass Go on, little COIL!
Dey's no one here but your old col
lege chuTn, Spuds! Steady, Peaches!
Save your pipes for de wind up! Easy.
good Peaches They amt a soul
watchin youse except everybody on
earth! Steady, Peaches!"
On they flew, while now from fifty
thousand threats hoarse cries of en-.
couragement were flung upon the
winds of evening to be carried echo
Ing away on the clouds of dust which
arose lazily from the track.
BY my side old Uncle Carroll rode
an imaginary horse with all the yigor
of youth. The frenzy of the moment
was in his blood, and his age-dimmed
eyes, screwed into little points of
sight, followed the every undulation
of his choicei
"Oh, Lordy! brung dat Whitefoot
lady home, brung her home! Oh.
Lordy! doan' yo heerd what said,
brush her on, brush her on Yo'
brack devil boss, keep out'n NAH
Whitefoot lady's way, yo' hyar me.
Go on, may WhitefoOt chile, go on!
Use tremblin' TO- yo' all, Use sho'ly
tremblin'! Oh, good Lordy! make
dat jockey hist dat cat-tails dess once
--dess fetch her one teeney tap on
de ham bonei T'won't hut yo', White
foot chile; no indeedy; on'y make yo'
narvous Oh, Lordy! brung dat frien'
o mine out'n dat bunch of wicked
bosses, Brush her on, Lordy. brush
her on, She's goin'l she's goin'! an
Use still Twin to see it--oh, hallelool
halieioo!"
With the rush of an angry wind
across a starless night the horses
roared by the outposts where we
stood, and through the clouds of dust
could see the jockeys preparing
swiftly for the fury of the finish.
The beautiful black horse was still
in the lead. but there, creeping slowly
UP on him, inch by inch, was another
no. surely, it isn't
At this moment the fifty thousand
threats united to shrek the name of
8 horse that sounded like Peaches"
but, no, it couldn't be possible? She
hadn't a single chance, not one in a
what is that Peaches" there
near the leader? l could feel the
light of day fading, fading away while
my heart seemed to stand still
Poor Uncle Carroll. his dim old
eyes strained to the point of bursting
from their sockets, yet seeing only
taguely a confused and tossing sea Of
thoroughbTeds, gave free rein 10 the
hope he was riding to win
eOh. Lordy. how come / KANT see
ny Whitefoot lady; Get out'n de
way 20 brack devil boss. amt 20
got no manners, Is you gettin' home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
The EMPLOYMENT Test.

Every city should undertake to fur
nish employment for those otherwise
unable to find work, and for two rea-
sons: The fit and willing should not
be deprived OF the means of earning a
livelihood and the unfit and the unwill-
ing should be separated from the
other unemployed by some practical
system or test.
Vagrancy laws are well enough in
their way, but in the loose operation
of them many injustices are wrought.
No man should be set down as a va
grant unless he is both able and I'M
willing to support himself.
Kansas City, as a municipality,
should have enough of its public work
in it's own hands to be able to apply
the employment test. Having this ad-
vantage, the city would not only go far
toward solving the problem of its IN
employed, but it would also facilitate
its other efforts In sociological direc-
tions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28

dishyer way. Dat Whitefoot lady
gwiner go to de post at 100 TO 1 to
win"
"A hundred to one to winl" l gasp
I'd: for, to be frank, l didn't trust my
self any too we'll and took no chances
by mixing with the push in the bet
ting ring.
"Yath," he grinned, and l done bet
foah bones on data Whitefoot lady
to win-cernly did If nah dream
doaon' tu'n out to be a liar 1 won't
cook no no 70 a year,"
Peaches a rank outsider-100 to l
to wip--post oddsl 1t was not yet too
late--no; get thee behind me, Safe!
MOI a dollar up, and then no matter
what might happen l could go home
to Clara J. with a more or less quiet
conscience.
They were long dropping the flag
for the great race, and l began to
sprcut fine crop of freckles under
that broiling sky.
Then suddenly the shout, They're
off,"
Out of the chute in to the straight
away course they foamed, that heav-
ing, seething mass of horsef1esh. The
sunlight seemed to rush after them,
eager to dance on their glossy backs,
while all the world stood STILL listen
ing, listening to the musical thunder
of the hoofbeats.
A hundred thousand eyes were Ak
ed intently on the living river of
racers-an army of eyes watching
eagerly for the horse which would
first give token that it was being
piloted by the god Success
But where was Peaches. There!
there in the center of the storm
tossed mass, her pretty head straight
out toward the goal, her eyes darling
forth the fire of a hundred famous
ancestors; she seemed a sea-bird dip
ping to the wave and rising all foam
bedecked to meet the next
Leaning far over her arched neck
was Spuds, whispering kindly cheer
into ears that hearkened well: &c
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28

My string was getting in shape.
1t consisted of seven horses willed to
me by my uncle Owen of Kentucky,
and brought to me by his old trainer,
Murf Higginbottom No one of my
family knew anything of the whole
sad affair, and l was kept busy dodg-
ing the trouble my secret caused.
In about fo' weeks this here
Peaches FLY will show us how Kahn
lucky boss can get real busy, sub!
Murf chuckled one morning when
dropped in to see him.
II catch your words, Murf, but the
meaning is away to the fritz" an.
swered; whats doing?"
Il have entered this here Peaches
filly for the elimination Stakes, to be
run oyah the Futurity cose, subj"
Murf replied.
Are you handing me line of bo-
gus conversation? l asked in sur
prise.
'Yo' all left these here matters in
my hands, subj" Murf went on, calm
", land certainly have to prove that
yo' Uncle Owen knew something
about hossfesh. l only ask you, sub,
to stand by and prepare to see the
dust move-that's all, subj"
Count me in, Murf; I'll follow the
band wagon till the bass drum springs
a leak" l Clipped in.
only two of these have worked out
to my liking, sur, and I'm for selling
the othah five, if it suits yo' ALL"
do so, Murf," l said, and use the
money just as though it were handed
to you by Uncle owen. Which colt
shall you keep besides Peaches?"
"The one yo' all fastened to that
there fool name Shoemaker, suh," he
answered so earnestly that | laughed
for ten minutes.
The days rolling by found me con-
stantly with Murf and the two colts.
Wall Street knew me no more, despite
the long dissertation I was handed
daily by voluble Uncle Peter. Every
blessed tip he had given me On the
market proved to be the real goods,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
Above 5rilliancy, Talent or Genius Is
the Spirit That Declares 81
VIII Achieve"

A writer has wisely said that what
men, both old and young. need in life's
struggles, is not talent, not brilliancy,
but purpose-bulldog- square-Jawed
determination. Man is bundle OF pos
sibinties and The men who have
achieved success are the men who
have worked, read. thought more than
was absolutely necessary, sought ad-
litional information and stored 1t
away for the emergency reserve. Em'
srson has written: IF a man can
write a better book. preach a better
sermon, make a better mouse-trap
than his neighbor, though he builds
mis- house In the woods. the world will
make a beaten path TO his door-and
constantly end necessarily knock for
admission. and will not be denied.
Napoleon Bonaparte imbued every sol
der in the French army with the high
ideal. that he carried in his knapsack
a marshais baton, an emblem OF pow
er. Go into the worlds marts, walk
into the counting-room step into. the
banking houses, tarry while In the
universities OF research and learning,
stand beside the master hand that
handles the wheel of that steaming
into the counting-room, step into the
deeps, as she plows and safely rides
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
MUCH VIRGIN FOREST
SUPPLY OF TIMBER ASSURED FOR
SOME TIME.
Philippines May Be Relied Upon for
Many Years to Satisfy the Demand
for Lumber in the Worlds
Markets.

Certain foresters who have recent
ly been looking into the wood condi.
tions OF the tropics have brought back
word which should serve to cheer the
lumbermen and the paper manufactur-
ers. One English investigator, DIR. ii.
N. Whitford, says we have dim and
- " appreciation of the wonderful for
& u the tropical and semi-tropical
countries. In our own Philippine is
lands there are $4,000, 900 acres of vir-
gin forest so heavily grown with tim
Der that it has been estimated that
they would produce no less than 200,-
OOO,OO0,000 board feet of timber. The
United States forest reserves probably
amount to 200,00OOOO acres of land,
and yet these would not produce at the
highest estimate more than 100000
100000 board feet, which shows how
much more productive the tropical for
ests are.
An acre OF Philippine forest. in other
words, will produce four times as
much as an acre in the temperate eli
mate of the North American continent
When one thinks now many thousands
of square miles of virgin tropical wood
land there are in the interior of AT
RIGA and South America, it scarcely
seems time to despair utterly. Lumber
men will soon exhaust all the available
timber in this country, If there is no
provision made for renewing the sup
ply, but when they learn to draw
upon the tropics for their supply there
will still be enough wood left in the
world to supply kindling and timber
until our forests can be regrown.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF
PIMPLES AND BLkCKHEADS

A speedy and economical treatment
for disfiguring pimples is the follow
ing: Gently smear the face with Cuti.
cura Ointment, but do not rub Wash
off the ointment in five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water and
battle freely for some minutes Re
peat morning and evening. At other
times use hot water and Cuticura
Soap for bathing the face as often as
agreeable. Cuticura soap and oint-
ment are equally successful for itch
ing, burning, scaly and crusted hui
mors of the skin and scalp, with loss
of hair, from infancy to age, usually
affording instant relief, when all else
fails Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp, Boston, Mass, for the latest
Cuticura book on the care and treat
ment of the skin and scalp.