Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-23
Maine Gossip
Play the Game.

i Play the Game.
written for the Kennebec Journal by
| Elizabeth Powers Merrill1
Play the game, my friend. wherever you
Don't stand with a frown and pout,
Take your haI~ls from your pockets
| worthy friend.
| Get into the game and shout
Take the first place you see that needs
PLAY the game for all it's worth.
OF the men that stick till the game is
won,
There's ever a mighty dearth.
Play the game, my friend. wherever you
Life is not downy bed.
Use all the power and brain that you
Don't act as If you were dead
What matters it whether you pitch or
| bat
Or catch what other man throws:
| You can see that the game is well worth
Play better next time-who knows?
Play the game, my friend, wherever YOU
Toss yourself into the ring,
For you are as brilliant as any man
Then wake up my friend, and sing.
For it's not the game you're playing, my
friend
It's the Kind of Way You play.
Though you get knocked down or boost
You win make a man, some day
Play the game, my friend. to the very
end:
Don't lessen your zest and joy.
/ Though you are a man, you're more than
man
You still keep Heart of a Boy
/ If the game is won or II ii be lost
bai he
And you keep your faith in God and in
man,
Though the darkness fall, and night.
A sample of Biddeford Record con-
sistency:
Item No. T.. Column /, Page s. Wednes-
day issue-"The Tango is being tabooed
everywhere"
Item No g.. same column-"Every pri-
vate dance has its coterie of tangoists
all Its own.
! Take your pick and be not offended,
The Eastern Argus notes that 1t is
of interest to Maine at this time to
know that Iowa's blue sky" law has
been upheld by the Federal Court. The
statute, which seeks to control the sale
! of investment securities in that state,
was assailed as unconstitutional.
After reading the newspaper stories
about some parts of Somerset county,
it is observed by the Oxford Demo-
crat that it is reasonably safe to con-
clude that the hunters who go out
there have TO be careful that the black
foxes don't run up behind them and
bite their heels.
A Bath man shot the hind foot from
a rabbit in Sagadahoc county. The
Bath Times reports that this nimrod
has had the toughest run of bad luck in
his life since trying the experiment.
The Boston Herald, commenting
upon Cong. Asher Kinds retirement,
remarks that he will be a distinct loss
to the House, having been there in one
capacity or another since the early
days of the Reed regime.
Lewiston High,-Hi- Hi-yil" shouts the
Bath Times. What will this emo
tional sheet do when it hears of the
remarkable shooting by the boys of
Deering?
Let's see, was 1t not Walter Emerson
who aspired to a congressional candidacy
when training with the "Reactionaries" ?
And is not Walter now one of our lead
ing and huStling ProgressiyeS? ?-Portland
Argus.
Yep; that probably explains Walters
enthusiastic stand at Armag
deford Journal.
And do the legislative reporters re-
member that night at the Augusta
House when the Progressives were
closeted with two or three who refused
to be convinced of a duty to deadlock
the senatorial election-and of the
general understanding that Walter
Emerson was finally to be the COM
promise candidate of the Democrats
and Progressives against Burleigh?
The Official Railroad Guide for De.
cember makes an appreciative an6
we'll deserved reference to that inde-
| fatigahle promoter of State of Maine
interests, Col. Fred E. Boothby. as
| follows: Col. Fred E. Boothby, form.
erly General Passenger Agent of the
Maine Central Railroad, who retired
| from service a few years ago, is still
continuing his activities along philan'
thropic and public-spirited lines, ant
| is president Of the Maine State Boar6
of Trade. His address before that body
at their 25th annual meeting, held il
Waterville Sept oath, is full of valu
able suggestions, growing out Of &
long and useful career, as to means
/ nj
| Tree State may be furthered. In rail.
road circles and among those inter,
ested in summer travel no man has
been of more service to his State thar
Col. Boothby in bringing it's wonder.
full advantages of scenery and climate
to the attention Of tourists and the
great army of Yacationists.
| Nnd ed To-,