Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-24
Interesting and Instructive
Lecture by Or. G. 0,Smith'
n.y.
What The Geological Survey
Is Doing for The Farmer"
,sSi. latT,he Baptist Society EIec.
)otl... Christmas Notes.

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The regular meeting of the Woman's
Club occurred at the Library parlcrs
"Wednesday afternoon, December %
with Mrs. Helen L. Pulsifer and Mrs.
/, Myrax T. Addition serving as hostesses.
The presence of Christmas bells and
@hci1y~ &ere bright reminders of the
3EsAS ID added cheer to the pleas
rdnf pafi6rs. Miss Mabel Robinson ar
ranged the program for the afternoon
sI111fch was most successfully carried
ABut. The program was as follows:
gChristmas greeting. by the president:
song, Miss Gertrude Webb, with Miss
Elizabeth Webb at the piano: secre-
tary's report, followed by announce
ments by the president of an invitation
to the club to attend the meeting OF
the Town Improvement Society Dec.
81, which is to be addressed by Mrs. q.
D. B. Pepper. also the MacDowell
lecture-recital by Margery Morrison,
assisted by Miss Mary Evans. to be
given in the Congregational church
parlors Monday evening, Dec. q. The
members of the Woman's Club have
the privilege Of inviting two guests,
The subject for the afternoon was
1.-THE Southland" which called forth
papers, dialect readings and songs OF
the sunny South" all of which were
interesting and instructive. The first
paper was Its Early Characterlstics,
it's Present Industrial and Future out
look by Mrs. Dora G. McNeelie; dla-
lect reading, Mrs. Maude Jewett; song,
Miss Florence Wyman, with Miss An
ME Allen pianist. Miss Wyman re-
sponded to an encore; recess; paper,
New Orleans, the First City of the
South" by Mrs. Lois Patten, who illus
trated the paper by views of different
parts of the city; song, Miss Wyman.
with Miss Allen at the piano; two
poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar We're
recited by Miss Evelyn Pratt. The mu-
sic OF the day was very pleasing and
spoke both of the Christmas tide and
of the beautiful plantation melodies
which are dear to ALL The next regular
meeting will be in two weeks, WedneS-
day, Jan. 5, instead Of JAM s, as print
ed in the calendar.
There will be Christmas entertain
ment at the Congregational church
which will be made up of recitations,
and choruses by the children. There
will be play taken from the cantata
Santa Claus Has the Grip" with a
novelty "Santa's Reindeer Pie The
program will be followed by Christ
mas tree festivity and all are request
ed to bring their presents for the tree.
Sunday evening there will be a con-
cert in the Congregational church. es-
recially for the children and by the
children. The following is the program
Voluntary, choir; recitation, Ralph
Avery; chorus: recitation, Kenneth
Copr; quartet; recitation, nine girls;
recitation, Violette Robinson; chorus
recitation, Helen Jackson; recitation
quartet: recitation. nine girls; special
music by male and ladies quartets;
address by pastor.
Miss Maude Merrill, a Senior in the
University of Syracuse, is at home
with her parents. DR.. and Mrs. j. n.
Merrill. for the Christmas holidays.
The following officers have been
elected for the ensuing year by the
Catholic Order st. John the Baptist:
Past president, Mrs. A. Champerton;
Doyenne, Mrs. ]. T. Thibodeau; presi-
dent, Mrs. A. Pauline Pomlow; vice
president, Mrs. William James Bizzier;
Treas, Mrs. Levi Beiton; Myc., Miss
Mamie Gugnie: first inside sentinel,
Mrs. Amelia Quay; outside sentinel,
Mrs Charles Tantish.
Grange hall was crowded with people
Wednesday evening to listen to the lee
ture by George Otis Smith. PHI. d.. di-
rector of the United States Geological
Survey. His subject was ''What the
Geological Survey is Doing for the
Farmer" DR.. Smith said in substance:
"The difference between the farmer of
the East and the farmer of the West
is that the farmer of the West is in
clined to take things easier" DIR. Smith
gave the illustration of the farmer in
the West who told his hired man to go
and dig a posthole. The man started on
his horse and soon returned saying
that he could not dig the hole. The
farmer told him he would go and show
him and so when they both arrived to
the field the farmer got from his horse
and dug the hole. "Well." said the hired
man, II could have dug the hole if I
had gotten from my horse"
DR.. Smith said that the geological
survey was organized 30 years ago and
it had taken up many different kinds
Of work.
He said that 71,O0O.0 900 acres of land
had been opened to the public in the
Western states since last March. Tie
states include Washington, Oregon
Colorado, Wyoming. Arizona and Ne
vada. The land is non-irrigable
DR. Smith showed that three elements
were necessary to plant life, nitrogen,
potash and phosphorus. Phosphorus is
the scarcest. BY planting peas and
clover nitrogen can be introduced into
the soil. There is per cent. of potash
in the earth's crust
DR.. Smiths lecture was illustrated
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