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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed executor Of the last
will an testament OF
ALDEN CHASE, late OF Woodstock.
In the County of oxford, deceased, AMI given
bonds as the law directs All persons having
demands against the estate OF said deceased
arc desired to present the same for settle
ment, and ail indebted thereto are requested to
make payment Immediately.
Mar. 2lst 1905. A. MONT. CHASE.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
North Paris,

Error: W. E. Curtis has not sold his
oxen as reported in last weeks paper.
Johnny Curtis is visiting his grand.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Curtis.
Mrs. Cora Nevers' mother, Mrs. Alb.
bott, is visiting her.
F. E. Gowell, w. E. Curtis, w. W.
Dunham, A. j. Abbott, c. w. Chase and
E. E. Field attended town meeting last
Saturday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
A Cold Winter ras Years Ago.

We think of our last two winters as
extreme seasons. and now and then hear
the remark, 1.-THE like was never known
before" this makes the following clip
ping from an old New England history
interesting reading. "In 1850 all the
harbors and bays on the Atlantic coast
as far south as Virginia were frozen.
Loaded sleds passed from New York to
Staten Island. Long Island Sound was
frozen into solid highway, where it is
several miles In width. The birds, that
winter, in this climate almost all perish
ed, and in the succeeding spring only a
few solitary warblers were heard in our
groves. The snow was nearly four feet
deep in the northern Atlantic States for
at least three months" j. II. L.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he ha
been duly appointed administrator Of til,
estate of
LIvA L. MARSH, late of Dixheld.
In the County Of oxford, deceased, and giycr
bonds az the law directs. All persons havins
demands against the estate of said deceased art
desired to present the same for settlement ant
all indebted thereto are requested to make pay
ment Immediately.
Mar. 2lst, 1905. ROY +. CANNON.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
East Brownfleld.

H. N. Giles is at home from Weston,
Mass.
Mrs. Kerr, of Maiden, Mass, was a
guest of Mrs. A. F. johnson recently.
There have been two burials during
the past week, that of Almira Poor last
Tuesday, and Paris Rowe last Friday.
Sleighing is fast passing away.
A number from here attended the
masquerade ball at town hall last Mon
day evening.
Howard Colby and brother Wesley are
staying Q short time with their mother.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice thai h
has been duly appointed administrator Of tie
estate Of
HANNAH Il. MORTON, late OF Paris.
In the County OF oxford, deceased, and
given bonds the law directs. All person.
having demands against the estate Of said de
ceased are desired % present the same for set
Element, and all indebted thereto are requested
20 make payment Immediately.
Mar 2ist, 1896. y. DAYTON BOLSTER.
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LOyINA c. PARSONS.
NOTICE.

The subscriber h 'reby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed administrator with the
will annexed OF the estate Of
FRANK NJ COLE, late of Woodstock,
in the County of Oxford, deceased, and gtvcr
bonds es the law directs. al persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired to present the same for settlement, and
I'll indebted thereto are requested to make pay
rent Immediately. -
Mar. 2lst, 1875. JAMES S. WRlG ut.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed administrator of the
estate Of
THOM rs l.. Eos Err, late of sumner,
In the County of oxford, deceased. and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate of sail deceased are
desired to present the same for settlement, and
all indebted thereto are requested to make pay
ment Immediately.
Mar. 2l=t, 1905. GEORGE IL. FOSTER.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
NOTICE.

All wa'er companies and individuals whS
have dug up the streets In and about South Parii
without permit or with n permit are responsi
BILE for their safety and hlling the holes anc
lesving the street In a. good shape a. IL was las
fall
CIV. BOwKER,
For the Town OF Paris
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TERns;-sl.5o year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise $500 year. Single copies cents.
ADVERTISEMENTS: So All legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for el.so
per Inch IN length Of column. Special contracts
made with local, transient and yearly advertis-
ers.
JoB PRINTING New type. fast presses, steam
power. experienced workmen and low prices
combine 70 make this department Of our bust
ness complete and popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
Town OF Paris.
TRANSPORTATION.

on April 9Th. 1905, the super'ntending schoo
Commit 'e OF the town Of Paris will consider
bids for the importation OF pupils for the en-
suing term or terms IN the following district
viz: Hall, BOLSTER. Shows Falls, whiitemore
stearns Mn districts, so called. All bids mus
be In writing. sealed. an presented to the a.
dersigned before noon Of April 9Th 1895. In
formation rs to routes may be had OF the super
intendent Of Schools.
The rfsht IL reserved TO reject any or all bids
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
For the town OF Paris
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
J IL. PENDEXTER.
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed executor Of the last
will and testamen. of
JOSEPH A. ARNOLD, late Of Peru,
In the County Of Oxford, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate of said deceased are
desired TO present the came for settlement, and
Il, indebted thereto are requested to make pay.
rrnt Immediately.
Mar. olst, 1905. WILLARD 8. ARNOLD.
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NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she hal
been duly appointed eXecutrix Of the last vii
and testament OF
AUGUSTUS PARSONS, late Of Canton.
In the County of oxford, deceased, and givcr
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate OF said deceased arr
desired to present the same for settlement
and all indebted thereto are requested to make
pa ment Immediately.
Mar 2lst, 1905. LONlNA T.. PARSONS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28

Explorer Peary's steamer was launch
ed from the yard of Mckay & Dix at
Bucksport Thursday, and was christen-
ed the Roosevelt by Mrs. Peary.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
Hebron Base Ball Schedule.

The schedule for the Hebron Acad.
envy base ball team for this season has
been arranged as follows:
April l9-Paris high at Hebron.
April 22-Bstes college at Lewiston.
April s9-Lewiston high school at Lewiston.
May 3-Edwari Little high at Auburn.
MAY 6-WestbrOok seminary at Portland.
May l0-Lewiston high at Hebron.
May l3-Bridgton at Bridgton.
May 20-Kent's Hill at Hebron.
May 97.2S-Colby Junior league at Waterville
June 2,3-Bates Invitation meet at Lewiston.
June 7-Edward Little at Hebron.
June l0-Bridgt0n at Hebron.
June l7-Leavitt at Hebron.
June 20-Open.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28

Carmine Nevarro has been held in
Portland for the murder of Alfonso Rum
mo, a fellow Italian, on the night of
Feb. 2lst. Nevarro was arrested in
Brooklyn shortly after the murder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
North Stoneham.

Mrs. Lou French and little daughter
Esther from Lynn, Mass, have been visit
ing her uncle. Leonard Cannon, and
other relatives here.
Albert Dill and wife are visiting Mrs.
Dill's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Adams.
ii. B. McKeen has sold the colt he
bought of w. W. Durgin to Abel An
drews of Albany.
Alice and Goldie Adams are at home
from Bridgton High School on vaca-
ton.
Mrs. David Remission and Sumner Dur
gin are both quite sick. DR.. Bartlett of
Norway was called.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28

The Saco is the first Maine river to be
free from ice. The Kennebec still re-
mains In the clutches Of the Ice king.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
WANTED.

A man and wife to carry on the
Bethel Town Farm, year beginning
April 18th next. Apply to Select
men, Bethel, Me.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

is so amusingly silly that the chorus girl
laughs at him herself.
Yet this is DEPRESSING.
OF course. every now and then a Flor
ence Nesbit marries a Harry Thaw,
Connie Gilchrist becomes the bride of the
Earl Of Orkney, an Anna Robinson rolls
along the Bois de Boulogne and the
Champs Elysees in sables and carriage
and pair and buys a husband and title
of Countess with the money she has
saved, a Nina harrington irradiates the
midnight with her diamonds and auto
mobiles, a Truly Shattuck returns from
Europe with trunks full of finery and
buckets OF diamonds and proves the case
for suspicious womankind. But these are
incidents SO few and far between that the
telegraph makes front-page stories out
Of them for your morning paper. and the
Sunday supplements print whole pages
of portraits of these marvellous persons.
There are so many chorus girls who do
not,marry Earls or run away with Dukes
and millionaires that still the mystery
remains-along with that about the fate
of pins-What becomes of all the chorus
girls!
1 ask Gretchen.
Gretchen is mistress of the wardrobe
at the Tiyoli.
When the Tivolfs troop of pretty
chorus girls comes dancing upon the
stage IL is to Gretchen that you owe
your unmarried pleasure in them. It
is Gretchen who sees to it that they
are all taut and trim and on time. It
is Gretchen who sees to it that their
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

jaunty little jackets are all buttoned
UP before and their gay little frocks all
buttoned down behind, that their hats
are all dented and tilted alike. that
there are no loose ends hanging, no
spirally over enchanting curves.
If the tenor bursts a button off in
the fervor of his love vocalization
A. the prima donna rips away half
a yard of ruff1e in fleeing from the
barytone or bass villain. it is Gret-
chens ready needle that makes it
all right for the next scene.
It is even Gretchens ready hand
that sets Rupert's straw bonnet
straight so that he may make seem
ly appearance upon the stage instead
of ambling on with his headgear
cooked over one eye. looking the dis
sipated donkey he is not.
Gretchen is stout and staid and
4o-she even admits to little more
in the most matter-of-fact way. Her
face is kindly, and sometimes little
sad. Most OF the time it is good
humored and sympathetic, except
when she looks very severe and says.
Girls! Girlsi.' to Quell the tumult in
the chorus dressing-room.
oh. she can scold. can Gretchen!
/ wouldn't dare print the admoni-
tions that bring that roomful of chaff-
ing girls to order-and she can be
kind. too, when one or another OF
them is sorely in need OF kindness to
help her go on.
1t isn't because Gretchen Is mistress
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

she what becomes of all the chorus
girls?
And Gretchen says. as 1 have already
quoted her:
Most of them marry and leave the
stage. but-they don't stay married;
they come rushing back
That is not good-that so many mar
riages are unhappy. that they separate
for such little troubles"
The brilliant marriages, the pyro-
technic careers. the iridescent lives
these are what / urge Gretchen to tell
me about, and she shakes her head
Gretchen persists in being matter-of-
fact. in telling things just as they hap
pened-which is. after all. the most in
teresting way to tell them
Under Gretchen's observation, which
has been minute. familiar and at close
range, there has been so little of the
brilliant. the pyrotechnic. the iridescent
the great majority of the chorus girls
she has known in the many years that
her life has been with the chorus have
gone on being chorus girls until
Until they got too old. or lost their
good looks or their figure"
into obscurity. sometimes into happiness.
sometimes not.
Or they have just been absorbed-some-
how-into the multitudinous sea of hu-
manity that gets along somehow
Many of the girls l have known were
ambitious" Gretchen recalls. "but among
them all the only ones who have made
careers are Lillian Russell, who was in
the chorus with me in Willie Edouin's s
Burlesquers. She has had wonderful
career for a girl starting as a chorus
girl She is famous and rich, and just as
pleasant and natural as when she was
in the chorus. i went to see her when
she was here last, and we talked over
old times. When she was here before
that in light opera with Duff she wanted
me to go East with her in the chorus.
She doesn't forget her friendships
''Then there is Alice Nelson of our old
Tivo1f>chorus. She has had a great sue
cess because she has ambition and ability
and voice. She is another who rose
from the chorus to the top.
There is Lillian Lawrence-she was
one of our twelve girls in the old Tivoli
chorus, and she didn't do the usual thing
stay in the chorus or marry. She
worked her way up--and now she is
leading lady at the Alcazar.
These are the only ones that I have
known in all these years that have gone
to the top
Belle Thorne. who was very pretty.
rose from the Tivoli chorus to principal
parts. like Alice Nelson, and she made
successful marriase-msrried Frank
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

of the. Tivoli wardrobe that I asked
her what becomes of all the chorus
girls.
It's because, if any one knows.
Gretchen knows.
Gretchen hasn't always been stout
and sta.d ard 4o
Gretchen was IN the chorus-and the
ballet:
There was time when Gretchen
was so slender that her arms and
shoulders were of great concern to
her, her, arms indeed 80 thin she
says, bringing thumb and forefinger to-
gether in circle, but her legs, she
recalls with satisfaction, were al
ways good" and she was so supple
that whoof! she could send slippered
toe in the air as high as her head,
higher!
That was when Gretchen was in the
Kiralfy ballet in THE Black Crook
even In 1878
Most Of the .Johnnies weren't born
And Gretchen was in the chorus when
Sam Colville was at the Bush-street
Theater, which is only a tradition now.
And with Willie Edouin and his wife.
Alice Atherton, at the old Alhambra in
Robinson Crusoe' and Babes in the
Wood and things like that. And
with Emily Melville at the Bush-street
Theater; with Madame Fabbri on the
road; with the California stock as 'ex-
ira girl in drama, tragedy and COM
edy with stars like Mccullough, Booth,
Robson and Crane, Lewis Morrison and
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

James ONeill She sang in the grand
opera chorus with Patti during that
wonderful season that has never been
equaled in the minds of those who paid
for it.
She was one of the twelve girls in
the old Tivoli chorus when they sang
comic opera one night and grand opera
the next-the chorus that was an in
stitution.
Looks didn't count for so much
then she tells me, but a voice was
necessary. We weren't beauties she
says, with the best-natured laugh in
the world, but we could sing"
Gretchen was Gretchen Hirsch then
"a child of the theater,' she describes
herself Now she is Mrs. Pfanhauser.
My father was Benno Hirsch. grand
opera tenor. He sang. the tenor
roles with Patti. My mother was
a lady of title. OF the Hohen-
zollern family-yes, of the family
of the German Emperor. and she heard
my father sing and fell in love with
him and eloped with him. They came
to this country and my mother went on
the stage, too, in the drama--so there
was nothing for me but the theater. I
never cared for it. but there was moth
ing else for me. was born to it,
Who then can tell better than
Gretchen. who has lived most of her life
with the chorus. who was with Willie
Edouin's Burlesquers when Lillian Rus
sell was in the chorus. who was one of
the twelve IN the old TivoIi chorus for
fifteen years. who can tell better than
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16

NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Extensive plans for the improvement
OF the suez Canal are now well under
way.
Society In Washington seems deter
mined to introduce 1.-The Continental
Sunday"
An indianapolis man has been or
dered by the courts 10 pay his ex-wlfe
$52.i50 alImony.
Copper money 10 France is being
gradually replaced this year by alum
inum bronze pennies OF d pale yellow
color.
The Corcoraa Art Gallery, at Wash.
iagton. ID. C.. recently paid $1,000 for
IN oil painting Of Goldfish by William
II. Chase.
French horticulture In the expert.
mental gardens at Bordeaux has accli-
matized for Europe one Of the sweet
potatoes OF Western Africa.
Five pensioners Of the Revolutionary
War and il16 pensioners of the War
Of 1s12 are stili upon the Govern
n,eut's pay rolls.
DIR. Usier. Of Johns Hopkins Univer-
siiy. reiterated that men over sixty
are absolutely useless" but admitted
that lis eli'oroforlninS suggestion was
oaly J0se.
The descendants uf Mary setouu.
one OF the fouT maids OF honor 70
Mary Queen OF Scots. have in their
possession a curious watch which was
given b. that queen to her fayorite.
London Clubs are Lot very cheerful
Places in cold weather. according TO a
Saturday i;sview writer. who says
that il times OF frost and snow the
number or sieepers and snorers Is.
abominabiy Increased.
Two japanese prisoners were picked
mp by the I;ussians in q recent skir-
Hlisii. One was unhurt. the other NOR
tally wounded. They were brothers,
ana the one had preferred capture TO
leaving the other 10 Gle alone on the
battlefield.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
Bryan Loses Appeal.

Hartford, Conn.,, Speeial.-In a de-
eision handed down by the Supreme
Court Thursday. the Superior Court is
upheld in declaring that the ssealed
letter in the Philo S. Bennett will con-
tanning a bequest of $4,000 to Will
liam ]. Bryan is not part of the Ben
nett will. The case went up On Mr..
Bryan's appeal from the Superior
Courts decision.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
spoiIs Taken Near Yen Ken.

Toxic, By Cable.-The following re-
ters of the Japanese army in the field:
.'It is estimated that the spoils which
fell into our hands in the direction
of Sinking (Yen. ken) since the oc-
cupation by our troops is as follows:
Rifles, 27,200; machine guns, g.: small
ammunition, $4,000 rounds: shells,
1850; entrenching tools, 5000; wire,
1900; wagons for the railroad, $50;
garments, 40 cart loads; coal mining,
machinery for eight pits; timber,
1000 pieces.
Besides these. we took large guam
titles of cereals. fodder, tents, beds,
stoves and maps and telephones,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
Japs in kuropatkin's Rear.

With the japanese Left Armies,
Wednesday,, Noon. via Fusan.-The
left armies have cut and destroyed
the railroad between Mukden and Tie
Pass. Details are not obtainable at
present. The Russians are in retreat
over the northern roads. The left
column of these armies is at Likampu,
seven miles north of the Hun river
and five miles west of the railroad
ana has had fierce fight with Rus
Slah force thrice its number. The
russian casualties number 10000. The
russian centre is retreating in great
Confusion
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
Not Expecting Peace.

Washington. Special-''After Liao
Yang there was talk of peace. Rus,
sias answer was re-inforcements. Like
Liao Yank. Mukden is scene of another
retreat and again Rl,ssia's answer will
be large re-inforcements, but CT. peace,
not. word" This was the emphatic
statement of Count .Cassini, the Rus
sian ambassador! If an echo of peace
should come out of ST. Petersburg, no
official in Washington would be more
surprised than the Russian ambassa-
dor. who has all along been positively
informed that nothing but victory for
General Kuropatkin can bring an end
to the~Waf <---z--a
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
viii Hano For .killino NEGRO.

Charleston, S. c., Special.-A specia!
from Darlington tells of the sentence
in the Court of Sessions, and among
the penalties imposed, Bob Smalls. a
white man recently convicted of kill
ing a respectable and Industrious ne
gro named Frank Scott, was sentenc
ed to be hanged Friday, May 5. Johc
Noll, also white, an accessory to the
crime, was commended to mercy anf
was given a life sentence. Sam Mark
q negro who killed Hillary Langstop
white, was sentenced to die on the gal
lowe with Smalls. May 5.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
Mills Adopt 10-Hour Day.

Union, S. c.. Special.-At meeting
Monday of the directors of the Union
Cotton Mills and Buffalo Cotton Mills,
of Union, it was voluntarily, decided to
reduce working time to ten hours a
day This action was taken on behalf
that there will be increased and bet
ter production. The Union Mill is cap
italized at $1,100,000, and has $500
spindles, while the Buffalo Mil has 8
capital stock Of 100000, with 10000
spindles.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-16
Acquitted on One Charge.

savannah, Ga, Special-W. R. Nc
arthur Thursday afternoon was aequit-
Ted in the Superior Court of larceny
alter trust. The prosecution was based
upon the payment by c. L. Cliff to Nc
arthur Of s275 in discounting twelve
go notes. The notes were not returned
70 the maker, but were placed in
oahks. ". r. Macarthur and F. e. Nc
:AithnF bis father, are to be tried upon
;oint indictments charging larceny after