Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-09-18

their hats and coats in their proper
places. Teach them this habit and
you will also do a kindness to the
boys by teaching them neatness and
self-respect.
The families of DR.. F. K. Pomainville
and F. L. Steib, in their respective cars
made trip Sunday to Neillsville via
Pittsville and returned home via
Marshfeld They had picnic lunch
and were back in time for supper. The
outing was a pleasant one which they
all enjoyed. Good roads and no car
troubles.
You may set it down as a fact that
there isn't twelve-year- boy i'll
the neighborhood who hasn't his opin-
ion of you-and he wouldn't be slow
about expressing it either, if a strang
er should ask him for it. Every man
is always making character whether
he is doing anything else or not. Why
not build character that you may ever
look back upon it with pride.
Mrs. Eugene Miller entertained
the girls Of the class of Second Year
Junior Girls of the Methodist Sun
day school at her home on Ninth st.
S., Saturday afternoon. Twelve men,
bers of the class were present and
the afternoon was pleasantly spent
in playing games, contests and music
after which dainty refreshments
were served by Mrs. Miller.
One reason why so many girls and
boys, men and women, too, are un-
interesting, is because they try so
hard to be like somebody else rather
than be content to remain himself or
herself in life. In nature you don't
see an oak posing as willow, or a
black duck as a yellow leg, or lilac
as peony, or dog as a cat Be
natural and you'll be all right.
The hearing and seeing of aero
planes as they pass to and from their
destinations are becoming quite IA
miliar sights. On Friday noon one was
heard passing over Grand Rapids and
seen to aight east Of the city. The
aviator was in need of gasoline and
was obliged to land to secure it. Sew
eral drove out to see the machine and
witnessed it's depe rture.
We fear many good housewives
make a serious mistake in giving too
much time to Sunday cooking. Others
perhaps are equally in error by over
working on Saturday, so that they
cannot properly rest or enjoy the Sab
bath day. Parents and children ought
to be more to each other. A day of
uplift and delight it ought to be made
in every home.
Place a young girl under the care
of kind-hearted women, and she, un-
consciously to herself, grows into g
graceful lady. Place boy in the es-
tablishment of thoro-going, straight
forward business man, and the boy be-
comes a self-reliant, practical bust
ness man. Children are susceptible
creatures, and circumstances, scenes
and actions always impress.
The social neighbor is not always
the useful neighbor, yet each in her
place has special influences to exert
of equally beneficial consequences
The sympathetic neighbor is also a
popular one, but she has to exercise
continuous tact, lest her solacing in.
fiuence may occasionally be overdone
or utilized at untimely periods. The
inquisitive neighbor is always q dread
to everybody within the reach of her
inquisitive curiosity, as she does not
seem to have any intuitive respect for
others feelings as regards their d.
vulgence of personal affairs to all out
slider.
Right here is the secret of awk-
wardness. It is self-consciousness A
girl who thinks about how she is go
ing to look when she extends her
hand will hold it out as stiff as
pump handle. If she is worried about
the appearance of her walk she will
stalk over the landscape like wood
en- dummy. What person does grace
fully is done unconsciously. So if a
person would learn grace she must
first learn how to do things uncon-
sciously and she can only learn to do
things unconsciously by doing them
often.
c. T. Purdy, of New York City, Mrs.
Emma Kensler, son Paul, and daugh-
ter Ruth of Madison, were in the city
Monday and Tuesday, guests of Mr..
and Mrs. F. J. Wood. Corrydon Purdy
and his sister, Mrs. Kensler, were born
educated and raised to womanhood and
manhood in Grand Rapids before they
left here years ago. Their father and
mother are both buried in Forest Hill
cemetery and they are greatly inter
ested in keeping up the family lot.
They both admire Grand Rapids and
pay the city many compliments in keep
ing up the city and her cemeteries.