Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-06
Maine Gossip
Modest Man.
New York Globe.)


And then the turkey trot
And through the raging tango tear;
Twas then I left the spot,
They said they had a later dance,
/ did not stay to see,
With others I'll not take chance
Enough's enough for me.
MY lady wears Paris frock
That daiptily is slit;
OF lingerie that does not shock
1t shows a tiny bit.
She says since it IS cut t, Of, OF style lyle
One more advanced she Il try,
And wear 1t in a little while
My lady fair, good-by!
The women soon will have the vote
That they have sought so long;
They want to steer the nations boat
They will not steer 1T wrong
But. then. they hint, they may demand
An equal moral right
With men, Farewell, my native iana,
Dear native land, good nlght.
After being before the courts OF
Maine for nearly 13 years, the Dill In
eoujtv of Ralph w. Bartlett of New
ton. Mass, against the New England
Milk Co. of Newton, was Tuesday us
missed bv agreement of counsel. A
decree to that effect was handed down
by Justice Bird of the supreme court.
The original bill was filed on April
20. 1901, and called for a transfer or
stock from the defendant to the plain
tiff. who is the president of the cor
poration. Robert Treat Whitehouse
appeared for the plaintiff and Isaac
w, DYER for the defendant.
When YOU hear the Seguin whistle
blowing, in this city, says the Bath
Times, you will generally find that the
wind in a few hours will come from
the northwest. So the weather sharps
say.
New York City is already starting
a campaign against the fly that may
we'll be taken up in every hamlet, town
and city in Maine, even while the mer-
curry may be lowering about zero. The
committee on pollution and sewerage
of the New York Merchants Associa-
ton in it's first bulletin urges that
flies have hibernated in the warm
corners Of dwelling houses to be sought
out and killed. "One fly now means IN
Vulnerable billions later on" says the
warning. The time to destroy the fly
is before it has had a chance to lay
its eggs"
The first Bowdoin College tea Will
be given in the Alumni room, Hubbard
hall from $50 to $50 Friday afternoon,
March 6. All graduates and other
friends of the college are cordially IN
vited to be present.
along Came Ruth" Holman Days
new play. has gone through its inl-
tial performance in New York City
and scored a grand success. That Is,
of course, just what all friends of
Holman expected and they will all
extend congratulations. The New
York Times critic says that it was "a
paIpable hit" that "a house Of friends
may laugh till they are hoarse and
clap until their hands are tired, all
in the spirit of cordiality, but they
cannot chuckle as last nights audi
ence chuckled unless they are thor
oughly and genuinely pleased" There
is, however, one discordant note in
this otherwise pleasing drama by
Maine author, the scene of which Is
laid in Maine. The Times critic says
"The last act quite falters to its con-
clusion. 1t could very we'll be short
ened and one good place to start is
the utterly inexplicable drinking scene
between an old man and an old wo-
man. 1t is little difficult to guess
why this was put in, as it has nothing
whatever to do with the play. 1t is
not funny and it is not very pleasant
1t could be cut out bodily without a
second nights audience being any the
wiser"
Many people find it difficult to under
stand why we are constantly seeing
items stating that so many thousands
of trout or salmon eggs or fry have
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