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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

The members of Augusta Lodge, No.
964, b. P. Q. Elks, re making arrange
ments for meeting of more than or
binary importance next Thursday eve
ming, June II, when turkey supper
will be served The regular session
viii be held at o'clock in the after
noon, and will be followed by the
banquet at 6. so that hte entire eve
ming can be devoted to talking over
matters relative to the proposed new
home Of the lodge. Plans of several
Elks' homes viii be looked over with
a view of getting an idea of what is
desired for the Augusta home The
interest in the home is very strong
among the members and there is ev-
cry. reason 70 believe that something
tangible in that line will soon be
Forthcoming.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
ANUS E M ENTS
COLONIAL THEATRE.
"Sky Monster" or kidnapped in Mid.
Air"

Air"
new kind of a thrill, a new kind
of a sensation, a new kind of Il punch,
that's the Sky Monster or ''kidnap-
ped in Mid-Air, the four reel sensa-
ton shown at the Colonial today only
This phenomenal film is a revelation
in aviation, scenic wonder four reel
thrill and a masterpiece. 1t can only
be obtained for one day and today is
the day, the big day in motion pic
lures. Take advantage and see this
wonder together with many others at
the regular price Of admission.
Then, too. Grace Cunard and Fran
els Ford of Lucille Love" fame may
be seen in a two reel feature. The
Mysterious Leopard Lady This is
also a special feature as all will agree
upon seeing it.
And still they come. Ford Sterling,
the greatest of all comedians will APP
pear in "Papa's Boy one big scream,
it will make any audience roar with
laughter. A keystone comedy with
Fatty" in the lead is also on to-
days bill, the title of which is THE
Water Dog" Rest assured that it
will be a dandy \ strong Western
Military drama, The Substitute" in
two reels and several others complete
the best all round program ever shown
at the Colonial Think of it, all of
these excellent pictures and a star
orchestra in a clean, cool theatre for
the small admission charge. Can you
beat it?
Sky Monster" will be shown once in
afternoon and once at night at p. NJ.
ADV.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
Mary Pickford in "A Good Little Dew
iI"-Opera House

The Magnificent Famous Players
production, "A Good Little Devil. with
Mary Pickford in the leading role,
was presented as feature offering
at the Opera house Yesterday and will
be shown again this afternoon and
this evening" A two-reel Kalem In
dian picture and several excellent one
reel subjects make up program which
cannot fail to please all lovers of the
silent drama.
AS a feature offering for Wednesday
and Thursday the management has
booked Lost In Darkness four-reel
society drama of the present day
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
lume-Lee

Miss Olive Hodgden Lee of Portland
and Gordan Mackenzie Hume of Sher-
brooke, Que, were married In Portland
yesterday at St. Luke's Cathedrai oS
Dean Vernon. The bride is well known
in Augusta. having graduated from
the Cony High school The bridegroom
is a successful physician and surgeon
of Sherbrooke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
Advertised Letters

Women-Miss Catherine Low, Mrs.
Charles H. Rose. Miss Bessie Rich
ards, Mrs. Beatrice Sage, Miss Flor
ence w. Shaw, Miss Edna Yeaton.
Men-EIenry Bichard, J. Drinkemeier,
M. Cushman, R. G.. Delano. S. Dunell.
John M. Morgan, B. M Nickerson. j.
o. Pearsall, A. Simons, John j. Smith,
Charles E. Smith. John Stilphen, ]. w
Smell, n. Y. Summer, b. f. Taylor
Elmer WickYsr. !,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Bargain week lasts all this week at
the swift & Turner Company. Each
DAY some new, special feature VIII be
added to the already large list of cut
price articles. Today it is bathroom
fixtures and an excellent opportunity,
il is. for replenishing or fitting up as
MAY be Judged from the ad.-AdV.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

The Bug Book is the title of a As
mage book dealing with spraying fluids,
insect killers, fungus remedies and
useful suggestions for combating in
sect enemies. Ask for copy at the
Bowditch- Webster Co. 1t is free.-AdV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Because of the primary election to
be held next Monday, June Is, the
Board of Registration will open ses-
sion today in its room in the basement
of City hall and will be IN session
daily at the usual hours until +
NJ. Friday, June u, for the purpose
of making corrections and additions
m the voting lists of the city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Among the intentions of marriage
which have been filed at the office OF
the city clerk at Hallowell is that of
Abner Gibson of Hallowell and Mar
garet Estella Haney of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Hon. J. S. P. H Wilson of Auburn,
chairman of the Commission of Inland
Fisheries and Game, passed Monday in
the city on matters connected with
the work of the Commission.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

c. S. Caswell of Rockland arrived
in the city Monday and will be en-
ployed at the Maine Central passen-
ger station during the absence of the
night operator, Ballard Fuller of
Hallowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Mrs Angie Jewett and daughter
Mrs. J. Gallison of Portland, have ar
rived in town and will pass the sum
mel months with relatives in Augusta
and vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

1t must be a delight to sell men a
shoe that gives the satisfaction of the
Packard. F. L Jerseys reputation for
success is largely due to his good judg-
ment in selecting such leaders" as
the Drothy Dodd and Packard.-Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

James E. Kingsley has purchased of
Mary Philbrook Dunning the DR.. Rick
er property at II South Chestnut
street, the transfer being made Mon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

K. A. Laughlin of Windsorville and
George Stafford of Augusta were out
after brook trout Sunday and caught
a string of % which weighed eight
mounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

The marriage intentions of Johnny
Godbout and Marie Anne Liable of
Augusta have been recorded at the
office of the city clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Hon. George E Macomber left on
Train 102 at 4 o'clock Monday after,
noon for a business trip to Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Archie l.. Humphrey left Sunday
for Roslindale, Mass, where he Will
remain for the summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

John H. Lathe of the Downing in
surance agency is a patient at the Au-
gusta General hospital where on Mon
day he underwent surgical treatment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Mrs. S. w. Carr of Bowdoinham is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. w. Wis
well at their cottage at Cobbosseecon-
fce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

Postoffice Inspector c. c. Hart of
Waterville was in Augusta Monday on
business connected with the local Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09

FL. Hersey's shoe repairing service
guarantees prompt, efficient service
and highest class workmanship.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
l. OC AL N o tt G &.

Mrs. E. Josephine Cony, Clairvoyant
Physician, has located at p E. Cres-
cent street. Office hours l to P. NJ,
except Sunday. June5dtr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

made hot fires They burn pine cones. too. These keep their shape after they have burned to a glowing red and make a beautiful fire.
 About the water we had lesson that was new to some of them. The hoys were in the habit of rushing, un- gallantly to the water bucket. and for a while they couldn't see why the girls, just because they were girls, should be served first. At length they yielded the right they had assumed. just because they were boys, and even the smallest would wait for the girls. The girls worked faithfully in sweep ing that dingy floor They had been ac- customeds to sweeping in a cloud of dust and then escaping to purer air, leaving the dust to settle. Every Mon- day morning I carried down bucket of sawdust from the mill and 1 showed them how to use 1t in sweeping. It was a new idea to them.
 Hygiene and sanitation are given very little consideration, and this neglect results in a distressing toll taken from the children. One boy of 1s has had the care of each in turn of half dozen brothers and sisters. be- ginning when himself baby, he kept watch over a younger brother while their mother worked in the field, leav- ing them at home tied in their chairs. He is staunchly faithful and devoted to them, but the responsibility has made him nervous and irritable.
 .In some of the homes lamps are not used and anyone who reads after dark must strain his eyes in the fire light
 "A girl of 14 Is a dwarf--a little old woman. She had been staying out of schools two days each week to wash and Iron. but she grew to like school, so she stayed out only one day week to wash and she ironed at night and on Saturday. She had charge of a baby brother of whom she often carried to school. He didn't give any trouble and hadn't the heart to send him home, for fit was a treat to him to be at school. He would sit all day long with his lit- tie face swollen from toothache. for every tooth he had was decayed. Another little boy years old was an inveterate tobacco chewer. The older children explained that the doctor said when he was year sold that he would never live. and his grandfather began giving him tobacco--and now look, he was alive and well. He an un healthy. undeveloped bit of humanity, but he persisted in keeping his 'cood. as the children called it, and chewed with gusto.
 | The children go barefooted without any discretion and the girls way of sweeping was another example of bliss ful ignorance of germs. It tells sooner | or later, however, in i'll health and stunted growth of mind and body. | Parental love is there, expressed by lsupplying what are called the neces- sities of life, and felt, no doubt, as deeply as it is where the expression is greater; but the sentiment that is at
 tached to childhood seems unknown Birthdays pass uncelebrated, often un- reihe mbered and Valentine and Hal
 loween are out of their ken. Easter may
 be acknowledged with a new calico dress or blouse, but it's significance Is
 not clear. The meaning of Christmas
 was new when Miss Cory explained Il and even the Santa Claus side of Christ
 mas was a matter of chance. The chil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

wood is burned. My aunt and l cooked dinner on the stove one day. We went down one Saturday not long after school opened and did what we could toward rem ovating the schoolhouse. We spent the day, and at noon cooked our dinner The walls are so high that we did not attempt decoration above the top of the windows I've saved pictures ever since l was baby and I bought some colored card board and wall paper border in blue Dutch children romping. and with these we arranged attractive decorations Tor the walls. The children had very few pictures. and Christmas card or pie ture was enjoyed much more than where they are no rarity.
 ! We had almost no equipment to begin kwith, but 1t was supplemented quite un- Mrs. w. T.. Beatty Of Chi cago,, a sister-in-law of Madame Louise Homes, was down for a while and she became very much interested in the school, and must have taken an inven- tory of what was needed. for after she left packages would come to me through the mail. and I would find blackboard, maps, chalk, and other things which Mrs. Beatty had sent. She called me the edu- cator until one day we went on picnic and l took such a long time to eat my dinner that she named me Fletcher.
 '.The children thoroughly enjoyed the them put these on the board. They liked to dust the chalk through the stencils and then draw over the outline.
 Good Health Is Rare
 'Tn many ways my little piney woods rhildrens were pitiful in the extreme. i. Many of them. like their parents, have 1>vpokworm, and that saps their vitality /. k.Ad deadens their spirits. One little fel- <eow with an appealing face that is pinch ed and drawn would sometimes drop completely exhausted, on the school ground. He is one in a family of seven children, the oldest of whom is l2. The oldest five were boys and the two babies were girls With their parents. grand mother and aunt. they lived in three or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

dren had seen only one Christman trec
 before the one Miss Cory gave them last
 year
 Itinerant preachers passed through
 occasionally and the little schoolhouse
 was used once month for religious
 services The children had no Sunday
 school or other religious training, and
 this came to be included in the literary
 school, with weely lesson.
 Public entertainments at school were
 heartily welcomed, both on account of the dearth of amusement of any kind and because the parents liked to see their children take part. The little tots
 were sent to be taught speeches for these occasions, and often theirs were
 the most apprecited parts of a pro-
 gramme. Miss Cory didn't exclude these
 from school. She included all the chill
 dren and all the instruction, pleasures,
 and interests she could; for fortunate
 ly, she was following her sympathies
 and her opportunities instead of the
 letter Of the law as to requirements. She lis girl with a wealth of fun and
 sweetness and sympathy and she gave the best of it to her school. She took three children who lived in Florida, but had no other opportunity of being in school. They were girls of 10 or 12 with a brother years old and they had never been in school. The girls were old enough to study and they proved to be apt students and worth helping. The children called her ''Teacher," never Miss Cory, and they loved her. During the time she was teaching she was called home by death in the family. Upon her return to school the children were careful, for days, to make no unnecessary noise. If one shouted or walked heavily across the floor, some other child would reprimand him with, "Aain't you got no manners?''
 Like any other children. they might have failed had they been consciously on good behavior for some slated occasion. but when this necessity arose they showed their devotion and respect in their own way.
 Death is something for which chill
 dren feel both respect and awe. and this i seems particularly true in certain cases | or among certain people. An example | of this was interwoven with Miss Cory s religious teaching.
 1 Across the state line, in Florida, was l woman who was very i'll. The mother l of several of the school children went
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

over to nurse her and remained un,il her death. When the Alabama mother went home she told her children of the other children's loss. of their mothers prayer with them and of the fast fare we'll It made deep impression with These boys. After they had gone to he'd one slipped out and went into the next room where his mother and father were sitting before the fire. He could. not have analysed his feelings, put ne knew tnat those sther children no longer had their mother and that he was very glad his mother was with him. He went up to her chair and kissed her and went back to bed He told his brother what he had done and he promptly battered across the floor. kissed his mother then his father The other two followed suit but only the one kissed his father That seemed too demonstrative for the others, When they were not accustomed to kiss- ing even their mother.
 Next day at school one of them said:
 Teacher, you can't guess what l done las night2 You forgot to wash yaur faeeg"
 Nom
 You forgot to open the window2
 Nom
 When she had exhausted the list of things he might or might not have done, he still declined to tell what that un- usual happening was, so his brother said: He kissed mamma good night. that S what he done,'
 " Yes 'm.'' added another. we all did. and kissed papa. too and we goin to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

that Miss Cory had her first and her very unique experience as teacher
 She made her home with her uncle and aunt. Mrs. Cory was teacher of pub- lie school methods and with the consent of the county superintendent of educa- tion she helped Miss Cory with her work, acting as a supervisor The Cory home is on a peninsula which means. of course. that all travel is by water. White sand covers the yard and down in front of the house is the boat landing, where they climb up or down to the launch, accord ing to the height of the water. In an- other direction is a plank walk leading out over the water. The supports and railings on either side are covered with vines, and with the moonlight shining on the water it makes most picturesque spot A delightful addition to the house is a screened open-air living room or hall. where one may spend much of the time from earliest spring until November.
 This was Miss Corys home for the winter, and her schoolhouse was three and half miles away on the Perdido river. She had her own boat and rowed back and forth each day. And nothing ever happened to me. she laughs. "only once a porpoise jumped up right in front of my boat and nearly upset it. The ad- visa ability of having a life belt was dis cussed after that but couldn't row with that cumbersome tliins oh' anu What Sooo would it have done in the, bottom of the boat after I had been upset?
 T carried my dinner in a tin lard bucket At first I had the daintiest lunches wrapped in paper but the tin bucket fit in better with the surroundings, so used that. I put in pint bottle of milk and glasses containing the rest of my din- ! ner. set the bucket in the bottom of my boat, and my lunch didn't suffer the dam age # would have met in a paper.
 The Piney Woods Schoolhouse
 "The schoolhouse is a little rough plank building with a ceiling that Is ever and ever so high. It is lighted by four win dows and heated by a box stove in which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
TEACHING IN. THE PINEY WOODS MISS CORPS SCHOOL NEAR. THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA LINE

The country school teacher knows better than any one else that, literally, there is no royal road to learning, nor to the seat thereof. A road, dusty or muddy or maeadamized may lead to her school- house, and she may walk, ride horseback, or a bicycle, or in any vehicle from an OK cart to an automobile. but reaching the schoolhouse by boat is rare.
 That was the experience of Miss Eliz- abeth Cory, who taught last winter in Baldwin county. She is niece of Chap pei Cory and of A. r. Cory. who has a sewmill at Seminole. 19 miles from Pensa- cola, and near the Alabama Florida line. Some eight or 10 families live in Seminole and a few others go down from northern points for the winter. there is school of about p pupils. It was in this school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

ever night. and we told mamma we wanted to say a prayer like that woman in Florida did but she don't know no prayer. and she's soin to make up one today"
 ''I know prayer that Is already made up. said Miss Cory. and I'll write it for you today
 These children walked with Miss Cory from the school to her boat and that afternoon the one to whom she had prom ised the prayer said
 Teacher, you didn't do what yon said you'd do today
 Then he bashfullyN refused to tell her what it was. In a moment she remem- bered what she had promised and sitting down on the roadside, she wrote. Now lay me down to sleep" The children had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
BAND OF MURDERERS
 ARE NOW ON TRIAL

Paris. August f5-s Special 1-The trial has just begun before the assizes of Seine inferieure Of IS men of the Band or the Black Masks who for six months or more terrorized the country district of Paromme in the neis hhorhood of Rouen \ series of brutal murders and robberies lie to their charge.
 The victims were all old men and women living by themselves in solitary farms. who were set upon at night and strangled or beaten to death In no case was knife or firearin used- Panic seized the countryside. and no- body dared go out of doors at night. till at last two members of the band were surprised and recognized as two lockers from the port of Rouen. They were arrested. tried and condemned. but at the last moment saved their lives Fbv revealing the names of their asso- ciatcs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
By FLORA MILNrn HARRISON

 four rooms, and all except the oldest boy had hookworm. Even the baby had it. They were treated for it during the year and grew better. The treatment is free. but 1t is so severe that people of that class dread it to such an extent tLat they are reluctant to accept it. Diff ferent medicines are given and no food is allowed for several days. except that coffee is given as a stinuant in cases of serious prostratioa The mother in this family said she did not have any food whatever in the house during the time they were being treated, for she knew it would be hard for the children not to eat
 "Of course the children had little en- ergy or desire to play, and beside they knew no games. Literally they didn known how to play. With all that pretty l white sand they never played in it. My
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

the people. The bear would catch one after another who were then bears to help him catch the decreasing number of people. The last one uncaught was the bear in the next game and the bears took the part of people.
 One day I was astonished to see, az looked from the window at recess mat several boys were up in little house, or platform. that they had put UP Tn the limbs of four pine saplings. They were calmly enjoyed themselves while the pines swayed under the weight. l had to have them tear their tfeehouse down as 1t was too danger Ous
 ine children were good as could be about helping with the work at school. o1 course the boys liked to go for water and wood. It was easy to find pieces of pine, rich with turpentine, and these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

never heard it. When she finished, one of the other brothers said:
 Teacher, write it for me"
 So she wrote a copy for each of the four little boys, and put each one name on his copy. Next moia,ing they am nounccd that they had leaned the lines and after that they frequently told Miss Cory they had remembered. or sometimes that one had forgotten. to say their prayer.
 A weeks camp on the gulf after the close of school ended Miss Cory's stay.
 We loved to watch the water with rhosphorescent lights shining on the crest and the waves at night l carried some of the water back to my aunts and ii glowed for several nights when l poured if into pan, wish l could hav'