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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-10

An unique Halloween entertainment
will be given by the Murray Alliance,
Friday evening, Oct. 81, in the Uni
vsgsalist vestry, with entertainment
for the old folks as we'll as the younS.
On the program are a farce, Gips5
Fortune Teller. all kinds of HalloWe en-
games and lots of good things to eat,
including ice cream and hot popcorn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-10

The residence of l.. p. Howard Of
Sidney was the scene, Wednesday, of
a regular old fashioned chopping bee,
when party of IL Of his friends as
sembled and cut UP supply of wood
for him, about seven cords in all. Mr.
Howard, who lives on the River road.
just over the Augusta line, has been
sick for about year. and wishes,
through the Journal, to express his
deep appreciation of this act of kind
ness.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-10

MIS-. Sumner Barton was among
the Windsor people who were visitors,
Thursday, in Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-10
Oaily kennebes Journal
LOCAL BRIt FS.

A. b. Rice of Newport was a bu3i-
ness visitor in Augusta, Thursday, for
IL portion Of the day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. George Francis MAJ
tin are the parents of girl baby,
who was born TO them, Oct. 5.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-10

]. y. Lincoln of Wayne was III
town, Thursday, on a short business
trip.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

glass and silver centre table ornaments.
The newest design in the latter takes the
form Of a large oval bowl set on heavy
base OF silver on each side Of which is an
arm OF metal supporting a smaller bowl
The silver" part does not need cleaning
save with soft buster. FOR II is Of nickel
silver lacqucrcd with a coloress lacquer
which protects the metal and keeps it al
ways bright
frequently fruit is used FOR the centre
piece. and when well chosen and well
arranged this proves quite as good from
a decorative point Of view as flowers In
the event Of this ornamental piece being
dispensed with. tall RUNNER glasses Of
the finest cut. or engraved crystal, are an
admirable choice. The antique RUNNERS
are. Of course, very expensive, as they
are rare. but good reproductions In Eng
liSh crystal are moderate I'm price. The
RUNNER is most successful when allied 10
Victorian bouquets These are made by
using four or five kinds OF small flowers,
packing them closely together each kind
I'm separate row, and making them into
slightly pyramidal punches.
After they are bound together the stalks
OF the flowers are usually wrapped in
silver paper or tinfoil, and paper lace
round" must not be forgotten. for no
stifr Victorian bouquet is complete with
out IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
ONLY NEED TWO BOOKS.

you need only keep two books. and
they are very easy TO manage. one OF
these books is an ordinary account book
ruled with cash columns, the other
summary with printed headings for
particulars Of the expenditure grocer
butcher and 50 on.
Keep the left hand pages Of the first
book for cash received and enter the
amount there, with the date, as soon as
YOU get the money. on the right hand
pages enter everything you spend In de-
tail DO this every day, a. sooh as pos
sible after the payments are MADE. Ihat
is the secret of avoiding muddle. for II
is impossible TO remember small amounts
after a lapse of two or three days, as you
know very well. Count your cash IN
hand every day. and see that the amount
when added TO the amounts spent bal
auces exactly with the amounts on the
left hand page-'cash received.
"If YOU are few cents short do not
mt il down as 'sundries That is most
unsatisfactory plan. Enter II honestly
A cant remember. and you Will PROB
ably recollect the item later and ne able
IN I'M II in. After very little practice
YOU will find yourself able to remember
every penny. and without any effort at
all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
ALL KINDS OF GAMES.

Everyfkind Of play imaginable is pict-
ured in the screens devoted 10 that side
Of child's life. Good play and bad play
stolen play with dice and cards around
the corner behind saloons. ordered play
in play centres. healthful, natural play in
country fields. A good home is more
fun than picture play and knows more
games than the gang" says one unit, and
there is a scene of children frolicking I'M
pleasant room. But 10 show how easily
the best ntentioned parent may spoil
home play, there is an eloquent picture
OF a father enthusiastically tinkcrng
with complicated toy, while the chill
dren, with nothing TO do are yawning
with bored expressions in the back
ground Give simple toys" is the le
gend. and then follows a picture without
father butting Unjust some children dig
ging in "A garden. The only drawback 10
this is that so few city parents are able
TO supply gardens for their children 10
play the simple games with spades. or
maybe this is a silent reminder TO the
city that more childrens farm gardens
are needed.
1T is a universal instinct IS the play
instinct, and the love OF drama will ADAPT
itself TO all conditions" says one screen.
But look ourof the window and see how
your child is giving vent 70 the desire for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
WASTE HUMANITY"

The Waste Humanity unit gives.
among other things. the history OF the
halifax family OF abnormals. the $50
feeble-minded or criminal descendants
only 46 among them normal-from the
child OF Martin HALIFAX and the feeble
minded girl he married. I'm ITO. A picture
shows one OF these descendants. Deborah,
a feeble-minded girl. protected and happy
and learning useful things In an institu-
ton at Vinehnd. n. j. AT large, says
the screen, "she would be a menace.
Here che is useful and content"
Another set OF screens shows the value
OF medical inspection In schools. Another
points the Importance Of vocational train
ing-in a country where each year two
million children OF fourteen begin work,
take some Job without in the least know
ing where It will lead 10. And one dread
full unit In this most Illuminating Of
shows. n unit called "children's diseases
shows poor little bodies bent with In
fantile paralysis, burning up with fever,
and faces pitted with smallpox, because
the parents were foolish and wouldn't
remember or believe that IAN ounce of
prevention is worth a pound OF cure"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
FOR ADVENTURES.

(Which way does your boy get ad-
venture?" inquiries the legend. is TINS
another OF those hints to the munlci-
pality, or those who have money? Tene-
ment jewellers don't as rule have enough
10 send their sons on camping trips
The sanitary side Of street play-'n-
sanitary. rather-is illustrated by
picture OF a wee bog lying on bag OF
rubbish outside Junk mans stoop' with
microbes probably crawling all over him.
Another good picture shows tiny lad,
ragged and dirty-so tiny tnat you wan
TO take him and wash hlm-iedrih . :
against a wall He may be truaht
SAWS the legend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
THE FLOWERS CHOSEN.

Spring flowers. such as vioiets, and
summer ones. cowslips, forget-me- nots.
arabs. cultivated heather, hydrangea and
geranium blossoms. lend themselves well
to this treatment and look their prim best.
Nothing, for example. could look daintier
than these parti-colored bouquets set In
Jacobean RUNNERS. silver candlesticks,
the light shaded with street lamp'-so
called because they resemble In shape
the old street lamps-shades OF primrose
and soft pink shadow silk, and-important
polnt-sweet dishes OF white china fes-
tooned with pink and yellow roses and
pale blue ribands. Small Dresden pieces.
such as a peacock on a rose-crowned
base. or graceful shepherds and shep-
herdesses. may also be arranged on the
table so as to look very effective.
Table silver, china, and the lace-in-
serted tablecloth will all look their best
in these circumstances, while the light
from the candles, electric and otherwise,
will shed a pleasing glow on everything
and everybody. For lons-stemmed flow
ers, such as darfodils. lilfes tulips, or
branches OF almond blossoms. nothing is
more pleasing than tall, slender cylindri-
cal crystal. vases, with a deep band OF
English gold at the neck and base. These
can be used effectively 10 flank one Of the
new and charming centrepieces, which
consists OF japanese girl-in china-in
gay but natural colors leaning against
the hollow trunk Of a tree, which latter
is TO be filled with flowers. These pieces
often stand twelve or fourteen inches
high. Deep blue cinerarlas or bluebells
look well I'm an ornament OF this de-
scripton. and they last a long time II
nell ,aroI for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
SOCIAL CENTRES.

Social centres takes two units Of five
screens each. One unit keeps 20 church
social centres. and one to school centres.
A series of pictures show, side by SIDE
girls drinking I'm commercial dance halls
and girls dancing, with decorum and
Measure. I'm social centre. The unit
called THE Dependent Child" draws the
difference between the old-fashioned
method. all the children in one big build
ing together. and the cottage plan.
"If your child we're left orphan asks
tho unit. "where would YOU want him
placed? In an institution like this
pictures or dormitories, and dining rooms.
with dozens Of children herded IN one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
WEEKLY BALANCE AND SUMMARY

AT the end Of the week add up and
balance the columns. carry the balance
Of cash in hand forward To the next
week. make a little summary under the
various headings. and enter them In the
summarized book You will then see
week by week and month by month"; eA-
actlv how you have spent your money.
'If your allowance has 10 cover
amounts which cannot be paid at once
such as rent. set aside at once the proper
tionate amount TO meet these, and put
il in the savings bank IL you keep
the money by you it will provide too great
a temptation to spend 1t and trust to luck
TO make up the deficit. Enter the amount
banked on the right hand page, and when
in due time you have to draw suifcient
to cover these payments enter that sum
as cash received.
There surely that liz simple enough
for a crack bridge player. All you have
10 do is to be honest about trying and
keep al il for a while. until you run TO
the account book when you get home
from the butchers as naturally as you
would follow the heart convention.
"Of course, il you want to be very up
to-date, you can use card index. The
essential principle is the same
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
RIGHT FOODS.

These foods" says the screen over a
hand pointing TO the words Pork, ham,
sausage. beefsteak. hot bread" these
foods take from two 10 four hours TO
digest School after such a breakfast
works brain and stomach at the same
time"
Then in big letters comes the admoni-
ton:
Right feeding to make a healthy child:
Regular meals.
Eating slowly.
Chewing well.
Eating enough good, nourishing food"
And the warning:
To make an unhealthy child:
irregular meals.
Greasy food
Badly cooked food
Fast eating"
And-the committee will have the sup
port Of al children in this-"Scolding at
meals"
Food and medicine" is the heading OF
one eloquent screen in this units fam
~. cartoon shows "Dr. Killem's nos
rum bottles" fleeing in dismay before
me rice can and the milk bottle and
similar STATS Of life Two lists point out
he eatablcs that make blood-meat
oeans' peas, eggs. prunes, raisins' spin
seh, oatmeal and whole wheat The
FOODS that are laxativc-hgs. prunes, ap-
pes oranges. stewed fruits, oatmeal
"sole wheat and brown bread-are in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

plav and play-acting is he roughhousng.
throwing stones, making mischief or is
he playing group games with other chill
dren. tossing balls, dramatizing storiesY
Which OF the two are likely to have the
best effect on his character" Street play,
the writer's imply, is pretty well beset
with dangers and mo fun at home means
mischief in the street" Here the silent
nreacher holds up q series OF parallel
pictures; on one side boys playing craps
boys sneaking up the side OF moving cars
bovs hanging about the doors Of saloon
on the other side boys camping IN the
woods. pitching the tent cooking over
fire in the hollow OF rock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

The Unit Fraternity are giving a con-
rruous performance in Earl Hall, at
columbia University. The Units are ap-
nearing under the auspices Of the Ma
bonsl Child Welfare Exhibition Com
ml,tee. and among the members Of the
fraternity are Children's Diseases Unit,
What Children Eat Unit, Medical In
speetion Unit. Waste Humanity Unit,
play Unit, Public Recreation Unit, So
eal Centres Unit and Dependent Chill
dren Unit.
To the unimaginative eye the Unit fra
,ernity at Earl Hall is just a collection
Of screens. each five screens grouped un-
der a special title and bearing pictures
and printed information. But little i'm
agitation makes the units a family Of
preachers. preachers whose text is the
sadness the tragedy, the possibilities,
the joys. the hopes, the dangers Of child
life. It's the voiceless speech method
popularized by the sUffragists, only there
aren't any pretty women to turn il; but
Il works all the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

plain when you have a simple sum to do
make me extremely tired she said. 1T
doesn't require half as much intelligence
to do your simple additions and subuac-
tons as it does to work out an intricate
problem in auction.
Here, let me show you something.
You say John gets his salary weekly and
gives you a regular sum every week.
We'll. then, instead Of botherng with all
these bills. you ought TO pay cash for
everything as far as possible. The credit
system complicates matters when you are
running under q weekly income system
and it's full OF pitfalls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

equipment need not be expensive II
must be varied. 10 meet varied needs.
Homemade equipment is frequently best.
The homemade slide. the saQd pile. the
simple swings tho wading pool-the
simpler they are the moro they lend
themselves TO doing things the more
the young folks like them.
One screen quotes DR.. Woods Hutchin-
son as saying: Better playground with
out a school than a school without n
playground"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
CLUBS UNIT.

Street gangs are one OF the problems or
reformers. II would take samson 10
break one up II the boys who oelohseu
didn't want It broken up. But Fro'l-
dence. r. l.. has found a way 10 turn
the gang spirit into channel "here II
win actually work for good. An invesu-
cation disclosed seven hunoreo poSs
clubs and girls clubs there, clups com
posed OF children from eleven to fourteen
years Of age.
This is the age" says the CLUBS unit
when children begin 10 20 IN sahss'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
CykIIa~e2zC F00d1 JCzo1vz799 Method OE
exki6ztzTS o1s 0Gree,z5

fascinating occupation, as absorbing as
working out bridge problem. AM in
initely more important. Moreover. this
three-book method Of keeping household
accounts serves for large and compile
Gated income running into tens OF thou
sands Of dollars. a card index system
embodying the same principles can b.
used instead of the books, if it is found
more convenient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
LEADERS PERSONALITY.

more important than play space or
equipment is the personality OF the play
leaders" says another screen The play
leader should furnish new ideas for the
entire neighborhood. And a festival Ike
this-here comes a picture showing the
Central Park fete. with fifteen thousand
children dancing on the green-a festival
like this requires ability TO organize.
"Pageants and festivals" takes one
whole unit There is a picture showing
"a sane Fourth"-children in costume do
ing the Betsy Ross episode in Revolution
airy times. How but by these paeeants,
asks a screen. how else can a neighbor-
hood get together all classes? How else
can we have real democracy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

She sat at her shiny new desk and bit
large dents in shiny new silver pen
holder. III / had only known getting
married meant wrestling with these hor-
rid figures and accounts and things, |
never should have Oh. well. / suppose
I should. but it's horrid, anyway And
I'm late for the bridge at the Country
Club. but these wretched accounts won't
come out event
When she told her troubles IN Minerva.
who had graduated from college and was
I'm business, Minerva looked at her with
wide-opened eyes.
you bridge playing women who COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

ACCOUNTS ARE SO EASY
1t All Depends Upon the Spirit In Which They Are
Approached Woman Who Plays Bridge
Ought to Be Able to Manage House Il
hold Scores Easily.

of all the money spent from the checks
drawn for petty cash, just as was
shown in the previous case, and balance
and summarize it every week.
I'm the third book. the printed summary
enter every week or every month all the
amounts paid by special check under thelr
proper headings. except the petty casn
check, the details OF which should be
entered direct from the weekly summary
in that hook. Thus. one may keep track
of her total expenditure week by week
and month by month After very little
practice it will be found an easy matter
TO balance the three books. II is quite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
EXHIBITIONS NEEDED.

So convinced are the child welfare
workers Of the Importance OF having ex-
hibitions that this committee has been
formed 10 devote itself 20 this purpose.
and no other. All over the country, from
Tennessee 10 the State OF Washington.
from Texas 10 Maine from New York to
California. the interchangeable units will
travel, each family packed IN its own
little private box, and now in this city
and now I'm that, they will emerge from
their boxes and mount upon them and
deliver their voiccless speeches. New as
they are In the field, the units have been
booked for several engagements. During
September and October they will appear
in Knoxville. Tenn, at the National Con-
servation Exposition there. Some Of the
units are now exhibiting at Seattle,
Wash.
Many o. the families are purposely left
incomplete-sent out with only two or
three screens, in order that cities may
al them out with screens dealing espe-
cially with local conditions. This was
first done at the child welfare exhibit
in Chicago, IN 1911. when material sent
ron New York was supplemented with
q great mass prepared in that city. The
units hadn't been thought Of then, but
Charles F. Powlson, general secretary
Of the new exhibition committee, says
they are going 10 simplify the move
ment immensely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
PROBLEM OF LARGER INCOME.

The woman with larger income, which
is not paid regularly. has, however a
different problem to meet She Will md
il simpler 10 bank her money and pay at
regular intervals by check.
She will need three books. a cash book
in addition TO the two already mentioned
which are really equivalent to the petty
cash book" and the ledger OF commerce.
on the left hand page OF the cash book
should be entered all the amounts re-
ceived from all sources, and these should
be paid into the bank at once. Pay all
large accounts by check. and draw money
by check every week for petty cash
the smaller sums that have to be paid in
cash. Enter every check on the right
hand page OF the cash book, with briet
particulars such as butcher" grocer
"own Dress" "chidren's dress" etc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

another list. Water is included in the list
Of foods that are laXative-plenty Of
water.
are TO be seen in the tenement districts
giving their offspring pickles. ice cream
IN cones, hot dogs and other more or
less rapid poisons for the young-what a
pity these mothers can't be personally
conducted to Earl Hall and made TO
learn this screen by heart,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
Table Decoration

Table decorations Al the present time
have an unusual merit-they are not very
extensive to acquire. says London
daily paper. The principal properties
needed are plated or cut crystal candle
sticks. shades of different colors-so that
the flowers used may be matched-and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
Hea|EEUZ ta1e2 eaax=7<z17e zcza1F Sznzr'
zCHlH EAc1rT.6 11eeX
A VALUABLE WORK FOR CHILDREN
New Method Of nsrchng Mothers and Guardians the Way Of Protecting Chill
den from Illness and Vice. Screens Units Are Employed Covering
One Subject Of Instruction Lucdy and Graphically that
at Glance the Most Unutoed Can Understand

and gang loyalr- and Gsng rules are
stronger than law. But good leader
uses the gang spirit to promote loyalty
to common ideals"
Then to show how this can be done.
two units of five screens each are de-
voted, respectively, 10 the Boy Scouts OF
America and the Campfire Girls
Public recreation takes one Unit. Not
onlY should the Fairgrounds be used all
the time. the screens point out but all
the play resources Of a city-the schools,
the streets where they are wide enough,
the piers.
Equipment" says the wise unit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
NECESSARY FOR MOTHERS.

It's a great pity that every mother in
New York can't be induced or COM
PEELED to 90 up TO Earl Hall and learn
by heart, and then put In practice, the
maxims taught by the What Children
Eat Unit. II every mother in the United
States would bring up her children &C
oording 70 the wisdom OF these screens.
the next generation would he a dyspepsia
less one. Indigestion would vanish from
the land and stomach specialists would
have 10 vacate their offices. The figures
On the screen give the result OF an In
vesdgation made in Knoxville. The
breakfasts OF 493 children were noted
and It was found that two-thirds had
eoree-"a poison" says tho screen. "for
growing children"
Nearly one-half Of them had pork, ham
or sausage, while one-third ate beef
STEAK. Two-thfrds of them ate heavy
not breads or cakes. Only one-seventh
OF these unfortunate children had pilk.
only one-seventh fruit, only one-hfth
cereal, only one-third eggs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

room-"or in a cottage home"-plctures OF
cottages, with ten children to cottage.
watched over by the house mother-"or
in a family home. visited frequently 10
see that he is cared for properly?'-and
here are. pictures OF little ones about
Christmas tree in real true home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

Pennsylvania is the fifth state TO adopt
some form Of pension for widows or de;
serted wives with dependent children
The new law provides that in each county.
that adopts the system the administration
% the charity shall be in the hands OF
commission Of women, to he appointed BY
the Governor Companion. 49,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
BALANCING THREE BOOKS.

This book should agree in every par
ticular with the handbook and from 1t
one will be able TO ascertain at glance
and at any time. the exact amount In the
bank. In the second book keep account