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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-10

A WESTERN AUDITORIUM.
What the Michigan City Of Ann Ar.
Dor Got for 100000.

In Ann Afbor this week, celebrants of
the 10Th annual May festival opened the
new Hill auditorium which has been in
the making for a little more than a year.
rms structure today is probably the TIM
est building of the sort In Michigan, 1t
Is doubtful whether so far as practical
utiity goes II has a superior IN the mid
die West
ihe edifice is of steel and concrete con-
stfuction, and Is fireproof in the sense
.hat there is little in 1t, except the seats
thdt VIII burn. Ii is also panicproof the
exits being so arranged that the buii-.as
can De empted in matter of seconds.
Inc auditorium, with parquet and two
galleries, will seat 5000 persons. ne
stage Is 50 feet by 70 feet, and it Is pro-
Fiaed besides this, with an extension that
VIII itself seat a symphony orchestra of
100 men.
Inc decorative scheme inside and out
Is artistic, The entrances are many and
broad; the foyers are generous in their
proportions; the Railways spacious. rhe
seating plan insures a good view of the
stage from every corner of the house
Inc Fehtilating system is modern ana
complete The ceiling is hung ana
curved with special reference to acous-
ties In a general way the building has
everything that agreat modern concert
and lecture hall should possess.
And this building cost less than s.0uuo.
less than the Detroit board of education
thinks necessary for the erection of a
branch high school, We recite these
facts. plainly and without rhetorical
phrase, TO show the people of Detroit
how much can be done with compare
lively small sum of money wisely used.
or course. it has been necessary to ex-
ereise economy in order to get such a
building for such sum of money. there
is on gingerbread decoration: there are
no useless sewgaws Selected paving
brick WAS considered good enough
the exterior. Plain white stone takes
the place of marble decoration Cement
floors serve in place of tile. Only in es-
sentials has the expenditure been lavish.
and here there is no parsimony
Altogether the building gains in dlgn.ty
by the manner in which it has been put
up. You see. there was good Judgment
as well as economy.-Detroit Free Press
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ANTS CAN HEAR.
Scientist Thinks They Can rroduoe
Sound Also.

prof Prinele. a Scotch naturalist,
saws that ants have the most perlee'
sound producing organs yet aiscoV-
cred in insects, and that they are eN-
,remelv susceptible to sound ne
claims their sound producing organ
are situated in certain segmen,s 81
ina abdomen. and the sounds brought
forth by rubbing. Nobody mas ese'
heard these voices. for they are iai .oo
faint to be detected by human es,iS'
Nevertheless, MANY authorities ale w
coming convinced OF their esisleiee
Attempts have been made 10 iie.i
them with the aid of the micropt'oiie,
but the only sound detected was 'n''@
of the crawling of the ants
Again in regard to their heiii III .
careful and extensive eSoeriiiiei.'o
have been conducted with SIX species
of ants. from this country ana Ehs
land. and it Was decided that taese
sLceies could perceive SOUNDS. no"
they did it was more or less a MATTER
OF doubt, as some scientists lnsis,cu
they heard through organs OF hearihs'
while others claimed that 1t WAS
through a sense of touch, excited py
atmospheric vibrations.
priugle inclines to the opinion that
ants hear through the latter medium.
proofs of their hearing were establish
ed by shutting q large number up III a
GLASS box. When they were even Nie-
lcntly shaken they did not seem to be
disturbed in the least, while at the
b,ow of very shrill whistle close to
them they were seen to be pereeptibly
aeitated Chicago Tribune.
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er of the house, and. failing to bug
him out. leased the hotel for day
at $4,000 rental. The first thing John
ny did was to fire the naughty clerk.
He and his friends took charge and
hung mp a sign outside that read:
| Open House To-day. Everything
Free. All Are Welcome
1t was a merry lark while it lasted,
and whom the day was over the own
er took charge again and reinstated
the Objectionable clerk. This made
Johnny So mad that he went right
over to the Girard House. bought the
hotel furniture. fixtures and all and
got good and even with the manager
of the Continental by reducing the
rates ST. that the Girard House took
all the patronage away from its rival.
1t was grand little revenge While it
lasted
Johnny tired of Philadelphia ana
went to New York for a fling, because
when he wasn't asleep Coal Oil John
ny" was getting rid of the green and
yellow stufr that clogged up his pock-
cts. Broadway from the Battery to
the TWenties, which was some distance
III those days. knew Johnny We'll, and
everywhere he went there were wine
dinners and gay little cld times. But
While Johnny was away the production
of oil dwindlcd. The supply under his
farm which lie had believed ineXhaus-
tihlo was playing out. Mr. Wiekham
dcclired 10 carry out his agreement to
purchase the property. and Johnny
went hack to Philadelphia To find that
he not only had no income any longer.
but that he also was head over heels
in debt. He was forced into bankrupt
cy, owing mere THAN $35,0G0. OF this
sum 100000 was to the Girard House
lawyers had ncked him for $1,000
foxy devils); a jeweler who had ex
changed diamonds for 100000 of John.
ny's money still had $5.d90 coming; 81,
600 was unpaid for liquors; the same
amount for an oil painting, and 5000 for
hats. Other smaller items made up the
grand total of liabilities. Assets were
fond memories. Johnny went back
to his wife He was almost broke.
There was no place else to CO. In later
years they removed to Nebraska, where
Johnny became a station agent and
has lived happily ever since.
30, says Johnny philosophically, as
ne walks down the street in Warren,
Penn:
You bet had Il good time While 1t
lasted. l would only be worrying if |
had all that money now. I'm enjoyin'
life. ard felin' fine. 1IoSin' up some OF
nv old pals for a few days, and I'm
buyin' beer instead of wine. WHAT'S
the difference T'-Kansas City Star.
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Some TroutInq.

Sheriff Donald McRae is not
only captor of men, but also
u catcher of fish. At Gold Bar yes
terd1y lie landed three rainbow trout
having a total weight If twenty-five
and = half pounds dressed. one trout
was thilSy- TWO inches long and weigh
ed nine and a half pounds dressed. 1t
was the largest trout eaugl'- i'll Sno-
homish county this season, according
to official measurements made by Il
representatives Of the Snohomish Coun-
ty Game Preservation Club. The other
two ranbows each were twenty-eigh
inches long and weighed six and Il
half pounds dressed. In attempting to
land The largest fish Sheriff Mcltae was
dragged from his feet and precipitated
into swimming watef-Seattie Post
Inteligencer.
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BASEBALL NOTES.

Cant. Smell of the Brown University
,eam goes to the Athletics, Connie
Mack, for one, having faith in the col
lege-trained ball players.
Since their setback by the Giants
the Phillies have got going again ana
are cleaning up the Western clubs
with regularity that is surprising.
Larry Lajoie is not yet playing regu-
larry, but he can go in on a pinch
when nit is needed, and under such
circumstances he usually does lot or
damage.
Connie Mack says that the Cleve-
landers are travelling far beyond their
limit If they are, the Indians con-
tinue to stand the gaff and. are push
ing the Mackmen to the limit.
Even the White sox cannot begrudga
Frank Chance the pleasure he found IN
the long delayed victory on the home
grounds that came his way, Saturday
Frank must have begun to think he
had missed the turning of the lane s.
Birmingham says that his clubs
coming series with the Athletics VIII
probably tell the tale of the Amefl-
can League race. 4 think we can peat
them out because our 1itiiiNiS eiS ~
ing better than Macks. II we can
preye our strength and superiority In
that series, we are confident that We
can win the American League chahl-
pionsbip." This declaration was not
rnade in boasting way
While fans all over the country were
watching from day to day the remark
able pitching achievements OF "ooo'
Johnsor. and Marauard, last season. II
new star has appeared in the baseball
armament. this spring, and from ths
way that he is going now it seems more
than likely that the end Of the season
win see him ranking at the top of the
American Leagues list Of pitchers, me
new star is the elongated faikeheeis
ono of If not the very tallest, slabstefs'
:, the American League, and the man
whose wonderful werk in the nox ma,
mt his club up on the very heeis u
Connie, Mack's Athletics.
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LITTLE ESSAY ON SKIRTS
Which Embodies Paris op,h'o"
Sore American Dressmakers.

conawhere back in the echoihs pas.
,,o;ce of protest was raised against w.
.,ort shirt. Immodest said one pio..
"a .nother. economical, said a thiiu'
thoroughly sanitary and convenient saiu
= Fourth So the short skirt bore up Il,
.i,o of adverse criticism and mahaseu
80. a time to live down the bad mn
weston that it had made at nrst. lna'
is peculiar thing about sshii' 70
.lwavs create some sort of impression
and as that was probably what an W.
designed for they may therefore oe sa'a
10 have succeeded. The snort sNi' =
furious as was the discussion II arouseu'
had comparatively short DAY Oh ~
toriety. The newer and more strlkihs
moaals Of harem, hobble and tube came
along to engross public attention.
why is a tight skirt? No one knows
exactlv. MANY people think they know
| but, then opinions are just Opinions ""0
| nothing more. To remember the 'iouD
| Ions DAVIS of the short skirt is to thiiih
| that article of dress fortunate IN com
| parison with the tight skirt. Doup'iess
| II has it's uses and it's beauty, put Whei
car steps, mud puddles and OUTINGS ar
taken into consideration it also mas ~
| drawbacks. Consider this protest heare
at a recent meeting Of Adirondacf
| guides:
had one of them city wimmin outn q
| boat with me- and she had on one OF
| them there skirts that fitted her IKE a.
| umbrella wrapper. And what happens
| She stands up to step out OF the boat
and this blame skirt of hers is. so mar
| rer she can't step out moren 'bout nVt
inches, SO she loses her balance ans
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Educatinu Father.

Mary Stewart Cutting, in the neE'
May number of Harper's Bazaar. writes
about Educating Father Among the
phases of this process which she de-
scribes With much humor is the follow
ing:
"Fa Tiers salient idea, OF course.
when Selma gradua ties, is that now she
will stay at home and help her moth
err 1t makes no difference that mother
doesn't want Selma's help in the house
hold: her one desire is to have her
child asked to everything, and to be
able to see Selma enjoying herself; IL
have the house full of Selma's young
friends, arrange for the clothes need
HEaSN I:s.S,a = "a : as2,
Weekend, and smooth over all the all
ficulties that may be in the way-to BE-
the motherly providence over Selma :
youthful happiness and hear about il
all in the first glow of Selma's return
from delightful visit; to be as il
We're, vicariously, a girl herself again
1T is dear and flattering, to have
! Father sternly insisting that Mother
shall be considered first-she woulS
I miss it if he didn't show that ever jeal
Gus regard for her: but it is dread
fully hampering as far as her and Sci
| ma S plans are concerned.
1t keeps her-in perfunctory respcc
! for his authority-earnestly impressin.
on the girl how thoughtful and kin.
| and generous Father is. and how mucl
/ money he has already spent on her.
really more than he can afford. an,
! the exact reason he doesn't want her T.
| go to the party on Saturday-as
/ youth could ever be reasoned out o
wanting a good time! While all tn
| time Mother knows, and so does Sci
ma, that she is going to persuade hir
10 agree to all they want. "-Schenecta
| DIV Union
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-10
LETTER DELAYED 20 YEARS.
Announcement of California Wedding
in 1898 Just Delivered.

A letter posted in Oakland twenty
years ago has just been delivered at
the office of the San Francisco board
of education. Found in box by car
rier," was written on it to explain why
it had lain so long neglected.
The envelope contained card an
nounceing the marriage of Joseph B.
Travis and Nellie c. Wallace on Thurs
cay. May Is, 1893, at the California Col
lege in Oakland, and stating that they
would be at home in Tulare, Cal, after
May %. 1t was addressed to Mime.
Louise Humphrey Smith, teacher OF
elocution, San Francisco. On the en-
velope was a stamp Of the Columbian
Exposition issue concentrating the
Worlds Fair at Chicago.
The San Francisco postmark of Nav
49, 1898, was on it, indicating that il
was received on this side of the bay
Apparently 1t was sent back to Oak.
land, the Oakland stamp of May. 1898
and also of April. 1913, being on it. I
has been sent 70 the board of educa-
ton with the idea that Nine. Hum
phres Snith, being designated as q
teacher. can be reached in this way i
still living HERE New York Sun.
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plops into the lake. and | had to jump
In after her.
So from the exigeucies OF the tight
skirt came it's remarkable progeny-the
..slashed skirt" Slashed skirts are OF
various kinds, but none may be said to
be commonplace. They We're the nat
ural outcome of the tight skirt, although
their precise origin Is somewhat mat
ter of doubt BY some it is said that
modste had an archaic model of a tight
skirt and wished to sell it. So he slit up
the seam and put some straps across the
cash and sold it for twice the original
price Others say the production was a
simple discovery made while the wearer
of tight model endeasored to take
bigger step than the hem allowed. me
rent was made a slash and the slash
made a new gown.
But the Chicago dressmaknrs will not
have II. They stand unateraby OPP
posed to the slash skirt. The short
skirt was bad enough to be sure, and
the tight skirt "A little worse but when
1t comes to making a cross between q
short skirt and a tight one they refuse
to follow the leader. They felt so indig-
nant about ii the other day that they
adopted resolutions .'rebuking'' the slasi,
skirt. One designer said some bitter
Things about American clothes, but they
are probably near to the truth THE
farisian contempt for the American" he
sad, would make the ears of the So
called American smart dressmaKers
shrivel up. Partisan modistes look upon
America as .Boohiand. Indiana pol,s
News
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That Electric Monopoly.

1t is, of course, against all reason to
suppose that this amazing POSSIBLE
ity" the passage of the pending bilD
has any chance of happening on it's
own merits as a piece of honest and
wise legislation in the public interes
unless it can be argued that 1T il
to the interest of the people of this
state to be tied hand and foot anc
turned over to the tender mercies of
a foreign corporation, with power Civ
en- to the same to control the manu-
facture and sale of Indispensable ne
cessities of civilized life in this state.
That such a law can pass on its OWL
merits as a piece of good public pol
lev is of course, not to be believed
for q moment.-Stamford Advocate.
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Asbestos.

If the United States can not boast
of pre-eminenee in asbestos produc'
ton. as it can for many other MN
erals. 1t is at least a matter OF some
qualification to know that the bulk oil
the worlds production comes from
America and that the Canadian de-
nosits Weld by far the larger part OF
the total. In this, TOO. the unitea
States benefits, for the nearness anu
reliability of the Canadian supply
largely owned in the United states, al
ford the basis for our eNenluai ua
questioned supremacy in the develop
nent of asbestos manufactures. Even
&C II is there are. according to }. =,
Diller5 a government geologist. some
valuable deposits and promising pros
poets in the United States and THESE
would undoubtedly be much more
largely developed were 1t not for the
extent of the Canadian deposits. lie
domestic production in 1872, ACCORDING
ia Mr.. Diller, was 440S short tons
valued at Ss7,95s, and although TINS
was decline of AZ per cent. IN tom
mage compared with the output tof
1911. ii was only - per cent. less III
value, owing to the larger quah,its %
hioher grade asbestos in l9i1
Georgia, Vermont and Wyoming !"
the three states which mine asoestoa'
The Canadian exports OF asoes'os =.
,a1o amounted to SS,00S tons, OF which
:, aoe TONS or more than 81 per cent
voc ;mported into the United States
This ouantity was 81 per cent. vi 'he
entire Canadian production.
Asbestos is the most important h'e
nroof material known. It's hoious
structure adapts it to wiae rahse "
observation-disclosures woven fabrics. such
-. ,haatar curtains and articles oi
aYa.b;hg 10 asbestos shingles, staeeo'
.,,on,ar ashestos wood" and various
other forms of building material '.p.
render structures thoroughly niepi ooi
Its lishtness, strength, durapiii,s an,
insulating properties against hea. aiu
alectrieity give it special aoVah'ase9
for use in constructing cars anu CIV
tric motor subways. =. ,.,toe
The most common uses VI
ORC for asbestos paper, milipoaro' p,p.
ao,er;nsy and tagging to hciose nv
$50. furnaces and locomotives Ill VI
pr =, nrevent loss of heat IN Trans
.;o,, AS n nonconductor Oh hea'
:. no used not only in the prep
n.t;on Of fireproof safes and VAULTS
| - for cold storage and cooiihs
.s.,,ras Houses made of aspes,os
materials or coated Win tn
| throughout are not Only wa
winter but cooler in summer
| dianapolis News.
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Cireassian Walnut.

BUYERS of Crcassian walnut furniture
i'm the United States frequently are inn
posed on by makers and dealers that use
substitutes for this NEST valued of al
cabinet woods. Because of the similarity
of names, many Americans have bought
Caucasian for Circassian walnut, though
to the practiced eye the woods are easily
distngushable by the absence of the fig
nre from the Caucasian walnut.
In a monograph of Circassian wal
nut by George b. Sudworth just is
sued by the forest service, it is point.
ed out that American butternut and
many European and Asiatic walnuts
are also used as substitutes. as are
American red gum woods. Circassian
walnut is the wood of the tree known
throughout the United States as Eng
lish walnut. "Of all the common
names given it. English walnut is the
least appropriate name, for the tree IS
circassian walnut. since this indicates
at once its true origin and natural
range" Mr.. Sudworth states.
Probably no other wood has served
so many purposes as Circassian wal
nut, according to Mr.. Sudworth. Ions
before the discovery Of America /.
was the most popular of all woods for
furniture and interior finish. while
throughout southern Europe the wood
is still used locally fer all grades Of
furniture. It's present high cost. how,
ever, prohibits its use in this eoun7
try for any but the very finest furni.
tare and cabinet work. When more
abundant, it's use abroad also includ-
ed coach making, toys, press screws,
joinery, carved work and wooden shoes,
During the wars of the eighteenth
century, Circassian walnut was used
so extensively for gunstocks that even
at that early Gate the supply was Sc
riously decreased.
The wood of old trees is especially
valuable ON account of its dark coioT
and beautiful veining, strength, light :
ness and elasticity. When particularly
well marked it is one of the most at
traetive and valuable veneer woods,
particularly for furniture The bes.
grades often bring higher price than
mahogany, especially in the United
States.
The average price paid for logs at
shipping ports is from $50 TO 800 Il
ton, or little more than 4 cents a
pound. The high cost is due partly
to the great expense Of delivering logs
overland, partly to the fact that most
of the trees produce small poorly
formed or defective Sawlogs, and
partly to the fact that a great deal of
territory has to be gone over to OBJ
tain a shipload of logs
Unlike most other saw timber the
straighter and better formed trees dc
not yield the most highly priced quail
ity of lumber. 1t is usually the crook
ed, irregular logs that contain the
most highly figured wood, the logs af-
fording such material being valued
according to the amount they con-
tain. Single trees containing choie,
burls, crotches or fine bird's-eye eff.
fects have sold for over $4,000. Tim
Der of this exceptional value is nov
scarce, while all grades, in fact, art
!. becoming more difficult to obtain. The
chief source of Circassan walnut a
. present is Observation-Disclosures News
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Tar Dust Kills Trees,

There is feeling of dismay over
the announcement this week of the
keeper of the Bots de Boulgoyyne. M.
LIE Forester, that unless the present
system of tarring the roadways in the
avenues of the Bots is promptly dis
continued there will soon be no trees
left at all.
The worst spot is at the entrance
of the Avenue du Bots, near the Arc
de Triomphe, where the once fine
chestnut trees are now in deplora-
BILE condition. and practically denuded
of leaves. But all along the thor
oughfares of the most fashionable
sctions of Paris trees are dying or
dead.
1t is officially stated that since the
roadway has been tarred to minimize
the dust the number of dead trees
which have had to be replaced by
new ones has multiplied by four.
Moreover, the young trees which have
been planted are unable to flourish,
owing to the poisoning of the soil, and
rapidly perish.
Although grant of $1,000 was re-
Gently made by parliament for the
planting of new trees in the Avenue
du Bots, lie Forester has not yet
touched the money, asserting that un-
til some new method is introduced
such an expenditure would be throw
ing the money into the gutter.
Conditions are the same throughout
| the more frequented roads, which are
| treated with pitch, and there is very
strong feeling on the part of the pub
lie that no time should be lost in rad
ically changing the present methods
and insuring that no further damage
shall be done to the vegetation of the
historic park.
/ In support of his agitation lie For
estier points out that a commission,
composed of such leading scientists
as Louis Mangin, OF the Pasteur in
stitute; Edouard Chiffon, director of
the Institute of Vegetable Pathology,
which was appointed some time ago
to inquire into the matter, has alrea-
dy reported that not only are all the
ornamental plants and flowers seri-
ously affected by the tar dust strewn
on them from the wheels of passing
vehicles, but also that their leaves
first show spots, resembling burns.
and then drop Off
| Among the trees two species, the
yew and the plane, seem to resist the
effect little better than the others
but even with these final destruction
is only a matter of a short time.
The commission recommends that
the roads of the Bots be covered will
small paving stones of bitumen in
stead of tar.-New York Times.
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Watch Out!

The Legislature is on its last legs.
There are but few days left in whlcn
to transact business, and experience
shows that these last few days offeI
the opportunities required for nasty
legislation involving thoughtless APP
preparations and vicious corporation
favors. If there be watch dogs in the
Senate and House. they should snow
the color of their spirit in the days
ahead. the few days ahead.--New
Haven Journal Courier.