Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-09-19

years the most awful. the most ruthlesa nnd
" my thinking, In its origin the wickedest
var ever waged, we are ourselves engaged In
~ We nave entered II sorrowfuiiy, heavy
Ae...eoiy. out resolutely. 1t is because we
co"id not In honor, we could not in pity. we
couia not in Justice, longer hold aloof, that
we are In the light.
nave nothing to say here and now about
.he wrongs which we have suffered at the
na1es 'i the enemies Of humanity and civil
i1aeon-the bitter, burning wrongs which
might well have "stirred fever In the blood
% age and made the infants sinews strong A
steel.r
our kfndliness Of spirit, or, a. fear, our
se'nsh indifference, these wrongs have been
wei nigh forgotten. But from millions Of
victims Oh q lust Of power and Berserker rare
without parallel. there came up a cry which
could not be ignored. As we had to hear II,
20 we had to respond to the call Of human
liberty. That call enlisted every heart loval
to the principles Of democracy In a war more
holy than any crusade ever preached BY her
init or blessed by pope.
Shining brightly before us. we have the ex-
ample Of the noble Lafayette who. disobev-
Ing and defyisg his king, laying on the altar
ips his very life, hurried across seas the mo-
ment he heard OF the outbreak of the Ameri.
can Revolution to offer his services to . peo-
PIE nshuns for freedom. Out Of the flames
which be fed. he carried embers back to
France to kindie the ere Of liberty there.
Now the political principles which l.afay-
elite helped to establish here and in Europe
are endangered as never before. We are in
Au t-t 49,
may not perish from this earth. with our
allies we are making war for the liberties Of
the inhabitants OF the world; for the iiber-
ties OF the people who dwell In the lands
whence went forth the beginnings Of civil
nation; Of the people who inhabit the home
OF Him who founded Christianity, from
whose loins He sprung; Of the people who
are the Oldest survivors Of His church and
who are suffering msrtyrdom at the hands
OF the malignant Turk and his German alley
as truly as ever the primitive Christians suf-
fered under pagan emperor and tyrant.
We are fighting for the liberties OF the
Beigians, plundered and murdered by the
slaves Of caste more british in their
arrogance and physical might than were
the hordes Of Attila and Tamerlane; for
the liberties Of the Russians, too recently
rescued from oppression to know how to ex-
ercise their new privileges; for the freedom
OF the Germans themselves, systematically
wcaned away from 1t by insidious training;
for the lib, rites OF ourselves and ell the peo-
Piles OF the world endowed like US, as we
believe. with the right to live and seek po-
litical we'll being and happiness.
A holy war. my friends; upon 1t we need
not hesitate to invoke the Divine blessing.
The program had announced an exhi-
bition OF Revolutionary relics, and Mr..
Krehoiel introduced, as one OF the relics,
the first speaker, Prof. Fowler OF Brown
university, great great grandson OF
General Knox, q friend and fellow soldier
OF Lafayette. Prof. Fowler's remarks were
especially devoted to Lafayette's relations
with Gen Knox, and he read letter from
the great Frenchmsn to his erstw lille
comrade and exhibited the original to his
auditors. He also showed one OF the tea
cups ordered by Lafayette for the officers
OF the Order OF Cincinnati, and Gen.
Knox's can,p-chest, made in Paris, from
which the two companions-in-ar no
doubt partook Of sustenance. The talk
gave an intimate view OF the two patriots
ana soldiers.
DIR. Martin spoke earnestly and elo-
quentiy on the three principals OF conduct
illustrated in Layayette's hfe-ideality,
sacrifice and fortitude.
Between the patriotic exercises and the
refreshments, which were served in the
club house, q fairy dance pantomime,
'Snowwhite and the Gnomes," written
and arranged by Mr.. Krehbiel, was per-
formed ON q stage erected SO that the pic
turesque rocks and trees before the house
served Is q setting. The program OF this
feature, carried out with great beauty,
especially in the music, the people OF the
play, the acting, the dancing OF Miss
Katharine Swift and the costumes, WAS as
follows:
The People Of the Ptay:
snowwhite.. ."........-..'........M Miss swift
The Prince.... ...............Miss Richards
A Huntsman.. Kiss Thyrza Weston
Companions OF Miss Helen Curtis
the Prince Miss Spoore r
Olivia MAckhys neAtriCc D'hhcp potstouS
Haskell, Betty Rutan. Ann spooner, Helen
Teagle and Jane Palmer.
The Music-Makers:
Miss Edith Rubel, violin; Miss Marie
Roemaet, violoncello; Miss Clara Rabinowitz,
pianoforte.
Miss Geibart was mistress OF the stage.
Miss Beulah Bethel and Rufus Grindle
left for Boston last week. Miss Bethel
will enter Simmons college and Mr..
Grindle Boston university.
Mrs. Sadie Snowman has received
letter from the American Y. M. c. A. in
France, announcing the safe arrival OF
her son Willis, with the N. Y. university
ambulance corps.
Miss Eiinor Howard, daughter OF Her
man Howard OF Bluehiil, was married to
Chandler Hutchins Of North Penobscot,
Saturday afternoon, by Rev. K. M.
Trafton. Mrs. Hutchins Ii one OF Blue
tQanhAfa.