Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-03-19

| furniture around the room.
Helen looked her thoughts very
plainly. She did not understand how
all that old furniture could make any.
one feel young.
Then ! have many other things"
Grandma Great continued, which you
do not see, and when feel a bit like
growing old look at them and l am
young again. Would you like to see
them?"
Helen's curiosity was really aroused
and she was eager to see what won
derful things could make Grandma
Great feel young.
Grandma opened the drawer of an
old-fashioned bureau. There were won
derful boxes. One was called a hand
kerchief box; it opened in the middle,
and two little tapes held it together;
then the covers opened on either side.
Grandma Great took out a little lace
collar. 1t was fine as a spiders web
This was one Of my wedding col
lars" she told Helen Then there was
fine linen handkerchief, yellow with
age, with the tiniest flowers embroid-
cred in one corner There was a chain
made of hair. with gold clasp, and
also a ring made of hair, with little
gold buckle, which make it look like
tiny belt.
Grandma Great handed her pic
ture.
See If you can tell who this is"
she said. Helen looked and saw a very
pretty girl with black curla and pink
cheeks Her eyes we're black. like her
own, and she had On dress naslf
OH 50 Queesiy al aomseS$ % hkerial.
/! VS. Asee1 when fhess WAS
taken, said Gfandfna Great. HeleS
thought she looked like beautiful
wax doll and wondered If Grandma
Great was as young and pretty as that,
and then she wondered If some day
she would be old like Grandma Great.
She had never thought of 1t before.
Here is a picture of your great
grandfather. taken when we were mar
ried." Helen saw a handsome young
man, with blue eyes and brown, curl
ing hair. He looked very straight and
he had on a high collar, and 1t looked
to Helen as though he had yards of
black satin wound around it, Then
there was fan, with pearl sticks, and
on one of the outside sticks was tiny
mirror. She was told that it would be
hers some day.
Then there was a funny pair Of kid
gloyes-pale pink, with little brass
hooks. These we're my wedding
gloves" said Grandma Great, land
these were my travelling gloves" Helen
thought she never had seen anything
so funny as the second pair, which
were bright green.
Then there were queer little ties
with tassels and pair of stockings
the color of the pink gloves. They
were my wedding stockings, and your
grandmother wore them when she was
married" said Grandma Great, land /
hope they will be yours, some day"
Helen thought that very odd. She
did not want to wear old stockings
when she was married. There were
locks of hair, tied with ribbon, and pic
lures Of people in queer-looking
clothes.
Here is breastpin your great
grandfather gave me, with his hair in
It."
Helen took it in her hand and looked
at it. She thought it very odd that
anyone should want to wear a pin
like that. There was watch with
gold face, and on the back of the
case was a house and trees. THAT
will be yours. alsc." Grandma Great
told her, but Helen did not think she
would ever wear such big watch
'My wedding dress is in that trunk
Would you like to see lt?' Helen told
her she would. for she often wondered
what was in the trunk covered witt
| hair.
"Oh, my; that is beautiful" ex
claimed Helen, as Grandma Great helt
up a dress of pale pink silk, with LITTLE
sprays of green on it. The skirt wal
very full and long, and the wais
looked as though it might fit Helen
Your grandmother wore this dres
at her silver wedding" said Grandmi
Great Il wish you might, but In
afraid it will not hold together til
then. Here is tae shawl wore. also
that you will have and can wear,
think" 1t was the palest pearl color
with fringe around 1t and embroidere
with big flowers And these wer
my wedding slippers; your grand
mother wore these. also, when she wa
married, and hope you may be abb
to-" But Helen thought the same q
she did about the stockings-she woul
want new ones.
Here is something you viii like.