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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-16

Mrs. H. E. Mcdonald entertained at Dime,
last Thursday in honor of Mrs. William Simp-
son and Mrs. Winifred Neal of Fairfield. A
delicious menu was served and daybreak pinks
were used for place marks and centerpiece.
Mrs. E. R. Conner, Mrs. VIM. M Randall, Mrs.
George R. Doak, Mrs. James e. Durham and
Mrs. Joseph Tyler were guests
OF the many Belfast people who have sought
fame or fortune or both in other cities we re-
call no one who has retained more lively and
enduring interest in his native place than
Fred W. Angler, now of San Jose California.
and we should place George P Field of Boston
as close second. We have very. interesting
letter from Mr.. Angler on the subject Of
schoolhouses, in which mention is made of
Belfast's need for a hotel and he has also
sent us some literature on the subject of
schoolhouses. Mr.. Anglers letter and some
editorial comment will be published next week,
MILITARY WHIST. The military whist marty
Women, given in Memorial hall, last Thursday
evening, was brilliant success The game
was bridge and there were 80 tables. two b.v-
ing been added to accommodate out of town
guests. Quite number were present as spec-
tators. Mrs. George 7. Read and Mrs. Eugene
R. Conner captured the most fags-17 each
and received bouquets of red and white.
After the game the lieutenants served sand
wlches, salads, cake and coffee at the tables.
The gross receipts were s71.5O which will ena-
Bile the directors to have a telephone installed
at the Home. The officers of the evening were
as follows: Director, Miss Sue M. PARTRIDGE:
COMMUNICATIVE Chief Ralph H. Howes; lieu
tenant commander, Miss Florence Hill: adm
tant, Rev. Ashley A. Smith; drum major. John
Parker; captains, Miss Maria Andrews, Mrs.
oharies bradbury, Mrs. George o. Bailey, Mrs
E. T. Frost, Mrs. Frank A. Know lton of Fair
held, Miss Sue Partridge, Mrs. D. L. Strout
Mrs. +. R. Poor, Mrs. E. R. Conner, Mrs. C. Fl.
crosby, Mrs R. P. Chase, Mrs E. P. Carrie
Mrs. H. W. Clark, Mrs. |. T. Dinsmore, Mrs
W. j. Dorman, Mrs. ]. C. Durham, Miss Isabel
Glnn, Miss Annie V. Field, Mrs ]. W. Jones
Mrs. W. K. Keen, Miss Grace A. Lord Mrs T
u. faul, Mrs. s. A. Parker, Mrs George T.
Read Mrs. Edward Sibley, Mrs E. L. Stevens
Mrs f. A. Sherman, Mrs. R. D. Southwortb
Mrs. s 6. Swift, Mrs. 0. S. Vickery. Mrs. c
w. Wescott, Mrs c. H. Walden; heutenants
MISS Katherine Brier, Miss L. Grace Chad
wick, Miss Edna Crawford, Miss Florence F
Dunton, Miss Abbie Doak, Miss Emeroy CHM
MISS Geneva Heald, Miss Evelyn P. Morrison
Miss Alice Nickerson, Miss Katherine .
Qulmby, Miss Maude Steward, Miss Grace Lit
tiefeld, Miss Cecil Littlefield, Miss Sadie Pres.
ton
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-16
Scott Emulsion

Scott Emulsion
is the original-has been
the standard for thirty-fve
years.
There are thousands of
so-called "just as good"
Emulsions, but they are
not-they are simply i1ni-
tations which are never
as good as the original.
They are like thin milk
SCOTS is thick like a
heavy cream.
If you want it thin, do
it yourself-with water
but don't buy it thin.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Send 1Oc.. name tof paper and this ad. for our
beautiful Savings Bank and Childs Sketch. Book
Each bank contains a Good Luck Penny,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-16

This Bank paid it's 83d dividend on December 1000
at the rate OF y 20 and confidently expect
this rate in the future All dividend interest Immediately credited
the account of the deposor and if ucaed at the time will
draw interest the same the principal sum.
The affairs OF this Bank have the and conscientious or
sight of its Trustees who respectfully continuation Of tho
patronage OF its present depoors and will pleased TO omen now
accounts with any prospective deostos within without the State
Deposits received and placed interest the first of each
month";
Deposits in this Bank exempt from taxation
TRUSTEES:
ROBERT F. DUNTON. JAMES H. HOWES FRED G WHITE
ARTHUR BROWN, BEN D. FIELD
q 70 4 90
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-16

Send 1oc., name tof paper and this ad. for our
beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch. Book.
Each bank contains Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 4O9 Pearl St, New York
Evening star., 1909-04-25
MRS NICHOLAS LoNGWoRTH AND A FRIEND.

sun and a cool breeze off the tidal basin
and toward the river.
The semicircle of benches about the
bandstand can accommodate a couple OF
hundred auditors Yet there were un-
occupied seats long after the Marine
Band was we'll into it's program.
Yet there were many who preferred 10
wander about, and the green grass was
spotted with a throng almost as large
as the average attendance at the White
House concerts. In the big open space,
impressive of numbers. And great
part of the crowd was complement for
the waiting carriages, their occupants
electing to descend and walk about.
But the driveway gave a chance for
the carriages and automobiles to turn out
in force. The big ellipse around the band
stand almost as big as mile race track.
was about three-quarters double lined
with the standing motors and carriages.
The police arrangements were quite SIM
ple Those who wished to stop were al
lowed to do so on the inner side of the
roadway in a. line two abreast. Outside
that stationary line the carriages had to
keep moving, simply observing the law of
the road.
There was a continuous procession of
vehicles outside the fringe of standing
carriages, so that the driveway was
practically filled from edge to edge. II
the scheme of widening the drive to
sixty-five feet is carried out there will be
more room, with the prospect that all of
1t will be occupied, at least in short
time.
Equestrians Are Few.
The bride path inside the roadway was
Evening star., 1909-04-25

presumably deferred by the tedious foot
journey necessary to reach the water
front of Potomac Park-a small minority
Of the attendance-the second Saturday
band concert, with the Marine Band In
the bandstand, was held on Riverside
drive yesterday afternoon.
Two deep, stationary horse carriages
and motor cars were lined up within
hearing and sight of music and musicians
all along the inner Ndge of the drive,
while an unbroken and endless process
sion of vehicles kept in motion going and
coming on the outer half Of the roadway.
That the Riverside Drive concerts arc
to be diversion for the society folks
rather than for the generality OF the
Washington population seems con-
clusion justified by a scrutiny OF the
In evidence yesterday. The faces
to be seen were those Of. officials, diplo-
matists and the wealthy, and their wives
and daughters and sons And they came
clad in the modes Of the moment, both
the women and the men.
Mrs. Taft Is CAPPED At.
The President was not there, but Mrs
Taft, accompanied by Mrs. Frank Ellis,
drove down in her motor and was the
center of a gaping crowd that for quite
a time deserted the music to stare at the
machine and its occupants.
1t was an ideal afternoon with warm
Evening star., 1909-04-25
HE'LL GATE OF THE LAKES.
Greatest Golfer Dam in the World
Now Building There.

from the TECHNICAL NOrlQ.
For more than a third Of century the
United States government has been striv-
ing to provide channel In the lower De-
troit river that would prove equal to the
constantly increasing demands of marine
interests on the great lakes.
The conquest Of the Lime Kiln Crossing
some fourteen miles below Detroit. and
the most troublesome spot on the inland
seas, has kept government engineers busy
for years. made contractors wealthy and
furnished employment for hundreds OF
skilled drill and dredge men.
Were all the collisions. groundings and
other accidents that have taken place In
the vicinity of the Lime Kiln Crossing to
be enumerated, the showing would be i'm
pressive Now this most perplexing
problem OF removing this hindrance to
further marine development is well along
toward a solution that will, it is conf
IDENTIFY predicted, eliminate trouble for all
time.
The change is being brought about
through. one of the most remarkable
engineering feats on record. which In
wolves nothing less than the construction
of the greatest Golfer dam the world has
ever known, the pumping out of an area
more than a mile in length and approx
mately one-third of mile in width, and
cutting In the dry from the limestone
rock forming the river bottom a course
800 feet in width and mile In length
that will when completed accommodate
the largest vessels on the great lakes.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

poverty proposition facetiously,'' said
an Ill clad but apparently well educated
man, who said he had seen better days.
But to be poor as a church mouse. as
many Of these half-clad and half-fed fel-
lows are, is no joke. It's grim reality
and it is horrible in its grimness.
In order to properly organize the
forces of the unemployed in the Dis
trict. committee was appointed at the
meeting last night. 1t consists OF Prof
Thomas Will of the conservation con-
gress, Mr.. Marshall Of the west, and
Mrs. Charles A. Ferguson. whose hus-
band is the author Of The Religion OF
Democracy"
The statement was made at the meet
ing that the unemployed of seven OF the
large cities will send delegates to the
New York meeting. There the matter of
immigration will be taken up. also the
proposition that the general and state
governments give the out-of-work en-
ployment on the public roads. the water
ways and other public work
Tide Of immigration.
"Ten thousand immigrants are pour
ing into this country daily" said Chair
man How, land although we don't favor
any form of restriction to the incoming
Of foreigners, we do believe the immi-
grants should be informed as to the in
dustrial conditions in this country before
they start for our shores. They should
be posted on the fact that 100000 of
our citizens are penniIess and clamoring
for work.
Charles Sumner, who said he is a rep
resentative of organized labor. attended
the meeting and made a speech. He said
the organized workingmen are interested
in the problem Of the unemployed un-
skilled workers. These unskilled men
are a menace to the organized. he explain
ed. In the event of q big strike or
lockout the half-staryed out-of-work men
might butt in" on the prerogatives of
the men Of the labor unions who may be
out
The statement was also made that the
politicians might be made to sit UP and
take notice" when 1t is stated that the
unemployed whom 1t Is proposed to or
ganize will represent more than 5,000.-
900 votes. and can dictate the election
OF a President and any number OF sena-
tors and representatives.
After the meeting adjourned there
were a series Of overflow sessions on the
sidewalk and at the fountain on the
corner of 7th street and Pennsylvania
avenue. The burden Of each individual
plant was II want job" and there
was much discussion about casual
workingmen." "roadsters" and others OF
the underworld. The motto generally
sounded in the hall and at the street
gatherings was: I'VE want work, not
charity"
Evening star., 1909-04-25
TESTING RUBBER TIRES.
Needles Used to Discover Resistance
to Puncture.

From the Chicago Tribune.
In modifying the chemical composition
of the rubber and its thickness In order
to increase its resistance to puncture the
results are tested by fine needles Of stand
ard size. and the force required to drive
one through a tire cover starting from
the rubber side Is measured. If tire is
inflated board hard a road projectile will
not be able to produce more than a slight
depression Of the rubber before 1t pune
lures the tire.
If fully inflated the tire, being more
compressible, will become concave in front
of the projectile. Tests made with tires
so bent that the rubber tread was concave
showed an increase Of over 30 per cent
over and above the resistance Of the same
tires when fiat. which. Of course, is the
normal condition when touching the
ground. This increase is due to the COM
preston increasing the amount of rubber
the needle has to force aside and pene-
trate.
The fabric or inside part Of a tire cover
receives careful tests. The fabric must
adhere strongly to the rubber or the
straining will tear the rubber off in sheets
and Jumps The several threads of the
Evening star., 1909-04-25

Baroness Marguerite Moncheur. Miss
Cannon, Mrs. Charles Brown Bromwell,
Mrs. Clarence Moore, Mrs. Reyburn, AS
sistant Secretary Beekman Winthrop.
Mrs. Hobson, Mile. Calderon. daughter
of the. Bolivian minister: Mrs. Albert
Clifford Barney. Miss Robson. Mrs. Le-
gare, Mr.. and Mrs. Gaff. Assistant Sec
retary of War Oliver. Mrs. and Miss
Kean, Mrs. Charles Poor, Mos. Lee Phil
lips. Beresford Hope and Mr.. kennard
of the British embassy; Mrs. George
Howard, Miss Patten, Mrs. Moran. Hugh
Wallace, on horseback; Mrs. Pinchot,
Mrs. John C. Fremont. Miss Fremont,
Miss Hagner, Mrs. Noble and Miss Lor-
ing.
There was not such a turnout of boats
as at the first concert. the water audience
consisting of a canoe, bateau and
gasoline launch.
Altogether the turnout seemed an as
Evening star., 1909-04-25
The Split Infnitive.
From the Ohio State Journal.


A writer in the New York Sun protests
vigorously against the attack upon the
"split infinitive'-this putting an adverb
between the sign Ito" and the verb. All
the grammars are, of course. against 1t.
but practice, which makes grammar, is
quite the other way. Nearly everybody
uses the split infinitive.' and though
Byron is charged with being the origina-
tor of ito slowly trace the forests
shady scene'-still Macaulay, Ruskin,
Burns. Johnson. Lamb. Burke and even
that literary worthy. Shakespeare. seem.
at some time or other. to have fallen into
the same careless habit. If SO 1t may be
called.
The fact about this ungrammatical
form OF expression Is that 1t seems to be
a very natural ana effective way of ar
ranging ones words. 1t seems almost as
natural to place the adverb before the
verb It modifies as to place an adjective
before the noun. 1t seems to make the
modification moro exact and emphatic.
SO it is late in the day to be kicking
against the split indnitive.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

o'clock. There had been a space reserv-
ed for her auto on the east Of the band
stand. just at the foot OF the new bridge
over the tidal outlet.
AS soon as the motor arrived 1t. was
identified by the crowd. There was a
general rush for a close look. Mrs. Taft
paid no attention and chatted for while
with Maj. Cosby, who was there on
horseback.
Mrs. Taft's Appearance.
Mrs. Taft was accompanied by Mrs.
Frank Ellis. Mrs. Taft wore a smart
costume of plum-colored cloth with a hat
trimmed with American beauty roses.
Mrs. Ellis was gowned In a brown and
white checkered suit with hat trimmed
with roses.
Others seen were Mrs. Meyer, wife of
the Secretary of the Navy; the Misses
Meyer; Nine. Cruz, wife Of the Chilean
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Faces to Match Coiffures.
DroFya fbo Y,ndOn Te1e1ra nh

The hairdressers OF Paris have hitherto
contented themselves for the most part
with arranging coiffures. They have now
added tho art of making faces to match
the coiffures.
Under the auspices of the Hairdressers'
Union OF Paris a competition de gri-
mace was held at LAcademie Ecole
Franchise de Couture in the Boulevard
de Strasbourg. The subject set for compe-
tition was for the hairdressers to make
themselves represent as lifelike as pos
sible the various rulers and sovereigns OF
the world.
In the remarkable procession which
paraded in the halls of the hairdressing
academy were seen more or less success
full presentations OF King Edward. the
car. the German emperor. the Emperor
Francis Joseph. the mikado, President
Fallieres. King Alfonso. the Emperor
Menelik. the sultan and various other
eminent personages. The prix d'honneur.
a medal presented by the prefect Of the
Seine, was won BY n. Month.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

principally used by the pedestrians. For
a time after the concert started the
equestrians of Washington seemed to con-
sist of the mounted police, of whom there
were a score. three men in civilian at
tire, an officer from Fort Myer and a
girl who rode astride with cowboy seat
Later in the afternoon there were. more
saddle horses out. but by no means in
proportion to the number Of carriages
and motors.
last Saturday. the players thinking that
the field would be too wet for safe play.
to say nothing of the fact that the grass
is new and would have been badly cut
up.
There.were number of carriages from
the embassies and legations out Mrs
Nicholas Longworth was there with one
friend and a lap dog in an electric run
about
Mrs. Taft did not arrive till about $50
Evening star., 1909-04-25

shrewdness by NJ Kunz. director of the
Institution for the Blind at 1llzach-Mul-
hansen. The results are somewhat sur
prising. AS regards perception. of the d.
rection of sound. there is no difference
between the seeing and the blind. The
average distance at which sounds could
be heard was essentially the same in both
classes. The delicacy Of the sense OF
smell was rather in favor of the seeing.
1t is generally supposed that the palp OF
the forefinger of the right hand, which is
used by the blind in. feeling the points I'm
Braille's system of teaching the blind TO
read, must be very sensitive: but this
was found not to be the case.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Undoubtedly.
Undt
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit Bits.
DO you play any instrument. Mr..
Jimp?"
"Yes, I'm q cornetist."
"And your sister,
"She's a pianist"
Does your mother play?
Shes a zitherist.''
"And your father?"
Hes q pessimist."
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Toilet Goods In Japan.
From the New York Times.

From the New 1ofk Times.
Nothing has made more remarkable
progress in Japan In recent years than
the demand for toilet goods with the gen
eral rise in the scale of living In the
country. The imports have Increased
from $3.50 gold ten years ago to $50.
600 in 1908. while the exports last year
were $1.25O.0O In value. The cost OF
toilet goods manufactured In the country
last year Is estimated at $3.50 1900.
Hitherto China has been the best Gus
TONER OF japanese toilet goods, but the
trade seems to have met q check In this
direction. 1t Is said that German goods
are fast replacing japanese articles In the
Chinese market. The boycott movement
extent for this state OF affairs, but the
inferiority OF quality, which Is the pre-
vailing defect In japanese goods. is likely
to be at the bottom Of the whole trouble.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
London Tries Motor Fire Engines.
From the London Times.

The equipment OF the London fire bri-
gade was last week augmented by two
motor appliances, each comprising a pet
rol motor escape van and combined first
aid fire engine. These machines which
are driven by fifty-fve-horsepower
four-cylinder motor. can travel at speed
of twenty-five miles an hour on the level
with full load and can negotiate any hiH
in the London district. They were Off
cially tested during the severe snowy
weather experienced at the beginning of
March. The roads were covered for some
inches with snow, which severely disor
ganized the horse traffic, but no difficult
ties were experienced by the rubber tired
motors. The tests were quite satisfactory.
the speed being we'll maintained in spite
OF the adverse conditions.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
The Lamp Open.

wick At the lower end of this tube
are little prongs, which engage the head
of the match as it is pushed through
them and set 1t ablaze. The match Is
placed in a smaller cylinder which fits
into the tube. Automobilists, bicyclists
and all persons who have had their tenn
pers rufi1ed by trying to light a lamp in a
gale will hail this little invention with
joy. Though 1t has been designed In
connection with a certain style lamp, 1t
will probably be adapted for use in other
types,
Evening star., 1909-04-25
A Difference.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
II don't see why that idiotic swell set
should turn down Nutrich."
We'll, he's a self-made man. you
know
Yes, but so is Snodgrass, and they
admitted him
"Ah. yes, but he was made in Eng
land, don't you know.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Worked Seventy Years at Anvil.
From the NORTHAMPTON Gazette.

S. Z. Chamberlin of Enfield has the
honor of being the Bay states Oldest
blacksmith. For seventy years this vet
eran. now white-haired at the age OF
eighty-four has stood at the anvil. and
during that time he has shod more than
II coo pairs of oxen and 10000 horses
He can set pace today that is siren
uous for man much younger
When he was fifty years old he fire.
ouently shod seven pairs of horses each
working day. making the nails and shoes
himself He can turn good shoe even
now. and he retains the old hammer he
used more than half a century ago.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
MATCH WON'T BLOW OUT.
Lighter Ignites It When It Is In
side the Lamp.

Persons who have used up a score OF
matches trying to light lamp outdoors
on a windy day will appreciate the value
Of the invention of resident of the
Windy city. This is lamp with
lighter attachment which ignites a fric-
tion match after 1t is inside the lamp,
thus precluding the danger of having the
match blown out. The lighter attach
ment consists OF a tube entering the
lamp from one end and reaching the
Evening star., 1909-04-25
The Senses Of the Blind.

From the Scientific American.
1t is a prevalent opinion that if hu-
man being is bereft Of one sense, one or
more of the other senses become more
acute, and thus establish compensation.
The question Is discussed with much
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Moderation.

From the illustrated Mail.
Drinking IL a habit that grows. It's
all right for man to indulge in an occa-
sional smile, but he shouldn't allow 1t
to develop into Q perpetual grin.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
The Weary Medic.

From the Cornell Widow.
"Going up to hear that lecture on ap-
pendieftis today?"
Nav. I'm tired Of these organ re-
citalS."
Evening star., 1909-04-25

fabric must be strong and adhere well to
one another or the straining may wear
out pieces of rubber and adhering threads.
It must not be rotted by water.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
WORK, NOT CHARITY
Demand of a Meeting of the
Unemployed.
VAGRANCY LAW DENOUNCED
Declared That Men May Be I'm
prisoned for Being Out of Job.
FORCES MAY BE ORGANIZED
Chairman How Asserts That 5,OOO,-
900 Are Without Work in the
United States.
FORCES MAY BE ORGANIZED

I'VE want work and We want IL bad"
This was the watchword OF 1JO men
who assembled last night in the lecture
hall of the Central Union Mission down
on Louisiana avenue. And every man In
the bunch looked the motto to the letter
and word.
It was a meeting of the unemployed
of Washington and elsewhere In response
to a call issued by ]. Eads How, ma
tional chairman of the unemployed. who
came here from st. Louis to organize the
men who are in quest Of the elusive Job
Some of the men from elsewhere" rep
resent everywhere in general and nowhere
in particular. as one of them put it. They
are passing through Washington on their
way to New York to attend the big con-
vention of the unemployed. to be held In
Cooper Institute from May to Q. They
are going as delegates and but few of
them had the price of a railroad ride
hence they will get to the metropolis via
the turnpike. the "side-door Pullman or
as they may.
.I want a job, and that's why I'm
here" said tall man near the door.
a shorter man said he has family
of five in this city and would work for
10 cents a day to keep the wolf from
his doorway.
Millions Out OF Work.
Chairman How. who is apparently very
much in earnest. declared there are
100000 of unemployed men in the United
States, and that several thousands OF the
number ARE right here in Washington y
The problem OF providing work for these
men, he declared. is of more Importance
than the tariff tinkering or the troubles
in Turkey.
..Five million human souls are suffer
ing for the bare necessities of life In
America he asserted.
The Tillman vagrancy law, now In force
i'm the District, came in for several hard
rams from Chairman How. He said that
under it's provisions men whose only Of.
fense Is being poor and out of work may
be imprisoned. compelled to wear the gart
of convicts and made TO work for the
district. He added that the matter OF
yagrancy laws in general. and the one
in the District OF Columbia In particular
will receive attention at the nationa
meeting I'm New York.
"some people are inclined to treat th'