Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-29

intelligence of the nation would
matters out so there Will
be a calm and satisfactory election in
November. americans" he con-
.clnded, are quick tempered but they
arej willing to hear both sides and in
the long run their good judgment pre-
vails.n
Sights Along the Highway.
The modern Lochinvar takes away
his bride in an automobile. This idea
'inimoving picture fashion was exenl-
'pllhed on highway leading out of
lewiston one day this week, when, in
"a cloud of dust, car came rolling
down the road with a fine collection
of pld slippers and shoes and white
ribbons tied ON the back and with
few placards informing all that
bride Of June and her bridegroom,
just married. were in the car. The
bridal party had met a thunderstorm
and four umbrellas were raised to
ward off the down pouring deluge of
rain. Hope this stormy beginning
signifies o good ending of their battles
Hwitb the storms Of life.', was the re-
mark Of n spectator of the scene.
On the road Il party of gypsies en-
fonte had hauled up on rural high
way and nearby a large car had
stopped and the two laughing Young
men of the car We're having their drs-
TIMES read from the palms of their
hands by couple OF the most coppery
|hued gypsy women the Traveller has
ever seen. In one of the gypsy
wagons were sleeping accommodations
sadly mussed up and in need of the
hands of the chambermaid on one
of the beds lusty red faced infant
vas rolling and a handsome boy stood
up on the drivers seat smiling on the
Ipassersby.
In Bowdoin's Art Museum.
I Say, did YOU ever study those Young
tigers of Rosa Bonheur in her paint
ling hung against the west wall in
Sophia Walker room of the Art
building at Isowdoin college? Have
| You stood away from them dozen
feet TO catch the difference i'm the ex-
pressiens of the animals? If YOU
have, did they not seem to be alive
and ready to spring from their frame?
Verify | have never seen such natural
tones. such real eoloring, such superb
lexecution with the brush. excepting
possibly Gifford's haze effects in Sep
TENDER scenery. To watch that paint
ing of the tigers is like standing in
front of the meaaserie cage with the
bars removed.
y large Corot, scene of a city from
a rural riverside. is another gem in
this same room. In the Boyd room
are many rare objects and in loans
and gifts Bath people have been es-
pecially generous. To the coin cabi-
net Miss Alice Sewall aud Miss Wells
have contributed Roman coins 29eo
years old, Boxer war mementoes in
huge Chinese sword and suit of
Chinese armor have been sent by
Ghas. ID. jameson of Bangor who in
boyhoed, passed much of his time at
his grandfather's home in Bath and
the huge Japanese Buddha which Hon.
Harold NJ. Sewall brought home from
his tour around the world ON the
wall of this room also is the beauti-
fully executed portrait of the father
of Mrs Bacon. wife of the President
of Paths; Marine Gon@truetion Cos
Thoughts Upon June's Best Week.
Graduation week. Commencement
week. the week III tIdtFIdttH ithtIlBh9
and classy affairs of all sorts, in
Guiding the Juno weddings of the few
grlug lovers who have heroically, IN
spite of so eentS a poun beefsteahs,
got married -hless en-, the week
Just gone. Say, has been uncommon
Is beautiful. both because of the at
titude of the weather clerk and be-
cause OF The tremendous ou.pnnrins
Of the hsndsome daughters 81 Maine
in white. slippers aHd be%iiehin@
blanket wraps of white flannel 10
match the trousers pf the lawn tennis
PLAYERS of The opposite sex, But
seriously the beauty OF the girls in the
Second district never seemed TO The
Travelle quite so generous or SO gen
orally distributed along the l.. \. &
W. trolley line. Time was when the
Traveller had an idea that all the
beauty feminine in this section of
Maine was confined to the shipping
City. The crop. however, of hand
some buds in 1912 is well sprinkled
around in these various cities and
towns. villages and hamlets of the
woods. This week they have all been
out to the seasonable merrymakings
and brain exhibits, themselves the
finest exhibit of the State and credit
to all Maine. AT any rate those white
flannel evening wraps are becoming
to the maids. which is what the Trav-
eller started out to say
Galen c. Moses. the new chairman
of the board of overseers of Bowdoin
College. is also president of the Pat
ten Free Library Association of Bath,
treasurer of the Worumbo Wooden
Mfg Co. for years has been connect
ed with Bath banks as director and
president and comes from the old
Moses shipping family of Bath. He
is Bowdoin alumnus, scholar and
very able financier as we'll as affable
gentleman. His election gives Bath
two members of the board of Bowdoin
overseers. Geo. p. Davenport having
been some years a member of that
bodg.
Next week Baths new box shop
begins in earnest it's building opera
tions for a large industrial plant on
the site of the former M. q. Shaw
lumber mill plant. Work is also be-
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