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young people, not to mention obese ladies
to whom walking is recommended as a
panacea-may now be seen hopping
around Paris with springs in their heels,
very lively, very gddy-giddy.
And we ought not to condemn a new
invention unheard.
Besides. the calcanettes are cheap. This
puts them within the reach of soldiers. of
whom 1t is said that at least one-third
are training with them for the army
walking matches.
Here is the theory. Diminish the shock
to the brain caused by the ordinary style
or Walking-because whoever learned
''fexion walking" without teacher?
The idea was started twenty-five wears
ago by Leon Colin a medical inspector of
the army.
Colin proposed to suppress the shock to
the brain and spinal marrow of the in
fantry soldier by putting block of elias
tic gum in the heel of his shoe 1t did not
ed to be too economical. His idea was to
save the rubber by putting it inside the
leather heel.
Around 1899 Capt Del Pablo de Indine
had an analogous invention tried by the
Swiss army. 1t consisted of a hollow
tube OF India rubber shaped like horse
shoe and fixed between the heel and a
kind of moving half-heel. The effect was
found good, but not lasting. because the
rubber lost it's elasticity and flattened.
Other inventions have consisted of fill
ing a big cavity in the heel with little
rubber balls. either hollow or solid They
We're not practicable.
Then. nine years ago. big Paris sport
ing goods house put pneumatic soles"
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Falls line. many young women who find
ii impossible to take vacations come in
every morning and return to the lodge
after working hours to enjoy its quiet
rest, fresh air and homelike atmosphere.
The weekend trip, so popular at Vaca-
ton Lodge. benefits those who share the
blessings of Saturday half holidays for
many girls go directly from their work
to this inn to remain until Monday morn
ing. enjoying this holiday for less than
800. Since so many of the patrons of
the vacation house are in search of rest
and quiet the only regulation of the place
dictates that the house shall be quiet at
10 O'Clock. The evenings, which are
usually spent on the cool porches are
happy gatherings for the exchange of
ideas on books, hand work or fashion.
Sometimes impromptu concerts afford
genuine good times. On cool evenings the
girls enjoy the bright open fireplace in the
attractive living room. finished and fur
nished in brown and delft blue. The
mirth of marshmallow toasts of the TWEEN
ty-two girls on such occasions rivals SINH
lar frolics in college life. Perhaps one
reason why these vacationists like a cool
evening to come is SO that they may have
an opportunity to sit indoors, for during
the day they are expected to spend their
time in the open air. They may choose
the swings. the croquet grounds or the
QUOT pitch for their amusement but at
Vacation Lodge the library, hammocks
and soft cushions meet with greatest
favor by the girls who really seek rest.
If any parts of the large house are ap-
preciated more than the other portions of
the lodge. they are the porches. One of
the verandas is a sleeping room for ten
girls, while on the other porch twenty-five
young women meet at breakfast, lunch
or dinner. Often the presence of city
guests at a meal adds to the happiness of
some of the young women spending their
vacation at the lodge. This year the girls
enjoy the benefits of the artesian well
drilled at the home last summer It's
cool clear water, piped into the house, af-
fords an abundant supply for shower
baths.
Miss Florence Brown, in charge of the
lodge, says that as some members of this
association find 1t impossible to take va
cation before fall, the home will be kept
open in October for house parties, thus
giving all the members and their friends
equal chance to partake of the advan-
tages of the home If there is one idea
represented at this holiday haunt it is
rest, for the lodge was established pri-
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regarded with Indifference. Every one
from the boss to the Office boy knows
that holiday is due him. Arranging
vacation to meet ones desires as well
rs time and pocketbook is often very diff
hcult. but. fortunately. the officers of the
various organizations of Washington who
have met this problem have solved 1t to
the satisfaction and pleasure Of those in
whose interests they have labored.
The Y. w. C. A., to which hundreds of
young women throughout the city be-
long. is entering upon its second full
summer for running Vacation Lodge. near
Cherrydale. Va. Until recently this or
ganization had no such summer home.
but about two years ago the vacation
house was made possible through gener-
Gus contributors. Now the members of
the Y. w. c. A.. or any of their friends,
may board at this hosiery for a very
reasonable amount. As the lodge is with
in the fiye-cent car fare on the Great
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forward forces the legs to bend and the
step to lengthen
.. The bent leg pernnits tho nosinc NJ
the foot on the ground without the shocks
which otherwise destroy. at each step,
part or the acquired speed, and demand
Tor Its recovery new impulsive effort.
.. This same bending of the legs re-
duces the vertical oscillations OF the CEN
ter of gravity, which in ordinary walking
are a cause of waste force.
1t is said that this "fexion walking"
is more supple than extension walk
ing On hard roads, certainly the
shock to the brain caused by the ex-
tended leg communicating along the
spinal cord. the bump of the heel on
the ground, is the great, If not the only.
Inconvenience of the ordinary walk in
extension"
In the "aexion walk the body being
more inclined forward. the stepping leg
being more bent at the hip. and the sus-
tanning leg being more inclined toward
the horizontal. it follows that the shock
is transmitted to the body by more
broken lever. Also. the foot that quits
the ground follows less vertical angle.
more BILE to progression. Also. the
Objectionable vertical oscillation is
more or less transformed into forward
push.
On the other hand there are numerous
ouu LiSu-pldCcu enemies VI tHlS new KIM
of walk. which is declared to be little less
than disguised rum According to DIR.
Breuillard. 1t does away with the greatest
advantage OF walking as an exercise-its
numerous passive movements. In the
ordinary walk the weight of the body is
borne by the bones. In extension walk
ing' it throws more weight on the
muscles.
You see. therefore, there are two kinds
of fatigue in walking. The recent great
progress realized in the technical his
tiology of the nervous centers permits
specialists to realize the astonishing guam
inhibition of the brain and spinal mar
row by means Of the constantly repeated
shock of stepping. The mechanism of
violent death. even. by no matter what
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MIR. and Mrs. Zed H. Copp. the father
and mother of their home. The younger
boys who are making the most of their
school vacation are allowed to picnic at
the Zoo. where they love to play in the
shade and visit the animals in their
The older boys. who work during the
day at positions ranging from that of
messenger boy to that of chauffeur, have
no time for daytime excursions, so even
ing Iro1cS are planned for their pleasure.
Wnen such a trip as one to Great Falls
IS on the program the younger boys are
taken out to the falls in the afternoon
ana supper is carried along. so that when
.ne otner boys reach the falls after their
work all partake of a hearty meal in
the woods and spend the remainder OF
the evening in visiting the attractions
OF the resort. BY such an arrangement
.llps nave been made to many of the
pleasure parks around Washington and
70 some OF the river landings.
henever the boys are taken down the
lotohac on a moonlight excursion there
=, great satisfaction expressed by the
laos who start out for the wharf in large
wagons in genuine picnic style. An even
ing spent in this way proves not only a
pleasure. but physical benefit to the
ooys VINO have worked all day. Some
times Mr.. Copp gladdens the hearts of the
poys by announcing that moving pictures
VIII form an evenings entertainment
Along this line the boys have become
critical Tor they have been trained to
prefer such films as illustrate the facts
or fiction with which they have become
acquainted through their library
Since the warm weather every boy at
the home has had an hour added to his
day: until vacation season each lad was
required to be at home at night one hour
earlier than at present. At the Work
ing Boys Home. where all who work
must pay part Of their earnings for
board. each boy promises to live up to
his best nature in order that all may be
happy in a we'll regulated home. In the
evenings the older boys pitch horseshoes
or play ball. while the children engage
themselves in other play and in further
ing the spirit Of 10
Probably no organization in Washing
ton has had more rapid growth than the
Camp Fire Girls. for during this summer
campfires have been organized at sew
eral of the public schools. on the public
at the Y. W. c. A., the
Noel House and at some of the churches,
until now there are forty such branches
In Washington. all responsible to head
quarters in New York Although the
Camp Fire Girls have been popular here
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brain. puts his patent springs inside
MS shoes at the heels. At once he
seems TO be walking on air-cushions
made of velvet
Moreover he feels springy.
lie feels as il he was walking on n
springboard made of velvet air cush
IONS The calconettes are little spring.
boards. very strong. Possessing a re-
sistance equal to from ten to thirty
pounds more than the walkers weight.
the shock of posing the foot is at once
transformed into lift To help the
Partisan on.
And SO he goes springboarding
through the boulevards The thing In
new. STERLING HELLO.
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F YOUNG SOLDIERS

species of commotion including that by
means of a bullet in the brain, is ex-
planned in the same way.
4 +
What is walking, after all?
A falling Perfectly: walking is a con-
tnual and repeated falling Of the body
stopped at the right moment and carried
on in horizontal movement.
This falling shock. in no matter what
kind of walk is at first unfelt Little by
little it becomes perceptible, and increases
as the walk continues. And finally 1t
produces. at each posing of the foot, a
veritable pain
1t results from this that at the end of
q long walk you will often see the tired
pedestrian instinctively change his usual
gait into a walk lin flexion," precisely
conclude from it in favor OF the "flexion
walk?"
There is no doubt that in the ordinary
extension walk this shock to the brain
that the "fexion' walk mitigates it.
But. on the other hand. there is the Sec
ond form Of fatigue above mentioned.
This is muscular fatigue. "FleXion
quickened step by strain on the muscles
of the legs and trunk. The whole ques-
tion-which remains in Disputes which
of these two species of fatigue gains most
on the other?
OF course, this is not the end Of the
story. We would not be in France II
some new brilliant invention did not
arise to do away with one or both OF
these Inconvenience the moment that
the mass Of the people interest them
selves in walking.
4 X
1t is for this reason that We see ex-
posed everywhere in shop windows the
new walking machine called the "cal-
canette."
do not know what professional pedes-
TRANS or university sports will think OF
them, but I assure you that thousands
Of Frsnchmen-gtrlA old fellows and
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CEREMONIAL OF CAMPFIRE GIRLS.

CEREMONIAL OF CAMPFIRE GIRLS
growth of organization is partially due tC
the official recognition of the order
through our Public Fairgrounds Asso
citation.
This summer Miss Ellen Hope Wilson
a campfire guardian, who has charge OF
recreation activities for girls on play
grounds, has been training a class OF
playground workers SO that they may
teach games to Camp Fire Girls. With
such assistance this organization will
receive in this way during the summer, II
is expected that the girls will be able to
increase the strength of the campfires
with the opening of school in the fall.
The whole summer program OF the Camp
Fire Girls seems to be a vacation, but
the organization will go into camp at
River View for the last two weeks in
August. Then the Boy Scouts will have
left that resort.
The Camp Fire Girls will undertake
much of their work in their manual while
at River View. Nature study, outdoor
games, swimming, boating. tramping and
work in the arts and crafts of woodland
and river will take up much of their
time. The girls will wear no special uni
form on this outing. but the Indian dress
Is prescribed for their ceremonial meet
ings. The successive orders of wood
gatherer. firemaker and torchbearer are
conferred upon the members who fulfill
certain requirements. At the camp each
tent of seven girls will have an adult
guardian who will act as counsel to those
under her charge
At the Home for Incurables on the
heights of Georgetown vacation time is
not as exciting as it is with some other
organizations of the city, but it lis Just
as welcome. The season brings with it
the pleasures of open air and gives
strength and hope to those who love the
sunshine and green trees. Not many pa
tients of this home leave the city during
the warm months. but few are fortunate
enough to spend short vacations at health
resorts as guests OF their friends.
During past summers thoughtful auto
owners OF Washington have been very
generous in taking these patients for
little trips around the city. or for aft
ernoon excursions in the country. but this
year those at the home have found these
opportunities very rare. Healthy people
who are accustomed to riding about the
city in a street car can hardly realize
what a few trips away from home mean
to those whose physical infirmities do not
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Women of Y. w.

YOUNG Women of Y. w.
l c. A. Have Vacation
Lodge at Cherrydale, Va
Delightful Summer Home for
the Members-Children of
Episcopal Home Go to CO.
lonial Beach Every Summer
The Outings of the Camp
Fire Girls-How Members
of Working Boys Home
Spend the Summer-Hot
Weather at the Home for In
curables.
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WALKING for Health

WALKING for Health
W and Exercise-Gray-
haired French Army Officers
in Walking Matches-Alter-
nate With Bicycle and Sad
die Horse in Cross-country
Jaunts-A Machine Invented
to Avoid Brain Shock-The
New "Flexion" Walk Ex-
planned by Sterling Heilig.
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hdtsoi NA b
haired army ON.
GERS have done a
nine-day foot and
horseback ra c .
across France to
Paris.
T h e y arrived
from all direc-
tons to be hon
ored at the mill
tary review OF
Longchamps o n
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brokers' and small bankers) continued it.
They walked to Versailles-974 Of them
and their clerks-twenty miles.
Ihen came the employees of the great
department stores, thousands of competi-
tors. to Enghien and back-flfteen miles
three different Sundays. And after them
the midinettes. bright Paris sewing girls,
VINO started for Nanterre-seven and
hair miles; 1000 starters out of 6,J45 en-
tries. II is true that out OF the 1900
only twenty-five girls actually reached
This time it is the army that has be-
gun.
The present-day physical education of
the soldier resolves itself in two things
shooting and walking" says Gen. Gilin-
sky, chief of the Russian Fiat Major now
on visit to Paris.
Such a judgment is natural from a
great infantry chief. but what do you
think of this. from Col. Dubois, chief of
the cavalry school Of Saumur?
The future OF the cavalry is as much
In walking as in riding. A hussars horse
supports an average weight of 23I
pounds. while that if cuirassier supports
as much as 2aI pounds. You will there
fore understand how Interruptions Of
pedestriansm come to be the unique
means Of relieving both horse and rider
on forced raids. week ago I sent four
omcers accommodating a garrison ma
neuver in the neighborhood of Mans In
forty-eight hours they did 175 miles. How
did they arrive at this surprising result?
Why. by walking fifty miles of it,
AND nnally, says Col. Sauret. chief
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NE may endure the
grind of long hours
of winter working
days without a
murmur. but when
the June and July
leaves are torn
from the calendar
the vacation call
becomes so loud
that the exacting
duties Of the work
aday world are
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the national holiday. in presence OF half
q million Parisans. Nine days they al
ternated walking. bicycling and on horse
back between timing stations on the
road TO Paris. Horseback was their
speciality.
Walking and bicycling were to put
them on equality with common soldiers
stimulate the rank-and- file to the personal
effort which makes modern armies VIC
torious
All officers OF reserve or territorial.
between forty-five and sixty. they did
commonly their fifty-five miles on horse
back in six and one-half hours-no relays.
one horse only. Bicycling they averaged
forty-three mile stages in less than three
hours. Afoot they did their twenty
miles in between three and one-half and
four hours And so. day after day.
Pretty good for old fellows out of train
ing and retired from active service.
All France 10 talking about II.
In particular. the walking craze is
strong.
In every garrison town they are organ
izing walking matches for common
soldiers.
sign of war times Feet inspection
il the great event. All Paris goes walk
ing for health and happiness. Feet and
legs IN good condition are being cele-
brated as the best friends OF an indi-
vidual or nation
'Pedestrtanism II the best Of sports.
aaye Dr.. BreuiIlard, because il puts into
work the most important organic func-
lions OF the human body. Also, II is at
the same time the least fatiguing Of all
sports or exercises. Why? Because the
great majority of the movements, il
arouses are in part passive. And this is
the principal reason Of its excellence"
Paris promises to repeat the pedestrian
fever Of ten years ago. when restaurant
fattened stockholders competed In
walking match to 9ceaux. twelve miles
from Pars-023 Paris brokers' some curb
s1Ane. Tha AEents d change lmopey
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PARIS. July q, 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-01
WINTHROP.

A House party consisting of Thorn
as Cooper of Boston, Miss Florence
Bailey of Augusta, Miss Muriel Bailey
of Randolph, Mass. little Miss Ber-
dena Hammond, Master Freddie Ma
Coon, with MIR. and Mrs. C. H. Bailey
and Mrs. F. w Hammond as guests
and cEaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. f. w
Mageon are at Bayview camp for two
weeks.
c. S. Towle is attending the Water
vile races.
Miss Rose Buckley and Miss Rose
Hallett of Augusta are guests of Mrs
G. S. Tewle.
+. S. Hallett has q acres of fine look
ing potatoes. Mr.. Halletts ground was
p.oNed. last fall, and he has worked
all the time, since the last of April on
these potatoes and expects good re-
suits. MIR. Hallett has used nearly SEQ
pounds ef arsenate of lead for spray
ing. beside lime and blue vitrol. putting
frem to pounds Of the lead To n So
gallon tank of water, which Will spray
an acre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-01

on the street, as they We're all at the
fire.
The entry to the shop was effected by
breaking a pane of glass out of the
door and then reaching through and
turning the spring lock which held the
door in place. When Mr.. Knowlton left
the shop at about 11.30 p. NJ, Saturday
i was his intention to go to his home
in Vassalboro, and he took part of his
barber tools with him, so that he could
do some work at his house. the next
day, but after going to the fire he de-
cided to return to the shop, and when
be arrived he found the door open and
tho glass smashed out.
Among the articles which were talk
en- from tie shop were five razors, two
pairs of shears. one pair of clippers.
two combs and four bottles of hair
tonic. These were all of his equipment
that was left in the shop, as he had the
other articles with him in his suit
case. The cash drawer OF the register
was also opened. but no money was left
in it by Mr.. Knowlton. It was only a
few weeks ago that the barber shop
Of Bert I. Nicholas was robbed and
ii is thought that the same parties may
have made the break into knowltons
shop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-01
Moore Smith.

A pretty home wedding was celebrate
ed, Wednesday evening, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Enman, q Gem
ter street, when John Il. Moore and
Clara r. Smith, two popular Augusta
people, were united in marriage by
Isev. Henry II. Dunnack. The bride was
dressed becomingly in white and car
ried a beautiful bouquet of white sweet
peas. Miss Emma Enman acted as
bridesmaid and Clarence Sidney Mich
OILS was hest man.
After the ceremony was performed,
a reception was held, at which good
sized gathering of friends and relatives
We're present. Refreshments of Ice
cream. cake and raspberry punch We're
served, and cigars were passed around
to the men. Numerous presents were
received by tn newly married couple.
among them some beautiful pieces of
silverware.
The newly married couple left on the
Pullman. Thursday morning, for Prince
Edward Island, where they will pass
their honeymoon, visiting relatives
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Transfer of the
Staples Property.

The transfer of the Staples property
at the corner of Winthrop and State
street. upon which a fine Y. M. C. A.
building is soon to be erected. was re-
corded, Wednesday. at the Kennebec
county registry of deeds. The deed
runs from Thomas j. Lynch of Angus
Ia, trustee under the will of Georgian
ma Staples Davis to the Augusta Trust
Co. The purchase price is not given.
The transfer includes the land with
buildings thereon at the corner of
state and Winthrop streets. bounded
northerly by the land of the heirs of
the late George e. Brickett, easterly
by the passa geway leading northerly
from Winthrop street, southerly by
Winthrop street and westerly by State
street, being the same property con-
veyed to All Staples. late of Augusta,
hy the couny of Kennebec, Nov. 2S
1862
The sale of this property was author
lied by a decree of the judge of pro-
bate. dated. Monday. July %.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-01
DIR. MAURICE HOWE RICHARDSON
One of Country's Foremost Surgeons
Dies of Heart Failure.

Boston, July 31.-Dr Maurice Howe
Richardson, one of the foremost sur
geons in the country, died, today, at
his home in this city. DR.. Richardson
was found dead in bed, death having
been caused by heart failure.
During all the SO years in active
practice OF his calling, it is probable
that DIR. Richardson performed more
delicate surgical operations than any
other surgeon in New England.
He was constantly being called from
one place to another to relieve critical
cases, while his skill in the removal
of the vermform appendix was reeeg-
niZed throughout the world.
He was a native of Athol. Mass,
and was educated in the Grammar
school. the Fitchburg High school and
Harvard College and Medical School
Nine years after obtaining his degree
at the Medical School. he became pro-
fessor there of clinical surgery and for
many years was visiting surgeon as
we'll as consulting surgeon to many
hospitals. He was 60 years of age.
A widow, who was a Miss Pierson OF
Salem, Mass, four sons and two
de- lighters. survive. One of the daugh-
tiers married Oracle Hall Roosevelt a
nephew of Col. Roosevelt.