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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Some Police Notions Of Reform,

The Memphis chief-of- police has is
sued IL request to women to discard
the Robbie skirt because of the number
of society women who have been
robbed of late. He says women who
wear the hobble skirt and basket"
hat are at the mercy of purse snatch
crS who can sneak up to them, grab
their handbags and dart away again
without any fear of pursuit
1t seems that Memphis police, like
the New York society to which We re-
ferrcd the other day, in its crusade
to rescue boys from the moral dan
gers of carrying messages for tho
telephone and telegraph companies at
night, so about their reform back
wards. They would suppress crime by
lesSening the opportunities for COM
hitting it instead of doing away with
the criminal element. They would
have people lock and bar their houses,
take lessons in sprinting and always
81 ~ PshkCO, AiOl cluN " Sltlttlu Ltlclll-
selves but to run down and capture
and turn over to the courts any thug
vino might attack them.
Make every man and woman his or
her own police guard is the way which
Memphis peace protectors would go
about making a safe city. Perhaps
some day they may awaken to the fact
that the running day and night in
that city Of 300 or 400 open saloons may
have something to do with the prev
alence of law breaking there. Men
who spend their earnings and all the
money they can acquire in an honor
able way for liquor and in gambling,
are liable, while under the influence
of one or both of these, to be in
state of mind in which they would
attack any helpless person that came
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

Portuguese had not yet for a century
begun their trading career.
BESIDES the first spectacles were made
in italy, and it is not impossible that
Marco Polo had introduced them into
China, or more probably, one Of the Ital-
ian archbishops of Pekin.
\ later work, called Rare Objects EX~
planned" says that the ai-tai are as biz
as money discs, of transparent substance,
and almost colorless: they are used as
eye mirrors and derive their name from
clouds shrouding the sun and moon"
CThc Chinese still call spectacles "eyc
mlrors.'D
\ still later work, OF d century and
half ago, called the collection Of Omis-
sions,'' says that ''eye-mirrors were con-
sidcrcd extremely valuable objects dur
ing the preceding dynasty Q36S-lGf3i AMI
were either given as presents from The
palace or were purchased from Hu trad
ers, only the wealthy possessing means
to procure them.
Now, however. they are cheap all over
China. having originally come from
abroad. and all being made of glass. The
Cantonese artisans, initiating their shape,
now manufacture a much superior article
out Of Crystal Spokesman
Review
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
ORIGIN OF sPEcTAcLEs.
First Mention Of Them Dates Back to
About A. D. 1900.

SpcctaclcS do not seem to have been
known until about the year 1900 though,
OF course, men even in Roman times had
discovered the use Of convex and concavc
grasses to modify the sight, ANA single
lenses Of some sort were rounded off so
as TO fit in the eye without the support
Of the hand.
The Chinese. who are usually supposed
to have invented almost everything
hrst certainly derived their knowIedre
of spcctacles from Europe, most proba-
bly, from the Jews settled at K'ai-fcng-
Flu.
The first certain mention of spectacIcs
occurs In work published about A, u.
400, called Local Misccllanics. The
passage runs as follows:
When was at the Metropolis-that is
Pepin-staying ut the house of a mutual
friend, noticed that bis father was in
possession of an object presented to him
by the late emperor "a. 1926. having the
appearance of two discs of mother of
Pearl, but very slender in bulk, with
rims of gold amplitcd into 4 sort of a
handle
oid men, who's" eyes are too dim to
make out small writings, place this OBJ
lcct in front of the two eyes, on which
the size is magnifed double or more.
Moreover, | have recently met with
one at the house of one of the assistant
secretaries of state, and ] tested it with
identical results. lie said he had obtain
cd it in exchange for d good horse from
western region trading. HUI Mwanla,
ana he understood its name to be aItai''
1t must be explained, with reference to
the term HUI, that it had been for many
cbenturies %appied indiscriminately to
Syrians, Persians, Hindus and Tartars:
the words western region" however, en-
clude Tartars and usually Hindus
The only known use of the sound
Mwanla is in reference to the Jewish
moliahs (mostly Persian) who in the year
III received some favors and presents
at the emperors hands
The learned Shanghai priest, FIR
Pierre Hoang, native Chinese, thinks
the Portuguese lunetea, but, besides be-
ing rather far-fetched. this derivation
that the syllables ai-tai may represent
does not take into consideration that the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Mr.. RooseveIt's Part.

(Wall street JOuFndI)
Politics we have always with US up
to the November elections. but the con-
ditions seem to be little less acute.
Careful consideration of all possible
ties scarcely seems to develop any
thing quite so alarming as excited OBJ
servers have prophesicd. Doubtless
it takes some time for anything MAX
ing such an imposing splash in the
pool as Mr.. Roosevelt to find his level.
That level is bound to be discovered
sooner or later, and some people sup
pose that discoveries in that direction
are imminent Mr.. Roosevelt has so
constantly committed what would have
looked like political suicide in other
men. and only gained in strength
thereby, that opinion of his future
must be purely tentative II seemed
tolerably certain that the Republican
party was in for a thrashing this au-
tumn, in any event, on the high cost
OF living alone. Had Mr. Roosevelt
sat tight and said nothing. even the
"Stand-pat" element of the party
might have been imploring him to
save the day in 1912. Obviously. if
Republican defeats are general, he
seems cast for the part Of the scapc-
goat, and the real reasons for defeat
may be thrown into the background.
Popular idols have usually clay feet.
Mr.. Roosevelt has managed t. stand
upon his own with great success, and
he seems to have an infinite capacity
for surprises.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
WAYS OF BERLIN WOMEN.
Go to Gates in Morning for Coffee
and in Afternoon for Music.

Il believe that the typical German
hauSfrau is a myth" said Ne"
York woman who returned the other
day from a years residence in Ger
many.
Il don't see how the average Ger
man woman finds any time to BE-
hausfrau. I sometimes wondered when
the German woman found time to DO
ANYTHING at home.
Il spent eight months in Berlin WITH
my daughter, WHO was studying mu-
Sic. From II to Il in the morning the
&C feG were packed with GerInau wont
On, VII" go out To take their second
breakfast in the public restaurants
a thing unknown in America. The!
tax" along their sewing or cnibroluctS
and sit an hour or two over their cup
of coffee or glass of beer.
AT the concerts. too, they take
their work and spend hours day al
ter day listening to the music. You
can spend an afternoon listening 10
beautiful music, q magnificent orcnes"
ira with fine vocal artists for Is cents.
That is an illustration of the things
that help to exile Americans.
al 3 in the afternoon again you
will see the cafes crowded with Ger
man women taking their AFTERNOON tea
! tlIink American women are more
domestic than German because
never heard OF American women WD'
left their homes in the evening ~
pass the time at the club.
~ German friend took me one
To 4 trnp,.,N'c tlIH
The club has q magnificent suite OF
apartments, including auditorium
reading room, parlcr cafe and smoK-
ing room.
When she took me into the last
APARTMENT it almost faxed me for
minute. II was blue with smoke. !
had never before seen a room filed
with elegantly gowned cultivated Wom-
en- I'll smoking There were wealthy
society women of Berlin. titled some
OF them.
The German womcn's clubs. ike
those Of the Englishwomcn, are based
on tae same principle as mems CLUBS
these are places for social enjoyment
and for the convenience of mcmDerS
in taking meals. entertaining friends
and so on, They do not take UP WORK
in study. philanthrophy, reform ana
50 or. like the womcn's clubs in Am
erica.
Bat along some lines the German
women have Gone more than the Am
erican. There is working girls
club in Berlin with 10000 members.
It's object is TO maintain sick benefits
and an employment bureau to secure
better pay and shorter hours ana
otherwise to better the conditions OF
the members.
at is, in fact. nothing but labor
union. but it was organized and be-
friended by women of the highest So
cial standing. some. of them women OF
the nobility. New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Coming Events.

Nov. S-10-Annual Exhibition Of Main.
neurological Society. Auburn.
Nov. s-Masonic Lodge Of Instruction,
Brunswick.
Nov. l1-Masonic Lodge of Instruction.
Fairfield.
Nov. 15-l6-Maine State Breeders Assoc.
citation, Waterville.
Nov, 2s-Meeting of Governor and
Council, Augusta
Dec. 6-7-S-Annual Meeting State Dairy.
mems Association. Augusta.
Dec. 9-10-Annual Meeting State Seed
Association, Augusta SN
Dec 14-15-16-17-Maine State Poultry
ana NJ Pet stock Association Portland.
D zee 2 y ee % a Grange. Augusta.
citation, Freeport <A''o
Ian ian. S-4-S-Western Maine Poultry AS
ticians. Portland. w
rep, -22-Western Maine pythian
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Kept Within Appropriation.


Maine may we'll take pride in the
enlarged State House, not 50 much
because it is one of the most beauti-
full and imposing State buildings in
the country as because 1t has also
been built and equipped within the
appropriation originally made for the
purpose. Il feat which, so far as we
are aware, has never been accom-
plished in any other public building
undertaking Of equal magnitude in the
country. The Democrats. who are to
have tn" honor of first occupying the
new quarters Of the State Govern
ment. and who got there through
making some of the people believe in
Republican extravaganza. cannot hope
to make any more impressive DEM
"nStration of their own business abil-
ity and zeal for economy than Gov
crnor Fcrnald'S administration has
made in this renovation and enlarge
Mcnt of the Capitol.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Editorial Comment.
The Football Issue.
IIartfnv1 Times


The new football rules seein thus
far to nave reduced the number OF
more serious accidents, and that was
all tina. could be reasonably expected.
A broken arm or leg is not to DE COM
pared with an injury to the spine,
especially if it happens to take the
form of a broken neck. Killings have
not ceased, and it remains for the end
of the season to show how far and IN
what way the list of injuries VIII be
reduced. Yet this is not the most
important question involved in the
continuance of intercollegiate games
That is the effect of such contests on
the serious work of college or uni
versity. and although this question is
still in dispute there is growing
sentiment among the college author
tiles that the evil in them outweighs
the good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

skip Neal, the wonderful little fox
terrier shat accompanies Game Ward
On Walter |. Neal on his hunting trips
Tor Illegal shipments at Union sta
ton, Bangor, has revealed to Wardcns
Neal and Perkins many Illegal ship
mentS of game. but discovery he
made last Wednesday beats all pre-
viouS finds. The two wartlens. after
they had decided that they had un-
earthed all the contra band game ship
inentS. started to have the car. but
fouru the terrier furiOusly barking at
a heap OF express matter that Law on
the car floor. The wardens started to
look II over. but We're obliged to leave
the Job unfinished as the conductor
had meanwhile given the signal for
the train to start. Warden Neal. how
ever. had a good glimpse at the bum
die the dog had been Juggling at and
SO he felephoned tn the warden on
duty at the Portland station and told
him to look for the bundle the dog
had been after. Warden Neal received
the bundle in question Thursday
morning. and an examination showed
that Skip had unearthed q shipment
of six cartridges. and the handwriting
on the bundle corresponded closely
with that on two boxes the Bangor
game wardens had previously seized.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08


Railways are ever ready to absorb
anything that promises to bring re-
turns at any time between now and
the grand bust-up. Congressman
John ". Bochnc. of Evansville, Ind,
and Congressman Robert Y. Thomas.
of Central City, Ky, will undertake
TO induce the federal government to
buy Mammoth cave, in central Ken
lucky. in order to save it from the
grasp of the railroad companies.
which, it is said have bought land all
around the cave and expect to use it
as private monopoly. Congressman
Boehn says he has been petitioned by
hundreds Of citizens asking him to
appeal to the federal government to
save the cave. 1t is as much pro-
jett for government ownership as the
Yellowstone park, and the public
Should not allow it to be absorbed by
any corporation or exploited as any
attraction to build up dividends for
swaners Of taHwsy stock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

The curse of Italian secret societies
follows the sons of sunny Italy into
every corner of the globe. At San
Francisco. Tuesday night. Mrs. Anto-
MO Valentino lay dumb with horror
while men crawled through the win
dow and murdered her husband by her
side The couple with their three
children had fled from Italy to escape
the vengeance of one of these black
societies. but had been followed to the
far edge of the American continent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

Happy the criminal who has a tai
cnt, these days, for they are escaping
laws demand in numerous cases.
Under a sentence of Imprisonment for
life as an habitual criminal, Harry S.
Breton, SO years old. civil engineer,
confidence man and ex-convict, who
has been in the old Queens County
Jail, in Long Island City, pending a
decision on an appeal from the life
sentence, working on a flying machine
through the intervention of new found
friends, who believe there is genuine
merit in the invention, obtained his
release on $4,000 bail before Judge
Humphrey. in the Queens County
Court, Long Island City, the other
day. Henry Wcidcnbach. a Gin
cinnati prisoner serving a four-years'
sentence for larceny, won a pardon
from Governor Harmon by the excel
lence of his work in cleaning and re-
touching the historical paintings in
the State House. The moral is that
one best become expert at something
beside crime before getting into
prison.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Getting After DR.. Berry.
(Bridgton NcWS.)


The Civic League Record is we'll
nigh as unfair and unjust in its COM
mcnts upon the liquor question as
either the Watcrville Sentinel or the
Rockland Opinion. For example:
But. unfortunately. the leaders and
managers of the Republican party
have played double They, have
given The temperance people the
liquor laws, and the saloon the multi
fication of these laws. This double
dealing has made the people increas-
nsly suspicious Of the Republican
machine in Maine until, at last, their
patience exhausted. they have swept
the Republican party from power
1t is easy to make. such an allega-
ton but { man wearing the cloth vi
the Rev. DR.. Berry has no moral or
legal right to say this unless he can
prove it. Can he? Give US the spe-
citic facts. Who are the leaders to
whom lie makes reference; and when
and where have they given "nulliflca-
ton to the saloon? What is multi
1ication." anyway" What the modus.
operG ndi? Are there any papers at
tainablc showing that any plan" mas
been countenanced by anyone in au-
tnoritv revoking this declaration of the
Republican state platform:
We stand squarcly and cmphati-
cally in favor of prohibition and for
the vigorous and honest enforcement
of the prohibitory laws.
We'd really like to see any such
proof. Frankly We are a triflc in
clincd to insurgency" and if these
people can prove true what they are
saying. NC may be inclined to touch
elbows with Or. Berry in the next
campaign. And. unless this be forth
coming, we must regard the accusa
tions as ISLANDERS, and they who utter
them slandererS, no matter what the
color Of tho neck tic thCN Wear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Barbara Frietchie up to date! "Stary

Barbara Frietchie up to date. "Starye
if you must, this little tow head
but spare his daddy's dog" he said
Generally scraps left by children are
not scorned by the family dog, but
In one Preston family, London, 1t
seems, the position was reversed, and
the children lived on the crumbs that
fell from the bulldogs table. The
story of this household. where the
bulldog is supreme, was told to the
Preston bench when brcksctter
named Edward Moorcroft was
charged before them with ncglccting
his four children. He thinks more of
his bulldog than Of his children. The
animal is in splendid condition, while
the children have lived on the crusts
he bought for it," said the prosecution.
Inspector Wilcock told the magistrate
that the children lived on dry bread
and ate old, dry crusts bought for the
dog, which slept in their bed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

1t seems hardly possible that
street in these days could be actually
paved with gold. Yet such is the case
ii the reports from Australia are true.
It has been discovered at Daylesford.
where crushed quartz has been used
for making roadway, that the road is
q gold mine in itself The other day
man picked UP $11o worth OF Soid
from the road where he was taking
walk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

The Rev j. W. Wade preached a
magnificent sermon last sunday 10
his congregation i'll Sycamore, ILL.,, on
dishonesty His words were full of
fire and his cloqucnce swept the con-
sciences Of his hearers. At the end OF
the sermon detectives, who had been
listening to it. arrested him on charge
of stealing $1,000. They complimented
him on his clouucncc but took him
into custody Just the same. We hope
of us find II easier to preach than to
practice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

All the leavings come to him who
waits.
Extravagance depends upon a man $
genius for lodging his creditors
The reason statesmen can take so
much better than other people is they
have SO much more experience.
A woman can love a man because
it's her duty to; a man can love some
other woman because it's his duty not
to.
What a man can't understand about
his daughters getting married is how
she can want to do exactly what he
wanted her mother 10 do.-N. Y.
Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

Fortunate il is for some people that
their children are not 50 dcpravcd and
useless as they are themselves AT
Detroit Mich, Wednesday, ten year.
old Peter Stempien paid a five dollar
fine for his father in police court. taxi
ing the money from the savings in his
penny bank. The elder Stcmpien had
jumped through Il saloon window TO
avoid arrest during a raid by police.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
Ventilation Without Drafts.


A widely known physician recently
said: "Of all the subjects that am
forced to talk of to patients of mine,
ventilation is the most conspicuous
one, owing to the many repetltions
necessary The doctor went on to
relate how divergent different peo-
pies ideas of ventilation are. and some
of the queer things resorted to IN or
der to avert drafts. He says: "A
draft is a bad thing to be in, but true
ventilation will not cause draft. we
all know that our forefathers lived IN
log cabins with large chimneys, and
that the suction that these alone
caused was enough to ventilate places
twice or even ten times as large. OR
course we do not have to revert to the
log cabin type of house, nor do we
require large chimneyS to secure
perfect ventilation. But nevertheless
this reference is good illustration
for an object lesson. Hot air rises;
cold air falls. That is the basic
principle. Hot-air heating is known
to be best because it circulates the
air. But the air. where does it come
from? From the interior. Now, no
matter what we do, We salways have
some dislike for cellar air Hot air
circulation can well be taken care OF
if we have a leader for the cold air
from a nearby cellar window installed
whereby the cold air may be brought
from the outside, and thus We avert
this objectionable feature Of cold
weather ventilation. Now then. it will
be an easy matter by having small
frames made with muslin over them
to fit perfectly ON the inside of vim
dows, something on the order OF
screens. These can be placed at top
or bottom and thus the ventilating
will be complete without fear of draft,
because in this manner the air merely
pcrcolates through, stopping all gusts
or brcczcS"
We wish the worthy doctor had
mentioned one thing in connection
| with hot air heating which seems to
be overlooked altogether too much for
perfect ventilation-that is the matter
of thoroughly cleansing from dust and
other Accommodations, not only the cold
air box but heat pipes and registers.
These are source OF EMBELLISHMENTS
as Il rule, which need attention. Regis
tiers are too often left open when
sweeping is going on, and dust and
other particles arc swept into the ave-
nues through which later comes the
air we are to breathe. With a strong
draft from the outside into the rooms
a current of dust particles fills the air
which we arc to breathe. With the
advent of vacuum cleaners it is now
possible to suck the dust from heat
pipes and thoroughly clean around
registers without taking down the
pipes themselves. Every family liy-
ing in a house heated by hot air
should look to the cleansing of heat
pipes and cold air boxes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
How About This?
Oath Times. J

We note in New York paper that
q lady who has returned to Saratoga
from The Maine woods boasts of hav-
ing killed four deer, which leaves one
To- speculate under whose name the
two illegal ones We're listed when the
Maine officials were about.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

The Rev IIazcn conlilin of Brook
lin, Mass. has turned from the pulpit
to become Il press writer. He says
that he found himself forced into
bankruptcy while laborinG in the field
of ministerial cndcavor and turns to
writing to redeem his financial stand
ing. 1t is too bad to spoil good
preacher to make an ordinary writer
but the cX-parson may be able to do
great deal of good through the POI
tent influence of the press and sup
port his family in respectable fashion
at the same time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

At Pittsburg, Penn, Wednesday, lit
tie Herbert Aggcr, aged six years,
Jumped in front of q heavy team to
save his, pet puppy and was cruShcu
to death. The dog was unhurt. Mems
grave have been marked as heroes
for no greater deed than this.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

a Chicago husband places high
value on his pretty wife who was a
model for photographers. In suit
brought against a millionaire for al
legged alienation Of her affections, he
places the damage at $4,000. II he
wins, it will prove quite a costly mod
81 Tor the millionaire admircr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08

At Youngstown, Ohio, a negro VINO
works in a fertilizer factory is slowly
turning white. He Is delighted with
the prospect and seems to be in per-
feet health If white folks only turned
black as their natures turn to sinful
waYs. what "a blessing it would be.