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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

The dance given Tuesday evening
at the Parish house by the Armitage
Club was well attended and a very
enjoyable evening was passed by all.
Dancing commenced at o'clock and
continued until late hour and re-
freshments were served at intermis-
sion by the committee in charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

Among the recent births which have
been recorded at the office of the city
clerk are the following: Nov. 8, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Cloutier, a
daughter; Nov. 16, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Onisie Rouski, a son.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

In addition to the sum reported to
have been raised by the st. Angus
tines Red Cross committee on Tag
day, a belated collection was report
ed Tuesday, which brings the total
amount collected in that way for the
Belgian relief up to $93.4s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

On account of Thursday being
Thanksgiving day the Union barber
shops of the city will be open until
II o'clock tonight and closed all day
Thursday. E. H. Folsom, president
d. w. Wright, secretary.--Advt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

A party of Augusta gentlemen in
which were w. s. Malcolm, S. T. Still
key and F. A. Hayward, left on the
Tuesday afternoon express for Boston
on matters of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

The W. c. t. U. win meet at 3
o'clock this afternoon with Mrs.
George E. Gay, 80 Grove street Fur
Their plans for the children's Christ
mas will be made. Also the work of
the relief Of Belgian sufferers will be
considered. A good attendance is de-
sired
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

The missionary societies OF the
Green Street Methodist church will
meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Lu-
cius Hill, 26 Eastern avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

Members of Asylum Lodge, No. 20,
I. O. o. F.. will not visit Gardiner
Lodge, No. 9, next Thursday evening
on account Of Thanksgiving. The trip
win b made on week later, Dec. 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

DR.. r. H. Stubs and family will
leave on the 9.39 train this morning
for Washington. D. c., and after a
visit of a few days in that city will
go father south for few months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

The Thanksgiving day service at
st. Barnabas church, Bangor street,
will be at $50 A. M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

George w. Verrill, business mana
ger Of the Waterville Sentinel, was in
the city awhile Tuesday on matters of
a business nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL
Telephone 1876

Cards Of thanks, obituary notices, res
olutions of respect, ETC., will be
charged at the rate of ten cents per
line. No charge less than rs cents.
Subscribers who fail to receive the
Journal promptly will confer favor
by notifying the Office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

b. M Siken of Lewiston passed a
portion of Tuesday in the city on bus
mess matters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

F. L. Hersey's shoe repairing service
guarantees prompt, efficient service
and highest class workmanship.
apr1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25
Wednesday, November rs, 1914.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

A. j. Hawley of Rockland was a
caller in the city Tuesday on matters
of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

DR.. E. Josephine Cony, Clairvoyant
Physician, is permanently located at
88 Grove street. nov7wed- Sar,f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

Thanksgiving dance at Riverside
Thursday night, Nov. 26. GSod Tenn
plars hall. nov23d3ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

Mrs. Alice Tracy Of Sherman Mills,
who had been visiting friends in the
city, has returned to her home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-25

George w. Field Of Oakland was a
business visitor in Augusta Tues
day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
NEW REDINGOTE MODEL
MOST ATTRACTIVE COSTUME IN
VELVET AND FUR.
Designs Vary So Greatly That There
Is Little Danger of This Style Be-
coming Monotonous-Vario
Methods of Trimming.

wonderfully attractive redingote
model shown recently was made of
velvet and fur trimmed. The plainness
of the shaped front was broken by
three or four plaits running horizontal
ly toward the sides. A band of the
fur trimmed the sleeves, the wrist and
high standing collar. A long line of
the fur trimmed the front at the clos
ing. 1t ran from the neck to the hem,
and the redingote was fastened with
large metal buttons.
These redingotes are of various de-
signs, so that there is no danger of the
style becoming monetonous in the way
Of similar lines. Some coats, instead
of being fitted to the waist line, as the
old-time models, hang straight from
the shoulders. These efe made more
picturesque by the drapms OF a scarf
round the hips, and one end is allowed
to hang down the side. Others are
simply ,semi-fitted with basque pep
lums attached at the sides and the
back. Again we see them with the
fashionable wide belt and a slightly
olodsed upper portion that trespasses
dangerously on the Russian lines,
showing tendency of fashion toward
those ideas.
There are various ways of trimming
these. Some are simply ornamented
with large buttons, others show braid
ornaments, and again we see them
deliberately trimmed win fur. With
out doubt, one will be perfectly Safe
In combining silk and velvet and vel
vet and cloth. The heavy materials
Will more often be seen " the red
lngote and the lighter goods in the
skirts. Hardly anything can be found
that will be prettier than velvets for
developing these long coats. The i'm
portance of fur as a trimming for win
ter garments must not be overlooked,
Tor almost every garment will boast of
a touch of this rich trimming.
Materials this season are lovely.
Shops are showing imported as well
as domestic weaves, and those who
buy early will have quite as varied Q
stock to select from as usual. It is
the tardy buyer, who might otherwise
wait until later in order to get adj
vanced ideas, who will be disappcint-
ed. The first shipment of autumn
and winter goods was made before
the outbreak of the war in Europe. 1t
viii be impossible for the second ship
ment to be brought over, and later
only domestic goods can be had. This.
however, will give home manufac-
turers a wonderful opportunity to
come to the fore, and if they are able
to stand the test America may shortly
stand first among those who give ma
terials to the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
R0SETTES FOR THE BONNET
Scheme That viii Save Time and
Keep the Little Headgear Al
ways Looking Fresh.

To have fresh rosettes and strings
for baby's bonnet at moments no
tice, embroider an eyelet at each cor
ner of the bonnet where the ribbons
are usually sewed. Have on hand a
supply of small rosettes with ends
attached to serve for strings. Slip
the ends through the eyelets, and the
bonnet is ready to tie. If the ribbons
become soi1ed, or a different color is
desired, the change may be made in
stantly with no time wasted in ripping
off old ribbons and sewing on new
ones. A bunch Of tiny rosebuds placed
on the side of babv's little fluffy bon
net is one of its beautiful features.
These little shirred bonnets, with
their puffed-Cut crowns and sheer ruch-
ing over the face, are as pretty as can
be devised
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
WHY CHILDREN BREAK TOYS KEEP SQUIRRELS IN WINTER
Imaoination Must Play Great Part in
Their Observation-Disclosures Play
things Discarded.

The reason children break their
costly and complicated toys Is that
they wish to simplify them, The toy
that is too perfect leaves too little
for the imagination.
Filson Young states that there is
now in London pronounced reac-
ton against the complicated or too
perfect toy, says the Saturday Re
view.
They are too good. Everything is
delivered into the ehildren's hands
aeropIanes that fly, electric trains with
signals and switches that work, toy
battleships and motor cars that are
marvels of ingenuity, armies that are
patterns of accuracy.
But when you have put into a
child's hand an extremely elaborate
model it does not satisfy his magma
ton. He will play for a whole day
with a train made of chairs, because
imagination enters into the game;
the armchair is an engine, the sofa
is a sleeping car, another chair is the
luggage van But if you give him
a perfect thing his imagination is left
out in the world; there is no part for
it to take in the same except de-
structive part; in short. there is moth
ing to be done with the mechanical
model except to break it open and see
how it works.
1 have seen little boy four years
old. to whom an elaborate working
model of a motor car had been pre-
sented, after watching it work fer a
few minutes, take it up in his hand
and hurl il to the ground with a smile
of satisfaction. 1t was the only thing
he could think of doing with it.
That is why the hoop or the train
of cars or the rough and grotesque
toy train will always give more real
pleasure than the most elaborate ma
chinery that can be conceived; that is
why the rag doll or the wocly lamb
will always lie nearer the hearts a.
lection than the most wonderfully
equipped and deliberately clothed
French poupee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03

There is no part of farming more
fascinating to the average boy than
the care of poultry. AT the same time
there is no branch that offers him a
better chance of success. Even 8. very
small boy can manage small flock
of chickens successfully.
1t does not cost much to get start
ed-another item in favor of the poul-
try business. The equipment need not
cost much, and, in fact, most Of the
needed coops and fixtures can be built
by almost any ambitious boy with very
little expenditure outside of dis own
work. Then a small outlay for eggs,
Or trifle larger one for stock, and
he is ready for business.
There are several ways of starting
a flock. The best plan is the one
that best suits the pockeG the circum-
stances, and the time of year. The
cheapest way is, of course, to begin
with a sitting of eggs, or perhaps two
or three, and work up gradually from
that But where one wishes tr be-
gin in the fall-a plan that is, fol- some
reasons, preferable-it is much better
to buy a few fowls outright. 1t is
easier, too, to learn how to take care
of larger fowls than i is to start with
little fellows the first thing. One can
also get started sooner with mature
fowls than if he begins with eggs.
The most important consideration
is, of course, the breed to be kept. In
an article so brief as this it is impos-
sible to compare the different kinds
of fowls, more than to say that they
are divided into two principal groups,
those kept for eggs, and those kept
for broilers or other sale stock. 1t
all depends upon the market which
will pay the best. The layers are sell
dom as good for raising frying and
broiling chicks as some of the larger
breeds, as they usually weigh less at,
the same age, though maturing even
more quickly in reproducing
1t is a common saying that there Is
more in the feed than in the breed"
This is very true, for any breed, prop
erly fed and cared for, will be sure
to give good returns, if the strain is
good. And right here is where the
caution should come in. In buying
fowls for the flock, do not be satisfied
with anything but pure-blooded fowls.
OF course they cost a little more than
the mongrel stock too often found on
the farms, but they are enough better,
from every point of view, to justify
the added expense, especially in lay
ing the foundation for a permanent
flock
1t is safe enough, then, to keep any
breed that you like, so long as your
fowls are from good strains and full
blooded. Nearly everyone has some
preference, either of size, color, or
other qualities, and there are none OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
CHAPTER v.
The Head of the Corner.

ne Heao OF the corner.
Everybody wore their company man
hers to the breakfast table-the first
time in the whole history of the home
when company manners had graced
the initial meal of the day. Being
pleasant at supper was easy enough,
Aunt Nancy used to say, for every one
save the unreasonably cantankerous.
and being agreeable at dinner was not
especially difficult; but no one short of
a saint could be expected to smile of
mornings until sufficient time had
been given to discover whether one
had stepped out on the wrong or the
right side of the bed
This morning, however, no time was
needed to demonstrate that everybody
in the place had gotten out on the
happy side of his couch. Even the
deaf-and-dumb gardener had UNFINISHED
his surly temper, and as Abraham
entered the dining-room, looked in at
the east window with a conciliatory
grin and nod which said plainly as
words:
"'Tis a welcome sight indeed to see
one of my own kind around this estab-
Iishment!"
"Why don't he come in?" questioned
Abe, waving back a greeting as well
as he could with the treasured cup in
one of his hands and the saucer in
the other; whereupon Sarah Jane.
that ugly duckling, explained that the
fellow, being a confirmed woman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
CHAPTER IV-continued.

But what was this? Blossy, leading
ali the others in a resounding call of
WELCOMED" and then Blossy drawing
her two hands from behind her back.
One held huge blue cup, the other
the saucer to match. She placed the
cup In the saucer and held it out to
Abraham. He trudged down the few
steps to receive it, unashamed now of
the tears that coursed down his
cheeks. With a burst of delight he
perceived that it was a mustache cup,
such as the one he had always used
at home until it had been set for safe
keeping on the top pantry shelf to
await the auction, where it had
brought the price of eleven cents with
half paper of tacks thrown in.
And now as the tears cleared away
he saw, also, what Angy's eyes had al
ready noted, the inscription in warm
crimson letters on the shining blue
side of the cup. ITO Our Beloved
Brother"
Sisters" he mumbled, for he could
do no more than humble as he took
his gift, "ef yew'd been gittin' ready
fer me six months, yew couldn't have
done no better"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
ASPECT OF FEMININE DRESS
Various STYLES Seem to Have Been De-
signed From Models Familiar 10
travellers in Europe.

Looking at women walking in the
ong. new tunics, loose bodices and
white rundown collars one is strongly
reminded OF some OF the peasant CARDS
81 mid-Europe, especially when the
head is crowned by a turbanlike hat
aud an erect feather. When we see a
Wou.a- in a long coat with a large
waist. emphasized by a narrow cord
ike belt. the coat fastening at the
waist, and above it a couple OF hand
some medieval ornaments accompany
mg a rundown collar and deep cuffs
10 the waist, one recalls some Of the
Russian costumes, such garments be-
ing mostly accompanied by a high
crowned hat with 20 brim- One has
not yet accustomed oneself to fur
trimmings on gaEze, which we're be
ing worn at so many fashionable re-
sorts in Paris in the hot summer days,
such as ernline. fox and sable. They
mostly take the form Of boas or bands
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
HOLDER FOR THE MATCHES
Odd in Design, This Little Article VIII
Be Found Extremely Useful in
the Household.

Those of our readers who, are fond
II making quaint and uncommon little
articles will be interested in the match
holder shown in the accompanying
sketch.
1t is made with the aid of the shell
Of a cocoanut left In its natural state
and mounted upon a piece of board.
An exact quarter of the shell, cut
lengthwise, is used and near the edge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03

the standard breeds but what have
much to recommend them. So if you
wish to keep Brown Leghorns, or Buff
Orpingtons, or Black Minorcas. you
will be perfectly safe in doing so. no
matter what some one else may say
in favor of other breeds. But when
you have once adopted a particular
kind. stick to it. Do not change, at
least until you have given it several
years trial Usually the fault, if there
is any, is in care or handling, not in
the fowls themselves.
When you are selecting your fowls,
insist on having nothing but good
young birds. Throw out all the old
hens; they have seen their best days
If you buy in the fall, try to get early
spring-hatched pullets if you can, but
do not take anything over eighteen
months old. at the farthest To mate
with the spring pullets you should
have a yearling male, but if your hens
are over year old a cockerel from
the spring hatch is better.
Before you try to pick out your
fowls, study up we'll on the charac-
teristics of the breed you have chosen.
If the hens are to weigh i've pounds,
standard weight. see that yours come
pretty near to that figure If the male
bird is shown in the standard to have
a five-pointed comb, see that the one
you pick out has that kir1. If the
wattles should be pure white, do not
put in a bird whose wattles are
streaked with red. Look with special
care to the shape of your hens. Get
those that are just as near like the
pictures you see of that particular
breed as you can, If you study the
poultry papers WELL and notice the
illustrations of prize-winning fowls,
you will soon learn the qualifications
you want. If you cannot get birds
that are exactly right, como just as
near to it as you can, and then breed
up to higher standard
Read everything on the poultry
question that you can get hold of. Do
not be afraid of being called chick
en- crank" or hen granny" When
people want good stock, they always
go to some chicken crank" to get it,
1t is a good advertisement for your
business to show that you are wholly
interested in it,
Watch your own flock. Experience
is what counts Get acquainted with
your hens They will soon learn to
know you, and there are no finer pets,
or more profitable ones than ten or
a dozen handsome hens.
A well-kept flock of hens means a
steady income-enough to keep you in
spending money while you are wait
ing for your crops to grow. That one
thing is enough to recommend poul-
try keeping as suitable side-line"
for the boy farmer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03

around an dew somethin' fer yew
tell yew, eff yew kin only keep grit
enough ter grin, yew kin drive away
drought"
In truth, there had been no drought
in the garden that summer, but almost
double yield of corn and beans; no
drought in the gifts sent to the home,
but showers of plenty. Some of these
came in the form of fresh fish and
clans left at the back door; some in
luscious fruits; some in barrels of
clothing. And the barrels of clothing
solved another problem; for no longer
did their contents consist solely of
articles of feminine attire. Billed
shirts" poured out of them; socks and
breeches, derby hats, coats and negli-
gees; until Aunt Nancy with humor-
Gus twist to her thin lips inquired if
there were thirty men in this estab-
lishment and one woman.
81 never thought I'd come to wearin'
quilted silk basque with tossels on
it," Abe remarked one day on being
urged to try on a handsome smoking
jacket. Dew look like one Of them
sissy-boys, er jest dude?"
IT'S dretful becoming" insisted
Angy, "bewtiful! Amt it, gals?"
Every old lady nodded her head
with an air of proud proprietorship,
as if to say, Nothing could fail to
become our brother" And Angy nod
ded her head, too, in delighted ap-
prevail of their appreciation Of our
brother" and my husband"
Beautiful, joy-steeped. pleasure-flled
days these were for the couple, who
had been cramped for life's smallest
necessities so many meager years.
Angy felt that she had been made mi
raculously young by the birth OF this
new Abraham-almost IS If at last
she had been given the son for whom
in her youth she had prayed with i'm
passioned appeal. Her old-wife love
became rejuvenated into a curious
mixture of proud motherlove and
young-wife leaning, as she saw Abe
win every heart and become the CEN
ter of the community.
why, the sisters all think the sun
rises an sets in him." Angy would
whisper to herself sometimes, awed
| by the glorious wonder of it all.
The sisters fairly Wed with one an
other to see how much each could do
for the one man among them. Their
own preferences and preiudices were
magnanimously thrust aside. In a
body they besought their guest to
smoke as freely in the house as out
of doors. Miss Abigail even traded
some of her garden produce for to-
bacco, while Miss Ellie made the old
gentleman tobacco pouch Of red fan
mel so generous in its proportions that
on a pinch it could be used as a chest
protector
Then Ruby Lee, not TO be outdone
by anybody, produced, from no one
ever discovered where. a mother-of-
pearl manicure set for the delight and
mystiication of the hero; and even
Lazy Daisy went so far as to cut some
red and yellow tissue paper into
squares under the deiasion that some
time, somehow. she would find the
energy to rcH these into spills for the
lighting of Abe's pipe. And each and
every sister from time to time contrib
uted some gift or suggestion TO her
brothers" comfort.
CTo BE Continued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
CHAPTER VI.
Indian Summer.

indian Summer.
Miss Abigail had not banked In vain
on the 'foresightedness of the Lord"
At the enc of six months, instead of
there being shortage in her accounts
because of Abe's presence, she was
able to show the directors such a
balance sheet as excelled all her pre-
vious commendable records.
How do you explain it?' they asked
her.
I'VE cast our bread on the waters"
she answered, IAN Providence jest
kept asendin out the loaves" Again
she said. Twas GRIMM that done
1t. Brother Abe he kept the gardener
good-natured, an the gardener he jest
grinned at the garden sass until it was
ashamed not ter flourish; an Brother
Abe kept the gals good-natured an
they want so niasy about what they
eat; an he kept the visitors alaughin
jest ter see him here, an when yew
make folks laugh they want ter turn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03
FOR THE PLAYER OF BRIDGE
Device Assures Devotee That Pencil
Will Always Be at Hand When
II is Required.

Many women, usually pocketless, go
a-f1shing for bridge pencil like a
terrified bridegroom after a missing
ring. Mostly, too, the elusive little
things are made so perfectly round
and smooth that rolling under tables
seems to be their principal asset But
behold the solution! The fashionable
bridge player now wears her pencil
much as an elderly woman carries
about with her, for the time being,
unworn nose-pinchers. The pencil is
attached to a silken cord or little
gold chain, which, in turn, is attached
to a gold and sometimes jeweled pin,
the pin in turn being attached to my
lady's bodice over her heart The lit
tie pencil sometimes has ring upon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-03

clasping her hands togerne.- and Dring
ing Abe's attention tc herself
Really. You surprise me! You
don't mean TO say folks talk about rs
like that"
Islander is dretful iong-legged
critter," amended Miss Abigail, smil-
ing and signing in the same breath.
"Sary Jane" inquired Mrs. Homan
sweetly. what's the matter with that
pepper pot? Does it need fillin'?"
And so began the reign OF peace In
the Old Ladies' home.