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Big Armaments Not Guaranty Of Peace


Never before time of gone into expend
lures for military purposes such lavish congress
adopted.
These expenditures justified the men on the
ground that they are in the interest Of The millions
out Of the toll and pryation of the are the premium
for insurance policy against an insu
against war; Were the Europe an insurance against
WARP
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1916-09-07
Clam Erappe.

Steam clean clans thoroughly until
they open. Drain, let the water stand
until clear, pour off the sediment and
strain through fine linen and freeze
soft in equal parts of ice and salt.
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Daily Thought.

A soul occupied W great ideas.
best perforr s small duti.s; the divin.
est views o" life penetrate most clear
ly into the meanest enterprises.--Ma
tineau.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1916-09-07

Dentists In convention use MOVING
pictures to Illustrate the lectures.
This Ia the wrong idea. 1t is the n.
tient who needs the distraction of the
movies. not the urbune- dental surgeon.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916

'rhe mnrket page says thai the price
of piumR IL getting lower. But that
must he a mistnke. The price Of pluns
is eternal vigilance nnd then some, as
every practical politician knows.
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HILL CREST HOTEL GREAT 5s. e4ssz :S ": s4Nr


With dancing parties three
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Leon R, HAMILTON. Grocery and GenaraI Stor
HAMILTON LAM

HAMILTON LANDING cHEsEAeuE
plies
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Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1916-09-07
CHEBEAGUE FISH MARKET
Hamilton's LANDING

HAMILTON AND RiNEs, ProprIetors
We have everything in Sea Food and
Quality Is the first confederation. Our
prices are right and our auto delivery
assures our patrons of prompt service.
We are open all day and invite all to
inspect the market. :...4
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A house carmen with two legs
and jacket? Here it is!
"A protest against the shape
less kimona" is what the modiste
who designed it, calls this gar
ment, and we'll admit that 1t is
a pert little protest"
The woman who has honest-to-
goodness housework to do will
probably never hear of or see the
Pajama-dress, but the woman who
lust fuses around in the morn
ing" is said to be delighted with
1t.
The pajamed person pictured
here chose "old blue" for her
"house dress" - the material is
pongee silk. Bands of brick red
taffeta and little cubist patches of
red lend quite an Oriental air
to 1t.
Red ribbon trims the blue silk
cap. And note the veil - but
then IL you are going to extremes
in fads why not go all the way,
and veil on boudoir cap is going
some ways.
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ssAMAZING GRACE

thing, don't you know, into his
portmanteau' and tote 1t off-or
buy more ground here and en-
large the plant so that the COM
pany's grandchildren will call this
place home"
l turned away, feeling very in
different. Oldburghs problem
was small compared with that
letter in my handbag.
And he won't tell?" | asked.
"He seems to think that ST.
lence is the divine right of cor
porations. Nobody has been able
to get a word out of him-nor
even to see him."
/ went on toward my own dask
and took out the letter and read
1t over once more.
Wonder. what Julien J. Dut-
weller would call a small for
tune?" / muttered. Five thou
sand dollars? Ten thousand dol
lars Good heavens, then moth
er could have all the crepe meteor
gowns she wanted without my
ever-ever having to marry Gull
ford Blake for her sake!"
But as ! sat there thinking,
grandfather took up the cudgels
bravely-even though the people
most concerned were Christies
and not Moores.
Think well, Grace! That best
selling clause means not only
Maine to California, but England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Ber-
wick-on-the-Tweed!" he warned.
Everybody who had ever heard
of either of these two unfortunate
people will buy copy of the book
and read it to find out what real
ly happened"
But the letters are hers!" I'm
Gle Lancelot reminded him. IF
people don't want posterity to
know the truth about them they
ought to confine themselves to
wireless communications"
Thinking is certainly bad
habit-especially when your time
belongs to somebody else and you
are not being paid to think! New
ertheless, / sat there all the aft
ernoon, puzzling my brain.
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A NOVEL A WEEK.
Next Week
Another Best Seller.

discussing that now, Grace! What
I'm trying to get at is that this
offer means a good deal to you"
AT all events, | must decided!
l exclaimed, starting to my feet.
"Decide?" mother repeated,
her face filled with piteous
amazement. Decide
"Decide?" Guilford said, TAX
ing up the strain complainingly.
Mother darted across the room
and caught my hand.
you don't mean to say that
you have scruples-scruples--
Grace Christie?"
Honest Injun, | aon't know
admitted. "Of course, ii does
seem absurd to ponder over what
a family row might be raised in
the Seventh Circle of Nirmana by
the publication of these old love
letters, but"
Games Mackenzie Christie died
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Monday. July 81, 1916.

In 1s49," she declared vehement
ly. Absurd! II IL insane!"
That's what the Uncle Lance
lot part of my intelligence keeps
telling me-" l laughed. But
you Just ought to hear the grand
father argument"
What does he-what does that
silly Salem conscience of yours
say against the publication of the
letters?" she asked grudgingly.
| sat down again.
All day grandfather has been
telling me what I already know
that the Coburn-Colt company
doesn't want those letters of
James Christie because they are
literary, or beautiful, or historic
al, but simply and solely because
they are personal! They'll make
good-seller because they're the
thing the public demands right
now"
Nonsense" mother interrupt
ed. Lady Frances Webb thought
she ought not to marry anyone
because she was so frail. She
sent her lovers across seas, be-
cause she felt that she must!
Why, the publication of these let
tiers would do good. not harm"
They would shame the pres
ent-day idea of affinity right"
said Guilford.
Maybe you two-dont exact
ly understand these letters as l
do" | suggested.
Then you have decided final
ly?" mother asked in a suspicious
voice.
81 believe | have" | answered.
"Oh, please don't look at me that
way-and please don't cry. |
can't help it,"
1T is preposterous." Guilford
said shortly.
But you don't-understand!"
cried. turning to him pleading
ly. You don't know what it is to
feel as | feel about those lovers
those people who had no happi-
ness in this world-and are
haunted and tOrmented by curios-
ity in their very raves.-don't
you suppose | want to do the
thing you and mother want me to
do? OF course, | do. | want this
this new piano-and another
brown tweed skirt that dcesn't
bag at the knees and | want
so many things
Then why in the name Of"
he began.
" Because | WON'T | told him
flatly. Call it conscience-fancy,
or what you will have those
two people in my power-their
secrets are right here in my
hands. And I'm not going to
give them away"
Grace, you amaze me-" moth
er sobbed.
But Guilford rose TRANQUILITY
and reached for his hat.
Any woman who has con-
science like that ought to cauter-
ize it-with a curling-iron-and
get rid of it," he observed dryly.
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CHAPTER III.
Nip and Tuck.

When l reached home late that
afternoon l was in that state of
spring-time restlessness which
clamors for immediate activity
and was confronted with two very
perplexing and unusual condi-
tions. Mignon was being played
with great violence in the front
parlor-and all over the house
was the scent of burnt wool.
whats up?" l demanded of
mother, as she met me at the
door.
Come in here!" she begged in
Santa Claus voice.
l went into the parlor, then
gave little shrek.
"Mother!"
I have neglected to state, ear
lier in the narrative, that one de-
sire of my heart was a player
piano! 1t was there in the par
lor at that moment. shining and
singing its wordless song.
But did you get it as a price,"
I inquired, walking into the dusky
room and shaking hands with my
betrothed. who rose from the in
strument and made way for me
to take possession. How came it
here?"
II had it sent out-on-on ap-
prevail" she elucidated.
ION approval But why.
please?"
Because l want you to get
used to having the things you
want. darling!"
Then. to keep from laughing
or crying ran toward the door.
What is that burning?" l
asked. shifting suspiciously.
1t was vaguely familiar scent
-scorching dress goods-and
suggestive of the awful feeling
which comes to you when you've
stood too close to the fire in your
best coat-suit.
What is it? Tell the truth,
mother!"
tits your brown tweed skirt,
Grace" Guilford finally explained,
as my eyes begged the secret of
them both. They frequently had
secrets from me.
"My brown tweed skirt? But
what shall l tramp in?"
Then mother took fresh cour-
age.
You're not going to Walk"
she answered triumphantly.
You're going to ride-in your
very = own - electric = coupe!
Here's the catalogue"
She scrambled about for a book
on table near at hand-and I
began to see daylight.
"Oh, a player-piano, and an
electric coupe--all in one day!
see! You two plotters have been
putting your heads together to
have me get rich quick and grace
fully!"
I'VE understand that this
stroke of fortune is going to make
great change In your life,
Grace" Guilford said gravely. He
was always grave.
1.-THE Coburn-" mother began.
Colt" he REINFORCED, then
they both hesitated, and looked at
lie meaningly.
! gave a hysterical laugh.
My betrothed sat down and
lifted from the bridge of his nose
that badge of Civilizations pair
of rimless glasses. He polished
them with a dazzling handker-
chief in the pocket of the most
faultless coat ever seen.
well. this business of your
getting to be a famous compiler
OF literature may help you get
your bearings" Guilford remark
ed, after an awkward little pause.
You have always said that you
wished to exercise your own
wings little before we married,
and | have given In to you'll
though l don't know that It's
right to humor a woman in these
days and times. Really, | don't
know that II is"
"0h, you don't?"
NO don't. But we're not
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CHAPTER III,

A Glimpse of Promised Land.
Up and down the length Of the
room the typewriters were click
ing falsetto notes. The files OF
papers on the table were in as
much confusion as patterns OF
heather petticoats at a mission
airy meeting.
What's up?"
I had made my way to the desk
of the sporting editor, who writes
poetry.
He looked around - then
opened his eyes wider. "Oh, ]
believe l did hear 'em say"
"What?"
THAT they can't get hold OF
that story about the Consolidated
Traction company"
And damn those Englishmen
who come over here with their
fool notions of dignity" broke in
the voice of the city editor-then
stopped and blushed when he saw
me within ear-shot, for it's a rule
of the office that no one shall say
damn without blushing, except
the society editor and her assist
ants.
Who's the Englishman?"
asked, for the sake of warding off
apologies. That's why men OBJ
ject so strongly to women mixing
up with them in business life. II
keeps them eternally apologizing
Maitland TAFT" he replied
tits his COMPOUNDED John Bull
ishness that's causing all the
trouble. I've already sent Glen.
ons and Holton and Reade."
And it would mean raise, y
the poet said, with tender little
smile. "A raise!"
Are you sure?" asked. after
the superior officer had disap.
peared. I'D like-a raise"
He looked at me contemptuous.
ly.
You don't know what the Con.
solidated Traction company is,
suppose he asked.
My business on the paper wat
reporting art meetings at the Car.
negie library and donation affairs
at settlement homes, because the
owner and publisher drank ont oil
the same canteen with my grand
father-and my fellows on the
staff called me behind my bach
their ornamental member.
j II dol" bristled. "It's located
at greasy place, called Loomi,
land it's something that makes
the wheels go round"
| He smiled.
i at certainly does in Old
lburgh," he said. TITS the bigges
thing we have, and to think tina
they're threatening to take theii
doll-rags and move to Birming
ham and leave us desolate!
| "Oldburgh can't tell whether
this fellow, Maitland TAFT, is go
ing to pack the whole blarstes
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and years passed-all in a heap.
awoke one morning to find my
self set in my ways. 1 was rest
less, shabby and single-no one of
which mother could endure in her
daughter.
my pet abomination begins
with c." chartered savagely to
myself one afternoon in June as
| made my way to my own private
desk in the office of the Oldburgh
Herald, bordering family affairs
in my heart as | went. OF course
this is at the bottom of the whole
agony! They just can't bear to
see me turn out to be a newspa-
per reporter instead OF Mrs. Gull
ford Blake. And l hate every
thing that they love best--cities,
clothes, clubs, culture, civilities,
conventions, chiffons!"
Aren't your nerves a little on
edge just now, Grace, from the
scene this morning?" something
kept whispering in my ears in an
effort to tame my savagery.
1t was the soft, virtuous per-
sonality of my inner conscious
ness, which, according to science,
was Grandfather Moore. You'll
be all right, my dear, as soon as
you make up your mind to do the
square thing about this matter
which is agitating you. And OF
course you are going to do the
square thing. Money isn't all
there is"
Now. that's all rot, parson!"
Uncle Lancelot, in the other hem
isphere Of my brain, denied,
stoutly. Don't listen to him,
Grace! You can't go on living
this crocheted life, and money
will bring freedom.
took a message in rich vellum
stationery from my bag. This
was what it said:
my Dear Miss Christie: While
in Oldburgh recently on a visit to
Mr.. Clarence Wiley"-he was the
author of Observation-Disclosures de-
tective stories who lived on Wav-
erly pike and raised pansies be-
tween times-"I learned that you
are in possession of the love let
ters written by the famous Lady
Frances Webb to your illustrious
ancestor, James Mackenzie Chris
tie.
mo doubt the idea has occur
red to you that the love letters of
a celebrated English novelist to
the first American artist of his
time would make valuable read
ing matter for the public.
ITO be perfectly direct, this
inheritance of yours can be made
into a small fortune for you, since
the material, properly handled,
would make one of the best-sell-
ing books of the decade.
If you are interested | shall
be glad to hear from you, and we
can then take up at once the
business details of the transaction.
with all good wishes, l am,
very sincerely yours,
JULIAN J. DUTWEILER."
There was an embossed super
scription on the envelopes flap
which read: "Coburn-Colt Com
pany, Publishers, Philadelphia" "
They were Americas best-known
promoters-the kind who could
take six inches of advertising and
a red-and-gold binding and make
mountain out of a mole-hill.
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Continued i'm Oar Next Issue. }
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CHAPTER ".
IIt Tn. Isr,ite,

Ny first waking thought the
next morning had nothing to do
with the dilemma of the day be-
fore. | stretched my arms shrink
ingly. as | remembered what the
daily grind would. be. There was
to be a Flag Day celebration OF
the Daughters of the American
REVOLUTIONARY was to report
Major Coleman's speech. That's
why | shrank. was not a so sty
woman.
Continued i'm Oar Next Issue.)
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entering wedge for a military ma.
chine wanted by the capitalistie
class to protect their foreign mar.
kets at the expense OF the lives
Of wage-earners. said Arthur A.
Reimer, socialist candidate for
president. at Eagles hall Sunday
night.
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FIRE
LOSS VERY HEAVY

BERLIN, July 31.-The Lokal
Anseiger reports q conflagration
1t Petrograd Tuesday, which the
paper says destroyed bridge, ~
steamers. including several trans
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atlantic liners, the Butiloff gun
works, and other establishments.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-27
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
arts.
BY FRANCES MARSHALL.

There is an interesting history behind
tarts and pies and patties. and it is this {:
There was a time, in the middle age,
when dishes were scarce. Yet pie crust
was plentiful. Behold, therefore, the tart
shell, the patty case, and the pie. For
these crust shells held all sorts of food
and after the more or less liquid con-
tents, which otherwise must have been
served on plates or saucers, had been
eaten, the crust container could itself be
turned to account as food.
In other words, after eating I'D what
was on the plate. one atesthe plate.
1t was in France. especially, where
tarts-tourte is the French for tart-took
the place of dishes. And France is per-
haps the master of pastry that she Is to-
day because for so long time her cooks
had to devise tourtes Of interest enough
to make their eaters oblivious to the
lack of dishes.
There are many sorts OF delicious tarts
to make. One. recipe for which has
been requested, is made by rolling out
good puff paste very thin. Put thin
sheet of the paste on a baking tin and
spread over it apricot jam, green gage
jam, raspberry jam or any other jam.
Or else spread with a cooked lemon
cream-1ke that used for filing pies
but cooked thick in a double boiler Cover
with a thin sheet of paste, and mark
with a knife into oblongs. Press the
edges together and bake about half an
hour or little less. Five minutes be-
fore 1t is done, remove from the oven
and spread with the white of an egg and
sprinkle with graduated sugar. When
brown remove from oven and cut. The
strips should be about two inches wide
and three long
The Germans make a delicious tart Of
pyramid shape. For this cut a square
of paste seven inches wide. Make other
squares each half an inch smaller than
the last. until the last square is only
two inches. Bake light broYn When
cool, spread the largest with preserved
strawberries. apricot jam, orange MARINA
lade, or any other rich preserve or Jam,
and place over it the next square. Con-
tinue to form the pyramid of alternate
squares of pastry and spreadings of jam.
Cut like pie.
A good flesh strawberry tart is made
of rich paste. Roll 1t not very thin and
cut circle the size of pie plate Cut
another circle, but cut out the center
leaving life-preserver shaped circle
about an inch wide. Bake brown. Spread
the whole circle with whipped and sweet
The Washington herald., 1916-03-27

again busy, arms busy and heads
busy, with the ardor of their cause.
Instead of it being a stimulus,
many girls are discouraged because
Of the large salaries of the stars and
look upon us with eyes OF jealous
envy. They often forget that we
girls all started with the lowest ebb
,of the tide and that it was by our
own efforts we reached our present
positions of power and promise.
The biggest solvable problem in
the world today--one that is calling
for the best thought of the biggest
lbrains-is this absorbing question of
work and pay. Pondering upon it, |
have often felt, while something was
being thought out by the brains and
fought out by the workers, it might
ease things bit if we just draw a
picture OF the world scheme-of
work to be done to keep things 60
ing, and all of us helping-not stop
ping the fight for our souls life in
the midst of the grind, but feeding
our souls with that great motto
which is blazoned on the arms of
the Prince of Wales-"Ich DEM
.T seryer'
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Ideas on paper. One little fellow
brought his drawing pad TO The teacher
TO show her scrswly sketch OF two
wheels and what seemed TO be a part
OF a wagon bed.
What does this represent. Charley -
the teacher asked.
That's half Of e wagon" the boy
replied.
What became OF the other half
was the next question.
Why. you see, there was an accident
and the other half got broken on
oh. an accident The horses were
frightened, I suppose"
Yes. they ruined away and fell in
the creek and that is the reason you
can't see them in the picture"
1t was a new and a strange method
of teaching to me, but II made me
happy to see the joyous interest in
the child's eyes. He was working out
his own ideas. He was a creator. Isn't
there promise for the future in that
dear mothers7
The Washington herald., 1916-03-27
Answers to Correspondents.

A Constant Reader in Brooklyn
wants to know what ptomsine poison
ing is. What causes it," she asks,
and do people die from it,"
Ptomaine poisoning is caused by
eating spoiled meat and fish. partic-
ularly shellhsh. Holsters and so on.
The germs called ptomaines are pres
ent in the meat or fish and develop
very rapidly when taken into the hu-
man stomach. People often die from
attacks of ptomaine poisoning.
A Constant Reader also asks about
the nature of scarlet fever and why
complications arise from it.
Scarlet fever is one of the so-called
children's diseases and is one of the
most dreaded OF them all. 1t is caused
by a germ and is recognized by the
peculiar nature OF the rash that
breaks out on the skin. After II has
run its course the dead skin peels of.
Complications arise from many causes:
either lack of care in preventing the
patient taking cold during or after the
illness, or from an enfeebled condition
of the system. The eyes and the hear
ing are often affected after scarlet
fever and kidney trouble sometimes
results.
(Copyright 1861
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ened cream and place the life preserver"
on it. Fill the center with a pile of
fresh strawberries and serve with
whipped cream
Other tarts are made by lining muffin
TINS with paste and baking It brown.
FIJI these shells with jam or jelly or pre-
serves and. IL desired, cover with a me-
rinsue and brown in the oven. Another
way Is to cut circles, and cut the centers
from half of them. Press ring on a
circle, brush with egg white, and bake.
Fiji the cavity with a pile of jam or
jelly.
tCopyreht, 1857
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Mrs A. J. Dodge, Mrs. Carl Droop, Mrs.
James NJ. Green, Mrs. George A. King.
Mrs w. S. Harlan, Mrs. Guy II. Jobn.
son, Mrs. H. B. Patton. Mrs. o. II.
Robb, Mrs. c. W. Robertson. Mrs w
P. Stafford. Mrs. J. A. Van OrsdeI. Mrs
l. n. Whitwel, Mrs. c. J. Williamson
and Mrs. Simon Wolf The benefit is
given under the auspices of the Pierce
Guild in aid Of the babies at the Home
for FOundlings.
A delightful children's party was given
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Arthur C.
Moses Saturday afternoon in honor of
their little daughter. Mary-Wade's,
fourth birthday.
Forty little ones were entertained with
games and moving pictures, accompa-
MED by an orchestra. The ice cream.
served in the form of hens, surrounded
by baby chicks. gave an Easter touch.
The little guests included Henry Ches-
ley. Ben Edwards. Anne Ashley, Estelle
Dyer George MedIer. Willard West. Will
liam Canada, Helen Staples, Everett
Shipley. Donald Lane. Randolph Ruffon,
Olivia Nixon. Edward Weston, Adelaide