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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Fame VS.. Fortune.

An anecdote is related of Benjamin
West. that when small boy in his
Pennsylvania home, he accompanied
a neighbor's son to mill, -iaring boy
like, in his ride upon the bags Of
grain. AS they rode leisurely on, they
discussed their plans fo- the future,
and Benny surprised his young play
mate by announcing his designs to
become an artist and paint the por-
traits of kings, queens and mobiles.
Very WELL" returned til rustic;
II intend to be tailor
Then you may ride by yourself"
exclaimed Benny, leaping down from
the back of the thrice-laden horse;
I'll not ride with a boy who looks
no higher than that"
Benny's ambition was gratified; he
lived to paint portraits of the noble
and the royal, winning plenty of fame,
but very moderate share of fortune.
He was offered tie distinction of
knighthood, but prudently declined;
he was not rich enough to support
title The incipient tailor probably
made fortune in ready-made shoddy,
and f he had been where such trap
pings are in the market, might per-
haps have purchased the baronetcy
which West was too poor to accept.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
HARMONY IN COLOR.

There Is horror that men have not
yet got onto, and that Is the discord OF
colors. A man will put green and yell
low and crimson and gray and blue to-
gether, In any variety Of combination.
and think 1t is all right. but II there
are two colors that don't accord to a
woman 1t is a painful sight. says the
Ohio State Journal A woman In town
suffered a pang when her husbands
stickpin did not tally with his necktie.
But the most emphatic of all events In
this line was that which occurred at
thhe Martha Washington hotel. In
New York, when a woman had been
assigned to a room, but Immediately
repaired to the office, where she COM
planned that the green foliage In the
wall paper did not match her complex
Ion, which was an olive hue. Il
want a room," she said, with deco
ration that will harmonic with my
skin, and must have It right away or
I'll leave" That is a woman's hotel.
and she got what she wanted. II
1t had been a mans hotel she would
have been told to go to Bedlam. Men
are not up on harmony; but they
might compromise On a Brindle wall
paper.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

The fact that good roads increase
the value of farm lands is not the po-
tential argument In favor Of good
roads. Good roads make farm lands
more valuable only because they make
farm products more valuable by bring
Ing the market closer to the farm and
because they keep the markets ac-
cessible to the farm every day In the
year. That is the reason why farm
ers should have good roads. To the
man who does not want to sell his
land at any price, the value Of that
land is matter of secondary consid-
eratoin. But good roads give the man
who does not want to sell his farm the
same advantage that they give the
man who does want to sell. They give
him an increased value for his prod
ucts and pay dividend every time he
needs the market.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Slin-Ouer Rlnusee

Blouses of silk or linen or wool OF
satin or pongee that slip over the head
and require no buttoning up back or
front are the latest. They are very
dainty in appearance and complete,
needing no guimpe. There is little
opening down few inches in front
and the neck has tube for a draw
string of silk. which ties in front and
ends in .tassels. Some are finished
at the neck with net frill. The
sleeves are in kimono style and there
is any variety Of plain, striped and
fancy silks and other materials.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
SYSTEM THAT FAILED
MRS. JAYS MEMORY is NOT YET
PERFECT.
Possibly Her ForgetfuIness Jas Been
Remedied Somewhat, but Not
Enough as Vet to Make
Accuracy Quite Certain.

Mrs. jays husband says that the
only flaw In the armor or that good
ladys perfection is her memory. She
,s a charming woman. but she cannot
remember things accurately, and es-
pecially those things which are not,
after all, of larger import. IL she Is
introduced to Mrs. De Smythe II is
a safe bet that before the afternoon1
is over she will address her as Mrs
De Jones, and mems names she can
not remember at all. She has tried
hard to overcome this slight defect
in her social makeup, and latterly,
through the adoption OF a memory
system, has shown some signs OF I'M
provement, although Mr.. Jay says
that it does not as yet quite work as
accurately as he might desire. AS an
instance of this he says that, while
spending a month at southern re-
sort in the early spring, MrsSiJay be-
came acquainted, during his absence
in town, with delightful little wom-
an, to whom, upon Jays return, she
was very desirous of introducing him.
Unfortunately, at the first opportunity
that presented itself the good lady
was utterly unable to remember her
friends name, and the chance was
lost
you might inquire at the desk
what her name is, and then we'll go
right to her and I'll introduce you be-
fore I forget it." said Mrs. Jay.
That evening, while the happy cou-
pie were arraying themselves for din
ner, Jay remarked:
by the way, my dear, that lady's
name is Woodman-W, double o. ID,
M. A. N-Woodman. Think you can
remember that?"
"Oh, yes, so 1t is" giggled Mrs.
Jay. well, anyhow. I'll try my
memory system on it. I'll think of
the poem:
"Woodman, spare that AK"
"Ax?" echoed Jay, with a roar Of
laughter. "Ax? Why, my dear child,
it isn't 'ax'-it's tree The line is:
Woodman, spare that tree"
20, yes, so it is." giggled Mrs. Jay.
We'll, anyhow, it's 'Woodman,' and 1
shant forget"
After dinner Jay spent a short
time in the smoking room with his
cigar, and about o'clock entsred the
music room. where Mrs. Jay and Mrs.
Woodman were sitting. 4
Henry, DEAR" cried Mrs. Jay, beam
ing as her husband entered, come
over here-I want you to meet my
friend Mrs.-er-my friend Mrs. AK"
There was an unrehearsed tableau
at this point, which Jay says was a
remarkable success, although he has
no particular desire to see it a second
time.-Harper's Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

The wreath of buds and foliage
about the crown at the base is all that
is needed to complete the hat.
A leghorn in Fig. shows the under
brim covered to within an inch and a
half Of the edge with a dotted net in
pale blue. A big puffed crown of the
net is draped over wreath of hy-
drangeas, which grows wider at
the back, where it climbs to the top
of the crown. Very little of the upper
brim is visible and the crown Of this
hat is almost wholly concealed. On
the crown the net is draped over plain
chiffon trifie lighter in tone than
itself. This is another excellent de-
sign for hat which is to be remod-
eled from one that shows signs of
wear. JULIA sOTTOMLEY.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

Ocean travel has now all the COM
forts of home, combined with all the
luxury and pleasure of travel, with
danger and discomfort reduced to a
minimum. Less than a weeks time
separates the old from the Ccw world,
and the wonderful inventions of wire
less telegraphy keeps travellers in
touch with the rest of the world in
midocean. And It may not be very
long before our present wonderful prog
esss. which would seem miracles to
Columbus and his codiscoverers, may
apse by succeeding inventions into
ene class Of old-fashioned methods, for
progress in this age is going ahead by
leaps and bounds.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

The Empress Eugene, a French con-
temporary says, intends to set up q
small museum in the house at Ajac-
clio, where Napoleon was born. At
present IN spite of the fact that there
is little enough to attract, no visitor
to the town fails to make a pious pill
grimage to the house. With its green
window shutters and yellow painted
front there is nothing to distinguish It
from the neighboring houses except a
marble slab announcing the birth on
August Is, 1869, of the man who after
ward became Napoleon l. The best
preserved room in the building is that
which Napoleon, then young and un-
known officer, used to occupy when
he visited his family at holiday
time.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Visits
to Sick
AreOften
Made
Too Long
By E. j. LAIRD

of the nights passed by the patients wakefun and suffering that
have caused by the excitement and strain during the day. 1t
strange that people of intelligence have to be told
places afflicted very uncomfortable position sick
dks and dear friends that hurts to listen
and respond visitors chatter fearing isolation perhaps injured
feelings they tell the penalty they must pay result Of the visit
requires strength and good deal of energy those
comparatively entertain callers let alone those who
not WELL
many of letting your friends know that you don't
aside from visiting them pretty little card with
will bring them cheer and hope would be appreciated
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Elevation Affecting Steam Engines.

Elevation Affecting Steam. Engines.
Remembering that water boils more
readily that is, with less heat, at high
attitudes, it appears to be only rea-
sonable to expect that steam would
have less force on high mountains
than In valleys. An engineANpg au-
thority tell of a large gas plant which
was some time ago exported from
Great Britain and erected at a loca-
ton several thousand feet above sea
level. The engines did not give the
power expected from them, and sew
eral reasons were advanced to account
for this deficiency. 1t was finally
concluded that the loss of power was
due to the altitude of the power sta
ton. Upon investigation of the theo-
retical and practical considerations in
volved 1t was found that there is a
loss of about one per cent of the in
dicated horsepower for each 1000
feet increase in elevation. The effect
of an increase in elevation on an en-
gine with low ration of compression
is slightly less than on an engine
with high degree of compression.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

Thackeray was the gentlest satirist
that ever lived AS an editor Of the
Cornhill he could hardly bring himself
to reject MS. for fear of hurting his
would-be contributors. The story Of
his actually paying for contributions
that he never printed, in order to con-
ceal the fact that he had rejected them,
may be true or false. We do not re-
member exactly how the evidence
points. says the London Saturday Re
view. But even If 1t be a story, such
stories are not told of men made of
the stern stuff of the Thackeray COM
monty misknown.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
ACES and nets are more generally
used in making hats for mid

ACES and nets are more generally
used in making hats for mid
summer than for many seasons
past. They are fine for remodeling
shapes that have been worn but are
available for second or third season,
as leghorns and milans. If the used
shape is discolored or not in perfect
repairs, ruffies of lace, sewed one row
above another, may easily cover the
upper brim entirely. With a crown of
net draped over thin silk for the
top, no part of the original shape is
visible except the under brim. Such
hat is shown in Fig. l. The lace is
a German val pattern and is knife
plated, making ruffles a little less
than two inches wide. These are slip
stitched to the brim.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

Among our own people II Is d1nefeht Twenty
weeks of one-night stands on the kerosene circuit
makes yearn for kindred soul; and it isn't un-
common to form friendships that last whole season,
closing at Mauch Chunk. Of course it would be diff
ferent if all had comfortable home, with fire.
place and conventional source of support We would
have to be careful then.
Pm going to be real frank. I think women like
stout stupid women, who haven't told the truth since
childhood, and haven't any luck with men, They're
$50 comfortable.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Crocheted Cuff Links

Cuff links for wash waists may be
made from two crochet buttons, seweu
together like the parts of a dumbbell
link with a strong thread loop of the
right length. which is then button.
holed over and over. These links will
wash, are pretty and are not easily
lost, besides being economical.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Mo More of That for Her.

II want you to become my spirit
wife," said the organizer of new
cult.
mot for minute" replied the lady
who had been inclined to become his
follower. MY husband told me be-
fore we were married that | was his
angel, and after my experience with
him I'm through playing the part of O
spirit"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

What I am about to say does not apply
to one suffering from some acute illness or
where the case demands the services of
trained nurse, as the latter is well pro-
tected and does not have to speak for him
SELF But it is impossible to relate here
the harm that is done every day to those
afflicted with chronic troubles, and espe-
cially patients whose ailments are those of
the nerves, when they are subjected to long
calls by friends or old acquaintance from
out of the city. Such visitors would no
doubt be shocked if they knew half the
damages done hv their often repeated visits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

A New York judge found It difficult
to understand how plumber became
so financially embarrassed as to neces-
state his stealing a ride on the cars.
And SO. will most other people Still,
strange things are happening all the
time. and 1t is conceivable that this in
explicable thing might occur.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Correct
Many
Errors
OfTeaCher
and Pupil
BY DIR. HAROLD J. STEERE
ChicadO

punished To and thus rob child
average guilty of slight misdemeanor
and the great encouragement disheans and
the school life of many pupils.
Systematic reviews should prcede all examinations.
whole well condueed and good and what
thoughtful correction of of both teacher and pupil
which soad refomers often resort
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

The high school boy who cheats is dis
honest and no amount of argument can
make him otherwise.
The lesson should be Systematically
taught and explanations clearly given.
There seems to be much ego as you
please instead of stated curriculum for
each year.
Home work should be given advisedly
instead of no home work one day and
enough to keep the child up till twelve
o'clock at night on another.
When pupil does anything wrong,
whether Intentionally or otherwise, he
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

a Boston man has written to the
Kansas City Star to say that the east
ern magazines print no real witty
verse, while the western papers con-
tain rhymed humor of merit" Now is
the time for Boston people to SUBJ
scribe for some good western paper.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Chamols Trimmings.

An odd but beautiful evening gown
is of chamois colored tulle, with en-
broideries worked on real chamois
leather in japanese style with floss
silks. The designs are chrysanthe
NUNS in lovely shades of yellow. era
and drab, and here and there dra
gon worked in silver thread.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

1t appears that the Ascot races are
held in England for the purpose of Civ.
ing the king a chance to meet peo-
pie whom he doesn't wish to invite
around to the palace.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

l started to sleep outdoors in May, 1909,
and have slept out every night since that
date, and would not go back to sleeping in
doors any more for the following reasons
and experiences:
First, one gets more refreshing sleep
in cool, pure air than can be had in an i'll
ventilated and heated room. In fact, the
pure, cool air is so soothing to the .ired
person that one falls to sleep nearly at once.
But of course one must be well covered up
about the body to protect from cold, leav-
ing only the face exposed.
Second. / am less predisposed to colds
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26

II Germany has done nothing else
for Morocco 1t has put Agadir on the
map.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
Benefits
of Calm
Sleep
i'm Pure
Air
By w. A. JOHNSON
Chieedo

many from colds The results my
have been better health than had enjoyed for have gained
in appetite and in weight, 16 pounds
will not back sleeping indoors again. and know that there
hundreds sleeping outdoors right here in Chicago back porche
eand roofs and also in in back yards In fact physician
showed the pictures Of about 100 of his patients outdoor beds
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26
LOvable
Women
Stout, Stupid
Kind Are
Most Favored

HAT kind of women do like? What queer ques-
ton! Women like alno; not all women of course-here
are some who simply impossible.
The women the footlghts, for instance.
There are many varieties in the orchestra stalls alone Those
who with their young seldom know the of the
play. They talk nearly all the me and when they not
talking they thinking of the walk home. We don't like
them Then those who want to be actresesthey all think
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-26


unlovab Then there who there Monday
afternoon They believe the villain really dies and that
the leading Adon Distance certainly lends enchntment
and does the spotlight Well pity them and pity be akin to-
but isn't, genuine affection.
fond of the out in the big world who try
exploit invite afternoon carnivas of weak tea and sand
s with the inside layer photographed I'm could be tenn
who would habuay forget paddock the chest
toward those gentle who introduce
point moral and adon tale It's only
natural to role of Horrible Example.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18
CONVENTION AT LEWISTON.
Delegates Arriving to Attend 37th An
nual Meeting Of Y. M. G. A.

Lewiston, Me. Feb. 17-Every train
this forenoon brought scores of delegates
from oil parts of Maine to Lewiston to
attend the 37th annual convention Of the
State Y. NJ. C. A. When they have all
arrived 800 will be registered. OF this
number 40 are from the studen asso-
Citations in colleges and preparatory
schools and the others from the associa-
tons in the cities and towns
The conventions opened this afternoon
and will adjourn Sunday night. Although
three associations are meeting here. there
are only two conventions as the delegates
from the preparatory schools meet with
the college men for the first time.
Fully 200 of the local and visiting
delegates attended banquet this eve-
ming served in the Pine Street Con-
gregational church vestry. William
Knowles Cooper of Washington, d.
c.. was the POSTMASTER and the speak
ers included Mayor Merrill of Au-
burn. President George c. Chase Of
Bates College, President william De-
Witt Hyde Of Bowdoin College and
Charles Il. Towson of New York Mr..
Towson also addressed an Industrial
this afternoon under the aus.
pices OF the local Board ot Trade. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18
New Move in Legal Fight
Over Leaders Estate.
Injunction Is Issued Against a
Boston Publishing Firm
To Prevent Making Public the Lot.
tiers Advertised for Sale.

Boston, Feb. 17-Another phase of
the litigation over the estate of the
late Mrs Mary Baker Glover Eddy,
founder of the Christian Science
church, came up in the equity session
of the Suffolk superior court late to-
day, when Judge Richardson issued
temporary injunction restraining a
publishing company of Boston from
distributing a catalogue advertising for
sale certain letters written by Mrs
Eddy or in any manner making pub
lie any part of the letters. A hearing
was set for P. NJ. Feb. 20. The petit
ton for the restraining order was
brought by attorneys for Henry NJ
Baker of Bow. N. H, executor of Mrs.
Eddy's will.
In the bill of complaint Mr.. Baker
states that a number of private, I'M
published letters written by Mrs. Eddy
nave come into the possession of a
publishing company and that they
have advertised these letters for pub
lie sale at auction on Feb. %. In addi-
ton, the bill states. the company has
printed material and substantial
parts" of the letters in its sale cata-
logue. and portions Of the letters have
been published in newspapers of Ros-
ton. New York and other cities.
Mr.. Baker declares in the bill that
the literary property in said letters
has passed to. and is now in. him as
said executor: that neither he nor
Mrs. Eddy in her lifetime have given
any consent to such sale or publica-
ton; and that such sale and publica-
ton interferes and will interfere with
the right of your orator to issue an au-
thorized edition Of the letters of Mrs.
Eddy, which right belongs to him ex-
ciusively; and that such proposed sale
is in violation Of your orators prop
erty right"
The attorneys for Mr.. Baker are Ed
er, Whitman & Barnum and William
\. Morse of Boston and Frank S.
Streeter of Concord, N II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18
Remarkable FiIibuSter Over
Omnibus Claims Bill.
Senate Fails 10 Get Action on
Direct Senatorial Elections.
bennet's Annexation Resolution
Killed. Alarmed.

Washing ton, Feb. 11.-Witl only i
legislative days remaining, the House
of REPRESENTATIVES was held to a
standstill today by a filibuster planned
and conducted by Rep. Mann of Illi-
nois 1t had often been asserted by
Speaker Cannon and others that a
ma jority of the House could do what it
pleased, but today's events proved
otherwise. 1t WAS private calendar day
under the rules and the business i'll
order was the consideration of the
omnibus war claims bill already pass
cd by the Senate. The bill largely at
fects Southern claimants and the
Democrats. with the assistance Of d
large number of Republicans, endeav-
ored to pass it. AT times the ma
jority in favor OF the bill was as high
as 140, but Congressman Mann was
opposed to the bill and by diatory tao
tics he succeeded in preventing action
on it. although the House was in ses-
sion from 10 A. NJ. till 9.25 o'clock to-
night
At that hour the advocates Of the
measure obtained Il recess until II A.
NJ. tomorrow under the assumption
that the legislative sitting OF today
would then be resumed. 1t turned out
after this action. however. that they
probably defeated their own purpose
for II O'Clock is now the regular hour
for meeting and it is believed that
Speaker Cannon will hold that tomor-
rows sitting is new legislative day.
If he is successful in maintaining this
ruling the omnibus claims bill is dead
i'm this Congress.
Today's flibuster, largely d one man
affair. was one of the most remarkable
in the history Of the House. At one
time tonight to secure a quorum the
Sargeant-at-arnS was directed to ar
rest all absent members. But before
any arrests were made. enough alb
scntees drifted into the chamber to
make d quorum and further proceed
ings under the order were dispensed
with.
While waiting for quorum to APP
pear the House was in much disorder
1t was good natured disorder. how
ever and there was a good deal Of
laughter.
The fight over the omnibus claims
bill probably Will be renewed tomor-
row and il the advocates of the meas
urc can hold the majority they mus
tered today, there is likely to be an
overruling of the Speaker or another
tilibuSter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18
Gov. Dix Enters
Senatorial Race.

Albany, n. Y. Feb. l1.-GoNernor
DiX's name was brought into the SEN
atorial contest again today. when 1t
was reported that a quiet movement
Is underway among some of the up
state supporters of William f. Shee-
han to put forward the governor as
a compromise candidate.
Growing FESTIVE because OF the long
drawn-out deadlock and with no APP
parent relief in sight, some of them
say they would gladly east their vote
for u compromise candidate il they
could be relieved of the caucus action.
The organization leaders, however,
say party principle, that of ma
jority rule. is at stake and to give in
to minority opposition after what
has happened would have an ill-effect
on party management in the future
The Insurgents. having thus far
successfully witlstood the pressur.
that has been brought upon them, say
that nothing can shake their opposi'
ton 20 Mr.. Sheelan's candidacy.
No quorum was present Friday
when the q joint ballot for United
States senator was called.