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The Washington herald., 1916-04-15
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The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published
In Washington.

The soldiers who were sent on the
expedition were in splendid condition for
hard campaign. They have been serv-
Ing so long on the border that they have
become accustomed to conditions in Mex
leo and had an opportunity TO study the
Mencsn's method OF lighting. Many Of
them during their stay on the border.
have picked up a knowledge of Spanish
and will be able TO talk to the natives.
They have an advantage over the Mex
ican troops. in that most of them are
crack shots with the rife and know how
to handle field artillery and machine
guns"
Unless the army Is withdrawn from
Mexico II will not be able to participate
in the national rife match which is TO
be held at Jacksonville, Fla, in Oc-
tober. Under the present conditions, the
only representative that either the army
or the navy would have at the national
match will be the Marine Corps team.
Even this will not be present II the
marines should be called upon for serv-
ice at the Mexican ports.
CONTINUED on PAGE NINE.
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cesses of opinion could mend the up-
utterabla errors Of a time like that
But there were men 70 whom coun-
sells of prudence seemed as Intellectual
could not sit still and suffer what was
now put upon them
II was folly for them TO give rein
TO their impulses: IT was impossible
for them to do nothing.
They took the law into their own
hands, and began to attempt by in
limitation what they were not allow
ed TO attempt by the ballot or by any
ordered course of public action. They
began TO do by secret concert and as
ISOLATION what they could not do in
avowed parties.
Almost by accident a way was found
to succeed which led insensibly far
! ther and farther aheld into the ways
of violence and outlawry.
In May. 1856, little group of young
men In the Tennessee village of Pu-
laski, finding time hang heavy on their
hands after the excitements of the
field, go lately abandoned, formed q
secret club for the mere pleasure Of
association, for private amusement
for anything that might promise TO
break the monotony OF the too quiet
place. as their wits might work upon
the matter, and one of their number
suggested that they call themselves
the Ruklos. the Circle.
Secrecy and mystery were at the
heart Of the pranks they planned; Sc
crecy with regard to the membership
Of their Circle, secrecy with regard TO
the place and the objects of its meet
ings: and the mystery of disguise and
OF silent parade when the comrades
rode abroad at night when the moon
was up: a white mask, a tall card
- HaN
horse sheeted like a ghost, and the
horses feet muffed to move without
sound Of their approach.
Monday A Dangerous Political Ia
strument.
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Other Uses for the Money.

Individual members of Congress may offer bills
for public buildings in their towns, and they are
welcome to whatever local political capital they
may get out of that. But the Democratic party
should not pass batch of public building bills.
AT present the revenues are affected by the war;
we need great deal of money for the army and
navy and coast defenses, and the House of Rep
resentatves has no right to vote money for pur
poses that can wait one or two or even four or
hve years perfectly we'll. There is not a town
without Federal building that can really be said
to need one. The public business can continue in
the present buildings, whether owned or hired
Philadelphia Record
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motion picture concern has formally apollo
gized to Gen. T. Coleman du Pont for using his
name in film play, setting forth that no one
connected with the concern had ever heard of
Delaware's candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton and that the appropriation of his name was
a mere accident. James F. Archibald, publicity
agent for the boom, former courier for Dr. Dumba,
will have hard time explaining how he earns
his salary.
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SOURCES,

May it be mine when storm-elouds lower
To fill with peace some troubled hour
Of one who in the depths of sorrow
Looks forth with dread upon the morrow.
May it be mine on some dark day
To speed the stricken on their way
With thoughts of cheer, and love- and light,
And newborn courage for the fight"
Twas thus prayed, and from the sea
OF night stsr-besm flashed to me
He best gives light who hath the wit
First to ill self and soul with it."
And that is why each passing day
I drink in sunshine where l may,
And from the Moon and Stars by night
Exact some tribute of their light.
tCopyrxht, lsisl
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Things are turning out in Mexico just as
everybody outside of Congress and the admins
tration were convinced they would, even though
the general public didn't know Pershings army
was sent across the border in defiance of the
Carranza government. While talking about pre-
pairing for something that may happen at Some
time in the future the government has paid no
attention to daily warnings of something immi-
uent in Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

member Of the New York State senate
will introduce bill to pay a pension of $40 a
month to every farmer who has reached the age
OF 30 and who has not been away from the
farm since his school days. He says he believes
that boys who give preference to farm life and
forego pleasures and advantages of the city are
entitled to consideration. But what about all the
workers in the cities who forego the pleasures
of farm life,
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

Good manners never spectacular even
noticeable. For this reason, except by sharp OBJ
servation they are often overlooked. Manners
sometimes called good and highly praised may be
a discomfort People, for example, with good
manners, are likely to make others embarrassed
and uncomfortable by creating in those others
self-conseiousness and the sense of being patron
lied. Then there are those men who, in their
more formal social relations, make point of man
ners and do everything in ornamental way,
occasionally referred TO as elegant. They find a
chance for display in the custom that requires
mens on the entrance into the room of woman,
to leave their seats. They rise ostentatiously and
they make show of profound attention and re-
spect, becoming conspicuous themselves and caus-
ing the woman to be conspicuous and often Great
ing disturbance about them and confusion, When,
in their presence, woman rises from her seat,
they spring UP like automatons, some of them
with the precision of German officers. As re-
suit of this custom many women hesitate to get
up. When they do they almost certain to say
something like, Now don't move, please"
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15
Verdun: A Fuifless Success.

1t is becoming more obvious every day that
the reduction of the Verdun fortress will be of
greater moral than military value If it had fallen
in the early days of the attack and the German
army could have poured through the breach the
situation would have been altogether different
from what it will be il it is taken now for the
French have had ample time to dig trenches south
OF the Meuse at that point. Therefore the in
vaders will have exactly the same obstacle to
overcome as they would in attempting to break
through at any other section.--Brooklyn Standard
Union.
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New Yorker who has paid $4,000 aIimonv
in twenty-three years wants to have the amount
reduced. Last year." he declares, my income
was $500 and after paying my former wife $4,000,
had but $500 left with which to support myself
and my second family" And yet none of our
progressive legislators have ever thought to suT-
gest commission to inquire into the high cost
Of divorce.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

Some corporation officials are hailed to court
for trial in spite of the utmost efforts of their
lawyers to secure delay, while others are told
they must wait, in spite of their clamor for
speedy action Few persons get what they want
in this world and the court is hardly the place
in which to expect il.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

Two Siberian bloodhounds belonging to the
Prince and Princess Troubetskoy are given a
dozen Charlotte russes apiece every day, which
matches the story about the Apache scouts wear
ing wrist watches.
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schooner carrying cargo of rum from
Boston to Africa has sprung leak, but it is not
stated whether the sea is coming in or the rum
going out
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Manners.
ny JOHN d. BARRY.

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There is such thing as having manners that
are so conspicuous self-conscious as to be what
is called too good" They are, of course. not
good manners at all One often sees them on the
stage. OF a popular actress w. S. Gilbert once
said: "She is more lady-Iike than lady" And a
character in a short story by Mrs. Edith Wharton
says of another character: "She is the kind of
woman that make refinement seem vulgar"
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15
ITS NATIONAL
RE EPUTATION

Go into any city away from Wash
ington and ask concerning the sub
urbs Of the National Captain nine
cases out of ten the on ly one known
will be Chevy Chase. That there is some
good reason back Of this goes without
saying. What that reason is is not
hard to explain. For more than hSen-
ty years. this suburb has been The
Best Suburb of the National Capital"
in every respect. In location. scces-
sibility. grade Of improvements, char
acter of population it has stood alone.
People from other cities who visit
Washington see these things for them
selves and carry back to their home
cities nothing but words Of praise for
Chevy Chase. Army and navy men
who. after being stationed in Wash
ington for a term of years, go to other
locations, also spread the fame of
Chevy Chase.
With such an amount Of unsolicited
advertising. it is not at all strange that
Chevy Chase is the one suburb of
Washington which is known in other
cities.
Those who make their homes in
Washington very generally know that
Chevy Chase offers more to the buyer
who is looking for a location for his
own home than is offered in any other
suburb. A personal inspection is all
that is necessary to convince any one,
who does not already know, that such
is the case.
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One whole month that should have been de-
voted to preparations to re-enforce and support
Pershing's army has been wasted. Carranza
knows it, he wouldn't have sent his naughty
note demanding the withdrawal of our troops.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

If yesterdays blow was fair sample of the
light variable winds" that the Weather Bureau
promised for Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia we shall beg to be excused
when a hurricane is predicted.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

IT, we are not going to withdraw our troops
from Mexico shall have to take steps that will
not only prevent the Mexieans from driving them
out, but that will also prevent them from keep
ing them in.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

The German reply in the Sussex case is mysti-
flying even to the German newspapers, though
they are all quite sure that Berlin has taken an
unassailsble position.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

Lobsters have dropped from Is cents to IS
cents a pound, but just now we are more inter
ested in the price of shad.
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A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENpRIcK BANGS.

First printing of original poem. writtsn daily
for Ths washington Hsrald,
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Good manners are not imposed from outside;
they come from within. They must express kindly
feeling, unselfshness, the wish, not to take, but
to give the advantage. 1t is because Of their
source that manners called good or even beautiful
so often go wrong and betray their real character
People with beautiful manners may behave in a
way that shows what lies behind not to be beauti-
full at ALL but ugly. There are many who, with
reason, are suspicious Of those with such man.
ners | have in mind in point, man
whose manners are sometimes referred to too
smooth. They convey suggestion of insin-
seem to exploit themselves, they suggest origin
less sltruistc than egotstic And yet there are
those who, through self-consciousness or nervous
ness or the desire to please, combine such man
ners with qualities that are fine.
II is not altogether pleasant to reflect that, as
nation, we have reputation for bad manners.
In Europe they consider US sef-assertive, noisy,
used to speak of with the scorn applied to
inferior beings. They commonly called pigs"
Their of the world, by the way, did not
signify that they themselves possessed manners
worthy of being called distinguished. As mat
ter of fact, in Europe, Americans make a bad
showing. Somehow we seem worse than We do
in own country. Perhaps the explanation is
that as travellers, we are off our guard. On the
other hand, it may be that, where the rudeness is
general, it does not attract attention. In this
connection it should be noted, however, that
among continentals, the Americans and the En-
glish are often confused, so it would seem as if
there might be resemblance, not only in speech,
and conspicuous and self-assertve travellers have
ever known spoke English, not with the American
nasal, but with intonation and pronunciation dis
tnctly British.
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The truth is, I suspect that no country has a
monopoly rudeness. | once heard an English
woman say: "Of course, America is vulgar
ton" The remark made in the presence Of Amer-
cans sounded vulgar; but, perhaps, much depend
ed on the point of view. For all our alleged ma
tional rudeness, there to be general agree
ment in the world that American husbands make
the best husbands. This circumstance, alone would
seem to indicate certain dceplying qualities, bound
to express themselves in manners. Is it not pos
sble that the consideration Of the men, in giving
American women much indulgence has tended
to make the little vain and conceted? ?
Qualities of character invariably betray themselves
in manners. On the whole, however, it is safe to
say that the manners of American women average
as high as those of most women. What do
lack in this country is polish, associated with
manners, and yet not necessarily expressing the
same qualities. Good manners may go with rough
ness, and bad manners may accompany polish.
Indeed there are certain kinds of rudeness, cold,
pitiless, remote, which arc most cfcctually con-
veyed through polish The people who pride
themselves having good manners are nearly
always offenders against manners. They care
far less for reality than for appearance far more
for the display of themselves than for considera-
tion of others. What used to be described as
arstocratic manners often bore startling re-
serlblance to what is now called insolence. In
manners that really good and beautiful there
is the sweetness and the nobility that belongs to
set-efacement and to humility.
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SATURDAY. APRIL Is, 1915.
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CONTINUED on FACE NINE.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-24

L sc parade was led by E. A. Carpenter,
colef marshal, followed by the Brooks
9qnd, Then Father Time" followed by
10 boys representing 1916; one hundred
ScenIants of the early settlers; yeter-
ans of the Civil war over eighty
years of age; one hundred school chill
dren; the Brooks fire department: floats
representing the old and new method of
churning, milking, heating lighting.
pIowng, harvesting; methods of trans
portation, such as OK team. horses,
bicycles. auto and motorcycle; a wedding
of 1916 and 1916; log cabin, the first
house built in Brooks by Jos. Roberts.
il, Ill 1899; mercantile floats by the A.
+. Chase Co.. who had three; A. B. Paw
son, A. p. Pilley, H. H. Hutchinson,
Chase & Varney Co., c. F. Spaulding,
". S. Jones. q. P. Tarr, Crockett's pic
ture theatre, Mrs H. C. Jenkins, Staples
& Son; Roberts & Son, Hood Creamery
Co., Jenkins Timber Co, and Ellis Tim
Der Co. The Knights of Pythias, Pythian
Sisters and Harvest Home grange made
a fine showing. At the end of the parade
were sixteen girls representing 1916.
At p. m. the literary exercises open
ed in Union Hall. A b. Payson pre-
sided in place of E. c. Hobrook, chair
man of the board of selectmen, prevent
ed by illness. Supt. of Schools D. B.
Plummer gave a bright and stirring adj
dress Of welcome. Clifton P. Roberts,
great great grandson of Benz. Brooks,
the first white enid born in Brooks, read
a centennial poem.
Seth W. Norwood gave a carefully
prepared and comprehensive anniversary
address, and Secretary of State John E.
Bunker, an eloquent Grafton, which was
well received.
The sports of the afternoon attracted
big crowds. The base ball game be-
tween Troy and Camp Windermere was
a close and exciting contest, the score
being Al tie when 1t was called to al
low the Camp Wndermere team to catch
their train. The tug-of war was a ter
riic struggle between jackson and
Brooks huskies and was won by Jack
son, who evened up with Brooks. the
winner of the last pull.
The l00-yard dash, half mile running
race and other events were won mostly
by Bert Farmer of Monroe. a Hebron
Academy athlete, who seemed to have
his speed with him.
A pleasing feature of the day was the
automobile parade with about so cars in
line, many of them handsom ely decorat-
ed.
The day ended with big display of
fireworks and gr nd ball in Union Hall.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-24

1t is estimated that fully 10000 people
were in Brooks Thursday, many coming
from distance and every town in Wal
90 county contributing is quota, with
visitors from all parts of the State,
some OF those present had not been here
ior 20 to Az years and their visits to the
o'u scenes and renewals of old friendships
We're of mutual pl easure and interest.
brooks was In gala attire, with it's dec
ofatlons of flags and bunting and lIlumi-
nation at night with red, white and blue
electric lights.
MOI an accident or regrettable incl
dent occurred, and the committees who
hAd the various details of the celebration
IN charge are to be congraI ulated on the
'ull measure of success which crowned
their efforts. Brooks has won further
recognition as "the biggest little town
in Maine''
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-24
HOME FROM THE FRONTIER.

Melvin A. Bennett of Brewer, of Co.
G, I'd Maine Regiment, has arrived home
from the Mexican border, the first of
this company to be relived under the
ruling allowing the discharge Of married
men. He is a letter carrier at the Ban
gor postoffice.
Privates Louis Parrault, Irving Mitch
ell and Willis Perclval returned to Dex-
ter Augusta 18th from San Ygnacio,
Tex, where they had been stationed
with Co. A, I'd Maine Infantry of that
town. All three men were discharged
because of having families dependent
upon them. They stated that other mar
ried men in Co. A expect to receive their
discharge papers in the near future and
start North.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-24
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-24
Brooks Centennial Poems.

BY ALICE l NORWOOD.
Read by Clifton ?. Roberts.
With cheerful smile and kin1ly voice
We greet you here today,
And gladly welcome thosA
Who have come from far away.
Your smiling face and glad handshake
Have made your presence dear,
And on this day our hearts rejoice
To have you with US here.
How many changes you ave seen,
How many hopes and fears,
What great events have taken place
Within one hundred years.
Our town which with some was young
Has broadened more and more.
May we try and be as active
AS our forefathers gone before.
We greet you nineteen and sixteen,
And may your future years
Be as full of peace and plenty
As everywhere now appears.
Our ancestors were of sturdy stock,
Who came from other lands.
And helped to build this little town
With many willing hands.
They were noble men and women,
In numbers but few,
Who in that dreary forest
Started out in life anew.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-24
Centennial Poem.

BY TILTON A. ELLIOTT.
We gather here to celebrate the hundreth
birthday of our town,
With joyous hearts and voice attuned sing
forth the praise of its renown.
A hundred Years have passed away, a hun
dred mlestones tell the tale
Of those who struggled, toiled and wept but
now are safe within the vale.
A hundred years, how much they tell, could
we expound the voice of time,
Of plans achieved, of blighted hopes, of lows
and sorrows left behind.
Our fathers labored faithfully, to build our
homes and clear our land,
We honor their dear memory with soul and
voice, with heart and hand;
We tread the paths which once they trod, we
drink at fountains where they played
We worship the same loving God. though from
His precepts we have strayed,
o. for the faith our fathers had, we need it
even more than they,
Since more temptations crowd our path, though
less distractions bar our way.
But we rejoice that we now live. Though they
may wear the victor's crown,)
And going forth with greater skill, take up
the work that they laid down;
Since greater tasks should be performed and
nobler deeds the records tell
Of those who live in modern times and strive
their fathers to excel.
We live today in a great land, mid peace and
plenty we abound,
God grant that we may understand the boon
our fathers handed down.
And yet amid our blessings great while time
rolls on with fearful speed,
Do not forget that God sees all and keeps in
mind our every deed,
So we should labor with great care, for just a
few more rolling suns
When other minds and other hands will take
the work that we begun.
hundred years, and we have passed to be
with the immortal band,
A hundred years, and new race will people
our beloved land.