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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
Wilson, First a Don,
Then a Statesman

That the don is a theorist in politics
is a distinct advantage to him, If he be
the right man otherwise when ne be-
comes a politician. In all spheres the
theorist is the thinker, and in all spheres
thought is good. In no sphere is the
direct connection between sound think
ing and correct practice more obvious
than in politics, regarded, as it shoulo
be, not as a scramble for votes, but as
the right ordering of polity or state
in no sphere is it so commonly neg
lected. Yet the don can set a shining
example. President Wilson was d0n
before he became a statesman. anu
wrote fine textbook on The State De-
fore he undertook the guidance OF one
of the greatest states. Of DR.. Fisher
could, if it were permissible, say muen
from a store of pleasant memories Of
profitable days when | listened to nln
in the olive grove of Academic. he L
the first English don to step stralgn'
from the lecture-room to the headsnlp
of Department of State and seat Oh
the Treasury bench, and he brings from
his old work to the new high anu
stately notion of politics and mlno
which is storehouse of profound sn'
fruitful learning. Politics is indeed ~
affair of the market-place, but not o.
the market-place on the eve of con,
tested election. In politics of this KIM
the don is fortunately failure. In poD'
tics as he understands 1.-THE consen'
of many minds in the governance OF INV
state-he will have his chance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

V you may have forgotten, if you
have much sense you will be
sure to have forgotten, the gen
tive of SupelLer and the perfect of
pungeo, but try how you will you can
not forget that Gala est omnis diUiSG
in parties tres. 1t is one of the mile
stones of your life on which you sat and
rested. 1t marks the place where your
Latin really began, and where you often
wished in tears and agonizings that it
had really ended. It is the one milestone
that you wanted to turn into a tomb
stone. BY parity of reasoning, you may
have forgotten, though here it is good
TO remember. that Blackwell's is in the
Broad and the Mitre in the High, but
YOU can never forget the one big, plain
fact that hit you clean in the teeth on
the day your name was first written in
the buttery book-namely, that all Ok
ford is divided into three parts, %
dons, GU men," and (3) inhabitants,
who respectively % work, (2) live and
go exist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

People there are scho s1ceGr by physiognomy
Ind Judge man by hoso his face should
slant,
Trace life of crime by lack Of cOrlobc.
Discern ne5o Napoleon by profile
/ rho scorn all SLaUiSh superstition
Find myself intrigued by handelaSps;
Base my lies or diSlikeS on them
Feel in them the real man hiding.
Opportunities are HeUer lacking to pursue
investigation:
Soon or late your hand is taken By each
person that you kHozc
Some in cGsualest of greetings, or at parting,
Some in earnest, some in jest,
Some to tell you things for zchich rcords fail
them,
Some because the conUerSntion seems to drag,
Some TO shorO the grip of their fraternity,
Some because they're curious Vchat you'll say,
Some for fear they'll get clear out Of
practice.
lind some beeause-its alucdys done that
UdY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

not real person, and not even carl
cature, but merely Pigment of witty
authors uniformed mind. The modern
don is seldom a celibate and infrequent-
ly priest. He marries,. in due time,
like the rest of us, and has home which
is modestly affluent and splendidly cult
ured. In general, efficiency and success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
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Bv GEORGE w. COUGH

in his high task of equipping picked
young men for life and the world has
little direct effect in increasing his in
come, and he enlarges and systematizes
his knowledge from year to year for the
honor of his college and the advantage
of his pupils. He is no mere bookworm,
for the running of a big college is big
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

Built of bone and sincw, not of flesh and
blood.
Words for ideas arc unknown to him
The only way he can express the strongness
of his liking
Is to measure it by strength of muscle
That is why he brushes your hand until the
fingers melt together.
Pierre
\ strange, long, live hand
That gives the lie to dead face.
A hot smooth hand that leaps to yours
And knows its molten power.
If those guarded lips spoke, their words
would be:
Never in my life have taken womans
hand
From a sense of duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
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Bob

A fine shaped hand is this;
Slender fingers, threecornered at the tips.
So high the ridge that marks them sensitive.
A galvanic impulse directs that tight, quick
pressure
Too tight. too quick
And the sudden, sharp release
As when coiled wire spring, stretched taut,
relaxes.
This hand and life are ruled by nerves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
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Lewis

Lewis
Lewis s hand is white, well-carcd-for,
But short, blunt-fngers no longer than the
palm,
As if Topped off at the first joint by some
brutality.
A hand that clings as if it feared
And, clutchng, sought to stay your possible
escape
And so its fear is realized.
Kenneth
Kenncths hand slips quietly beneath your
own,
The wide, white palm and long firm fingers
followed to make pleasant rest
No clasp binders the lifting of your hand
from his
But while it remains
Always you feel the light, cool pressure of a
caress
Malcolm
A hand correct in every way.
The four fingers extended, thumb al an angle,
Meet yours with intentional awkwardness.
The fingers curve slightly, then straighten.
That is shaking hands, anatomically speaking.
It's hard for a man who learned to bow in
Paris
To return to the provincialism of his native
land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
Gordon

Gordon's hand is heavy, strong, and broad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
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Dick

The finest hand I've ever seen is Dicks-
Straight, narrow, beautiful.
Slender fingers, flexible palm, hand to temp,
sculptor.
It's clasp is close, not tight;
Alive with power, not strength;
Warm as his heart and gentle as his soul;
The perfect handclasp.
Epiloeue
When these werc finished, wondered had
done them uceu;
So Edith read them, laughed aloud,
And named each man correctly-not as The,
are here.
And then wondered if the men uould knou
themselves
Or guess each other.
Experiment was tempting: shorred sAs
series to the STR of them
(For Dick-my Dick-Scas far array and Ads
been, many months).
And each man read, and pondered Ion.
then took my hand
and said:
"Lewis, / think, is Jim; and Kenneth, Esrl
TOr Malcolm, Harry, as the case might bel;
But of course couldn't fail TO recognize
myself e.
In the one you'ue called Dick .,
Ind rant to thank you"
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20

Raymond W, son of Mr.. and Mrs. W..
W. Blazo, underwent very critical OPP
Grafton for appendicitis at the Tapley
Hospital last Saturday and is rapidly i'm
proving.
Thirteen dollars and thirty-seven cents,
the months collection from the children S
tin box fund, three dollars of which the
Baptist Sunday school contributed, have
been forwarded for the starving children
in the war zone. -
Thomas H. Marshall Post and Circle
will have a Joint installation Jan. list.
Dinner will be served at 11.30 for mem
bers Of Post and Circle only. The din
ner will consist of baked beans, brown
and white bread, doughnuts, cookies,
pies and pickles, to which all sisters are
requested to furnish food. The meeting
of the Circle will be called at 1.3O.
COLONIAL THEATRE. 'The Two Lit
tie Imps," the Fox six-reel feature star
ring Jane and Katherine Lee will be
shown Thursday, matinee and evening.
This picture shows the five and seven
year old Baby Grands at their best.
They have been seen many times in
plays in which others have been starred,
but here they blossom out as full fledged
stars themselves See this charming
novelty surprise drama today. Friday,
matinee and evening, Marguerite Clark
in her greatest achievement, "Bab's
Diary" is offered. This story was writ
ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart and it was
Just built for Miss Clark. Here's Just a
few of the criticisms of the picture:
"'Bab's Diary is mighty good pict-
ure." 'Bab's Diary should prove a
wonderful attraction wherever shown, 2"
"Splendid entertainment, fine humor and
will be immensely popular, " ''They don't
make better pictures than this" and so
on. Offered for Friday, only, usual time
and same prices. Saturday, the usual
quality offering will be shown, including
Alice Joyce and Harry Morey in the Blue
Ribbon feature, "Her Secret" Bobby
Connolly in his latest and Big V COM
edy. Monday, matinee and evening, a
big double offering is the good word,
episode number of that thrilling and
mystifying serial, "Who Is Number
One?'" entitled ''The Marine Miracle, "
and the five-reel Paramount feature,
''The Call of the East" with that ad-
mirable star, Sessue Hayakawa. Christ.
mas day, don't miss Julian Eltinge in
1.-THE Countess Charming" for as the
Russian Countess he will appeal to you
immensely, in this brilliant story of fun
thrills and laughter. Wednesday, matt.
nee and evening, the most vital play Of
the year, "Rasputin the Black Monk,
an eight-reel play of the Russian Revo.
luton.
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20

Ford Cars will be at premium in the
spring Place your order now throueb
B. o. Norton
John D. Walker, superintendent of the
Belfast Water Company, has closed his
house on .Northport avenue and will
spend the remainder of the winter at the
home of his sister, Mrs. H. L. Lord.
Private Stanley r. knowlton of Divi-
sion One, Co. 10, Canadian Scottish, who
is at home on afurlough, gave an informal
talk last Thursday night to the members
of the Masonic club at its rooms. He told
many thrilling and appalling incidents,
and readily answered all the leading ques-
uons put to him by his interested audi
enCe.
AT the meeting of the Woman'S ALI
ance of the First Parish Unitarian,
church at the home of Mrs. James S.
Hartman last Thursday afternoon Miss
Frances Chase read most entertaining
paper written by Mrs. j. w. Frederick
on Civil War Memories" 1t will be
printed in next week issue of The Jour
nal. 1t was voted to give IS to the Y
w. C. A. drive. The Alliance will have
charge of the Christmas tree at the Girls
Home this year
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20

ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following
letters remained uncalled for in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending Dec.
10, 1917: Ladies-Mrs. w. G. Harding
W. c. Lancaster
Kenneth, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Pearson, fell last Saturday from
rocking chair, cutting his tongue very
severely. DR.. Foster C. Small was called
and dressed the wound and he is now
more comfortable
For the first time this winter the sig
nal for no school was given last Friday
morning on account of the severe storm
1t was the last day of the term. Stanley
K. hnowlton was to have spoken to the
pupils of the High school, of which he
was once member, on his experiences
cover There" The storm was seen at
its worst on the water front as the wind
blew a gale from the southeast. There
had been considerable ice in the inner
harbor the day before and this was broken
up and carried out to sea. The snow
turned to rain but not enough fell to i'm
pair the fine sleighing and motoring
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. At one dol
lar pair you can buy mems and wom-
ems comfy house slippers at The Dins-
more Store in a great variety of colors.
Also women's crocheted slippers at Is
cents and 95 cents. ... Buy Ford car now
of B. o. Norton, the Waldo County
dealer. before there is an advance in
prices and also insure prompt delivery.
.....H you did not receive a Christmas
check from the Waldo Trust Co. this
year join their Christmas Club now and
receive a nice check two weeks before
next Christmas .....See notices for sale of
property for unpaid taxes for the towns of
Swanville, Palermo and Islesboro. ..... See
the window display at A. A. Howes &
Co.'S store and call there for toilet
articles and all kinds of staple goods and
provisions. The Penobscot Bay Elec-
trio Co. advises giving electrical gifts
this year, as they make useful, practical
presents and last for years.....T The annual
| meeting of the stockholders of the Sears
, port National bank will be held at their
bank Tuesday, Jan. 8, 19l8.....Fogg' S
Market is now ready to receive your
order for Christina; dinner They can
furnish you with chickens, turkeys,
geese, ducks, venson, all kinds of meats
and Boston market celery.....E. l.. Col
cord advertises choice rooster chickens
weighing from 4 to pounds for Christ
mas and New Years. ...... Walk in and
look around the Fred d. Jones' store and
visit his Edison monograph room, where
Mr.. Carl Weston, demonstration, will
play any record you wish to hear &c
to the store of C. F. Swift, Masonic Tenn
pie for Christmas candies, raisins, pickles,
cheese, etc.,. Fred M. Wentworth adver-
tises for inside work in the city,. Lost, a
sled belonging to Lawrence Curtis. Please
leave at Miller street,. Mrs. Frank C.
Wood and family publish a card of thanks
....See hal-price sale adv. of all goods of
The Home Furnishing Co.
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20

The school at the Head Of the Tide
closed fourteen-week term last Satur-
day afternoon with Christmas exercises.
The pupils who did not miss day are
Norman G. Woodbury., Eva and Ruth
Tibado, Grace Hatch, Margaret Laid,
Hattie and Louise Beckwith.
Melville Knowlton, who has been doing
work in hospital in Bangor recently, ar
| rived Saturday to visit his brother, Stan
ley. The former has enlisted in the Med
ical Corps and is now awaiting orders
The latter left Monday afternoon for
Winnipeg to report, and will probably
enter hospital for another operation up
on his wounded leg
H. Herbert Richardson, superintendent
of the city home in Lynn, Mass, was-a
guest over Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs Wal
ter B. Dutch and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Sweat. He had Just arrived from Hall
fax, where he had been on relief work.
He was sent by the public safety commit
tee of Lynn, as the representative of that
city, with $1,000 worth of blankets and
other supplies, and after being there for a
week, arrived here very much exhausted
and nerve-shaken from loss of sleep and
the terrible scenes he had witnessed.
A letter was received Tuesday from
Mrs. Charles A. Pilsbury who is at sgd
ney Mines, c. B. She said the first news
of the Halifax disaster to reach her was
by cable from Newfoundland about an
hour after it happened. She heard moth
ing directly from her relatives until the
following Monday, when she received
telegram that her sister, Miss Margaret
Sutherland, was safe and being well car
ed for. The next morning another tele-
gram announced that she died Sunday
from the shock and was buried the fol
lowing Tuesday. Her cousin with whom
she visited while in Halifax wrote that
she is so tired and nervous that she can
think of nothing else than the disaster.
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20

, The North Church Guild will meet
with Mrs. Fred r. Poor next Monday
evening.
The Belfast Associated Charities ac-
knowledges the receipt of check of $50
from Miss Anne c. Crosby who is spend
ing the winter at Hotel Vendome, Bos-
ton, and a box of children's mittens from
Miss Evelyn Peavey of Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Emma Sleeper Coombs of Los Ange-
les, Calf, noticing The Journals appeal
for funds for this case sent check for S.,
The Ladies Circle of the North church
held very successful Christmas sale in
their vestry Dec. 18th with large at
tendance. A large amount of delicious
and attractive food was sold at the table
with Miss Julia M. Perry in charge assist
ed by Mrs. George E. kittredge, Mrs
Elon B. Gilchrest, Mrs Fred R. Poor and
Mrs. Zenas D. Hartshorn. At the fancy
table, where many dainty Christmas gifts
were disposed of, were Mrs. Amos Glenn
ents 'Mrs B. B. Gardner and Miss Nellie
H. Hopkins. Tea was served by Miss
Amy E. Stoddard and Mrs Thomas E.
Bowker. The children's hour came at
p. m. and was most delightful inno-
walton. The Blue Birds, under the direc-
ton of their guardian, Mrs. Arthur f,
Wilson of the Unitarian church, were
guests and assisted in the pleasing pro-
gram: piano solo, Kenneth Woodbury.
recitations, katherine ingalls,, Martha
Hartshorn, Hildegard Rogers, vocal solo,
Rev. Walter T. Hawthorne, with Mrs.
Hugh Young accompanist at the piano;
Fairy Folks in Green by the Blue Birds
with Mrs. Wilson at the piano-the cast:
Prologue, recited by Elfrida Hawthorne;
Mother Dorothy Spear; Little Girl Green,
Evelyn Mac Whirter; Witches, Clara Ham
mons, Helen Burgess and Ruth Billings;
Fairies, Elena B. Shute, Elfrida Haw-
was as pretty as picture and won the
hearts of all. Each child was perfect in
her part while Elfrida, the six years old
daughter of Rev. and Mrs Hawthorne
displayed most remarkable grace and
dramatic talent. The kindness of Mrs.
Wilson in presenting this little play, which
was given on the lawn of the Dinsmore
residence last summer, is appreciated by
the ladies in charge, In the evening the
older girls of the church, gave a pleasing
little play entitled Two Ghosts in White.
This was staged and coached by Mrs.
Charles NJ. Craig, with the following
cast: Scene, room in a young ladies'
boarding school; Miss Praxis, the princi =
pal, Miss Dorothy ingalls,; Miss Sourtop,
! the matron, Marguerite Ingalls, Mrs.
Gushover, with ASPIRATIONS DR.. Hester
Brown; school girls, Annie, Miss RATHER
inc Brown; Julia, Miss Ethel Dexter; Belle,
Miss Elizabeth Kittredge; Alice, Miss
Annie Piper; Bridget, Miss Margaret Rog-
ers The play was bright and entertain
ing and the girls acquitted themselves
well, Before the play Miss Lillian Davis
played piano solo, A social followed in
which large number of girls and boys
participated.
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20
The News of Belfast.

Mrs Jesse H. Weber is clerking in
the Fred D. Jones store.
Orrin j. Dickey will act as mail clerk
on the Belfast and Burnham run for the
week up to and including Christmas day.
Byron NJ Salter, B. H. S., 10, has sue
ceeded Miss Ruth S. Macomber as assist
ant in the city clerk and tax collectors
office at the city building.
Remember the sixteenth annual con-
cert and ball to be given by the Belfast
Hook & Ladder Co., in the Belfast Opera
House, tomorrow, Friday, evening.
The Dickey Knowlton Real Estate
Company have rented the E. o. Shaw
farm on the Belmont road to Charles
Stephenson and family, who are to move
there this week.
The Journal acknowledges the receipt
of a very handsome calendar from the
hardware firm of Harding & Rackliffe. 1t
has beautiful picture in sepia of Mime
haha mounted on a card of the same
tones. 1t bears the copyright of pub
fishing Co. in Kalamazoo, Mich
Orrin j. Dickey has been appointed
chairman of the Four Minute Men of Bel
fast to secure each week at the request of
the Federal Government, men who will
make four-minute addresses on war
gupcs. He has made arrangements for
hem to speak at the Colonial Theatre,
tuesday Morris l.. Slugg spoke; this,
Thursday, evening, Dr.. w L. West will
speak and next Saturday evening Mr.. O.
Z Frost
A Civil Service examination will be
reid in Belfast at 10 a. m. January IL,
1918, to fill the position of rural carrier
at Thorndike and Belfast, and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes from
other post offices in Waldo county The
examination will be open only to male
citizens who are actually domiciled in the
territory of a post office in the county
and who meet the other requirements set
forth in Form No. 1877. This form and
application blanks may be obtained from
the offices mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commission
at Washington, d. c. Applications should
be forwarded to the Commission at Wash
ington at the earliest practicable date
The vacancy at Thorndike is caused by
the enlistment of the carrier formerly
employed on the route Upon his honor
able discharge from the military service
of the Government he will be entitled to
reinstatement to his former position as
carrier on this route in accordance with
the statute approved July %, 1916, which
is as follows: "Any postal employee who
has entered the military service of the
United States or who shall hereafter en-
ter it SHALL upon being honorably dis
charged therefrom, be permitted to re-
sumo his position in the postal depart
ment which he left to enter such service. -
The Republican journal., 1917-12-20
raE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL THURSDAY, DECEMBER % 1917

A large lot of Red Cross service flags
have been received at the Public Safety
rooms to be distributed for the Christmas
decorations and any member, whether
OLD or new, are invited to call at the
rooms for them.
AT the meeting of Thomas H. Marshall
fost' q. A. R., it was voted to allow the
use OF their hall for the Red Cross work
While approaching the use of the room
'hey already had, the Red Cross have ont
grown 1T and Memorial Hall is an ideal
ioo'h 1or this purpose, light, we'll venti-
lated and warm.
hiram r.. Farrow, civil engineer. of
tnls city, recently closed the sale of the
John II. Beverage farm of about 1Oo acreS
near Pulpit Harbor, North Haven f.,
Thomas W. Lamont, a member Of tho
firm OF j. P. Morgan & Co., New York
ms place has been in the BEVERAGE f.n
lily since 1910 when it was taken BY Ben
Jamn Beverage. 1t will be used as =,
summer home. 1t adioins the estate of
Charles D. Norton of the Red Cross Com
mission
FIRES. The department was called at
a. m. Thursday morning by an alarm
from box % for fire in the house IN
Pleasant street occupied by the Phillips
family The wood work near the kitchen
stove caught fire from pot of beans that
were over-heated. There was very little
damage. Ats 30 a. m. Sunday the de-
partment was called to the residence of
Sheriff F. A Cushman by an alarm from
box 81, corner of Congress and Franklin
streets. Some barrels stored in the cell
lar directly beneath the front hall stairs
caught fire from spontaneous combustion
The barrels had been stored there for
some time. While the fire looked serious
for time and filled the house with
dense smoke the damage was confined to
the stairs and the closet under them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-11-14
Shall Il Be HLanqleYs2W

AS q tribute to the memory Of the
man who was first to discover, and
partly to apply, the rule in aero
states, to which the world is in
debted for the modern advance in avi-
alton, it is proposed that the United
States government shall designate the
airplanes which it is to send to Eu-
ropean battlefelds "Langleys." Great
er recognition than his work has re-
ceived should certainly be given to the
modest professor, who, theoretically,
at least, proved'i it possible to navigate
the air with heavier-than-air machines.
But, then, there are the Wrights. No
injustice should be done the men who
put Professor Langley's theory into
practice. Would not "Langwrights" be
a better name?-Christian Science
Monitor.