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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

"Oh, she's out for the limelight-
and other things. Thinks she looks
nice in nurses kit
How anyone ever took the idea
of giving that man the job, heaven
knows. You know what he does in
town?'-and the voices sink.
Awful fun 1t was! Bits of Deutsches
flying up the air-and they squeaked
like rabbits when we cheered.
Like Boy on Holiday.
THE old soldier who spoke had the
soft complexion of boy and the
hilarity of schoolboy off-as indeed
he was-for holiday.
Things are bad. Take it from me.
What You don't believe it? Well
will you bet me a pony to a flyer
that the Deutsch are not in Calais be-
fore the end of October? Done with
you. That's bet
Then it was dissipating time, and
the great ladies motored off to theii
new hospitals, and some went to work
and some went to battle, and some to
the boat, and some to the front; and
all promised to do all sorts of things
at that vague wonderful and evanes
cent date known as apres la guerre.'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01
WHOLE TOWN BEING MOVED
Thriving Mississippi City Is Carted on
Twelve Miles From Old
Location.

Laurel, Miss.-The town of Wisner,
headquarters of the lumber camps OF
the Eastman Gardner Lumber com
pany, located in Smith county, is Dc.
ing moved to a point Il miles west OK
the present location.
1t has a mayor and board of alder
men and complete set of ordinances
1t will probably be several weeks pe'
fore the name of the post office VIE
be changed, although the moving 10
practically complete.
The present town of Wisner contains
500 citizens and boasts one OF the M
est Y. NJ. C. A. organizations in tne
country, post office, general store
drug store, meat market, barber snop
electric light plant and many other
conveniences of an ordinary city
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01
Parisians Take interest in Strug-
ole Only as a Magnificent
Spectacle.
PEN PICTURE OF FRENCH LIFE
People Make PiIgrimages to Points Of
Vantage Behind the Lines Where
Gay Weekend Parties Are
Held - Chatter Shows
Trend of Thought.
BY GEORGE DuFREsNE.
dnternational News SERVICES


Paris.-Parisians have become so
used to the war that they are now
taking great interest in it as a magnif1-
cent spectacle. Daily crowds Of
French people and tourists from Eng
land and America make pilgrimages
to points of vantage behind the lines,
and gay weekend parties are held.
The following letter comes from a
hotel near Boulogne-Sur-Mer:
IF you would focus the war, or that
large part of it which is collected at
the base, come to the hotel.
In all wars, of course-from Sou
tart to Capetown-there is just one
hotel which is, so to say, universal
tryst, a sort of Charing Cross. where
everyone meets eventually and in the
end. 1t is a vanity fair, perhaps also
a slough of despond and delectable
mountain, where pilgrims of all types
and two sexes jostle and nudge. where
In food of khaki and brassards and
woman's uniforms some few civilians
go astray, where the incoming and out
going hero relaxes for a moment his
heroism, where comedy prods tragedy
in the ribs, where sentiment turns up
holy eyes at quiet courage. and where
all the medley of actors, interrupted in
their parts by the boots of steamers,
the burr of hydroplanes and the tramp
Of route marches are apt to miss their
cues in the fog of general rumor and
incorrigible chatter.
Gould anyone tell what sort of
piece, in what country. he was asked
to watch? Was he assisting at his
majesty's, the comedie franchise, the
empire, or-merely Armageddon?
Listen for moment at random
to some chattering groups.
Who would have thought of meet
ing you here?'
All the meetings begin like that;
the one-armed colonel who hadn't met
his friend since Dongola in "a, or the
infant cavalry subaltern who ran into
his Elton friends second sister now
tracing missing men at a base Office,
or the old, old, ex-major of something
ending in Chester who exchanged
questions with a famous statesman on
the convalescence of their respective
sons
And Thus They Chatter.
The greeting was followed in t. 9
particular instance by flood of ques
tions and answers. Who have you
come to see? Is it the brother or the
husband who is wounded? y What
Not both! Impossible! Hurt the
sam eek! The two of them on diff
ferent floors of No. Z hospital? Both
shrapnel, and in the shoulder Dear
me. Dear me. But if you are going
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

with an auger and pipe inserted in
the hole. A furnace body in the form
OF U-shaped hood with open bottom
and open end is placed against the
stump and covered with earth so as to
be almost alright, thus serving to con-
centrate and localize the heat gener-
ated within the furnace. which is
placed over the burning fagots used to
kindle the fire.
AS the fire burns the flames extend
into the auger hole. and by adjusting
the damper in the furnace chimney
draft is produced that causes the fire
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

burned and their COWS poisoned and
no gypsies have been sent to Jail for
their crimes. 1t does not take long
for farmers who have tasted of the
vengeance Of the gypsies they have
defed to spread the news that the
sWarthy tricksters mean what they
say when they make threats
The average farmer is helpless
against fire. and. therefore, the aver
age, good-natured Yankee farmer
meets gypsy's terms in horse
trade rather than incur a greater loss
by having some of his valuable prop
erty burned to the ground. This may
seem weak on the part of the Yam
kee farmer, but the farmer knows the
evil-eyed, dark-skinned parasites will
not impose upon him two years in sue
cession, and so he trades fairly good
horse for a brokendown nag, saves
his stock and crops, and takes par.
ticular pains in the future to dodge
the understanding tribesmen.
While gypsies are too cautious, as
general rule, to steal horses,
especially in western communities.
where men would give them chase.
they handle horses stolen by gang
sters in New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, st. Louis and other large
cities in which nags disappear mys-
teriously, of which no trace can ever
be found.
1t was after the passage of the
Mann act by congress and the break
ing up of the methods of interstate
traffic in women which brought about
the passage of the law, that the gyp-
sizes were hailed into the trade by
clever procurers in the large cities.
who assured them of big profits.
Gypsies, as has been said, acknowl-
edge no country. In their religion,
which is religion of hate, they have
no word for God, soul, or heaven.
They have their own king, whom they
elect yearly at a seaport in Spain.
This king is supposed to be indicted
into Office by the sacrifice of two white
babies. %n recent years, the gypsies
have found 1t safer to forego the
actual sacrifice of the babies, but year.
ly two white babies are stolen from
the enemy" appear at the coronation
and are adopted by the king.
Some of the gypsies are men OF
magnificent physique, and the battles
fought for the great honor Of being
dubbed king" would make the aver
age censored prize fight appear like
child's play
The gypsies travelling the United
States and now seen camping along
the roads are no better educated thar
the gypsies who travel the European
countries. The gypsy literature is
preserved chiefly by word of mouth
mothers and fathers teaching theil
young the gypsy traditions. and those
traditions are kept as fresh as are
| the Mother Goose tales of more en-
lightened people. The gypsy is mo-
devoted in any way to the arts. DC
casionally. however, a great musician
arises from the gypsy tribes. Occa
sionally. too, the gypsies turn out al
intellectual light, such as Gypsy
Smith, the evangelist. who is a pure
blood gypsy, and did not sleep in &
bed until he was twelve years old
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

The cycle corps OF the German army
are just now being equipped with a
bicycle which can be fitted into such
a compact mass. that each man is able.
without retarding his movements. to
carry the complete bicycle outfit on
his back. The cycle is of collapsible
parts. The frame is made of tee
seoping tubes which fit into one an
other. The fork OF the machine and
part of the frame are in one piece.
the rear wheel. chain and sprockets
are in a second, and the handle bars
make up the third section of this col
lapsible. sectional bicycle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01
s225 PEARL IN A MUSSEL
Indiana Digger Opens Big One TOT
Good Luck, and Makes Rich
Discovery.

Rockport, Ind.-'T am going to cracH
that big, rusty-looking shell open lO'
good luck" said John Stuteylls'
mussel digger, as he was prepar'ns
to turn over his boatload OF musseiS
to the buyer. Stutevile opened 'ho
large mussel shell and found -
grain pear-shaped pearl that ne uis
posed of to a pearl dealer here 'O'
s225.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

rapidly to eat hole through the
stump. The pipe section is gradually
fed into the charging cavity. After
the fire is well started, the furnace
may be removed. earth banked about
the pipe section, and the stump left to
its fate while the worker proceeds to
kindle the blaze for the next stump.
The device is the invention of Sam
uel F. zysset of Thomas, Ore.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01
Live Portland Gossip.

Portland, Ore.-A big wildcat "%s
shot dead from a fir tree directly "
front OF the mayors house. All '"o
neighbors gathered when the cat was
freed. and there was such a tus'''"Ss
that strangers from the East thoUsl'
the town was being shot up. Ine-'D,
NAL weighed so pounds ana "7a'
ured five feet three inches iiem "'
to tip.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

this country. AS a race they have
been charged with having been active
in the so-called white slave" trade.
There is direct evidence against some
of the American tribes, showing that
hundreds of the swarthy wanderers
have lured away young white girls
from towns, villages and farms, and
sold them into captivity. Moreover,
there is evidence that the gypsies have
sold their wives and daughters into
captivity indicating that the morals
of the gypsies are degenerating.
American communities which have
become aware of the dangerous white
slave practices of the gypsies are look
ing upon the horse-trading, fortune
telling, thieving gypsies with more
suspicion than usual at this time,
They are warning young girls to
keep away from the camps where
formerly they went to have their for
tunes told, warning householders to
keep gypsy women out of their homes,
and warning constables to keep a
sharp lookout for the men who prom
Use servant girls chances for good
jobs in the large cities
The gypsy has thrived for many
years in the United States, where he
is still somewhat of a curiosity His
glib tongue, his skill in handling
horses, his persistence and his trick
cry have enabled him to accumulate
much money, which he stores in
banks. Picturesque. untidy fortune
telling gypsy women have ably as
sisted their lords in accommodating
money. for they have a decided facul-
ty for coaxing silver pieces from the
pockets of superstitious women, who
firmly believe the gypsies have the
power of foretelling events.
Gypsies have never gone through
the crucible which makes Americans
out of foeigners. They have stead
lily, as race, refused to become Amer
leans. First and last they are gyp-
sizes and highly proud of their Romany
extraction. They seldom marry out
side of their own race, and, with but
few exceptions, they refuse to identify
themselves with any nation. The
gypsies now travelling the highways
of England may be travelling the New
England States next year; the gypsies
who have made France their travel
ing ground the past decade may make
their camps this summer in Ohio and
Indiana, while the Austrian gypsies
may choose Michigan and Illinois. or
Missouri and Kansas for their next
operations. In whatever country they
are found the habits and customs of
the gypsies are the same.
Gypsies, here today and there to-
morrow. have operated in the rural
districts very much in the same man
ner that the black-hand organizations
have operated in New York. Chicago
Pittsburgh and the coal regions of the
United States. In order to make farm.
ers agree to their terms in horse
trades, gypsies have boldly stated
that, if their terms are not accepted
they will burn down barns, poison
stock. or burn haystacks They have
boldly stated, and they still so state
to jewellers in rural communities. that
II persons appear against them in
court. the vengeance of the tribe viii
be visited upon such persons
There have been farmers who have
defied the threatening gypsies. anC
such farmrs have had their barns
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01
Wanted His Appetite.

with their noses on the same brass
rail lay two great dogs, a lurcher with
every air of aristocracy in his form
and manner, despite his mixed ances-
try. and a red Irish retriever. One OF
the masters had come out from his
county town to hunt down missing
kits. The other had left the stock ex-
change to blossom into a train-con-
Quoting officer and wear red bras
sard.
Just got an invitation to shoot
grouse on the 18th. said one, and a
neighbor countered with a quotation
from his wife's letter. which he took
from his pocket and read. If you don't
come home soon the patch of 1.-the
spermum will be over. and as our only
gardener went off today to make fuses
it's likely to be the last you will see.
Besides. your appetite is wanted Even
the village can't eat all the vegetables
we plant.
He began to read the next sentence.
but stopped with jerk, almost with a
blush, and put the letter carefully in
his pockethook.
Then came stories of the dogs
rival intelligences. and these were lost
in a sea OF chatter. of tittle-tattle
mixed with the grimmest anecdotes OF
war in this way.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01
FIRE REMOVES THE. sTUMPS
Invention of Oregon Man That Does
the Work in a Thoroughly Sys-
tematic Manner.

A stump burner that will consume
the green and unseasoned wood of
fresh stumps, destroy the woody fiber
Just below the surface of the ground
and even convert the larger roots into
ashes has been put to successful tests
in Oregon.
A hole is first bored into the stump
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

to be wounded, give me the shoulder.
All shoulders do well. And what
heroes they will be! Why am l here?
Oh, I'm running feed-the-brute stall.
You know. Coffee and cigarettes and
bread and butter at peace-and-plentv
prices. Started with $25 capital in a
waiting room. Now built bath houses
and stalls regardless and feed 'em by
the hundred Oh, soldiers, all soldiers
-of sorts. The difference is that all
the fighters say, Thank you, miss,
and the base fellows are apt to grouse.
The army had thoughts of killing us
off. We started a year ago in Sep
TENDER. They thought about 1t till
April and are now going the pace.
However, they won't kill me in a
hurry. Might as well try to kill the
Y. M. G. A., who do roaring trade in
the same business. We save trag-
edy a day from bad temper and starva-
ton and a score from drunkenness.
But If any of your friends went to
send us something, plump for boxing
gloves and punch balls. Now wait half
a moment while watch my chauffeur
she cuts the bread and butter, you
know-and wen have lunch.
Idiom of Initials.
THE room was full of people with
amazing brassards on their arms, red,
white, tricolor, and even green, and
someone was retelling the standard
story of the newcomer who asked an
habitue at the base how to go some
where or other. The answer began
glibly In the prevalent idiom of ini-
tials:
"'Oh, l should go to a T. C. o.,
who will introduce you to the d. A.
d. r. T., who will refer the matter
to G. H. O., and then But this was
too much for the questioner.
Excuse me- he said. I'm off to
have B. and s.
IF he had gone on this mission at
the moment he would have found two
airmen, with their feet on the brass
rail of the American bar. drinking an
orange squash and discussing earnest
ly whether it was worse to be shelled
in the air or the trenches. They de-
cided in favor of the air.
I'm fairly terrified at shells on the
ground said one. But in the air they
don't seem to matter.
From this they diverged to the OBJ
tuseness of certain aerial observers
who had to see battery from all
angles and make figures OF eight
above it before they could decide
whether 1t was not moving machine
or a manure heap. However, in spite
of the observers they were doomed
to carry and the shrapnel that was
always puncturing their wings but
missing their tank and the ground fog
and the new German air colossus, they
we're quite decided that the air was
the place of places and their job the
picked job And it is fact that of
all the men of all types who pass
through this vanity fair the airmen
are the most distinct in type. The
air has lent them it's peculiar qualities
of light and breadth. as the sailor has
borrowed the salt of his character
from the expanses of the unharvested
sea-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-01

Experience often provides a lot of
raw material for unnecessary CONVEX
sation.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-04

Ncvor ivforc in the mstes,, of a.,
tfNta fyysS Association one ~ ~,
siAt'icst nf'sspirRtinns in uxfste.ee
Pas its membership tctn cntert,ir,l
WITH more hospitality than was eNhib
R"d gag Nprpus Christi rhursasv. frs3 7,
ana SATURDAY
NFpus Chnsti dld herself nr,,i
M WIN never he forgottcn fnr her. In.
nfrst IN her guests Forever In ~,
'n'e'f az iaose who we've prsSent vii
teFFns Nhf'stl's fame as 4 huspitanls
Wy ic'na'n gtp~r. Tier ciiisonshln to
ha'n S"incd hands IN makiar ne
ncNspapey men 81 TeNas fesl M ha,,,..
foyy kn,4oVde.l
When c9fp1s Christfs turn eo,s,,
ssatn slssr nfii l,ess lltgie trouble Al !.
eufins The consent ~ the mrmters ~
M resAs Press Association. Beevills
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-04

Henry Ellie ~ sac ncnisnn Herald
mint attend thc Press Association
fnretinE az Corpus Christi fienrv "a
rertea o. hv there but a. col. pat
lHennan the penisor hankcr. informs
H Mfs Ellis refused 90 So to Colo.
nRNp uhtil the Frrss meeting WIS over
tnd % course wouiA hove actonpsnis.i
ifcnry a. Corpus Christi "a see th,f
~ Didn't Rct lost in the biilnvv waves
With one 90 John StaNiOr's mer,nalas
Sumo wumnn have the happy fac,,lt,,
~ never knowing ths.r husbands. hui
Ays Kills rsidenih. is not sn. ~
theas. However other editors u.ors al
feinpaniea ha their wives. aud in sni...
~ tes handicap they manasrd to have
k"s1 Tune as did the women foks
Who Nerc satisfied with krenlns oni,.
ahc eNe on their snartiVci,.. in.ifr.t
aOsipnds -lsu Melsenere. IN st,,s
Topics
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-04

ihr Texas Press Association hold
N'il thirty sixth annual con, cntlan az
"lpns Christi on last Thursday. FfI
"AN ana saturday Samc gs0 newsua
PCT mon and ladies ~ctc boz nttend-
Anre and white guests 90 she town 81
N"tpuH christi the entire delegation
were rnNally entertained and h Is
ihlnca That tins convention was tho
N,st ever heidi The next meeting place
nj tasn was selected. while many 9th
~ towns were cnntcstiug Cor honor
WINS go ihe tact 'tiud and pcau~ have
l'ern barred from our town and know.
nag that "A majority 90 the pencil push
err would NOT feai NJ hume without tne
above ceuple North rleasautun did not
.n'tiost for thr next meeting Nurtn
icasautun News
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-04
COTTON cARrRlooes.

u ~ estimated that s0Ooo.0oo cart
fitRes afc neiug uaod n Europe daily
cartridges Nlui niane, and not one af
ihffn earflra mvs4sae at amy benefit
=" soriciy cuffls Christi caller
hNrfY 1iie cartridge represents %
'''-h - wilton Practically AN prouui.
HiNe powder iH BOW mado ~ lint ard
eArh sheil utHt iN "a fourteen .ineh ann
feiitesrnts hail bale 90 tiso south.
eru iAfmrf's speciality Tho pfsrc of
sutton in the South was sustained Inst
iali l1rrctY hN TIE domand Tor anfnn
milton. q u estimated with authorit,
That cotton Il now ncine transformed
intn powder ~ the rate ~ q aaa ooh
nilrs per annum The COTTON ftctarie.
~ hW0pr are running on shore Time
nf NOS al AL hut the powder factera,s
are running fun iin ant much os what
- lost Az Tho WAY ~ regular demand
tef the staple ls made un la tbe un,.
~ the atrcruar demand when thc
war Is eNer thcfe viii 10 4 renewed Ia
QWitf Tor sI,irnasalr aotton anl a IL,
cruasod roQuiromcnt fnr the other SAT
~ the neansime TIE price "a eta.. ets
ppsahls wili resnain around elan,
cunts 0fcai as she war Is. Al In nat
srtAi cn0ngh 30 consume ia ih, l.oWsicf
- pafiment ~ march rotton az the M
fN'ifeRns Normally oousume in ths oath
department. i.Ast fall 5asan toak twic.
- nush AnericAn cNtisn as ever he-
for,s \ grcsl deal - u was shot ava,
2, tac Russians Ia abe Cart,Athlans
til,i when Japan oamc near H. wat sith
S'hiaa the RasSian~ weru deprived "A
'asst reFultr sufsplN "a ammunition
WITH tho res,llt that tbcAs arr n,U hsina
rum "a cuNer ~ the rcnsous. who have
consistently made ha, through ss..s-al
nun~hinN wars State l'resa ln DARa.
NewR
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-04
Caller Called


elana saa becn a 'allon ~ peace ana
haa Paid the pfiro China ~ oftun Gifted
80 an eNerplr az wlst unpfvlar, sins..
RESULTS ih Hut the comparison hafdi,
tt"iaH in fefcrvnCc ~ The tiniitd states
fef a Thousand YEARS Chlns has ha.n
q wnfn. oui mathew Il has backed nr
'cfiNtff. staieainAiinhll. sound nuvcrn
niNnt INA entlfc Strtak commerce IA
every sor, Ia addition 4 has not had
its Atlantic ard Pacific aa barrier.
aEainai Invasion rhc comparison n,a,
~ nfHet hut a y childish lt tcnceis
90" Ions ryach 20 snplas,rY coepus
Christi Caller
Isn't Il remarkable that China should
h..Nr lived q ineusnna years after 49,.
eununa unmcpaNdf Ana that an tor
20 ivuf ,hUneaita either ware NJ moF,
.nf lrsa unitei.sfedness is ii rropaf
fs'heen 90 uHhf'imirdaeeA tl,at ruaran
iNer ihr existence ~ & nation rrmpi,
f',serram
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-04

Temperature changes have been
snahf thfagahuuf TIE COTTON rrsl0n
during the msf 81 hours
Precipitation hhs occurred in $50 disc
frfis except fhe WImngtun CharIes-
ttr and Auaufa.
Heavy rains in lnche. arr reported
aF follows
Aiaimma glantun and loo1a Ifer
No. Wctlmpka --o uemop ois le
Th0uasFIlle $50
hieissirrI Lake aUd Macon 800.
fuxoo Fiif fTo WfreefHto f-f
aeursia Rome iFH
AraHnsts Calico HHcs camden and
TrNafAlna l-9 Elnnralo ii0. Pore
Mnd 2fH Iftsscafi --N