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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05
Royal Arch Chapter Elects

The following is list Of officers of
Lebanon Royal Arch chapter, elected
for the ensuing year: Harold G. smith
f. F.; Forest E. Boynton, K; Fred
erlck A. Danforth, S; Nathaniel G..
Barstow' treasurer: Harry E. LARA
bee, secretary; Nelson W. Cronk, c. Of
H.; Irving r. F'ossett. P. s.: George q
Smith r. A. C.; finance committee. H.
Z. Smith F. f. Boynton, r. A. Dan
forth. The installation of officers viii
occur on the 18th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

pitched to the men before the game
started, The club was late in arriving
at Chicago.
Several members of the White Sox,
champions of the American League.
witnessed the first few innings. The
score:
New York ...4o1o o-5 -s3
Chicago .....3 o 4 0 o ] x-9-15-l
Batteries and Gibson, On
slow; Vaughn, Carter Hendrix and
O'Farrell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

The many Gardiner friends of George
S. Williams of this. city are much
pleased to learn of his promotion as
general superintendent of the Central
Maine Power Co. with headquarters
in Augusta. H. P. Blodgett, who has
for some time served under Mr.. Will
liams as assistant supt. of the Gard
liner district, has been promoted to the
position of superintendent made va
cant by the promotion of Mr.. VIII
liams. This appointment is also es-
pecially pleasing to Gardineritea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett H. Maxcy,
Central street. have returned from a
three weeks vacation, passed with
relatives and friends in Massachusetts
and Vermont.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perry Of Ches-
ter W., Mrs. Ida Parks and Miss
Nelma st. Clair of Springfield. VT, and
Mrs. Mary Parker Of Chester. VT, have
returned to their homes after visit
at the home of Mrs A. S. Washburn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mr. and Mrs Joseph Norton and
daughter, who have been visiting
friends here. have gone to Pennington
for visit with friends They will
return 70 Gardiner for a further visit
/ efore returning to their home in New
Mexico.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Decker of New
York city are receiving congratulations
on the arrival of an infant daughter.
Mr. Decker was formerly a resident of
this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Lower prices on meats Of all kinds"
saw the Cash Market Co and quote them
in their adv. which is worth reading and
proftiag by. Bargains on staples of all
kinds ADV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

The brick building numbered Us
Water street was to have been sold at
public auction Thursday afternoon. 1t
was announced that no bids would be
considered below a certain figure and
as there were none offered to fill the re-
quirements, the property remained I'M
sold
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mrs. Almer Gooden and daughter,
who have been visiting at the home
Of Mrs. c. LeB. Gooden, Lincoln ave-
nue., have returned to their home in
Manche ster, n. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mrs. Whitney. who has been visiting
her sister. Mrs. Charles Bradstreet
Beech street returned Thursday to her
home in Dover, y. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Benjamin Rankin of Island Falls
Passed Wednesday and Thursday with
Gardiner friends, leaving Thursday
afternoon for Wiscasset.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

All members of Gardiner Grange are
requested TO meet at the residence of
Oscar McCausland, Farmingdale. sun
day afternoon at 100 O'Clock to attend
the funeral of Brother Bell Beede.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Ambrose Vannah, who has been the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Clara Cum
bingham. Farmingdale, return d
Thursday to his home in Attleboro,
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Mrs. Frank l.. Auber, Lincoln ave-
nue., is entertaining her cousin, Miss
Hazel Porter, of Houlton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05
LOCAL NOTICE

The dances at Weber hall closed
last Tuesday with an oyster supper and
dance. The music was by McMaster's
orchestra Oct51t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

The Ladies Aid of the Highland
Avenue MethoYist church will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Walter
Millett, 10 Willow street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

William Murphy of South Boston,
who has been visiting friends here. left
Thursday for Rockland, where he is
to visit friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Latest style. drop head Singer Sew
ing Machines at Just half price at
Singer Sewing Machine Co. 293 Water
st. Enough said. Get busy.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Miss Bertha Norton, who has been
Visiting her sister. Mrs. Jackson. Water
street returned Thursday to her home
in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

F. s. Smith has returned from Bos-
ton where he has been visiting the
wholesale dry goods markets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05
TELEPHONE 37-W

Mrs. G. O. Hartman, who has been
visiting friends in Calais, has return
ed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

90 inspection ~ IIermon lodge will
WI Tuesdav evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Piston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05
GARDINER LOCAL ITEMS

An Kathleen Duffy OF Randolph Is
a P'e,que Isle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

Aiada Flant. Pleasant street.
"' Thursday FOR Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

~ ana Mrs Ralph Littlefield have
'''asd from thoir wedding tour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-05

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Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
(TO BE CONTINUED.(
THE LADY AND THE DISHRAG
Woman Does Not Realize to What
Depths She Sinks Herself by Using
Popular Expression.

When woman declares that she
feels like dishraG" she is dragging
herself down to the lowest level OF
still life. We doubt not from the per-
sonal appearance of that handy ar
ticle of domestic utility that If any
life existed at al in said rag it could
not possibly fall lower or feel meaner
However, woman should never offer
herself in comparison with so de
graded an object for the simple ren-
son that mankind spurns the dishrag
most yehemcntly, and as woman
exists solely for man she should not
seek to lower herself in his esteem
When & rag takes up its duties in the
diShpan 1t has reached the tag end
of abandoned hope, the climax per-
haps of merry life. A dishrag might
have been lovely lady's hose i'll Its
palnly days, adorned by silken gar
ter and surrounded by costly lingerie
But it Is not OF Its past that l speak
1t IS of its present social standing. its
vulgar environment and its utteI
self-abandOnment. 'Tis true that yOr
may feel fatigued to limp and lopp!
degree, but never can you feel Sc
utterly wretched and beyond redemp-
ton as dishrag-Ziin, in Cartoons
| Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
CHAPTER XIV.

At something after two o'clock that
night, X. put down his pipe and lis
tened. He had not been able to sleep
since midnight. In his dressing gown
he had sat by the small fire, thinking.
+ The content of his first few months on
the Street was rapidly giving way to
unrest. He who had meant TO cut HIM
self off from life found himself again
in close touch with it; his eddy was
deep with it.
And there was a new element. He
had thought, at first. that he could fight
down this love for Sidney. But 1t was
increasingly hard. The innocent touch
of her hand on his arm, the moment
when he had held her in his arms after
her mothers death, the thousand small
contacts Of her returns to the little
house-all these set his blood on fire.
And it was fighting blood.
Under his quiet exterior X. fought
many conflicts those winter days-over
his desk and ledger at the Office, in his
room alone, with Harriet planning fresh
tri.lmplls beyond the partition, even by
C,rislipe's fire., with Christine just
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
CHAPTER XlV-Continued.
-

Il believe it is" Wilson smiled at her
"And yet, you continue to tempt me
and expect me to yield" Sidney replied.
zone of the most delightful things
about temptation is yielding ROW and
them
After ali, the situation seemed alb
surd. Here was her old friend and
neighbor asking to take her out for a
daylight ride. The swift rebellion Of
youth against authority surged up in
Sidney.
every well I'll 60"
Carlotta had gone by that time
gone with hate in her heart and black
despair. She knew very well what the
issue would be. Sidney would drive
with him, and he would tell her how
lovely she looked with the air on her
face and the snow about her. The
ierky motion of the little sleigh would
throw them close together. How well
she knew it all He would touch Sid
ney's hand daringly and smile III her
eyes. That was his method: to play ar
love-making like an audaciouS boy, I'M
til quite suddenly the cloak dropped
and the danger was there.
If she could get Sidney cut of the
hospital, it would simplify things. She
surmised shrewdly that ON the Street
their interests were wide apart. IL was
here that they met ON common srouhu.
Carlotta gave the five-o'clock medi-
cines. Then she sat down at the table
near the door, with the tray in front OF
her. There are certain thoughts that
are at first functions of the brain
after a long time the spinal cora takes
them up and converts them into acts
almost automatically. Perhaps because
for the last month she had done the
thing so often in her mind, Its actuai
performance was almost without con-
scious thought.
Carlotta took bottle from her
medicine cupboard, and, writing a new
label for it, pasted it over the old one
Then she exchanged it for one OF the
same size on the medicine tray.
Throughout the dining room busy
and competent young women came aho
ate. hastily or leisurely as Their oppor
tunity was, and went on their way
again. In their hands they held tht
KEYS, not always of life and death per
haps, but of case from pain, OF tehaer
ness, of smooth pillows. and cups O
water to thirsty lips. Ia their eyes
rs in Silney's, burned the light OF sefV
ice. The supper room was filled VIII
their soft voices, the rustic OF thei
skirts, The gleam Of their stiff whit'
caps.
When Carlotta came in, size Srcete'
none of them. They did not like hef
and she knew it.
Before her, instead Of the tidy sup
per table, she was seeing the medicih
tray as she had left it.
81 guess I've fixed her." she said Z
herself.
Her very soul was sick with fear
what she had done.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
CHAPTER XVI.

To Harriet Kennedy. Sidney 'ssentence
of thirty days suspension came as a
blow. X. broke the news to her that
evening before the time for Sidney's
arrival.
The little household was sharing in
Harriet's prosperity. Katie had a
helper now, a little Austrian girl
named Mimi. And Harriet had estab-
lished on the street the innovation of
after-dinner coffee. 1t was over the
after-dinner coffee that X. made his
announcement
"What do you mean by saying she is
coming home for thirty days? Is the
child ill?"
"Not i'll, although she is not quite
well. There was mistake about the
medicine, and she was blamed; that's
all"
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

X. LeMoyne, mysterious
stranger, takes a room at the
Page home, presided over by
Sidney, her mother Anna and
her Aunt Harriet, Il fashionable
dressmakcr. Through the in
fuence of DIR. Max Wilson, q
brilliant young surgeon smitten
with her charm, Sidney becomes
a hospital nurse. X. loves her
from q distance; so does Joc
Drummond, an old high-schOot
chum. At the hospital Sidney
makes the acquaintance OF
CarlOtta Harrison, who has
been Over-intimate with Doctor
Wilson, and who is Jealous OF
the innocent newcomer. Sid
ney's chum, Christine Lorenz,
marries Palmer HUwe, 4 society
rake, and they take rooms with
the Pages. Howe is untrue to
his bride. His arm is broken in
a joy-riding accident, and John
ny Rosenfeld, his chauffeur, is
mortally injured. All these
people are neighbors, so there
is sort Of common interest
among them. Doctor Wilson
discovers that LeMOyne is a fa-
nous Doctor EdwardeS living In
cognito, and keeps the secret.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

"She'd better come home and stay
home" said Harriet shortly. i hope
it doesn't get in the papers. ms
dressmaking business is Il funny sort
of thing. One word against you or
any OF your family. and the crowds
off somewhere else"
There's nothing against Sidney, ~.
reminded her. Nothing in the world.
saw the superintendent myself this
afternoon. 1t seems it's mere mat
ter of discipline. Somebody made 4
mistake and they cannot let such Il
thing go by. But he believes, as DO,
that it was not Sidney
However Harriet had hardened her
self against the girls arrival, all she
had meant to say fed when she saw
Sidney's circled eyes and pathetic
mouth.
"You child!" she said. "You poor
little GIRL" And took her to her cor
seted bosom.
For the time at least, Sidney's world
had gone to pieces about her. All her
brave vaunt Of service faded before
her disgrace.
When Christine would have seen her,
she kept her door locked and asked for
lust that one evening alone. But after
Harriet had retired. Sidney unbolted
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
The Versatile Manchurian Farmer.

In the early fall in Manchuria, the
natives undergo a sort of magic change
from farmer to bandit. 1t seems some
thing Of a psychological SOmersault-
one day 4 plodding farmer, the next u
highwayman. After the tall kaObang,
or giant millet, is cut, and escape is
not SO easy over the bare plains, an
other clap Of the hands and 10, q
peaceful farmer once more! 1t Is not
only the farmer who plays this eXcit.
ing game; many another staid men,
ber of the community has his little
fling. Some even combine their roles
differentiating according to the seas.
sons. With the orientafS disregard for
conditions, man Is often q bandit
merchant and magistrate all at once
Alice Tisdale, in the Atlantic.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

gowns are more than touched with 1t.
have seen new evening gowns almost
entirely composed of gold lace. one tier
on another, and the picture was en-
chanting. All the decoration that some
of the afternoon and evening gowns
have Is this embroidery across the front
and back, forming veritabfe medieval
armor. New things that are admired
employ the gold in the same manner.
aud we are sure to see the idea repro
dueed for spring and summer.
Satin for Coat Suits.
The designers here are bringing out
| a heavy weave of satin for, the first
spring suits, as q substitute for serge.
There Is a strong tendency to omit
blouse and arrange the coat so that 1t
can be kept on. A few Of these new
coats are buttoned down the buck
from neck to hem, which removes any
possibility Of their being taken off in
Il public place.
1t appears that the prevailing creed
in fashion Is that woman must not
think of going in her shirt sleeves any
more than a man would think Of doing
it; she wears a wash blouse beneath
The jac.et for purposes Of cleanliness,
hut not publicity. So far-reaching is
this creed that the medieval tunic which
extends only to the hip line and Is
fastened to the shoulder or slips over
the head, is worn with cloth skirt
over blouse, even In the house.
| Probably the best thing to remem-
her in buying clothes now is that the
figure must be Strengthened out in the
medieval manner, from bust to hips.
! You can choose your own way Of doing
1t. whether by deep girdle. by the
straight lines Of the fabric or by a
belt Of suede or leather that conceais
any inward curve beneath the arms to-
ward the waist.
There Is no evidence that embr0id-
cry in bullion and silk thread viii 60
out Of fashion this spring. but the
ornate French designs taken from
stained-glass windows Of the fifteenth
century have given way to the more
primitive designs that one sees on the
pottery of Indians.
The fashion for the cashmere and
Paisley shawls that came out In Oc-
tober will again find expression this
spring in figures printed on fiat sur
faces, and also the reproduction of
the Paisley pear, which is an Old In
dian design, in embroidery done In
cOlored and bullion threads.
Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Will Differ From Those That
Achieved So Much Popu-
iarity This Winter.
GOWNS IN BLACK AND WHITE
Effective Combination That Has Made
a Decided Hit With Parisiennes-
Gray In Differing Shades Is
Also Being Widely Use
Just Now.

paris.-Sashes, sashes and again
sashes. Until a year ago there were
only long belts. hanging or crossed. In
August they came to US glorified be-
cause they we're enlarged and lined
with different color to call attention
to the important place they occupied
In the decoration scheme. Up to the
last month, these belt-sashes we're tied
In big loops at the side and dropped
Now the loops have disappeared. and
the sash, coming from some part of the
waist, Is simply crossed and falls to
the very edge Of the skirt, producing
q long, severe line. The sash that
will adorn spring skirts will be about
a third of q yard wide and will be
lined with itself. unless the owner has
q black and white costume. when the
sash will show white underneath.
Speaking of black and white, the
combination was brought out by two
big houses in August. Other places
called the idea "Oid." sdemOde." ana
did not advise their clients to order
anything in 1t. During the last month
the very best gowns I've seen at the
opera, theater or afternoon teas have
been the one Of black satin or velvet
with touches Of white; and they have
been so much admired and have been
such q success that it is not surprising
that nearly every smart frock being Or
dered today follows the black-and-
white craze.
Combinations in Gray.
In the spring it is sure to be re-
pcated. for by the side of the black
and white, cOfors appear garish. If
anything shares equal popularity with
this combination. it Is gray. which Is
used in different shades The gray is
apt to be built on white, either In
corsage or skirt. and with the many
foldings, the shades vary from pearl
to iron. AS all the layers are of
m0usseline or tuile Illusion, the en-
semble Is delicately soft and seduc-
tive.
We occasionally use gray with Nat
tier blue, but by itself or with white
satin 1t is best and most fattering.
Gray used with white in this manner
will greatly influence spring styles
here. Parisiennes who are tired of
black, or even of the black and white
combination, instead of ordering new
things in ccIors. will brighten the black
with gray: the couturiers. seeming the
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
The Veil Question.

Precedent has been upset In the veil
question, and borders that used to
hang down are now worn around the
hats crown or brim to form part of
the trimming. while the narrow Tin
ished edge has become the border.
These ultra fashionable wells are of
heavy quality net In coarse mesh, en-
Jroidered in worsted. While the wells
are blacks. browns. blues or plums,
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
PA~Axa.

ment: then the crowd closed up again.
IF was well for Carlotta that 1t did.
She looked as if she had seen ghost
closed her eyes, even reeled.
"Miss Harrison is worn out" DOCTOR
Wilson said brusQuely. Get sone-
one to take her place"
Rut Carlotta rallied. After oil, the
rrosapce of this man In this room at
sncb n time meant nothing. He was
Sidney's friend, that was all.
But her nerve was shaken. The thing
had gone beyond her. She had not
meant TO kill. 1t was the boys weak
ened condition that was turning her
revenge into tragedy.
81 am all right" she pleaded across
the he'd to the Head. "Let me stay.
nlease. He's from my ward. II am
responsible" -.
Wilson was at his wits end. He
had done everything he knew without
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Gold a FavorIte.

Undoubtedly the favorite color at
present Is gold, and this is not only
seen in jerseys, but in velours, duve-
tyns, leatherized fabrics and suede,
and is combined with the new stripes
and plaids. 1t is used, too, to tone up
costumes of dark cloth or velveteens
and Is patronized very much in sweat
ers, scarfs and other accessories.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Hiah, Transparent Collars Again.

There has been desultory warning
that the high collar and long plated
iabot of the Empire period are coming
into vogue again. but last fall the same
note was sounded and still women re-
fused to give up the comfort Of the
open neck, so it was a surprise to see
so many high cut bIouses and shirts
as appeared in the recent importa-
tons. Nearly all the velvet and velour
suits were worn with blouses of deli
cate lace or chiffon which had high
boned collars. Many of these blouses
also showed plated jabots, sometimes
plain and sometimes edged with real
lace.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Silk Waists.

A silk waist must be ironed when
quite damp or it will have a rough.
unfinished appearance. Use a moder-
ately warm iron and place a piece Of
muslin between it and the right side
Of the silk. A hot iron yellOws silk
and gives it a crimped, rough look.
Should the waist get dry before 1t
is ironed. dip it in clean, cold water.
and roll in a cloth. Do not sprinkle
it, as that would make 1t look blotchy
when irOned.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Chinese Effects.

Fancy link buttons are being en-
ployed In great capacity on one-plece
dresses and waists. The buttons are
sometime like fine filigrees In the
shape of balls, or dice. although small
cabochons, diminutive dumb-beIls,
wheels and other designs are also Gus
tomary. The Chinese effect makes It.
self seen in these link buttons as
they show characteristic Chinese mo-
tifs.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
"RIue LAWS"

Blue laws is term that was applied
to certain early statutes of puritan
ical nature passed in Connecticut. The
name is now frequently applied to re
strictiye statutes that prevent Sunda,
activity.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

Back"
her door and listened in the little up
per hall. Harriet, her head in towel,
her face carefully cold-creamed, had
gone to bed; but KS light, as usual,
was shining over the tranSom. Sid
ney tiptoed TO the door.
"K. ~
Almost Immediately he opened the
door.
MAY come in and talk to you?"
He turned, took quick survey of
the room, and held the door wide. Sid
ney came in and sat down by the fire.
'Tve been thinking things over" she
said. st seems to me I'd better not
go back
He had left the door carefully open.
Men are always more conventional
than women.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

the embroidery Is In gray. brown,
green or tan. These wells are fasten-
ed permanently to the hats they are
designed for.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
New Dye a Success.

Dyes are difficult to obtain in Paris,
Just as other things are, and while
black may not be easier than any other
dye, with such great experimentation
going on in 1t. 1t Is probabl, that the
dye used now is purely French. and If
so. then it is q great success.
Cloth. tricotine. serge and gabar-
dine will make tailored suits and or
nate frocks for spring. with thousands