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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-06

CAPITAL GRANGE, NO. 24s, p. OF
III. Meetings I'd and 4th Saturday even
ings OF each month at G.. A. K. hall:
THOMAS NJ ENRIGIT. w. M.
MRS. G.. e. TOOTHAKER, Sec.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-06

Saturday, July 6, 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-06

For Sheriff.
COLBY GETCHELL, Waterville.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

fathers coal scuttle and an ancient
Roman helmet.
Her neck will be bare. Pneumonia
may be stalking abroad that day and
shaking hands with every third per-
son, but her neck Will be bare. The
waist, or whatever II Is she wears under
her coat, will be cut V shape in front
and the heavy furs will be allowed to
swing lower than the sweet chariot
about which We used to sing
From waist to knee she will be COM
paratively safe. A good heavy coat suit
furnishes ample protection. She carries
a mum large enough to make an Eskimo
a complete suit-and she merely carries
1t. Usually II is swung in one hand while
the other holds a purse.
Then one glances at the ankles and
tries ineffectively to understand the why's
and wherefore Of fashion. A silken.
web-like stocking. a gauzy film like the
fleece Of a summer cloud, IS all that pro-
tects the poor child's ankles from the
biting cold. And its about s to / on the
average that she wears low shoes.
Meet her in August and she Is clad
in cool suit of duck and high white
shoes. But when the thermometer has
reached a point where strong men waver
between freezing 10 death and paying the
coal bill, her shoes are low.
Yet there's a reason. There always
Is reason for everything a woman does
The reason she dresses in seeming con-
tradiction Of all laws human and divine
is-because she wants to.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
Enter the Dictograph;;
So Whisper 1t Gently
We Must All Conform to NeW Standards as Soon
as the Machine Becomes Popular.

You have solicited deposits what's the
trouble?
Minor official (conndentialIy lowering
his voice) Speculation.
What a charming time that minor
bank Official will have explaining this
dictographic conversation when he faces
his owR previous statement that he had
supposed the bank safe because Of its
careful investments.
No; this confidential business is rapidly
going to the wall. The bankers who
have installed dictographs are becoming
marked men and their visitors, when
they desire to communicate any thought
beyond the state OF the weather, are
getting the habit OF writing 1t. handing
it over. quickly yankIng 1t back as soon
as 1t has been read, and burning II.
How About the GOssipsF
But that isn't the worst feature Of all.
The cheapening OF dictographs will. IL
has been said. make II possible for them
to be installed in any home. And then
Mrs. Smith. after she has sent her two
guests, Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Black.
to the special room wherein II has been
placed, can have the utter Joy OF hearing
their ante-slumber opinions Of her.
Mrs. Roblnson-Why IS it. my dear,
that a woman with such a poor CONS
plexion as our hostess persists in wear
ing those hidsous green effects? They
make her look positively CHASTITY.
Mrs. Black-Ghastly is hardly sum-
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

With the introduction OF the dicto-
graph into Washington-and as a few
people know, It has already entered the
offices Of more than one prominent finan-
cier-the visitors in the haunts Of high
and mighty are trembling.
They tremble, notwithstanding the
fact that the dictograph used during the
Lorimer hearing did not acquit itself
particularly happily. They are trembling
because they don't know at what mo-
ment some plethoric banker may con-
front them with the evidence, the writ
ten evidence. that they Just mentioned"
10 him.
The possibilities Of this instrument,
according to those who have tried 1t. are
illimitable. All you do is to press a
button. The interested stenographer in
the next room connects the receiving
end Of the dictograph TO his head, the
disk. fastened to the wall, records the
conversation. and the confiding visitor as
he speaks his words in confidence has
them written for him on the other side
Of the wall The dictograph can re-
cord whisper.
Valuable as Exhibit A.
Thus the case of certain well-known
lawyer whose name cannot be men,
toned because of the rules Of adyer-
tIsing the profession. This attorney has
dictograph. He is representing a
young woman who is suing her husband
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
WHAT D. ]. SHOULD HAVE
DONE WOULD BE TO FIRE
THIS CHAP ON THE SPOT

They tell thfs story on D. J. Callahan.
Whether It Is true or not, nobody knows.
Some time ago Mr.. Callahan was Wis
tied in his offices by an ardent and en-
thusiastic young solicitor. who urged
him to join n certain organization.
Il can't" replied Callahan.
This is the most important organiza-
ton of its kind in the South" spluttered
the young visitor. You can't afford to
fall in this opportunity. 1t Is necessary
that you join. As a representative busi-
ness man, you owe II to yourself and
the community TO affiliate yourself with
this progressive and advanced associa-
tion."
81 can't" reiterated Callahan.
Would you mind giving me one rea-
son." demanded the young man, why
you can't join?''
Certainly replied Callahan, impas-
sively. ITS simply because I'm already
vice president and member Of the
board of directors OF that organization" :"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

Just a few words: As chairman Of the
committee or fire and police protection,
feel called upon to remark TO the mem
bers OF the Lumpdidoodle Heights Citi-
zens' Association, that splendid organi-
zation which has organized so effectively
in the interests OF all things that needed
that is that organization which by its
splendid organs-I mean
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
LITTLE HELEN HAYES
EATS STAGE PIES AND
WINS AUDIENCES HEARTS

At least one OF the aggregation OF
local favorites that have basked in the
public confidence under the alIurinE name
OF the Columbia Players, has reached the
realm OF stardom in the expressed opin-
Ion OF the Saturday Evening Post that
goes into raptures over the artistic man
ner in which little Helen Hayes eats pie.
Miss Hayes is one OF the few members
OF the Players who was a Washingtonian,
ano as consequence interest in her cur
rent success will be doubly accentuated.
Under the caption Little Helen's Great
Pie Scene" the Post says:
Fine and dandy!" said the owner
You go back and tell the soubrette to
quit resigning or I'll accept her resigna-
tion and break her young heart. Let the
orchestra go-aIl this show needs is a
pianist and a trap drummer. and l can
play the drum myself! Throw water on
the prima donna: and II there's no water
handy throw scenery on her-or vitriol
And don't worry about the comedian
I'll go down and let him buy me a few
drinks. and he'll stop rather than spend
any money on somebody else. 1 was
afraid for a while that this show was
a blOomer, but now l know I've got
a hit"
And. as II turned out. he was right. II
seems to take this eleventh-hour tragedy
to properly launch a show down the
skids. There has been an unusually large
crop of musical shows turned out in
New York this season.; and nearly all OF
them, IT is safe to predict. passed at
least once through the eleventh-hour
period. There are other points OF re-
semblance about them. Such OF them as
do not depend upon a waltz tune running
through the piece have fallen back upon
the turkey trot or the terrapin gallop or
the rabbit hop or the bearcat rag, or
some one or other OF those dainty terp-
sichorean fantasies that have been at
tributed. perhaps unjustly, to San Fran
cisco's Barbary Coast dance-haIls. And
the best bit of acting in any one of them
has been done by a child actress named
Helen Hayes. playing in Lew Fields
show, THE Never Homes" She is not
the wizened, wise, prematurely wrinkled
little old woman that nearly every child
actress is. She's just a round-eyed,
round-faced. round-mouthed. round-tum-
mied Kiddle. who is maybe six years old
going on seven: and she hasn't much to
do except in one scene. when she sue
cessfully wheedles a pie away from a
boy and eats 1t.
The way little Helen Hayes eats that
pie is worth the price OF admission It'll
is the one best thing musical comedy has
produced this winter. Sarah BernhardtI
couldn't stand up before an audience,and
eat pie any better than that!
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
IN WHICH ARE SET FORTH
THE FACTS THAT A BRIDGE
BUILDER IS NO TALKE4

"FiddIlng Bob" Taylor knows a bridge
builder who is an artist in this work, but
one OF the poorest spokesmen in the
State of Kentucky.
Not long ago the bridge builder com.
pleted a rather remarkable achievement
and in appreciation OF his work the pop
ulace Of the town insisted on holding q
celebration and inviting him to speak.
At the appointed time the bridge builder
arose.
Ladies and gentlemen" he gulped,
"one year ago the trees that are now in
that bridge were growing in the forests
yonder and
He stopped and choked apoplectically
while the audience cheered.
Ladies and gentlemen" he began
again, "a year ago the trees that are now
in that bridge were growing in the forests
yonder and"
Again there was frantic cheering, while
the bridge builder mopped his face and
earnestly tried to swallow himself.
After long interval, he made his third
trial.
Ladies and gentlemen" he said. "a
year ago the trees that are now in that
bridge were growing in the forests yon-
der. and-and-"
And" he concluded. desperately, 81
wish to God they were growing there
now
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
SINGING IN "B" SILENT
WOULD BE PREFERRED TO
SINGING IN 'B" NATURAL

De Wolf Hopper, now playing Dick
Deadeye in the all-star cast revival OF
"Pinafore," tells a story Of how he was
pursued during one Of his visits to Wash
ington by a young woman who wanted
to join his company as understudy to the
prima donna.
Il was inyeigled into listening 10 a ro-
bust damsel who informed me-" says the
comedian, that she could sing In b nat
ural 1 went to a little trouble In making
arrangements, and at the appointed time
she appeared at my hotel The musical
director was there also to pass judg-
ment' and after she had scared into the
musical sky in ungoveTned vocal pyro-
technics, she asked me what / thought
Of her voice.
Wen, madam. III tell you." replied
the comedian, III you could sing in b
silent you simply would be great"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
SENATOR HEPBURN ARoUSEs
THE IRE OF A JOURNALIST
IN THE PRESS GALLERY

Senator Hepburn was addressing the
Senate on the subject Of the South in
that typicalY Heyburnian way Of his.
He had just finished convicting the Con-
federacy OF all degrees OF murder and
was passing on to arson when, in the
press gallery, a tired voice arose.
''They ought TO muzzle that man." said
the voice.
"why should they?" countered a per-
son near by, feeling he had to say some
thing
fIf they don't" said the voice i'm
pressiveS, hes going to bite himself
soon and die OF hydrophobla."
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

GENTLY descriptive She seemed almost
Ill tonight.
Mrs. Robinson-Strange is II not. that
such a plain, unprepossessing woman
should have married such a splendid.
handsome, successful man as George
Smith?
Mrs. Black-They say
And she lowers her voice, forgetting
that the dictOgraph records all.
There are many who declare that the
utterly brutally frank manner OF the
dictograph will prove its own undoing.
When every one is able to find out what
every one else thinks Of him, they argue.
this unhappy vale Of tears will become
such an arrant center OF misery that
there Will be no living in II.
StiH. the dictograph has valuable
points.
Hereafter the man who wants to learn
just how certain friends are seeking to
insert knife blades may do so easily
The blacSmailer, too. once he gets entree
into polite society, may use this with
more or less effectiveness.
Even Gets Into Politics.
Politicians say it will help. too. They
are already drawing vivid pictures Of a
dictograph inserted on the floor OF the
House by a few patriotic Republicans
who are anxious to get the inside work
ings Of a Democratic caucus.
How extensive will ultimately become
the use of the dictograph no man is now
able to foretelL. But with its advent
into Washington there seems small
doubt but what it will become the most
valued and dreaded OF implements.
Already people are looking nervous and
trying to recollect what they said two
days ago, wishing all the time they
hadn't said IT,
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
COL. CHARLIE MANN
KNOWS STATE SECRETS
OF PRESENT MINORITY

Col. Charlie Mann, head of the House
press gallery, was ssturnineIy making
his feeble way upstairs last week on
the night of the Democratic caucus.
He had reached the gallery floor when
a bright young man stopped him and
began conversation. During the talk
the bell, calling the members into
caucus, rang.
What is that?" demanded the B. Y.
NJ. excItedly.
That" replied Col. Charlie, "Is the
call OF the wild"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

eve which gave to his face singularly
sinister appearance turned to Manz
This" he said bitterly, lis patriotic
body of citizens"
.T know" said Manz, "but they do a
lot OF good
do a lot OF good. II for only one thing
they are worth all the trouble II takes to
keep them going. They stimulate the
imaginations OF all who visit. because, as
said before, you never know until it's
over what will happen next.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
Out of Order.

Your honor, mean Mr.. Chairman, 4"
continued the thin man, Il want to say
that I thoroughly agree with Mr. Bill
kins in his assertion that Mr.. Jones
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
AN ENIGMA.

Certainly there's a reason.
Every girl knows what It Is. Yet no
man. unless he be married. can under
stand.
Walk along any Washington street any
OF these cold days and you'll see a girl
whose sartorial ensemble win be more
or less the replica OF Manz's study. Her
head will be well protected. Besides the
wealth OF hair there will be sundry ad-
ditions-you ,know-an6 a hat that looks
like the dividing line between grand
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

committee or fire and police protection, /
| feel called upon to remark TO the men,
bers OF the Lumpdidoodle Heights Citi-
zens' Association, that splendid organi-
| zation which has organized so effectively
! in the interests of all things that needed
that is, that organization which by its
| splendid organs-I mean
Flights of 0ratory.
"Misser Chairman: Lumpdidoodle
Heights, finest OF residential sections,
needs a new fire engine house. This has.
during the erection of our magnificent
residences, before which all residents
pale-that is to say. before whom the res
jdents of all residences are inclined to
''Afisser Chairman: This new fire en-
gine house will cost but $4,000. 1t Is
the"
In the back Of the room a voice was
raised. 1t was heavy, stolid. and posi-
tive.
Jones is an ass" said the voice.
Mr.. Jones blushed and ratified his vol
luminous speech.
May ask who made that there re-
mark" he rasped. =
A gentleman Of Dinosaurian proper
tions arose and waggled his head from
side to side as he spoke.
Mr.. Chairman" he doomed, Mr..
JOnGS Is ClldlIAldl VI NAAN NNlAAAAAANSIf -beN
am a member, and gotta right 10 say
what I think
Then, turning to the assemblage, he
continued:
'I leave it to anybody in this room II
81, 900 will more than pay for the ground.
There's only one decent site, and Jones
knows that. and therefore I say
''Nfisser Chairman" rasped Mr.. Jones.
is Misser BiIkins making speech or
am II"
Neither one Of you seem to be doing
much" commented a deep voice.
Demand for Order.
The chairman lifted his whiskers clear
Of the treacherous upper vest button and
Strengthened in his chair.
Order" said he dlspassionateIy, and
banged his gavel.
A little, thin gentleman bounced out of
his chair.
IT am a taxpayer" he said, "and I
want to protest against those Internal
young inps who have been skating on
the sidewalk outside of my house. Night
before last they bumped into me and"
'Misser Chairman" pleaded Mr.. Jones,
''Misser Chairman, Misser Chairman"
Hearing the plaintive cry, the chair
man lifted his head suddenly and lowered
II again with equal swiftness.
Blast that vest button" he grumbIed
as he fumbled with The offending object
For the next few minutes Mr.. Jones
held the floor. Then a tall man resem-
bling Nhooping crane lifted himself out
OF his cnaIr.
Your honor, I mean gentlemen Of the
jury, I mean Mr.. Chairman" began the
tall person, II rise TO a point of order"
Speak your point" said the chair.
Out of Order.
Your honor, mean Mr.. Chairman" :"
continued the thin man, Il want to say
that I thoroughly agree with Mr. Bill
kins in his assertion that Mr.. Jones
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

for a divorce. The husband. as husbands
have done before, enters the lawyers
ONCE and geniaIly suggests that they
can fix the case Now, when you say
that 1t doesn't sound bad. The infection
OF the voice may put any one Of dozen
constructions on it. But-when you sug-
gest the horrific fixing via steno-
graphic notes in a court room persons
sitting near by will imperceptibly move
away and generally regard you as the
greatest criminal unhanged.
1t reads something like this:
Husband-Now, Jones, I'll pay these
bills and you tell my wife to drop this
case and
Attorney Qreezingly): Is this bribe?
Husband (carelessly): Oh, call 1t any
thing. The main point is I don't want
this whole, blessed AFFAIR dragged through
a undertaking court where an old fogy
is going to cluck when my wife takes
the stand and below at me when I try to
explain things.
When such a comment as that is offered
from the dictograph and the Judge
especially II he happens to be an old
woman-hears the commentary on him
self, can you imagine the husband es-
Gaping with anything less than a life
sentence?
Bankers and Bankers.
Or there is the instance of the
hnancier who is approached by a minor
banker and asked TO contribute to the
support Of a rapidly fading institution.
The dictograph records:
Minor banker-I tell you that my bank
can't live without that loan. We are
precious close 10 rocky ground right
now. little slip will send us over.
Financier-You have consistently led
the public to believe that II was safe.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

doesn't know what in blazes he's talking
about. A two-year-old child could show
him that you can't build a $1,000 engine
| house on n plot OF ground that"
You're out OF order" grumbled the
chairman.
I'm not" retorted the tall man, in
dIgnantly. I'm in the best order I over
was in my life"
This isn't parliamentary" broke in
Mr.. Jones.
'I didn't say It was" replied the tall
man heatedly. I'm tryin' to show you
that you don't know what you're talkin'
about"
Il can refer you to Roberts on ParlIa-
mentary Procedure" walled Mr.. Jones,
when Mr.. .BIilSins broke In heavily.
who, in Gods name, Is Roberts?' he
demanded. 81 never heard Of him.
Things had gone far enough from the
scended time after time. The three
speakers tried to battle against IT, and
falling took their seats one by one.
Then the chair began counting up.
Mr.. Jones has the floor" said the
chair at last.
Tell him, fo- the love Of John Henry.
to do something with it," said the deep
voice OF Mr.. BillIins.
''As I was saying" said Mr.. Jones.
4ANAA aASAAANA AAAehAA e@-SNS'
Bedtime Approaching.
Mr. Chairman he said. Il didn't
come here TO listen to a lot Of talk.
want to go home and go to bed. Let's
vote on this proposition and not talk so
much about it."
what is the proposition demanded
the chairman, fixing an eagle eye on the
unhappy Jones.
"W-w-why," stammered that person.
"w-w-why Lifts tito build an engine
house.
What is the proposition" reiterated
the chairman glowering.
Mister Chairman, began, Mr.. Jones,
Il desire to introduce resolution call
ing upon the chairman TO appoint COM
mittee to visit the District Commissioners
with a view of ascertaining the feasibility
Of
His voice sank to a humble drawl as
the chairman. with a penetrating eye still
him to conclude.
Motion seconded?" asked the chair
man.
''sec'motion." came wearily from half
a dozen.
The motion was passed. only Mr.. Bill
kins voting negatively because, as he ex-
planned to the assemblage generally, he
believed Jones was an ass.
Buffet Luncheon Served.
After this they called upon Chief Wag-
ner, who promptly launched himself into
a patriotic address. Then came ice cream
and coffee-singularly unsubstantial food
and the meeting at the hour Of 10 O'Clock
post meridian, wandered homeward.
From the hallway came a fretfuI voice.
Somebody" said, the voice, has stolen
my rubbers. Who took my rubbers?'
Silence followed.
The chairman wandered by, his gavel
stuck in his overcoat pocket and his
right hand still busy with the aggravat-
ing upper vest button.
4 sour-visaged man with a cast in one
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-27
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Kaasas clsy gt0ek Y4r9s. Feb. "
caftle receipts hefs laef eesk wefe
~ 80 bead h deereaae N 7D90 from
reeelpfs same week Iaaf yesr Tbe
market was unsatisfactory from every
angie last Neek. shippers complaining
bitterly becsaee ~ fbe reduction u
70 = - cents 30 values. ami buyers
olspleassd Win the iga percentages
o. fbe killing beds. and the slow move.
ms1f - TIE expensive earazsee ln
the ezoiefs. Top steers dl9 not iOse
maeh. 10 ~ IS rents ioWer for the
week. bit middle grades ~ Killing rat
sle closed zg ~ III loaef slgekera AMI
feeders hsye beeg pounded hard for
ne last three weeks. aad In spite ~
the fset that everybody believes thin
cattle sil BE- III lfnmease request -
e0sn - grass ttarfe. prices are - -
IS eenfs l0Ner than the hTst " this
month Tho storm yesterday crippled
railroads. and the first estimates -.
daT called for only nominal runs of ali
kinds 6f stock Actual arrivals footed
up considerably more than exDecla-
tio8s 900 cattle. 5000 hogs and 1900
khsep reaching tbs yards ~ noon
Cattle eoId ~ 10 10 higher today, some
sales Up ~ cents, solely because of
tbe emergency incident 70 the slim
run a normal supply would have
eold steady today No prime cattle
weH included today. bat $1,000 would
be paid for toppy animals Fifteen
soads Of 900 ID. quarantine steers
came In, and sold at $50 Middle
class native steers sell II 5000 70
g7.zg. native COWS s4.09 70 1850 heif-
ers t4.75. bulls 400 70 1915. ycais up
% g7.50, stock steers $3.50 % 35.75s
feeders ts50 10 $3.50.
. Hog receipts fell down 70 $1,000
head here last week. and the market
made good gains tili the last of the
week. Hhen a large part of the ad.
vance was removed. Sales today are
10 higher. though the top 1926. II only
3 cents above Saturdays top. seY.
erai loads brought the Top price, aud
bulk Of sales ranged from 5000 %
1875 today. light hogs 1915 70 500.
pigs $3.50 70 g5.25. Since the frst of
The year every hamlet IN the country
iaA produced d few hogs for che mar.
VOTE, ana tie total of offerings has
probably never before been equaled IN
he same period, yet packers continue
greedy fof hoeg at present values
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-27
May Stewart lie Coming.

What N certain 70 prove one Of The
principal events Of the theatrical sea.
Son will be tho engagement of the dis
tinguIshed young actress. May Stewart
nd her excellent company at the Grand
Theatre soon. IN an elaborate scenic
production Of eIngomar. the Barbar
Jan" The play was written By The
noted German. Baron FrIedrelch Hahn
and translated into English by Marin
Lowell, and first produced IN America
in the year is47 AZ the Park Lane
Theatre, where Il was an inStantan.
cons success. and has since served aa
the most successful vehicle for such
stars az Mary Anderson. Nina Gale,
Margaret Mathcr Julia Mariowe and
others. II was one Of Miss stewards
fret successes and has been held prom.
inent IN her repertoire ever since