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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
FARMS listed isl a1 farms "s and city iSs

= - ~A'0A~ properties of all kinds
from SEQ up. Quite a
number of small farms close by; come
and see us and we will show you some
good trades. Beware of sub-agents as
they are apt to add a double commits
sion. Z. Il. CHASE'S CO, 21 Water ST.,
Gardiner. Tells: Office 3-W. Res. 303-R.
anro1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
RUBBER STAMPS, ETC.

HAND AND SELF.INkiNG STAMPS
for regular or special purposes. Ink and
pads III all coiors T. & r. Stamp Co.. Is
Capitol St. Augusta. Maine. mch1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

RECEIVERS SALE-OF DESlR.
able real estate-The home place of the
late S. j.. Hopkins, Coopers Mllis, ano
the house known as the Charles +.
Trask house on Fountain street in Car
diner must be sold to close estate. APP
ply to G. A. knight. Receiver, Gardner.
Maine. apr2Sdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

SMALL FARMS ON CAR LINE
from 1 to 35 acres, near city markets. Fl.
3. Sawyer, Farm Agency, 33o Water
street. Augusta Me. Tel. SIR. mchlidtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

S. ACHE FARM WITH BARN On
Church Hill road one mile from electric
car tine. II. 3. Sawyer. Farm Agency,
$50 Water street. Augusta. Me. Tel. Sd
mcni3dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

LARGE AND SMALL FARMS
within 2 or , miles of city markets OH
coed roads, some have large list Of per-
soma. property included. H. B. Sawyer,
Farm Agency, 335 Water street. Augusta.
Me. Tel. Sol-R. mchl7dif
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

OR EXCHANGE FOR COWS, I
black colt. weight 1900 lbs, 6 years old,
fat and sound. used to hard work; one
2-horse 3-seated covered wagon. Top and
seats may be removed; also surrey. C.
Fl. Fowler, Cobb Stock Farm, Augusta,
Me-, r. 6. maV11d3ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

ONE PAIR OF EXTRA GOOD
working cattle years old, 6 IT. 10 in.
A. F. Berry, Litchtield. Postoffice Gardi-
ner. X. r. D. IA. Phone 1872. may12d3t
FOUR TO SIX WEEKS OLD PIGS.
w. M. Prescott. Augusta. Tel. 533-M
mayl2d1WH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
i HAVE FOR DISPOSAL 2 HORSES

that are hlnd and fearless and guaran-
teed to purchaser in every respect, that
weight from 1900 to 1900, including / per-
fectly matched pair. This lot is worth
your inspection if you are looking for
the right kind that will please, as it is
our aim to satisfy as much as to sell.
II. p. Strong, Gove's livery stable, Au-
gusta, Me. fmav12d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

TWO FURNISHED ROOMS ON
first floor, board if desired. Call before
F. NJ or between 5 and p. M. Mrs.
Tuck, 81 So. Chestnut. Tel. 429-M.
mayldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
30=Acre Farm

2H Miles from Nearest City Markell
only $500. -'-'
Story and half house, rooms. parn
3Sx42 with 2Sa acres of good land. rms
is one of the many quick selling smaii
farms we have on our list this season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
YOUNG.

IS COWS, HORSES, YOUNG.
sound and good workers: will weigh from
1900 to 1900 lbs: A. NJ. Alexander, Oak
land, Me-. Il. +. u. 80. Tel. 39-3
.v1,n may6d9vs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

HOUSE LOTS FUR SALE!
On Hospital street, Togus road, Eastern
Ave. Arsenal St. Middle St, East Chest
nut St, st. Catherine St. Cony St.
Morse St. Pearl St, Greenlief ST. Quinn
by St. Bangor St. No.. Belfast Ave,
Washington ST.. Cumberland St. Lower
State St. School ST., South Belfast road
and Sewall street extension. Apply to
SAMUEL TITCOMB. Augusta. decSdtf
LOTS FOR SALE-ON JOHNSON.
Cushman, Drew al Pike SITS. Not the
little pinched city lots with barely roo!:,
for q house. but high suburban lots, each
containing GOO square feet. Near good
school and electric road. The public SER
vice of city water. gas and electric lights
available for each lot. j. r. Townsend.
Augusta Maine. 31S Water st. House
Telephone sew. jly11.dt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

OFFER FOR SALE NY con ACC.
on west shore Of Cobbosseecontee Lake
near Lakeside station; cottage has four
good sleeping rooms and flush closet up
stairs. three rooms down stairs. lake
frontage $50 it.; cottage all furnished
Purchase includes launch. row boat and
wharf. Write or call at 1875 Water street.
Augusta. Me. j. Frank Dyer. aprl4dtf
THE WING ESTATE CORNER
Main avenue and North street in Farm
ingdale; no more attractive place on the
Kennebec river; beautiful view of river
and surrounding country, every modern
Improvement in the house that money
car supply. Electric cars pass the door
every half hour. Corner lot goes with
the estate: fruit garden, stable and
garage; will be sold at less than half it's
cost. Apply to c. A. knight. Gardiner.
Maine, apr2Sdtf
DESIRABLE HAY AND ORCHARD
farm of S. acres in Sidney. Maine Good
house and stable. large barn. hen house
and carriage house. Farm cuts 30 tons
of hay. Good pasture and school handy.
Address Frank A. Barnard. Augusta.
Maine. r. r. ID. Z, maySd1wkH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

HolSTEIN BULL, 10 MONTHS
old, registered. J. F. Pierce, Weeks
Mills. Maine. Phone So. China 1872
may11d1W*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

PONY FOR SALE, ABSOLUTELY
kind and safe for any child: years old.
Price reasonable. Address Elm Hill
Farm, Cumberland Center, Me-. Box 125.
mav12d1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

UPPER STORY IN HILL, MACON M
Der & Wight block, suitable for storage
or clubroom. Augusta Real Estate Asso-
citation. apr3Udtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

TWO ROOM FRONT OFFICE, WITH
lavatory. Newly fitted. centrally locat-
er, near new postottice site. Pleasant
rooms Inquire Wakelield-McN aughton
| Co., Gardiner. mayldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

MUST BE SOLD At ONCE-BAY
mare. weight 1850. in good order, sound
women or children. Good driver, good
worker single or double, Inquire at the
Augusta Furniture Co., 10Y Water ST
near new K. r. Bridge, Augusta. Me.
i el 4o0-W. mav7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

A GROCERY STORE AT SAGADA-
hoe Ferry, Woolwich, Me. Grand OPEN
ing for a progressive man. Only two
grocery stores in town OF SOS population
and at the outlet of a thoroughfare from
five surrounding towns. Think OF it,
For particulars apply to b. q. Potter
WoolWich, Me. may, dot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

A FRONT ROOM WITH SMALLER
room adjoining at 263 Water street (oppo-
site Hotel North: steam heat, electric
lights and use Of phone. Carrie NJ
Bradford, aprl1dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

STEERS, J. T. COLLINS, MAN
chester, Maine. Tel. Cobbosseecontee 3-2.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

OFFICE ROOM; VERY DESIRABLE
for barber or dressmaker. Also rooms
for light housekeeping. Hartford House.
Phone 566- A. may3dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

bath and all modern improvements,
ground floor front, steam heat. III State
St. Opp. Augusta House. Tel. Sl9-W.
maySdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

ehS''i q PoiI VI MN stay ., biOlHelS, anu
5 years old, weighing 200. If interested
give us a CALL we are headquarters
for horses for all purposes. c. S. Ward,
Windsor ST.. Randolph. Tel. lam Car
diner. may13d1w
OR EXCHANGE FOR cows, /
black colt. weight 1900 lbs, 6 years old,
2-horse 3-seated covered wagon. Too ana
seats may be removed; also a surrey. c.
n. Fowler. Cobb Stock Farm, Augusta.
Me-. X. =: may11d3t+
ONE PAIR OF EXTRA GOOD
working cattle years old, 6 IT. 10 in.
A. P. Berry, Litchfield. Postoffice Gardi-
ner. r. F. D. IA. Phone 1872 may12d3t
FOUR TO SIX WEEKS OLD PIGS.
W. M. Prescott. Augusta. Tel. 533-M
mayl2d1w"
HAVE FOR DISPOSAL 2 HORSES
that are hnd and fearless and guaran-
teed to purchaser in every respect, that
weight from 1909 to 1900, including 1 per-
t xor matched; matched pair This lot is worth
the right kind that will please, as it is
our aim to satisfy as much as to sell
II. p. Strong, Gove's livery stable, Au-
gusta, Me- may12d3t
! HAVE AT NY STABLE CORNER
State and Bridge ST.. IA acclimated horses
weighing from 1000 to 1900 lbs. They are
reasonable prices if called for soon. w.
NJ Prescott. Telephone 5S3-M. mayl2d1w.
BLACK HORSE, SIX YEARS OLD.
weight about 1900. Inquire at Valley
Farm, Riverside. Augusta r. /. O. ii.
Brown. may12l6t:
PONY FOR SALE, ABSOLUTELY
kind and safe for any child; years old.
Price reasonable. Address Elm Hill
farm, Cumberland Center. Me-, Box 125.
may12dlw
HoLsTEIN BULL. 10 MONTHS
old. registered. j. F. Pierce, Weeks
Mills. Maine. Phone So. China 1872.
may1ld1w'
STEERS, J. T. COLLINS, MAN
chester, Maine. Tel. Cobbosseecontee 80
mayl1d3t'
NEW MICH GUERNSEY COW a
years old. calf by her side, good mixer
II. E. Reed. Augusta. Me-, r. T. Box 81.
may11d3t.
$575 BUYS A PAIR BROWN
horses, five and six years old, weighing
1900. Also rig for heavy teaming. This
team sold with guarantee n. kPa
Bowling. "A Water street. Phone 601.
may7d1w"
MUST BE SOLD At oNcE-aAY
mare. weight 1850. in good order, sound
and kind every way. absolutely safe for
women or children. Good driver. good
worker single or double, Inquire at the
Augusta Furniture Co., 107 Water ST
near new X. r. Bridge, Augusta, Me
lei 400 w. may7dtf
IS COWS, 2 HORSES, YOUNG.
sound and good workers; will weigh from
100 to 1900 lbs. A. NJ. Alexander, Oak
land. Me-. X. +. u. SO. Tel. 1873.
-~.rt.' may6d2ws
BELONGING TO THE ESTATE or
the late Q. F. Knight, Richmond Me.
One pair work horses. harnesses, carts.
sleds. wagons. complete line of up-to-date
farming machinery, including plows, har-
rows, cultivators, potato planters, dig
gers, sprayers, horse rakes and moving
model" Inquire of Mrs. A. P. knight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

BLACK HORSE, SIX YEARS OLD,
sound, rugged. first class worker,
weight about 1900. Inquire at Valley
Farm, Riverside. Augusta r. /. o. III.
Brown. mav1o1et:
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WANTED-MALE HELP.

SITUATION WANTED-A YOUNG
man would like a position about June
LIST at summer residence or Doarulns
hn,se Has clean habits and references.
Reply at Journal Office. mayi3uot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

NEW MICH GUERNSEY COW q
years old. calf by her side, good mixer
II. E. Reed, Augusta. Me-, r. Z, Box 81.
III <10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

! HAVE AT MY STABLE CORNER
State and Bridge ST.. IA acclimated horses
weighing from 1000 to 1900 lbs. They are
all good using horses and will be sold at
reasonable prices if called for soon. W.
M. Prescott. Telephone 533-M. mayl2dlws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
Il. B. Sawyer Farm Agency

Tells: SO1-W. 1886 Water ST., Augusta Me
may1dtf
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ROOMS AND BOARD, PRIVATE
family, electric lights. bath, telephone, 2
minutes from State st. Mrs. Alice NJ.
Pinkham. 70 Court ST., Augusta. Maine.
arpI4dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

FURNISHED ROOM, HEAT AND
bath, 10s Swan ST.. Mrs. NJ. A. Pullen.
Ii
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BROWN

$575 BUYS A PAIR BROWN
horses, five and six years old, weighing
5000. Also rig for heavy teaming. Thts
team sold with guarantee. nj EP.s
bowling. "a Water street. Phone Sol.
may7d1us
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

2 ROOM HOUSE, ALL MODERN
Murray ST., near car line
A. NJ. Wight, 3l4 Water st. apr5dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

FANCY CHEVALiER BARLEY
screened, 81 per bu. No foul seed. Red
Kidney and Rowes Champion seed beans.
NJ. E. Brann. Vassalboro. Tel. So. China
23-N. apr5dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
lo,lsE WITH STABLE,

A GOOD HOUSE, WITH STABLE,
in Farmingdale. A cottage and conIen.s
at Lake Cobbosseecontee. near ram
mond's Grove. A variety of house lots IN
Augusta. Apply to Melvin s. Ho1 1vHe.:
Alden Bldg, Augusta, Me. mayl5oot
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, MAINE.
Cottages. hotels, stores and booths LOT
sale and to let, also water front lots LOT
sale on easy terms. Write or call on w.
NJ. Davis, opposite depot, Old Orcnaro,
FOR SALE on EASY TERMS-oNE
of the best farms in Kennebec county.
Me-, bordering on lake. also farming
TOOLS For particulars see or write, W.
NJ. Davis, Old Orchard, Me. may12d4w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13

r. |. RED, WHITE ORPINGTON
and White Leghorn setting eggs, $l.25
per setting. Fine layers. All from the
Frost, Bangor, Me. Tel. S59-2. may11d3t+
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30
Enterprisina WidoMer.

"Yass'm, muh po' wife am done
dead, and t'anky for de 'terrygation,
mom!" solemnly said Brother Clapper.
In reply to the sympathetic inquiry of
Mrs. Colonel White "She went 10th
to walk in glory at half past five
o'clock yiste'd'y mawnin', leavin' me
saturated wild woe. Never was a bet
ter CONAN in de world, MON, and /
dunnuh how Is ever gwine to git over
de loss. But I'll do muh best. De
Lawd giveth and de Lawd taketh
away, and if de Lawd is wild me in
muh 'deavors, by next Friday after
noon I'll have a-nudder he'pmeet datII
do yo' washin', nom, dess as good and
dess as lively as de late lamentable,
Sarvent, nom, and uh-good day!"-
Kansas City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30
Needs FARMING indictments.

Farming implements of all kinds
are greatly needed in France just
now, and the honorary secretary Of
the French relief fund recently re-
ceived a telegram from NJ. Outlet,
honorary secretary of the Secours
National, asking permission for the
expenditure of 10000 francs from the
money raised by the fund for the pur-
chase of agricultural implements, ur-
gently required for the purpose of
getting in the harvest in the invaded
districts of France. The necessary
permission was Immediately given.
and the French relief fund authori-
ties, knowing that further supplies of
these implements are badly required,
make special appeal to manufacture
ers Of agricultural implements in
Great Britain who may not have con.
tributed already to the fund to make
donations in kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30
He Had Opened on Nc With a Quick
Firer.

loved him, and she was pleading at
my feet now.
"Ah, monsieur lie lieutenant, you
must save him." she begged, weep
ing. Consider how perilous is the
live of an aviator, monsieur. Some
day he will fall and be killed. And
everybody says that it is you whom
he singles out to do battle in the
clouds. Help me, monsieur. Make
him a prisoner"
She extracted some sort of a prom
Use from me. But it was more easily
said than done
Three days passed before I saw him
again. Then one fine morning I per-
ceived him, when I was aloft He
was coming straight as an arrow to-
ward me, and there was no mistaking
that answering flight. I dashed to-
ward him.
During our months of enmity we
had established sort of code. Thus,
when he sighted me, the German
would rise vertically, dip, and rise
again. For my part, would describe
the arc of a circle. 1t was much the
flourish that duelists make before
they thrust. So, seeing the signal, I
turned and began to make my swift
glide from south through west to
north, calculating that this would
bring me face to face with him.
How quickly l was undeceived. The
German had risen above me, and,
from that height, let fall a bomb.
heard it Kissing past my wings, and
saw the little cloud of white smoke
rise underneath where It struck. En-
ragged by this breach of convention,
covered him with my automatic, and
fred.
Naturally, I did not hit him. That
one hardly expects to do. However,
it struck me as strange, even then,
that he did not make his customary
reply. What seemed more singular
was that the German, instead OF en-
deavoring to rise above me, wheeled
al if to retreat, then, returning, came
at me as if he meant to collide with
me.
An instant later-bang, bang, bang,
bang! He had opened on me with a
quick-frer. 1t was, in fact, Maxim
which he had mounted on his ma
chine.
My blood boiled at this unfair, dia-
bolical cQntrivance. He had given
me no warning. CHANGING down, |
saw drop of blood splash from my
sleeve. The arm of the coat was
rent. The wings of my monoplane
were riddled with bullets My escape
had been miraculous one.
The impetus of his attack had car
ried him past me. l mounted at once.
He mounted also. l had slightly the
advantage of speed. l few immedi
ateIy above him and dropped a bomb.
He eluded it almost by a miracle.
An instant later We were flying side
! by side. I firing my automatic, and he
endeayoring to escape me.
It was his purpose to pour another
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30
CRY of the First Born,

And a woman can bear 20 children
or again, she may listen to all the
cries of all the little children born
into the world for as long as her life
shall last, but the first cry Of her
first-born, she will know that little
cry from out of them all. Sixty years
and more that was, and tbs singing
again in my ears. And always it will.
And from that first cry my mind went
on-every hour of his growth to the
last day l had nursed him on the
cliff in the sun, he looking up from
my breast to my face and then wise
" out over the sea, as if himself too,
was waiting the sight of the brown
yawl of his father sailing in from the
west.-From Mother Machree," by
James B. Connolly in Scribner's Maya
zine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30
A Few in Every Age.

At recent fire in the Standard
Oil works at Long Island City it took
so policemen to hold back the women
who wanted to rush into the burning
building and rescue their husbands
Rumor had it that European agents
fired the works and meant to carry off
the employees, All the husbands
turned up intact, but it is reassuring
to find that wifely spirit can rise to
deeds not unworthy of the past.
Everyone remembers what hap
pened at a Dutch city which, after
terrific siege, fell before the armies
Of the cruel Alva. The one mercy
granted the conquered burghers was
that the women might bring out such
Of their most priced possessions as
they could carry on their shoulders
When the gates were opened a line
Of ladies staggered forth, each bear
ing husband, booted and armed,
upon her back.
May there always be a few wives
of this mind-From the New York
Evening World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30

The Point
| Of View
- -By-7
Fk ANK Fills ON
FIR ANK Fill SON
,..,.a,...a,,s. a.a.ssaasssssa.s.,.
Copyright. 1916, by ". G. Chapman.)

That devil of a German aviator
how l admired him! The little
wretch, I could not have found it
in my heart to kill him, even if had
been able to do so. Once, indeed,
when his Taube lost its balance in
the vortex caused by a bursting
shrapnel, I could have winged him.
But before I had my automatic to my
eye he had executed the most grace
full maneuver imaginable, dipping
sheer for five hundred yards, so that
I could not believe but that he had
soaring in spirals back to the hostile
lines.
We had exchanged saIutations, dip
ping the little French and German
flags at our bows. We knew each 9th
er intimately-in the air. I had long
since resolved to take him prisoner
if it were possible not to Stay him.
But this girl, this Belgian girl who
stood before me-what was I to do?
The little devil Of Boches had been
making love to her! His exploits ter
rified her! She wanted him safe, a
prisoner in the French camp, if nee
essary, but where he could return to
her after the war.
At first l smiled at her with pity
''Mademoiselle," I said, do you not
know that they are all philanderers,
those Germans? Undoubtedly the lit
tie lieutenant has wife awaiting him
at home, perhaps a child-two chill
dren-"
I was continuing in that strain
when she flew out at me like a wild
cat. ct is not so, and l can prove
IT." she stormed.
How, then, can you prove it, made
moiselle?" I demanded
Il know that he is a single man, be-
cause he told me so himself she an
swered.
shrugged my shoulders. What
was l to do? Here was this girl, who
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-30
GENIUS NOT INSANITY
ABSOLUTELY FALSE IDEA
SHOULD BE ROOTED OUT.
Theory Refuted as Far as America Is
Concerned by the Outstanding
Figures in The History of
This Country.

A mistaken notion, which has done
much to encourage selfsatisfed medi-
ocrity, is that genius is a form OF in
sanity. This absolutely false idea
needs to be rooted out of the popular
mind, into which Il was implanted
chiefly by the efforts of a group Of
European anthropologists
These men, headed by the cele-
brated Cesare Lombroso, arrived at
their insanity theory OF genius by an
exceedingly simple if laborious
method.
They secured through thousands Of
biographies of illustrious men, seek
ing evidence that at some period in
their lives these men had acted
"queerly"
Naturally they found a great many
men of genius who had indeed acted
Queerly and a great many others who
had been positively insane.
With this multitude of horrible ex-
ampIes as a convenient jumping board,
Lombroso and his disciples then pro-
ceeded to leap to the astonishing con-
clusion that aii men of genius are
IGOTe or less insane.
To the weight of their scholastic au-
thority, and to the bulky books they
have published giving details of the
vagaries of certain men of genius, is
largely due the erroneous belief so
widespread today.
Actually, the proportion of insanity
among men of genius Is little, if at all,
higher than the proportion Of insanity
among men in general.
Indeed, a moments reflection ought
to satisfy anybody as to the absurdity
OF the insanity theory with regard to
American genius.
Was Washington insane? Or Jeffer-
son, or Hamilton, or Franklin? Was
insanity the distinguishing mark Of
Abraham Lincoln? Can Emerson,
LOngfellow, Lowell and Julia Ward
Howe be dismissed with wave of the
|. hand as insane persons?
Coming down to the present day,
would Thomas A Edison be counted
among the worlds foremost lunatics?
Or Charles w. Eliot? Or Lyman Alb
bott?
The sooner people rid themselves of
the false insanity doctrine the sooner
the way will be cleared for intelligent
bordering of the question.
Is not the man of genius, after all,
representative of higher possibilities
open to the human race, and is it not
possible to some extent to produce
more men of genius by proper train
ing and environment?
To this question I for one believe
that ultimately an affirmative reply
will be given.-H. Arlington Bruce.